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Manchin joins with Senate GOP to block bill guaranteeing abortion access
Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin (W.Va.) joined with Senate Republicans on Monday night to oppose legislation codifying the right to an abortion.
Senators voted 46-48 to move the bill toward a debate on the Senate floor, falling short of the three-fifths vote needed to move it forward.
The bill, which passed the House last year, enshrines the right to an abortion and pushes back against state-level restrictions. The Senate’s failed vote comes as the Supreme Court is weighing a case that would curb Roe vs. Wade.
“Sadly it looks like the Supreme Court will limit abortion rights on the coming months. That’s why the bill is essential,” Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) said.
But the bill was guaranteed to fail because it needed 60 votes to move forward.
Manchin and Sen. Bob Casey (D-Pa.) weren’t formal co-sponsors of the bill, but Casey had previously said he would vote to start debate on the bill.
Asked about Manchin’s “no” vote, Sam Runyon, a spokesperson for Manchin, said, “Senator Manchin’s position has not changed.”
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) accused Democrats of trying to support a “radical” policy to appease their base.
“Yet again our colleagues wish to demonstrate that the radical left fringe runs today’s Democratic Party,” McConnell said.
GOP Sens. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) and Susan Collins (R-Maine) voted against advancing the Democratic bill but introduced a proposal shortly before the vote to codify Roe vs. Wade.
“I have long supported a woman’s right to choose, but my position is not without limits, and this partisan Women’s Health Protection Act simply goes too far. It would broadly supersede state laws and infringe on Americans’ religious freedoms,” Murkowski said.
“The fact that my choice is between this bill, or nothing at all, shows how insincere Majority Leader Schumer is about protecting women’s rights. Failing to conduct any outreach and reducing this important issue to nothing more than a designed-to-fail show vote is a disservice to women across America,” she added.
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From Noah Ebije, Kaduna
Barely 72 hours after an attack on the Abuja-Kaduna bound train, bandits were reported to have stormed the Kofar Gayan Low-cost Housing Estate in Zaria, Kaduna state, on Wednesday night, and kidnapped a Customs officer and his son.
The incident happened at about 9pm, according to a source who pleaded for anonymity. It was gathered that the kidnappers trailed the Customs officer from his family home in Zaria city into the estate where they were eventually abducted. The bandits were also said to have invaded the residence of the Customs officer last year.
The Customs officer’s name was simply given as Gambo Mu’awiya, and his son, Samaila Mu’awiya.
Reports claimed that both were forced out of their home at gunpoint by the bandits who were said to be in large numbers. Another resident of the estate, Suraju Garba, also said the bandits kidnapped four residents while driving out of the estate.
Garba, however, disclosed that two of the victims escaped and “are in their houses now as we speak.”
Neither the state government nor the police state command could confirm the incident at the time of filing this report.
But when contacted, the state police Command’s spokesman, Mohammad Jalige, said he would get in touch with the Divisional Police Officer in charge of Zaria before reverting to Daily Sun. But he did not revert at the time of filing this report. | https://www.sunnewsonline.com/customs-officer-son-others-abducted-as-bandits-hit-kaduna-low-cost-housing-estate/ | 2022-04-01T01:15:09Z |
Kyle Mayers jumps 33 spots in ICC bowling rankings
Wednesday, March 30, 2022ST JOHN'S, Antigua (CMC) – Kyle Mayers, whose maiden five-wicket haul played a key role in the West Indies' victory in the recently ended Apex Test series against England, has made a massive 33-spot jump in the International Cricket Council (ICC) bowling ranks.
In the latest ICC Test rankings released on Wednesday, the seamer climbed from 81 to 48 – one of the biggest leaps in recent history.
Kemar Roach, who moved two places up to number 12 remains the highest-ranked West Indies bowler. Jason Holder, meanwhile, dropped three places to 18.
Mayers' movement comes on the heels of his heroics with the ball in the decisive third Test in which he had match figures of 27-17-41-7, including a career-best 5-18 in the second innings as West Indies won by 10 wickets on day four.
It was the home team's first Test match win at the Grenada National Stadium, and they became the first team to lift the newly-minted Richards-Botham trophy.
Also making a big move in the rankings was batting hero Joshua Da Silva. He moved up 21 places to 63 on the table.
The wicket-keeper pulled West Indies around in the first innings with a monumental maiden Test century. He made 100 not out, including 10 boundaries, off 257 balls, and earned the Apex Player of the Match award for the match-winning effort which lifted West Indies from 128-7 to 297 all out.
West Indies captain Kyle Brathwaite,�adjudged Man-of-the-Series for his 341 runs at an average of 85, is still the highest-ranked West Indies batsman at number 26, one spot higher than in the previous rankings.
Nkrumah Bonner slid 11 places to 42, one spot below Jermaine Blackwood.
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Tullamore gardai serving abroad meet with Minister for St Patrick's Day
Minister of State Martin Heydon visited the Irish Garda Contingent in Cyprus on March 14 to honour the role of Irish Gardai in UN Peacekeeping in preserving peace in the buffer zone in the disputed area in Cyprus.
His visit was timed to coincide with St Patrick's Day activities around the world and to honour Irish involvement in peacekeeping missions.
There are four Gardai from Tullamore based in Cyprus. Superintendent Tom Mularkey is a Sector Commander in charge of the Sector 4 UN Police Force
The other three police officers from Tullamore are Inspector David Buckley, Sergeant Paul Buckley and Sergeant Eamon Bracken.
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The top-ranking Ukrainian Catholic cleric in the United States warned Thursday that religious minorities in the Eastern European country stand to be “crushed” if Moscow gains control, as fighting raged on more than a month after the Russian invasion began.
Groups at risk include Catholics, Muslims and Orthodox who have broken away from the patriarch of Moscow, Archbishop Borys Gudziak said. He also cited reports that Russian forces have damaged two Holocaust memorials and Moscow’s false portrayal of Ukraine, which overwhelmingly elected a Jewish president in Volodymyr Zelenskyy, as a “Nazi” state.
“What is at stake for the people of faith is their freedom to practice their faith,” Gudziak said during an online panel discussion on the war, hosted by the Initiative on Catholic Social Thought and Public Life at Georgetown University.
“Ukrainian Catholics, over the last 250 years, every time there’s been a Russian occupation where they live and minister, they’ve been strangled,” he continued.
Gudziak is head of the Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Philadelphia and president of Ukrainian Catholic University in Lviv, Ukraine. He also oversees external relations for the Kyiv-based Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church. The name of the church, whose members account for an estimated 10% of Ukraine’s population, refers to its loyalty to the pope and its use of Greek or Byzantine liturgy, which is similar to that of Ukraine’s majority Orthodox population.
The archbishop predicted that the Orthodox Church of Ukraine — which broke from the Moscow Patriarchate and was recognized in 2019 by the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople over fierce opposition from Moscow — “will undoubtedly be crushed if there’s a Russian occupation.”
Guziak did not specifically mention the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, which is separate from the Orthodox Church of Ukraine and has remained loyal to Moscow Patriarch Kirill, a strong supporter of Russian President Vladimir Putin. Despite that historic fealty, Ukrainian Orthodox Church leaders have fiercely denounced the Russian invasion and in some cases are refusing to mention Kirill’s name in public prayers, a ritually potent snub.
Kirill has backed Putin’s justifications for the war, saying both countries are part of a “Russian world” and alleging that the U.S. and other foreign forces have sought to foster enmitybetween them.
Gudziak also cited the plight of Muslim Tatars who “have been persecuted for these last eight years” since Russia annexed the Crimean Peninsula in southern Ukraine in 2014.
The U.S. State Department has similarly denounced intimidation and harassment of Tatars and other religious groups in Crimea and areas of eastern Ukraine under control of Russia-backed separatists. The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom said this month that Moscow’s “aggression toward religious freedom (in those territories) is an indicator that much worse will follow … as Russia expands into Ukraine.”
Gudziak rejected Russia’s claims that it is on a mission to denazify Ukraine, where the Jewish Zelenskyy won election with 73% of the vote. Such altruistic assertions also ring hollow, he argued, given the reported damage to the Holocaust memorials in Kyiv and near Kharkiv.
“All those who desire to live in freedom will lose a lot or everything. If there is an occupation, that is what is at stake for Ukrainians,” Gudziak said. “What is at stake for Europe, for the broader world, is will there be an advance of systems, ideologies and worldviews that crush people?”
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Final Four coaches feel transfer portal is “out of control”
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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Jeff Walz has had a lot of success getting players to transfer to Louisville over the last few years, including three starters on his Final Four team this season. He’s not the only coach in the Final Four who has bolstered the roster by using the transfer portal as both South Carolina and UConn have found supplemental players from it. Still Walz, Dawn Staley and Geno Auriemma think the amount of players looking to change schools is getting out of control. | https://kvia.com/ap-national-sports-3/2022/03/31/final-four-coaches-feel-transfer-portal-is-out-of-control/ | 2022-04-01T01:15:15Z |
Hillenbrand named national STEM partner for Girls, Inc.
BATESVILLE, IN — Hillenbrand, Inc., along with Girls Inc., a national organization whose mission is to inspire all girls to be strong, smart, and bold through direct service and advocacy, announced their partnership to advance the next generation of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) leaders. Hillenbrand will...
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La Nina pattern continues to affect weather in the Caribbean
Wednesday, March 30, 2022BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC) — The Barbados-based Caribbean Climate Outlook Forum (CariCOF) Wednesday said a persistent weak La Nina pattern is expected to continue during the next three months, which may drive increasing uncertainty into the seasonal rainfall forecast.
La Ni�a is a climate pattern that describes the cooling of surface ocean waters along the tropical west coast of South America. La Nina is considered to be the counterpart to El Nino, which is characterised by unusually warm ocean temperatures in the equatorial region of the Pacific Ocean.
“This uncertainty points the AMJ rainfall and wet day forecast towards climatology across most of the region with equal chances for above normal, normal, and below normal probabilities,” the CariCOF said in its latest Caribbean Climate Outlook Newsletter for the period April to June this year.
It said, however, a small increase in wet spell frequency is expected for the eastern Caribbean which could lead to marginal flash flood and soil erosion potential there from May.
“Extreme wet spells for the region are expected along coastal Guyana, but are not expected to feature prominently for other locations during the upcoming season,” it added.
According to the publication, �as of March 1, shorter-term drought has developed in Antigua, Dominica, Guadeloupe, Martinique, St Lucia, and St Vincent with moderate longer-term drought developing in northwest Bahamas, western Cuba, Dominica, southeastern Dominican Republic, Guadeloupe, Martinique, St Kitts, St �Lucia, and St Vincent.
Long-term drought from the end of May is predicted for Antigua, Aruba, central and southern Belize, Dominica, Guadeloupe, Martinique, and St Lucia and might possibly develop or continue in northern parts of The Bahamas, Barbados, northern Belize, western Cuba, southern parts of The Dominican Republic, the United States Virgin Islands, Saint Martin, St Vincent and Trinidad.
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SCAPPOOSE, Ore. (AP) — Authorities say a man was shot and killed Thursday by two police officers in Scappoose, Oregon.
Columbia County officials confirmed the officer-involved shooting on social media. In a tweet, officials said that “no officers were injured and the incident is currently under investigation.”
A witness told KOIN-TV that he was dropping his wife off at work when he saw a man show up to the towing facility next door. The witness, Erik Tyler, said the man appeared angry and a fight escalated between the man and employees until the workers told him they would call the police.
Police arrived and Tyler said he heard them yell at the man to drop his weapon and the man didn’t comply.
Detective Shannon Wilde with the Washington County Sheriff’s Office, which has taken over the investigation, told reporters police responded to the “disturbance” at Grumpy’s Towing just before 10 a.m. During the incident, Wilde said both a sheriff's deputy and an Oregon State Police trooper fired their weapons, killing the man.
Wilde did not identify the deceased man or specify whether he was armed at the time but said he was wanted for an unrelated “violent felony.”
Wilde also declined to comment on the circumstances that led up to the shooting. | https://www.wiltonbulletin.com/news/article/Police-Officers-shoot-kill-man-in-Scappoose-17049819.php | 2022-04-01T01:15:16Z |
USDA forecasting higher food, grocery costs in 2022
(Gray News) - It looks like elevated food prices are going to continue this year, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
The USDA released its Food Price Outlook for 2022 and predicted the cost of groceries would continue to increase to as much as 4%.
According to the Consumer Price Index, grocery and supermarket food prices were already 8.6% higher in February than last year and up nearly 1.5% from January to February in 2022.
As reported by the Associated Press, prices for U.S. consumers have continued to jump recently, leaving families facing the highest inflation rate since 1990.
“We’re getting into this situation where we have spiraling inflation,” said Jay Hatfield, CEO of Infrastructure Capital Advisors. “Inflation in one area drives inflation in another.”
Currently, the CPI reports all food categories are increasing in price other than fresh vegetables. Last year, the beef and veal categories had the most significant price increase of 9.3%, and the fresh vegetable category had the smallest at 1.1%. However, no food categories decreased in price in 2021.
Poultry prices are also expected to increase up to 7%, with egg prices predicted to increase up to 3.5% in 2022.
Overall, grocery store and supermarket food purchases are expected to increase up to 4%, with restaurant purchases or food away from home forecasted to increase up to 6.5%, according to the USDA.
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Vodka, pensions, sister cities: Governors move to punish Russia
Governors in states across the country have ordered agencies and asked businesses to cut ties with Russia in largely symbolic stands with Ukraine and against Vladimir Putin’s war of aggression.
They’ve asked local leaders to end so-called sister city relationships with Russian municipalities, moved to divest from Russian assets held by state pension funds and taken steps to get Russian vodka off store shelves.
The governors of four states — New Hampshire, Utah, Pennsylvania and Ohio — have ordered or formally requested that state-run liquor outlets halt sales of Russian vodka. Virginia’s state-run liquor agency said it, too, would pull seven brands of Russian products after Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R) called on state agencies to support Ukraine.
“We see what’s happening. People are losing their lives. It’s unprovoked aggression, and if New Hampshire can do their part and take these products off of the Russian shelves — I don’t know who’s buying that garbage anyways right now, frankly — it’s a good thing, and it’s a step that we can make,” New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu (R) told reporters on Sunday.
“Russia’s ruthless attack on a sovereign nation is an egregious violation of human rights,” Utah Gov. Spencer Cox (R) said in a statement. “Utah stands in solidarity with Ukraine and will not support Russian enterprises, no matter how small the exchange.”
In Texas, Gov. Greg Abbott (R) on Saturday called chief executives at interest groups representing restaurants, package companies and retailers to ask that they remove Russian-made products from their inventory.
In Virginia, Youngkin ordered state agencies to review contracts to identify any tax dollars that might be spent buying Russian goods or services. He asked the cities of Norfolk and Roanoke to end sister city relationships with Kaliningrad and Pskov, respectively, and he called on the state’s employee retirement system to divest from Russian companies.
Several other states also moved to divest from Russian assets held by state pension funds.
Colorado’s public employee retirement fund said it would sell off a $7.2 million investment in Sberbank, a Russian state-owned bank that is the target of international sanctions led by the United States.
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) signed an executive order Sunday ordering state agencies to pull money out of any Russian investments, though it was unclear what, if any, Russian assets state agencies held. New York City held about $271 million in Russian investments as of last week, and city Comptroller Brad Lander (D) said Sunday he would identify Russian assets the various boards overseeing pension assets should or could sell.
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp (R) said his state would also “fully divest” from Russian firms.
Katie Byrd, Kemp’s spokeswoman, said the governor’s office last week began “reviewing and taking actions to ensure Georgia taxpayer dollars are not being used to subsidize Russia,” according to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
The moves are largely symbolic drops in the bucket, but they are among the only steps a state can take as Western nations place more disruptive sanctions on Russia’s financial system and central bank.
The United States imported $1.4 billion in vodka last year, according to the Distilled Spirits Council, the liquor industry’s leading interest group, but just $18.5 million of that came from Russia itself.
“Some of the popular vodka brands consumers may think are Russian are not produced in Russia,” said Lisa Hawkins, the group’s spokeswoman.
Russian vodka imports have dropped 79 percent since 2011. The United States imports most of its vodka from France, the Netherlands, Sweden and Latvia. Among the most popular brands associated with Russia are Stoli, which is made in Latvia, and Smirnoff, which is owned by the London-based company Diageo and distilled in Illinois.
In a letter to the state Liquor Control Board, Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf (D) said he recognized the distinction between “products that are sourced from Russia — as opposed to being Russian themed but produced elsewhere.”
Governors in several states ordered buildings and landmarks to be illuminated in blue and yellow, the colors of Ukraine’s national flag. Hochul ordered a dozen landmarks to be lit in solidarity with Ukraine, including the World Trade Center and Grand Central Terminal. Rhode Island’s state capital building was similarly lit up overnight.
Bob DaSilva, the mayor of East Providence, R.I., took to Twitter to ask residents to loan the city a Ukrainian flag that would fly at city hall.
“In solidarity with the brave citizens of Ukraine and with freedom defenders here and abroad I would like to fly their flag at East Providence city hall,” DaSilva tweeted. “If you have a flag that you are willing to loan the city, please contact me.”
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BECKLEY, WV (WVNS) — In February 2021, The Federal Trade Commission received more than $2.2 million in consumer fraud reports in 2020. Scammers are cunning, smart, and relentless, 3 reasons they were so successful in defrauding American families out of 3.3 billion dollars in the same year.
A number that is up 34% over the previous year.
Scammers are relentless, resorting to phone calls, emails, and even text messages. They’re always changing and evolving. That is why protecting yourself should evolve as well.
Lt. Jason McDaniel of the Beckley Police Department said it starts with common sense.
“Don’t get involved in a scam. Try to be smarter. Think. Don’t ever give your Social Security number. Don’t ever give banking information over the phone. Don’t ever give credit card information over the phone. Don’t give your birthdate over the phone. None of this is necessary,” said Lt. McDaniel.
Simply saying no or arguing with a scammer only gives them more information. When you feel the call, message, email, is suspicious, simply hang up, block the number, or delete the message. The best line of defense against scammers is yourself. Taking an extra few minutes to check the validity of the scammers’ story can save you time, money, and hardship.
Companies are understanding and will rather you call back to verify a call than to report you’ve been scammed. If the scammer claims to be from the IRS hang up and call the IRS directly. If a utility company calls demanding payment now via prepaid credit card, hang up and call the utility company directly.
“There’s a reason they want a green dot card. Green dot cards are untraceable. Where did that money come from and where did it go? Nobody knows. They’re untraceable. Don’t ever have someone call you and say, send me a green card and fall for it. That is a scam. Tell them no,” said Lt. McDaniel.
If it is an email from a company you deal with, go to the company’s website or simply call them directly. The few extra minutes it takes to check a caller, an email, a message, or with family members is worth it to keep you from falling victim. The alternative could cost you more in time and money later.
Even with calls claiming to be from a family member in an emergency needing money, simply hang up and call your family. If a real emergency exists, chances are more than one person in your family knows about it. The best deterrent to scams is to simply say no and walk away. For more tips on how to stay safe or report being a victim of a scam, head over to the U.S. Federal Trade Commission’s Consumer Information webpage. | https://www.wvnstv.com/top-stories/top-stories-beckley/americans-out-more-than-3-billion-from-scammers-in-2020-are-you-protected/ | 2022-04-01T01:15:19Z |
The Epic Origin Of The Bluetooth Logo
Bluetooth technology may be a modern invention, but the story behind the now ubiquitous name and logo reaches back through time, connecting the past to the present.
It's easy to take for granted that smartphones can play music on a wireless speaker, a laptop can print documents without being physically connected to a printer, and friends can AirDrop pictures between iPhones without a cable tethering them together. Though it's almost impossible to imagine life without these conveniences, the reality is that this low-cost, low-power tech has only been around for a few decades.
In 1998, the Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) was formed by Ericsson, IBM, Intel, Nokia, and Toshiba. A year later, the Bluetooth 1.0 specification – the first short-range wireless technology standard – was released, and consumer products sporting the then-new feature followed shortly after. Some of the first Bluetooth-enabled devices included mobile phones, PC cards, computer mice, and headsets. Today, thousands of devices from hearing aids to cars and refrigerators come equipped with the tech that, at one point in time, seemed almost magical.
Competing standards led to confusion
In the mid-1990s, several companies were simultaneously racing to develop a revolutionary new wireless technology called short-range radio links. At the time, Swedish engineer Sven Mattisson was working for Ericsson, and American Jim Kardach served as a mobile computing engineer at Intel.
Mattisson, Kardach, and engineers from several other companies came together and presented their competing standards and ideas at a seminar in Toronto in the late 1990s. In a first-hand account of the history of Bluetooth published on his website, Kardach recounted, "...Mattisson and I presented at a Home-RF SIG meeting which took place in Toronto Canada. I presented Biz-RF, and Sven presented MC-LINK. We received a luke-warm reception of our confusing proposal, and it was at this time I realized we needed a code name for the project which everyone could use."
It was after the seminar that Mattisson and Kardach went to a local bar to have a few beers. While commiserating over their perceived failure, the two men started talking about the history of the Vikings. Being from Sweden, Mattisson suggested Kardach read a well-known Swedish historical novel about the seafaring warriors from Scandinavia called "The Long Ships," written by Frans Gunnar Bengtsson.
Bluetooth's logo explained
The novel includes King Harald Gormsson, known for uniting the many different tribes of Denmark and Norway under a single ruler. Many Viking leaders had very imaginative nicknames, and King Harald's was "Bluetooth." Some historians claim he received this moniker because he had a dead or "blue" tooth, while others say he loved eating blueberries or licorice so much that it stained his teeth blue. The truth is, no one knows for sure.
What is known is Mattisson and Kardach loved the symmetry they had found. This Viking king had brought unity and communication to diverse groups of people, and their invention was trying to do the same thing with different electronic devices. Thus, calling it "Bluetooth" in honor of King Harald seemed appropriate.
According to the official Bluetooth "About Us" page, the name was supposed to be temporary until the marketing department could create something more clever. They eventually decided on "RadioWire" and "PAN" (Personal Area Networking), but "PAN" had already been taken, and a complete trademark search for "RadioWire" couldn't be finished before launch, so they stuck with "Bluetooth" for a while. The term proved popular, however, and it soon went from a temporary codename to the official term for the technology.
As for the omnipresent logo, it's actually a combination of Harald Bluetooth's initials — "ᚼ" and "ᛒ" — written in the Old Norse Runic alphabet called "futhark." | https://www.slashgear.com/818340/the-epic-origin-of-the-bluetooth-logo/ | 2022-04-01T01:15:19Z |
HELENA — The U.S. Bureau of Land Management has given initial approval to a proposal to graze bison in north-central Montana. It’s the latest step in a process that started five years ago – and it’s likely not the end.
American Prairie – a nonprofit formerly called American Prairie Reserve – proposed bison grazing on 63,065 acres of BLM land in Phillips County, south of Malta. The BLM’s proposed decision, issued Wednesday, would allow bison, behind fences, on six of the seven areas the organization proposed.
“We are extremely pleased with this decision, which will enable us to exercise our grazing privileges to sustainably grow our conservation herd of bison, protect the health of the land, and create more outdoor opportunities for visitors to experience Montana’s prairie lands and wildlife,” said American Prairie vice president and chief external relations officer Pete Geddes in a statement.
The decision would allow bison to graze seasonally in three locations and year-round in three others – including two that are already approved for bison. The seventh location would remain open only to cattle.
American Prairie says they plan to increase their bison herd from around 800 animals to 1,000.
BLM leaders said in a statement that their decision was justified by an analysis that showed the plan wouldn’t have a significant environmental impact. They also identified some potential benefits for wildlife habitat and vegetation, including the removal of some internal fencing and the different grazing patterns of bison allowing for more diversity.
