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Villarreal are set to sell out their Champions League home clash with Bayern Munich.
The Yellow Submarine are now less than a week away from their home leg with the Bundesliga giants.
Unai Emery’s men made easy work of Juventus in the last round, defying the odds with a comfortable away win in Turin.
And their reward is a date with Bundesliga champions Bayern in the quarter-finals.
The clash is a hugely exciting one for Villarreal, who have only made this stage of the competition twice previously.
And fans are buying up tickets in their droves, keen to get a glimpse of one of the favourites for this year’s competition.
As reported by Diario AS, around 20,000 tickets have already been purchased, with less than 2,500 remaining just under a week before the big day.
Season ticket holders snapped up the best part of 15,000 tickets, offered significant discount on tickets.
General sale started on Wednesday, and tickets are selling like hot cakes.
The Yellow Submarine expect to fully sell out Estadio de la Ceramica ahead of Wednesday night, with only 22,500 tickets available to home fans.
Fans are also being offered the chance to see the away leg, though due to flight restrictions in Bavaria, the only option is a Є700 trip with the club, which includes travel, a match ticket and a hotel for two nights.
Take up on the away game is not likely to be big given the cost of the trip, but a sell out almost guaranteed for the home leg, it’s going to be some occasion next week for the home leg. | https://www.villarrealusa.com/2022/3/31/23004570/villarreal-sell-out-bayern-munich | 2022-04-01T00:56:15Z |
China: Peeking into the private lives of livestreamers
By Zubaidah Abdul Jalil and Tessa Wong
BBC News
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From a pigeon expert to a professor, a new photo series seeks to shed light on one of China's fastest growing communities - livestreamers.
Chinese photographer Huang Qingjun is no stranger to capturing the intimate personal lives of ordinary Chinese. In 2003, he embarked on a unique project - documenting the possessions that people across China own.
The project series - called Jia Dang, or Family Stuff - has taken him across a multitude of provinces for nearly two decades, snapping families as they lay out all their worldly possessions.
In the latest instalment of his project, Mr Huang has turned his lens on people who make their living from livestreaming.
Livestreaming has exploded in popularity during the pandemic, providing hours of entertainment as millions were confined to their homes for weeks on end.
And it's not just buyers who were hooked. More digitally-savvy sellers also began going online as a way of peddling their goods.
In February 2020, the height of China's Covid-19 epidemic, Taobao, the platform which sees the largest number of live-streaming sales, saw an increase of 719% in new sellers across the country.
And as lockdowns continued to be imposed across provinces and cities, the appetite for livestreaming content has remained strong.
"In the past two years, people's daily life and consumption habits have changed a lot," Mr Huang tells the BBC.
"Now people in the post-pandemic era perceive society through smartphones, and short broadcasts and livestreaming have become a window for individuals to showcase their talents."
Perhaps more importantly, livestreamers have presented some respite from loneliness, especially at a time when restrictions and quarantine have left many starved of human connection and company.
"The 'iron friendships' between the audience and the livestreamer, forged in the livestream broadcast room, is also part of what 'sustains the spirit of people,'" said Mr Huang.
In his earlier photo series, Mr Huang had to travel to some of the remotest parts of China to persuade people to pose for him. Some of them had never even been photographed in their lives, much less owned a camera.
They often displayed their meagre yet prized possessions: a television, a few pots and pans, and several pairs of worn shoes.
But he has now focused on a group of technology-savvy people from diverse backgrounds, ranging from a chemistry professor and a food deliveryman to a pigeon aficionado and a noodle seller.
Many of his subjects this time are pictured turning their own lenses on themselves, surrounded by professional filming equipment, electronic appliances and sporting goods.
"By focusing on [the livestreamers'] belongings … and the tools they rely on for their livelihood, we can see the changes of an era," says Mr Huang.
"With the rapid development of Chinese society, the living standards of Chinese people have also undergone great changes, and more families enjoy the dividends brought by this development."
The World Bank estimates China's gross national income per capita has grown more than tenfold in two decades, from $940 (£714) in 2000 to $10,550 in 2020, creating a swelling middle class with disposable income.
But the photographer adds that living through a pandemic has forced many to re-think their patterns of consumption.
"Now people have recognised the importance of the environment, and every household has begun to sort their rubbish [for recycling]," he says. "Because the pandemic has too many uncertainties, it also has had a great impact on people's incomes and household consumption patterns."
Mr Huang hopes this gradual orientation away from excessive consumerism will serve as inspiration for his next instalment of the series.
"I hope that I can do a minimalist lifestyle in the future," he says. "And the last work of my Family Stuff series will be of my own belongings."
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Oscars producer Will Packer speaks out on Will Smith slap
Will Packer, who led the show’s first all-Black production team during the Oscars, spoke exclusively to ABC News about the moments after Will Smith hit Chris Rock on stage.
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24 Hours: Assault on the Capitol | https://abcnews.go.com/WNT/video/oscars-producer-packer-speaks-smith-slap-83795805 | 2022-04-01T00:56:17Z |
NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — One million barrels of oil a day will be released every day for the next six months from the nation’s strategic reserves.
Those reserves are in Louisiana and Texas.
They’ve stored oil since the 1970s when gas prices were sky high for that time.
The question is will releasing that much oil now bring down gas prices?
“The price is astronomical,” said Mat Allen. He’s from Tyler, Texas and was traveling to New Orleans. “When you’re spending over a hundred dollars every time you fill up your tank it’s crazy.”
Since the war on Ukraine prices has skyrocketed.
AAA.com reports the national price of gas is $4.23. Compare that to a month ago when it was $3.61.
“Consumers filling up their gas tank are feeling the effects of the high prices,” said Dr. Kay McLennan. She’s a professor at Tulane University.
She says the impacts are already being felt since Biden’s announcement.
“The price of oil per barrel at yesterday’s close was about $107 a barrel and now it’s down about $102 a barrel and possibly falling even further,” said Dr. McLennan.
So what could that mean at the pumps?
“The general expectation is that there will be a decrease at the pump a small decrease,” said Dr. McLennan. “It’s also mitigating future increases.”
This is the second time President Biden has tapped into the reserves because of the war in Ukraine.
He authorized the release of 60 million barrels earlier this month. | https://wgno.com/news/local/gas-prices-may-slightly-decrease-following-bidens-announcement-on-oil-reserves/ | 2022-04-01T00:56:17Z |
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Francisco Lindor wasn’t the franchise-altering shortstop the Mets were hoping for last season.
His performance in this year’s shortened spring training has New York confident better days are coming.
The switch-hitting Lindor has been among the best hitters in the Grapefruit League through two weeks of games, hitting .476 with four homers and 10 RBIs through his first 21 at-bats. It’s the kind of run that was common when the former Cleveland star made four All-Star teams in a row from 2016-19.
The 28-year-old struggled for big chunks of his first season with the Mets after signing a 10-year, $341 million contract, batting just .230 with 20 homers.
“Life was a little faster for me last year,” Lindor said earlier in spring training. “I tried to give it my best, gave it my best and I just wasn’t as productive as I wanted to be.”
The Mets have sky-high expectations once again in 2022, believing Lindor can be a cornerstone for a lineup that includes slugger Pete Alonso, Jeff McNeil and newly acquired players like Starling Marte and Mark Canha.
Here are a few other players off to a good start as MLB’s regular season rapidly approaches on April 7:
David Peralta, OF, Diamondbacks: The veteran has been a steady influence in Arizona’s lineup since 2014 but his power has dipped considerably over the past two seasons with 13 homers in a stretch spanning about 700 at-bats. He has four homers in his first 19 spring at-bats in Cactus League play.
Kyle Higashioka, C, Yankees: The sixth-year catcher has slowly worked his way into a bigger role with the Yankees. His ability to hit will probably determine if he ultimately becomes a part-time or full-time option. He showed some pop last year with 10 homers, but hit just .181 in 193 at-bats. He’s off to a good start in the Grapefruit League with a .412 average and four homers.
Mickey Moniak, OF, Phillies: It’s been a tough road to the big leagues for Moniak, who was the No. 1 overall pick in 2016 but has spent most of the past seven years in the minors. The 23-year-old has a legit chance to earn a spot on Philadelphia’s opening day roster, especially after three homers in his first 20 spring at-bats.
Max Scherzer, RHP, Mets: He’s now 37 years old but the hard-throwing right hander doesn’t show many signs of slowing. New York added the three-time Cy Young winner during the offseason on a three-year, $130 million deal. He’s already in midseason form in Grapefruit League play, striking out 12 batters in his first 11 innings while giving up just three earned runs.
Sandy Alcantara, RHP, Marlins: The 26-year-old has quietly been among the better pitchers in the National League for three years. He was one of just four MLB pitchers to throw at least 200 innings last season, finishing with 205 2/3 over 33 starts. He looks ready for another big year after giving up just one hit over his first seven innings in the Grapefruit League.
MacKenzie Gore, LHP, Padres: He just turned 23 and has been among the sport’s highest-rated prospects for several years. Now he appears on the verge of breaking into the big leagues, whether it is straight out of spring camp or later this season. He struck out 11 batters through his first nine innings in the Cactus League this spring and has given up just two runs.
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More AP MLB: https://apnews.com/hub/MLB and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports | https://www.fox44news.com/sports/lindors-spring-power-surge-welcome-sight-for-new-york-mets/ | 2022-04-01T00:56:16Z |
Jan. 6 committee’s blockbuster brief: Trump engaged in a criminal conspiracy
The House Jan. 6 committee filed a blockbuster brief in federal court on Thursday alleging a criminal conspiracy involving former President Donald Trump. Ironically, the actual legal issues raised in the filing are lackluster, run-of-the-mill stuff. And Congress has no judicial power to indict, prosecute, try, secure a conviction and recommend prison sentences for anyone, ever. Its job is confined to gathering information for purposes of assisting its legislative efforts and other tasks set forth within the scope Article I of the Constitution. The brief is nonetheless substantially noteworthy.
The technical question raised in this litigation is whether John Eastman, adviser to Trump in and around the November 2020 election and Jan. 6 insurrection, must respond to the select committee’s subpoena for information. Eastman already testified, invoking his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination in response to 146 questions asked by the committee. The current spat involves requests for documents dated Jan. 4-7, 2021, which are in the possession of Eastman’s former employer, Chapman University. Eastman was a law professor at Chapman until he resigned on Jan. 13, 2021 — seven days after the Capitol insurrection. Eastman initiated this action in order to stop Chapman from responding to the subpoena request.
Eastman is claiming the documents are protected by attorney-client privilege and the work product doctrine, which are routine objections raised in routine litigation in lawsuits across the country. But this is no ordinary proceeding, and that’s precisely why House committee lawyers went so far in their brief to tell the court — and the world — that “[t]he Select Committee also has a good-faith basis for concluding that the President and members of his Campaign engaged in a criminal conspiracy to defraud the United States.”
Some legal basics: In general, information is freely and broadly shared in the U.S. legal system and in congressional investigations, on the theory that getting to the full facts produces the best outcomes. A party that receives a request for information by subpoena usually must respond unless it’s irrelevant to the proceeding (very hard to show), overburdensome (also hard to show in the digital age when data searches are commonplace), privileged (a standard that requires an attorney-client relationship and a confidential communication entailing actual legal advice) or attorney work product (a legal concept that essentially protects against attorneys freeloading on opposing attorneys’ work, especially when it comes to strategy).
Eastman is claiming the last two — attorney client privilege and work product —to dodge the Jan. 6 committee’s request. The trouble is that these documents aren’t his — they belong to Chapman because Eastman used his work email to communicate with the Trump team. Moreover, the committee asserts that Eastman hasn’t turned over a signed engagement letter or other evidence demonstrably showing that he and Trump were actually in an attorney-client relationship. (Just because you chat with your friend who happens to be an attorney over lunch doesn’t make that relationship — or your conversation — privileged.)
The committee also notes that a number of the communications “were received by various third parties.” If they weren’t confidential, they aren’t privileged, because the point of the privilege is to encourage folks to work with attorneys, knowing that they can be candid without the bean-spilling coming back later to haunt them. Finally, the law requires that privilege be asserted document-by-document. Even if you engage a lawyer, your discussion about whether to order still or sparkling water at lunch has nothing to do with legal advice, so it’s not protected from disclosure. Here, the committee contends, Eastman has claimed a blanket privilege without “establishing the advice as legal (as opposed to political or strategic)” on a record-by-record basis.
So, the ABCs of privilege law arguably don’t apply.
The same goes for the work product doctrine, which only gets triggered for documents prepared “in anticipation of litigation.” The notion is that attorney-advocates need to do their own spadework before trial. If a document concerns attorney advice regarding a routine internal audit, for example, it’s not protected by work product. It may be privileged, but it’s not work product. The committee notes that “many (if not the vast majority) of the communications at issue involved efforts to interfere with the counting of the electoral votes on January 6 in violation of the Electoral Count Act” — not concerns that Trump would later be sued.
Assuming for the sake of argument that Eastman overcomes these rudimentary hurdles, the committee argues that the so-called “crime fraud exception” to attorney client privilege applies here. A client cannot ask an attorney where to “bury the body” and then hide behind the privilege, for example. That information isn’t covered because attorneys shouldn’t be given a pass on their involvement in crimes.
On the crime-fraud exception, the committee is unrelenting. Here are the key takeaways:
- “The evidence detailed above provides, at minimum, a good-faith basis for concluding that President Trump has violated section 18 U.S.C. § 1512(c)(2),” obstruction of an official proceeding.
- “The evidence supports an inference that President Trump and members of his campaign knew he had not won enough legitimate state electoral votes to be declared the winner of the 2020 Presidential election during the January 6 Joint Session of Congress, but the President nevertheless sought to use the Vice President to manipulate the results in his favor.”
- “The evidence is also more than sufficient to establish a good faith belief that [Eastman]’s advice was used to further these ends. [He] was the architect of the strategies proposed to the Vice President both directly and through his staff.”
- “The Select Committee also has a good-faith basis for concluding that the President and members of his Campaign engaged in a criminal conspiracy to defraud the United States.”
- “The evidence supports an inference that President Trump, Plaintiff, and several others entered into an agreement to defraud the United States by interfering with the election certification process, disseminating false information about election fraud, and pressuring state officials to alter state election results and federal officials to assist in that effort.”
The reason these statements are significant is that the team of lawyers heading this investigation includes former federal prosecutors. These folks know what they are doing. They would not put these allegations in a federal filing if they did not believe they already have the evidence to back them up. It’s not hard to imagine, therefore, a hand-off of a report to the Department of Justice (DOJ) that that is so strong in its factual, legal and analytical heft that DOJ’s current prosecutors need only add what amounts to finishing touches through a grand jury to take it to the next level — i.e., indictments of higher-ups, not just the rebels on the ground that day.
So, for those who are hand-wringing that Attorney General Merrick Garland isn’t doing enough, fast enough: Fear not. Accountability, in some form or another, is coming.
Kimberly Wehle is a professor at the University of Baltimore School of Law and author of “How to Read the Constitution — and Why,” as well as “What You Need to Know About Voting — and Why” and “How to Think Like a Lawyer – and Why” (February 2022). Follow her on Twitter: @kimwehle
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With Dr. LaNeisha Waller-Boulet, UCS and Shalisa Gladney, Afro-American Cultural Center. The Black Student Support Group will serve as a space for Black identifying students of all gender identities to respectfully listen to each other, share thoughts, feelings, provide validation, and...
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If a St. Catharines firefighter phones and asks for money, it’s not a real firefighter.
Ditto if a member of the service demands money at the door.
St. Catharines Fire Services is warning residents of two potential scams after receiving reports of individuals misrepresenting themselves as members of the service. The individuals attempt to get “donations” or sell products.
The city said in one possible scam, individuals go door to door stating they’re with the fire department and ask to inspect smoke alarms. Once inside the home, they try and sell the resident alarms and contractual alarm inspection services.
The city said when members of St. Catharines Fire Services go door to door, they are always in uniform and are able to provide City of St. Catharines corporate photo identification.
Members of the service never attempt to offer contractual services. If an alarm is not present in a home, the service will offer one at cost, but payment is never accepted on site. Homeowners have to make a payment for an alarm at the city’s fire prevention office.
The other possible scam involves phone calls from individuals claiming to be from St. Catharines Fire Services asking for donations. The city said the department never requests or accepts donations through phone calls.
Residents who believe fraudulent or illegal activity is taking place are advised by the city to call police to report it. | https://www.wellandtribune.ca/news/niagara-region/2022/03/31/st-catharines-fire-department-warns-of-scams-involving-impersonators.html | 2022-04-01T00:56:19Z |
Now we know more about the journey a GraphQL query takes from client to server and back. Let's use this new-found knowledge for our Catstronauts app.
First, let's ask ourselves a few questions:
- Where is our data stored, and how is it structured?
- Is that structure different from our client app's needs and schema?
- How can our resolver functions access that data?
The data that resolvers retrieve can come from all kinds of places: a database, a third-party API, webhooks, and so on. These are called data sources. The beauty of GraphQL is that you can mix any number of data sources to create an API that serves the needs of your client app.
Where is our data stored?
We'll be using a REST API located at https://odyssey-lift-off-rest-api.herokuapp.com/.
Looking at the API documentation, it looks like there are 6 endpoints available:
GET /tracksGET /track/:idPATCH /track/:idGET /track/:id/modulesGET /author/:idGET /module/:id
How is our data structured?
The next question we need to figure out is how our data is structured in our REST API. This impacts how we'll need to retrieve and transform that data to match the fields in our schema.
For our current feature of displaying tracks on the homepage, let's start with the /tracks
endpoint. To test this endpoint from the REST API documentation, we can click Try it out and then Execute. We get a JSON response back:
[ { "id": "c_0", "thumbnail": "https://res.cloudinary.com/dety84pbu/image/upload/v1598465568/nebula_cat_djkt9r.jpg", "topic": "Cat-stronomy", "authorId": "cat-1", "title": "Cat-stronomy, an introduction", "description": "Curious to learn what Cat-stronomy is all about? Explore the planetary and celestial alignments and how they have affected our space missions.", "numberOfViews": 0, "createdAt": "2018-09-10T07:13:53.020Z", "length": 2377, "modulesCount": 10, "modules": ["l_0", "l_1", "l_2", "l_3", "l_4", "l_5", "l_6", "l_7", "l_8", "l_9"] }, {...},]
The response includes an array of tracks, which is a good start. Let's see in more detail what matches, referring back to the Track
type in our GraphQL schema:
type Track { id: ID! title: String! author: Author! thumbnail: String length: Int modulesCount: Int}
The array includes properties that we need in our homepage Track Card:
id
thumbnail
title
modulesCount
length
The array also includes a bunch of stuff we don't need for now:
topic
description
numberOfViews
createdAt
modules
It's okay that the array includes fields that we don't need. Our resolver functions will take care of filtering the data properties to match only what the query asks for.
Which of these are true about data sources?
Notably, the array doesn't include the author information we need, such as name and photo. However, it does include an authorId
. We can provide this to the /author/:id
endpoint, which takes an ID parameter and returns the details of that author.
{ "id": "cat-1", "name": "Henri, le Chat Noir", "photo": "https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1442291928580-fb5d0856a8f1?ixlib=rb-1.2.1&q=80&fm=jpg&crop=entropy&cs=tinysrgb&w=1080&fit=max&ixid=eyJhcHBfaWQiOjExNzA0OH0"}
Looking at the Author
type in our schema, we get everything we need:
type Author { id: ID! name: String! photo: String}
We'll need to call this /author/:id
endpoint for each track in the array that we received in the previous call. Then we'll need to stitch the results together so that we end up with the shape of the data that our resolver, and our query, is expecting.
We know our data is provided by a REST API and how that API's data is structured. Next, we'll find out how our resolver functions can access that API. | https://www.apollographql.com/tutorials/lift-off-part2/exploring-our-data | 2022-04-01T00:56:19Z |
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VANCOUVER, BC, March 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Western Forest Products Inc. (TSX: WEF) ("Western" or the "Company") first quarter 2022 financial and operating results will be released on Wednesday, May 4, 2022.
Western will host its first quarter 2022 analyst conference call on Thursday, May 5, 2022 at 12:00 p.m. PDT (3:00 p.m. EDT).
Don Demens, President and Chief Executive Officer, and Stephen Williams, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, will discuss the Company's first quarter 2022 results followed by a question and answer session with the analyst community.
To join the conference call, dial:
Toll-free from Canada and the US: 1-800-952-5114
From Toronto: 416-340-2217
Passcode: 3466690#
To access the instant replay of the call, dial:
Toll-free from Canada and the US: 1-800-408-3053
From Toronto: 905-694-9451
Passcode: 1910899#
The instant replay will be available until June 5, 2022 at 8:59 p.m. PDT (11:59 p.m. EDT).
About Western Forest Products Inc.
Western is an integrated forest products company building a margin-focused log and lumber business to compete successfully in global softwood markets. With operations and employees located primarily on the coast of British Columbia and Washington State, Western is a premier supplier of high-value, specialty forest products to worldwide markets. Western has a lumber capacity in excess of 1.0 billion board feet from seven sawmills and four remanufacturing facilities. The Company sources timber from its private lands, long-term licenses, First Nations arrangements, and market purchases. Western supplements its production through a wholesale program providing customers with a comprehensive range of specialty products.
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PONCHATOULA (WGNO)— A special dedication was held today in Ponchatoula to honor a piece of history. The anchor from the USS Ponchatoula which served in the Vietnam War is now home in Ponchatoula.
Phillip Jones, served in the U.S. Navy on the USS Ponchatoula during the Vietnam War.
“When no one is looking, I’m a little emotional because I’m thinking of my shipmates who aren’t here, but I’m glad that I’m here for them,” he said.
It is a monumental time for Phillip because the anchor from his ship, the USS Ponchatoula is now stationed here.
“Last month I returned to Ponchatoula. I painted it again 54 years later,” he said.
History repeated itself for Jones. While on the ship in the late 1960’s he painted the anchor, and now it was his duty one more time.
“The first time I was swinging from the ship, but this time I was able to do it on land, and did a much better job,” Jones said.
