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DJ Zedd is back to make people dance on the grass again with the return of Zedd in the Park festival this summer at L.A. State Historic Park.
General admission tickets go on sale April 6 for the July 8 festival taking place at the downtown L.A. venue that will include a headlining performance by Zedd, who previously performed at the 2019 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival and just appeared at the 2022 Beyond Wonderland festival in San Bernardino.
Presale tickets are available as of April 5.
Joining Zedd for the electronic and pop music dance party at the park will be Canadian DJ duo Loud Luxury, along with DJs Wolfgang Gartner, Regard, GOJ!RA and Fernet.
The all-day festival is for those ages 18 and over and will also include art installations and food trucks.
Zedd in the Park launched in 2018 and returned in 2019 before being sidelined by the COVID-19 pandemic until its 2022 return.
“I’m beyond thrilled Zedd In The Park is back! This is one of my favorite shows to play and I can’t wait to see everyone back at the park since the event has been on hiatus since 2019. It’s going to be an incredible experience with an awesome line-up,” Zedd said in a statement.
For tickets go to zedd.net/zitp | https://www.whittierdailynews.com/2022/03/31/zedd-in-the-park-brings-dance-music-back-to-the-la-state-historic-park-this-summer/ | 2022-04-01T01:16:10Z |
Russia shells areas in Ukraine where it vowed to scale back
Wednesday, March 30, 2022KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian forces bombarded areas around Kyiv and another city, just hours after pledging to scale back military operations in those places to help negotiations along, Ukrainian authorities said Wednesday.
The shelling — and intensified Russian attacks on other parts of the country — tempered optimism about any progress in the talks aimed at ending the punishing war.
In announcing plans Tuesday to de-escalate near the capital and the northern city of Chernihiv to “increase mutual trust,” Russia's military did not spell out what it planned to do, and the move was met with deep suspicion from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and the West.
Soon after, Ukrainian officials said Russian shelling hit homes, stores, libraries and other civilian sites in Chernihiv and on the outskirts of Kyiv. Russian troops also stepped up their attacks around the eastern city of Izyum and the eastern Donetsk region, after redeploying some units from other areas, the Ukrainian side said.
Five weeks into the invasion, the number of Ukrainians fleeing the country topped a staggering four-million, according to the United Nations, while the economic repercussions from the war and the West's sanctions against Moscow widened.
Germany, Europe's industrial powerhouse, issued a warning over its natural gas supplies amid concerns that Russia could cut off deliveries unless it is paid in rubles. Poland announced steps to end all Russian oil imports by the end of 2022.
At a round of talks held Tuesday in Istanbul, the faint outlines of a possible peace agreement seemed to emerge when the Ukrainian delegation offered a framework under which Ukraine would declare itself neutral — dropping its bid to join NATO, as Moscow has long demanded — in return for security guarantees from a group of other countries.
Vladimir Medinsky, head of the Russian delegation, said Ukraine's readiness to consider neutral status would meet a key Russian demand.
Medinsky said in televised comments that the proposals signalled Ukraine's readiness to reach agreement “for the first time in years,” adding that if Ukraine makes good on its offer, “the threat of creating a NATO bridgehead on the Ukrainian territory will be removed.”
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov sounded a positive note as well but added, “We can't say there has been something promising or any breakthroughs.”
After the Kremlin's announcement that it would scale back some of its military operations, Zelenskyy reacted by saying that when dealing with the Russians, “you can trust only concrete results.”
“We judge the Russian military machine by its actions, not just its words,” British Deputy Prime Minister Dominic Raab likewise told Sky News. “There's obviously some scepticism that it will regroup to attack again rather than seriously engaging in diplomacy.”
He added: “Of course, the door to diplomacy will always be left ajar, but I don't think you can trust what is coming out of the mouth of Putin's war machine.”
The scepticism appeared well-founded on Wednesday.
“The so-called reduction of activity in the Chernihiv region was demonstrated by the enemy strikes, including airstrikes on Nizhyn, and all night long they were shelling Chernihiv,” said the regional governor, Viacheslav Chaus. “Civilian infrastructure facilities, libraries, shopping centres, many houses were destroyed in Chernihiv.”
Oleksandr Pavliuk, head of the Kyiv region military administration, said Russian shells targeted residential areas and civilian infrastructure in the Bucha, Brovary and Vyshgorod regions around the capital.
Russian Defence Ministry spokesman Maj. Gen. Igor Konashenkov said the military targeted fuel depots in two towns in central Ukraine with air-launched long-range cruise missiles. Russian forces also hit a Ukrainian special forces headquarters in the southern Mykolaiv region, he said, and two ammunition depots in the Donetsk region.
The barrages came as Britain's Defence Ministry warned that while heavy losses have forced some Russian units to return to Belarus and Russia to regroup and resupply, Moscow will probably compensate for any reduction in ground maneuvers by using mass artillery and missile strikes.
Top Russian military officials have said in recent days that their main goal now is the “liberation” of Donbas, the predominantly Russian-speaking industrial heartland in the east, where Moscow-backed separatists have been battling Ukrainian forces since 2014. Western officials said Moscow is reinforcing troops in the Donbas.
Some analysts have suggested that the apparent scaling back of the Kremlin's war aims and pledge to de-escalate may merely be an effort to put a positive spin on reality: Moscow's ground troops have been thwarted — and taken heavy losses — in their bid to seize the capital and other cities.
Meanwhile, a missile destroyed part of an apartment block in the rebel-controlled city of Donetsk early Wednesday, and two people were reported killed. Separatists blamed Ukrainian forces for the attack.
“I was just sitting on the couch and — bang! — the window glass popped, the frames came off. I didn't even understand what happened,” said resident Anna Gorda.
The United Nations food aid agency said it is providing emergency assistance to one-million people in Ukraine. It said the food includes 330,000 freshly baked loaves of bread for families in the heavily bombarded eastern city of Kharkiv.
“Children are suffering, and our city, and everything,” Tetyana Parmynska, a 28-year-old from the Chernihiv region now at a refugee centre in Poland, said as man played songs on a battered piano decorated with a peace emblem. “We have no strength anymore.”
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Jill Duggar is feeling much better after her battle with COVID-19.
The former Counting On star shared that her baby bump was too big for a trendy jean hack, so she searched for maternity jeans.
While Jill isn’t known for super bold fashion choices, but the latest photo she shared on social media is a little over-the-top for a Duggar.
Jill Duggar shows off her baby bump and unzipped jeans
Jeans have become a staple among some of the Duggar women. Jinger Duggar is seen wearing them quite often, and Jill Duggar is also sporting the look. A few of the other sisters have worn pants, but jeans typically belong to the “rebel” daughters.
Jill took to Instagram to share her pregnancy woes dealing with jeans. She wrote, in part, “🤰I was to that point…when you’ve waited just a little too late in the pregnancy and the button hole/rubber-band & belly-band trick just isn’t cutting it anymore! 🙃😂”
She then revealed that they did find a pair.
Seeing Jill pose as she did was a shock, especially since the Duggar women typically err on the side of modesty.
Jill Duggar’s pregnancy
Jill Duggar and Derrick Dillard are expecting their third child. It is also their rainbow baby, as the couple experienced a miscarriage last fall.
The couple caught COVID-19 just after announcing the exciting news. However, it looks like the couple has recovered and is back to their normal activities. They were even spotted at Jeremiah Duggar and Hannah Wissmann’s Nebraska wedding over the weekend.
She revealed she is due in July, and it looks like the beginning is where her due date falls. Jill and Derick announced they would be expecting another little boy, which means two grandsons in a row for Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar. Jedidiah Duggar and Katelyn Nakatsu will welcome a baby boy sometime in mid-April, which is just a few weeks away.
This pregnancy has been filled with ups and downs for Jill. She waited to announce the big news they were expecting until she was already showing. It was likely around 12 weeks, which is typically when the most significant threat of miscarrying is over. Now that she is in her second trimester, she can relax a little bit.
Jill Duggar took a risk sharing her updated baby bump, especially in a full-length dressing room mirror with unzipped jeans. | https://www.monstersandcritics.com/tv/reality-tv/jill-duggar-shares-unzipped-baby-bump-pic-as-she-shows-off-pregnancy/ | 2022-04-01T01:16:08Z |
CADDO PARISH, La. (KTAL/KMSS) – After years of legal battles and delays, a contractor is expected to begin removing the Confederate monument from the front lawn of the Caddo Parish Courthouse sometime this year.
Caddo Communications Manager Krystle Beauchamp confirmed Thursday that a contract to relocate the monument was signed and filed Wednesday at the Caddo Parish Courthouse. The $782,000 contract with Florida-based Energy Products and Services Corp. calls for the removal to be completed no later than December 31, 2022.
“Now, the next steps are for parish administration to meet with the selected contractor and begin to build that timeline for what’s needed so we can begin that removal,” Beauchamp said. “So, as of right now, there is no official date to remove the monument.”
The marble and granite monument was erected between 1902 and 1906 on the grounds of the Caddo Parish Courthouse, which was built in 1926, where two previous courthouses stood. One of those original courthouses even served as the state capital of Louisiana during the Civil War.
The Caddo Commission originally voted to remove the monument back in 2017, setting off a legal battle with the Shreveport chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy (UDC) over the monument itself and ownership of the land on which it stands. The UDC also claimed parish officials violated its rights to free speech and equal protection.
The UDC and the Caddo Parish Commission ultimately signed a settlement agreement in July 2020 in which the UDC gave ownership of the land on which the memorial sits to Caddo Parish. In exchange, Caddo Parish agreed that UDC owns the monument and that the Parish would foot the bill for its removal, transportation, and re-installation.
The parish commission initially approved spending up to $500,000 to cover the costs, but Beauchamp says they have since determined that it will cost more to move the monument and allocated more money. The UDC has cited an expert who said the 30-foot-tall marble and granite structure is very fragile and could cost $1.26 million to be taken down and moved safely.
As the Parish began the process of selecting a contractor to move the monument, the commission voted to erect a box around it to protect it and defuse racial tensions amid protests and counter-protests focused on the monument in the weeks following the murder of George Floyd by police in Minneapolis.
The Civil War memorial has remained enclosed in that protective box ever since, with historical text added in December 2021 that includes the Gettysburg Address, God Bless America, The Pledge of Allegiance, The Star-Spangled Banner, The Bill of Rights, and the lyrics to the Black national anthem, Lift Every Voice and Sing.
The Confederate monument will be moved to private property at the Pleasant Hill Battlefield site in southern De Soto Parish, where what is considered the bloodiest battle of the Civil War west of the Mississippi was fought the day after the Battle of Mansfield.
The UDC declined to comment Thursday on news of the contract, saying they were not aware that one had been signed. | https://www.arklatexhomepage.com/news/local-news/contract-signed-caddo-confederate-monument-should-be-moved-by-end-of-year/ | 2022-04-01T01:16:12Z |
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SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Russell Knox recorded four straight birdies on the back nine and fired a 7-under 65 on Thursday 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.
Hojgaard fired a 66 despite a double bogey on his final hole. 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. They were outside the top 60 after one round and could flirt with the cut line on Friday.
Bryson DeChambeau had a 1-over 73. After holing a bunker shot for eagle on his 11th hole and following with a birdie on the next, he made bogey on four of his last six holes.
Knox, a 32-year-old Scotsman with two career PGA Tour wins, started his birdie streak at No. 12. All of his birdie putts were inside 10 feet. At the 15th, he was about 20 feet away from a back pin position following his approach and chipped in from the fringe. It was his second chip-in in the round.
“That was one of those kind of bonus birdies that you need when you’re going to have a good day,” Knox said. “Obviously thrilled with the round. It’s been more of the way I want to play.”
Hogjaard, a 21-year-old from Denmark and two-rime winner on the European Tour, had his sights on the first-round lead heading to his closing hole. But, his drive sailed well left of the fairway. It took him four shots to reach the green on the par-4 ninth.
“I had to chip sideways back into the fairway,” he said. “Just was a little too aggressive after that. Yeah, short-sided myself and I didn’t get up and down and suddenly you walk away with double-bogey. Yeah, that was a bit annoying, but it happens.”
Kuchar was 5 under after 11 holes. Thirty feet away from the pin on the next hole, he failed to get up and down and missed a seven-foot putt for par. He got a shot back with a birdie on his 14th hole, and parred out, falling short in a bid to match his season-best round of 64 at the Sony Open, where he finished in the top 10.
“A lot of good and bad that can happen here on this course,” Kuchar said. “I was kind of managing early on in the round and then found a little something on about the fifth or sixth hole. I started having some birdie chances and converted on a few late in my first nine.”
Kuchar has won nine times on the PGA Tour. McCarthy, Rai and Spaun are looking for their first.
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More AP golf: https://apnews.com/hub/golf and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports | https://www.wiltonbulletin.com/sports/article/Knox-uses-4-birdie-run-for-a-one-stroke-lead-at-17049836.php | 2022-04-01T01:16:12Z |
After vaccinating thousands against Covid-19, this CNN Hero is fighting inequity in the medical system
By Kathleen Toner, CNN
As Covid-19 infection rates and restrictions are waning in some places and a variant is surging in others, it’s difficult to understand where we are in the pandemic.
But two years ago, the situation was clear: for many people, coronavirus had brought the world to a stop. That’s when pediatric surgeon Dr. Ala Stanford sprang into action, bringing Covid-19 testing to Black and Brown communities in Philadelphia that were hard hit by the virus.
In the months that followed, Stanford brought testing and vaccines to more than 75,000 people through her nonprofit Black Doctors Covid-19 Consortium. And as she worked to help underresourced communities weather the pandemic, she diagnosed an even greater problem.
“We were seeing folks that hadn’t seen a doctor in a decade,” said Stanford, who was honored as a Top 10 CNN Hero last year. “We were just literally putting a Band-Aid to a much bigger problem with health inequities and health disparities.”
It’s well-documented that Black and Brown communities have suffered greater hospitalizations and deaths from Covid-19 for a host of reasons, including higher risk factors for exposure and a higher risk of severe disease.
But lack of accessible and affordable health care is a key factor that leads to worse health outcomes for people of color. In particular, lack of outpatient care, like annual checkups and doctor’s visits, can play a critical role in preventing health issues.
This larger, systemic issue is what Stanford is trying to remedy.
In November, she began seeing patients at the Dr. Ala Stanford Center for Health Equity, her new facility in north Philadelphia. This multi-disciplinary clinic offers services ranging from primary care and mental health, diagnostic testing like EKGs and mammograms and, of course, Covid testing and vaccinations.
“We take care of newborns through grandma and grandpa,” she said. “And that is the next step … wanting to not just save lives, but really impact an entire lifetime with people.”
Located on the grounds of Deliverance Evangelistic Church, in an area that once housed a day care center, the space underwent a massive renovation. The center now includes exam rooms, consultation areas, a children’s play space, even a fish tank. Most importantly, it provides care to everyone, regardless of their ability to pay.
“If you have insurance, we run it,” Stanford said. “If you don’t have insurance, we help you get (it). And if you don’t have anything, you’re not going to be turned away.”
This fall, as the coronavirus seemed to recede into the background, Stanford was excited to switch gears to focus on this broader health mission. But the Omicron variant of the virus changed her plans.
“After Christmas, there were so many people sick, literally wrapped around this building to get Covid tested. The positivity rate was 45%” she said. “So, we had to stop primary care and just focus on testing and vaccination.”
Yet, she and her team still figured out a way to provide brief wellness checks with each vaccination.
“You come in for a shot and you see your vital signs are out of whack — you might say ‘Did you know you have high blood pressure?’ or ‘Did you take your medication today?'” Stanford said.
And in early January, when Stanford realized that Covid rates were rising in children and young people, she added another approach.
“In a public health crisis, you go to the people. And the kids are primarily in school, so that’s what I pushed for,” she said.
Since then, Stanford’s team has worked with FEMA to hold nearly 20 vaccination clinics at schools in and around Philadelphia. She says in some of them, they have doubled the vaccination rates among students. Her group also still offers vaccinations and testing throughout the community at police departments and mass transit SEPTA stations.
Two years later, Stanford’s surgical practice is still on hold. While she admits to missing the operating room at times, she knows that the work she is doing now is making a difference on a much larger scale.
“What we’ve done has touched over 100,000 lives. And that refuels me,” she said. “The need here right now is so great. I feel that this is where I’m supposed to be.”
Want to get involved? Check out the Black Doctors Covid-19 Consortium website and see how to help.
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ANYONE planning on travelling by train over Easter is being urged to plan ahead, with strike action set to cause significant disruption to TransPennine Express (TPE) services.
Strike action by the Rail, Maritime and Transport Union (RMT) is due to take place on Easter Saturday and Easter Sunday (April 16 and 17), with only a very small number of trains in operation.
Customers are being urged not to travel on either of these two days but travel either side of them instead.
RMT has now announced a series of further strikes by conductor members, with action planned to take place on Sundays from March 27 until June 5 and on the following weekends: April 16 and 17, April 30 and May 1, and June 4 and 5.
Any trains that do operate will be far busier than usual and anyone making an essential journey should allow plenty of extra time to travel and plan and check carefully via the TPE website or National Rail Enquiries. Bikes will not be permitted on-board TPE services on any of the strike dates.
Kathryn O’Brien Customer Experience Director for TransPennine Express said: “We are saddened that strike action by RMT is set to cause further disruption to trains over the Easter weekend, at a time when people will be relying on our services to allow them to catch up with friends or family.
“Unfortunately, we are instead urging customers to avoid travelling on both Easter Saturday and Easter Sunday, and instead make their journeys either side of the strike dates.
More information can be found online at: tpexpress.co.uk/travel-updates/strike | https://saddind.co.uk/rail-users-urged-to-plan-ahead-due-to-easter-weekend-strikes/ | 2022-04-01T01:16:13Z |
MORGAN CITY, La., March 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Conrad Industries, Inc. (OTC Pink: CNRD) today announced its 2021 results and backlog.
The Company had net income of $6.5 million and earnings per diluted share of $1.29 for the twelve months ended December 31, 2021 compared to net loss of $4.0 million and loss per diluted share of $0.80 for the twelve months ended December 31, 2020. Net income for 2021 includes other income related to Payment Protection Plan loan forgiveness and Employee Retention Credit. The Company's financial reports are available at www.otcmarkets.com.
Our backlog as of December 31, 2021 was $148.5 million, compared to $183.7 million at December 31, 2020, and $79.2 million at December 31, 2019.
Johnny Conrad, Chairman and CEO stated, "Our results for 2021 reflect a continued challenging operating environment. The improving but uneven pace of pandemic recovery in 2021 was accompanied by sharp increases in steel prices, inflationary price increases in other materials and equipment, supply chain disruptions and a tight labor market."
Mr. Conrad continued, "Although we face substantial uncertainties in our markets, we believe we are well-positioned to take advantage of opportunities when market fundamentals improve. We believe customers have delayed orders due to high steel prices and pandemic uncertainties, and that some of these orders will move forward when steel prices decline or our customers' business opportunities or fleet replacement needs require the vessels. We have seen a continued strong market for dredging and other infrastructure-related vessels, which we expect may continue, supported by the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act enacted in 2021. We are also optimistic about opportunities in our repair and conversions segment."
Mr. Conrad concluded, "We are optimistic about our long-term prospects including the recent award of a contract by the U.S. Navy for the design and construction of a Yard, Repair, Berthing and Messing ("YRBM") barge, with options for an additional seven barges. This contract along with the infrastructure and repair markets are encouraging signs for the future of our business."
Conrad Industries, Inc., established in 1948 and headquartered in Morgan City, Louisiana, designs, builds and overhauls tugboats, ferries, liftboats, barges, offshore supply vessels and other steel products for both the commercial and government markets. The company provides both repair and new construction services at its five shipyards located in southern Louisiana and Texas.
Cautionary statement: This press release contains forward-looking statements, which are all statements other than those of historical facts, and reflect our expectations as of the date of this press release about future events. Forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties, including risks and uncertainties related to the COVID-19 pandemic, current high steel prices and constrained availability, competition, our reliance on cyclical industries, ability to perform contracts at costs consistent with estimated costs utilized in bidding, and ability to replenish our backlog and compete in changing markets. These and other risks are discussed in more detail in our Annual Report and subsequent reports available on www.otcmarkets.com. Should one or more of these risks materialize, achievement of anticipated results may differ materially from those anticipated. We do not intend to update these forward-looking statements, other than through our regular quarterly and annual reports.
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BRIGHTON, Colo. (CBS4) – The district attorney for Broomfield and Adams counties Brian Mason says the biggest threat to his community right now is the drug fentanyl.
“Fentanyl is the most lethal drug on the streets right now,” he says. “It’s one of the most lethal drugs that we have ever seen in our history.”
Thursday was another reminder of just how much tragedy it can bring a family.
Parents Alonzo Montoya and Nicole Casias were in an Adams County courtroom charged with fentanyl-related crimes and causing the death of their 1-year-old daughter.
According to the district attorney, the toddler died from fentanyl poisoning after Montoya and Casias were dealing and using the dangerous drug in their home in Brighton.
According to the arrest affidavit, on Jan. 2, 2022, Casias admitted to police she smoked a fentanyl pill around midnight before putting her child to bed. Later that afternoon, around 2 p.m., she found the child unresponsive, and that child was later declared dead.
A search of the residence found paraphernalia associated with selling and using drugs. They questioned Montoya who admitted the couple was trying to get clean, but also that he was making crack rock from fentanyl pills he kept locked up in the apartment.
Police also found surveillance video from cameras inside the home that appeared to show drug transactions and later interviews with associates and Casias’ older daughter revealed they saw drug sales happen in the apartment.
This is the second high profile fentanyl in Adams County this year. In February, five people died in Commerce City after ingesting the drug. Mason says people in his counties need to be on high alert.
“Parents talk to your kids about fentanyl. Fentanyl is in everything. It’s in drugs that people don’t realize when it’s there,” he said.
Mason says he need better tools to combat this fentanyl crisis. Not only laws that punish dealers and seek to get users treatment and resources like the bipartisan effort announced at the Colorado State Capital, but also more strict possession laws that make possession of even small amounts of fentanyl a felony.
RELATED: Mayors From Colorado’s 2 Largest Cities Call For Changes To Proposed Fentanyl Bill | https://denver.cbslocal.com/2022/03/31/alonzo-montoya-nicole-casias-fentanyl-child-death-toddler-brighton/ | 2022-04-01T01:16:14Z |
The key to climate action and sustainable peace? Women’s full and equal participation
Women and children increasingly bear the brunt of climate change, which deepens the inequalities and vulnerabilities they already face, such as poverty, violence, lack of opportunities and basic human rights. Yet women are not victims; they are survivors, innovators and solution-multipliers who deserve a real seat at the table. Two Colombian activists tell us why this is true.
Climate change is not gender neutral, and for activist Fatima Muriel, this fact is all too real for thousands of women in her home country, Colombia.
In 2017, disaster struck her hometown, the city of Mocoa in the department of Putumayo. Just before dawn on Saturday, April 1st, unusually heavy rains triggered flash flooding and landslides, which buried several neighborhoods along the banks of the rivers Mocoa, Sangoyaco and Mulato.
Although the region, situated in the south end of the Andes in Colombia, is notorious for frequent rains, that year, Mocoa was hit with 33 per cent of its monthly total of rainfall in one night. The ones who paid for this change in weather patterns were mainly women and children.
“Ninety per cent of all those who died were women. Since it was a Friday night, men were out drinking and partying while women were taking care of their children and parents. Among the rubble we even found some mothers holding on to two children, all drowned. It was heartbreaking,” Ms. Muriel tells UN News.
OCHAThe disaster in Mocoa in 2017 caused the death of at least 300 hundred people.‘This is why we fight!’
Mocoa was without electricity or any type of communication for weeks. Fatima witnessed the worst of the tragedy before travelling to the capital to find help. The UN and other nonprofit organizations responded quickly in the disaster’s aftermath.
“It was extremely painful having to dig out mass graves to bury children, seeing children that were only 3-5 years old being thrown in a ditch. Some children didn’t die in the avalanche but got lost and couldn’t find their home again. Why are they the ones paying for all this?”.
Although initially deemed by authorities as a climate change-driven ‘natural disaster’, investigations are still ongoing to determine other factors that might have contributed to the tragedy that killed over 300 people and affected 45,000.
“This is why we fight. We don’t want this to happen again. Putumayo is in the middle of two great mountains. When the oil and mining companies excavate these mountains, what they do is destabilize them and that causes more landslides and the rivers to overflow”, she denounces, citing studies that indicate that deforestation in the mountains might have also played a role in the disaster.
Ms. Muriel is the President of the women’s network Tejedoras de Vida (Weavers of Life), which comprises 120 women-only organizations in the territory that seek to protect and support each other. They also openly declare their human right to a healthy environment, even as they put their lives at risk.
Alianza Tejedoras de VidaFatima Muriel, President of the Organization Alianza Tejedoras de Vida.Women survivors
Unfortunately, the pain of the horror that occurred in Mocoa is only the tip in the iceberg; the women and children of Putumayo have been fighting for their survival for decades.
They have lived through the worst of times in Colombia: Putumayo was once a FARC guerilla stronghold, and the region suffered massacres and disappearances at the hands of paramilitary groups and the human right violations by some members of the security forces, as documented in reports by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights in Colombia (OHCHR).
Moreover, the department is fertile ground for the coca leaf, so its very soil was a victim of a massive aerial fumigation campaign launched in the 90s and early 2000s during the Government’s war against drugs. Throughout the Andes, fumigation is seen as a cause of severe economic, environmental, and health-related problems
According to Fatima, women have gotten the worst of all of it. Women have been subjected to sexual slavery, labor, forced prostitution and domestic activities, others have been raped, murdered, or disappeared.
As victims and survivors, they have assumed the family burden caused by the displacement or the hunger derived from fumigations not only eradicating coca leaf but also destroying other crops and polluting rivers.
But at the same time, women have been resilient in defense of their right to life.
Fatima Muriel herself was a victim of the war. Armed groups displaced her entire family after taking their land and kidnapping and attacking her husband leaving him disabled.
“Two of my brothers were also killed by the FARC and my brother-in-law is still disappeared. This is why I work with other women who have suffered what I suffered,” she tells UN News unable to stop the tears from rolling down her cheeks.
An education supervisor by profession, Fatima has traveled all through the region and has witnessed a systematic violation of human rights, especially to women and children, even in the most remote and isolated areas.
She has accompanied and supported teachers from rural communities who were victims of the armed conflict, confronted the former FARC guerillas to stop the forced recruitment of boys and girls for war, accompanied mothers in the search of their children and husbands who were disappeared by paramilitary groups, and witnessed the murders of women teachers and social leaders.
“On one of my trips to the municipality of San Miguel, San Carlos village, five taxis were incinerated along with their occupants, school doors were marked with different sizes of gunshots, murdered women were laying on the ground with their genitalia and breasts completely destroyed,” she recalled while speaking to a civil society group in 2020.
© UNHCR/Ruben Salgado EscuderoWomen and children from the Mocoa community in Colombia light candles forming the word peace.A network of hope
The Mujeres Tejedoras de Vida network, born as a response to the humanitarian crisis unleashed by the war in Putumayo, has been up and running since 2005.
“The most important thing in our organization is to fill women with hope, they are the ones who raise and care for the children. Wherever a woman ceases to exist, a home is destroyed, that is why we call ourselves weavers of life because we weave [together] all the projects, programmes, ideas, dreams, hopes. It is like weaving and not allowing anyone to break the fibers again as happened during the war,” says Ms. Muriel
The network is focused on three priorities: human rights and peacebuilding; public policies; and culture and the environment. They hold training sessions to help educate women about their rights and provide them with practical skills. They also offer them psychosocial, recreational, and legal support.
They have subsisted by applying for grants from international organizations, including some UN agencies and European states that help them implement specific projects to support women empowerment.
“I was working with other organizations and teachers, and at one point we counted 1,000 women killed, that’s when we realized we needed to organize ourselves and help each other,” she says, adding that they wish they had more resources to go beyond their current work, and host displaced women and children.
Fatima was part of a panel of women leaders addressing climate-related security risks during the sixty-sixth session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) held at the UN Headquarters in New York.
UNVMCPutumayo, Colombia.Fighting for a healthy environment
Currently, 150 women members of her organization are mapping all the rivers in their territory and the activities by mining and oil industries, as well as the State-sponsored projects that are affecting their quality of life.
“Most women in Putumayo have been displaced by the conflict. They have found a home in the riverbanks because that way they don’t have to pay for water. Water is life for them and their families, so they fight for it to be clean and not polluted by the big companies. And if you add on top of that floods caused by climate change, it means these women are being three times affected,” she explains.
Natalia Daza, who works for the Colombian NGO DeJusticia as an environmental justice researcher, tells UN News that studies show that when rivers are contaminated women are the first who notice.
“This changes the productivity in crops, leading to more food insecurity. Studies have shown that women tend to pass on their food to their children, their parents, their husbands... and they are always the last one to eat,” says the expert.
The reality is that just as it happens during wars, the burden of climate and environmental impacts falls predominantly on women and children.
The reason is vulnerability: over 70 per cent of the world’s poorest people are women. Women have less access to basic human rights, such as freedom of movement, or the ability to acquire land. Yet, they make up to 70 per cent of the agricultural workforce in some countries.
This means that when disasters strike or their subsistence crops fail, they don’t have the means to cope. Moreover, they also face systematic violence, which escalates during periods of instability. This includes child marriage, sex trafficking and domestic violence.
