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Democrats grow worried about Biden immigration move as midterms loom
By Lauren Fox and Priscilla Alvarez, CNN
A number of Democratic senators are growing increasingly wary of the administration’s plan to repeal Trump-era pandemic restrictions on the US-Mexico border that effectively blocked migrants from entering the US, setting up a rare clash between President Joe Biden and some members in his own party.
Known as Title 42, the pandemic-era order allowed US border officials to turn migrants back to Mexico or their home countries immediately, citing a public health crisis. But, the authority — which has stayed in place throughout Biden’s presidency — has also been blasted by immigration advocates and progressive members who argue it has endangered immigrants who otherwise would have been able to remain in the US while their asylum cases were being processed.
The Biden administration is expected to rescind the rule in May, but many Democrats on Capitol Hill fear it is not enough time for the administration to establish an adequate plan to handle the uptick in migrant crossings that’s expected to come with it.
“Until there is a plan, you got to have secure borders,” Virginia Democratic Sen. Mark Warner said. “To do something that might invite a doubling, tripling, quadrupling of numbers at the border, that is not in the best interest of America, that is not in the best interest of the administration, or the people who are trying to go through the process.”
Sen. Joe Manchin, a moderate Democrat from West Virginia, told reporters Thursday that he thought the administration should rethink the decision entirely.
“I think we should reconsider” removing it, Manchin said, adding, “Maybe that would get us to spur us to get a good immigration policy that works for America, secure our borders. The borders have to be secure.”
Leading the charge, two border state senators — Arizona’s Sens. Kyrsten Sinema and Mark Kelly — sent a letter to the President last week, arguing that Title 42 needed to remain in place until the administration had demonstrated a clear plan to manage the number of migrants that would come across the border.
“Given the impacts that changes to Title 42 could have on border communities, border security and migrants, we urge your administration not to make any changes to title 42 implementation until you are completely ready to execute and coordinate a comprehensive plan that ensures a secure, orderly and humane process at the border,” they wrote.
The end of the Trump-era pandemic restrictions would mean a return to traditional protocols, which might include releasing migrants into the US while they go through their immigration proceedings, detaining migrants, or removing them if they don’t have an asylum claim.
The Department of Homeland Security has been actively planning for a potential surge of migrants when pandemic restrictions lift, DHS officials told reporters this week, including increasing capacity on the border, lining up contracts for transportation, and deploying hundreds of personnel to assist.
Kelly doubled down Thursday, telling CNN he still hadn’t seen enough evidence the administration had put a plan together.
“We need to make sure we don’t line up a situation that is unmanageable,” said Kelly, who’s facing a competitive reelection this year.
Republicans have already signaled they’ll make a repeal of Title 42 a cornerstone of their midterm campaign strategy especially if the numbers at the border surge and images of packed facilities and an unmitigated crises play out in the media. This week, the GOP conference circulated a series of talking points to their members on how to attack the administration’s history on immigration.
“I think everybody is justifiably freaked out about what’s going to happen at the border. Right now, Title 42 is holding back about 50% of the global flow. So if you take that away, and you have 50% more people coming in on a daily basis … how are they going to manage that? They have no idea,” Sen. John Thune, the GOP whip, told CNN. “I think it’s crazy. Crazy politically too.”
Kelly is staring down his own reelection in a state where immigration policy is front and center in a statewide campaign.
But, it’s not just border state Democrats who are carefully navigating the administration’s actions on Title 42.
“I’m not happy about it,” Rep. Elissa Slotkin, a Democrat from Michigan said. “We have no follow-on plan. We are sort of planning to be overwhelmed at the border.”
Slotkin said when she saw reports on plans to rescind Title 42, she swiftly put in a call to administration officials to figure out what the plan was going to be to ensure there wasn’t a surge.
Sen. Maggie Hassan, a Democrat from New Hampshire up for reelection, tweeted Wednesday she too was worried the administration hadn’t put in place an effective plan yet that would enable them to successfully repeal Title 42 without severe repercussions at the border.
“I am concerned that there is not a sufficient plan in place to address the steep increase in border crossings that could result from this reported decision,” Hassan said. “This preemptive repeal threatens border security at a time when the administration should be focused on strengthening it.”
Other Democratic senators facing elections in November declined to comment. Sen. Raphael Warnock of Georgia told CNN he had no comment on reported plans to repeal Title 42.
One moderate Democrat, who asked not to be named so they could freely discuss how the decision could affect the midterms, put it simply.
“I think it’s gonna be a problem,” the member said. “If there is a huge surge and mainstream (news) covers it, it’s a problem. It fits into the whole gestalt of how we are soft.”
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The opposition has decided to launch a no-confidence motion against Punjab Assembly Speaker Chaudhry Pervez Elahi.
The decision was taken in a high-level meeting of PML(N) leadership on Thursday here in Lahore.
According to sources, PML-N leader, Leader of the Opposition in the Punjab Assembly Hamza Shahbaz has directed the key leaders of the parliamentary party to prepare a draft in this regard.
As soon as the draft is ready, it will be presented to the Leader of the Opposition Hamza Shahbaz. After final approval, the no-confidence motion will be tabled in the Assembly Secretariat.
Sources said that PML-N has also contacted members of Chahina group and Aleem Khan group.
Opposition leader Hamza Shahbaz will settle matters with Central Group Leaders himself. PML-N has denied grouping in the party.
It may be recalled that three days ago, Prime Minister Imran Khan had nominated Chaudhry Pervez Elahi for the post of Chief Minister of Punjab after the resignation of Usman Bazdar.
However, Jahangir Tareen and Aleem Khan group also refused to support him. Aleem Khan Group Spokesperson Mian Khalid Mahmood had said that we could not even dare to repeat the nicknames used by Imran Khan to call Pervez Elahi. | https://pakobserver.net/opposition-all-set-to-table-no-trust-motion-against-elahi/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=opposition-all-set-to-table-no-trust-motion-against-elahi | 2022-04-01T01:18:46Z |
USDA forecasting higher food, grocery costs in 2022
(Gray News) - It looks like elevated food prices are going to continue this year, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
The USDA released its Food Price Outlook for 2022 and predicted the cost of groceries would continue to increase to as much as 4%.
According to the Consumer Price Index, grocery and supermarket food prices were already 8.6% higher in February than last year and up nearly 1.5% from January to February in 2022.
As reported by the Associated Press, prices for U.S. consumers have continued to jump recently, leaving families facing the highest inflation rate since 1990.
“We’re getting into this situation where we have spiraling inflation,” said Jay Hatfield, CEO of Infrastructure Capital Advisors. “Inflation in one area drives inflation in another.”
Currently, the CPI reports all food categories are increasing in price other than fresh vegetables. Last year, the beef and veal categories had the most significant price increase of 9.3%, and the fresh vegetable category had the smallest at 1.1%. However, no food categories decreased in price in 2021.
Poultry prices are also expected to increase up to 7%, with egg prices predicted to increase up to 3.5% in 2022.
Overall, grocery store and supermarket food purchases are expected to increase up to 4%, with restaurant purchases or food away from home forecasted to increase up to 6.5%, according to the USDA.
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Establishes "LG Life's Good Endowed Scholarship Fund" and Contributes to Rebuild of Fire-Damaged Basketball Court and Other Technology Upgrades at the School
NEW ORLEANS, March 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- As March Madness® and the Men's Final Four® reaches its crescendo in New Orleans, LG Electronics USA, an official NCAA® partner, announced today it has committed $150,000 in funding as well as product to St. Augustine High School, a New Orleans-based college preparatory school.
The pledge from LG will establish the "LG Life's Good Endowed Scholarship Fund" at the school as well as contribute to the rebuild of the school's flood and fire-damaged basketball court. LG is also supplying a range of products including LG OLED TVs for a new film room in its Health & Wellness Center, LG Washers & Dryers for a new laundry room and LG Air Purifiers for use throughout the school. The LG Life's Good Endowed Scholarship Fund, which will award its first recipient this year, is a need-based general award that all St. Augustine High School graduating seniors can apply for as long as they are going to attend an NCAA school.1
"As a proud partner of the NCAA, LG wanted to give back to the host city of the Men's Final Four and help inspire the next wave of student athletes in New Orleans," said Peggy Ang, Senior Vice President of Marketing at LG Electronics USA. "When our partners at the NCAA, Turner Sports and CBS Sports, brought to us the story of St. Augustine and the positive impact that school has in its community, we wanted to help them continue their tradition of inspiring students to succeed in the classroom and on the field of play."
"We are truly grateful for this inspiring commitment from LG," said Aulston Taylor, President & CEO at St. Augustine High School. "The St. Augustine community is thrilled that LG has decided to invest in the future of our students and our school. Our basketball court and Health & Wellness Center are a symbol of resiliency at St. Augustine, as it has emerged stronger after Hurricane Katrina, Hurricane Ida, and most recently a fire on Thanksgiving Day last year. With the help of friends like LG and many other supporters of our school, we are on the path to rebuilding our facility to its former glory. We will prevail!"