The USS Ponchatoula was dismantled in 2014. The anchor ended up at Sea World in San Antonio. Sea World agreed to give it to Ponchatoula and they got it in 2019, but because of COVID-19 they weren’t able to officially have a dedication ceremony until today.
The U.S. Navy originally named a gas tanker and later a ship the USS Ponchatoula after the city because of the City’s help with the war efforts.
“In 1942 a school teacher by the name of Julia Wells Hawkins spearheaded a scrap metal drive. They got enough scrap metal to fill a football field, three feet deep. It took 89 trucks to haul away the scrap metal,” John Hearn, U.S. Navy said.
Ann Thibodaux was one of the school kids who helped collect the scrap metal.
“We picked it up. We gathered it up in our little wagons. I do remember that it was quite an honor,” she said.
And with this piece of history now anchored here, everyone can honor it.
“USS Ponchatoula, we are here forever,” Jones said.
The anchor and chain weigh 11,300 lbs. The anchor is located near the Collinswood Museum in Downtown Ponchatoula. | https://wgno.com/news/local/the-anchor-from-the-navys-uss-ponchatoula-now-home-in-ponchatoula/ | 2022-04-01T00:56:23Z |
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Kim Mulkey knew she had a rebuilding project when she took over as coach of LSU this season.
The longtime Baylor coach quickly was able to orchestrate an incredible turnaround for the Tigers, who won 26 games — 17 more than last season.
Mulkey was honored Thursday as The Associated Press women’s basketball Coach of the Year, the third time she has won the award. Geno Auriemma and Muffet McGraw are the only other coaches to have accomplished the feat.
“I’m certainly honored to be in that group,” Mulkey said. “This doesn’t happen without players who allow you to coach them and buy into a system. We had a really, really good year.”
Mulkey received 10 votes from the 30-member national media panel that votes on the AP Top 25 each week. South Carolina Dawn Staley was second with eight votes. Stanford’s Tara VanDerveer received three while Nicki Collen, who replaced Mulkey at Baylor, got two along with Wes Moore of N.C. State. Five coaches got one vote apiece.
The veteran coach shared the stage with AP Player of the Year Aliyah Boston, who she coached against this year.
Mulkey, who was surprised by her team last week who told her she won, thanked her coaches and individually named each of her players in the ceremony. She choked up when talking about her family, who were still in Texas.
LSU rose to No. 6 in the AP poll and hosted the first two rounds of the NCAA Tournament. The Tigers lost to Ohio State in the second round and finished with more than 25 wins for the first time since the 2007-08 season. Mulkey compared this season to her first at Baylor when she inherited a team that won just seven games the year before she took over.
“You make goals that are realistic such as having a winning season,” she said. “Beat your first ranked team, we’re going to celebrate that. In conference if we finish in the top half of SEC we can then potentially get to the NCAA Tournament. It sounds so simple. but you have to crawl before you can walk, and have to walk before you can run. We were just realistic.”
The Tigers went 13-3 in the tough Southeastern Conference and had wins over Georgia, Tennessee and Kentucky. Mulkey’s squad also played South Carolina tough, only falling by six points.
After the ceremony, Mulkey bumped into Nikki Fargas, the coach she replaced at LSU. The two hugged and had a 15-minute conversation. It was the first time they had talked since Mulkey got the job.
Mulkey grew up in Louisiana and won national titles with Louisiana Tech as both a player and assistant coach before a 21-year run at Baylor in which she won three national titles and became the fastest coach in women’s college basketball history to 600 victories, doing so in just 700 games. In 2020, she was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.
Mulkey also won AP Coach of the Year in 2012 and 2019 while at Baylor.
“I can’t name all the things that the team did this year but it was unbelievable,” she said. “We were not supposed to do what we did in a year. That’s hard to do.”
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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 | https://www.fox44news.com/sports/lsus-kim-mulkey-wins-ap-coach-of-the-year-for-third-time/ | 2022-04-01T00:56:23Z |
Get ready for Russia’s cyber retaliation
The United States is ramping up sanctions against Russia over its invasion of Ukraine, and Moscow has promised retaliation. There is every chance that we will see increased cyber attacks, but cyber hype about scope and scale — think “Die Hard 4” — is completely unwarranted. Right now, the Kremlin won’t risk showing its hand; the most dangerous Russian footholds in U.S. networks require immense resources and time to build, and maximum destructive power comes from using them during a direct conflict with the United States. Moscow won’t burn its best capabilities and anger the United States. More importantly, exaggerating the threat distracts us from hardening against much more likely Russian assaults that are short of cyber war.
One key threat is the potential spillover from Russian cyber operations in Ukraine. Russian malware has a track record of spreading past Ukrainian targets to U.S. networks. For example, the BlackEnergy Trojan malware deployed against the Ukrainian power grid in 2015 also appeared on the U.S. grid. In 2017, Russia unleashed the so-called NotPetya malware, which self-replicated and spread rapidly outside Ukraine to more than 150 countries. It left a trail of crippled corporate and government networks that resulted in over $10 billion worth in damages. This dynamic is unfolding now with HermeticWiper, a new malware that efficiently destroys computer data and has spread to Latvian and Lithuanian networks.
Disruption to U.S. supply chains is a second threat. The SolarWinds compromise made clear the payoffs of hacking businesses that provide services to U.S. companies and public agencies. Instead of attacking them individually, Russians infiltrated Fortune 500 companies and U.S. government agencies by breaking into SolarWinds networks and corrupting the company’s widely used software product. Ukrainian businesses with U.S. partnerships or contracts thus offer natural targets for implanting cyber capabilities for future use. Russia can also disrupt physical supply chains, and the U.S. chip industry is particularly vulnerable. The U.S. sources roughly 90 percent of semiconductor-grade neon from Ukraine, and approximately 35 percent of palladium — used for sensors and memory — comes from Russia. When coupled with measures to cut off Russian from the U.S. tech sector, supply chains should brace for impact.
Finally, Russian cyber activity can target critical infrastructure with low-cost, low-sophistication methods that are indistinguishable from criminal activity. This includes overwhelming servers with traffic requests, denying network access, holding computers and networks hostage, and stealing or deleting data. The U.S. banking sector is a likely target, particularly now that the West has decided to block Russia from the SWIFT system for international monetary transfers. Persistent cyber attacks against financial institutions can prevent customer website access, use malware to compromise customer accounts or employee credentials, and hold funds hostage via ransomware. Each scenario increases the likelihood of personal and corporate losses and delays the fulfillment of service level agreements with customers, i.e., agreed upon timeframes for money transfers and other business processes.
It is true that Russia long has used Ukraine as a testing ground for future cyber operations against the United States. The striking technical similarities between the NotPetya and SolarWinds incidents demonstrate that Russian cyber operators learn from experience. That has implications for long-term cyber competition, but will Russian operations in Ukraine usher in a new era of cyberwarfare against the U.S.? In a word, no. Evidence indicates that Russian war aims in cyberspace will remain limited to disrupting Ukrainian military networks and public infrastructure.
Instead of preparing for cyber-doomsday scenarios, the U.S. private and public sectors should be hardening targets against actual threats. This means having a game plan for when networks go dark, rebooting quickly, and using failure to better evaluate future risks. The U.S. is in a good position to counterstrike and take threats down at the source with the increasingly integrated partnership between U.S. Cyber Command and the National Security Agency. The bigger challenge is for businesses to dust off and update continuity plans to account for scenarios such as ransomware attacks. Organizations, particularly those comprising critical infrastructure, need to know how to communicate with local, state and federal authorities in the event of a serious cyber attack.
It’s thrilling to imagine apocalyptic scenarios where evil Russian hackers take out the American grid, down airplanes, and take our economy offline. One day that could happen. But it’s not happening now, and the right response is not complacency. It’s the hard work of cyber defense at the local, national, public and private levels. It might not make for a great movie, but you’ll be happier and safer in the long run.
Jason Blessing, Ph.D., is a Jeane Kirkpatrick Visiting Research Fellow with the foreign and defense policy department at the American Enterprise Institute. His research focuses on cybersecurity as well as transatlantic relations. Follow him on twitter @JasonABlessing.
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Despite being at the start of a sixth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, Niagara acting medical officer of health Dr. Mustafa Hirji says there’s a “prevailing sense that the pandemic is over” in the community.
That optimism at a time when cases are again increasing is “due to lack of messaging of concern by the province, and their actions to eliminate all pandemic protections,” Hirji said.
It’s also one of several factors that may be preventing people from getting the care they need.
By the time people are sick enough to seek out medical care, it’s often too late for new COVID-19 treatments such as Paxlovid to work. The drug has been shown to dramatically reduce risk of hospitalization if taken early in the illness.
“When people are mildly sick, they don’t reach out for care,” Hirji said in an email. “Once they get much more ill, it is too late.”
Hirji said there has been very little promotion of the treatment by Ontario Health, which is responsible for the rollout of Paxlovid.
Although the province recently received 40,000 treatments of Paxlovid, only 400 have been used.
Hirji said a lack of understanding about accessing PCR tests is preventing people who might be a candidate for treatment from being identified.
He said people eligible for treatment are actually eligible for PCR testing, but “most people don’t realize this.”
There are also too few sites where the treatment is available, with only a single Niagara Health location that isn’t open on weekends.
Niagara Health had 36 patients being treated for COVID-19 Thursday, including four in intensive care.
Niagara Region Public Health reported 95 new infections Thursday, in the third day that local cases have been climbing. There were 1,100 active infections, although due to limited access to testing far more cases of the virus are believed to be in the community.
Hirji said expanding access to PCR testng to everyone 50and older “would help us identify persons eligible for treatment in that higher risk group and connected them better to treatment.”
Hirji said “strong messaging” from the province is needed that “there is a sixth wave now and that we all need to be taking the pandemic and our risk of COVID-19 seriously.”
Meanwhile, Niagara Region is disbanding its COVID-19 vaccination task force, after the team spent more than a year of working to ensure vaccine made it into the arms of as many residents as possible.
With 1,028,649 doses of vaccine provided to Niagara residents so far, the Region announced Thursday the task force led by Niagara Falls family physician Dr. David Dec has completed its mandate.
“The ability to offer critical input and advice to public health and other community partners, in a timely manner and in the face of a rapidly changing COVID landscape, has helped us give those most at risk in our region the best opportunity possible to protect themselves from this deadly virus,” Dec said. | https://www.wellandtribune.ca/news/niagara-region/2022/03/31/strong-messaging-needed-from-province-that-sixth-wave-has-begun-hirji.html | 2022-04-01T00:56:25Z |
Let's add this RESTDataSource
class to our project.
In the terminal, in our server/
folder, stop the current process that we started in the project setup section, then run:
npm install apollo-datasource-rest
Once that's done, start up the server again with npm start
.
Next, let's create a folder called datasources
in the server/src
folder, where all our data sources will live. We'll create a file called track-api.js
.
First, we import our apollo-datasource-rest
package.
const {RESTDataSource} = require('apollo-datasource-rest');
This gives us a RESTDataSource
class that we can extend.
We'll declare a class called TrackAPI
that extends RESTDataSource
. While we're here, let's export it before we forget!
class TrackAPI extends RESTDataSource { // ...}module.exports = TrackAPI;
Let's define a constructor
method inside the class. Inside, we'll call super()
to make sure we get access to our RESTDataSource
features. We'll also assign our REST API's base url.
class TrackAPI extends RESTDataSource { constructor() { super(); this.baseURL = 'https://odyssey-lift-off-rest-api.herokuapp.com/'; }}
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Code Challenge!
SpaceCatsAPI
that extends the RESTDataSource
class. It should have a constructor method. Its baseURL should be set to https://fake-spacecats-rest-api.cat/
. Assume that the RESTDataSource
class has already been imported.Let's define a method called getTracksForHome
inside our TrackAPI
class. The RESTDataSource class provides helper methods for HTTP requests. In our case, we want to perform a GET request to the tracks
endpoint. Then, we return the results of that call.
Below our constructor
method:
getTracksForHome() { return this.get('tracks');}
Next, it's time to define the getAuthor
method inside our TrackAPI
class. It takes an authorId
as an argument and uses it in a GET call to the /author/:id
endpoint. Then, we return the results of that call.
Below our getTracksForHome
method:
getAuthor(authorId) { return this.get(`author/${authorId}`);}
Note the use of backticks (`
) enclosing the author/:id
endpoint, because we're using string interpolation to add the authorId
at the end.
Nice work! We've got our data source set up and retrieving data from the REST API.
// src/datasources/track-api.jsconst {RESTDataSource} = require('apollo-datasource-rest');class TrackAPI extends RESTDataSource { constructor() { super(); this.baseURL = 'https://odyssey-lift-off-rest-api.herokuapp.com/'; } getTracksForHome() { return this.get('tracks'); } getAuthor(authorId) { return this.get(`author/${authorId}`); }}module.exports = TrackAPI;
Code Challenge!
SpaceCatsAPI
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Luxury NFT firm teams up with a world-leading photographer.
SINGAPORE, March 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- World-renowned photographer Nicolas Gerardin has partnered with pioneering platform 1of1 and ARTM Technologies to produce luxury NFTs based on his photography.
The NFTs will include rare and famous images by the French photographer who works with the world's top celebrities, including Cristiano Ronaldo, Jonas Brothers, Priyanka Chopra, Donatella Versace, James Franco, Daniel Radcliffe, Kendall Jenner, Lewis Hamilton, Karim Benzema, Paulo Dybala, Sofia Carson, and many more.
Gerardin's photographs have appeared on the front covers of leading international magazines and were recently hailed by Georgina Rodríguez in the Netflix special 'I am Georgina.' as "the best photographer in Europe."
1of1 is the first official luxury NFT platform for pioneering tech firm ARTM Technologies. It has already established numerous global partnerships with international luxury brands. ARTM is an ERC-20 token used to unlock NFTs, video streaming, metaverse, and gaming add-ons.
Co-Founder Craig Allard shared,
"We are very excited to be linking up with such an internationally-acclaimed photographer. His client list speaks for itself, and we can't wait to see what can be achieved in partnership with our 1of1 luxury NFTs. These will be based on his photographs, including some of his rare work and his more famous pieces. Some will involve experiences and special access to events and celebrities. Our pioneering technology is already changing the world of NFTs, leveraging blockchain technology with new use cases. This latest partnership will add another element to our work, and we look forward to announcing more details in due course."
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I’m sure I keep sounding like a broken record at this point, but the Brooklyn Nets need to play each game like it’s a must-win. They are desperately trying to avoid the play-in scenario and they are all but running out of time.
Brooklyn sits 4 games behind Toronto for 6th place in the East (2 games behind the Cavs for 7th) and are just a half game ahead of the Hornets, who are sitting in 9th place.
And when you have to take on the defending champs, well, there’s no reason to think that the Nets feel any sense of being on easy street.
Unless, you know, the Bucks decide to sit Giannis tonight. Please?
WHO: Brooklyn Nets (40-36) vs. Milwaukee Bucks (47-28)
WHEN: 7:30 p.m. EST
WHERE: TNT (national), YES (local), WFAN-FM/AM (radio)
Crazy as it sounds, Giannis Antetokuonmpo is still kinda slept on. Mans is a two time MVP, reigning NBA Finals MVP, and might wind up snagging his third MVP award if things break right for him. Antetokuonmpo does everything for the Bucks and will look to bulldoze the Nets on the inside. And on a somewhat related note, I’m a few chapters into Mirin Fader’s book about Giannis, and it is incredible. Go cop it.
As Kevin Durant goes, so goes the Nets. KD got to work on Tuesday and dropped 41 points on the way to victory. KD got this three point stroke back in gear on Tuesday and continued his mastery of the mid post. Durant is impossible to stop so the Bucks hope to play physical and try to get him off his game. He missed the last Bucks matchup so it’ll be interesting to see how Mike Budenholzer and the Bucks staff adjust to the challenge.
For more on the Bucks, check out Brew Hoop. | https://www.netsdaily.com/2022/3/31/23004895/nba-watch-live-tv-brooklyn-nets-vs-milwaukee-bucks-giannis-mvp-kevin-durant-kyrie-irving-barclays | 2022-04-01T00:56:27Z |
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The Bengals will play the Los Angeles Rams on Sunday, Oct. 27 at Wembley Stadium in London. The game will kick off at 1 p.m. Eastern. The full regular-season schedule will be released at 8 p.m. tonight.
Bengals head coach Zac Taylor, who was an assistant with the Rams from 2017-18 and helped the team reach last season's Super Bowl, faces his former squad for the first time. The Bengals have won their last three matchups with the Rams and hold an 8-5 lead in the teams' all-time series.
The Bengals first played in London in the 2016 season, hosting the Washington Redskins at Wembley Stadium.
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On Location is the premier experiential hospitality service providing NFL fans with expert planning and one-of-a-kind experiences. Fans can see the best of London's landmarks and attractions on top of the famed double-decker buses. These tours will conclude at Europe's tallest observation wheel with stunning 360-degree views of London. Some guests will enjoy a private dinner cruise down the River Thames with former NFL players, sailing past the Houses of Parliament, Tower Bridge, Shakespeare's Globe and more. On game day, fans will enjoy an iconic pregame experience before heading to their seats and watching the Bengals and Rams kickoff.
More information on available packages and how to reserve your spot can be found on OLE's website or PrimeSport's website. | https://www.bengals.com/news/bengals-to-play-rams-in-london-on-october-27 | 2022-04-01T00:56:27Z |
An Upper Macungie Township man was sentenced Thursday in federal court in Boston for obstructing an investigation into his efforts to acquire the deadly toxin ricin.
Ishtiaq Ali Saaem, a Bangladeshi national, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Richard G. Stearns to three years of probation, six months of which will be served on home confinement.
Ali Saaem was also ordered to pay a fine of $5,500.
Saaem, 37, was living in Boston and working as the director of advanced research at a biotechnology firm in June 2015 when he bought 100 packets of castor bean seeds online, according to the U.S. attorney’s office in Boston.
Inspired by his viewing of the TV series “Breaking Bad,” about a high school chemistry professor who begins cooking methamphetamine, Saaem planned to cook up an undetectable poison in his kitchen, prosecutors said.
After telling investigators the beans were for decorative purposes — and that he accidentally ordered 100 packets instead of one — Saaem searched the internet for tasteless poisons that could be made at home, according to court records.
During subsequent meetings with law enforcement, Saaem said his interest in buying castor beans related to an interest in gardening. He also made misleading statements about his knowledge of ricin.
Saaem pleaded guilty to one count of obstruction of justice last April.
Saaem “showed callous disregard for public safety and federal authority,” U.S. Attorney Rachael S. Rollins said in a statement. “This prosecution sends a clear message that the attempted procurement of deadly weapons or toxins will be taken as a direct threat against the safety and security of American communities. Thanks to the swift action by authorities, no one was harmed.”
Assistant U.S. Attorney Kriss Basil prosecuted the case.
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Joel Purnell used to sleep under a Loganville library’s awning near the front door.
One of the people who would give Purnell food and money reached out to as many people as possible to help him, including North Georgia Works’ executive director Michael Giddens.
Purnell was skeptical.
“That’s why I was content with being homeless because I was too nervous to ask for help,” Purnell said. “I couldn’t trust anyone. At the time, I couldn’t trust my family, so trusting a random stranger was out of the question.”
That all changed when Giddens showed up.
“Hey, are you Joel? Hey, I’m Michael. Get in the car,” Purnell recounted of that fateful meeting.
Purnell hesitated, but he got in. It was a decision that he thinks now was one of the best he has ever made. At Purnell’s March 20 graduation, Giddens said he was thankful beyond words that he did.
Purnell was one of five men to graduate March 20 from North Georgia Works, a Christian ministry and transitional workforce development center for men in Gainesville.
Its founder, Doug Hanson, began the process years ago to tackle homelessness in the Hall County community. He retired from DuPont Engineering in 2002 and was later appointed by former Gov. Nathan Deal to the State Housing Trust Fund for the Homeless. Hanson fashioned the Gainesville ministry off a similar program in Atlanta.
"If I hadn't gotten involved ... I would have missed the greatest joy in my life," Hanson said.
The five men that graduated from the yearlong program were Purnell, Kacey Sosebee, Travis Daniel, Christopher Fitts and Shane McCrary.
Hanson said there are 29 men in the program currently coming through four portals: the court system through possibly a judge’s or defense attorney’s recommendation; the jail alerting them of someone seeking a transitional housing option; the shelters telling them that one of their long-term clients might be a good fit; or off of the streets.
“They come in scared and skeptical and searching for safety,” Hanson said. “What we do is we provide them an opportunity for them to change their lives from the inside out.”
There is an application and interview process, and the ministry said that each resident “will have completed a minimum of 30 days in one of the approved portals, passing a drug/alcohol test, background check, and health evaluation before being eligible.“
“There is no commitment to stay other than agreeing to get along, stay clean and work hard,” Hanson said. “They’re free to go at any time, and we’ve had a few that have just said, ‘I’ve had enough,’ or ‘I don’t want this.’”
Getting to work
Hanson said they have dozens of business partners looking for someone to hire, and all five of the graduates are working.
Purnell, Daniel and McCrary work at Oakwood Tire in Gainesville, and Sosebee is working at New Leaf Landscape Services. Fitts works as the program’s designated driver, said North Georgia Works’ director of programs and pastoral counseling Mark Akin.
“These business partners are delighted to have a person they know they can count on for a year,” Hanson said.
Oakwood Tire owner Mike Robertson said he is fully staffed after bringing on the three North Georgia Works graduates, which is not the norm in town.
“If you go around to all of the shops in Gainesville, very few are fully staffed,” Robertson said.
Before the program, Daniel was homeless for a few years and stayed at Salvation Army for weeks.
He said he wants to continue saving money while working at Oakwood Tire and staying at North Georgia Works. Daniel said he wants to offer help to the other participants, advising them to stick it out even through the rough patches.
In front of a packed house at the North Georgia Works’ Vine Street building, McCrary opened up about being a regular user of meth for about 15 years.
“The day after they had a warrant out for my arrest, I was pretty much homeless then,” McCrary said.