Research carried out in China by UN Women, for example, also showed that beyond a lack of access to resources and protection, a majority of that country’s women – as much as 80 per cent – were unfamiliar with disaster emergency plans. This makes them more vulnerable to extreme weather events, like the one that struck Mocoa.
Meanwhile, UN Environment also found that 80 per cent of people displaced by climate change are women, and they also have an increased risk of homelessness, sexual violence and disease.
According to the agency, there is also an emerging global consensus that climate change will stress the economic, social, and political systems that underpin each nation state. Climate change is the ultimate “threat multiplier” aggravating already fragile situations and potentially contributing to further social tensions and upheaval.
“In fact, climate change creates conditions that exacerbate the armed conflict in Colombia. It has been reported that there have been a greater number of disputes related to access to water resources in recent years, and it is known that those who are displaced by these conflicts tend to be women of African descent,” Natalia adds.
So, climate change is a cause and a consequence when we talk about conflict and its varied repercussions, and women and children are the most affected by both issues.
“When soil conditions deteriorate because of climate change, either due to changes in rainfall or increase in extreme temperatures, it results in conditions of vulnerability of the populations. And this makes young boys more prone to be recruited by armed groups due to the lack of opportunities and hunger,” Natalia explains.
Extreme weather events also affect children’s future and their education.
“When girls leave school, [there’s a high probability they won’t] come back. And this happens when disasters occur and essential services such as health and education are not restored quickly. The most affected are always women,” she adds.
UNVMC/Laura SantamaríaWomen and children face the worst consequences of conflict and climate change.A tough environment
But in Putumayo, the risks that women social leaders and environmental defenders face is even greater.
“Women environmentalists are the most at risk. They are committed to the territory, a territory that is in dispute by many armed actors. They are the most disadvantaged and in danger,” Fatima Muriel warns.
She describes how many women in Tejedoras de Vida have received threats for demanding their right to a healthy environment, and how some have even been killed.
“We have had to go pick up their bodies when they kill them. We have had to see children being left alone. It is so painful,” she says.
Fatima adds that unfortunately, war has returned to their territory, with several groups of FARC dissidents and other armed actors forcing women to cultivate coca leaf and sell it for whatever price they want, threatening their lives if they refuse.
“When the peace agreement was signed, we thought the war was over. We were carrying out so many projects for the 3,000 women we help, which are all victims of violence. But war has intensified again, with armed groups taking over the same territories where the FARC were before”
According to the latest report of the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights in Colombia, at least 100 human rights defenders, including environmental defenders, were killed in 2021.
UNVMCFARC in Putumayo gave up their arms in 2017 as part of the Colombian Peace Agreement. Here the UN is transporting them in a container.Security actors and the environment
Fatima says a security policy is needed to protect women environmentalists, even from legal actors.
“They are exposed. The big companies have militarized their territory and when they try to intervene and stop the pollution of rivers and mercury, they are exposed to attacks or to be judicialized as criminals,” she laments, adding that any project should come with environmental guarantees and protection for the communities.
“They come with kits, hats and backpacks for the people. But what’s the use of that today, when tomorrow you’re not going to have water to live?”
Natalia Daza, who also participated of the CSW panel supported by the UN Office of Peacekeeping Operations, explains that extractive industries, and even some renewal energy ones, often come along with state and non-state security actors.
“In many cases, these actors are there to protect the mine or project, but also to discourage opposition to this type of project, which ultimately ends up threatening social leaders, especially women environmental defenders,” she explains.
Natalia argues that security actors, if involved in climate policy, should depart from a ‘human security idea’ when they act, taking in account environmental considerations.
Another issue she points out is that currently, in Colombia there aren’t specific laws on community participation in environmental lawmaking.
“There aren’t mechanisms to actually secure that communities are able to decide whether they want extractive activities on their territories. And the information that is available to them to go against the projects is really hard to read. In other countries, there are resources for people to carry out counter studies about the site where, for example, a mine is going to be set up, but in Colombia that doesn’t exist, so people are trying to do whatever they can. And when they try to go to a public audience they get threatened,” she denounces.
The 2020 OHCHR report on human rights noted Mercury contamination in several rivers in Colombia, which particularly affected indigenous peoples, Afro-Colombians and rural communities.
It also expressed concern on the negative consequences of anti-narcotic measures such as the effect of aerial fumigation on food security, adverse health impacts and denial of livelihoods.
More recently, the Office has also documented cases of State-controlled projects and private mining companies that have impacted negatively the right of rural populations to a safe, clean and healthy environment.
UNVMC/Laura SantamaríaA mural in a rural area in Colombia shows the relationship between women and the environment.The ‘ethic of care’ as a solution: more women involved in climate policy
Fatima Muriel and Natalia Daza are both from Colombia, but they come from very different backgrounds, cities, and experiences. However, they agree strongly on what the solution is to protect the environment and make their country more peaceful and resilient: women participation.
“Women have to be involved in disaster prevention, they have to be involved in climate change adaptation, in education, in health, because we are 50 per cent of the population,” Fatima urges.
Natalia says it is all about the ‘ethic of care’, a normative ethical theory developed by feminists in the second half of the 20th century.
“An ethic of care shows us that there are better ways for us to relate with nature, with others, and to build a planet that will be healthy and available for all of us including the young ones”.
She argues that acting with this moral framework as a departure point would mean that communities are alerted of disasters of time, for example.
“Caring for others is making sure they have the information to make decisions in a timely manner. It would also mean that resources would be better distributed”
She puts as an example Hurricane Iota which decimated the Colombian island of Providencia in 2020.
“There had been studies about how Providencia was highly vulnerable to climate change, yet resilience strategies had not been completely implemented, and that’s leaving people without care, that’s leaving them alone. If people are being left behind there is no care for them. From a feminist perspective of care that would’ve never happened,” Natalia explains.
She adds: “Caring for them would be making sure they have the resources to build up resilience, making sure they have the information to know to have the options and the support afterward, it has been almost years since the hurricane and all services haven’t been restored including health and education.”
Women like Fatima, Natalia and the 3,000 members in Tejedoras de Vida network are an example of what it means to be a ‘solutions multiplier’ in the combat against climate change, which is a known ‘threat multiplier’.
“We are not enemies of men but of the patriarchal system. The system that has done us so much harm. That is what we have to fight for, to ensure that programmes, governments and institutions work with women. As long as we do not participate, there will be no peace,” Fatima stresses.
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BRYAN, Texas — Brazos County jail administrator Kevin Stuart is now the third person in the department’s history to receive specialized training from the FBI.
For the past ten weeks, Stuart has been in Quantico, Virginia, taking leadership courses alongside international law enforcement members.
“We did have a classmate who was from Ukraine, and we all became really close friends there," Stuart said. "That affected him deeply. He was away from his family, and there’s a war going on at home.”
While Stuart said he’s received excellent law enforcement training in Texas, being able to receive new perspectives from officers all over the world, under the tutelage of FBI experts, has really opened his eyes to some positive changes he’d like to make at the jail in Bryan.
“We have spent a lot of time taking care of other people and dedicated to our job, and sometimes we forget to take care of ourselves," Stuart said. "That’s what I hope to bring back here, is to encourage everyone to be healthy and happy, physically and mentally.”
Physical health was a priority at the academy. Most of the 200-plus students, Stuart included, followed a fitness regimen. Stuart was proud to complete the 6.1-mile obstacle course known as the ‘yellow brick road' after recovering from COVID-19 on week one.
“The instructors there are top-notch, and so we had fitness challenges every week and physical training classes," Stuart said. "They prepare you week-by-week, so by the time the yellow brick road came, we were fully prepared, and I actually had a really good time doing it.”
While the FBI National Academy doesn’t qualify Stuart as an FBI agent, it does count as college course credit hours. And, it’s taught Stuart more about communications and progressive leadership.
“We’re all a little bit different, communicate differently," he said. "And so it’s really important to understand how to work together effectively.” | https://www.kxxv.com/brazos/brazos-county-jail-administrator-returns-from-fbi-national-academy | 2022-04-01T01:16:14Z |
Laois-Offaly Gardaí have confirmed that a body of a man has been found at his home in Mountrath.
It's understood that the remains were discovered in a the man's apartment on Thursday, March 31.
Gardaí are working on the basis that the man died a number of days previously.
While a post mortem is to be carried out on the body, gardaí do not believe, at this point, that foul play was involved in the death of the deceased who who was aged in his 60s.
Gardaí are still attempting to contact the man's family, some of whom live abroad.
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Oscars' guests and viewers are still reeling over Will Smith's surprising and infamous onstage slap of comedian Chris Rock, who joked about Jada Pinkett Smith's hair. Shortly after, Smith went onstage to accept the Best Actor Oscar for his role in King Richard.
Will Packer, producer of the Academy Award, ceremony told the ABC News show Good Morning America that Los Angeles police officers were ready to arrest Will Smith if Rock wanted to press charges.
"They were saying, 'This is battery.' That was the word they used in that moment," Packer told T.J. Holmes, in an exclusive interview that was teased during ABC's World News Tonight. "They said, 'We will go get him. We are prepared. We will go get him right now. You can press charges. We can arrest him. They were laying out the options. And as they were talking, Chris was, he was being very dismissive of those options. He was like, 'No, I'm fine.' He was like, 'no, no, no.' And even to the point where I said, 'Rock, let them finish.'"
In the clip, Packer said after the officers finished laying out what Rock's options were, "they said, 'Would you like us to take any action? And he said no.'"
Packer also said he did not speak to Smith at all on Oscar night. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences released a statement saying Smith was asked to leave the ceremony and refused.
In his acceptance speech, Smith apologized to the Academy and his fellow nominees for the incident, but not Rock. On Instagram the following day, Smith wrote that he was embarrassed by his behavior and told Rock he was sorry. Still, the Academy began disciplinary proceedings against Smith-- which could include "suspension, expulsion, or other sanctions permitted."
SAG-AFTRA is also weighing sanctions against Smith.
On Wednesday night, Rock was onstage in Boston with a new comedy routine. He didn't say much about the slap. "I'm still kind of processing what happened," he said, adding that at some point he will talk about it "and it will be serious and funny."
Copyright 2022 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org. | https://www.wbaa.org/2022-03-31/the-lapd-was-ready-to-arrest-will-smith-after-the-slap-will-packer-says | 2022-04-01T01:16:14Z |
JEOPARDY! fans were shocked after reigning champion Jackie Kelly LOST on the "easiest question ever."
Many fans online - but only ONE contestant and new winner Evan Roberts - knew the correct Final Jeopardy resulting in an upset.
Fans could not believe Jackie, a poised Cary, North Carolina-based Pension Calculation Developer, going strong on a four-day winning streak, lost.
The calm contestant went into Final Jeopardy in the lead but was upstaged on a question that she incorrectly answered as "Radio City."
The question asked the location in which Rockette-style kick lines in front of police took place.
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While a fifth noted on the milestone event: “Stonewall was the answer to today's final jeopardy, on Trans Visibility Day. Whether or not it was a coincidence is cool w me.”
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'SHOCKINGLY EASY'
Evan, a Kentucky-based Chemistry teacher, was the only one to concoct the correct answer.
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"I mean I’m pretty stupid and even I knew that was Stonewall," wrote yet another.
WINNING STREAK OVER
Jackie entered March 30th's Jeopardy! with $91K in winnings and ended the show the victor with $115K.
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When asked by host Mayim Bialik what she'd wager midway through, she gently responded: "All of It."
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WESLEY CHAPEL — I-75 traffic in southern to central Pasco County will be paced slowly (about 15 mph) by law enforcement officers for up to 20 minutes in each direction between 11 p.m. Monday, April 4, and 3:30 a.m. Tuesday, April 5, weather permitting.
Northbound I-75 traffic control will begin north of State Road 56 (Exit 275) and end north of Overpass Road (about halfway between Exits 279 and 285).
Southbound I-75 traffic control will begin south of State Road 52 (Exit 285) and end south of Overpass Road (about halfway between Exits 285 and 279).
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The Des Lacs-Burlington Lakers baseball team is looking to get back to the top spot of Region 7 this season.
No stranger to a successful season, the Lakers are hoping to get their revenge on Renville County after losing to the Muskrats in the region tournament the last couple of seasons.
The Lakers will have the team chemistry on the field with most of their 2021 team returning this season.
Head Coach BJ Karhoff said to be competitive this season they have to work on their pitching.
“Experience is going to be helpful for us. Again with the pitching, we don’t have a lack of pitching by any means but we have a lack of guys that have pitched a lot of innings and when you get to that region tournament you need some solid guys you can depend on to go the distance,” Karhoff said.
“Just got to make sure your arm is ready and then you got to work through the count as a pitcher. Focus up on keeping strikes in the zone you don’t want to drag your counts on too long,” Carson Yale, Junior Pitcher/Infielder, said.
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Overnight Defense & National Security — Ukraine stands as Russian frustration grows
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Russian forces as of Monday evening had yet to take any major Ukrainian city, but U.S. officials warned Moscow will likely switch to more brutal means to accomplish its goal of toppling Kyiv’s government.
We’ll detail what the Pentagon is warning and where the Ukraine-Russia ceasefire talks stand, plus Washington’s move to oust Moscow’s diplomats and who is part of a new delegation being sent to Taiwan.
For The Hill, I’m Ellen Mitchell. Write me with tips at emitchell@thehill.com.
Let’s get to it.
Russian forces slowed but not stopped
Russian forces are frustrated they have not yet taken the capital city of Kyiv, which could lead them to take a “more aggressive approach” militarily, a senior U.S. defense official said Monday.
“They have been slowed and they have been frustrated by their lack of progress on Kyiv,” they said. “One of the things that that could result in is a reevaluation of their tactics and the potential for them to be more aggressive and more overt, in both the size and scale of their targeting of Kyiv.”
Pouring in troops: Russian President Vladimir Putin so far has sent into Ukraine “just under 75 percent” of the more than 150,000 troops he had assembled for the assault, and forces have fired more than 380 missiles, the official said.
The Russians are “running out of gas and they’re having logistics problems” on the way south to Kyiv, meeting with significant Ukrainian resistance.
The plan: Still, Kremlin forces are roughly 16 miles away from the capital city, which they hope to encircle, according to the official.
“We do believe that their plans are to encircle the city and they try to take it that way because that has really been where the heaviest fighting has been,” they said.
Rumors of Belarusian troops: U.S. officials have not seen Belarusian troops involved in or preparing to join the Russian invasion of Ukraine, a senior U.S. defense official said Monday.
“We have seen no indications that Belarusian troops are being readied to move into Ukraine and certainly no indications that they are in fact moving or are in Ukraine,” the official told reporters. “Our best information is that the forces inside Ukraine are all Russians.”
Reports emerged earlier Monday that Belarus is preparing to send troops into Ukraine in support of the Russian invasion which began last week.
Cease-fire talks stutter
Cease-fire talks between Ukrainian and Russian officials began on Monday, several days into the invasion, but concluded with no immediate agreements.
Ukrainian presidential adviser Mykhailo Podolyak told Reuters in a text message that the cease-fire talks, which are taking place on the Belarusian border, had started.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s office previously said that Kyiv had the goal of reaching a cease-fire and compelling Russian forces to leave Ukraine.
The Kremlin, however, refused to comment on Moscow’s goals going into the talks.
Where they happened: Zelensky recently confirmed to Sky News that Russia and Ukraine would participate in peace talks on the border of Ukraine and Belarus. He had initially rejected an earlier request that discussions take place in Belarus, where some Russian troops invading Ukraine had been held.
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More than half a million Ukrainians flee
As fighting continues, some 520,000 Ukrainians have fled their home since the start of Russian invasion, the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees said Monday, adding that refugee totals are expected to run in the millions, taxing the resources of neighboring counties.
The figure has grown 10 times in just last week, when the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees on Friday estimated that 50,000 Ukrainians had left the country. Russia launched its invasion on Feb. 24.
“This figure has been rising exponentially hour after hour, literally since Thursday. I have worked in refugee crises for almost 40 years, and I have rarely seen such an incredibly fast rising exodus of people,” Commissioner Filippo Grandi said in a speech before the U.N. Security Council.
Where they went: The majority of refugees — more than 280,000 — have fled to Poland, while 94,000 have crossed the border into Hungary, roughly 40,000 are in Moldova, 34,000 are in Romania, 30,000 are in Slovakia, while Grandi said tens of thousands have landed in other European countries.
Other estimates indicate as many as 100,000 Ukrainians may be internally displaced.
US EXPELS 12 RUSSIAN DIPLOMATS OVER ALLEGED ‘ESPIONAGE ACTIVITIES’
The Biden administration on Monday announced it would be revoking diplomatic privileges for a dozen Russian spies accused of carrying out espionage under the cover of diplomacy.
“The U.S. has informed the Russian Mission that we are beginning the process of expelling 12 intelligence operatives from the Russian Mission who have abused their privileges of residency in the U.S. by engaging in espionage activities that are adverse to our national security,” said Olivia Dalton, spokeswoman for the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations.
Timing: While Dalton said the move to expel the operatives from their U.N. diplomatic posts had been in process for months, it falls amid heightened tensions with Russia amid its invasion of Ukraine.
A hostile act: Asked about the Russian ambassador to the U.S. characterizing the step as hostile, White House press secretary Jen Psaki said the move was a direct response to Russian activity.
“I think the hostile act is committing espionage activities on our own soil,” she said.
Earlier: Russia expelled the No. 2 diplomat from the U.S. from Moscow earlier this month, revoking privileges for Deputy Chief of Mission Bart Gorman.
“We consider this an escalatory step,” the State Department said at the time.
The U.S. and Russia have had an ongoing spat over diplomatic privileges.
Russia in December ordered all U.S. Embassy staff that had been in the country for more than three years to leave after the U.S. removed privileges for 27 Russian diplomats and their families after imposing a three-year timeline for diplomats.
Former top Pentagon official going to Taiwan
President Biden is sending a delegation of former defense and national security officials to Taiwan this week in a show of support.
Who is going: The delegation, led by former Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Adm. Mike Mullen, will leave Tuesday afternoon and stay until Wednesday, a senior administration official told Reuters.
Mullen will be joined by former deputy national security adviser Meghan O’Sullivan and former Under Secretary of Defense Michele Flournoy. Also expected to go are Mike Green and Evan Medeiros, both of which were senior directors for Asia on the National Security Council.
Who they’ll meet: The group is expected to meet with top Taiwanese officials, including President Tsai Ing-wen and Defense Minister Chiu Kuo-cheng.
Bi-khim Hsiao, Taiwan’s representative to the U.S., confirmed the visit on Twitter, saying “welcoming this gesture of strong bipartisan support for Taiwan.”
More provocations: The trip comes as China, which sees Taiwan as part of its own territory, steps up its provocations against Taipei. Last week, Taiwan’s defense ministry reported that nine Chinese aircraft entered its air identification zone.
The U.S. adheres to the 40-year-old “One China” policy, in which it recognizes Beijing as the sovereign authority over China, including Taiwan. But Washington maintains informal ties with Taipei and is legally obligated to ensure that it can defend itself in the face of an attack.
Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is also expected to travel to Taiwan this week, where he will meet with Taiwan’s foreign minister and give a speech at a think tank.
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- Most Americans in new poll oppose direct US military action to stop Russia
- Ukraine calls for UN investigation into possible Russian war crimes
- First round of Ukraine-Russia talks ends
- Europe braces for wave of Ukrainian refugees
- The Hill: Opinion: What is Putin’s exit strategy?
- The Hill: Opinion: Why America’s Middle Eastern allies haven’t condemned Russia’s war in Ukraine
ON TAP FOR TUESDAY
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The Senate Armed Services Committee will hear from experts on “Global Security Challenges and Strategy,” at 9:30 a.m.
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The House Armed Services Committee will hold a hearing on “Engagement with Allies and Partners,” with testimony from Mara Karlin, assistant secretary of defense for strategy, plans, and capabilities and Jessica Lewis, assistant secretary of state for political-military affairs, at 10 a.m.
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The Senate Foreign Relations Committee will hold a closed hearing to discuss “U.S. Hostage Policy,” at 10 a.m.
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House Homeland Security Committee ranking member Rep. John Katko (R-N.Y.) will discuss the latest cybersecurity concerns regarding Russia as part of a Washington Post Live virtual discussion at 10 a.m.
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The National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations will hold an online discussion on “An Emerging Axis: Strategic Trends Between Saudi Arabia, Russia, and China, and What it Means for the Middle East,” at 10 a.m.
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The House Veterans’ Affairs Committee and Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee will hold a joint hearing on “Legislative Presentation of the Disabled American Veterans,” at 10 a.m.
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The Wilson Center will hold a discussion on “Hindsight Up Front: Six Months After the U.S. Withdrawal from Afghanistan,” with retired Gen. David Petraeus, at 10 a.m.
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The Association of the United States Army will hold a talk on “Army Climate Strategy,” at 12 p.m.
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A House Armed Services subpanel will hold a hearing on “Fiscal Year 2023 Strategic Forces Posture Hearing,” at 2 p.m.
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The Wilson Center will host a virtual discussion on “Russia’s Aggression Toward Ukraine – the British View,” with Michael Tatham, deputy head of mission in the British Embassy in Washington, at 2:30 p.m.
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President Biden delivers the State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress at 9 p.m. in the House Chamber of the U.S. Capitol.
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Lawrence Taylor, the ex-football great who spent his Hall of Fame career as a linebacker with the New York Giants, pleaded not guilty Wednesday during his arraignment on charges of failing to register as a sex offender.
Taylor, 63, was arrested Dec. 16 for failing to report his address change to the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles and the Broward Sheriff’s Office.
Taylor’s attorney, Mark Eiglarsh, said Taylor used his home address instead of a hotel address.
Taylor must report address changes as a sex offender due to a plea agreement in a 2010 incident in which he had sex with a 16-year-old who he said claimed to be 19 years old. He pleaded guilty to sexual misconduct and sex with an underage prostitute, both misdemeanors, and was sentenced to six years’ probation.
Eiglarsh said Taylor wants the charges dropped because Taylor changed his living situation only because Pembroke Pines police suggested he stay at a nearby hotel due to martial problems. He said Taylor registered with the correct address and complied with the plea arrangement.
“He registered,” Eiglarsh said. “He just put an address down that he thought was accurate. That’s the house he’s been living in for years.
“But he spent some time 50 yards away at a hotel that’s close to his house because of the marital problems he’s having.”
“He took their instruction and still believed that his address was the home that he lived in for years, and he was still living in the pool house from time to time,” Eiglarsh said. “So, he mixed his time there. So, did he violate the law? I don’t think so.”
Taylor, a trend-setter as a pass-rushing linebacker, won two Super Bowls (XXI and XXV) with the Giants, won the NFL MVP in 1986, is a 10-time All Pro and 10-time Pro Bowl selection, and was named to the NFL’s 100th and 75th Anniversary All-Time teams, among numerous other honors.
He also competed on “Dancing With the Stars” on ABC-TV in 2009.
Taylor has had numerous brushes with the law over the years. In Florida, he’s had incidents related to cocaine, driving under the influence (a September 2016 incident in which he hit a motor home and then a highway patrol car), and a November 2009 hit-and-run crash in Miami-Dade County (he left his Cadillac Escalade after crashing into a Lexus; no one was injured).
He’s also had troubled financial dealings, declaring bankruptcy in 1998, and at least two trips to drug rehabilitation. Also, in 2016, his wife was arrested by Pembroke Pines police on a domestic violence charge for throwing an object that hit Taylor in the head.
Eiglarsh said the failure to report charges against Taylor are both felonies and carry a maximum of 10 years in prison.
Chris Perkins can be reached at chperkins@sunsentinel.com.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Upholding a Trump-era environmental policy, the Environmental Protection Agency said Thursday it will not regulate a drinking water contaminant that has been linked to brain damage in infants.
The agency said the Trump administration's decision in 2020 not to regulate perchlorate in drinking water was made with the “best available peer reviewed science.” The chemical is used in rocket fuel and fireworks.
At the time, Trump's EPA said perchlorate was not found widely enough in drinking water or "at levels of public health concern" to warrant federal regulation. The decision was one of many Trump-era rollbacks or eliminations of existing or pending public health and environmental protections. The Biden administration ordered a review of that decision at the start of his term.
EPA Assistant Administrator Radhika Fox said the agency was “applying the right tools to support public health protections.”
Environmental groups slammed the Biden administration’s decision.
“The Trump EPA gave perchlorate a pass; it was a bad decision then, and it’s a bad decision now,” said Erik Olson of the Natural Resources Defense Council advocacy group. “Tap water across America will remain contaminated by this toxic chemical.”
Perchlorate from runoff contaminates the drinking water of as many as 16 million Americans, the Obama administration said in 2011 when it announced the EPA would for the first time set maximum limits for the chemical compound. It has been used in the U.S. for decades, particularly by the military and defense industries, and is commonly found in munitions, fireworks, matches and signal flares.
Exposure to the compound can damage the development of fetuses and children and cause measurable drops in IQ in newborns, the American Academy of Pediatrics said in 2019, when it called for stringent federal limits. It damages human development by disrupting the functioning of the thyroid gland.
In its 2020 review, the EPA said state-level regulations and cleanup activities at contaminated sites had lowered the health risks posed by the compound. Massachusetts and California, for example, limit perchlorate in drinking water to 2 parts per billion and 6 parts per billion, respectively.
“But the problem is that for the rest of the country the states have not set standards,” said Olson of the Natural Resources Defense Council.
In the Southwest, perchlorate has been detected in groundwater that entered Lake Mead in Nevada. Manufacturing activities in Henderson, Nevada, were thought to be the source of the chemical. The EPA said cleanup activities at two industrial sites near Las Vegas between 2002 and 2006 resulted in reduced levels of perchlorate in samples provided since then by Nevada environmental and water agencies.
The EPA said Thursday it was considering other steps besides a federal drinking water limit, such as setting standards at open burning and detonation sites of waste explosives, where severe perchlorate contamination is known to exist.
But environmental advocates said such measures fall short of what's needed.
“Simply put, toxic chemicals used in rocket fuel do not belong in our drinking water," said John Rumpler, senior attorney with Environment America.
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AP reporter Matthew Daly contributed to this report.
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Privacy Advocates Urge Veto
Police departments across Virginia may soon have the ability to use billions of images scraped from social-media sites like Facebook and Instagram to track down suspects, a development that is concerning to critics who say the technology is invasive and a violation of privacy. The governor is now considering the bill,...
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Georgia Tech appears to have someone in place for its opening for wide receivers coach. Del Alexander, who coached with offensive coordinator Chip Long at Notre Dame and Arizona State, is considered a prime candidate who is expected to be hired, according to a person familiar with the situation. Multiple reports Friday similarly indicated that expectation.
Alexander was not retained at Notre Dame following the 2021 season after five seasons coaching the wide receivers. He started coaching there in 2017, the same year that Long was hired as offensive coordinator for the Fighting Irish. Alexander previously coached with Long at Arizona State. Alexander was there from 2012-16, the first four seasons as wide receivers coach and passing-game coordinator and the 2016 season as tight ends coach. Long was with the Sun Devils from 2012-15, coaching tight ends and serving as recruiting coordinator.
Alexander replaces Kerry Dixon, who left Tech after three seasons earlier this week to become the assistant quarterbacks coach with the Baltimore Ravens.
Alexander, who played wide receiver for USC from 1993-94, got his first full-time coaching job in 1998 at UNLV and has since worked with the San Diego Chargers, Oregon State, Wisconsin, Arizona State and Notre Dame. He has coached no fewer than eight players who were drafted and a Biletnikoff Award winner (Oregon State’s Mike Hass in 2005).
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Which navigation system is best?
Driving around unfamiliar cities can be stressful if you have no way to check where you should be going. Most smartphones have global positioning systems built-in for this purpose, but they aren’t always accurate.
And if you don’t have a data connection, mobile navigation apps might not work at all. So, in most scenarios, a proper navigation system is the smart choice. The Garmin DriveSmart 61 is one of the best, as it has a large display and detailed maps.
What to know before you buy a navigation system
There are different systems for various activities
It would be easy to assume that there is only one kind of navigation system, as it generally only serves one purpose. But there are several variations with different functions and capabilities. There are marine navigation systems for boat owners and fishers, and for sports lovers, you get golf navigation. Road users have the choice of truck navigation or general road systems.
Consider the mounting options
While your choice of navigation system might be different, all devices must be affixed to the vehicle. These also come in different varieties. Consider which type will be best suited for your mode of transport, as some use suction cups to stick to the window or dash, while you can hold others in place with a vent-mounted carrier.
Controls and functions
Navigation systems have come a long since the days of bulky units with spotty tracking. Many modern navigation systems now have capacitive touchscreens, making it much easier to select the options. Older versions used resistive touchscreens that often caused missed presses or delayed responses. Another addition to modern navigation systems is Bluetooth technology, which allows you to make and receive calls through the device.
What to look for in a quality navigation system
Wide range of points of interest
Getting directions to your location is the primary purpose of a navigation system, but sometimes you also want to know what is along the way. A device with an extensive list of points of interest built-in can make it exciting to plan a trip. Depending on the gadget’s maker and the maps used, these POI can range from national parks, monuments, or sightseeing attractions. Some allow you to download POI from other users.