St. Augustine High School is an all-boys Catholic high school founded in 1951. Educating students primarily of predominantly African American backgrounds, the school serves as a training ground for leadership through academic excellence and moral values. It is also home to the world-renowned marching band, "Marching 100", which was the first high school band to march in the Rex Parade on Mardi Gras Day in 1967. The band has since played for eight U.S. Presidents, and performed at five Super Bowls, the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in NYC, and the Tournament of Roses Parade in Pasadena, California. The band will perform at the halftime of this year's second Final Four game. To learn more about St. Augustine High School's fund raising efforts, please visit staugnola.org/lg
LG's commitment to St. Augustine High School arose as part of a three-year partnership with the NCAA, Turner Sports, and CBS Sports for category exclusive marketing and distribution rights to NCAA Championship competitions, including March Madness, that will expand the reach of college sports to legions of current fans and generations of new ones. LG's support of the NCAA Championships will include multiple initiatives to inspire fans and support student athletes including the recent launch of the NCAA Championships Channel (Channel 100), which will feature up to 50 NCAA Fall, Winter and Spring championships, both live and on-demand via LG's exclusive free streaming service, LG Channels. To learn more about LG's partnership with the NCAA visit LG.com/NCAA.
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Video footage of the LG check presentation ceremony at St. Augustine High School available here.
Footnote:
1 LG will not be involved in selecting scholarship recipients. Selection of the scholarship recipients will be the sole responsibility St. Augustine High School. Eligibility for the scholarship is need-based and does not require participation in athletics as a prerequisite.
About LG Electronics USA
LG Electronics USA, Inc., based in Englewood Cliffs, N.J., is the North American subsidiary of LG Electronics, Inc., a $63 billion global innovator in technology and manufacturing. In the United States, LG sells a wide range of innovative home appliances, home entertainment products, commercial displays, air conditioning systems, energy solutions and vehicle components. LG is a seven-time ENERGY STAR® Partner of the Year. The company's commitment to environmental sustainability and its "Life's Good" marketing theme encompass how LG is dedicated to people's happiness by exceeding expectations today and tomorrow. www.LG.com.
About St. Augustine High School
St. Augustine High School is a college preparatory school for young men in grades 8-12 founded in 1951 by the Josephite priests and brothers. St. Augustine High School has built a legacy serving as the training ground for leadership through academic excellence, moral values, Christian responsibility, and reasonable, consistent discipline. In 71 years, it has graduated 9,200 men.
About the NCAA®
The NCAA is a diverse association of more than 1,000 member colleges and universities that prioritize academics, well-being and fairness to create greater opportunities for nearly half a million student-athletes each year. The NCAA provides a pathway to higher education and beyond for student-athletes pursuing academic goals and competing in NCAA sports. More than 54,000 student-athletes experience the pinnacle of intercollegiate athletics by competing in NCAA championships each year. Visit ncaa.org and ncaa.com for more details about the association and the corporate partnerships that support the NCAA and its student-athletes. NCAA, Men's Final Four, and March Madness are trademarks of the National Collegiate Athletic Association.
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Between the touch and go “spring” weather that plagues the beginning of real Spring, it’s no surprise that so many of us want to get away from our slushy, wet towns at the end winter, even as adults. That is to say that Spring break is for everyone — whether it’s just a few days, or even weeks, skipping town this part of the year is a time-honored tradition.
Whether you’re backpacking through Europe, or lounging on a beach in the Caribbean, you don’t need to be in college to get the most out of your packing for Spring break. But with everyone attempting travel at the same time (and throwing elbows in the customs line), your time to relax and wind can become needlessly stressful.
Any road trip or cross country flight requires some amount of pre-planning so you don’t end up tired, sweaty, and forced to pay big bucks for an airport charging cable. But we’ve got you covered with our ultimate packing guide for wherever you might be headed on break. From organizational tools like packing cubes, to pocket translators for international trekking, and Covid travel necessities like combination passport-vaccine holders.
We’ve got hacks for every leg of your trip, from take off to touch down. Check out our top picks below, and remember that there’s no such thing as being too prepared!
1. Travelpro Platinum Elite Carry-On
If you’re riding out the full week of Spring break, you don’t have to wrack up checked baggage fees — trust us when we say that Travelpro’s Platinum Elite Hardside Luggage is a spacious carry-on with enough room to replace your average checked bag.
We like that it’s right in the sweet spot of fitting guidelines set by most domestic and international airlines, measuring 23 inches tall, 14.5 inches wide, and 9.5 inches deep. Travelpro states that this will fit approximately 7-11 outfits, which in our experience testing the luggage, is plenty to make it through a four to six day trip. The bag’s inner pocket houses a useful battery pack, and you can plug your gadgets into a USB-A and USB-C port on the side to avoid losing juice on the go.
2. Pocketalk Model S Two-Way Voice Translator
While you should always try to brush up on few common phrases of the local language when you’re traveling abroad, if you don’t want to suffer constant notifications from the Duolingo Owl for weeks, Pockettalk makes cross-cultural communication a breeze in real world situations.
Their new S model is one of the best all-around pocket translators we’ve seen, and offers fast, two-way voice translation between 82 languages (although are some are only translated over text). It can even help you with tricky differences in currency exchanges, temperature, and even foreign measurements (looking at you, Americans).
The Pocketalk Model S has an eight-megapixel camera for fast image translation, which is especially handy for reading road signs or restaurant menus, sans-assistance. While the battery life isn’t the best, it works uses built-in LTE data and works in over 130 counties.
3. Sunday Scaries CBD Gummies
One of the easiest ways to not only avoid flight anxiety, but keep your cool while you’re in an unfamiliar place is through these Sunday Scaries CBD gummies. Each gummy contains 10mg of broad spectrum CBD per serving to help get through even the longest legs of your journey.
The mix of essential vitamins (think B12 and D3) can also help better support your immune system and prevent fatigue if you’re super jet-lagged. Sunday Scaries gummies are great or anyone who dislikes the taste of typical CBD gummies, or doesn’t want to risk tinctures spilling in your bag. Good news for frequent flyers: within the U.S. at least, you can fly with CBD products that contain less than 0.3 percent THC, and these gummies contain none.
4. PRO Packing Cubes
This one simple hack easily eliminates all your packing dilemmas — there’s nothing more satisfying than using packing cubes, or luggage organizers, and frequent flyers swear by them.
This Pro Packing set has you covered for longer trips, or group trips, with two bags large bags for pants, sweaters, and jackets, four medium-sized bags for shirts and shorts, and four smaller cubes for socks, underwear, and toiletries.
Not only to the mesh panels allow your clothes to breath and not get too musty, you can easily see what’s located in each cube without turning your entire bag inside out. Pro Packing’s “hi-tech” fabric is also specially-engineered to be lightweight and not add extra bulk to your checked baggage. That doesn’t mean the cubes are durable, and can take a few bumps in your bag without ripping or fraying.
5. Sony WH-1000MX4
Sony’s WH-1000MX4s are some of our favorite headphones for travel, thanks to some pretty powerful (and award-winning) noise-cancelling abilities.
The ergonomic design and plush ear cups make the WH-1000MX4s comfortable enough to wear for even your longest flight (30 hours of listening with the case, to be exact), layovers too. The 40mm drivers and proprietary “Digital Sound Enhancement Engine” which upscales digital music files will make your tunes sound even better along the way.
If it’s noisy airports and blaring trains you can’t stand, noise-cancellation is obviously the standout here. Four microphones pick up ambient noise, run it through a Noise-Cancelling Processor and deliver the least amount of outside noise possible. Even if you’re running to catch your next flight, it’ll be in peaceful silence with the Sony WH-1000MX4s.
6. Vaccine Passport Holder
Besides providing NIOSH-approved N95 masks that we highly recommend as some Covid-related travel restrictions still stand around the globe, VIDA also shows you that pandemic-era traveling doesn’t mean you can’t have style.
Now you don’t have to fumble through your bag to pull out your information at the airport — keep your COVID-19 vaccine ID card and passport together and easily-accessible with their combination Passport & Vaccination Card Holder. Made with vegan leather, the holder features a sleeve with a clear panel for your vaccine card (for easy display), as well as a more secure, protective section for your passport.
7. JBL Pulse 4 Bluetooth Speaker
Remember that no matter where you go, Spring break is supposed to be a party. This portable Bluetooth speaker from much-loved audio brand JBL brings the fun wherever you go with their lava lamp-esque portable speaker.
The color-changing speaker features a 360-degree LED light show that switches things up depending on whatever tunes you’re playing. It sounds just as good as it looks too, and you’ll get sound in every direction with the 360-degree speaker array.
Its IPX7 waterproof means it can get seriously splashed and keep playing, even at the beach.The speaker can get up to 12 hours of play time on a single charge, so you can keep the festivities going all night long.