“Ultimately, the overall goals of any grazing decision are to ensure the health of BLM-administered public lands and implement the law,” said Theresa Hanley, the agency’s acting Montana/Dakotas state director. “This proposed grazing decision will help us continue to achieve those goals, providing for multiple-purpose use and enjoyment, now and in the future.”
American Prairie first submitted a plan for bison grazing in 2017. They scaled it back significantly in 2019, saying they wanted to address public concerns and have more time to demonstrate how their grazing system works.
The proposal has gotten a lot of attention from people in the area. Groups like the Montana Stockgrowers Association have raised concerns.
“When we saw the decision, we were fairly disappointed with the decision,” said executive vice president Jay Bodner.
Bodner questioned whether the BLM could lease land for grazing bison, saying that federal law specifically designates it for livestock and doesn’t include bison in that definition. He also said ranchers are worried about the impacts of having bison in close proximity to cattle, from possible interbreeding to injuries if the animals end up in the same pasture.
“They are a different species than cattle, they’re going to graze differently, and so they’re going to have impacts on the rangeland differently,” Bodner said. “If you have less control over them, I think certainly rangeland health standards – are you going to be able to meet those? – that calls into question.”
He said the Stockgrowers want to make sure the BLM did its due diligence in responding to the public’s concerns.
“When you look at these kinds of pretty significant proposals that the American Prairie Reserve did propose, we really think that needs a full environmental impact statement,” he said.
In the decision, the BLM said it did analyze and consider all the public comment. For example, they responded to the concerns about the federal definition of livestock by pointing to other rules that allow privately owned “indigenous animals” like bison to graze at regulators’ discretion. They said they have issued grazing permits for bison in other states, and previously for American Prairie.
“We understand that not everyone agrees with allowing bison grazing on public lands, but the BLM’s decision makes it clear that our proposal is based on sound science and will benefit wildlife, the rangeland, and riparian areas,” Geddes said.
A spokesperson for Gov. Greg Gianforte’s office said the state has started reviewing the BLM decision.
“The governor shares Montanans' hope that BLM took submitted comments to heart and bolstered its analysis to reach a legal, well-reasoned decision,” the spokesperson said.
A 15-day protest period is now open. The BLM will consider any protests they receive, then make a final decision. After that, there will be another 30 days during which the decision can be appealed.
You can find full documentation on the decision on the BLM website. | https://www.kxlf.com/news/montana-news/blm-gives-initial-approval-to-american-prairie-bison-grazing-plan | 2022-04-01T01:15:19Z |
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Shanghai reports 4,144 new asymptomatic, 358 new symptomatic COVID cases for March 31
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China's financial hub of Shanghai reported 4,144 asymptomatic COVID-19 cases and 358 symptomatic cases for March 31, the city government said on its official WeChat account on Friday. That compared with 5,298 new asymptomatic cases and 355 new cases with symptoms reported a day earlier.
Shanghai put the vast majority of its residents under COVID lockdown from Friday, as it expanded curbs to include the western half of the city and extended restrictions in the east where people have already been forced to stay home since Monday.
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LEBANON, Pa. (AP) — One officer was killed and two others were shot Thursday in Pennsylvania while responding to a domestic disturbance call, Lebanon Mayor Sherry Capello said.
Police officers went to a home in the city at about 3:30 p.m. for the disturbance call when gunfire broke out and officers radioed in they were hit, Capello said at a brief news conference.
All three officers were taken to hospitals. One of them has been pronounced dead. A second is in critical condition, but is stable, and a third was in stable condition, Capello said.
The suspect, a 34-year-old man, was killed in the shooting, Lebanon Police Chief Todd Breiner said.
The slain officer's name is being withheld pending notification of extended family members.
Police did not release further details. | https://www.milfordmirror.com/news/article/1-officer-killed-2-others-shot-in-Pennsylvania-17049870.php | 2022-04-01T01:15:20Z |
Nancy Pelosi Expresses Shock at California Gas Prices: "How Could This Be?"
Nancy Pelosi expressed shock and indignation on gas prices in California in a Thursday news conference.
“It costs a lot of money in California. If you drive around in California and see the cost, you think, ‘how could this be?'” the 82-year-old career politician questioned.
Nancy Pelosi SHOCKED by massive spike in gas prices in California:
“How could this be?” pic.twitter.com/zLvSBcHx4n
— TheBlaze (@theblaze) March 31, 2022
Gas prices in the Los Angeles metropolitan area have inched to six dollars a gallon.
In a stunning lack of self-awareness, Pelosi urged against solving the gas crisis by producing more domestic energy in the same press conference.
Nancy Pelosi: We cannot “use [high gas prices] as an excuse” to produce more American energy pic.twitter.com/txlUvEYVmS
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) March 31, 2022
“We cannot allow the fossil fuel industry to use this as an excuse to reverse everything we’re doing to save the planet,” Pelosi said.
In the same news conference, Pelosi blamed the skyrocketing gas prices on Vladimir Putin and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
While Putin’s invasion has seriously impacted gas prices, costs at the pump were skyrocketing well before the war began in late February.
.@SpeakerPelosi: “We have the Putin Price Hike at the pump … The price of, of oil and gasoline — gas at the pump started going up when he started circling Ukraine … There is very interest [sic] in our caucus in stopping price gouging on the part of the — of the industry.” pic.twitter.com/VK7c7WHifQ
— Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) March 31, 2022
The upward spike in gas prices began when Biden terminated the construction of the Keystone XL pipeline just after his inauguration.
Biden failed to support the American energy industry’s independence, leaving the nation all the more vulnerable to foreign instability in energy markets.
Biden also issued an executive order halting new permits to drill on federal lands.
Biden had gas prices going up since inauguration day. An his alt left jihad on oil and gas left us vulnerable to unstable countries and an event such as the Ukraine war pic.twitter.com/zWUmqRNjAk
— Rogue1-the Jeff Faria Project (@PatriotsOfMars) March 8, 2022
As one of the wealthiest members of Congress, Pelosi will be largely unaffected by the exorbitant prices of natural gas.
On Thursday, Biden announced a mass release of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, passing the buck down the line amid rising criticism for his job performance on the economy.
Pelosi’s clueless exasperation doesn’t suggest she’s in a position to offer any positive solutions to pain at the pump.
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iHeartMedia, Inc. Changes to Beneficial Ownership: BRESSLER RICHARD J (Director, SEE REMARKS) (Form4)
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Federal officials slated millions of dollars for rural water projects in several states, with the Biden administration looking to shore up infrastructure needs made more urgent by long-term drought conditions that have been exacerbated by climate change.
The U.S. Interior Department announced Thursday that $420 million will be spent on projects in New Mexico, Minnesota, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota and Iowa. The work includes construction of water treatment plants, pipeline connections, pump systems and reservoirs to provide drinking water to rural and tribal communities.
The West is experiencing a more than 20-year megadrought. Scientists say the region has become much warmer and drier in recent decades and that climate change will continue to make weather more extreme, wildfires more frequent and destructive, and water supplies less reliable.
From Idaho and Montana south to New Mexico and Arizona, even soil moisture levels have hit record lows as major reservoirs along the Colorado River have plummeted. Earlier this month, Lake Powell hit a record low, spurring concerns about the ability to crank out more hydropower from the dam that holds it back.
Native American tribes that are finally seeing federal money after years of being underfunded are working to get at water they long had rights to but could not access without funds to build the infrastructure. On the Navajo Nation, tens of thousands of people still live without running water, while tribes in the upper Midwest are awaiting pipeline extensions that would tap into reliable sources.
In all, the infrastructure measure included $5 billion for Western water programs, with 20% of that dedicated to rural projects.
Federal officials said the allocations were based on project plans and significant goals that are projected to be reached with the funding.
The largest share — $160 million — will go toward a project decades in the making that will eventually provide water for about 70,000 people who live in communities along the New Mexico-Texas state line, where the Ogallala aquiferis being pumped at a faster rate than it’s being replenished.
The Eastern New Mexico Water Utility Authority will receive additional money from the Bureau of Reclamation and the state of New Mexico. When combined with matching money from the utility, the total for this year will be more than $228 million.
“This will take us far in the construction of this critically important project,” said Michael Morris, chairman of the water authority and mayor of Clovis, a rural community in eastern New Mexico.
Other allocations include $75.5 million for the Lewis & Clark Rural Water System, which spans parts of South Dakota, Iowa and Minnesota. The system is designed to pipe water from the Missouri River to areas as far as 60 miles (97 kilometers) away that have less plentiful resources.
In North Dakota, $51 million will go to a section of the Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program.
More than $57 million will go to the Rocky Boys/North Central Montana Rural Water System, which serves the Rocky Boy’s Reservation and numerous municipalities. The Fort Peck Reservation in Montana will benefit from $7 million for the water system there.
Tanya Trujillo, assistant Interior secretary for water and science, was flanked by water managers in Albuquerque when she made the announcement.
“The department is committed to bringing clean, reliable drinking water to rural communities to help strengthen resilience to climate change,” Trujillo said. | https://www.cbs42.com/news/national/us-taps-420m-to-boost-water-supplies-hit-by-climate-change/ | 2022-04-01T01:15:21Z |
Final Four teams heavily recruit talent in their backyards
By DAVE SKRETTA
AP Basketball Writer
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The four blueblood programs that have descended upon the Superdome for the men’s Final Four all have the ability to recruit on a national scale. Their coaches are able to hop aboard a jet on a moment’s notice to sit in a living room or take in a game. Yet all of the teams in New Orleans have pulled talent from their own backyards. Kansas has mined stars from Kansas City, Villanova from the fertile recruiting grounds of Philadelphia, and Duke and North Carolina have gone head-to-head for local talent with their campuses separated by about 10 miles. | https://kvia.com/ap-national-sports-3/2022/03/31/final-four-teams-heavily-recruit-talent-in-their-backyards/ | 2022-04-01T01:15:21Z |
A crescent-shaped crater in Northeast China holds the record as the largest impact crater on Earth that formed in the last 100,000 years. Prior to 2020, the only other impact crater ever discovered in China was found in Xiuyan county of the coastal province of Liaoning, according to a statement from the NASA Earth Observatory. Then, in July 2021, scientists confirmed that a geological structure in the Lesser Xing'an mountain range had formed as a result of a space rock striking Earth. The team published a description of the newfound impact crater that month in the journal Meteoritics and Planetary Science. | https://www.newsbreak.com/news/2556657204683/squashed-atomic-nucleus-sets-speed-record | 2022-04-01T01:15:22Z |
March 31 deadline to register for voters' List
Wednesday, March 30, 2022KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Electoral Office of Jamaica (EOJ) says the deadline to register for the next voters' list is Thursday, March 31.
The list is scheduled to be published on May 31, 2022.
Persons intending to have their names added to the voters' list must apply in person at any EOJ constituency office.
Individuals who register after March 31 will have to wait to be added to the November 30, 2022 list.
The EOJ says electors who meet the March 31 deadline should expect to receive their voter identification card by mid-June.
As it relates to the registration process, applicants should be prepared to have their photograph and fingerprints taken. Each applicant's residence must be verified to complete the registration process.
Individuals who are already on the voters' list should not re-apply.
To be eligible for registration, applicants must be a Jamaican or Commonwealth citizen ordinarily resident in Jamaica for at least 12 continuous months prior to registration and must be at least 18 years of age.
The voters' list is published twice per year – May 31 and November 30.
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REDWOOD CITY, Calif. (AP) — About $7 million worth of surplus personal protective equipment and cleaning supplies purchased by a Northern California county was left outside during a rainstorm because no one anticipated wet weather to start so early in the season, according to an investigation released Thursday.
After a KGO-TV news report showed hundreds of drenched cardboard boxes, San Mateo County officials acknowledged the supplies were moved outside an event center last September to make room for a conference.
There was no definitive timeline for how the supplies would be distributed “even though the Fall rainy season was not far off,” the probe by James Lianides said. County officials said they hired the retired school superintendent to conduct the inquiry because of his experience dealing with large organizations and purchasing practices.
Lianides said the boxes of non-medical-grade gowns, face shields and goggles as well as cleaning supplies were also moved out of the event center to avoid the $100,000-per-month storage fee.
“It does not appear that there were any discussions or actions taken in the process of (moving) to protect the equipment in the event of inclement weather, such as wrapping or covering each pallet,” he wrote.
The county's executive officer, Mike Callagy, has said the county purchased the items early in the pandemic when PPE was becoming scarce nationwide so that local first responders and medical providers would have what they needed. The demand for the equipment decreased as the pandemic continued.
The county’s supply of gloves and masks — including N95 and KN95 respirators — are stored indoors.
“What’s clear is that that this shouldn’t have happened. What is equally clear is we are taking the steps necessary to make sure that we put the checks and balances in place so this never happens again,” Callagy said in a statement Thursday.
An inspection of the damaged boxes determined that most of the safety equipment remains usable because they were packed in sealed plastic wrapping, the probe found. Equipment that could not be salvaged were worth about $128,000, according to Lianides. | https://www.wiltonbulletin.com/news/article/Report-Rain-not-anticipated-when-7M-in-PPE-17049873.php | 2022-04-01T01:15:22Z |
Armidale's population has dropped by 0.8 per cent during the pandemic, which was the biggest slump in the region.
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Politics, environment and energy journalist at the Northern Daily Leader. I also write about health, bushfires and occasionally music. I'm a Brisbane boy by way of Charleville and Hobart who now lives in in beautiful New England. Get me at andrew.messenger@austcommunitymedia.com.au
Politics, environment and energy journalist at the Northern Daily Leader. I also write about health, bushfires and occasionally music. I'm a Brisbane boy by way of Charleville and Hobart who now lives in in beautiful New England. Get me at andrew.messenger@austcommunitymedia.com.au | https://www.armidaleexpress.com.au/story/7681905/armidales-population-drops-during-pandemic-years-abs-stats/ | 2022-04-01T01:15:24Z |
Decision time for Man Utd
Manchester United’s search for a new manager seems to be reaching its conclusion. The Telegraph report that the club are about to enter their final round of interviews and “it appears to be a clear shoot-out” between Ajax boss Erik ten Hag and Paris Saint-Germain’s Mauricio Pochettino. PSG are prepared to allow Pochettino to leave this summer and will not expect any payment from Manchester United if he were to move to Old Trafford. Elsewhere, Ajax gave permission to Ten Hag to be interviewed by the Premier League club, but the Dutch side would not stand in his way if he were to be Manchester United’s manager of choice. Ten Hag remains the favourite – even though United are “concerned” about his lack of experience managing a club of their stature.
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Paper Round’s view: Manchester United have taken their time in this process. It seems like the club want to make it look like they have done a thorough job, while it also appears that they are really afraid of making the wrong decision. David Moyes, Louis van Gaal, Jose Mourinho and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer have all been disastrous since the departure of Sir Alex Ferguson back in 2013. Pochettino and Ten Hag are both successful managers in their own rights – as we saw back in the 2018-19 season. Both coaches took underdog sides, with a young core, to the latter stages of the Champions League. I think Pochettino might be the better choice here due to his Premier League experience, but it’s a tough decision.
Barca target Chelsea trio
The Guardian report that Barcelona “want to capitalise on the uncertainty at Chelsea” this summer, by targeting defensive trio Cesar Azpilicueta, Andreas Christensen and Antonio Rudiger. The Catalan club are fully committed to their rebuild and believe all three represent cut-price quality in the current transfer market. Christensen and Rudiger would both be available to join as free agents as their contracts at the west London club are set to expire at the end of the season. The current situation at Stamford Bridge means Chelsea are unable to negotiate contract extensions with any players until the club is sold. Azpilicueta’s deal was recently extended by a year due to a pre-agreed clause, but the Spaniard could be tempted to return to his home country on a multi-year contract for a small fee.
Paper Round’s view: It’s a tough situation for Chelsea and the players. There is a lack of clarity over the club’s future and the players are under pressure to make decisions over their futures. It seems like Christensen is likely to leave after a breakdown in talks over a new contract, but Rudiger’s situation is unclear. The German defender wanted a significant pay rise to reflect his recent form and knows his demands can be met elsewhere. Rudiger is wanted by Barcelona, Real Madrid, Paris Saint-Germain and Juventus, so could easily just move abroad, make a load more money and begin a new challenge at another one of the best clubs in world football.
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Newcastle prioritise striker this summer
Newly-rich Newcastle United have started planning their summer transfer plans and the Athletic report that the club’s head of recruitment, Steve Nickson, has already drawn up a shortlist for players in every position. The Magpies have made a striker their priority but will look to enhance the spine of their team. Goalkeepers Kepa Arrizabalaga, Dean Henderson, Bernd Leno and Sam Johnstone are on the club’s radar, while Sven Botman is the top target in defence. In midfield, Yves Bissouma, Kalvin Phillips and Jesse Lingard are on the shortlist. Eddie Howe’s side have identified Darwin Nunez, Dominic Calvert-Lewin and Patrik Schick as potential options to improve the attack.
Paper Round’s view: It’s going to be interesting to see what Newcastle do at the end of the season. The club already added Kieran Trippier, Matt Targett, Bruno Guimaraes and Chris Wood in the winter transfer window, but it is expected that the Tyneside club will continue to spend in the summer. There was hesitation around joining Newcastle in January because there was a real risk of relegation. Potential signings will now know the club’s aim is to break into European places next season. A lot of these transfer targets are from rival Premier League clubs – meaning they are ready to hit the ground running in England. Newcastle could become a competitive side next season in the battle for the Europa League.
Leicester lay out summer plans
Leicester City could be set for a squad shake-up this summer, with the Mail reporting that the Foxes are targeting “at least three new players” and first-team stars could be allowed to leave. Leicester are targeting a new centre-back, a “dynamic” centre-midfielder and a right-sided attacker to move straight into the starting line-up. Harvey Barnes, Wilfred Ndidi, Youri Tielemans, Caglar Soyuncu and Ayoze Perez are the players who could be allowed to leave the King Power stadium, with the latter trio approaching the expiry dates of their contracts in 2023.
Paper Round’s view: Things have gone a bit stale at Leicester so a squad overhaul may not be the worst idea in the world. Tielemans, Soyuncu and Perez have the option to leave for free next summer if they fail to agree contract extensions, so it makes sense to sell them if they are not viewed as part of the club’s long-term future. Ndidi and Barnes are two players that have attracted attention from rival Premier League clubs. Domestic transfers usually mean that the transfer fees involved are inflated, which would allow Leicester to have a bigger budget when they want to rebuild.
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CALABASAS, Calif., March 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- American Homes 4 Rent (NYSE: AMH) (the "Company") today announced that its operating partnership, American Homes 4 Rent, L.P. (the "Operating Partnership"), has priced an offering of $600 million aggregate principal amount of 3.625% Senior Notes due 2032 (the "2032 Notes") and $300 million aggregate principal amount of 4.300% Senior Notes due 2052 (the "2052 Notes" and together with the 2032 Notes, the "Notes"). The 2032 Notes will be issued at 97.517% of par value with a coupon of 3.625% per annum. The 2052 Notes will be issued at 97.237% of par value with a coupon of 4.300% per annum. Interest on the Notes is payable semi-annually in arrears on April 15 and October 15 of each year, commencing October 15, 2022. The 2032 Notes will mature on April 15, 2032 and the 2052 Notes will mature on April 15, 2052. The offering is subject to the satisfaction of customary closing conditions and is expected to close on or about April 7, 2022.
The Operating Partnership intends to use the net proceeds from the offering to repay amounts outstanding on its revolving credit facility and any remaining net proceeds for general corporate purposes, including, without limitation, property acquisitions and developments, the expansion, redevelopment and/or improvement of existing properties in its portfolio, other capital expenditures, the redemption of its Series F preferred shares, the redemption of its other preferred shares, the repayment of outstanding indebtedness, working capital and other general purposes.
BofA Securities, J.P. Morgan and PNC Capital Markets LLC are acting as joint book-running managers for the offering, and Wells Fargo Securities, BMO Capital Markets, Citigroup, Morgan Stanley and Raymond James are acting as book-running managers for the offering. Mizuho Securities, Scotiabank, US Bancorp, Regions Securities LLC, Ramirez & Co., Inc. and RBC Capital Markets are acting as co-managers for the offering.
This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy, nor shall there be any offer or sale of these securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such an offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful before registration or qualification thereof under the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction.
The offering is being made pursuant to an effective shelf registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") and only by means of a prospectus and prospectus supplement. Copies of the preliminary prospectus supplement relating to the offering and the final prospectus supplement, when available, may be obtained by visiting EDGAR on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov or from BofA Securities, Inc., 200 North College Street, NC1-004-03-43, Charlotte, NC 28255-0001, Attn: Prospectus Department, by telephone at 1-800-294-1322 or by email at dg.prospectus_requests@bofa.com; J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Attn: Broadridge Financial Solutions, 1155 Long Island Avenue, Edgewood, NY 11717, or by telephone at 1-866-803-9204; and PNC Capital Markets LLC, The Tower at PNC Plaza, 300 Fifth Avenue, Floor 10, Pittsburgh, PA 15222, or by telephone at 1-855-881-0697.
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American Homes 4 Rent (NYSE: AMH) is a leader in the single-family home rental industry and "American Homes 4 Rent" is a nationally recognized brand for rental homes, known for high-quality, good value and resident satisfaction. We are an internally managed Maryland real estate investment trust, or REIT, focused on acquiring, developing, renovating, leasing, and operating attractive, single-family homes as rental properties. As of December 31, 2021, we owned 57,024 single-family properties in selected submarkets in 22 states.
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Short Film Chronicles the Quinceañera Dream of One Woman
NEW YORK, March 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Marking International Transgender Day of Visibility, Pantene today released a documentary-style short film chronicling the Quinceañera of a transgender woman, Isa, denied one as a teenager. Longtime agency Grey New York created the campaign.
Against great odds (see stats), from job discrimination to systemic violence, transgender women have made significant progress in Latin America, holding elective office and as business leaders.
People begin understanding their gender identity as early as three years old. But many transgender people don't know or share this about their gender until later in life due to safety and issues of cultural acceptance.
"It doesn't matter when or at what age someone knows who they are, whether at 15 or 44. Whenever they feel comfortable being themselves and sharing that truth is a moment to celebrate," said Martina Brubacher, Director of Communications for Pantene for Latin America, "As a brand, we know the power of hair and how it can be a statement for expressing one's true self, so it's important for us to feature stories like Isa's, a transgender woman who celebrates her journey."
The Quinceañera is a dream come true for many Latina girls as they turn fifteen. But this rite of passage to womanhood, celebrated by family and community, has often excluded transgender women from this cultural milestone.
Pantene has partnered with Isa, a transgender woman in her forties, to give her the Quinceañera she never had. The film tells her poignant story and follows her preparations leading up to and including the day with her friends and family. (Link to the film)
"For all the times I had to hide my identity and deny my existence - today I say, I am here. I am Isa," said Isa
The integrated digitally-led campaign includes online video, social media, influencers, and public relations. The brand once again worked with GLAAD, which accelerates the acceptance and inclusion of LGBTQIA+ people by sharing stories and accessing all forms of media to uplift members of the community.
"The team chose to launch this film on International Day of Trans Visibility – to inspire every young transgender person. Anything is possible; happiness and acceptance is something everyone deserves," said Javier Bonilla, Executive Creative Director at Grey.
Please see statistics on the challenges transgender people face:
- Since Statista started collecting data, 2021 is the year with the highest number of deaths of transgender and gender-diverse people, with 375 murders recorded between October 1, 2020, and September 30, 2021. Most of the murders took place in Brazil (125), Mexico (65), Honduras (53), and the United States (53).