Battery recharging options
If you rely on your navigation system to get around, you’ll be in real trouble if it suddenly runs out of battery power. Most systems have relatively robust batteries, but some built-in functions can quickly sap more power than you realize. A good-quality navigation system can be charged through a USB cable plugged into a battery pack or directly from an adapter in the vehicle’s cigarette lighter.
Lifetime maps and updates
Nobody wants to drive down a road, only to find that it leads to nowhere, even though the navigation system insists that it carries on. To prevent this from happening, navigation devices must be constantly updated to the latest map versions. A good-quality navigation system will supply users with lifetime map updates, changes and additional POI.
How much you can expect to spend on a navigation system
The average price of a navigation system will depend on what it’s made for, who the manufacturer is and its capabilities. An entry-level device with a small screen can retail for $150-$200. Larger units with more functions regularly retail for $200-$300.
Navigation system FAQ
Can a navigation system make you a safer driver?
A. While the system can’t change your driving habits, it can help you to be more aware of your surroundings. It will make you a safer driver by alerting you to speed limits, sharp bends, nearby schools or speed cameras.
Are there different map styles for systems?
A. Yes, and many navigation systems will give you a choice for your preferred visuals. Some systems will automatically change the map’s colors after sunset for safety and easy viewing.
What’s the best navigation system to buy?
Top navigation system
What you need to know: With the large 6.9-inch touchscreen and easy-to-read visuals, this navigation system is perfect for a cross-country road trip.
What you’ll love: The navigation system has a battery life of up to one hour but can easily be recharged through a USB cable. It includes lifetime map updates from Garmin, Wi-Fi connectivity for software updates and hands-free calling. To keep your eyes on the road, you can ask for directions by simply using your voice.
What you should consider: Some users have indicated that alerts can be too frequent, causing a distraction.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Top navigation system for the money
What you need to know: Even though the screen is only 5 inches, the Via is more than capable of keeping you on the right track. It features live traffic updates and comes with free map updates of North America.
What you’ll love: The best feature about this navigation system is that the screen splits when you approach a junction. This clearly indicates which direction you need to travel so that you don’t drive in the wrong lane. It ships with a reversible integrated car mount, can give spoken directions in 30 languages and charges through USB.
What you should consider: The map updates are released four times a year, and you’ll only receive speed camera updates for the first three months.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Worth checking out
What you need to know: When paired with your mobile phone, the DriveSmart 55 gives you real-time service updates, such as live parking, locations of traffic cameras and changes in the weather.
What you’ll love: Featuring a 5.5-inch display, this navigation system will route you around traffic so that you can get to your destination faster. You can also use your voice to interact with the device and see TripAdvisor ratings with POI in the area. It is recharged through the included USB cable and can connect to Wi-Fi networks.
What you should consider: It has a resistive touchscreen, which isn’t as accurate or sensitive as a capacitive screen.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
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Singapore moves towards lifting egg-freezing ban
Wednesday, March 30, 2022SINGAPORE,�Singapore�(AFP) — Singapore has proposed lifting a long-standing ban on women freezing their eggs to have children in later life but campaigners Wednesday criticised the policy as not going far enough.
The work-obsessed city-state has long battled low fertility rates but with little success. Last year the rate stood at 1.12 babies per woman, compared to a global average of 2.3.
Women in many countries choose to freeze their eggs to give them a greater chance of having children in later life.
Under current rules in the socially conservative city-state, women can only do so for medical reasons, but calls have been growing for the policy to be loosened.
Policy guidance set out by the government this week proposes allowing women aged from 21 to 35 to freeze their eggs for non-medical reasons from next year.
It said authorities "recognise that some women desire to preserve fertility because of their personal circumstances”.
"For example, those who are not able to find a partner while they are younger, but wish to have the chance of conceiving if they marry later."
However, only legally married couples will be able to use their frozen eggs, it added, pointing to a policy of "upholding parenthood within marriage".�
Safeguards including counselling for those planning to freeze their eggs were also proposed to inform women about the risks and limitations of the procedure.
While welcoming the move overall, Shailey Hingorani, head of research and advocacy at women's rights group AWARE, said it was "fairly limiting" due to the restrictions on age.�
"Although pregnancies in older women tend to be at risk of complications, if a woman is fully informed about such risks, it should be her choice whether or not to try for a child," she told AFP.�
She also said that only permitting legally married couples to use frozen eggs excludes single women and lesbian or bisexual women in relationships who wish to be parents.�
"It's disappointing that the state continues to insist that there is only one model for a family nucleus," she said.�
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Indian Hotels back in the limelight with improving demand
Besides improving demand, the company is also keen to reduce debt through fresh equity infusion. It had raised Rs 1,981 crore in December 2021 through a rights issue.
Synopsis
Analysts believe the country’s largest hotel company will be a major beneficiary of the recovering demand in the sector as economic activities resume amid the receding third wave of the pandemic and falling caseload.
ET Intelligence Group: The stock of Indian Hotels Company has gained 20% in March outperforming the 10% gain in the ET Hospitality index. Analysts believe the country’s largest hotel company will be a major beneficiary of the recovering demand in the sector as economic activities resume amid the receding third wave of the pandemic and falling caseload.
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TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — Gov. Ron DeSantis floated the idea Thursday of changing Florida law to revoke the Walt Disney Company’s right of self-rule in the Reedy Creek Improvement District, the Florida-based seat of the Magic Kingdom.
In the days since DeSantis signed the Parental Rights in Education bill into law, which opponents call the “Don’t Say Gay” law, opposition to the legislation by Disney has provoked talk of using state legislation to take away the company’s ability to self-govern its lands. Disney first got the right of legal self-control in 1967 with the passage of the Reedy Creek Improvement Act.
According to historical documents from the Reedy Creek Improvement District, then-Florida Gov. Claude Kirk signed the RCID Act in May 1967, creating two municipalities: Bay Lake and Reedy Creek, which was later renamed Lake Buena Vista. Nestled between Orange and Osceola counties, the location would later become the site where Walt Disney World was built.
The RCID Charter created a 25,000-acre of land as a special taxing district. It was considered remote and uninhabitable but now is the site of one of the busiest theme parks in the United States.
To make Disney’s plan happen, the area had to get special privileges from the state of Florida to essentially run itself.
“In 1967, the Florida State legislature, working with Walt Disney World Company, created a special taxing district – called the Reedy Creek Improvement District – that would act with the same authority and responsibility as a county government,” RCID says on its website.
Enter an era of the Magic Kingdom, living a life of self-determination and self-rule.
After the company’s public opposition to HB 1557, DeSantis and other state lawmakers have said they’re considering revoking that charter through a repeal of the RCIA, potentially ending Disney’s right to rule in Central Florida.
State Representative Spencer Roach, R-Fort Myers, tweeted on March 30 that he met with colleagues for a second time to discuss the repeal of the decades-old law. In Ponte Vedra Beach on Thursday, DeSantis said he wanted to repeal it but not just over the current political fight and not just the privilege that Disney currently enjoys.
The governor’s words are reminiscent of the state’s 2021 “Big Tech Censorship Crackdown,” in which a law was passed to allow lawsuits against companies like Facebook and Twitter over banning political candidates and equating it to a fight over free speech.
In his speech in Ponte Vedra Beach, DeSantis said the point was to take away the power of “woke” corporations from interfering in Florida politics.
“I would not say that would be retaliatory. The way I view it is there are certain entities that have exerted a lot of influence through corporate means to generate special privileges in the law. I don’t think we should have special privileges in the law at all,” DeSantis said. “Some of these things have developed over the years. I had to deal with this last year when we passed a law last year to protect Floridians from big tech censorship. The idea was to let them be able to sue under the ‘Unfair and Deceptive Trade Practices Act,’ protect political candidates from being de-platformed, stuff that was good. And it’s being litigated in the courts, which we knew it would. But at the 11th hour, the Legislature slips in a provision in that law that said, ‘If you operate a theme park, it doesn’t apply to you.’ And that was meant solely to protect Disney.”
When the provision was added, DeSantis says he had to decide whether to veto the bill and “throw the baby out with the bathwater” or allow it to become law as-is, with the protection of theme parks. To be clear, Disney is not the only theme park in Florida. Universal Studios, SeaWorld, Legoland, Busch Gardens, and Discovery Cove are all in the state, to name a few.
DeSantis claims he isn’t just targeting Disney over his administration’s current disagreements with the company.
“I don’t think it’s retaliatory; I just think that Disney’s posturing has alienated a lot of people now. And so, the political influence they’re used to wielding, I think, has dissipated, so the question is ‘Why would you want to have special privileges in the law, at all?'” DeSantis said. “And I don’t think that we should. But it’s not a matter of acting like those were really great policies. I think that those were policies over decades that were embedded in Florida’s law, largely because they wielded a lot of influence. I think because they’ve been able to do that over the years, I think that’s why they’ve gotten so, that’s one of the reasons they’ve got so far over their skis on this parental rights stuff.”
He said he thinks Disney is used to getting their way and not having lawmakers stop them. DeSantis said he thinks that’s different now.
“They’re not used to having people that will stand in their way and say, ‘Actually, the state of Florida’s going to be governed by the best interests of its people in Florida,” DeSantis said. “We’re certainly not going to bend a knee to woke executives in California. That is not the way the state is going to be run.”
Other than the “big tech carve-out” from 2021, he said he’s never given Disney anything while he’s been governor. DeSantis said he wanted to “reevaluate any special privileges of the law,” not just Disney’s. | https://www.arklatexhomepage.com/news/politics/florida-gop-considers-revoking-disney-worlds-right-to-self-rule-over-dont-say-gay-opposition/ | 2022-04-01T01:16:18Z |
Justin Glaze is the current star on the Bachelor Live on Stage tour, but all his focus was on another star who made headlines recently.
The former Bachelorette contestant poked fun at Chris Rock for taking up all of the media attention in Boston the day before Justin and Becca Kufrin put on their show.
Justin kept the joke going by confronting news reporters, and Becca Kufrin jumped in to reference the infamous Will Smith slap.
Justin Glaze and Becca Kufrin joke about media attention
Justin appeared to be walking down the streets of Boston when he happened on a crowd of reporters and cameras lined up behind a safety rail.
“Wow! Look at all the media here to see @bkoof!” he captioned the video while joking that he had no idea they would attract this much attention.
“All these news outlets just dying to report on Bachelor Live on Stage,” Justin continued in his next Instagram story clip. “What? Wait a minute. Hold up,” he said as he panned the camera up to show a sign announcing a sold-out Chris Rock show.
“The audacity of Chris Rock to pull up in Boston the night of me and Becca Kufrin. Boy bye,” he said.
Becca joined in and reposted the video, which included a photo of the moment Will Smith hit Chris Rock at the Oscars, to her Instagram story.
The former Bachelorette contestant wasn’t quite done yet, however, as he made his way over to the crowd to ask if they were waiting to see Becca Kufrin. Justin was doubly disappointed when the man replied they were waiting for Chris Rock.
Justin Glaze and Becca Kufrin hosted Bachelor Live on Stage show in Boston
The joke was all in good fun, however, and Becca and Justin went on to host a “great” show in Boston.
The two posted several follow-up videos together laughing as they signed a wall after the show. Becca poked fun at Justin’s multi-tasking skills by telling him his rose doodle looked more like a duck.
“And here I thought you were an artist,” Becca captioned the video of Justin, who is known in the franchise for his artistic abilities.
Justin is also well-known for his over-the-top facial expressions during Katie Thurston’s Season of The Bachelorette. With a reputation as a fan-favorite contestant, it is no surprise that Justin treated Bachelor Nation fans to an exciting live show.
The Bachelorette returns July 11th on ABC. | https://www.monstersandcritics.com/tv/reality-tv/justin-glaze-jokingly-shades-chris-rock-for-overshadowing-bachelor-live-on-stage/ | 2022-04-01T01:16:17Z |
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PEOPLE are being invited to step into spring by signing up to Cancer Research UK’s Race for Life in Oldham.
The charity’s much-loved events are returning to the town and anyone who joins between Monday April 4 and Monday April 18 can claim a 30 per cent off the entry fee as part of a special sale by using the code EASTER30
One in two people in the UK born after 1960 will get cancer in their lifetime.* Money raised at Race for Life enables scientists to find new ways to prevent, diagnose and treat cancer – helping to save more lives. People of all ages and abilities are invited to sign up to their local event at raceforlife.org**
The Race for Life events take place at Alexandra Park on Saturday June 18. Women, men and children can choose from either the 3k or 5k event.
Siobhan Byrne, Race for Life spokesperson for Oldham, said: “Everyone can play their part to help beat cancer.”
“Spring is an ideal time to commit to getting a little more active. Sadly, cancer affects all of us in some way. Whether people are living with cancer, taking part in honour of or in memory of a loved one with cancer, or signing up to protect their own children’s future, everyone has a reason to Race for Life. So, we’re asking people across the area: “Who will you Race for?”
“Our Race for Life events are open to all. For some people, the Race for Life is literally a walk in the park. Slow and steady still wins. For others, it’s a jog. Others may opt to push themselves harder, taking up the challenge of the 10k distance and even pushing for a new personal best time.”
“But what is for certain is we’re looking forward to welcoming people of all ages and abilities. Race for Life Oldham will be fun, emotional, colourful, uplifting and an unforgettable event this year.”
Race for Life events across the UK this year will follow current government guidance to protect against COVID-19. Hand sanitiser will be provided at all events.
Cancer Research UK’s Race for Life, in partnership with Tesco, raises funds for world-class research to help beat 200 types of cancer – including bowel cancer, breast cancer, prostate cancer, lung cancer, testicular cancer, brain cancer, children’s cancers and leukaemia.
Oonagh Turnbull, Head of Health Campaigns at Tesco, said: “This will be our 21st year in partnership with Cancer Research UK and Race for Life and we hope this year can be the biggest yet.”
To enter, visit raceforlife.org | https://saddind.co.uk/registration-open-for-race-for-life-in-oldham/ | 2022-04-01T01:16:20Z |
BRYAN, Texas — Bryan ISD officially has new superintendent.
The Bryan ISD Board of Trustees voted to name Ginger Carrabine as the district’s new superintendent during their meeting on Monday, March 28, 2022.
But Carrabine is no stranger to the needs of the classroom and has big plans for the future of education here in Bryan.
The district’s former superintendent and the school board's president both believe she’s the right woman to lead the way. Ginger Carrabine has served as interim superintendent for the past 6 months succeeding Christie Whitbeck of Fort Bend ISD in Houston. Whitbeck says she fully supports Carrabine.
“I just cannot tell you how pleased I have been, with the work that she did – she was a part of the success and the movement – the momentum that we’ve had in Bryan, and I think she is the perfect person to keep it going.” Said Whitbeck.
School Board President Mark McCall agrees. “She just picked up right where Doctor Whitbeck left off and continued the great trajectory Bryan ISD is on and are looking on her full role as superintendent and really build on that trajectory solidifying Bryan ISD.”
Carrabine says she thanks the trustees in their belief that she will continue success in the district and says the work never stopped.
“I want to thank the trustees for believing in me and giving me this opportunity. I am beyond excited. It’s a huge honor I’m not about to say we are going to begin the work because we have been working.” | https://www.kxxv.com/brazos/bryan-isd-appoints-new-superintendent-of-schools-dr-ginger-carrabine | 2022-04-01T01:16:20Z |
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The four blueblood programs that have descended upon the Superdome for the Final Four all have the ability to recruit on a national scale, their coaches able to hop aboard a jet on a moment’s notice to sit in a living room or take in a game.
Turns out some of their best players were in their own backyard.
All-American guard Ochai Agbaji grew up in Kansas City, Missouri, before heading about 20 minutes west on Interstate 70 to become a star for Kansas, which faces Villanova in the first national semifinal Saturday night. His running mate, Christian Braun, grew up in southeast Kansas but also played his high school ball in suburban Kansas City.
Two-time Big East player of the year Collin Gillespie, who has Wildcats coach Jay Wright eyeing a third national title, also played his high school ball about 20 minutes from campus at Archbishop Wood in suburban Philadelphia. Eric Dixon grew up in nearby Willow Grove and Chris Arcidiacono in Langhorne, Pennsylvania.
“We’ve never put an emphasis on recruiting local kids. We’ve put emphasis just going out and getting the best kids,” Kansas coach Bill Self said, “and we’ve been able to recruit national for the most part.
“But it’s pretty special that within 45 minutes of your home you have arguably two of the very best wings in college basketball.”
There are hometown connections in the second semifinal between Duke and North Carolina, too, and those might produce a little extra motivation given that their rival campuses famously lie just 10 miles apart.
Justin McKoy, who played the entire overtime in the Tar Heels’ upset of No. 1 seed Baylor, grew up 30 minutes away in Raleigh. Duke captain Joey Baker only moved about 90 minutes north of his home in Fayetteville, North Carolina.
ONE-ON-ONE
Three years ago, Caleb Samuels had made the decision to transfer from Tulane and was taking a visit to Villanova, where Gillespie and another hometown player, Dhamir Cosby-Roundtree, were given the job of showing him around.
Some of the coaches asked if they would have a little shooting competition and, well, one thing led to another.
“We’re two competitive guys. It turned into one-on-one,” Gillespie recalled Thursday, “and he got up on me like, 13-0, and I was scared. I was nervous. I was like, who is this kid? Because I hadn’t heard of him before. And I obviously looked him up and watched his highlights — ‘All right, he can help us.’”
That might’ve been an understatement. Gillespie and Samuels are now two of the Wildcats’ top three scorers.
“I was up 13-0 the first game, and I remember him coming back, making every shot after that, after I missed, obviously, a layup or something,” Samuels said. “He ended up winning that game. The series ended up being 3-1, Collin.”
TEAHAN TRADITION
The Final Four has become a Teahan family tradition.
First it was Connor. He played at Kansas from 2007-11 and went to the Final Four twice, winning a national championship with the Jayhawks in 2008.
Now it’s Chris’ turn. He was a freshman on the 2018 Final Four team and is back this year as a super senior.
“The Teahans have kind of become the first family of our program,” Kansas coach Bill Self said. “They both put their handprint all over everything we do.”
CENTER OF THE UNIVERSE
It’s not uncommon to see politicians making public bets on major sporting events with products highlighting their state’s industries. That’s not an option for North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper considering home-state teams UNC and Duke have brought their rivalry to New Orleans.
So Cooper on Thursday instead issued a proclamation that the state is “The Center of the College Basketball Universe.”
“The stakes are high on Saturday and fans across the nation will get a firsthand look at two programs that have for decades competed fiercely and divided the loyalty of family and friends, but made our state proud,” Cooper said.
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Kardashian fans reveal wild theory Kim got her ‘RIBS removed’ to shrink her tiny waist after spotting ‘clue’ in old pic
KIM Kardashian's fans have always thought she was bad to the bone.
But now many of them believe she's bad WITHOUT a bone - namely, her rib.
Fans have flocked to Reddit to pour over photographic evidence they say proves the reality star had a rib removed, in order to keep her trademark hourglass frame.
Under a topic page titled: "The body changes are just so drastic and unnatural. She was perfectly fine before!!" the debate raged.
"It’s so crazy to me how tiny her waist is in comparison," one person said in response to a series of snaps of Kim in a bikini.
"She’s always been pretty slim but her waist used to be so much wider than it is now.
"I think that rumor that she had ribs removed is way far out there, but how the hell did she get her waist so damn tiny like what surgery is that!!??"
Others agreed that Kim, now 41, looked healthier and more natural in her 20's, when she first became a star.
"When she did she become obsessed with the super tiny waist?? Looked fine before," one fan commented.
Another added: "Wow, she used to look so good. Hip dips and all, she actually looked normal."
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And one fan felt some of the pictures showed off Kim's animal instincts.
"The one where she is swinging North, she looks like a queen ant."
SKIM TIGHT
While Kim hasn't commented about her look either way, she has been slammed as out of touch for suggesting fans wear a skintight SKIMS top to WORK as an “office look.”
The SKIMS TikTok account recently shared a video that showed a model trying on the tight long sleeve top.
In the clip, the model showed how the same top could be worn for a “date night,” “to the office” and a “weekend hike.”
While the top was paired with a tiny skirt for the date night option and biker shorts for the hike, Kim’s brand suggested customers wear the top with camouflage pants to work.
Shortly after the brand shared the video, Keeping Up With the Kardashians fans rushed to Reddit to shut down the idea that the top is work appropriate.
SKIM-APPROPRIATE
Alongside a screenshot from the clip, the initial Reddit user wrote: "THIS IS A OFFICE LOOK??"
The backlash continued as another added: "Tell me you never worked in an office without telling me you’ve never worked in an office."
A third chimed in: "I’m getting a talking from HR if I wore that."
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While one person joked the outfit is only work appropriate for "the school counselor at Euphoria High," another added: "It’s because they’re so out of touch with reality that they think this is an appropriate office look."
"Imagine HR having to figure out how to tell you to wear a bra so your nips aren’t showing. And sending a memo that a** cracks shouldn’t be visible," a following fan commented.
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Last month, Habitat for Humanity of Pinellas and West Pasco Counties CEO Mike Sutton got an email about an impending gift from a confidential donor.
When the donor’s representatives called and revealed her identity, Sutton learned that his nonprofit would receive the largest single gift in its 37-year history: $11 million.
The local donation is part of a $436 million contribution to Habitat for Humanity International and 84 of its U.S. affiliates from author and philanthropist MacKenzie Scott, the affordable housing nonprofit announced Tuesday.
For an affiliate like Pinellas and West Pasco Counties, with an annual budget of $24 million, Sutton said $11 million is “transformative” and will allow the organization to build more affordable homes at a time when Tampa Bay is facing a housing crisis.
“My jaw dropped, I got emotional,” Sutton said of the February phone call with Scott’s representatives. “It was overwhelming in so many ways. Honestly I had no idea how to respond at the time because it’s a once-in-a-lifetime type donation that we’re receiving.”
Of the seven Habitat affiliates in Florida chosen by Scott, two are in Tampa Bay. Along with the $11 million for Habitat for Humanity of Pinellas and West Pasco Counties, Habitat for Humanity of Hillsborough County will receive $7.5 million.
Through a representative, Scott began requesting information anonymously from Habitat for Humanity International about its network affiliates last summer, according to Amy Dunham, chief communications officer for the Christian-based housing nonprofit. She said Scott and her team selected 84 affiliates out of the 1,100 across the U.S. “entirely independently” and notified the organization of its intentions late last month.
Scott announced in 2019 that she planned to give away her vast fortune, much of which came from the Amazon stock she received in a divorce settlement that year with company founder Jeff Bezos. At the time, her 4 percent stake in the company was valued at $38 billion.
Over the last two years, she has given away a total of $8.8 billion to more than 780 organizations, according to a calculation done by Forbes in February.
Scott has given no media interviews and has made few public statements about her philanthropy, limiting her thoughts to a handful of posts on the publishing platform Medium. She also has not disclosed all recipients of her philanthropy, stating in a December essay that she wants charities to announce their donations “if they choose to.”
Sutton said Scott’s $11 million gift to the Pinellas and West Pasco Habitat affiliate will help offset construction costs that have skyrocketed during the pandemic. It will also enable his affiliate to build a 57-unit subdivision in Largo, a 25-unit subdivision in Clearwater and a 30-unit subdivision in New Port Richey — projects his group had planned but had not secured funding to build until now.
“This gift will allow us to start the work on those projects much sooner than we would have been able to,” Sutton said.
Habitat builds homes for families that earn between 30 percent and 80 percent of the area median income, which in Pinellas County meant up to $59,050 for a family of four in 2021. The nonprofit requires homeowners to contribute sweat equity in building the home in exchange for the no-interest mortgage.
Sutton said nearly 60 percent of his affiliate’s revenue comes from those mortgages, which is then reinvested to build more homes for families. About 30 percent of its revenue has come from philanthropy and the rest from government funding and sales from its retail store.
Sutton said his strategic plan called for building 65 new homes in fiscal year 2022, 70 in 2023 and 75 in 2024. But construction costs have soared during the pandemic, adding $30,000 to the cost of building a Habitat home.
“This gift will allow us to do so much more above and beyond what we normally do,” Sutton said. “It’s a blessing because it’s coming at a time when we have to find gap financing and find gap donations to make up that difference we’re seeing with increases in costs.” | https://www.suncoastnews.com/news/two-tampa-bay-habitat-for-humanity-groups-get-millions-from-mackenzie-scott/article_1fc8ddf0-af9c-11ec-9826-cf4d034f16ba.html | 2022-04-01T01:16:21Z |
MINNETONKA, Minn., March 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Electro-Sensors, Inc. (NASDAQ: ELSE), a leading global provider of machine monitoring sensors and hazard monitoring systems, today announced financial results for the year ended December 31, 2021.
- Record net sales of $8.6 million, up 12.9% over prior year
- Gross Margin of 54.3%
- Cash and investments of $9.8 million
"We are pleased to report we achieved record annual revenue during 2021," said David L. Klenk, Electro-Sensors' president. "Growth during the year was driven by customers moving forward with capacity expansions and facility modernizations."
Klenk continued, "Following a very difficult period brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, business conditions are steadily improving, and we are excited to once again be able to travel and meet face to face with our customers."
A full analysis of results for the year ended December 31, 2021 is available in the Company's Form 10-K, which is available on the Company's website at www.electro-sensors.com or through the Securities and Exchange Commission's Edgar database at www.sec.gov.
2022 Annual Meeting of Shareholders
Our Annual Meeting will be held via live webcast on April 20, 2022 at 2:00 PM Central Time at www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/ELSE2022. Please retain a copy of the 16 digit Control Number that is printed on your proxy card as you will need it to enter the Annual Meeting as a verified shareholder. Shareholders will be able to ask questions and vote in this virtual meeting as if they were attending an in-person meeting.
About Electro-Sensors
Electro-Sensors, Inc. is an industry leading designer and manufacturer of rugged and reliable machine monitoring sensors and wireless/wired hazard monitoring systems applied across multiple industries and applications. These products improve processes by protecting people, safeguarding systems, reducing downtime, and preventing waste. Most standard products ship within one to two days and have an industry-leading 5-year warranty. Electro-Sensors is proud to be an ISO9001:2015 quality certified company and is committed to providing excellent customer service and technical support. Founded in 1968 and located in Minnetonka, Minnesota, Electro-Sensors provides its loyal customers with reliable products that improve safety and help plants operate with greater efficiency, productivity and control.
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We’ll have a few passing clouds overnight as temperatures drop down into the upper 20s and lower 30s for most. Tomorrow will be a windy day as winds come out of the northwest with daytime highs again in the upper 40s and 50s. A few scattered rain showers will be possible Friday, particularly across south-central North Dakota by the afternoon. Temperatures will remain above seasonal averages for the beginning of the weekend, in what looks to be a sunny Saturday with lighter winds, but by Sunday chances for rain and snow will increase as temperatures drop slightly. At this point, Monday appears to be dry with another chance for precipitation and strong winds Tuesday and Wednesday of next week as a possible stronger system arrives.
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The father of one of four young men accused of “gang-raping” a teenage girl in a car has told their trial that he saw a girl in the car and didn't see her trying to get out.
The four men have pleaded not guilty at the Central Criminal Court to raping the then 17-year-old girl in the early hours of December 27 2016.
The girl got into a car with the men in the early hours of that morning in a midlands town and it is the prosecution case that the four defendants each sexually assaulted her as the car was driven out of the town.
The car was driven to a remote location nearby and it is alleged that three of the defendants, and another man who is not on trial, raped her in turn at this location.
The jury has heard that two of the defendants were later dropped off at a house back in the town and the car was driven to another location. The woman has said that she asked to be let out of the car but was ignored and that one of the men raped her for the second time at the same time as the other man forced his penis into her mouth.
The defendants, who were aged between 17 and 19 at the time, deny all the charges. Neither they nor the complainant can be identified, under the 1981 Rape Act.
On Thursday morning, Justice Tara Burns told the jury that she was directing the jury to return a verdict of not guilty on the charge of rape at this location against one of the men, who still faces a separate charge of orally raping the girl at another location later in the night.
Lorcan Staines SC, prosecuting, told the jury that this charge should not have been on the indictment in circumstances where the complainant said she was unsure whether there were four or five men who had sex with her in the first location. He said this was an error on his part.
The father of one of the two men who were dropped off in the car after the car came back into the midlands town gave evidence to the trial that he rises at 4.30am every morning to get ready to go to work at 6am.
He told Hugh Harnett SC, defending his son, that on the morning of December 27, 2016, he was up like every morning and he noticed his son was not home. He called his son but the phone “was dead” and he said he then showered and said some prayers and made his bed.
He said he then heard a car pulling up outside the house with the passenger side of the car nearest the house. He said he saw his son's friend sitting “squashed” in the front seat and somebody sitting on top of him looking away.
He said his son got out of the back of the car and went to the front passenger seat and started talking to his friend. He said the other person in the front moved into the back.
He said another man got out of the back of the car and was standing on the pavement and he saw “ a girl reaching out, grabbing the door and pulling it closed”.
Counsel asked the witness “did you see that girl get out of the car” and the witness replied “no she moved within the car”.
Under cross-examination by Mr Staines the man agreed that he was present for the whole of the trial and had heard the evidence of the complainant. He agreed his account of this particular episode at the house was in dispute with her account.
Mr Staines asked him did he speak to his son after seeing him at the car and the witness told the jury “I went for a shower, I went in to get changed”. He said when he came out of the shower his son's bedroom door was closed.
He said he saw him later that day after he came home from work and he asked him “did you have a good time” but that was all.
