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Artificial pancreas to revolutionise diabetes care in England
By Fergus Walsh
Medical editor
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Nearly 900 patients with type 1 diabetes in England are testing a potentially life-changing artificial pancreas.
It can eliminate the need for finger prick tests and prevent life-threatening hypoglycaemic attacks, where blood sugar levels fall too low.
The technology uses a sensor under the skin.
It continually monitors the levels, and a pump automatically adjusts the amount of insulin required.
Six-year-old Charlotte, from Lancashire, is one of more than 200 children using the hybrid closed loop system.
Her mother, Ange Abbott, told us it has made a massive impact on the whole family.
"Prior to having the loop, everything was manual," she said. "At night we'd have to set the alarm every two hours to do finger pricks and corrections of insulin in order to deal with the ups and downs of Charlotte's blood sugars."
About 400,000 people in the UK have type 1 diabetes, a condition where the body can't produce insulin, the hormone which regulates blood sugar levels.
NHS England says it is the first nationwide test of the technology in the world, and it comes 100 years after the first diabetes patient received insulin injections.
The hybrid system is not completely automated, because the amount of carbohydrates being eaten at mealtimes needs to be inputted.
Charlotte's consultant Dr May Ng, a paediatric endocrinologist at Ormskirk District General Hospital, thinks the new technology has huge potential.
"I think it's absolutely fantastic. I've been practising for 25 years in children's diabetes and it's a game-changer," she said.
"To be able to improve the quality of life, to be able to see that most of their blood glucose readings are within that target range, it's very exciting."
For Ange, the constant monitoring means that Charlotte can go back to being the child she was.
"She loves days out with her friends and sleepovers, but we had to stop these as soon as she was diagnosed because other people couldn't manage her diabetes.
"Now we can allow her to go out for these social occasions when we're not there."
Yasmin Hopkins, 27, from London, has also received an artificial pancreas as part of the pilot.
She was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes 15 years ago and had struggled to maintain her blood sugar levels.
Yasmin told us she finds the new technology liberating.
"I wake up now and I can do a normal day's work, or go on a dog walk without being concerned," she said.
"Before, I felt like I'd have been at risk from some of the long-term complications of diabetes, whereas now I don't see that happening."
If blood sugar levels are not kept under control, diabetes patients risk long-term damage to their heart, kidneys, eyes and nerves.
Prof Partha Kar, NHS national speciality adviser for diabetes, said: "Having machines monitor and deliver medication for diabetes patients sounds quite sci-fi like, but technology and machines are part and parcel of how we live our lives every day.
"It is not very far away from the holy grail of a fully automated system, where people with type 1 diabetes can get on with their lives without worrying about glucose levels or medication."
Chris Askew, chief executive of Diabetes UK, said: "This technology has the potential to transform the lives of people with type 1 diabetes, improving both their quality of life and clinical outcomes."
To date, 875 patients have joined the pilot, which will enrol up to 1,000 people. The results will be part of an assessment by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, which is considering where to roll out the technology more widely.
It comes after NICE recommended that everyone in England with type 1 diabetes be offered some form of continuous glucose monitoring via a sensor attached to the skin. | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-60133358 | 2022-04-01T01:01:37Z |
Eleventh-hour talks go down to the wire to avoid bus-driver strike Friday
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Belleville city officials advised residents to make alternate transportation arrangements in the event labour talks between bus drivers and Belleville Transit failed to renew a collective agreement in the lead-up hours to a strike mandate 12:01 a.m. Friday.
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Earlier in March, 40 city bus drivers represented by Unifor Local 1839, agreed to strike April 1 if talks did not reach a new labour contract. Without a newly inked agreement, bus drivers threatened to take to the picket line leaving buses idle and riders stranded.
Transit riders in Belleville awaited word Thursday whether eleventh-hour labour negotiations would stave off strike action. Loyalist College students now in their final weeks of studies as well as workers in Belleville’s Northeast Industrial Park depend every day on city transit.
Mayor Mitch Panciuk could not be immediately reached for comment Thursday.
The city, however, issued a press release in the morning advising residents to check for updates on the negotiations on the city website at Belleville.ca or on twitter.
In the event an agreement was not reached, the city said residents should prepare for no bus services being available.
“The City of Belleville and Unifor continue to negotiate cooperatively with the hopes of reaching a resolution which will be acceptable to both the city and transit workers. However, residents are encouraged to make alternate transportation arrangements in the event that negotiations are unsuccessful by April 1 and a strike or work stoppage should occur,” the municipality stated.
“Timely updates will be posted as available on the City website in addition to our Facebook and Twitter social media platforms,” said Rod Bovay, chief administrative officer. “We ask residents to access these channels to receive the most current information. The city values the service that Belleville Transit provides and we are working hard to reach an agreement that respects both our transit workers and our city taxpayers.”
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Chris MacDonald, Unifor assistant to the national president, confirmed in a phone interview Thursday morning negotiations were ongoing with an arbitrator at Fairfield Inn in Belleville.
“We will see what they [the city] have to say but as of now, we’re far apart. The economics in the world have changed, right. They have wage offers on the table that are consistent with two years ago when there was zero inflation,” MacDonald said. “And, so, we’re not at that spot.”
According to Unifor numbers, Belleville bus drivers are the second-lowest paid transit drivers in the province with Cornwall being the lowest.
The union is seeking parity with other bus drivers across the province.
“We’re looking right now at the second-lowest bus drivers in the province of Ontario here in Belleville. There is no reason for it. Right now, the top rate in Belleville is $25.67 [an hour],” he said, compared to other unionized city workers in the city who are making more than $28.
“We have a significant problem with parity and then we have a huge inflation problem that exists for all Ontarians. Yes, there is a deficit budget here in Belleville and everybody is trying to handle these things but the fact of the matter is that workers on austerity and public sector workers including bus drivers has been going on for far too long,” MacDonald said.
“We’re trying to find a happy medium here, we’re not shooting for the moon,” he said.
The last collective agreement for Local 1839 expired March 31 and was a one-year rollover agreement signed during the pandemic to prevent layoffs and secure 40-hour work weeks. | https://www.intelligencer.ca/news/eleventh-hour-talks-go-down-to-the-wire-to-avoid-bus-driver-strike-friday | 2022-04-01T01:01:37Z |
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Oscars producer Will Packer said Los Angeles police were ready to arrest Will Smith after Smith slapped Chris Rock on the Academy Awards stage.
“They were saying, you know, this is battery, was a word they used in that moment,” Packer said in a clip released by ABC News Thursday night of an interview he gave to “Good Morning America.” “They said we will go get him. We are prepared. We’re prepared to get him right now. You can press charges, we can arrest him. They were laying out the options.”
But Packer said Rock was “very dismissive” of the idea.
“He was like, ‘No, no, no, I’m fine,” Packer said. “And even to the point where I said, ‘Rock, let them finish.’ The LAPD officers finished laying out what his options were and they said, ‘Would you like us to take any action?’ And he said no.”
The LAPD said in a statement after Sunday night’s ceremony that they were aware of the incident, and that Rock had declined to file a police report. The department declined comment Thursday on Packer’s interview, a longer version of which will air on Friday morning.
The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences met Wednesday to initiate disciplinary proceedings against Smith for violations against the group’s standards of conduct. Smith could be suspended, expelled or otherwise sanctioned.
The academy said in a statement that “Mr. Smith’s actions at the 94th Oscars were a deeply shocking, traumatic event to witness in-person and on television.”
Without giving specifics, the academy said Smith was asked to leave the ceremony at the Dolby Theatre, but refused to do so.
Smith strode from his front row seat on to the stage and slapped Rock after a joke Rock made about Smith’s wife, Jada Pinkett Smith, when he was on stage to present the Oscar for best documentary.
On Monday, Smith issued an apology to Rock, the academy and to viewers, saying “I was out of line and I was wrong.”
The academy said Smith has the opportunity to defend himself in a written response before the board meets again on April 18.
Rock publicly addressed the incident for the first time, but only briefly, at the beginning of a standup show Wednesday night in Boston, where he was greeted by a thunderous standing ovation. He said “I’m still kind of processing what happened.” | https://fox8.com/news/oscars-producer-says-police-offered-to-arrest-will-smith/ | 2022-04-01T01:01:37Z |
Luke Kielbasa’s love of tennis began by chance at the age of 10 after his father won an auction at Boar’s Head Resort in Charlottesville.
His father, Jody, placed the winning bid on the racket of former University of Virginia and pro tennis player Somdev Devvarman, which also included four tennis lessons.
“I took those four lessons and got hooked to the sport,” Kielbasa said. “At the time, I had been playing baseball for five years and I had also begun to play basketball. Although I had previous experience in other sports, I felt a really strong connection to tennis and my dad encouraged me to take more lessons at Boar’s Head. Three years later, I stopped playing both baseball and basketball, which allowed me to devote all of my focus to improving on the tennis court.”
For the past several years, Kielbasa has continued to fine-tune his game and has become one of the top players in Western Albemarle's tradition-rich boys tennis program.
After missing his freshman season because of the COVID-19 pandemic, Kielbasa quickly made a name for himself last spring as one of the top newcomers in the Jefferson District. He played most of the season at the No. 5 singles and No. 3 doubles slots for Western. Kielbasa served as a Swiss army knife for Coach Randy Hudgins, who was able to plug him in higher in the order with continued success.
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Kielbasa played 163 games last spring for Western Albemarle and lost just three of them while helping the Warriors capture a fourth straight VHSL Class 3 state championship in Blacksburg. He also was undefeated in doubles.
“Last year, I was able to make a strong run in both the regular season and playoffs,” he said. “This was possible through the hard work I performed in the previous years.”
This spring, the junior has made a quick ascent up the lineup and is slotted in on the No. 2 line behind reigning regional singles champion and state runner-up Tobin Yates.
“Two of the players that were above me last year are no longer on the team and I was able to beat the expected No. 2 in a challenge match before the season,” Kielbasa said. “This was one of my goals I had made before the season began and I’m really proud that I was able to succeed.”
Kielbasa's drive and passion to succeed is unmatched.
“No one works harder in school and on his tennis game than Luke Kielbasa,” Hudgins said. “He has risen from No. 5 last year to No. 2 this year basically because he plays six days a week year round. He is our only junior on the team and sets a wonderful example with his enthusiasm for other members of the team.”
Kielbasa also has emerged as one of the team’s leaders. Hudgins said the underclassmen feed off his attitude and sense of humor. Kielbasa is typically one of the first players on the court during practices and is first in line on ladder drills and stadium climbs throughout the season.
“He’s like the Energizer bunny in terms of his contagious Warrior spirit to fight for district and state titles,” Hudgins said. “They can’t wait to hit with him during practice because he has endless energy for his tennis game."
Kielbasa’s style of play blends in nicely on the team. While Yates uses his big serve and height to dominate in the serve-and volley game, Kielbasa is a tactician with how he orchestrates points.
“Luke loves to grind from the baseline with his groundstrokes,” Hudgins said.
Known affectionately as “Kibbs” by his teammates, Kielbasa loves being out on the court.
“Tennis is a magnificent sport that requires everything out of anyone who plays it,” he said. “To be able to compete at a high level, one must have incredible fitness, hours upon hours of practice time and an unbreakable mindset. Tennis is so amazing because there is so much variety in what you can do and everyone has their own unique style. Tennis is a mental game and often, your worst enemy on the court is yourself. The most challenging part of the sport is maintaining positivity while playing, because one mistake can do a lot of damage to a player.”
The junior credits former Western Albemarle standout Alex Ix, who is now plays for Virginia Tech, and Yates for helping set the standard for his success.
“Throughout my tennis career, I have looked up to a lot of amazing players that have inspired me to get to where I am today,” he said. “Alex Ix was one of my biggest role models. He worked non-stop at the sport and he became an extraordinary player. I look up to Tobin Yates because he also puts 100 percent, on and off the court. Yates is always looking for ways to improve and I really admire his work ethic.”
In addition, Kielbasa credits his coaches at Boar’s Head Resort, including, Ralf Steinbach, Brian Rasmussen and Tyson Thomas for their year-round commitment to bringing out the best in his game.
“These three have sculpted numerous players into terrific athletes and people,” Kielbasa said. “They work harder than anyone I know, and most importantly, they treat people with kindness and respect.”
Under their tutelage, Kielbasa has seen his game grow immensely, especially on the mental side.
“As I have continued to play over the last few years, my mental game has grown a lot,” Kielbasa said. “I began high school tennis with a weaker mindset that could be swayed with little cause. As I have continued to play, my mental game has gotten a lot stronger and I have naturally gotten better as a player. All of this is thanks to my coaches and peers that encourage me to improve.”
Part of his improved mental game is sharper focus, which Kielbasa believes is vital to his success.
“I try to calm my breathing and heart rate to conserve my stamina,” he said. “I try to take some deep breaths and focus on my goal for the following point. My style of play revolves around outworking my opponent and battering them until they make an error. I prepare myself for a long point and think about how I can put in more effort than the person across the net can. Before returning a serve, I remind myself to move forward and to humble myself on the next shot. An extremely common shot for players to miss is the return, but by ensuring the ball goes to the middle, it is much more likely that they will hit it in.”
The high praise for Kielbasa isn’t limited to just the court.
He’s a member of Western Albemarle’s Model UN team, an executive member of the Student Advisory Council and a member of the school’s Science and History honor societies as well as a member of the yearbook staff and student leadership council
Outside of school, Kielbasa has taught tennis lessons for the past two years and has taken part in an internship at UVa’s Miller Center.
“I have always been passionate about succeeding in school and my academic advancement has always come first,” Kielbasa said. “I enjoy following the stock market and I plan on taking action to get better acquainted with the medical field.”
Whatever Kielbasa decides to pursue, Hudgins is confident he will succeed.
“Luke will be successful in life because he has the grit to get it done,” he said. “He sets ambitious goals in his daily pursuits and does whatever it takes to reach them. When I talk to our younger players on the team I emphasize being a good person no matter who you are playing. Be like Luke is basically what I am saying.” | https://dailyprogress.com/sports/athlete-spotlight-western-albemarles-luke-kielbasa/article_b32ba60c-b11f-11ec-b2df-03f7058d85e7.html | 2022-04-01T01:01:37Z |
Free coronavirus testing has ended for millions of people in England, with the Health Secretary insisting people must “learn to live with Covid”. Sajid Javid said it was right to “focus resources” on those people who still most needed testing, including some hospital patients and those at a high risk of severe Covid.
Most people will now need to shop on the high street for paid-for tests if they want them. Mr Javid said: “We are one of the most open and free countries in the world now, and that’s because of decisions that we’ve taken as a country… and it is right also as we learn to live with Covid that we withdraw free testing - universally… if it’s not needed any more, but we focus those resources on the people that need it most."
Carers UK and the Alzheimer’s Society are among those who have criticised the move, with the latter saying it “risks gambling” with the lives of people living with dementia in care homes. The Alzheimer’s Society has been campaigning to keep lateral flow tests free for all people visiting loved ones in care settings.
James White, head of public affairs and campaigns at the charity, said: “With the end of Covid rules, people may well assume infections are dwindling. But the reality is that cases have been soaring which means scrapping all isolation rules and ending free tests is a dangerous gamble."
Helen Walker, chief executive of Carers UK, said: “Having borne the brunt of the pandemic and gone to extraordinary lengths to protect their relatives, unpaid carers are now being asked to pay in order to protect those they care for who are at risk of Covid.”
While free testing ends in England, it will continue during April in Scotland and Northern Ireland, and until the summer in Wales. Ministers in England argue that even though infection levels have been rising, vaccines and antivirals are working to protect the vast majority of people.
The most recent data shows there were 15,632 people in hospital in England with Covid-19 as of Wednesday, up 18% week on week and the highest since January 19. Asked on Thursday if it was the right time to end free Covid testing, UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) chief executive Dr Dame Jenny Harries said the UK must be prepared for the pandemic to “remain unpredictable”.
She said: “The pandemic takes its own course and it will remain unpredictable to a large extent for the next say 18 months to two years. We will have to be continuously alert to monitor those rates and to respond appropriately to any new variants."
The Government has set out the groups who are still eligible for free testing when they have symptoms of the virus. These include some hospital patients, some people at high risk of severe Covid, and some who live or work in “high-risk settings” including some NHS and social care units or prisons. Those who are positive, or have symptoms, are being urged to stay at home.
For more stories from where you live, visit InYourArea. | https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/uk-news/free-coronavirus-testing-ends-millions-23562597 | 2022-04-01T01:01:37Z |
ALBANY — Is the licensing of the first dollar store in the city for package alcohol sales a sign of an avalanche of future beer outlets, or is it just a matter of a business trying to boost its bottom line?
Those are the lines being drawn on the recent approval of beer and wine sales at a northwest Albany Dollar General store.
The Albany City Commission approved the license for the 2408 Dawson Road location in a 5-2 vote, with Commissioners Jon Howard and Demetrius Young casting votes opposing the license.
Applications for package sales have been contentious over the past two years, but commissioners have approved the bulk of them. Howard and Young have contested that a proliferation of establishments that sell alcohol, particularly in distressed neighborhoods, leads to more crime in the city.
For Ward II Commissioner Jalen Johnson, the decision on the Dollar General was not difficult. What he wants the public to know is that in many instances, applications are killed during review because the proposed location does not meet requirements such as distance from a school or house of worship or because of a high volume of complaints or calls for police service at a particular location.
“A lot of alcohol licenses go through staff, and they get declined before they even come to our level,” he said.
In the latest case, he said, there was no justification for the commission to decline the request, and businesses have the right to make a profit.
“They met all the requirements and checked all the boxes,” he said. “They met the requirements to do business and contribute to the tax base. Who are we to discriminate against a business because of their name?”
For Howard, having dollar stores join the ranks of establishments that sell alcohol is a harbinger of more to come.
“It’s going to open up the floodgates,” the commissioner said, noting that there are 26 dollar stores operating in the city. “I am pro-business, but at the same time I am for the aesthetics and order of the neighborhoods.
“At the rate we are going, we will have 500 (alcohol establishments) in the next 10 years; the probability is we could have 500.”
With the approval last week, Howard said he expects other dollar stores to follow suit and said there are convenience store projects under way that will add to the number of establishments doing package sales.
Howard and Young have proposed a moratorium on approving new applications, but they were the only two on the commission who voted for a moratorium during a meeting last year.
As of December 2021, there were about 207 alcohol establishments in the city, including restaurants, package stores and other outlets. | https://www.albanyherald.com/news/approval-of-alcohol-sales-at-albany-family-dollar-store-brings-divide-over-moratorium-back-to/article_9f9d6478-b123-11ec-91f2-67d405cfa4e9.html | 2022-04-01T01:01:38Z |
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Methyl Cyclohexane Market: Introduction
An organic compound methyl cyclohexane falls in the category of saturated hydrocarbon having chemical formula CH3C6H11. In terms of physical appearance methyl cyclohexane is in liquid form with no color and has faint odor. On lab and commercial level, toluene undergoes the hydrogenation reaction to form methyl cyclohexane compound. The methyl cyclohexane is chemically stable and shows nontoxic properties and also shows more eco-friendly characteristics then toluene. Many hazardous solvents such as tri-chloro ethane and toluene are used in different industries, but now these solvents are replaced by methyl cyclohexane in numerous applications. Methyl cyclohexane commercially available in terms of purity, i.e., the compounds having purity greater than 99% and the compounds having purity between 98% and 99%. Based on purity, the methyl cyclohexane is adopted in different applications.
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Methyl cyclohexane is also available globally in terms of grade, i.e., industrial and non-industrial grades. Industrial grade is generally used in the application such as fuels and their additives, adhesives & sealants, functional fluids to name a few. On the other hand, non-industrial grade is used in the consumer product segments such as rubber, plastic products. Methyl cyclohexane on very large scale consumes as dye solvent in the manufacturing of optical discs, solvents in the formulation of inks, paints and coatings. In the adhesive industry the cyclohexane is referred as a green solvent. Numerous other applications where methyl cyclohexane finds adoption and consumption in large scale are nylon production, rubber manufacturing, and laboratory chemicals to name a few.
Methyl Cyclohexane Market: Drivers and Restraints
The market for methyl cyclohexane is showing a positive growth in the past few years and the same roadmap is expected to follow in the near future for 8 to 10 years. There are numerous factors for the increase in the adoption of methyl cyclohexane across the globe. One of the key factors for the increase in consumption of methyl cyclohexane is its numerous properties that help them to substitute the solvents, such as tri-chloro ethane and toluene in different applications. The growth in global population and rising disposable income enables the growth in numerous number of industries, such as automotive, consumer goods, electronics and many more.
Different products synthesize through methyl cyclohexane such as rubber, plastics are one of the integral parts of the aforementioned industries. So the upsurge in demand of consumer electronics, automobiles application is likely to fuel the methyl cyclohexane market in the near future. Also, the consumption of adhesives and sealants increases rigorously in the packaging paper and construction industries, which further increases the demand for methyl cyclohexane. Furthermore, numerous manufactures that are previously manufacturing solvent based on toluene shifted their process for solvent manufacturing based on methyl cyclohexane in order to reap the benefits. However, there are some restraining factor that act as a stumbling block in the adoption of methyl cyclohexane, such as some characteristics of methyl cyclohexane that makes it hazardous to environment and health. It is also responsible for creating petrochemical smog and further creates air pollution. Methyl cyclohexane does not mix with the soil but mixes well with the underground water, which is vulnerable for the aquatic life.
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Methyl Cyclohexane Market: Regional Outlook
Asia Pacific is one of the key regions that is likely to expand rapidly during the forecast period due to rapid growth in demand for consumer goods, automobile and adhesives within the region. Rapid infrastructural and industrial development in countries such as China and India leads to increase in industrial usage of methyl cyclohexane. Developing regions such as NA and Europe show considerable amount of consumption of methyl cyclohexane in numerous applications and are forecasted to grow at a steady rate. Emerging regions such as LA and the MEA provide growth opportunities for manufactures owning to expansion of end-use industries and forecasted to grow at a healthy CAGR.
Methyl Cyclohexane Market: Key Participants
Examples of some of the market participants in the global methyl cyclohexane market identified across the value chain include:
- Chevron Phillips Chemical
- TASCO Group
- Huntsman
- Changyi Daan Fine Chemical
- Jiangsu Yangnong Chemical Group
- Jubang Chemical
- Baling Huaxing
- Dechang Chemical
- Luyuan Chemical
- Total Sa
- Sankyo Chemical
- Maruzen Petrochemical
- Changde Chemical
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- Latin America (Mexico. Brazil)
- Western Europe (Germany, Italy, France, U.K, Spain)
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- Middle East and Africa (GCC Countries, S. Africa, Northern Africa)
The report is a compilation of first-hand information, qualitative and quantitative assessment by industry analysts, inputs from industry experts and industry participants across the value chain. The report provides in-depth analysis of parent market trends, macro-economic indicators and governing factors along with market attractiveness as per segments. The report also maps the qualitative impact of various market factors on market segments and geographies.
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Methyl Cyclohexane Market: Segmentation
On the basis of Grade, the methyl cyclohexane market can be segmented as:
- Industrial Grade
- Non-Industrial Grade
On the basis of purity, the methyl cyclohexane market can be segmented as:
- Purity > 99%
- Purity (98%-99%)
On the basis of Application, the methyl cyclohexane market can be segmented as:
- Rubber
- Coating
- Organic Synthesis
- Adhesives & Sealants
- Plastic products
- Chromatographic Analysis
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Assume environment where all LAN/WLAN clients connect to local DNS server using plaintext UDP port 53, the local DNS server runs Pi-Hole that creates secure DoT and DoH connections to public resolvers such as Cloudflare.
