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Play for Young Audiences Presented by Passage Theatre
STUDENTS ON STAGE: The story of the namesakes of Hedgepeth-Williams Middle School of the Arts, and their fight for racial equality, is the subject of an original play featuring students and prepared by Passage Theatre Company. (Photo by Jeff Stewart) Passage Theatre Company is preparing for the premiere of...
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Tags: perluipluspod\n2/4 - CMD Line Help and Paged Window Help files can use perl-config() [Coding Standards Issued: May -2004 (828/MOUS) to January +2008 and May +5, respectively.[[issue\n-2 CWD - The Perl-config File] CAPYA - January +++5 [[ issue2 +55/01 (NORM]] The House on Thursday passed a bill capping the monthly cost of insulin at $35 for insured patients, part of an election-year push by Democrats for price curbs on prescription drugs at a time of rising inflation.
Experts say the legislation, which passed 232-193, would provide significant relief for privately insured patients with skimpier plans and for Medicare enrollees facing rising out-of-pocket costs for their insulin. Some could save hundreds of dollars annually, and all insured patients would get the benefit of predictable monthly costs for insulin. The bill would not help the uninsured.
But the Affordable Insulin Now Act will serve as a political vehicle to rally Democrats and force Republicans who oppose it into uncomfortable votes ahead of the midterms. For the legislation to pass Congress, 10 Republican senators would have to vote in favor. Democrats acknowledge they don't have an answer for how that's going to happen.
"If 10 Republicans stand between the American people being able to get access to affordable insulin, that's a good question for 10 Republicans to answer," said Rep. Dan Kildee, D-Mich., a cosponsor of the House bill. "Republicans get diabetes, too. Republicans die from diabetes."
Public opinion polls have consistently shown support across party lines for congressional action to limit drug costs.
But Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., complained the legislation is only "a small piece of a larger package around government price controls for prescription drugs." Critics say the bill would raise premiums and fails to target pharmaceutical middlemen seen as contributing to high list prices for insulin.
Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, said Democrats could have a deal on prescription drugs if they drop their bid to authorize Medicare to negotiate prices. "Do Democrats really want to help seniors, or would they rather have the campaign issue?" Grassley said.
The insulin bill, which would take effect in 2023, represents just one provision of a much broader prescription drug package in President Joe Biden's social and climate legislation.
In addition to a similar $35 cap on insulin, the Biden bill would authorize Medicare to negotiate prices for a range of drugs, including insulin. It would penalize drugmakers who raise prices faster than inflation and overhaul the Medicare prescription drug benefit to limit out-of-pocket costs for enrollees.
Biden's agenda passed the House only to stall in the Senate because Democrats could not reach consensus. Party leaders haven't abandoned hope of getting the legislation moving again, and preserving its drug pricing curbs largely intact.
The idea of a $35 monthly cost cap for insulin actually has a bipartisan pedigree. The Trump administration had created a voluntary option for Medicare enrollees to get insulin for $35, and the Biden administration continued it.
In the Senate, Republican Susan Collins of Maine and Democrat Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire are working on a bipartisan insulin bill. Georgia Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock has introduced legislation similar to the House bill, with the support of Sen. Majority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York.
Stung by criticism that Biden's economic policies spur inflation, Democrats are redoubling efforts to show how they'd help people cope with costs. On Thursday, the Commerce Department reported a key inflation gauge jumped 6.4% in February compared with a year ago, the largest year-over-year rise since January 1982.
But experts say the House bill would not help uninsured people, who face the highest out-of-pocket costs for insulin. Also, people with diabetes often take other medications as well as insulin. That's done to treat the diabetes itself, along with other serious health conditions often associated with the disease. The House legislation would not help with those costs, either. Collins says she's looking for a way to help uninsured people through her bill.
About 37 million Americans have diabetes, and an estimated 6 million to 7 million use insulin to keep their blood sugars under control. It's an old drug, refined and improved over the years, that has seen relentless price increases.
Steep list prices don't reflect the rates insurance plans negotiate with manufacturers. But those list prices are used to calculate cost-sharing amounts that patients owe. Patients who can't afford their insulin reduce or skip doses, a strategy born of desperation, which can lead to serious complications and even death.
Economist Sherry Glied of New York University said the market for insulin is a "total disaster" for many patients, particularly those with skimpy insurance plans or no insurance.
"This will make private insurance for people with diabetes a much more attractive proposition," said Glied.
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During a recent earnings call, Galaxy Digital CEO Mike Novogratz said that it wouldn’t surprise him if cryptocurrencies were to trade “significantly” higher by the end of the year.
The billionaire says that he has become more “constructive” than in early 2022.
As reported by U.Today, Novogratz turned bearish on crypto in the short-term, correctly forecasting that it would have a hard time rallying due to weakness in the U.S. equity market triggered by the U.S. Federal Reserve’s fast pivot to taper.
Bitcoin and most of the top altcoins struggled big time in January, with the largest cryptocurrency plunging below the $33,000 level on Jan. 24.
However, recently, bulls managed to regain control over the market, pushing the Bitcoin price to $48,234, the highest level in 2022 on the Bitstamp exchange, earlier this week.
At press time, the crypto king is changing hands at $45,617. Bitcoin has shed 4.4% after the European Parliament voted to crack down on anonymous cryptocurrency payments, a move that critics claim could lead to privacy erosion.
Bitcoin is still 33.76% away from its peak despite seeing substantial progress over the past several weeks.
Strong adoption
Novogratz has pointed to growing adoption as the key catalyst behind the next possible rally.
The cryptocurrency tycoon also says that there’s plenty of innovation happening in such sectors as and the metaverse.
As reported by U.Today, Novogratz recently predicted that Bitcoin would be able to reach half a million dollars within the following five years, claiming that the cryptocurrency is outpacing the adoption cycle of the internet.
The Galaxy Digital head believes that the industry is still in its first innings despite seeing massive growth over the past few years.
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Mills 50 has a sweet new resident. Orlando's first meadery will open on the popular strip later this year.
Ginger and Joe Leigh signed the lease for the future home of Zymarium Meadery on March 29. The journey has been a long one, nine months in the making to be exact, but they finally have the keys to their new home.
The location was the former home of the Orange Studio at 1121 N Mills Ave. The location has a 6,000 square feet space which will be converted into a large bar and taproom area, production area, and an area dedicated only for special events.
"We love the creative history imbued throughout the space and look forward to continuing that creative spirit in building Zymarium Meadery, which will be a home for us to share our craft in creating a full spectrum of our delicious mead recipes, one-of-a-kind multi-sensory experiences, and community events," the company shared on Instagram.
There is no date to when Zymarium Meadery will be opening but it is expected to open later this year.
ZM's mead has won multiple awards over the years. Thier meads 'Shadow of Desire' and 'Honeys Getting Money' were both awarded gold in the Mazer Cup International in 2020. In 2019 and 2018, they won Top 10 for the AMMA National Mead Makers.
For more information visit the Zymarium Meadery's website.
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The magnetic slime that could retrieve accidentally swallowed objects
A robot made of magnetic slime with a custard-like consistency can navigate narrow passages, grasp objects and fix broken circuits. It could be deployed inside the body to perform tasks such as retrieving objects swallowed by accident.
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Forum Energy Technologies, Inc. (NYSE:FET – Get Rating) insider Scf Partners, Inc. sold 29,479 shares of the stock in a transaction on Wednesday, March 30th. The shares were sold at an average price of $24.57, for a total transaction of $724,299.03. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at this link.
Scf Partners, Inc. also recently made the following trade(s):
- On Monday, March 28th, Scf Partners, Inc. sold 3,602 shares of Forum Energy Technologies stock. The shares were sold at an average price of $23.02, for a total transaction of $82,918.04.
- On Thursday, March 24th, Scf Partners, Inc. sold 6,906 shares of Forum Energy Technologies stock. The shares were sold at an average price of $23.64, for a total transaction of $163,257.84.
- On Tuesday, March 22nd, Scf Partners, Inc. sold 600 shares of Forum Energy Technologies stock. The stock was sold at an average price of $24.22, for a total transaction of $14,532.00.
- On Wednesday, March 9th, Scf Partners, Inc. sold 303 shares of Forum Energy Technologies stock. The stock was sold at an average price of $24.70, for a total transaction of $7,484.10.
Shares of Forum Energy Technologies stock traded down $0.47 during trading on Thursday, hitting $22.90. The stock had a trading volume of 14,351 shares, compared to its average volume of 37,093. The firm’s fifty day simple moving average is $20.97 and its 200-day simple moving average is $20.08. The stock has a market cap of $129.45 million, a PE ratio of -1.59 and a beta of 3.63. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.71, a current ratio of 2.54 and a quick ratio of 1.17. Forum Energy Technologies, Inc. has a 12 month low of $14.71 and a 12 month high of $28.50.
Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Marshall Wace LLP lifted its holdings in Forum Energy Technologies by 18.3% during the 3rd quarter. Marshall Wace LLP now owns 24,992 shares of the oil and gas company’s stock valued at $563,000 after buying an additional 3,861 shares in the last quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP lifted its holdings in Forum Energy Technologies by 2.4% during the 3rd quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP now owns 144,072 shares of the oil and gas company’s stock valued at $3,247,000 after buying an additional 3,357 shares in the last quarter. Northern Trust Corp lifted its holdings in Forum Energy Technologies by 407.0% during the 2nd quarter. Northern Trust Corp now owns 10,129 shares of the oil and gas company’s stock valued at $238,000 after buying an additional 8,131 shares in the last quarter. BlackRock Inc. lifted its holdings in Forum Energy Technologies by 4.7% during the 3rd quarter. BlackRock Inc. now owns 87,270 shares of the oil and gas company’s stock valued at $1,967,000 after buying an additional 3,922 shares in the last quarter. Finally, State Street Corp bought a new stake in Forum Energy Technologies during the 2nd quarter valued at about $352,000. Institutional investors own 48.23% of the company’s stock.
Several equities research analysts have recently issued reports on FET shares. Zacks Investment Research upgraded shares of Forum Energy Technologies from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Monday, January 10th. StockNews.com started coverage on shares of Forum Energy Technologies in a report on Thursday. They issued a “hold” rating for the company.
About Forum Energy Technologies (Get Rating)
Forum Energy Technologies, Inc is a global oilfield products company. THe firm serves the drilling, downhole, subsea, completions, and production sectors of the energy industry. It operates through following segments: Drilling and Downhole, Completions, Production, and Corporate. The Drilling and Downhole segment provides services to the drilling, well construction, artificial lift, and subsea energy construction and services markets.
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High Winds Cause Thousands Of Power Outages
March 31, 2022
By Jessica Mathews / news@whmi.com
About 65,000 homes and businesses in southeastern Michigan lost power after high winds swept across parts of the state.
Detroit-based DTE Energy says wind gusts reached more than 50 mph early this morning, knocking down utility poles and causing tree branches to fall onto power lines. The utility said crews were out trying to restore power as quickly as possible. In some metro-Detroit areas, police were patrolling intersections due to traffic signals being out.
Consumers Energy’s outage map showed the majority of customers were restored but some remained. There were some scattered outages in northern Livingston and Genesee Counties as of late this afternoon.
The utility cautioned that additional high winds could make restoring power more challenging than usual and that restoration times could be adjusted as crews work to safely restore power.
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TORONTO (AP) _ Loncor Gold Inc. (LONCF) on Thursday reported a loss of $1.6 million in its fourth quarter.
The Toronto-based company said it had a loss of 1 cent per share.
For the year, the company reported that its loss widened to $3.7 million, or 3 cents per share.
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Cassie Randolph isn't your stereotypical member of Bachelor Nation.
After breaking up with The Bachelor's Colton Underwood in 2020, the California native wasn't one to attend countless red carpet event or document every piece of her life on Instagram. Instead, Cassie took time during the coronavirus pandemic to focus on herself.
"I feel like it was during a weird time in the world," Cassie, who appeared on season 23 of the ABC reality show, exclusively shared with E! News. "I grew a lot."
Away from the cameras, Cassie recently earned her master's degree in speech pathology and began working in a private practice. Her hopes? To become a "full-fledged speech therapist," she said, "where you can work for yourself and have people work under you and have your own clients."
Ultimately, life isn't all work. On March 14, Cassie appeared in the first part of Clayton Echard's dramatic season finale of The Bachelor.
While the appearance may have caught some fans by surprise, Cassie believes it was the right time to go back to her TV family.
"It just presented itself," she explained of the opportunity. "I felt I had taken a step back for so long and I didn't want to do that anymore. So I thought I'm going to have fun with this and go on it!"
While you won't see Cassie competing on any shows in the Bachelor franchise—she's been dating musician Brighton Reinhardt for a year and a half now—she remains grateful for the experience, despite its dramatic moments.
"The Bachelor gave me such a cool platform," she said. "I really respect what it brought me—new friends, so many cool opportunities."
And as Cassie continues to celebrate another big accomplishment—she recently moved into her first home that she bought for herself—she's thinking about summer fashion. While attending the VIP launch party of Cupshe's Pop Up Store in Hollywood on March 30, Cassie met up with Bachelor Nation's JoJo Fletcher and browsed some of Cupshe's latest designs.
"They have a bunch of cute sundresses!" she shared. "Living by the beach, I think you need casual fashion. Being able to just throw on a sun dress or throw on a pair of denim shorts, sneakers, flip flops, you can do that with any of Cupshe's stuff."
Keep reading to see some of Cassie's favorite items from the brand.
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Mabel Cover-Up Top With Skirt Set
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Cheyenne Black V-Neck Bodysuit
This bodysuit, featuring a v-neck front and open back design, will keep you looking and feeling cool all year long.
Summer Passion Tie Backless Zipper A-Shape Dress
Dance the night away in a pure white dress that is complete with backless, tie and zipper detail.
Hermosa Bell Sleeve Crochet Cover-Up Set
With a round neckline and bell sleeves, this cover-up set is the perfect addition for your day at the pool or beach.
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MONTREAL, March 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - The Lion Electric Company (NYSE: LEV) (TSX: LEV) ("Lion" or the "Company"), a leading manufacturer of all-electric medium and heavy-duty urban vehicles, today announced that it has received a purchase order for 30 LionC school buses from an undisclosed Canadian customer. This represents the second order of Lion buses from the customer, which will be revealed at a later date.
The order of 30 new zero-emission school buses, to be delivered by March 31st, 2023, will eliminate more than 600 tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions while preventing students from exposure to hazardous particulate emissions from diesel engines.
Over the last decade, Lion has established itself as a leader in the zero-emission heavy-duty vehicle industry, having delivered over 550 all-electric heavy-duty vehicles in North America with over 14 million km driven since 2016.
Lion Electric is an innovative manufacturer of zero emission vehicles. We think, design and manufacture all-electric, class 5 to class 8 commercial urban trucks and all-electric buses and minibuses for the school, paratransit and mass transit segments. Lion is a North American leader in electric transportation and designs, builds and assembles many of its vehicles' components, including chassis, battery packs, truck cabins and bus bodies.
Always actively seeking new and reliable technologies, Lion vehicles have unique features that are specifically adapted to its users and their everyday needs. We believe that transitioning to all-electric vehicles will lead to major improvements in our society, environment and overall quality of life. Lion shares are traded on the New York Stock Exchange and the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol LEV.
Lion Electric, the brilliant choice
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This press release contains "forward-looking information" and "forward-looking statements" (collectively, "forward-looking statements") within the meaning of applicable securities laws. Any statements contained in this press release that are not statements of historical fact, including statements about Lion's beliefs and expectations, are forward-looking statements and should be evaluated as such. Forward-looking statements may be identified by the use of words such as "believe," "may," "will," "continue," "anticipate," "intend," "expect," "should," "would," "could," "plan," "project," "potential," "seem," "seek," "future," "target" or other similar expressions and any other statements that predict or indicate future events or trends or that are not statements of historical matters, although not all forward-looking statements contain such identifying words.
The Company made a number of economic, market and operational assumptions in preparing and making certain forward-looking statements contained in this press release including, but not limited to, that Lion will be able to retain and hire key personnel and maintain relationships with customers, suppliers and other business partners, that Lion will continue to operate its business in the normal course, that Lion will be able to implement its growth strategy, that Lion will be able to successfully and timely complete the construction of its U.S. manufacturing facility and its Quebec battery plant and innovation centre, that Lion will not suffer any material disruption in the supply of raw materials on competitive terms, that Lion will be able to maintain its competitive position, that Lion will continue to improve its operational, financial and other internal controls and systems to manage its growth and size and that its results of operations and financial condition will not be adversely affected, that Lion will be able to benefit, either directly or indirectly (including through its clients), from government subsidies and economic incentives in the future and that Lion will be able to secure any required additional funding through equity or debt financing on terms acceptable to Lion. Such estimates and assumptions are made by Lion in light of the experience of management and their perception of historical trends, current conditions and expected future developments, as well as other factors believed to be appropriate and reasonable in the circumstances. However, there can be no assurance that such estimates and assumptions will prove to be correct.
By their nature, forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties because they relate to events and depend on circumstances that may or may not occur in the future. Lion believes that these risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, the following: any adverse changes in the U.S. and Canadian general economic, business, market, financial, political and legal conditions, including as consequences of the global COVID-19 pandemic and the emergence of COVID-19 variants and varying rates of vaccination amongst various countries; Lion's inability to successfully and economically manufacture and distribute its vehicles at scale and meet its customers' business needs; Lion's reliance on key management and any inability to attract and/or retain key personnel; Lion's inability to execute its growth strategy; Any unfavourable fluctuations and volatility in the price of raw materials included in key components used to manufacture Lion's products; Lion's reliance on key suppliers and any inability to maintain an uninterrupted supply of raw materials; Lion's inability to maintain its competitive position; Lion's inability to reduce its costs of supply over time; any inability to maintain and enhance Lion's reputation and brand; any significant product repair and/or replacement due to product warranty claims or product recalls; any failure of information technology systems or any cybersecurity and data privacy breaches or incidents; the reduction, elimination or discriminatory application of government subsidies and economic incentives or the reduced need for such subsidies; natural disasters, epidemic or pandemic outbreaks, boycotts and geo-political events; the outcome of any legal proceedings that may be instituted against the Company from time to time.
These and other risks and uncertainties related to the businesses of Lion are described in greater detail in the section entitled "Risk Factors" not related to an investment in the Company's final prospectus dated May 5, 2021 (the "Canadian Prospectus") filed with the Autorité des marchés financiers (the "AMF") and the registration statement on Form F-1 (the "Registration Statement") filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") and declared effective on June 14, 2021 and other documents publicly filed with the AMF and the SEC. Many of these risks are beyond Lion's management's ability to control or predict. All forward-looking statements attributable to Lion or persons acting on its behalf are expressly qualified in their entirety by the cautionary statements contained, and risk factors identified, in the Canadian Prospectus, the Registration Statement and other documents filed with the AMF and the SEC.
Because of these risks, uncertainties and assumptions, readers should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements. Furthermore, forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are made. Except as required under applicable securities laws, Lion undertakes no obligation, and expressly disclaims any duty, to update, revise or review any forward-looking information, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
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Rent relief helped prevent more than 1 million evictions in 2021
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.
Video below: NY struggles to get rent relief to hurting tenants
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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Iran’s Revolutionary Guard launches second surveillance satellite: state TV
Iran’s Revolutionary Guard on Tuesday said it launched a second reconnaissance satellite into space.
The Noor-2 satellite launched from a truck in the Shahroud Desert and reached about 310 miles above the Earth’s surface, according to state-run news channel reports reviewed by the The Associated Press.
“We are destined to reach space and praise be to God we did,” said Gen. Amir Ali Hajizadeh, the head of the Guard’s aerospace division, according to the AP. “Now the way has been paved and we must certainly do bigger things.”
Iran previously launched the first Noor satellite into space in 2020, which the U.S. dismissed as a “tumbling webcam in space,” according to the AP.
The U.S. has still warned against Iranian satellite launches, which could pave the way for an intercontinental ballistic missile, and said any satellite launch is in violation of a United Nations Security Council resolution, the AP noted.
The successful satellite launch follows a previous failed launch near the beginning of March, according to another AP report.
The launch comes as negotiations that began in November over implementing a new Iran nuclear deal are expected to be nearing the finish line.
The previous nuclear deal, the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JPCOA), was passed in 2015 under the Obama administration, lifting economic sanctions on Iran in return for the nation’s commitment not to develop nuclear weapons.
The JCPOA was scrapped in 2018 by former President Trump.
Officials have suggested in a variety of reports in the past couple of weeks that a new deal is close to being agreed upon by the West and Iran.
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(Our Auto Expert) — Over the past couple of years, we’ve had a major semiconductor shortage in the world and that’s meant a major shortage of new cars.
Well, because of the war in Ukraine, there is no neon being produced out of that country and they make 50% of the world’s neon. Neon is a major component in the manufacturing of semiconductors. We are just about to enter shortage number two.
An estimated 250 tons of neon are produced by two Ukrainian companies. Half of the world’s consumption and currently only a three-month supply is on hand. Combined with residual pandemic production issues, a formula for a chip shortage seems almost certain, however, some automakers have already adapted to the shortage and are ready. .
I was able to take a drive with Jim Morrison, VP of Jeep. I asked If he expected the new line of jeeps like the Grand Cherokee 4XE to arrive this spring. He responded: “I can’t tell you for sure, the world is changing by the minute. But again, what I can say is that we get the best supply chain, folks, and the best buying power of any manufacturer. So we’re in good shape I think to weather the storms”
Jeep is likely to continue production of its latest and best-selling vehicles. It’s not the case with all automakers, many have stopped production temporarily while they wait for chips and parts. The largest luxury car exported from the United States is BMW and they have managed a twenty percent growth in 2021.
“It’s a lot about being inventive, having a productive and cooperative relationship with our suppliers, being transparent, and then trying to manage through the situation. It’s not that we were not effective. I think we got through it pretty well. We are still managing through it. It’s not something that has gone away. It’s because of the new year 2022, I always say here on the market side. We gave, we get dealt a number of cars and out of those. We will always try to make the best possible and that’s what we do” stated Sebastian Mackensen, the CEO of BMW North America.
Different kinds of cars use varying numbers of chips. Bigger and the more tech-heavy the vehicle, the more chips.
Typically electric vehicles use double the chips of gas cars. Dimitri Psilakis is the CEO of Mercedes-Benz USA, and during my time with him, he informed me: “This continues to be an exercise, mostly on our guys, out in production and Supply management, Which are trying to get the best out of what is offered and try to distribute the chips into our factories and to our models in the best way. I would say in the US, on our end, we did well matching production with customer demand. More than that, it was a choice of selecting the segments. Where do we place our chips would have had the highest demands on our products so, therefore, S-Class GLE GLS two products which are produced in the US were prioritized. And that kept the US markets up and going, but the exercise is continuing. So 2022 is better, but yet it’s not back in the normal level of would like to have.”