“He went out, he didn't do anything but went out,” the witness said. He said that was the only conversation he had with his son.
He said the gardai came to the house later that day and his son was “under a lot of stress”. He said when his son returned from the garda station that evening there wasn't much of a conversation.
Asked to recall what was said he told the jury “I can't remember having a conversation”. Asked again he added that he did ask his son why the gardai were at the house.
He said his son told him he had a few drinks and they gave a girl a lift and she asked them if she could stay the night somewhere as she had had a fight with her friend. He said there was no mention of sexual activity.
Mr Staines put it to the witness that he had told the jury he didn't have a conversation with his son “when in fact you did”. The man said he had misunderstood the earlier question and said he had a short conversation with his son.
In other evidence, a paediatric consultant told Mr Harnett that in August 2017 he had treated the defendant for a condition affecting the skin of his penis. He said that this condition would make having an erection “very painful” and would also make masturbation difficult.
He said it was progressive and in this estimation, it was present for three to four years previously and the associated difficulties would have gone back a considerable period of time.
Under cross-examination he told Mr Staines that he was not informed of what the patient had told gardai in relation to the criminal allegations.
Mr Staines asked the witness about the defendant's account of being in a nightclub earlier in the night of the alleged rapes in which the accused said he was “turned on”, grinding against the girl and that he experienced “pre-ejaculate” discharge.
The consultant said this would "be very painful” and “I don't think he would have done that”. The trial continues before Ms Justice Tara Burns and a jury.
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Soccer-Rangers pull out of Celtic friendly in Australia
Rangers have withdrawn from the Sydney Super Cup competition in Australia where they were due to face rivals Celtic in Sydney in November for the first Old Firm derby outside Scotland. Rangers were also scheduled to take on Western Sydney Wanderers, with Celtic playing Sydney FC in the four-team tournament which was opposed by many Gers supporters.
Rangers have withdrawn from the Sydney Super Cup competition in Australia where they were due to face rivals Celtic in Sydney in November for the first Old Firm derby outside Scotland.
Rangers were also scheduled to take on Western Sydney Wanderers, with Celtic playing Sydney FC in the four-team tournament which was opposed by many Gers supporters. The match had been billed as a special homecoming for Celtic boss Ange Postecoglou, which upset Rangers fans.
A section of Rangers supporters disrupted the March 20 Premiership game with Dundee at Dens Park by throwing objects on the pitch, including tennis balls and toilet rolls, in protest. The Ibrox club said in a statement on Thursday that "tournament organisers were unwilling to fulfil their commitments" and Rangers had terminated the agreement.
Co-promoters TEG Sport and Left Field Live said they were disappointed that Rangers had pulled out of their "contracted commitment". "We refute any suggestions that we were unwilling to fulfil our commitments to Rangers. We have acted in good faith and have put the event on sale with a great response from fans here," read a statement. "In changing their minds, the Rangers board has let down many fans in Australia and the Asian region. We will now consult with our shareholders before determining our response."
Some Celtic fans had also displayed banners opposing the controversial overseas derby, which was due to take place during the domestic break for the World Cup in Qatar. Former Australia boss Postecoglou, appointed by Celtic last June, guided the Socceroos to their maiden Asian Cup triumph in 2015 and was at the helm for the 2014 World Cup finals.
Australian fans of British football will have a chance to see English Premier League clubs Manchester United and Crystal Palace play friendlies in Melbourne in July.
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Hurricanes quarterback D’Eriq King wants to get to the NFL any way he can.
“I love football; I love the game of football,” King said. “Whoever gives me the opportunity to play at the next level: receiver, running back, special teams. I don’t care if they tell me to go wash the car. I’ll do it.”
King, whose final college season was cut short by a shoulder injury, was one of 11 Hurricanes who worked out at the team’s Pro Day in Coral Gables on Wednesday.
The Hurricanes’ former signal-caller has been a quarterback for most of his life, but he also worked out at wide receiver — a position he played for part of his college career — on Wednesday to maximize his chances of making an NFL roster.
“I don’t want to say it’s hard,” King said. “Obviously, I’ve been playing quarterback since I was four years old. I played receiver a year and a half of my whole life. I am a quarterback, that’s who I am. I lead like a quarterback. I watch tape like a quarterback.”
King spent most of his six college seasons as a quarterback, but he played wide receiver his freshman and part of his sophomore year at Houston. He had 58 catches for 492 yards and three touchdowns in those two seasons. He also caught two passes for 16 yards in two seasons at Miami.
After moving back to quarterback in his sophomore year, King had a breakout junior campaign. He completed 63.1 percent of his collegiate passes for 8,378 yards and 76 touchdowns against 19 interceptions. He also ran for 2,055 yards and 32 scores.
With representatives of several NFL teams in attendance on Wednesday, King ran an unofficial time of 4.65 in the 40-yard dash and ran about a 7.3 in the shuttle drill, according to the ACC Network’s broadcast.
“I felt all right,” King said. “I feel like I definitely could’ve done better at some things, but it is what it is at this point.”
King said he has a workout with the New England Patriots on Thursday and will work out at the Dolphins’ local workout day. He said he wants to be seen as a jack-of-all-trades.
“That’s my goal,” King said. “The more you can do, the more valuable you are.”
King said he has been trying to maximize his abilities at both quarterback and wide receiver. He earned an invitation to the NFL combine as a quarterback, so that was his earlier focus. Now he is working consistently at both positions.
“I was trying both every day,” King said. “Not trying to overwork and keep myself healthy. I would throw first then after I do my throwing, go run some routes [for] maybe 20, 30, 40 minutes. Just getting it in every day so I can feel comfortable.”
King’s teammate, fellow prospective draftee Charleston Rambo, thinks King is more than capable at either position.
“He’s athletic,” Rambo said. “He’s going to throw it. He’s going to catch it. He’s going to run. He’s just balling.”
Rambo said King “knows his stuff,” but the former Hurricanes signal-caller said Rambo and fellow wide receiver Mike Harley Jr. offered some good advice.
“Catch the ball, that’s the most important thing, right?” King said. “You can’t go out there run a good route and drop the ball. It makes no sense. So I caught everything, so that was good.”
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — A former minor league pitcher ran a major league illegal sports betting operation in California that used other former pro athletes to take bets and took wagers from players still in the game, federal prosecutors said Thursday.
Wayne Nix, who threw for Oakland Athletics farm teams, used his connections to recruit three former Major League Baseball players and a former pro football player as fellow bookies, prosecutors said.
The MLB began looking into the matter when it learned of it Thursday, but was unaware any of those involved other than Nix, a spokesman said.
Court records offered no names of the players who worked for Nix or those who placed bets with his business, but they provide a glimpse of the kind of money being wagered, earned and lost.
A professional football player paid Nix $245,000 for gambling losses in 2016. An MLB coach paid $4,000 in losses that same year. It was not disclosed if either bet on their own games or their own sports.
MLB prohibits players from betting on baseball or gambling illegally on sports. They can bet on other sports if it’s legal. The National Football League policy bars all personnel from betting on football games.
A Los Angeles check cashing business that has agreed to plead guilty to failing to prevent money laundering in the scheme cashed over $18 million in checks from two single bettors, prosecutors said.
One client wagered $5 million on the Super Bowl but it was not revealed if that gambit paid off.
Sports betting is legal in 30 states, but not in California. However, voters will have a chance to legalize it at the polls in November.
Nix, 45, has agreed to plead guilty to conspiring to run an illegal gambling operation and faces up to eight years in prison. He also admitted he failed to report $1.4 million in income in 2017 and 2018. He has agreed to pay back taxes and interest of $1.25 million and forfeit $1.3 million seized from bank accounts.
Nix began the sports bookmaking business about 20 years ago after his six-year minor league career — with stops in Arizona, Texas and California — ended, prosecutors said.
His client list was created from contacts he had made in the sports world and included current and former pro athletes. The agents he hired helped expand that clientele.
The operation eventually began using a Costa Rican business, Sand Island Sports, to create accounts where bets could be placed and tracked and credit limits set, prosecutors said. Bets were placed online or through a call center, though Nix paid winners and kept most of the money from losing bets.
Those who exceeded credit limits were shut off, though exceptions were made, according to court documents.
A sports broadcaster's account was reactivated in February 2019 after he told Nix he was refinancing his home mortgage to pay off his gambling debts.
In September 2019, Nix increased the credit limit to a baseball player with debts so he could make additional bets.
In November, 2019, Nix's partner, Edon Kagasoff, told a business manager for a professional basketball player that he would increase the maximum wager he could place to $25,000 per NBA game.
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St James police list 13 persons of interest
Wednesday, March 30, 2022ST JAMES, Jamaica—�The St James Police have listed thirteen individuals as persons of interest.
They are:
����������Nickeelo Lewis otherwise called 'Keelo' and 'Bugs Bunny' of Lilliput, St James
����������Jeffery Binger otherwise called 'Shane' of Ocean Heights, Lilliput, St James
����������Oshane Earle, 31, otherwise called 'Tumbo', a labourer of Lottery, St James
����������Keron Johnson otherwise called 'Man Fox' of Bogue Hill, Montego Bay, St James
����������Kenya Robinson otherwise called 'Rasta' of Sheffield district, Westmoreland
����������Tevon Johnson otherwise called 'Papi' of Rose Heights, St James
����������Carl Vanhorn of Upper King Street, Montego Bay, Flankers, Norwood, in St James
����������Kingsley Drummond otherwise called 'Zulu'
����������Oshane Poyser
They also listed men only known by their aliases:
����������Beng
����������Demar
����������Bunjun
����������Wacky
Detectives believe that these men may be able to assist with their investigations into various incidents in the division. They are asked to immediately report to the Montego Bay Criminal Investigation Branch.
Anyone knowing their whereabouts is asked to call the Montego Bay Police at 876-979-8452-3, 119 police emergency number, Crime Stop at 311 or the nearest police station.
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Which RC tanks are best?
Remote-control tanks provide hours of fun for all ages. Whether you’re staging a battle or traversing rugged terrain, these toys are immersive and just plain cool. There are tons of RC tanks out there, from historic replicas to futuristic armored vehicles. Which you choose will ultimately come down to the kinds of features you want your RC tank to have and how realistic you want it to look.
The best RC tank is the Heng Long Modified Edition Remote Control U.S. M1A2 Abrams Tank Model.
What to know before you buy an RC tank
What is an RC tank?
An RC tank is a type of remote-controlled vehicle modeled after real-life tanks used in warfare. Like real tanks, these toys have tracks that allow them to roll over rocks, mud and other uneven ground. They also have swiveling turrets to lock onto their target. RC tanks are controlled by a handheld transistor and run on battery power.
Types of RC tanks
There are two types of RC tanks: historically inspired models and fantasy/sci-fi-inspired models.
- Historic tanks are modeled after tanks that exist in real life from World War I to the modern era. Popular models are those from World War II, such as the American M4 Sherman and German Panzer, and those found in today’s militaries, such as the M1 Abrams.
- Fantasy and Sci-fi tanks have unique designs that don’t appear in real life. These follow the basic premise of a tank with a turret and tracks, but use futuristic color schemes and weapons.
Difference between RC tanks and RC cars
If you were to pit your RC tank against an RC car in a race, you’d be bound to lose. But a desert battle is another story. Both kinds of remote control vehicles have motors, controllers and batteries (though some RC cars use fuel). Yet, RC tanks don’t have nearly as powerful batteries or engines. They aren’t made for blistering speed or maneuverability. Rather, an RC tank is optimized for play. You won’t have to swap tires on these either, as their tracks are much more durable.
How to control an RC tank
RC tanks use a handheld transistor. Like RC cars, some use what’s called a pistol-grip controller. These have an ergonomic, one-hand design that uses a trigger for the throttle, and a wheel on the body of the pistol to turn the tank.
Traditional stick controllers are the classic square transistors with dual-analogue joysticks. You’re more likely to use one of these if you want a tank with a rotating turret as you’ll need to steer and direct the cannon.
What to look for in a quality RC tank
Battery
There are two kinds of batteries in the remote-control vehicle world. Nickel based Ni-MH batteries and lithium based LiPo batteries.
- LiPo: LiPo batteries are typically reserved for performance-oriented models. These durable batteries are powerful and produce a lot of speed, but they are more expensive.
- Ni-MH: Most tanks will use a Ni-MH battery, which is less powerful, but are much safer and more affordable.
Turret
A good RC tank should have a rotating or dynamic turret — after all, what’s the point of a tank without one of its core features? The turret should be able to rotate more than 180 degrees, with 360 being optimal. You’ll also want a turret that can go up or down. Look for around 30 degrees of vertical maneuverability.
Cannon
If your tank has a turret, check to see what its features are as most RC tanks have a shooting mechanism. If you’re buying for a younger user, you’ll want to use your best judgment when it comes to safety.
- Sound effects: When you press fire on your controller, the tank makes a realistic shooting sound. This is a fun detail that doesn’t require any extra supplies, power or supervision.
- Water: Transforming your tank into a little mobile water gun, water should be safe for all appropriate ages.
- Flame or smoke: Taking the tank to the next level, smoke or flames require oil to fire. These definitely require supervision.
- BB or airsoft: These RC tank cannons shoot small plastic or metal pellets. These should be used by older kids and adults.
Durability
You’ll want your tank to stand up to lots of play as well as to the elements. For this reason, durable, hard plastics are a must. In addition, check if your tank is waterproof before you take it through puddles or the snow, as water can damage the electronics and rust out the metal components. Lastly, you want your tracks to be made from either metal or anti-slip rubber. This will help your tank roll over rough surfaces without damaging components.
How much you can expect to spend on an RC tank
A kid-appropriate RC tank will cost anywhere from $50-$120. High-quality replicas with working cannons can exceed $200.
RC tank FAQ
Does my RC tank require fuel?
A. Most ready-to-roll out-of-the-box RC tanks run on battery power. If your tank makes smoke, you’ll need to top it off with oil to initiate combustion.
Are RC tanks safe?
A. Like any RC vehicle, an RC tank is as safe as the person using it. They do move at a decent clip and can bang shins or damage walls. But if you’re purchasing an RC tank that shoots, for a child you’ll need to make sure its cannon ammunition is age-appropriate and that you supervise play.
What’s the best RC tank to buy?
Top RC tank
Heng Long Modified Edition Remote Control U.S. M1A2 Abrams Tank Model
What you need to know: This tank is completely decked out with immersive effects and a working BB cannon.
What you’ll love: Produced at 1:16 scale, this tank is massive. It has a fully rotating turret, durable metal tracks with metal sprockets for all terrains and a whole slew of sound effects from the engine to the cannon. It also climbs steep slopes easily.
What you should consider: This tank is a little slow.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Top RC tank for the money
Beaure WW2 German Tiger Army Tank
What you need to know: Beaure’s interactive replica tank is perfect for pretend play alone or with friends when paired with a second model.
What you’ll love: This 1:28-scale RC Tiger tank has stunning effects and realistic details. It has a 330-degree rotating turret with sound effects when it shoots. This tank has a battle feature that allows you to play with another tank.
What you should consider: Two tanks of the same model cannot fight — you need one of each.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Worth checking out
Mostop Remote Control Crawler High-Speed Tank
What you need to know: The Mostop RC tank has a futuristic design modeled after high-tech military-police vehicles.
What you’ll love: This tank is fast with a top speed of over 7 miles per hour. Its rugged antislip tracks are designed to enable drifting and the gearbox has enough torque to climb up 30 degrees of incline. This tank can also wade 5 centimeters.
What you should consider: Some users report that the tracks can slip off their sprockets.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
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Denmark tops Class 7A and leads Brookwood, Walton, Roswell and Dunwoody in the top 5. In Class 6A Buford is the team to beat. In Class 5A, Chamblee is at the top of the class this week after Blessed Trinity fell to No. 2.
North Oconee leads Class 4A, Westminster is at the top of Class 3A and Lovett tops Class 2A. In Class A Public, Social Circle is out front and in Class A Private, Pinecrest Academy is at the top.
See the full rankings below.
Class 7A
1. Denmark
2. Brookwood
3. Walton
4. Roswell
5. Dunwoody
6. Hillgrove
7. Harrison
8. West Forsyth
9. Peachtree Ridge
10. Mill Creek
Class 6A
1. Buford
2. Cambridge
3. Lassiter
4. Johns Creek
5. Houston County
6. Glynn Academy
7. Chattahoochee
8. Pope
9. River Ridge
10. Centennial
Class 5A
1. Chamblee
2. Blessed Trinity
3. McIntosh
4. St. Pius X
5. Midtown
6. Loganville
7. Decatur
8. Greenbrier
9. Woodward Academy
10. Northside-Columbus
Class 4A
1. North Oconee
2. Marist
3. Jefferson
4. Heritage-Catoosa
5. Southeast Whitfield
6. Northwest Whitfield
7. Perry
8. Luella
9. Columbus
10. Cairo
Class 3A
1. Westminster
2. GAC
3. Cherokee Bluff
4. Jackson
5. Lumpkin County
6. Oconee County
7. White County
8. Pike County
9. Savannah Arts
10. Southeast Bulloch
Class 2A
1. Lovett
2. Bremen
3. Pace Academy
4. Model
5. Jeff Davis
6. Fitzgerald
7. Lamar County
8. Fannin County
9. Callaway
10. Bleckley County
Class Public
1. Social Circle
2. Commerce
3. Atlanta Classical
4. Armuchee
5. Towns County
6. Screven County
7. Lake Oconee Academy
8 Atkinson County
9. McIntosh County Academy
10. ACE Charter
Class Private
1. Pinecrest Academy
2. Stratford Academy
3. Wesleyan
4. Holy Innocents’
5. Brookstone
6. Athens Academy
7. Fellowship Christian
8. First Presbyterian
9. Atlanta International
10. Trinity Christian
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Women Providing Healing – Promoting Hope
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About a week ago, the Securities Exchange Board of India (Sebi) asked some of them to disclose details related to various schemes as on February 28, 2022 and compare the portfolios of clients within an investment theme (like 'long only', 'high growth' etc).
"The regulator didn't say why it wants the information. But the PMS houses were told to submit within a day," said a compliance official with a fund house.
The information sought by Sebi are: 1) details of assets under management (AUM) and number of clients under discretionary PMS, non-discretionary PMS, and advisory PMS; 2) investment approach wise details of number of clients and AUM; 3) AUM and details of clients who are not covered under any investment approach; and, 4) extent of overlap in portfolio of each client under the same approach.
A Sebi spokesman did not comment on the matter.
A large number of high networth individuals typically choose to put a slice of their money in PMS schemes and alternative investment funds (AIFs) like private equity and venture capital outfits. In discretionary portfolio management service, the portfolio manager manages the funds and securities of each client in accordance with the 'needs' of the clients while under 'non-discretionary' the portfolio manager manages the funds in accordance with the 'directions' of the client.
"Sebi appears to be looking at the strategies being followed by PMS providers... Some PMS providers follow a model portfolio while some also offer a customised portfolio depending on the appetite of investors. Now, portfolios of two clients under the same theme may differ even if they have a similar risk profile," said an official with a financial intermediary.
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Five takeaways from the UN’s climate report
The United Nations’s climate science panel issued a report on Monday detailing both the impacts of climate change and potential adaptation measures society can take to mitigate the damage.
The report warned of dire impacts from global warming that will only get worse, from heat waves to food and water disruptions to damage to infrastructure.
Here are five major takeaways from the newest report.
Climate change’s impacts are worse than scientists expected — and some are irreversible
The latest report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) indicated that climate change’s impacts are worse than expected, a message that was echoed by its authors.
The report itself said that the “extent and magnitude of climate change impacts are larger than estimated in previous assessments,” citing issues including “widespread deterioration” of ecosystems.
“We’re seeing adverse impacts being much more widespread and being much more negative than expected in prior reports than expected at the current 1.09 degrees that we have,” Camille Parmesan, one of the report’s authors, told reporters on Sunday, referring to the current level of warming compared to pre-industrial levels.
Parmesan said that the world is seeing “diseases emerging into new areas” and “the first extinctions of species due to climate change” — effects not expected from the current level of warming.
The report itself also warned that some of the impacts already being seen are irreversible.
Other impacts, like water changes from glacier retreats and changes in mountain and Arctic ecosystems linked to melting permafrost are “approaching irreversibility,” the report said.
Climate change is already harming human health — and even killing people
The report warned of health risks from climate change, including from heat exposure, disease and mental health issues.
It said that globally, extreme heat events have already resulted in deaths. And it said that since the last time the IPCC issued a report in 2014, there have been more extreme events, including “heat-related human mortality,” that have been attributed to human-caused climate change.
It said that there would be more risks in the decades to come, particularly between 2040 and 2100.
“Climate change and related extreme events will significantly increase ill health and premature deaths from the near- to long-term,” said a summary of the panel’s findings.
It mentioned continued heat waves, as well as food-borne and water-borne disease risks and disease from pests like mosquitoes. It particularly warned of increases in the risk of diseases from a certain type of mosquito, “potentially putting additional billions of people at risk by the end of the century.”
And it warned of increased mental health issues such as anxiety and stress. Report author Sherilee Harper, when specifically asked about health events in North America, pointed to three ways it can impact mental health.
“One is direct impacts of people that are having to be evacuated from wildfires or flooded areas that obviously is associated with increased impacts on things like post-traumatic stress,” Harper said.
She said that it can also indirectly impact people’s mental health through stresses like food insecurity, and that they can experience climate change “vicariously” by seeing impacts to other people on the news.
The report warned of impacts from increased exposure to wildfire smoke, which can cause heart and lung problems. And it noted that health services have been disrupted because of extreme weather like floods.
Climate change is disrupting food, water and infrastructure systems
Climate change is already forcing changes to the food we eat, the water we drink and the infrastructure we build our lives around.
The report noted that climate change can worsen food and water insecurity. It gave several examples, noting impacts like ocean warming and acidification weakening fishing and shellfish harvests.
It also said that increasing extreme weather due to climate change has caused millions of people to face food insecurity and reduced water security. Instances of acute food insecurity and malnutrition have increased in Africa, Central America and South America.
It found that risks to physical water availability will increase in the mid- to long- term in every region it assessed, and these changes will be exacerbated by worsened warming.
The report particularly pointed to impacts on cities, saying that climate change has already negatively affected people, particularly already disadvantaged groups.
It cited heat waves and the impacts of extreme events on transportation, water, sanitation and energy infrastructure.
Going forward, the report warned that cities, especially in coastal areas, could face even greater risks, and that globally about a billion people will be at risk from coastal climate hazards in the mid-term.
A wide variety of solutions can help us adapt to climate change
The report called on the world to take a broad range of adaptation measures to lessen the impacts of climate change.
It called for forest conservation, including diversifying tree composition to resist impacts from pests and wildfires. For agriculture, it said farms and landscapes should be diversified, and that urban agriculture should be encouraged.
Because of sea level rise, the report called for protection, and even planned relocation in low-lying coastal cities.
For energy systems, it called for increased resilience, reliability, storage and efficiency as well as diversification, including through small-scale renewable energy.
Other measures it endorsed include plans for extreme heat warnings and responses, improved access to potable water in order to combat food- and water-borne disease, and warning systems and vaccine development for diseases from pests. It said that some of the mental health impacts can be mitigated through better access to care.
The climate impacts will be worse without action
The report highlighted the need to lessen climate-warming emissions, noting that impacts will be worse with greater temperature increases.
It gave a number of examples where climate change would deliver worse outcomes with higher levels of warming, including flooding and food insecurity.
Specifically, it said that if global warming becomes two degrees Celsius higher than pre-industrial levels in the mid-term, food insecurity risks will become worse, “leading to malnutrition and micro-nutrient deficiencies” in Sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia, Central and South America and small islands.
“This report reinforces the main findings that are actually emerging from all of our reports this cycle, and that is that every fraction of a degree of warming matters, and every action helps,” Ko Barrett, IPCC vice-chair, said in an interview.
“We’re in a race with the risks that are increasing as the planet warms and this report is really clear in saying that the ultimate solution lies in stopping the warming,” Barrett added.
The Hill has removed its comment section, as there are many other forums for readers to participate in the conversation. We invite you to join the discussion on Facebook and Twitter. | https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/596204-five-takeaways-from-the-uns-climate-report/ | 2022-04-01T01:16:22Z |
WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) – For some people, overdraft fees are a frustrating inconvenience. For others, they pose crippling costs. Some lawmakers now want to change how they’re charged altogether.
Rep. Carolyn Maloney introduced legislation called the “Overdraft Protection Act.” The bill includes provisions to cap the amount and number of fees a bank can charge.
“My bill tries to cut down on these unfair and deceptive practices,” the New York Democrat said.
Advocates like Elyse Crawford-Hicks with Americans for Financial Reform say overdraft fees hit low-income families and people of color the hardest.
“Overdraft fees are paid the most by people who can least afford them,” Crawford-Hicks said.
Others say over-drafting is a useful service because it can function like a short-term loan. Paul Kundert is the CEO of UW Credit Union, which recently reduced their overdraft fees and put more limits on how they charge them.
“When prices are fair, we believe consumers do benefit from access to the credit provided by overdraft fees,” Kundert said.
Recently, major banks like Wells Fargo, Citigroup and Bank of America have made changes themselves, by reducing their overdraft fees or eliminating them altogether.
Rep. Roger Williams, R-Texas, says that demonstrates the legislation is unnecessary.
“The market is naturally, naturally taking care of the issue without government intervention. And we do not need more rules from Washington,” Williams said.
Because banks make billions of dollars in revenue from overdraft fees, George Mason University Foundation Professor of Law Todd Zywicki argues the proposed changes would cost consumers.
“We’ll see higher bank fees, we’ll see higher minimum monthly deposits as basically insurance against over-drafting and we will see a loss of access to free checking,” Zywicki said.
Lawmakers like Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Mass., are promising to continue pushing for the reforms.
“How can we perform such an abusive and predatory practice that punishes people simply for being poor?” Pressley said. | https://www.arklatexhomepage.com/news/washington-dc/bill-seeks-to-put-cap-on-overdraft-fees/ | 2022-04-01T01:16:24Z |
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Chris Rock insisted he did not want to press charges against Will Smith, Oscars show producer says
By Andy Rose, CNN
After Will Smith slapped comedian Chris Rock on stage Sunday at the Academy Awards ceremony, Los Angeles police officers were prepared to arrest Smith, according to an interview with the award show’s producer, but the comedian was adamant he did not want to press charges.
In an excerpt of an interview with ABC News, aired Thursday on “World News Tonight,” producer Will Packer said LAPD officers told Rock, “This is battery” and that he could press charges, and they were prepared to arrest Smith that night.
“They said, we will go get him. We are prepared. We are prepared to get him right now. You can press charges. We can arrest him. They were laying out the options,” Packer told ABC. “And as they were talking, Chris was … being very dismissive of those options. He was like, no, I’m fine. He was, like, no, no, no.”
The LAPD put out a statement on the night of the Oscars, saying, “The individual involved has declined to file a police report.”
Rock made a brief reference to the incident Wednesday at a stand-up show in Boston, his first public appearance since the Oscars. He told the audience he was “still processing what happened” and would have more to say at a later date.
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BRAZOS VALLEY, Texas — Community members are combining their efforts to spread awareness of child abuse and prevention for the month of April.
Tracey Calanog fostered her now adopted two young boys and over the years she has witnessed firsthand the impact of child abuse.
"It shapes the way they think, the way they do things physically, just emotionally, it really does stick with them and impact them for the rest of their lives,” said Tracey Calanog, adoptive parent.
Community leaders look to take this month to encourage community members to be the eyes and ears to help protect children from abuse and neglect.
"Child abuse involves some of our most vulnerable and that’s our children so we as a law enforcement agency, the district attorney's office, Scotty's house all collaborate together to try and make a difference,” said Billy Couch, Chief of Police.
Since 1995, Scotty’s house has been able to help nearly 10,000 children who are victims of neglect and abuse. But during the pandemic, they witnessed a decrease in reports.
"It was concerning because we knew that child abuse had not just slowed down it was that there was no one to notice that there was something wrong with these children or a person that child could feel safe with to tell that something was happening to them,” said Tammy Bailes, director of operations for Scotty's house.
Although Calanogs son’s carry the trauma of their abuse, her eldest takes this month as a chance to also educate his friends about the importance.
"Every April he does try to remind his friends about it and you know try to do something a little special and he will even want to drive by the pinwheels and just say a little prayer for each of them,” added Calanog. | https://www.kxxv.com/brazos/community-leaders-partner-to-spread-awareness-for-child-abuse-prevention-month | 2022-04-01T01:16:26Z |
(CBS4) – Former Nuggets head coach George Karl has been elected to the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame.
Karl responded to the news on Twitter calling it the “greatest honor of his career.”
It’s the greatest honor of my career to be elected to the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame.
Basketball has meant everything to me and I’m thrilled beyond words. 🙏🏼🏀
— George Karl (@CoachKarl22) March 31, 2022
Karl finished his coaching career with 1,175 career wins, which is 6th most in NBA history.
In total, Karl coached parts of 27 seasons in the NBA. His head coaching career began in 1984 in Cleveland and included stops in Golden State, Seattle, Milwaukee, Denver and Sacramento.
Karl spent nine seasons in Denver, and led the Nuggets toa 205-173 record. In 2009 he took the Nuggets to the Western Conference Finals. In 2012-2013, Karl was named the NBA’s Coach of the Year after leading to the Nuggets to a 57-25 record.