- According to the data reported by Sin Violencia LGBTI, between the years 2014 and 2020, 1403 people from the LGBTI community were murdered for reasons related to prejudice against their sexual orientation or gender identity.
- 94% of the transgender population In Brazil reports suffering some form of violence motivated by discrimination due to their gender identity
- 175 transgender people were murdered in Brazil in 2020, 41% more than in 2019 (the country leads the ranking of murders of trans people in the world)
Source
1. Roa, M. M. (2021, November 18). Infografía: Los países con más asesinatos de personas trans. Statista Infografías. Retrieved March 30, 2022, from
https://es.statista.com/grafico/23552/personas-trans-y-genero-diversas-asesinadas-yhttps://es.statista.com/grafico/23552/personas-trans-y-genero-diversas-asesinadas-y-paises-con-mas-victimas/paises-con-mas-victimas/
2.3.4 Sin Violencia LGBTI. "Des-Cifrando La Violencia En Tiempos De Cuarentena." Sin Violencia LGBT, June 2021, https://sinviolencia.lgbt/des-cifrando-la-violencia-entiempos-de-cuarentena/.
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Grey, the global communications network, is part of AKQA Group. Its parent company is WPP (NYSE: WPP). Under the banner of "Grey Famously Effective" the agency serves a blue-chip roster of many of the world's best-known companies: Procter & Gamble, Google, Volvo, Amazon, GlaxoSmithKline, Kellogg's, Netflix, the NBA, Pfizer, YouTube, Canon, Nestlé and Applebee's. In recent years, Grey has been named ADWEEK'S "Global Agency of the Year" twice; ADVERTISING AGE's "Agency of the Year" and CAMPAIGN magazine's "Global Network of the Year" in recognition of its creative and business performance (www.grey.com).
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BECKLEY, WV (WVNS) — A state official met with local college students in order to give them inspiration and direction.
J.B. McCuskey is the West Virginia State Auditor visited WVU Tech to discuss ways his office can assist students during their time inside the classroom and once they graduate.
This meeting marks the beginning of another successful partnership between the state’s universities and the Auditors Office.
f you’re somebody who likes to work hard, you’re a problem solver, you’re a self-starter- we can find a place for you in state government where you can also you those talents to make the people around your lives better. Which is ultimately the goal of the state government,” said McCuskey.
McCuskey also discussed the Auditors Scholarship Program.
Students can receive PAID on-site training in an actual auditing environment. Also, accounting students who work for the Auditors Office will receive financial assistance for their master’s programs. | https://www.wvnstv.com/top-stories/top-stories-beckley/state-auditor-visits-wvu-tech/ | 2022-04-01T01:15:25Z |
BILLINGS — The COVID-19 pandemic has had a debilitating impact on teenage mental health, according to the 2021 Montana Youth Risk Behavior Survey.
The survey, made up of 98 questions for students in grades 7-12 and released last fall, revealed that 41.4 percent of high school students reported feeling depressed almost every day for at least two straight weeks. That’s an all-time high, especially for women who self-reported at 52.6 percent.
"It’s not surprising to me because of what we’ve been through," said Renee Schoening, the executive director of the Montana School Counselors Association. "Kids need connection, and there’s been so much less connection."
Schoening is no stranger to the survey. Prior to becoming the MSCA executive director last June, she was a K-8 counselor in Deer Lodge for 16 years.
"I think that early intervention is key, and that’s where we can make the most impact," Schoening said.
"From what I’ve experienced, I have 100% seen an increase in student mental health concerns," said Jessica Buboltz.
Buboltz is the MSCA board chair and a current counselor at Missoula Hellgate high school. Both she and Schoening are in Billings this week for the group’s annual conference, which is focused on counselor burnout.
"We talk about making sure we have the skills to help ourselves," Buboltz said.
One of the heaviest issues Buboltz and her colleagues deal with are student suicidal thoughts. More than one in every five students- 21.7 percent- said they seriously considered suicide in the past 12 months. Eighteen percent actually made a plan, and over 10 percent attempted suicide one or more times.
"It’s hard," Buboltz said. "Working with any person that is in a place about taking their lives, that’s difficult."
"Suicide is definitely the hardest thing to have come across your desk," Schoening added. "The other thing that’s really hard is when a child discloses sexual abuse."
MTN News will share those sexual violence numbers, as well as several others that stand out over the next couple weeks in a continued look at Kids in Crisis across our state. | https://www.kxlf.com/news/montana-news/kids-in-crisis-depression-at-30-year-high-in-montana-schools | 2022-04-01T01:15:25Z |
Father kills three children, himself in California church shooting
A father reportedly killed his three children, a woman and himself at a Sacramento, Calif., church Monday evening, in what authorities are describing as a “domestic violence” incident.
Sergeant Rod Grassmann, a spokesman for the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office, said that the three children were all under 15, reports FOX 40 Sacramento.
“This was not a random shooting,” said Grassman, according to the Sacramento Bee. The shooter and victims “all knew each other,” he said.
Grassmann also called the shooting a “domestic violence incident,” according to USA Today.
The woman who was killed seems to have been supervising the shooter’s visit with his children, according to the Sheriff’s Office.
“The shooter came in and — what appears to be — killed the person was supervising the visit, killed his own three children and then turned the gun on himself,” Sherriff Scott Jones told the Bee. He said that the woman may have been a church employee or a social worker.
Law enforcement said that they were called by a church employee who heard gunshots around 5 p.m.
“This is an unspeakable tragedy. It happens too often, and tonight it happened in our backyard,” wrote Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg in a tweet after the shooting.
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Following the surprising Oscars moment involving Will Smith slapping presenter Chris Rock, the Academy indicated they were looking into the incident further and would hand out possible punishment for Smith.
On Wednesday, the Academy also came out with a statement saying that Will Smith was asked to leave following the incident but refused.
However, there’s now some contention as to whether or not that is true due to conflicting reports on the matter.
Academy indicated Will Smith was asked to leave Oscars
The 94th Academy Awards should have been a night where significant and impressive work in motion pictures is celebrated. Unfortunately, things took an ugly turn following Chris Rock’s joke about Jada Pinkett Smith, who has shaved her head due to her struggles with alopecia.
“Jada, I love you,” Rock said after pointing at her in the audience. “G.I. Jane 2. Can’t wait to see it.”
His remark initially had some of the audience laughing, including Will Smith, shown on camera during the telecast. Meanwhile, the look on Jada’s face was one of disgust about the joke.
Soon after, Will Smith left his spot in the crowd to walk up to the stage and smacked Chris Rock in the face before returning to his seat. He then shouted at Rock to leave his wife’s name out of his mouth.
Rock continued presenting the award, and Will Smith remained in the audience. Smith later claimed the award for Best Actor and gave a lengthy and emotional speech, which received a standing ovation.
According to the New York Times, Will Smith was asked to leave the ceremony following his actions, but the actor refused.
“Things unfolded in a way we could not have anticipated,” the Academy said in a statement. “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.”
The Academy’s comments arrived as part of a statement that they were looking into disciplinary action against Will Smith.
Sources suggest the Academy lied, Smith was asked to stay
On Thursday, a conflicting report arrived via TMZ in which a source says the opposite of what the Academy said is true and that Will Smith was asked to stay at the ceremony rather than leave.
According to the sources, there wasn’t a consensus amongst officials at the ceremony about kicking Smith out. Some wanted him gone, while others felt he should stay.
TMZ’s report says their sources indicated that Oscars producer Will Parker went up to Will during a commercial break and said, “We do not want you to leave.”
Based on what sources said, Parker went to Smith 35 minutes after he’d slapped Chris Rock during the live telecast. He claimed the award for Best Actor five minutes after that.
Following the Oscars telecast, the Academy released an initial statement via Twitter saying they don’t condone violence. A day later, they became more aggressive, indicating they were conducting a review of the matter for possible disciplinary action against Will Smith.
“The Academy condemns the actions of Mr. Smith at last night’s show,” a spokesperson said. “We have officially started a formal review around the incident and will explore further action and consequences in accordance with our Bylaws, Standards of Conduct and California law.”
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Tetiana Komarova with her daughter Yana in the playhouse at Tullamore town park which is painted in the Ukrainian national colours of yellow and blue
A UKRAINIAN refugee who has moved to Offaly has told of how relieved she is that her daughter is smiling again after they fled their home to escape the war.
Tetiana Komarova, 41, and her six-year-old daughter Yania are currently staying with a family in the Durrow area.
Tetiana was living in Kyiv and first sought refuge in central Ukraine before deciding it would be safer to join the millions of others on the move to elsewhere in Europe.
Speaking to the Tribune this week as Yana enjoyed herself in the Tullamore Town Park playground, Tetiana said she had been hoping she would not have to leave her own country but was forced to make a decision when they heard the sounds of rockets.
“We hear it, we hear a lot of (imitates explosive noises) and then we decided to [move]. But all this time, we hoped that it will stop tomorrow, and tomorrow, and every day we waited, it will stop, it will stop,” she said.
But the bombing did not stop. “We go to the central part of Ukraine and from there I decided to take my child to the safe place. It was my only motivation to go.”
Her husband Sasha, an IT engineer, has stayed behind and continues to work but has also signed up for the Ukrainian territorial defence.
She keeps in regular contact with him because they all fear nowhere in Ukraine is safe from Russian bombing, either near Kyiv, in the east of the country, in the centre, or near the Polish border at Lviv.
“We were near a little town about 50km from this village. It was bombed. There is no safe place. Yesterday they bombed Lviv.”
Tetiana, a university graduate who has studied Russian literature, worked as a journalist, editor, publishing designer and in internal corporate communications, had her bags packed even before the Russian invasion on February 24.
She had “two bags” ready on February 21 and when she finally decided to leave Ukraine, she said Yana cried: “She cried in the bus and she understood that Father will stay and will not go with us. After this she did not cry.
“But only now will she let me go from her more than a metre. When she doesn't see me she starts to cry 'Mam, Mam', she needs to be near.”
Yana was not like that before the war. She was independent and liked to run and play and though they tried “not to show her what is happening” she saw armed men at a checkpoint on the journey to central Ukraine.
“She saw everything and she asked me what is it. I have to explain to her there is a war, these people are our hope, they protect us, it is our army or it is our territorial defence. But for a child I think it's bad to see this.”
Tetiana, who learned English when she was 10, said she was very grateful to all the Irish people who have helped her, especially the woman in her host family.
“Because they take so much care about me, about Yana,” she said. She has become friendly with the woman, who wishes to remain anonymous, and laughs that her Offaly host refers to herself as a “crazy woman”.
“But she is the best woman I know. Now I see that my child can smile, she can play, she plays with [the] dogs. She is feeling safe.”
Tetiana came to Ireland after receiving responses from people here through online enquiries and part of her trip was documented in a video published by the Irish Times.
She was originally scheduled to stay with a family in the Killeigh area first but that was postponed because of a positive Covid test in the house.
Both families are liaising closely with each other to ensure the transition will be as smooth as possible for Tetiana and her daughter.
Tetiana said she hopes to be able to work in Ireland and contribute to society when she is more settled.
“I hope that Yana will go to school... it's my first task, she needs to communicate, to get education. After this I hope I will try to find some work. In Ukraine almost all people work hard, we are used to living like [that], I can't do nothing. It's very hard for me.
“I hope that I will find work and I will be useful for this country. All the time I stay here I will try to be useful here.”
She repeatedly thanked the Irish people and the people in countries like Poland, Hungary and Romania for their help.
An appeal for clothing and essentials at the Central Hotel in Tullamore, where some refugees are staying, was so well supported that donors were asked not to bring anything else and were referred on to the Offaly Volunteer Centre.
“I hope that the whole world will see that Ukrainians are united, that we can be very grateful for everything, that we will, all [during the] time we have to stay somewhere, not at home, we will do our best for our country and other countries.”
She “very much” misses her home life and her husband. “I work, my husband works, we have some plans, we have some dreams, we thought about Yana's future. And I don't know how... to leave everything we love behind, it's very difficult.
“All my friends, they are now waiting for our victory [so they can] come back, get home.”
She agrees with the government's decision to prohibit men aged between 18 and 60 from leaving Ukraine.
“If you are a man, even if you don't want to fight, you can help, you can build, you can do something that women can't... try to build... help with somewhere where there is ruins, take away people. You can do something else,” she said.
“I hope that this war will not only change Ukraine but the whole world will be changed. Only our all work will help. We all will work for our victory. We are here and they are in Ukraine.”
She said would have seen herself as a political person before the invasion and was especially moved when she saw police beating students during the Maidan revolution (an uprising against the government after it decided not to sign a free trade agreement with the EU) in 2014.
Her opinion was: “What, they beat our children?”
Tetiana explained: “I am an educated person and I know that if you will not be interested in politics, politics will be interested some time in you. That's why I tried to understand what happens in my country before the war. I have a child, I know that she must have some possibilities in life, she must have a future.”
The woman hosting Tetiana and Yana said she was motivated to take in refugees after seeing civilians being bombed and families trying to escape.
“I think a mother's or a family's greatest fear is of anything happening to their child or losing their child. It sounds like nothing but it's a huge thing to protect a child. So how can you not help? How can you not help somebody who wants to save their child from an atrocity?”
She said Tetiana had “the heart of a lion” and was glad to see Yana becoming more comfortable as the days in Ireland passed.
“What is more important really than the life of a child? Whatever happens in that child's life makes them an adult. These are their formative years so we have to try and protect them and support the mothers.”
When Tetiana and Yana move to Killeigh she will take in another family.
Looking at Yana on a swing in the playground, she observed: “That is the calmest I have seen her.”
Tetiana continues to look forward to a day when the war will end and her family can be reunited. But she does not believe Russian forces should be permitted to stay in the east of Ukraine.
She said she believes Putin's view is: “If I can have this, then I will have this, and more and more and more.”
She added: “Russia understands only the speech of force.”
She hopes the Ukrainian army will be able to push the Russian forces out of the eastern region of Donbas.
“Don't let them stay in Donbas, I hope, I pray for it. Don't let our politicians say 'Ok, they may stay in Donbas'. No, because too many people lost their lives there, in Donbas, in Luhansk.”
She says she and her husband have family connections right across Ukraine. Her grandmother was from the Luhansk region in the east, her father's area is Kyiv, her husband is “from a little town near Lviv” and his father's family on his grandmother's side were from central Ukraine.
“We are from all Ukraine.”
Her cousin is with the territorial defence and his wife and three children are in Poland. “Yesterday he sent me a photo and I am so happy to see he is alive... Very many of my friends are now in army, they are fighting. Every day I am trying to know if everything is ok, if they're alive.”
She added: “My friend from school, he's lost, we don't know where he is. He was in Irpin and we don't know what has happened.”
“I understand, that in some time... I hope, war will end. We will come back to our country and I hope that all around the world, all people will see Ukrainians and you will think good about us. I want them to remember us as good people.”
Tetiana had heard of Tullamore prior to coming here because her husband was once presented with a gift of Tullamore DEW at work.
“So I knew there was some place like Tullamore. I like this country, I like England, Scotland and Ireland, I read about these countries and history and we know there is 'Tullamore'. And then all this happened and I find myself in Tullamore and it was some kind of shock!”
She thought to herself: “What is Tullamore really? How can this happen? We know about Tullamore DEW and we have only one sort of this whiskey in Kyiv. Here there is so many.”
Laughing, she concluded: “It was very tasty whiskey.”
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Whoopi Goldberg Erupts on 'The View' Co-Host Who Criticized Hollywood Elites
Whoopi Goldberg, one of the co-hosts of “The View,” has made headlines again for going after one of her other co-hosts who was labeling Hollywood as a group of “elites.”
While focusing on the incident of actor Will Smith slapping comedian Chris Rock at the Oscars, Tara Setmayer mentioned how she thought it was ridiculous that Smith got a standing ovation even after the incident.
“But then they give him a standing ovation, though, Whoopi. Which I think again goes back to why some people feel like Hollywood elites are a bunch of hypocrites. Because they go out there and they give these statements of moral superiority about things and political statement and then ….” Setmayer said, before Goldberg interrupted.
Goldberg criticized Setmayer for her view on the whole Smith-Rock slap and then said that she wants to “stop with this ‘elite’ stuff.”
“A lot of us work for a living. We work, we collect the check, we got families, we try to do the same thing, the good stuff that everybody else tries to do. And it really pisses me off when people start to talk about people who work in Hollywood,” Golberg said.
She objected to grouping all actors and anyone who works in Hollywood together and blaming them for things.
“If you’re pissed off about somebody or how they act, don’t put it on all of us, because that’s like saying all black people like chicken,” Goldberg added.
Whoopi Goldberg gets indignant when confronted with Hollywood’s elitism and moral hypocrisy.
“I just want to stop with this ‘elite’ stuff,” she whined. “Some of us work for a living … and it really pisses me off when people start to talk about people who work in Hollywood.” pic.twitter.com/NMkmJ6EKTz— Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) March 31, 2022
Setmayer argued that, to average Americans, all the Hollywood people who make millions of dollars do look like one big group.
“I’m talking about how average Americans look at that and it does come across that way,” Setmayer said. “I think there’s an argument to be made about the industry.”
“Some are making millions of dollars, but not everybody,” Goldberg responded.
Co-host Joy Behar backed up Goldberg, telling Setmayer, “You can’t paint all Hollywood people with one brush.”
Despite not wanting to paint everyone in Hollywood as an “elite” making millions, Goldberg is one of those Hollywood workers who makes millions of dollars each year.
It has been estimated that Goldberg makes about $5 to $6 million per year for her position on “The View,” Parade reported.
Her net worth is estimated to be about $60 million.
There were complaints after Goldberg’s comments that she is out of touch.
@Theview @JoyVBehar @sunny @WhoopiGoldberg your guest host today hit the nail square on the head saying fans see Hollywood elite the way will showed himself to be! Thats why so many fans no longer care about their craft. Whoopi getting upset by that shows how out of touch she is
— Jae Williams (@jaej79) March 31, 2022
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Middle America: bad-Whoopi
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Knox uses 4-birdie run for a one-stroke lead at Texas Open
SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Russell Knox recorded four straight birdies on the back nine and fired a 7-under 65 for a one-shot lead after the opening round of the Valero Texas Open. Knox closed out his round with a seven-foot putt to save par at the par-5 18th at TPC San Antonio, and was one shot ahead of Rasmus Hojgaard (66). Matt Kuchar is another stroke back after an opening 5-under 67 and is among a group that includes Denny McCarthy, Aaron Rei and J.J. Spaun. Defending champ Jordan Spieth and Rory McIlroy finished at even-par 72. | https://kvia.com/ap-national-sports-3/2022/03/31/knox-uses-4-birdie-run-for-a-one-stroke-lead-at-texas-open-2/ | 2022-04-01T01:15:28Z |
McKenzie hails NSWMA for improved efficiency in operations
Wednesday, March 30, 2022KINGSTON, Jamaica — The National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) is getting high commendations for improvements in corporate governance, which has enhanced efficiency in operations and bolstered the agency's work in ensuring a clean environment.
Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Desmond McKenzie, said there has been notable advancement in the management of resources and personnel at the public cleansing agency.
“The efficiency has improved significantly, and the management is at the highest ever since its inception. This was done deliberately because the Government recognised the importance of having a clean country,” McKenzie said at a meeting with the NSWMA Executive Director, Audley Gordon, at the Ministry's Hagley Park Road offices in St Andrew, recently.
He said that the administration is committed to having clean communities, as this not only contributes to growth and development, but “does wonders for the people”.
For the improved efficiency in operations, the NSWMA copped the Corporate Governance Policies, Procedures and Practices Award and was the first runner-up for Most Improved Public Body, at the fourth staging of the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica (PSOJ) Public Bodies Corporate Governance Awards in March 2021.
Gordon said the focus on good governance ensures that the agency can perform its day-to-day functions more efficiently and effectively.
“We inherited 10 years of unaudited financials and annual reports, and for the last three years, we have produced our audited financials on time, and produced our annual reports,” he noted.
He added that the agency is doing regular training of all staff, including the sanitation workers, with a focus on quality service delivery and showing respect to all customers.
“We are rebranding and repositioning the NSWMA through significant training of our staff complement, and building capacity, so that we have people in place who can deliver the quality solid management that the country deserves,” Gordon said.
He noted that emphasis is also being placed on accountability and strict adherence to the rules of the agency.
The NSWMA is an agency of the Ministry of Local Government and Community Development with a mission to ensure a clean Jamaica by managing solid waste effectively through public cleansing and adherence to public health and environment programmes.
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Tommy Thompson, just weeks removed from leading the University of Wisconsin System, met with former President Donald Trump on Thursday for a talk about “Wisconsin politics,” a former aide said.
Thompson was elected to four terms as Wisconsin's governor, and earlier this year declined to rule out another bid. Thompson, 80, spent almost two years atop the university system before leaving earlier this month.
Bill McCoshen, a former chief of staff to Thompson when he served as governor, said the two met at Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort.
“The primary topic was Wisconsin politics," McCoshen said. “They talked about the gubernatorial race, the Senate race and what it will take to win in Wisconsin. The topic of running for governor may have come up, but the purpose was to talk about Wisonsin politics more broadly.”
A Trump spokesman did not respond to a request for comment.
McCoshen said he expected Thompson to make a decision in April. The primary is in August. Former Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch, businessman Kevin Nicholson and state Rep. Timothy Ramthun are Republicans vying to take on Democratic Gov. Tony Evers.
Thompson was first elected to the Legislature in 1966 and was first elected governor in 1986. He resigned midway through his fourth term to serve as Health and Human Services secretary under then-President George W. Bush, and ran briefly for president in 2008. | https://www.wiltonbulletin.com/news/article/Thompson-and-Trump-meet-to-talk-politics-17049815.php | 2022-04-01T01:15:29Z |
Ste. Gen Competes Well At Chilly Early Bird Invite
The Ste. Genevieve track team competed at the Early Bird Invitational Saturday despite a very windy and chilly day of competition. The Dragons’ girls tracksters five members score points on the long...
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Reuters World News Summary
Moscow did, however, offer a mechanism for buyers to obtain roubles via a Russian bank. Russia drafts 134,500 conscripts but says they won't go to Ukraine President Vladimir Putin on Thursday signed a decree ordering 134,500 new conscripts into the army as part of Russia's annual spring draft, but the defence ministry said the call-up had nothing to do with the war in Ukraine.
Following is a summary of current world news briefs.
U.S. warns South Sudan's leadership is failing to meet peace deal milestones
The United States has found that South Sudan's leadership is failing to implement parts of a peace deal signed in 2018 and warned it will continue to impose costs on those perpetuating the conflict, according to a report seen by Reuters. The U.S. State Department - in a report to Congress that has not been made public - said the unity government was slow to implement essential commitments made under the 2018 deal and failed to meet key milestones in a timely manner.
U.S. envoy to Moscow says Russia ties sunk to 'Mariana Trench' depths
Russia's invasion of Ukraine has made John Sullivan's tough job as U.S. envoy to Moscow even harder as he grapples with the Kremlin's nuclear saber-rattling and threats to sever relations while keeping his embassy running on one-tenth the normal staff. "It was really bad two and a half years ago," Sullivan remembered of his arrival in Jan. 2020. "It's gotten worse."
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Scientists on Thursday published the first complete human genome, filling in gaps remaining after previous efforts while offering new promise in the search for clues regarding disease-causing mutations and genetic variation among the world's 7.9 billion people. Researchers in 2003 unveiled what was then billed as the complete sequence of the human genome. But about 8% of it had not been fully deciphered, mainly because it consisted of highly repetitive chunks of DNA that were difficult to mesh with the rest.