Many bigger manufacturers have lots to be optimistic about. It seems like BMW and Mercedes do better than others. But Jeep does especially well. Jeep had the number one plug-in hybrid last year in the middle of the chip crisis with the Wrangler 4XE despite the pandemic. If you thought you were paying high prices for a new car in the last year to six months. Unfortunately, that situation could possibly get worse in the next year or so.
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OLATHE, Kan. — In an effort to balance the books, the Olathe School District will be cutting staff positions and trimming out roughly $20 million from next year’s budget
According to a press release issued by the district, the budget challenges spurred from a decline in enrollment, a decrease in tax revenue and an increase in operational costs brought on by the pandemic.
More than a dozen library clerk positions have been eliminated in middle school and high schools for the 2022-2023 school year. Earlier this month the district announced it would close the Olathe Virtual School (OVS) at the end of the year.
It’s unclear what the full extent of the budget cuts will be, but school officials say all schools and departments across the district will be affected.
Student enrollment
Despite years of steady growth, Olathe schools saw a decrease in enrollment during the pandemic. The district saw enrollment drop by roughly 3.5% (1,055 students) in 2020. So far, the district has recovered about half of those students, with fall 2021 enrollment sitting at 29,794 students.
As a result, the district plans to cut roughly 6% of the annual operations budget next year.
Extraordinary growth fund
A decrease in tax revenue has also played a large role in the district’s need to tighten the budget.
A school district can apply to the Board of Tax Appeals (BOTA) to levy additional property tax to help finance the cost of operating a new school building through the extraordinary growth fund.
Money collected through a property tax mill levy is issued to school districts as new schools are opened. The amount of funding a district receives is weighted based on the cost of operating the building. The funding amount will steadily decrease over a set period of time.
According to Johnson County tax records, the extraordinary growth fund mill rate for Olathe Schools has dropped from 7.8 in 2018 to 6.1 in 2021.
USD 233 has built three new schools in the last five years: Olathe West High School, Summit Trail Middle School and Canyon Creek Elementary School.
Despite support for the $298 million bond to replace Santa Fe Trail Middle School, the district doesn’t intend to build any new schools in the near future. That means soon the district will stop receiving money from the growth fund. Growth funds are expected to decline by approximately $7 million for the 2022-2023 school year.
During a Board of Education meeting on March 3, Deputy Superintendent John Hutchison said BOTA funds will continue to decline for the next six years.
“We ended last year [with a] $7 million impact on our reserves. We have lower enrollment. We’ve lost at-risk weighting. This is going to be a challenging year for our budget,” Hutchison said.
What’s next?
District staff plan to recommend development goals and a calendar outline for the 2022-2023 budget to the school board during the next regular meeting on April 7.
A draft of the 2022-2023 budget is expected later this summer, with the board finalizing the budget in September.
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Shares of Ross Stores Inc.
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slid 2.32% to $90.46 Thursday, on what proved to be an all-around dismal trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index
SPX,
-1.57%
falling 1.57% to 4,530.41 and Dow Jones Industrial Average
DJIA,
-1.56%
falling 1.56% to 34,678.35. This was the stock's second consecutive day of losses. Ross Stores Inc. closed $43.76 below its 52-week high ($134.22), which the company achieved on May 10th.
The stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors Thursday, as TJX Cos.
TJX,
-2.29%
fell 2.29% to $60.58, Gap Inc.
GPS,
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fell 3.89% to $14.08, and Overstock.com Inc.
OSTK,
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fell 5.81% to $44.01. Trading volume (2.9 M) remained 86,191 below its 50-day average volume of 3.0 M.
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Lizzo’s next release is a shapewear brand named ‘Yitty’
Despite a new album and reality show, Lizzo says the size-inclusive brand Yitty is 'bigger than anything I've ever done.'
Lizzo wants to help every body feel “good as hell.” The entertainer has announced the launch of Yitty, a size-inclusive inclusive shapewear and “innerwear” brand. And, as she explained on Instagram, she’s hoping to help shift the paradigm on how we relate to our bodies.
“[Yitty will] give everyone the opportunity to speak for themselves when it comes to how their body should look and how they should feel in their body,” she told the New York Times.
Elaborating more on Instagram, Lizzo captioned a post featuring a rear view of herself in what are presumably Yitty briefs alongside several models with a range of body types: “This is *not* an invitation to change who you are…this is an opportunity to BE who you are on your terms. I don’t know about y’all—but I’m sick of people telling me how I’m supposed to look and feel about my body. I’m tired of discomfort being synonymous with sexy. If it’s uncomfortable TAKE IT OFF. And if it makes you feel good PUT IT ON. YITTY isn’t just shapewear, it’s your chance to reclaim your body and redefine your beauty standard.”
Yitty, which is a nod to Lizzo’s own childhood nickname, has come to fruition with the help of Fabletics (formerly known as TechStyle Fashion Group), co-founded by actress Kate Hudson (who also helms its women’s athleticwear brand of the same name). Notably, the company was also part of the launch of Kevin and Eniko Hart’s new activewear line as well as Rihanna’s Savage x Fenty. Memorably, Lizzo appeared in the latter brand’s second broadcast presentation in 2020.
Now, it’s her turn—and, as she explained, the inspiration for Yitty came from her own experience of feeling shut out from the shapewear realm.
“I was tired of seeing this sad, restrictive shapewear that literally no one wanted to wear,” Lizzo said in a press release procured by PopSugar. “I had an epiphany like, ‘who can actually do something about this?’ I decided to take on the challenge of allowing women to feel unapologetically good about themselves again.”
Entering an arena already dominated by brands like Spanx and Kim Kardashian’s Skims is no easy feat, but it’s one both Lizzo and Fabletics were eager to enter—and for good reason, since Allied Market Research predicts the space will be worth $6.95 billion by 2030, according to the Times. Fashionista had more details on what Yitty will be contributing to the space, and when we can experience it for ourselves.
Yitty debuts with three categories — Nearly Naked (which offers seamless shaping), Mesh Me (the brand’s take on smoothing mesh) and Major Label (meant for lifestyle wear) — and around 100 individual pieces. Sizing ranges from XS to 6X; bras start at $49.95 and leggings at $69.95. The line will be sold on the Fabletics website and in shop-in-shops at 76 Fabletics stores, in addition to its own website, beginning on April 12.
Source: Fashionista
“[Yitty] will give everyone the opportunity to speak for themselves when it comes to how their body should look and how they should feel in their body,” Lizzo told the Times. “I’m selling a mentality that ‘I can do what I want with my body, wear what I want and feel good while doing it.”
Maiysha Kai is Lifestyle Editor of theGrio, covering all things Black and beautiful. Her work is informed by two decades’ experience in fashion and entertainment, a love of great books and aesthetics, and the indomitable brilliance of Black culture. She is also a Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter and editor of the YA anthology Body (Words of Change series).
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Natural Gas Services Group, Inc. (NYSE:NGS – Get Rating) Director John Chisholm sold 2,300 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, March 29th. The shares were sold at an average price of $12.01, for a total value of $27,623.00. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this hyperlink.
NYSE NGS traded up $0.24 during trading hours on Thursday, hitting $11.91. The company had a trading volume of 31,974 shares, compared to its average volume of 33,921. Natural Gas Services Group, Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $8.55 and a fifty-two week high of $14.04. The company has a market capitalization of $155.29 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of -17.01 and a beta of 1.77. The firm’s 50 day moving average is $11.73 and its 200 day moving average is $11.17.
Natural Gas Services Group (NYSE:NGS – Get Rating) last announced its earnings results on Thursday, March 17th. The oil and gas company reported ($0.43) earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of ($0.04) by ($0.39). Natural Gas Services Group had a negative net margin of 12.68% and a negative return on equity of 2.40%.
Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the business. Barclays PLC grew its position in Natural Gas Services Group by 243.8% in the third quarter. Barclays PLC now owns 3,283 shares of the oil and gas company’s stock worth $34,000 after buying an additional 2,328 shares during the last quarter. Bailard Inc. purchased a new position in Natural Gas Services Group during the 4th quarter worth approximately $223,000. Marshall Wace LLP purchased a new position in Natural Gas Services Group during the 1st quarter worth approximately $229,000. WINTON GROUP Ltd boosted its stake in shares of Natural Gas Services Group by 12.0% during the 3rd quarter. WINTON GROUP Ltd now owns 24,920 shares of the oil and gas company’s stock valued at $259,000 after buying an additional 2,669 shares during the period. Finally, Assenagon Asset Management S.A. acquired a new stake in shares of Natural Gas Services Group during the 4th quarter valued at $355,000. 86.14% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.
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Natural Gas Services Group, Inc engages in the provision of natural gas compression equipment and services to energy industry. It offers compressor rental services, compressor engineered products, compressor design and sales, compressor rebuild and exchange, compressor parts, WellMaker compressors, CiP compressors, and flare systems.
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A dusting was able to measure up to 0.3" snow this morning, but it was the only measurable snow for La Crosse in the entire month of March which averages 7.3".
For the year to date, La Crosse now is up to just 29.5" snow. That's over a foot below the average to date. April begins tomorrow, and April still averages 2.9" snow.
There are a few chances in the forecast, too, as April showers will likely come in the form of both rain showers and snow showers. The sky will clear out tonight, allowing for colder temps to settle in. Expect lows in the low to mid 20s by early tomorrow morning, though the sun will help warm us up to near 50 by Friday afternoon.
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TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) _ SuperCom Ltd. (SPCB) on Thursday reported a loss of $5.4 million in its fourth quarter.
The Tel Aviv, Israel-based company said it had a loss of 32 cents per share. Losses, adjusted for non-recurring costs, came to 1 cent per share.
The traditional and digital identity solutions provider posted revenue of $3 million in the period.
For the year, the company reported a loss of $10.1 million, or 38 cents per share. Revenue was reported as $12.3 million.
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By Ian Walker
Brewin Dolphin Holdings PLC said Thursday that it has agreed to a 1.6 billion-pound ($2.10 billion) takeover by Royal Bank of Canada.
Under the deal accepting shareholders of the wealth-management firm will get 515 pence for each share held. The price is a 62% premium to the company's closing price of 318.0 pence on Wednesday.
Royal Bank of Canada said it is strategically focused on evaluating opportunities to grow its wealth-management operations in its core markets--Canada, the U.S. and Europe.
Write to Ian Walker at ian.walker@wsj.com
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March 25, 2022
Parking on the grass may have been frowned on, but there was little choice as Cross Creek Country Club was packed Thursday evening for the Greater Mount Airy Chamber of Commerce Excellence in Business Awards dinner.
A crowd of more than 170 gathered for networking and to give credit to deserving local businesses. After the hungry crowd of folks got dinner plates and procured a slice of cake — it was time to give out the hardware.
In a room full of movers and shakers of Surry County, there was something apt that the first award went to the Administrative Professional of the Year. Melanie Clark was recognized for her over 20 years of service at Rogers Realty & Auction Company by Wendy Guy of RidgeCrest.
“Take a minute, take a day, come by and you will be treated to one of the most loyal, and genuine people you will ever meet,” Deidre Rogers said. Clark called her time at Rogers “the most rewarding experience of my life. I am so grateful, and God has truly blessed me to be a part of such a great team.”
Todd Ennis of Wayne Farms presented the Agri-Business of the Year award to Mitchell’s Nursery & Greenhouse Inc. Judy and Jim Mitchell, both NCSU alumni, started in 1979 on an extra lot before moving to their current location in 1993. Collins offered, “If you are frustrated by a tree or shrub, go ask them they are the experts.”
Their willingness to share information, as well as efforts to modernize the operation with environmental improvements to save energy and water, are admirable attributes to be sure. Jim Mitchell added though that growing the operation to nine full timers while staying married for 46 and in business with Judy for 43 years as one of his proudest accomplishments.
Mount Airy News Publisher Sandy Hurley presented the Ambassador of the Year Award to Joe Zalescik, owner of a business that people are simply going nuts over: Station 1978 Firehouse Peanuts. The Mount Airy City At-Large Commissioner regaled with two tight minutes of standup comedy disguised as his acceptance speech. Being a transplant to Mount Airy who started his business in the early pandemic days, he had no idea what to expect.
“I am really thankful to have gotten to know people through the chamber,” he said. “I also know that I can look through the chamber guide to find the services I need from another chamber member.” In a room full of members, the Ambassador of the Year was still hawking the benefits of the chamber: The U.S. Department of State should take note of such skill.
Wendy Wood of Surry-Yadkin Electric Membership Corporation explained that plant manager Rocky Killon of Shenandoah Furniture has opened their doors for field trips, mentoring, and internships for local students as she presented Shenandoah with the Business and Education Partner Award.
“Anything the school systems have asked; Rocky has responded yes without hesitation.” she said. “The impact Rocky and Shenandoah have had on kids in this area is tremendous.”
Killon spoke highly of student internship programs, “If you’re not in the intern system, or not working with the school system: get involved, you’ll enjoy it. You may hear it, about this generation but I promise you; we have great students today they are very smart, intelligent, bright, and willing to get involved.”
In an unintentional double dip, Rogers Realty & Auction was back to accept the Business Longevity Award. Founded in 1964 and Bracky Rogers and wife Wanda based the business on the golden rule. What stands today is a company that their employees refer to as family.
Treating customers with ethics allowed them to oversee “hundreds of millions of dollars” in transactions while building trust along the way. The fact that Bracky may “come in a little later and leave a little earlier” can be forgiven by his staff because he still makes a mean strawberry cake.
Rogers said he has a great staff, and the best agents around. That is an important thing as Realtors can be ambassadors themselves. Collins remarked, “Often they are the first impression of a new community on a buyer, and that can make all the difference.”
Reeves Community Center is one of the crown jewels of Mount Airy’s recreation options. However, the Reeves Community Center Foundation that formed in 2005 has a program that may be going under radar.
For kids who cannot afford activities, the foundation subsidizes partial or complete payment of membership fees or activity fees for recreational opportunities so they can share in the experiences. Lance Mueller presented The Duke Energy Citizenship and Service Award to the Reeves Community Center Foundation for their ongoing support that allows more kids a chance to join in.
A new award for 2021 was the Entrepreneur of the Year. Betsy Tarn of Xtreme! Marketing presented Will Pfitzner of LazerEdge with Entrepreneur of the Year. Pfitzner, a graduate of Mount Airy High and NCSU who studied bio medical engineering, has been making a name for himself locally in short order.
His design business was meant at first to make gifts for friends during college, and that turned into a side hustle – just a way to make extra money. The pull of his passion, and an enterprising spirit called his name, and he threw himself into LazerEdge.
“The support of my family and this community means the world to me,” he said. “This is just the beginning for myself, and this is just the beginning for the youth of this community.”
The winner of the Excellence in Tourism Award, presented by Jenny Smith of the Mount Airy Tourism Development Authority, went to another spousal powerhouse. Chris and Pam Bastin of Heart & Soul Bed and Breakfast have created a B&B experience here in Mount Airy that could be called legendary.
In the modern world of online shopping and more reviews to sort through than there is time, positive reviews certainly drive traffic back to Heart & Soul repeatedly. “With over 500 reviews in Trip Advisor, they have a 97% 5-star rating,” Smith read from a stack of reviews. “These reviews, I could read any of them: ‘Best experience at a B&B,’ ‘We feel like family when we visit,’ ‘We can’t wait to get back,’ are just a few.”
Recently, Darren Lewis has been busy changing roles within the city. A long-time employee of Parks and Recreation, Lewis was the assistant director from 2005-21 at which time he took over as the interim city manager. New City Manager Stan Farmer called Lewis, now the assistant city manager, “a dedicated public servant.”
“I love my job, not many can say that,” Lewis said as he also took time to thank his family for being so supportive of his work.” For his flexibility and continuing service to the community Lewis received the Outstanding Public Servant Award by Jennifer Laurel of Carport Central/Cibirix.
The chamber’s highest award went to an institution that for the last two years has been running at flank speed. The Surry County Economic Development Council presented to Northern Regional Hospital the 2021 Business of the Year, which CEO Chris Lumsden accepted calling it, “Quite an honor.”
Lumsden thanked the 1,000 employees of NRH for their tireless work during the pandemic. “I admire the people who serve every single day patients from this community and this region. We have a dedicated, compassionate, and committed group of caregivers.
“As I think about some of our successes over the last two years: we served 1,500 COVID inpatients and saw the highest acuity level of care in the history of NRH. That is an indication of how sick the patients are.
“We did 70,000 COVID tests, served over 500,000 patients in two years, had 60,000 visits to the emergency departments, and saw 20,000 patients at our Urgent Care that opened in November 2020.”
People-powered care means helping the patients but helping the employees as well. NRH has invested $1.5 million in employee assistance so they can go back to school, “because people are our lifeline,” Lumsden said.
The staff “has not missed a beat” while at the same time NRH has modernized patient records, achieved high marks in patient safety rating, and continued a two-fold focus: grow their people and grow their services.
“Just like many of you, if not all of you, NRH was tested. We were tested to our core again and again,” Lumsden offered in summation. “We are honored to accept this award on behalf of everyone who works for or who is impacted by the work we do at Northern Regional Hospital.”
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With jury selection scheduled to begin next week in the state’s lawsuit against opioid manufacturers, distributors and retailers, Attorney General Ashley Moody reached settlements totaling more than $870 million with nearly all of the defendants in the case.
Moody on Wednesday announced that the state signed settlement agreements with CVS Health Corp., CVS Pharmacy Inc., Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. and Allergan PLC. The agreements left Walgreens Co. as the sole defendant in a lawsuit that targeted businesses involved in all aspects of the opioid industry. Pasco County Circuit Judge Kimberly Sharpe Byrd is scheduled to begin jury selection Monday.
The state had already reached agreements totaling more than $1.6 billion with a variety of other companies as part of a nationwide settlement announced last year.
The Pasco County lawsuit, filed by the attorney general’s office in 2018, sought to recoup money the state has spent because of the opioid epidemic.
The lawsuit was filed against manufacturers, distributors and sellers of opioids and included a series of allegations, including misrepresentations about opioid use and filling suspicious orders for drugs. The state later added CVS and Walgreens to the list of defendants in the case.
Under the settlements signed Tuesday, Florida will receive up to $440 million from CVS, with a portion of the money going directly to counties and cities. The funds “must be spent on opioid abatement, including prevention efforts, treatment, or recovery services,” according to a news release issued by Moody’s office. More than 240 state “subdivisions” agreed to allocations as part of the deal, the release said.
Drug manufacturer Teva’s settlement will steer $177 million to the state, including money that will be given to cities and counties. In addition, Teva has agreed to give the state $84 million worth of the company’s anti-overdose drug, generically known as naloxone hydrochloride.
Also, pharmaceutical company Allergan agreed to pay up to $122 million to the state, also to be spent on opioid abatement efforts.
“The marketing, the distributing, these practices that led to where we are today cannot happen again in the future. So, stopping that behavior was just as much a part of this litigation as was ensuring that we could mitigate the harm to Florida through any monies recovered,” Moody told The News Service of Florida in an interview Wednesday.
The settlements, which will be paid in increments over the next 14 years, are intended to “fully, finally and forever resolve, discharge and settle” any “past, present or future” claims against the companies by the state or any of its subdivisions, the agreements said.
The companies denied wrongdoing in the agreements, which said “the parties have each considered the costs and delays and uncertainty associated with the continued prosecution and defense” of the state’s lawsuit and other claims.
Florida in July was one of 14 states that negotiated agreements with distributors AmerisourceBergen, Cardinal Health and McKesson and manufacturer Johnson & Johnson. Florida is slated to receive up to $1.6 billion from the companies.
Moody’s office in February announced that Florida would receive $40 million as part of a $573 million settlement between McKinsey & Co. and dozens of states because of the global consulting giant’s alleged role in the opioid epidemic.
The state also could get a share of a multibillion-dollar bankruptcy plan filed by Purdue Pharma, the maker of OxyContin. The plan has not been finalized.
Moody’s office on Wednesday also said it had finalized a $65 million settlement, first announced in January, with Endo Pharmaceuticals.
But hours after the attorney general’s announcement, the Sarasota County Public Hospital District and Lee Memorial Health System filed an emergency motion seeking to intervene in the state’s lawsuit and asking Byrd to stay approval of the Endo settlement. The public hospital systems in Sarasota and Lee counties were among five Florida hospital districts that have filed lawsuits against opioid manufacturers, distributors and wholesalers.
Endo’s settlement with Moody “purports to release the claims of the intervening hospital districts against Endo even though the districts have had no involvement in the negotiation of the agreement and are not signatories to it,” lawyers for the Sarasota and Lee health systems wrote in the motion.
“Although the Endo settlement agreement provides for Endo to pay $65 million to the state in exchange for these releases, it is unclear whether a single cent will be allocated to the intervening hospital districts,” the motion said.
In 2020, Florida ranked second in the nation, behind California, in the number of drug overdose deaths. In earlier years, it grappled with “pill mills” that drew drug users from throughout Florida and other states.
The trial, which will take place in New Port Richey, is scheduled to start April 11. Byrd on Friday denied a request by Walgreens to put the trial on hold while it appeals a decision rejecting the drug company’s motion for summary judgment concerning a 2012 agreement between Walgreens and the state Department of Business and Professional Regulation.
Walgreens and the state have squabbled for two years over production of records in the lawsuit.
Byrd in December ordered Walgreens to hand over documentation about the company’s profits on sales of opioid drugs in Florida for the past 25 years. Lawyers for Moody filed a motion in November seeking sanctions against the retail chain for making “misrepresentations in sworn testimony and in proceedings before this court” about profits the company made from the sales of opioids.
“Walgreens repeatedly represented to this court, including through a sworn statement by a Walgreens employee, that it does not calculate opioid-related profits in the ordinary course of business. This turned out not to be true. Walgreens’ documents reveal that its executives do calculate Walgreens’ opioid-related profits,” the Nov. 9 motion said.
After Walgreens maintained that it did not have records of its profits from the sales of opioids, Byrd three times ordered the company to provide documents that would allow the state to calculate the revenues.
“In response, Walgreens produced some documents and data, but omitted key information,” the state’s motion said. “By withholding this information, Walgreens artificially inflated its opioid-related costs and deflated its opioid-related revenues.”
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Meghan King says her marriage to Cuffe Biden Owens seemed like a good idea.
The Real Housewives of Orange County star told Jeff Lewis in an interview for his Sirius XM's Jeff Lewis Live, that her union with her now estranged husband Cuffe felt like an arranged marriage.
Meghan said she decided to marry Cuffe—who is also President Joe Biden's cousin—because she was "so ready for a partner" and needed help taking care of her three kids she shares with ex Jim Edmonds—Aspen King Edmonds, 5, Hart Edmonds, 3, Hayes Edmonds, 3.
"I just wanted some help and I want a partnership," she said. "And so, you know, he said all the right things and I and the families were a good, good fit. And he seemed to grow up similarly to me and it was almost like an arranged marriage."