Karl finished his career with an 80-105 record in the postseason, and Karl led the Sonics to the 1996 NBA Finals.
Prior to getting into coaching, Karl spent five seasons in pros playing for the San Antonio Spurs in both the ABA and the NBA.
He totaled 264 games as a player. | https://denver.cbslocal.com/2022/03/31/george-karl-hall-of-fame-basketball/ | 2022-04-01T01:16:26Z |
By Philip Nwosu
A newly built warship, belonging to the Nigerian Navy, has set sail on her maiden voyage from Albwardy Damen Shipyard, Sharjah, United Arab Emirate (UAE) for Lagos.
The vessel, a Landing Ship Tank, (LST), according to the navy, left the UAE shipyard at about 9am Nigerian time today following its official hand-over to the Navy was on March 30, 2022.
A statement from the force’s spokesman, Commodore Adedotun Ayo-Vaughan, said the vessel christened NNS KADA is expected to go on a 56 days voyage covering a distance of 8,414.34 nautical miles on her maiden voyage.
Ayo-Vaughan said the ship would make stopovers in five countries/ports before arriving Lagos. These ports are Port Duqm in Oman, Port Mombasa in Kenya, Port Cape Town in South Africa, Port Luanda in Angola and Port Gentil in Gabon.
The navy had contracted Messrs Damen Schelde Naval Shipbuilding for the construction and supply of NNS KADA in May 2018 as part of the recapitalization efforts under the leadership of President Muhammadu Buhari. | https://www.sunnewsonline.com/new-navy-warship-departs-uae-for-nigeria/ | 2022-04-01T01:16:22Z |
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RHONJ fans have slammed Bravo boss Andy Cohen for not delaying the show’s reunion, despite Teresa Giudice’s recent surgery.
The reaction came after Andy posted a video to Instagram on the set of the reunion filming in which he speaks to the recently discharged Teresa.
“Teresa, you can’t yell today”, he tells her, showing concern for her state of health.
“I’m not”, she replies.
He continues: “Doctor’s orders. I’m worried about this. You’re someone who typically gets fired up.”
However, RHONJ fans were unhappy to learn that Andy hadn’t instead postponed the reunion to give Teresa more time to recover.
One tweeted: “Ugh they should’ve postponed the reunion. I want Teresa at 100.”
Another on Instgram wrote: “Definitely needs a reschedule. She is the show and she needs to be at 100%.”
A third agreed: “Why can’t they reschedule? I need to hear Tre yell.”
In the video, Andy also gives a clue about Teresa’s dress as its glittery fabric reflects on his suit.
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“All the disco lights from your dress are reflecting on me, I love it.”
Teresa then leans in to give Andy a kiss on the cheek but does not show her outfit.
The Real Housewives OG is renowned for her wild outbursts, which have even required physical intervention in the past from reunion host Andy.
However, her current condition might mean that viewers will see a more subdued Teresa for this season’s episode.
HOSPITAL WORRIES
Fans have been concerned for Teresa since her daughter Gia, 21, posted a photo of her last week in a hospital bed.
Co-star Dolores Catania revealed that Teresa's hospitalization was to have emergency surgery for her appendix.
"She had her appendix out," Catania told E! News.
"Now it just takes time to heal. But it was emergency surgery so she’s in a lot of pain."
"She’s not feeling good at all. It’s bad," Catania explained.
"She’s in a tremendous amount of pain."
Teresa's brother, Joe Gorga, gave an update on the star’s shocking health crisis last Friday with a brighter outlook.
Joe exclusively told The Sun that his sister had been released and said: “She’s doing great. She is home now. She will share what happened soon.”
READY TO RUMBLE
The season 12 reunion has the potential to be as dramatic as ever.
Much of the storyline this season has focussed on Teresa, and in particular her fiance Luis Ruelas.
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Khloe shades Rob's ex Blac as baby mama claims he gives 'no child support'
The Bravo legend has had to battle skepticism about their relationship and even discussions about a past allegation that he was abusive towards an ex.
The fallout has resulted in confrontational scenes with her castmates, and in particular, Margaret Josephs.
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Love Is Blind star Shayne Jansen has been plagued by rumors that he used cocaine during the show and he recently set the record straight.
During a recent interview, Shayne’s co-star on Love Is Blind, Shake Chatterjee, inferred that Shayne used cocaine, as Monsters & Critics previously reported.
Appearing on The Domenick Nati Show, Shake told the podcast host, “I’m not allowed to say… I’m not allowed to say anything to that extent,” while mockingly twitching his eyes at a fast rate.
“But all I can say is use your critical judgment and don’t be an idiot,” he added. “And everything you’re thinking is probably right.”
Now, during the March 30 episode of the podcast, Viall Files with former The Bachelor star Nick Viall, Shayne addressed the allegations.
Shayne Jansen denies using cocaine while filming Love Is Blind
Shayne didn’t deny that he appeared jittery and antsy during his time in the pods on Love Is Blind, but he told Nick that it wasn’t caused by drug use.
Rumors that he’s been “carrying cocaine on me and snorting lines and doing all this kind of stuff in the bathroom” have been swirling. But Shayne insisted that with producers watching his every move, he wouldn’t “risk everything on the show.”
Shayne says a medical condition is to blame for his hyperactivity
Shayne claimed that he suffers from severe ADHD, or attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. According to the American Psychiatric Association, “Symptoms of ADHD include inattention (not being able to keep focus), hyperactivity (excess movement that is not fitting to the setting) and impulsivity (hasty acts that occur in the moment without thought).”
“You have cameras here, cameras here, staring at you while you’re confessing your love and you’re talking about deep emotions,” Shayne said, explaining that his condition makes it difficult to sit still.
“It’s an uncomfortable situation, regardless,” Shayne added of his nerve-wracking time in the pods. Admittedly, Shayne’s caffeine consumption also has something to do with his energetic personality.
“I’ll be the first to admit that I don’t help my anxiety… I drink like five shots of espresso,” he revealed.
Shayne recently showed off his incredible body transformation on Instagram, proving that he takes self-care quite seriously.
He told his fans, “It’s amazing when you prioritize yourself and you look as good as you feel. I’ve come a long way in a year and I can finally say I truly love myself.”
Seasons 1 and 2 of Love Is Blind are currently streaming on Netflix. | https://www.monstersandcritics.com/tv/reality-tv/love-is-blinds-shayne-jansen-addresses-rumors-that-he-uses-cocaine/ | 2022-04-01T01:16:25Z |
By The Associated Press
The Ukrainian government said Russian forces blocked 45 buses that had been sent to evacuate civilians from the besieged port city of Mariupol, and only 631 people were able to get out of the city in private cars.
Twelve Ukrainian trucks were able to deliver humanitarian supplies to Mariupol, but the supplies were seized by Russian troops, Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk said late Thursday.
According to Ukrainian officials, tens of thousands of people have made it out of Mariupol in recent weeks along humanitarian corridors, reducing the prewar population of 430,000 to about 100,000 by last week.
Vereshchuk said about 45,000 Mariupol residents have been forcefully deported to Russia and areas of eastern Ukraine controlled by Russian-backed separatists.
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KEY DEVELOPMENTS IN THE RUSSIA-UKRAINE WAR:
— Heavy fighting rages near Kyiv as Russia appears to regroup
— Kremlin decree says foreign currency can still buy natural gas
— As Russia sees tech brain drain, other nations hope to gain
— Ukraine refugees encouraged to find work as exodus slows
— Ukrainians in US mobilize to help expected refugees
— Go to https://apnews.com/hub/russia-ukraine for more coverage
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OTHER DEVELOPMENTS:
LVIV, Ukraine — The last Russian troops left the Chernobyl nuclear plant early Friday, according to the Ukrainian government agency responsible for the exclusion zone around the plant.
Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk said Russian troops who dug trenches in the forest were exposed to radiation, but that could not be confirmed.
The Ukrainian nuclear operator company Energoatom said Thursday that Russian troops were headed toward Ukraine’s border with Belarus.
Energoatom said that the Russian military was also preparing to leave Slavutych, a nearby city where power plant workers live.
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LVIV, Ukraine — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said after Russian troops withdrew from the north and center of the country, the situation has been heating up in the southeast where Russian forces are building up for new powerful attacks.
In his nighttime video address to the nation Thursday, Zelenskyy said it was heartening for all Ukrainians to see Russian troops retreating from north of Kyiv, from around the northern town of Chernihiv and from Sumy in the northeast. By he urged Ukrainians not to let up, saying the withdrawal was just a Russian tactic.
Zelenskyy said he spoke Thursday with European Council President Charles Michel and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, while his adviser spoke with U.S. national security adviser Jake Sullivan.
“We need more support from our partners right now when Russian troops are concentrating additional forces in certain areas,” Zelenskyy said.
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WASHINGTON — 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.
Archbishop Borys Gudziak said groups at risk include Catholics, Muslims and Orthodox who have broken away from the patriarch of Moscow.
Gudziak also cited reports that Russian forces have damaged two Holocaust memorials and Moscow’s false portrayal of Ukraine as a “Nazi” state although Ukraine overwhelmingly elected a Jewish president in Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
“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.
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.
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WASHINGTON — The Pentagon says an initial half-dozen shipments of weapons and other security assistance have reached Ukraine as part of the $800 million package of aid that President Joe Biden approved on March 16.
Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said Thursday that the shipments included Javelin anti-tank weapons, Stinger anti-aircraft missile systems, body armor, medical supplies and other material. He said the 100 Switchblade armed drones that Biden approved as part of the package have not yet been delivered.
Kirby said the $800 million in assistance is likely to be fully delivered within about two weeks. It also includes Mi-17 helicopters, small arms, ammunition, vehicles, secure communications systems, and satellite imagery and analysis capability.
Separately, Kirby said U.S. troops are not training Ukrainian troops in Poland but are acting as liaisons with Ukrainian personnel who cross the border into Poland to take possession of U.S. security assistance. He noted that the standard U.S. military training mission that had existed in Ukraine for years was suspended shortly before Russia invaded.
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DOHA, Qatar — A video showing the head of Ukrainian soccer wearing an armored vest on the streets of Kyiv brought the impact of Russia’s war into the FIFA Congress.
Andriy Pavelko used a recorded message to the gathering in Qatar on Thursday to talk about the deaths of footballers even as the sport “has taken a back seat in our country.”
The gathering in Doha featured delegates from Russia, including Alexey Sorokin, the chief executive of Russia’s 2018 World Cup organizing committee.
Russia won’t be in the draw for the World Cup on Friday after being disqualified from playing internationally by FIFA over the war. Ukraine can still qualify but its playoff semifinal against Scotland has been postponed until June with the hope the team will be in a position to return to the field by then.
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LVIV, Ukraine — Ukraine’s ombudsperson says that at least one person has been killed and four others have been wounded in the Russian shelling of a humanitarian convoy.
Ukrainian Human Rights Commissioner Lyudmyla Denisova said those who came under the shelling on Thursday were volunteers accompanying a convoy of buses sent to the northern city of Chernihiv to evacuate residents.
She said that the Russian forces besieging Chernihiv have made it impossible to evacuate civilians from the city that has been cut from food, water and other supplies.
The Russian shelling continued two days after Moscow announced it would scale back military operations around Kyiv and Chernihiv.
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BERLIN — The International Atomic Energy Agency says it has been informed by Ukraine that the Russian forces which were in control of the Chernobyl nuclear plant have “in writing, transferred control” of the facility to Ukrainian personnel.
Ukraine said three convoys of Russian forces have already left the site toward Belarus, while the remaining troops were presumed to be preparing to leave, the agency said Thursday.
The IAEA added that it was in close consultations with Ukrainian authorities on sending a first assistance and support mission to Chernobyl in the next few days.
The agency said it has not been able to confirm reports of Russian forces receiving high doses of radiation while being inside the exclusion zone of the now-closed plant, but is seeking further information in order to provide an independent assessment of the situation.
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ANKARA, Turkey — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan renewed his offer to host a meeting between the Ukrainian and Russian leaders during a telephone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
A statement from Erdogan’s office said the Turkish president also told Zelenskyy Thursday that a meeting between Ukrainian and Russian negotiators who met in Istanbul earlier this week had given “a meaningful impetus” to efforts to end the fighting.
Earlier this week, Ukraine’s delegation laid out a framework under which the country would declare itself neutral and its security would be guaranteed by an array of nations, including Turkey.
Meanwhile, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said during a joint news conference with a top Turkish Cypriot official that Erdogan also is expected to speak with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
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WASHINGTON — U.S. President Joe Biden on Thursday said there’s “no clear evidence” that Vladimir Putin is scaling back military operations around Kyiv and suggested that the Russian president may have ordered some of his advisers fired or placed under house arrest.
Biden told reporters that “there’s some indication” that Putin has taken those steps against some of his advisers. He added, “But I don’t want to put too much stock in that at this time because we don’t have that much hard evidence.”
The White House on Wednesday released unclassified intelligence findings that Putin is being misinformed by his advisors about how badly the Russian military is performing.
The president made the comments after formally announcing that the U.S. would release 1 million barrels of oil per day from the nation’s strategic petroleum reserve in hopes of easing surging gasoline prices.
Biden also reiterated that his administration remains skeptical that Russia will scale back operations around Kyiv as Moscow announced earlier this week.
Russian forces continued to shell Kyiv suburbs Thursday, two days after the Kremlin announced it would significantly scale back operations near both the capital and the northern city of Chernihiv.
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UNITED NATIONS — The U.N. humanitarian coordinator in Ukraine says the United Nations and its partners have delivered supplies for thousands of people in the country’s northeast but have been unable to reach some encircled cities in the south.
Osnat Lubrani said Thursday that food rations from the humanitarian organization People in Need and the U.N. World Food Program will benefit nearly 6,000 people in Sumy and areas including Trostianets and Okhtyrka.
In addition, she said, basic household items including blankets and kettles from the U.N. refugee agency will support 1,500 people and sanitation kits will help 6,000 people with hygiene and drinking water.
Lubrani said medical supplies and trauma kits from the U.N. World Health Organization will treat 150 patients needing intensive care for serious injuries while other medical supplies will support 10,000 people for three months.
Shei said the U.N.-facilitated humanitarian notification system with Ukraine and Russia enabled safe passage for the convoy to Sumy on Thursday “but this is clearly not enough.” Efforts over the past month to reach Mauripol, Kherson and other encircled cities in the south have been unsuccessful because of safety concerns.
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BERLIN — The U.N. nuclear watchdog says its director-general has arrived in Russia’s Baltic Sea exclave of Kaliningrad for talks with senior Russian officials.
The International Atomic Energy Agency didn’t specify in a tweet whom exactly Rafael Mariano Grossi will meet on Friday or give further details of his agenda.
He arrived in Kaliningrad Thursday following a visit to Ukraine, where he visited a nuclear power plant and conferred with the energy minister and other officials on efforts to ensure the safety of Ukraine’s nuclear power plants.
Ukraine has 15 active nuclear reactors at four plants — one of which, at Zaporizhzhia, is under the Russian military’s control.
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GENEVA — A team with the International Committee of the Red Cross has arrived in a Ukraine-held city where staff are preparing to take civilians out of the beleaguered port city of Mariupol.
Julien Lerisson, deputy director of operations for the ICRC, said Thursday that the team assembling in the southeastern city of Zaporizhzhia, has medicines, food, water, hygiene items and other essentials.
He said the organization has high-level agreement for the mission but is focused on making sure “the order trickles down the chain of command,” allowing the team to enter and leave Mariupol safely.
The Russian military has said it committed to a cease-fire along the route from Mariupol to Zaporizhzhia. Ukrainian authorities have said 45 buses would be sent to collect citizens and provide resources to those who remain.
Lucile Marbeau, a staff member with the ICRC team hoping to enter Mariupol, said on Thursday: “We’re here because really, we hope to be able to facilitate safe passage for civilians desperately wanting to flee Mariupol.”
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LONDON — Britain’s defense minister says Ukraine’s international allies have agreed to send more military equipment, including artillery ammunition and armored vehicles.
U.K. Defence Secretary Ben Wallace held a conference call Thursday with defense ministers from more than 35 countries, including the United States, New Zealand, South Korea and Japan.
Wallace said that as a result “there will be more lethal aid going into Ukraine.” He said that would include “more long-range artillery, ammunition predominantly,” to help counter Russia’s bombardment of Ukraine’s cities.
Wallace said Ukraine was “also looking for armoured vehicles of some types, not tanks necessarily, but certainly protective vehicles.”
He said allies were also “looking to see what more we can do” to help Ukraine defend its coastline.
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WASHINGTON — The Biden administration has sanctioned an employee of a state-affiliated Russian defense firm that developed malicious software that was used to target the energy sector.
The Treasury Department on Thursday sanctioned Evgeny Viktorovich Gladkikh. He was one of four Russians charged in Justice Department indictments unsealed last week that alleged the hacking by Russia of critical infrastructure around the globe, including in the U.S. energy and aviation sectors.
Among the thousands of computers targeted in some 135 countries were of a Saudi petro-chemical plant where the hackers overrode safety controls.
That hack is singled out in a Treasury Department release announcing sanctions against Gladikh and several other employees of the research firm. In total, the Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control announced that it was designating 21 entities and 13 individuals, including in the aerospace, marine and electronics sectors.
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LVIV, Ukraine — Russian troops were leaving the Chernobyl nuclear power plant and heading towards Ukraine’s border with Belarus, the Ukrainian nuclear operator company said Thursday.
The operator, Energoatom, said that the Russian military was also preparing to leave Slavutych, a nearby city where power plant workers live.
Energoatom also said reports were confirmed that the Russians dug trenches in the Red Forest, the 10-square-kilometer (nearly four-square-mile) area surrounding the Chernobyl plant within the Exclusion Zone, and received “significant doses of radiation.”
The Russian troops “panicked at the first sign of illness,” which “showed up very quickly,” and began to prepare to leave, the operator said. The claim couldn’t be independently verified.
Energoatom said the Russians have signed a document confirming the handover of the Chernobyl plant and stating that the plant’s administration doesn’t have any complaints about the Russian troops who were “guarding” the facility.
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LONDON — The head of Britain’s military says Russian President Vladimir Putin has “already lost” in Ukraine and is weaker than he was before the invasion.
Adm. Tony Radakin at a think-tank seminar Thursday in London said Moscow’s aim to “take the whole of Ukraine” fell apart. He added that the coming weeks “will continue to be very difficult” for Ukraine.
“But in many ways, Putin has already lost,” he said. “Far from being the far-sighted manipulator of events that he would have us believe, Putin has damaged himself through a series of catastrophic misjudgements.”
Radakin also said there was “disquiet” at all levels of Russia’s military about the campaign, from troops who were not told they were invading Ukraine up to senior commanders.
Western officials say Putin’s small inner circle is not giving him the true picture of the war, and his isolation may have contributed to miscalculating the strength of resistance Russian troops would meet.
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BERLIN — The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe expressed regret Thursday at Russia’s decision to veto the extension of its observer mission in Ukraine.
The OSCE’s special monitoring mission has been present in Ukraine since 2014, when fighting between Ukrainians and Russia-backed separatists broke out in the country’s eastern regions after Russia’s annexation of Crimea.
Polish Foreign Minister Zbigniew Rau, who holds the OSCE rotating chair, said the observers had played a “crucial role by providing objective information on the security and humanitarian situation on the ground and relentlessly working to ease the effects of the conflict on the civilian population” in Ukraine for the past eight year.
The Vienna-based body’s secretary general, Helga Maria Schmid, expressed gratitude to the mission’s members, several of whom were wounded or killed over the years.
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BERLIN — Germany’s economy minister says Europe should impose additional sanctions on Russia to prevent what he described as a “barbaric” war in Ukraine.
Robert Habeck said he discussed what further measures could be taken with his French counterpart during a bilateral meeting in Berlin on Thursday.
“The last package (of sanctions) doesn’t need to be the final one, it should not be the final one,” he told reporters, adding that he and French Economy Minister Bruno Le Maire had “identified additional points that could be included in a (sanctions) package.”
Habeck declined to elaborate on what those points might be.
Speaking ahead of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s announcement on new rules requiring countries to pay for Russia’s natural gas sales in rubles, Habeck insisted that contracts would be adhered to. These stipulate payment in euros or dollars.
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BERLIN — The Austrian and German leaders have underlined their rejection of a halt to Russian energy deliveries at this point.
Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer noted that several central and eastern European countries depend to one extent or another on Russian gas deliveries.
He and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz argued that existing sanctions already are having a significant effect and said they need time to switch to new providers and renewable energy sources.
Nehammer said that “sanctions only make sense … when they hit those they are supposed to hit, and don’t weaken those who carry out sanctions.”
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ROME — A Kremlin decree says “unfriendly countries” can continue to pay for natural gas in foreign currency through a Russian bank that will convert the money into rubles.
The decree published Thursday by state media came a day after the leaders of Italy and Germany said they received assurances from President Vladimir Putin.
Putin talked tougher, saying Russia will start accepting ruble payments starting Friday for Western countries that imposed sanctions over its conflict with Ukraine. He said contracts will be stopped if buyers don’t sign up to the new conditions, including opening ruble accounts in Russian banks.
European leaders had rejected paying for deliveries in rubles, saying it would undermine sanctions imposed because of the war in Ukraine.
The decree Putin signed and published by state news agency RIA Novosti says a designated bank will open two accounts for each buyer, one in foreign currency and one in rubles. The buyers will pay in foreign currency and authorize the bank to sell that currency for rubles, which are placed in the second account, where the gas is formally purchased.
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ROME — Italy’s leader is urging Europe to “cultivate all available land” as a partial remedy to reductions in agricultural imports, especially of Russian grain, due to the war in Ukraine.
Premier Mario Draghi told reporters on Thursday that under existing agricultural practices in the European Union 10% of land is purposely left fallow, but that must now change as European countries search for ways to reduce dependency on farm imports.
It’s not clear whether Ukraine, one of the world’s largest exporters of wheat, maize and sunflower oil, might be able to salvage any of this planting season.
Meanwhile, Draghi noted that Western Europe will be looking to food producers like Canada, the United States and Argentina to help make up the shortfall of imports from Ukraine and Russia.
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STOCKHOLM — The deputy director of Sweden’s Military Intelligence and Security agency says Russia has made “a strategic miscalculation when invading Ukraine.”
Daniel Olsson said the invasion of Ukraine “has shown that the Russian leadership is ready to take great risks, larger than previously taken.”
The government agency’s analysis suggested a likely “a western containment of Russia,” including reducing trade in Russian energy.
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Offaly wastewater plant to be upgraded under new project
Irish Water has today announced plans to upgrade twelve wastewater treatment plants that will benefit rural communities and protect local rivers, including Cloneygowan in Offaly.
This project will be funded by the European Union under Ireland’s National Recovery and Resilience Plan. Once complete, the newly upgraded plants will provide additional treatment capacity to support housing and growth, improve water quality in rivers and safeguard water supplies.
Supporting the objectives of Ireland’s River Basin Management Plan, this €20m investment will improve water quality in local rivers. A key tool in the implementation of the Water Framework Directive, the River Basin Management Plan aims to protect, improve and sustainably manage our water environment. Achieving good water quality in our rivers, lakes and coastal waters is essential for protecting Ireland’s drinking water sources, the environment and people’s quality of life.
Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage Darragh O’Brien TD said, “Last year, as part of the National Recovery and Resilience Plan, the Government committed to upgrading a minimum of 10 wastewater treatment plants not currently scheduled for upgrade whose discharges have been identified as being significant pressures on receiving water bodies – the announcement today brings that commitment to life.
“This investment in Ireland’s wastewater treatment capacity will bring great benefits to rural communities surrounding the locations of the 12 sites. Not alone does access to clean and healthy water support jobs and industries in these areas but investment in our wastewater treatment, in turn, improves the quality of water in our rivers, supporting biodiversity. I welcome today’s announcement and the benefits that improved water quality will bring to people living in these communities,” the Minister said.
Ted O’Reilly, Asset Planning Lead with Irish Water said, “We are delighted to announce upgrades to 12 wastewater treatment plants across the country today under the National Recovery and Resilience Plan. Once upgraded, these plants will help support the recovery of rural areas from the economic impacts of the pandemic. The plant upgrades will result in improvements to water quality in local rivers and support social and economic growth within these areas.
“Public expenditure in wastewater infrastructure will have positive impacts on the economy, supporting growth and helping to facilitate social and affordable housing. Investment in public projects will provide the infrastructure needed to help with economic recovery,” said Ted.
The following wastewater treatment plants will be upgraded as part of this project: Ballymoe in Galway, Ballintra and Pettigo in Donegal, Galbally in Limerick, Clonea Power in Waterford, Grangemockler in Tipperary, Kilmaganny in Kilkenny, Tinryland and Kildavin in Carlow, Cloneygowan in Offaly, Millview (Milltownpass) in Westmeath, and Kilmihil in Clare.
This project will be funded through the European Union’s Recovery and Resilience Fund. It will ensure that the treatment of wastewater from these plants will be fully compliant with the Environmental Protection Agency’s wastewater discharge authorisations.
The plant upgrades are due to be completed by 2025.
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Note: x - clinched playoff berth; y - clinched division; Two points for a team winning in overtime or shootout; the team losing in overtime or shootout receives one which is registered in the OTL or SOL columns.
Tuesday's results
Winnipeg 8 Moose Jaw 1
Wednesday's results
Everett at Portland, 7 p.m.
Prince Albert 2 Brandon 1
Swift Current 6 Lethbridge 4
Regina 3 Saskatoon 2
Calgary 3 Medicine Hat 2
Kamloops 8 Prince George 2
Friday's games
Calgary at Swift Current, 7 p.m.
Moose Jaw at Saskatoon, 7 p.m.
Brandon at Prince Albert, 7 p.m.
Winnipeg at Regina, 7 p.m.
Medicine Hat at Lethbridge, 7 p.m.
Spokane at Kamloops, 7 p.m.
Prince George at Kelowna, 7:05 p.m.
Portland at Everett, 7:05 p.m.
Tri-City at Seattle, 7:05 p.m.
Saturday's games
Edmonton at Red Deer, 7 p.m.
Lethbridge at Medicine Hat, 7 p.m.
Brandon at Saskatoon, 7 p.m.
Seattle at Portland, 6 p.m.
Winnipeg at Moose Jaw, 7 p.m.
Regina at Prince Albert, 7 p.m.
Everett at Tri-City, 6:05 p.m.
Spokane at Vancouver, 7 p.m.
Victoria at Kelowna, 7:05 p.m.
Sunday's games
Swift Current at Calgary, 2 p.m.
Kamloops at Prince George, 2 p.m.
Red Deer at Edmonton, 4 p.m.
Spokane at Vancouver, 4 p.m.
Tuesday's games
Regina at Brandon, 7 p.m.
Saskatoon at Medicine Hat, 7 p.m.
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St Lucia to join CCJ as full member
Wednesday, March 30, 2022CASTRIES, St Lucia (CMC) — St Lucia on Tuesday signalled its intention to become the fifth Caricom country to have full membership of the Trinidad-based Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) that was established in 2001 to replace the London-based Privy Council as the region's final court.
Acting Governor General Cyril Errol Charles, delivering the traditional Throne speech at the state of a new Parliamentary term, told legislators that the government is committed to addressing “our destiny as an independent nation, both tacitly and tangibly”.
“This year, St Lucia will take steps toward the accession to the appellate jurisdiction of the Caribbean Court of Justice. We are thus expected to become the fifth Caricom member state to replace the Privy Council with the CCJ.”
Charles said that the Phillip J Pierre administration, which enjoys a 13-4 majority in the Parliament, has appointed a committee under the chairmanship of former CCJ president Sir Dennis Byron “to prepare the way for St Lucia's accession to the CCJ”.
“The draft legislation for the amendment of St Lucia's Constitution to allow for accession has been prepared and will soon be available for public scrutiny,” the acting governor added.
All of the Caricom countries are signatories to the Original Jurisdiction of the CCJ, which also serves as an international tribunal interpreting the Revised Treaty of Chaguaramas that governs the regional integration movement, only Barbados, Guyana, Belize and Dominica have signed on to the Court's Appellate jurisdiction.
In his address, Charles told legislators that the government is committed to bettering the governance framework and promoting a more secure and accountable democratic system.
He said constitutional reform has languished “for way too long” and that the government intends to “reignite the discourse on what form and style our democracy should take, especially within the context of the technological era of information communication technology (ICT)”.
“The Parliamentary Committee created for this purpose will be revamped and mandated to consider specific areas such as prime ministerial term limits, a fixed date for general elections, the appointment of a deputy speaker, and the matter of becoming a Republic,” Charles said.
He said that St Lucia is also moving towards strengthening regional institutions and that the government intends to strengthen functional cooperation and integration, particularly at the level of the Eastern Caribbean sub-region.
He said regarding regional trade and travel, the Pierre government believes that the present system of regional air and sea transportation is a disincentive to trade travel and tourism.
“My government is desirous of pushing forward long talked about the dream of regional air and ferry service as well as the review of shipping operations.”
Charles said that good governance and anti-corruption were issues that had featured repeatedly in the run-up to the last general election in July last year, noting that “corruption creates waste and inefficiency in the delivery of vital services. It, therefore, must be stamped out of our public affairs with due haste and vigour”.
“A government can have the best of plans but if it does not govern well, if corruption abounds, every plan will be rotten from the inside. My government invites the nation to adopt a zero-tolerance approach to corruption,” Charles said.