If malicious traffic intercept happens on LAN/WLAN (not WAN), then would is it more secure for clients to directly connect to DoT and DoH DNS resolvers (bypassing local DNS server) ?
If malicious traffic intercept happens on LAN/WLAN (not WAN), then would is it more secure for clients to directly connect to DoT and DoH DNS resolvers (bypassing local DNS server) ?
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THE WOODLANDS, Texas, March 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Hallaron, a full-service advertising and branding agency in The Woodlands, Texas has begun using digital advertising platforms to serve smaller, local political advertisers. The advantage is using microtargeted geographic and behavioral factors to serve highly custom display and video ads to local voters. The results point to more efficient campaigns that can get better results even with monthly ad spends less than $10,000.
Through a collaborative partnership with Vici Media Inc., based in Philiadelphia, PA, Hallaron began using sophisticated digital platforms including precise targeting tools to serve ads among local county and even city elections in early 2022 primaries. Often reserved for larger business or political clients, Hallaron uses the same big-client ad tools to shape strategy for smaller local low budget campaigns. Often the focus is replacing older marketing thinking with smarter targeting that serves ads to local voters using cell phones and social media instead of billboards or direct mail.
"Our new political campaigns aim to serve voters with ads where they consume daily news and entertainment – that's through their mobile phones and the Internet," explains agency principal Mike Hallaron.
Statista reports that mobile media usage in the United States is set to increase to four hours and 29 minutes per day in 2022. Compare that time with traditional drive time and radio listening, print, or TV viewership.
Because of lengthy Covid-19 shutdowns, Hallaron says many Americans extended their digital and mobile reliance even further – turning to these devices for business, shopping, and reaching the world beyond their front door.
Direct mail is still popular in most small market political races where access to new digital techniques lags behind. Inexpensive yard signs are still widely used but limited. Digital and mobile ads include links to landing pages where voters can watch a candidates videos, read a bio, or review her platform positions on local issues. "When you add a well-executed social strategy on Facebook, the frequency and reach for a small campaign can be game-changing," Hallaron says.
Hallaron's digital partner Vici Media works with nearly 200 ad agencies and media companies in the U.S., serving 3 billion digital ad impressions annually. The company was named to Deloitte's Technology Fast 500 in 2020. Hallaron sees more clients educating themselves about creative digital media strategies, such as geofencing, mobile conquesting and social mirroring techniques, for example.
Hallaron Advertising Agency is an award-winning full-service ad agency in The Woodlands, Texas. Since 2003, Hallaron has helped reshape winning brands and mastered creative advertising campaigns that lead to better sales and business growth for their clients. Visit www.hallaron.com to learn more.
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DETROIT (AP) _ The winning numbers in Thursday evening's drawing of the Michigan Lottery's "Fantasy 5 Double Play" game were:
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This study explored the effect of heart rate (HR) on the stability and accuracy of blood pressure (BP) measurement and the optimal HR range for the most accurate blood pressure measurement in atrial fibrillation (AF) patients. A total of 583 patients (383 and 200 with AF and sinus rhythm (SR), respectively) were included in this study. The noninvasive blood pressure (NIBP), invasive blood pressure (IBP), and HR were repeatedly measured ten times at 30-second intervals for every patient. Both the AF and SR groups were then subdivided into five groups depending on the HR (i.e., < 60, 60"“80, 80"“100, 100"“120, and ≥120"‰bpm). The difference between the IBP and NIBP (i.e., â–³SBP) and the coefficient of variation (CV) were calculated, and the stability and accuracy of NIBP measurements were analyzed. CV and â–³SBP were significantly higher in the AF group. In the AF group, the CV of NIBP was highest when the HR was ≥ 100"‰bpm; and â–³SBP was significantly lower in the HR groups with 60"“80 and 80"“100"‰bpm (< 60"‰bpm, â–³SBP 11.62"‰Â±"‰2.64"‰mmHg; 60"“80"‰bpm, â–³SBP 7.10"‰Â±"‰1.92"‰mmHg; 80"“100"‰bpm, â–³SBP 7.10"‰Â±"‰2.95"‰mmHg; 100"“120"‰bpm, â–³SBP 10.52"‰Â±"‰2.72"‰mmHg; ≥120"‰bpm, â–³SBP 14.15"‰Â±"‰3.61"‰mmHg, P"‰<"‰0.05). The stability and accuracy of the NIBP in the SR groups were not affected by the HR. In AF patients, the NIBP stability was low when the HR was high, and the NIBP was often underestimated when the HR was high or low. Sixty to 100"‰bpm is the best HR range for measuring blood pressure in AF patients. | https://www.newsbreak.com/news/2556621206327/population-pharmacokinetic-and-pharmacodynamic-analysis-of-rivaroxaban-in-chinese-patients-with-non-valvular-atrial-fibrillation | 2022-04-01T01:01:40Z |
US calls Russian attack of Ukrainian power plant ‘reckless and dangerous’
U.S. ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield on Friday condemned Russia’s attack on Europe’s largest nuclear power plant in Ukraine as “reckless and dangerous,” calling on Russian President Vladimir Putin to withdraw troops from the plant and cease his military attack on Ukraine.
“Russia’s attack last night put Europe’s largest nuclear power plant at grave risk. It was incredibly reckless and dangerous. And it threatened the safety of civilians across Russia, Ukraine and Europe,” Thomas-Greenfield said during an emergency U.N. security council meeting Friday. “Nuclear facilities cannot become part of this conflict.”
Her comments came hours after a firefight near the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant raised concerns about a possible nuclear incident. The plant came under shelling from Russian troops, and a fire broke out on the site. Russian troops are currently occupying the plant.
The International Atomic Energy Agency has said subsequently there was no release of radioactive material from the site.
Thomas-Greenfield on Friday demanded that Russia withdraw troops from the plant “to permit medical treatment for injured personnel, to ensure operators have full access to the site and are able to communicate with nuclear regulators, and to allow the operators to conduct shift changes to ensure the continued safe operation of the plant.”
She also called for Ukrainian firefighters and nuclear engineers to have full access to the facility to conduct an assessment of any damage.
The United Kingdom requested the emergency U.N. security council meeting on Friday following the assault on the nuclear plant.
Speaking after Thomas-Greenfield, Russia’s U.N. ambassador Vasily Nebenzya called the emergency meeting an attempt by Ukraine and the West to create “artificial hysteria” about the situation in Ukraine and denied that Russia attacked the nuclear plant.
President Biden spoke with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky late Thursday as news broke of the fire at Zaporizhzhia.
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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.
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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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VNX Exchange (VNXLU) traded flat against the US dollar during the 24 hour period ending at 19:00 PM ET on March 31st. One VNX Exchange coin can currently be purchased for $0.0376 or 0.00000096 BTC on popular exchanges. In the last week, VNX Exchange has traded flat against the US dollar. VNX Exchange has a total market cap of $1.06 million and $707.00 worth of VNX Exchange was traded on exchanges in the last 24 hours.
Here is how other cryptocurrencies have performed in the last 24 hours:
- Binance USD (BUSD) traded 0% lower against the dollar and now trades at $1.00 or 0.00002189 BTC.
- Polygon (MATIC) traded 3.8% lower against the dollar and now trades at $1.63 or 0.00003558 BTC.
- Polygon (MATIC) traded 1% higher against the dollar and now trades at $1.65 or 0.00004286 BTC.
- Crypto.com Coin (CRO) traded 5% higher against the dollar and now trades at $0.41 or 0.00001075 BTC.
- Dai (DAI) traded 0% lower 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.
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Covid: Nurses' boss wants life assurance scheme extended for NHS staff
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The government has been called "disrespectful" for ending a UK-wide scheme that provided financial support to families of deceased health and social care workers in the pandemic.
Families of staff who contract Covid at work and then die are no longer entitled to the £60,000 compensation.
The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) says it is not the right time to stop.
Ministers say the scheme was always intended to be time-limited and there are other death in-service benefits.
But the RCN has written to Health Secretary Sajid Javid calling for an extension of life assurance payments.
Although vaccines are helping to protect people, including NHS staff, against severe Covid, some deaths are still occurring.
Official records for England, Scotland and Wales say 304 NHS staff have died from Covid following workplace exposure, including 10 since the start of December 2021.
RCN chief executive Pat Cullen said: "Ending this scheme now is disrespectful to staff continuing to work under pandemic conditions in health and social care."
Her letter to Mr Javid says: "The overriding principle must be that no member of nursing staff who loses their life this year should be afforded any less respect and family support than one who died in 2020 or 2021.
"The pandemic is far from over.
"I urge you to delay the end of the scheme until a time when nursing staff and all health and care workers are assured that their lives are not at such risk from the pandemic."
Speaking at a Covid death memorial service held last week for NHS frontline workers, Rev Paul Nash, chaplain at Birmingham and Women's Children Hospital, said staff and carers sacrificed their "mental and physical health", with many paying the ultimate sacrifice with their lives.
"We will never, ever forget and we will be forever grateful," he said.
A Department of Health and Social Care spokesperson said: "Every death from this virus is a tragedy, and our deepest sympathies go out to anyone who has lost a loved one.
"The Life Assurance Scheme was introduced to recognise the exceptional risk faced by frontline NHS and social care staff working at peak periods of the pandemic, and was always intended to be time-limited.
"NHS staff continue to be eligible for death in-service benefits through the NHS Pension Scheme, including a twice-salary lump sum and pensions for a surviving partner and dependants."
- 19 September 2020 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-60943913 | 2022-04-01T01:01:43Z |
OPP release facial reconstruction in hopes of solving cold case
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The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) have utilized new technology as they work to identify a male victim who was murdered 33 years ago in Stone Mills Township.
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A three-dimensional clay facial reconstruction was made by forensic artist Det. Cst. Duncan Way of the victim who is believed to be a 35 to 55-year-old South Asian male. Police hope the reconstruction will prompt the public, family, friends or co-workers from that time to provide new information to help identify the individual and bring resolution to their family and friends.
The body was first found on Oct. 21, 1989 in the north ditch of County Road 14 in Stone Mills Township, three kilometres east of the village of Enterprise. Bound and gagged, it is estimated that the body may have been in the ditch for approximately two weeks during which time the man’s facial features decomposed making it difficult to determine age or nationality.
He was found wearing an evil eye pendant attached to a gold chain by a safety pin. Forensic anthropological analysis of the remains suggested that the victim is a South Asian male between the ages of 35 to 55. He had black hair balding on top with very little around the temple, he was found wearing a white, short-sleeved ‘Pierre Cardin’ dress shirt, a red and blue fine-striped heavy pullover, a ‘Hunt Club’ sweater with a red, black and grey diamond pattern, size medium; grey socks with blue and red stripes and black loafer-style shoes, size 8 and-a-half.
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Speaking to The Intelligencer, major case manager Det. Ins. Serge Acay explained that police hope the facial model along with the unique pendant will help trigger the memory of those in the region to identify the victim.
“We are hoping… someone will see this pendant and remember, and help us identify the victim,” said Acay. “The priority for us is giving this man back his identity – his name. That will give us a starting point.”
While there are other cold cases involving found bodies, this case stands out because the victim was bound and gagged – signaling that other individual(s) were involved in his demise.
“We do have others in the area, unidentified human remains, but this one obviously sticks out,” said Acay. “We do know the body was found gagged and bound, which leads us to believe he was murdered by somebody.”
Evil eye pendants have been worn by countless different cultures throughout history. It is believed that the ocular amulet protects the wearer from evil and wards off any curses transmitted through malicious glares. While it may have failed in protecting its wearer this time, its uniqueness might help in bringing the killer(s) of its owner to justice.
“This victim, this man, is a member of somebody’s family. Somebody’s son, brother, maybe somebody’s father, we don’t know,” said Acay. “I want to help bring this man his identity back, his name back. And I also want to find out who did this to him – somebody is out there, that did this violent act… and I want to hold that person or persons responsible.” | https://www.intelligencer.ca/news/local-news/opp-release-facial-reconstruction-in-hopes-of-solving-cold-case | 2022-04-01T01:01:43Z |
LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — The mother of a newborn baby attempted to kill her child after a home birth, police said.
Police said they were called to the emergency room at Mountain View Hospital on Saturday for a report of a new mother who refused to enter the hospital and was “bleeding profusely,” they wrote in an arrest report.
Police said the newborn’s mother, Ashley Hollingsworth, 22, had tried to kill the child with a blanket.
Hollingsworth was located more than two hours later with severe injuries to her head, police said.
Investigators learned that Hollingsworth had given birth in a toilet about an hour before they were called to the hospital.
On the way to the hospital, police said “Ashley had wrapped [a] blanket around the baby’s head and was pushing the blanket against the baby’s face.” Doctors initially believed the newborn may have suffered a brain bleed, but staff later determined the child likely did not suffer any injuries.
While speaking with detectives the next day, a witness told police Hollingsworth reportedly said there was “something evil” in her stomach that was “trying to kill” the baby. Hollingsworth later told police in an interview that she believed the baby was “probably evil.”
“After seeing the baby’s eyes, smelling what she described as an abnormal scent, and the baby grunting at her, Ashley decided to wrap the blanket around the baby’s head,” police wrote in their report.
Hollingsworth was found with self-inflicted injuries to her face, police said.
Police arrested Hollingsworth on Wednesday. She faces charges of attempted murder and child abuse or neglect. She was being held without bail ahead of a court hearing next week. | https://fox8.com/news/police-mother-attempts-to-kill-newborn-says-baby-was-evil/ | 2022-04-01T01:01:43Z |
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President Joe Biden on Thursday announced an unprecedented release of oil from US reserves and several steps his administration is taking to punish oil companies for not increasing production from unused leases on federal land.
The steps are an attempt to reduce gas prices while also putting an onus on oil companies to increase supply. The dramatic step, which Biden announced from the White House, confronts what has become a looming political problem months ahead of the midterm elections.
"Our prices are rising because of (Russian President Vladimir) Putin's actions. There isn't enough supply. And the bottom line is if we want lower gas prices we need to have more oil supply right now," Biden said.
The President added: "Your family budgets to fill a tank -- none of it should hinge on whether a dictator declares war."
The release would amount to 180 million barrels of oil. The President said it would act as a "wartime bridge" as US and global oil production ramps back up after the coronavirus pandemic. The decision was made in coordination with US allies overseas, including in Europe, though officials declined to say whether other countries were also releasing barrels from their reserves.
"Together, our combined efforts will supply well over a million barrels a day. Nations (are) coming together to deny Putin the ability to weaponize his energy resources against American families and families and democracies around the world," Biden said.
The US will restock barrels in the reserve when oil prices are lower, the President said, which could help further incentivize production going forward.
Still, officials declined to say how quickly, or by how much, gas prices might come down as a result of the release. And they said they to address not focused on "immediate short-term price movements" in the oil market. Instead, they said their goal was addressing a lack of supply due to Russian oil coming off the market, adding that it would translate into providing relief for American consumers.
The President warned oil companies against exploiting the situation to increase profits.
"No American company should take advantage of a pandemic or Vladimir Putin's actions to enrich themselves at the expense of American families. Investing those profits in production and innovation, that's what they should do. Invest in your customers," Biden said.
The President said the second part of his plan to address the rising prices is to create American energy independence in the long term.
"Ultimately, we and the whole world need to reduce our dependence on fossil fuels altogether. We need to choose long-term security over energy and climate vulnerability," Biden said.
Biden earlier in the month announced a coordinated release of oil from the reserves in conjunction with other nations. He also released around 50 million barrels in November, which he said at the time was the largest release from the reserve in US history.
Neither move had a significant effect on gas prices, which have continued to rise as global limits on Russian energy exports have caused prices to spike.
The United States consumes around 20 million barrels of oil per day, with global consumption hovering around 100 million barrels. Biden's planned releases would put more oil on the global market, potentially bringing down costs.
The President is also calling on Congress to "make companies pay fees on wells from their leases that they haven't used in years and on acres of public lands that they are hoarding without producing," one official said. For months, the Biden administration has publicly pushed back on the idea that regulations are holding oil producers back from more domestic production, pointing to millions of acres worth of land with approved permits for oil and gas production.
"Companies that are producing from their leased acres and existing wells will not face higher fees," a fact sheet released by the White House reads, "but companies that continue to sit on non-producing acres will have to choose whether to start producing or pay a fee for each idled well and unused acre."
Biden also will issue a directive to invoke the Defense Production Act to spur domestic production of critical minerals needed to manufacture batteries for electric vehicles and long-term energy storage.
The move from the White House adds critical minerals such as lithium, nickel, graphite, cobalt and manganese to the list of items covered by the 1950 Defense Production Act, a Korean War-era law allowing the President to use emergency authority to make large orders of a certain type of product or expand productive capacity and supply. It will allow the administration to support the production and processing of these critical minerals needed for a clean energy transition.
The Department of Defense will implement this authority, according to the White House, and will do so in consultation with tribal communities and using strong environmental, labor, and community standards.
Biden tackles a major political problem
Tapping the reserve -- the stockpile of 600 million barrels of crude oil stored in underground salt caverns in Louisiana and Texas -- generally has only a limited effect on gas prices because of how much oil can be released at a time, but would act as a political sign that Biden is continuing to confront the problem.
Following Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the US price of regular gasoline spiked, hitting a record high of $4.33 a gallon earlier in March.
Yet the current cost increases began months ago, as demand for oil increased while the coronavirus pandemic waned. The White House has voiced frustration that oil companies have not returned their production to levels from before the pandemic, focusing instead on paying dividends for investors.
There has been an internal debate among administration officials at how harshly to go after oil and gas companies for not ramping up production. Biden has chided them in previous remarks, but some officials believe a full-throated campaign against the firms could backfire.
Russia's invasion of Ukraine has provided Biden another foil. In remarks earlier this month, Biden sought to put the onus for the rising prices on the Russian President: "Make no mistake: The current spike in gas prices is largely the fault of Vladimir Putin." He has repeated the phrase "Putin's price hike" since then.
Governors across the US have been attempting to curb gas prices at the state level.
Last week, California Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom rolled out a $9 billion proposal to hand out $400 debit cards to drivers in the state to help soften the impact of the highest gas prices in the country. In Georgia, Republican Gov. Brian Kemp -- who is facing one of the toughest reelection races in the country -- signed a bill that will give $250 to $500 tax refunds to Georgians -- a move several of his rivals blasted as election-year politicking.
And as Democratic Gov. Janet Mills faces a competitive reelection campaign in Maine, she has proposed some of the most generous relief to qualified taxpayers in her state -- in the form of $850 checks -- to cushion the blow of inflation and gas prices.
This story has been updated with background information.
CORRECTION: A previous version of this story incorrectly stated the release from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve last year. It was 50 million barrels.
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Wall Street analysts expect Weber Inc (NYSE:WEBR – Get Rating) to announce earnings per share of $0.18 for the current fiscal quarter, Zacks reports. Two analysts have issued estimates for Weber’s earnings, with the lowest EPS estimate coming in at $0.14 and the highest estimate coming in at $0.21. The company is expected to announce its next earnings results on Monday, January 1st.
According to Zacks, analysts expect that Weber will report full-year earnings of $0.44 per share for the current fiscal year, with EPS estimates ranging from $0.42 to $0.45. For the next fiscal year, analysts forecast that the business will post earnings of $0.57 per share, with EPS estimates ranging from $0.52 to $0.60. Zacks Investment Research’s earnings per share averages are a mean average based on a survey of research firms that that provide coverage for Weber.
Weber (NYSE:WEBR – Get Rating) last issued its earnings results on Sunday, February 13th. The company reported ($0.16) EPS for the quarter, missing the Zacks’ consensus estimate of ($0.08) by ($0.08). The firm had revenue of $283.10 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $310.78 million. The business’s revenue for the quarter was down 8.4% compared to the same quarter last year.
In other news, Director Susan T. Congalton bought 10,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, February 17th. The shares were acquired at an average price of $10.59 per share, for a total transaction of $105,900.00. The acquisition was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this link. Also, CEO Chris M. Scherzinger bought 20,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, February 22nd. The stock was purchased at an average price of $9.96 per share, for a total transaction of $199,200.00. The disclosure for this purchase can be found here. Corporate insiders own 0.36% of the company’s stock.
Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in WEBR. Royal Bank of Canada acquired a new stake in shares of Weber in the third quarter valued at approximately $27,000. Citigroup Inc. acquired a new stake in shares of Weber in the third quarter valued at approximately $34,000. US Bancorp DE acquired a new stake in shares of Weber in the third quarter valued at approximately $35,000. Amplius Wealth Advisors LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Weber in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $38,000. Finally, Andrew Hill Investment Advisors Inc. acquired a new stake in shares of Weber in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $47,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 12.50% of the company’s stock.
Shares of NYSE:WEBR traded down $0.44 during trading on Thursday, reaching $9.83. 522,720 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 522,624. The business’s fifty day simple moving average is $10.76 and its 200-day simple moving average is $12.95. Weber has a 12-month low of $8.56 and a 12-month high of $20.44.
The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, March 18th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, March 8th were given a dividend of $0.04 per share. The ex-dividend date was Monday, March 7th. This represents a $0.16 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.63%.
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WEBER INC. is a barbecue brand. It offers a comprehensive, innovative product portfolio, including charcoal, gas, pellet and electric grills, smokers and accessories designed to help outdoor cooking enthusiasts. WEBER INC. is headquartered in Palatine, IL.
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Ubiquiti has the following firewall chains (IPTables-based):
- WAN-In (from WAN to LAN)
- WAN-Out (from LAN to WAN)
- WAN-Local (from WAN to router localhost)
- LAN-In (???)
- LAN-Out (???)
- LAN-Local (from LAN to router localhost)
I am not grasping the LAN-In and LAN-Out sections. Here's how Ubiquiti defines them:
If I create a LAN-Out firewall rule that drops all traffic, except TCP and UDP packets where:
Source = my LAN subnet, Destination = any network
Then WAN doesn't work
If I create a LAN-Out firewall rule that drop all traffic, except TCP and UDP packets where:
Source = any network, Destination - my LAN subnet
Then WAN works
Shouldn't it be the other way around?
- WAN-In (from WAN to LAN)
- WAN-Out (from LAN to WAN)
- WAN-Local (from WAN to router localhost)
- LAN-In (???)
- LAN-Out (???)
- LAN-Local (from LAN to router localhost)
I am not grasping the LAN-In and LAN-Out sections. Here's how Ubiquiti defines them:
LAN In Applies to traffic that enters the LAN (ingress), destined for other networks (default accept).
LAN Out Applies to traffic that exists the LAN (egress), destined for this network (default accept).
If I create a LAN-Out firewall rule that drops all traffic, except TCP and UDP packets where:
Source = my LAN subnet, Destination = any network
Then WAN doesn't work
If I create a LAN-Out firewall rule that drop all traffic, except TCP and UDP packets where:
Source = any network, Destination - my LAN subnet
Then WAN works
Shouldn't it be the other way around? | https://hardforum.com/threads/not-grasping-lan-in-out-firewall-rules.2018626/ | 2022-04-01T01:01:46Z |
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Jamaica Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, has welcomed a major decision by American Airlines to introduce twice weekly non-stop flights out of USA Miami gateways to the Ian Fleming International Airport in Boscobel, commencing November this year.
In making the announcement today the carrier outlined that “American Airlines is excited to officially announce new service to Ocho Rios – Ian Fleming International Airport (OCJ)! We plan to operate two times weekly from Miami using an Envoy E-175 aircraft.”
“This is a game-changer for Jamaica’s tourism but especially for the Ocho Rios area which has been looking forward to such a development for quite some time,” says Minister Bartlett. “It also justifies the vision that we had in expanding the airport,” he added.