8. Liquid IV Hydration
Let’s get real here — any Spring break trip will probably involve ample libations of all kinds. Help get yourself out of the post-party funk with Liquid I.V.’s Hydration Multiplier, an electrolyte drink mix that uses “Cellular Transport Technology (CTT)” to the brand says can hydrate you faster and more efficiently than by just drinking water.
According to Liquid I.V., just one stick contains three times the amount of electrolytes of traditional sports drinks, and contains essential vitamins like B3, B5, B6, B12 and Vitamin C. Even if you’re not nursing a hangover, it helps to stay hydrated on long trips if you’ve got fun flavors to work with, and we recommend their Piña Colada flavor to get you in the Spring break mood. | https://www.rollingstone.com/product-recommendations/lifestyle/spring-break-packing-list-essentials-1330277/ | 2022-04-01T01:18:47Z |
Dry, sunny weather prevails through this weekend
MERIDIAN, Miss. (WTOK) - After an active, stormy middle of the week, the end of this week and this weekend will be calm with sun.
This weekend will be mainly dry. A stray shower or two is possible in our southern areas, but even there most areas will stay dry. We’ll be partly to mostly cloudy otherwise. Morning lows will be in the low-to-mid 40s. Afternoon highs will be in the mid 70s.
Tonight will be clear and unseasonably cool. We’ll cool to the lower 50s by midnight. The low temperature by morning will be near 38 degrees. Friday will be sunny and cool. The morning will begin with 30s. We’ll warm to the upper 50s by noon. The high temperature will be near 69 degrees.
Our next weather maker is on track to arrive on Tuesday with more heavy rain and thunderstorms. There is some potential for severe thunderstorms, but there’s a lot of uncertainty about exactly where that severe weather threat will unfold. We’re watching it, and we encourage you to stay updated on the progress of this developing storm system.
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Hong Kong govt 'strongly opposes' UK, US report on city's diminishing freedoms
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong's government said on Friday rejected "unfounded and ridiculous" allegations made in policy reports from Britain and the United States of a deteriorating political and legal situation due to the city's sweeping national security law.
The United States and Britain released strongly-worded reports on Thursday detailing concerns about an erosion of freedoms in the global financial hub and the stifling of dissent in the city's legislature, civil society and media.
The reports come after two senior British judges resigned from Hong Kong's highest court on Wednesday because of the national security law which punishes offences such as subversion with up to life imprisonment.
Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam called the resignations "politically motivated", while China blamed it on "British pressure".
"We strongly oppose the unfounded and ridiculous allegations against the Hong Kong special administrative region's government made by foreign countries through various reports," Hong Kong's government said in a statement.
"The government urges foreign countries to stop interfering into the internal affairs of China through Hong Kong affairs."
The UK report said it was no longer tenable for serving UK judges to sit on Hong Kong's top court, citing that the city's political and legal situation "has now deteriorated beyond the point where it is acceptable for serving UK judges to take part".
British judges have long served among the foreign jurists appointed to the CFA, an arrangement put in place prior to Hong Kong's handover to China in 1997 to maintain confidence in a separate legal system widely seen as the bedrock of the city's social and commercial freedoms.
Ten other foreign judges are still serving the Hong Kong court, six of whom are retired British jurists, one Canadian and three Australians.
Business people and diplomats are watching particularly closely, given the importance of legal independence to Hong Kong's status as a global financial hub.
The differences between Hong Kong and cities in mainland China are "shrinking due to ongoing repression from the People's Republic of China," Antony Blinken, U.S. secretary of state, said in the report.
Hong Kong's government said it was proud of its "unwavering commitment" to the rule of law and an independent judiciary.
It said it was firmly committed to safeguarding press and speech freedoms, with the media able to monitor the government's work and criticise policies as long as it was not "in violation of the law."
(Reporting by Farah Master; Editing by Anne Marie Roantree and Michael Perry) | https://ca.sports.yahoo.com/news/hong-kong-govt-strongly-opposes-010741754.html?src=rss | 2022-04-01T01:18:49Z |
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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.michigansthumb.com/news/article/Jury-convicts-man-who-shot-protesters-in-suburban-17049894.php | 2022-04-01T01:18:50Z |
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For 15 years, seasonal worker Robert (not his real name) received a Delaware unemployment check of around $150 a week. Then on Jan. 24, the checks stopped coming. He soon realized he was not alone, as the same thing had happened to all of his seasonal co-workers, and may be impacting many thousands of people. He said his unemployment check typically covers the time he is off from his seasonal job, which starts in May.
Yesterday, we talked about real estate in New Jersey and oh what a roller coaster it has been. First-time buyers coming into the market are buying houses sight unseen because they’ll take anything they can just to get into the market. New Yorkers are moving in droves looking for the open space that New Jersey provides. We’ve never seen anything like this crazy market in our lifetimes.
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SEAFORD, Del. - We got an inside look at that new delivery facility in Seaford on Friday, which amazon says is in charge of loading the vans that bring your packages to your door. This is the first amazon facility in Sussex County and the company says it hopes to...
The Lewes City Council has decided to mark spaces in the parking lot at Roosevelt Inlet, but they will not install parking meters. This is very good news for fishermen and all others who use the lot to access the inlet and the beach. Not sure how many are city residents, but whoever they are, it is great that there are still some areas where you can go fishing or swimming without having to pay for the privilege. | https://www.newsbreak.com/news/2556667839085/stunning-ranch-home-with-private-backyard-retreat | 2022-04-01T01:18:49Z |
BRETTON WOODS — All 11 members of the Mt. Washington Commission or their designees, plus some summit partners and employees, gathered at the Appalachian Mountain Club’s Highland Center on Friday, March 25, to hold a special meeting designed to maintain the momentum needed to complete a draft 10-year master plan by year’s end.
The last approved master plan dates back to 1971.
Commission members completed discussing a written “Summary of Comments” that was generated from a single page of long-range vision statements that each member submitted early last month in a “bulleted” format to clerk Torene Tango-Lowy.
Tango-Lowy and Allen Brooks, senior assistant Attorney General of the state Department of Justice, compiled and thematically grouped the vision statements into a seven-page list of 115 items. T
he public was also invited to send in statements.
Half the list was discussed at the commission’s last meeting on March 4 at the Cog Railway’s new maintenance facility. That day, most were identified as areas where there is consensus; the rest were adjudged as requiring further discussion. A few items were marked as “future action agenda” items.
At last Friday’s meeting, the chairman, District 3 Sen. Jeb Bradley of Wolfeboro, reviewed the previously-discussed list and how commission members had rated each item, confirming that Brooks and Tango-Lowy had accurately understood what members had said.
A consensus was reached on March 4 that the master plan should ensure that the park would continue to be a “must-see” visitor destination; that the summit should be managed so that all partners are successful; that goals, objectives and tactics would be set forth in detail; that a high-quality mountain experience would be maintained that respects the mountain’s uniqueness; that there would be recognition that the summit and state park are iconic and emblematic of the Granite State; that the mountain’s flora and fauna, its facilities and its history are recognized; that there’s a coordinated approach to addressing the capacities of buildings, of sewage, waste, energy and water systems, and of transportation modes to accommodate the full number of visitors expected or permitted; that there’s greater understanding that the state-owned summit is cared for, managed by, and maintained by the state Division of Parks and Recreation, within the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.
Two statements, however, were marked as needing further discussion. One was: “The alpine environment of the summit and the surrounding landscape is restored, protected and preserved.”
In an italicized side note, Brooks pointed out: “restoration projects can cause potential conflicts.”
Another statement marked as needing more discussion is more complex: “Summit infrastructure systems incorporate the quality and capacity needed, to the maximum extent possible: to provide all summit visitors with the opportunity to observe and experience the environment; and to maintain the quality of the summit environment in perpetuity in consideration of the number of people and vehicles that will visit the summit.”
Other consensus statements included: “the general public is included in the planning process; all partners contribute to success and ultimate outcomes; the partners recognize their interdependence but respect their independence; commission members trust and respect one another; the value of the critical (summit-related) scientific research of both the Mount Washington Observatory and the AMC are recognized and maintained; and commission members recognize that when all summit entities work together, all will benefit.”
At the March 25 meeting, Bradley, assisted by Brooks, picked up the list’s discussion where commission members had left off three weeks earlier with consensus statements about educational outreach and educating visitors about the summit’s unique scientific, botanical and geological aspects. Although everyone was eager to favor protecting the environment, finding the precise language to describe what is achievable on a long-used site proved difficult and that item was marked as needing more discussion.
WMNF Supervisor Derek Ibarguen suggested changing the arc of the conversation to focus on “sustainability.”
Commission member Drew Scammon of Townsquare Media, who represents the communications interests, pointed out that the vision statement that calls for the number of towers to be reduced, with some uses now housed in the Yankee Building to be relocated off the summit, would be a big setback for the company for which he works. Townsquare Media holds the grandfathered WHOM-FM Mt. Washington license that the FCC would likely not want to see relocated, he explained.