The acting governor said that the government will review and strengthen the Integrity in Public Life Act to hold public officials accountable to the people.
“My government will continue to strengthen the management of its public finances through the finalisation of the regulations for the recently approved public finance management and procurement legislation.”
Charles said in addition, a new Debt Bill will be brought to Parliament that will seek to amalgamate all the existing pieces of legislation that deal with debt into one comprehensive law and this will provide a more effective and cohesive framework for the management of our debts and liabilities.
“My government will appoint a special prosecutor and enact the supporting relevant legislation necessary to conduct investigations into acts of alleged public corruption. It is the intention of my government that these investigations will be completed during the life of this Parliament.”
Charles said that the Pierre administration is aware of the public's impatience regarding this matter and has been working “assiduously so that the right mechanisms are in place to ensure investigations will be done in a legal, transparent and fair manner”.
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With the capacity to produce approximately 15 million COVID-19 Home Tests per month, the flagship facility furthers the company's commitment to supporting America's pandemic response.
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FREDERICK, Md., March 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Digital diagnostics company Ellume, a producer of at-home COVID-19 test kits, today officially opened its new, 215,000 square foot production facility in Frederick, Maryland. Joined by Maryland Governor Larry Hogan, Ellume Founder and Chief Executive Officer Dr. Sean Parsons inaugurated the new facility, which has the capacity to produce approximately 15 million COVID-19 Home Tests per month and will create hundreds of new jobs.
"From the very onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, Ellume has been committed to supporting the U.S. government's response. With this new facility, we now have the capacity to substantially scale production to meet any future surge in demand for home tests, while also accelerating innovation in developing solutions for the public health needs of today and tomorrow," said Dr. Sean Parsons, Ellume Founder and CEO. "We are grateful for the support of the US Department of Defense, US Department of Health and Human Services, our partnerships with the State of Maryland, the Governor's office and Frederick County, as well as the highly skilled workforce in Maryland's Biotech Corridor who have helped make this facility a reality."
"Maryland truly is open for business, and we are seeing further proof of that here today as Ellume, a respected, global digital diagnostics company opens its very first U.S.-based facility right here in Frederick County," said Governor Larry Hogan. "I want to congratulate the entire team at Ellume, and thank you for investing in the future of our state and helping to build on the already strong mateship between our two great nations."
"The pandemic and the economic disruptions it has caused underscore the need to improve our supply chains and make more in America – especially critical medical equipment," said Senator Chris Van Hollen. "With a federal investment of more than $230 million, Ellume is joining us in our efforts to bring more American manufacturing jobs to our state as they produce the tests we need to stay on top of the ongoing fight against COVID-19. This investment in Western Maryland will strengthen the region and its economy."
"I am delighted to welcome Ellume's flagship facility to Frederick County," said Congressman Jamie Raskin. "Keeping the COVID-19 pandemic at bay requires sustained investment in our public health infrastructure. I am proud that Maryland's Eighth District continues to serve as an economic and public health engine for our nation."
Ellume's COVID-19 Home Test, the first over-the-counter (OTC) rapid antigen test to receive emergency use authorization from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, is a best-in-class product that Americans count on to keep their families safe. One of the most reliable at-home antigen tests on the market, it is also the only at-home antigen test to use fluorescent detection technology – usually reserved for healthcare professionals and clinical laboratories – and one of the only tests to incorporate sample quality controls to support accurate results. Ellume COVID-19 Home Tests are currently available through a variety of major retailers and in partnership with Federal and local governments.
Test assembly operations were initiated at the Frederick facility in February 2022. The facility will initially bring 200 jobs to the community and up to 1,500 when operating at full capacity.
An innovator in infectious disease digital diagnostics and global health preparedness, Ellume continues to work with the U.S. government to respond to COVID-19 and prepare for and mitigate future pandemics.
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Ellume is a digital diagnostics company that develops, manufactures, and commercializes high-performance, connected products for healthcare professionals and consumers. It is at the forefront of accurate, rapid and accessible testing that is integral to today's COVID-19 response and will help ensure the world is prepared for the next infectious disease pandemic. Ellume's key focus is on the detection of common infectious diseases which affect the global population across all diagnostic settings; at-home, point-of-care and in-laboratory. Ellume has a global COVID-19 and TB partnership with QIAGEN, and a range of professional products under its ellume·lab brand. Ellume is committed to developing high-quality digital diagnostics that the world can rely on in a health crisis.
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Reuters Sports News Summary
Alexey Sorokin, who was CEO of the 2018 World Cup in Russia and a former member of FIFA's ruling council, said that his country had everything in place to host a tournament. Cricket-Yorkshire get green light to host internationals after reforms approved Yorkshire County Cricket Club can continue to host international cricket at Headingley after its members voted in favour of governance reforms on Thursday, meeting the conditions set out by the England & Wales Cricket Board (ECB).
Following is a summary of current sports news briefs.
Soccer-Russia World Cup chief 'serious' about Euro hosting bid
Russian soccer authorities are serious about a bid to host the European Championship in 2028 or 2032 despite their teams currently being suspended from competition, a senior official said on Thursday. Alexey Sorokin, who was CEO of the 2018 World Cup in Russia and a former member of FIFA's ruling council, said that his country had everything in place to host a tournament.
Cricket-Yorkshire get green light to host internationals after reforms approved
Yorkshire County Cricket Club can continue to host international cricket at Headingley after its members voted in favour of governance reforms on Thursday, meeting the conditions set out by the England & Wales Cricket Board (ECB). Yorkshire were barred from staging internationals in the wake of a racism scandal involving allegations by former spinner Azeem Rafiq. The ECB lifted the ban in February on condition the club approved structural changes to the board.
Tension simmers as Norwegian criticises Qatari human rights record at FIFA congress
Simmering tensions boiled to the surface at the FIFA congress on Thursday when Norway's soccer chief Lise Klaveness hit out at the 2022 World Cup's Qatari hosts over the country's human rights record. The Norwegian Football Federation president, who became the body's first female leader in its 120-year history when elected this month, said the World Cup had been awarded by FIFA "in unacceptable ways with unacceptable consequences".
VW to give green light for Audi, Porsche to enter F1 - sources
Audi and Porsche owner Volkswagen is likely to give the green light for the two brands to make their entry into motor racing's Formula One at a meeting next week, two sources familiar with the matter said on Thursday. "We will hopefully be able to communicate our intention to enter into Formula One then," one of the sources said, with the second adding there was a "good chance" of a positive decision.
Motor racing-F1 to light up Las Vegas night in 2023
Formula One will light up the Las Vegas night sky on a Saturday in November 2023 as the streets of 'Sin City' are taken over by the fastest cars and most famous drivers in the world, officials said on Wednesday. The Las Vegas Grand Prix's 6.12km track will see drivers roar past landmarks such as the Bellagio Fountains and Caesars Palace for an event expected to attract 170,000 fans.
Soccer-Premier League clubs to reintroduce five substitutes rule from next season
Premier League clubs have voted in favour of reintroducing the use of five substitutes per game from the start of the 2022-23 season, the organisation said on Thursday. The substitutions can be made on three occasions during a game, not including halftime, and clubs can name nine substitutes in total on their team sheet, the league said in a statement.
Tennis-Kyrgios fined $35,000 for Miami Open violations
Nick Kyrgios has been fined $35,000 for his behaviour during a fourth-round loss to Jannik Sinner at the Miami Open in which he criticised the umpire and smashed his racket, the sport's governing ATP said on Thursday. After repeatedly berating umpire Carlos Bernardes for failing to control the crowd at the Masters 1000 tournament on Tuesday, Kyrgios received a point penalty in the first set tiebreak for telling a friend in the stands he could do a better job officiating.
Motor racing-Hamilton says he has struggled mentally and emotionally
Seven-times Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton has spoken about his mental and emotional struggles, saying in a social media post on Thursday that it was "hard some days to stay positive". The 37-year-old Briton assured fans on Instagram that they were not alone.
Exclusive-American football-Former NFL great Owens coming out of retirement - source
Terrell Owens, one of the greatest receivers in NFL history, has agreed to come out of retirement and will return to professional football with startup league Fan Controlled Football, a source told Reuters on Thursday. The 48-year-old Owens, whose NFL career ended in 2010, is in great shape and wants to show he can still play at a high level, according to the source who said an official announcement is expected next week.
Soccer-Nightmare over for U.S. with World Cup ticket in hand
A heavy burden was lifted from the shoulders of the United States men's team as they booked their ticket to the Qatar World Cup this week, exorcising the demons of their failed attempt four years ago. The Stars and Stripes clawed their way onto the game's biggest stage despite losing 2-0 away to Costa Rica on Wednesday, securing one of CONCACAF's three guaranteed spots for the tournament, which begins in November.
(This story has not been edited by Devdiscourse staff and is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)
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Lesley Sagedahl
Lesley Marie Sagedahl, age 51 of Wabasso, passed from this life into eternal life on Monday, March 28, 2022 at her home surrounded by family after a brave fight with cancer. Memorial Services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Monday, April 4, 2022 at St. Matthew’s Lutheran Church in Wabasso. Visitation...
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WAGONER, Okla. (ETBU Athletic Communications) – Walking to the podium with confidence as the final team to weigh-in, East Texas Baptist University’s Cason Ragsdale and Kaden Proffitt won the Abu Garcia College Fishing Presented by YETI National Championship with a final of 43 pounds, eight ounces. Ragsdale and Proffitt led all three days of the tournament holding onto the program’s first-ever national championship.
ETBU’s Cannon Bird and Jacob Keith finished in seventh place with 32 pounds, two ounces as the only program to have two boats in the top 10. Cody Ross and Ethan Thurston was the third team to compete at the national championship coming in 32nd place at 16 pounds, two ounces.
“I am at a loss for words for these guys as they spend countless hours perfecting their skills for moments like this. They had perfection all week during this tournament and for a team to place in first all three days is an impressive feat to say the least. I am thankful for all our sponsors that allow us to represent them and help us do what we love,” says head coach Cameron Burger. “The Lord blessed us tremendously in this tournament and I am so proud of these ‘Fishers of Men’ standing on what our program means as they show Jesus Christ in all they do. What a victory for the ETBU Bass Team!”
Ragsdale and Proffitt came into the final day with at 29 pounds, seven ounces with a one-ounce lead over fellow East Texas program Stephen F. Austin. As the final team to weigh-in for the day, Ragsdale and Proffitt needed 10 pounds, 12 ounces to be crowned the national champion. As they handed the five-fish limit over, the smiles on their faces lite up with a five-fish total of 14 pounds, one ounce to take the championship by over three pounds from King University’s Donavan Carson and Landon Lawson (40 pounds, three ounces.
Both days for Ragsdale and Proffitt were exciting finishing in finishing in first place by an ounce each day. On day one, they posted a 17-pound, nine-ounce (five fish) weight coming in just ahead of Kentucky Christian. Then day two brought 29-pound, seven-ounce weigh-in with an ounce lead over Stephen F. Austin that set up the stage for the final day weigh-in and championship.
Bird and Keith were the fourth team to weigh-in earlier as they caught three fish to finish the tournament at 32 pounds, two ounces for seventh place. Day two helped them move into the top 10 with a 14-pound, eight-ounce total.
By winning the championship, Ragsdale and Proffitt earned a new Phoenix boat and motor package worth $33,500 and a berth as pros in this fall’s Toyota Series Championships.
ETBU has been a program on the rise since starting their program in 2017-18 and qualified several boats over the past four years for the MLF National Championships. In 2019 they won the MLF Southern Conference and the following season were the “Team of the Year.” The 2021 season brought a MLF Open Championship along with the Bassmaster College Classic Championship leading up to the 2022 MLF National Championship. | https://www.arklatexhomepage.com/sports/local-sports/etbu-wins-mlf-national-championship/ | 2022-04-01T01:16:30Z |
Which Replica perfumes are best?
Scent is our most powerfully evocative sense, and perhaps no perfume brand leans more into the relationship between scent and memory than Maison Margiela’s Replica perfumes. These fragrances attempt to capture experiences and moments from specific places and times, like favorite Replica fragrance By the Fireplace does with notes of woodsmoke, chestnut and vanilla. Here’s how to select the best Replica perfume for your fragrance collection.
What to know before you buy a Replica perfume
Most Replica fragrances are unisex
Maison Margiela is an unconventional fashion house, and its Replica fragrances follow suit by largely ignoring standard gendered fragrance categories. Only a handful of the brand’s fragrances are recommended specifically for male or female users, and even within those categories, users of all genders tend to have success wearing a fragrance that isn’t traditionally marketed for them. Don’t be afraid to sample a fragrance that seems outside the box — Replica may pleasantly surprise you.
Most popular Replica fragrances are eau de toilettes
One important consideration in shopping for a Replica perfume is that the majority of the fragrances available are eau de toilettes, not eau de parfums. Eau de parfum is what we typically think of as “perfume,” and its scent tends to be stronger and longer-lasting, but eau de toilette is frequently more affordable. This is due to eau de toilettes having a lower concentration of pricey fragrance oils (generally 8-12%) than eau de parfums (12-18%). While eau de toilettes tend to be lighter and less complex, some of Replica’s most popular eau de toilettes, like By The Fireplace, are as rich and elaborate as eau de parfums.
Experiment with a gift set
There are a lot of Replica perfumes to choose from, and it’s always possible that the most popular scent in the lineup won’t appeal to you. If you’re feeling overwhelmed by choice or don’t want to risk buying a perfume you’re not in love with, consider trying a gift set. Replica gift sets typically include 10 mini bottles, each with roughly eight wears — enough to get a feel for the perfume. These mini bottles are also great for travel.
What to look for in a quality Replica perfume
Affordable luxury designer quality
Replica eau de toilettes offer complex, unique fragrances at reasonable price points compared to other, more established designer perfume brands. Plus, with three bottle sizes available as well as a sample set, it’s easy to get the right amount of perfume for your budget.
Spray bottles, not rollerballs
Perfume purists often prefer spray applicators to rollerballs, and with good reason. Atomizers help disperse fragrance more evenly on your skin, and rollerballs can pick up debris from contact with your skin and degrade the perfume’s quality over time. All sizes of Replica perfumes come with atomizers.
Thoughtful packaging
In keeping with the brand’s theme of nostalgia and memory, Replica perfume bottles are modeled after apothecary jars. The white labels are fabric, not paper, and they’re printed with the place and year that inspired the fragrance as well as the fragrance notes. The boxes feature Polaroid photographs that depict the place encapsulated by the perfume.
How much you can expect to spend on Replica perfume
Replica eau de toilette fragrances come in two standard sizes. The full-size, 3.4-ounce bottle costs $144, while 1-ounce bottles cost $76. Travel-size, .34-ounce spray bottles are available for $32.
Replica perfume FAQ
How many Replica perfumes are there?
A. Maison Margiela currently makes three Replica eau de parfum fragrances and 18 eau de toilette fragrances. New scents are added almost every year, but a handful have been discontinued over time.
How long do Replica perfumes last?
A. Replica perfumes are popular more for their unique scents than their staying power. For some, this may be a deal-breaker, but keep in mind that a perfume’s longevity depends on many factors. Replica perfumes can last anywhere from two to six hours.
What’s the best Replica perfume to buy?
Top Replica perfume
What you need to know: This unisex fragrance accurately captures the scent memory of relaxing by a fire.
What you’ll love: The unique perfume has notes of woodsmoke, clove and vanilla. It’s a great fragrance for fall and winter.
What you should consider: It may be one of Replica’s more popular fragrances, but it’s also very unique: its top notes are strongly smoky, and the fireplace-like scent may limit when and where it can be worn.
Where to buy: Sold by Sephora and Violet Grey
Top Replica perfume for the money
What you need to know: Themed around going out for cocktails at an upscale club, this fragrance starts off with warm spices and rum before drying down into smoky notes of vanilla and tobacco.
What you’ll love: The warm, smoky notes of this fragrance tend to have better projection and linger longer than some Replica perfumes, so it’s a comparatively good value, especially in the smaller size. Though it’s marketed as a male scent, all wearers love it.
What you should consider: It’s a softer fragrance that doesn’t evolve much over time, and it’s best for fans of smoky, masculine scents.
Where to buy: Sold by Sephora and Violet Grey
Worth checking out
What you need to know: The notes of coconut and citrus in this freshly sweet fragrance will transport you to a tropical beach.
What you’ll love: While Beach Walk is a distinctly summery fragrance, it’s also fun to wear off-season when you need a sunny pick-me-up. It’s a good choice for someone new to perfume or who wants a light, non-traditional fragrance.
What you should consider: Some users interpret the scent as too similar to sunscreen for their tastes.
Where to buy: Sold by Sephora and Violet Grey
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WELD COUNTY, Colo. (CBS4) – A high speed chase in two states on Thursday involving a pursuit of a murder convict out of Minnesota on parole violation ended in a crash resulting in the suspect’s death and a Colorado State Patrol deputy injured in Weld County.
The chase started in Wyoming and moved into Colorado.
“There was a pursuit that came down from Wyoming,” said Trooper Gary Cutler, spokesman of the Colorado State Patrol. “They were in pursuit of an individual from Minnesota that had a nationwide warrant for a parole violation. He went to jail initially for a murder. The pursuit ended up in a crash. There is no danger to the public.”
CSP officials revealed that a trooper from the Colorado State Patrol was taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries. The chase ended at Highway 85 and Weld County Road 76, which was closed. The chase began at about 2:45 p.m., troopers said.
A Colorado State Patrol trooper and an Ault Police Department officer successfully deployed stop sticks, according to a statement from CSP.
“The suspect vehicle continued south and swerved into another Colorado State Patrol vehicle causing the State Patrol vehicle to roll and become disabled,” said the statement. “The suspect vehicle also became disabled and the pursuit came to an end.
“The State Trooper sustained minor injuries from the crash and was transported to an area hospital as a precautionary measure. The suspect vehicle went off the road into a drainage ditch and the suspect died from injuries sustained in the crash. The suspect was believed to not be wearing his seatbelt.” | https://denver.cbslocal.com/2022/03/31/highway-85-fatal-crash-police-chase-colorado-state-trooper-hurt-murder-convict-parole-violation-colorado-wyoming-weld-county/ | 2022-04-01T01:16:32Z |
THE DOGS PROVIDE THERAPY TO CITIZENS IN CENTRAL TEXAS IN ASSISTED LIVING, nursing homes — Four-legged friends! Studies show they can be the turnaround for one's mental health.
That's why Go Team Therapy Dogs, Central Texas took leaps for the community by properly training and preparing these furry friends to provide comfort and therapy to those in need.
Suzee Stewart, a member of Go Team Therapy Dogs said, “For individuals with autism, communication can be difficult sometimes, but if you have a dog, you can list a set of questions, 'hey what kind of dog do you have? What’s your dog's name?' These dogs create that opportunity for them.”
The help doesn't just stop at kids with special needs.
The dogs provide therapy to citizens in Central Texas in assisted living, nursing homes, hospices, and anywhere else a therapy dog is requested.
The nonprofit organization is making its impact throughout Central Texas but also in other states across the U.S.
In 2012, the organization was founded in Colorado after an event took place that demonstrated how dogs could be a great help to those in need.
Robin Webster, another member of the Go Team Therapy Dog team said, “Therapy dogs are more about giving back.”
It's a free service that's surrounded by caring, compassion, and canines!
To schedule a therapy visit or to sign up your own furry friend, call (254) 541-3343 or email goteamcentex@gmail.com | https://www.kxxv.com/hometown/bell-county/go-team-therapy-dogs-providing-comfort-to-those-in-need-in-central-texas | 2022-04-01T01:16:32Z |
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Overnight Energy & Environment — UN sounds dire warning on climate change
Welcome to Monday’s Overnight Energy & Environment, your source for the latest news focused on energy, the environment and beyond. Subscribe here: thehill.com/newsletter-signup.
Today we’re looking at the International Panel on Climate Change’s latest report, the Supreme Court hearing arguments for and against the EPA’s powers and another oil giant divesting from Russia.
For The Hill, we’re Rachel Frazin and Zack Budryk. Write to us with tips: rfrazin@thehill.com and zbudryk@thehill.com. Follow us on Twitter: @RachelFrazin and @BudrykZack.
Let’s jump in.
Report warns of deadly climate consequences
A new report from a United Nations climate panel is warning of the deadly effects of climate change both now and in the future — and finding that they are currently worse than scientists had believed they would be.
The report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) warned of health risks from climate change, including from heat exposure, disease and mental health issues.
What does it say? Globally, extreme heat events have already resulted in deaths, according to the report. And it said that since the last time the IPCC issued an equivalent report in 2014, there have been more extreme events, including “heat-related human mortality,” that have been attributed to human-caused climate change.
The panel’s report described major additional risks in the decades to come, particularly between the years 2040 and 2100.
“Climate change and related extreme events will significantly increase ill health and premature deaths from the near- to long-term,” said a summary of the findings.
In particular, the panel raised concern about exposure to heat waves as well as food-borne and water-borne disease risks and disease from pests like mosquitoes. It particularly warned of increases in the risk of diseases from a certain type of mosquito, “potentially putting additional billions of people at risk by the end of the century.”
And it warned of increased mental health issues such as anxiety and stress.
What else? The report also warned that some of the effects currently being seen are worse than previously projected.
“The extent and magnitude of climate change impacts are larger than estimated in previous assessments,” the summary said, particularly highlighting “substantial damages” and “increasingly irreversible losses” to ecosystems and “shifts in seasonal timing.”
“We’re seeing adverse impacts being much more widespread and being much more negative than expected in prior reports than expected at the current 1.09 degrees that we have,” Camille Parmesan, one of the report’s authors, told reporters, referring to the current level of warming compared to pre-industrial levels.
Parmesan added that the world is seeing impacts that it previously did not expect to see at the current level of warming, such as “diseases emerging into new areas” and “the first extinctions of species due to climate change.”
Read more about the report here.
SCOTUS wrestles with EPA’s reach
The Supreme Court on Monday struggled with how to define the reach of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in a case with profound implications for the agency’s power to address a main contributor to climate change.
At issue during Monday’s argument was the scope of the EPA’s authority to regulate air pollution from power plants and whether it extends beyond the confines of plant sites to encompass broader aspects of the U.S. energy sector.
The 6-3 conservative majority court did not clearly telegraph an outcome in the case, but several of the court’s conservative justices seemed concerned about whether the more sweeping interpretation of EPA authority went beyond the power granted to it by Congress.
Some conservatives, including Justice Samuel Alito, raised the so-called major questions doctrine. The judicial interpretative method holds that agency actions with transformative political or economic effects require a clear delegation of power by Congress. Some conservatives seemed to indicate that such an explicit statement from lawmakers was absent in the case.
Alito suggested that if the EPA were deemed authorized to regulate climate change writ large, it would be difficult to conceive of any limit to its power.
“This statute requires EPA to take into account several factors … and they are incommensurable [with climate change],” Alito said to U.S. Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar. “What weight do you assign to the effects on climate change, which some people believe is a matter of civilizational survival, and the cost and the effect on jobs?”
On the other side of the aisle: The court’s liberal justices appeared generally skeptical of arguments for a narrower reading of EPA authority that were advanced by a number of states, led by West Virginia, as well as the coal industry.
The state and companies argued that since the statute directs the EPA to issue performance standards for pollution sources, it is limited to only regulating within the power plants themselves — so-called inside the fence measures — rather than reshaping the entire power sector and promoting a shift toward cleaner energy sources.
Justice Elena Kagan countered that regulations within the power plant could very well have the same effect of changing the makeup of our power system by making coal generation too expensive or otherwise unfeasible.
“If that’s what EPA wanted to do, I have a basket full of source-by-source regulations that would allow them to get their way on all of those questions. It just has no necessary relationship to this fence, non-fence way of thinking of things,” Kagan said.
Read more about the arguments here.
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Shell joins BP in divesting from Russia
Shell will end all joint ventures with Russian majority state-owned oil company Gazprom in response to the invasion of Ukraine, the oil company announced Monday.
As part of the divestiture, Shell will withdraw from its 27.5 percent Sakhalin-II liquefied natural gas facility and its 50 percent stake in Salym Petroleum Development. The company will also drop its involvement with the Nord Stream 2 pipeline, which was set to carry natural gas from Russia to Germany.
Germany itself decertified the pipeline in response to the invasion before it could go online, and it remains unclear if it will begin operations at any point in the future.
Shell owned a 10 percent stake in the pipeline, and had about $3 billion overall in “non-current” assets in Russia, as of late 2021.
“We are shocked by the loss of life in Ukraine, which we deplore, resulting from a senseless act of military aggression which threatens European security,” CEO Ben van Beurden said in a statement.
“Our immediate focus is the safety of our people in Ukraine and supporting our people in Russia. In discussion with governments around the world, we will also work through the detailed business implications, including the importance of secure energy supplies to Europe and other markets, in compliance with relevant sanctions.”
The announcement comes a day after another major oil company, BP, announced its own divestment from its 20 percent stake in Russian oil company Rosneft.
Read more about the announcement here.
WHAT WE’RE READING
- Exxon’s Bank in Russia Among Those Hit by Sanctions Over Ukraine (Bloomberg)
- Mass. revives gas ban battle with Boston-area ‘smackdown’ (E&E News)
- UN plastic treaty to tackle production, packaging design – draft resolution (Reuters)
- Some environmental advocates oppose the creation of a Maine Space Corporation (Maine Public)
ICYMI
- Global reliance on Russian energy a hurdle to US pressure campaign on Putin
- BP divesting stake in Russian oil giant over Ukraine invasion
And finally, something offbeat and off-beat: Bear with us
That’s it for today, thanks for reading. Check out The Hill’s energy & environment page for the latest news and coverage. We’ll see you Tuesday.
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Teen Mom fans slam Kailyn Lowry’s ‘disastrous’ garage of ‘junk’ only 3 weeks after $850K Delaware mansion move-in
Fans slammed Kailyn Lowry's "disastrous" garage piled up with "junk" requiring a cleaning service to come to the rescue.
The Teen Mom star moved into her $850K Delaware dream mansion just three weeks ago.
Kailyn, 30, has officially moved into her dream abode but things weren't exactly ship-shape in new Instagram posts on Thursday.
In photos and videos reshared to her Instagram Stories, the MTV star was assisted by a "luxury home organizing" company for her garage in disarray.
"Bringing some order to the garage," they captioned their first March 31 video, showing PILES of boxes, lamps and kayaks filling the space.
As the service, Philadelphia Neat, panned through the clutter - a figure presumably Kailyn in a hat, could be seen in the doorway before disappearing.
"Setting up some the final systems in the office," the luxury cleaning company added in a second story.
As they panned across the office, more boxes and loose scissors were all across the room as they seemingly were adding shelving.
"Things are starting to come together" they concluded in a third Instagram Story as shelves had been additionally installed in the garage for the star and the spaces tidied up.
Kailyn, for her part, showed off her chic stone dining table in a separate video, but even then there were loose items - and scraps on the console table in the playroom.
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Fans swept over to Reddit to share their thoughts.
"She’s bored, rich, and impulsive. That’s all," one bashed.
"I'm starting to wonder if her $800k house is actually a $400k house filled with another $400k of crap," wrote another.
"I’m no kail fan but I feel like ppl hate on her just to hate," defended a third while a fourth took a shine to the overall style:
"I actually love this not for me but for someone else it’s fun and modern."
KAILYN'S CASTLE
A few weeks back, Kail showcased the inside of the house including the living room, stairwell, and kid's playroom.
Kailyn told her followers that she "absolutely loves" the stairwell which has a geometric-patterned rug running along the center of it.
The office has large chairs with a conference table, also seen in new stories Thursday.
Kailyn hasn't always loved the building process, however.
She previously admitted on an episode of her podcast Baby Mamas No Drama that she couldn't wait for it to be over after multiple delays.
She revealed: "I thought I was really gonna love like the house stuff, so I was kind of living like vicariously through you guys like doing real estate and like flipping and stuff. I hate it.
"I love HGTV and I love watching people do it online and stuff so I thought because of that interest that I was gonna like doing it myself but I hate it."
Kailyn shares sons Lux, 4, and Creed, 1 with ex Chris Lopez.
She is also the mother of 12-year-old son Issac with Jo Rivera and eight-year-old son Lincoln, who she shares with Javi Marroquin.
NEW HOUSE OLD SHOW?
Fans fell in love with Kailyn on Teen Mom 2, although the star recently revealed that she may not be returning.
According to The Ashley Reality Roundup, a major change is coming to the MTV franchise with the network has reportedly decided to combine Teen Mom OG and Teen Mom 2 into one show.
The casts combining, though, would likely mean some stars would be cut, as suggested by the gossip site.
This comes as Kailyn hasn't filmed with the franchise in six months and recently mass unfollowed a ton of co-stars including former close friend Leah Messer.
The Sun also earlier exclusively reported that Briana DeJesus said the crew "HATES" filming with Kailyn
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Three of Married at First Sight’s most fashion-forward wives recently enjoyed time together at Culture Park in New Orleans.
Married at First Sight Season 11 stars Karen Landry and Amani Aliyya linked up with Married at First Sight Season 12 star Briana Myles.
Karen, Amani, and Briana all rocked their colorful sense of style as they posed together in a set of videos and photos.
Karen Landry shares stylish video with Amani Aliyya and Briana Myles
Karen took to Instagram to share a video that featured clips from her time with Amani and Briana, as the trio looked gorgeous in their spring colors.