Mr. Bartlett explained that the American Airlines announcement comes in the wake of a recent meeting between executives of the US carrier and several public and private sector officials in Montego Bay. Among the participants were Minister Bartlett, Minister of Transport and Mining, Hon Audley Shaw; Director of Tourism, Donovan White; Delano Seiveright, Senior Communications Strategist, Ministry of Tourism; Chairman of Sandals Resorts International (SRI), Adam Stewart and SRI executive, Gary Sadler.
The Miami-Ocho Rios flights, slated for Wednesdays and Saturdays, will accommodate between 76 and 88 passengers in business and economy class.
Boosting tourist arrivals and facilitating travel
“This non-stop service between the USA and our third international airport is a very valuable addition that will help to meet the aviation needs of Jamaica, and will no doubt encourage other airlines with that size aircraft to fly into that airport and take up the route,” said Mr. Bartlett.
“Having a viable third airport will also help to boost tourist arrivals and facilitate travel and the development of the northwestern belt of St Mary and Portland in addition to connecting members of the Jamaican Diaspora to home,” he said.
American Airlines has had a long-standing relationship with Jamaica with regularly scheduled non-stop flights out of several US gateways, including Miami, Philadelphia, New York, JFK (John F. Kennedy) Dallas, Charlotte, Chicago and Boston, to Kingston and Montego Bay.
Minister Bartlett stated that: “In terms of fleet size, flights, passenger loads and revenue, American Airlines is the largest mover of people in and out of Jamaica and the new flights are coming at an ideal time when Jamaica is fast recovering lost ground in visitor arrivals due to the COVID-19 pandemic.” | https://eturbonews.com/3064604/bartlett-welcomes-american-airlines-to-ian-fleming-international-airport/ | 2022-04-01T01:01:45Z |
WEST SEATTLE WEATHER: Rainbow sightings, and what’s ahead
Thanks for the rainbow photos! The sightings happened during an afternoon of unsettled weather – rainshowers mixing with sun at least twice. Again tomorrow, we might see some sun, might see some rain. The forecast for the days ahead appears to be spanning all possibilities, typical for Seattle...
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OLYMPIA, Wash., March 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Heritage Financial Corporation ("Company" or "Heritage") (Nasdaq: HFWA) anticipates issuing its first quarter earnings release on Thursday, April 21, 2022 before the market opens. The Company has scheduled a telephone conference call to discuss the first quarter on Thursday, April 21, 2022 at 11:00 a.m. Pacific time (2:00 p.m. Eastern time).
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The conference call will be recorded and will be available following the live conference call for replay twenty-four hours a day ending April 28, 2022. Questions regarding the conference call may be directed to Kaylene Lahn at 360-943-1500.
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Heritage Financial Corporation is an Olympia-based bank holding company with Heritage Bank, a full-service commercial bank, as its sole wholly-owned banking subsidiary. Heritage Bank has a branching network of 49 banking offices in Washington and Oregon. Heritage Bank also does business under the Whidbey Island Bank name on Whidbey Island. Heritage's stock is traded on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the symbol "HFWA". More information about Heritage Financial Corporation can be found on its website at www.hf-wa.com and more information about Heritage Bank can be found on its website at www.heritagebanknw.com.
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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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G-7 warns Russia of further sanctions in call for immediate end to Ukraine hostilities
The top diplomats from the Group of Seven (G-7) nations on Friday called for Russia to immediately halt its assault on Ukraine and withdraw its military forces, warning of the possibility of further sanctions.
The joint statement released by seven of the world’s largest economies reinforced their commitments to coordinated economic penalties targeting Russian President Vladimir Putin, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko and their supporters as exacting cost for invading Ukraine last week.
“We wish to make clear to the Russian and Belarusian people that the severe sanctions imposed on Russia and Belarus are a consequence of and clear reaction to President Putin’s unprovoked and unjustifiable war against Ukraine,” the foreign ministers of the G-7 said in the statement.
“President Putin, and his government and supporters, and the Lukashenka regime, bear full responsibility for the economic and social consequences of these sanctions.”
The G-7 members are the U.S., Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and the United Kingdom, as well as the European Union. The G-7 kicked Russia out of the grouping, then called the G-8, in 2014 in response to Putin’s invasion and annexation of Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula.
G-7 nations have coordinated a wide-ranging sanctions package against Russia that includes targeting some of its largest banks and removing some of those banks from the SWIFT financial messaging system — severely limiting Russia’s ability to process international financial transactions, an effort to bankrupt Moscow from carrying out its military campaign against Ukraine.
“Russia’s blatant violation of the fundamental principles of international peace and security and the breach of international law have not gone unanswered,” the statement said. “We have imposed several rounds of far-reaching economic and financial sanctions. We will continue to impose further severe sanctions in response to Russian aggression, enabled by the Lukashenka regime in Belarus.”
Russia’s currency, the ruble, hit record lows of at least 110 to the dollar as of Thursday, and Moscow’s stock market has been closed for five days straight.
The G-7 countries also spoke out against Russia’s assault and occupation of Europe’s largest nuclear power plant, condemning the violent attacks on Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia plant Thursday night as risking a nuclear catastrophe.
“We urge Russia to stop its attacks especially in the direct vicinity of Ukraine’s nuclear power plants,” the statement read.
“Any armed attack on and threat against nuclear facilities devoted to peaceful purposes constitutes a violation of the principles of international law,” the foreign ministers continued, and put their support behind an agreement reached between the International Atomic Energy Agency, Ukraine and Russia “to ensure the safety and security of nuclear facilities in Ukraine.”
Russian military threats to Ukraine’s power plants are adding further alarm to the humanitarian crisis. Moscow is being accused of carrying out war crimes and crimes against humanity, with intense military strikes on civilians — with thousands believed killed — and on civilian infrastructure.
Condemnation of Russia’s actions has drawn support from around the world, as has the U.S.-led sanctions campaign joined by Canada, the U.K., Europe, Australia and countries in Asia.
A resolution condemning Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and calling for Moscow’s withdrawal from the country passed with overwhelming support in the United Nations General Assembly, with 141 member-states voting in the affirmative.
Yet the resolution holds no enforcement mechanism, and a sanctions regime crafted by the U.N. is unlikely to take shape given Russia’s veto power on the U.N. Security Council.
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Covid: Infections are sky high so why stop testing?
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Testing for Covid has become a way of life for so many.
Since the start of the pandemic, nearly 500 million tests have been logged - and no doubt millions more taken at home and never recorded.
In fact, no other big country in the world has tested on the same scale.
But now it is coming to an end in England. Friday marks the dismantling of almost the entire testing infrastructure. The rest of the UK will follow later in the spring and summer.
Gone are the local testing centres, set up in car parks, community halls and shopping centres. At one point there were more than 800.
Gone are the free lateral flow tests people could order online or pick up from pharmacies and High Street locations.
Instead, only a strictly defined group will be entitled to free tests - and in most cases, only then if they have symptoms.
It includes:
- 1.3 million people with weakened immune systems, so they can be given drugs to reduce the risk of serious illness developing
- hospital patients to diagnose their condition and tailor their treatment
- health and care staff to reduce the risk of them spreading it to vulnerable people
The rest of us will have to pay for them - with prices starting at £2 per test.
The guidance now asks people to try to stay home and avoid contact with others if they have symptoms, including a high temperature.
Concerns remain despite virus 'being defanged'
The logic is it is time to treat Covid like other respiratory illnesses, such as flu, as the virus has been defanged by vaccination.
And certainly the number of deaths being caused this winter has been in line with what would be expected during a bad flu season.
What's more, charging is something many other countries have already introduced to some extent.
But the move naturally raises concerns. Even the government's chief scientific adviser, Sir Patrick Vallance, has warned it could lead to increased transmission.
And while the government is providing extra protection to the 1.3 million defined as having a weakened immune system, there are still plenty of others with health conditions and frailties who argue they are at increased risk and should qualify for free tests.
Meanwhile, more than 300,000 people in England have signed a petition, launched by campaign group Keep Our NHS Public, urging the government to continue offering free lateral flow tests to all.
Such calls are understandable - especially when infection levels remain so high. The most recent data from the Office for National Statistics shows more than four million people in the UK were infected the week before last.
This in turn has pushed up hospital admissions. The total in hospital is close to the peak in the very first wave. This is putting significant pressure on the NHS.
But that only tells part of the story. Most of them were admitted for something else but just happen to have the virus.
Some will still be ill with Covid but others will not be - a perfect illustration of how the risk the virus presents has diminished.
In the end, the decision on testing has come down to a trade-off. Given the risk Covid now presents and the seeming inability of anything short of a ban on indoor mixing to make any tangible impact on the spread of the virus, the government has decided the money will be best invested elsewhere.
This was a point made by England's chief medical officer, Prof Sir Chris Whitty, when he addressed the Local Government Association last week.
In the end, he said, it came down to a judgement for ministers to make.
Nearly £27bn has been spent on testing and tracing in England, since the start of the pandemic, a huge sum that could go a long way if diverted elsewhere.
To put it into context, it is similar to what is budgeted for GP care, four times what is spent on healthy lifestyle programmes to tackle things such as obesity and smoking or enough to tackle the backlog in hospital operations.
The public, says Prof Allyson Pollock, a public health expert at Newcastle University, has been "conditioned" into thinking mass Covid testing is needed, while the NHS and patients "go without the resources they need".
Why testing impact was always compromised
In assessing the decision to scrap free testing for most, it is worth considering two other points.
First, the surveillance programme run by the Office for National Statistics will continue, albeit in a slightly slimmed down form.
The UK is one of the few countries in the world to randomly test people in the community like this, so it will still be well placed to keep an eye on how the virus is spreading.
This survey along with the testing of hospital patients will also allow scientists to monitor variants.
And second, the impact of mass testing was always compromised because not everyone came forward for testing.
Up until the turn of the year, the testing system was picking up about half of the estimated total number of infections. In recent weeks, that has dropped to under a quarter.
There are many reasons behind this. Undoubtedly a major one has been many people cannot afford to isolate because of the lack of sick pay and insecure employment.
There will also be some who are testing positive on lateral flow tests and simply not registering them.
But the fact remains many people are already using their own judgement about what to do when they fall ill. Now nearly all of us will have to.
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Loyalist College fetes 222 students with achievement awards
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Made possible through the support of 37 donors — including 56 endowed funds — a total of $206,475 in award disbursements were presented to 222 students in the ceremony last week.
This brings the total value of awards presented by the Awards Office during this academic year to more than $409,755.
“Congratulations to our award recipients on your achievements,” said Dr. Ann Marie Vaughan president. “Despite the ongoing challenges you have experienced in the face of a global pandemic, you have shown remarkable commitment and resilience. I also want to thank our generous donors and the Directors of The Loyalist College Foundation for your support, which allows our students to flourish, to think big, and to graduate as the leaders and innovators our workforce needs.”
During the ceremony, a video featuring personal messages of thanks from award recipients was played for guests.
“On behalf of the Loyalist College Board of Governors, I would like to offer our sincere thanks to the community of supporters, including faculty, staff, donors and The Foundation Board members, who make this event possible,” said Pam Jolliffe, chair of the Loyalist College board.
“To the award recipients—congratulations. We can’t wait to see what your future holds.”
Many of the awards were provided by donors through The Loyalist College Foundation, which was established in 1995 to provide leadership in meeting the College’s goals for long-term development and fundraising. Other funds were donated by individuals, businesses and community organizations.
“The Loyalist College Foundation is proud to champion Loyalist College students as they pursue their education and achieve their goals,” said Brian Smith, Chair of The Loyalist College Foundation. “On behalf of The Loyalist College Foundation, our heartfelt congratulations to all award recipients.” | https://www.intelligencer.ca/news/loyalist-college-fetes-222-students-with-achievement-awards | 2022-04-01T01:01:49Z |
GREENVILLE COUNTY, S.C. (WSPA) – A student died after being shot Thursday afternoon at a Greenville County middle school and another student was charged.
According to the Greenville County Sheriff’s Office, the school resource officer at Tanglewood Middle School requested emergency backup at 12:23 p.m. after hearing shots were fired.
After arriving on scene, the sheriff’s office said deputies learned that the gunfire was from a 12-year-old student who shot another 12-year-old student in the 700 wing of the school.
The victim was shot at least one time and treated by the school resource officer and school staff before being taken to the hospital where he was later pronounced dead.
Deputies began a search in the area of the school. Just before 1:30 p.m., they learned that the possible suspect was at a residence in the 3000 block of Old Easley Bridge Road.
When deputies arrived, they found the suspect hiding under a deck. He was taken into custody and a handgun was recovered.
The suspect is being charged with murder, possession of a weapon during a violent crime, possession of a firearm on school property and unlawful possession of a weapon by a person under the age of 18.
He is being transported to the Department of Juvenile Justice in Columbia.
The sheriff’s office said over 100 deputies were on scene trying to identify the shooter at one point.
Community activist Bruce Wilson, a family friend, identified the student as 12-year-old Jamari Cortez Bonaparte Jackson.
Wilson passed along a statement from the Jackson family asking for privacy while they grieve.
“We are all devastated by today’s tragedy,” said the family in a statement. “We love Jamari dearly and we would ask that our privacy be respected as we grieve during this very difficult time.”
“My heart breaks for this young boy’s family and my prayers are with them tonight,” said Greenville County Sheriff Hobart Lewis in a statement. “Additionally, I will be praying for the other young boy who pulled the trigger and his family. I can not fathom what would cause someone to do this to another human being and especially at that age, but I know it’s a situation where we all need to turn to God.”
Greenville County Schools said deputies were not looking for any additional suspects and that the school building had been secured.
Deputies said that the two 12-year-olds were familiar with each other and that they are confident the incident was isolated.
Greenville County Schools Superintendent Dr. Burke Royster released this statement Thursday evening:
“We are deeply saddened to hear that the student victim in the shooting at Tanglewood Middle School passed away. Our thoughts and prayers are with his family, his fellow students, the staff members at the school and everyone who knew this child. This is an absolute tragedy, and we will continue to do whatever we can to support his family and the Tanglewood community as they mourn the young life that was lost today.
“We want to recognize the tremendous response from Principal Walles and the staff at Tanglewood, the school resource officer, Sheriff Hobart Lewis, the Greenville County Sheriff’s Office, EMS, and the multiple local, state and federal law enforcement agencies who all responded rapidly in accord with our emergency response plan.”
Dr. Burke Royster
The principal of Tanglewood Middle School, Dr. Graysen Walles, also released this statement:
“My heart goes out to the family of our student who passed away, and my prayers are with them. Our entire Tanglewood family is hurting with this news and from the events that took place today. Our school is mourning and will work together to heal and process this tragedy.”
Dr. Graysen Walles
Students were taken to Brookwood Church in Simpsonville where parents were reunited with their children.
Greenville County Schools said Friday will be an optional day for students at Tanglewood Middle School in order to provide “counseling support for both students and staff.”
“Our goal with being open tomorrow is not to have a day of instruction, but so we can have supports available to both students and staff that would not be otherwise available at home,” said the district in a statement.
The school’s regular schedule will resume Monday, April 4. | https://fox8.com/news/student-shot-killed-at-south-carolina-middle-school-suspect-charged/ | 2022-04-01T01:01:49Z |
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The federal government’s emergency rental assistance program helped prevent more than one million evictions last year.
An estimated 1.36 million renters avoided an eviction filing in 2021 as a result of the government’s unprecedented $46.5 billion rent relief program and other protections, according to a recent analysis by Princeton University’s Eviction Lab published earlier this month.
Treasury officials reported Wednesday that $30 billion in emergency rent relief was spent or obligated by the end of February. Despite a slow and confusing initial roll out of the program last spring, more than 4.7 million payments were made to households since January 2021.
Treasury expects the remainder of the funds to be exhausted by the middle of this year.
Impact of the assistance
A national eviction ban was put in place in September 2020. While it did not stop all evictions, it significantly slowed the tide of eviction filings until the emergency aid could reach struggling renters and their landlords, White House and Department of Treasury officials said.
“We knew from the start that we faced a race with time to get the emergency rental assistance flowing to a significant degree by the time the national eviction moratorium was lifted,” said Gene Sperling, the White House American Rescue Plan coordinator. “We largely won that race.”
In the six states and 31 cities tracked by the Eviction Lab researchers, eviction filings fell sharply at the onset of the pandemic, but then increased in the later months of 2020 even with the ban in place. Given the increased number of renters experiencing economic hardship as the pandemic continued into 2021, experts worried about a ”tsunami” of evictions and anticipated the number of filings to skyrocket above levels seen in 2019.
But the opposite happened. In a typical year, roughly 865,000 eviction cases were filed in the areas the Eviction Lab tracks. In 2021, roughly half as many evictions were filed, with 434,304 cases.
Evictions fell in all but one of the 31 cities tracked in 2021. The outlier was Las Vegas, where jobs in tourism evaporated, adversely impacting the large number of renters in the city’s service sector, according to the report. New York City had the biggest reduction in eviction filings from typical levels, with the report estimating nearly 184,000 eviction cases were avoided in New York City.
The emergency rental assistance was found to have a strong impact on the low-income and majority-Black neighborhoods that see a disproportionate share of eviction cases. Those areas experienced the largest absolute reduction in eviction filings last year, the Eviction Lab report found.
The report found that in 2021 the most disadvantaged neighborhoods experienced the biggest gains in terms of rental housing stability. But it also found that, among the eviction cases filed, women of color were disproportionately affected.
More than 80% of emergency rental assistance reached the lowest income households, according to the Treasury, with about 40% of all applicants who received assistance self-identifying as Black, and about 20% self-identifying as Latino.
Moving remaining money
The federal emergency rent relief was approved in two rounds of funding. The first, which included $25 billion under the Consolidated Appropriations Act at the end of 2020, and $21.55 billion under the American Rescue Plan Act in March 2021.
Some state and local governments have exhausted allotted funds while others have not distributed everything they have received. As a result, Treasury has been reallocating money to ensure it gets to renters most in need.
Of the $25 billion in the first batch of money, Treasury has already moved $2 billion in underused funds. Beginning in April, funds from the second batch will be reallocated.
This process has “allowed dollars to flow to places with high need,” said Noel Poyo, Treasury Deputy Assistant Secretary for Community Economic Development. “Generally reallocated funds went to higher need areas with more diverse communities.”
He said he expects that trend to continue with the available funds from the second batch of money.
But it is a challenging balance to strike, Poyo said, between getting dollars to places where they are running out of funds and making sure that money is still available in places where assistance may have gotten started more slowly and people remain in need.
Treasury is encouraging state and local governments to use the additional funding to assist more renters and make continued investments in housing stability.
“In just one year, the Emergency Rental Assistance program built a national infrastructure for eviction prevention that never existed before and has helped keep eviction rates well below historic averages throughout the pandemic,” said Poyo.
He also suggested state and local governments build on the network for support they have established and provide services like housing counselors, “that will help families avoid economic scarring long after Covid-19 is in the rearview mirror,” he said.
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Wall Street analysts forecast that The Carlyle Group Inc. (NASDAQ:CG – Get Rating) will announce sales of $1.06 billion for the current quarter, Zacks reports. Five analysts have issued estimates for The Carlyle Group’s earnings. The highest sales estimate is $1.10 billion and the lowest is $973.50 million. The Carlyle Group reported sales of $612.50 million in the same quarter last year, which would suggest a positive year over year growth rate of 73.1%. The business is scheduled to announce its next quarterly earnings report on Monday, January 1st.
On average, analysts expect that The Carlyle Group will report full-year sales of $4.27 billion for the current fiscal year, with estimates ranging from $4.08 billion to $4.46 billion. For the next year, analysts forecast that the firm will report sales of $4.65 billion, with estimates ranging from $4.39 billion to $5.01 billion. Zacks Investment Research’s sales calculations are a mean average based on a survey of sell-side analysts that cover The Carlyle Group.
The Carlyle Group (NASDAQ:CG – Get Rating) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, February 3rd. The financial services provider reported $2.01 EPS for the quarter, beating the Zacks’ consensus estimate of $1.25 by $0.76. The Carlyle Group had a net margin of 33.87% and a return on equity of 45.46%. The firm had revenue of $1.89 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $1.15 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company posted $0.64 earnings per share. The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 200.9% on a year-over-year basis.
In related news, CFO Curtis L. Buser sold 10,230 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, February 1st. The shares were sold at an average price of $52.25, for a total transaction of $534,517.50. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through the SEC website. Also, CEO Kewsong Lee sold 124,876 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, February 1st. The shares were sold at an average price of $52.25, for a total transaction of $6,524,771.00. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last 90 days, insiders sold 704,973 shares of company stock valued at $34,985,334. Company insiders own 36.30% of the company’s stock.
Institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the business. Ellevest Inc. boosted its holdings in shares of The Carlyle Group by 495.2% in the 4th quarter. Ellevest Inc. now owns 619 shares of the financial services provider’s stock valued at $34,000 after acquiring an additional 515 shares during the last quarter. Canada Pension Plan Investment Board purchased a new stake in The Carlyle Group during the fourth quarter worth $45,000. Herold Advisors Inc. purchased a new stake in The Carlyle Group during the third quarter worth $47,000. Moors & Cabot Inc. boosted its holdings in The Carlyle Group by 198.4% during the third quarter. Moors & Cabot Inc. now owns 17,988 shares of the financial services provider’s stock worth $53,000 after buying an additional 11,960 shares in the last quarter. Finally, CWM LLC purchased a new stake in The Carlyle Group during the fourth quarter worth $56,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 92.59% of the company’s stock.
CG stock traded up $2.22 on Monday, hitting $48.91. The company had a trading volume of 5,945,641 shares, compared to its average volume of 2,671,022. The stock’s 50-day simple moving average is $46.74 and its 200 day simple moving average is $50.98. The stock has a market cap of $17.43 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 5.97, a P/E/G ratio of 0.45 and a beta of 1.45. The Carlyle Group has a 12-month low of $36.20 and a 12-month high of $60.62. The company has a current ratio of 2.44, a quick ratio of 2.44 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.40.
The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, February 23rd. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, February 15th were issued a $0.25 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, February 14th. This represents a $1.00 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.04%. The Carlyle Group’s dividend payout ratio is currently 12.21%.
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The Carlyle Group Inc is an investment firm specializing in direct and fund of fund investments. Within direct investments, it specializes in management-led/ Leveraged buyouts, privatizations, divestitures, strategic minority equity investments, structured credit, global distressed and corporate opportunities, small and middle market, equity private placements, consolidations and buildups, senior debt, mezzanine and leveraged finance, and venture and growth capital financings, seed/startup, early venture, emerging growth, turnaround, mid venture, late venture, PIPES.
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GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — The pain was sharp and familiar. It reminded David Price of where he has been. It also told him he still might be able to be the pitcher the Los Angeles Dodgers thought they had nearly 26 months ago.
Price’s quiet spring began the way others have in the five-time All-Star’s 13-year career: His left elbow hurt after his first live batting practice a couple of weeks ago, and he knew the resumption of an old routine was underway.
“Always the elbow,’’ Price said. “It happens every year, all the way back to 2010. Now, everything feels good – arm, elbow and shoulder.’’
It was good enough to impress Dodgers manager Dave Roberts and anybody else who watched Price make his first spring appearance against Cleveland on Wednesday night. The left-hander worked only an inning, but he had two strikeouts and was clocked at 93 mph.
In an abbreviated camp, it wasn’t enough to determine his role. It did remind the Dodgers that Price is still in the mix.
From starter to bullpen, Price’s role with the Dodgers has been uncertain since they acquired the 2012 American League Cy Young Award winner from the Boston Red Sox in a three-team deal that included right-fielder Mookie Betts in February 2020.
Price didn’t pitch at all that year, opting out because of concerns about COVID-19. In 2021, he bounced between the starting rotation and the bullpen with 11 starts and 28 appearances as a reliever. His overall ERA was 4.03.