He’s been clean for a year after being in the program that uses daily drug testing.
McCrary said the program has taught him how to manage his temper and his money, having saved roughly $5,000. The next step for him is moving out on his own.
His advice for others is stay busy and be proud after a hard day’s work.
Help with a home
Akin said North Georgia Works currently has leases with two properties, which are then subleased to the men taking the next step after graduation.
“If one of the guys lost his job or got removed from the housing, we take up the slack and keep it paid so the other one doesn’t lose their housing, too,” Akin said.
Hanson said they started this facet of the program because of the “serious deficiencies we have here in Hall County” surrounding affordable housing.
Ed Albrecht, who works in real estate and has volunteered his time to the North Georgia Works cause, said it’s taken a lot of pavement pounding, door knocking and opening people’s eyes to the program.
Albrecht said he has helped by finding landlords that might be amenable to the unusual leasing situation that North Georgia Works is presenting.
Purnell moved into one of these apartments and now pays roughly $600 per month.
When comparing the costs of sending a man through North Georgia Works to being out on the streets, Hanson called it a “steal” financially.
He estimated that it costs North Georgia Works about $3,500 to send a man through the program. Hanson was told by the Hall County Sheriff’s Office that it costs $68 a day to house an inmate, which is almost $25,000 annually.
If the person is on the streets, the costs to emergency medical care, food banks, social programs, law enforcement and other agencies are greater still, Hanson said.
The Vine Street facility has 30 single-person dorms, each bearing a brass plaque honoring the sponsors who have made $10,000 contributions to North Georgia Works.
Regarding the thought of expansion, Akin said they want to replicate the North Georgia Works model in other counties.
‘A culture of brotherhood and love’
At the end of the March 20 graduation, the graduates and the other men in the program gathered in a huddle to pray at the head of the room.
Hanson called it “the most emotional moment of that whole evening for me.”
“Those are the people that have been out there on the streets,” Hanson said. “… And there they all are as brothers, working together and praying for one another and celebrating success.”
It has taken some time, but Hanson said he believes that the program has fostered a “culture of brotherhood and love.”
“This isn’t just a ministry or a program,” Purnell said. “This is a family, and this family will always have your back, sometimes whether you like it or not. Sometimes you need that sort of love.” | https://www.gainesvilletimes.com/life/faith-and-charity/a-culture-of-brotherhood-and-love-five-men-graduate-from-mens-ministry-helping-homeless-find-work-place-to-stay/ | 2022-04-01T00:56:27Z |
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SOTA Finance (SOTA) traded 0.6% higher against the dollar during the 24 hour period ending at 19:00 PM ET on March 31st. SOTA Finance has a total market capitalization of $177,140.98 and $467.00 worth of SOTA Finance was traded on exchanges in the last day. One SOTA Finance coin can now be bought for about $0.0044 or 0.00000010 BTC on major cryptocurrency exchanges. Over the last week, SOTA Finance has traded up 4.1% against the dollar.
Here is how other cryptocurrencies have performed over the last day:
- Binance USD (BUSD) traded down 0% against the dollar and now trades at $1.00 or 0.00002189 BTC.
- Polygon (MATIC) traded down 3.8% against the dollar and now trades at $1.63 or 0.00003558 BTC.
- Polygon (MATIC) traded up 1% against the dollar and now trades at $1.65 or 0.00004286 BTC.
- Crypto.com Coin (CRO) traded up 5% 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 0.00002185 BTC.
- Chainlink (LINK) traded down 1.4% against the dollar and now trades at $16.99 or 0.00037158 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.
- FTX Token (FTT) traded 4.4% lower against the dollar and now trades at $49.00 or 0.00107164 BTC.
SOTA Finance Coin Profile
According to CryptoCompare, “SOTA is a multi-chain digital content NFT platform where users can create, sell and buy digital content NFTs. Users follow their favorite creators, buy and sell their collectibles in the SOTA market.Creators can select to create NFTs on different blockchain networks. The platform starts with Ethereum, then adds TomoChain and other chains gradually. SOTA is the governance token of the SOTA platform that provides users with benefits when using it. “
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When the cost of everything goes up, so does the number of visits to local food banks.
Open Arms Mission and The Hope Centre, two agencies in Welland, joined recently to announce separate spring food drives they are getting ready for.
Open Arms Mission has held one annually for three years. It will collect items on May 14. Food can be dropped off at Rice Road Community Church (305 Rice Rd.), Beacon Baptist Church (109 Chaffey St.), Faith Welland Church (370 South Pelham Rd.) and The Kavern (190 Maple Ave.) from 9 a.m. to noon. There will be a front porch pickup for homes that receive a flyer about the event.
The Hope Centre will host a drive-thru food drive April 30 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at its 570 King St. location.
Open Arms executive director Marty Misener said contributions brought in at Christmastime have dwindled.
“This year, it’s dire that we get food in,” he said.
Since last March, Open Arms has served 4,284 families, which equates to a nearly 28 per cent increase.
With inflation at a 30-year high — grocery, fuel and housing costs are soaring — many more families across Welland are turning to food banks.
“Gas impacts everything, and everything is going up at the grocery store,” said Misener.
With pandemic stimulus funding drying up, many people who were “a little bit tight a couple of months ago” have moved into an “insecure” stage. New faces showing up at the mission.
“I think it’s because they’ve reached the point of needing it, of being desperate.”
At The Hope Centre, there has also been a big increase in the number of families turning to its food bank.
“Kids are the biggest increase at The Hope Centre this year so far, with 35 per cent more children being supported than at this point last year,” said chief executive officer Jon Braithwaite, in a release.
More than 200 people, or 15 per cent of those who have used the food bank this year, have never accessed food security at The Hope Centre, he added.
“With the significant increase in those facing the difficult decision to access help in providing nutritious food for their family, we are again turning to our community to help us fill the shelves,” Braithwaite said.
For more information, including a list of most requested items for both The Hope Centre and Open Arms Mission, visit www.openarmsmission.com and www.thehopecentre.net. | https://www.wellandtribune.ca/news/niagara-region/2022/03/31/welland-agencies-in-dire-need-ahead-of-spring-food-drives.html | 2022-04-01T00:56:32Z |
NEW YORK (AP) — Major League Baseball finalized the rules change Thursday to bring back automatic runners in extra innings for a third straight season.
Despite an easing of pandemic restrictions, MLB and the players’ association agreed to keep the controversial rule that starts each team with a runner on second base during extra innings for the 2022 regular season.
The agreement regarding on-field rules modifications also includes expanding active rosters from 26 players to 28 from opening day on April 7 through May 1 this year, due to the delayed start of spring training.
Another new rule benefits Angels two-way star Shohei Ohtani. With the designated hitter adopted in both leagues, pitchers who start games in the batting order can remain in the game as a DH after leaving the mound. A DH can also enter the game to pitch. That change will apply to multiple seasons.
“The expansion of the designated hitter and giving two-way players enhanced flexibility to showcase their talents will benefit the game for the foreseeable future,” union director of player services Kevin Slowey said in a statement. “The roster and extra-inning adjustments will also serve to protect the health and safety of players during what will be a unique 2022 season.”
The “zombie” runner modification was applied to the 2020 and 2021 regular seasons as part of adjustments due to COVID-19.
There were 78 extra-inning games during the pandemic-shortened 2020 season, and the longest by innings were a pair of 13-inning contests at Houston, won by the Los Angeles Dodgers on July 29 and by Oakland on Aug. 7. Every previous season since 1901 had at least one game of 15 innings or longer
There were 233 extra-inning games last year, and the longest was the Dodgers’ 16-inning win at the San Diego Padres on Aug. 25.
The modification for 2020 and 2021 that shortened doubleheaders to scheduled seven-inning games was not continued for 2022.
Active rosters will be 28 from opening day through May 1; 26 from May 2 through Aug. 31; and 28 for the rest of the regular season. Last season, the limit was 26 from opening day through Aug. 31, then 28.
Rookie qualifications going forward will remain the same as in 2021, when September days were not excluded toward the threshold of 45 days for the exhaustion of rookie status in future seasons.
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The 2021-22 boys basketball season just ended and already thoughts turn to next year.
The start of any high school season actually begins in the summer and this year the big news is the varsity basketball summer league is going inside to Whitehall High School.
“We were offered the gyms by Bob Hartman [Whitehall’s athletic director] and we accepted because at least 70% of the time last year we had to go inside to play our games,” said longtime summer basketball league and tournament director Glen Klein. “We have schools that have to travel a long distance to get here, schools like Pocono Mountain East, Reading, Quakertown and Warren Hills in New Jersey. So, when you’re coming that far, a decision has to be made early in the day. And even if there was just a 50% chance of rain I’d go inside because you didn’t want to take a chance. Sometimes it rained, sometimes it didn’t, but the coaches and kids needed to know early. So this makes it a lot easier.”
While the varsity league will be at Whitehall, the JV league will still be at Cedar Beach every Tuesday and Thursday night starting May 17.
Klein said the JV games will start at 5 p.m. and finish at 8 and the varsity games will be played at 6, 7 and 8 p.m.
“We’re going to stagger the schedule so if a kid is double-rostered that kid can play a 5 o’clock JV game at Cedar Beach and a 7 o’clock varsity game at Whitehall,” Klein said. “Or if he’s playing a JV game at 6, he will play a varsity game at 8 at Whitehall. Everything will be on Tuesdays and Thursdays so the coaches can have their weekends. I’ll miss Cedar Beach and I’m a big advocate of playing outside in the summer, but we’re doing this to keep things as simple as possible and the coaches like playing games indoors because that’s where they play in the winter.”
The league used to be called the Cedar Beach Summer Basketball League but now that the varsity league is no longer being held at the west Allentown park, Klein is not sure what the league will be called.
He said that 22 teams have committed to the league’s big-school division including newcomers Executive Education Charter and Muhlenberg Township, while eight would be in the small-school division. The JV league at the moment has 12 teams.
The Cedar Beach Basketball Showcase, a four-day double-elimination tournament, will remain at Cedar Beach. The tournament is set for June 23-26. Parkland won last year’s big-school title, beating Northampton in the championship game. Southern Lehigh beat Roberto Clemente for the tournament’s small-school crown.
The A-Town Throwdown tournament will also return this summer with its four-day event to run from July 28-31. Reading won last year’s boys title, beating Lincoln from the Philadelphia Public League in the finals, which were forced indoors to Muhlenberg College.
Scholar-athletes
The Lehigh Valley Senior All-Star Basketball Classic Sunday at Northampton Community College featured a lot of memorable moments that included top players from the past and present.
Perhaps the biggest winners were Freedom’s Kailey Turpening and Southern Lehigh’s Noah Denton who were selected as local basketball’s premier scholar-athletes and awarded $2000 in scholarships.
“It’s exciting and I feel really honored,” Turpening said. “It’s really difficult being a three-sport athlete but my parents and friends and other family have supported me all the way through. It’s not just me who accomplished this, but I had a lot of help.”
Turpening said she has been playing basketball literally since she could walk.
“My first steps were on a basketball court,” she said. “My dad [Steve[ owns In The Zone and I have been surrounded by basketball my entire life,” she said. “I grew up loving it. It has been in my heart forever.”
Turpening, a 1,000-point scorer, said she will be attending Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona, Florida, and will continue her career there at the Division II level.
“I will miss Lehigh Valley basketball since I played at Freedom for six years,” she said. ”But I am excited about my new career.”
Denton, however, is done with organized basketball as he pursues a career in the medical profession. He’s headed to the University of Pittsburgh’s honors college where he will major in pre-med.
“I will miss basketball and I didn’t think I’d miss it this much, but getting to play again in the all-star game with former teammates like Matt Tankred was a lot of fun,” said Denton. “I wish I could have one more year of high school.”
Denton said the scholar-athlete is a reward for his hard work.
“This really represents the hard work I put in over the years,” Denton said. “I enjoyed basketball, but I realize basketball can only take you so far. The things that you do in high school can help set you up your career after high school and that’s why I worked hard to attain my goals.”
Officials work state finals
No Lehigh Valley teams made it to Hershey for the state championships but District 11 officials Jack Keiter, Rod Strobl, and Johnny Hymans worked the 5A boys championship game between Imhotep Charter and New Castle. Imhotep won 54-39.
“We were honored to be selected and it was great to be on the floor with officials you are comfortable with,” Keiter said. “We were on the same page all game long. Evaluators said we were the best crew of the first two days of the finals. We had fun and enjoyed the experience.”
It was the second state title game for all three officials. All three worked previous championship games more than a decade ago when the finals were at Penn State — Keiter in 2010, Hymans had a girls title game in 2011, and Strobl worked a boys final in 2008.
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In src/resolvers.js
, in our tracksForHome
resolver, let's add the parameters.
The order of the parameters matters here. If we only added one parameter, then the function would consider it as the first optional parameter: parent
. We need the context
, which is the third parameter, to access our data sources.
We don't need the first two parameters, so as a convention, we'll name them with underscores: one underscore for the first (parent
) and two underscores for the second (args
).
For the context
, we'll destructure it to access its child object dataSources
. And we can omit the fourth parameter, info
, as we won't use it.
const resolvers = { Query: { // get all tracks, will be used to populate the homepage grid of our web client tracksForHome: (_, __, {dataSources}) => {} }};
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Code Challenge!
spaceCats
field to follow the conventions explained above. You'll need to destructure dataSources
from the context
parameter. The function should not return anything for now.From our dataSources
object, we'll gain access to our trackAPI
(lowercase here as it's the instance of our TrackAPI
class extending RESTDataSource
) and its getTracksforHome
method that we built earlier.
Our tracksForHome
resolver will return the results from that TrackAPI
method.
const resolvers = { Query: { // get all tracks, will be used to populate the homepage grid of our web client tracksForHome: (_, __, {dataSources}) => { return dataSources.trackAPI.getTracksForHome(); } }};module.exports = resolvers;
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dataSources
object to access the spaceCatsAPI.getSpaceCats()
method and return the results.Now, that takes care of getting the data for our tracks, but we also need the author associated with each track. We need to call the getAuthor
method from our TrackAPI
.
So where should this call be located? Well, our tracksForHome
resolver could map over the returned tracks data, take each track's authorId
property, and call getAuthor
with it. But then our tracksForHome
resolver would always fetch author data, even for queries that don't even request it!
Instead, let's add another resolver specifically for a track's author. To do this, we'll add another key to our resolvers
object called Track
, indicating that it's for the Track
type in our schema. Inside that Track
key will be another object with an author
field, where we'll define our resolver.
const resolvers = { Query: { // ... }, Track: { author: (parent, args, context, info) => {} }};
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This time we'll need the parent
argument, so let's keep it in the resolver function. We can replace args
with an underscore. We'll destructure context
to access the dataSources
key for our TrackAPI. And then omit info
because we don't need it.
const resolvers = { Query: { // ... }, Track: { author: (parent, _, {dataSources}) => {} }};
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The TrackAPI
's getAuthor
method needs an authorId
. We'll get this value from the parent
argument passed to the resolver. The parent
argument contains data returned by our tracksForHome
resolver, and because tracksForHome
returns a list, Apollo Server iterates through that list and calls the author
resolver once for each track. It passes the current track as the value of parent
, enabling us to extract the authorId
.
If we were to console.log(parent)
, inside our author
resolver, the printed value would look exactly like a single raw track from the tracks list returned by our RESTDataSource
.
Which information will be present in the parent
argument of our Track.author
resolver?
Let's destructure authorId
from the parent
argument. Then, we'll call the getAuthor
method from our dataSources.trackAPI
method, passing in the authorId
. Finally, we'll return the result.
// src/resolvers.jsconst resolvers = { Query: { // get all tracks, will be used to populate the homepage grid of our web client tracksForHome: (_, __, {dataSources}) => { return dataSources.trackAPI.getTracksForHome(); } }, Track: { author: ({authorId}, _, {dataSources}) => { return dataSources.trackAPI.getAuthor(authorId); } }};
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Code Challenge!
SpaceCat.missions
field. Follow the conventions explained above for the 4 optional parameters. Use the dataSources
object to access the spaceCatsAPI.getMissions()
method. It takes a catId
argument from the parent
and returns the results.As a best practice, when working on your resolvers and data sources, try to keep resolver functions as thin as possible. By doing so, you make your API more resilient to future changes. You can safely refactor your data fetching code, or change the source entirely from a REST API to a database, without breaking your API. This also keeps your resolvers readable and easier to understand, which comes in handy as you define more and more of them!
Now, you might be wondering where the dataSources
object that's passed to our resolver comes from. When did we add it to the context
parameter? Right now, it isn't added. If we ran our server, it would have no clue about our TrackAPI
. It also doesn't know about our resolvers yet! Let's make sure all three pieces are connected with each other. | https://www.apollographql.com/tutorials/lift-off-part2/implementing-query-resolvers | 2022-04-01T00:56:32Z |
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Maybe a Mexican restaurant will have better luck.
A month after Little Italy closed, a Mexican restaurant is opening in its place on Bradford Street off the downtown square.
Abigail and Pepe Perez are hoping to open Consuelo late this summer, offering an authentic menu and craft cocktails with specialty tequilas, according to a press release from Abernathy Cochran Real Estate Group.
Little Italy closed a week after opening. The restaurant opened in late February, offering New York style pizza and other Italian options, but it suddenly closed, and its employees were laid off.
The owner of the building, Ben Cortese, who also ran Little Italy, made the building available for lease on March 4, writing on Facebook that he had decided, “to take a different route.”
The new restaurant is named after Pepe’s grandmother, who was a superb cook, Abigail told The Times. Pepe is originally from Guadalajara, Mexico, and Abigail is a first-generation Mexican-American. The couple has lived in Gainesville for 10 years and are the owners of Pristine Clean and Pristine Painting.
“It’s always been our dream to be on the square in Gainesville,” Abigail said.
More details will be released in the coming weeks, she said. | https://www.gainesvilletimes.com/news/business-industry/mexican-restaurant-coming-former-little-italy-location-downtown-gainesville/ | 2022-04-01T00:56:32Z |
What damages should the feds consider when regulating carbon?
A federal district court in Louisiana recently issued a preliminary injunction against the Biden administration’s use of its interim estimates for the social cost of carbon (SCC) pollution. The administration issued the interim estimates to implement President Biden’s Executive Order 13990, which directed agencies to estimate the full costs of carbon pollution, “including by taking global damages into account.” The court determined that the directive to focus on global effects contradicts the congressional intent of laws focused on promoting U.S. welfare, such as the Clean Air Act.
We believe U.S. regulators should consider and report estimates of the social cost of carbon, both to the U.S. and globally.
The U.S. bears only a fraction of the damages accounted for in the Biden administration’s interim estimates of the SCC. The Biden administration is rejecting the Trump administration’s focus on damages to the U.S. as the only measure of the SCC, and returning to the Obama administration’s use of global damages as the sole summary measure of the SCC. An exclusive focus on the global benefits of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions reductions, based on the hope for reciprocal reductions by other countries, without regard for the certitude of such cuts, likely will lead to unnecessary costs to the U.S. economy.
The Biden administration’s report about the interim estimates pointed to difficulties estimating damages to the U.S. This argument is unconvincing because a rich set of economic and environmental data is available with which to estimate damages to the U.S., as well as to U.S. citizens around the world.
In presenting the interim estimates, the administration also asserted that the global nature of carbon emissions “requires” consideration of how U.S. emissions controls will affect controls by other countries, and that use of a global estimate of damages allows the U.S. to actively encourage other nations to reduce emissions. Federal regulators should use the global SCC, in addition to the U.S. SCC, because it may help to promote international cooperation and indicate the scale of international cooperation that fighting climate change may require.
Reporting both the global SCC and the domestic SCC may reduce disruptive whipsawing of carbon emissions control programs as a result of uncertainty between whether the global or domestic SCC is more appropriate.
We agree that analyses of U.S. regulations to reduce carbon emissions should explicitly address the possibility of foreign parties taking reciprocal actions. But reciprocity must be appraised in terms of emissions cuts — that is, which countries can be expected to cut their emissions, by how much, and by what dates, as a result of the U.S. action — and by whether such reciprocal cuts are based on binding obligations set out in treaties or, instead, just on promises such as those made in the Paris Agreement with its unfilled pledges. This treatment of reciprocal action follows longstanding practice in regulatory analyses to incorporate only those changes in behavior that are required by current law.
The Biden administration’s exclusive focus on the global SCC presumes that U.S. policymakers are indifferent to the benefits to the U.S. versus benefits to the rest of the world — a perspective inconsistent with U.S. laws, such as the Clean Air Act, that suggest or require focusing on benefits to the “Nation” and not the world. Further, President Clinton’s 1993 Executive Order on regulation, which is still in effect, seeks a regulatory system that serves the American people.
Sole use of the global SCC is also inconsistent with another Biden instruction: more distributional analysis regarding “disadvantaged, vulnerable or marginalized communities” in the U.S. The domestic SCC is a necessary first step but the Trump-era domestic SCC is inadequate to help address the effects of climate change on poor Americans or people of color in the United States. We encourage analysts to break down the domestic SCC to shed light on such effects in the U.S.
What should federal regulators do? Their first responsibility is their duty to promote the general welfare of the U.S. They must, therefore, consider and report publicly the benefits to the U.S. from greenhouse gas emissions cuts and from reciprocal cuts from binding agreements with other countries. Focusing solely on global costs of carbon without considering costs to the U.S. breaches that duty.
John D. Graham is professor and former dean at the School of Public and Environmental Affairs at Indiana University. Art Fraas is visiting fellow at Resources for the Future. Randall Lutter is senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute. Jason Shogren is Stroock Chair of Natural Resource Conservation and Management at the College of Business of the University of Wyoming.
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CLEARWATER, Fla. — Luis Severino was on the field Thursday playing catch like he usually would be on the day after a bullpen session. That is a good sign for the right-hander, who had his second spring training start pushed back because of general arm soreness.
“He’s really encouraged by what he was coming in with today and just going out to throw and normal catch play and in line for Saturday so kind of waiting for this morning,” Aaron Boone said. “It’s what we hope for at this point.”