But the arrangement didn't last long. Meghan announced she would be splitting from Cuffe after two months of marriage in an Instagram Story on Dec. 27, saying, "I've been asked by many outlets and individuals to comment on the state of my marriage. I am rattled. This situation is profoundly devastating. This is obviously not what I imagined when I made my vows—and I'm shocked and saddened by the way things turned out." She is now seeking annulment.
She also told Jeff about her previous marriages, saying that her relationship with her first husband Brad McDill "didn't count" since they married when she was 22, adding, "That was like a practice."
The first "real" marriage was with her ex-husband of about five years Jim. "That was a real, legitimate marriage and divorce," Meghan said, summing up that "this last one is gonna be annulled, so I've had three weddings and two marriages."
Each relationship helped her understand what she wants, she explained, saying she figured out that she loves stability.
"I love falling in love, but you know what I like more than falling in love? I like the stable part," Meghan said. The honeymoon phase is great and everything, but I really just want stability and I want a partner."
She added, "That's what I'm looking for over and over and over and I'm getting it wrong. So something is off."
In a relationship, Meghan said she looks for how her potential partner will react in difficult situations, such as money issues, job stresses and fights.
"I'm so committed and loyal when I have that partner," she said. "And I will do whatever I can to make it work. But it takes two."
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NEW YORK (AP) —The following list shows the Nasdaq stocks that have gone up the most and down the most based on percent of change for 2021. No securities trading below 1000 shares are included. Net and percentage change are the difference be- tween last year's closing price and this year's closing. Changes for issues added during the year are calcu- lated from closing prices on the first trading day. UPS Name PEHighLowLastChg.Pct. 1CiscoSys 19 46.74 44.15 46.25 +1.38 + 3.1 2AppleIncs 33 128.72 117.57 121.42 +.16 + .1 3Intel 12 63.14 57.91 60.74 — .04 — .1 4Microsoft 37 237.47 224.26 231.60 — .78 — .3 DOWNS Name PEHighLowLastChg.Pct. 1Microsoft 37 237.47 224.26 231.60 — .78 — .3 2Intel 12 63.14 57.91 60.74 — .04 — .1 3AppleIncs 33 128.72 117.57 121.42 +.16 + .1 4CiscoSys 19 46.74 44.15 46.25 +1.38 + 3.1 —————————
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Thunderstorms early, mainly cloudy overnight with a few showers. Potential for severe thunderstorms. Low 38F. Winds W at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 90%..
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Thunderstorms early, mainly cloudy overnight with a few showers. Potential for severe thunderstorms. Low 38F. Winds W at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 90%.
I have recently noticed that there an increasing amount of litter on the side of the street within our area. The majority of this litter seems to be from local fast food restaurants consisting of bags, wrappers or cups, and other items like empty soda cans or bottles. The source of this litter appears to be thrown out of a car by thoughtless people.
It would be wonderful to see everyone dispose of their garbage properly at home rather than to simply throw it out of a car window. While this requires a small amount of responsibility on everyone’s part, the overall long term result would be a much cleaner and well kept looking community. Keep America beautiful!
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Huge surf, 100km/h winds forecast for Sydney and NSW coast
NSW Police are urging Sydneysiders to remain out of the water till at the very least Sunday after a “hazardous” surf and wind warning for Greater Sydney was prolonged in a single day.
The Bureau of Meteorology believes wind gusts of round 100km/h will now be recorded in coastal places all the best way from Newcastle to the NSW South Coast throughout Friday and Saturday, prompting NSW Police to difficulty a warning of their very own.
Swimmers have been advised to keep away from the water and strolling close to surf-exposed areas whereas folks fishing have been suggested to keep away from rock platforms uncovered to the ocean.
“Boaters planning to cross shallow water and ocean bars should consider changing or delaying their voyage,” the NSW Police Force Marine Area Command suggested in a press release.
“Boaters should remember to log on with their local Marine Rescue radio base, via VHF Radio or the Marine Rescue APP, and consider their safety management plan.”
The extreme climate warning for damaging surf and abnormally excessive tides contains Port Macquarie, Taree, Gosford, Sydney, Wollongong, Nowra and Batemans Bay. Waves exceeding 5 metres are anticipated to be recorded which can end in coastal erosion and harm to beachfront properties.
A separate extreme climate warning for hazardous wind warnings has additionally been prolonged till mid-Saturday and has put Byron Coast, Coffs Coast, Macquarie Coast, Hunter Coast, Sydney Coast, Illawarra Coast, Batemans Coast and the Eden Coast underneath alert.
A 98 km/h wind gust was recorded at Cabramurra within the Snowy Mountains at 3.59am on Friday, whereas a 94 km/h wind gust was recorded at Murrurundi at 9.27pm on Thursday within the Upper Hunter area close to Scone. A 93km/h wind gust was additionally recorded at Bellambi in Wollongong at 06.19 pm.
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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.
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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.
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A Sessho-seki, or “killing stone,” was found cracked in half this month in Nikko National Park, about 100 miles (160 kilometers) north of Tokyo.
No one knows exactly what caused the stone to crack, but the cold winter months could have contributed to the cracking, said Nick Kapur, an associate professor of history at Rutgers University in Camden, New Jersey.
Each winter, water could have seeped into the crack, frozen, then expanded, he said. However, many look for guidance from the myth, he added.
There are multiple versions of the legend, but it was believed Tamamo-no-Mae, a nine-tailed fox spirit, lay trapped in the rock for nearly 900 years.
The tales all center around retired Emperor Toba, who reigned in Japan
from 1107 to 1123.
Tamamo-no-Mae was known for her shape-shifting abilities, so she transformed herself into a beautiful woman and caught the eye of the emperor, Kapur said.
As she grew closer to the emperor, he fell gravely ill, Kapur said. A court astrologer used divination to determine Tamamo-no-Mae was the culprit, he said.
Once her plan was foiled, she fled into the wilderness, changing shapes to try and stay hidden, he said. However, samurai sent after her eventually caught up to the fox spirit, Kapur said.
When one of the warriors shot her with an arrow, her physical form was killed, so her spirit transformed into a stone, he said.
Legend goes that if you touch the stone, you die, hence the name killing stone, Kapur said.
There is no proof of the stone’s supernatural abilities, but its unique location may have given substance to the rumors, said Yoshiko Okuyama, professor of Japanese studies at the University of Hawai?i at Hilo.
The stone is
near multiple volcanoes, so occasional gases that were released may have killed some animals or humans over the years, she said.
A spirit with a change of heart
The rock has become a top tourism site and skyrocketed in popularity, but it paled in comparison to the spirit’s fame, Okuyama said.
The fox spirit has made numerous appearances in modern Japanese media, often as the villain-turned-hero character, she said.
“More recent adaptations in manga and anime don’t want to portray women in a misogynistic way,” Okuyama said.
In older Japanese myths, the stories centered around evil female spirits out to undermine the power of males, Kapur said.
An omen for our time
After the stone cracked, people were quick to chime in on the timing of the breakage.
Many took the event as a bad omen, considering the pandemic and the war between Ukraine and Russia, Kapur said.
Others believed it was a good omen, saying she was released to stop Russian President Vladimir Putin and the war on Ukraine, he said.
“If you’re in the mood to take this negatively, you certainly can, but if you want to take a positive spin on it, maybe this fox spirit is going to help us out in our time of need,” Kapur said.
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“This has been a long time coming,” said Sen. Antonio Hayes, a Baltimore Democrat. He thanked supporters who have “come together and really advocated on behalf of Maryland families.”
Republicans criticized the measure for failing to spell out how much employees and employers would have to contribute, leaving that for the state’s labor department to define later. They said Democrats were rushing to get the bill to the Republican governor just to meet a deadline so lawmakers will still be in session if the bill is vetoed.
“We’re pushing this bill as quick as we can to get it upstairs,” said Sen. J.B. Jennings, a Republican, who added: “We don’t know the numbers ... this bill is a hot mess.”
Because lawmakers are in the last session of the four-year term, they would not have a chance to override the veto next year if they adjourn before the governor acts on legislation.
The measure would create an insurance pool. Employees and employers would contribute to fund the program. Under the bill, the state’s labor department would set contribution rates to pay for the program. Employers with fewer than 15 employees would not be required to contribute.
The measure also includes job protections to protect employees from retaliation or termination for using the leave.
Seven states and the District of Columbia have paid family and medical leave insurance programs, including California, Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island and Washington. Colorado and Oregon have approved programs that have not started yet.
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UK households in 'fuel stress' double overnight, think tank warns
LONDON, April 1 (Reuters) - The number of households in England spending at least 10% of their budget on energy bills, a share deemed to represent "fuel stress", will double on Friday to 5 million and will escalate further, a think tank showed.
From this month, the cap on the most widely used tariffs imposed by Britain's energy regulator are rising by 54%, meaning energy bills for some 22 million customers will go up by hundreds of pounds a year.
The cap is set to rise again in October, which could push an additional 2.5 million households into fuel stress, the Resolution Foundation, a think tank that focuses on living standards, warned in a report.
Finance minister Rishi Sunak was widely criticised last week for not doing enough in a budget update to help the poorest households through the most severe hit to living standards since at least the 1950s.
The Resolution Foundation said the poorest fifth of households would spend more than twice the share of their budgets on energy bills than the richest fifth, even after taking into account a new government tax rebate scheme.
Some 24% of households in the north east of England are now in fuel stress, which could rise to 41% in October, the Resolution Foundation said.
"Another increase in energy bills this autumn hastens the need for more immediate support," said Jonathan Marshall, senior economist at the Resolution Foundation.
He called for a clear, long-term strategy for improving home insulation, ramping up renewable and nuclear electricity generation and reforming energy markets so that household energy bills are less dependent on volatile global gas prices.
The benefits system rather than tax rebates would be a more effective way to help the hardest-hit households, the Resolution Foundation said. (Reporting by Andy Bruce Editing by William Schomberg)
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Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have reported substantial genomic loci significantly associated with clinical risk of bipolar disorder (BD), and studies combining techniques of genetics, neuroscience, neuroimaging, and pharmacology are believed to help tackle clinical problems (e.g., identifying novel therapeutic targets). However, translating findings of psychiatric genetics into biological mechanisms underlying BD pathogenesis remains less successful. Biological impacts of majority of BD GWAS risk loci are obscure, and the involvement of many GWAS risk genes in this illness is yet to be investigated. It is thus necessary to review the progress of applying BD GWAS risk genes in the research and intervention of the disorder. A comprehensive literature search found that a number of such risk genes had been investigated in cellular or animal models, even before they were highlighted in BD GWAS. Intriguingly, manipulation of many BD risk genes (e.g., ANK3, CACNA1C, CACNA1B, HOMER1, KCNB1, MCHR1, NCAN, SHANK2 etc.) resulted in altered murine behaviors largely restoring BD clinical manifestations, including mania-like symptoms such as hyperactivity, anxiolytic-like behavior, as well as antidepressant-like behavior, and these abnormalities could be attenuated by mood stabilizers. In addition to recapitulating phenotypic characteristics of BD, some GWAS risk genes further provided clues for the neurobiology of this illness, such as aberrant activation and functional connectivity of brain areas in the limbic system, and modulated dendritic spine morphogenesis as well as synaptic plasticity and transmission. Therefore, BD GWAS risk genes are undoubtedly pivotal resources for modeling this illness, and might be translational therapeutic targets in the future clinical management of BD. We discuss both promising prospects and cautions in utilizing the bulk of useful resources generated by GWAS studies. Systematic integrations of findings from genetic and neuroscience studies are called for to promote our understanding and intervention of BD.
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EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) – A man who was captured by U.S. Border Patrol Agents near Cesar Chavez/Loop375 after trying to cross the Rio Grande in his truck, has been identified by law enforcement.
31-year-old Patricio Sabas Gomez was wanted in the September 30, 2021 shooting death of 41-year-old Michael Martinez in Wichita, Kansas.
Police say the shooting was a result of a botched drug deal, outside a Wichita hotel. Gomez and his alleged accomplice, Shae Roberts, fled the area following the shooting. Roberts was later captured and was charged with First-Degree Murder and Attempted Distribution of meth.
According to Border Patrol officials, on Monday, March 28, Gomez attempted to enter the U.S. illegally by driving his pickup truck across the Rio Grande from Juarez.
Gomez is being held without bond in the El Paso County Detention Center, awaiting extradition to Kansas to face charges.
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A warning from Kansas City’s fire department has hundreds of business owners checking alarm systems.
Any monitored alarm systems that rely on 3G cell phones will no longer work beginning Friday, April 1.
“The alarm will still go off, but a notification to the alarm monitoring company will not go through and the alarm company will not know it has been triggered,” the fire department said.
The warning is not an April Fool’s joke. People who hear a fire alarm are advised to call 9-1-1.
Some property managers and business owners have upgraded systems, but the fire department said others may not realize their systems use 3G technology is about to expire.
“Businesses and property managers who have not had their systems upgraded should use fire guards to monitor their systems until they have them updated,” Deputy Fire Chief and Fire Marshal James Dean, said. “It is imperative in the name of public safety that they get their systems upgraded as soon as possible.”
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Meagan Good’s own uterine cancer scare made her an advocate
The actress-director is raising awareness about endometrial cancer—the most common type of uterine cancer—through the Spot Her campaign.
Meagan Good is hoping to stem the rising rates of endometrial cancer in our communities. The actress and director is also an advocate, having recently added her star power to the two-year-old Spot Her campaign in an effort to raise awareness about endometrial cancer, the most common type of uterine cancer.
Per PR Newswire, Good has partnered with FORCE, SHARE, Black Health Matters and Eisai Inc. on the Spot Her initiative, which “aims to empower people across generations and cultures to spot the potential signs [of endometrial cancer] early, when it may be more treatable.” As the Harlem star shared, her involvement with Spot Her was born from her own experience.
After having a uterine cancer scare, Meagan understands firsthand the importance of maintaining routine exams, speaking to a doctor about any concerns, and educating herself and others about gynecologic health…Meagan’s uterine cancer scare came about during a routine visit to the gynecologist who discovered an abnormality in her uterus. Testing determined the tissue could potentially become cancerous so it was removed. This scare has led Meagan to be more conscious about her gynecologic health, including monitoring for concerning symptoms and speaking with a doctor as soon as they arise.
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Also scary is the rising rate of endometrial cancer in communities of color, particularly among Black women. As reported in the press release: “Only 53% of Black women with endometrial cancer receive an early diagnosis which may be due to a number of intersectional factors, including a lack of dialogue with friends, family and their doctors about gynecologic health.”
“Uterine cancer incidence rates are on the rise among all women in the United States, and especially among communities of color,” explained Ginger J. Gardner, M.D., Chair of the Foundation for Women’s Cancer, and Vice Chair of the Department of Surgery at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York, in a statement. “It is important for people to openly discuss their gynecologic health concerns with their doctors so that diseases like endometrial cancer can be spotted early, when they may be more treatable, particularly so for members of the Black community, who are more likely to be diagnosed with aggressive cell types.”
Exacerbating the issue is that signs of endometrial cancer are often ambiguous and confused with other maladies, and therefore difficult to identify. “Some common signs of endometrial cancer may include abnormal bleeding, spotting or brownish discharge after menopause, as well as irregular or heavy bleeding before menopause, and pelvic pain or pressure,” the release states. Other deterrents can include a discomfort in discussing gynecologic issues, or having one’s symptoms “dismissed” as trivial.
As evidenced by the Black maternal mortality rate, Black women disproportionately experience dismissal or diminishing of their symptoms—which too often results in further injury or tragedy. The Spot Her campaign aims to combat this disparity by empowering people to not only be aware of the dangers of endometrial cancer but to advocate for themselves. This includes the Spot Her virtual walk, March 30 – June 22, “which encourages people to take literal steps towards increasing awareness about endometrial cancer,” the release explains.
Good will be participating in the walk, during which Spot Her partner Eisai will donate one dollar for each mile logged through the Charity Footprints website up to $20,000. Each use of the #SpotHerforEC hashtag on social media will also garner a dollar, which will subsequently be distributed between partners FORCE and SHARE, for the benefit of people living with endometrial cancer. Charity Footprints is offering free registration to the first 1,000 people who participate in the virtual walk.
“Gynecologic health is an important conversation to have at any age, but it’s not often discussed, especially in the Black community,” said Good in a statement. “I’m not afraid to have open and honest conversations with my friends, family and doctor about gynecologic health and I want to encourage everyone, particularly the Black community, to do the same so more people can identify potential signs of endometrial cancer early. As women, it’s important that we support each other, speak up about gynecologic symptoms and advocate for our health when visiting our doctor.”
To participate in the Spot Her virtual walk, register at www.CharityFootprints.com/SpotHerForEC. Engage with the effort by using #SpotHerforEC on Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter.
Maiysha Kai is Lifestyle Editor of theGrio, covering all things Black and beautiful. Her work is informed by two decades’ experience in fashion and entertainment, a love of great books and aesthetics, and the indomitable brilliance of Black culture. She is also a Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter and editor of the YA anthology Body (Words of Change series).
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KUCHING (April 1): Democratic Action Party Socialist Youth (Dapsy) has elected a new line-up of its leaders for the 2021-2023 term and drew up its plan and direction for the next term and beyond in a meeting conducted at the National DAP headquarters in Kuala Lumpur yesterday.
Its chief Dr Kelvin Yii Lee Wuen said they had unanimously elected a new leadership committee comprising multi-racial and multi-religious members from all over the states and regions.
“We also care about women’s roles where more than 30 per cent of our leadership ranks are made up of young female leaders,” he said in a statement here yesterday.
He added, among the main focus for this term, is to emphasise on the issues faced by young people as well as Malaysians as a whole and bring about mature politics that emphasises policies and solutions to issues.
“Therefore, we have established special bureaus for such purposes such as the Public Policy Bureau, the Legal Bureau, the General Complaints Bureau and also the Social Development & Welfare Bureau.
“We are also ready to play our part in mobilising and empowering the party machinery in each state in preparation for the next general election,” he said.
He also said Dapsy National will continue to defend the principles of constitutional democracy and the ideology of social democracy that emphasise the principles of freedom, equality, justice, human rights and solidarity.
“We also hold firm to the Malaysian dream as well as the principles of Malaysia for all Malaysians.
“We are confident in the potential and ability of young people to make a better future for the country and believe Dapsy will continue to be a driving force and thinker who will bring creative, innovative solutions to the issues faced by young people and all Malaysians,” he said.
The meeting saw the appointment of Dr Kelvin Yii Lee Wuen as Dapsy chief (Dr Yii won the post during Dapsy national congress on March 19), Young Syefura Othman as deputy Dapsy chief, Annun Nancy, Jason Raj a/l Kirupanantha, Keristinah a/p Phillip and The Swee Leong as vice Dapsy chiefs.
Others in the line-up are Wayne Ong Chun Wei (secretary), Ang Yien Meei (assistant secretary), Tan Kim Ping (treasurer), Cheong Rui Zhi (assistant treasurer), Derick Chong Wei Hoong (organising secretary), Kaven Lee Seng Vui (assistant organising secretary), Woo Kah Leong (publicity secretary), Tan How Yi (assistant publicity secretary), Lim Yi Wei (international secretary), Tan Tiong Yih (political education director) and Raymond Kwan Say Hong as vice political education director.
The Varsiti Affairs director post went to Ho Chi Yang, with Muhamad Danish Zainudin as the vice director.
The Legal Bureau will be under Quratulain Atiqah Norzahirul Anuar, Michelle Ng Mei Sze and Chen Yen Shan will lead the Public Policy Bureau, Lee Wen Bin and Aaron a/l Mayakrishnan will be in charge of Public Complaints Bureau while Welfare and Social Development will be under Rachel The Chuann Yien.
Edmund Lim Shu Chzen, Eric Fong Jiun Yeap, Cheng Chin Wai, Louis Lim Chung Weng, Fong Wai Yoke, Quah Boon Lim and Shan Mei Yen were elected as committee members.
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LM Funding America, Inc. Reports Annual 2021 Financial Results
Published: Mar. 31, 2022 at 3:59 PM CDT|Updated: 3 hours ago
TAMPA, Fla., March 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- LM Funding America, Inc. (NASDAQ: LMFA) ("LM Funding" or the "Company"), a technology-based specialty finance company offering unique funding solutions to community associations that is expanding into the cryptocurrency mining business, today announced its financial results for the full year ended December 31, 2021.
reposition our company into mining Bitcoin while also improving our capitalization structure and balance sheet
"In 2021, we took critical steps to reposition our company into mining Bitcoin while also improving our capitalization structure and balance sheet," said Bruce Rodgers, LM Funding's Chief Executive Officer. "We were successful in closing a $31.5 million equity offering to fund our investment in Bitcoin mining machines and infrastructure."
Full Year 2021 Highlights:
- Generated approximately $31.5 million in net proceeds from an equity offering that is being used to fund our digital asset expansion for which we ordered 5,046 ASIC mining machines from Bitmain for approximately $31.6 million and hosting equipment from Bit5ive for approximately $3.1 million. We currently anticipate the ASIC mining machines to be delivered sometime in the 2nd quarter of 2022 subject to issues surrounding worldwide logistics impacted by COVID-19 and the war in Ukraine.
- We also received approximately $10.2 million from warrant holders upon the exercise into common shares.
- Operating revenues totaled approximately $0.9 million as compared to approximately $1.26 million for prior year.
- Operating loss increased to approximately $8.4 million as compared to approximately $4.1 million for the prior year due mainly to a $3 million increase in compensation, including stock compensation expense and bonuses, an approximately $0.4 million increase in professional fees and an approximately $0.2 million reduction in the recoupment of a previous bad debt write-off associated with a related party.
- The Company engaged in several opportunistic specialty financing solutions which contributed to net income from continuing operations of approximately $5.0 million as compared to an approximately $4.1 million loss for the prior year. This improvement in operations was due in part to:
- Net income attributable to LM Funding America Inc was approximately $4.8 million after deducting $0.2 million for the net income attributable to a non-controlling interest as compared to a net loss of approximately $4.0 million for the prior year.
On October 19, 2021, the Company closed an underwritten public offering that included the underwriters' exercise of its option to purchase additional shares, which resulted in the issuance of approximately 7.26 million shares of its common stock and common warrants to up to approximately 7.48 million shares of the Company's common stock. At closing, LM Funding received net proceeds from the offering of approximately $31.5 million.
About LM Funding America:
LM Funding America, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, is a technology-based specialty finance company that provides funding to nonprofit community associations (Associations) primarily located in the state of Florida, as well as in the states of Washington, Colorado and Illinois. The company offers funding to Associations by purchasing a certain portion of the associations' rights to delinquent accounts that are selected by the Associations arising from unpaid Association assessments. The company is also involved in the business of purchasing delinquent accounts on various terms tailored to suit each Association's financial needs, including under the company's New Neighbor Guaranty™ program. The company is also entering the cryptocurrency mining business through a new subsidiary, US Digital Mining and Hosting Co., LLC.
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A dusting was able to measure up to 0.3" snow this morning, but it was the only measurable snow for La Crosse in the entire month of March which averages 7.3".