He arrived at camp in mid-March ready to do anything. Then Roberts mentioned him as a possible starter.
“I’m preparing that way, yeah,” said Price, who is in the final year of a seven-year, $217 million contract. “I think it’d be silly of me to prepare to be a reliever if I’m asked to start. So, I’m preparing to be a starter until otherwise.”
Otherwise looks to be the case. Roberts projects his starting rotation will be Walker Buehler, Julio Urias, Clayton Kershaw, Andrew Heaney and Tony Gonsolin. He cautioned that nothing is set in stone, mostly because pitchers were limited in a camp cut short by major league baseball’s lockout.
The Dodgers signed career starter Tyler Anderson in mid-March, just in case. As for Price, Roberts said: “I just think that David, right now, is not an option in the sense of, he’s not built up. It just doesn’t seem feasible right now.”
The 36-year-old left-hander could still have an immediate role, like one inning in relief early in the season, Roberts said, and moving up to multiple innings as he gets stronger.
“I’m confident in David in any role,’’ Roberts said. “I like his versatility. The role doesn’t matter. It’s just knowing that he’s going to pitch valuable innings in whatever role.”
NOTES
Cody Bellinger took batting practice Thursday on the minor-league side of the Dodgers’ camp. The 2019 National League MVP is 4 for 27 with 17 strikeouts this spring.
“I wouldn’t say I’m alarmed,’’ Roberts said. “I think ‘progressing’ is the word. We’ve got to continue to log at-bats to make him feel as comfortable as possible when the season starts.’’
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Vroom, Inc. (NASDAQ:VRM – Get Rating) insider Carol Denise Stott sold 7,812 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, March 29th. The stock was sold at an average price of $2.94, for a total value of $22,967.28. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this hyperlink.
VRM stock traded down $0.19 during midday trading on Thursday, reaching $2.66. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 9,770,436 shares, compared to its average volume of 9,650,734. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.67, a quick ratio of 1.66 and a current ratio of 2.54. The stock has a fifty day simple moving average of $5.11 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $12.66. Vroom, Inc. has a 1 year low of $2.23 and a 1 year high of $48.80. The firm has a market capitalization of $364.74 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of -0.98 and a beta of 1.91.
Vroom (NASDAQ:VRM – Get Rating) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Monday, February 28th. The company reported ($0.94) EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of ($0.77) by ($0.17). The firm had revenue of $934.49 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $901.73 million. Vroom had a negative net margin of 11.65% and a negative return on equity of 34.12%. The business’s quarterly revenue was up 130.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business posted ($0.44) EPS. As a group, analysts forecast that Vroom, Inc. will post -3.47 EPS for the current fiscal year.
Institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the company. Norges Bank bought a new stake in Vroom during the fourth quarter valued at about $1,090,000. Walleye Capital LLC bought a new stake in Vroom during the fourth quarter valued at about $741,000. Vident Investment Advisory LLC boosted its position in Vroom by 76.6% during the fourth quarter. Vident Investment Advisory LLC now owns 22,682 shares of the company’s stock valued at $245,000 after purchasing an additional 9,838 shares in the last quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. boosted its position in Vroom by 104.5% during the fourth quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. now owns 1,753,977 shares of the company’s stock valued at $18,926,000 after purchasing an additional 896,462 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Virtu Financial LLC bought a new stake in Vroom during the fourth quarter valued at about $327,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 95.87% of the company’s stock.
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Vroom, Inc operates as an e-commerce used automotive retailer in the United States. It operates end-to-end ecommerce platform for buying, selling, transporting, reconditioning, pricing, financing, registering, and delivering vehicles. The company was formerly known as Auto America, Inc and changed its name to Vroom, Inc in July 2015.
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HAMILTON, Bermuda, March 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- White Mountains Insurance Group, Ltd. (NYSE: WTM) announced today that HG Global Ltd. ("HG") closed a new $150 million, 10-year term loan credit facility with Hudson Structured Capital Management Ltd, (conducting its re/insurance business as HSCM Bermuda) and Security Benefit Life Insurance Company. HG expects to receive the proceeds of the loan on or prior to May 31, 2022. A portion of the proceeds of the loan will be used to pay a $120 million dividend to White Mountains Insurance Group, Ltd. and the other equity holders of HG. The facility received an investment grade rating of BBB from Kroll Bond Rating Agency, LLC. The facility does not impact the reinsurance obligations of HG Re Ltd.
White Mountains is a Bermuda-domiciled financial services holding company traded on the New York Stock Exchange and the Bermuda Stock Exchange under the symbol WTM.
Hudson Structured Capital Management Ltd., conducting its re/insurance investment management business as HSCM Bermuda ("HSCM"), is an asset manager focused on alternative investments seeking mezzanine level returns. HSCM focuses on the Re/Insurance and Transportation sectors. HSCM launched in 2016, and as of January 1, 2022 had more than $3 billion in assets under management and committed capital. HSCM focuses on core economic sectors that are likely to outgrow global GDP, offer low correlations with broader markets, and are experiencing a shift from balance sheet to market financing. For more information, please visit www.hscm.com.
Security Benefit Corporation ("Security Benefit"), through its subsidiary Security Benefit Life Insurance Company (SBL), a Kansas-based insurance company that has been in business for 130 years, is a leader in the U.S. retirement market. Security Benefit together with its affiliates offers products in a full range of retirement markets and wealth segments for employers and individuals and reached $50.5 billion in assets under management as of September 30, 2021. Security Benefit, an Eldridge business, is one of the fastest growing U.S. retirement companies and continues its mission of helping Americans To and Through Retirement®. Learn more at www.securitybenefit.com or www.eldridge.com.
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It feels like just yesterday that the NBA season was kicking off, and now we are a couple weeks away from the playoffs getting underway. Right now we will definitely be seeing Mike Conley and the Utah Jazz, as well as D’Angelo Russell and the Minnesota Timberwolves in the playoffs in some form. The Jazz are currently in the playoffs, while Minnesota is safely in the play-in tournament. The question is, will Keita Bates-Diop and the San Antonio Spurs be able to hold off the Los Angeles Lakers for the final spot in the play-in tournament in the Western Conference?
Jae’Sean Tate
Small Forward | Houston Rockets
After missing a couple games due to an ankle injury a few weeks ago, and seeing some of his minutes limited as he worked through the injury, Jae’Sean Tate saw a little bit of an uptick in his playing time of the past week. In Monday night’s 123-120 loss to San Antonio, Tate played 28 minutes, which was the most time he was on the court in any of the 14 games he has appeared in so far in the month of March.
One area that Tate has been better in during March has been his three-point shooting, hitting on 37 percent of his attempts for distance this month. The only month where Tate shot better from behind the arc was in January, when he hit 41 percent of his three-point attempts. In Friday’s 125-106 win at Portland, Tate hit three three-pointers, which was the fourth time this season that he hit a trio of triples in a game.
On a team that is rebuilding, Tate has been a constant for the Rockets this year, playing in 72 games and starting 71 of those contests. The 71 starts by Tate are the most of any player on the Rockets, while the 72 games played only trail Kenyon Martin Jr. Even though Tate is only in his second year in the NBA, he’ll provide a veteran presence for Houston next year, as the Rockets will again have a young team that will be working to find their identity.
Mike Conley
Point Guard | Utah Jazz
The Jazz have picked the worst time to play some of their worst basketball of the season. Utah has now lost five straight games after Tuesday’s 121-115 loss to the Los Angeles Clippers. Entering Wednesday night’s games, Utah has the same record as the Denver Nuggets, with the Jazz holding the fifth spot because of a tiebreaker. If Utah falls to sixth in the Western Conference, they’ll likely be looking at facing Golden State in the first round of the playoffs
While there hasn’t been much to be positive about for the Jazz lately, at least Mike Conley’s play has been trending upward over the last week. Following a 4-of-12 shooting performance against Boston last Wednesday, Conley shot at least 50 percent from the field in each of his next three games. Conley has also been a lot better with his three-point shooting in March than he was in February. Last month Conley hit just 31 percent of his three-point attempts, while this month he is shooting 39 percent, which is just a percentage point shy of his season average.
There’s no question that Utah has the talent to be a threat in the Western Conference, the problem is they are having trouble staying healthy. Joe Ingles is already lost for the year, while Bojan Bogdanovic, Hassan Whiteside, and Danuel House Jr. are all dealing with injuries. It’s not even like the Jazz need Conley to shoulder a heavy scoring load, since Donovan Mitchell can take over a game. If Utah doesn’t get things together, they could be looking at another early playoff exit.
D’Angelo Russell
Point Guard | Minnesota Timberwolves
One of the most puzzling developments lately in the NBA has been the play of D’Angelo Russell. At times in March, it has been a struggle for Russell to even put the basketball through the hoop. In the past week, Russell scored just six points against Phoenix, and four points on Sunday against Boston, with both contests being losses for the Timberwolves. Those poor performances sandwiched a 15-point game against Dallas on Friday. Russell has been ice cold from distance over the past week, going 1-of-14 from three-point range.
At least Russell has been able to still get his teammates involved while he has struggled to score. Over his past three games, Russell has dished out 21 assists during that span. In 61 games this year, Russell has recorded 433 assists, which is the second-highest mark in his career, only trailing his career-high of 563 assists during Brooklyn during the 2018-19 season.
Minnesota is safely in the NBA play-in tournament, as they currently sit seventh in the Western Conference. If the Timberwolves have any hopes of moving into the sixth spot, which is currently occupied by Denver, Russell has to start playing like the player he was earlier in the season. Minnesota will try and make up some ground on the Nuggets when they square off with Denver on Friday night in a huge contest in the Mile High City.
Duane Washington Jr.
Point Guard | Indiana Pacers
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This isn’t exactly the way that Duane Washington Jr. was hoping to wind down his first season in the NBA. After playing 21 minutes in last Wednesday’s game against Sacramento, as well as Thursday’s contest against Memphis, the Buckeye rookie missed games on Saturday and Monday as he is dealing with a bruised right hip.
Washington was able to score 11 points in last Wednesday’s 110-109 loss to Sacramento before scoring just four points against Memphis on Thursday, snapping a nine-game streak in which he had reached double figures in scoring. While it was looking like Washington could have received some increased minutes to close out the season due to injuries to Malcolm Brogdon and Chris Duarte in the backcourt, the recent hip injury has thrown a wrench into some of those hopes.
Keita Bates-Diop
Small Forward | San Antonio Spurs
The good news for Keita Bates-Diop is he was able to get back on the court last week after dealing with a back injury for most of the month. Last Wednesday, Bates-Diop appeared in his first game since March 12, playing 10 minutes and scoring six points in a 133-96 win over Portland. The Ohio State alum would follow that up by playing for 12 minutes in Saturday’s game against New Orleans.
Bates-Diop didn’t see any action on Monday against Houston, but head coach Gregg Popovich likely wanted to give the forward a little rest so he wouldn’t reaggravate his back injury. San Antonio has been on a roll lately, winning their last four games heading into Wednesday night’s game against Memphis. The Spurs do have a tough close to the season, with games against Denver, Minnesota, Golden State, and Dallas still ahead of them. With the type of competition they’ll be facing, the Spurs will need whatever they can get out of Bates-Diop if they want to stay ahead of the Lakers in the chase for the final spot in the NBA play-in tournament. | https://www.landgrantholyland.com/2022/3/31/23003659/roundball-roundup-ohio-state-buckeyes-nba-alumni-basketball-jaesean-tate-mike-conley-dangelo-russell | 2022-04-01T01:01:54Z |
First lawsuit filed over Florida law restricting certain LGBTQ topics in the classroom
Two LGBTQ rights advocacy groups, as well as students, parents and a teacher in Florida, filed a federal lawsuit Thursday, challenging the state's new law banning certain instruction about sexual orientation and gender identity in the classroom.
It's the first legal challenge seeking to block implementation and enforcement of the law, which Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis signed on Monday. The controversial law, dubbed "Don't Say Gay" by its opponents, is set to take effect in July.
DeSantis told reporters Thursday that he will defend the law "vigorously."
The lawsuit calls the Florida law an "unlawful attempt to stigmatize, silence and erase LGBTQ people in Florida's public schools."
"It seeks to do so by imposing a sweeping, vague ban covering any instruction on 'sexual orientation and gender identity,' and by constructing a diffuse enforcement scheme designed to maximize the chilling effect of this prohibition," the complaint reads.
According to the new "Parental Rights in Education" law in Florida, "classroom instruction by school personnel or third parties on sexual orientation or gender identity may not occur in kindergarten through grade 3 or in a manner that is not age-appropriate or developmentally appropriate for students in accordance with state standards."
Parents would be able to bring civil suits against a school district for any potential rule violation, under the new law.
During the bill signing Monday, DeSantis said that Florida recognizes that "parents have a fundamental role in the education, health care and well-being of their children."
The plaintiffs in Thursday's lawsuit include Equality Florida, an LGBTQ advocacy organization; Family Equality, a New York-based nonprofit; a 17-year-old sophomore in Palmetto, Florida, who identifies as gay; an 18-year-old senior in Osprey, Florida, who identifies as gay; the parent of a transgender fifth-grader in Florida; three same-sex couples living in Florida with young children; and a middle-school public teacher in Grand Ridge, Florida. The complaint was filed by Kaplan Hecker & Fink LLP and the National Center for Lesbian Rights.
The plaintiffs say the new law violates the First and 14th Amendments, and Title IX protections.
"This effort to control young minds through state censorship -- and to demean LGBTQ lives by denying their reality -- is a grave abuse of power. The United States Supreme Court has repeatedly affirmed that LGBTQ people and families are at home in our constitutional order. The State of Florida has no right to declare them outcasts, or to treat their allies as outlaws, by punishing schools where someone dares to affirm their identity and dignity," according to the complaint.
Weighing in on the lawsuit Thursday, DeSantis said he doesn't think that "any of the legal claims have merit."
"These are policy decisions. I don't think it's anything that's invoking First Amendment because schools, states and localities have the ability to set curriculum in public schools. We do that all the time. This is not new," he said, also arguing that the law "does not regulate student speech."
DeSantis' communications director Taryn Fenske told CNN in a statement that "this calculated, politically motivated, virtue-signaling lawsuit is meritless, and we will defend the legality of parents to protect their young children from sexual content in Florida public schools."
Proponents of the new law say it gives parents more oversight over what their children learn and discuss at school and argue that LGBTQ-related topics should be left for families to discuss in private. Opponents say the law will negatively affect an already marginalized community and also argue it would open educators up to an endless barrage of litigation. | https://www.ketv.com/article/first-lawsuit-florida-law-lgbtq-topics-classroom/39600782 | 2022-04-01T01:01:54Z |
Over 55 WHL Alumni taking part in U SPORTS University Cup
Over 55 WHL Alumni are vying for a U SPORTS national championship as the 2022 University Cup begins Thursday in Wolfville, N.S.
The University of Alberta Golden Bears hold the top seed as they look to repeat as Canadian champions.
Alberta opens its tournament Thursday against hosts Acadia following the tournament opener between #4 Brock and #5 St. Francis Xavier.
The #2 University of New Brunswick Reds square off against #7 Ryerson in one of two Friday quarter-final matchups, the other featuring the #6 UBC Thunderbirds and #3 UQTR Patriotes.
Below is a list of the WHL Alumni taking part in the event (last WHL Club in parentheses):
University of Alberta
– Matt Berlin (Kootenay ICE)
– Taz Burman (Swift Current Broncos)
– Dawson Davidson (Saskatoon Blades)
– Eric Florchuk (Vancouver Giants)
– Matt Fonteyne (Everett Silvertips)
– Jared Freadrich (Portland Winterhawks)
– Gary Haden (Victoria Royals)
– Ryan Hughes (Kamloops Blazers)
– Clayton Kirichenko (Medicine Hat Tigers)
– Joel Lakusta (Prince George Cougars)
– Wyatt McLeod (Saskatoon Blades)
– Curtis Miske (Prince Albert Raiders)
– Josh Paterson (Portland Winterhawks)
– Grayson Pawlenchuk (Red Deer Rebels)
– Noah Philp (Seattle Thunderbirds)
– Dylan Plouffe (Medicine Hat Tigers)
– Tyler Preziuso (Vancouver Giants)
– Josh Prokop (Calgary Hitmen)
– Ethan Sakowich (Red Deer Rebels)
– Nick Schneider (Calgary Hitmen)
– Luc Smith (Spokane Chiefs)
– Nolan Volcan (Seattle Thunderbirds)
University of New Brunswick
– Joe Gatenby (Kamloops Blazers)
– Griffen Outhouse (Victoria Royals)
– Rylan Parenteau (Tri-City Americans)
– Mark Rassell (Medicine Hat Tigers)
Brock University
– Adam Berg (Edmonton Oil Kings)
– Sam Huston (Kootenay ICE)
St. Francis Xavier University
– Conner Bruggen-Cate (Seattle Thunderbirds)
University of British Columbia
– Ethan Anders (Red Deer Rebels)
– Scott Atkinson (Edmonton Oil Kings)
– Quinn Benjafield (Edmonton Oil Kings)
– Jackson Caller (Kamloops Blazers)
– Shaun Dosanjh (Portland Winterhawks)
– Chris Douglas (Red Deer Rebels)
– Austin Glover (Red Deer Rebels)
– Liam Kindree (Lethbridge Hurricanes)
– Jake Kryski (Calgary Hitmen)
– Matt Leduc (Spokane Chiefs)
– Dorrin Luding (Saskatoon Blades)
– Conner McDonald (Kelowna Rockets)
– Cyle McNabb (Medicine Hat Tigers)
– Carson Miller (Victoria Royals)
– Ryan Pouliot (Swift Current Broncos)
– Matt Revel (Portland Winterhawks)
– Tyler Sandhu (Tri-City Americans)
– Jonathan Smart (Kootenay ICE)
– Matthew Smith (Victoria Royals)
– Rylan Toth (Seattle Thunderbirds)
– Jarret Tyszka (Seattle Thunderbirds)
Ryerson University
– Aaron Hyman (Tri-City Americans)
– Cavin Leth (Prince Albert Raiders)
Acadia University
– Jack Flaman (Red Deer Rebels)
– Mason McCarty (Red Deer Rebels)
– Loch Morrison (Victoria Royals)
– Max Paddock (Prince Albert Raiders)
– Jordy Stallard (Prince Albert Raiders)
– Luke Zazula (Tri-City Americans)
The WHL Alumni taking part in the University Cup are among the 365 graduate players taking advantage of the WHL Scholarship during the 2021-22 academic year.
The 2021-22 season serves as the 29th year of the WHL Scholarship program. Established on a league-wide basis in 1993-94, over 7,000 WHL Scholarships have been accessed, representing an investment of over $30 million by WHL Clubs. This season, WHL Clubs will contribute in excess of $2.5 million to the WHL graduates utilizing the WHL Scholarship. | https://whl.ca/article/over-55-whl-alumni-taking-part-in-u-sports-university-cup | 2022-04-01T01:01:55Z |
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Mohammad Yousuf lauded Pakistan top order batsman Azhar Ali for not backing down even though Australia’s bowlers tried to unsettle him by bowling many bouncers.
Azhar was in excellent form in the recent three-Test series as he scored 300 runs, which included a century and a fifty, at an average of 60.
Yousuf pointed out that the 37-year-old used all his experience when at the crease, which was why he enjoyed a lot of success.
“Australia bowled a lot of bouncers at him but the way he showed his mettle and stuck around in the middle. He kept on leaving the ball, this shows the experience that he has played a lot of Test cricket, which also [benefited the] team,” he was quoted as saying by Cricket Pakistan.
Pakistan lost the Test series 1-0, while the ODI series is currently tied at 1-1.
The third ODI will be held on Saturday, while the one-off T20 International will be played on Tuesday.
Pakistan’s ODI squad: Babar Azam (captain), Shadab Khan, Abdullah Shafique, Asif Afridi, Asif Ali, Fakhar Zaman, Haider Ali, Haris Rauf, Hasan Ali, Iftikhar Ahmed, Imam-ul-Haq, Khushdil Shah, Mohammad Haris, Mohammad Nawaz, Mohammad Rizwan, Mohammad Wasim Jnr, Saud Shakeel, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Shahnawaz Dahani, Usman Qadir
Pakistan’s T20I squad: Babar Azam (captain), Shadab Khan, Asif Afridi, Asif Ali, Fakhar Zaman, Haider Ali, Haris Rauf, Hasan Ali, Iftikhar Ahmed, Khushdil Shah, Mohammad Haris, Mohammad Nawaz, Mohammad Rizwan, Mohammad Wasim Jnr, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Shahnawaz Dahani, Usman Qadir | https://battingwithbimal.com/2022/04/01/australia-bowled-many-bouncers-at-him-but-he-didnt-back-down-mohammad-yousuf-appreciates-pakistan-batsmans-toughness/ | 2022-04-01T01:01:55Z |
Marvel Cinematic Universe's latest superhero is not, in the conventional sense, either "super" or a "hero," but he does have an unorthodox ailment and a weird skill-set to separate him from mere mortals. His name is Morbius, and while watching his origin story, you may get the feeling that somewhere in the cinematic multiverse, wires got crossed.
The film begins with a helicopter, transporting a cage to the sort of mist-shrouded isle you half expect King Kong to be inhabiting. But Dr. Michael Morbius (Jared Leto) is looking to capture smaller game as he approaches the mouth of a cave, hobbling with difficulty on two crutch-like canes.
Positioning himself behind the wires of the cage, he slices open the palm of his hand and, as a roar of batwings echoes from inside the cave, murmurs to the copter pilot "if you're gonna run, do it now."
A rare blood disease treated with a bit o' bat
It's tempting to say "consider yourself warned," but the film's first hour or so, while unremarkable, is decently crafted.
Born with a rare blood disease, Michael Morbius has spent his entire life working on two things — a cure, and origami paper-folding. Natch, it occurs to him to fold together bat and human DNA.
Because the FDA would be unlikely to approve human trials, he and his beautiful co-researcher Martine (Adria Arjona) head in a cargo ship for international waters off the coast of Long Island in the company of eight thuggish mercenaries — think bloodbags — and once Morbius has been injected with bat DNA, it's just a matter of time before things go vampiric.
Let it be said that some side-effects from dabbling in "chiropter-y" are less ghastly than others. Bat DNA evidently gives you great cheekbones and abs to go with increased strength and speed.
Less salutary effects include new fangs that sprout from his gums with decades of decay baked in, and claws that erupt from his fingers pre-filthed. I mean, sure...why not? Except this is a man whose hair has the kind of sheen that comes from brushing it three times a day.
One other thing: he now needs to drink human blood every six hours. Happily, on his way to declining a Nobel Prize, Dr. Morbius invented "artificial blood," though that only fools his system for a while.
Color coded smoke effects for a Jekyll and his Hyde
If you're expecting a conventional Marvel movie, you should be aware going in that what Director Daniel Espinoza and his writers have come up with is more a horror flick with Marvel bells and whistles.
That means Leto's Morbius gets purplish smoke effects to go with those fang-baring snarls as he's riding air currents in subway tunnels, while the similarly afflicted Hyde to his Jekyll – a schoolboy chum played as an adult by an amusingly hopped-up Matt Smith, gets blue-ish vapor trails and snappier lines.
But there isn't much tension to their story. Or logic. At one point, Morbius overhears some counterfeiters passing fake $100s, and commandeers their printing press to make what appears to be an artificial-blood machine — because the technologies for fake-bills and fake-blood match up? Maybe that works better in a comic book.
Bat guys everywhere you look
Speaking of which, when the DC Extended Universe first announced that Twilight star Robert Pattinson would play the lead in The Batman in their corner of the superhero multiverse, it seemed like a nice inside joke — from Vampire-teen to Bat-man. But now that the Marvelverse has Leto going full Dracula, it seems as if the casting maybe could've gone the other way 'round.