Severino is scheduled to start Saturday against the Braves for his final outing of spring training.
Severino has been through the gamut with injuries over the past three years, beginning with shoulder inflammation that transformed into a lat tear. He had Tommy John surgery in March 2020 and a rehab that was stalled by a groin injury and shoulder issue.
CATCHING UP
Ben Rortvedt has progressed to hitting tossed baseballs Wednesday, meaning he is moving toward full swing and eventually playing in games. The catcher, who came to the Yankees with a strained right oblique in a trade earlier this spring, however, seems likely to begin the regular season on the injured list.
The Yankees will have to make some hard decisions to replace him because they do not have another catcher on their 40-man roster, which is full. They have catchers Rob Brantly, Max McDowell and David Freitas, who started against the Phillies Thursday, in camp.
“Some of that depends on where we determine Ben is. Is he going to need a week or two? ... Obviously you have to create a roster spot,” the Yankee manager said. “So, there’ll be a lot of things that kind of factor in.”
Brantly was with the Yankees last season. The 32-year-old veteran has played 133 games in the big leagues with the Marlins, White Sox, Phillies, Giants and Yankees. McDowell — a Brewers’ 13th-round pick in 2015 — played 45 games in Triple-A with the Yankees in 2021 and is earning the reputation of being an excellent defensive catcher. Freitas, who started Thursday, has played 59 games in the big leagues with the Braves, Mariners and Brewers.
THE ASTERISK
GM Brian Cashman told The Athletic he thinks the Yankees’ World Series drought — its been 12 years since the Bombers have been in one — should have an asterisk on it because the 2017 Astros cheated.
The Yankees have Marwin Gonzalez, a member of that Astros’ 2017 team, in camp, but Boone said within the clubhouse that scandal is ancient history they don’t need to rehash.
“I love the vibe of where guys are from that level of focus and we’re trying to go win a championship and that’s that’s our focus,” Boone said. “And I don’t see any issue.”
The Yankees have long been sore about the Astros, who electronically stole signs and relayed them in real-time to batters. The Astros beat the Yankees in Game 7 of the 2017 American League Championship Series.
That Astros team also beat the Dodgers and Red Sox in the 2017 playoffs, both who have since gone on to win a World Series. The Yankees had Robinson Chirinos, who was on the 2017 Astros team, on their roster last season and said they were interested in bringing in Carlos Correa as a free agent this year.
RELIEF
In his first game back from a pinched nerve in his neck, lefty reliever Joely Rodriguez looked back to normal Thursday.
“I was anxious to see and I thought he’s pretty sharp too. The lefty he got out to finish there was good,” Boone said of Joely. “I don’t think the velocity is all the way back there but it seemed like it was 92-93 [mph], which was probably in line. I thought it was a really good slider to finish off his outing for the strikeout. I thought he threw the ball well through a couple of good change ups in there also.
“So it’s good to see him be fairly sharp out there.”
Rodriguez raised flags in his last spring training outing when his velocity dipped. He was then diagnosed with a pinched nerve. | https://www.mcall.com/sports/yankees/ny-luis-severino-ben-rortvedt-aaron-boone-20220331-7oceenmv2nfm5kl3p7u7ws6doa-story.html | 2022-04-01T00:56:34Z |
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Scientists finally finish decoding entire human genome
Scientists say they have finally assembled the full genetic blueprint for human life, adding the missing pieces to a puzzle nearly completed two decades ago.
An international team described the first-ever sequencing of a complete human genome – the set of instructions to build and sustain a human being – in research published Thursday in the journal Science. The previous effort, celebrated across the world, was incomplete because DNA sequencing technologies of the day weren’t able to read certain parts of it. Even after updates, it was missing about 8% of the genome.
“Some of the genes that make us uniquely human were actually in this ‘dark matter of the genome’ and they were totally missed,” said Evan Eichler, a University of Washington researcher who participated in the current effort and the original Human Genome Project. “It took 20-plus years, but we finally got it done.”
Many — including Eichler’s own students — thought it had been finished already. “I was teaching them, and they said, ’Wait a minute. Isn’t this like the sixth time you guys have declared victory? I said, ’No, this time we really, really did it!”
Scientists said this full picture of the genome will give humanity a greater understanding of our evolution and biology while also opening the door to medical discoveries in areas like aging, neurodegenerative conditions, cancer and heart disease.
“We’re just broadening our opportunities to understand human disease,” said Karen Miga, an author of one of the six studies published Thursday.
The research caps off decades of work. The first draft of the human genome was announced in a White House ceremony in 2000 by leaders of two competing entities: an international publicly funded project led by an agency of the U.S. National Institutes of Health and a private company, Maryland-based Celera Genomics.
The human genome is made up of about 3.1 billion DNA subunits, pairs of chemical bases known by the letters A, C, G and T. Genes are strings of these lettered pairs that contain instructions for making proteins, the building blocks of life. Humans have about 30,000 genes, organized in 23 groups called chromosomes that are found in the nucleus of every cell.
Before now, there were “large and persistent gaps that have been in our map, and these gaps fall in pretty important regions,” Miga said.
Miga, a genomics researcher at the University of California-Santa Cruz, worked with Adam Phillippy of the National Human Genome Research Institute to organize the team of scientists to start from scratch with a new genome with the aim of sequencing all of it, including previously missing pieces. The group, named after the sections at the very ends of chromosomes, called telomeres, is known as the Telomere-to-Telomere, or T2T, consortium.
Their work adds new genetic information to the human genome, corrects previous errors and reveals long stretches of DNA known to play important roles in both evolution and disease. A version of the research was published last year before being reviewed by scientific peers.
“This is a major improvement, I would say, of the Human Genome Project,” doubling its impact, said geneticist Ting Wang of the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, who was not involved in the research.
Eichler said some scientists used to think unknown areas contained “junk.” Not him. “Some of us always believed there was gold in those hills,” he said. Eichler is paid by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, which also supports The Associated Press’s health and science department.
Turns out that gold includes many important genes, he said, such as ones integral to making a person’s brain bigger than a chimp’s, with more neurons and connections.
To find such genes, scientists needed new ways to read life’s cryptic genetic language.
Reading genes requires cutting the strands of DNA into pieces hundreds to thousands of letters long. Sequencing machines read the letters in each piece and scientists try to put the pieces in the right order. That’s especially tough in areas where letters repeat.
Scientists said some areas were illegible before improvements in gene sequencing machines that now allow them to, for example, accurately read a million letters of DNA at a time. That allows scientists to see genes with repeated areas as longer strings instead of snippets that they had to later piece together.
Researchers also had to overcome another challenge: Most cells contain genomes from both mother and father, confusing attempts to assemble the pieces correctly. T2T researchers got around this by using a cell line from one “complete hydatidiform mole,” an abnormal fertilized egg containing no fetal tissue that has two copies of the father’s DNA and none of the mother’s.
The next step? Mapping more genomes, including ones that include collections of genes from both parents. This effort did not map one of the 23 chromosomes that is found in males, called the Y chromosome, because the mole contained only an X.
Wang said he’s working with the T2T group on the Human Pangenome Reference Consortium, which is trying to generate “reference,” or template, genomes for 350 people representing the breadth of human diversity.
“Now we’ve gotten one genome right and we have to do many, many more,” Eichler said. “This is the beginning of something really fantastic for the field of human genetics.” | https://www.winknews.com/2022/03/31/scientists-finally-finish-decoding-entire-human-genome/ | 2022-04-01T00:56:34Z |
STOCKHOLM (Agencies): Denmark may commit to sending 800 more troops to the Baltic States, that country’s prime minister, Mette Frederiksen, said Wednesday. The Danish premier was in Estonia and appeared at a joint press conference with Prime Minister Kaja Kallas (Reform) at Tapa.
Denmark is already a regular contributor to the NATO Enhanced Forward Presence (eFP) Battlegroup at Tapa, and around 200 of its personnel are currently based there. For an increased number of Danish troops to get the go ahead, NATO must first request them, while Denmark’s parliament, the Folketing, must also approve the move, Frederiksen said. Upon being asked at the press conference about the potential troop commitment, Prime Minister Frederiksen said it was “much more than an idea.”
The British-led eFP has been in place five years and has equivalent units in Latvia, Lithuania and Poland. The U.K. recently doubled the number of troops it is deploying there, following the Russian invasion of Ukraine starting February 24. Prime Minister Frederiksen’s Estonian visit on Wednesday included a visit to Tapa, accompanied by Kaja Kallas. The pair will gave a press conference with simultaneous interpretation in English which can be re-watched by clicking the YouTube video link up top or below (event starts at the 24 minutes and 30 seconds mark). The Danish prime minister was also joined on the visit by several political party leaders from Denmark, both in office and from the opposition. Denmark’s ambassador to Estonia, Mrs. Kristina Miskowiak Beckvard, said ahead of the visit that: “I look forward to seeing the Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen and the Danish party leaders Jakob Ellemann-Jensen (Liberal Party), Pia Olsen Dyhr (Green Left), Sofie Carsten Nielsen (Social Liberal Party) and Søren Pape Poulsen (Conservative People’s Party) – this is a sign of our unity, that they come here together.” | https://thefrontierpost.com/denmark-will-send-a-battalion-to-nato-troops-in-latvia/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=denmark-will-send-a-battalion-to-nato-troops-in-latvia | 2022-04-01T00:56:34Z |
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BREAKING NEWS
Caitlyn Jenner Has a New Gig at Fox News
Caitlyn Jenner has a new job: a Fox News “contributor and commentator.” Viewers can watch her debut Thursday night on Sean Hannity’s show, which coincides with the annual International Transgender Day of Visibility.
Hannity has not been supportive of LGBTQ rights.
“What do we do with the seven year-old girl that goes into the locker room and there’s the 14-year-old boy naked in the girls’ locker room because that’s where he chooses to be?” the longtime Fox News propagandist asked on his show back in 2013.
“Hannity and conservative radio host Dana Loesch continued Fox’s crusade against a new California law ensuring equal protection for transgender students, dismissing transgender individuals as an insignificant minority and engaging in demagogic fear-mongering about inappropriate bathroom behavior,” Media Matters reported at the time.
But Hannity and Jenner, a Republican, have a history. She launched her failed California gubernatorial campaign on his show last May.
“On one hand, Fox’s decision seems risky, given recent research that shows a majority of conservative Republicans say that acceptance of transgender people like Jenner has been bad for society,” the Deseret News reports. “And Fox personality Tucker Carlson, among others, regularly challenges the emergent philosophy that gender can be fluid or chosen; he said last fall that the trans community has ‘disproportionate power’ and said last week that ‘In 2022, the power of science and literature crumble in the face of the trans lobby.'”
It’s not like Jenner has been much of an LGBTQ activist.
@GovRonDeSantis agreed! She is the rightful winner! @TMZ It’s not transphobic or anti-trans, it’s COMMON SENSE! https://t.co/RuWBikgWPx
— Caitlyn Jenner (@Caitlyn_Jenner) March 22, 2022
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Bruce Arians dismisses Tom Brady beef after announcing he is stepping down as Bucs head coach
Once Brady decided to come back, Arians said the decision to step down was 'easy'
Bruce Arians said during a press conference Thursday that reports of friction between him and Tom Brady "couldn't be further from the truth."
Arians, 69, announced on Wednesday that he was stepping down as head coach of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers to take a front office position with the team. His decision to step down came after quarterback Tom Brady decided to return to the team for another run.
"We have a great relationship," Arians said of Brady. "I mean, all of the players — there are a few of them here — every one of them's gotten cussed out, including him. So that's just part of me, you know? That's nothing new, but we have a great relationship. As soon as he retired, I think we texted every week. 'Where you at? What are you doing? When are you gonna come play golf? When are you getting back down this way?' And so … people gotta write s---, and it couldn't be further from the truth."
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The decision for Arians to step down came about two months after the Buccaneers were eliminated from the postseason and less than 14 months after he led the team to a victory in Super Bowl LV over the Kansas City Chiefs.
Arians went into details of the decision during the press conference.
"A number of people have already asked, 'Why are you stepping away from a chance to go to the Hall of Fame and win another Super Bowl?' Because I don't give a s--- about the Hall of Fame," Arians said. "Succession is way important to me. This has been my dream for a long time. Guys that know me, they knew I wanted one of my guys to take over."
Tampa Bay is promoting Todd Bowles to its new head coach. Bowles had served as the defensive coordinator for the Buccaneers since 2019. He was previously the head coach of the New York Jets from 2015-2018.
"Guys that know me, they knew I wanted one of my guys to take over. And that's more important to me than anything, and have a place that I could go and be welcomed back," Arians said. "And obviously, I have a job now and the title's pretty good. We'll figure out what the hell it means, but it's pretty damn good. And I get to stay and have the relationships that I love, and I couldn't turn it over to a better person. … Todd's going to do a great job."
TOM BRADY ISSUES STATEMENT ON FORMER HEAD COACH BRUCE ARIANS
Arians started thinking about leaving his position as Buccaneers head coach after the season, but it wasn't the right time, he said. Once Brady decided to come back, Arians said the decision was "easy."
"Obviously, going through the combine, going through that process, and trying to build next year's team without Tom," the coach said. "And then when Tom said he'd come back, I said, 'Now it's easy. Now it's easy.' We're in the best shape we've ever been. It's no better time to pass the torch than now. I don't know what February brings, but I know what today brings, and it makes me really happy."
Brady thanked his former head coach on social media Wednesday.
"Thank you, BA for all that you have done for me and our team. You are an incredible man and coach, and it was a privilege to play for you. You are a true NFL legend and pioneer for all the work you have done to make the league more diverse and inclusive," Brady wrote on Instagram.
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In three seasons with the Buccaneers, Arians led the team to a 31-18 record in the regular season. He previously served as head coach of the Arizona Cardinals from 2013-17. | https://www.foxnews.com/sports/bruce-arians-dismisses-tom-brady-beef | 2022-04-01T00:56:34Z |
Updated March 30, 2022 at 2:00 PM ET
STRZYZOW, Poland — After Russia invaded Ukraine, Olena Kudlach said goodbye to her husband, a Ukrainian soldier, and left for neighboring Poland with their two young children.
"I worried that maybe the Polish would not want us," says Kudlach, 32, who's from the western Ukrainian city of Ternopil. "But I could not have been more wrong."
She says Polish border guards carried the family's luggage and wrapped her children — Nazar, 10, and Viktoria, 2 — in blankets. Volunteers at a reception center in the village of Korczowa handed them hot soup. And in the crowd there, Kudlach spotted a cheerful woman smiling at them.
"That was Ela," she says. "She had come to take us to her home."
Ela Zamorska, a 28-year-old teacher and hairdresser, embraced them all.
"I first saw Olena's little daughter, all dressed in pink, looking so sweet, and it was love at first sight," she says. "You just saw that they were very good people who had to be helped at all costs."
This scene has replayed again and again in Poland, the country that's taken in the most Ukrainian refugees by far — 2.3 million — since Russia invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24. Polish families, volunteers and nonprofits have largely cared for Ukrainians arriving here. And the Polish government continues to welcome Ukrainians even as housing options dwindle, prompting local authorities to open shelters around the country, and social services are pushed to the limit.
The war feels close by for Poland
Sabina Stankowska-Kobylecka, a 33-year-old lawyer in the Polish city of Rzeszow, says she knows one reason why.
"Here, in Poland, the war feels close, and we have our own history with Russia," she says, referring to the Soviet invasion of Poland in 1939 and its decades behind the Iron Curtain. "I hear people saying, we might be next."
Stankowska-Kobylecka is housing 22 Ukrainians — nine women and 13 children — in her late grandmother's stone-and-brick house in Rzeszow, a city in southeastern Poland that has become a hub for Ukrainian refugees, aid organizations and Western diplomats who left Ukraine after the invasion.
No one had lived in the house for years, so dozens of friends helped Stankowska-Kobylecka and her husband clean and fix up the place in three days.
It's now the place Oksana Horysh and her three children call home. Horysh, a 40-year-old bookkeeper, is from Lviv, a western Ukrainian city very close to the Polish border. Her husband stayed behind to defend Ukraine.
"Here, we have been able to rest because we are tired with worry for my husband, for my country," she says.
She and Stankowska-Kobylecka sit together on a sofa bed, sharing freshly baked coconut cake with their children, who often play together, speaking in a hybrid of Ukrainian and Polish.
Horysh imagines a future reunion in Lviv, in a Ukraine free of war.
"I call Sabina to go to my home and have cake and coffee," she says. "My friend — she helps us in a difficult time."
Previous refugee groups met a backlash in Poland
Poland has taken in over half of the more than 4 million people who have fled Ukraine since the war began in February, according to data from the United Nations refugee agency.
The Polish response to Ukrainian refugees has largely been a grassroots effort, with some assistance from local authorities. That generosity has been lauded by the United States and the European Union, which are promising billions of dollars in aid to Poland.
But on another swath of the Polish border — the one with Belarus, which is run by a close Kremlin ally — it's a very different story.
"It's absolutely night and day. I cannot use a stronger metaphor to describe it," says Monika Matus, an activist with Fundacja Ocalenie, a refugee advocacy organization in Poland.
Since last fall, thousands of refugees fleeing other conflicts have tried to enter the European Union from nonmember Belarus. Belarusian authorities escorted these refugees to the border with Poland and cut the barbed wire fence separating the EU from Belarus. Polish border guards violently pushed back the refugees.
"People crossing from Belarus have been on the road for many years, trying to reach [the] European Union from Syria, from Afghanistan, from Iraq, from Iran, from Yemen," Matus says. "In Poland, they are pushed back to Belarus. They are threatened. There's no hiding that."
Lamis Abdelaaty, a political science professor at Syracuse University, sees the same stark contrast between how Poland and other European countries welcome Ukrainians — and how they wanted to keep out non-European asylum-seekers arriving in 2015. Many were fleeing the war in Syria.
"In 2015, European politicians talked about the arrivals of large numbers of people as a crisis for Europe," says Abdelaaty, whose book Discrimination and Delegation examines state responses to refugees. "Today, with Ukraine, we're hearing politicians frame the exodus of millions of people from Ukraine as a crisis for Ukraine, which is the more correct and more humane use of the term 'crisis.' "
She adds that "this conflict, as terrible and heart-wrenching as it has been, is really evidence that the European Union is more than capable of welcoming large numbers of refugees who are desperate for protection. ... I just wish we could bring this empathy to all refugee groups."
She grew up hearing how her grandma sheltered Polish Jews from Nazis
Ela Zamorska, who's housing a Ukrainian mother and her two children in her apartment, says she would like to believe she would empathize with any refugee in need. She grew up hearing stories about her grandmother, who sheltered Polish Jews fleeing the Nazis.
"My grandmother taught me that you should help people fighting for survival no matter what, even if you put yourself at risk," she says.
But she admits it's easier for Poles to feel comfortable around Ukrainians, who have so much shared history and are next-door neighbors. While Zamorska is at work, Kudlach cooks borscht and dumplings — dishes that are also part of Polish cuisine — that they share for dinner.
"I feel like she could almost be my sister," Zamorska says of Kudlach, who sits next to her at a table in Zamorska's small, tidy kitchen. Kudlach squeezes her hand.
"I can speak with her about my husband, because I'm very worried about him, since he's in Ukraine and also a soldier, and I rarely hear from him," she says. "Ela listens to me, and our languages are similar enough that it's like she understands. It makes me feel better."
Back in Rzeszow, Stankowska-Kobylecka and her family live two streets away from the Ukrainian families they're hosting in her grandmother's house. They spend a lot of time with each other.
"We can see so much of ourselves in Ukraine, in our new friends," she says. "People in Poland are afraid, you know. Sometimes my friends ask me if we are prepared for war. Some even have packed luggage to take if they need to escape quickly."
She hopes the Polish government drafts a long-term plan to care for Ukrainian refugees, especially as more arrive every day. She asks herself: Will there be enough work for everyone? Enough apartments? Enough spaces in schools?
"Sometimes, I worry about keeping up with the bills, because in Poland bills for things like electricity are very expensive," she says.
She's hoping the Polish government offers financial support to the many generous Poles housing Ukrainians in their family homes.
But if this doesn't happen, Stankowska-Kobylecka says she will raise the money herself.
"When the war started, my son was crying and afraid of war coming to Poland," she says. "And when he saw children leaving Ukraine, he cried even more, and said, 'Mom, bring them to us. Show them that they have another home.' "
Szymon Grela contributed reporting from Strzyzow and Rzeszow, Poland.
Copyright 2022 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org. | https://www.wvxu.org/2022-03-13/in-poland-residents-quickly-launched-grassroots-efforts-to-take-in-ukrainian-refugees | 2022-04-01T00:56:34Z |
Lynch receives words of wisdom from 2015 first round pick (Jeff Legwold, ESPN.com)*
But the Denver Broncos outside linebacker sought out one of his newest teammates this week -- rookie quarterback Paxton Lynch -- just to offer a nugget or two of advice about being the Broncos' top pick. The Broncos traded up five spots in the first round of this year's draft to select Lynch, at No. 26 overall, while they had traded up three spots in the first round of the 2015 draft to select Ray at 23rd overall.*
Chris Harris spends the afternoon at the Colorado State Capitol (Joey Bunch, Denver Post)*
Cornerback Chris Harris was believed to be the first active player to address the Colorado General Assembly, and one of the only people who is not a legislator or former legislator to address the chamber from the speaker's well, lawmakers said.*
Shaq seeks to have more consistent success in 2016 (Nicki Jhabvala, Denver Post)*
The opportunity came Jan. 10, 2015, when Shaquil Barrett was added to the Broncos' roster after going undrafted in 2014 and spending his first NFL season on the team's practice squad.*
The window opened that day, if only slightly. But over the next eight months, Barrett took steps to ensure it wouldn't close.