For the year to date, La Crosse now is up to just 29.5" snow. That's over a foot below the average to date. April begins tomorrow, and April still averages 2.9" snow.
There are a few chances in the forecast, too, as April showers will likely come in the form of both rain showers and snow showers. The sky will clear out tonight, allowing for colder temps to settle in. Expect lows in the low to mid 20s by early tomorrow morning, though the sun will help warm us up to near 50 by Friday afternoon.
Our next several chances for precipitation come mainly in the overnight hours. That's why we have some chances for snow as low temps will be near or below freezing through the next week.
The next chance arrives late tomorrow night into Saturday morning. Expect a wintry mix to change over to snow with some minor accumulations again possible.
Most of Saturday and Sunday will be dry, but another round of rain and/or snow arrives Sunday night into Monday morning and will be followed by more chances Tuesday through Thursday.
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Actor Ron Perlman has recently joined the ranks of people who have yelled at Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis.
The "Hell Boy" actor took to Twitter yesterday to voice his frustration with DeSantis' recent signing of the controversial "Parental Rights in Education" bill," which critics have called the "Don't Say Gay" bill.
"Good morning Governor DeSantis, Ron here," starts off Perlman in the clip. "Don't say gay? Don't say, as the first two words in a sentence spoken by a political leader of a state, in the United States of America? Don't Say? Don't fucking say, you fucking Nazi pig? Say! First Amendment, read about it, then run for office, you piece of shit. "
Dear @GovRonDeSantis … pic.twitter.com/FvSkideBvz
— Ron Perlman (@perlmutations) March 29, 2022
While the term "Don't Say Gay" isn't explicitly in the bill, it does ban public school teachers from holding classroom instruction about sexual orientation or gender identity.
The bill reads, in part: "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."
The bill also leaves school open for lawsuits for situations as trivial as a teacher acknowledging a student might have two dads.
Following the bill's signing on Monday, the LGBTQ-advocacy group Equality Florida announced plans to file a lawsuit against the measure, saying "it will be swift and fierce, and we believe successful."
While many people have voiced their frustrations with DeSantis, a notable moment came last August when comedian and "Breaking Bad" actor Bill Burr called the governor a "fucking piece of a shit."
This story originally appeared at Creative Loafing Tampa Bay.
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Shares of Royal Bank of Canada
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falling 0.84% to 21,890.16. This was the stock's fourth consecutive day of losses. Royal Bank of Canada closed C$11.96 short of its 52-week high (C$149.60), which the company reached on January 17th. Trading volume of 3.1 M shares remained below its 50-day average volume of 4.0 M.
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Sounds like Indian Matchmaking wasn't a match for everyone.
Aparna Shewakramani, who appeared on the Netflix dating show, is calling out the show and matchmaker Sima Taparia for completely striking out.
"The matchmaker had a 0% success rate so I think I was in good company with the rest of my castmates who are also all unmarried," Aparna said on the March 31 episode of Tamron Hall. "And you know, when there's a 0% success rate, we're all in this together."
Hard to argue with that kind of math!
Indian Matchmaking, which premiered on Netflix in July 2020, featured renowned matchmaker Sima guiding clients in the U.S. and India through the arranged marriage process.
Aparna quickly became the most polarizing person on the show—and it didn't take long for her to find out.
"A lot of people had a lot of issues," she told Tamron. "They thought that I was being too picky, too stubborn, that I wasn't kind enough or open-hearted enough or open-minded enough. You know, Sima even says she doesn't like my talking pattern. A lot of people around the world didn't like that either. They didn't even like the way I expressed myself."
Aparna appeared to have a promising first date with Jay Wadhwani in the show's finale, but a bonus episode released by Netflix India proved otherwise.
"Jay and I are still friends," Aparna said. "We did not ever start any relationship together...The men I went on dates with are who I really call my friends today. And for me, that's so special because we got to walk away with these friendships and that's priceless."
Despite being 0% satisfied with her matchmaker, Aparna says she doesn't regret appearing on the show.
"I think that decision I made was difficult. I think I learned a lot," she told Tamron. "But I think that I would do it all over again for the way that it opened me up to living my life on my terms and to really understanding that the best story I could tell was the one with my own words and with my own actions, I would do it all over again in a heartbeat."
A whole new group of singles—and Sima!—will get that chance soon, as Indian Matchmaking has been renewed for season two. The release date hasn't yet been announced.
Better luck next time?
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https://www.eonline.com/news/1325486/an-indian-matchmaking-star-calls-out-the-show-for-its-failures
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Athens’ JJ Babcock, above scoring in his team’s Valley Christmas Tournament final win over Towanda, is the Northern Tier League’s Offensive Player of the Year.
A total of five Athens players were named to the Northern Tier League Large School All-Star team in recent voting by league coaches, two of whom picked up All-League honors.
The large schools and small schools have their own All-Star teams, but there are a handful of awards that are league wide and Athens hauled in two of those.
An Elmira College-bound senior, JJ Babcock was named the Offensive Player of the Year after averaging 15.7 points, 5.8 rebounds, 4.6 assists, 2.4 steals, and 1.7 blocks per game. He shot 51.6 percent. Babcock graduates with 1,175 points, 538 rebounds, and 292 assists.
Babcock’s teammate Chris Mitchell, a junior, took home Sixth Man of the Year honors. Mitchell averaged 3.5 points and 2.7 rebounds per game but took home the award for constant energy, willingness to take the charge and his defensive work in the block.
Troy senior standout Ty Barrett was named the Player of the Year, Canton senior was the Defensive Player of the Year and Wyalusing’s Brent Keyes is the Coach of the Year.
Athens’ junior Mason Lister was named to the Large School first team after averaging 10.7 points, 4.6 rebounds, 3.1 assists and 2.4 steals per game.
Also from Athens, senior Tucker Brown was a first-team selection after averaging 9.3 points, 2.7 assists, 2.3 rebounds and 2.0 steals per game.
Joining the Athens contingent on the first team are Troy seniors Mason Imbt and Ethan VanNoy; Wellsboro junior Connor Adams; and North Penn/Mansfield junior Brody Burleigh.
Athens senior Nalen Carling leads off the Large School second team after posting averages of 9.6 points 4.9 rebounds, 1.7 steals and 1.6 assists.
Joining Carling on the second team are Towanda senior Dante Ottaviani; Wellsboro seniors Liam Manning and Darryn Callahan along with junior teammate Peyton McClure; and North Penn/Mansfield sophomore Karson Dominick.
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Human dresses up as Golden Retriever dog’s favourite duck toy. Watch
The video of the human dressed up because the canine’s favorite duck toy was posted on YouTube.
Every child and pet most likely has that one toy that they merely cannot think about going a day with out. For this Golden Retriever canine named Charlie, that toy occurs to be a cute little yellow duck named Mr. Quackers. And, a video shared on-line exhibits what occurs when its human attire up because the pooch’s favorite comfortable toy to make it completely happy.
The video opens to point out the Golden Retriever canine sitting on the ground and taking part in with its comfortable toy. At the very subsequent second the canine’s human enters the room dressed as an actual life model of the canine’s favorite comfortable toy. Of course, the canine will get tremendous excited and completely happy. By the tip of the video, the canine most likely understands that that is its human in disguise.
The title that this video was uploaded on YouTube with, reads, “Dressing Up As Our Golden Retriever’s Favourite Duck Toy.” The video comes with just a few hashtags like #goldenretriever #funnydogs and #canine. There is an opportunity that this video will put a cute smile in your face and easily make your day.
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The video has been posted on YouTube on March 4 and since then, has garnered a number of feedback from individuals who could not cease admiring this canine’s cute response and uncontrollable pleasure. It has additionally obtained greater than 34,000 views to this point.
A YouTube person wrote, “This is the best! Charlie is so excited and happy! He wiggles his whole body when he’s this excited! Love it! A great gift for Charlie! Great job!” “I am surprised Charlie didn’t go get the other Mr. Quackers and do a formal introduction. Was cute to see how happy Charlie was. Is there going to be a part 2 where we see what the rest of the dogs think?” requested one other. A 3rd commented, “This is a classic! The look on Charlie’s face when he saw a live Mr. Quakers is priceless! Can I come visit sometime cause you guys have so much fun at your house?”
What are your ideas on this cute canine video?
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Here’s where US oil and gas supplies come from
Russia is one of dozens of countries that supply oil and natural gas to the United States, which gives the U.S. some flexibility in banning the country’s exports over its invasion of Ukraine.
President Biden announced Tuesday morning that the U.S. is “banning all imports of Russian oil and gas and energy,” while the House is planning to vote on a Russia fuel ban later in the day.
Russia last year accounted for about 3 percent of U.S. foreign imports of crude oil, and about 1 percent of the U.S. supply overall.
About 35 percent of U.S. supply comes from international partners, compared to about 65 percent produced domestically.
With 72 million barrels of oil sent to the United States last year, Russia was the fourth biggest exporter to the U.S., following Canada (about 1.4 billion barrels); Mexico (212 million barrels) and Saudi Arabia (130 million barrels).
But the U.S. energy supply is highly diversified, and many other nations followed Russia: Colombia (65 million barrels); Ecuador (54 million); Iraq (55 million); Brazil (37 million); Nigeria (39 million); Libya (32 million); Guyana (27 million); and the U.K. (14 million).
Imports by the U.S. of Russian oil have grown over the last several years, but have declined since this past summer. Energy imports from Russia rose steadily from 14 million barrels a year to 72 million between 2016 and 2021, with a temporary dip in 2020.
However, Russian crude oil imports were in decline throughout the second half of 2021. After a peak of 9.6 million barrels in August (5 percent of total U.S. imports), imports fell steadily to 3 million barrels by December (1.5 percent of total imports).
To put that another way, in December 2021 — when total imports reached about 55 percent of the level of U.S. domestic production — Americans imported about 0.7 percent as much crude oil from Russia as they produced themselves.
In 2021, the U.S. also imported just under 40 million barrels a year of finished motor gasoline (used for driving cars) and 104 million barrels of fuel oil distillate (used for heating houses).
At about 5 million barrels in 2021, Russian gasoline made up for about 13 percent of U.S. imports, making it the third largest contributor after Canada (6.7 million) and the Netherlands (5.8 million.) Next came South Korea (4.6 million barrels); Turkey (2.8 million barrels); Italy (2.8 million barrels); India (1.5 million barrels); Saudi Arabia (1.2 million barrels); and the United Kingdom (1 million barrels).
This is all a drop in the barrel, however, next to U.S. domestic production of gasoline, which was about 525 million barrels in 2020. That makes total foreign imports about 7.5 percent of the total, and Russian imports just under 1 percent.
Finally, when it comes to heating oil, Russia is the U.S.’s number two supplier — but it’s a very distant second in a very crowded field. In 2021, first came Canada (46 million barrels); then Russia (8.5 million barrels); the Netherlands (6.5 million barrels); Colombia (6.2 million barrels); Saudi Arabia (5.1 million barrels); India (5.4 million barrels); Belgium (4.9 million barrels); Qatar (4.2 million barrels); South Korea (3.6 million barrels) and Nigeria (3.1 million barrels).
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Pentagon press secretary John Kirby said the report, which lays out a series of recommendations to improve military procedures and strategy, will be used as the department develops its own broader plan to reduce civlian harm.
“No other military works as hard as we do to mitigate civilian harm, and yet we still cause it,” said Kirby. ”We’re going to continue to try to learn from past issues.”
RAND concluded that the battle for Raqqa provided important lessons.
Michael McNerney, lead author of the RAND report, called Raqqa “a cautionary tale about civilian harm in urban combat.” He said it “should serve as an extra incentive to the DoD to strengthen its policies and procedures to mitigate, document and respond to civilian harm.”
The RAND report noted that there has been a wide range of estimated civilian casualties during the seige, but also said it believes that 60%-80% of Raqqa was left uninhabitable by the time the city was liberated in October 2017.
Initially the U.S.-led coalition estimted that it was responsible for 38 incidents involving 240 civilian casualties — including 178 who were killed. A consortium of local Syrian and international groups, including Amnesty International and Airwars, put the number of casualties at a “high estimate” of 1,600, but said that about 774 of them could specifically be “verified” by data as the result of coalition action.
The report makes it clear that several thousand more civilians likely died, based on the number of bodies uncovered by U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces, but many were probably killed by IS or other fighters on the ground.
“Our report focuses on U.S. actions in Raqqa, but the actions of the Syrian government and its Russian and Iranian partners undoubtedly contributed far more to civilian harm and suffering in Syria overall,” McNerney said.
The report noted that the challenges in Raqqa were compounded by limits on the number U.S. troops that could be there, as well as where they could be positioned. U.S. troops on the ground could have provided better targeting and civilian information, including on Islamic State militants’ efforts to use civilians as human shields, the report said.
RAND recommended that the U.S. military provide more extensive training and guidance on the need to avoid civilian harm, and plan and execute operations in ways to achieve those goals. Changes could include improved planning, better assessments of potential collateral damage, increased mission rehearsals, improved intelligence gathering, and more selective use of air strikes and munitions that minimize bomb fragmentation.
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SEGRO (OTCMKTS:SEGXF – Get Rating) was downgraded by research analysts at The Goldman Sachs Group from a “conviction-buy” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note issued on Thursday, The Fly reports.
Several other research analysts have also recently issued reports on SEGXF. JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased their price objective on shares of SEGRO from GBX 1,450 ($18.99) to GBX 1,585 ($20.76) in a report on Wednesday, March 23rd. Morgan Stanley raised their price objective on shares of SEGRO from GBX 1,350 ($17.68) to GBX 1,600 ($20.96) and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Wednesday, January 5th. Zacks Investment Research downgraded shares of SEGRO from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Friday, March 4th. Finally, Berenberg Bank increased their target price on shares of SEGRO from GBX 1,500 ($19.65) to GBX 1,560 ($20.43) in a research report on Friday, February 25th. Four investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and six have issued a buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, SEGRO presently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and a consensus price target of $956.14.
OTCMKTS:SEGXF remained flat at $$18.00 on Thursday. The company has a quick ratio of 0.81, a current ratio of 0.81 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.25. The business has a fifty day moving average price of $17.37 and a 200-day moving average price of $17.90. SEGRO has a 52-week low of $12.55 and a 52-week high of $19.50.
SEGRO is a UK Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT), and a leading owner, manager and developer of modern warehouses and light industrial property. It owns or manages 8.1 million square metres of space (88 million square feet) valued at £13.3 billion serving customers from a wide range of industry sectors.
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Scientists finally finish decoding entire human genome
Scientists say they have finally assembled the full genetic blueprint for human life, adding the missing pieces to a puzzle nearly completed two decades ago.
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An international team described the first-ever sequencing of a complete human genome – the set of instructions to build and sustain a human being – in research published Thursday in the journal Science. The previous effort, celebrated across the world, was incomplete because DNA sequencing technologies of the day weren't able to read certain parts of it. Even after updates, it was missing about 8% of the genome.
“Some of the genes that make us uniquely human were actually in this ‘dark matter of the genome’ and they were totally missed,” said Evan Eichler, a University of Washington researcher who participated in the current effort and the original Human Genome Project. “It took 20-plus years, but we finally got it done.”
Many — including Eichler's own students — thought it had been finished already. “I was teaching them, and they said, 'Wait a minute. Isn’t this like the sixth time you guys have declared victory? I said, ’No, this time we really, really did it!”
Scientists said this full picture of the genome will give humanity a greater understanding of our evolution and biology while also opening the door to medical discoveries in areas like aging, neurodegenerative conditions, cancer and heart disease.
“We’re just broadening our opportunities to understand human disease,” said Karen Miga, an author of one of the six studies published Thursday.
The research caps off decades of work. The first draft of the human genome was announced in a White House ceremony in 2000 by leaders of two competing entities: an international publicly funded project led by an agency of the U.S. National Institutes of Health and a private company, Maryland-based Celera Genomics.
The human genome is made up of about 3.1 billion DNA subunits, pairs of chemical bases known by the letters A, C, G and T. Genes are strings of these lettered pairs that contain instructions for making proteins, the building blocks of life. Humans have about 30,000 genes, organized in 23 groups called chromosomes that are found in the nucleus of every cell.
Before now, there were "large and persistent gaps that have been in our map, and these gaps fall in pretty important regions,” Miga said.
Miga, a genomics researcher at the University of California-Santa Cruz, worked with Adam Phillippy of the National Human Genome Research Institute to organize the team of scientists to start from scratch with a new genome with the aim of sequencing all of it, including previously missing pieces. The group, named after the sections at the very ends of chromosomes, called telomeres, is known as the Telomere-to-Telomere, or T2T, consortium.
Their work adds new genetic information to the human genome, corrects previous errors and reveals long stretches of DNA known to play important roles in both evolution and disease. A version of the research was published last year before being reviewed by scientific peers.
“This is a major improvement, I would say, of the Human Genome Project,” doubling its impact, said geneticist Ting Wang of the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, who was not involved in the research.
Eichler said some scientists used to think unknown areas contained “junk." Not him. "Some of us always believed there was gold in those hills," he said. Eichler is paid by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, which also supports The Associated Press's health and science department.
Turns out that gold includes many important genes, he said, such as ones integral to making a person's brain bigger than a chimp's, with more neurons and connections.
To find such genes, scientists needed new ways to read life's cryptic genetic language.
Reading genes requires cutting the strands of DNA into pieces hundreds to thousands of letters long. Sequencing machines read the letters in each piece and scientists try to put the pieces in the right order. That's especially tough in areas where letters repeat.
Scientists said some areas were illegible before improvements in gene sequencing machines that now allow them to, for example, accurately read a million letters of DNA at a time. That allows scientists to see genes with repeated areas as longer strings instead of snippets that they had to later piece together.
Researchers also had to overcome another challenge: Most cells contain genomes from both mother and father, confusing attempts to assemble the pieces correctly. T2T researchers got around this by using a cell line from one “complete hydatidiform mole," an abnormal fertilized egg containing no fetal tissue that has two copies of the father’s DNA and none of the mother’s.
The next step? Mapping more genomes, including ones that include collections of genes from both parents. This effort did not map one of the 23 chromosomes that is found in males, called the Y chromosome, because the mole contained only an X.
Wang said he’s working with the T2T group on the Human Pangenome Reference Consortium, which is trying to generate “reference," or template, genomes for 350 people representing the breadth of human diversity.
“Now we’ve gotten one genome right and we have to do many, many more,” Eichler said. “This is the beginning of something really fantastic for the field of human genetics.”
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https://www.kcra.com/article/scientists-finally-finish-decoding-entire-human-genome/39601005
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NeuroChain (NCC) traded down 2% against the U.S. dollar during the 1 day period ending at 17:00 PM ET on March 31st. One NeuroChain coin can currently be bought for about $0.0006 or 0.00000001 BTC on exchanges. NeuroChain has a total market capitalization of $254,680.35 and approximately $48.00 worth of NeuroChain was traded on exchanges in the last day. Over the last week, NeuroChain has traded down 29.9% against the U.S. dollar.
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- Binance USD (BUSD) traded 0.1% higher against the dollar and now trades at $1.00 or 0.00002186 BTC.
- Polygon (MATIC) traded down 4.8% against the dollar and now trades at $1.63 or 0.00003556 BTC.
- Polygon (MATIC) traded 1% higher against the dollar and now trades at $1.65 or 0.00004286 BTC.
- Crypto.com Coin (CRO) traded 5% higher against the dollar and now trades at $0.41 or 0.00001075 BTC.
- Dai (DAI) traded down 0% against the dollar and now trades at $1.00 or 0.00002183 BTC.
- Chainlink (LINK) traded down 1.6% against the dollar and now trades at $16.90 or 0.00036912 BTC.
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| 2022-04-01T00:06:38Z
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Oilers out to defend home winning streak vs. improving Blues
Connor McDavid already has become the first NHL player this season to reach the 100-point mark -- for the fifth time in his career -- and Leon Draisaitl needs one more goal to earn his second career 50-goal season.
But the Edmonton Oilers head into Friday's home date with the St. Louis Blues looking for to continue a more important run of rarified air.
Having won eight straight games at home, the latest a 4-3 shootout win over the Los Angeles Kings on Wednesday, another victory would tie for the longest home-ice run in franchise history and loom large in Edmonton's push up the Pacific Division standings. The Oilers head into the clash sitting third in the division, but division leading-Calgary Flames and the second-place Kings are not out of reach.
"That is something that needed to improve from over the last couple of years. So far this season we have done that," Draisaitl said. "We want to make this building a tough building for other teams to come in to and a hard building to play in. I think we have done a good job of that lately."
To no surprise, Draisaitl and McDavid have been leading the way. McDavid has collected eight goals and 13 assists during an 11-game point streak. Draisaitl, who has collected eight goals during a five-game goal streak and 11 in his last 10 outings, is in the chase for the goal-scoring title.
"The rate that both are scoring at, and the consistency that they bring every single night putting up points is impressive," defenseman Cody Ceci said. "That is what kind of drew me here in the summertime (as a free agent), the chance to play with these guys and see how far we can go."
The Blues arrive in Edmonton on the heels of claiming both halves of a home-and-home series with the Vancouver Canucks. St. Louis claimed a 4-3 road victory on Wednesday to kick off a three-game road swing that ends with a clash against the Flames on Saturday.
The Blues have an impressive 13-3-2 record against Pacific Division teams this season, but they are happier about drumming up consecutive wins after posting a 3-6-3 run prior to meeting the Canucks. Vancouver appears to be fading from the playoff picture, but positive momentum is important.
"And it's a good time to be doing it," said defenseman Nick Leddy, whose goal in Vancouver was his first since being acquired from the Detroit Red Wings at the trade deadline. "But we have some very good teams up ahead, and looking forward to the challenges."
Wednesday's win was tighter than it should have been, with Vancouver's Elias Pettersson scoring a late goal to bring the hosts within one and setting up a frantic finish. Nonetheless, the Blues believe they are putting their game back in order after a difficult few weeks and are back in the hunt for home-ice advantage in the opening round of the Stanley Cup playoffs.
"Something to build on for sure," forward David Perron said. "We got to (win) like four or five in a row before we start thinking that we got something going here."
Blues forward Jordan Kyrou returned to practice Thursday after he missed Wednesday's game due to illness, but there is no word on whether he will play Friday. Kyrou leads St. Louis with 62 points.