Leto is as persuasively haunted by the dark side of vigilantism as Pattinson was, and as a result of corporate positioning, is maybe more determined to avoid being a villain. Not unlike Venom, Morbius was a bad guy when he first appeared in The Amazing Spider-Man comics, back in the 1970's. He needs to be at least an anti-hero now, if a franchise is to be built around him.
But bad guy/bat guy...who's to say? As the trailers reveal, another DC bat-guy, Michael Keaton, shows up in his non-batty baddie Marvel persona Adrian Toomes, just to mess with the heads of anyone trying to keep cinematic universes straight.
But bloodlines will have to be clarified in more robust "Morbius" episodes to come, this origin story being merely adequate, and by Marvel standards, slightly anemic.
Copyright 2022 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org. | https://www.kcbx.org/2022-03-31/jared-leto-is-marvels-bat-man-in-the-vampiric-morbius | 2022-04-01T01:01:55Z |
Check out our series highlighting 2022 new player signings for the Houston Texans.
Get to know LB Jalen Reeves-Maybin, signed as an unrestricted free agent on March 23, 2022.
Full name: Jalen Reeves-Maybin
Position: Linebacker
Height/Weight: 6-1, 230
Hometown: Clarksville, TN
School: Tennessee
-Reeves-Maybin, selected by Detroit in the fourth round (124th overall) of the 2017 NFL Draft, played five seasons (2017-21) with the Lions. He appeared in 70 games with 14 starts and recorded 90 tackles (41 solo), eight tackles for loss, 0.5 sack, three quarterback hits, six passes defensed, two forced fumbles, one fumble recovery and added two forced fumbles and a fumble recovery on special teams.
-His cousin, Cameron Maybin, is a former MLB player and member of the 2017 Houston Astros team that won the World Series.
-Reeves-Maybin was a high school quarterback at Northeast High in Tennessee and also played baseball -- third base and in the outfield like Cameron.
This month, the NFLPA Board voted Reeves-Maybin to the NFLPA Executive Committee where he will serve a two-year team.
Despite a shoulder injury that cut his senior year short, Reeves-Maybin played four seasons (2013-16) at the University of Tennessee and appeared in 41 career games. He recorded 240 tackles (149 solo), 27 tackles for loss, eight sacks, four fumble recoveries, four passes defensed and two forced fumbles.
-Reeves-Maybin is coming off 2021 campaign where he posted career highs in games started (11), tackles (72 total, 46 solo), passes defensed (four), tackles for loss (four) and forced fumbles (two).
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In pictures: Behind the shop facade
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Maurice Dorfman ran Jeannette Fashions, a traditional haberdashery shop and the longest-surviving independent shop on Clapham High Street, south London.
His death, in February last year, aged 87, brought to an end a remarkable 60 years of family trading in the heart of Clapham.
And for the past 18 months, Clapham photographer Jim Grover has been piecing together Dorfman's life.
"More than 60 people have shared their stories, old photographs, and mementoes with me, such is the breadth and depth of affection for Maurice in the local community and the desire to help me create a fitting tribute," Grover says.
"He was still opening his shop, every day, in his 80s."
Dorfman's parents came from Jewish tailoring families - and in the late 1950s, the family moved into 20-22 Clapham High Street, an enormous four-storey building, five windows wide, with two shopfronts.
In the "swinging 60s", the first two floors were a dressmaking factory.
Dorfman delivered the dresses to London's fashion shops.
And the family lived above the business.
Grover photographed the objects and pictures he found on fabrics from Dorfman's shop.
And among the many items restored especially for the exhibition is an early 1960s Kodachrome slide showing Dorfman and his mother, Jeanette, with their Harley-Davidson motorbikes.
"This tribute to Maurice is also a piece of social history, bringing back memories of some of the popular pleasures of the 1960s such as motorcycling rallies, ballroom dancing, camping holidays, and sailing, all of which were a big part of Maurice's life," Grover says.
The death of his mother, in 1982, made Dorfman give up his job, as a cutter in the West End, and return to run the family business, which had been turned into Jeannette Fashions.
Catering to the needs of the numerous local seamstresses, costumiers, knitters, crocheteers and dressmakers, it thrived.
And some of Dorfman's customers from the 1980s still have their dress patterns.
"I had every type of fabric you could want," he told Grover, in 2016, "silks… satins… jacquards… wedding-dress fabrics… everything... anything.
"People used to buy the patterns and then they'd buy the fabric.
"I used to have to chain the pattern books to the table because people used to pinch the bloody books."
In the 60s, Dorfman's girlfriend was Margaret (pictured above, on the left), originally a dressmaker and seamstress, whom he met at a ballroom-dancing lesson in a small studio on the High Street.
And as part of this project, Grover tracked down her daughter, Anne (on the right), a successful wedding photographer, in the US.
"He was so kind," she said, "he included me in everything.
"When he took her to the theatre and romantic dinners I went too - my poor mother."
One of the many dog owners who made regular visits to Dorfman's shop told Grover: "He absolutely loved my dog and vice versa.
"I couldn't actually walk past the shop if I had the dog without being dragged in for a biscuit.
"He always had a biscuit for my dog and a sweetie for my son."
Following the death of his father, in 1992, Dorfman lived a modest life, alone for 30 years in the enormous flat above the shop, with few of the conveniences of modern life, such as central heating.
"His home is a beautiful time capsule from a bygone era," Grover says.
From the windows of his flat, Dorfman witnessed the profound changes to the High Street over six decades.
The photographs above show the junction with Aristotle Road, in the 1960s and this year.
Many contributors mentioned Dorfman's generosity and kindnesses in the local community - but reciprocal offers of help and support as he grew older were frustratingly rebuffed.
One customer made him a pair of fingerless mittens with the green wool that he stocked and remembers Dorfman asking what he was supposed to do with them.
Although after a while, he came to admit they were "actually pretty good".
Two bouts of cancer, his advancing age and the general challenges facing independent High Street shops gradually took their toll.
The annual rates bill alone exceeded the shop's sales, in its final years.
It was no longer a commercial enterprise - but Dorfman continued to open up every day, giving purpose to his life.
Stock levels dwindled and the shop became a pale shadow of its glory years.
"It was a bit run-down but it looked colourful and it looked exciting and you could go in there and you could feel comfortable," one of Dorfman's customers of many years said.
"The shop had a wonderful homemade feel to all of the various fittings," Grover says.
"I had never noticed the handmade clapper on the ceiling above his cutting room table - but someone who once worked there, back in the 1980s, told me that if the shop got busy, then Maurice would pull the cord which would bang the ceiling, summoning help from the home upstairs."
After Dorfman died, Grover filled the shop window with portraits of him - as a tribute and to communicate his death to the community.
"The display of affection for this man, and the recognition of the valuable role he had fulfilled in the community for so long, made me realise that I needed to do something more," Grover says.
"And so began my 18-month journey of discovery - an immense journey I never intended or anticipated and a journey filled with surprises and discoveries.
"But for me, Maurice was one of life's unsung heroes who richly deserves to be celebrated and recognised."
Behind the Shop Facade: The Life of Maurice Dorfman is at Clapham Library throughout April. | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-60905538 | 2022-04-01T01:01:55Z |
Napanee women’s shelter workers ratify new collective agreement
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Striking shelter workers at the Lennox and Addington Interval House (LAIH) in Napanee have accepted and unanimously ratified the employer’s most recent offer, ending a five-month long strike.
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“On behalf of our union, I must recognize the heartwarming support that these workers received from their neighbours during this long and difficult strike,” said Katha Fortier, Unifor assistant to the national president. “I know that every single member is grateful for their community, and is ready to return to work once again.”
The LAIH is a shelter that serves women and children escaping domestic violence.
This ratification vote ends the strike which began Oct. 29.
Members ratified a four-year collective agreement dated from Aug. 1, 2019 when the previous contract expired to July 31, 2023.
The deal includes improved job posting and grievance procedure language and new language on return to work and injury at work.
Workers will receive a nine per cent wage increase over the term of the agreement.
“It’s the union’s and the members’ belief that there are more improvements to be made at LAIH, and we’re committed to being partners in the continued advancement of shelter and outreach services,” said Gord Currie, Unifor Local 414 president. “With this contract, members can return to work and continue supporting survivors of violence in the community.”
Unifor is Canada’s largest union in the private sector, representing 315,000 workers in every major area of the economy. The union advocates for all working people and their rights, fights for equality and social justice in Canada and abroad, and strives to create progressive change for a better future. | https://www.intelligencer.ca/news/napanee-womens-shelter-workers-ratify-new-collective-agreement | 2022-04-01T01:01:55Z |
WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) – For some people, overdraft fees are a frustrating inconvenience. For others, they pose crippling costs. Some lawmakers now want to change how they’re charged altogether.
Rep. Carolyn Maloney introduced legislation called the “Overdraft Protection Act.” The bill includes provisions to cap the amount and number of fees a bank can charge.
“My bill tries to cut down on these unfair and deceptive practices,” the New York Democrat said.
Advocates like Elyse Crawford-Hicks with Americans for Financial Reform say overdraft fees hit low-income families and people of color the hardest.
“Overdraft fees are paid the most by people who can least afford them,” Crawford-Hicks said.
Others say over-drafting is a useful service because it can function like a short-term loan. Paul Kundert is the CEO of UW Credit Union, which recently reduced their overdraft fees and put more limits on how they charge them.
“When prices are fair, we believe consumers do benefit from access to the credit provided by overdraft fees,” Kundert said.
Recently, major banks like Wells Fargo, Citigroup and Bank of America have made changes themselves, by reducing their overdraft fees or eliminating them altogether.
Rep. Roger Williams, R-Texas, says that demonstrates the legislation is unnecessary.
“The market is naturally, naturally taking care of the issue without government intervention. And we do not need more rules from Washington,” Williams said.
Because banks make billions of dollars in revenue from overdraft fees, George Mason University Foundation Professor of Law Todd Zywicki argues the proposed changes would cost consumers.
“We’ll see higher bank fees, we’ll see higher minimum monthly deposits as basically insurance against over-drafting and we will see a loss of access to free checking,” Zywicki said.
Lawmakers like Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Mass., are promising to continue pushing for the reforms.
“How can we perform such an abusive and predatory practice that punishes people simply for being poor?” Pressley said. | https://fox8.com/news/washington-dc-bureau/bill-seeks-to-put-cap-on-overdraft-fees/ | 2022-04-01T01:01:55Z |
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An investigation is underway at Chicago Public Schools after a teacher hung a small stuffed Black football player doll on a string from a projector screen in their classroom, according to a letter sent to parents by the school's principal and obtained by CNN.
The March 29 letter from Joyce D. Kenner, principal of Whitney Young Magnet High School, says the teacher "indicated" he had come across the doll in his room and "wanted the students to see if someone would claim it." The letter went on to say that "a colleague approached the teacher about the doll and the conversation between the two became contentious.
"Our administrative team investigated the incident and spoke with the teachers," Kenner's letter said. "An official incident report has been created and filed with CPS."
"Chicago Public Schools (CPS) strives to foster safe and secure learning environments for our students, families, and colleagues. Our schools and the District investigate and address all complaints and allegations of wrongdoing in accordance with District policies and procedures," CPS said in a statement to CNN.
The district said the teacher who hung the doll is suspended while the investigation is ongoing. CPS has not identified the teacher.
According to Kenner's letter, school administrators also met with a group of students Tuesday morning to discuss the incident.
"We gave students an opportunity to voice any concerns and recommendations they had. We plan to follow the disciplinary protocol established by Chicago Public Schools," the letter said.
Kimberley Henderson, whose daughter is a sophomore and one of three Black students in the teacher's US history class at Whitney Young, spoke to CNN.
"When I saw the picture, that's when I went over the edge. That was unbelievable to me," Henderson said, referencing an image of the stuffed doll circulating on the internet. "I don't believe that he should be in front of any children, but I want to make sure that he's not in front of mine."
The Chicago Teachers Union said in a statement about the incident that "practices that mitigate the harm of racial biases must be ongoing, and consistent" in the city's schools.
"Mayor (Lori) Lightfoot has a responsibility to provide a safe space for every member of our school communities, which is especially important in a district that serves a student population that is 90 percent Black and Brown children," the statement read. "Any definition of 'safety' must include creating and reinforcing an environment of equity and inclusion for all students, staff and faculty of color."
CNN reached out to the mayor's office Thursday for response to the union statement.
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Sky News team details taking Russian fire in Ukraine
A team of reporters with the British publication and broadcast service Sky News came under fire from Russian soldiers in Ukraine on Monday, with at least one journalist wounded in the attack.
In an article and video published on their website Friday, chief correspondent for Sky News Stuart Ramsay recounted the Russian ambush of his five-member team near the capital of Kyiv.
The journalists were traveling in a vehicle on a highway, headed to a local town to cover news of a destroyed Russian convoy. The team was redirected multiple times through the city in order to pass safely through the war zone.
Eventually, as they traveled toward an intersection, repeated gunshots rang out, forcing the team to pull over and duck for cover, according to the video.
Reporters said cried out “Journalists!” to the Russian troops, thinking they might be Ukrainians, but failed to stop the soldiers from firing.
“Somehow we have to get out of this, but the bullets keep coming,” Ramsay said in a narration of the video.
The team fled down an embankment, barely escaping gunfire, and into a nearby facility, where they hid out until local police escorted them to safety.
Later, Sky News learned they were attacked by a saboteur Russian reconnaissance squad.
A camera operator took two rounds to their body armor, while Ramsay was struck in the back by a bullet, but the team otherwise escaped safely.
“We were lucky,” Ramsay said. “Thousands of Ukrainians are not.”
The Hill has removed its comment section, as there are many other forums for readers to participate in the conversation. We invite you to join the discussion on Facebook and Twitter. | https://thehill.com/policy/international/596953-sky-news-team-details-taking-russian-fire-in-ukraine/ | 2022-04-01T01:01:55Z |
BRAINTREE, Mass. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Thursday evening's drawing of the Massachusetts Lottery's "Numbers Evening" game were:
4-7-3-9
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BRAINTREE, Mass. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Thursday evening's drawing of the Massachusetts Lottery's "Numbers Evening" game were:
4-7-3-9
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ZENZO (ZNZ) traded down 3.5% against the US dollar during the 24-hour period ending at 20:00 PM Eastern on March 31st. ZENZO has a total market capitalization of $391,433.01 and $2.00 worth of ZENZO was traded on exchanges in the last 24 hours. Over the last week, ZENZO has traded 47.4% higher against the US dollar. One ZENZO coin can now be bought for about $0.0132 or 0.00000029 BTC on major cryptocurrency exchanges.
Here is how other cryptocurrencies have performed over the last 24 hours:
- Cardano (ADA) traded down 3.8% against the dollar and now trades at $1.14 or 0.00002509 BTC.
- Avalanche (AVAX) traded up 1% against the dollar and now trades at $97.21 or 0.00212982 BTC.
- TerraUSD (UST) traded down 0% against the dollar and now trades at $1.00 or 0.00002195 BTC.
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RA'ANANA, Israel, March 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Inspira Technologies OXY B.H.N. Ltd. (Nasdaq: IINN) (Nasdaq: IINNW), has released its financial results for 2021 by posting an update on its Investor Relations website. Please click here to view the CEO update.
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Inspira Technologies is an innovative medical device company in the respiratory care industry. Inspira is developing the ART system, a cost effective early extracorporeal respiratory support system with an intent to function as an "Artificial Lung" for deteriorating respiratory patients. The ART is designed to utilize a hemo-protective flow approach aimed to rebalance saturation levels while patients are awake and spontaneously breathing, potentially minimizing the patient's need for invasive mechanical ventilation. The Company's product has not yet been tested or used in humans and has not been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) or the CE or other required regulatory agencies.
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Lahore Qalandars coach Aaqib Javed has called for the workload of Pakistan pace spearhead Shaheen Shah Afridi to be managed properly as he gets older.
Afridi leads Pakistan’s bowling unit in all three formats and has established himself as one of the world’s elite fast bowlers despite only being 21.
Nonetheless, Aaqib said the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has to keep a close eye on him and give him enough time off to ensure he keeps performing at the highest level.
In the three-Test series against Australia, Afridi took nine wickets at an average of 36.44.
“The players now are much different; be it mentally or physically. Shaheen is only 21 right now but the PCB has to manage these players once they grow a little older,” Aaqib told Cricket Pakistan.
Afridi is now featuring in the limited overs series against Australia and missed the first ODI.
However, he returned in the second game and took four wickets as Pakistan triumphed by six wickets to level the series at 1-1.
The third ODI will be held on Saturday, which will be followed by the one-off T20 International on Tuesday.
Pakistan’s ODI squad: Babar Azam (captain), Shadab Khan, Abdullah Shafique, Asif Afridi, Asif Ali, Fakhar Zaman, Haider Ali, Haris Rauf, Hasan Ali, Iftikhar Ahmed, Imam-ul-Haq, Khushdil Shah, Mohammad Haris, Mohammad Nawaz, Mohammad Rizwan, Mohammad Wasim Jnr, Saud Shakeel, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Shahnawaz Dahani, Usman Qadir
Pakistan’s T20I squad: Babar Azam (captain), Shadab Khan, Asif Afridi, Asif Ali, Fakhar Zaman, Haider Ali, Haris Rauf, Hasan Ali, Iftikhar Ahmed, Khushdil Shah, Mohammad Haris, Mohammad Nawaz, Mohammad Rizwan, Mohammad Wasim Jnr, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Shahnawaz Dahani, Usman Qadir
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Second booster doses now available free for seniors
Second booster doses of Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines are now available for free at Public Health Clinics in Grover Beach, Paso Robles, and San Luis Obispo for people 50 and older and those who are immune compromised.
CDC data shows two vaccine doses plus a booster provide strong protection against severe illness and death. A second booster can strengthen that protection for those who are most at risk.
All vaccine doses are available for free at Public Health clinics. Appointments are strongly recommended and will be scheduled as capacity allows across all clinics.
To schedule a COVID-19 vaccine appointment at a Public Health clinic, call 805-781-5500. You can also visit slopublichealth.org/vaccine for more information and to find other vaccine providers near you.
House passes maritime liability reforms inspired by Conception boat fire
Two and a half years after the deadly Conception boat fire that happened off the coast of Santa Barbara, Central Coast congressman Salud Carbajal joined the House in approving maritime liability reforms.
“This provision was developed in response to the Conception dive boat fire in my district in 2019, which was the largest loss of life in a U.S. maritime marine casualty in decades,” Rep. Carbajal said.
The measure passed this week would require owners of small passenger vessels to be held legally responsible for damages in future boating accidents and incidents, regardless of the value of the boat.
This was lacking in previous legislation, meaning the families of the 34 people killed in the 2019 Conception boat fire were not able to seek damages from the boat owner in the aftermath of the accident.
The legislation also includes provisions to promote gender and ethnic diversity in the U.S. Coast Guard and better protect those in the maritime transportation industry from sexual assault and harassment. | https://www.kcbx.org/central-coast-news/2022-03-31/kcbx-news-update-second-booster-doses-available-in-slo-county-and-2019-conception-dive-boat-fire-prompts-maritime-reform | 2022-04-01T01:02:01Z |
UK farmers call for weedkiller ban over Parkinson’s fears
By Claire Marshall & Malcolm Prior
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Some British farmers are calling for a ban on the UK production of toxic weedkiller Paraquat, saying studies suggest it could be a factor in the onset of Parkinson's Disease. It comes as hundreds of US farm workers pursue a legal case against its manufacturer, alleging it knew the risk and failed to warn them.
Andy Pollard was once a farm manager who could leap into his tractor cab. But now his limbs are rigid and his body contorts with spasms. He has advanced Parkinson's Disease, and can no longer control his own movements.
He spent decades spraying herbicides on his land and, unaware of any danger, didn't use protective equipment.
"Paraquat was a really good thing to use - or so we thought," his wife Sue says. "Andy would be driving around the fields and the spray would be going everywhere."
She had thought it was a coincidence that the only people she knew with Parkinson's were farm workers, then read about the potential connection with the chemical.
"Why hasn't it been regulated and stopped?" she asks. "We've got a lot of people in the same situation."
Paraquat was first manufactured in the UK in the early 1960s and is sold globally - 377 companies have registered it for sale.
It is one of the world's most popular and effective herbicides, millions of farmers have used it to kill weeds. But it is also one of the most dangerous and has caused thousands of poisoning deaths.
Its manufacturer Syngenta says claims of a link between Paraquat and Parkinson's are not supported by scientific evidence, stating it has undergone more than 1,200 safety studies.
Andy regularly visits a Dorset farm run by charity Countrymen UK, founded by Julie Plumley after her father John was diagnosed with Parkinson's.
The 30-acre working farm sells beef and lamb. In the yard, instead of tractors is a fleet of mobility scooters. "The farmers come here not because they're ill," Julie explains, "but because they want to get on with living."
Parkinson's Disease is believed to be the world's fastest-growing neurological condition. It affects neurons in a specific area of the brain called the substantia nigra.
It is degenerative, gradually leading to tremors and stiffness in the limbs. Global studies show rural, agricultural areas often have higher rates of the disease.
Julie explains her childhood farm was owned by the local council, so her father had to meet certain conditions. "He had to use chemicals, because if you got too many dock leaves or thistles, they could take money away from you. Paraquat was the pesticide all the farmers used."
He would carry a backpack filled with the chemical and spend hours hand-spraying the fields. "He would have his sleeves rolled up, his arms bare, the liquid dripping down."
John developed the disease in his 40s and always believed there was a connection to the chemicals. His suspicion deepened when his neighbour Ken Barnes was diagnosed around the same time - he was also in his 40s and had also been using Paraquat for years.
Ken now visits Julie's farm. He has a twinkle in his eye, but his clarity of speech has gone. "It's a horrible disease," says his wife Sue. "It's taken his life away."
She says its manufacture in the UK and export should be stopped. "I wouldn't want my son, who's got farming qualifications, ending up like his father."
Paraquat has not been authorised for use in the EU since a court ruling in 2007. That is still the case in the UK after Brexit but it is still made - under the brand name Gramoxone - at Syngenta's plant in Huddersfield. It is exported to countries such as the US, Japan and Australia, with a fifth of exports going to the developing world.
In the US, nearly 900 farmers and field workers have joined forces to sue the manufacturer, claiming not only is there a link between Paraquat and Parkinson's, but that Syngenta has deliberately hidden the health risks from the authorities.
Syngenta rejects the claims made in the remaining multidistrict litigation case, which is due to come to court later this year.
The company's most recent financial statement shows that the company has already paid $187.5bn into a settlement fund. But it said the company believes that all of these claims are without merit and the payment is simply to keep the claims from going any further.
Toxicologist Prof John Heylings worked for Syngenta and its predecessor companies for more than 20 years. After retiring, he turned whistleblower, and has given evidence as an expert witness in the US legal action.
He said farmers who used it without protective equipment, damaging their skin, should be worried. "If they went out the next day and actually used it again, and the next day, you could absorb more Paraquat through the skin, into the blood and then into the brain," he says.
"The issue is really does it actually cause Parkinson's when it gets into the brain? That's one of the key issues around the whole exposure. And if this chemical does cause Parkinson's, who is responsible?"
There is no scientific consensus and many conflicting studies on any possible association between Paraquat and Parkinson's.
In the UK, research charity Cure Parkinson's said exposure was "a well-recognised environmental risk factor" but Parkinson's UK said studies show "a small increased risk" at most.
In the US, a 17-year-long study found Paraquat contributed to Parkinson's onset and progression. And research by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences - part of the US Department of Health - found people who used Paraquat developed Parkinson's two-and-a-half times more often than non-users.
But there are scientists who believe Syngenta is putting profit before product safety and public health.