There are a total of 17 communications site leases or agreements on the summit: seven commercial, six federal and four state. The total projected annual current income is about $425,600, according to a draft prepared by Brooks.
A lengthy discussion ensued when the statement “provide for winter access” came up. Commission member Parks Director Phil Bryce pointed out that the park is always open; it is not fenced, and there are no barriers.
For safety reasons, however, the Sherman Adams Building is not open to hikers unless there is an absolute medical emergency, he said.
Park staff can respond to a medical emergency within the park’s boundaries, but they are not trained in search and rescue, Bryce explained.
Snow and rime ice and the accompanying high winds are truly extreme; it’s difficult to envision what a dangerous environment it can be, said Mt. Washington State Park manager Patrick Hummel.
Although most hikers are prepared, fit and dressed appropriately, a few are not, he said.
A consensus was reached that the master plan should not encourage winter hiking to the summit.
As the commission went through the list, they often changed the opening word of statements from “ensure” to “explore” or “assess.”
Over lunch, AMC staff science researcher Georgia Murray had presented the surprising results of research on relative temperature and snowfall changes at AMC Pinkham Notch and the summit.
After commission members had completed discussing the “Summary of Comments,” environmental activist Jamie Sayen of Stratford sought permission to speak from the chairman.
Sayen, who in 2017 published a nonfiction book about Groveton: “You Had a Job for Life: Story of a Company Town,” told commission members he would like them to hold off writing a master plan that calls for changes to be made until the summit’s entire ecosystem had been studied and a comprehensive environmental assessment completed.
He asked that all forms of natural life be inventoried and that scientists be asked to predict how climate change will likely affect the summit.
Sayen concluded his remarks by pointing out that human aspirations can exceed the land’s ability to absorb their activities.
A few days before delivering his “ask,” Sayen had an op-ed published in the March 23 InDepthNH.org online news outlet: “Cog Railway Development Proposed atop Mt. Washington.”
In addition to adamantly opposing the Cog’s proposed Lizzie’s Station project on its privately-owned land outside state park boundaries, he listed the website of an online petition against its development.
Because an update on the Cog Railway’s Lizzie’s Station proposal was listed as item 4 on the Commission’s agenda, an audience of some 40 people had turned up to hear it in the AMC’s large meeting room.
It thinned out, however, when it became clear that there no new information was available. | https://www.conwaydailysun.com/news/local/mount-washington-commission-works-on-master-plan/article_59f18cc0-b05f-11ec-affe-2b2eb08f6aa6.html | 2022-04-01T01:18:50Z |
How to choose the best baseball bat for your needs
Unless you play Major League Baseball, you have a choice when it comes to picking the material for your bat. Your options are wood, aluminum or composite. Each of these materials provides the player with a distinct set of advantages. Each also has an inherent set of drawbacks.
When shopping for a baseball bat, you must consider what your needs are and match the type of bat to those needs. A wood bat still has its place, even though aluminum and composite bats offer a performance advantage.
Wood baseball bats
Because of safety (and other) issues, the MLB only uses ash, birch and maple bats. If you want to play like a pro, this would be your bat of choice. It honors tradition and offers a little more safety, although a pair of quality batting gloves will come in handy to reduce the sting.
Wood baseball bats pros
- From a budget perspective, wood bats are appealing because of their lower cost.
- Wood bats are the best bat for training because they provide the most feedback. This helps the player improve their swing mechanics.
- Wood bats are safer because the bat doesn’t increase the ball’s velocity like other materials.
Wood baseball bats cons
- Wood bats break more easily than aluminum or composite bats.
- The sweet spot on a wood bat is smaller than it is on the other options.
- Wood bats are the heaviest type of bat, which means they are harder to swing and may be smaller in size, so they won’t provide as much plate coverage.
Best wood baseball bats
The Big Stick is certified for MLB play. It is made of maple and employs a heavier barrel, making it ideal for power hitters.
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Louisville Slugger Series 3X Ash Bat
This bat is from a trusted name in baseball. It is made of ash and has a natural finish. The large sweet spot and lighter weight make this a favorite.
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Wilson Sporting Goods Louisville Slugger
This 27-inch wood bat is cupped for reduced weight. The black design features red lettering so your bat is sharp looking and easy to identify.
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Aluminum baseball bats
Aluminum bats were introduced to college baseball in the early ’70s to cut down on the rising costs of replacing broken wood bats. Besides being more durable, aluminum is lighter than wood and provides more pop when hitting a ball. However, aluminum bats are not without their downsides.
Aluminum baseball bat pros
- Aluminum bats are best when they are new — there is no break-in period required.
- Aluminum bats have a larger sweet spot, which makes them ideal for a beginner who is having trouble hitting with any sort of power.
- Aluminum bats have a trampoline effect. When the bat makes contact, some of the energy is transferred to the ball, making it travel farther and faster than a ball hit by a wood bat.
- The lighter weight of an aluminum bat means they can be longer and larger, giving the player greater plate coverage and a faster swing.
Aluminum baseball bat cons
- Although an aluminum bat will rarely break, it can lose its pop over time. The more imperfections the bat gains from hitting balls, the more its performance deteriorates.
- Aluminum bats cost slightly more than wooden bats, but they are less than composite bats.
- With an aluminum bat, there is less feedback sent to the batter, so it can be harder for a beginner to develop proper swing mechanics.
Best aluminum baseball bats
Louisville Slugger Omaha USA Youth Bat
The Omaha USA youth bat features a one-piece construction. It feels solid in the batter’s hands and offers enhanced energy transfer. It has a cushioned leather grip for increased comfort and control.
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The lightweight construction of this bat gives the player increased speed, letting them get more power behind their swing. It has a cushioned grip and is approved for all associations that follow the USA Baseball standard.
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This affordable aluminum bat is for entry-level T-ball players. The ultralightweight design is suitable for ages 7 and under. It has a large sweet spot to deliver greater satisfaction and foster confidence.
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Composite baseball bats
A composite baseball bat is made of carbon fiber. These crystalline filaments are thinner than a strand of human hair but become remarkably rugged when twisted together. It is a lightweight material that has incredible strength. Some composite bats are made from a single piece of material, while others are two-piece items: a handle and a barrel. A two-piece bat is better for the average player because it doesn’t transfer as much vibration to the hands after a solid hit. Advanced players with greater speed and power, however, may opt for one-piece bats.
Composite baseball bat pros
- Composite bats are the lightest baseball bats available. This lets manufacturers make longer bats without increasing the weight so players have greater plate coverage.
- Since most composite bats have a two-piece design, they are less likely to sting a player’s hands.
- Composite bats have a larger sweet spot, which makes them best for inexperienced players.
- Over time, the trampoline effect increases on a composite bat.
Composite baseball bat cons
- Composite bats are not as durable as aluminum bats, and it is possible to break them.
- Compost bats cost more than wood bats and aluminum bats.
- A composite bat is not ready to go out of the box. You need to break it in. This process takes anywhere from 150 to 300 hits.
Best composite baseball bats
Louisville Slugger Meta BBCOR Bat
This is a high-end composite bat that is best for the serious player. It features a large barrel with a balanced design and a comfortable yet secure grip.
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Easton Ghost X Hyperlite Youth Bat
This composite bat from Easton is 29 inches long but only weighs 18 ounces. It has a large sweet spot and a balanced swing weight that makes it a good choice for beginners.
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This bat is available in five sizes ranging from 27-31 inches. It features an ultralightweight design to help young players succeed. The lower price adds value.
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Should you get a wood, aluminum or composite baseball bat?
For the average player, an aluminum bat wins out because it offers the best of all worlds. It has a large sweet spot, a lightweight design, and it is available at a reasonable price. However, if you have an unlimited budget, a composite bat might edge out an aluminum bat. A composite bat won’t help you hit the ball farther, but the larger barrel and lighter weight design could up your batting average. For players who want to perfect their swing mechanics, however, there is no better option than using a wood bat at practice.
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PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – President Joe Biden unveiled a two-pronged strategy for bringing gas prices down, but it’s not clear how quickly we’ll feel the relief.
More people are driving and the supply of gasoline is low because of Putin’s war in Ukraine, American oil companies slowed production during COVID and now some oil companies prefer the shortage to make record profits.
READ MORE: Biden Expected To Announce Plan To Release One Million Barrels Of Oil From Strategic Reserve“For U.S. oil companies who are recording their largest profits in years, they have a choice. One, they can put those profits to productive use by producing more oil. Or they can, as some of them are doing, exploit the situation, sit back, shift those profits to the investors, while American families struggle to make ends meet,” Biden said.
The president called on oil companies to drill and asked Congress to impose fees on those who fail to drill on the 9,000 federal leases already issued to drill.
“I’m calling for a ‘use it or lose it’ policy. Congress should make companies pay fees on wells on federal leases they haven’t used in years,” Biden said.
Pitt energy professor Jeremy Weber called it an “ironic policy move by the administration, and probably counterproductive.”