--Field Level Media
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| 2022-04-01T00:06:39Z
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Mutations in the TP53 tumour suppressor gene are found in ~50% of human cancers [1,2,3,4,5,6]. TP53 functions as a transcription factor that directly regulates the expression of ~500 genes, some of them involved in cell cycle arrest/cell senescence, apoptotic cell death or DNA damage repair, i.e. the cellular responses that together prevent tumorigenesis [1,2,3,4,5,6]. Defects in TP53 function not only cause tumour development but also impair the response of malignant cells to anti-cancer drugs, particularly those that induce DNA damage [1,2,3,4,5,6]. Most mutations in TP53 in human cancers cause a single amino acid substitution, usually within the DNA binding domain of the TP53 protein. These mutant TP53 proteins are often expressed at high levels in the malignant cells. Three cancer causing attributes have been postulated for mutant TP53 proteins: the inability to activate target genes controlled by wt TP53 (loss-of-function, LOF) that are critical for tumour suppression, dominant negative effects (DNE), i.e. blocking the function of wt TP53 in cells during early stages of transformation when mutant and wt TP53 proteins are co-expressed, and gain-of-function (GOF) effects whereby mutant TP53 impacts diverse cellular pathways by interacting with proteins that are not normally engaged by wt TP53 [1,2,3,4,5,6]. The GOF effects of mutant TP53 were reported to be essential for the sustained proliferation and survival of malignant cells and it was therefore proposed that agents that can remove mutant TP53 protein would have substantial therapeutic impact [7,8,9]. In this review article we discuss evidence for and against the value of targeting mutant TP53 protein for cancer therapy.
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The first billionaire ever is thought to be Standard Oil magnate John D. Rockefeller back in 1916, or perhaps Henry Ford in 1925. Fast forward some 100 years to 2021: as the COVID-19 pandemic continued to rage, a record-breaking 660 people became billionaires globally, growing the previous year’s number by 30%. While the U.S. is home to the most billionaires out of any other country, Americans are somewhat split in their feelings on the billionaire class. According to Pew Research Center data, people in the U.S. became somewhat more critical of billionaires between 2020 and 2021. Although support for individual billionaires like Elon Musk or Bill Gates is relatively strong, many Americans view the ultra-rich—as a group rather than as individuals—negatively. Meanwhile, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos is projected to become the world’s first trillionaire by 2026.
The U.S.’s wealthiest billionaires are mostly concentrated within just a couple of industries: finance and investments, and technology. Other wealthy sectors include food and drink, fashion and retail, and media and entertainment. In order to determine who the most affluent Americans are, as well as how they reached their billionaire status, Stacker compiled a list of the richest billionaires that are residents of New York, using data from Forbes. Billionaires are ranked by net worth as of March 31. Forbes lists 129 billionaires in New York.
#20. Stanley Druckenmiller
– Net worth: $6.8 billion (#378 wealthiest in the world)
– Residence: New York, New York
– Source of wealth: hedge funds
#19. Ralph Lauren
– Net worth: $7.2 billion (#354 wealthiest in the world)
– Residence: New York, New York
– Source of wealth: apparel
#18. Jonathan Gray
– Net worth: $7.3 billion (#350 wealthiest in the world)
– Residence: New York, New York
– Source of wealth: investments
#17. David Shaw
– Net worth: $7.5 billion (#332 wealthiest in the world)
– Residence: New York, New York
– Source of wealth: hedge funds
#16. Henry Kravis
– Net worth: $8.2 billion (#289 wealthiest in the world)
– Residence: New York, New York
– Source of wealth: private equity
#15. Stephen Ross
– Net worth: $8.2 billion (#288 wealthiest in the world)
– Residence: New York, New York
– Source of wealth: real estate
#14. Valerie Mars
– Net worth: $8.4 billion (#269 wealthiest in the world)
– Residence: New York, New York
– Source of wealth: candy, pet food
#13. George Soros
– Net worth: $8.6 billion (#261 wealthiest in the world)
– Residence: Katonah, New York
– Source of wealth: hedge funds
#12. Leon Black
– Net worth: $10.0 billion (#208 wealthiest in the world)
– Residence: New York, New York
– Source of wealth: private equity
#11. Chase Coleman III
– Net worth: $10.3 billion (#199 wealthiest in the world)
– Residence: New York, New York
– Source of wealth: investments
#10. Israel Englander
– Net worth: $11.5 billion (#182 wealthiest in the world)
– Residence: New York, New York
– Source of wealth: hedge funds
#9. Donald Newhouse
– Net worth: $14.7 billion (#130 wealthiest in the world)
– Residence: New York, New York
– Source of wealth: media
#8. Rupert Murdoch & family
– Net worth: $21.5 billion (#80 wealthiest in the world)
– Residence: New York, New York
– Source of wealth: newspapers, TV network
#7. Leonard Lauder
– Net worth: $24.2 billion (#66 wealthiest in the world)
– Residence: New York, New York
– Source of wealth: Estee Lauder
#6. Jim Simons
– Net worth: $28.6 billion (#50 wealthiest in the world)
– Residence: East Setauket, New York
– Source of wealth: hedge funds
#5. Alain Wertheimer
– Net worth: $33.2 billion (#41 wealthiest in the world)
– Residence: New York, New York
– Source of wealth: Chanel
#4. Gerard Wertheimer
– Net worth: $33.2 billion (#41 wealthiest in the world)
– Residence: New York, New York
– Source of wealth: Chanel
#3. Stephen Schwarzman
– Net worth: $37.4 billion (#35 wealthiest in the world)
– Residence: New York, New York
– Source of wealth: investments
#2. Julia Koch & family
– Net worth: $62.9 billion (#20 wealthiest in the world)
– Residence: New York, New York
– Source of wealth: Koch Industries
#1. Michael Bloomberg
– Net worth: $82.0 billion (#13 wealthiest in the world)
– Residence: New York, New York
– Source of wealth: Bloomberg LP
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The House on Thursday passed a bill capping the monthly cost of insulin at $35 for insured patients, part of an election-year push by Democrats for price curbs on prescription drugs at a time of rising inflation.
Experts say the legislation, which passed 232-193, would provide significant relief for privately insured patients with skimpier plans and for Medicare enrollees facing rising out-of-pocket costs for their insulin. Some could save hundreds of dollars annually, and all insured patients would get the benefit of predictable monthly costs for insulin. The bill would not help the uninsured.
But the Affordable Insulin Now Act will serve as a political vehicle to rally Democrats and force Republicans who oppose it into uncomfortable votes ahead of the midterms. For the legislation to pass Congress, 10 Republican senators would have to vote in favor. Democrats acknowledge they don’t have an answer for how that’s going to happen.
“If 10 Republicans stand between the American people being able to get access to affordable insulin, that’s a good question for 10 Republicans to answer,” said Rep. Dan Kildee, D-Mich., a cosponsor of the House bill. “Republicans get diabetes, too. Republicans die from diabetes.”
Public opinion polls have consistently shown support across party lines for congressional action to limit drug costs.
But Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., complained the legislation is only “a small piece of a larger package around government price controls for prescription drugs.” Critics say the bill would raise premiums and fails to target pharmaceutical middlemen seen as contributing to high list prices for insulin.
Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, said Democrats could have a deal on prescription drugs if they drop their bid to authorize Medicare to negotiate prices. “Do Democrats really want to help seniors, or would they rather have the campaign issue?” Grassley said.
The insulin bill, which would take effect in 2023, represents just one provision of a much broader prescription drug package in President Joe Biden’s social and climate legislation.
In addition to a similar $35 cap on insulin, the Biden bill would authorize Medicare to negotiate prices for a range of drugs, including insulin. It would penalize drugmakers who raise prices faster than inflation and overhaul the Medicare prescription drug benefit to limit out-of-pocket costs for enrollees.
Biden’s agenda passed the House only to stall in the Senate because Democrats could not reach consensus. Party leaders haven’t abandoned hope of getting the legislation moving again, and preserving its drug pricing curbs largely intact.
The idea of a $35 monthly cost cap for insulin actually has a bipartisan pedigree. The Trump administration had created a voluntary option for Medicare enrollees to get insulin for $35, and the Biden administration continued it.
In the Senate, Republican Susan Collins of Maine and Democrat Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire are working on a bipartisan insulin bill. Georgia Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock has introduced legislation similar to the House bill, with the support of Sen. Majority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York.
Stung by criticism that Biden’s economic policies spur inflation, Democrats are redoubling efforts to show how they’d help people cope with costs. On Thursday, the Commerce Department reported a key inflation gauge jumped 6.4% in February compared with a year ago, the largest year-over-year rise since January 1982.
But experts say the House bill would not help uninsured people, who face the highest out-of-pocket costs for insulin. Also, people with diabetes often take other medications as well as insulin. That’s done to treat the diabetes itself, along with other serious health conditions often associated with the disease. The House legislation would not help with those costs, either. Collins says she’s looking for a way to help uninsured people through her bill.
About 37 million Americans have diabetes, and an estimated 6 million to 7 million use insulin to keep their blood sugars under control. It’s an old drug, refined and improved over the years, that has seen relentless price increases.
Steep list prices don’t reflect the rates insurance plans negotiate with manufacturers. But those list prices are used to calculate cost-sharing amounts that patients owe. Patients who can’t afford their insulin reduce or skip doses, a strategy born of desperation, which can lead to serious complications and even death.
Economist Sherry Glied of New York University said the market for insulin is a “total disaster” for many patients, particularly those with skimpy insurance plans or no insurance.
“This will make private insurance for people with diabetes a much more attractive proposition,” said Glied.
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The Academy is being hypocritical in trying to make an example of Will Smith
OPINION: It’s hard to take the organization that runs the Oscars seriously now that it has decided to begin disciplinary proceedings against the actor for violating its standards of conduct. Funny how the Academy hasn't kept that same energy for Oscar winners who’ve done far worse than a slap.
Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are the author’s own. Read more opinions on theGrio.
Although wrong is wrong (and two of them don’t make a right)—there always seems to be a double standard when Black people are caught in the crosshairs.
The “slapgate” incident involving Will Smith and Chris Rock has become a saga within itself —with the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences doubling down on the escalation.
On Wednesday, the Academy, which oversees the Oscars, formally announced that it has “initiated disciplinary proceedings against Mr. Smith for violations of the Academy’s Standards of Conduct, including inappropriate physical contact, abusive or threatening behavior, and compromising the integrity of the Academy.”
The org also added that “Mr. Smith’s actions at the 94th Oscars were a deeply shocking, traumatic event to witness in-person and on television” and even went as far to mention “that Mr. Smith was asked to leave the ceremony and refused.”
On Thursday, various sources began pushing back on the Academy’s narrative, claiming that the Oscar winner wasn’t asked to leave. Translation: Somebody is lying, and it’s hard to believe the Academy is serious right now.
For the 1,619th time, Black people questioning how white institutions operate when it comes to our community aren’t condoning violence (someone should ask Trump supporters at every rally, convention and/or insurrection the former president might be attending). However, it’s hard not to see the hypocrisy of the Academy as it tries to make Smith its big Black example of confronting “deeply shocking, traumatic” events at its ceremony. I, for one, would think that having multiple years in recent history of not nominating any actors and actresses of color would be more disturbing than an open-handed slap—but I guess nobody asked me.
Writer, director and producer Marshall Herskovitz, a member of the Academy, tweeted shortly after Sunday’s incident that Smith should be reprimanded, adding: “He disgraced our entire community tonight.”
Disgraced? Entire community? Interesting.
For years, the Academy has often turned a blind eye to its members’ problematic and threatening conduct. With Smith, it “may take any disciplinary action, which may include suspension, expulsion, or other sanctions permitted by the Bylaws and Standards of Conduct.” Given what’s gone down at the Oscars and with Academy members (on and off the stage), I didn’t even know they had such strict bylaws and standards of conduct.
I remember watching actor Adrien Brody running up to accept the Oscar for best actor at the 2003 Academy Awards and immediately grabbing and kissing presenter Halle Berry without any hesitation. We would later find out that this wasn’t scripted, and it was easily chalked up as Brody being super excited he won. But Berry, the first and only Black woman to win for best actress, was sexually assaulted on national television. Years have passed, but the Monster’s Ball actress has noted she was in a state of shock at what happened at that moment.
Right now, on the Academy’s official YouTube channel, that cringey clip, titled “Favorite Oscar® Moment – Adrien Brody kissing Halle Berry,” has over seven million views.
Brody has never faced any consequences for his behavior at the time—just like the director of the film he won the Oscar for, Roman Polanski, didn’t either when he won the best director Academy Award that same evening. Polanski, who became a fugitive when he fled the United States in 1978 after pleading guilty to having sex with an underage girl, got a standing ovation in his absence when his name was called. It wasn’t until 2018 that the Academy finally expelled him and Bill Cosby during the rise of the #MeToo movement. It had only given disgraced Hollywood heavyweight Harvey Weinstein the boot the year before.
But the list goes on of countless entertainers, past and present, who have been given no major consequences for violent and problematic behavior. During the 1973 Academy Awards, acting legend John Wayne reportedly had to be held back by six security guards from attacking 26-year-old Native American actor Sacheen Littlefeather after he was enraged that she criticized Hollywood for its problematic portrayals of indigenous people. Instead of condemning Wayne’s racist and violent behavior, actors like Clint Eastwood mocked her words and punched down with a dose of toxic masculinity by standing up for cowboys “shot in all the John Ford Westerns over the years.”
Perhaps one of the most disgusting displays of white privilege at the Oscars can be found in the constant passes extended to Oscar winner Mel Gibson by the Academy after his well-documented history of blatant anti-Semitism and racism. In 2017, the controversial director was nominated for best director, with many considering it a “comeback” after he hadn’t been nominated since 1995’s Braveheart, which won best picture and best director, earning Gibson two awards. Again, he wasn’t ever reprimanded or had his Oscars rescinded for such inflammatory behavior—and we won’t even get into how accused sexual abuser Woody Allen is still being nominated and winning as recently as 2013.
If the Academy takes away Smith’s well-earned Oscar, it would be the second time it has done so. It could also remove him from the Academy. Would the punishment fit the crime? According to history, that answer is no. Because for all of the men before him who’ve done far worse to set the Oscars back, Smith’s actions appear to be less dangerous when lined up against accused rapists, racists and abusers.
If they were to ask me, a simple short-term suspension and not being allowed to traditionally present at next year’s Oscars would suffice. Anything beyond that feels excessive, overkill and white supremacy rearing its ugly head.
Correction, 5:40 p.m. ET, March 31, 2022: While an Oscar has never been revoked for personal conduct, an award was revoked in 1969 when a documentary was found ineligible for the year it was nominated. The story has been updated.
Ernest Owens is the Editor at Large of Philadelphia magazine and CEO of Ernest Media Empire, LLC. The award-winning journalist has written for The New York Times, NBC News, USA Today and several other major publications. Follow him on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram and ernestowens.com.
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Rick Ross says he is serious about climbing Mount Kilimanjaro.
The rapper has been open about many goals he has set for himself. From owing dozens of cars and only learning to drive at 45 years old, the Rozay rapper is not one to cop out.
Rick Ross recently disclosed on the Full Send Podcast that he has set some ambitious goals for himself this year, including climbing Mount Kilimanjaro in Africa.
“I really believe when I put my heart to something, I can do anything,” he began. “As a matter of fact, I was smoking, I was on my back patio last night, I’m sitting underneath the trees, I’m listening to the waterfall, I’m looking at the plants, the landscaping, the patio furniture, you know? And I gave myself a challenge and I’m actually issuing you guys a challenge here,” he says.
“This is the first time I’ve said this, but in 2024, I’ma hike to the top of Kilimanjaro. Just making it to the top, and you going with me.”
Mount Kilimanjaro is a dormant volcano in Tanzania famous for its three volcanic cones, namely Kibo, Mawenzi, and Shira. The mountain forms the highest peek on the African continent making it no easy fete to climb.
Mount Kilimanjaro is known as one of the most difficult mountains to climb but not because of how steep the trails are but because the hardest part is getting to the summit, which at night is extremely difficult as this is the coldest, windiest section of the adventure with an ascent of 4,084ft with 49% less oxygen and descent of nearly 6,870ft. Still, about 30,000 people attempt to climb the mountain annually, and there are about 10 fatalities per year.
However, Rick Ross isn’t deterred as he says he’s determined to complete the climb.
“I’m the boss, I don’t look into nothing,” he said. “I make my mind up, it’s not really that big. I just gotta get it done. And what you gotta realize, if you notice I said 2024. So for the rest of this year, I’m getting prepared mentally, next year I get prepared physically.”
When asked about the length of days to complete the journey, he says, “Who knows? I’m guessing five/10 days, some shit like that. Give me 12 days, no rush. That’s what we doing. I’m not sure [about the elevation], I would wanna guess maybe 5000 [metres] or some type of shit.”
And he’s already preparing in terms of food and company as he says he’s not going on his own because someone needs to carry his Wingstop fries and chips.
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https://dominicagazette.com/rick-ross-reveals-his-next-big-project-is-climbing-mount-kilimanjaro/
| 2022-04-01T00:06:36Z
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The plaintiffs in a lawsuit about drawing new congressional districts are asking a federal judge to remove himself from the case because of his past representation of the Florida House in redistricting issues.
The groups Common Cause Florida and FairDistricts Now and five voters filed a motion Tuesday seeking recusal of U.S. District Judge Allen Winsor from the lawsuit, which argues that a federal court should set Florida’s new congressional districts.
Winsor is one of three judges appointed to a panel to handle the case. The motion said Winsor, while a lawyer in private practice, represented the Florida House on a series of redistricting issues from 2005 to 2013.
“Irrespective of his ability to remain evenhanded, Judge Winsor’s previous efforts in this state’s redistricting processes raise legitimate questions about his role in this case,” attorneys for the plaintiffs wrote in a memorandum accompanying the motion. “To avoid any doubt, and to preserve the perception of impartiality, plaintiffs respectfully request that Judge Winsor consider that reasonable citizens might question his impartiality in this case and recuse himself on that ground.”
The plaintiffs filed the lawsuit March 11 in Tallahassee after Gov. Ron DeSantis said he would veto a congressional redistricting plan passed by the Legislature. The lawsuit argued that an impasse between DeSantis and lawmakers jeopardized the chances of reaching agreement on a map — and that judges should step in to make sure revamped districts are set before this year’s elections.
DeSantis vetoed the legislative plan Tuesday and called a special session from April 19 to April 22 to approve a map as part of the once-a-decade reapportionment process.
In another development Wednesday, the plaintiffs dismissed Senate and House leaders as defendants in the lawsuit. That came after attorneys for the legislative leaders filed a motion Tuesday seeking such a dismissal. DeSantis and Secretary of State Laurel Lee remain as defendants.
On March 14, William Pryor, chief judge of the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, designated Winsor, U.S. District Judge M. Casey Rodgers and appellate Judge Adalberto Jordan to handle the lawsuit. Pryor wrote that federal law requires a three-judge panel in such situations, though the panel can subsequently decide that it should not have been formed.
Winsor became a federal judge in 2019 after an appointment by then-President Donald Trump. Earlier, he served on the state’s 1st District Court of Appeal and as state solicitor general and worked in private practice for the GrayRobinson law firm.
During his time at GrayRobinson, Winsor represented the House on issues in the 2012 reapportionment process and also in opposing 2010 constitutional amendments known as the “Fair Districts” amendments, according to the plaintiffs’ memorandum filed Tuesday. Voters approved the Fair Districts amendments, which were aimed at reducing partisanship and gerrymandering in the redistricting process.
The Fair Districts amendments are part of the ongoing debate about new congressional lines, with DeSantis contending that lawmakers have interpreted the amendments in a way that doesn’t comply with the U.S. Constitution.
An online docket early Wednesday afternoon did not indicate whether Winsor would step aside from the lawsuit.
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Shares of Royal Caribbean Group
RCL,
+2.82%
rallied 2.82% to $83.78 Thursday, on what proved to be an all-around grim trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index
SPX,
-1.57%
falling 1.57% to 4,530.41 and Dow Jones Industrial Average
DJIA,
-1.56%
falling 1.56% to 34,678.35. This was the stock's sixth consecutive day of gains. Royal Caribbean Group closed $14.49 below its 52-week high ($98.27), which the company reached on November 8th.
The stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors Thursday, as Walt Disney Co.
DIS,
-2.70%
fell 2.70% to $137.16, Marriott International Inc.
MAR,
-0.40%
fell 0.40% to $175.75, and Carnival PLC ADR
CUK,
+2.93%
rose 2.93% to $18.27. Trading volume (5.4 M) eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 4.5 M.
Editor's Note: This story was auto-generated by Automated Insights, an automation technology provider, using data from Dow Jones and FactSet. See our market data terms of use.
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FRESNO, Calif., March 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Well Done Moving, Inc. once again shows its appreciation for its local community by offering a moving discount to first responders.
Well Done Moving created this initiative to express appreciation for our local First Responders by offering discounted moving services for the month of April. Sales Director, Lindsey Beasley states, "The success we've experienced is directly attributed to the amazing people of our community. As a family-owned, Fresno-based company, we are proud to be able to give back to a community that has entrusted us with their valuables for over a decade".
First Responders can take advantage of this opportunity within the Fresno, Madera, Kings, and Tulare counties.
Well Done Moving strives to actively give back to the local community by creating and participating in philanthropic events such as Moving Neighbors in need, Assisting Creek Fire evacuees, and supporting Habitat for Humanity by moving residents into their new homes.
For more information regarding the First Responder discount, please visit our website.
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WDM is committed to creating a culture where employees are appreciated and an extension of its family. The company offers competitive pay and starts its team members off above minimum wage. In addition, it offers PTO/sick time, and team members have the opportunity to earn up to five weeks of vacation. These policies and commitment to the community set Well Done Moving apart in the moving industry and helped it grow into one of Fresno's most trusted local companies.
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Welcome to Harry's house.
Harry Styles dropped the music video for his new single "As It Was" on March 31. In the video, Harry went on a dancing spree while wearing a red jumpsuit glittering with red sequins. He showed his moves on a giant turntable and on some brick city streets, singing in the chorus, "In this world, it's just us / You know it's not the same as it was."
At one point, Harry stripped down to a pair of scarlet shorts, embracing an entirely red wardrobe in the music video.
He also seemingly referenced his relationship with Olivia Wilde in the lyrics, "Leave America, two kids, follow her." (Olivia shares children Otis and Daisy with ex Jason Sudeikis.)
Prior to putting this new song out into the world, Harry teased its arrival on social media. On March 28, Harry posted a still from the music video. The photo showed Harry facing away from the camera towards a hallway. In the sneak-peek shot, Harry rocked the same sparkling red ensemble.
Naturally, fans fled to the comment section to react to the announcement.
One user wrote, "U CANT JUST THROW THIS AT US WITH NO WARNING." While another gushed, "IT'S HAPPENING."
And let us say after it happened, it surely did not disappoint. The song's debut marks the first release from the One Direction alum's upcoming album Harry's House. On March 23, Harry shocked fans by announcing the impending arrival of his third studio album. He released an album trailer which showed shots of people and places ranging from a city street to an empty theater.
The 13-song collection is set to release May 20. And while we would love for the album to come sooner, we are just pleased Harry continues to treat people with kindness and to new music.
Aside from this project, Harry shared on Instagram that he has added more dates to his Love On Tour, which will hit stages in the U.K., Europe and South America starting on June 11.
See his new video above.
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Russian Orthodox leader says Ukraine invasion is part of struggle against ‘gay parades’
A Russian Orthodox leader suggested last weekend that the country’s invasion of Ukraine is part of an ongoing conflict to resist liberal pressure to hold gay pride parades, sparking backlash from other Orthodox churches in the region.