Prof Heylings has a Syngenta regulatory strategy document from 2003 written while Paraquat was still being used by UK farmers. Its author acknowledges a growing number of studies "citing a correlation between incidence of Parkinson's Disease and herbicide use, including Paraquat".
He explains: "Syngenta are trying to influence researchers who are working on Paraquat and also influence the direction of the research because the last thing Syngenta wants is a big blow up on Parkinson's. So the strategy was to downplay anything to do with the potential neurotoxicity of Paraquat that could lead to Parkinson's."
It said: "In our view, Jon Heylings is technically not qualified to comment on Paraquat and Parkinson's Disease. He is certainly not aware of Syngenta's research on the issue, which was mostly conducted from 2008 onwards, after he left the company. We spent tens of millions of dollars investigating Paraquat and Parkinson's disease - and this figure doesn't include the monetary value of internal expert time."
In a statement, Syngenta said it had invested hundreds of millions of dollars over the product lifetime to ensure its safety.
"Paraquat has been the subject of more than 1,200 safety studies submitted to, and reviewed by, regulatory authorities around the world. Recent thorough reviews performed by the most advanced and science-based regulatory authorities including the United States and Australia continue to support the view that Paraquat is safe."
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See the full story on Countryfile on BBC1 at 17:30 BST on 3 April and afterwards on the iPlayer. | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-60836892 | 2022-04-01T01:02:01Z |
CPC leadership candidate Baber visits Belleville Club Friday
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Independent MPP for the Toronto riding of York Centre, Roman Baber will visit for a meet-and-greet gathering Friday at 7 p.m. at the Belleville Club.
The event is free to attend, said organizers.
Baber was ejected by Premier Doug Ford from the Ontario Progressive Conservative caucus in January 2021 for speaking out against COVID-19 lockdowns.
Baber said on his website he isn’t afraid to speak his mind on critical issues.
“You will always know where I stand and can always count on me to do what’s right. Together we will restore Canadian democracy and opportunity,” Baber said.
Barred from running for the provincial PCs in the June 2 provincial election, Baber has turned his attention to the federal leadership race and is competing against other running mates such as Pierre Poilievre and Jean Charest.
The leadership race is under way after former CPC leader Erin O’Toole was removed Feb. 2 in a caucus vote 73-45 triggering the race which will culminate in a new leader being elected Sept. 10. | https://www.intelligencer.ca/news/pc-leadership-candidate-baber-visits-belleville-club-friday | 2022-04-01T01:02:01Z |
After about five decades of covering, explaining and analyzing Houston professional football, John McClain is stepping away from the Houston Chronicle.
In sports we sometimes talk about eras too casually. But with McClain, this truly is the end of an era. It spans five decades and more significant moments and memories than we can possibly list here.
McClain covered the Oilers' appearances in the AFC Championship games in the late 70s. He also covered the Texans four bids to get to one.
He is Luv Ya Blue and Deep Steel Blue and everything around and in between.
I rolled into Houston for the expansion draft in February of 2002. That morning, at my hotel, I turned on SportsRadio 610. John Granato and Lance Zierlein did the morning show back then. I was familiar with their show from online listening from Miami. Their guest's voice jumped out of the radio. He sounded like Texas. It was McClain skillfully explaining what was about to go down in the expansion draft.
I wouldn't be doing shows with him until 2004 when I joined the afternoon program with Rich Lord. Hosting a show with McClain is like having Earl Campbell in your backfield. Give him the ball and get out of the way. I would feed him question after question, topic after topic. McClain is always prepared and knowledgeable. For years, his sports opinion has carried more weight than any other in this town.
The General has always been more than a football expert. Every time he's on the air it's felt like a celebration of the game and of all sports.
In my early days at SportsRadio 610, McClain was on his run of movie appearances. He's played sports reporters in brief moments of The Rookie, The Longest Yard, Secretariat, The Game Plan, Invincible and had speaking roles in Spring Breakers and Cook County.
I used to joke when introducing him at public events that the General has been in many Hollywood movies but only for a grand total of 27 seconds. It doesn't matter. I still watch these films from time to time and there he is, immortalized.
He's in the Pro Football Hall of Fame, the Texas Sports Hall of Fame and probably some others I didn't know about.
Another thing that stands out is how many careers he's helped launch. I don't even have to ask but I'll bet he's as proud of this as anything. There are dozens of professionals in this industry who have either worked directly for or with McClain or have gotten their job through a contact he made for them.
He's always been great to me. I came here from Miami and didn't know a soul. He reached out and offered to help in any way he could.
McClain is larger than life. I've been asked on occasion 'who will be the next McClain when he retires?' The answer is 'no one.' There is nobody who comes close to the depth of knowledge and the amount of experience he has.
But it's not just that. It's the delivery, the charisma, the care and the concern for others - the things he has done for so many charities, causes and individuals, many of which have gotten no publicity.
This is not a goodbye. It's a hearty congratulations on a phenomenal run at the largest newspaper in one of America's largest markets. It's also an acknowledgement of the tireless work that we've been able to enjoy since the 1970s. John McClain IS football to so many.
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The parents of a 3-year-old boy who died last year after a contracting a rare brain-eating amoeba at a splash pad in Arlington, Texas, have reached a $250,000 settlement with the city.
Bakari Williams died last September after spending five days in the hospital with primary amoebic meningoencephalitis, a rare and often fatal infection caused by an amoeba called Naegleria fowleri, according to previous reporting from CNN and affiliate KTVT.
Williams contracted the infection from a splash pad that officials later determined was improperly tested and maintained.
At a news conference, attorneys for Williams' parents said the child's death was preventable.
Family attorney Brian Hargrove said the $250,000 is the maximum economic recovery allowed against a city under the Texas Tort Claims Act, according to KTVT.
Arlington, in a statement, said the settlement will include a "significant investment in the installation of health and safety equipment and other improvements for our public pools and splash pads."
The city will distribute a new policy manual, the Bakari Williams Protocol, that will guide staff on water treatment, according to Hargrove and the city. "We plan to share this information with other agencies in the aquatics industry so they can learn from our hard lessons," the city said.
New technology will automatically shut off any splash pads where water readings are not in the acceptable ranges and the addition of QR codes will allow visitors to see real-time information about water quality, the statement, obtained by KTVT, said.
"We want you to know that Bakari was a sweet, beautiful and innocent child who did not deserve to die in the manner that he did. For us, this case has been about public awareness," Williams' mother, Kayla Mitchell, said at the news conference, according to the affiliate.
"We want to make certain that nothing like this ever happens again. We want to make certain that what happened to our son, what happened to our family, does not happen to anybody else," said Mitchell.
Naegleria fowleri is commonly found in soil and in fresh warm water such as lakes, rivers and hot springs, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). It can also be found in poorly maintained or unchlorinated pools.
The organism infects people when water containing the amoeba enters the body through the nose, according to the CDC. The Naegleria fowleri amoeba then travels up the nose to the brain, where it destroys the brain tissue, the CDC says.
Investigation into the source of infection
City and Tarrant County officials were notified by the hospital September 5 of the child's condition, according to a joint news release issued that month. The county health department started an investigation and determined two possible sources for the exposure to the amoeba -- the family's home in Tarrant County and the Don Misenhimer Park splash pad in Arlington.
The city immediately closed that splash pad, the news release says, and out of an abundance of caution closed the other three public splash pads for the remainder of the year.
On September 24, the CDC, according to the news release, determined the child was likely exposed to the organism at the splash pad after tests confirmed the presence of active Naegleria fowleri amoeba in water samples from the park.
"It breaks my heart. I'm a father of four, a grandfather of five kids from 2 to 7 years old. I cannot imagine having to bury a child or a grandchild like that," Arlington Mayor Jim Ross told KTVT at the time
Low chlorine levels likely a factor
The city of Arlington conducted an investigation into the splash pad's maintenance, equipment and water testing procedures. Officials determined the water quality testing data needed improvement.
"We have identified gaps in our daily inspection program," Deputy City Manager Lemuel Randolph said in the 2021 news release. "Those gaps resulted in us not meeting our maintenance standards at our splash pads. All of the splash pads will remain closed until we have assurance that our systems are operating as they should, and we have confirmed a maintenance protocol consistent with city, county and state standards."
Records from two of the splash pads, including the one at Don Misenhimer Park, showed employees did not consistently record, or in some cases did not conduct, water quality testing that is required before the facilities open each day, according to the news release. The testing includes checking for chlorine, which is used as a disinfectant.
A review of the logs determined that water chlorination readings were not documented two of the three days that the child visited the park in late August and early September, the news release said.
"Documents show that chlorination levels two days before the child's last visit were within acceptable ranges," reads the release. "However, the next documented reading, which occurred the day after the child visited, shows that the chlorination level had fallen below the minimum requirement and that additional chlorine was added to the water system."
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Waves Enterprise (WEST) traded up 1.2% against the US dollar during the 24-hour period ending at 19:00 PM ET on March 31st. One Waves Enterprise coin can now be bought for $0.24 or 0.00000522 BTC on popular exchanges. During the last week, Waves Enterprise has traded up 21.5% against the US dollar. Waves Enterprise has a total market cap of $10.03 million and $362,226.00 worth of Waves Enterprise was traded on exchanges in the last 24 hours.
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Zelensky slams NATO over refusing to implement no-fly zone over Ukraine
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Friday slammed NATO as being “weak” and “underconfident” for refusing to establish a no-fly zone over Ukraine as his country fights in “the worst invasion since World War II.”
In a Facebook video shared and translated by Axios on Friday, Zelensky said Ukrainians have fought fearlessly against Russians invading their country — and will continue to — but have been thrown into “nine days of darkness” without assistance from NATO.
“Knowing that new strikes and casualties are inevitable, NATO deliberately decided not to close the sky over Ukraine,” Zelensky said in an emotional video address.
The president urged NATO to think about “all those people who will die because of you.”
“Because of your weakness, because of your disunity, all the alliance has managed to do so far is to carry fifty tons of diesel fuel for Ukraine,” he said. “Is this the alliance you were building?”
A no-fly zone, implemented to prohibit enemy aircraft from flying into a region and attacking, would cut off Russian air support and blunt the advance of Russian troops toward Kyiv.
The Biden administration, along with the NATO security alliance, has so far rebuffed Ukrainian calls to establish a no-fly zone over fears that it could spark a direct military confrontation between the U.S. and Russia.
“It would require, essentially, the U.S. military shooting down Russian planes and prompting a potential direct war with Russia, the exact step that we want to avoid,” press secretary Jen Psaki told reporters on Thursday.
In his video address, Zelensky disputed the fact that it would result in a direct confrontation between NATO countries and Russia, calling it “self-hypnosis.”
“I do not know how you can protect and whether you can protect NATO countries,” Zelensky said. “You will not be able to buy us off with liters of fuel for liters of our blood.”
NATO is adamantly opposed to dragging out a large-scale war in Europe.
Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said “the only way to implement a no-fly zone is to send NATO fighter planes into Ukrainian airspace, and then impose that no-fly zone by shooting down Russian planes.”
“We understand the desperation, but we also believe that if we did that, we would end up with something that could end in a full-fledged war in Europe,” the NATO chief continued.
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Lawmakers advance plan for North and South Omaha funding
The funds would go to housing needs, assistance to small businesses, job training including business park around the airport and I-hub projects.
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ALEXANDRA: A PLAN TO INVEST HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLSAR INTO NORTH AND SOUTH OMAHA CLEARS ANOTHER HURDLE IN THE LEGISLATURE. LAWMAKERS ADVANCED THEIL BL TODAY, AND AS KETV NEWSWATCH 7’S ANDREW OZAKI REPORTS, A COMPROMISE LED TO THE UNANIMOUS VOTE. >> THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. >> A.YE REPORTER: HISTORIC INVESTMENT INTO NORTH AND SOUTH OMAHA IS A STEP CLOSER. LAWMAKERS UNANIMOUSLY ADVANCE LB 1024 TO THE FINAL ROD UNOF DEBATE. >> THIS BILL IS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOA R HISTORICALLY UNDERDEVELOPED COMMUNITY. REPORTER: THE ORIGINAL LLBI WOULD HAVE PROVIDED $450 MILLION IN FEDERAL RELIEF AND STATE FUNDS, BUT SOME LAWMAKERS QUESTIONED THE PRICE T.AG SO, IN A COMPROMISE, THE BILL’S SPONSORS TRIMMED IT DOWN TO $250 MILLION THIS YEAR, AND ANOTHER $135 MILLION NEXT YEAR. >> THE KEY TO THIS WHOLE TNGHI IS, NEXT YEAR, WE HAVE TO APPROPRIATE TO MOVE THOSE DOLLS.AR SO THERE IS AN ACCOUNTABILITY PIECE. REPORTER: THE FUNDS WOULD GO TO HOUSING NEEDS, ASSISTANCTOE SMALL BUSINESSES, JOB TRAINING, INCLUDING BUSINESS PARK AROUND THE AIRPORT AND I-HUB PROJECTS. SUPPORTERS BELIEVE IT COULD HAVE A BILLION DOLLAR A YEAR IMPA.CT AND BE A PART OF JUSTICE REFORM. >> IT FUELS OPPORTUNITY INTO ROU DISTRICT, SA O GOOD NUMBER OF OUR PEOPLE ARE NOT DISPROPORTIONATELY REPRESENTED IN OUR CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM. REPORTER: OTHER SENATORS APPLAUD THE EFFORT TO FIND A PATH FORWARD FOR THE FUNDING. >> IT’ONS E THAT EMBRACES DAN -- EMBRACES AN APPROACH OF WIN, WIN, WIN. REPORTER: HOWEVER, ONE RURAL SENATOR QUESTIONS WHY OMAHA DIDN’T USE MORE OF IT’S OWN -- OF ITS OWN FEDERAL RECOVERY DOLLARS. >> IF THEY DON’T FEEL IT’S IMPORTANT, IT’S HARD FROM ME TO TALK TO MY CONSTITUENTS AND TELL THEM IT’S IMPORTANT TO THEM. REPORTER: CURT FFRIESEN IS ALSO CONCERNED ABOUT TAPPING INTO ARPA FUNDS THAT ARE SUPPOSED GO TOWARD BROADBAND. BUT HE IS WILLING TO WORK WITH THE SPONSORS OF BILL. >> THIS ISN’T JUST A BIG STEP FOR NORTH OMAHA, THIS IS A BIG STEP FOR THE STATE. REPORTER: ANDREW OZAKI, KETV NEWSWATCH 7. ALEXANDRA: AGAIN, THE BILL HAS TO PS ASONE MORE ROUND OF CONSIDERATION BEFORE GOING TO THE GOVERNOR’S DESK. ROB: LAWMAKERS ADVANCE A PLAN TO STUDY LONGTERM HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS AT MEAD’S ALTEN PLANT. IT SECURES A MILLION DOLLARS FOR THAT RESEARCH. STATE SENATOR CAROL BLOOD ATTACHED THE MONEY TO A BILL THAT INCREASES FUNDINGOR F BEHAVIORAL HEALTH. SHE SAYS THE RESEARCH IS NEEDED TO DETERMINE THE EFFECTS FROM THPLE ANT. WE’VE REPORTED HOW THE COMPANY USED PESTICIDE TREATED SEED IN MAKING ETHANOL. >> THE RESULTS OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL STUDY WOULD INRMFO THE PEOPLE OF SAUNDERS COUNTY AND AFFECTED NEBRASKANS ASO T HOW TO PROTECT AND POTENTIALLY CLEAN UP THEIR ENVIRONMENT. THIS PROJECT WILL ALSO INFORM CI TIZENS OF THEIR HEALTH RISKS, IF ANY, FROM THE CONTAMINATION. ROB: THE BILL STILL HAS TWO MORE ROUNDS OF CONSIDERATION, BEFORE IT TO GOES TO THE GOVERN FOROR HIS SIGNATURE. ALEXANDRA:- - ROB: IN IOWA, THE GOVERNOR’S SCHOOL CHOICE PLAN PASSES THE SENATEN I A 31-18 VOTE. THE PLAN WOULD CREATE 10,000 PUBLICLY FUNDED SCHOLARSHIPS TO PAY PRIVATE TUITION. IT NOW GOES TO THE HOUSE. A BILL ON ITS WAY TO THE GOVERNOR’S DESK WOULD ALLOW FIREWORKS TO BE SOLD IN MORE PLACES. SEVERAL IOWA FIRE DEPARTMENTS ARE AGAINST THAT. ALEXANDRA: TO THE WEATHER W.NO HERE’S A LIVE LOOK OUTSIDE AT THE WEST DGEOD EXPRESSWAY. WE’RE GETTING A LITTLE GLIMPSE OF SUNSHINE TO END OUR GREY Y.DA AND THE WEEKEND IS LOOKING MEOR SPRING LE.IK METEOROLOGIST ANTHONY COPELAND IS HERE TO HELP YOU PLAN AHEAD. ANY?ONTH ANTHONY: WE ARE IN FOR A CLEAR AND COLD NIGHT. HIGH PRESSURE ISN’T DOMINANT CONTROL AND A LITTLE BIT OF SNOWFALL THAT PASFELL THE LAST O HE FOUR HOURS HAS -- THAT FELL THE LAST COUPLE OF HOURS HAS MELTED. THAT’S GOING TO DOMINATE OUR CONDITIONS. WE ARE LOOKING AT WIND SPEEDS BETWEEN 5-15 MPH. CALMER WINDS THROUGHOUT THE BACK PART OF THE EVENI.NG 370, 70 SECOND, 60:0 TRAFFIC, MOVING ALONG SMOOTHLY, 44 DEGREES. WE HAVE BEEN HANGING OUT IN THE UPPER 30’S ALL THROUGHOUT THE DAY. PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES, CLEAR SKIES TO WRAP UP THE EVENI.NG TEMPERATURES ARE DPIIPNG CLOSER TO THE FREEZING MARK CLOSER TO YOUR MEAD NET OUR- - TO YOUR MIDNIGHT HOURS. LOWS BETWEEN THE MID TO UPPER 2’'S. TRKIACNG MORE RAIN CHANGE IS CLOSER TO YOUR FRIDA--Y CHAN CES CLOSER TO YOUFRR IDAY EVENING. ALEXANDRA: THANKS, ANTHONY. OMAHA POLICE CONFIRM THEY’RE LOOKING AT SEVERAL CASES OF SEXUAL ASSAULT IN THE SAME INVESTIGATION, AND THAT THEY’RE WORKING WITH THE FBI. ROB: POLICE HOPE YOU’LL RECOGNIZE THIS MAN, THEY CLAL HIM A PERSON OF INTEREST IN A SEXUAL ASSAULT ON MONDAY, NEAR 120TH AND Q. THE DEPARTMENT CONFIRMS IT'’ LOOKING AT THIS CASE IN NORTHWEST OMAHA IN THE INVESTIGATION. POLICE SHARED THE VIDEO IN NOVEMBER, SAYING THIS MAN MAY BE LI NKED TO A SEXUAL ASSAULT NEAR 109TH AND MAE.PL NOW, TAKE ONE MORE LOOK AT THE PERSON OF INTEREST IN MONDAY’S CASE. CALL CRIME STOPPERATS 402-444-STOP, IF YOU RECOGZENI HIM, OR KNOW ANYTHING THAT MIGHT HELP POLICE. OMAHA POLICELS AO URGES YOU TO -- ALSO URGE YOU TO LOCK YOUR DOORS AND WINDOWS. ALEXANDRA: NOW TO SEWARD COUNTY, A COLLISION ON I-80 CLAIMS TWO LIVES WEST OF LINCN.OL THE STATE PATROL BELIEVES ROAD CONDITIONS WERE A FACTOR IN THE WRECK NEAR MILFORD AROUND 3:00 A.M. INVESTIGATORS SAY TWO PELEOP WERE IN A SEMI, WHEN IT WENT OFF THE ROAD AND FLIPPED. BOTH DIED AT THE SCENE. THIS IS THE SECOND DEADLY CRHAS IN THE SAME AREA THIS MOH,NT THREE PEOPLE DIED IN ANOTHER COLLISION THAT ALSO INVOLVED SEMIS. B:RO THE WHITE HOUSE IS READY TO TAP THE NATION’S PETROLEUM RESERVE TO DRIVE DOWN GAS PRICES, BUT THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION ITSELF SAYS THAT’S JUST A SHORT TERM SOLUTION FOR ENERGY SECURITY. KETV NEWSWATCH 7’S DAVID EARL IS ON HE LIVE DESK. DAVID? DAVID: ROB, THE WHITE HOUSE IS READY TO RELEASE A MILLION BARRELS A DAY FROM THE STRATEGIC RESERVE. THEY CLAIM THE MOVE COULD CAEUS GAS PRICES TO FALL 10 TO 35 CENTS A GALLON. MANY ANASTLYS AGREE WITH THAT PREDICTION, BUT OTHERS SAY IT COULD LEAVE THE NATION SHORT ON CRITICAL FUEL SUPPLY, IN THE EVENT OF AN EMERGENCY. THE NATION HAS NEVER MOVEDS A MUCH OIL THROUGH THE RESERVE AS THE WHITE HOUSE IS PLANNING. BLOOMBERG REPORTS CORRODED PIPES D STANORAGE TANKS BUILT IN THE 1970’S COULD HAVE PROBLEMS HANDLIND THE LD.OA WHICH IS WHY THE PRESIDENT SAYS HE’S ALSO STEPPING UP THE EFFORT TO GET AMERICANS OFF OF OIL. >> I’M GOING TO USE THE DEFENSE PRODUCTION ACT TO SECURE AMERICAN SUPPLY CHAINS FORHE T CRITICAL MATERIALS THAT GO INTO BATTERIES FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLES AND THE STORAGE OF RENEWABLE ENERGY, LITHIUM, GRAPHITE, NICKEL, ANSOD MUCH MO.RE WE NEED TO END OUR LONG TERM RELIANCE ON CHINA AND OTHER COUNTRIES FOR INPU TTSHAT WILL POWER THE FUTU.RE DAVID: IN ADDITION TTHEO PETROLUM RESERVE PUSH, THE BIDEN WHITE HOUSE IS ALSO TAKING STEPS TO INDUCE PRIVATE OIL COMPANIES TO START PRODUCING MORE, SOMETHING THEY’VE SAID TH WEYILL NOT DO BIDEN WANTS TO CREATE A E-USIT-OR-LOSE-IT POLICY FOR SOME 9,000 UNTAPPED LEASES THE OIL COMPANIES ARE SITTING .ON BACK TO YOU. ROB: DAVID, THANKS. LINCOLN RELEASES A NEW PLAN TO WELCOME IMMIGRANTS AND REFUGEES TO THE CAPITAL CITY. MAYOR LEIRION GAYLOR BAIRD PRESENTED THAT STRATEGTHISY AFTERNOON. IT INCLUDES SIX STEPS, EQUITABLE ACCESS TO SERVICES, CICVI ENGAGEMENT, ACCESS TO EDUCATION, ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY, SAFE AND HEALTHY COMMUNITIE ANDS, AFFORDABLE AND QUALITY HOUSING. >> WE HAVE MANY NEW AMERICANS IN OUR COMMUNITY WHO ARE FOREIGN TRAINED PROFESSIONALS, BUT WHO DO NOT HAVE THE PROPER ACCREDIDATIONS OR CERTIFICATIONS TO PERFORM TIRHE PROFESSIONAL EXPERTISE IN OUR COMMUNITY, BU WE ARE WORKING ON THAT AND MAKING SURE THAT FOLKS HE AVA PATHWAY TO GET THE CREDENTIALS THEY NEED, TO THEN GET THE WKOR THEY NEED HERE. B:RO THE PLAN IS A CULMINAONTI OF INPUT FROM COMMUNITY MEMBERS, IMMIGRANTS, REFUGEES, STAKEHOLDERS, AND LOCAL ORGANIZATIS.ON ALEXANDRA: OMAHA’S HENRY DOORLY ZOO IS ON HIGH ALERT TO PROTECT ITS BIRDS. AN INFECTED CANADA GOOSE BUMPED THE ZOO’S BIOSECURITY MEASURES FROM LEVELHR TEE TO FOURN A O SCALE OF FIVE. ANIMAL HEALTH DIRECTOR DOCR
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Lawmakers advance plan for North and South Omaha funding
The funds would go to housing needs, assistance to small businesses, job training including business park around the airport and I-hub projects.