Ray bulks up, ready to make the sophomore leap (Mike Klis, 9News)*
It's a stronger, leaner, more mature Ray who showed up for his second season with the Broncos. About a week and a half after the Broncos won Super Bowl 50, Ray headed to Florida to start intense workouts. He added about 8 pounds of muscle in the weight room and started eating healthier.*
Broncos personnel built the roster on their own terms (Jeff Legwold, ESPN.com)*
Through free agency and the draft, as the Denver Broncos added players to the depth chart in some places and left others alone, they haven't always done what people outside of the walls of the team's complex expected them to do.*
Ray: "I set the bar high for myself last year and the bar hasn't changed." (Pat Graham, Associated Press)*
On the field, his loyalty of course lies with Denver. That's why he only took a week off after the Super Bowl before returning to his workout program. He even overhauled his diet and cut out fast food to get leaner as well as quicker.*
The Broncos may have the deepest outside linebacker group in the league (Sam Cowhick, BSN Denver)*
The Denver Broncos were known for their explosive pass-rush ability in 2015. They led the league in sacks and terrorized opposing quarterbacks of all skill levels. The face of that rush was undoubtedly Von Miller, followed by veteran and future Hall-of-Famer DeMarcus Ware. However, starting in the preseason, undrafted second-year player, Shaquil Barrett and first-round pick, Shane Ray forced their way onto the field with impressive play. This season, just months removed from a Super Bowl victory they are both ready to continue to improve and push those around them to do the same.*
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Ahead of the team's trip to the White House to receive congratulations from the president, *Chris Harris Jr. got a little political tune-up when he visited the Colorado State Capitol Wednesday to receive an honor on behalf of the Broncos and to speak to the general assembly on its final day of a four-month legislative session.*
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Ahead of the team's trip to the White House to receive congratulations from the president, Chris Harris Jr. got a little political tune-up when he visited the Colorado State Capitol Wednesday to receive an honor on behalf of the Broncos and to speak to the general assembly on its final day of a four-month legislative session. | https://www.denverbroncos.com/news/broncos-briefly-thursday-may-12-2016-17143432 | 2022-04-01T00:56:34Z |
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Children are bearing the brunt of Putin’s war
More than half of Ukraine’s child population—4.3 million out of 7.5 million—has been displaced as a result of the invasion
Who does Russia’s invasion of Ukraine benefit?
According to Vladimir Putin, it will benefit the Ukrainians, particularly the Russian-speaking population in the country’s east, whom he claims are in the process of being liberated from the yoke of a neo-Nazi state. One should not be quick to accept this rhetoric of humanitarian interventionism, language that is often an eye-catching lacquer with which states coat their otherwise grim and unappealing geopolitical objectives.
Putin and his allies within Russia would not have embarked on this invasion if they did not believe it would benefit them in some way. One might argue that it will solidify their power domestically, energizing the population with a jolt of nationalist fervour at a time of waning popularity for the president while providing the opportunity to smear any vocal opponents as fifth columnists and punish them accordingly.
In these ways, former Russia-based journalists and current Radio War Nerd hosts Mark Ames and John Dolan see many parallels to Boris Yeltsin’s war in Chechnya: namely, the loss of domestic credibility presaging the attack and the undemocratic way in which the war was launched. The main difference is that Yeltsin’s war was financed and supported by the West, while Putin’s war is a thumb in the eye of the Western elite as much as it’s also a knife in the gut of many of the most economically vulnerable Ukrainians.
If one were to ask select US officials, including former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who the war benefits, they would reply that it may benefit US strategic interests. As she recently stated in an interview with MSNBC, the US views the war in Ukraine as an opportunity to create “unintended consequences” for Russia on the model of US support for the Afghan mujahideen against the Soviet military in the 1970s and 80s.
It is disquieting that senior US officials continue to view Afghanistan as an example of US foreign policy gone right, since it utterly devastated the country, destabilized the broader Middle East, and prompted the rise of al-Qaeda. From their perspective, however, it also hastened the fall of the Soviet Union and led to the rise of Yeltsin, who was as subservient to US interests as the most desirable client state.
One can see that elements of the US state view the war in Ukraine as a geopolitical triumph in the making, and a potential cause for celebration. American arms manufacturers are likely celebrating as well, as massive weapons transfers to Ukrainian forces bring in sky-high profits even while they increase the risk of nuclear confrontation with Russia.
It seems that this war has benefitted the least moral and most cynically self-serving people on both sides of Ukraine—using the country as a proxy to achieve their national interests. One might also argue that it has benefitted the most sordid elements within Ukraine itself, as far-right militias such as the Azov Battalion receive huge shipments of advanced weaponry alongside helpfully positive coverage by major Western media outlets.
Does the war benefit anyone else in Ukraine? Likely not. While it is true that Russia is holding back the majority of its air force, thus refraining from prosecuting a “shock and awe” bombing campaign of the type the US launched in Iraq, the human toll of the invasion has been cataclysmic, with horrible effects for the most defenceless people in Ukraine—particularly children.
Even before the Russian invasion, child poverty rates in Ukraine were startling, the combined result of post-Soviet economic liberalization, the war in the Donbas, and the institutional effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. In a country where political and economic power is concentrated in the hands of several billionaire oligarchs, the mercenary inheritors of many post-Soviet industries, it was unlikely that the situation for poor children would ever substantively improve. Now, the Russian invasion has made any near-future changes simply impossible.
UNICEF measures child poverty based on nine indicators, which it calls “deprivations.” If a child lives with three of nine deprivations, they are considered impoverished. These include lack of funds to pay rent, mortgages, or housing and utilities; lack of funds to warm their home; inability to meet unexpected but necessary expenses; lack of funds to afford a meat with meat, chicken, fish, or the vegetarian equivalent every second day; lack of funds for at least one week of family holiday per year; lack of a car; lack of a washing machine; lack of a colour television; and lack of a telephone.
2019 statistics on child poverty in Ukraine found that children are significantly more likely than adults to endure poverty. UNICEF research reveals that 33 percent of households with children lived in a state of “material deprivation” (three of nine deprivations), while 19 percent were in a situation of “deep deprivation” (four of nine).
The picture becomes somewhat clearer when we compare Ukraine’s pre-invasion child poverty rates with those of surrounding countries. In 2019, Ukraine’s overall poverty rate was 5.6 percent. In Belarus, the poverty rate was 0.8 percent; in Poland, 1.4 percent; in Hungary, three percent. In Europe, only Moldova and Romania surpassed Ukraine, with 15.6 percent and 16.3 percent respectively. Nevertheless, in 2019 Ukraine had a massively disproportionate child deprivation rate of 47.3 percent, an increase of 17.3 percent from 2008. For comparison, the child poverty rates in Moldova and Romania, two countries with higher overall poverty rates, were substantially lower than Ukraine’s (24 percent and 32 percent respectively). The average child poverty rate for EU members was 13.6 percent.
Ukraine’s absolute child poverty rate spiked after the US-supported Maidan coup of 2014 (in 2014, 36 percent of children lived in poverty; in 2015, 67 percent). That number gradually lowered in subsequent years, but never returned to pre-Maidan levels. After the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in early 2020, UNICEF predicted that the absolute poverty rate in Ukraine would rise to 44 percent, and the child poverty rate to 51 percent.
Many children who come from economically deprived backgrounds end up in Ukraine’s notorious orphanage system. “In most cases,” reports ChildAid to Eastern Europe, “orphans are abandoned by their own family due to lack of finances to support them, however, other reasons include alcoholism, abuse, crime… and poor medical health.” These orphanages are often underfunded and lacking in necessary medical supplies and professionally trained staff; as a result, many disabled children die due to lack of appropriate medical treatment. Some children have reported suffering beatings, sexual abuse, and humiliation in these facilities. Furthermore, children can only remain in the orphanage until they reach sixteen years of age, at which point they have to leave. Between 10 and 15 percent of these orphaned kids commit suicide before they turn eighteen, and 60 to 70 percent quickly become involved in “prostitution or other organized crime” after their departure from the facility.
At the time of the invasion, there were between 100 to 200,000 children in Ukrainian orphanages. In the chaos that has resulted from Russian attacks, thousands of these kids remain unaccounted for, possibly kidnapped by human traffickers who are lying in wait on the Poland-Ukraine border.
Adding to the horror, a UNICEF report from March 24 found that more than half of Ukraine’s child population—4.3 million out of 7.5 million—has been displaced as a result of the invasion. Nearly two million kids have fled to neighbouring countries, while 2.5 million remain internally displaced. Within the country, 1.4 million people lack access to clean water, 4.6 million have limited access, and almost half-a-million infants aged six to 24 months require complementary food support.
It is obvious that NATO and the US are not Russia’s moral superiors in any aspect of international policy—after all, Human Rights Watch recently reported that 13,000 newborns in Afghanistan have starved to death in 2022 due to US sanctions on the Afghan state—but we should not allow the undeniable hypocrisy of the states aligned against Russia to distract us from the appalling human consequences of the invasion.
There are no moral state actors in this disaster. We should not forget that, although the US raised tensions at every turn, driving NATO toward Russia’s Western border while demonizing Putin and refusing to seriously engage with Russia’s security demands, the Russian state could have responded in many ways short of a military invasion. And now, one month into the attack, the world is in a position where de-escalation seems unlikely, nuclear confrontation is not out of the cards, and the most conservative and militaristic elements on both sides of the conflict have benefitted.
The children of Ukraine have sworn no allegiance to the US, NATO, or Russia. Before they were the victims of war, they were the victims of a cruel system that never took their basic needs into account. Now, their situation is even worse than before—and showing no signs of abating.
Owen Schalk is a writer based in Winnipeg. His areas of interest include post-colonialism and the human impact of the global neoliberal economy. Visit his website at www.owenschalk.com. | https://canadiandimension.com/articles/view/children-are-bearing-the-brunt-of-putins-war | 2022-04-01T00:56:34Z |
Morbius has two credits scenes, one for every year that the movie was delayed! And those two scenes are completely bonkers and arguably more important — for better and worse — than the movie itself.
The two scenes are mid-credits scenes — one starts when the movie ends and the other shortly after. Both scenes are connected and sequential.
Morbius’s first credits scene features the purple time rift seen in Spider-Man: No Way Home. In that movie, Doctor Strange has to put the world back together to stop the multiverse from collapsing on itself. The violet cracks in the sky symbolize the multiverse breaking, and with this credits scene, the implication is that Morbius (Jared Leto) and his world (which includes Venom and Carnage) are one of the parallel dimensions that is threatening to bleed into Strange’s and the larger Marvel cinematic universe (MCU).
Instead of Morbius or any of his ilk being transported into that timeline, a visitor from Strange’s comes through to Morbius’s. It’s Adrian Toomes (played by Michael Keaton) a.k.a. the Vulture, the villain from Spider-Man: Homecoming. He appears in a jail cell, transported from his own dimension where he’s serving a sentence for, among several crimes, hijacking Tony Stark’s plane. But since Toomes hasn’t been convicted of any crimes in Morbius’s world, we see him exonerated and freed.
The second scene picks up where the first one leaves off, and features Morbius meeting up with a free Toomes. The Vulture wants to recruit our living vampire into some kind of supervillain posse. Morbius doesn’t answer either way before the scene cuts to black. I’m not fully convinced Morbius will join him since his own movie positions him to be more anti-hero than supervillain.
Morbius’s credits scenes, especially considered alongside the ones attached to the ends of Spider-Man: No Way Home and Venom: Let There Be Carnage, tease out the possibility of these heroes and villains all eventually colliding with one another, with the ultimate fandom scenario being any of these characters linking up with Spider-Man (Tom Holland). And for a brief moment at the end of No Way Home it looked as though Tom Hardy’s Venom would finally come face to face with Holland’s Spidey, before the film walked it back, blinking Venom out of the MCU as easily as a snap.
All this universe-colliding stuff is a big deal because it’s how Marvel and Sony have addressed the film rights of various characters. Sony owns the film rights to Spider-Man and the characters in the Spider-Verse, but has, since Spider-Man: Homecoming, worked in collaboration with Marvel to let Holland’s Peter Parker join the MCU. Meanwhile, Sony has independently worked on movies like Venom, Venom’s sequel, and now Morbius. And fans are waiting to see if and when those Sony characters get to tangle with Spider-Man and possibly other Marvel characters.
That previous tease and letdown is perhaps why I’m just a little skeptical about Toomes’s sticking around with Morbius. Getting hopes up about Keaton’s Vulture and Leto’s Morbius teaming up or clashing with one another might be a little premature since it could all be undone with another credits scene. Yet with this bombshell cameo (which was teased in one of its trailers), it can’t help but feel a little like the credits scene and potential sequel are more important than anything that just happened in Morbius.
We could get our answer about Morbius, Vulture, and their future together soon enough. We’ll know for sure if a Morbius sequel is announced, but might hear more even sooner if we stick around for the next credits scene concerning one of Spider-Man’s pals. | https://www.vox.com/23005131/morbius-post-credits-scenes-mcu-vulture | 2022-04-01T00:56:35Z |
Today it is decided whether or not to continue with daylight saving time time in Mexico
Today an initiative to repeal dayligjt saving time will be voted.
A few days ago, the president of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, announced that the advisability of maintaining the use of summer time in Mexico, which first came into force in 1996, would be analyzed . analyze in depth, in depth, and soon we will have an answer to explain it well to the people, because since we were in the opposition there is discomfort in the people because they were not consulted; There was talk of savings, but it was not shown that there were real savings in electricity. Now we want to see if those savings exist," explained the president.
Today the Chamber of Deputies will vote for the initiative presented by the PRD deputy, Olga Luz Espinoza , who proposes the elimination of the measure that seeks to generate savings in the consumption of electrical energy. A study carried out by the Chamber of Deputies (titled "Summer Time. Background and Comparative Legislation ) mentions that the time change brings with it an increase in insecurity in the mornings (because it dawns later), effects on school performance and savings not perceived in the electricity consumption of Mexican families.
On the other hand, the deputy of Morena, Irma Juan Carlos , argues that the measure has never managed to deliver the savings it promises and does not respect the "God's schedule" of the indigenous peoples of Mexico. For her, the three main reasons for leaving the time change behind are: to respect the spiritual principle of harmony of indigenous peoples with nature, to avoid the disorder caused by the existence of different schedules and the lack of prior consultation among the population. .
THE BENEFITS OF SUMMER TIME
The first time summer time was implemented in Mexico was during the government of Ernesto Zedillo Ponce de León , who published a decree to establish it in the Official Gazette of the Federation. According to the Trust for Energy Savings (FIDE) the measure provides a series of benefits such as " the reduction in the use of electricity by approximately one billion kilowatt hours, the reduction in the consumption of around 2.84 million barrels of oil per year, to generate electricity and also avoids the emission of 1.46 million tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere".
Daylight saving time is used in a large number of countries around the world and was first used during the First World War. There are countries like Mongolia, Turkey and Brazil that repealed it years after having implemented it. Will Mexico be next?
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As Rev. Al Sharpton prepares for the National Action Network Annual Convention next week, the Civil Rights Leader says Texas will be the main focus, particularly voting rights and SB 1.
“We have to come out and vote and take down this state legislature,” Sharpton said during a recent visit to Houston. “If we can vote these people out, if (Gov. Greg) Abbott and his team are punished, it will send a national signal. I intend to spend a lot of time in the state working toward that.”
Sharpton says the Census undercount will also be a focus of the NAN convention, which takes place April 6-11 in New York City. Black people, Latinos, and Native Americans were undercounted during the United States 2020 national census, new US Census Bureau data showed, potentially affecting political representation and federal funding for communities with significant minority populations.
The once-a-decade nationwide population count is used to draw US legislative maps in each of the 50 US states, as well as to help distribute billions in federal funds for everything from public housing to health care and highway construction.
“The Census will affect us for a decade,” Sharpton said. “We plan to file a lawsuit to go in and challenge them to take the census again. They are gerrymandering districts. They’re undercounting us in terms of registration. In a midterm election year, we can’t afford for that to happen. It’s a legal strategy that I’m rallying around,” Sharpton said.
Another topic Sharpton is looking at tackling – Black voter apathy, including those African Americans who feel disenfranchised by the Democratic Party and suggest there needs to be a third party.
“If that gets the majority vote, fine. But if you can’t take over the Democratic vote that’s an issue and will keep the other side in power. We can’t get caught up in silos. And I think a lot of us get caught up in, ‘I ain’t in this, I ain’t in that’ rather than I want to do whatever wins. When I go to the airport, I don’t care if I’m in a Chrysler or a Cadillac. I just want to arrive. I think we’ve got to stop arguing about what we going to use as a vehicle and deal with how we get to the destination,” he said.
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Welland street sweepers will be out in full force next week.
The public works division will initiate the citywide street program on April 5.
Although the program may pause due to weather conditions, staff anticipate it will take four to six weeks to complete.
“This is an important process to complete each spring,” said James Sticca, manager of public works, in a release.
“Cleaning our streets from the winter debris and excess buildup of material on our roads creates a safer driving experience and minimizes the risk for drivers, cyclists and pedestrians.”
Street sweeping will start in the southwest and continue to the east side of the city.
Hours of operation for the sweepers are Monday to Friday 3 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Operators will also clean curb lines within cul-de-sacs, and if snow piles remain, sweepers will do another pass after all zones are completed, the city said.
Residents are asked to refrain from parking on the road during this period, and not to sweep driveway and sidewalk debris onto roads.
For inquiries regarding the city’s street sweeping, call public works at 905-735-1700 ext. 3000. | https://www.wellandtribune.ca/news/niagara-region/2022/03/31/welland-street-sweepers-hitting-roads-next-week.html | 2022-04-01T00:56:38Z |
👋 Welcome to Part II of our Lift-off series!
In Lift-off I, we built the homepage grid feature for the Catstronauts app, our learning platform for cats who want to explore the universe. We designed that feature with a schema-first approach and mocked static data. We displayed a single mocked entry multiple times to populate the cards of our homepage grid.
Now it's time to connect this app to real live data!
By the end of this course, your Catstronauts homepage will look like this:
Ignition sequence...
Prerequisites
Our app uses Node.js on the backend and React on the frontend. For this course, we'll be working only on the backend.
Clone the repository
In the directory of your choice with your preferred terminal, clone the app's starter repository:
git clone https://github.com/apollographql/odyssey-lift-off-part2
Task!
Project structure
This repo picks up where Lift-off I left off. Our project is a full-stack app with the back-end app in the server/
directory and the front-end app in the client/
directory.
You'll also find a final/
folder that contains the final state of the project once you've completed the course. Feel free to use it as a guide!
Here's the file structure:
📦 odyssey-lift-off-part2 ┣ 📂 client ┃ ┣ 📂 public ┃ ┣ 📂 src ┃ ┣ 📄 README.md ┃ ┣ 📄 package.json ┣ 📂 server ┃ ┣ 📂 src ┃ ┃ ┣ 📄 index.js ┃ ┃ ┣ 📄 schema.js ┃ ┣ 📄 README.md ┃ ┣ 📄 package.json ┣ 📂 final ┃ ┣ 📂 client ┃ ┣ 📂 server ┗ 📄 README.md
Now, open the repository in your favorite IDE.
Note: The examples in this course use npm
, but you're welcome to use yarn
if you prefer.
Let's start with the server app.
In a terminal window, navigate to the repo's server
directory and run the following to install dependencies and run the app:
npm install && npm start
If all goes well, you'll see the installation complete and a message in the console indicating that the server is running.
Task!
Next, the client app.
In a new terminal window, navigate to the repo's client
directory and run the following to install dependencies and start the app:
npm install && npm start
The console should show a bunch of output and a link to the running app at localhost:3000
. You can navigate to localhost:3000
in the browser and see our homepage, which shows one Track card repeating a few times. This is the mock data we set up in Part I.
Task!
To understand what our GraphQL server is missing to work with live data, and how it will know where to fetch what, let's take a step back and explore the journey of a GraphQL query.
Journey of a GraphQL query
In client land
Our web app needs to fetch remote data to populate its homepage.
To get that data, it sends a query to our GraphQL server. The app shapes the query as a string that defines the selection set of fields it needs. Then, it sends that query to the server in an HTTP POST or GET request.
How does our Catstronauts client send queries to our GraphQL server?
In server land
When our server receives the HTTP request, it first extracts the query string. It parses and transforms it into something it can better manipulate: a tree-structured document called an AST (Abstract Syntax Tree). With this AST, the server validates the query against the types and fields in our schema.
If anything is off (e.g. a requested field is not defined in the schema or the query is malformed), the server throws an error and sends it right back to the app.
Which of these are actions that our GraphQL server takes when it receives a request?
Which of these are situations where our GraphQL server will throw an error?
In this case, the query looks good, and the server can "execute" it. Meaning, the server can continue its process and actually fetch the data. The server walks down the AST.
For each field in the query, the server invokes that field's resolver function. A resolver function's mission is to "resolve" its field by populating it with the correct data from the correct source, such as a database or a REST API.
Which of these are responsibilities of a resolver function?
As all of the query's fields are resolved, the data is assembled into a nicely ordered JSON object with the exact same shape as the query.
The server assigns the object to the HTTP response body's data
key, and it's time for the return trip, back to our app.
When a query executes successfully, which of these is included in the object returned by the GraphQL server?
Back to client land
Our client receives the response with exactly the data it needs, passes that data to the right components to render them, and voilà, our homepage is displaying its cards from remote data.
And that's the journey of a GraphQL query! | https://www.apollographql.com/tutorials/lift-off-part2/journey-of-a-graphql-query | 2022-04-01T00:56:38Z |
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DOHA, Qatar (AP) — World Cup host Qatar and FIFA received scathing criticism from within soccer on Thursday, a day before the tournament’s draw.
On their own territory. In their own house. By a member of soccer’s extended family.
The president of Norwegian soccer — one of the few women ever to lead a FIFA member federation — stepped up on the stage at the governing body’s congress to air her concerns at the same venue that will host Friday’s draw.
Lise Klaveness, a judge and former national team player, spoke about Qatar’s record of protecting the rights of migrant workers — who have built tens of billion of dollars of projects needed for the World Cup — and its criminalization of homosexuality.
It was a rare show of dissent and tension in the typically tightly scripted annual meeting of soccer’s 211 member countries.
Klaveness targeted issues that have dogged Qatar and FIFA’s controversial choice of the Middle Eastern country for more than a decade only three weeks after she was elected in Norway with a mandate to pressure the World Cup organizers.