In a sermon on Sunday, Russian Orthodox bishop Kirill, an ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin, said that Ukraine was engaging in the “extermination” of Russian loyalists in the Donbas, a breakaway Ukrainian territory held by two Russian-backed separatist groups since 2014 that is now playing a key role in Russia’s strategy.
Kirill made no mention of Russia’s attacks on civilian areas, The Associated Press reported.
Kirill said that the Donbas separatists were sacrificing themselves for the “fundamental rejection of the so-called values that are offered today by those who claim world power.” Kirill further claimed that liberal forces are presenting a “test for the loyalty” of countries by demanding they hold “gay parades” and join a club of nations with different ideas of freedom, according to the AP.
Kirill had previously avoided criticizing Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, angering Ukrainian Orthodox churches that had remained loyal to the Orthodox leader even with geopolitical complications in their own country. A number of these churches have now excluded Kirill’s name from public prayers and demanded separation from the Moscow church, the AP reported.
The Rev. Mykola Danilevich, a spokesperson for the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, said days before Kirill’s most recent comments that many priests had stopped commemorating Kirill in church services.
“And the reason is obvious,” Danilevich wrote before Kirill’s sermon this past Sunday, according to the AP. “The treacherous open invasion of Ukraine is a huge mistake of Russia … People did not hear from the patriarch a clear assessment of this war and his call to stop this madness.”
After the religious leader’s comments last weekend, officials in the Ukrainian Orthodox Church both in the country and around the world spoke out against the remarks. Clergy in the Lviv and Volodymyr-Volynskaare dioceses called for independence from the Russian Orthodox church on their Facebook pages, according to the AP.
Archbishop Daniel of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA also condemned Kirill’s comments, calling them “incomprehensible.”
“Regardless of our beliefs and regardless of our stance on social and moral issues, you cannot use that as a propaganda tool to justify the Russian invasion and the slaughter of innocent people,” Daniel said, the AP reported.
The comments come after Putin tried to justify the Russian invasion into Ukraine last week by claiming that Russian forces were defending the country from neo-Nazi forces.
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Dolly Parton says a prayer for East Tennessee as wildfires burn near her hometown
East Tennessee icon and Sevierville native Dolly Parton shared her support for the victims and first responders of the Sevier County fire late Thursday afternoon.
"I’m proud of how everyone in the area has pulled together like they always do," Parton wrote on Twitter. "I’m especially proud of the brave men and women who are working to contain the fire."
The Hatcher Mountain/Indigo Lane fire started Wednesday and spread to 3,700 acres. The fire is 30% contained as of Thursday afternoon, according to the Sevier County Emergency Management Agency.
Live Updates:Smokies fire in Wears Valley is now 30% contained, still affecting 3,700 acres
How to help:East TN wildfire victims and first responders need help. Here are some places to start
Parton also said she has been in close contact with staff at Dollywood, her namesake amusement park in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, to make sure people and structures are safe. The park is closed today.
"I know there are some folks who have been affected, and I hope that you will join me in saying a prayer for them," Parton wrote.
Track wildfires:In light of Smokies fire in Wears Valley, track wildfires in Tennessee with this map
Wears Valley fire:'Heartbreaking' Wears Valley fire sparks evacuation order as dangerous winds hit Smokies
While Parton hasn't announced specific donation or support efforts, her nonprofit Dollywood Foundation is a key partner in Mountain Tough, the organization providing resources and support for those affected by the Sevier County fires.
The nonprofit is collecting donations starting Friday at the Sevier County Fairgrounds. A list of items you can donate can be found here.
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DENVER (KDVR) — The 2022 Super Bowl broke records in Colorado’s short history as a betting-legal state.
All told, Colorado bettors wagered $41 million on the game this year, which is $10 million more than they wagered in 2021. Football is typically the most heavily bet sport in months when the NFL is in season.
Overall, February was a down month. Bettors wagered $440.5 million in the month, down from the record high of $573.7 in January.
As the football season ended, basketball stepped in to fill the void. In February, the NBA was the most heavily wagered sport with $155.6 million. NCAA basketball ranked second with $68.2 million.
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DEC unveils fishing regs changes
Albany, N.Y. — New York’s Department of Environmental Conservation has unveiled a series of fishing regulations changes that take effect April 1.
Officials said the changes, which came after a public comment period, should “make fishing New York’s waters less complicated and easier to understand.”
DEC adopted more conservative harvest regulations for sunfish to protect populations from overharvest and increased the minimum size limit for crappie to 10 inches to improve the stability and size structure of populations. The state also placed experimental regulations on 11 waters to determine if larger sunfish can be produced under a 15-fish-per-day harvest limit and an eight-inch minimum size limit.
Other changes include:
• new statewide regulation for rainbow, brown trout, and splake in lakes and ponds. The season will now be open year-round, with a five-fish daily limit, any size, with a “no more than two longer than 12 inches” harvest rule
• statewide Atlantic salmon regulations that will allow for a year-round open season
• ice fishing is permitted on all waters in New York unless specifically prohibited with the exception of Essex, Franklin, Fulton, Hamilton, Herkimer, Lewis, St. Lawrence, Warren, and Washington counties where previous rules remain
• new, specific dates replaced floating dates for statewide season openers to include: May 1 for walleye, northern pike, pickerel and tiger muskellunge; June 1 for muskellunge. DEC will allow muskie fishing beginning the last Saturday in May to accommodate previously planned fishing trips; and June 15 for largemouth and smallmouth bass.
• a five-fish daily walleye limit in Oneida Lake
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West Virginia deer kill dips
SOUTH CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — The number of white-tailed deer killed in West Virginia during the recently completed hunting seasons fell slightly compared to a year ago, wildlife officials said.
Hunters killed 105,278 deer last year, a 1.5% drop from the 106,861 deer taken in 2020, the Division of Natural Resources said in a news release..
The DNR said hunters harvested more than 42,000 bucks during the traditional buck firearm season, 31,000 were taken by bows and crossbows, nearly 28,000 antlerless deer were shot during all firearm seasons, and nearly 3,600 deer were harvested by muzzleloader hunters. In addition, 633 deer were taken with primitive bow and rifles during the Mountaineer Heritage season.
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Florida officials kill aggressive gator
GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Florida wildlife officials have killed a nearly 12-foot alligator that swam within inches of a frightened paddleboarder in a popular state park during an encounter in September recorded on video that went viral.
The male alligator – 11 feet, 10 inches long – was shot one evening near dusk last month by a trapper contracted by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, according to agency records.
The alligator had been a popular curiosity among kayakers and paddleboarders in Silver Springs State Park, where it was often seen lounging in the sun along the banks of the Silver River. The park – home to alligators, large turtles, manatees and even a colony of monkeys – enforces a no-swimming rule.
Agency spokesperson Tammy Sapp confirmed that the alligator killed Feb. 22 was the same one seen in startling videos and photographs in the fall swimming near a paddleboarder who pushed it away with her paddle. In the videos, it hissed loudly at the paddleboarder and opened its mouth, baring its large teeth and a powerful jaw.
Wildlife experts said the alligator’s behavior suggested other people had been illegally feeding the animal, and it probably began associating paddlers with food.
“There was only one alligator of this size in the area,” Sapp wrote in an email.
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L.L. Bean thrives during pandemic
FREEPORT, Maine (AP) — A greater interest in the outdoors during the pandemic helped to drive double-digit revenue growth for L.L. Bean, allowing the board to provide a healthy bonus for workers.
Sales grew by 14% during the retailer’s 2021 fiscal year, the biggest gain since 1993, and a cash bonus of 12% was awarded to workers, officials said.
“We had a fantastic year,” CEO Steve Smith told The Associated Press. He praised workers for their resilience in dealing with the pandemic, supply-chain issues and other challenges.
Smith said the company bet on strong performance and increased the volume of orders from vendors as shoppers began snapping up outdoors gear at the start of the pandemic.
“People clearly reconnected to the outdoors, and the outdoors became a critical component in people’s lives,” he said.
The company boasted double-digit growth categories including active clothing and athleisure; outerwear and active footwear; camping and hiking; winter sports; and travel.
All told, the company recorded sales of $1.8 billion, a new record, building on last year’s 5% growth, officials said.
The board shared the wealth with workers who received a 20% bonus – 12% in cash and 8% in 401k contributions, officials said. All 5,500 full- and part-time employees qualify for the bonus.
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"I am concerned," Oregon U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley said of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. "This is a scary moment because Russia's protocols talk about escalating to tactical nuclear weapons if it's needed to reinforce conventional efforts. That means it's probably a policy option the Russian command and President Putin are talking about, which is very scary."
Merkley made the comment in a one-on-one interview with The Chief Tuesday, March 29, just before conducting a virtual town hall for Columbia County.
In the interview with The Chronicle, Merkley also applauded President Biden for his decision to withhold sending U.S. troops to Russia by drawing a couple (of) “bright lines.”
"One is we don't put soldiers on the ground in Ukraine so that we don't have American soldiers battling Russian soldiers,” Merkley said. “Second of all, we do not put American aircraft over Ukraine shooting down Russian aircraft. Those (lines), in my estimation, are correct. We think that keeping that line and keeping from getting in direct conflict with Russia makes it quite unlikely that they would escalate in that matter.”
Supreme Court
Alongside foreign policy decisions, Merkley said he supports the confirmation of Biden's nomination of Ketanji Brown Jackson, a Washington D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals judge, to serve on the Supreme Court.
"Judge Jackson will bring much-needed diversity of lived experience and professional background to the Supreme Court,” Merkley said in a release before The Chronicle’s interview. “Importantly, she also shares a commitment to defending our founding constitutional values and to ensuring that the law is enforced evenhandedly to serve all of the people.
“The role of a judge is to apply the law impartially, without driving a partisan or ideological agenda at a time when our nation’s legal system is under assault from special interests seeking to make the rich richer and the powerful more powerful."
In the Chronicle’s one-on-one, Merkley said, "I think she (Jackson) brings an important perspective as someone who worked as an attorney for those who are accused. We often have attorneys who worked as prosecutors, but the legal system doesn't approach anything about fairness unless there is both good representation for the accused as well as the prosecution."
Support for Columbia County
While acknowledging his limited knowledge on "local complexities" regarding the NEXT Renewable Fuels plant development at the Port of Westward, Merkley said he supports a fast transition to renewable energy.
"It's six or seven times cheaper to run on electricity," he said. "We really have some advantages to move to electricity both in terms of reducing carbon pollution in the atmosphere driving climate chaos, and in terms of cheaper energy."
Merkley also said he backs legislation making childcare more affordable for working families in Columbia County.
"Childcare is an absolutely critical part of our Build Back Better bill," Merkley said. "The idea is that no family should have to pay more than 7% of its income towards childcare, which would be just a revolution in America for families that struggle to meet those high childcare costs and would help us rebuild our childcare system across the country."
As to what he will do to ensure the bill's passage, Merkley said, "We may be able to have it as part of a smaller package, (or) we might be able to have it as a standalone bill that colleagues across the aisle would join us on." In other words, "We've got a couple of possibilities, so we're not giving up on it."
According to Merkley's description of the bill, Build Back Better will provide financial support to families spending more than 7% on childcare and aid in training and development for childcare centers.
Merkley has held a town hall in each of Oregon’s 36 counties every year since 2009. The March 29 Columbia County town hall marked his 497th as a U.S. Senator and his 29th this year.
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Hurley: Tom Brady Clearly Won Power Struggle With Bruce Arians In Tampa Bay
By Michael Hurley, CBS Boston
BOSTON (CBS) — Tom Brady doesn’t like shedding. Whether it’s the Super Bowl, whether or not it’s a fourth preseason recreation, whether or not it’s an unstated rivalry with a peer, whether or not it’s a board recreation towards a beloved teammate, or whether or not it’s an influence wrestle with a sure head coach, Tom Brady doesn’t prefer to lose.
And although it took a while to earn his newest victory, he actually acquired what he needed in Tampa Bay with Bruce Arians’ abrupt resignation as head coach on Wednesday evening.
Of course, we’d should make an assumption or two to reach at that conclusion. The official phrase from all events is that every little thing has at all times been hunky-dory between the quarterback and the pinnacle coach. Lovey-dovey, even, based mostly on Brady’s long Instagram homage devoted to “BA” shortly after the pinnacle coach formally introduced his transfer to the entrance workplace. (Arians responded with a “Thanks brotha” remark together with an emoji of a glass of whiskey.)
They can say no matter they need, making an attempt to handle their most popular message. But as at all times, actions imply a complete lot greater than phrases.
And on this occasion, the actions have been past weird, courting again to the tip of the Bucs’ postseason run.
For Brady, you’ve gotten the studies of retirement leaking out in a weekend in January. Then you’ve gotten fierce denials from Brady’s dad, Brady’s agent, Brady’s staff, after which Brady himself. One single day after Brady stated he hadn’t selected retirement simply but, he … selected retirement. So lengthy, soccer.
The man who’s performed perpetually and has needed to weigh retirement for the previous 5 years one way or the other managed his departure from the sport as clumsily as attainable. It was as if there was no plan in any respect. (Or it was as if causes aside from a want to “focus” his “time and energy on other things” that required his “attention” drove that awkward “retirement.”)
Then there was Bruce. Boy, was there ever Bruce. When Bruce confirmed up on the mix in Indy, he confronted Brady questions. Of course he did. And what did Bruce say? He not solely stated that there was zero % probability of Brady popping out of retirement, however he additionally threw in a little bit dig on the quarterback for the entire “never say never” wishy-washy language that Brady used when requested about presumably enjoying once more.
“I think like a lot of these guys now,” Arians mused, “he likes to have his name out there.”
Bruce Arians says he’d be shocked if Tom Brady determined to return.
So why hasn’t Brady slammed the door shut?
“I think like a lot of these guys now, he likes to have his name out there.” pic.twitter.com/fHWPLiqXkM
— Phil Perry (@PhilAPerry) March 1, 2022
Arians was additionally defiant when requested if the Bucs would contemplate buying and selling Brady to a different staff, stating that doing so could be “bad business.”
“Nope. Nope. Bad business,” Arians stated. “I’m not trading the best quarterback ever.”
(Arians just isn’t the overall supervisor of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, for these retaining rating at residence. Ergo, what he stated was technically true, as he’s not buying and selling any quarterback. That duty would fall on the precise GM, Jason Licht. Odd tone to strike.)
Arians additionally stated that if the Bucs acquired a brand new big-name, big-money quarterback, just for Brady to later come out of retirement, then Brady could be the starter, and the new QB would have to sit on the bench. That assertion confirmed fairly clearly that Arians was stuffed with baloney.
But, nicely, bluffs had been being referred to as. That’s the best way issues had been.
Those quotes got here after a report surfaced indicating the Brady-Arians relationship had soured, resulting in rigidity between the 2. That report got here from former NFL offensive lineman Rich Ohrnberger, who had this to say after Arians stepped down on Wednesday evening:
— Rich Ohrnberger (@ohrnberger) March 31, 2022
Of course, lower than two weeks after Arians stated the door had been slammed shut on a Brady return … Brady went forward and returned. Thus ending the fakest and shortest retirement within the historical past of pretend, quick retirements.
Brady was again, however with the potential battle between the very best QB ever and a coach who had one profession playoff win previous to having Tom Brady as his QB, it was honest to surprise if Brady had both:
A) Angled a manner for the Bucs to commerce him someplace else, or
B) Come to an settlement with proprietor Joel Glazer at a Manchester United match that Arians must go.
While the world waited to seek out out (that it was clearly choice B), it’s honest to surmise now that Brady knew how this is able to finish. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have come again to play in a state of affairs that he clearly had little interest in. And he actually wouldn’t have gone to work recruiting gamers to sign up Tampa like he has completed in current weeks. The timing of his return announcement got here a day earlier than the authorized tampering interval opened. That was not coincidental. The rubber, as they are saying, was assembly the street.
Think about it. Brady clumsily retires. A smirking Arians stated he ain’t coming again, but when he does come again, he ain’t getting traded. Brady comes again. Now Arians is out.
Had it occurred in a vacuum, maybe the blissful platitudes and boozy emojis could be plausible. But the absurdity of every little thing that’s occurred over the previous two months makes these phrases so very exhausting to consider.
The extra believable actuality is that frequent sense gained out. The Bucs had to decide on between the best quarterback of all time who performed at an MVP degree final season at age 44 (!!!) or Bruce Arians, a coach who had led a staff to the playoffs simply twice in six seasons, went 1-2 within the playoffs, who had been in his personal pretend retirement earlier than coming again to the NFL and main the Jameis Winston Bucs to a 7-9 file, and who had led the “superteam” Bucs to a mediocre 7-5 file in 2020 earlier than handing management of the offense over to Brady. (The Bucs didn’t lose a recreation after that. Again, that’s for the at-home record-keepers.)
Really, there was no option to make. Arians looks like a cool man. Jason Licht most likely loves him. Joel Glazer most likely loves him. Brady would possibly even love him on days that aren’t Sunday.
But soccer’s not about love. It’s about successful. Nobody’s higher at successful than Tom Brady, and if the query revolved round whether or not Brady or Arians held extra significance within the Bucs’ pursuit of successful in 2022, there actually wasn’t a query in any respect.
The Bucs made the correct selection, as a result of it’s the one selection. Now they’ll contend for one more Super Bowl. And now we lastly have a transparent rationalization for that inexplicably weird offseason in Tampa.
You can email Michael Hurley or discover him on Twitter @michaelFhurley.
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1344342 B.C. LTD - Early Warning News Release
This press release is issued pursuant to the National Instrument 62-103 - The Early Warning System and Related Take-Over Bid and Insider Reporting Issues.
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA, March 31, 2022 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Shimcity Inc. (“Shimcity”) and 2657456 Ontario Inc. (“265”) (collectively, the “Acquirors”) announce that they acquired, directly and indirectly, 18 common shares (“Common Shares”) and 18 Common Shares, respectively, of 1344342 B.C. Ltd. (the “Company”) pursuant to a court-approved plan of arrangement (the “Arrangement”) carried out under the provisions of the Business Corporations Act (British Columbia) by 1319741 B.C. Ltd. (“741 BC”). The Arrangement has resulted in the shareholders of 741 BC holding shares in seven new companies: 1344341 B.C. Ltd., 1344340 B.C. Ltd., 1344343 B.C. Ltd., 1344344 B.C. Ltd., 1344345 B.C. Ltd., and 1344346 B.C. Ltd. and the Company (collectively, the “New Companies”). Each of the New Companies is now an unlisted reporting issuer in the provinces of British Columbia and Alberta.Pursuant to the Arrangement, each of the issued and outstanding common shares of 741 BC was exchanged for one new 741 BC common share and seven new classes of reorganization shares. The reorganization shares were then transferred by the shareholders of 741 BC, including the Acquirors, to each of the New Company in exchange for common shares of the New Companies on a 1:1 basis. In addition, each of the New Companies received $5,000 in working capital from 741 BC.
Following the Arrangement, Shimcity owns and controls 18 Common Shares of the Company, which represents 50% of the Common Shares outstanding following completion of the Arrangement and 265 owns 18 Common Shares of the Company, which represents 50% of the Common Shares outstanding following completion of the Arrangement. Prior to the Arrangement, the Acquirors owned no shares of the Company.
The Acquirors are shareholders of 741 BC and the securities of the Company were acquired as part of the Arrangement. The Common Shares were acquired by each Acquiror for investment purposes in connection with the Arrangement. In the future, each Acquiror may evaluate its investment in the Company from time to time and may, depending on various factors including, without limitation, the Company’s financial position, the price levels of the Common Shares, conditions in the securities markets and general economic and industry conditions, the Company’s business or financial condition, and other factors and conditions that each Acquiror may deem appropriate, increase, decrease or change its ownership over the Common Shares or other securities of the Company.
An early warning report pursuant to the requirements of applicable securities laws will be issued by each of the Acquirors and will be posted to SEDAR at www.sedar.com and available on request at the number below.
For further information, including a copy of the early warning report required under applicable Canadian securities laws to be filed by each of the Acquirors as a result of the Arrangement referred to in this press release, please contact Shimmy Posen at 416-869-1234.
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The world's longest car has made its way to its new home: Dezerland Park Orlando's Auto Museum.
Guinness World Record has verified it as the world's longest car. "The American Dream" is more than 100 feet long. That topped the old record of just 60 feet, set by the same car before 40 feet of modifications were added.
The super limo is made up of 6 Eldorado limousines each weighing over about 5,000 pounds.
"Based on the 1976 Cadillac Eldorado limousines, the record-breaking automobile can be driven from both ends and can also operate as a rigid vehicle," Guinness World Records shared.
The super-limo is based on the 1976 Cadillac Eldorado limousines. Jay Ohrberg first started working on the limo in 1986 in Burbank, California.The luxurious limo has its own helicopter pad, jacuzzi, a putting green area, can seat up to more than 75 passengers, has its own large waterbed, and a swimming pool.–
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But for all that is known about the day, piecing together the words and actions of Donald Trump over that time has proved no easy task, even though a president’s movements and communications are closely monitored.
There’s a gap in the official White House phone notations given to the House committee investigating Jan. 6 — from about 11 a.m. to about 7 p.m., according to two people familiar with the congressional investigation into the riot. Details may still turn up; the former president was known to use various cell phones and often bypassed the White House switchboard, placing calls directly.
And over the past four-plus months a lot has surfaced about what Trump did do and say on Jan. 6 — in texts, tweets, videos, calls and other conversations.
The following account is based on testimony, timelines and eyewitness reporting gathered by The Associated Press and The Washington Post and CBS News, and from officials and people familiar with the events who spoke to The AP on condition of anonymity.
SORE AT HIS NO. 2
Trump entered the Oval Office at 11:08 a.m. By that time, about 400 pro-Trump demonstrators had already massed at the Capitol. Trump placed a call to Vice President Mike Pence — their only conversation of the day. It didn’t go well: Trump wanted Pence to stop the certification of Joe Biden’s 2020 election victory, and he was very unhappy the vice president wouldn’t do it.
At 11:38 a.m., the president left the White House to address his rally on the Ellipse, a big grassy oval behind the White House, about a mile or so from the Capitol. It was bitter cold, but that didn’t keep the crowd away. Trump was up on stage by 11:57 and addressed his supporters until about 1:15 p.m.
Among Trump’s challenging final words: “We fight. We fight like hell, and if you don’t fight like hell you’re not going to have a country any more. My fellow Americans, for our movement, for our children, and for our beloved country. So we’re going to, we’re going to walk down Pennsylvania Avenue. And we’re going to the Capitol.”
‘THEY’RE THROWING METAL POLES’
Growing crowds were migrating to the Capitol. Almost immediately after Trump concluded, a Capitol Police officer called for backup.
“They’re throwing metal poles at us,” the officer said in a panicked voice. “Multiple law-enforcement injuries.”
Would Trump himself head for the Capitol, as he’d suggested in his speech? It was unclear at first, but his motorcade turned to head back to the White House.