READ MORE: Gas Prices Remain High Despite Drop In Oil PricesBiden says short-term reliance on oil while moving to energy independence through renewable energy makes sense and he won’t ignore the high prices at the pump, so he’s releasing one million barrels of oil a day for the next six months from the strategic petroleum reserve.
“It’s trying to serve as a bridge between the short-term need and the medium-term supply response from producers. It’s trying to get us over the bridge to a world where producers have responded,” Weber said.
But will producers respond? Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm says it will take time.
“It’s called rockets and feathers. When the price goes up, the price per barrel, that means your gas station price goes up like a rocket. When the price comes down per barrel, the gas station price comes down like a feather,” she said.
Oil prices did drop 7 percent with the president’s announcement Thursday. Granholm says it takes four weeks for that to get to the pump.
MORE NEWS: AAA: Avoid Going Below A Quarter Tank Of GasWATCH: KDKA’s Jon Delano reports | https://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2022/03/31/president-joe-biden-oil-reserve-gas-prices/ | 2022-04-01T01:18:51Z |
March 31, 2022 - Senior Citizens, Inc. (SCI), a nonprofit dedicated to enhancing the quality of life for area seniors, recently announced the 2022 recipients of the Legends, Leaders, and Life Well Lived Award. The recipients have contributed significantly to their community, inspired others by the difference they have made, and exemplify a life well lived.
The 2022 honorees are:
Joseph A. Buck, III – Joe Buck has been a beacon to this community in the area of education, having worked for Armstrong State University for nearly four decades as Vice President of Student Affairs and serving as School Board President for Savannah-Chatham County Public School System for three terms. In addition to his work in education, he has served in various community roles, including as Campaign Chairman and Board Chairman for United Way of the Coastal Empire, as a mentor and facilitator with Leadership Savannah, and as a longtime Rotarian.
G.H. (Herbie) Griffin – Known by generations of students simply as “Coach,” 100-year-old Herbie Griffin worked for nearly 50 years at Colonial Oil, where he mentored generations of employees and helped launch many successful careers. He has also been integrally involved in City Council, the American Red Cross, the Board of Affiliates at Chatham/Riverview Rehabilitation, Benedictine Military School, and Armstrong Atlantic. In addition to serving as the head varsity basketball coach at St. Vincent’s Academy, he donated his time to referee high school basketball and football games. An avid sports fan, Griffin still plays golf twice a week.
Don Kole – Savannah businessman Don Kole has been an active community leader involved with the Live Oak Public Library, the Georgia Historical Society, United Way of the Coastal Empire, the King Tisdell Museum, and the Jewish Educational Alliance, just to name a few. His extensive and renowned private collection of African art has been exhibited at Armstrong’s Fine Arts Gallery and at the Georgia Museum of Art. It is now the collection at the Savannah African Art Museum.
The awards luncheon will be on Friday, May 20, 2022, at The Palmetto Club at The Landings at 11:30 a.m.
“We are looking forward to celebrating this year’s honorees,” said Patti Lyons, president of SCI. “They are all inspiring individuals who have helped to make the lives of others better and who inspire us to live life to the fullest.”
For more details or sponsorship information for the Legends, Leaders, and Life Well Lived Award Luncheon, contact Anne Cordeiro at acordeiro@seniorcitizens-inc.org or at 912-236-0363. | https://www.savannahbusinessjournal.com/news/nonprofits/march-31---senior-citizens-inc-announces-legends-leaders-and-life-well-lived-awardees/article_5c29a1a0-b111-11ec-a7ee-9bfd28aefd58.html | 2022-04-01T01:18:51Z |
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The Ministry of Health reported 13,475 new community cases and 17 deaths in New Zealand on Friday. There were 267 new cases in the South Canterbury DHB area.
There are 764 people in New Zealand hospitals, including 31 in ICU. There are 50 cases in Canterbury DHB hospitals and eight in South Canterbury hospitals.
The 17 deaths reported today take the total number of publicly reported deaths of people with Covid-19 to 355, with a rolling average of 17 deaths a week.
The deaths include people who have died over the past seven days, including 15 in the past two days. Delays to reporting can be associated with people dying with, rather than from Covid-19, and Covid being discovered only after they have died.
One of today's deaths was in Canterbury, seven were from the Auckland region, two from Waikato, one from Bay of Plenty, one from Lakes DHB, one from Hawke’s Bay, one from the Wellington region, one from the West Coast, and two from Southern. Two people were in their 50s, four people were in their 60s, five people were in their 70s, three in their 80s and three were over-90. Fifteen were male and two were female.
The new community cases were in Northland (563), Auckland (2,392), Waikato (1,182), Bay of Plenty (688), Lakes (355), Hawke’s Bay (712), MidCentral (774), Whanganui (332), Taranaki (526), Tairāwhiti (172), Wairarapa (155), Capital and Coast (876), Hutt Valley (483), Nelson Marlborough (578), Canterbury (2,122), South Canterbury (267), Southern (1,243), West Coast (56); and Unknown (5).
The 764 cases currently in hospital are in Northland: 28; North Shore: 108; Middlemore: 148; Auckland: 111; Waikato: 82; Bay of Plenty: 27; Lakes: 17; Tairāwhiti: 3, Hawke’s Bay: 40; Taranaki: 22; Whanganui: 8; MidCentral: 25; Hutt Valley: 20; Capital and Coast: 20; Wairarapa: 1; Nelson Marlborough: 15; Canterbury: 50; South Canterbury: 8; West Coast: 1; Southern: 30
The average age those in hospital is 58.
The ministry has released data on the vaccine status of patients in Northern region (Auckland and Northland) hospitals - 51 cases or 13.5 per cent are either unvaccinated or not eligible for vaccination, eight cases or 2.1 per cent were partially immunised <7 days from the second dose or had only received one dose, 83 cases or 21.9 per cent were double vaccinated at least seven days before being reported as a case and 117 cases or 30.9 per cent had received their booster at least seven days before being reported as a case.
The vaccination status of 120 cases, or 31.7 per cent, was unknown.
The total number of active community cases in New Zealand stands at 99,185. The ministry classes active cases as cases that were identified in the past seven days but have not yet recovered.
Meanwhile, there were 49 cases detected at the border today.
On testing, 13,131 of today's reported community cases were found using RATs with 344 found using PCR testing. In the last 24 hours, 3427 PCR tests were processed.
In the last 24 hours, 3427 PCR tests were processed. In the seven days to March 29, 6.2m RATs were dispatched in New Zealand.
Deadly week
As a review of the country's Covid protection settings fast approaches, this week is shaping up to be the deadliest of the pandemic to date.
As of today, there were 355 deaths since Covid hit our shores in 2020. The majority had occurred during the current Omicron outbreak and modelling and health experts expect more people to lose their lives from the virus this month.
According to ministry data, last week was the deadliest seven-day period of the outbreak so far with 84 deaths.
Director general of health Dr Ashley Bloomfield said the number of deaths in New Zealand linked to Covid-19 was rising sadly - and the total number of deaths per million people was 59. | https://www.odt.co.nz/star-news/star-christchurch/covid-19-2122-new-cases-and-one-death-canterbury-today | 2022-04-01T01:18:51Z |
WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) — Some lawmakers are pushing to re-establish postal banking to help low-income families and rural communities.
“The U.S. Postal Service has the real estate, the workforce and the know-how to meet this need,” Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) said.
Gillibrand introduced the Postal Banking Act, which would give access to services like savings and checking accounts, debit cards, and low-fee ATMs at the post office.
“More than 46 million adults are not having their needs met by the current banking system,” Gillibrand said.
Gillibrand says the move will help low-income Americans avoid high-fee lending and check cashing companies.
“Lack of proximity to local bank branches and lack of trust of banks pushing the unbanked towards risking often predatory alternative financial products,” Gillibrand said.
Gillibrand believes the bill could generate new business for the struggling postal agency.
“It will provide a much-needed source of revenue for the U.S. Postal Service,” Gillibrand said.
“The way we bank has changed,” Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) said.
Capito says she hasn’t seen the legislation yet but believes it’s more important to develop models everyone can use.
“We have to look at banking too. The nature of banking has changed. I mean, we’re doing things on our phones that we never thought we could do,” Capito said.
Gillibrand hopes she can get the bill passed with Republican support before the end of the year. | https://cw33.com/news/washington-dc-bureau/sen-gillibrand-introduces-bill-that-would-give-access-to-bank-services-at-the-post-office/ | 2022-04-01T01:18:52Z |
Chilliwack couple “Set for Life” after Walmart trip ends with winning ticket
A score was in store for Shari and Dean Rainkie on March 31 when they decided to drop by the Eagle Landing Parkway Walmart to get a bathing suit for their granddaughter.
They just so happened to pick up a Set for Life ticket while they were there, and it ended up winning them the top prize of $675,000.
“If it wasn’t for my granddaughter needing a new suit, I never would have bought the ticket,” Shari said.
Good thing the kid didn’t have something to swim in already!
Set for Life is Shari’s favourite lottery game, so she’s still reeling from discovering that she’s a winner.