“In 2010, the World Cup was awarded by FIFA in unacceptable ways with unacceptable consequences,” Klaveness, who is gay, said in a six-minute speech. “There is no room for employers who do not secure the freedom and safety of World Cup workers. No room for hosts that cannot legally guarantee the safety and respect of LGBTQ+ people coming to this theater of dreams.”
FIFA had worked this week in Doha to keep the Norwegian’s speech off the main Congress agenda, and then gave the floor to rebuttals from a Latin American soccer official and the head of Qatar’s organizing committee.
“This is not the right forum and not the right moment,” Honduras soccer federation general secretary Jose Ernesto Mejia said in translated comments.
Still, there was some warm applause for Klaveness before she walked the length of the arena floor past the mostly-male delegates to return to the Norwegian delegation seats.
Klaveness was then chided by Hassan Al-Thawadi, who fronted Qatar’s bid more than 12 years ago and has led the organizing committee ever since.
“You did not attempt to contact us and did not attempt to engage in dialogue before addressing congress today,” he said, adding that Qatar’s door was open for people to “educate themselves before passing any judgement.”
Qatar and FIFA have consistently said taking the World Cup to the country, and to the Middle East for the first time, accelerated positive changes in the nation’s laws and society.
Al-Thawadi said the month-long tournament could be an antidote to “stereotypes and assumptions” about the region.
“We are acutely aware of the international spotlight that comes with the hosting rights for the greatest show on earth. We have embraced it,” he said.
Human rights and labor activists have also long been concerned that deaths on all Qatari construction projects, not just soccer stadiums, have not been accurately calculated nor investigated.
“The migrant workers injured or families of those who died in the buildup to the World Cup must be cared for,” Klaveness said. “FIFA must act as a role model.”
Qatar was later defended by FIFA President Gianni Infantino, who moved his home last year from Switzerland to live mostly in Doha.
“The work that has been done has been exemplary,” Infantino said. “Of course, not everything is perfect. But progress has been made.”
The war in Ukraine then took center stage as a three-minute video message was aired from the head of the country’s soccer federation, Andriy Pavelko.
Pavelko wore an armored vest as he spoke from Kyiv and talked of “resisting military aggression” from Russia while behind him people packed sandbags several meters high to protect a monument.
“Our children have suffered terrible psychological injuries and perhaps it is football that will help them forget all the horrors of war,” said Pavelko, who sits on the UEFA executive committee.
The Russian delegation watching in the room included Alexey Sorokin, a former FIFA Council member who led the organization of the 2018 World Cup in his country.
“I have worked with him for a very long time and we regret that he has these emotions,” Sorokin said of Pavelko’s film. “It is difficult for them, we understand that, but I’m here not to discuss politics or military activities.”
Although FIFA has banned Russian teams, including the men’s national team from World Cup qualifying, the soccer federation has not been suspended.
“We are not hiding,” Sorokin said before the meeting. “We have every right to be here.”
Infantino closed the three-hour congress by confirming he would run for re-election as FIFA president next year. No rival candidate is currently expected to challenge him at a congress that could be held in July 2023 in Australia or New Zealand on the eve of the Women’s World Cup in those countries.
Infantino earlier reminded member federations they were each due to receive $8 million in FIFA funds over the next four years — a seven-fold increase since he became president in 2016.
“The money has to go to our children all over the world, where it is most needed,” he said, citing soccer development projects.
FIFA expects to top $7 billion in revenue for the four-year commercial cycle ending with the World Cup in Qatar. That is a near-10% raise on total income of $6.4 billion tied to the World Cup in Russia.
The 2026 edition co-hosted by the United States, Canada and Mexico should set records for total and average game attendance and hugely increase FIFA revenue. It will be the first 48-team World Cup with 80 games instead of the current 64 and using several NFL stadiums.
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BERLIN (TASS): Contr-acts for the purchase of R-ussian gas provide for payment in euros or dollars, and should remain so. This was announced on Thur-sday in Berlin by German Chancellor Olaf Scholz.
“We looked at the contracts for gas supplies, it says that payments are made mostly in euros, sometimes in dollars,” the chancellor said. “During a conversation with the Russian president, I made it clear that it would remain so.”
“It is important for enterprises that they want, can and will pay in euros,” Scholz said.
“We will check in detail what was proposed and what was required,” Finance Minister Christian Lindner said for his part. “But it is clear that we cannot talk about a form of political blackmail. Contacts will be made in the form in which they were concluded.”
The new procedure for paying for Russian gas supplies in rubles by buyers from unfriendly countries will come into force on April 1, follows from the decree of Russian President Putin, published on the Kremlin website. Such buyers will be required to open special ruble and foreign currency accounts to pay for supplies with Gazprombank.
Germany is working on independence from energy imports from the Russian Federation. According to Scholz, the current situation in Europe “does not prevent Germany from reducing its dependence, but this step is not taken in two days.”
“Probably within a year we will be able to eliminate dependence on oil and coal imports, gas will take more time,” he said.
Scholz has repeatedly pointed out that a drastic embargo on Russian energy resources would have a negative impact on German industry and the labor market. As Minister for Econo-mic Affairs and Climate Protection Robert Habeck said earlier, Germany is well prepared for Russia’s decisions on gas supplies and will not allow itself to be “blackmailed.”
In March, the European Commission proposed to the EU countries a plan to reduce dependence on Russian gas supplies by 67% by the end of this year in connection with the conflict in Ukraine. | https://thefrontierpost.com/germany-is-working-towards-independence-from-energy-imports-from-russia-says-olaf/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=germany-is-working-towards-independence-from-energy-imports-from-russia-says-olaf | 2022-04-01T00:56:41Z |
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RIGHT WING EXTREMISM
‘Gird Your Loins for Battle–Put on the Full Armor of God’: DeSantis Running as a Biblical Anti-LGBTQ Warrior
Florida Republican Governor Ron DeSantis appears to be using the “Don’t Say Gay“ legislation he signed into law with barely any notice Monday as the new flag of his bible-based anti-LGBTQ re-election campaign.
“Gird your loins for battle. We are going to fight. You put on the full armor of God,” the Florida Republican running for re-election says in a video posted to social media this week, with the state flag behind him and a poster reading, “Keep Florida Free.”
“You take a stand against the Left’s schemes. Yeah, you’re gonna face flaming arrows, but if you stand for truth, you and we will prevail.”
Former federal prosecutor Ron Filipkowski weighed in, saying: “Desantis gets sexual and biblical on the campaign trail.”
The full biblical reference makes DeSantis’ remarks even more disturbing. They come from Ephesians 6:11-18, which mentions the devil and the spiritual forces of evil, It reads in part:
“Put on the full armor of God, so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes. For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms. Therefore put on the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground, and after you have done everything, to stand. … In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.”
Watch:
Desantis gets sexual and biblical on the campaign trail: “Gird your loins for battle. We are going to fight. Put on the full armor of God. You take a stand against the Left’s schemes. Yeah, you’re gonna face flaming arrows.” pic.twitter.com/5obcV4pead
— Ron Filipkowski 🇺🇦 (@RonFilipkowski) March 31, 2022
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Ukrainian families seek asylum in US
President Joe Biden pledged to allow up to 100,000 Ukrainians into the U.S. as more and more people flee violence.
Examined
Examined
The fight for Kyiv
Mar 11Examining extremism in the military
Apr 27Gun violence: An American epidemic?
Oct 25Border crisis: What’s happening at the US-Mexico border?
Jun 18Remembering George Floyd: A year of protest
May 25The source of COVID-19: What we know
Apr 07How did the GameStop stock spike on Wall Street happen?
Feb 12Why are people hesitant to trust a COVID-19 vaccine?
Dec 10How climate change and forest management make wildfires harder to contain
Sep 29Disparity in police response: Black Lives Matter protests and Capitol riot
Feb 232020 in review: A year unlike any other
Dec 22Examined: How Putin keeps power
Mar 12Why don’t the Electoral College and popular vote always match up?
Oct 29US crosses 250,000 coronavirus deaths
Nov 182nd Impeachment Trial: What this could mean for Trump
Feb 08Presidential transition of power: Examined
Dec 01How Donald Trump spent his last days as president
Jan 18How Joe Biden's inauguration will be different from previous years
Jan 15Belarus’ ongoing protests: Examined
Dec 04Trump challenges the vote and takes legal action
Nov 052020’s DNC and RNC are different than any before
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IPCC warns preventing climate catastrophe is nearly out of reach
Limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius will soon be out of reach. That’s the sobering finding of a report released this week by the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), which concludes that, unless the world dramatically slashes greenhouse gas emissions in the next eight years — starting right now — we will not meet the most important milestone on the path to preventing a climate catastrophe.
As the second-largest greenhouse gas emitter, the U.S. has a critical leadership role to play in addressing this crisis, here at home and around the world. In the coming months, Congress can take a big step forward on both fronts, by passing a reconciliation bill containing the climate provisions that were negotiated last fall and by increasing funding for international climate efforts through the annual appropriations process.
The IPCC report paints a grim future if we fail to keep planetary warming below the critical threshold of 1.5 degrees. We have now warmed the planet by 1.1 degrees Celsius and every point of a degree matters. At a 1.5–degree increase, 1 billion people would be exposed to severe heatwaves every five years. Global sea levels would rise by 1.5 feet, threatening millions of people and trillions of dollars’ worth of property, critical infrastructure and commerce that depends on coastal ports. At 2 degrees of warming, those same heatwaves would impact 2.7 billion people every year and global sea levels would rise by 1.8 feet, with catastrophic impacts to coastal communities.
The good news is that we know the solutions to addressing climate change. To avoid the worst impacts, we need to stop burning fossil fuels, accelerate the use of clean energy, adopt more sustainable production and consumption practices and reverse the loss of nature and biodiversity. Accomplishing all that is no mean feat, but consider this: The world’s 20 largest economies, which include the U.S., are responsible for 80 percent of global emissions. If these G20 nations aligned their emissions reduction targets with what science says is necessary to keep warming below 1.5 degrees, and actually implemented plans to meet those targets, they could get the world most of the way to its climate goals — all on their own.
The U.S. must lead the way. We made a good start last year by committing to halve greenhouse gas emissions by 2030. Now Congress must follow through on that ambition by passing a budget reconciliation bill that includes the climate provisions approved by the House last fall. These provisions would help fund the investments needed to meet our 2030 climate goal by creating tax credits and incentives to enable wide-scale deployment of clean energy and adoption of electric vehicles. They would establish a “national green bank” to develop infrastructure projects across the U.S., with a commitment to dedicate 40 percent of resources to historically disadvantaged communities. The provisions would also fund upgrades to critical infrastructure that help communities better withstand extreme weather events. And they would promote nature-based solutions to climate change through forest and grassland conservation, coastal restoration and improved soil health.
The U.S. also needs to make good on its commitment to the developing world. To that end, we must support international climate efforts that promote economic growth — and mitigate emissions, such as clean energy technologies and more sustainable agricultural practices. In addition, we must help nations and communities adapt to climate impacts that are baked into their near future — particularly in the tropics, which are among the regions hardest hit by climate impacts and play an outsize role in stabilizing the climate through maintaining natural carbon sinks like forests, mangroves, peatlands and salt marshes.
In 2009, as part of international climate negotiations, rich nations promised to collectively provide $100 billion every year in climate finance to less-developed countries. Twelve years later, that promise still has not been met, and the failure of the U.S. to do its fair share is a large reason why. Last fall, President Biden pledged that the U.S. would join other countries in ramping up its international climate finance — quadrupling its financial commitment to $11.4 billion by 2024. Congress needs to deliver on this promise by finalizing its fiscal year 2022 funding bills, which contain significant increases for international climate efforts, with even more ambitious commitments in fiscal year 2023.
The recent IPCC report lays bare how close we are to losing the first critical battle in the fight for an environment that will continue to support our health and well-being. It points out that we have the tools and capability to rise to this challenge but need to garner the political will to act boldly, act fast and act now. Addressing climate change will inevitably cause some economic disruptions as we transition to new forms of energy. However, the IPCC report underscores that the costs in dollars and lives will be substantially greater if we don’t act.
There can be no more delays. We are out of time. This is a turning point in history, where our elected leaders must choose to respond to this crisis in a way that will secure the future of generations to come. Passing ambitious domestic climate provisions and fulfilling our global commitments will ensure that a safer and more prosperous world does not slip from our grasp.
Marcene Mitchell is senior vice president of climate change at World Wildlife Fund (WWF).
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South Jersey Industries, Inc. (NYSE:SJI – Get Rating) saw a large decrease in short interest in the month of March. As of March 15th, there was short interest totalling 4,300,000 shares, a decrease of 22.5% from the February 28th total of 5,550,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 1,530,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 2.8 days.
South Jersey Industries stock traded up $0.14 during mid-day trading on Thursday, hitting $34.55. The company had a trading volume of 927,003 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,628,494. The company has a current ratio of 0.67, a quick ratio of 0.60 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.59. South Jersey Industries has a 12-month low of $20.75 and a 12-month high of $35.32. The company’s fifty day moving average is $29.74 and its 200-day moving average is $25.93. The company has a market capitalization of $4.06 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 40.65 and a beta of 0.75.
South Jersey Industries (NYSE:SJI – Get Rating) last announced its earnings results on Thursday, February 24th. The utilities provider reported $0.58 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.55 by $0.03. South Jersey Industries had a return on equity of 10.39% and a net margin of 4.42%. During the same quarter last year, the business posted $0.62 EPS. As a group, sell-side analysts expect that South Jersey Industries will post 1.69 EPS for the current fiscal year.
Several large investors have recently made changes to their positions in the company. Norges Bank purchased a new position in shares of South Jersey Industries during the 4th quarter valued at approximately $18,528,000. Walleye Capital LLC purchased a new position in shares of South Jersey Industries during the 4th quarter valued at approximately $3,234,000. Westwood Holdings Group Inc. lifted its position in shares of South Jersey Industries by 49.1% during the 4th quarter. Westwood Holdings Group Inc. now owns 1,578,656 shares of the utilities provider’s stock valued at $41,234,000 after buying an additional 519,649 shares in the last quarter. BlackRock Inc. lifted its position in shares of South Jersey Industries by 11.7% during the 4th quarter. BlackRock Inc. now owns 20,005,336 shares of the utilities provider’s stock valued at $522,540,000 after buying an additional 2,103,134 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Goldman Sachs Group Inc. lifted its position in shares of South Jersey Industries by 296.4% during the 4th quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. now owns 1,569,745 shares of the utilities provider’s stock valued at $41,001,000 after buying an additional 1,173,695 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 86.63% of the company’s stock.
Several equities analysts recently weighed in on SJI shares. Maxim Group downgraded shares of South Jersey Industries from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Friday, February 25th. Guggenheim downgraded shares of South Jersey Industries from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating in a report on Thursday, January 20th. Zacks Investment Research upgraded shares of South Jersey Industries from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and set a $38.00 price target on the stock in a report on Thursday, March 24th. Bank of America downgraded shares of South Jersey Industries from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating and set a $25.00 price target on the stock. in a report on Thursday, February 17th. Finally, StockNews.com started coverage on shares of South Jersey Industries in a report on Thursday. They issued a “sell” rating on the stock. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, seven have assigned a hold rating and two have assigned a buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, South Jersey Industries presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $28.00.
South Jersey Industries Company Profile (Get Rating)
South Jersey Industries, Inc, through its subsidiaries, provides energy-related products and services. The company engages in the purchase, transmission, and sale of natural gas. It also sells natural gas and pipeline transportation capacity on a wholesale basis to residential, commercial, and industrial customers on the interstate pipeline system, as well as transports natural gas purchased directly from producers or suppliers to customers.
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Prairie View A&M President Ruth Simmons, who announced earlier this month she is stepping down, said she will remain at the historically Black university as a professor.
While it is fairly common for university presidents to transition to a faculty role upon their departure, Simmons will also help work with the university’s fundraising and research partnerships. She will also create a new higher education leadership program to improve diversity among top academic leaders.
“I believe this is the perfect solution, enabling her to devote time to her special interests and, at the same time, continue to play a leadership role in preparing the next generation of leaders,” Texas A&M System Chancellor John Sharp said in a statement.
Simmons, who became president of Prairie View in 2017, told The Texas Tribune she approached Sharp last year about her plans to step down and the resulting transition.
“The basic work of running the university, there are a lot of small things that you get drawn into,” Simmons told the Tribune. “Frankly, at this juncture, I wanted to move away from that.”
During her tenure, the university increased donations to the school by 40%, according to the March 12 letter announcing her decision to step down when a successor is named. She also increased student scholarships. In 2020, billionaire MacKenzie Scott donated $50 million to Prairie View.
Simmons said she had always pledged to remain involved with the university, but said Sharp insisted on creating a formal arrangement. While there was some discussion as to whether Simmons would remain at the system or university level, Simmons said she wanted to ensure Prairie View remained her prime focus.
“I think that my students and others will be very disappointed if they think that I’m getting drawn off in other things,” Simmons said.
Ultimately, they landed on the idea of a leadership academy that would allow her to mentor students and future university leaders at the university, which is located about 50 miles from downtown Houston.
“I’m paying back for all the help I got as a young person,” she said. “The people who stopped and went out of their way to help me and to give me advice. Honestly, I could never have done what I’ve done if they hadn’t taken the time to do that.”
Simmons said she wants the program to provide personalized attention to women and people of color to help them overcome obstacles that may prevent them from being considered for a leadership role.
“Because we are so politically correct, if someone is not dressing correctly, we tend not to go there,” Simmons said. “If somebody is not paying enough attention to the way they speak, we tend not to go there.”
“The greatest success I’ve had has been in getting people to adapt to the fact that they are not seen in the way that they perceive themselves to be seen, and helping them understand how to allow people to see their significant assets as opposed to superficial factors that may be turning people away,” she said.
As a professor, Simmons will not be attached to a single department, allowing her to lecture or collaborate across the university. As for the courses she might teach, Simmons suggested leadership courses in the business school.
Simmons previously served as president of Smith College in Massachusetts and Brown University, where she was the first Black woman to preside over an Ivy League school.
Simmons said she still sees room to build out and improve academic degree programs and bring more quality faculty to campus. While she credits Sharp for trusting her leadership and supporting her in the role, she said the board’s interest in the historically Black university is more recent.
“Sometimes the people who oversee the system are not as well grounded in what we do, but I believe that they have started to get better at that,” Simmons said, pointing to a number of regents who have visited the campus recently. “This system wants to be the best in the country. In my view, their ambition only helps Prairie View because they want to be the best in the country. Then they have to want to be the best HBCU in the country. And so I think everybody should understand that and try to benefit from that.”
A 14-member search committee of students, professors, administrators and community members will conduct a national search for her replacement, providing three suggestions to the Chancellor who will then make a recommendation to the Texas A&M Board of Regents. Simmons said the university plans to have a new president installed by summer 2023. The group will have its first meeting in April.
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Brock will be taking the court against an all-too-familiar foe in the semifinal round of the U Sports women’s basketball championships Saturday in Kingston.
A 3 p.m. tipoff pitting the No. 4 seed Badgers against the top-seeded Ryerson Rams is a rematch of last weekend’s Ontario University Athletics (OUA final in St. Catharines, a game the hosts lost in overtime after leading by as many as 22 points in the fourth quarter.
Will it be déjà vu all over again or will momentum from more recent history carry the Badgers in one of two final four matchups at Queen’s University?
Brock head coach Mike Rao is confident it will be the latter.
“I always like our chances. I’m not the most optimistic guy in the world, I’m not a cheerleader, I just try and define us defensively and movement with the ball offensively,” he said. “I think our girls are ready for the challenge. I think we’re ready for Ryerson.”
Buoying the retired educator’s confidence, and making the rematch with Ryerson possible in the first place, was Brock’s 85-74 victory over the No. 5 Acadia Axewomen in quarter-final action Thursday.
Brock was unable to handle Ryerson’s pressure defence in the provincial final, which was something Acadia knew and was all too willing to exploit.
“Obviously, Acadia knew that was our weak point. I knew other teams were going to come after us, and sure as heck Acadia went after us,” Rao said. “They did it, but they didn’t find much success.
“That’s all I can say, so mission accomplished.”
Ivana Twumasi, with 20 points; Madalyn Weinert, 18 points, 15 rebounds; Mackenzie Robinson, 16 points; and Victoria Lawrence, 15 points; led a well-balanced Brock scoring attack.
“We really shared the ball, and we did some really good things.”
Heading to nationals, Rao wasn’t worried about the Badgers having difficulty rebounding from their heartbreaking loss to Ryerson.
“I think we’re over that. It happened, and it is what it is, but now I think they know we’re pretty prepared for pressure,” he said. “We worked on it, we tried to plug the hole.
“I think we did a pretty good job.”
How does Acadia match up with Ryerson? To what extent, Rao was asked, could the quarter-final be considered a preview of Saturday’s game with the Rams?
“I think Ryerson is better defensively. I think they pressure the ball a little bit better,” he said. “In shooting, I think they’re similar, but defensively I think Ryerson is a little better.”
Standouts on the Badgers included Maddy McInnis who got her first start of the year, “and she played a tremendous game.”
“She got a lot of boards, scored a bit,” Rao said. “Defensively, her defensive matchup was excellent.”
Weinert, also a rookie, “played unbelievably well.”
“ She shot the ball well, she rebounded, she defended well,” Rao said of St. Catharines native and Eden High School graduate.
“She’s a real good all-around player.”
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We took a shortcut to server-land with Apollo Studio, where we saw queries succeed and fail. Now how about we make sure the whole round-trip query journey works from our client app, to the server and back?
Let's run the client. Open up a new terminal and navigate to the client folder. Run npm start
, which will open up your browser to localhost:3000
.
Look at that, our Catstronauts app is showing all of the tracks on the homepage! Well done! Our query's journey is complete.
Can you see all the cards displaying live data? What's the author's name on the last track card?
We've come a long way. We retrieved live data from a REST API. We used a RESTDataSource
to handle making these API calls more efficient. We created a resolver to connect to that data source and successfully return the correct fields to our client. We even saw what can happen if our query went sideways and didn't follow the happy path. In the end we got all of the Catstronauts tracks on our homepage.