China to restrict visas of U.S. officials, says foreign ministry
China has decided to restrict the visas for U.S. officials, in response to the U.S. visa restrictions on some China officials, a Chinese foreign ministry spokesman said on Thursday. The United States was restricting visas of some Chinese officials for involvement in "repressive acts" against ethnic and religious minority groups, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said this month.
EU to push China at summit to not help Russia in Ukraine war
EU and Chinese leaders meet for a first summit in two years on Friday with Brussels keen for assurances from Beijing that it will neither supply Russia with arms nor help Moscow circumvent Western sanctions imposed over the invasion of Ukraine. In uncommonly open language, EU officials close to the preparations of the summit said any help given to Russia would damage China's international reputation and jeopardise relations with its biggest trade partners -- Europe and the United States.
U.S. officials circle globe to keep pressure on Putin as rouble rises
Senior U.S. officials fanned out this week to press world leaders to keep piling pressure on Moscow or join the campaign of sanctions and other measures, as the war in Ukraine enters its fifth week and the initial economic shock to Russia seems to be ebbing. Deputy Treasury Secretary Wally Adeyemo met with senior officials in London, Brussels and Paris, and will finish the week in Berlin; the deputy national security adviser for international economics, Daleep Singh, pressed Indian officials in New Delhi, and Secretary of State Antony Blinken discussed the Ukraine war with Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahyan in Morocco.
Ukraine's Zelenskiy says situation in some places tough, fires top officials
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Thursday said the situation in the south and the Donbas region remained extremely difficult and reiterated that Russia was building up forces near the besieged city of Mariupol. And in a rare sign of internal dissent, Zelenskiy also said in a video address that he had sacked two senior members of the national security service on the grounds they were traitors.
Europe's Russian gas in jeopardy, Ukraine girds for new attacks
President Vladimir Putin threatened on Thursday to halt contracts supplying Europe with a third of its gas unless they are paid in Russian currency, his strongest economic riposte so far to crushing Western sanctions over his invasion of Ukraine. European governments rejected Putin's ultimatum for Friday, with the continent's biggest recipient of Russian gas, Germany, calling it "blackmail". Moscow did, however, offer a mechanism for buyers to obtain roubles via a Russian bank.
Russia drafts 134,500 conscripts but says they won't go to Ukraine
President Vladimir Putin on Thursday signed a decree ordering 134,500 new conscripts into the army as part of Russia's annual spring draft, but the defence ministry said the call-up had nothing to do with the war in Ukraine. The order came five weeks into Russia's invasion, which has run into fierce Ukrainian resistance. Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu said on Tuesday that none of those called up would be sent to any "hot spots".
Russia bars more top EU officials in response to sanctions
Russia said on Thursday it had greatly expanded the number of European Union officials, lawmakers, public figures and journalists barred from Russia for allegedly being responsible for sanctions and stoking anti-Russian feelings. "The restrictions apply to the top leadership of the European Union, including a number of European commissioners and heads of EU military structures, as well as the vast majority of members of the European Parliament who promote anti-Russian policies," Russia's foreign ministry said.
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TULALIP, Wash. (AP) — Washington Gov. Jay Inslee on Thursday signed into law a bill that creates a first-in-the-nation statewide alert system for missing Indigenous people, to help address a silent crisis that has plagued Indian Country in this state and nationwide.
The law sets up a system similar to Amber Alerts and so-called silver alerts, which are used respectively for missing children and vulnerable adults in many states. It was spearheaded by Democratic Rep. Debra Lekanoff, the only Native American lawmaker currently serving in the Washington state Legislature, and championed by Indigenous leaders statewide.
“I am proud to say that the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women’s and People’s Alert System came from the voices of our Native American leaders,” said Lekanoff, a member of the Tlingit tribe and the bill’s chief sponsor. “It’s not just an Indian issue, it’s not just an Indian responsibility. Our sisters, our aunties, our grandmothers are going missing every day … and it’s been going on for far too long.”
Tribal leaders, many of them women, wore traditional hats woven from cedar as they gathered around Inslee for the signing on the Tulalip Reservation, north of Seattle. Afterward they gifted him with a handmade traditional ribbon shirt and several multicolored woven blankets.
The law attempts to address a crisis of missing Indigenous people — particularly women — in Washington and across the United States. While it includes missing men, women and children, a summary of public testimony on the legislation notes that “the crisis began as a women’s issue, and it remains primarily a women’s issue.”
Besides notifying law enforcement when there’s a report of a missing Indigenous person, the new alert system will place messages on highway reader boards and on the radio and social media, and provide information to the news media.
The legislation was paired with another bill Inslee, a Democrat, signed Thursday that requires county coroners or medical examiners to take steps to identify and notify family members of murdered Indigenous people and return their remains. That new law also establishes two grant funds for Indigenous survivors of human trafficking.
This piece of the crisis is important because in many cases, murdered Indigenous women are mistakenly recorded as white or Hispanic by coroners’ offices, they’re never identified, or their remains never repatriated.
A 2021 report by the nonpartisan Government Accountability Office found the true number of missing and murdered Indigenous women in the U.S. is unknown due to reporting problems, distrust of law enforcement and jurisdictional conflicts. But Native American women face murder rates almost three times those of white women overall — and up to 10 times the national average in certain locations, according to a 2021 summary of the existing research by the National Congress of American Indians. More than 80% have experienced violence.
In Washington, more than four times as many Indigenous women go missing than white women, according to research conducted by the Urban Indian Health Institute in Seattle, but many such cases receive little or no media attention.
The bill signing began with a traditional welcome song passed down by Harriette Shelton Dover, a cherished cultural leader and storyteller. Dover recovered and shared many traditions and songs from tribes along Washington’s northern Pacific Coast and worked with linguists before her death in 1991 to preserve her language, Lushootseed, from extinction. Women performed an honor song after the event.
Tulalip Tribes of Washington Chairwoman Teri Gobin said Washington and Montana are the two states with the most missing Indigenous people in the U.S. Nearly four dozen Native people are currently missing in Seattle alone, she said.
“What’s the most important thing is bringing them home, whether they’ve been trafficked, whether they’ve been stolen or murdered,” she said. “It’s a wound that stays open, and it’s something that we pray with (for) each person, we can bring them home.”
Investigations into missing Indigenous people, particularly women, have been plagued by many issues for decades.
When a person goes missing on a reservation, there are often there are jurisdictional conflicts between tribal police and local and state law enforcement. A lack of staff and police resources, and the rural nature of many reservations, compound those problems. And many times, families of tribal members distrust non-Native law enforcement or don’t know where to report news of a missing loved one.
An alert system will help mitigate some of those problems by allowing better communication and coordination between tribal and non-tribal law enforcement and creating a way for law enforcement to flag such cases for other agencies. The law expands the definition of “missing endangered person” to include Indigenous people, as well as children and vulnerable adults with disabilities or memory or cognitive issues.
The law takes effect June 9 and some details are still being worked out. For example, it’s unclear what criteria law enforcement will use to positively identify a missing person as Native American and how the information will be disseminated in rural areas, including on some reservations, where highways lack electronic reader boards — or where there aren’t highways at all.
The measure is the latest step Washington has taken to address the issue. The Washington State Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and People Task Force is working to coordinate a statewide response and had its first meeting in December. Its first report is expected in August.
Many states from Arizona to Oregon to Wisconsin have taken recent action to address the crisis of murdered and missing Indigenous women. Efforts include funding for better resources for tribal police to the creation of new databases specifically targeting missing tribal members. Tribal police agencies that use Amber Alerts for missing Indigenous children include the Hopi and Las Vegas Paiute.
In California, the Yurok Tribe and the Sovereign Bodies Institute, an Indigenous-run research and advocacy group, uncovered 18 cases of missing or slain Native American women in roughly the past year in their recent work — a number they consider a vast undercount. An estimated 62% of those cases are not listed in state or federal databases for missing persons.
The law is already drawing attention from other states, whose attorney generals have called to ask how to enact similar legislation, said state Attorney General Bob Ferguson, who called the law “truly groundbreaking.”
“Any time you’re doing something for the first time in this country, that’s an extra heavy lift,” he said. “This most certainly will not be our last reform to make sure that we bring everybody back home. .. There is so much more work that needs to be done and must be done.”
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BECKLEY, WV (WVNS) — Two volleyball players from the area won’t go far this fall to pursue sports and their college degrees.
Emily Stack and Jayden Shrewsbury from Woodrow Wilson High School signed with WVU Tech in Beckley.
They said they are excited about the upcoming season and their studies.
“I’m very excited. I never really thought that I’d play the next level for college so it’s very exciting that um that they want me to play for them,” said Stack.
“I didn’t want to go far because I didn’t want to leave my family so I’m excited to stay and just be able to live in my house,” said Shrewsbury
Stack wants to go into Nursing at WVU Tech while Shrewsbury considers the same major.
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DENVER, March 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Aphelion Aerospace, based in Denver, Colorado is establishing itself as a one-stop-shop for low-cost small satellite integration and on-demand launch operations from practically anywhere around the world. Aphelion announced today that it has received significant investment from strategic investors including The Mercury Group, Founder Advisors, and Richtr Financial Studio. These investments are part of Aphelion's Seed round which the company is running in parallel with their equity crowdfunding campaign on StartEngine.
Aphelion CEO Miguel Ayala and CTO Matthew Travis indicate that these investments will help them continue pushing forward with the development of their suborbital launch vehicle technology demonstrator. They plan to conduct low-altitude suborbital demonstration launches by the end of the year to prove out their green non-toxic, non-cryogenic propulsion technology in flight.
Based on the caliber and background of their board advisors and investors, it is clear that the Aphelion team is positioning to become a strong player in the space industry. Last year, Aphelion announced that Edward Mango, former Program Manager of the NASA Commercial Crew Transportation Program had joined their board of advisors. Mr. Mango is one of the key NASA leaders behind the success of SpaceX. Aphelion also announced that Kevin Rice, former Director of Business Management at NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory and Lockheed Martin Skunk Works had joined their board of advisors. Mr. Rice practically wrote the book on business management for NASA. In addition, Aphelion announced that Geoff Brim, former VP of Product Management at Deutsche Telekom had joined their board of advisors. Mr. Brim evangelized digital transformation, data science, artificial intelligence, and robotics at Deutsche Telekom.
Now come Aphelion's visionary investors. Ben West of The Mercury Group is a US Air Force veteran. Before his years in finance, Ben was an F117A and F16 Crew Chief. He is well aware that military fighter jets use hydrazine in their emergency power units. He knows very well that hydrazine is extremely toxic and thus costly and slow to deal with. He is also aware that other uses of hydrazine include spacecraft propulsion. Hearing that Aphelion had developed a propulsion technology that could essentially replace anything hydrazine powered was music to his ears. Ben feels excited to back Aphelion with investment and plans to continue supporting Aphelion along its journey to bring this new technology to market.
Steven Williams, of Founder Advisors advises Aphelion on market strategy. Along with Steven, the Founder Advisors team provides corporate and business strategy advisory to Aphelion. They are composed of accomplished aerospace and tech entrepreneurs and executives like Steven. Some have spent years in launch vehicle development at companies such as Lockheed Martin. These guys truly understand and value the business model that Aphelion is structuring for bundled small satellite integration and launch services.
James Graham, CEO of Richtr Financial Studio, is an ardent supporter of Aphelion's possibilities. Richtr Financial Studio supports Aphelion with financial and accounting services. They are a powerhouse for startups that are poised for exponential growth.
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HOUSTON, March 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Ruby Pipeline, L.L.C. (Ruby), a natural gas pipeline joint venture between Kinder Morgan, Inc. (NYSE: KMI) and Pembina Pipeline Corporation (NYSE: PBA) that extends from Wyoming to Oregon, filed to reorganize under chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code in response to an upcoming debt repayment obligation. In recent months, the joint venture owners have been working diligently with Ruby's bondholders in an effort to work out a mutually satisfactory resolution. While those efforts will continue, Ruby's current financial condition necessitates this filing.
KMI will continue to operate the pipeline as chapter 11 permits daily operations to continue. Ruby's customers should notice no difference in its operations.
We will continue to keep Ruby's customers and other stakeholders informed of developments relating to Ruby's reorganization process. The voluntary petition was filed in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware in Wilmington. The case number is 22-10278. Additional information regarding Ruby's petition and claim procedures is available through the following website: https://cases.primeclerk.com/rubypipeline.
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90 Day Fiance: Before the 90 Days star Ximena Morales issued an apology to Mike Berk after his recent social media mishap.
In a recent Instagram live, Mike and his personal hygiene were all fans could talk about, which makes sense considering he had snot coming from his nose but continued on with his live without clearing his face.
After viewers saw Mike’s slip up, he received a lot of negative feedback from fans, as well as Ximena.
Ximena feels sorry for Mike
Following a post Mike made about mental health, Ximena issued an apology and shared that she understands it’s not quite all Mike’s fault.
“Hello, I apologize if it seemed like I was making fun of Mike’s earlier quotes,” she wrote to her Instagram Stories. “I understand, we are all human and we reach an age that makes it difficult for us to control our body and more so when we are not raised to control that. I only hope that many understand my position and see the reality of things. In Mike’s Instagram live it is clear what his behavior was like I feel sorry for mike. Thanks to those who support me #teamximena12”
Mike reacts to negative criticism
After Mike’s Instagram mishap, Mike made a separate post on his Instagram Stories where he referenced how everyone should stop pretending that ridicule on social media is alright. He elaborated that negative social media comments can leave a “lasting effect.”
Mike has been facing tons of negativity that has been looming in the air after the recent episode of 90 Day Fiance: Before the 90 Days, where Mike refused to leave Ximena’s home.
In Mike’s Instagram post he stated, “Mental health is real and everyone has a breaking point. All the memes and internet jokes have lasting effects. We need to stop pretending that people can take ridicule and abuse all day every day non-stop on blogs, socials, tv, and articles won’t break anyone down on a long enough timeline.”
90 Day Fiance: Before the 90 Days fans are conflicted
90 Day Fiance fans have been left feeling conflicted. Throughout the season, viewers sympathized with Mike and often criticised Ximena for her coldness towards him. This was especially true with how she handled their break up. However, with his recent posts to social media, viewers are seeing another side to Mike and some are starting to understand where Ximena’s hesitancy came from.
These revelations have made it hard for fans to choose a side.
And after last week’s episode, 90 Day Fiance fans may have to question if Ximena had cause to act in the manner that she did because of the characteristics that Mike was showing her “behind closed doors.”
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The green light has been given for a major development to a historic building in Offaly.
Offaly Local Development Company have been given permission to carry out works at the iconic Fiesta Hall in Kilcormac. The works will include building, demolition and major alterations.
The refurbishment will also see a material change of the use of the building to educational, training and employment resource and as a 'Green HQ for Offaly'.
It will be also used as a venue for outdoor public events, with two accessible car parking spaces and an e-charging point in the existing car parking area.
The work is being partially-funded under the just transition programme. Permission was granted with 17 conditions attached.
Offaly Local Development Company has secured over €1.2 million from the Just Transition Fund and the Trench Trust for the Development of a Green HQ - Climate Action and Green Enterprise Centre for Offaly.
The fund will see the historic Fiesta Ballroom renovated in alignment with green building principles and powered by renewable energy. The Design Team appointed for this project are Gaia Ecotecture.
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Adolf Hitler’s force of will, backed up by massive military force, compelled Britain’s Neville Chamberlain and other European leaders to bend to his initial demands in the vain hope that it would satisfy his larger ambitions.
Four American presidents — two Republicans and two Democrats — have expressed an odd mix of fear and fascination with Vladimir Putin since he assumed power as Russia’s president in 2000. The fixation has seriously undermined the effectiveness of Western policy responses to Putin’s aggressive initiatives.
After meeting with him in June 2001, George W. Bush said, “I looked the man in the eye. I found him to be very straightforward and trustworthy. We had a very good dialogue. I was able to get a sense of his soul — a man deeply committed to his country and the best interests of his country.”
In April 2005, Putin made a dramatic statement that indicated both the “sense of his soul” and how he viewed “the best interests of his country,” which he clearly defined as not just Russia but a revived Soviet empire. In his annual state of the nation address, he declared that “the demise of the Soviet Union” — which most of the world had greeted as a miracle of liberation for hundreds of millions of people in Russia and Eastern Europe — was for him “the greatest geopolitical catastrophe of the century.”
Three years later, Putin made clear his intention to reverse that history, by force if necessary — just as Vladimir Lenin, Joseph Stalin and their successors had first imposed Moscow’s domination and, for 70 years, perpetuated it. In 2008, Putin ordered an invasion of the independent nation of Georgia, which was actively pursuing membership in NATO as several other countries, also former Soviet republics, successfully had done.
The economic sanctions imposed by the Bush administration and other Western capitals did not punish Russia nearly enough to either reverse the occupation of Georgian territory or deter Putin from preparing his next invasion.
Despite the penchant for aggression that Putin already had demonstrated, Barack Obama went out of his way during the 2012 campaign to ingratiate himself with the Russian leader. Whispering near a microphone he thought was turned off, he asked Dmitri Medvedev, Putin’s designated presidential seat-warmer, to assure Putin that “after my election, I have more flexibility” (i.e., could be more accommodating) toward Putin’s interests. When Republican nominee Mitt Romney named Russia as America’s most immediate national security threat, Obama and his media allies ridiculed him.
The next year, Obama hosted Putin in Washington to discuss a range of issues, including the security situation in Syria, ending with a jocular exchange on their respective athletic skills (judo vs. basketball).
In 2014, with the Bush sanctions still ineffective in deterring Putin’s aggressive instincts, and no new Obama sanctions, Russia invaded Eastern Ukraine in support of pro-Russian separatist forces and seized all of Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula. Both military operations were executed under the pretext of protecting Russian-speaking populations, a revanchist ethnic argument that Hitler used in the 1930s to justify his conquests of Austria and the Sudetenland.
The Obama-Biden administration essentially was paralyzed by the twin aggressions in Ukraine and applied further modest sanctions that Putin easily could endure. As for international censure, Putin knew it would have a short half-life and, as a former Soviet operative, he also knew it was better to be feared than loved. In his memoir, Obama wrote, “Putin did, in fact, remind me of the sorts of men who had once run the Chicago machine … tough, street-smart, unsentimental characters … who viewed patronage, bribery, shakedowns, fraud, and occasional violence as legitimate tools of the trade.”
A fellow gangster type was Bashar al-Assad, Syria’s brutal ruler, whose attacks on his own people included the use of chemical weapons. This prompted Obama to state their further use would cross “a red line” and to declare that the Assad regime could not remain in power. But Obama backed down and, encouraged by Western passivity on Georgia and Ukraine, Putin intervened, sending Russian forces to keep Assad entrenched and unscathed. The brazen move enabled him to reassert a major Russian role in the Middle East for the first time since the Nixon administration had ejected the Soviets in 1972 — one more step in Putin’s plan to reconstruct the Soviet empire.
Donald Trump imposed additional sanctions on Russia for its ongoing offenses, but again, not nearly enough to undo Putin’s new grip in the Mideast, Georgia, Crimea or Eastern Ukraine. He sent Ukraine the defensive weapons Obama had held up for years, while trying and failing to pressure Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelensky, to intervene politically against the Biden campaign.
Trump frequently expressed his admiration for Putin, consistent with his affinity for other strongmen. In 2013, he sided with Putin by criticizing Obama’s reference to “American exceptionalism. … It’s very insulting and Putin really put it to him about that.” He also said, “Putin has done a really great job outsmarting our country.” During the 2016 campaign, he lashed back at Hillary Clinton’s labeling him as “Putin’s puppet.” Her accusation of Trump campaign “collusion” with Russia was eventually debunked by an independent investigation, though Trump’s constant praise for Putin allowed such accusations to gain traction. His meeting with Putin in Helsinki in 2018 without aides or a readout also aroused suspicion.
By the time Joe Biden took office, it could not have been clearer that Putin was embarked on a course of conduct deeply inimical to U.S. and Western interests and values. Yet, Biden described him as a “worthy adversary,” saying, “He’s bright, he’s tough.” Yet another American president intimidated by the Russian leader, unable to call out his transgressions without tempering the criticism with compliments.
Biden’s initial responses to the latest Russian threat against Ukraine were clearly ineffective in deterring Putin. On the contrary, they played into his hands: gratuitously taking U.S. and NATO military intervention completely off the table, holding economic sanctions in abeyance until after the war started, making the severity of sanctions subject to the will of NATO’s lowest common denominator.
But the original fatal flaw in Western strategy — if it can be called a strategy — was the constant obeisance to the wishes of the “bright, tough” Russian dictator by deferring indefinitely the application of Georgia and Ukraine to join NATO, all the while professing to hold an “open door.” After all, Putin must not be “provoked.” Failing to arm those democracies properly added tragic injury to timorous insult.
Joseph Bosco served as China country director for the secretary of Defense from 2005 to 2006 and as Asia-Pacific director of humanitarian assistance and disaster relief from 2009 to 2010. He is a nonresident fellow at the Institute for Corean-American Studies and a member of the advisory board of the Global Taiwan Institute. Follow him on Twitter @BoscoJosephA.
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Nancy Pelosi Expresses Shock at California Gas Prices: "How Could This Be?"
Nancy Pelosi expressed shock and indignation on gas prices in California in a Thursday news conference.
“It costs a lot of money in California. If you drive around in California and see the cost, you think, ‘how could this be?'” the 82-year-old career politician questioned.
Nancy Pelosi SHOCKED by massive spike in gas prices in California:
“How could this be?” pic.twitter.com/zLvSBcHx4n
— TheBlaze (@theblaze) March 31, 2022
Gas prices in the Los Angeles metropolitan area have inched to six dollars a gallon.
In a stunning lack of self-awareness, Pelosi urged against solving the gas crisis by producing more domestic energy in the same press conference.
Nancy Pelosi: We cannot “use [high gas prices] as an excuse” to produce more American energy pic.twitter.com/txlUvEYVmS
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) March 31, 2022
“We cannot allow the fossil fuel industry to use this as an excuse to reverse everything we’re doing to save the planet,” Pelosi said.
In the same news conference, Pelosi blamed the skyrocketing gas prices on Vladimir Putin and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
While Putin’s invasion has seriously impacted gas prices, costs at the pump were skyrocketing well before the war began in late February.
.@SpeakerPelosi: “We have the Putin Price Hike at the pump … The price of, of oil and gasoline — gas at the pump started going up when he started circling Ukraine … There is very interest [sic] in our caucus in stopping price gouging on the part of the — of the industry.” pic.twitter.com/VK7c7WHifQ
— Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) March 31, 2022
The upward spike in gas prices began when Biden terminated the construction of the Keystone XL pipeline just after his inauguration.
Biden failed to support the American energy industry’s independence, leaving the nation all the more vulnerable to foreign instability in energy markets.
Biden also issued an executive order halting new permits to drill on federal lands.
Biden had gas prices going up since inauguration day. An his alt left jihad on oil and gas left us vulnerable to unstable countries and an event such as the Ukraine war pic.twitter.com/zWUmqRNjAk
— Rogue1-the Jeff Faria Project (@PatriotsOfMars) March 8, 2022
As one of the wealthiest members of Congress, Pelosi will be largely unaffected by the exorbitant prices of natural gas.
On Thursday, Biden announced a mass release of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, passing the buck down the line amid rising criticism for his job performance on the economy.
Pelosi’s clueless exasperation doesn’t suggest she’s in a position to offer any positive solutions to pain at the pump.
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Mighty Diamonds lead singer killed in drive-by shooting
Wednesday, March 30, 2022KINGSTON, Jamaica – Lead singer of stalwart reggae group Mighty Diamonds, Tabby Diamond was among two people killed in a drive-by shooting on McKinley Crescent in Kingston minutes before 10 on Tuesday night.