At 1:21 p.m., Trump met with his valet at the White House, logs say. At the Capitol, meanwhile, then-Capitol Police Chief Steven Sund begged for help from the National Guard as the crowd started to swell around the west side of the building and became increasingly violent.
By then the TV networks had picked up the melee and were broadcasting live as the mob broke through metal police barricades and advanced toward the doors of the building where lawmakers were gathered to certify the presidential election results. The surreal images soon filled television screens throughout the West Wing, where staffers watched, stunned.
LOCKDOWN
By 2 p.m. the U.S. Capitol was locked down. At 2:11, Pence was evacuated. At 2:15, congressional leaders were evacuated. At 2:43, demonstrator Babbitt was shot trying to enter the House chamber through a window broken by the mob.
No official record has surfaced yet of what Trump was doing during this time. The next entry in Trump’s daily diary is not until 4:03 p.m., when he went out to the Rose Garden to tape a public address after frantic urging.
But during this time Trump was hardly idle. He was in touch with lawmakers and he was, according to aides, watching the violence unfold on national television. And he was tweeting.
At 2:28, he tweeted not about the violence but to show his pique at his vice president:
“Mike Pence didn’t have the courage to do what should have been done to protect our Country and our Constitution, giving States a chance to certify a corrected set of facts, not the fraudulent or inaccurate ones which they were asked to previously certify. USA demands the truth!”
At some point, Trump also talked to lawmakers. Republican Kevin McCarthy told a California radio station that he had spoken to the president.
“I was the first person to call him,” McCarthy said. “I told him to go on national TV, tell these people to stop it. He said he didn’t know what was happening.”
Washington Republican Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler said McCarthy relayed that conversation to her. By her account, when McCarthy told Trump it was his own supporters breaking into the building, Trump responded: “Well, Kevin, I guess these people are more upset about the election than you are.”
Trump also talked to Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan and Sen. Tommy Tuberville of Alabama, among other GOP lawmakers. Tuberville later said he spoke to the president while the Senate was being evacuated. Utah Sen. Mike Lee said Trump accidentally called him when he was trying to reach Tuberville.
Others, including former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, tried but failed to get through to the president.
‘IT HAS GONE TOO FAR’
At 3:14 p.m. a Trump tweet at last made a sideways reference to the havoc. “I am asking for everyone at the U.S. Capitol to remain peaceful. No violence! Remember, WE are the Party of Law & Order – respect the Law and our great men and women in Blue. Thank you!”
At some point, he sequestered himself in the dining room off the Oval Office to watch the violence play out on TV, rewinding and re-watching some parts, according to former aides. Unable to get through by other means, allies including his former chief of staff and communications director resorted to tweeting at him to try to get through. Chief of Staff Mark Meadows was getting a flurry of texts from lawmakers, from Fox News personalities and even Trump’s own children.
“Hey, Mark, protestors are literally storming the Capitol. Breaking windows on doors. Rushing in. Is Trump going to say something?” reads one text.
“We are all helpless,” says another.
As the violence continued, the president’s elder son texted Meadows:
“He’s got to condemn this s(asterisk)(asterisk)(asterisk) Asap,” Donald Trump, Jr. texted.
Meadows responded: “I’m pushing it hard. I agree.”
Trump, Jr. texted again and again, urging that his father act:
“We need an Oval address. He has to lead now. It has gone too far and gotten out of hand.”
At 4:08 p.m. Trump went out to the Rose Garden. At 4:17 p.m. he released a scripted, pre-recorded video, which included a call for “peace” and “law and order” and finally told his supporters “you have to go home now.”
But they didn’t. Things were still wildly out of control. In fact, the Capitol building was not secured until 5:34 p.m.
At 6:01, Trump’s message was back to indignant: “These are the things and events that happen when a sacred landslide election victory is so unceremoniously & viciously stripped away from great patriots who have been badly & unfairly treated for so long,” he wrote. “Remember this day forever!”
At 6:27, he went back to the residence, and started calling his lawyers.
Congress did not resume counting electoral votes until 8 p.m. They finished at 3:40 a.m. and certified Biden as the winner.
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Associated Press Writers Jill Colvin in New York, Nomaan Merchant, Zeke Miller, Lisa Mascaro, Mary Clare Jalonick and Mike Balsamo contributed to this report.
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In a playoff push, Golden Knights meet Kraken again
Logan Thompson's confidence is soaring. But his days as the Vegas Golden Knights' starting goaltender likely are coming to a close.
Robin Lehner was removed from the team's injured reserve list and served as the backup Wednesday as Thompson posted his first NHL shutout, a 3-0 victory at Seattle.
It's possible Lehner, who had been out with a lower-body injury, will be in the net when the teams meet again Friday night in the Pacific Northwest.
"This is really exciting hockey, and we're in must-win games," Thompson said after the Golden Knights moved past Dallas and into the second and final wild-card playoff position in the Western Conference. "I'm really thankful for the opportunity.
"It's a lot of fun for me, and I'm soaking it all in. I just want to keep building and keep getting two points and helping the team as much as I can."
Making his 12th career appearance, the 25-year-old Thompson made 22 saves against the expansion Kraken to improve his record to 6-4-0 as a starter.
"Injuries have put (Thompson) front and center, and that's how NHL careers are made," Vegas coach Pete DeBoer said. "You either sink or swim in those moments, and he's really risen to the occasion.
"We know how good Robin can be. What it does is it takes some pressure off us having to rush Robin back, which is something we don't want to do."
Credit DeBoer with an assist on Thompson's shutout.
Seattle's Jordan Eberle appeared to cut Vegas' lead to 2-1 with 2:22 remaining, but DeBoer issued a coach's challenge and a video review determined Eberle was offside as the puck entered the offensive zone, nullifying the goal.
"It's getting better every day. I feel really confident in the net, and it's something I want to keep building off of," Thompson said. "The guys did a really good job today (in front of me), and that made it easy."
Thompson noted the recent returns of defensemen Alec Martinez and Brayden McNabb.
Martinez came back Saturday from a 53-game absence after taking a skate to the face. McNabb returned Wednesday after being out 13 games with an upper-body injury. McNabb was a plus-2 with four hits and three blocked shots and Martinez was plus-1 with one hit and four blocks.
"Getting (McNabb and Martinez) back is huge for us," Thompson said. "They were awesome, and a lot of credit goes to them. They've been out for a while, and they played great."
The Kraken were officially eliminated from playoff contention with Wednesday's loss.
The game was scoreless into the second period when Vegas' Shea Theodore, who played his junior hockey in Seattle and had family in attendance, jumped out of the penalty box and was sent in on a breakaway, beating Chris Driedger with backhander.
"We can be better," Kraken coach Dave Hakstol said. "We had some guys that will look at their games and want to be a little bit better, handle situations a little bit better. We had some really good efforts, we gave ourselves a chance to be in the heart of that game midway through.
"I believe the first goal of the game was going to be a big one and a very important one. Our reaction to that goal against, if you're looking at the next 10 minutes of the hockey game, we can be a little bit better there."
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — University of Kansas fans are traveling from far and wide to see the Jayhawks play in the Final Four.
One Kansas family is flying to New Orleans to see the Final Four games in person.
This isn’t just any Final Four to these fans.
“Let’s go! rock chalk Jayhawk,” Ken Hunnell said.
“Rock chalk Jayhawk,” Patrick Carlton said “Lets get it. Lets get that W.”
Carlton’s family entered the lottery for Final Four tickets and won, not knowing if KU would dance their way to New Orleans.
“Which was months ago,” Carlton said. “We never really knew that the dream would come true.”
Even after Kentucky stomped KU at Allen Fieldhouse, cousin Hunnell had hope in his Jayhawks.
“I’m a positive guy, but I was a little apprehensive that it was all going to come together,” Hunnell said.
Wave the Wheat: KU is in the Final Four as the winningest Division 1 men’s basketball team.
Carlton is making history of his own.
He’s only seen the Jayhawks play on TV, despite being a lifelong fan.
“This is actually the first time I’m ever going to see them in person,” Carlton said.
In this family, red and blue blood runs deep.
Carlton owns a KU rock that belonged to his grandpa.
He passed away about a year ago and would have loved to see KU’s run to the championship.
“One reason why I became a KU fan was because of him. We used to watch KU games all the time growing up.
I’d call him once a week talking about games,” Carlton said. “So, that’s really dear to my heart.”
Last year, Carlton and Hunnell unknowingly showed up to a Texas wedding sproting the same pair of KU socks – proof they are die-hard KU fans.
“It’s unbelievable. we were absolutely pumped just to be going to the final four. I’ve got goosebumps right now just thinking about it,” Hunnel said. “We’re going to be there to see coach K’s final game. We’ll see Duke and North Carolina which is exciting.”
But most of all, Hunnell hopes to see KU cutting down nets Monday night after – fingers crossed – winning the National Championship.
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HOOVER BUILDS BIG 1ST-HALF LEAD, HANDLES LYNX
WEBSTER CITY — Staring at a one-goal deficit at halftime would have been salvageable for the Webster City girls’ soccer team Monday evening. But facing a three-goal deficit with just 40 minutes remaining, that was simply too steep of a mountain to climb. And it took Des...
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WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) — Some lawmakers are pushing to re-establish postal banking to help low-income families and rural communities.
“The U.S. Postal Service has the real estate, the workforce and the know-how to meet this need,” Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) said.
Gillibrand introduced the Postal Banking Act, which would give access to services like savings and checking accounts, debit cards, and low-fee ATMs at the post office.
“More than 46 million adults are not having their needs met by the current banking system,” Gillibrand said.
Gillibrand says the move will help low-income Americans avoid high-fee lending and check cashing companies.
“Lack of proximity to local bank branches and lack of trust of banks pushing the unbanked towards risking often predatory alternative financial products,” Gillibrand said.
Gillibrand believes the bill could generate new business for the struggling postal agency.
“It will provide a much-needed source of revenue for the U.S. Postal Service,” Gillibrand said.
“The way we bank has changed,” Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) said.
Capito says she hasn’t seen the legislation yet but believes it’s more important to develop models everyone can use.
“We have to look at banking too. The nature of banking has changed. I mean, we’re doing things on our phones that we never thought we could do,” Capito said.
Gillibrand hopes she can get the bill passed with Republican support before the end of the year.
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Was Will Smith asked to leave the Oscars ceremony after the slap?
Conflicting stories have emerged after The Academy revealed Will Smith refused to leave the televised ceremony after the shocking moment
The fallout from “the slap” continues. Days after the 94th Annual Academy Awards where Will Smith slapped Chris Rock after he made a joke about Jada Pinkett Smith, the Academy announced it is launching a formal investigation into the incident.
After the shocking moment, Smith remained at the ceremony and later accepted the award for Best Actor for his performance in King Richard.
The situation has left many wondering why Smith was able to stay in the room in the first place, accept his award, and then celebrate at afterparties. The incident has sparked significant debate online regarding the slap, what it means culturally, and whether or not Smith should face the consequences for his actions.
Late Wednesday, the Academy released an official statement regarding the incident sent to theGrio, and wrote that Smith “refused” to leave the ceremony after being asked.
The statement reads, “The Board of Governors today initiated disciplinary proceedings against Mr. Smith for violations of the Academy’s Standards of Conduct, including inappropriate physical contact, abusive or threatening behavior, and compromising the integrity of the Academy.
Consistent with the Academy’s Standards of Conduct, as well as California law, Mr. Smith is being provided at least 15 days’ notice of a vote regarding his violations and sanctions, and the opportunity to be heard beforehand by means of a written response. At the next board meeting on April 18, the Academy may take any disciplinary action, which may include suspension, expulsion, or other sanctions permitted by the Bylaws and Standards of Conduct.”
The statement continued, “Mr. Smith’s actions at the 94th Oscars were a deeply shocking, traumatic event to witness in-person and on television. Mr. Rock, we apologize to you for what you experienced on our stage and thank you for your resilience in that moment. We also apologize to our nominees, guests, and viewers for what transpired during what should have been a celebratory event.
Things unfolded in a way we could not have anticipated. While we would like to clarify that Mr. Smith was asked to leave the ceremony and refused, we also recognize we could have handled the situation differently.”
Recent reporting, however, alleges otherwise. Per Variety, while some Academy members expressed that they wanted Smith removed from the ceremony, “no formal or explicit ask was ever made.” The sources also claim that Will Packer, who produced the ceremony this year, was key to Smith remaining in his seat.
“In the roughly 30 minutes following Smith’s attack on Rock, before the award for Best Actor was presented, Packer walked out into the orchestra and conferred with Smith, according to two witnesses,” the report reads.
“Packer said that he and the production ‘officially’ wanted Smith to stay for the remainder of the show, according to one of the witnesses.” A source “close to Packer,” however, has denied to Variety that Packer urged the actor to stay.
Following the Variety report, sources close to production tell theGrio that Smith was indeed asked to leave, and that it was, “relayed to the Academy that he refused.”
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Alpha Pro Tech, Ltd. (NYSEAMERICAN:APT – Get Rating) was the recipient of a large decline in short interest during the month of March. As of March 15th, there was short interest totalling 474,600 shares, a decline of 21.9% from the February 28th total of 608,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 611,100 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 0.8 days. Approximately 4.0% of the company’s stock are sold short.
Shares of Alpha Pro Tech stock traded down $0.12 during trading on Thursday, hitting $4.20. 42,279 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 253,343. The firm has a market capitalization of $55.18 million, a PE ratio of 4.31 and a beta of -1.31. Alpha Pro Tech has a 1-year low of $3.76 and a 1-year high of $12.35.
Several hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in APT. Millennium Management LLC bought a new stake in shares of Alpha Pro Tech during the 2nd quarter worth about $1,425,000. Renaissance Technologies LLC boosted its holdings in Alpha Pro Tech by 13.5% in the 3rd quarter. Renaissance Technologies LLC now owns 561,663 shares of the company’s stock valued at $3,780,000 after purchasing an additional 66,600 shares during the period. Geneos Wealth Management Inc. bought a new stake in Alpha Pro Tech in the 3rd quarter valued at about $329,000. JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted its holdings in Alpha Pro Tech by 25,531.6% in the 4th quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 34,090 shares of the company’s stock valued at $203,000 after purchasing an additional 33,957 shares during the period. Finally, Goldman Sachs Group Inc. bought a new stake in Alpha Pro Tech in the 2nd quarter valued at about $288,000. 19.21% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.
Alpha Pro Tech Ltd. is engaged in the business of protecting people, products and environment. It develops, manufactures and markets disposable and limited use protective apparel products for the industries, clean room, medical and dental markets. The company operates through the followings segments: Disposable Protective Apparel segment and Building Supply segment.
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By Sabela Ojea
RUA Life Sciences PLC said Thursday that the appointment of Lachlan Smith to the board as its new chief financial officer is now effective.
Late in December the AIM-listed medical-devices group announced that Mr. Smith was joining the company as its CFO.
Write to Sabela Ojea at sabela.ojea@wsj.com; @sabelaojeaguix
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79 percent of Americans back Russian oil ban: poll
Seventy-nine percent of Americans support a ban on Russian oil imports even if it drives up gas prices in the U.S., according to a new poll.
The survey, conducted by The Wall Street Journal, found that only 13 percent of registered voters polled oppose a ban on Russian oil imports.
The poll asked 529 registered voters, “Would you favor or oppose the U.S. imposing new sanctions on Russia by banning the sale of Russian oil to the U.S., even if you knew it would cause U.S. energy prices to increase?”
Support for a prohibition on Russian oil imports received bipartisan support: 88 percent of Democrats and 77 percent of Republicans surveyed said they support the move.
Supporters of former President Trump were also largely in favor of the sanctions: 72 percent of polled voters who said they would support Trump in 2024 said they favor a ban on Russian oil imports.
The poll was conducted between March 4 and March 7. On Tuesday, President Biden announced that the U.S. would ban Russian oil, natural gas and coal imports in response to Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine.
“The United States is targeting the main artery of Russia’s economy. We’re banning all imports of Russian oil and gas and energy,” Biden said Tuesday morning.
“That means Russian oil will no longer be acceptable at U.S. ports and the American people will deal another blow to Putin’s war machine,” he added.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky welcomed the move, writing on Twitter Tuesday that he was thankful for the U.S. and Biden’s leadership “in striking in the heart of Putin’s war machine and banning oil, gas and coal from US market.”
The Biden administration had been hesitant to ban Russian oil imports as gas prices continue to rise, but the White House went forward with the move amid growing bipartisan calls to do so.
A poll conducted by Quinnipiac University found that 71 percent of adults polled would support a ban on Russian oil even if it means gas prices would increase in the U.S.
The margin of error for the Wall Street Journal poll was plus or minus 4.3 percentage points.
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How One Knoxville SC got its kits (aka uniforms) with the help of the United Way
Last summer, after the owners of the new One Knoxville Sporting Club hired world-class crest and kit designer Matthew Wolff and hosted him on a whirlwind tour of the city, he came back with his finished product.
The crest, or team logo, he put together can be seen on T-shirts, trucker hats and bumper stickers around town. It has “KNOX” written over hazy blues of the Great Smoky Mountains and sunset oranges. The “O” is the setting sun.
Along with the crest came nine kit, or jersey, options. The club’s favorite options — selected for home and away kits — were unveiled Thursday in an event at The Standard (you can purchase yours here).
“You know, France was wearing his jersey when they won the World Cup (in 2018) so if it’s good enough for them it’s good enough for us,” co-owner Drew McKenna joked last week.
United Way comes on board
That United Way of Greater Knoxville is the kit sponsor is easily noticeable. Their logo stretches across the base of the kit and on a sleeve as well as the “UNITE FOR CHANGE” slogan on the back.
The relationship began at the club’s crest unveil last fall where entry was free but included an option to donate to the United Way. By the end of the night the club raised $6,000 for the organization. The two sides began talking and the idea was hatched: the United Way, in it’s 100th year here, will be the sponsor for One Knoxville’s annual season. The kits sell for $85 and $10 of every sale will go to the United Way.
The club chose the name One Knoxville in an effort to show soccer was for (and could build) community here. This, it so happens, easily fits the United Way’s mission, particularly as they pivot their aim to moving beyond a fundraising organization and one that, leaders said, can help solve the community’s needs.
So, an agreement was reached.
“It's always been our sense that offering folks a way to unite around civic pride and a civic sense of self sure was a good bet to make,” McKenna told Knox News last week. “Like one route you can take is just purely sporty but that didn’t seem right to us.
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“It seems like when soccer is done well it’s a community, grassroots, really civically-oriented kind of direction. So yeah, so partnering with United Way is perfect.”
The partnership will be seen on gamedays with both a cause of the game and a partner of the game. The partner will be the corporation or organization sponsoring the game while the cause of the game will be a spotlight on a single local organization that United Way sponsors.
In addition, the club will have a Goal for Good drive every game where money will be raised for the cause of the game organization which will receive funds every time the club scores. McKenna said he hopes to get the Goal for Good reserve built up so the organizations can receive $1,000-plus per goal.
“One Knoxville, to me, screams united, that we want to unite the community around our support for our pro soccer team, united in support of our neighborhoods and united in our work for the community,” United Way president and CEO Matt Ryerson said.
How we got here
One Knoxville will be play in the United Soccer League’s League Two, an advanced-skills developmental league mainly for elite high school and college-aged players who are on a professional track. Five local Knoxvillians are on the roster.
The players in League Two are not paid, but the club hopes to expand to the fully professional League One soon.
The club begins play May 14 at Austin-East Magnet High School and will play games at Knoxville Catholic High School and Maryville College. Season tickets are on sale and can be purchased for $99 here.
The club will share the Tennessee Smokies multi-sport complex when it opens, though at a meeting last week there was discussion on whether that would be 2024 or 2025.
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DENVER (KDVR) — Some of Colorado’s most accredited teachers took a pay cut during the pandemic period.
The National Board of Professional Teaching Standards offers certification for public school teachers. Teachers pay out of their own pocket to get the certification.
Many states incentivize teachers to get the certification with extra money, while others offer nothing. Colorado has given certified teachers a $1,600 annual stipend since the late 2000s.
The Colorado Department of Education froze the stipend in 2020, saying the legislature failed to fund it in the COVID era – just one of many cuts to the education system. Teachers said they didn’t know. They simply didn’t get the pay one day.
Kim Ursett, a veteran Denver Public Schools teacher with board certification, said the stipend freeze feels like a slap in the face in an already difficult time.
“By not providing the stipends, not funding for it, it actually is hurtful,” Ursett said. “And it’s not raising up the teaching professional like we would like to see, especially with how difficult school has been in the last two years with COVID.”
Advocates like Amie Baca-Oehlert, president of the Colorado Education Association, said teachers had enough problems during COVID and general finances were tough to manage. Colorado teachers rank almost dead last in the nation in terms of educator pay.
“Many of our educators, sadly, report having to work two or three jobs just to make ends meet,” she said. “One of the pandemic fallouts was many of those jobs went away just because of various factors. So I think things like having these stipends, those help our educators supplement their income.”
Board-certified teachers said they are confused about why their stipend got cut when the state itself got a massive injection of education funds during COVID. The state and its school districts got a collective $1.8 billion in funding from various federal COVID relief bills.
Colorado has just under 1,200 national board-certified teachers and nearly 500 candidates. If each received a stipend, the state’s bill would run between $1.9 million and $2.7 million a year.
All told, Colorado got $1.8 billion dedicated to education. The yearly stipend would be a drop in the bucket – but the education department says it just doesn’t work that way.
The department said its hands are tied. COVID relief funding – even if designated for education – has to fill certain criteria.
“First of all, these stipends are state funded. Esser funds are federal funds. The legislature would have to change that funding stream. But that wouldn’t even be possible in this case because CARES Act funds come with specific requirements for their use as it relates to the COVID-19 pandemic. It isn’t like the state received a load of cash that can be moved around for whatever reason,” CDE said.
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NewYork Exchange (NYE) traded up 0.2% against the U.S. dollar during the one day period ending at 17:00 PM Eastern on March 31st. One NewYork Exchange coin can currently be bought for about $6.82 or 0.00014875 BTC on popular exchanges. NewYork Exchange has a total market cap of $48.35 million and approximately $758,420.00 worth of NewYork Exchange was traded on exchanges in the last day. During the last seven days, NewYork Exchange has traded down 3.1% against the U.S. dollar.
Here is how related cryptocurrencies have performed during the last day:
- Astar (ASTR) traded 12.2% higher against the dollar and now trades at $0.17 or 0.00000367 BTC.
- Stratis (STRAX) traded 6% higher against the dollar and now trades at $1.36 or 0.00002973 BTC.
- HedgeTrade (HEDG) traded 1.1% higher against the dollar and now trades at $0.47 or 0.00001018 BTC.
- ABBC Coin (ABBC) traded up 0.9% against the dollar and now trades at $0.14 or 0.00000312 BTC.
- SSV Network (SSV) traded flat against the dollar and now trades at $11.84 or 0.00020890 BTC.