Have you noticed that we changed our data from mock objects to live data, without needing to modify a thing on the client app? Everything kept working as in Lift-off I, but now with real data.
Although things can and will change (new data sources, new clients, and so on), the graph brings a new level of flexibility and resilience for developers. The single source of truth for your data that your clients can rely on, will remain the schema.
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SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (AP) — Christian Pulisic and Tyler Adams had relief on their faces as they headed straight from the stadium for a charter jet to Europe and weekend club games.
“This is whatever I’ve always wanted to be, and right now emotions are a bit crazy,” Pulisic said, his voice quavering.
Coach Gregg Berhalter had rushed out for a red-eye to New York and a 12 1/2-hour connecting flight to Friday’s World Cup draw in Doha, Qatar.
Recovering from the past and preparing for the future intertwined as the United States clinched a return to the World Cup.
For Pulisic, DeAndre Yedlin, Kellyn Acosta and Paul Arriola, all on that doomed American team at Trinidad 4 1/2 years earlier, the pain had not gone away until now. The 2-0 loss to Costa Rica on Wednesday night was deflating, but by the time players entered the locker room of Estadio Nacional, focus turned to the accomplishment of clinching a return to soccer’s showcase for the first time since 2014.
Erik Palmer-Brown started popping open the Duet Mousseux Brut even as Berhalter was giving his speech. Then the new JBL Boombox 2 got to blare.
“We’re the youngest team to ever qualify for the World Cup, youngest U.S. team, and we’ll be the youngest team at the World Cup,” Berhalter said. ”That’s an accomplishment for these guys. It really is.”
They had traveled 25,042 miles (40,301 kilometers) on charters — circling the globe adds up to only 24,901 — making four trips to Central America, plus one each to Mexico, Canada and Jamaica, plus up to five trans-Atlantic round trips. Forty-four players were called in, of which 38 took the field. In all, 114 players have been used since Trinidad, 88 since Berhalter was hired in December 2018.
Pulisic had buried his face in his hands at Couva, wiping away tears.
“That was one of the toughest days of my life. I’ll never forget it,” he recalled. “Now to be in this position — qualified for a World Cup, we’re all extremely proud.”
Berhalter admitted the pressure was omnipresent.
“The public was on edge. They desperately wanted us to make it,” he said.
All of 23, Pulisic, Adams and Weston McKennie are the team leaders. Right back Sergiño Dest and left back Antonee Robinson became offensive threats. Gio Reyna, at 19, emerged as a budding star, just like his dad three decades earlier.
“Now we have to test ourselves against the best players in the world, the best teams in the world,” Adams said. “This was only the first stage in our development.”
Berhalter is among a 12-person U.S. Soccer Federation attending the draw, mapping out Qatar plans for a tournament that opens Nov. 21, in the middle of European club seasons.
Four games are likely in June, two in the CONCACAF Nations League and two exhibitions, followed by a pair of friendlies in September, possibly in Europe. Major League Soccer players may have a domestic training camp before the tournament.
And if the U.S. winds up in Groups E through G, which don’t start play until Nov. 24-25, the Americans might train in Europe for several days and have one more exhibition before heading to the Middle East.
“The starting point is getting out of the group,” Berhalter said.
USSF staff locked down hotel and training arrangements on Oct. 1, 2019, the day the portal opened, putting the team in an optimum logistical situation.
Berhalter presumes form will change between now and November, causing roster churn. He was impressed with the growth over 14 qualifiers in temperatures that ranged from minus 3 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 16 Celsius) in St. Paul, Minnesota, and 85 degrees Fahrenheit (29 Celsius) in Austin, Texas.
“I think we improved our pressing,” he said. “But we’re going to continue to evolve and to continue to improve. The 4-3-3 system, as it’s been good for us, we might work with some other systems just to have some flexibility in the World Cup. I think it’s important to see who we are playing and start planning out how we can be successful there.”
For all the positive feelings, the U.S. dropped to third among eight nations in North and Central America and the Caribbean, behind Canada and Mexico. If not for last week’s 0-0 draw at Mexico, the Americans would have finished fourth and wound up in a June playoff against New Zealand.
“The easy part is over, and now we focus on this draw,” said defender Walker Zimmerman, who rose like a rocket from initially off the roster in October to starting nine of the past 11 games. “Ultimately just focus on staying fit, staying healthy, performing for our clubs.”
Forward remains a concern. After scoring three goals over two games last fall, Ricardo Pepi has gone scoreless in 19 games for club and country. Strikers produced just four of the Americans’ 21 goals, with Jesús Ferreira getting the other.
“We’re hoping that one of our 9s gets into a good form by the time the World Cup comes around,” Berhalter said Thursday during a layover at JFK International Airport.
Midfielders and wingers have been the engine, with Pulisic scoring five of the team’s 21 goals, and McKennie, Brenden Aaronson and Robinson two each.
“We can do a lot of damage, man,” Pulisic said. “I think we’re a confident bunch of guys and I think that country will get behind us and we’re going to give everything we got.”
“I just like the fight of his team and I think we have a lot of quality, as well,” he added. “I think we can be a force going into the World Cup.”
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VIENNA: An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) team of experts today completed a review of long term operational safety at the Koeberg Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) in South Africa.
The SALTO (Safety Aspects of Long Term Operation) review mission was conducted at the request of the Government of South Africa’s Department of Mineral Resources and Energy from 22 until 31 March. It focused on aspects essential to the safe Long Term Operation (LTO) of two units of Koeberg NPP, South Africa’s only nuclear power plant operated by the public utility Eskom.
Unit 1 went into commercial operation in 1984 and Unit 2 in 1985. Eskom is planning to extend operation of the units by 20 years until 2045 for a total operational lifetime of 60 years each. The plant is currently carrying out a periodic safety review to identify safety improvements for the LTO period.
The ten-person team comprising experts from Argentina, Belgium, Czech Republic, France, Hungary, Pakistan, Spain, Sweden and two IAEA staff members reviewed the plant’s preparedness, organization and programmes for safe LTO.
“We observed that staff at the plant is professional, open and receptive to suggestions for improvement. Despite challenges, the plant has eliminated several deviations from IAEA Safety Standards in ageing management activities and preparation for safe LTO identified during the Pre-SALTO mission in 2019,” said team leader Gabor Petofi, Senior Nuclear Safety Officer at the IAEA. “The SALTO team encourages Eskom and the plant management to address further findings made by this latest mission and to implement all remaining activities for safe LTO.”
The team identified good practices and good performances that will be shared with the nuclear industry globally. The team concluded the plant had:
Integrated a corrective action programme to extensively consider operating experience for long term operation.
Used a template to collect vital importance parameters from the original equipment manufacturers (OEM) to establish the extended qualified life of electrical components.
Applied the so-called capability index to characterize health, attitude and other enablers of staff members to assess if they are fit to perform a task.
The team also provided recommendations and suggestions to further enhance the preparations for safe LTO, including that Eskom should:
Comprehensively review and implement all plant programmes relevant for long term operation.
Complete the revalidation of qualification of cab-les in the containment for t-he long term operation period. Ensure full functionality of the containment structure monitoring system.
“We appreciate the IAEA support in plant ageing management and preparation for safe LTO,” said Riedewaan Bakardien, Eskom’s Chief Nuclear Officer. “The LTO of Koeberg NPP up to 2045 is a vital part of Eskom’s energy planning strategy. The results of this mission will help us finalize our activities for safe LTO in alignment with IAEA Safety Standards.”
The plant management said it was committed to implement the recommendations and requested that the IAEA schedule a SALTO follow-up mission to Koeberg NPP in 2024.
The team provided a draft report to the plant management at the end of the mission. The plant management and the South African National Nuclear Regulator (NNR) will have an opportunity to make factual comments on the draft. A final report will be submitted to the plant management, the NNR and the Government of South Africa within three months.
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‘People Will Freak Out When They Hear’: Police Find 5 Fetuses in DC Anti-Abortion Activist’s Home (Video)
A police raid on anti-abortion activist Lauren Handy’s home in Washington, D.C. led to the discovery of five dead fetuses.
Handy was “indicted along with nine others Wednesday by a federal grand jury. Handy is accused of felony conspiracy against rights for a blockade inside a D.C. abortion clinic in October 2020,” WUSA reports (video below).
“When I asked anti-abortion activist Lauren Handy what homicide detectives pulled out of her house Wednesday, she only said, ‘people will freak out when they hear,'” reported WUSA’s Nathan Baca.
Buzzfeed’s Ellie Hall adds that a press release from Handy’s anti-abortion group claims she has had the fetuses since 2020.
THE LEDE HAS BEEN BURIED: HER ANTI-ABORTION ORGANIZATION SAID IN A PRESS RELEASE THAT SHE HAS HAD THESE FETUSES SINCE OCTOBER 2020 https://t.co/m783RqafrT pic.twitter.com/9oHG1D0fhe
— Ellie Hall (@ellievhall) March 31, 2022
“The indictment charges all nine defendants with conspiracy against rights and clinic access obstruction. The first count is a felony carrying a maximum sentence of up to 10 years in prison.”
WUSA details Handy’s history:
D.C. Superior Court records show Handy has a history of legal issues related to her anti-abortion activities. A D.C. charter school filed a civil complaint against her for trespassing in December 2015. She was arrested for unlawful assembly outside the school earlier that year, and at different locations in 2019 and in January for unlawful entry and blocking an entrance. Only of those cases resulted in more than a ticket. That case stemmed from a March 2019 arrest at the Washington Surgi-Clinic — the same clinic in the indictment Handy now faces. The charge was dropped in July 2019 for want of prosecution.
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"When I listen deep, I'm not my owner," Jenny Hval sings towards the end of her new album Classic Objects. "Maybe I never was."
It's a concept the experimental Norwegian artist has explored again and again in her complex but playful body of work, matching dark synth-pop with lyrics that explore academic ideas about liberation and the self. On her 2015 album Apocalypse, girl, she wrestled cynically with "self-care" and feminist empowerment that ends with individual consumption; on 2019's The Practice of Love, she slipped in recorded conversations about being a childless woman in your 30s, and the realization that one is not "the main character" of life, but rather a "talking tree" or "witch."
All of Hval's albums, in their own way, attempt to untangle the same struggle: the reality that her art, her desires, her body, plagued by history's gaze and capitalism's exploitations, have to be continuously reclaimed. Her latest, Classic Objects, expands on that project with a fluid, lively meditation on what it means to center her identity around being an artist, while grappling with the reality that her art exists tethered to a wider marketplace — one which constantly threatens to erode the personal, radical nature of her work.
A press release for the album claims Classic Objects is Hval's "version of a pop album," but the music here isn't pop so much as it's lighter than her more foreboding past work. Gone is the darkwave of The Practice of Love or the medieval gloom of 2016's Blood Bitch, replaced here with a jazzy, New Age sound. On songs like "Year of Sky" and "Cemetery of Splendour," thunderous bongos and shaken percussion give the songs an earthy, ritualistic aura, the latter ending with a spoken list of oddities found outside — branches, pine cones, cigarette butts — and the sounds of buzzing insects and revving cars and cyclists.
There's also long been a fervent religiosity to Hval's work, from the straight line she draws between her own sensuality and the ecstatic visions of Joan of Arc on 2013's Innocence Is Kinky to the throbbing, church-worthy instrumentals of Apocalypse, girl. Even her lyrics, which tend to unspool in poetic, casually conversational threads, can sometimes sound like sermons. Here, she continues her fascination with chest-clutching, Americana spiritualism on songs like "Year of Love," with its flat, pop Manzarek-style organ, and "American Coffee," which has a soulful choir tracking Hval's wild-out vocals. Once you get to the line where she sings about nursing a UTI and staring back at her own blood in the toilet, you know what it means to be a congregant of Hval's church: to remember that underneath society's projections, you're just flesh and blood.
The brightness of the music on this album reflects the ways in which Hval's more theory-driven tendencies as a songwriter are pulled back a bit. On Classic Objects, Hval's radical politics tend to hang in the background, bobbing in and out of the music's line of vision like deflated balloons that have clustered at the edges of a party in its last hours. The album opens up when Hval latches onto one of them and pulls it close to her, reminding herself that, actually, maybe she isn't as in control as she thought.
Classic Objects vibrates with the tension of "what could have been" had Hval made different life choices. On the album opener "Year of Love," she cheekily surveys the weight of her marriage — an act that arguably threatens her artistic and financial independence — like a museum attendee circling a sculpture. "In the year of love I signed a deal with patriarchy," she sings. But she also fills the album with voices and faces from her personal past — a studio space partner; roommates; her mother, scared in childbirth — revisiting life-shifting details like a scrapbook, cataloging the moments that have informed her art and made her her — more than just an artist, more than just a married person. And yet a shadow version of herself remains, a concept she confronts on "American Coffee": "Not she who stayed behind / She who quit everything, music and identity."
For Hval, music and identity is everything, and often one and the same. And art and what it means to protect it, to keep it an experimental extension and reflection of her selfhood, is a central concern of Classic Objects — sometimes ambiently, sometimes directly. On "Jupiter," she confronts the reality that not all art shares her same revolutionary ideals, looking at her reflection in the designer product-lined windows of the gluttonous installation "Prada Marfa" in the Texas desert. "Sometimes art is more real, more evil," she sings. "Just lonelier." Elsewhere, in the middle of the album's finale, "The Revolution Will Not Be Owned," Hval takes a meta beat to call witness to the political limitations of her own art embedded in the fine print. "This song is regulated by copyright regulations / And dreaming doesn't have copyright," she sings, the song's instrumentals building up around her. "I guess you could say: The revolution will not be owned."
Hanging over every minute of Classic Objects is the reminder that art and self-expression in its most potent form — vulnerable and politically unsparing — is precious, always threatened by the prospect of commercial ruin. Hval's work isn't easily codified, messily pushing and prodding against preconceived ideas about gender, sex, labor and desire, and so it constantly runs the risk of being flattened. And when she excavates her discomfort here with institutions like marriage and easily marketable strains of art, she shines a spotlight on the ways in which capitalist forces reorganize both art and love, threatening to mute their possibilities. Even the last few minutes of "Cemetery of Splendour," in which the trampling steps and trash of humans have invaded a natural terrain, traffic sounds dueling with the buzzing of insects, hold so much tension in such a small invasion.
Classic Objects also meets a particularly fraught moment for musicians like Hval on the fringes of the industry, navigating art as a passion and as a profession. Artists have never been faced with more options for distributing their music, each of which comes with its own complicated set of parameters and unintended implications upon participation. The industry's reliance on the streaming service Spotify, which was criticized recently for failing to moderate COVID-19 misinformation and racial slurs in podcaster Joe Rogan's show, has led some users and artists to pull their accounts and music from the site in protest. Recently the scrappy website Bandcamp, a popular digital music store known for paying indie artists and labels fairly, was acquired by the company Epic Games, raising questions about the website's future commitment to independent artists. Never has it seemed so exhausting for artists to figure out how to maintain listening relationships with their audience without compromising its power or their politics.
What makes Classic Objects so poignant is how Hval avoids a clean, neutered sloganizing of thought, wading deep into more complicated waters. There's no defeat or triumph on Classic Objects, so much as a rolling conversation with the self about the space art should occupy in her life, and how it should reflect her worldview. Winding down the hallways of her past, to the moments and voices that have shaped her artistic identity, she emphasizes that every day, every moment, presents a choice: to give up the hard work of art, an integral part of Hval's identity, or settle for an easier existence where it's defanged. Hval begins her album with a song that notes the contractual regulations of her marriage, and ends with a song that references the contractual regulations of her music, as if to remind listeners that, still, nothing is free from commercialist forces: art, love — or are they the same? How you fight it, and whether you do, remains the eternal question.
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Biden’s had many surprises this term — the budget crisis isn’t one of them
President Biden’s State of the Union Address largely focused on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, ongoing inflation concerns, and recovery from the two-year COVID-19 pandemic. That agenda is understandable since these issues are on the minds of many Americans.
In a broader sense, however, they also reflect a stark reality for any president: Stuff comes at you pretty fast and it often comes from unanticipated sources.
President Trump certainly did not anticipate that he would end up signing five bills totaling more than $3 trillion to fight the worst global pandemic in 100 years. President Biden certainly did not anticipate that he would have to deal with the largest European ground war in almost 80 years and the highest inflation spike in 40 years, both carrying potential economic and budgetary implications that cannot be fully understood at this time.
National leaders play a dangerous game of policy “chicken” every time they defer corrective action on known challenges, hoping to address them later when it’s more politically expedient. But this “kick the can” strategy risks a slow-moving cumulative disaster as unanticipated calamities (a war, a deadly pandemic, economic upheaval, or all three) pile atop problems that have been ignored.
A case in point is the long-deferred fiscal challenge.
We have known for many years that the federal budget is on an unsustainable path, yet elected leaders of both parties have delayed, dodged or simply ignored the warnings. In fact, they have recklessly piled on new spending and cut taxes.
As a result, we have arrived at a critical point with the debt nearing its highest level as a share of the economy since World War II and climbing steadily upward. The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) projects that under current law the debt will double as a share of the economy over the next 30 years, rising from 100 percent of GDP in 2021 to 200 percent in 2051.
We know — unambiguously — that the main drivers of our debt are our aging population and rising health care costs, which translate into ever-rising spending for popular benefit programs such as Social Security and Medicare. Revenues are projected to rise as well, but not by enough to keep pace with spending.
As the trustees of those programs warned in their 2021 report, Social Security and Medicare both face long-term cash shortfalls under currently scheduled benefits and financing. Both programs will experience cost growth substantially in excess of GDP growth through the mid-2030s due to rapid population aging. Medicare also sees its share of GDP grow through the late 2070s due to projected increases in the volume and intensity of services provided.”
This is not “news” to anyone who had been following the trustees’ warnings over several decades, and yet inaction has turned what was once seen as a long-term problem into a much more immediate concern. The trustees project that the combined Social Security trust funds will be exhausted by 2034 and the Medicare Hospital Insurance trust fund will be exhausted by 2026, leaving little time to phase in changes that would prevent sudden benefit cuts, tax increases, or higher deficits.
Whether it’s the Social Security and Medicare trust funds or the overall federal budget, delay does not just foist the cost onto future generations, it actually increases that cost. According to a 2020 estimate by the Congressional Budget Office, the annual amount of deficit reduction needed to keep the debt at 100 percent of GDP in 2050 would rise from 2.9 percent of GDP to 4.8 percent if actions were delayed by 10 years.
Historically, spikes in debt are often correlated with major events such as wars and economic disruptions. Deficits went up during the crisis and came down when the crisis passed. We are witness to that dynamic now after the pandemic-induced recession. President Biden said in his State of the Union Address that by the end of this year, “the deficit will be down to less than half of what it was before I took office.”
But that’s just half the story. The other half is what comes next. The deficit reduction the president promised is a natural phenomenon of an economic recovery. However, it would still leave an annual budget deficit of roughly $1.5 trillion nor would it change the preexisting and long-standing imbalance between revenues and spending. Increasingly, episodic crises will simply add to a trajectory of debt that is already on an unsustainable path.
One thing is certain. New challenges will arise that will surprise future presidents. And some future challenges should not be surprises at all, such as a new pandemic or a climate crisis.
We have not put ourselves in a stronger fiscal or economic position to deal with today’s unanticipated events by allowing old problems to fester, nor will we be in a stronger position in the future if we continue forward with our heads in the sand.
Robert L. Bixby, executive director of The Concord Coalition.
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House votes to cap cost of insulin at $35, heads to Senate
Experts say it only costs drug companies $10 to manufacture.
Congress could soon send to the president's desk a bill that would cap the cost of the livesaving drug insulin at $35 per month -- a move that could significantly reduce and rein in out-of-pocket drug costs for millions of Americans with diabetes.
The House approved the bill Thursday by a vote of 232-193, with 12 Republicans joining all Democrats in support.
The bill now heads to the Senate, and it could be taken up in the upper chamber in a matter of weeks if there is bipartisan agreement.
Experts say it costs less than $10 a vial to manufacture, yet there are still American families with insurance paying hundreds of dollars per vial of insulin.
Currently, costs for patients can range from $334 to $1,000 a month for insulin, according to a 2020 Kaiser Family Foundation report.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 37.3 million people in the U.S. have diabetes, which is about 11% of the U.S. population. Out of the nearly 40 million people who have diabetes -- about 25% or 7.4 million Americans need insulin. Many people with diabetes are prescribed insulin, either because their bodies do not produce insulin (Type 1 diabetes) or do not use insulin properly (Type 2 diabetes).
The bill to cap the cost of insulin was originally a part of President Joe Biden's "Build Back Better" domestic policy agenda, but since that massive piece of legislation is stalled in the Senate, lawmakers decided to move unilaterally on this standalone bill specifically addressing insulin.
House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer told reporters on Wednesday that it is "inexcusable" people are being charged exorbitant prices for "a lifesaving and life-sustaining drug whose costs [have] not increased and whose research costs have been amortized a very long period of time ago."
Democratic Rep. Dan Kildee of Michigan, one of the authors of the House bill, said it's "outrageous that a single vial of insulin costs up to $1,000, when the medication costs just a few dollars to make."
The bill caps cost-sharing for a month's supply of insulin starting in 2023 at whichever amount is lower: $35, or 25% of a plan's negotiated price, according to the bill's text. The bill does not lower the overall price of insulin; it would likely shift more of the cost onto insurers and employers.
Supporters of the bill say it will save lives by making insulin affordable for millions of Americans, many of whom now reduce the amount they take or skip doses, resulting in far more costly visits to emergency rooms and the hospital.
While several states have moved to cap insulin costs, there is currently no federal limit on out-of-pocket spending for insulin.
Republicans have largely opposed the measure and refer to the bill as "government priced fixing" that could lead to higher premiums for customers and exorbitant costs for insurers.
Senate prospects for bill
Democrats, led by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, have indicated that lowering the cost of insulin is a huge priority and they hope to have a bill on the floor as soon as next month.