“I was upstairs, and the ticket sat there for three hours,” she said. “I was just so excited…I didn’t know what to think.”
Eventually, she told Dean, who scanned the ticket with the Lotto! app.
Once the reality of their situation sank in for them both, he says the feeling was “exhilarating.”
“It’s freedom to relax and travel,” he said. “It’s joy.”
Shari added, “It means more freedom in retirement.”
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Of course, they’ll be sharing some of the money with their family and planning legendary group trips for the whole crew.
“It’s nice to be able to share it with the special people in our lives,” Dean said.
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From 2004 to 2019, 12% to 18% of adults reported experiencing some form of discrimination.
A report has found people who are unemployed, those with disabilities, non-Catholics, non-Irish and young adults had a higher likelihood of experiencing some form of discrimination in the previous two years.
The study compiles data from a number of sources to provide information on the experience of discrimination reported by three groups – people aged 18 years and over, children aged 12 to 17 and Travellers and Roma.
The report also provides findings on attitudes and perceptions regarding discrimination in society.
It found that from 2004 to 2019, 12% to 18% of adults reported experiencing some form of discrimination in the previous two years, most commonly when accessing services.
Of adults who had experienced some form of discrimination, only one-third reported that they understood their rights under the equality legislation “a lot”.
A majority of adults who had experienced discrimination took “no action”.
In the Health Behaviours And School-Aged Children Study (HBSC) study of children aged 12 to 17, children most commonly reported receiving unfair treatment due to “age”.
Certain groups such as girls, children with a disability, immigrant children and Traveller children were more likely to experience unfair treatment on specific grounds than the general population.
In the National Traveller Community Survey, a majority of Travellers reported experiencing discrimination by the gardai, and pub and hotel staff, although a lower proportion of Travellers reported they had experienced this in the past year.
In the Survey Of Roma And Travellers In Six Countries, Travellers living in Ireland were more likely than the survey average to have experienced discrimination due to being Roma or Traveller in the previous 12 months.
Around three-quarters of Travellers living in Ireland reported experiencing discrimination when trying to rent or buy houses in the previous five years.
A slightly higher proportion of respondents in Ireland than across the European Social Survey reported that everyone in the country has a fair chance to achieve the job or education they seek.
However, a majority of respondents in Ireland also reported that discrimination due to ethnic origin, skin colour or being Roma was “widespread”.
In the National Survey Of Public Attitudes To Disability, a majority reported that people with disabilities in Ireland do not have equal opportunities in terms of education or employment.
The report also found that, in 2019, 17% of people aged 18 and over living in Ireland reported having experienced some form of discrimination in the previous two years, compared to 12% in 2014.
Those who had a non-white ethnicity were most likely to experience some form of discrimination, at 33%, followed by those who were unemployed at 30%.
People aged 65 years or older were the least likely to report experiencing discrimination at 11%.
Children from less advantaged social class backgrounds were the most likely to have experienced discrimination on the basis of “place of birth of self, parent or grandparent” at 30%, compared to 24% among children from the most advantaged social class backgrounds.
Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth Roderic O’Gorman, who published the report, said: “The numbers of Travellers reporting experiences of discrimination are particularly stark and unacceptably high and this should prompt widespread reflection.
“But knowing is not enough, we must do and this report will inform a number of strategies including the National Traveller and Roma Inclusion Strategy review this year.
“It is also important in the context of my department’s review of the Equality Acts.”
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Hillary Clinton campaign lawyer argues case brought by special counsel Durham against him should be dismissed
By Marshall Cohen, CNN
One of Hillary Clinton’s campaign lawyers argued in court Thursday that he never had any reason to doubt the accuracy of internet data he passed to the FBI in 2016 about strange cyber links between Donald Trump and Russia — and pointed out that the special counsel who charged him with lying notably hasn’t accused him of making up the information.
During a court hearing, special counsel John Durham’s prosecutors repeatedly sidestepped the question of whether the underlying data was fabricated. Clinton campaign attorney Michael Sussmann, who gave the material to the FBI’s top lawyer at a September 2016 meeting, has been charged with lying during that meeting about whether he was there on behalf of a client.
The data, which was compiled by cybersecurity experts, seemed to suggest that there might be a communications backchannel between the Trump Organization and Alfa Bank, the largest private bank in Russia. An FBI investigation ultimately concluded there weren’t any improper cyber links between the companies, according to a Justice Department inspector general report.
Sussmann pleaded not guilty and is fighting the case, which is set to go to trial later this year. He wants Judge Christopher Cooper of the DC District Court to dismiss the single count against him — and a key element of his defense is that the Justice Department historically only brings false-statement cases against FBI tipsters when the underlying material itself was made up.
“This is an unprecedented false-statement prosecution,” Sussmann attorney Michael Bosworth said during a virtual court hearing on Thursday. “Nobody who has ever provided a tip to the government been prosecuted for giving ancillary information, and not for giving a false tip.”
Trump has repeatedly claimed in public statements — and in a sprawling lawsuit he filed last week — that Clinton’s campaign, Sussmann, the Democratic National Committee, former senior FBI officials, and other operatives of concocting bogus information about his ties to Russia in hopes of triggering an FBI probe and stymieing his 2016 presidential campaign.
The Durham investigation into the origins of the Trump-Russia probe has been ongoing since 2018. Former special counsel Robert Mueller netted several convictions of top Trump advisers, but Mueller did not establish that there was a criminal conspiracy between Trump aides and Russia.
The judge asked Durham’s team a few times Thursday if the data Sussmann gave to the FBI was untrue. Prosecutor Andrew DeFilippis dodged the question and didn’t give a direct answer.
“We have FBI witnesses who will testify that their investigation found that it was unsupported,” DeFilippis said. Cooper replied, “That’s different than whether the data was accurate or not.”
Cooper also asked whether the FBI’s subsequent conclusions about the data were relevant to the charge pending against Sussmann, which revolves around the September 2016 meeting and whether Sussmann said he was there on behalf of a client. Prosecutors allege that he was there representing the Clinton campaign, and that his deception undermined the FBI’s work.
For his part, Sussmann maintains that he never had any reason to doubt the accuracy of the data, and that he brought the material to the FBI because he believed there were legitimate national security matters at play. The data scientists who did the underlying research have said they stand by their work and slammed Durham for cherry-picking their emails in court filings.
The data supposedly connecting servers belonging to the Trump Organization and Alfa Bank has never been fully explained. A bipartisan Senate report accepted the FBI’s conclusions but also pointed out that the companies gave contradictory explanations for the suspicious data.
Alfa Bank founder Petr Aven, who is one of the richest oligarchs in Russia, testified as part of Mueller’s investigation that Russian President Vladimir Putin indirectly instructed him to make contact with the Trump transition team after the 2016 election. Aven said he tried but failed to reach Trump aides through a former US diplomat and a think tank CEO.
Aven stepped down from the Alfa Bank board of directors earlier this month, shortly after the European Union sanctioned him and other oligarchs over Russia’s ongoing war in Ukraine.
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Tems is lacing up her Reeboks and helping the brand step into the future: The sportswear giant has just announced a new campaign with the Nigerian singer, teaming up to relaunch an iconic sneaker for 2022.
The new campaign, dubbed “Life is Classic,” ushers in the Spring/Summer 22 line of Reebok’s Classic Leather sneakers. New releases of the throwback sneaker include the Classic Leather 1983 Vintage, which draws inspiration from the sneaker’s original 1983 iteration, and the White Gum, as seen on Tems. Archive-inspired details abound, making the sneakers great go-tos for casual outfits. Shop the newly-released unisex Classic Leather line now at Reebok.com, starting at $80.
Last month, Reebok announced their first collaboration with Tems in “Life is Not a Spectator Sport,” a new brand platform that also counted Allen Iverson, Arca, and Brent Faiyaz as team members. “Life is Classic,” which Reebok describes as a “product story” around the Classics, brings in “rising creative talent” including Maurice Harris, Tsunaina, Ghetts, Lolo Zouaï, and Lazarus Lynch, in addition to Tems.
Tems announced her partnership with Reebok via Instagram, posting a video of herself wearing Classic Leathers in the White/Gum colorway with the caption “Life Is Not a Spectator Sport.”
“Classic Leather is one of Reebok’s most timeless sneakers that has cemented itself over the years as a true icon within the industry,” says Fionna McQueen, Senior Director of Classics Product at Reebok, in a press release. “For Spring / Summer ‘22, we’re excited to reintroduce the Classic Leather and expand upon its legacy. The range of creatives we’ve partnered with to tell our ‘Life is Classic’ story help celebrate the silhouette’s special heritage, while redefining what it means to be a Classic today.”
Reebok feature aside, Tems has been making waves. The Nigerian native received large-scale recognition with a feature Drake’s Certified Lover Boy, and subsequently dropped one of our favorite records of the year, If Orange Was a Place.