Three other persons were injured in the attack.
Police report that the 67-year-old singer, whose real name is Donald Orlando Shaw, was among a group of people who were gathered at a section of the community when gunmen opened fire from a passing motor vehicle. Tabby Diamond and another man, whose identity has not yet been released, were pronounced dead at hospital.
The shooting has left members of the reggae industry in shock and grief, as Tabby Diamond was known to be a staunch Rastafarian who embraced the philosophy of peace and love.
The award-winning Mighty Diamonds are responsible for some of reggae music's most memorable anthems including, Pass The Kouchie, Right Time, I Need A Roof and Heads Of Government.
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MATCHDAY: Full stadiums as Bundesliga resumes in Germany
The Bundesliga resumes to a full house as Union Berlin is allowed a capacity crowd for the first time in months for Cologne’s visit. Coronavirus restrictions are being scrapped in Berlin from Friday, part of a wider trend under national guidelines that will see full stadiums across the league. It’s going to be a special game for Cologne coach Steffen Baumgart, a fan favorite at Union for the two seasons he played at the club before its relegation to the third division in 2004. | https://kvia.com/ap-national-sports-3/2022/03/31/matchday-full-stadiums-as-bundesliga-resumes-in-germany/ | 2022-04-01T01:15:34Z |
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — A $64.1 billion supplemental state budget that spends on statewide programs ranging from homelessness and behavioral health to the ongoing COVID-19 response was signed Thursday by Washington Gov. Jay Inslee.
The supplemental plan builds off of the $59 billion, two-year spending plan adopted by the Legislature last year, and benefited from the significant influx of revenues the state has seen over the past year. Additionally, lawmakers used more than $1 billion in remaining pandemic-related federal relief funds in the budget.
More than $800 million is allocated for homelessness and housing, including $50 million to transition unhoused people from unsanctioned camps to housing.
Inslee specifically called out the efforts on addressing homelessness, saying that lawmakers “gave us relief that is big, that is bold, and that is fast.”
While there are no general tax increases in the plan, there are also no across-the-board tax cuts, something Republicans had argued for throughout the legislative session that ended March 10.
A small business tax credit was included that would affect about 125,000 small businesses in the state, and was among the bills signed by Inslee Thursday.
Starting in January, businesses making less than $125,000 a year would pay no state business taxes, and those making up to $250,000 a year, business taxes will be cut in half.
The supplemental operating budget also spends state or federal money on things like adding more social supports like nurses and counselors for students, increasing rates to vendors providing services to people with developmental disabilities or long-term care needs and shoring up the state’s paid family leave program, which officials warned was nearing a deficit.
It also allots funding for raises for state workers. According to the Office of Financial Management, about 63,800 general government employees will get a 3.25% general wage increase, about 6,700 state corrections workers will get a 4% general wage increase and about 1,200 state patrol officers will get a 10% general wage increase. The last general wage increase for represented employees was July 1, 2020.
The operating budget also transfers more than $2 billion to the nearly $17 billion, 16-year transportation revenue package that Inslee signed last week. The plan leaves about $3 billion in total reserves.
Inslee had several full or partial vetoes of bills, including a section of a bill that would have expanded the state’s existing warehouse sales and use tax to include smaller warehouses of at least 100,000 square feet. In his veto notice, Inslee said that while he understood the importance of manufacturing and warehousing to rural economies, he said the tax incentives in the bill were overly broad.
Inslee on Thursday also signed a $1.5 billion state construction budget that spends on areas ranging from housing, homelessness, behavioral health facilities, and seismic upgrades at public schools. | https://www.wiltonbulletin.com/news/article/Washington-governor-signs-64-1-billion-17049827.php | 2022-04-01T01:15:35Z |
Drought effects on hydroelectricity generation in western U.S. differed by region in 2021
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Electric Power Monthly. In 2021, a historic drought that affected much of the western United States led to reduced water supply and, as a result, lower hydropower generation in the Pacific Northwest and California. Electricity generation at California’s hydropower plants last year was 48% below the...
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Russia will respond to EU sanctions, says clash with Moscow not good for bloc - RIA
Russia will respond to European Union sanctions and says the 27-nation bloc might realize that a confrontation with Moscow is not in its interests, RIA cited a senior foreign ministry official as saying on Friday.
"The actions of the EU will not remain unanswered ... the irresponsible sanctions by Brussels are already negatively affecting the daily lives of ordinary Europeans," Nikolai Kobrinets told the news agency.
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Although old-fashioned’s are more of a “sipping” cocktail, Aaron Clancy posted himself chugging one down before a first date.
The former Bachelorette contest and Bachelor in Paradise alumni posted recent photos from his trip to Miami, Florida.
Aaron said he was ‘kinda nervous’ for his first date
Aaron posted two photos to his Instagram on Wednesday in a striped, button-down polo at the Miami restaurant Wayku.
The first photo showed the former contestant smiling directly at the camera, cocktail in hand, while the second showed him “slamming” it down.
“First date…kinda nervous *starts slamming cocktails*,” Aaron wrote in the caption of his post.
Although some followers inquired about who Aaron was on a first date with, others pieced together that he may have just been joking. Aaron and his Bachelorette and Bachelor in Paradise buddy, James Bonsall, previously posted that they were on the Miami trip together.
Aaron later confirmed on his Instagram story that he was at Wayku with James while showcasing the South American fusion cuisine from the restaurant.
The Bachelor in paradise ‘bromance’ between Aaron and James
Although neither of them may have found their “forever love” during the 7th season of Bachelor in Paradise, James and Aaron’s bromance was one that has surely carried on.
Their undeniable friendship blossomed throughout the season, and during the finale, the two decided to “ride off into the sunset” together all the way back to San Diego.
Aaron hopped on James’ back, and James declared in a post that he was grateful to have found a “brother for life.”
Other followers also noticed that it was most likely James who Aaron was with and figured he was being sarcastic in his latest caption by referring to their dinner as a “first date.”
“Have fun with James tonight,” one user commented on his post.
Another user jokingly wrote, “I thought you and James had your first date a while ago?! I can’t accept anything less.”
@beautifulcreature419 wrote, “@aaronrclancy @jamesbonsall_ I think you need to forget the ladies & date each other. I ship you two so hard.”
Whether Aaron was on an actual first date or was playing around with his Instagram followers, it’s safe to assume fans of the two were happy to see them continuing to keep their friendship just as strong as it was on the show.
Bachelor in Paradise is currently on hiatus on ABC. | https://www.monstersandcritics.com/tv/reality-tv/aaron-clancy-admits-to-getting-nervous-slamming-cocktails-on-first-date/ | 2022-04-01T01:15:38Z |
WHAT ARE THE TOP-RATED FACE OILS ON SEPHORA?
From toners to serums to moisturizers, there’s no shortage of skincare products that help address your skin issues. Face oils are a relative newcomer to the scene, but they can be like a magic elixir for getting you the bright, smooth complexion of your dreams.
It may seem counterintuitive since we’ve been warned about oil clogging our pores and wreaking havoc on our skin for years. But face oils can work with your skin’s natural oils to provide additional protection for the skin. They also help soften and hydrate — and some oils even offer anti-aging and antibacterial properties. It’s all about choosing the right oil for your skin type and issues.
Want to introduce a face oil to your skincare routine? Check out these well-loved face oils from Sephora that can help give you beautiful, glowing skin, even without makeup.
Most popular face oils on Sephora for $30-$40
Danessa Myricks Beauty Beauty Oil with Gold Leaf
Featuring a blend of jojoba, sunflower seed, squalane and sweet almond oils infused with gold leaf, this facial oil provides a radiant glow to the skin. It also helps moisturize and create a perfect base for your makeup application. The formula is vegan and cruelty-free, too.
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This lightweight face oil features 100% pure squalane derived from olives. It’s a non-comedogenic formula that can help balance excess oil, making it an excellent option even for oily skin. It can also help improve the texture and tone of the skin.
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This multi-purpose face oil works for multiple skin types. It contains jojoba oil to hydrate and condition the skin, rosehip oil to firm and brighten, and wildcrafted buriti oil for antioxidant protection. The formula is lightweight and absorbs quickly but leaves your skin feeling moisturized for up to 12 hours.
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Youth to the People Superberry Hydrate + Glow Dream Oil
This facial oil is chock full of super berry antioxidants from maqui, acai and goji berries that deliver instant hydration and leave your skin with a luminous glow. It absorbs quickly and helps brighten the skin with vitamin C, and works well for most skin types, too.
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Josie Maran 100% Pure Argan Oil
This multi-purpose oil offers excellent hydration for not only your face but your hair and nails, too. It is a potent source of antioxidants, fatty acids and vitamin E that moisturize, protect and leave the skin with a lovely glow. The argan nuts are also ethically sourced, and the formula is vegan and cruelty-free.
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Volition Beauty Hibiscus Unspottable Correcting Oil
If you have dark spots or discoloration, this daily face oil helps brighten and exfoliate the skin. The hibiscus oil helps shed dead skin cells and soften the look of dark circles, while the licorice root extract illuminates and soothes the skin. It’s an ideal option for normal and dry skin.
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Anastasia Beverly Hills Hydrating Oil
Normal, dry and combination skin will appreciate this lightweight, hydrating oil. It contains antioxidants to provide protection against free radical damage to help soften the signs of aging. It also leaves the skin with a visible radiant glow that looks beautiful under makeup.
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GXVE by Gwen Stefani All Time Prime Clean Hydrating Prep & Smooth Face Oil
A versatile, lightweight face oil, this formula can provide up to 24 hours of hydration that creates a perfect canvas for makeup. It leaves the skin with a dewy glow and can even be mixed with your foundation for added luminosity. The oil also contains aloe to soothe the skin.
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Summer Fridays Heavenly Sixteen All-in-One Face Oil
This non-comedogenic formula contains a blend of 16 vegan oils that help plump and hydrate the skin. It contains plenty of vitamins, omega-3 fatty acids and antioxidants, too, so it can strengthen and protect the skin. Its packaging is also recyclable.
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Damdam Rice Drops Vegan Face Oil
An excellent option for normal, dry or combination skin, this weightless face oil absorbs quickly but still moisturizes the skin well. It helps strengthen the skin’s protective barrier and creates an ideal base for makeup. It gives the skin a healthy glow, too.
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Clarins Santal Face Treatment Oil
Offering a blend of 100 percent pure plant oils, this facial oil can help soothe dry, irritated skin. It features hazelnut oil to reduce redness and keep the skin from losing moisture. It can be applied directly to the skin or mixed into your moisturizer to help boost hydration.
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StriVectin Super-B Barrier Strengthening Oil with Vitamin B3 and Prebiotics
This clinically proven facial oil may be the perfect treatment for dry or mature skin. It has a lightweight feel but helps soothe dry skin and lock in moisture. It also reduces redness and brightens dull skin. The formula is non-comedogenic, too.
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Josie Maran Skin Dope Argan Oil + 100 Milligrams of CBD
This plant-based facial oil can help soothe stressed, irritated skin. The argan oil offers antioxidants and essential fatty acids to protect the skin, while the CBD helps calm sensitive skin. It also helps improve the look of dull, uneven skin.
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Drunk Elephant A-Gloei Retinol Oil
If you’re looking for a face oil that can address the signs of aging, this retinol-packed formula is for you. It helps improve the look and texture of uneven skin, so it works well for fine lines, dark spots and even blemishes. It also contains ceramides to help boost the skin’s natural protective barrier.
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Awarded funding from the Gates Foundation to support development of inhaled formulation technology to deliver cost-effective monoclonal antibodies against influenza and COVID-19
LOS GATOS, Calif., March 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Aridis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: ARDS), a biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery and development of novel anti-infective therapies to treat life-threatening infections, today reported financial and corporate results for its fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2021.
Fourth Quarter Highlights
- Continued enrollment in the Company's Phase 2a study of AR-501 targeting cystic fibrosis (CF), conducted in collaboration with the funding support from the CF Foundation. Aridis is on track to report top-line data from this CF study in mid-2022.
- Continued enrollment in the Company's Phase 3 study evaluating AR-301 for the treatment of Ventilator Associated Pneumonia (VAP). Aridis is on track to report top-line data in the second half of 2022.
- The Company is on track to initiate the Phase 3 trial of AR-320 for the prevention of VAP in mid-2022 following regulatory feedback on the clinical development plans and Phase 3 study design received from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and European Medicines Agency (EMA). Clarity on the regulatory pathway to the registrational Phase 3 trial and licensure has been achieved. The Phase 3 SAATELLITE-2 study will be conducted in collaboration with the COMBACTE-Net consortium of HAP/VAP experts, funded up to 25 million Euros by the Innovative Medicines Initiative (IMI) program of the European Commission.
- Reported preclinical data demonstrating that AR-701, the Company's first fully human monoclonal antibody (mAb) cocktail, is broadly reactive against the Omicron and other SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) variants, SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome), MERS (Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus), and multiple seasonal ('common cold') human coronavirus strains.
- In January 2022, Aridis announced that it had received a $1.9 million grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (Gates Foundation) to evaluate the application of the Company's inhaled formulation technology to deliver cost-effective monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) against influenza and SARS-CoV-2 to people in low- and middle-income countries.
- Signed loan agreement for $10 million in non-dilutive financing with Streeterville Capital. Received first $5 million payment in November 2021 and the second $5 million payment in February 2022.
"I am proud of our team's work in 2021 as we strengthened our foundation and advanced key development programs," commented Vu Truong, Ph.D., Chief Executive Officer of Aridis Pharmaceuticals. "2022 will be a pivotal year for Aridis as we achieve important clinical milestones, including data readout from our AR-501 Phase 2a and AR-301 Phase 3 studies as well as the initiation of the AR-320 registrational Phase 3 study, and the anticipated launch of the first-in-human clinical study of AR-701. We look forward to sharing further updates on the progress of these programs in the coming months as we continue to build our leadership in the respiratory health space."
Clinical Program Update
AR-301 (tosatoxumab): AR-301 is being evaluated in a Phase 3 clinical study as an adjunctive treatment to standard of care antibiotics in S. aureus VAP patients. The ongoing AR-301 Phase 3 study remains blinded, and the independent Data Monitoring Committee with access to unblinded data continues to monitor study subjects for safety and has not expressed any safety concerns. The Company observed modest improvement in enrollment in recent months despite the continued pandemic. However, because a significant number of participating clinical sites in the study are in Eastern Europe, the escalating Ukraine-Russia conflict is expected to negatively impact enrollment. At the present time, the company anticipates reporting top-line data in the second half of 2022.
The trial represents the first ever Phase 3 superiority clinical study evaluating immunotherapy with a fully human mAb to treat acute pneumonia in the ICU setting. Details of the study can be viewed on www.clinicaltrials.gov using identifier NCT03816956.
AR-320 (suvratoxumab): The Company licensed this Phase 3-ready asset from AstraZeneca in July 2021. A multinational, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled Phase 2 study (n=196 patients) showed that mechanically ventilated ICU patients colonized with S. aureus who were treated with suvratoxumab, a fully human mAb, demonstrated a relative risk reduction in onset of pneumonia by 32% in the overall intent-to-treat (ITT) study population, and by a statistically significant 47% in the under 65-year-old population, which is the target population in the planned Phase 3 study. This statistically significant relative risk reduction in the target population was also associated with a substantial reduction in the duration of care needed in the ICU and hospital. The Company completed successful discussions with the EMA via the Scientific Advisory meeting and the FDA via an End-of-Phase 2 meeting, including obtaining agreement on the planned Phase 3 study serving as a single pivotal trial. The regulatory feedback from these agencies is incorporated in the Company's clinical study design. The Company expects to launch its Phase 3 SAATELLITE-2 study of AR-320 in the mid-2022 in collaboration with the public-private COMBACTE-Net consortium of HAP/VAP experts, funded by the Innovative Medicines Initiative (IMI) program of the European Commission in the amount of up to 25 million Euros.
AR-501 (gallium citrate): The Company initiated its Phase 2a study to evaluate the safety, pharmacokinetic (PK), and preliminary efficacy in cystic fibrosis (CF) patients in the first quarter of 2021. The Phase 2a study is actively enrolling patients with a goal of delivering full data readout in mid-2022. AR-501 is being developed in collaboration with the CF Foundation and has been granted Orphan Drug Designation (ODD), Fast Track and Qualified Infectious Disease Product (QIDP) designations by the FDA. In addition, the European Medicines Agency (EMA) granted ODD to AR-501. The Phase 1/2a clinical trial underway is a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial, utilizing single- and multiple-ascending dose and dose-ranging strategies, investigating the safety and PK of inhaled AR-501 in healthy volunteers and CF patients with chronic bacterial lung infections. Details of the Phase 1/2a clinical trial can be viewed on https://www.clinicaltrials.gov using identifier NCT03669614.
AR-701: AR-701 is a cocktail of two fully human immunoglobulin G1 (IgG1) mAbs discovered from screening the antibody secreting B-cells of convalescent SARS-CoV-2 infected (COVID-19) patients. Each mAb of the AR-701 cocktail neutralizes coronaviruses using a distinct mechanism of action, namely inhibition of viral fusion and entry into human cells (AR-703) or blockage of viral binding to the human 'ACE2' receptor (AR-720). The AR-701 mAbs are engineered to be half-life extended and potentially active for 6-12 months in the blood. AR-701 is being developed as a long-acting intramuscular prophylactic to prevent COVID-19 infections, as well as a self-administered inhaled formulation for the treatment of COVID-19 patients who are not yet hospitalized. In February 2022, Aridis reported that both of its fully human mAbs in the AR-701 cocktail neutralized the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant. Moreover, both mAbs conferred strong protection against Omicron infected animals when given either parenterally or by intranasal administration. The performance of the AR-701 cocktail is published in Biorxiv [see https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2022.03.05.483133v1]. We expect to initiate a Phase 1 clinical study in 2H2022.
Fiscal 2021 Financial Results:
- Cash: Total cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash as of December 31, 2021, were approximately $20.0 million.
- Revenues: Grant and licensing revenue increased to approximately $1.5 million for the year ended December 31, 2021 primarily due to the recognition of revenue from grants from the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation (CFF) and the Gates Foundation as well as from Kermode, an Apex technology licensee. Grant and licensing revenue earned during the year ended December 31, 2020 was approximately $1.0 million, all from CFF. Grant and licensing revenue was approximately $0.6 million and $0 for the three months ended December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively.
- Research and Development Expenses: Research and development expenses increased by approximately $21.0 million to $38.0 million for year ended December 31, 2021 from $17.0 million for the year ended December 31, 2020. The increase was due primarily to: an increase of approximately $11.5 million to in-license AR-320 rights from Medimmune; an increase of approximately $6.6 million for AR-320 drug manufacturing and clinical trial preparation costs; an increase of approximately $0.7 million for costs associated with the development of AR-701; an increase of approximately $0.5 million for the continuing conduct of the Phase 2a clinical trial evaluating AR-501 for the treatment of Cystic Fibrosis and an increase of approximately $0.6 million in personnel, consulting and other related costs.
Research and development expenses increased by approximately $4.4 million in the quarter ended December 31, 2021 to $8.6 million from $4.2 million in the same quarter in 2020. This is primarily due to increases in drug manufacturing for our AR-320 trial ($2.8 million), spending on the Gates Foundation funded project ($0.5 million) and spending on personnel, consulting and other related costs ($0.4 million). - General and Administrative Expenses: General and administrative expenses increased by approximately $0.9 million to $7.3 million for the year ended December 31, 2021 from $6.4 million for the year ended December 31, 2020. The increase was due primarily to increases in professional service fees, franchise tax and recruitment expense to attract talent. General and administrative expenses increased in Q4 2021 to $2.0 million from $1.6 million in Q4 2020 primarily due to increases in consulting, legal fees, insurance and recruitment offset by lower accounting, rent and repairs expense.
- Interest Income (Expense) net: Net interest expense, increased by approximately $322,000 to approximately $245,000 for the year ended December 31, 2021 from approximately $77,000 net interest income for the year ended December 31, 2020. The increased expense was primarily due to our debt servicing in 2021.
- Share of Loss in Equity Method Investment. Loss from our share of equity method investment in Shenzhen Arimab Biopharmaceuticals Co., Ltd. decreased by approximately $9,000 to zero for the year ended December 31, 2021. The loss was $9,000 for the year ended December 31, 2020. Our share of loss from our minority interest calculated under the equity method was limited to the reduction of the net book value of the investment to zero as of March 31, 2020.
- Other Income: Other income in the year ended December 31, 2021, increased by approximately $796,000 from zero during the year ended December 31, 2020, primarily due to forgiveness of the $722,000 Paycheck Protection Program loan by the U.S. Small Business Administration. Additionally, other income from a sublease agreement we entered into with a tenant in March 2021 to sublet a small portion of our Los Gatos facility increased by approximately $74,000 during the year ended December 31, 2021, from zero for the year ended December 31, 2020. Other income increased by approximately $22,000 in Q4 2021. There was no sublease agreement or related income during the three months ended December 30, 2020.
- Net Loss: The net loss available to common stockholders for the year ended December 31, 2021, was approximately $47.3 million, or $3.85 net loss per share, compared to a net loss available to common stockholders of approximately $22.3 million, or $2.44 net loss per share, for the year ended December 31, 2020. The weighted average common shares outstanding used in computing net loss per share available to common stockholders was 12,291,600 million and 9,168,744 million for the years ended December 31 of 2021 and 2020, respectively.
About Aridis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Aridis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. discovers and develops anti-infectives to be used as first-line treatments to combat antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and viral pandemics. The Company is utilizing its proprietary ʎPEX and MabIgX® technology platforms to rapidly identify rare, potent antibody-producing B-cells from patients who have successfully overcome an infection, and to rapidly manufacture mAbs for therapeutic treatment of critical infections. These mAbs are already of human origin and functionally optimized by the natural human immune system for high potency. Hence, they are already fit-for-purpose and do not require further engineering optimization to achieve full functionality.
The Company has generated multiple clinical stage mAbs targeting bacteria that cause life-threatening infections such as ventilator associated pneumonia (VAP) and hospital acquired pneumonia (HAP), in addition to preclinical stage antibacterial and antiviral mAbs. The use of mAbs as anti-infective treatments represents an innovative therapeutic approach that harnesses the human immune system to fight infections and is designed to overcome the deficiencies associated with the current standard of care, which is broad spectrum antibiotics. Such deficiencies include, but are not limited to, increasing drug resistance, short duration of efficacy, disruption of the normal flora of the human microbiome and lack of differentiation among current treatments. The mAb portfolio is complemented by a non-antibiotic novel mechanism small molecule anti-infective candidate being developed to treat lung infections in cystic fibrosis patients. The Company's pipeline is highlighted below:
Aridis' Pipeline
AR-301 (VAP). AR-301 is a fully human IgG1 mAb currently in Phase 3 clinical development targeting gram-positive Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) alpha-toxin in VAP patients.
AR-320 (nosocomial pneumonia). AR-320 is a fully human mAb targeting S. aureus alpha-toxin for prevention of nosocomial pneumonia. Statistically significant Phase 2 data in the target population of those ≤ 65 years of age, was recently published in Lancet Infectious Diseases journal. The Company has completed discussions with the EMA and FDA on study design and expects to launch its Phase 3 study of AR-320 in mid-2022.
AR-101 (HAP). AR-101 is a fully human immunoglobulin M (IgM) mAb in Phase 2 clinical development targeting Pseudomonas aeruginosa (P. aeruginosa) liposaccharides serotype O11, which accounts for approximately 22% of all P. aeruginosa hospital acquired pneumonia cases worldwide. This program is licensed to the Serum Institute of India and Shenzhen Arimab.