"I intend to put a proposal on the floor as soon as we can after Easter," Schumer said on the Senate floor last week.
Georgia Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock has already introduced the Affordable Insulin Now Act in the Senate, which would similarly cap the cost of insulin at $35 per month. His bill has support from dozens of Democratic senators but no Republicans.
GOP Sen. Susan Collins is also working on a bipartisan measure with Democratic Sen. Jeanne Shaheen that would mirror the House's legislation to cap the cost of insulin to $35. However, the Collins-Shaheen bill is intended to be broader than Warnock’s $35 cap and would seek to lower the underlying cost of insulin.
Schumer said the final product in the Senate could include pieces from both proposals. | https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/house-votes-cap-cost-insulin-35-heads-senate/story?id=83798272 | 2022-04-01T00:56:47Z |
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Chris Rock received several standing ovations before he told one joke at his first comedy show since Will Smith slapped him in the face onstage at the Oscars.
Rock only briefly addressed the slap to the sold-out crowd in Boston, saying he was “still kind of processing what happened.”
“Other than the weird thing, life is pretty good,” Rock said midway through his first of two sets. The nighttime performances came just three days after Smith smacked the comedian for making a joke about his wife, Jada Pinkett Smith while presenting an Academy Award.
Rock didn’t mention Smith or Pinkett Smith by name at his show in Boston. Wearing all white, he seemed to be almost embarrassed by the multiple ovations he received. As the applause carried on for minutes — with fans yelling “I love you, Chris!” — the comedian appeared to be getting emotional, a guest seated near the stage told The Associated Press.
“How was your weekend?” Rock joked before getting into his set.
Ticket prices skyrocketed after Smith took to the awards stage and slapped Rock on live TV, but the comedian made clear he wasn’t going to talk at length about it. | https://defendernetwork.com/news/national/chris-rock-takes-to-comedy-mic-still-processing-oscars-slap%EF%BF%BC/ | 2022-04-01T00:56:48Z |
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Everything’s Peachy on ice for these Kings
Riley Eberhardt stopped all 28 shots he faced backstopping the Grimsby Peach Kings into the final round of the Provincial Junior Hockey League’s South Bloomfield Division playoffs with a 5-0 victory over the Niagara RiverHawks.
Wednesday night’s star turn between the Grimsby pipes lowered 21-year-old St. Catharines native’s goals-against average in post-season play to 2.23 while raising his save percentage to .925.
Ben Switzer, with two goals and an assist; Mason Gibson, Jarome Myers and Freddy Teeple scored for the No. 1 seed Peach Kings who took the best-of-seven series versus the fourth-seeded RiverHawks four games to one.
Grimsby won four straight after losing Game 1 in overtime. Extra time also was needed for the second game, 5-4, overtime; and third, 3-2, double overtime. The Peach Kings scored a 5-2 victory in Game 4.
Grimsby will play the winner of the semifinal between the No. 2 seed Dundas Blues and No. 3 seed Glanbrook Rangers for the division championship. That series was tied at 2-2 heading into Game 5 Thursday night in Dundas.
Swimmer sets three Brock school records
Anthonie Korstanje set three school records swimming for Brock at the U Sports championships last week at Laval University in Quebec.
The fourth-year economics student from Beamsville established new standards in 200-metre individual medley, two minutes, nine seconds, 93 milliseconds; 100 breaststroke, 1:02.78; and 200 breaststroke, 2:16.57.
OHL grads going for gold at nationals
Seven Ontario Hockey League graduates who spent at least some of their major junior careers with the Niagara IceDogs are in Wolfville, N.S., competing at the U Sports men’s hockey championships.
Jackson Doherty, Hayden McCool and Elijah Roberts are one-time IceDogs on the Ryerson Rams lineups, with Justin Brack and Johnathon Schaefer playing for the Brock Badgers and Johnny Corneil and Matthew Philip hoping to help the Acadia Axemen and St. Francis Xavier X-Men, respectively, to a national title.
Also competing for Brock is Christian Girhiny, a Thorold native who played in the OHL with the Erie Otters, and Niagara Falls native Frank Pucci, who saw action with Erie and the Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds.
In all, 60 OHL graduates are taking part in the eight-team tournament being hosted by Acadia University. | https://www.wellandtribune.ca/sports/niagara-region/2022/03/31/everythings-peachy-on-ice-for-these-kings-swimmer-sets-three-brock-school-records.html | 2022-04-01T00:56:50Z |
We've implemented our resolvers and our data source, and we've connected them up to the server. Time to find out if everything works together to actually serve live data.
You can trace your query's journey all the way back to the client and expect to see the live data in your browser, but there is actually a secret shortcut to server-land: the Apollo Studio Explorer! It lets you connect to the server currently running on localhost:4000
and helps you build queries quickly to test out.
Our server is still running, so you should be seeing a message in the console saying the server is indeed running and that we can start querying with the Explorer at the link provided.
Head over to Studio using that link, or visit studio.apollographql.com/dev in your browser.
If you haven't created an account yet, head over to this Lift-off I lesson to walk through the process. You should have a development graph connected to http://localhost:4000
.
We can use our example query from I to test out our new resolver (code snippet below).
query getTracks { tracksForHome { id title thumbnail length modulesCount author { id name photo } }}
Let's go ahead and run it... and we get the data that's returned by our resolver! 🎉 We can also see that we only get exactly the data we queried for, nothing extra, even though our REST endpoint wasn't structured that way. This means that the resolver has completed its mission, and so have we!
Code Challenge!
tracksForHome
query we used in Part I (or copy the one above and paste it in the Explorer). Run the query and copy-paste the last tracks
entry below.Let's click on the query button once more. Did you notice how fast we got the response the second time? The first one took about half a second, then this one returned in just a few milliseconds. This is thanks to our RESTDataSource
's built-in resource caching.
Just for the fun of comparing, you can take a look at the fetch
implementation below. A new field has been added called tracksforHomeFetch
to our schema. The resolvers are using node-fetch
instead of the RESTDataSource
. For each call, the response takes the same amount of time, about half a second. Much less efficient, now we really see why we should keep using the RESTDataSource
implementation!
// schemaconst typeDefs = gql` type Query { tracksForHome: [Track!]! tracksForHomeFetch: [Track!]! } // ...`;const resolvers = { Query: { tracksForHome: () => { // ... } tracksForHomeFetch: async () => { const baseUrl = "https://odyssey-lift-off-rest-api.herokuapp.com"; const res = await fetch(`${baseUrl}/tracks`); return res.json(); }, }, Track: { // using fetch instead of dataSources author: async ({ authorId }, _, { dataSources }) => { const baseUrl = "https://odyssey-lift-off-rest-api.herokuapp.com"; const res = await fetch(`${baseUrl}/author/${authorId}`); return res.json(); // return dataSources.trackAPI.getAuthor(authorId); }, },}
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You can find the full code example in the repo's fetch-example
branch in the final
folder.
Which of these have we demonstrated in the Explorer by comparing a query using the RESTDataSource
with a query using a simple fetch approach? | https://www.apollographql.com/tutorials/lift-off-part2/querying-live-data | 2022-04-01T00:56:51Z |
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Not everything has to come to a logical conclusion; not everything needs to be about something. In her lecture “The Sentence Is a Lonely Place,” the writer Garielle Lutz explains her fondness for language where “the sentence is a complete, portable solitude, a minute immediacy of consummated language.” By that, she means that language, for some, is at its best when it can be isolated, when it takes on a sort of synesthetic, acoustic resonance. You can apply this terminology to the songwriting of New Zealand’s Aldous Harding, who, for four albums, has made folk music with a conceptual weight that’s difficult to categorize or assign to any established narrative. Her latest album, Warm Chris, is a record of the portable solitude that Lutz writes about: It is opaque, surreal, and above all, lonely. | https://www.newsbreak.com/news/2556600929012/timeless-motion-landez-remmers-thesis-concert | 2022-04-01T00:56:51Z |
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ISLAMABAD (APP): The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Thursday sought comments from respondents on appeals regarding Naval Sailing Club and Naval Farms.
A division bench comprising Justice Aamer Farooq and Justice Miangul Hassan Aurangzeb heard the separate appeals filed by ex-Naval chief Zafar Mehmood Abbas and defence ministry.
The petitioners had challenged the decision of single member bench into the matter. At the outset of hearing, the court served notices to respondents and sought their response within two weeks.
Previously, a single member bench had ordered to demolish the sailing club and take passion of naval farms land. The petitioners had adopted in their plea that there was no public money involved in naval farms, adding that it was a welfare projects and money used to be collected from the officers. | https://thefrontierpost.com/ihc-seeks-comments-in-appeals-pertaining-naval-farms-sailing-club/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ihc-seeks-comments-in-appeals-pertaining-naval-farms-sailing-club | 2022-04-01T00:56:53Z |
DOHA, Qatar (AP) — The appearance by video of the head of Ukrainian soccer, wearing an armored vest from the streets of Kyiv, brought the impact of Russia’s war into the FIFA Congress on Thursday.
“We have regularly received sad news of the deaths of members of the Ukrainian football community,” Andriy Pavelko said in a recorded message to the gathering in Qatar including delegates from Russia.
“They have been killed by the aggressors’ rockets from one of the biggest army in the world. Football has taken a back seat in our country.”
Kyiv hosted the Champions League final only four years ago. Then the soccer world shifted to Russia in 2018 for a World Cup that FIFA President Gianni Infantino still celebrated Thursday as “a great success sportingly and culturally.”
“Obviously it did not solve the problems of the world,” Infantino said. “It did not even solve the problems in the region. It did not create a lasting peace.”
Infantino did not mention the man he was filmed juggling a ball with and praising in 2018: Russian President Vladimir Putin. Nor did Infantino blame or mention Russia in his speech.
There was a plea to “stop conflicts and wars” generally rather than specifically issuing a direct message to Putin, who awarded Infantino Russia’s Order of Friendship medal after the World Cup. And in the Doha audience was Alexey Sorokin, the chief executive of Russia’s 2018 organizing committee and former member of the FIFA Council.
There was an expression of regret from Sorokin but only that Pavelko “has these emotions” in the video address.
“It is difficult for them, we understand that,” Sorokin said. “But I’m here not to discuss politics or military activities or anything, I am here in the FIFA Congress.”
Russia won’t be in the draw for the World Cup on Friday after being disqualified from playing internationally by FIFA over the war. Ukraine can still qualify but its playoff semifinal against Scotland has been postponed until June with the hope the team will be in a position to return to the field by then.
For now, the priority for Ukraine is protecting the country from Russia as Pavelko told the FIFA Congress.
“Our children have suffered terrible psychological injuries. Perhaps football will help them forget the horrors of war,” he said as sandbags were being placed around a statue behind him in Kyiv. “I believe every word, prayer and action in support of Ukraine and against the war can stop it.
“We have no right to remain silent. Let there be no air-raid alarms in our cities, instead the songs of fans. Let the battles take place not in the streets with weapons but in crowded stadiums in fair football duel and let the spectators in the stands explode when their favorite team scores a goal, not the bombs.”
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America’s hiring boom of the past year has narrowed racial disparities in unemployment. Yet the Federal Reserve’s ongoing interest rate hikes — shaping up to be the steepest in 15 years — threaten to reverse that progress.
The Fed’s rate hikes will mean higher borrowing rates that could hobble the job market and undercut a goal the Fed unveiled two years ago: To keep rates ultra-low for as long as possible, to help less advantaged workers, who often don’t benefit much from job growth until late in an economic expansion.
Now, though, facing the worst inflation in four decades, the Fed has begun tightening credit and is expected to keep raising its benchmark short-term rate multiple times this year and next. Such rapid hikes typically slow borrowing and spending and can raise unemployment and even cause a recession. During such downturns, Black and Hispanic Americans commonly suffer higher jobless rates.
The Fed’s shift away from low rates comes as the African American unemployment rate has reached 6.6%, down sharply from its pandemic high of nearly 17% and a relatively low level historically. Yet it remains twice the 3.3% rate for whites. Hispanic unemployment is 4.4%.
“The reason why this matters in the Black community is because we are literally the last hired, and it’s only when you get to this point in a recovery where black workers really see their gains,” said William Spriggs, chief economist at the AFL-CIO. “When you slow the pace of hiring, then you cut off that path.”
On Friday, the government will issue the March jobs report, which could shine further light on racial disparities. Economists estimate that employers added a healthy 478,000 jobs last month and that the unemployment rate dipped from 3.8% to 3.7%, according to data provider FactSet. That would be near the 3.5% rate just before the pandemic struck, which was the lowest level in a half-century.
In August 2020, the Fed redefined its goal of maximum employment as being “broad-based and inclusive.” For the first time, it would look beyond the overall unemployment rate and also consider jobless rates for Black and Hispanic workers in setting interest rates. Fed officials hoped that by keeping rates down, they could help narrow the nation’s persistent racial unemployment gaps.
The policy represented “a significant shift,” said Stephanie Aaronson, director of economic studies at the Brookings Institution and a former Fed economist. “Prior to that, every Fed chair would have said something along the lines of, a rising tide lifts all boats. Now they were saying, a rising tide lifts all boats — but not to the same level, and not at the same pace.”
For Chair Jerome Powell and other Fed officials, the goal was to keep the economy running “hot” to reduce unemployment as much as possible. The Fed also wanted to raise too-low inflation, which had stayed stubbornly below its 2% annual target for roughly a decade.
In a so-called hot economy, businesses become so desperate for workers that they hire applicants they would otherwise have neglected. They are more likely, for example, to hire and train workers who lack certain skills or even people who have completed prison sentences.
But the pandemic has upended the Fed’s intentions. The combination of supply-chain snarls and robust consumer demand, fueled by government rescue aid and the Fed’s own low rates, fed an unexpectedly large and persistent spike in inflation. The result is that the central bank must raise rates to fight inflation.
Powell and other Fed officials say they hope that by doing so, they will prolong, rather than derail, economic growth and further narrow racial inequities. Among those officials is Raphael Bostic, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, who said last week that he expected the economy to keep growing even in the face of higher rates.
“And if that is in fact what happens, then it is possible that we can still see the narrowing of these (racial) gaps,” Bostic said.
With inflation chronically high, economists are in overwhelming agreement that the Fed has no choice but to tighten credit — perhaps aggressively — well into 2023.
“When inflation is not a problem, then it’s much easier to say, ‘We’re going to maximize employment and see how far we can take this,’ ” said Valerie Wilson, director of the Economic Policy Institute’s program on race, ethnicity and the economy. “But with inflation in the mix, they’re in a position now where they can’t really ignore that.”
The seeds of the Fed’s shift toward pursuing a more inclusive recovery were sown during the economic expansion that followed the 2008-2009 Great Recession, the longest in U.S. history. The Fed pinned its key rate at nearly zero in December 2008, where it remained for seven years. Over time, its policies helped shrink unemployment to its lowest point in a half-century. Black and Hispanic jobless rates reached record lows.
Black unemployment fell to 5.4% in 2019, the lowest on records dating to 1972. It was just 1.9 percentage points above the white rate of 3.5%, the smallest such gap on record.
Other racial gaps vanished altogether. The proportions of Black and white Americans who were either working or seeking work equaled each other in 2019, for example, after roughly four decades in which Black workers had trailed whites.
In part, that reflected an aging white population with comparatively more retirements. But it also resulted from a steady rise in Black Americans who either found jobs or had begun seeking one.
That progress bolstered a view among economists that the Fed’s rate policies could make a major difference. Research by Aaronson found that when the unemployment rate falls especially low, disadvantaged groups disproportionately benefit.
Still, the reality that racial unemployment gaps exist even during hot economies has fueled a perception among economists that there are limits to what the Fed’s low rates — and a strong economy — can achieve. Economists generally believe that federal spending and tax policies have a more significant impact on household finances.https://interactives.ap.org/embeds/mTwuC/3/
Algernon Austin, who leads the race and economic justice program at the Center for Economic and Policy Research, suggested that while the central bank deserves credit for pursuing an inclusive recovery, “what the Fed does is not going to solve the problem.”
Likewise, Powell said last year that he believed Congress and other institutions would have to pursue policies, in education and other areas, to fully eliminate racial inequalities in jobs and incomes.
“We would all love to see no such gap,” he said. “I think eliminating inequality and racial discrimination … is really something that fiscal policy and other policies — frankly, education policies and that kind of thing — are better at focusing on.”
For now, Black Americans face higher unemployment than whites at every level of education, according to data compiled by the Economic Policy Institute. In 2019, Black workers with a four-year college degree had a higher jobless rate than whites with only some higher education did.
Spriggs suggested that stricter enforcement of civil rights laws to fight discrimination in hiring could help narrow the racial disparities. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s budget has stagnated for years, Spriggs noted, even while it has taken on additional tasks, including the enforcement of age bias laws.
Better enforcement by the EEOC might, for example, help address the fact that Black unemployment has remained roughly double the white rate for decades. At a conference last week held by the Brookings Institution, William Darity, an economist at Duke University, called that ratio “a powerful index of discrimination.”
Darity has called for a federal jobs guarantee that would give the unemployed the option of a public sector job. With that policy as a “cushion,” Darrity said, “the Fed could tackle inflation without fear of extreme adverse social consequences.”
In a speech last February, Powell acknowledged the limits of the Fed’s powers.
“Over the course of a long expansion, these persistent disparities can decline significantly,” he said. “But without policies to address their underlying causes, they may increase again when the economy ultimately turns down. | https://defendernetwork.com/news/national/feds-rate-hikes-threaten-its-goal-of-narrowing-racial-gaps/ | 2022-04-01T00:56:54Z |
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SOTU address shows Biden favors unions and spurns workers
In Tuesday’s State of the Union, President Joe Biden doubled down on his support of several left-wing labor priorities that would empower union bosses at the expense of workers. If Biden is successful at imposing his agenda, American workers and small businesses already battling runaway inflation will pay the price.
Biden called for raising the minimum wage to $15 an hour, a disastrous move that would risk killing millions of jobs and thousands of small businesses attempting to dig out from the COVID-19 pandemic. While Democrats attempt to spin a $15 minimum wage as pro-worker, the data tells a different story.
According to the most recent analysis from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office, a $15 minimum wage would eliminate approximately 1 million jobs by 2023 and up to 3.3 million jobs by 2029. Another CBO estimate shows that a $15 minimum wage could kill up to 3.7 million American jobs.
A $15 minimum wage would especially harm Americans entering the workforce for the first time. A literature review from the National Bureau of Economic Research found that the weight of scientific evidence shows that a $15 minimum wage harms low-skilled employment. Another study showed that a $15 minimum wage would disproportionately affect women.
For people looking to start their careers, a first job is the first rung on the ladder to success. If workers lose that crucial shot because of a federally mandated $15 minimum wage, the loss of opportunities and earning potential will follow them the rest of their careers.
Biden also called on Congress to pass for the “Protecting the Right to Organize” (PRO) Act, the Democratic party’s lifeline to organized labor. The PRO Act would rewrite American labor law for union chiefs and force Americans into W-2 employment.
The bill nullifies right-to-work laws nationwide, which protect approximately 166 million Americans in 27 states, more than half the population. In right-to-work states, employers cannot force employees to join a union as a condition of employment. Nullifying right-to-work laws nationwide means that every worker will have to choose between putting food on the table or paying a union boss.
The PRO Act would also make it more difficult for Americans to work as independent contractors by instituting an onerous three-step test unprecedented in federal law. Over 59 million Americans engage in some sort of freelance work, and fewer than 1 in 10 independent contractors would prefer to reclassify as W-2 employees.
Independent contracting gives workers the opportunity to earn a living without having to report to a boss. As government-mandated lockdowns killed jobs and shut businesses down, Americans turned to the gig economy to pay the bills. The PRO Act’s stringent restrictions on independent contracting will choke off these crucial work opportunities for millions of Americans.
The PRO Act also has serious implications for worker privacy. During unionization campaigns, the PRO Act would force employers to hand over sensitive employee contact information to union bosses including an employee’s shift hours, home address, phone number and personal email address. This would open up workers who do not wish to join a union to 24/7 intimidation from union organizers.
The PRO Act is live ammunition, having passed the House in March 2021 and currently awaiting Senate consideration. The PRO Act is so important to union bosses that they have threatened to withdraw all campaign cash from Democratic lawmakers that do not vote for the bill.
Instead of focusing on policies that would help Americans deal with runaway inflation, Biden doubled down on Big Labor’s wishlist. No matter what organized labor is selling, implementing a $15 minimum wage alongside the PRO Act would be a doomsday scenario for American workers.
Tom Hebert is federal affairs manager at Americans for Tax Reform and executive director of the Open Competition Center.
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Five-star AZ Compass junior forward Mookie Cook commits to Oregon over Gonzaga, Kentucky
Mookie Cook is determined to get Oregon back where it was just a few years ago.
He watched Dillon Mitchell, Jordan Cook, Dylan Ennis and Payton Pritchard lead the Ducks deep into March Madness in 2018 and 2019, and to the Elite Eight in 2016 before making the Final Four a year later.
Thursday evening, Cook, the fifth-rated prospect in the 2023 class, chose the Ducks over bluebloods Gonzaga and Kentucky live at the GEICO Nationals on ESPNU. Cook said he did not intend to reclassify into the 2022 class.
"This was the best decision," Cook said. "The conversations with Coach (Dana) Altman, looking back at those years, they do have success, they can have success, it's not like it's impossible.
"He's a great coach, and he's a great guy."
Cook, who plays for AZ Compass Prep in the Arizona suburbs, is the fourth overall prospect on 247 and is the Ducks' highest rated recruit since Bol Bol chose Oregon in 2018.
"You'll be playing against great players each and every night, playing five-star (recruits) every night," Cook added. "In college, there won't be a drop off. The speed of it will be a lot faster, it'll be another level you'll have to adjust to like this was for me this year."
Cook described his decision as an easy one, as he and an AAU teammate will look to revive Oregon's status as a Pac-12 power.
"Jackson Shelstad, I've been playing with him since the fourth grade," Cook said. "We have a good connection. We're going to try and get other players there. I like the play style, it's like a well-oiled machine. It was a no-brainer."
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