Head to Reebok.com now to check out the new line of Tems-approved classic sneakers. | https://www.rollingstone.com/product-recommendations/lifestyle/tems-reebok-shoes-sneakers-1326551/ | 2022-04-01T01:18:54Z |
Lauderdale County Arrest Report March 31, 2022
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Says no-trust vote on Sunday to decide nation’s destiny; ‘Terms no-confidence move as ‘foreign-backed conspiracy’
Prime Minister Imran Khan has vowed that “come what may” he will not step down and face the no-confidence motion filed by the joint opposition against him in the National Assembly.
“Vote on the no-confidence motion will be held this Sunday,” he said while addressing the nation on Thursday and added, “on coming Sunday it will be decided in which direction this country will go”.
“I will not resign and will fight till the last ball,” he further said. The premier while terming the no-trust move as the “foreign-backed conspiracy” to topple his government said that the nation will not forgive those lawmakers who will vote against him in the lower house of parliament.
“People should see those people [lawmakers] who will ‘sell their conscience’ on Sunday,” said the premier while warning the parliamentarians that the coming generations will never forget them if they voted against him.“ I will never let this conspiracy to succeed come what may.”
Starting his address to the nation by thanking almighty Allah, he said, “I m fortunate that God gave me everything-fame, wealth, everything. I don t need anything today, he gave me everything for which I am very thankful.”
He said Pakistan is only 5 years older than me, I m from the first generation of country to be born after
independence. He said that as a child, he remember South Korea had come to Pakistan to learn how did we progress, Malaysian princes used to study with me in school and Middle East used to come to our universities.
“I ve seen all this sinking, seen my country getting insulted,” he said. The Prime Minister said, “We are crawling on the ground like ants.
I have always said that I will neither bow down to anyone nor I will allow anyone to bow down and this has been my position for 25 years.” | https://pakobserver.net/pm-imran-vows-not-to-resign-fight-till-the-last-ball/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=pm-imran-vows-not-to-resign-fight-till-the-last-ball | 2022-04-01T01:18:54Z |
Indigenous Delegates Tour Vatican Collection Of Artifacts With Mixed Emotions
(ANNews) – Indigenous delegates who traveled to Rome to meet with the Pope and share their experiences were given the opportunity to tour the Anima Mundi Ethnological Museum, which includes the Vatican’s collection of stolen Indigenous artifacts, The Canadian Press reports.
Some of the artifacts in the collection have never been seen before.
“We are in 2022 and our history is being stored and shown in other countries where nobody understands,” Marie-Anne Day Walker-Pelletier, the retired chief of Okanese First Nation in Saskatchewan said on March 29.
“Those items, those artifacts … those are ours. Those belong in our communities. They belong to people. They belong to generations.”
Walker-Pelletier, a residential school survivor, told CP that if the Roman Catholic Church is truly committed to reconciliation, it will open the exhibit for all to see.
“That’s one of the things the Pope needs to look at, how does he reconcile and bring back the artifacts,” she said.
According to CP, the artifacts included embroidered gloves from a Cree community, a baby belt from a Gwich’in community, moccasins from British Columbia, a rare kayak made by Inuvialuit, as well as assorted masks, wampum belts, pipes and rugs.
Much of the museum’s collection is from a world exhibition Pope Pius XI hosted in 1925, when the Vatican called on missionaries from across the globe to send in items.
Many of the objects were stolen from Indigenous peoples after Canada outlawed their practices with the Indian Act of 1876.
Kukpi7 Chief Rosanne Casimir of the Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc First Nation in British Columbia, where 215 unmarked graves were uncovered last year, said she had mixed emotions walking through the museum, feeling at home among Indigenous artifacts while knowing she was on the other side of the world.
She told CP she wishes delegates were given more time at the museum to reflect on the items on display and photograph them.
Tanya Talaga, author of Seven Fallen Feathers and a Globe and Mail columnist, said she was asked to leave the museum when she took photos of some of the items.
“I am an Anishinaabe kwe. I am here as a journalist. A storyteller. I am honoured to document the historic meetings with the Inuit, Metis and Assembly of First Nations delegation,” Talaga tweeted. “Globally, Indigenous Peoples have requested access to these items. All should be allowed to see them.”
Mitch Case, a historian and regional councillor with the Métis Nation Ontario, told CP he didn’t see any identified Métis items on display.
“I don’t think that’s because there aren’t Métis things there,” he said.
He said many Métis were devoutly Catholic at the time the items were taken to the Vatican, so he finds it difficult to believe the museum doesn’t have any Métis artifacts.
“Because we don’t know what’s in there, I can’t make any judgment whether it was deliberate,” he said. “I just don’t know.”
Jeremy Appel, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Alberta Native News | https://ca.sports.yahoo.com/news/indigenous-delegates-tour-vatican-collection-010630779.html?src=rss | 2022-04-01T01:18:55Z |
MONTREAL, March 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - The Lion Electric Company (NYSE: LEV) (TSX: LEV) ("Lion" or the "Company"), a leading manufacturer of all-electric medium and heavy-duty urban vehicles, today announced that it has received a purchase order for 30 LionC school buses from an undisclosed Canadian customer. This represents the second order of Lion buses from the customer, which will be revealed at a later date.
The order of 30 new zero-emission school buses, to be delivered by March 31st, 2023, will eliminate more than 600 tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions while preventing students from exposure to hazardous particulate emissions from diesel engines.
Over the last decade, Lion has established itself as a leader in the zero-emission heavy-duty vehicle industry, having delivered over 550 all-electric heavy-duty vehicles in North America with over 14 million km driven since 2016.
Lion Electric is an innovative manufacturer of zero emission vehicles. We think, design and manufacture all-electric, class 5 to class 8 commercial urban trucks and all-electric buses and minibuses for the school, paratransit and mass transit segments. Lion is a North American leader in electric transportation and designs, builds and assembles many of its vehicles' components, including chassis, battery packs, truck cabins and bus bodies.
Always actively seeking new and reliable technologies, Lion vehicles have unique features that are specifically adapted to its users and their everyday needs. We believe that transitioning to all-electric vehicles will lead to major improvements in our society, environment and overall quality of life. Lion shares are traded on the New York Stock Exchange and the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol LEV.
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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.
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CONWAY — For the first time in two years, Kennett High students will be going on overnight field trips, an activity that was curtailed since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. The field trips were briefly discussed and approved by the school board on Monday, and SAU 9 Superintendent Kevin Richard spoke to the Sun about them Tuesday morning.
Chairman Joe Lentini said this is a big deal. “It’s really, really important,” he said.
This year, there have been some local field trips to places like Tin Mountain, but nothing overnight.
The first trip will be the one that the Key Club is taking to a District Key Club Convention in Springfield, Mass., on April 9-10.
Key Club is a service organization for students affiliated with Kiwanis. Last year’s district conference was held virtually.
Then, on June 23-27, five Kennett High students will be going to Washington, D.C., after qualifying to compete in the Educators Rising National Championships in Washington.
Coached by teacher Kelley Murphy, students Katie Brooks, Taylor Garland, Jocelyn Henry, Remi Snowdon and Ivy Zipf all put in strong performances at the state competition at Southern New Hampshire University in Manchester on March 11.
Of the Key Club trip, Richard said the chaperones will be Kennett High teacher Hattie Perkins and Barry Chisholm of the local Kiwanis Club.
“It’s a big event,” said Richard. “They go down and hundreds of kids show up from all over New England. And they have leadership demonstrations, they have big, big board meetings, roundtable discussions, they have different caucuses, they run for office ... we’ve had students who’ve been District Key Club) lieutenant governors.”
Awards are also given out. Kennett High has one of the top Key Clubs in the district, said Richard.
Perkins told the Sun: “There are currently 56 members in Key Club, and seven students will be attending DECON this year. While we usually bring 30+ members, this year we were limited to only 10 attendees, including chaperones.
“Key Club spends the year volunteering within the community and raising funds to support children’s charities. Some of the causes we support are Camp Sunshine in Casco, Maine, UNICEF and our local Angels & Elves programs, to name just a few,” Perkins said.
Richard said students who won or placed highly in the New Hampshire state-level competitions will be going to Washington. The group is looking for $3,000 through fundraising.
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BALTIMORE (WJZ/AP) — One person was killed and two were injured after a U.S. Navy plane crashed in the water near the Maryland and Virginia state lines of the Eastern Shore, authorities confirmed.
The E2-D Hawkeye aircraft went down in the Chincoteague Bay Wednesday around 7:30 p.m.
READ MORE: Maryland Paid Family Leave Program Bill Passed To GovernorDivers and first responders helped recover the body of a crew member who was found dead in the aircraft, officials said.
Two other crew members were rescued by the U.S. Coast Guard and taken to the hospital for treatment. The survivors had non-life-threatening injuries, the Naval Air Force in Virginia confirmed.
Before the crash, officials said the crew was conducting routine flight operations near Wallops Island, Virginia.
READ MORE: Maryland Weather: Severe Thunderstorm Warnings For Part Of Central Md., Tornado Watch In Some AreasThe type of plane is used for surveillance, search and rescue missions and to warn against threats, according to the Navy’s description of the E2-D Hawkeye.