A plan to invest hundreds of millions of dollars into North and South Omaha clears another hurdle in the legislature.Lawmakers advanced the bill Thursday and a compromise led to the unanimous vote. Historic investment into North and South omaha is a step closer. Lawmakers unanimously advance Lb 1024 to the final round of debate."This bill is economic development for a historically underdeveloped community," said State sen. Ann Wishart.The original bill would've provided 450-million in federal relief and state funds but some lawmakers questioned the price tag.So in a compromise the bill's sponsors trimmed it down to $250 million this year and another $135 million next year."The key to this whole thing is next year we have to appropriate to move those dollars. So there is an accountability piece," said State Senator Justin Wayne. The funds would go to housing needs, assistance to small businesses, job training including business park around the airport and I-hub projects. Supporters believe it could have a billion dollar a year impact and be a part of justice reform."What we're attempting to do here is infuse opportunity into our district so a good number of our people aren't disproportionately represented in our criminal justice system," said state sen. Terrell Mckinney. Other senators applaud the effort to find a path forward for the funding."It's one that embraces and approach of win, win win," said state senator Mike Hilgers. However one rural senator questions why omaha didn't use more of it's own federal recovery dollars."If they don't feel it's important it's hard from me to talked to my constituents and tell them it's important to them," said state sen. Curt Friesen.Friesen is also concerned about tapping into arpa funds that are supposed go toward broadband, but he is willing to work with the sponsors of bill."This isn't just a big step for north omaha, this is a big step for the state," said State Senator Justin Wayne.
A plan to invest hundreds of millions of dollars into North and South Omaha clears another hurdle in the legislature.
Lawmakers advanced the bill Thursday and a compromise led to the unanimous vote.
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Historic investment into North and South omaha is a step closer. Lawmakers unanimously advance Lb 1024 to the final round of debate.
"This bill is economic development for a historically underdeveloped community," said State sen. Ann Wishart.
The original bill would've provided 450-million in federal relief and state funds but some lawmakers questioned the price tag.
So in a compromise the bill's sponsors trimmed it down to $250 million this year and another $135 million next year.
"The key to this whole thing is next year we have to appropriate to move those dollars. So there is an accountability piece," said State Senator Justin Wayne.
The funds would go to housing needs, assistance to small businesses, job training including business park around the airport and I-hub projects.
Supporters believe it could have a billion dollar a year impact and be a part of justice reform.
"What we're attempting to do here is infuse opportunity into our district so a good number of our people aren't disproportionately represented in our criminal justice system," said state sen. Terrell Mckinney.
Other senators applaud the effort to find a path forward for the funding.
"It's one that embraces and approach of win, win win," said state senator Mike Hilgers.
However one rural senator questions why omaha didn't use more of it's own federal recovery dollars.
"If they don't feel it's important it's hard from me to talked to my constituents and tell them it's important to them," said state sen. Curt Friesen.
Friesen is also concerned about tapping into arpa funds that are supposed go toward broadband, but he is willing to work with the sponsors of bill.
"This isn't just a big step for north omaha, this is a big step for the state," said State Senator Justin Wayne. | https://www.ketv.com/article/lawmakers-advance-plan-for-north-and-south-omaha-funding/39601682 | 2022-04-01T01:02:05Z |
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Jeff Walz has had a lot of success getting players to transfer to Louisville over the last few years, including three starters on his Final Four team this season.
He's not the only coach in the Final Four who has bolstered the roster by using the transfer portal as both South Carolina and UConn have found supplemental players from it.
Still Walz, Dawn Staley and Geno Auriemma think the amount of players looking to change schools is getting out of control.
“I always like to say, ‘The grass is greener on the other side because it’s fertilized with a bunch of bull,’” Louisville coach Jeff Walz said. “I think there are a lot of players that will jump into the portal after one year that don’t really have a good grasp of why they’re doing it.”
Staley likened the portal to Twitter, Instagram or TikTok.
“It’s a big ol’ fad that just keeps continuing,” she said. “Is it out of hand? It absolutely is. I don’t know how you control it. But it’s their way. It’s their way of controlling their own destinies.”
Both Staley and Auriemma noted that there were currently more players seeking to transfer than there were scholarships available across the country.
“You know those 850 people in the portal? Three hundred of them are not going to find a school to go to because they’re going to realize it’s not the school they just left,” Auriemma said.
Despite the reservations, they're still playing along. Emily Engstler (Syracuse), Kianna Smith (California) and Chelsie Hall (Vanderbilt) have been key for Louisville. Engstler and Hall just joined the program this season.
When Engstler was considering the Cardinals, Walz went to Mykasa Robinson to discuss how her role would likely shrink if Engstler were to come and gauge her comfort level.
“She looked at me, and she’s like, ‘I’m tired of guarding her. If we can get her, yes, because she likes to win, and she wants to play with other good players,’” Walz said.
SOUTH CAROLINA SUPPORT
The Gamecocks have led the nation in average attendance for seven straight years, buoyed by a base of more than 10,000 season tickets. Despite the 1,200-mile distance from campus to downtown Minneapolis, there will be plenty of garnet-and-black-clad South Carolina fans voicing their support on Friday night when the Gamecocks take on Louisville.
“They’ve been with us when we weren’t a popular team or we weren’t a whole lot to cheer about,” Staley said. “This is my 14th year being at South Carolina, but the last probably 10, the fans have given us a ride that’s kind of irreplaceable.”
One of the catalysts for the attendance boom was giving fans as much as access to the program as they could, to build relationships and let the locals get to know the players as people.
“You really feel the love in the community,” guard Brea Beal said. “You can go to the store and run into somebody and they’re like, oh my gosh, just freaking out. It’s like a family.”
FOND MEMORY
Walz spent one season at Minnesota on his climb up the coaching ladder, serving as an assistant under current Maryland coach Brenda Frese.
That was 20 years ago, when Hall of Fame finalist Lindsay Whalen was a sophomore for the Gophers on a breakthrough team that reached the Final Four two seasons later. The women's team at that time played in a smaller gym, the Pavilion, next door to Williams Arena where the Minnesota men's team has played since 1928.
A water pipe burst that winter, moving the women's team into the bigger venue. The Gophers were on a roll, and the first game in the building known as “The Barn” was packed to the rafters.
“From that point on, we continued the rest of the season playing in the Barn in front of unbelievable crowds,” Walz said.
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More AP coverage of March Madness: https://apnews.com/hub/march-madness and https://apnews.com/hub/womens-college-basketball and https://twitter.com/AP_Top25 | https://www.theridgefieldpress.com/sports/article/Final-Four-coaches-feel-transfer-portal-is-out-17049755.php | 2022-04-01T01:02:05Z |
DETROIT (AP) _ The winning numbers in Thursday evening's drawing of the Michigan Lottery's "Poker Lotto" game were:
AD-7C-6D-8H-9H
(AD, 7C, 6D, 8H, 9H)
DETROIT (AP) _ The winning numbers in Thursday evening's drawing of the Michigan Lottery's "Poker Lotto" game were:
AD-7C-6D-8H-9H
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Lahore Qalandars head coach Aaqib Javed has predicted that Pakistan fast bowler Shaheen Shah Afridi will captain the national team soon.
Babar Azam currently leads Pakistan in all three formats, but Afridi recently led the Qalandars to their first-ever Pakistan Super League (PSL) title.
Azam, meanwhile, captained the Karachi Kings, who only managed to win 1 out of the 10 games they played.
Pakistan also lost the three-Test series against Australia 1-0 under Azam’s leadership.
While Azam has been performing well with the bat, Aaqib said he is waiting for the moment that Afridi becomes Pakistan captain.
“I am waiting for that time and the time will come soon,” he told Cricket Pakistan.
Pakistan is currently in the midst of their limited overs series against Australia, which is tied at 1-1.
The third ODI will be played on Saturday, while the one-off T20 International will be held on Tuesday.
Pakistan’s ODI squad: Babar Azam (captain), Shadab Khan, Abdullah Shafique, Asif Afridi, Asif Ali, Fakhar Zaman, Haider Ali, Haris Rauf, Hasan Ali, Iftikhar Ahmed, Imam-ul-Haq, Khushdil Shah, Mohammad Haris, Mohammad Nawaz, Mohammad Rizwan, Mohammad Wasim Jnr, Saud Shakeel, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Shahnawaz Dahani, Usman Qadir
Pakistan’s T20I squad: Babar Azam (captain), Shadab Khan, Asif Afridi, Asif Ali, Fakhar Zaman, Haider Ali, Haris Rauf, Hasan Ali, Iftikhar Ahmed, Khushdil Shah, Mohammad Haris, Mohammad Nawaz, Mohammad Rizwan, Mohammad Wasim Jnr, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Shahnawaz Dahani, Usman Qadir | https://battingwithbimal.com/2022/04/01/he-will-captain-pakistan-soon-aaqib-javed-backs-21-year-old-psl-winner/ | 2022-04-01T01:02:07Z |
The counting is over in the second union election at an Amazon warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama. But it's too close to call.
There were 993 "no" votes and 875 "yes" votes, but more than 400 contested ballots remain. According to the National Labor Relations Board, there will be a hearing within a few weeks to decide if any of the challenged ballots will be opened and counted.
More than 6,100 workers were eligible to vote in the do-over election, which was ordered after the NLRB found that Amazon had improperly interfered in last year's tally.
Turnout in this year's vote was down from last year when over half of eligible voters cast ballots. But among those who actually voted this time around, there was greater support for the union. Last year, workers voted more than 2-to-1 against joining the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union, a well-established national union.
"This time around we were able to educate more about unions," said Jennifer Bates, a warehouse employee, noting that organizers were able to get closer to workers now that the pandemic has eased.
The RWDSU called for every vote to be counted.
"The tenacity and courage of these workers never wavered in this unnecessarily long process," said RWDSU president Stuart Appelbaum in a statement. "Workers will have to wait just a little bit longer to ensure their voices are heard."
Meanwhile in a separate Amazon union election on Staten Island in New York, the vote count will continue Friday morning. Roughly 8,000 workers were eligible to vote on whether to join the Amazon Labor Union, an upstart organization led by former and current Amazon warehouse employees. With ballots still to count, the union is in the lead, with 1,518 voting yes so far, and 1,154 voting no.
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How we pay the bills: Skipping meals and fewer car journeys
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Around 22 million households are about to have to pay a lot more for their energy bills, a move that could push millions into poverty.
As warnings grow of the worst drop in living standards since records began, the BBC will be following a number of people throughout the year to see how they are managing.
'We're cutting down on car journeys and stopped buying fresh fruit'
Ruchita Green has been thinking about spiralling costs for months, as she has watched petrol and food prices go up.
The 38-year-old lives near Grimsby in Lincolnshire with her husband Darren, a teacher, their three children and her husband's parents.
Their energy bill is already high at £198 a month, which includes the cost of heating an annexe in their home where Darren's parents live. They haven't yet summoned the courage to read their metre, but they are bracing themselves for a steep rise, and to have to tighten their belts. The average annual bill is likely to increase by £693, according to Ofgem - a rise like that would add another £58 to their monthly outgoings.
"We're really starting to worry about how it's all going to work," Ruchita says.
Darren's salary of about £2,750 a month is their main source of income. Ruchita runs a business teaching people how to cook Indian food in their own homes, but it doesn't bring in much and margins are tight. "If a client decides they want to have meat for starters and meat as part of the main course my heart sinks," she says. She will soon have to decide whether to increase her prices, or only cook cheaper vegetarian meals. She worries either might also cause a drop in her business.
The weekly petrol bill for their car has gone from £20 to £30 a week, so she's started to cut down on journeys. For the weekly shop, she's been buying cheaper brands, and buying tinned fruit instead of fresh, and they've cut down on takeaways, which she thinks has saved them at least £80 a month. She's also changed childminder, saving about £20 a week.
Another area they've had to cut down on is on some of their other children's after-school activities, which Ruchita says has been tough on their eldest children, aged 11 and six. "They ask me why can't we do multi-sports anymore and I have to tell them it's because we can't afford it."
At the moment they're just about managing, Ruchita says, but she is aware that further increases could have a bigger impact.
'I'm juggling things to make everything add up - it doesn't'
Esme Buxton often doesn't earn enough to make ends meet, and regularly relies on family for help.
She got a shock in December when her energy supplier told her the £30 monthly direct debit she'd been paying hadn't been enough to cover her energy bills, and it was increasing to £66. "They then put it up to £75 in February, and then again to £95 in March," she says.
The 30-year-old lives in a one-bedroom flat in Cheltenham which she shares with her Romanian rescue dog Arlo, and works as a freelance photographer and marketer. She says that the seasonal nature of wedding photography means she finds it hard to balance the books.
She knows she is fortunate that her family will help, and she keeps a tight rein on her spending, but looking at her budget from February it's easy to see just how precarious things are.
"I earned £1,188 in February. My total bills came to £1,603. I got £500 of a top-up loan from my dad and grandad," she says. "That left me with a grand total of £85 for any extras."
Those little extras are things like going swimming or to the gym or to have a coffee in the park with her mum. She was able to go to the cinema this month because of an offer she got with her mobile phone supplier, but as for things like eating out or the pub, they're all gone for the moment.
"I'm constantly worried about money and think about it all the time. I'm always juggling things in my head to try and make everything add up, which it doesn't."
As well as her £595 rent, £94 council tax and the money for other utility bills such as water and her phone, Esme also puts £300 aside every month for her annual tax bill. But the tax money is what she'll dip into if an unexpected bill comes in, like when she had to pay for a new wheel for her bike after it was stolen from outside her flat.
"The bike saves me money on public transport, so I knew I really needed to get it," she says, "but that money will have to be paid back from next month's budget which will leave me short again."
To help cut back, she now only uses the heating in the evening. She's even bought an air fryer in an attempt to stop using her oven. "The air fryer is great," she laughs. "I made donuts in it the other day."
Esme is also trying to cut back on her food budget. She's allowing herself around £30 a week and now almost exclusively shops in her local Lidl. She has noticed the cost of fresh fruit going up and now buys frozen.
The one thing she says she can't really cut back on is food for her dog Arlo. "I try to shop around online to get a good deal, but even with doing that I'm spending nearly £50 feeding her every month," she says. "I also have to pay pet insurance. If anything happened to her I wouldn't be able to afford the vet bills. All these things add up."
'If I eat late in the morning, I don't have to eat again until evening'
Andrew McIntyre owes his energy supplier £1,200, and his monthly bill is about to go up from £75 to £120 a month.
The 57-year-old lives off Universal Credit, and already regularly faces a shortfall between what he's got coming in and what he needs to pay on bills.
As he gets ready to go to a local food charity for a free meal - something he does one day a week and likes to get dressed up smartly for - he explains that it means he's had to choose between paying his rent and heating his flat.
"Every month I'm robbing Peter to pay Paul," he says. Andrew gets £325 a month in Universal Credit, and £351 a month in housing benefit. He has no savings. He pays £400 for rent, leaving him with £276 for food and bills.
Andrew tries to keep his energy use to a minimum. "During the winter I put on extra layers to keep warm," he says. "If I am really cold sitting watching TV in the evening, I'll get inside my sleeping bag on the sofa and keep warm like that."
He allows himself about £80 a month on food, but that includes him skipping meals. "If I can eat late in the morning then I don't have to eat again until my evening meal," he says.
He has time to go to different supermarkets in his hometown of Walsall in the West Midlands to find the cheapest deals. "I know the price of everything," he laughs. "A change of only a few pence really makes a difference to how far my money will go."
The rest of his money goes on paying his phone bill, water bill and council tax.
It's particularly important for Andrew that he keeps up with his rent. In 2009, he lost the factory job he'd worked at for nearly 29 years and split from his long-term partner, and he found himself living on the streets for seven months.
"I'll never forget the experience and how it hit me," he says. "If I have to choose between keeping a roof over my head and paying my electric bill, it's an easy choice. There's no way I'll ever end up homeless again."
Andrew says he really did feel close to the edge at times, but he's also strangely positive now about the experience.
"I can sit on my settee in the evening and be thankful for what I've got. I don't have a lot, but what I do have I'm thankful for," he says.
"I can sit on my settee in the evening and be thankful for what I've got. I don't have a lot, but what I do have I'm thankful for," he says.
How can I cut my energy bills?
According to Citizen's Advice there are some simple things you can try.
- Check your thermostat: Turning your thermostat down by just one degree can save you around £65 a year. Only lower it to a temperature you feel comfortable at - as a guide, many people find this is between 18-21 degrees.
- Keep the heat in: Check your home for any gaps in the doors, windows and floors. Blocking any holes where you could get a draught could save you around £30 a year. If you're renting, ask your landlord to ensure your home has good insulation.
- Turn off anything you're not using: Turning your appliances off instead of leaving them on standby could save around £40 a year. Turning off lights when you're not using them - even if it's just off for a few seconds - could save £14 a year. Consider using LED lightbulbs, which cost less to run.
If you're struggling to afford your energy bills, you might be able to get support from the government or your energy supplier. The first step is to call your supplier and ask them if they offer any grants to help with your energy bills.
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TMHF Golf Classic returning Aug. 12 at Oak Hills
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The Trenton Memorial Hospital Foundation Golf Classic is booked for Aug. 12 at the Oak Hills Golf Course.
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This year’s tournament will raise funds for a washer-disinfector in the hospital’s reprocessing (sterilizing) department, which supports the surgical unit and minor-treatment clinics. The device is expected to cost $125,000.
Pioneer Healthcare is the returning title sponsor.
Pandemic protocols will be in place.
The cost is $225 per golfer or $900 per foursome. The fee include a full day of golf, a cart, meals, a “premium golf gift,” the chance to win prizes, and more.
Golfers can also take pride in “knowing they have helped provide funding to support life-saving medical equipment for Trenton Memorial Hospital,” said tournament chairperson and foundation board member Peter Webb in a news release.
Last year’s event raised $96,301 and funded the purchase of a new ultrasound machine for the hospital’s regional breast-assessment centre.
“This tournament has raised nearly $1.5 million since its inception more than 18 years ago,” the release stated.
“It has become the largest, as well as the premier tournament in the Quinte region,” it added. “Guests of the tournament include local business leaders, dignitaries and members of the medical community as well as representatives from CFB Trenton.
“In recent years, the Golf Classic has raised funds to support the purchase of a CT scanner, to fund an inpatient room, smart IV (intravenous) pumps and other critically-needed equipment.”
To register, learn more or to donate, visit tmhfoundation.com or call 613-392-2540 ext. 5401. | https://www.intelligencer.ca/news/tmhf-golf-classic-returning-aug-12-at-oak-hills | 2022-04-01T01:02:07Z |
ABERDEEN, N.C., March 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The fast growth of Moore County, including Aberdeen, Pinehurst, and Southern Pines, caused a few growing pains for General Manager Scott Weaver and his team at Leith Honda Aberdeen, "The growth in Aberdeen is so great that we just outgrew our building. It was time." Last weekend, his team cut the ribbon and drove vehicles to their new, expanded facility adjacent to the original Leith Honda Aberdeen location on US 15-501.
The new building includes an expanded showroom giving customers a more relaxed environment to shop and explore the showcased inventory. Also, their waiting area has expanded for customers' comfort and includes business workstations for those who need to work while they wait.
Weaver and Service Manager Mark Posey are most excited about their new state-of-the-art service department. The new facility holds twice as many service bays as the former building, complete with new tire balancers, express bay lifts, and individual fluid and air filling stations.
"When we have to walk to the parts counter to get oil and washer fluid for our vehicles, it adds to the customer's wait time," said Posey. "Now we will have oil and washer fluid, water, light, and electrical reels right at our fingertips."
Even with a new building, the one thing that won't change is Leith's tradition to take the best care of their customers. Posey says that commitment is what has kept customers coming back for generations. "We've got people that we have retained since I've been here. I have worked on their mother's and grandmother's cars."
LeithCars.com is one of the largest automotive groups in North Carolina. A family business created in Raleigh, Leith Cars has been serving the Triangle community for over 50 years, incorporating over 1,900 North Carolinians into its family. The number one place to buy vehicles in the Raleigh metro area for five years running, according to a Marshall Marketing Survey, the auto dealer has 39 franchise locations throughout the state. For more information, visit www.leithcars.com.
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There's no consensus on who the Texans will draft at third overall, and there's all sorts of disagreement about what route they'll take at 13th.
As we showed yesterday in the latest Mock Draft Tracker, 16-of-58 experts predicted Houston would select Alabama offensive lineman Evan Neal with their first of two first-round picks. The All-American left tackle was the most-mocked player to Houston, though several others were mocked to the Texans by at least eight different prognosticators.
The mid-March trade with Cleveland saw the Texans acquire six draft picks, including the Browns' first-rounder in each of the next three Drafts. That first one is the 13th overall in 2022, and the experts are divided. From 38 of the more prominent mock drafts, two players--Georgia defensive lineman Jordan Davis and LSU cornerback Derek Stingley, Jr.--were mocked to Houston by five separate experts apiece. Florida State edge rusher Jermaine Johnson, II was a Texans pick at 13th overall in four different mock drafts, and three other players each were mocked to Houston by three experts.
Houston General Manager Nick Caserio and Head Coach Lovie Smith have traveled to several pro days over the last couple weeks, and will continue to do so. Houston currently has 11 selections in the 2022 NFL Draft, which begins Thursday, April 28.
On a defense of standouts, Davis was excellent for the 2021 National Champs. Winner of both the Outland Trophy and the Chuck Bednarik Award, Davis was a force on the interior of the Bulldogs defense. The five mock drafters below predicted he'd be the Texans choice at 13th overall.
Some have mocked Stingley to the Texans with the third overall pick. At his best in college, Stingley was a lockdown corner who helped the Tigers capture the National Championship in 2019. Like Davis above, Stingley was mocked to the Texans by different experts. Those mockers are listed below.
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The ACC Defensive Player of the Year last fall, Johnson rang up a dozen sacks and 18 tackles for loss in 2021. Four different mock drafts have him going to the Texans at 13th overall. Those four mocks are listed below.
From the rest of the 38 mock drafts we gathered together, 11 different players were mocked to the Texans. Notre Dame safety Kyle Hamilton, USC wide receiver Drake London and Washington cornerback Trent McDuffie were each projected to Houston by three separate experts.
Six other players were mocked by two experts to the Texans, with two more players each getting mocked to Houston by one prognosticator apiece. | https://www.houstontexans.com/news/throw-a-dart-13th-overall-mock-draft-tracker-1-0 | 2022-04-01T01:02:07Z |
A bipartisan group of senators is trying to extend pandemic school meal waivers that gave districts extra federal funds and flexibilities to provide free food to more kids and to cope with supply chain and labor issues.
Michigan Sen. Debbie Stabenow, a Democrat, and Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski, a Republican, introduced a bill on Thursday that would give the US Department of Agriculture the authority to extend the waivers through September 2023, instead of having them expire June 30, 2022.
The legislation -- which has the other 49 Senate Democrats as co-sponsors, as well as Republican Sen. Susan Collins of Maine -- would also require schools to craft plans to transition back to normal meal operations.