AR-501 (cystic fibrosis). AR-501 is an inhaled formulation of gallium citrate with broad-spectrum anti-infective activity being developed to treat chronic lung infections in cystic fibrosis patients. This program is currently in a Phase 2a clinical study in CF patients.
AR-701 (COVID-19). AR-701 is a cocktail of fully human mAbs discovered from convalescent COVID-19 patients that are directed at multiple envelope proteins of the SARS-CoV-2 virus.
AR-401 (blood stream infections). AR-401 is a fully human mAb preclinical program aimed at treating infections caused by gram-negative Acinetobacter baumannii.
AR-201 (RSV infection). AR-201 is a fully human IgG1 mAb directed against the F-protein of diverse clinical isolates of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV). This program is licensed exclusively to the Serum Institute of India.
For additional information on Aridis Pharmaceuticals, please visit https://aridispharma.com/.
Forward-Looking Statements
Certain statements in this press release are forward-looking statements that involve a number of risks and uncertainties. These statements may be identified by the use of words such as "anticipate," "believe," "forecast," "estimated" and "intend" or other similar terms or expressions that concern Aridis' expectations, strategy, plans or intentions. These forward-looking statements are based on Aridis' current expectations and actual results could differ materially. There are a number of factors that could cause actual events to differ materially from those indicated by such forward-looking statements. These factors include, but are not limited to, the need for additional financing, the timing of regulatory submissions, Aridis' ability to obtain and maintain regulatory approval of its existing product candidates and any other product candidates it may develop, approvals for clinical trials may be delayed or withheld by regulatory agencies, risks relating to the timing and costs of clinical trials, risks associated with obtaining funding from third parties, management and employee operations and execution risks, loss of key personnel, competition, risks related to market acceptance of products, intellectual property risks, risks related to business interruptions, including the outbreak of COVID-19 coronavirus, which could seriously harm our financial condition and increase our costs and expenses, risks associated with the uncertainty of future financial results, Aridis' ability to attract collaborators and partners and risks associated with Aridis' reliance on third party organizations. While the list of factors presented here is considered representative, no such list should be considered to be a complete statement of all potential risks and uncertainties. Unlisted factors may present significant additional obstacles to the realization of forward-looking statements. Actual results could differ materially from those described or implied by such forward-looking statements as a result of various important factors, including, without limitation, market conditions and the factors described under the caption "Risk Factors" in Aridis' 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2020, and Aridis' other filings made with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Forward-looking statements included herein are made as of the date hereof, and Aridis does not undertake any obligation to update publicly such statements to reflect subsequent events or circumstances.
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PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey refused to say Thursday if transgender people actually exist, twice dodging direct questions on the subject just a day after he signed legislation limiting transgender rights.
The Republican worked instead to defend his signatures on bills that bar transgender girls and women from playing on girls high school and women's college sports teams and barring gender affirming surgery for anyone under age 18.
When specifically asked if he believed that there “are really transgender people,” the governor paused for several seconds before answering.
“I’m going to ask you to read the legislation and to see that the legislation that we passed was in the spirit of fairness to protect girls sports in competitive situations,” Ducey said, referring to the new law that targets transgender girls who want to play on girls sports teams. “That’s what the legislation is intended to do, and that’s what it does.”
Asked again if he believed there are “actual transgender people,” he again answered slowly and carefully.
“I ... am going to respect everyone, and I’m going to respect everyone’s rights. And I’m going to protect female sports. And that’s what the legislation does,” Ducey said.
Ducey's response was “appalling,” according to the Arizona director of the Human Rights Campaign, a national civil rights group that advocates for equality for LGBTQ people. The organization worked to ensure families and transgender young people came to the Capitol to testify against the bills as the Republican-led House and Senate considered them this session.
“It's quite shocking that he can't even address trans people or even say that he thinks they exist,” Bridget Sharpe said.
Wednesday's signing of the two transgender bills and a third that bars abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy and is currently unconstitutional put Ducey right in the middle of two top issues national Republicans are highlighting in the runup to November's midterm elections.
Ducey also signed election legislation that minority Democrats said amounted to voter suppression by requiring longtime Arizonans to be thrown off the voter rolls if they did not prove their citizenship and residence location.
The governor leads the Republican Governors Association, which is charged with helping elect GOP chief executives in U.S. states. He in is the last year of his second term as Arizona governor and term limits bar him from seeking reelection.
The top Democrat in the state House, Rep. Reginald Bolding, called Wednesday “probably one of the darkest days we've seen in the history of Arizona."
“With the stroke of a pen, Gov. Ducey has hurled Arizona backwards to its ugliest past,” Bolding said Wednesday. “And today, he put in jeopardy pregnant people, transgender youth in danger and curtailed voting rights for people of color.”
Social conservative groups and the Arizona Republican Party praised Ducey's action. The Center for Arizona Policy, whose president shepherded the abortion and women's sports bills through the Legislature, called it a victory.
"Thank you, Governor Ducey, for taking a bold stand for women athletes, vulnerable children, and the unborn by putting your signature on (the bills) in the face of intense opposition from activists," Center for Arizona Policy president Cathi Herrod said in a news release she posted on Twitter.
She said the legislation protects the unborn, ensures a level playing field for female athletes and shows that “Arizona will do everything it can to protect vulnerable children struggling with gender confusion” by enacting the surgery ban.
Ducey said the surgery ban protects children from irreversible decisions.
“These are permanent surgeries of reassignment that are irreversible, and those discussions can happen once adulthood is reached,” he said.
The American Civil Liberties Association has vowed to sue over the surgery ban. U.S. Supreme Court precedent currently says women have a constitutional right to abortion until about 24 weeks of pregnancy, although it is considering whether to uphold a 15-week ban enacted in Mississippi and may overturn Roe v. Wade, the 1973 decision enshrining a woman's right to choose.
Arizona joins 13 other states in enacting laws preventing transgender girls and women from playing on girls teams. Utah Gov. Spencer Cox vetoed a transgender sports ban in his state, saying it would harm transgender girls, but the Legislature overrode the veto. Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb also vetoed a sports bill, but lawmakers hope to override his action as well. | https://www.milfordmirror.com/news/article/Arizona-governor-won-t-say-transgender-people-17049806.php | 2022-04-01T01:15:39Z |
NEW YORK, March 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- S&P Dow Jones Indices ("S&P DJI"), a leading provider of financial market indices, and MSCI Inc. (MSCI), a leading provider of research-based indices and analytics, have conducted their annual review of the Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS®) structure.
The annual GICS methodology review is intended to ensure that the GICS structure continues to appropriately represent the global equity markets and, thereby, enable asset owners, asset managers and investment research specialists to make consistent global comparisons by industry. The GICS structure revision is the result of a consultation with market participants.
Based on the consultation feedback received, S&P DJI and MSCI have concluded that the proposed changes related to the reclassification of renewable energy companies and the consolidation of Diversified Banks and Regional Banks will not be implemented due to lack of market consensus. All other changes proposed in the consultation will be implemented.
The changes to the GICS structure will be implemented in GICS Direct and S&P DJI's indices after the close of business (ET) on Friday, March 17, 2023. A select list of large market capitalization companies affected by the changes will be announced no later than June 30, 2022. The full list of companies affected by these changes will be made available to clients no later than December 15, 2022. MSCI will consult with clients regarding implementation in their indexes.
The results of the consultation and changes to the GICS structure in 2023 are summarized below.
CLASSIFICATION OF RETAILERS
The retail landscape has evolved over the years as retailers are opting to pursue an omni-channel approach to sell their products rather than sticking with mainly brick-and-mortar retail or purely online channels. The demarcation between General Merchandise Stores and Department Stores has diminished as well, since both formats are comprised of retail spaces primarily selling consumer discretionary goods. Retailers that are generating a majority of revenue or earnings from consumable staple items such as food, household, and personal care products warrant a consolidation under the Consumer Staples Sector.
Market feedback concerning the proposals for retailers was generally favorable. S&P DJI and MSCI will discontinue Internet & Direct Marketing Retail and classify companies according to the nature of goods sold, merge General Merchandise Stores and Department Stores into a new Sub-Industry called Broadline Retail, shift consumable merchandise sellers to the Consumer Staples Sector, and update the GICS nomenclature for select Retail classifications by replacing the word "Stores" with "Retail".
CLASSIFICATION OF DATA PROCESSING & OUTSOURCED SERVICES
Companies classified as Data Processing & Outsourced Services offer services either customized for select industries such as human resources or travel or to diverse industries, as is the case with transaction and payment processing companies offering payment related transaction and payment processing services by connecting consumers, financial institutions, merchants, governments, digital partners, businesses, and other organizations. These support activities are closely aligned with the business support activities covered under the Industrials Sector rather than the Information Technology Sector, and with the Financials Sector in the case of payment processors.
Market feedback concerning the proposal for Data Processing & Outsourced Services was generally favorable. Data Processing & Outsourced Services Sub-Industry under the Information Technology Sector will be discontinued and will be moved to the Industrials Sector with an updated definition. In addition, transaction and payment processing companies will be reclassified to a newly created Sub-Industry called Transaction and Payment Processing Services under the Financials Sector. Payroll processing companies will be moved to the Industrials Sector under the Human Resource & Employment Services Sub-Industry with an updated definition. Companies offering travel related data processing and outsourced services will be moved to the Consumer Discretionary Sector under the Hotels, Resorts & Cruise Lines Sub-Industry.
CLASSIFICATION OF BANKS AND THRIFTS & MORTGAGE FINANCE
The Banks Industry Group comprised of Diversified Banks, Regional Banks, and Thrifts/Savings Banks has evolved over the years with respect to the geographic footprints of these businesses, the laws governing them, and the variety of services being offered. Further, Mortgage Finance, where revenue is more fee-based than interest income based, are distinct from Banks as they mainly offer mortgage finance related products & services for commercial & residential real estate properties. In order to capture these changes, it was proposed to merge Diversified Banks, Regional Banks, and Thrifts/Savings Banks into a single Sub-Industry. And it was proposed to discontinue the Thrifts & Mortgage Finance Sub-Industry under the Banks Industry Group and create a new Commercial & Residential Mortgage Finance Sub-Industry under the Diversified Financials Industry Group (to be renamed Financial Services).
Market feedback concerning the proposal for Banks was mixed, but favorable for the Thrifts & Mortgage Finance. Most clients expressed a desire to retain a distinction between Diversified Banks and Regional Banks, although they found merit in merging Thrifts and Savings Banks into an expanded Regional Banks Sub-Industry. In addition, feedback was in favor of discontinuing the Thrifts & Mortgage Finance Sub-Industry under the Banks Industry Group and creating a new Commercial & Residential Mortgage Finance Sub-Industry under the Diversified Financials Industry Group (to be renamed Financial Services). Hence, the proposal will be partially adopted. There will be no change to the Diversified Banks Sub-Industry, Thrifts/Savings banks will be merged with Regional Banks, and the change for Thrifts and Mortgage Finance Sub-Industry will be implemented as proposed.
CLASSIFICATION OF EQUITY REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS (REITs)
The companies structured as REITs generally focus on distinct property types such as retail properties, data centers, telecom towers, etc., and only a small percentage of these companies invest in diverse property types.
Market feedback concerning the proposal for Equity REITs was generally favorable. Clients confirmed that there is interest in creating additional granularity for REITs to help investors track the increased specialization in the REITs space. It was proposed that Residential REITs will be split into 2 distinct Sub-Industries and Specialized REITs will be split into 5 Sub-Industries. In addition, 8 Industries for REITs and a new Industry Group for Equity REITs will be created. A new Real Estate Management & Development Industry Group and Industry will also be created. Since the consultation feedback concerning the proposals for Equity REITs was largely favorable, the changes will be implemented as proposed.
CLASSIFICATION OF TRANSPORTATION
The Trucking Sub-Industry includes a mix of companies providing cargo/goods and passenger ground transportation services. The passenger ground transportation business has evolved over the years through the development of online apps and marketplaces for taxis and on-demand ride sharing, as well as consumer bicycle and scooter rental platforms. In addition, these companies are distinct from those offering cargo/goods ground transportation services.
Market feedback supported the reasoning behind separating passenger land transportation from cargo/goods land transportation. The Trucking Sub-Industry will be split into two new Sub-Industries to be called Passenger Ground Transportation and Cargo Ground Transportation. For additional clarity, the Airlines Industry and Sub-Industry will also be renamed as Passenger Airlines to better reflect the companies classified there.
CLASSIFICATION OF RENEWABLE ENERGY COMPANIES
The consultation proposals related to the classification of renewable energy companies will not be adopted at this time. Although there is a rapid growth in investment and capacity in the renewable energy generation space that is transforming the competitive landscape of both the Energy and Utilities Sectors, with renewable energy generation sources becoming significant competitors to traditional energy source providers, feedback from clients and additional internal analysis suggests that there is not a consensus yet on how to reflect these changes in the GICS structure. It is likely that this topic will be revisited in a future structure review by S&P DJI and MSCI.
UPDATE TO GICS DEFINITION: CLASSIFICATION OF CANNABIS
The cannabis industry has expanded rapidly in recent years due to an ease in regulations and increased discovery of uses for a variety of applications. The legality of recreational usage is still inconsistent globally, whereas legal medicinal use is more widespread. Additional uses are still in a nascent stage. In addition, market feedback was also mixed and hence, the Pharmaceuticals Sub-Industry definition will not be updated at this time.
ADDITIONAL UPDATES IN SELECT GICS INDUSTRY AND SUB-INDUSTRY NAMES
Various GICS Industry and Sub-Industry names will be updated to increase clarity and consistency across the GICS structure, in addition to above changes.
The new GICS structure will consist of 11 Sectors, 25 Industry Groups, 74 Industries and 163 Sub-Industries.
For a detailed document covering the upcoming changes, please visit S&P Dow Jones Indices' web site at www.spdji.com and MSCI's web site at www.msci.com.
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Report: Detroit Shock star Swin Cash leads class of 2022 Basketball Hall of Fame inductees
DEEEE-TROIT BAS-KET-BALLLLLLL! will be gaining another member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, as former Detroit Shock star Swin Cash was elected in her third time as a finalist.
Cash, the No. 2 overall pick in the 2002 WNBA draft, will be inducted into the Hall in September, according to a report by Shams Charania of The Athletic. The official announcement will come Saturday at the Final Four in New Orleans.
The former UConn star played six seasons with the Shock, averaging 12.9 points, 5.8 rebounds and 3.1 assists in Detroit. Cash made the WNBA All-Star team twice with the Shock, and two more times with the Seattle Storm, to whom she was traded in 2008. She also played for the Chicago Sky, the Atlanta Dream and New York Liberty during a career that lasted 15 seasons, from 2002-16. She now works in the New Orleans Pelicans front office.
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Cash led the Shock to two titles, in 2003 and 2006, before she was traded to the Storm in February 2008. The Shock franchise moved to Tulsa for the 2010 season and then to Dallas for the 2016 season.
Just prior to her trade to Seattle for a first-round draft pick, Cash reiterated her connection to Detroit.
"Detroit's my home,” she told the Free Press. “Regardless if I'm here or I end up somewhere else, I'll always have a connection to Detroit. I'm just not going to disappear off the planet."
A Mckeesport, Pennsylvania, native, Cash averaged 10.7 points, 5.3 rebounds and 2.4 assists per game over 479 appearances. While with the Shock, she made two All-WNBA teams, voted to the second team in 2003 and 2004. Cash also won Olympic gold twice and two NCAA titles with UConn.
Detroit basketball fans will have much colder memories of another 2022 Hall inductee: San Antonio Spurs shooting guard Manu Ginobili also got the nod for the Hall, according to The Athletic.
The Argentinian averaged 18.7 points, 5.9 rebounds and four assists a game during the 2005 NBA Finals, in which the Spurs beat the Pistons in seven games to deny them back-to-back titles. That series included four games with at least 21 points for Ginobili. Over his career, he averaged 13.3 points, 3.5 rebounds and 3.8 assists in 1,057 NBA games, all with the Spurs.
Former Pistons assistant coach Tim Hardaway, who worked the bench in Detroit from 2014-18 under head coach Stan Van Gundy, was also selected as a player. He averaged 17.7 points, 3.3 rebounds and 8.2 assists per game over 867 games with the Golden State Warriors, Miami Heat, Dallas Mavericks, Denver Nuggets and Indiana Pacers from 1989-2003.
Other members of the Class of 2022, according to Charania: Former Seattle Supersonics and Nuggets coach George Karl and former Cincinnati and current West Virginia coach Bob Huggins.
The induction ceremony is slated for Sept. 10 in Springfield, Massachusetts.
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They say only death and taxes are certain, but in Massachusetts the former doesn’t necessarily stop the latter.
That should change, though, according to the Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation, which issued a brief Thursday in support of Gov. Charlie Baker’s proposal to alter the estate tax.
“Massachusetts should change its estate state because we currently have the highest tax burden of any state in the nation for estates between $1-3 million,” Eileen McAnneny, foundation president, said in an emailed statement.
Currently, Massachusetts is one of 12 states that taxes an estate after a person’s death.
Among the states that do so, Massachusetts is tied with Oregon for the lowest threshold at which an estate tax kicks in, at $1 million.
Massachusetts also employs a so-called “cliff effect,” whereby an estate worth just $1 less than the threshold is free of a tax burden, while that dollar results in substantial tax liability.
This may not seem like it would be a problem for too many people, but that’s not the case for anyone who owns real estate in Massachusetts. When it comes to the estate tax, the value of your home is included.
Considering then, the foundation says, that the current median value of a single-family home in working class Somerville is nearly $900,000, it wouldn’t take much more than a small 401(k) account to put a working family into tax liability.
“The current tax regime punishes people for working hard, saving and acquiring wealth,” McAnneny said.
Baker proposes raising the threshold to $2 million and eliminating the cliff effect with an estate exclusion at $2 million.
Even that proposal, if agreed to by the legislature, would mean Massachusetts would have the third-highest estate tax, behind Rhode Island and Oregon. Baker’s estate tax proposal carries a price tag of $231 million in lost tax revenue, his administration said.
Baker previously indicated that our economy cannot retain people through retirement if the rate is not changed to be competitive. McAnneny agrees.
“Changing our estate tax would make Massachusetts less of an outlier, more competitive and help to retain people nearing retirement, small business owners and others that are adversely impacted,” she said. | https://www.bostonherald.com/2022/03/31/0401-bh-n-tax/ | 2022-04-01T01:15:39Z |
In what has arguably been the most in-demand piece of Star Wars content aside from the sequel trilogy, Ewan McGregor is finally set to make his triumphant return as franchise icon Obi-Wan Kenobi on Disney+ in just under two months. Though the prequel trilogy wasn’t received particularly well, Episode III – Revenge of the Sith specifically had a noticeably strong reception, with McGregor’s younger take on the character being one of the best things to come out of the trio of films as a whole.
That makes it easy to see why there’d be so much nostalgic fanfare behind this long-sought-after return, but it will also take a lot to sell fans on the stakes of Obi-Wan Kenobi since most are well aware of where the story follows in canon. The highly anticipated trailer from earlier this month looked incredibly promising, as it heavily emphasized this limited series as more than just another TV show in Disney’s rotation. Complete with John Williams’ immaculate score, fans saw enticing glimpses of who would be nipping at Kenobi’s heels, and the context of the series’ place in the timeline will perhaps present the greatest challenge that the revered Jedi Master has ever had to face.
In these Dark Times …
The aforementioned Star Wars: Episode III: Revenge of the Sith was a grand tragedy for the Republic, Obi-Wan, Anakin, and more, leaving the galaxy under the oppressive thumb of the Empire for the next 30-plus years — known as the Dark Times. Obi-Wan and Anakin’s spectacular and gut-wrenching duel on the volcanic planet of Mustafar was a grandiose finish to the trilogy, making the context for episodes IV-VI that much more heartbreaking.
Those three decades Obi-Wan would spend on Tatooine watching over Luke Skywalker were times of painful introspection and loneliness as is, but the state of the galaxy would make things much more difficult once the Emperor’s lapdogs came hunting. Obi-Wan no longer has an organized and politically recognized council covering his back, as the Jedi are now an endangered species. Adding to the complications, it won’t just be poorly trained Stormtroopers scouring for Obi-Wan with misfired blaster shots, as the Emperor will be throwing his Inquisitorius at him as well.
These Dark-side and Force-sensitive villains are some of Emperor Palpatine’s most skilled soldiers, complete with lightsaber training as well. However, under normal circumstances, even the best of the bunch (the Grand Inquisitor) would be cannon fodder for someone as skilled and disciplined in the Force as Obi-Wan. The Jedi Master was arguably the best of the council from a skill and moral perspective, but without the Jedi Council as a support network backing him, the Great Jedi Purge be a grea thindrance as Obi-Wan tryies to survive in its wake.
He’ll have to avoid being seen in public in compromising situations, meaning Obi-Wan will have to operate incognito more often than not. Attracting too much attention would spell certain death, which also means he’ll have to keep his use of the Force and (especially) his lightsaber to a minimum. From a writing perspective, making Obi-Wan take part in a fox hunt — as the fox — with these handicaps is an excellent way of believably raising the stakes for a story most of us know the ending to.
Opening up old wounds
Ever since 2020’s Disney Investor Day presentation, Obi-Wan Kenobi has been billed as the “rematch of the century” between him and his old Jedi apprentice. It’s certainly not enough for it to be a superficial spectacle, so if the series lives up to its promise of various compelling moving pieces in the story, Obi-Wan Kenobi versus Darth Vader could be equal parts jaw-dropping and emotionally resonant.
McGregor and Hayden Christensen’s performances in their final duel on Mustafar conveyed so much pain, as Obi-Wan was forced into a death match against the man who became his best friend and brother — and who he practically raised — while feeling like he failed him. Anakin Skywalker died, and Darth Vader was born in his place, with the iconic pop culture villain spending those next 30 years becoming one of the most feared and mysterious figures across the galaxy. His name was spoken in hushed tones among regular civilians and Imperial officers alike, with Vader’s rare and ominous appearances treated like a horseman of the apocalypse.
The black armor-clad Sith Lord had collected a variety of epithets while in the top tier of the Imperial hierarchy, one of them being the “Emperor’s Wrath.” A fitting name considering the killing spree he was on since the start of the Jedi Purge, and the various restrictions that Obi-Wan has imposed on him will make a rematch a tremendously tall order. The emotional toll this will take on even a veteran like him will surely be just as grueling, if not more so, than the physical. In a way, it’s Obi-Wan’s ghosts coming back to haunt him — even if the compassionate Jedi Master doesn’t deserve the suffering.
But before then, presumably, Obi-Wan will likely have to endure some mind games by the Inquisitors as well. As narrated by Rupert Friend as the Grand Inquisitor in the trailer, that compassion is what they intend to turn into the Jedi Master’s greatest weakness to flush him out of hiding. Given the scenes that we’ve seen glimpses of so far, Kenobi will likely have to do everything he can to bite his tongue as the Empire commits war crimes right in front of him. His moral dilemma might become the most agonizing he’s ever faced: Go loud and strike down the Imperials before any more innocents suffer while potentially outing young Luke, or keep the child — the key to the galaxy’s future — safe from the Emperor at all brutal costs?
Some of the Inquisitorius were former Jedi themselves, which also begs the question of whether PTSD will be explored as a concept and if a moral butting of heads between them and Obi-Wan will challenge them. Overall, the Master in exile’s psychological fortitude will face a greater test than any physical harm the Empire can do to him, and that’s precisely what makes Obi-Wan Kenobi as tantalizing as it is — but the lightsaber fights will certainly help.
Obi-Wan Kenobi premieres on May 25 on Disney+.
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For more on the assessing process, we were joined by Allison Jensen, the Bismarck city assessor, in our March 31 edition of KX Conversation.