- Bitcoin Diamond (BCD) traded down 7.8% against the dollar and now trades at $0.58 or 0.00001261 BTC.
- Navcoin (NAV) traded 5.6% lower against the dollar and now trades at $0.20 or 0.00000435 BTC.
- CloakCoin (CLOAK) traded 11.4% lower against the dollar and now trades at $1.85 or 0.00004034 BTC.
- DeepOnion (ONION) traded 15% lower against the dollar and now trades at $0.20 or 0.00000437 BTC.
- Aston Martin Cognizant Fan Token (AM) traded down 9.4% against the dollar and now trades at $1.26 or 0.00002738 BTC.
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Leading Pizza Franchise Recognized for Superior Franchisee Financing Support & Performance Excellence
TOLEDO, Ohio, March 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Marco's Pizza, one of the nation's fastest-growing pizza brands, is named an honorable mention winner of FRANdata's 2022 TopScore FUND Award. The honor was announced today at the Multi-Unit Franchising Conference in Las Vegas. Marco's received the highest FUND rating in the pizza category and second highest across all categories – based on the brands attending the conference. The awards are presented annually to brands that exemplify performance excellence and lender friendliness.
Marco's 890 FUND Score is in the top 1% of all evaluated franchise systems and is among the top three scores for all QSR brands. These impressive rankings are a testament to the brand's commitment to financing guidance as a core focus of its franchise development strategy which has led the 1,000-plus unit brand on a path to explosive growth.
Understanding the challenges surrounding lending, Marco's Director of Franchise Financing, Brad Fletcher, and his team, have established partnerships with eight preferred banks and lending institutions. Through quarterly meetings, the Marco's finance team provides key updates on the state of the business, growth, and performance. As a result, banks are in a better position to lend favorably to individual Marco's franchisees.
"It is an honor to be among those recognized for this award," said Fletcher. "Our FUND score demonstrates not only the results our franchise opportunity provides to franchisees, but the immense attention we place on financing guidance by enhancing access to capital and enabling our franchisees to receive competitive rates. As a people-first organization, it is especially rewarding to be recognized for our commitment to our franchisees and we could not be prouder of their achievements."
The TopScore FUND award was created to highlight those brands that have risen above their peers by simplifying the financing process while understanding and improving key performance metrics that lenders look for when lending. This achievement is based on unit economics, great franchisee/franchisor relationships, and supporting franchisees to perform their best - the scoring system lenders rely on to gauge that in franchising is the FUND score. The FUND scoring system is embraced by banks of all sizes that collectively represent over a trillion dollars in assets. Brands are given honorable mentions for their commitment to strong performance as reflected in their outstanding FUND scores.
"Marco's Pizza's unit economics has shown an outperforming trend among their immediate peers, which is reflected in their excellent FUND score," said Darrell Johnson, CEO of FRANdata.
With strong growth and performance, Marco's is on track to reach $1B in annual systemwide sales in 2022 and sets its sights on becoming the No. 4 brand in pizza. The brand continues to grow at a rapid pace, setting a development goal of 1,500 units open by the end of 2023. There's never been a more opportune time for both existing and prospective franchisees to grow with Marco's. The Top 50% of Marco's franchised stores generated $1,059,574 AUV for 2020*.
For more information on Marco's Pizza franchise opportunities, visit https://www.marcos.com/franchising/ or call 866-731-8209.
ABOUT MARCO'S PIZZA
Marco's Pizza is America's Most Loved and Most Trusted Pizza Brand, according to the 2019 Harris Poll EquiTrend® Study. Headquartered in Toledo, Ohio, Marco's Pizza is one of the fastest-growing pizza brands in the United States. Marco's was founded in 1978 by Italian-born Pasquale ("Pat") Giammarco and thrives to deliver a high-quality pizza experience, known for its dough made from scratch and its three fresh signature cheeses. The company has grown from its roots as a beloved Ohio brand to operate over 1,000 stores in 34 states with locations in Puerto Rico and the Bahamas. Most recently, Marco's Pizza was ranked No. 2 in the Pizza category on Entrepreneur Magazine's 2022 "Franchise 500" ranking, and No. 4 in the Fastest Growing category on Restaurant Business' 2021 "Top 10 Fastest Growing Chains" ranking. Other recent accolades include a first-time presence on Newsweek's 2022 "America's Best Customer Service" in pizza chains list, ranked No. 42 on QSR's Top 50 and has been featured five consecutive years on Nation's Restaurant News' prestigious "Top 500" ranking.
*Based on the Average Unit Volume of the top 50% of our Franchised Stores for fiscal year 2020. Based on fiscal year 2020, 142 of 369 Franchised Stores in the category (38%) met or exceeded this average. This information appears in Item 19 of our 2021 FDD – please refer to our FDD for complete information on financial performance. Results may differ. There is no assurance that any franchisee will perform as well.
ABOUT FRANDATA
FRANdata is a leading franchise-focused research and advisory company. By leveraging the largest verified database of franchise information and with over 30 years' experience analyzing the franchise market, FRANdata creates targeted business development strategies and actionable solutions that provides their clients with the information they need to understand risk, measure opportunities, and improve performance. FRANdata is the creator of the FUND (Franchise Credit Scoring) report which is relied upon by lenders with over a trillion dollars in assets to assess their franchise credit risks. For more information go to www.frandata.com.
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Pennsylvania’s system of applying for and receiving antlerless deer licenses is steeped in tradition, with hunters dutifully mailing out their pink envelopes and then awaiting their return in the mail with their coveted doe tags, which these days are widely available.
But the system is also archaic, outdated to the point where it’s unique in the entire country, as other states have taken advantage of today’s technology and streamlined their tag-issuing process.
And this could be the year where Pennsylvania’s pink envelopes get their pink slip.
Senate Bill 431, crafted by Sen. Dan Laughlin (R-49), was recently approved by the Senate Game & Fisheries Committee. And although there’s no vote by the full Senate on the horizon, many (but not all) sportsmen – as well as the state’s Game Commission – are hopeful the antiquated system of doling out doe tags will be scrapped.
Game Commission Executive Director Bryan Burhans, in recent testimony to the House Game and Fisheries Committee, urged lawmakers to consider legislation that would “allow the Commission to offer a much more efficient process for hunters to apply for antlerless deer licenses. Every year, there are failures in the current system, and we hear from hunters who did not receive the antlerless license of their choosing.”
Notably last year, several Lancaster County hunters had their doe tag applications delayed for over two weeks by the post office, and as a result all the tags were issued by the time their applications were received by the treasurer’s office. The Lancaster County treasurer admitted the current system is antiquated for both hunters and county treasurers.
But that sentiment isn’t unanimous among county treasurers in the state. The County Treasurers Association of Pennsylvania has voiced concerns that a move to online allocation of the tags could create unfairness to hunters who don’t have access to the Internet. That’s a bit of a head-scratcher, since hunters typically purchase their licenses from issuing agents who utilize the state’s automated licensing system.
Burhans says the state’s new licensing system has them poised to “implement a process that would allow hunters to apply for and receive antlerless licenses at the point-of-sale when they purchase the rest of their licenses.”
Laughlin says that in addition to saving hunters postage in applying for and receiving their doe tags, moving to the online system would save the Game Commission about $170,000 on printing the pink envelopes.
To be sure, doing away with the pink envelope process is a change, and hunters these days can be resistant to any change, as was evidenced by the move to a Saturday opener for the firearms deer season, which was met with a fair amount of opposition. Ditto for the arrival of Sunday hunting.
But it can’t be argued that the current system is the most efficient, given the technology that’s available today – technology that’s already being used by the license-buying sportsman.
Many years ago, when doe tag allocations were much lower, the political fate of a county treasurer often hinged on how many tags they were able to dole out and whether their voters received a permit. Those days are over, given today’s allocation numbers which often outweigh the demand.
And privately, many county treasurers would gladly see the antlerless permit system moved out of their already busy offices, replaced by the online option that’s available today and used across the country.
It makes sense, but that doesn’t guarantee it will happen.
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Officials in Columbia County and cities such as St. Helens, Scappoos, Rainier and Clatskanie remain hopeful for a fair share of needed transportation funding through the 2021 federal government infrastructure package.
The federal package allocated $1.2 billion in additional transportation funding for the entire state of Oregon over the next few years. Approximately $800 million of that spending is directed to specific purposes. The remaining $412 million was not specifically allocated.
The Oregon Transportation Commission (OTC) has formally directed the $412 million in flexible funds be invested in the following ways:
- $95 million for improving accessibility for individuals with disabilities.
- $30 million to fund new Safe Routes to Schools projects that make it safer for children to walk or roll to school.
- $15 million to assist local governments to reduce transportation greenhouse gas emissions by planning climate-friendly communities.
- $50 million to transform state-owned arterials in urban areas to reflect their status as community main streets and to make them safer to use for people walking near and traveling on these roads.
- $50 million to complete a number of highway and interchange improvements to streamline the movement of goods.
- $40 million in matching funds to help Oregon compete effectively for billions of dollars in competitive federal grant opportunities that will be awarded in the coming years by the U.S. Department of Transportation.
- $75 million to repair damaged and unsafe roadways in Oregon.
- $7 million for business and workforce development to help grow small construction contracting firms and to increase the size and diversity of the construction workforce.
- $10 million to fund a new mobility program that will work directly with community-based organizations to fund micro-mobility efforts with equity as a central priority of this pilot project.
- $40 million to fund maintenance and operations activities which have become increasingly underfunded.
With the commission’s investment decisions, combined with the federal funds directly allocated to other transportation investment categories, Oregon’s share of the federal infrastructure package will be divided as follows:
- Sustainable and equitable transportation investments – 34 percent.
- Highway, bridge, and other maintenance and repair projects – 36 percent.
- State and local safety investments – 18 percent.
- Americans with disabilities improvements – 8 percent.
- Highway enhancements – 4 percent.
“With today’s decisions, the Oregon Transportation Commission has directed investments that address some of the critical needs of our transportation system while also approving expenditures in areas focused on a more equitable, safe, resilient, and sustainable transportation system, “ Oregon Transportation Commission Chair Robert Van Brocklin said. “We are grateful to our federal delegation for securing this funding. This isn’t the end of the conversation by any means. We’ll need additional funding to truly build a network that delivers greater safety and resiliency, supports a strong economy, and protects our livability and natural environment. Our actions today are an important step toward reaching that goal.”
Today’s decision comes after months of public outreach and input. Legislators, mayors, city and county commissioners, and members of the public from across the state have testified before the commission, submitted written comments, and participated in online open houses sharing their perspectives and the extensive range of investments needs throughout Oregon.
Many of the comments focused on investing in public and active transportation, preserving road and bridge safety, improving congestion bottlenecks, addressing the needs of urban arterials, and ensuring a statewide distribution of funds.
During its meeting Wednesday, March 30, the OTC provided approval to invest the federal funds. Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) staff are determining the details of how the money will be distributed. ODOT will provide further details on the process for making specific expenditures in the coming weeks and months.
About the OTC
The Oregon Transportation Commission establishes state transportation policy. The commission also guides the planning, development and management of a statewide integrated transportation network that provides efficient access, is safe, and enhances Oregon’s economy and livability.
The commission meets monthly to oversee department activities relating to
- Highways
- Public transportation
- Rail
- Transportation safety
- Motor carrier transportation
- Drivers and motor vehicles
The governor appoints five commissioners, ensuring that different geographic regions of the state are represented. One member must live east of the Cascade Range; no more than three members can belong to one political party.
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Winter Park police released body-camera footage on Wednesday that shows the moments leading up to and after a deadly shooting at a wedding in February.
Daniel Kight, 39, was shot and killed by police at his niece's wedding on Feb. 19 after a call was made reporting an "irate" and "violent" guest, according to police.
Only over one minute into the one of the officer's videos, at least seven shots can be heard. Knight died in the hospital.
Family members were able to get Knight outside the ballroom before police arrived at the Winter Parks Event Center. When police arrived, family members can be heard saying, "He's OK, he's our brother."
Police can be heard telling the other guests to step back. The friends and family told police that Knight had PTSD. According to Channel 9, this was from a bad interaction with law enforcement when he was a teenager.
Knight punches and knocks down one officer, who hit his head and took about a minute to get back up.
While he was down, another officer is heard saying that he took a taser out. A woman in the video said that Knight was "just drunk."
Knight also knocked down the second officer, who opened fire and shot Knight from the ground. Several screams and cries are heard before and after Knight was shot. One woman said that she was a nurse and could help him.
Knight's family released a statement saying that the shooting was unjustified and that they are working with a lawyer and the Florida Department of Law Enforcement to get the truth out, according to News 6.
"He was a kind, gentle soul. His only crime that night was drinking and having a good time with his family," the statement reads. "He is not a drinker and works 16-hour shifts nearly every day to support his family. His niece’s wedding was the first day he was able to come out and celebrate in a long time."
Winter Park city leaders told Channel 9 that FDLE had to interview more than 100 guests who were at the wedding before deciding to release the video.
The officer who shot Knight is on administrative leave while the first officer who was punched is back to work.
Bride Janisha Paul told FOX 35 News that she was devastated over her uncle's death.
"He was killed… in front of me. His blood was all over my wedding dress," Paul said. "I had to stay there for hours with this on my dress."
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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ The winning numbers in Thursday evening's drawing of the Texas Lottery's "All or Nothing Evening" game were:
03-06-12-13-16-17-18-19-20-21-23-24
(three, six, twelve, thirteen, sixteen, seventeen, eighteen, nineteen, twenty, twenty-one, twenty-three, twenty-four)
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Shares of S&P Global Inc.
SPGI,
-2.09%
slipped 2.09% to $410.18 Thursday, on what proved to be an all-around poor trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index
SPX,
-1.57%
falling 1.57% to 4,530.41 and Dow Jones Industrial Average
DJIA,
-1.56%
falling 1.56% to 34,678.35. The stock's fall snapped a five-day winning streak. S&P Global Inc. closed $74.03 below its 52-week high ($484.21), which the company reached on December 16th.
The stock underperformed when compared to some of its competitors Thursday, as Moody's Corp.
MCO,
-0.27%
fell 0.27% to $337.41, MSCI Inc.
MSCI,
-1.45%
fell 1.45% to $502.88, and FactSet Research Systems Inc.
FDS,
-1.31%
fell 1.31% to $434.15. Trading volume (2.4 M) remained 176,355 below its 50-day average volume of 2.6 M.
Editor's Note: This story was auto-generated by Automated Insights, an automation technology provider, using data from Dow Jones and FactSet. See our market data terms of use.
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Hyde Park’s iconic Summer Place just sold at auction for R129 million | Businessinsider
Summer Place (Image: Broll Auctions and Sales)
- Summer Place in Hyde Park,
Johannesburg, is a famend banqueting and convention venue. - It was constructed for “oil
baron” Marino Chiavelli in 1984 and ten years later offered to the Krok
brothers for R12 million. - On Wednesday morning, Summer
Place offered at public sale for R129 million. - The 40,000m² property
options banqueting venues, boardrooms, places of work, a ballroom, and two
residential homes. - Not included within the sale is
a sculpture by Danie de Jager. - For extra tales go to
www.BusinessInsider.co.za.
The iconic Summer Place in Johannesburg’s suburb of Hyde Park offered at public sale for R129 million on Wednesday morning to a consortium of property builders within the hospitality sector.
Summer Place is a sprawling property, nearly 40,000m² in dimension, positioned within the prosperous suburb of Hyde Park. It’s thought of a well-known South African landmark with a vibrant and fascinating historical past.
For the previous 28 years, it is served as a banqueting and convention centre, welcoming company from world wide. Summer Place was initially developed for “oil baron” Marino Chiavelli in 1984. A decade later, the property was purchased by the wealthy Krok brothers for R12 million.
On Wednesday morning, at an on-site auction facilitated by Broll Auctions, Summer Place offered for R129 million. The sale is topic to last affirmation, Broll’s Andre Potgieter informed Business Insider. The property was offered to a “consortium of local property developers that operate in the hospitality space” according to Property Wheel.
The 4,800m² Summer Place constructing has two main banqueting venues – the Apollo Room and the Annex Room –in addition to the Melville Terrace and a grand lobby. The government enterprise and convention centre is comprised of three boardrooms and two storerooms.
The Summer House has a ballroom, eating room with adjoining bar, and boardrooms named after the Krok brothers, Abe and Solly. The property additionally encompasses a synagogue and performance halls.
The 450m² Summer Cottage has 4 bedrooms and three loos, a big coaching room, lounge, eating room, kitchen, and double storage.
The 800m² Lewis property has three bedrooms, as many loos, 4 reception rooms, a kitchen, three garages, six employees rooms or storerooms with 2 loos, and a personal pool. Summer Place has roughly 400m² of workplace house.
In addition to the huge buildings, the property additionally has immaculately landscaped gardens, with well-lit pathways stretching all through the grounds and a wine cellar with the capability for five,000 bottles.
There is, nonetheless, one fixture at Summer Place which has been explicitly excluded from the sale: a big sculpture crafted by famed South African sculptor Danie de Jager. “The owners would potentially look at offers on the sculpture separately,” mentioned Broll.
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Still Walz, Dawn Staley and Geno Auriemma think the amount of players looking to change schools is getting out of control.
“I always like to say, ‘The grass is greener on the other side because it’s fertilized with a bunch of bull,’” Louisville coach Jeff Walz said. “I think there are a lot of players that will jump into the portal after one year that don’t really have a good grasp of why they’re doing it.”
Staley likened the portal to Twitter, Instagram or TikTok.
“It’s a big ol’ fad that just keeps continuing,” she said. “Is it out of hand? It absolutely is. I don’t know how you control it. But it’s their way. It’s their way of controlling their own destinies.”
Both Staley and Auriemma noted that there were currently more players seeking to transfer than there were scholarships available across the country.
“You know those 850 people in the portal? Three hundred of them are not going to find a school to go to because they’re going to realize it’s not the school they just left,” Auriemma said.
Despite the reservations, they’re still playing along. Emily Engstler (Syracuse), Kianna Smith (California) and Chelsie Hall (Vanderbilt) have been key for Louisville. Engstler and Hall just joined the program this season.
When Engstler was considering the Cardinals, Walz went to Mykasa Robinson to discuss how her role would likely shrink if Engstler were to come and gauge her comfort level.
“She looked at me, and she’s like, ‘I’m tired of guarding her. If we can get her, yes, because she likes to win, and she wants to play with other good players,’” Walz said.
SOUTH CAROLINA SUPPORT
The Gamecocks have led the nation in average attendance for seven straight years, buoyed by a base of more than 10,000 season tickets. Despite the 1,200-mile distance from campus to downtown Minneapolis, there will be plenty of garnet-and-black-clad South Carolina fans voicing their support on Friday night when the Gamecocks take on Louisville.
“They’ve been with us when we weren’t a popular team or we weren’t a whole lot to cheer about,” Staley said. “This is my 14th year being at South Carolina, but the last probably 10, the fans have given us a ride that’s kind of irreplaceable.”
One of the catalysts for the attendance boom was giving fans as much as access to the program as they could, to build relationships and let the locals get to know the players as people.
“You really feel the love in the community,” guard Brea Beal said. “You can go to the store and run into somebody and they’re like, oh my gosh, just freaking out. It’s like a family.”
FOND MEMORY
Walz spent one season at Minnesota on his climb up the coaching ladder, serving as an assistant under current Maryland coach Brenda Frese.
That was 20 years ago, when Hall of Fame finalist Lindsay Whalen was a sophomore for the Gophers on a breakthrough team that reached the Final Four two seasons later. The women’s team at that time played in a smaller gym, the Pavilion, next door to Williams Arena where the Minnesota men’s team has played since 1928.
A water pipe burst that winter, moving the women’s team into the bigger venue. The Gophers were on a roll, and the first game in the building known as “The Barn” was packed to the rafters.
“From that point on, we continued the rest of the season playing in the Barn in front of unbelievable crowds,” Walz said.
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More AP coverage of March Madness: https://apnews.com/hub/march-madness and https://apnews.com/hub/womens-college-basketball and https://twitter.com/AP_Top25
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50 Cent says Chris Rock lawsuit is looming as he praised the comedian for keeping his composure and not hitting back Will Smith.
Rapper 50 Cent has added his opinion to the Oscars saga where Will Smith slapped comedian Chris Rock after a tasteless joke about his wife’s bald head. It’s the first time 50 Cent is speaking on the issue after Rock made his first appearance at his comedy show in Boston on Wednesday night.
The comedian addressed the slapping incident at his stand-up set by saying he was still processing the entire thing and would speak on it sometime in the future. His fans did say that the comedian was in good spirits and had a show packed with jokes for his sold-out audience.
Among those who have shared support for the show was 50 Cent.
“I don’t know how @chrisrock held his composure, but i’m glad he didn’t make a mess of the whole thing,” he captioned a news headline from the Hollywood Reporter, which he shared on IG.
His tone on Thursday is different, however, as he shared several memes of Will Smith slapping the comedian at the start of the week.
He has since gone back to posting video edits of the incident, including a video that incorporates the claps from the “Men In Black” instrumental in which Will Smith had a lead role. The sounds are synced to the slapping motion on Rock, and 50 Cent adds further commentary.
“This shit is funny till that law suit hit, here it come in 5, 4, 3, 2, $100,000,000,” Fif wrote. “yeah that’s how this kinda shit plays out!”
Other celebrities like Jim Carey have called for Rock to sue Will Smith for $200 million as he reasoned that the slap was seen across the world and that the video will live on the internet forever and will continue to cause the comedian trauma.
Will Smith has not been seen publicly since.
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Jessica Kobe found a home she liked on social media. The home had a phone number to text if you were interested in renting it.
Kobe started texting with the man who she thought was the property manager. The home’s on 27th Street, next to I-70. The person started sending her pictures inside the home.
“I said ‘great no problem. When can we move in?’ I gave him a deposit and then I went and picked up the lease the next morning. He sent me the lease. It was March 9,” Kobe said.
Somehow the scammer knew the right code to get into the home though. He texted it to her. She got in and because of that, she thought her lease was legit.
Only a few days after moving in though, the police and the real property manager showed up, and that’s when she found out, she’d been scammed.
The real family that was renting the home was set to move in April 1. She had already paid the fake property manager $3,000 to live there though.
“I spent every dime I had, it went into this house or it went to my children,” Kobe said Thursday. “It’s not fair, and I’m mad, and it’s not fair, and that’s why we wanted to warn other people.”
FOX4 found the home on Facebook Marketplace with the number to text to ask about renting it. We texted him telling him we were with FOX4. He called us right away, but as soon as we asked about Kobe’s situation, he hung up.
“I feel like everything is crashing down,” Kobe said. “I have anxiety, and I’m so sorry, it’s just been really really hard.”
Fortunately for Kobe, she has her sister to live with until she can find a permanent place to stay.
Kobe said if the real property manager is not willing to meet you in person, they’re likely not real.
The Kansas City Police Department said no report was taken. Kobe will have to pursue the case through civil court.
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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.
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