"All the issues that affect other parts of the economy are affecting our school programs," Stabenow told CNN, referencing the spike in food prices, supply chain breakdowns and labor shortages. "We gave them extra financial support to be able to juggle these increased costs. And those costs have not gone away."
Congress did not include an extension of the waivers in the full-year spending bill that lawmakers approved earlier this month. As a result, districts are set to see a 40% reduction in meal reimbursements from the USDA and will have to meet strict federal nutrition and serving requirements after this school year.
The latest extension effort, however, faces many hurdles. It needs at least 10 GOP votes to pass the chamber. Stabenow, who chairs the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, hopes to include the provision in the additional Covid-19 funding package the Biden administration is requesting from Congress.
Asked about the extension during the spending bill negotiations earlier in March, a GOP leadership aide said the waivers were designated as "temporary" Covid-19 measures and that the Biden administration did not include the extension in its Covid funding request. Also, many of the waivers are designed to assist when schools are forced to close, which is no longer a focus.
Plus, the aide said, the estimated $11 billion cost of extending the waivers for another school year could be covered using unspent funds in the Covid-19 relief package the Democrats passed last March.
Helping schools cope with Covid-19
Congress gave the USDA the authority to boost school meal reimbursement rates and to waive certain requirements in a coronavirus relief package approved in March 2020 and then again in a federal spending measure that fall. School districts were scrambling to provide millions of children with the meals they would have received had schools not shut down because of the Covid-19 pandemic.
The USDA is using the authority to help schools cope with the higher cost of providing meals during the pandemic and with the ensuing supply chain chaos and labor shortages. It is reimbursing districts at a summer rate of $4.56 per meal, on average, as opposed to the typical $2.91 per meal for the school year. It is also allowing schools to provide free meals to all students, instead of requiring them to verify families' incomes.
Around 30 million students are now receiving free meals, according to the USDA, up from about 20 million children who qualified based on their household income prior to the pandemic.
Also, the agency is able to provide districts with more flexibility to handle pandemic outbreaks -- such as letting students eat in their classrooms or providing grab-and-go meals for children who must quarantine at home.
The USDA can also waive penalties for school districts that can't meet nutrition requirements -- including those governing whole grains, sodium and vegetables -- because of supply chain problems.
Some 92% of school meal programs are experiencing challenges due to supply chain disruptions, according to a USDA survey released in early March. Products are not available, orders are arriving with missing or substituted items, and shortages of cooks, food prep personnel, drivers and maintenance staff continue. This is forcing schools to pay more for food and workers.
The waivers have also had a big impact on providing children with meals over the summer, which typically has much lower participation than in-school meals. More communities can offer free food to all children at summer programs, thanks to the waivers. Parents can pick up multiple meals at a time and can take them home to their kids.
Without the waivers, only communities where at least 50% of children are eligible for free meals can offer food over the summer. The meals must be distributed at an approved location and eaten on site.
Last July, an average of nearly 7.6 million children received a meal each day through the summer program, compared with 3.7 million kids in July 2019, according to the USDA.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Whoa! It's a Double Aho!
Both NHL players named Sebastian Aho — one a defenseman for the New York Islanders, the other a forward for the Carolina Hurricanes — scored goals for their teams Thursday night.
And at nearly the exact same time.
According to Sportsnet Stats, the Islanders' Aho scored his first goal of the season at 7:14 p.m. EDT in New York against Columbus.
Just 34 seconds later — and more than 500 miles away — the Hurricanes' Aho scored his 31st goal in Carolina against Montreal. Both gave their teams 1-0 leads in the first period.
It's not the first time the two have combined on a statistical oddity. In 2018, New York's Aho committed a hooking penalty on Carolina's Aho, causing MSG Networks Islanders play-by-play broadcaster Brendan Burke to exclaim: "A little Sebastian Aho-on-Sebastian Aho crime.”
The two Ahos are not related, by the way. The Islanders' Aho, Sebastian Johannes Aho, is 26 and from Sweden. He has three career NHL goals in limited action.
The Hurricanes' Aho, Sebastian Antero Aho, is 24 and from Finland. He's a two-time NHL All-Star and has 176 career goals.
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Official: 840 children wounded in Russia-Ukraine conflict
A Ukrainian official announced Friday that 840 children were wounded as a result of the ongoing conflict with Russia.
Oleksiy Danilov, head of Ukraine’s national security council, announced the tally on Ukrainian television and called on Russia to make way for women and children to escape the fighting in his country, according to The Associated Press.
“The question of humanitarian corridors is question No. 1.,” Danilov said, according to the AP.
Danilov made the remarks a day after the Ukrainian government said 28 children had died in the war.
Ukrainian and Russian delegations plan to meet this weekend for a third round of talks on the crisis.
The Russian invasion has resulted in the deaths of more than 2,000 Ukrainian civilians and has created a mass refugee crisis, with at least a million Ukrainians fleeing to neighboring countries.
On Thursday, Ukraine and Russia agreed on a temporary, local cease-fire for humanitarian aid and evacuees, the result of a second round of talks.
The Hill has removed its comment section, as there are many other forums for readers to participate in the conversation. We invite you to join the discussion on Facebook and Twitter. | https://thehill.com/policy/international/596982-official-840-children-wounded-in-russia-ukraine-conflict/ | 2022-04-01T01:02:09Z |
LEBANON, Pa. (AP) — One officer was killed and two others were shot Thursday in Pennsylvania while responding to a domestic disturbance call, Lebanon Mayor Sherry Capello said.
Police officers went to a home in the city at about 3:30 p.m. for the disturbance call when gunfire broke out and officers radioed in they were hit, Capello said at a brief news conference.
All three officers were taken to hospitals. One of them has been pronounced dead. A second is in critical condition, but is stable, and a third was in stable condition, Capello said.
The suspect, a 34-year-old man, was killed in the shooting, Lebanon Police Chief Todd Breiner said.
The slain officer's name is being withheld pending notification of extended family members.
Police did not release further details. | https://www.trumbulltimes.com/news/article/1-officer-killed-2-others-shot-in-Pennsylvania-17049870.php | 2022-04-01T01:02:11Z |
Graybug Vision (NASDAQ:GRAY – Get Rating)‘s stock had its “neutral” rating reissued by equities researchers at Wedbush in a research note issued to investors on Thursday, RTT News reports. They presently have a $3.00 price objective on the stock. Wedbush’s price objective would suggest a potential upside of 143.90% from the company’s previous close.
A number of other analysts have also commented on GRAY. Cantor Fitzgerald reaffirmed a “buy” rating and set a $4.00 target price on shares of Graybug Vision in a report on Friday, March 25th. Zacks Investment Research lowered shares of Graybug Vision from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a report on Friday, March 25th. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company assumed coverage on shares of Graybug Vision in a report on Monday, January 3rd. They issued an “overweight” rating for the company. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, four have given a hold rating and two have issued a buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $3.95.
GRAY stock traded down $0.06 during trading on Thursday, hitting $1.23. The company had a trading volume of 15,171 shares, compared to its average volume of 74,606. The firm has a 50-day moving average price of $1.30 and a 200-day moving average price of $2.22. Graybug Vision has a 12 month low of $1.05 and a 12 month high of $7.06. The stock has a market cap of $26.27 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of -0.73 and a beta of 3.07.
A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in GRAY. State Street Corp lifted its position in Graybug Vision by 70.7% during the 4th quarter. State Street Corp now owns 35,073 shares of the company’s stock worth $64,000 after buying an additional 14,525 shares in the last quarter. Millennium Management LLC bought a new stake in shares of Graybug Vision in the 2nd quarter valued at about $126,000. Johnson & Johnson bought a new stake in shares of Graybug Vision in the 3rd quarter valued at about $164,000. Finally, GSA Capital Partners LLP bought a new stake in shares of Graybug Vision in the 4th quarter valued at about $158,000. 52.30% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.
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Graybug Vision, Inc, a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, develops medicines for the treatment of diseases of the retina and optic nerve. The company's lead product candidate is GB-102, an intravitreal injection of a microparticle depot formulation of sunitinib that is in Phase I/IIa and IIb clinical trials for the treatment of wet age-related macular degeneration, as well as in Phase IIa clinical trial to treat diabetic macular edema.
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Mohammad Yousuf said the team management expects top performances from senior Pakistan batsman Azhar Ali.
Azhar didn’t disappoint in the Test series against Australia as he amassed 300 runs, which included a century and a fifty, at an average of 60.
Despite Pakistan losing the three-Test series 1-0, Yousuf praised the 37-year-old for showing his experience.
“The way Azhar Ali showed his experience, the management expects such performances from a player like him,” he was quoted as saying by Cricket Pakistan.
Pakistan and Australia will are playing a three-match ODI series, which is tied at 1-1.
The third ODI will be held on Saturday, which will then be followed by a one-off T20 International on Tuesday.
Pakistan’s ODI squad: Babar Azam (captain), Shadab Khan, Abdullah Shafique, Asif Afridi, Asif Ali, Fakhar Zaman, Haider Ali, Haris Rauf, Hasan Ali, Iftikhar Ahmed, Imam-ul-Haq, Khushdil Shah, Mohammad Haris, Mohammad Nawaz, Mohammad Rizwan, Mohammad Wasim Jnr, Saud Shakeel, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Shahnawaz Dahani, Usman Qadir
Pakistan’s T20I squad: Babar Azam (captain), Shadab Khan, Asif Afridi, Asif Ali, Fakhar Zaman, Haider Ali, Haris Rauf, Hasan Ali, Iftikhar Ahmed, Khushdil Shah, Mohammad Haris, Mohammad Nawaz, Mohammad Rizwan, Mohammad Wasim Jnr, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Shahnawaz Dahani, Usman Qadir | https://battingwithbimal.com/2022/04/01/the-management-expects-performances-like-this-from-him-yousuf-on-experienced-pakistan-player-regaining-his-form/ | 2022-04-01T01:02:13Z |
Anti-social behaviour: Two million police reports go unattended
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Nearly two million anti-social behaviour reports have gone unattended by 34 police forces in England and Wales over the past three years, new figures show.
The figures were released to the Liberal Democrats, who accused the government of being "soft on crime".
They show that 55.2% of all anti-social behaviour incidents recorded between 2019 and 2021 were not responded to.
The BBC has asked the Home Office to comment.
Lib Dem leader Sir Ed Davey said the Conservative government had "let anti-social behaviour run rampant" after years of failing "to give police forces the officers or resources to tackle this scourge properly".
Funding for police forces in England and Wales has increased since 2016 after years of cuts, Home Office data shows.
In March, the government said it would allocate £150m over the next three years to help police and local authorities curb crime and anti-social behaviour.
It said previous rounds of funding had been invested in neighbourhood watch groups, increased CCTV and introducing wardens to undertake community engagement.
At the time, Home Secretary Priti Patel said the money would improve "the safety and security of areas blighted by crime".
In mid-2021, Prime Minister Boris Johnson set out further measures to tackle crime and anti-social behaviour including more electronic tagging of burglars after release.
But, according to the Lib Dems, "too many people feel unsafe just walking down their own streets".
"Priti Patel can try to sound tough on crime, but the facts speak for themselves," Sir Ed said. "The Conservatives are soft on crime and they are letting our communities down."
The Lib Dems used Freedom of Information (FOI) requests to obtain the figures.
They showed that, in six police force areas, officers did not even attend one in three incidents of anti-social behaviour.
Surrey had the worst record with just 27.7% of anti-social behaviour incidents attended by an officer, followed by Humberside (28.5%), Bedfordshire (30%), Hertfordshire (30.4%), Cambridgeshire (32.3%) and Avon & Somerset Police (32.7%).
Only 14 of the 34 forces had an officer attend half or more of the incidents they recorded.
Other findings include:
- About 1.6 million of the 3.5 million incidents of anti-social behaviour reported to 34 police forces were attended by an officer (44.8%)
- 630,244 incidents of anti-social behaviour of the 1,434,150 reported to 34 police forces in 2020 were attended by an officer (43.9%)
- The five police forces with the most reports of anti-social behaviour in the three-year period were the Metropolitan Police (1,006,063), Lancashire (219,087), British Transport Police (157,176), Northumbria (154,443) and West Yorkshire (138,349) | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-60947149 | 2022-04-01T01:02:13Z |
The United States Department of Agriculture released an update to its Food Price Outlook for 2022 and found that nearly everything one might ingest – whether it comes from the grocery store or restaurant – is going up in price.
And yes, that's on top of the price increases consumers have already been forced to endure in the last year.
"All food prices are now predicted to increase between 4.5 and 5.5%," the USDA's Economic Research Service explained in the March report.
While the overall increase is alarming, a closer look at various food categories show just how expensive shoppers can expect items to get, according to the USDA:
As for take-out or dine-in menus, the USDA said those prices are predicted to go up between 5.5 and 6.5% for the remainder of this year.
Additionally, food prices climbed 7.9% for the year ending in February 2022.
This was "the largest 12-month advance since July 1981," according to the department.
The report also noted current global events that will only add to the uncertainty of food affordability, saying, "The impacts of the conflict in Ukraine and the recent increases in interest rates by the Federal Reserve are expected to put upward and downward pressures on food prices, respectively. The situations will be closely monitored to assess the net impacts of these concurrent events on food prices as they unfold."
Copyright 2022 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org. | https://www.kcbx.org/npr-top-news/2022-03-31/food-prices-are-going-up-and-at-levels-americans-havent-seen-in-decades | 2022-04-01T01:02:13Z |
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The people behind The Oakland Arts Review: OU’s international undergrad literary arts journal
Now in its seventh volume, OU’s international undergraduate literary arts journal The Oakland Arts Review (OAR) is still chugging along — giving students professional publishing and editing experience and connecting the university to the broader world of contemporary literature. With the average lifespan of literary journals being...
oaklandpostonline.com | https://www.newsbreak.com/news/2556622208185/the-people-behind-the-oakland-arts-review-ou-s-international-undergrad-literary-arts-journal | 2022-04-01T01:02:13Z |
Establishes "LG Life's Good Endowed Scholarship Fund" and Contributes to Rebuild of Fire-Damaged Basketball Court and Other Technology Upgrades at the School
NEW ORLEANS, March 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- As March Madness® and the Men's Final Four® reaches its crescendo in New Orleans, LG Electronics USA, an official NCAA® partner, announced today it has committed $150,000 in funding as well as product to St. Augustine High School, a New Orleans-based college preparatory school.
The pledge from LG will establish the "LG Life's Good Endowed Scholarship Fund" at the school as well as contribute to the rebuild of the school's flood and fire-damaged basketball court. LG is also supplying a range of products including LG OLED TVs for a new film room in its Health & Wellness Center, LG Washers & Dryers for a new laundry room and LG Air Purifiers for use throughout the school. The LG Life's Good Endowed Scholarship Fund, which will award its first recipient this year, is a need-based general award that all St. Augustine High School graduating seniors can apply for as long as they are going to attend an NCAA school.1
"As a proud partner of the NCAA, LG wanted to give back to the host city of the Men's Final Four and help inspire the next wave of student athletes in New Orleans," said Peggy Ang, Senior Vice President of Marketing at LG Electronics USA. "When our partners at the NCAA, Turner Sports and CBS Sports, brought to us the story of St. Augustine and the positive impact that school has in its community, we wanted to help them continue their tradition of inspiring students to succeed in the classroom and on the field of play."
"We are truly grateful for this inspiring commitment from LG," said Aulston Taylor, President & CEO at St. Augustine High School. "The St. Augustine community is thrilled that LG has decided to invest in the future of our students and our school. Our basketball court and Health & Wellness Center are a symbol of resiliency at St. Augustine, as it has emerged stronger after Hurricane Katrina, Hurricane Ida, and most recently a fire on Thanksgiving Day last year. With the help of friends like LG and many other supporters of our school, we are on the path to rebuilding our facility to its former glory. We will prevail!"
St. Augustine High School is an all-boys Catholic high school founded in 1951. Educating students primarily of predominantly African American backgrounds, the school serves as a training ground for leadership through academic excellence and moral values. It is also home to the world-renowned marching band, "Marching 100", which was the first high school band to march in the Rex Parade on Mardi Gras Day in 1967. The band has since played for eight U.S. Presidents, and performed at five Super Bowls, the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in NYC, and the Tournament of Roses Parade in Pasadena, California. The band will perform at the halftime of this year's second Final Four game. To learn more about St. Augustine High School's fund raising efforts, please visit staugnola.org/lg
LG's commitment to St. Augustine High School arose as part of a three-year partnership with the NCAA, Turner Sports, and CBS Sports for category exclusive marketing and distribution rights to NCAA Championship competitions, including March Madness, that will expand the reach of college sports to legions of current fans and generations of new ones. LG's support of the NCAA Championships will include multiple initiatives to inspire fans and support student athletes including the recent launch of the NCAA Championships Channel (Channel 100), which will feature up to 50 NCAA Fall, Winter and Spring championships, both live and on-demand via LG's exclusive free streaming service, LG Channels. To learn more about LG's partnership with the NCAA visit LG.com/NCAA.
Editor's Note:
Video footage of the LG check presentation ceremony at St. Augustine High School available here.
Footnote:
1 LG will not be involved in selecting scholarship recipients. Selection of the scholarship recipients will be the sole responsibility St. Augustine High School. Eligibility for the scholarship is need-based and does not require participation in athletics as a prerequisite.
About LG Electronics USA
LG Electronics USA, Inc., based in Englewood Cliffs, N.J., is the North American subsidiary of LG Electronics, Inc., a $63 billion global innovator in technology and manufacturing. In the United States, LG sells a wide range of innovative home appliances, home entertainment products, commercial displays, air conditioning systems, energy solutions and vehicle components. LG is a seven-time ENERGY STAR® Partner of the Year. The company's commitment to environmental sustainability and its "Life's Good" marketing theme encompass how LG is dedicated to people's happiness by exceeding expectations today and tomorrow. www.LG.com.
About St. Augustine High School
St. Augustine High School is a college preparatory school for young men in grades 8-12 founded in 1951 by the Josephite priests and brothers. St. Augustine High School has built a legacy serving as the training ground for leadership through academic excellence, moral values, Christian responsibility, and reasonable, consistent discipline. In 71 years, it has graduated 9,200 men.
About the NCAA®
The NCAA is a diverse association of more than 1,000 member colleges and universities that prioritize academics, well-being and fairness to create greater opportunities for nearly half a million student-athletes each year. The NCAA provides a pathway to higher education and beyond for student-athletes pursuing academic goals and competing in NCAA sports. More than 54,000 student-athletes experience the pinnacle of intercollegiate athletics by competing in NCAA championships each year. Visit ncaa.org and ncaa.com for more details about the association and the corporate partnerships that support the NCAA and its student-athletes. NCAA, Men's Final Four, and March Madness are trademarks of the National Collegiate Athletic Association.
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With the NFL Draft exactly four weeks away, Pro Days are in full swing.
Head Coach Lovie Smith has attended Pro Days at Michigan, Georgia, Texas A&M, Ohio State and Cincinnati in recent weeks. While game film provides a lot of information on draft prospects, Smith says he uses Pro Days to fill in the blanks on a player, both on and off the field.
"When you go to a pro workout and luckily, in my case, I've been around the game a little bit, most places we go, I know someone that I really trust," Smith said. "I trust their opinion for them to be able to give it to me in detail. Most of the Pro Days, there's multiple hours you're going to be there. So you really do get a chance to observe how he handles it in a comfortable position for him. In video, you don't get a chance to see every little movement that you would like to see a player make and when you're in charge of the workouts, you get a chance to see."
Earlier this month, over 300 of the nation's top prospects performed individual drills and held interviews at the NFL Scouting Combine in Indianapolis. Caserio is interested in seeing more from those players off the field, but also in getting to know players that didn't perform at the Combine. Pro Days also allow for more comparison across position groups when they perform similar on-field workouts. More of these interactions lead to a better overall evaluation for what Caserio calls, "a pretty significant investment" in a player.
"Seeing some of the better players throughout the country, it doesn't necessarily mean that we're going to draft a player from that school," Caserio said. "But really the benefit of going Pro Day to Pro Day is you might be able to see similar players with similar positions and kind of how they work out back-to-back. Maybe you see something live that you didn't see on tape. I'd say that's the main benefit. And then you have the opportunity maybe the night before to meet with a player. I think sometimes everybody kind of gets caught up and so-and-so met with this player. What does that mean? Really, you're just trying to gather information. We're still in the information-gathering stages. So that's really that's the benefit of the Pro Days."
The NFL Draft takes place Thursday, April 28 through Saturday, April 30 in Las Vegas. The Texans currently have 11 picks in this year's draft.
Click here for the 2022 Pro Day schedule: | https://www.houstontexans.com/news/what-goes-into-pro-day-evaluations-daily-brew | 2022-04-01T01:02:14Z |
HOUSTON — It’s not your imagination, products are getting smaller.
Some manufacturers are shrinking items but charging the same price. And some are charging more for less.
Most of the changes are small and sometimes come with a package design to mask the downsizing.
“It’s a backdoor price increase, a sneaky price increase” said Consumer Advocate Edgar Dworsky. “It’s kind of a nasty price increase if you ask me.”
As founder and editor of website Consumer World, Dworsky has a shopping list of examples.
Keebler Chips Deluxe Cookies shrunk from 11.3 ounces to 9.75 ounces.
“Gatorade recently changed from 32 ounces to 28,” Dworsky said while holding up both bottles. “This is the new bottle here you can see it has a little waistline and of course the company says well now it’s easier to grip.”
It’s not just drinks and snacks either.
Charmin is getting the squeeze. Its Ultra Soft Mega pack used to be 264 sheets per roll. Now it’s 244.
Shrinkflation is creeping into products and consumers are starting to notice.
Jacinta George finds it all the time.
“The paper towels and toilet paper,” she said. “Even the paper plates.”
So, how do you get your money’s worth?
Jorge Barro from the Baker Institute at Rice University says you have to become a savvy shopper and look beyond price.
“You might be able to overcome any tricks that companies might play like reducing the amount inside any package by looking at the price per unit,” he said.
You can find the price per unit or net weight amount next to the total price. That’s the easiest way to spot shrinkflation. Some grocery stores also include it on their websites.
If you’re comparing prices, don’t forget to look at store brands too. When it comes to downsizing, generic products tend to be the last to shrink. | https://www.khou.com/article/money/consumer/shrinkflation-product-downsizing/285-bef12625-3068-46cf-b835-f86143e616ab | 2022-04-01T01:02:14Z |
Nebraska gubernatorial candidate Theresa Thibodeau announces running mate
Republican Theresa Thibodeau has picked her running mate for Nebraska's gubernatorial election: Trent Loos.
"We must create solutions that benefit every Nebraska community. I am honored to have Trent Loos as my running mate," Thibodeau said in a statement. "Trent and I agree that we must bridge the rural versus urban divide for Nebraska to move forward."
Loos is a sixth-generation Nebraska farmer, rancher and agriculture advocate.
"I am honored to join Theresa Thibodeau in her mission to bring power back to the citizens of Nebraska," Loos said in a statement. "I have spent the last 22 years bridging the gap between food producers and consumers, which alludes to the rural versus urban divide. Now I see an opportunity by partnering with someone from urban Nebraska and a sixth-generation food producer to come together and bring unity to all Nebraskans."
Other Republican candidates seeking the nomination for governor include Jim Pillen, an NU Regent; Charles Herbster, a native of Falls City, and operates Herbster Angus Farms; Michael Connely, a Lincoln educational adviser; Breland Ridenour, Omaha I.T. Manager; and Brett Lindstrom, Republican state senator.
State Sen. Carol Blood is the only Democrat to announce a bid so far. | https://www.ketv.com/article/nebraska-gubernatorial-candidate-theresa-thibodeau-running-mate/39603008 | 2022-04-01T01:02:15Z |