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Ramadan is among the most important times of year in the Muslim calendar – a month which is a time of spiritual reflection and self-improvement for Muslims.
The coming weeks will see members of the community refrain from eating and drinking during daylight hours in order to focus more on their faith and avoid being distracted by worldly activities.
It is also regarded as one of the Five Pillars Of Islam, underlining the importance of the month within the faith.
But just what are the Five Pillars Of Islam – and why are they important?
What are the Five Pillars of Islam?
The Five Pillars Of Islam are as follows:
- Shahadah – The Declaration Of Faith, the belief that ‘There is no god but God, and Muhammad is the Messenger of God’
- Salah – Prayer. Muslims are required to pray five times a day
- Zakah – charitable giving. This should amount to 2.5% of your total wealth accumulated over the year
- Sawm – Fasting, as in the month of Ramadan
- Hajj – Pilgrimage. Every Muslim is required to make the pilgrimage to Mecca at some point in their lives. This should take place during the 12th month of the lunar calendar.
What is the purpose of the Five Pillars Of Islam?
The Five Pillars of Islam are considered to be the core beliefs of the religion, and have a big impact on the framework of daily life.
No matter what sort of life a person might lead, Islam believes that it is pointless to life without putting aspects of that faith into practice.
If a Muslim carries out the Five Pillars, it is a sign that they are putting their faith first – as opposed to just trying to fit it into their day-to-day lives.
However each of the pillars also accounts for those who might be unable to fulfil any of them – for example, those who may be unable to give Zakat due to financial issues, or those unable to fast due to pregnancy.
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Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón announced Thursday, March 31, he has joined forces with public defenders and nonprofit organizations to establish a pilot diversion program for human trafficking victims to help restore their lives outside the criminal justice system.
The county’s first Human Trafficking Diversion Court program will be launched at the Pomona courthouse, with the hope of expanding it to other areas of Los Angeles County plagued by human trafficking, according to the District Attorney’s Office.
“The purpose of this program is very simple,” Gascon said during a news conference. “It is to divert victims of human trafficking away from the criminal justice system and into a trauma-informed holistic system of care. Adults and children alike are forced into human trafficking and become vulnerable and repeatedly extorted. Their hopes vanish and their confidence is repeatedly trampled upon and too far often they are over-criminalized. But together with our guidance and all of these groups coming together we can make a difference.”.
Los Angeles County Public Defender Ricardo García joined Gascón in announcing the pilot court program, which is in session every Thursday at Pomona Superior Court.
“For far too long young people forced into labor, sexual exploitation and sex work for the profit or the benefit of others have been victimized by harsh treatment in our criminal legal system,” Garcia said. “In the past there was a belief and a practice that only criminal charges and incarceration were the appropriate answers for their exploitation-based conduct. As public defenders, we have seen the destruction of far too many lives due to these ideas and practices.”
Variety of services
The diversion program will offer a variety of services, including individual and group counseling for alcohol and substance abuse, mental health treatment, job training, career opportunities, educational and financial planning, resume services and criminal record clearing.
“Research shows that providing counseling, education and skills training to persons involved in human trafficking redirects these individuals to a brighter and more productive path and also prevents recidivism in great numbers,” Garcia said.
Those sentiments were echoed by Los Angeles County Alternate Public Defender Erika Anzoategui, whose office represents defendants charged with a crime who cannot afford to hire a private attorney and where Garcia’s office has a conflict of interest.
”This is a historic moment and a long-needed program to help people,” she said. “I am glad we have come together in a collaborative fashion to actually look at the needs of our clients instead of just incarceration. Incarceration is not the answer to trauma.”
Individuals who have been identified as trafficking victims and face misdemeanor or non-serious, non-violent felony charges are eligible for the program. Participants are referred to Human Trafficking Court by defense attorneys, prosecutors or law enforcement agencies.
A judge will approve the suitability of each participant, who will be assigned to a community-based organization for treatment and services. After completion of the diversionary program, a judge can dismiss and vacate the person’s arrest, convictions and probation violations.
Most have no criminal history
Pallavi Garg, an attorney for Free to Thrive, a nonprofit that provides trafficking victims legal and support services, said about 90% of the agency’s clients have a criminal record tied to their trafficking experience. Most had never been arrested before they were trafficked, she added.
“That is exactly why this (trafficking) courtroom is essential,” Garg said. “When we talk to survivors, they universally say the same thing, that nobody — not the police officers, not the defense attorneys, not the prosecutors, not the judges — ever stop to ask them why (they have no previous criminal history). That allows traffickers to continue to recruit, groom and victimize more people while their other victims are serving out long sentences.”
Claremont Mayor Jed Leano applauded the program, adding that human trafficking is the biggest public safety threat facing his city.
”This program is the right step forward to try to create an unfettered and direct pipeline for victims of trafficking and the services that can end the cycle of violence and coercion,” he said. | https://www.whittierdailynews.com/2022/03/31/da-gascon-announces-diversion-program-for-human-trafficking-victims/ | 2022-04-01T01:15:39Z |
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Gardaí are searching for a male driver who crashed into a car carrying a mother and her two children during a suspected hit and run incident in the Midlands last night.
The incident is understood to have taken place at around 9pm last night in Drumlish in Longford.
No injuries were reported but gardaí have confirmed this morning that the driver of the other car involved failed to remain at the scene. It's believed the incident happened at a busy crossroads in Drumlish.
Gardaí have confirmed an investigation into the incident is now underway.
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Troubling Details Emerge from the Sets of Bruce Willis' Final Movies: 'The Guy Guided Bruce Everywhere'
Long before actor Bruce Willis announced to the world that his acting career was over, entertainment insiders had squirmed as they watched the signs of decline, according to a new report.
“He just looked so lost, and he would say, ‘I’ll do my best.’ He always tried his best,” Terri Martin, production supervisor on the film “White Elephant,” said Wednesday, according to the Los Angeles Times. “He is one of the all-time greats, and I have the utmost admiration and respect for his body of work, but it was time for him to retire.”
On Wednesday, the family of Willis, 67, said he was retiring because he suffered from a cognitive disorder known as aphasia.
“As a result of this and with much consideration Bruce is stepping away from the career that has meant so much to him,” the actor’s daughter Rumer Willis wrote in an Instagram post also signed by other members of the family, the actor’s wife, Emma, and his former wife, Demi Moore.
But what came as shock to his fans had been witnessed by insiders.
In July 2020, Mike Burns, the director of “Out of Death,” had to shorten the lines Willis had in the film, one of 22 he did in the past four years.
“After the first day of working with Bruce, I could see it firsthand and I realized that there was a bigger issue at stake here and why I had been asked to shorten his lines,” Burns said.
Last fall, he worked with Willis again in “Wrong Place” and came away saddened.
“I didn’t think he was better; I thought he was worse,” Burns said. “After we finished, I said: ‘I’m done. I’m not going to do any other Bruce Willis movies.’ I am relieved that he is taking time off.”
Jesse V. Johnson, who directed “White Elephant,” had worked with Willis in the past, and found that when he began working with Willis last April, “it was clear that he was not the Bruce I remembered,” Johnson said.
The LA Times report said crew members it did not name said Willis seemed lost.
“I know why you’re here, and I know why you’re here, but why am I here?” he said, according to the unnamed crew members.
“It was less of an annoyance and more like: ‘How do we not make Bruce look bad?’” one crew member said. “Someone would give him a line and he didn’t understand what it meant. He was just being puppeted.”
Johnson said he passed on directing more Willis films.
“After our experience on ‘White Elephant,’ it was decided as a team that we would not do another,” Johnson said. “We are all Bruce Willis fans, and the arrangement felt wrong and ultimately a rather sad end to an incredible career, one that none of us felt comfortable with.”
Stephen Eads, described by the Times report as Willis’s “assistant-turned-handler” was his on-set helper and “guided Bruce everywhere,” a crew member on 2020’s “Hard Kill” said “He carted him around and kept an eye on him.”
In 2018, Eads signed a three-movie deal for Willis that paid Eads $200,000 per picture, according to a contract the LA Times said it reviewed.
Because Willis had problems remembering his lines, actor Adam Huel Potter gave the star his lines through an earpiece worn by Willis.
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NCAA president decries pace of basketball investigations
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — NCAA President Mark Emmert says investigations into allegations of major violations against several high-profile men’s college basketball programs have taken “way too long.” The implicated programs include current men’s Final Four participant Kansas. Emmert did not specify what solutions to speed the process are on the table. But there’s increasing acknowledgement that the process is broken. SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey says the Division I Transformation Committee he co-chairs is working to recommend ways to modernize and reform NCAA governance and regulatory policies. Emmert also is urging Congress to draft national name, image and likeness policies governing permissible athlete endorsement deals. He says transfer rules also remain under constant scrutiny. | https://kvia.com/ap-national-sports-3/2022/03/31/ncaa-president-decries-pace-of-basketball-investigations/ | 2022-04-01T01:15:40Z |
BOSTON (AP) — After a 15-year career in which he etched his name on the Stanley Cup and the Vezina Trophy, Tuukka Rask is focusing now on avoiding the rink.
“Don’t even go there. Not yet,” the retired Bruins goalie said Thursday night when asked if his daughters had taken up hockey. “They’re into dance and whatnot. If I have to go and spend my days at hockey rinks, so be it. But not really at the top of my list.”
A two-time All-Star, and the winner of the 2014 Vezina as the NHL’s top goalie, Rask announced his retirement last month after a setback in his attempt to come back from a torn labrum in his hip. The Bruins invited him back to drop the ceremonial first puck before Thursday night’s game against the New Jersey Devils, and again – perhaps for the last time – the chants of “Tuuuuk!” echoed through the TD Garden.
Rask took the ice with his wife, and their three daughters dressed for a ballet class. He bumped fists with the players on the Bruins bench while both teams tapped their sticks on the ice to salute him.
“I don’t know what the future holds,” Rask told reporters beforehand, saying that he would be showing up at games and golf outings as a team ambassador. “Maybe I’ll get into coaching. Maybe not, but for now, I’ll be hanging out with sponsors.”
The franchise’s all-time leader in wins, Rask helped the Bruins allow the fewest goals in the NHL in the pandemic-interrupted 2019-20 season, when Boston finished with the most points in the league. He injured his hip during the 2021 playoffs and worked his way back to the team midway through this season.
But after just four starts, he aggravated his injury on Jan. 24 against the Anaheim Ducks. Two weeks later, he announced he was through.
“It was kind of time to be honest with yourself,” he said. “I just figured it was better for everybody to call it. I had a great career. No regrets.”
While his hip still has some good days, Rask said no one could talk him out of retirement. His immediate future will involve as much golf as he can squeeze in between shuttling his daughters to dance class and school.
He may need a hip replacement at some point.
“It was at a point where it affected my everyday life,” Rask said. “I’m a guy who makes pretty quick decisions, anyway. So I wasn’t dwelling on it too long.”
Rask was 308-165-66 with a 2.28 goals-against average and .921 save percentage in a franchise-leading 564 games. He was the backup goalie for the Bruins team that won it all in 2011, and he led the team to Stanley Cup Final appearances in 2013 and ’19.
Although coaching is not in his plans, Rask said he would be available if Bruins goalie Jeremy Swayman wants him.
“I told him right after I retired: Tell me if you need anything,” Rask said. “Just make sure you don’t get too high or too low.”
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Russia’s one-sided war on Ukraine is modern war’s true image
When Russia launched its unprovoked war on Ukraine, it did not expect retaliation. The war so far has been fought entirely in Ukraine, with the exception of one reported attack on an Millerovo airfield by Ukraine. Because it is not a member of NATO, Ukraine only received defensive weapons from several Western powers and there is no expectation that the conflict will become a total war like those in the past, with both countries’ capital cities bombed — unless, of course, Russia pushes into a NATO state such as Poland.
This kind of war, in which a strong country attacks a weaker country, and the conflict is largely one-sided, appears to be a main feature of modern warfare in the post-Cold War period. In the past three decades, almost all major wars have been carried out similarly. The U.S. perfected this method during the lead-up to the Gulf War in 1991, putting together a large coalition to eject former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein from Kuwait. Iraq had begun the conflict by invading Kuwait and only once did Iraq try to attack a Saudi Arabian city with an armored column; otherwise, Iraq was pounded by air power and then forced into submission.
In earlier conflicts, such as the Korean or Vietnam wars, North and South Korea and what were then North and South Vietnam were involved in the conflicts. Both sides suffered, sometimes grievously, and forces for countries that intervened, such as the U.S. and French in Vietnam and China in Korea, suffered casualties as well.
Today, a one-sided or “asymmetric” aspect of modern war is common to conflicts, such as those in the 1990s and early 2000s in which the U.S. and its allies carried out various campaigns with little chance of retaliation. For example, the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia in 1999, to force Serbian forces out of Kosovo, was done without expectation that Serbian forces might attack NATO powers. Later, during the Global War on Terror, the U.S. and allies fought in Iraq and Afghanistan against terrorists and insurgents.
More recently, Turkey has waged several invasions of Syria, fighting against Kurdish groups, without any real repercussions for Turkey. Israel carries out strikes on Iranian targets in Syria and, so far, there has been no war with Hezbollah or Iran as a result. Iran also carries out one-sided attacks, such as those on Saudi Arabia in 2019 involving cruise missiles and drones, without retaliation by Saudi Arabia.
A key feature, then, of Russia’s aggression against Ukraine is Moscow’s knowledge that there is no chance Ukrainian troops will end this conflict with a march on Moscow. While civilian air traffic has stopped over Ukraine, with flights canceled, planes are still flying into Moscow. If we think of World Wars I and II, or even wars with smaller geographic footprints such as the civil wars in the United States or Spain, there was always a sense that both sides had to risk all in the conflict. Today’s great powers risk little — and know they can fight wars in other countries while their civilians go about life as normal.
The lesson of this kind of conflict is that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine borrows from its sense that, regardless of how well its military performs, it will come away unscathed. If Ukraine were to target numerous Russian cities with missiles, there is a good chance this would be portrayed as “escalation,” as opposed to retaliation.
There is a sense that modern war can be fought in a sanitized fashion by powerful countries, and for smaller regional powers, there is also a fear of wars that might risk real escalation. Iran, for example, uses proxy groups in Iraq, Yemen, Syria and Lebanon to target its adversaries, but Iran itself prefers to stay out of the conflicts it backs. A Saudi Arabia-led coalition also wages war in Yemen against the Iran-backed Houthis without real fear that Saudi Arabia will be forced to defend its own soil.
When Western powers discuss the next steps in Ukraine, it likely will be in the context of continuing to help Ukraine defend itself or coming to a diplomatic agreement. Since Russia faces no real repercussions on its own soil, there’s every expectation that more wars will follow in which Russia will try to force its will on others. Some see this as a world order now dominated by “might makes right.” The method of wars without consequences may continue until a country like Ukraine chooses to strike back against its aggressor and demands accountability for a war waged on its soil.
Seth J. Frantzman is executive director of the Middle East Center for Reporting and Analysis. A former assistant professor of American Studies at Al-Quds University, he covers the Middle East for The Jerusalem Post and is a Ginsburg/Milstein writing fellow at the Middle East Forum. He is the author of “After ISIS: How Defeating the Caliphate Changed the Middle East Forever.” His new book, “Drone Wars,” will be published in 2021. Follow him on Twitter @sfrantzman.
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Given its central role in utilizing light energy, photoinduced electron transfer (PET) from an excited molecule has been widely studied1,2,3,4,5,6. However, even though microscopic photocurrent measurement methods7,8,9,10,11 have made it possible to correlate the efficiency of the process with local features, spatial resolution has been insufficient to resolve it at the molecular level. Recent work has, however, shown that single molecules can be efficiently excited and probed when combining a scanning tunnelling microscope (STM) with localized plasmon fields driven by a tunable laser12,13. Here we use that approach to directly visualize with atomic-scale resolution the photocurrent channels through the molecular orbitals of a single free-base phthalocyanine (FBPc) molecule, by detecting electrons from its first excited state tunnelling through the STM tip. We find that the direction and the spatial distribution of the photocurrent depend sensitively on the bias voltage, and detect counter-flowing photocurrent channels even at a voltage where the averaged photocurrent is near zero. Moreover, we see evidence of competition between PET and photoluminescence12, and find that we can control whether the excited molecule primarily relaxes through PET or photoluminescence by positioning the STM tip with three-dimensional, atomic precision. These observations suggest that specific photocurrent channels can be promoted or suppressed by tuning the coupling to excited-state molecular orbitals, and thus provide new perspectives for improving energy-conversion efficiencies by atomic-scale electronic and geometric engineering of molecular interfaces. | https://www.newsbreak.com/news/2556657621488/millimeter-scale-focal-length-tuning-with-mems-integrated-meta-optics-employing-high-throughput-fabrication | 2022-04-01T01:15:42Z |
Blake Moynes, a former contestant winner from Katie Thurston’s season of The Bachelorette, has been in the spotlight quite a bit lately.
From his photo that he posted with Noah Erb’s girlfriend, Abigail Heringer, on the beach, to his ongoing feud with John Hersey, his ex’s new boyfriend, Blake’s face and name have been attached to a lot of news.
As he took quite a bit of time to get over his heartbreak from the Katie Thurston split, Blake was asked on his Instagram story whether he would reappear on Reality TV again.
What did Blake Moynes respond when asked if he was ready for Reality TV again?
At first, he exclaimed, “Duh, Paradise! Count it down! Can’t wait to get on that beach, get back into it,” but he was only being sarcastic.
Instead, he went on to clarify, “Probably not. Never say never, but no. Unless it was a great opportunity for something, but I’d like to not.”
It sounds like two seasons of The Bachelorette were enough for Blake when he made his debut with Clare Crawley, turned Tayshia Adams back in 2020, and then again for Katie’s season.
What has Blake gone through in the Bachelor franchise?
While Blake did propose to Katie on her finale in August of 2021, their relationship ended two months later. While it was written up as it being mutual, Blake has since not been so sure.
In fact, he has accused Katie of cheating on him with her now-boyfriend, John Hersey, maybe not physically but emotionally. That’s because only a month after Katie and Blake’s announcement that they were parting ways, it was revealed that Katie was with John.
While she had sent John home in week 2 of her season, he had reportedly been one of her best friends during her hardships and rough patches in her relationship with Blake. Then that friendship allegedly turned romantic after the break-up with Blake, according to Katie and John.
Katie and John were just recently on Kaitlyn Bristowe’s Off the Vine podcast where Katie again reiterated that there was no overlap between the two relationships.
The next season of Bachelor in Paradise
Only time will tell if Bachelor Nation fans will see Blake Moynes on Bachelor in Paradise, or if there will even be a season of BIP this summer as some fans have speculated.
Other alums have also expressed interest in going to Paradise and meeting up with certain contestants from prior seasons. Andrew Spencer was one of the most recent men who came out and said he would love to go on the show, and he would also love to meet up with, and get to know, Teddi Wright, Serene Russell, Eliza Isichei, and Jasmine Nguyen.
The Bachelorette premieres Monday, July 11, 2022 on ABC. | https://www.monstersandcritics.com/tv/reality-tv/blake-moynes-says-never-say-never-about-appearing-on-bachelor-in-paradise/ | 2022-04-01T01:15:44Z |
Hong Kong govt 'strongly opposes' UK, US report on city's diminishing freedoms
Hong Kong's government said on Friday rejected "unfounded and ridiculous" allegations made in policy reports from Britain and the United States of a deteriorating political and legal situation due to the city's sweeping national security law.
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Hong Kong's government said on Friday rejected "unfounded and ridiculous" allegations made in policy reports from Britain and the United States of a deteriorating political and legal situation due to the city's sweeping national security law. The United States and Britain released strongly-worded reports on Thursday detailing concerns about an erosion of freedoms in the global financial hub and the stifling of dissent in the city's legislature, civil society and media.
The reports come after two senior British judges resigned from Hong Kong's highest court on Wednesday because of the national security law which punishes offences such as subversion with up to life imprisonment. Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam called the resignations "politically motivated", while China blamed it on "British pressure".
"We strongly oppose the unfounded and ridiculous allegations against the Hong Kong special administrative region's government made by foreign countries through various reports," Hong Kong's government said in a statement. "The government urges foreign countries to stop interfering into the internal affairs of China through Hong Kong affairs."
The UK report said it was no longer tenable for serving UK judges to sit on Hong Kong's top court, citing that the city's political and legal situation "has now deteriorated beyond the point where it is acceptable for serving UK judges to take part". British judges have long served among the foreign jurists appointed to the CFA, an arrangement put in place prior to Hong Kong's handover to China in 1997 to maintain confidence in a separate legal system widely seen as the bedrock of the city's social and commercial freedoms.
Ten other foreign judges are still serving the Hong Kong court, six of whom are retired British jurists, one Canadian and three Australians. Business people and diplomats are watching particularly closely, given the importance of legal independence to Hong Kong's status as a global financial hub.
The differences between Hong Kong and cities in mainland China are "shrinking due to ongoing repression from the People's Republic of China," Antony Blinken, U.S. secretary of state, said in the report. Hong Kong's government said it was proud of its "unwavering commitment" to the rule of law and an independent judiciary.
It said it was firmly committed to safeguarding press and speech freedoms, with the media able to monitor the government's work and criticise policies as long as it was not "in violation of the law."
(This story has not been edited by Devdiscourse staff and is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)
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BOSTON (AP) — A bill aimed at banning discrimination based on natural and protective hairstyles in workplaces, school districts, and school-related organizations was unanimously approved Thursday by the Massachusetts Senate.
The vote comes two weeks after the Massachusetts House approved a similar bill.
Supporters say Black women in particular have faced pressure in school and the workplace to alter their hair to conform to policies biased against natural hairstyles.
The Senate added a provision to the House version of the bill that would include the Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association to the list of school entities banned from adopting and implementing restrictions on natural hairstyles.
Advocates say the change will ensure those participating in sports and extracurricular activities will not be asked to change their natural or protective hairstyles in order to participate.
The bill has its roots in the case of a Massachusetts charter school that came under fire in 2017 for a policy of banning hair braid extensions. After intense criticism, the school abandoned the policy.
The U.S. House also approved a bill earlier this month that would bar discrimination against Black people who wear hairstyles like Afros, cornrows or tightly coiled twists in society, school and the workplace. The federal bill would explicitly say that such discrimination is a violation of federal civil rights law.
President Joe Biden has said he would sign the bill into law. It now heads to the U.S. Senate.
Lawmakers in the Massachusetts House and Senate now have to come up with a single version of the bill before taking a final vote and shipping it to Republican Gov. Charlie Baker for his signature.
If signed into law, Massachusetts would become the fifteenth state to adopt the measure, known as the CROWN Act. | https://www.milfordmirror.com/news/article/Bill-banning-hairstyle-bias-approved-by-17049811.php | 2022-04-01T01:15:45Z |
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Who would ever imagine shoveling hundreds of millions of dollars in a sandbox?
But that was the scene Thursday when Gov. Charlie Baker and a group of the city’s top developers gathered behind a trough of sand with gleaming, silver-engraved ceremonial shovels to kick off a massive $597M project in the booming Seaport.
“Has anyone ever done a groundbreaking indoors before,” Baker asked the audience of local officials and business leaders gathered in a suite at the Omni Boston Hotel at the Seaport.
The event was billed as a groundbreaking for 10 World Trade, “a premier life science and office development” originally planned to be built in 2020 but delayed due to COVID.
In truth, the groundbreaking had already occurred.
Behind Baker, and past developer John Hynes III, outside the windows and below the crowded conference room’s 3rd-floor balcony, the machines and workers were busy on the ground where eventually there will be a more than 500,000-square-foot lab and office building.