In several clips, Karen, Amani, and Briana danced together in front of floral backdrops and greenery as they appeared to have a blast together.
For the event, Karen stunned in a vibrant green, flowy maxi dress with a plunging neckline. Karen accessorized the look with a pair of strappy heels, glasses, and an eye-catching floral headdress atop her gorgeous curls.
Briana, who was known to love fashion and shopping during her season of Married at First Sight, also went with green for the event.
Briana showed off her toned legs in a neon green jacket and skirt set. She completed the look with red heels.
As Monsters and Critics previously reported, Amani continued to prove that maternity style can still be bold and fashionable.
Showing off her baby bump, Amani wore a sheer black dress with a large and colorful flower headdress over her long locks.
Karen captioned her post, “It’s giving boss 🐩 energy. Neva eva play us like we average! 😂😂 Ready for the next link up with @_easyaa and @blmyles.” ⠀
Briana Myles highlights MAFS husbands on National Husband Appreciation Day
While Karen’s post captured clips of the MAFS ladies, Briana shared a photo that featured their MAFS husbands with them as well.
Bri holds hands with Married at First Sight Season 12 husband Vincent Morales in the photo.
Married at First Sight Season 11 star Woody Randall placed his hand on Amani’s baby bump while making some bold fashion choices of his own in the pic.
Finally, Married at First Sight Season 11, husband Miles Williams posed with a smile and his arm around Karen.
Briana captioned the post, “I heard today was National Husband Appreciation Day! 🥳 We don’t play about ours, but y’all already knew that 💁🏾♀️”
The couples looked great and happy together, and it’s refreshing to see these three MAFS couples still going strong.
Married at First Sight airs Wednesdays at 8/7c on Lifetime. | https://www.monstersandcritics.com/tv/reality-tv/mafs-karen-landry-enjoys-fashionable-day-out-with-briana-myles-and-expectant-mom-amani-aliyya/ | 2022-04-01T01:16:34Z |
Another week, another loaded 9 mm pistol found in a Boston school, leading to a call for metal detectors or “whatever it takes” to ensure guns never find their way into schools.
In the latest of at least eight firearms found in Boston schools since September, the gun was discovered Monday in the fanny pack of a 16-year-old boy at the grades-6-to-12 Dearborn STEM Academy in Roxbury, according to Boston Police.
The gun had six bullets in the magazine, police said, and the boy was charged with three counts of delinquency: one for having a gun on school property, one for having a loaded firearm and one for having ammunition.
“There could have been an enormous tragedy,” said the Rev. David Searles of Central Assembly of God Church in East Boston and a member of Boston S.O.S. (Safety of Our Schools), a local movement made up of parents, clergy, and community leaders.
“We’re demanding whatever it takes to keep schools gun-free,” Searles said. “If a gun made it into a white, suburban school one time, there would be such outrage to preclude it from ever happening again. But when it happens here, the attitude is well, that’s Dorchester, or Roxbury, or Mattapan. And we say that insidious view smacks of racism.”
If metal detectors have to be placed in every school, he and other activists said, so be it.
“If metal detectors are good enough for the employees of City Hall, why aren’t they in schools with poor black and brown children?” said the Rev. Eugene Rivers.
“I would offer that the systems we have in place led to the recovery of the weapons,” said Jonathan Palumbo, a Boston Public Schools spokesman.
“Our safety protocols and relationships with students were part of the response that led to the recovery of the weapons and our relationship with the Boston Police Department ensured a swift response and the safe transfer of the weapons outside of our school buildings,” he added.
Palumbo called it a “city-wide challenge” the schools are tackling with police and the mayor’s office.
“As a BPS parent, I send my child off to school every day and place her in the trust and care of our educators and school safety officials,” said City Councilor-at-Large Julia Mejia. “The recent events that have taken place in and around BPS schools are deeply concerning and we have a responsibility as public officials to work with the community to make sure that our students have a learning environment that is safe and welcoming.” | https://www.bostonherald.com/2022/03/31/loaded-guns-found-in-boston-schools-spark-call-for-learning-to-be-gun-free/ | 2022-04-01T01:16:34Z |
Tabby Diamond remembered as 'one of the great soul singers'
Reggae industry mourns death of Mighty Diamonds lead singer
Wednesday, March 30, 2022The death of lead singer Tabby Diamond of the�Jamaican harmony trio, The Mighty Diamonds, has left the reggae industry in shock.
"Tabby's sound and persona and his voice were all basically compatible. He was smooth, cool, not a�problematic�person, pleasing, touching�to the soul. He took�everything�in stride, he was one of the humblest persons I knew, nothing was a problem�to him, he didn't�talk much. He would smoke weed and when it was time for him to sing, he was�like a bird from heaven," producer Gussie Clarke told OBSERVER ONLINE.
Considered the longest tenured reggae band in history, The Mighty Diamonds had been together for over 52 years. In 2021, they received Jamaica's Order of Distinction on National Heroes Day for their sterling contribution to the development of reggae music.�
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"I think they have surpassed everybody, people after dem bruk up, people before dem bruk up, one of the beautiful things, their sound did not change, even 30 to 40 years after," Clarke said.��
Tabby Diamond, 67,�was one of two persons killed on Tuesday night in a drive-by shooting on McKinley Crescent in St Andrew.
The singer and another man, Owen Beckford, were killed when a gunman opened fire on a group of people outside a shop minutes before 10pm. Five people were shot in the incident.
Formed in 1969, the roots Reggae group comprised�Donald “Tabby” Shaw, Fitzroy “Bunny” Simpson and Lloyd “Judge” Ferguson. They are best known for the singles, Right Time, Pass the Kouchie and I Need a Roof.�
"Tabby did the majority of the lead vocals and the others�would fit in on ad�hoc scenarios. He did the bulk of the work, 95 per cent, he sang lead on most of the songs, his sound was unique and different, and it worked for them," Clarke said.�
Questioned about rumours that Tabby Diamond lived in destitute circumstances, Clarke responded:
"He was humble and simple, the house he lived in, he owned it, he couldn't be poor, he was not interested in material things, he was a Rastaman. His�lifestyle and 'livity'�was along that path, he took it simple, he did not crave material possessions and as such, he had less�problems�than you and I."
Tabby Diamond was a cool customer, almost never flustered.��
"I have�known�him 35 years and he never complained about nothing yet," Clarke said.�
The Mighty Diamonds was formed in 1969. The group comprised three friends who all attended school together.
Originally, they called themselves The Limelight, and at the suggestion of Shaw's mother, the name changed to the Diamonds until settling on The Mighty Diamonds.�
The group's breakthrough came in 1973 with the release of their hit, Shame and Pride. They kept the momentum, working assiduously with the Kingston-based Channel One label. From that association came hits such as Hey Girl and Country Girl.
They scored big with their�debut album Right Time�in 1976 after signing with a major label, Virgin Records. This album was produced by Joseph Hoo Kim and spawned the eponymous hit single, Right Time.�
�In 1979, they released the critically acclaimed, Deeper Roots, another stellar work on�Virgin imprint.
Three years later, they teamed up with celebrated Jamaican music producer Gussie Clarke to complete 'Changes' which�spawned the�monster hit Pass the Kouchie done on the Full Up rhythm.�
"My 'Changes' album led to 'Pass the Dutchie', one of the top selling reggae songs of all times, the Mighty Diamond (Ferguson and Simpson) wrote the Pass the Kouchie, Musical Youths did it over, and they would have been collecting publishing income for a long time, even until this day," Clarke said.�
The breakout song, Pass the Dutchie, by then London newcomers Musical Youths,�was one of the fastest selling singles in the UK in 1982, racking up over 100,000 copies in one day according to some online sources. The song removed the drug references of Pass the Kouchie.�
The Mighty Diamonds have released 47 albums including studio albums and live recordings.�Though Fitzroy 'Bunny Diamond' Simpson has not been active on tour with the group due to a stroke he suffered six years ago, he had remained�very much a part of the group.
A grieving Lloyd 'Judge' Ferguson, one of the writers of Pass the Kouchie, said he had not slept all night after hearing the news.�Judge, who started out as the lead singer of the group, was the main songwriter, leaving the vocalizing to Tabby.�
“Tabby was one of the great soul singers, we toured the world together, he will be greatly missed,” Ferguson said.�
Although the Mighty Diamonds did not record a lot collectively as a group since 2012, Tabby was active in the studio releasing solo efforts, always highlighting his soulful tenor.�
“We had plans to tour Europe, the Caribbean and Africa, we were doing our 47th album, plus we had two more albums for other producers…I don't know what is going to happen going forward," Ferguson said.�
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DENVER (AP) — A man who shot and wounded two demonstrators while apparently aiming at a Jeep that was headed toward the crowd during a protest in suburban Denver in 2020 was convicted Thursday of several charges.
Samuel Young, 24, was found guilty of two counts of second-degree assault, four counts of attempted manslaughter and a single count of illegally discharging his gun, The Denver Post reported.
Several hundred people who attended the July 2020 protest in Aurora to bring attention to police violence walked onto and blocked all of the lanes of Interstate 225. Shortly after, a Jeep approached from behind and headed toward the crowd, prompting Young to fire five shots.
Two shots hit the back of the Jeep, and two shots hit fellow protesters. One man was shot in the leg, and another man was grazed in the head. A woman also broke her leg when she leaped from the highway.
The driver, who pulled off the highway and contacted police after the shooting, was not criminally charged. During Young’s trial, prosecutors said he didn't intend to hurt any protesters.
The protest was organized in support of Elijah McClain, a 23-year-old Black man who was arrested in August 2019 after someone called 911 to report a suspicious person wearing a ski mask and waving his arms while he walked down the street.
He was arrested by Aurora police and injected with 500 milligrams of ketamine by EMS workers called to the scene. He suffered cardiac arrest, was declared brain dead and taken off life support less than a week later.
McClain’s death became a national rallying cry along with the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis in protests calling for police reform. | https://www.milfordmirror.com/news/article/Jury-convicts-man-who-shot-protesters-in-suburban-17049894.php | 2022-04-01T01:16:34Z |
Taoiseach confirms Ukrainian refugee crisis will cost Ireland from 2023
The Ukrainian refugee crisis will start to cost Ireland from 2023, the Taoiseach has said.
An estimated 14,611 Ukrainians have arrived in Ireland so far, with 30,000 expected by the end of April.
There have been 22,657 offers of accommodation by the public, and the Irish government is reportedly considering a tented facility at the Defence Forces’ Gormanston camp.
Micheál Martin said the Irish government does not anticipate having to borrow for it this year, explaining they hope to allocate a “significant proportion” of a Covid contingency fund to the challenges arising from the Ukrainian refugee crisis.
“But into 2023 there will be costs and therefore the budget towards the latter part of the year will have to reflect that, and that does create challenges for us economically and fiscally, and we’ll approach all of this in the context of the forthcoming budget and we’ll work also with our European colleagues in the European Commission in terms of other collective responses we can bring to bear,” he said.
“But the economic implications of this war are there. They are there to be seen in continuing increases of energy prices, in food security issues, some aspects of agriculture and food are already bearing the brunt of this because of higher input costs, the pig sector in particular.
“These were very viable enterprises and now are under pressure and we have responded sectorally to some of these areas and we will continue to do that.
“Over the next while, we will be targeting those most in need and those on lower incomes.”
Mr Martin said the spending will have to be factored in to next year’s budget.
He also said he cannot be definitive about the number of refugees who will arrive in Ireland over the coming weeks and months.
Up to 600 Ukrainians are arriving in Ireland every day.
Mr Martin said that the Government will consider modular construction, however it could take a number of months to complete.
The Fianna Fáil leader said the Government will have to be innovative in its response to accommodate the large number of fleeing refugees.
He also acknowledged a low uptake in Covid vaccines among people in Eastern European countries.
He said that people arriving from Ukraine are being offered Covid-19 jabs for those who have not yet received one.
“We do know that certain Eastern European countries, the take up was low because of historic issues with state and authorities in the past around vaccinations and so on,” Mr Martin added.
“But we are confident, that with proper targeted approaches, we can increase the level of vaccination.”
Mr Martin also said he believes there is “strong political agreement” within Ireland.
“I just came from the Dáil and I think that was in evidence across the floor of the House in terms of supporting refugees,” he added.
“I don’t think people need reminded of the horrors of what these people are fleeing and the war is really having a terrible, traumatic impact on people.
“This is a war-time situation. It’s a war-time response.”
Mr Martin also refused to be drawn on why Ireland expelled four senior Russian officials.
The Government said the officials have been asked to leave the country because their activities have not been “in accordance with international standards of diplomatic behaviour”.
The individuals will be given a number of days before they have to leave the country, Mr Martin said.
Asked why the Government would not disclose the reason behind the concerns about the Russia officials, Mr Martin said: “Historically, we are very clear in terms of how we deal with these situations.
“We did have a security briefing in relation to these four individuals, but also in relation to a general situation pertaining to activities and so forth.
“We don’t divulge security information at that kind. One question can lead to another question, and we we take very seriously the presentations I’ve received from the Garda Commissioner and Chief of Staff.
“We’re very clear that the reasons were well founded for doing this under the Vienna Convention, and on the basis that the activities of these individuals was not in accordance with international standards of diplomacy.
“I think people can read various things from that. But fundamentally, there was a security premise underlining the decision.”
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TORRANCE, Calif., March 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Emmaus Life Sciences, Inc. (OTCQX: EMMA), a commercial-stage biopharmaceutical company and leader in the treatment of sickle cell disease, today reported financial results for the year ended December 31, 2021 and an update on recent activities.
Recent Highlights
- March 2022: Announced that the Florida Medicaid Pharmaceutical & Therapeutics Committee has added Endari® to the Florida Medicaid Preferred Drug List, effective April 1, 2022, eliminating the need for prior authorization for Medicaid patients.
- March 2022: Received full marketing authorization for Endari from the United Arab Emirates (U.A.E.) Ministry of Health after a five-month review of the company's marketing authorization application.
- December 2021: Presented positive transfusion data from a post-hoc analysis of the phase 3 clinical study of Endari, the company's prescription L-glutamine oral powder, in patients with sickle cell disease, at the 63rd American Society of Hematology (ASH) Annual Meeting. Data confirmed that Endari meaningfully reduces both pain crises and hospitalizations.
- November 2021: Announced collaboration with UpScript to offer telehealth solutions to sickle cell disease patients, expanding access to Endari. The partnership allows patients to see a doctor remotely and receive same-day physician authorization and prescriptions for Endari, which will be delivered directly to their home within just a few days.
- November 2021: Entered into an agreement with Asembia to provide expanded patient and provider support services to simplify access to Endari. Asembia provides a single point of contact for benefits investigation and financial and co-pay assistance, as well as patient and provider education.
- October 2021: Signed an agreement with Kainos Medicine, Inc., granting Emmaus an exclusive license to patent rights, know-how and other intellectual property relating to Kainos' novel IRAK4 inhibitor (KM10544) for the treatment of cancers, including leukemia, lymphoma and solid tumors.
"Recently, we have made substantial progress in expanding access to Endari for sickle cell disease patients in need," stated Yutaka Niihara, M.D., M.P.H., Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Emmaus. "Although our financial results for 2021 were below our expectations, we anticipate that the full roll-out of our new telehealth solution in the coming weeks will improve patient access and efficiency in the delivery of Endari to sickle cell patients throughout the United States. Internationally, we are pleased to have recently received marketing approval of Endari in the U.A.E. and our first major order from our exclusive distributor there. We are actively pursuing additional marketing approvals of Endari to treat the approximately 225,000 sickle cell disease patients throughout the Middle East North Africa (MENA) region and we expect this expanded distribution, along with our telehealth solution, to help generate increased sales of Endari during 2022."
Dr. Niihara continued, "In addition to our focus on increasing patient access to Endari, we have expanded our clinical pipeline. In particular, we have seen promising results from our ongoing preclinical studies of the IRAK4 inhibitor licensed from Kainos Medicine, Inc. in October 2021, which may prove to be a novel, potential treatment option for hard-to-treat lymphomas such as Waldenström's Macroglobulinemia with MYD88 mutation. We also eagerly anticipate results from an additional proof-of-concept study of Endari as a treatment for diverticulosis, expected in mid-2022. If positive, we should be able to move directly into a registration trial. The current year is shaping up to be an exciting one for Emmaus and we look forward to providing updates throughout the year."
Net Revenues. Net revenues for the year ended December 31, 2021 were $20.6 million, compared to $23.2 million for 2020. Although sales volume as measured by number of boxes of Endari sold held steady compared to 2020, net revenues were adversely affected by somewhat higher and more frequent discounts afforded distributors on bulk pre-orders in 2021 compared to 2020.
Operating Expenses. Total operating expenses for the year were $23.4 million, compared with $21.0 million for 2020. Of the increased expenses, $1.7 million was attributable to increased research and development expenses primarily related to license fees paid to Kainos Medicine, Inc. relating to Kainos' novel IRAK4 inhibitor in research and development expenses associated with the company's pilot/phase 1 diverticulosis sub-study in which enrollment was completed in December 2021. The company also incurred a $1.0 million increase in selling expenses resulting from more frequent travel associated with the lifting of COVID-19 related travel restrictions in the U.S. and foreign countries.
Operating Income (Loss). Operating loss for the year ended December 31, 2021 was $6.1 million, compared with operating loss of $32,000 in 2020.
Other Income (Expense). Other expense increased by $10.8 million, or 1,074%, to $9.8 million for the year ended December 31, 2021, compared to other income of $1.0 million in 2020, which included a $7.7 million gain from sale of marketable securities. The company did not realize a similar gain in 2021. The increase in other expense in 2021 included a $3.5 million increase in foreign exchange loss and a $2.0 million increase in change in fair value of conversion feature derivatives, partially offset by a $2.9 million decrease in interest expense.
Net Income (Loss). For the year, the company reported a net loss attributable to common stockholders of $15.9 million, or $0.32 per share, based on approximately 49.3 million weighted average basic and diluted common shares. This compares to net income of $1.4 million, or $0.03 per share, based on approximately 49.0 million weighted average basic and diluted common shares, for 2020. The increased net loss was primarily attributable to the operating loss for the year and increase in other expense discussed above.
Liquidity and Capital Resources. At December 31, 2021, the company had cash and cash equivalents of $2.3 million, compared with $2.5 million at December 31, 2020.
About Emmaus Life Sciences
Emmaus Life Sciences, Inc. is a commercial-stage biopharmaceutical company and leader in the treatment of sickle cell disease. The company currently markets U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Endari® (L-glutamine oral powder), indicated to reduce the acute complications of sickle cell disease in adults and children 5 years and older. The company is also engaged in the discovery and development of innovative treatments and therapies for certain rare and orphan diseases as well as those affecting larger populations, such as diverticulosis. For more information, please visit www.emmausmedical.com.
About Endari® (prescription grade L-glutamine oral powder)
Endari®, Emmaus' prescription grade L-glutamine oral powder, was approved by the FDA in July 2017 for treating sickle cell disease in adult and pediatric patients five years of age and older. Sales of Endari® began in the United States in 2018.
Indication
Endari® is indicated to reduce the acute complications of sickle cell disease in adult and pediatric patients five years of age and older.
Important Safety Information
The most common adverse reactions (incidence >10 percent) in clinical studies were constipation, nausea, headache, abdominal pain, cough, pain in extremities, back pain, and chest pain.
Adverse reactions leading to treatment discontinuation included one case each of hypersplenism, abdominal pain, dyspepsia, burning sensation, and hot flash.
The safety and efficacy of Endari in pediatric patients with sickle cell disease younger than five years of age has not been established.
For more information, please see full Prescribing Information of Endari at: www.ENDARIrx.com/PI.
Forward-looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, as amended, including statements regarding possible increased access to Endari in the U.S. through telemedicine and potential increased sales of Endari following full marketing authorization for Endari in the U.A.E. and, possibly, other countries in the Middle East North Africa region. These forward-looking statements are subject to numerous assumptions, risks and uncertainties which change over time, including uncertainties related to the company's working capital and ability to carry on its existing operations and obtain needed financing, risks inherent in the commercialization of Endari in the U.S. and abroad, and other factors disclosed in the company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for 2021 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 31, 2022, and actual results may differ materially. Such forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are made, and Emmaus assumes no duty to update them, except as may be required by law.
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Which rustic lampshade is best?
Rustic decor can make any space feel warm and homey, but as you cozy up with a hot beverage around the fire, your lampshades might stick out like a sore thumb. How do you style something so functional to match the homespun aesthetic of your rustic decor?
From earthy colors to organic materials, rustic lampshades are the perfect accent to a cabin-inspired interior. Whether your vision of rustic is understated and minimal or decadent like a hunting lodge, the best rustic lampshade is Brentwood Collection Oatmeal Tall Linen Medium Drum Lampshade.
What to know before you buy a rustic lampshade
What is rustic?
Rustic is an interior design style inspired by frontier and country living. It emphasizes natural, organic and raw materials typically found in homes built with resources immediately available to those living off the land. Think exposed cross beams, unfinished wood or logs, animal hides and raw leathers, wrought or cast iron, heirloom or antique furniture and warm, thick knit fabrics.
What makes a lampshade rustic?
The modern lampshade is a fairly recent invention, coinciding with the discovery of electricity. So, many rustic lampshades use inspiration from premodern living to imagine a utilitarian, repurposed aesthetic. These are made from raw, organic materials and are typically decorated with a mixture of natural and folk motifs.
If you want a camp-like aesthetic, look for lampshades with silhouettes or stenciling of plants or animals. Many seek to imitate the appearance of animal hide, radiating an amber glow.
If understated and contemporary rustic is your thing, natural colors such as beige, sage green, ocher and amber all look good with raw woods.
Types of lampshades
Lampshades come in all shapes and sizes:
- Empire: These are conical lampshades. They’re shaped so that most of the light emits from the wider bottom, making them perfect for table lamps.
- Bell: These lampshades are similar to empire shades in effect but have a concave curve traveling from the narrow top to their flared bottom.
- Round: Round shades can come in a classic drum or oval shape. They diffuse light in an even, ambient manner, suiting them well to floor lamps.
- Square: These modern, geometric shapes are good at even lighting but might clash with the organic forms of rustic decor.
- Dome: Used with overhead lights or table lamps, these are shallow with wide openings to spill out lots of light.
What to look for in a quality rustic lampshade
Material
- Linen: Elegantly textured, this material is popular for its durability and simplicity, fitting almost any decor.
- Cotton: Cotton is a little more uniform than linen thanks to its tighter weave. It’s lightweight and soft.
- Paper: Paper lampshades have lots of texture and are good at simulating rustic materials. They’re the most translucent material.
- Silk: Silk is a very luxurious material that can class up any room. It’s thick with a classic sheen.
- Fiber: Elaborate lampshade designs can be made from sculptural materials such as wood. Look for wicker, rattan or burlap. Light quality depends on their weave.
Fitter
The fitter is the structural component that attaches the shade to your lamp. There are four kinds:
- Spider: A spider fitter sits at the top of the shade and uses spokes to hold up a center washer that connects to your lamp. You lock it on with a finial.
- Clip-on: Clip-ons use clamping metal tongs to clasp the light bulb of your lamp.
- Uno: These are similar to spider fitters in their design but travel to the bottom of the lamp so they rest at the base of the light bulb.
- Screw-on: Like uno fitters, screw-ons sit beneath the light bulb, screwing onto the lamp fixture.
Finials
These are the little decorative end pieces that screw the fitter onto the lamp. If your lamp fitter requires a finial, think about the design you want. Many ornamental finials are better suited to classically inspired decors, but that doesn’t mean your rustic home has to do without these fun accents. Pine cones, driftwood, sculptural wildlife and other country-living inspired materials or flora and fauna all look great on a rustic lampshade.
How much you can expect to spend on a rustic lampshade
Depending on the material, a rustic lampshade can cost $30-$70.
Rustic lampshade FAQ
What width lampshade do I need?
A. If you’re styling a table lamp, most designers recommend choosing a lampshade whose base diameter measures within 2 inches of your lamp’s height. To get your lamp’s height, measure from the base just up to where the bulb’s socket cap begins. For floor lamps, you have more flexibility — size just so that the bulb has at least 2.5 inches on either side.
What height lampshade do I need?
A. Similar to width, the lampshade should be within a half-inch of the height of the lamp’s harp. The harp is the wire frame that begins at the socket cap and extends above the bulb so you can install your shade. If your lamp doesn’t have a harp, don’t exceed the height of the lamp’s body; aim for two-thirds the height.
How do I match my lampshade to my lamp?
A. When choosing a lampshade shape, you want it to mirror the shape of your lamp. A square base and round body match a lampshade of the same composition. Likewise, an oval shade looks great on a cylindrical lamp, but wonky on a squat, square one. There are no hard and fast rules, but this general guideline typically makes for a good pairing.
What’s the best rustic lampshade to buy?
Top rustic lampshade
Brentwood Collection Oatmeal Tall Linen Medium Drum Lampshade
What you need to know: This drum shade is the perfect balance between contemporary and camp with its rich texture and subtle oatmeal color.
What you’ll love: The lampshade has an elegant brass spider fitter. It’s 14 inches across and 15 inches tall. When lit, the linen takes on a darker umber tone.
What you should consider: Some users found that the material frayed easily.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Top rustic lampshade for the money
Millwood Pines Paper Empire Lampshade
What you need to know: With a warm glow when lit, this shade goes great with rustic cabin or lodge decor.
What you’ll love: The lampshade is 9.5 inches tall and 12 inches at its base. It comes in a classic empire shape and uses a spider fitter. When lit, it glows amber and is a papery yellow without lighting.
What you should consider: The fitter is sold separately.
Where to buy: Sold by Wayfair
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Australian George Kambosos and American Devin Haney will fight for the undisputed lightweight championship of the world at Melbourne's Docklands Stadium on June 5, organisers announced on Friday.
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Australian George Kambosos and American Devin Haney will fight for the undisputed lightweight championship of the world at Melbourne's Docklands Stadium on June 5, organisers announced on Friday. Kambosos, who won four of the world lightweight belts with his stunning upset of Teofimo Lopez in New York last November, had insisted he would defend his titles on home soil.
The 28-year-old had been in negotiations to fight Ukrainian Vasiliy Lomachenko in his first defence but those plans were scuppered when the former champion elected to stay at home and help defend his country against the Russian invasion. "It is good to be back home, five years I've been on the road, five years I've been doing it tough," Kambosos told a news conference at Docklands Stadium.
"There were only two names I ever asked for for this fight, Lomachenko and Devin Haney. Unfortunately, Lomachenko's not available. Beautiful, Devin Haney step up, now we'll take your belt." Haney (27-0) has held the World Boxing Council title since 2019, successfully defending it four times.
"I'm so grateful for this opportunity, I can't wait," the 23-year-old said by video link from the United States. "It's going to be a hell of a fight and there will finally be a king of the division."
The bout will take place at the 53,000-capacity venue on Sunday afternoon Australian time, allowing it to be broadcast in prime time on June 4 in North America. Kambosos (20-0) can expect strong backing in the stadium from his fellow Greek-Australians. Melbourne boasts the largest Greek population of any city in the world outside Greece.
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(CBS4) – A Colorado family and school community is grieving after a teenager is suspected of dying of fentanyl in Lakewood this month. Kimberly Figueroa was a student at Alameda International Jr./Sr. High School.
The school sent out a letter to parents after the 16-year-old’s death on March 23 saying she died from “an accidental drug overdose laced with fentanyl.”
“Her family has given permission for us to share this with you in an effort to help others who may be struggling,” school administrators wrote in their letter.
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Millions of Americans have put on a uniform to serve their country out of a duty and a need to help those who need it.
American service members know all too well the cost of freedom, and now the world is watching as Ukraine fights for that very thing.
Now U.S. veterans are stepping up to save lives on the battlefields of Ukraine.
”We’ve been here on the ground, supporting and training in terms of Tactical Casualty Combat Care and other advanced lifesaving tactics. Sometimes, we’re teaching this to civilians who have been basically standing up their own organizations and community efforts.” said Daniel, U.S. Marine Corps Veteran and Combat Medic with Austere Medical Relief Group.
Not only are they providing crucial training to save lives on the battlefield, but they are also working to get the right medical supplies to make that training effective and that is where U.S. Army veteran Michael Mcgarrey comes in.
”Somebody gives me a task of organizing transportation and logistics and I just make sure I get it done,” said Michael Mcgarrey, U.S. Army combat veteran with Austere Medical Relief Group Operations Manager.
Michael was key to establishing a pipeline from Romania to where they are deep in Ukraine.
”A pipeline that we are utilizing to get equipment and personnel to these eastern areas. Which is a far drive. From where me and Mike came from originally at the border it’s over 15 hours,” said Daniel
They are now finding themselves in dire need of funding to keep saving lives as Russia continues its relentless attacks on Ukraine.
”If we have the funding, what it allows us to do, is to give them this training with the equipment they need to save their own life or someone else’s life,"said Daniel.
"Whether they be a frontline civil defense member, a Ukrainian military member, a police officer, or just a local shopkeeper because these people are having war come right to their front door.”
They need the community's help and as a Texas native and Army veteran Michael is calling on his fellow Texans and veterans to do just that.
”We have that natural urge to want to serve something bigger than ourselves and what is there bigger than yourself than a county fighting for its freedom,” said Mcgarrey.