Soon to be situated where not much more than parking used to be at 10 World Trade Center Ave., Watertown based architectural firm Sasaki’s unique building design will take form with flared sides, a glass exterior, and no internal columns.
The design will allow for public access to its bottom floor, which will include 40-foot arched ceilings and 24-hour eateries, and maximize use of interior space, according to 10 World Trade project executive John Hynes IV.
The top floor of the structure will also include a 15,000-square-foot, state of the art fitness center and a 300-meter running track.
The building will be surrounded by over 2-acres of sustainable landscaped, publicly viewable greenspace, with a new planned pedestrian bridge.
Hynes III shared the history of the site with the audience, noting that the population of the city had suffered due to various market changes. He noted his grandfather, mayor during the 50s, had tried to stop that decline.
Hynes III said that he hoped the project would bring more people to the city, continuing his grandfather’s work.
“There is some real value in believing that you are building on the work of those who came before you,” Baker told Hynes III and Hynes IV.
After the public speaking, the gathered officials took to the open air balcony to dip their ceremonial shovels into a trough of sand.
Behind them, as green vested construction workers moved about the building’s jobsite, a pair of cranes hoisted a ‘10 World Trade’ flag into the wind.
The officials tossed the sand into the air for pictures and the wind picked it up, blowing it back into the faces of the governor and developers. | https://www.bostonherald.com/2022/03/31/0401-bh-n-trade/ | 2022-04-01T01:15:45Z |
The coronavirus pandemic changed a lot about the movie business, but it also gave Hollywood plenty of story ideas. From COVID-inspired thriller Songbird to heist adventure Locked Down, the threat of COVID-19 left an impression on cinema that’s gone beyond studios’ scheduling woes.
That’s why it seems fitting that The Bubble, the latest project from one of the most popular pandemic entertainment distractions, Netflix, is a comedy about, well … making a movie during the pandemic.
Sprawling cast
Directed and co-written by Judd Apatow, The Bubble follows a group of actors brought together on a closed set in England to film the sixth installment of Cliff Beasts, a film franchise about dinosaur-hunting adventurers. Confined to the hotel and the set by the studio, the cast members soon find themselves going stir-crazy as they deal with egos, isolation, and production troubles within the confines of their quarantine bubble.
Playing veterans of the movie-within-a-movie Cliff Beasts franchise are Karen Gillan, David Duchovny, Leslie Mann, Keegan-Michael Key, and Guz Khan, while Iris Apatow and The Mandalorian star Pedro Pascal portray new actors joining the franchise for its next chapter. Portlandia‘s Fred Armisen is the director of the fictional franchise film, helming the double-colon production Cliff Beasts 6: The Battle for Everest: Memories of the Requiem.
The ensemble cast is filled out by more familiar faces, with Peter Serafinowicz as the film’s on-set studio representative, and Maria Bakalova, Samson Kayo, Harry Trevaldwyn, and Vir Das playing the hotel’s staff and actors’ handlers.
It’s a big cast, but The Bubble does a nice job of juggling all of the characters as they bounce off each other — often literally — within the confines of their heavily restricted pandemic environment.
The Bubble works well as a parody of pandemic life, exaggerated for comedic effect through the microcosm of the actors’ experiences on Cliff Beasts 6, but it’s just as effective when it targets Hollywood and its sequel obsession, out-of-touch celebrity culture, and a myriad of other elements. Anyone who’s spent time on film sets will find plenty of familiar humor in the dynamic between the personalities (some exaggerated, some not so much) behind the camera (like the profit-hungry producers) and in front of it (like the film’s entitled stars).
To its credit, The Bubble maintains a good balance between industry in-jokes and universal laughs, offering ample quantities of both as production on Cliff Beasts 6 spirals out of control due to problems both pandemic-related and otherwise. Gillan is particularly fun to watch as the actress whose faltering career outside the franchise brings her back to Cliff Beasts, only to regret the decision as she finds herself caught up in on-set drama that threatens her marriage, career, and the film itself.
A fine line
Outside of the actors portraying the faux film’s cast, who all deliver fun, funny performances that feel like a mix of caricature and all-too-real inspiration from Hollywood circles, the trio of Serafinowicz, Kayo, and Trevaldwyn offer plenty of additional laughs as the studio employees struggling to keep the film and its actors on track. The line between what’s exaggerated for humor and the typical level of weirdness on a film set — particularly a closed, isolated set like this — never feels all that certain in The Bubble, but that just adds to the film’s fun meta vibe.
Still, in trying to squeeze as much joke material as possible from the Hollywood machine, The Bubble also ends up deserving of at least one criticism levied at too many modern movies: It’s just too long.
Clocking in at just over two hours running time, The Bubble seems to overstay its welcome at times, lingering a bit too much on one plot point or another and opting against what could have seemingly been a more compact, efficient, and equally hilarious story. The laughs become a little less frequent as the film rolls past the 90-minute mark, and the potency of the parody wanes over time.
As far as pandemic-inspired films go, though, The Bubble is one of the more unique ones, and it wrings some much-needed humor out of two years’ worth of anxiety in and around the movie world. Only time will tell if its jokes land with a post-pandemic audience, but in this moment, it’s a comedy that hits close to home in all the right ways.
Directed by Judd Apatow, The Bubble premieres April 1 on Netflix.
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Main Streets all over the state are home to thriving businesses, and sometimes, vacant buildings that once were businesses.
In Mohall, an abandoned building is being renovated to bring more family fun to the area.
Although it may not look like it, this area in the photo above will be part of a bowling alley, and that’s one of many changes happening to this building courtesy of the MLS Community Improvement Association.
Some other updates include sports simulators, mini-golf, a lounge and a fitness center.
The association aims to bring something for all ages to Mohall.
“Minot is about an hour away to be able to have a birthday party for kids and so forth we thought why not try and do something in our town to bring families here from other small communities, but also to provide activities for the youth of Mohall and surrounding communities for birthday parties and fun interactions and family entertainment,” said Treasurer Emmy Handeland.
The nonprofit officially closed on the old MTI building in February, but renovations began in December.
“The prior owners let us get in here and get started,” said Handeland. “So we could get going on things. So we could try and have some stuff open by spring.”
The renovations are funded by donations and grants.
“We’ve applied for grants,” said Handeland. “We’re applying for assistance through the city sales tax here in Mohall through the city, but mainly right now it’s all donations that have been coming in from local businesses and individuals.”
The nonprofit has also sold office supplies that were left in the building to help fund the project.
The completion date for each of the activities will vary.
“We are working in phases so the first phase is going to be opening up the lounge and the arcade,” said Handeland.
Handeland says she’s looking forward to seeing something that she hopes will be a big change for Mohall and surrounding cities.
“Our kids are our future,” said Handeland. “So to be able to offer some things here for the kids, to be able to come in and keep them in town and give them something to do, we just feel really good about what we’re doing here and are really excited to have this in the community.”
Donations can be sent to the MLS Community Improvement at:
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You can also reach out to donate your time or money on the MLS CIA Facebook page. | https://www.kxnet.com/news/local-news/family-oriented-fun-coming-to-mohall/ | 2022-04-01T01:15:45Z |
Which auto-follow drone is best?
Capturing magnificent scenes with a high-flying drone is a common method used by videographers to create content. The drones are steered with a flight stick or controller and go wherever the pilot directs them.
But sometimes, you want the drone to capture you in action. If there is nobody else to control the drone, you’re going to have a problem. That is where an auto-follow drone comes in, and as the name implies, it will automatically follow you as you run, bike or ski. One of the best auto-follow drones is the DJI Air 2S Quadcopter Drone.
What to know before you buy an auto-follow drone
Know the difference between auto-follow and tracking
The two terms might sound the same, and some companies use them interchangeably, but there is a subtle difference. An auto-follow drone doesn’t need a camera and can follow a signal. On the other hand, a tracking drone can memorize a face or object and track it. It will stay a certain distance away and continuously keep the object in the frame.
The size of the drone matters
Not all drones are built the same, and generally larger ones will have bigger batteries and more features. But that’s not to say that smaller, more affordable drones aren’t up to the task. Consider what kind of footage you want to capture and where you’ll be flying, and determine which size drone will be best for your needs.
Preferred method of control
You can operate drones through different control mechanisms. While professional drones use remote controllers and a screen, others operate easily with a mobile phone or a tablet. Consider which controlling method will be the easiest for you, as you can always upgrade to a headset when you get more comfortable.
What to look for in a quality auto-follow drone
Gimballed camera for stability
Under normal circumstances, you operate the drone through remote control. The pilot can steady the drone and capture any footage. But when it follows you, it is doing so automatically. Some stability is built into the flight, but a good-quality drone will have a gimballed camera. This prevents the camera from excessive shaking and will smoothly track the subject.
Obstacle sensing to prevent crashing
You don’t have any control over an auto-follow drone when it is in flight. To prevent the gadget from crashing into trees or buildings, a good-quality drone includes obstacle-sensing technology. This allows it to fly around or over anything that could block its flight path. It also allows the drone to keep track of you without breaking the line of sight.
Great camera for the best footage
If you use an auto-follow drone to capture images while running or going horse riding, you’ll want the footage to be as good as possible. A good-quality drone will capture 4K footage at 60 frames per second and take still photos with at least a 20-megapixel camera. Just bear in mind that you’ll need a suitable data storage device and enough battery power to fly some distance while recording.
How much you can expect to spend on an auto-follow drone
The average cost of an auto-follow drone will largely depend on the capabilities and functions of the device. An entry-level drone that can follow you retails for $150-$200, while professional drones can retail for $800-$1,500.
Auto-follow drone FAQ
How long is the flight time of a drone?
A. That will depend on the drone’s capabilities and the weather condition. On a sky, windless day, a typical drone can fly for around 35 minutes. Having to contend with wind can reduce the flying time to approximately 25 to 35 minutes.
What happens when the drone loses sight of you?
A. Most drones have a return-to-home function where they will fly back to their base station if they lose connectivity to the controller. Some drones go through several processes to re-establish a connection by themselves, like retracing their steps.
What’s the best auto-follow drone to buy?
Top auto-follow drone
What you need to know: For professional-quality footage, this drone will follow you wherever you go.
What you’ll love: This drone has an amazing 1-inch image sensor, making it capable of capturing footage at 5.4K at 30 frames per second or 4K at 60 frames per second. For auto-following, it features DJI’s Spotlight 2.0, ActiveTrack 4.0, and Point of Interest 3.0. It can track an object from as high as 1,600 feet and avoids collisions through environment sensing.
What you should consider: While it is one of the best drones available, the steep price tag could place it out of reach for most.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Top auto-follow drone for the money
What you need to know: This affordable drone features a follow-me mode where it will hover automatically and record your movements.
What you’ll love: Capable of recording footage in 2K resolution, this drone has a 120-degree field of vision. It can follow you by GPS tracking, or you can let it fly a custom route. The drone has a control range of 980 feet and comes with two 1,000 mAh batteries.
What you should consider: Some users have indicated that the included batteries only provide for about 10 minutes of flying time.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Worth checking out
Holy Stone HS720 Foldable GPS Drone
What you need to know: This drone is perfect for shooting 4K content, as it comes with a shock absorption holder to minimize vibrations.
What you’ll love: Capturing footage at a maximum resolution of 3840 x 2160, this drone has an adjustable lens that you can rotate 90 degrees. It has three auto-follow options to circle a specific point, fly on a pre-set course or follow your movements while recording. It comes with two batteries that provide 25 minutes of flying time each.
What you should consider: It doesn’t come with an SD card to save footage on, so you’ll have to provide your own.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
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By Darlene Superville | Associated Press
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden marked Transgender Day of Visibility on Thursday by denouncing “hateful bills” being passed at the state level as the White House played host to “Jeopardy!” champion Amy Schneider, the first openly transgender winner on the popular quiz show.
Schneider met with second gentleman Doug Emhoff, who joined Rachel Levine, the assistant health secretary and the first openly transgender federal official to be confirmed by the Senate, for a conversation with transgender kids and their parents.
Schneider used the moment in the Washington spotlight to speak out against bills affecting transgender people.
“They’re really scary and some of them in particular that are denying medical services to trans youth, those are, those are lifesaving medical treatments,” Schneider told reporters. “These bills will cause the deaths of children and that’s really sad to me and it’s really frightening.”
Biden, in a brief video message, said that “the onslaught of anti-transgender state laws attacking you and your families is simply wrong.” The president said his administration “is standing up for you against all these hateful bills. And we’re committed to advancing transgender equality in the classroom, on the playing field, at work, in our military and our housing and health care systems.”
The administration announced several actions to make the federal government more inclusive for transgender people and said the Health and Human Services Department will be the first agency to fly a trans pride flag. The steps come as Republican leaders have advanced state measures targeting transgender people as part of a broader push to stoke culture wars heading into a critical election season.
The administration said the federal government will become more inclusive for transgender people, including through the use of a new “X” gender marker on U.S. passport applications, beginning on April 11, and new Transportation Security Administration scanners that are gender-neutral.
It is working to expand the availability of the “X” gender marker to airlines and federal travel programs and will make it easier for transgender people to change their gender information in Social Security Administration records.
Visitors to the White House complex soon will also be able to choose an “X” gender marker option in the White House Worker and Visitor Entry System, which is used to conduct screening background checks.
At airports, changes will be made to screening scanners along with the introduction of the use of an “X” for travelers going through Precheck who do not identify as male or female. Transportation Security Administration agents will receive new instructions on how to make screening procedures less invasive and will work with airlines to promote acceptance of the “X” gender marker.
“Jeopardy!” star Schneider spoke of “being a trans person out there that isn’t monstrous and isn’t threatening and is just a normal person, like we all are,” and said “the more that people like me can be seen, the harder it is to sustain the myths that are … kind of driving a lot of this hate and fear.”
In his video, Biden said there is work still to be done to end “the epidemic of violence against transgender women of color and girls of color” and to ensure that transgender seniors “can age with dignity.” He called anew on Congress to pass the Equality Act to help transgender people around the world “live free from discrimination and violence.”
Biden tried to reassure any transgender person who is struggling, telling them to remember that “you’re not alone.”
“You’re so brave. You belong. And we have your back,” Biden said.
The administration’s actions follow recent steps at the state level to limit activity by transgender people. At least 10 states have banned transgender athletes from participating in sports at all levels in a way that is consistent with their gender identity.
In Texas, Republican Gov. Greg Abbott, who is seeking reelection, has ordered the state’s child welfare agency to probe reports of gender-confirming care for kids as abuse.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, a Republican who is running for reelection and considering a 2024 presidential bid, on Monday signed into law a measure that bars instruction on sexual orientation and gender identity in kindergarten through third grade. The law has drawn intense national scrutiny from critics who argue it marginalizes LGBTQ people. Republicans and advocates of the law argue that discussion of these topics should be between parents and their children.
Associated Press writers Meg Kinnard in Columbia, South Carolina, and Colleen Long and Ben Fox contributed to this report. | https://www.whittierdailynews.com/2022/03/31/jeopardy-star-amy-schneider-visit-the-white-house/ | 2022-04-01T01:15:45Z |
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Silver Dawn becomes the cruise line's third new ship to debut in nine months
LISBON, Portugal, March 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Silversea Cruises, the leading ultra-luxury cruise line, officially named its 10th ship, Silver Dawn, in Lisbon on March 31. Executives from Royal Caribbean Group®, Silversea Cruises, and Fincantieri, as well as local dignitaries and esteemed guests, celebrated the milestone with a formal ceremony and gala dinner. An expression of Silversea's rapid expansion, Silver Dawn becomes the cruise line's third new ship to debut in nine months. The launch of Silver Dawn also marks the debut of Otium, travel's most indulgent new wellness programme, as well as the next iteration of Silversea's S.A.L.T. culinary programme.
Experience the interactive Multichannel News Release here: https://www.multivu.com/players/English/8948652-silversea-christens-silver-dawn-in-lisbon-otivm-wellness-programme/
FIRST: THE NAMING CEREMONY MARKS SILVER DAWN'S OFFICIAL DEBUT
After Royal Caribbean Group's customary bagpipe performance, which opened the formal naming ceremony, performers took to the stage, entertaining attendees with a performance that weaved a narrative from the 2021 launch of Silver Moon to the modern day debut of Silver Dawn. Singers recited the national anthems of the U.S.A., Italy, and Portugal, before a religious leader blessed the ship and dignitaries delivered speeches. The newly named Godmother of Silver Dawn, Nilou Motamed—an influential food and travel editor, tastemaker, and television personality—subsequently cut the ribbon to trigger a champagne bottle to smash on the ship's hull, signalling the end of the ceremony.
"Celebrating the naming of Silver Dawn in Lisbon marked an incredibly proud moment for all involved," said Jason Liberty, President and CEO, Royal Caribbean Group. "I thank and congratulate Roberto Martinoli and our entire team, including Captain Failla and the crew, as well as everyone at Fincantieri, our ship building partners. Silver Dawn is a jewel in the Silversea fleet and speaks to Royal Caribbean Group's commitment to delivering the best vacation experiences in a responsible way."
"An evolution of our unique take on luxury, Silver Dawn is the third Silversea ship to be named in the last nine months," said Roberto Martinoli, President & CEO, Silversea Cruises. "As well as S.A.L.T., our immersive culinary programme, Silver Dawn enriches guests' travels with Otium, our indulgent new wellness programme, which is inspired by the ancient Roman lifestyle. She really is magnificent. I extend my gratitude to Jason Liberty and all involved at Royal Caribbean Group, as well as to the team at Silversea, Fincantieri, and Captain Failla and his crew—our most valuable asset. Moreover, I proudly welcome Nilou Motamed as the Godmother of Silver Dawn."
NILOU MOTAMED: GODMOTHER OF SILVER DAWN
An Emmy-nominated television personality and former editor-in-chief of some of the world's leading culinary brands, including Food & Wine and Epicurious, Nilou Motamed has been shaping the conversation in food and travel for more than 20 years. Born in Iran, raised in Paris and New York, Motamed is fluent in four languages — and believes "food is a language of its own, one in which everyone can find comfort, compassion, and community." Her passion for culinary adventures and far-flung cuisines has found a perfect match in Silversea's S.A.L.T. programme, which the New York resident first experienced with its launch in 2021.
"It's a great honour to have been selected as the Godmother of Silver Dawn and to have been on board for her naming ceremony in Lisbon," says Motamed. "Growing up in multiple countries has helped me recognize that one of our deepest common bonds, wherever we go, is food. Like many of Silversea's guests, I always pair my cultural explorations with culinary ones. That's why I've loved seeing the world through Silversea's S.A.L.T. programme. I've dedicated my career to celebrating authentic, local cuisines and cultures. For me, nothing is more rewarding than connecting with people over a shared meal."
"An authority in the world of food and drink, Nilou is a curious, intelligent traveller," continues Martinoli. "Her mission to delve deeper into cultures through food, to truly understand places and their people, reflects that of Silversea's culinary programme, S.A.L.T.. It is this strong spirit of discovery, this commitment to self-enrichment and complete cultural immersion, that makes Nilou the perfect Godmother for our newest ship. Aboard Silver Dawn, our guests will discover the world with purpose, while journeying in Silversea's trademark level of comfort."
SILVER DAWN AND THE OTIVM WELLNESS PROGRAMME
Silver Dawn becomes the latest ship in Silversea's popular Muse class. The most discernible difference between Silver Dawn and her sister ships, Silver Muse® and Silver MoonSM, is the new Otium wellness programme, which launches as a unique innovation. It is the only wellness programme at sea that incorporates champagne, chocolate and other gourmet snacks; signature cocktails; bespoke in-suite experiences; a Roman-influenced spa; and a wellness journey that extends throughout the ship. Grounded in the philosophy and traditions of the ancient Roman lifestyle, in which otium was a period of time dedicated exclusively to leisure, the Otium wellness programme is built on principles of indulgence, pleasure, and pampering. Spanning almost 800m2 on deck six, Silver Dawn's spa has been completely redesigned for a more seamless wellness journey.
Silver Dawn departs on her inaugural voyage on April 1, sailing from Lisbon to Barcelona. She is scheduled to sail in the Mediterranean until November, when she will cross the Atlantic Ocean, via the Canary Islands, to unlock the Caribbean and Central America for guests.
Silver Dawn's media kit:
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/fqw01ry3zal9ev0/AAB2P40-DmLY3eOO_dclyYMRa?dl=0
Otium media kit:
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/upusb70v71w576g/AADzlCltZ9j0D-tXpFvLMvgea?dl=0
Our latest blog post on Otium offers more details. Read it here:
https://discover.silversea.com/ships/silver-dawn/silver-dawn-otium-preview/
Find out more information about Silver Dawn, including her upcoming voyages:
https://www.silversea.com/ships/silver-dawn.html
About Silversea Cruises
Silversea Cruises is recognized as an innovator in the ultra-luxury cruise industry, offering guests large-ship amenities aboard its intimate, all-suite vessels: Silver Dawn, Silver Shadow®, Silver Whisper®, Silver Spirit®, Silver Muse®, and Silver MoonSM – all designed to offer an atmosphere of conviviality and casual elegance. With the inclusion of the expedition ships Silver Origin®, Silver Wind®, Silver Explorer®, and Silver Cloud®, Silversea's itineraries encompass all seven continents and feature worldwide luxury cruises to the Mediterranean, the Caribbean, the Galápagos, both Polar Regions, and hundreds of fascinating destinations in between. Silversea is also looking forward to the launch of two new ultra-luxury Nova-class ships. Browse Silversea's blog, Discover, and subscribe to receive the latest content directly into your inbox. Silversea Cruises is one of five cruise brands owned by global cruise company Royal Caribbean Group. (NYSE: RCL)
About Royal Caribbean Group
Royal Caribbean Group (NYSE: RCL) is one of the leading cruise companies in the world with a global fleet of 61 ships traveling to more than 800 destinations around the world. Royal Caribbean Group is the owner and operator of three award winning cruise brands: Royal Caribbean International, Celebrity Cruises, and Silversea Cruises, and it is also a 50% owner of a joint venture that operates TUI Cruises and Hapag-Lloyd Cruises. Together, the brands have an additional 12 ships on order as of December 31, 2021. Learn more at www.royalcaribbeangroup.com or www.rclinvestor.com.
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Zelle Farms
Zelle Hemp Company is a renowned manufacturer of CBD oils
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About this brand
Are you looking for unique and high-quality CBD products to satisfy your customers' needs? Or would you like to build your own brand, resell existing brands or add new CBD products to your range? We offer you first-class goods directly from the manufacturer and guarantee you attractive conditions and discounts, which of course means significantly higher profit margins for you.
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Zelle Hemp Company is a renowned manufacturer of CBD oils, THC, and other innovative CBD products such as coffee, supplements, honey, gummies, pre-rolls, vapes, and much more. We offer our goods wholesale and in bulk as white label and private label products.
Zelle is the new brand for high-quality CBD on the market. We produce, harvest, hand-picked,and process our organic hemp products from our ecological cultivation and offer them directly from the manufacturer.
All our products are 100% natural and are subject to strict, regular controls. We test all our products and raw materials at every step of our process in laboratories run by qualified professionals to ensure our products are the best in the business. We guarantee first-class quality, transparency, and sustainability.
We want to offer our business partners CBD products from our production at the best prices.
With us, you will find a large selection of numerous CBD products. This includes various fullspectrum/broad-spectrum CBD oils for humans and animals, CBD roll-on, capsules, gummies,coffee, honey, soap, and Delta 8, 9 lower than <0.3, Delta 10, THC-O, and edibles. We also offer White Label starting from 25 pieces. | https://www.leafly.com/brands/zelle-farms | 2022-04-01T01:15:46Z |