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Emeli Sande comes out & reveals she’s in love with woman who has made her ‘happier than ever’ eight years after divorce
Emeli Sande has fallen in love with woman who has made her "happier than ever" eight years after divorce.
The singer, 35, was married to her ex husband Adam Gouraguine between 2012 and 2014.
But now she's found love again with a classical pianist and feels like "she’s the one for life" and has even introduced her to her parents.
Talking about her new relationship, Emeli told The Metro: "We met through music.
"And I definitely feel happier than ever. It feels great."
All the public relationships that Emeli has been in since her divorce have been with a man.
And when asked if she indentifies as bi-sexual, Emeli added: "I’m not sure what I identify as but I guess so.
"I just feel like I should fall in love with whoever I fall in love with."
Emeli was with scientist Adam for 10 years before they decided to split up.
She married her childhood sweetheart in 2012, the same year she shot to fame thanks to her debut album Our Version Of Events.
They decided to go their separate ways so she could focus on her music.
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Speaking to The Sun about the heartbreaking decision, she previously said in 2017: “I had to be like, ‘I need to figure out who I really am and I can’t expect you to wait around for it — that’s very unfair’.
“I didn’t want to be in a relationship until I was really certain of who I am, and I needed to be alone to do that.”
Since the end of her marriage, Emeli dated musician Hypo between 2016 and 2017.
Then in 2020 she went public with her rapper Jonathan Kabamba.
But just four months later they ended their relationship.
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The Orlando Magic’s defense has stepped up since the All-Star break, with much of that success being tied to them trying out different schemes more.
The Magic typically play drop defense with their bigs and will occasionally hedge depending on the ball handler, but since the break they’ve been incorporating two other schemes: Zone and switching.
“The league’s gotten so good in ways guys can score,” Magic coach Jamahl Mosley said. “You can’t give one package to specific guys. You’ve got to be able to play in the drop. You’ve got to be able to blitz the pick-and-roll. You’ve got to be able to mix in zone here and there. It’s so great our guys have the versatility to be able to do it.”
Orlando’s played zone slightly more since the break. The Magic have zoned 4.82 times per game since the break compared to 4.47 before the break, according to Synergy.
For the season ahead of Friday’s home game against the Toronto Raptors, the Magic allow 0.906 points per possession when in a zone vs. 0.984 points per possession when playing man-to-man defense.
“A lot of coaches say the more you work on it, the tougher to gets,” Mosley said of playing zone defense. “The zone has applied a lot of communication, which we continue to grow with. It’s helped a ton in games.”
Switching has been an even bigger part of the Magic’s defense.
When done correctly, switching helps teams keep offensive actions in front and minimize gaps for offenses to attack.
But when not done with enough discretion, offenses can weaponize a team’s switching by creating favorable mismatches, which is what the Washington Wizards did multiple times during the fourth quarter of their 127-110 Wednesday win over the Magic.
Kristaps Porziņģis (35 points, 8 rebounds, 3 assists) drew three fouls — two shooting — in the fourth after a Magic guard switched onto the 7-foot-3 center, helping him go 5 of 6 on free throws in the final period and 10 of 13 overall.
“That was the key point from the beginning of the game — switch without fouling,” Mosley said. “[Porziņģis] did a great job of drawing those fouls, but those swipe downs were a lot of it.”
To Franz Wagner, switching effectively requires the team’s technique to be precise.
“If you’re just letting people run around freely it’s really hard to guard when you want to switch,” Wagner said. “And you’ve got to be able to guard one-on-one. That’s what we want to do when we switch — force people to score one-on-one on us. If they get into the paint and someone has to help, it’s hard to rotate against. If you do those two things, most of the time you have a good night.”
Orlando’s defense has produced during the past month, ranking fifth in defensive rating since Feb. 23, even as it toggles between coverages.
“It requires great communication,” Wagner said. “Not just from us, but us asking the coaches what we’re in. They’ve done a great job of that.”
This article first appeared on OrlandoSentinel.com. Email Khobi Price at khprice@orlandosentinel.com or follow him on Twitter at @khobi_price.
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Transport Authority warns PPV carriers that un-renewed licences will attract late fees, prosecution
Wednesday, March 30, 2022KINGSTON,�Jamaica – The Transport Authority is warning owners and operators of Public�Passenger Vehicle (PPV) and Commercial Carriers that renewal of their licences�after the March 31, 2022 expiration date, will attract a late penalty and�unlicensed operators may face prosecution under sections 61 and 78 of Road�Traffic Act.�
The Authority is urging�these operators to renew their licences now and avoid the penalty and�inconvenience associated with the non-renewal of the licences. In the meantime,�the Authority said its route inspectors will be deployed island-wide to stop�and check any vehicle suspected of operating without the requisite road licence�and Public Passenger Vehicle Insurance coverage.�
“Operators and the commuting public are therefore reminded that these Route Inspectors are empowered under section 13 of the Transport Authority Act to carry out road inspections to ensure passenger safety and order within public transportation,” it said in a statement on Wednesday.�
Meanwhile, the Transport Authority is reminding commuters that effective April 1, 2022, only vehicles bearing the blue and white Transport Authority sticker with an expiration date of 2023 are licensed by the Authority. It is urging commuters to be vigilant in ensuring that they take licenced vehicles only and may use the travel pal app to assist in the verification process.
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ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland lawmakers passed a measure on Thursday to create a paid family leave program, sending the legislation to Gov. Larry Hogan.
The bill, approved by supermajority votes by Democrats who control the legislature, would enable workers to take up to 12 weeks of partially paid leave for specified personal family circumstances such as caring for a sick relative or having a baby. It would provide up to 24 weeks for a parent, if he or she has a serious health issue in the year of a child's birth.
“This has been a long time coming,” said Sen. Antonio Hayes, a Baltimore Democrat. He thanked supporters who have “come together and really advocated on behalf of Maryland families."
Republicans criticized the measure for failing to spell out how much employees and employers would have to contribute, leaving that for the state's labor department to define later. They said Democrats were rushing to get the bill to the Republican governor just to meet a deadline so lawmakers will still be in session if the bill is vetoed.
“We're pushing this bill as quick as we can to get it upstairs,” said Sen. J.B. Jennings, a Republican, who added: “We don't know the numbers ... this bill is a hot mess.”
Because lawmakers are in the last session of the four-year term, they would not have a chance to override the veto next year if they adjourn before the governor acts on legislation.
The measure would create an insurance pool. Employees and employers would contribute to fund the program. Under the bill, the state’s labor department would set contribution rates to pay for the program. Employers with fewer than 15 employees would not be required to contribute.
The measure also includes job protections to protect employees from retaliation or termination for using the leave.
Seven states and the District of Columbia have paid family and medical leave insurance programs, including California, Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island and Washington. Colorado and Oregon have approved programs that have not started yet. | https://www.milfordmirror.com/news/article/Maryland-paid-family-leave-program-bill-passed-to-17049782.php | 2022-04-01T01:16:41Z |
Noi Phommasak’s behavior during the latest episode of Married at First Sight tipped the scales of viewers’ annoyance with her.
The way she acted towards her husband Steve Moy in the past, coupled with her recent troubling feelings and way of communicating, have caused viewers to jump on social media to criticize her.
Specifically, a ton of tweets berating Noi’s conduct and perceived immaturity were at the top of MAFS talk online.
Noi’s vexation that Steve does not have a job drove her to decide that Steve should do all the cooking and cleaning even though he wanted to share responsibility because he was also contributing financially. She told him to, “kiss my a**.”
Noi also let Steve know that she did not want to move in with him after Decision Day because she didn’t feel comfortable but wouldn’t elaborate.
She also posted something cryptic on social media that Steve believed was aimed at him and their relationship after he asked her not to air their drama online.
When Noi spoke with her sister during the last episode, she also didn’t tell the full story about the genesis of Steve saying he loved her.
MAFS viewers weighed in on Noi Phommasak’s behavior
One MAFS viewer took aim at Noi’s attitude during fights or difficult communications.
They remarked, “Noi is a real mean girl when she doesn’t get her way. It’s not cute at all.”
Another jabbed, “Noi must really think she’s badder than she is there, I said it. Act your league sis.”
There was another critic who made their point to Noi.
They said, “Now, Noi… You remind that man that he doesn’t have a job every chance you get. You literally don’t miss an opportunity. Not working and not HAVING to work are two different things. Stop being an a*****e.”
There was another MAFS observer who called Noi out by stating, “NOI you lying boo. You told Steve you were falling in love FIRST and flipped out cuz he didn’t. In fact you told him this in the second day of the honeymoon and almost scared him tf off. Let’s be clear.”
Steve Moy said he needs more from Noi Phommasak to say ‘Yes’ on Decision Day
Steve has not been happy with Noi’s communication style and has tried to work on ways to improve things with her but the same issues keep coming up for her.
Steve wants Noi not to be held back by the fact that he doesn’t have a job at the moment and have faith that he knows what he’s doing and has enough savings for them to be comfortable.
If Noi can’t get over the fact that Steve wants a less restricting life, then Steve has said it would be hard for him to say “Yes” on Decision Day.
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Equilibrium/Sustainability — Elephant seals use built-in GPS to give birth
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Pregnant elephant seals embark on a treacherous 240-day journey across the Eastern North Pacific Ocean each year — for the sole purpose of giving birth in the comfort of their own home, a new study has found.
“We found that migrating elephant seals know how far they are from their breeding beach thousands of kilometers away,” Roxanne Beltran of the University of California Santa Cruz said in a statement. “They also know approximately how long it will take them to get back.”
The authors, who published their findings in Current Biology on Monday, detected an impressive navigation system in female elephant seals that functions like “a built-in GPS,” according to the study. Not only do the seals know exactly where to go, but they also give birth within five days of arrival, the scientists found.
Today we’ll look at one of the most important — and most neglected — factors in heading off the worst forms of climate disaster: ambitious, organized spending on adaptation. Then we’ll look at some of the latest sustainability impacts of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, including the decision of international energy giants to sever ties with Russia.
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For livable future, start adaptation now: UN
Nowhere near enough money is being spent to help countries, cities and corporations adapt to climate change — even as record amounts are pledged for reducing emissions, according to a landmark U.N. report released on Monday.
First words: “We found that more than 90 percent of climate finance is currently going to mitigation rather than adaptation,” said Kathryn Bowen, a professor at Australian National University and a lead author on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s (IPCC) sixth assessment report.
“There’s a very large gap in our adaptation efforts to date,” Bowen added.
Behind the lines: No matter how quickly humans stop burning fossil fuels, the world will continue to warm throughout the century, leading to a range of acute and chronic disasters — from the ever-worsening blows of storms, fires and heat waves to the choking rise of sea levels, the authors found.
Adapt now or suffer later: By beginning to invest in adaptation immediately — and by making sure its costs and benefits are equitably spread — governments and companies can drastically reduce the costs and damage resulting from climate change, the researchers found.
Here are six takeaways from Monday’s IPCC report on the urgent need — and opportunity — to make climate adaptation a greater focus in everything from infrastructure planning to public health.
SIX GUIDELINES FOR CLIMATE ADAPTATION
1. Start now: Adaptation efforts are more effective the sooner they start, because the longer governments and corporations wait, the more they will be squeezed by ever-increasing climate threats, according to the report authors.
“The earlier the adaptation measures are implemented, the more the world will benefit because the potential to reduce risks through adaptation is higher until mid-century and for global warming levels below 1.5 C,” the researchers found.
2. Avoid maladaptation: “In a warming world, measures that are effective now in one place might not work in 20 years, or in other places, which is why monitoring and evaluation of the implemented actions are so important,” the researchers wrote.
“Adaptation strategies might have to be revised constantly,” they added, noting that the presence of existing government entities prepared to handle such revision is critical. Today, however, few nations have any such framework, the authors found. This lack of preparedness increases the risk of haphazard, expensive forms of “maladaptation”: public works projects and other measures that end up making climate risks worse.
3. Include everyone: Traditionally, large public works and development decisions are made by policymakers and business interests with limited comment from the public, which in the era of climate change only raises the risk of maladaptation, according to the IPCC report. Such exclusionary policymaking can also spark resistance to the measures officials come up with, the researchers warned.
4. Enlist the power of nature: “Climatic risks to people can be lowered by strengthening nature,” encouraging governments to “invest in protecting nature and rebuilding ecosystems to benefit both people and biodiversity,” the authors wrote.
The benefit of these measures — like restoring wetlands in river floodplains or salt marshes on vulnerable coasts — is that they are “inexpensive in many parts of the world because they do not rely on complex machinery or on the development of extensive infrastructure,” the researchers found.
5. Work with the coming urbanization boom: The era of climate change is happening in tandem with the greatest wave of urbanization in human history: hundreds of millions of people worldwide moving to cities for the first time — many of them to climate-vulnerable cities such as Mumbai in India or Lagos, Nigeria.
This is an opportunity as much as a challenge, the authors wrote, because it means the cities of the future have yet to be built — creating an enormous canvas to construct them in new and sustainable ways.
6. Think big: When it comes to climate, urban planning remains “dominated by minor modifications,” generally restricted to dealing with the risk from extreme weather events.
“While this may suffice in the short term, the long term-risks may require more extensive, transformative changes in our behavior and infrastructure,” the authors wrote.
Last words: “It is clear now that minor, marginal, reactive or incremental changes won’t be sufficient,” the researchers added.
“Instead, shifts in most aspects of society are required to overcome limits to adaptation, build resilience, [and] reduce climate risk to tolerable levels … without leaving anyone behind.”
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Energy giants and banks divest from Russia
Western energy giants and financial firms are joining a growing list of companies severing ties with Russia, following the country’s invasion of neighboring Ukraine, according to Reuters.
Russia’s economy plunged on Monday, dropping as much as 30 percent — leading the country’s central bank to double its key interest rate to 20 percent, while keeping stock markets closed and banning brokers from selling securities owned by foreigners, Reuters reported.
Big step for BP: Multinational oil and gas company BP announced on Sunday that it would divest its 20-percent stake in the Russian state-owned oil firm Rosneft, with chief executive Bob Dudley stressing in a statement that he was “shocked and saddened by the situation unfolding in Ukraine,” as our colleague Joseph Choi reported for The Hill.
The exit will cost BP about $25 billion, slashing the British company’s oil and gas reserves and in half and decreasing its production by a third, according to Reuters. BP will incur a $11 billion foreign exchange non-cash charge following its divestment from Roseneft, while the company said it also expects a second non-cash charge of up to $14 billion, Reuters reported.
Norwegian energy follows suit: Equinor, an energy company majority owned by the Norwegian government, likewise announced on Sunday that it would begin divesting its joint ventures in Russia, Reuters reported.
Equinor, which has been present in Russia for more than 30 years, partners with Rosneft on heavy oil and gas in Siberia, according to Reuters. Equinor’s Russian assets were valued at about $1.2 billion in non-current assets at the end of 2021.
The same day, the Norwegian government announced that its sovereign wealth fund — the world’s largest — would divest its Russian assets, worth about $2.8 billion, Reuters reported.
Shell enters the fray: Shell followed in BP and Equinor’s footsteps on Monday, announcing that the company intends to exit its equity partnerships held with Russian state-owned energy firm Gazprom. Shell had around $4 billion in non-current assets in such Russian ventures at the end of 2021, according to the company.
“We are shocked by the loss of life in Ukraine, which we deplore, resulting from a senseless act of military aggression which threatens European security,” Shell’s chief executive officer, Ben van Beurden, said in a statement.
Economic “no-go zone”: Large chunks of Russia’s economy are becoming what Reuters described as a “no-go zone” — particularly following a decision to cut off some of Russia’s banks from SWIFT, the secure messaging system that enables the transfer of trillions of dollars of global transactions.
The European Central Bank warned on Monday that the European arm of Sberbank, Russia’s biggest lender, faces failure, even as British bank HSBC said it too would be shutting down relations with many Russian banks, including VTB, its second largest, Reuters reported.
UKRAINE’S ENVIRONMENT, RESOURCES UNDER THREAT
The ongoing Russian invasion is wreaking havoc not only on the Ukrainian people, but also on their land, resources and the environment.
Following an explosion near the area of Kharkiv on Sunday, Ukraine’s gas pipeline operator said that gas transmission was still occurring “normally,” The New York Times reported. However, the operator said that it could not visually inspect the system due to surrounding military activity.
In another explosive attack, Russia troops detonated a dam in Ukraine on Sunday that had shut down the water supply from Dnieper to Crimea, Belarusian media outlet Nexta reported. This is a dam that Ukraine had constructed in 2014 to cut off water to Crimea, according to Reuters.
Concerns about radioactive waste: Russia used missile-type weapons from its arsenal on Sunday to bomb the “United Radon” nuclear waste facility in Kyiv, a volunteer-based journalist initiative operating across Ukraine reported, citing the State Inspectorate for Nuclear Regulation of Ukraine.
The Inspectorate later said the facility was under control, the journalist group reported, adding that no leakage of waste to the environment had occurred.
Animals at risk: Kharkov’s “Center for the Treatment of Animals” is sheltering more than 600 cats and dogs, with workers performing clean-ups, feedings and checkups amid the ongoing fighting, the journalist group reported. The shelter, however, is now running out of food.
Food distribution efforts: Fast-food chains McDonald’s and KFC have begun offering food to Ukrainians fighting against Russian forces and to those in need, The Kyiv Independent reported. McDonald’s announced that it would be donating items that don’t require cooking, such as water, vegetables, fruits and eggs, to local councils, while KFC pledged to help soldiers, according to the Independent.
Last words: “There are many people who are hungry outside the cities, and they need our help,” said an Instagram post from KFC, translated by the Independent.
“We are now one big family, helping each other without hesitation!” the post added.
Monday Misfortunes
Ozone-destroying fires, Australian “weather bombs” and Toyota reels from a possible cyberattack.
Scientists link wildfire smoke to ozone depletion
- Smoke generated by Australia’s 2019-20 wildfires — which emitted a mass of particles comparable to that of an erupting volcano — contributed to the breakdown of the Earth’s ozone layer, a new study from MIT has found. The 1 million tons of smoke reached up to 35 kilometers above the Earth’s surface and set off chemical reactions in the stratosphere that were destructive to ozone, according to the authors, who published their findings in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences on Monday.
‘Weather bomb’ hits northeastern Australia, killing nine
- Nine people are dead in northeastern Australia after heavy rains dropped what Prime Minister Scott Morisson called a “weather bomb,” leaving towns flooded and residents trapped on roofs, Reuters reported. “Very intense morning … very shaken” one resident told the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. “We had to leave our pets behind … we didn’t even have time to put our shoes on.”
Possible cyberattack shuts down all Japan’s Toyota plants
- Toyota shut down 14 factories in Japan to prevent the spread of a computer virus — possibly the result of a cyberattack — that had infected one of its key suppliers, according to The Wall Street Journal. The factories represent about a third of Toyota’s yearly production capacity.
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NAPLES, Fla., March 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Enveric Biosciences Inc. (NASDAQ: ENVB) ("Enveric" or the "Company"), a neuroscience-focused biotechnology company developing next-generation, psychedelic-inspired mental health medicines, today reported its financial results for the full year ended December 31, 2021, and provided a business update.
"2021 was a foundational year that set the stage for Enveric to execute on its strategy in the future," said Dr. Joseph Tucker, Enveric's Chief Executive Officer. "With the acquisition of MagicMed in September 2021, we immediately began moving forward with the clinical development strategy of our next-generation treatments and therapies for mental health. We find ourselves strategically positioned with an experienced team of industry professionals, collaborative partners including the University of Calgary, a growing intellectual property portfolio, and a robust Central Nervous System pipeline of promising drug candidates. As we build upon the three core pillars of our success, Drug Development, Drug Discovery, and Intellectual Property, we are focused on creating effective mental health medicines."
Corporate Updates During and Subsequent to the Fourth Quarter 2021:
Clinical Trials
- Announced collaboration with the University of Calgary on a groundbreaking clinical trial for EVM-201 in cancer-related distress. A clinical trial, expected to launch in 2023, of EVM-201, a second-generation psychedelic treatment, for Cancer Related Distress will be led by HBI researcher, Dr. Valerie Taylor, Head of the Department of Psychiatry, in Calgary, Canada.
- Announced positive preclinical data for EV102 radiodermatitis drug candidate. EV102 has demonstrated a significant and meaningful reduction in dermatitis severity, skin redness, and duration in a preclinical rodent model.
- PsyAITM, an artificial intelligence platform, successfully identified viable psychedelic molecules for further drug discovery from Enveric's initial list of 500 psychedelic molecular compounds within its "Psybrary." We believe it is a first of its kind to employ this machine-learning technology against an extensive psychedelic molecule library to evaluate higher-likelihood molecules that treat conditions that include cancer-related distress, PTSD, and other central nervous system (CNS) indications.
IP Portfolio
- Filed and published four patent applications for psychedelic-inspired drug candidates by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). The four patent applications are focused on the tryptamine family of novel molecules.
- Filed its 10th Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) patent application directed to tryptamine-based derivative molecules, completing the Company's broad series of PCT applications covering this family of compounds.
- Successfully synthesized and filed a provisional patent for EV104, the Company's cannabinoid, and celecoxib conjugate. EV104a and EV104b are the Company's new molecular conjugates for Osteoarthritis ("OA") and other pain indications.
- Filed an additional provisional patent application based on new discoveries by the company. The patent application and claimed drug candidates fall into the Company's EVM201 second-generation, psychedelic-derived drug development program.
Leadership Team
- Appointed Bob Dagher, MD, as Chief Medical Officer. Dr. Dagher is a Board-certified neurology and psychiatry physician, bringing over 15 years of clinical experience and extensive therapeutic knowledge in the neuroscience space.
Capital Markets
- Closed a $10 million public offering. The Company intends to use the net proceeds from this offering for working capital and to fund other general corporate purposes.
- Included in the new AdvisorShares Psychedelics ETF, trading under the ticker symbol "PSIL" on the NYSE Arca exchange. PSIL is an ETF that focuses on investments in biotechnology, pharmaceutical, and life sciences companies that are leading the nascent but advancing psychedelic industry.
Financial Results for the Full Year Ended December 31, 2021:
Comprehensive net loss was $48.8 million for the year ended December 31, 2021, including $36.3 million in net non-cash expenses, with basic and diluted loss per share of $2.07, as compared to a comprehensive net loss of $7.0 million with basic and diluted loss per share of $1.19 per share for the year ended December 31, 2020.
Net cash used in operations for the year ended December 31, 2021, was $11.5 million consisting of the net loss, adjusted by a net of $36.3 million in non-cash expenses and changes in asset and liability balances of $1.2 million.
As of December 31, 2021, the Company had cash and cash equivalents of $17.4 million and working capital of $15.3 million. Subsequent to December 31, 2021, the Company raised an additional $10 million and expects to use the funds to help advance its new drug discovery platform, robust IP portfolio, and a growing pipeline of promising drug candidates.
About Enveric Biosciences
Enveric Biosciences (NASDAQ: ENVB) is a neuroscience company developing next-generation psychedelic-inspired mental health medicines. Enveric's robust pipeline supports drug development from the clinic to commercialization for millions of patients in need around the world suffering from conditions that include cancer-related distress, PTSD, and more. For more information, please visit www.enveric.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements and forward-looking information within the meaning of applicable securities laws. These statements relate to future events or future performance. All statements other than statements of historical fact may be forward-looking statements or information. Generally, forward-looking statements and information may be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as "plans", " expects" or "does not expect", "proposed", "is expected", "budgets", "scheduled", "estimates", "forecasts", "intends", "anticipates" or "does not anticipate", or "believes", or variations of such words and phrases, or by the use of words or phrases which state that certain actions, events or results may, could, would, or might occur or be achieved. Forward-looking statements consist of statements that are not purely historical, including any statements regarding beliefs, plans, expectations, or intentions regarding the future. Such forward-looking statements are based on the beliefs of management as well as assumptions made by and information currently available to management. Actual results could differ materially from those contemplated by the forward-looking statements as a result of certain factors, including, but not limited to, the ability to achieve the value creation contemplated by technical developments; the impact of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) on Enveric's ongoing and planned clinical trials; the geographic, social and economic impact of COVID-19 on Enveric's ability to conduct its business and raise capital in the future when needed; delays in planned clinical trials; the ability to establish that potential products are efficacious or safe in preclinical or clinical trials; the ability to establish or maintain collaborations on the development of therapeutic candidates; the ability to obtain appropriate or necessary governmental approvals to market potential products; the ability to obtain future funding for developmental products and working capital and to obtain such funding on commercially reasonable terms; Enveric's ability to manufacture product candidates on a commercial scale or in collaborations with third parties; changes in the size and nature of competitors; the ability to retain key executives and scientists; and the ability to secure and enforce legal rights related to Enveric's products, including patent protection. A discussion of these and other factors, including risks and uncertainties with respect to Enveric, is set forth in Enveric's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), including the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K and its Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q. Enveric disclaims any intention or obligation to revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by law.
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File Pic: Housing Minister Darragh O' Brien TD, Fianna Fáil
Housing Minister Darragh O'Brien has admitted that retirees will have to dip into their pensions in order to pay rent in the future.
The Fianna Fáil (FF) politician made the comments in a memo that was reported on yesterday by The Irish Independent.
The memo, which was brought before Cabinet on Tuesday, said the government's new auto-enrolment pension scheme will be 'particularly important' as home ownership rates decline.
"An increasing number of older people will need sufficient income to meet rental costs during their retirement years," the memo read.
When asked for comment, Minister O'Brien responded that people 'can interpret what was in the memo in whichever way they wish.'
"The idea that this is framed in a way that is simply looking at increasing pension coverage so that people can pay their rent into the future is not correct," he added.
When he was asked if the government is worried that an ageing population will have to use their pensions to pay rents, Minister O' Brien said that 'of course' the government would have to look at it.
Minister O' Brien isn't the only FF politician facing questions: An Taoiseach Micheál Martin came under fire during Leader’s Questions in the Dáil from Social Democrats co-leader Catherine Murphy, who claimed that people will be 'forced to raid their pension funds' to pay rent in their 60s.
Ms Murphy asked: "If anyone thinks the answer to the housing crisis of 2022 is modest pensions that will accrue to people in 20 or 30 or 40 years from now, is it any wonder we’re in the mess we’re in?"
In related news, Minister O' Brien has said that emergency powers may have to be used to provide as many as 35,000 extra homes for Ukrainian refugees.
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Memphis basketball's turnstile average attendance means partial payment from Grizzlies
There were never more than 10,000 fans inside FedExForum for any Memphis basketball game during the 2021-22 season, according to figures provided by the school to The Commercial Appeal on Thursday via open records request.
The Tigers – who hosted 15 regular-season games (including Top 25 teams Alabama and Houston) and two exhibition games – produced an average turnstile count of 6,483 during a season that saw them advance to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2014. It was also the first season since the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020 that attendance limitations and mask mandates were not in effect.
Had the average turnstile count eclipsed 10,000, the University of Memphis athletics department would have received a max payment of $800,000 from the Grizzlies. Instead, Memphis will get a partial payment. The specific amount has not been determined and won't be until the university submits its fiscal year report to the NCAA in June.
Based on a variety of factors, when budgeting for the upcoming fiscal year, Memphis anticipates receiving only the partial payment as a matter of practice, an athletic department spokesperson told The Commercial Appeal.
“So, this is within the realm of normalcy for the department,” the spokesperson said.
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According to the terms of its FedExForum lease agreement, if Memphis averages a turnstile count between 6,000 and 10,000, it receives a reduced payment in proportion to the shortfall. If average attendance is below 6,000, Memphis gets nothing from the Grizzlies. If the average turnstile count is below 6,000 for two consecutive seasons, the Grizzlies have the option to terminate the school’s lease.
The turnstile count (tickets used) usually differs considerably from announced attendance (tickets sold, donated or given away) almost across the board in college athletics. The Tigers’ average announced attendance this season was 13,685, more than double the average turnstile count.
In 2018-19, Penny Hardaway’s first season as coach, Memphis reported an average turnstile count of 8,813. In 2017-18, Tubby Smith’s final season as coach, Memphis averaged 4,583 over 19 regular-season home games based on its turnstile count. That is the only time the school has not received at least a partial payment from the Grizzlies since signing the existing lease agreement – which is due to expire in 2024 – in 2004.
Memphis also reported 8,370 season tickets sold for the 2021-22 season, which generated $4,219,912.37.
Memphis basketball 2021-22 game-by-game turnstile count
Announced attendance in parentheses
Oct. 24: LeMoyne-Owen: 4,089 (10,925)
Oct. 31: Lane College: 3,908 (10,741)
Nov. 9: Tennessee Tech: 6,112 (12,928)
Nov. 13: North Carolina Central: 6,211 (12,893)
Nov. 16: Saint Louis: 6,176 (13,302)
Nov. 19: Western Kentucky: 6,778 (13,375)
Dec. 10: Murray State: 6,670 (13,607)
Dec. 14: Alabama: 9,518 (15,266)
Jan. 4: Tulsa: 4,470 (12,863)
Jan. 9: Cincinnati: 7,330 (14,502)
Jan. 20: SMU: 6,339 (13,723)
Jan. 27: East Carolina: 5,507 (13,418)
Feb. 5: UCF: 8,351 (15,280)
Feb. 9: Tulane: 5,867 (13,685)
Feb. 24: Temple: 5,609 (14,013)
Feb. 27: Wichita State: 7,330 (14,174)
March 6: Houston: 9,953 (17,946)
Average: 6,483 (13,685)
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