Officials declined to immediately release the injured crewmembers’ names, citing privacy concerns. They added that the name of the deceased crewmember won’t be released until next of kin are notified.
Authorities said a salvage plan for the aircraft is being developed.
Ryan Whittington, a spokesman for Maryland’s Ocean City Fire Department, told AP late Wednesday that his agency and several others responded after the plane went down in Chincoteague Bay, helping to remove the crewmembers.
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado — President Joe Biden announced a major draw-down of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve Thursday by one million barrels per day for a period of six months.
Commodities markets reacted favorably to the news with the West Texas Index of crude oil futures dropping from $107 per barrel to nearly $100 per barrel.
"This is a war time bridge to increase oil supply until production ramps up later this year and it is by far the largest release of our national reserve in our history," Biden said in a nationally-televised address.
Prices for gasoline and crude oil have risen for months, jumping their highest with disruptions caused by the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Skyler McKinley, Regional Director of Public Affairs for AAA, warned consumers to not set their hopes to high about prices at the pump.
"I would caution drivers and Coloradans against thinking that this is going to send prices plummeting," McKinley said.
He explained that many of the issues driving up oil prices began during the pandemic and are still not resolved.
"Even prior to the Russia issue there just was not enough crude oil as a function of production jumping off a ledge during COVID," McKinley said.
"Production has not come back yet, of course, were also dealing with the fact that the United States is not buying Russian energy exports and many global actors are not buying energy from Russia."
He expects prices for crude oil and gasoline to remain relatively high until domestic production increases. He also doesn't believe that environmental or regulatory policies are hampering production.
"Congress has not acted, the president has not acted for many administrations when it comes to limiting how we produce oil in this country," he said.
McKinley does worry that such a large draw-down of the oil reserves could have unintended consequences if there is a severe hurricane season.
"If we have a bad hurricane season, that could really gum up the works and then we might regret the draw down of so many barrels from our strategic reserves because that's what the reserves are there for," said McKinely.
During his address, the president called on Congress to create fees that would be charge to oil companies who hold leases to drill on federal land but are not using them.
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March 31, 2022 - The Georgia Center of Innovation, a strategic arm of the Georgia Department of Economic Development (GDEcD), hosted hundreds of attendees at the March Georgia Logistics Summit, where experts offered insights on the digitalization of the logistics industry and on harnessing needed talent.
Created in 2009 to bring together all aspects of the logistics industry, the Georgia Logistics Summit has grown to become one of the Southeast’s most important logistics and supply chain-centered events.
The total sales (output) impact of Georgia’s logistics industries jumped to $83.4 billion in 2021, equaling approximately 7% of the state’s total sales, an increase from $60.7 billion (or 6%) in 2018. Georgia also outpaced the nation in warehousing services growth at 92.8% growth since 2018. In 2018, one out of every 14 Georgia jobs owed its existence to logistics; today, that number has grown to one in every nine Georgia jobs.
“Thanks to long-term investments, Georgia’s logistics networks have become a gateway to the entire United States. In many cases, one of the first questions companies ask about is connectivity. The connectivity and speed-to-market service Georgia provides has led to record-breaking economic investment and trade, year after year – even during a global pandemic,” said Georgia Department of Economic Development Commissioner Pat Wilson. “We were proud to host a sold-out program of hundreds of industry practitioners from business, government, and education, who gathered in Macon to discuss best practices, learn from the experts, and determine new and innovative ways to continue to adapt and position Georgia and their businesses for success in a rapidly changing world.”
Two featured panels highlighted the Summit: “Inside the Mind – Awakening Your Talent Search,” and a keynote panel, “A Vision for Supply Chain Digitalization in 2030.” Panelists, business leaders from Amazon, RaceTrac, Blue Bird Corporation, and Accenture shared their experience on how technology is shaping logistics and fulfilment operations and the benefits and risks for companies and regions. The role of data and analytics in supply chain transformation was explored, with information about the ways companies are approaching the changes needed to get their supply chains future-proof.
In working with increased digitalization, panelists reminded guests that digitalization offers tools, but logistics remains a “people business.” Redundancy of operations as part of the planning process was stressed, as this aspect of connectivity came into clear focus as a key need for supply chain resiliency as the COVID-19 pandemic continued. Panelists noted that digitalization is being increasingly utilized for data harvesting and demand signaling, and companies are focusing more on vertical integration through leading-edge technology and automation to streamline logistics sequences through the supply chain. While it was noted that 50% of existing repetitive tasks can be automated through existing technology, it was also noted that companies need to take opportunities to better leverage the creativity, decision making, problem-solving, and leadership skills that people bring to the organization.
A representative from Amazon also focused on the speed of delivery and using resources responsibly. Sean Holloway, General Manager, Sav 3, at Amazon in Macon, highlighted indications such as their electric delivery van fleet order with American startup Rivian to accommodate increasing demand for their “last mile” deliveries. “You’re going to see companies more focused on being good stewards… and green technology,” moving into the future, said Holloway.
This year’s Summit also featured Macon Mayor Lester Miller and Irving Consumer Products, who highlighted the host city of Macon and the factors that have made it a prime community for logistics success.
Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) Planning Director Jannine Miller provided updates on strategic investments to maintain and improve Georgia’s top-ranked interstate highway system and the state’s roads and bridges. She provided a briefing on GDOT’s strategic investments in local projects throughout the state to help trucks move more efficiently throughout the community and roadways, with less disturbance in addition to providing updates on long-term projects, such as the I-75/I-16 Interchange in Macon.
“Digitalization continues to change how business is done and life is experienced. This is why the Center of Innovation and our logistics team fill a critical need for Georgia businesses,” said Center of Innovation Executive Director David Nuckolls. “Through events like our annual Georgia Logistics Summit we continue to showcase industry best practices and bring the industry together to make Georgia’s logistics industry more competitive.”
Educating the needed workforce was the focus of the event’s first panel, with representatives from secondary and higher education, along with the Technical College System of Georgia and taking a proactive approach to aligning education with industry needs was a major focus. In Georgia, new career pathways in industry sectors including warehousing and distribution are preparing students for direct entry into the industry upon graduation, and in some cases while still in school. Additionally, the availability and skill of Georgia’s large population of veterans was discussed, including the opportunities available through the Georgia Veterans Education Career Resource, or VECTR Center. The VECTR Center provides unique, accelerated programs in high demand and strategic industries tailored to abbreviate the process of receiving post-secondary certificates and degrees by recognizing the extensive training veterans receive during their military service. Panelists also focused on the importance of developing students’ core skills, creating future leaders, and developing partnerships with local schools and local industrial and economic development authorities, fostering conversations between industry and educators as key to results.
Home to 85% of third-party logistics companies, Georgia is ranked No. 1 for infrastructure and access to global markets by Area Development. The state is also home to the busiest and most efficient airport in the world, Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport, and the fastest-growing seaport in the U.S. at the Port of Savannah. In addition, Georgia offers a robust rail and highway infrastructure, with more rail miles than any other state in the Southeast at 5,000 miles of rail, and 1,200 miles of interstate highways, including I-75, I-85, I-95, and I-20, and 20,000 miles of federal and state highways. Many of the world’s leading logistics companies have operations or headquarters in Georgia including Amazon, The Coca-Cola Company, Delta Air Lines, The Home Depot, Norfolk Southern, and UPS.
For additional information on the 2022 Georgia Logistics Summit and to stay up-to-date on next year’s plans, go to www.galogisticssummit.com.
About the Georgia Center of Innovation
Exclusive to Georgia, the Center of Innovation helps Georgia businesses clear the path to innovation and growth through expert advice and navigation to the right resources. While providing a wide range of services and programs to businesses of all types and sizes, the Center connects new and expanding businesses to expert staff members, external partners, and independent mentors who can help spark inspired solutions for challenges and opportunities of any size. The Center of Innovation is a strategic arm of the Georgia Department of Economic Development.
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The Georgia Department of Economic Development (GDEcD) is the state’s sales and marketing arm, the lead agency for attracting new business investment, encouraging the expansion of existing industry and small businesses, locating new markets for Georgia products, attracting tourists to Georgia, and promoting the state as a destination for arts and location for film, music, and digital entertainment projects, as well as planning and mobilizing state resources for economic development. Visit www.georgia.org for more information. | https://www.savannahbusinessjournal.com/news/ports_transportation/march-31-special-report-georgia-center-of-innovation-hosts-2022-logistics-summit-held-in-macon/article_17d450a2-b109-11ec-8ffc-ab0c65a521e0.html | 2022-04-01T01:18:57Z |
Police filed an additional charge of attempted murder against the Waco man they said exchanged gunfire Tuesday night with officers serving warrants for his arrest. Arraignment and jail records also show him held on a warrant from Fort Worth charging criminally negligent homicide.
Tuesday night, officers with U.S. Marshals Service Lone Star Fugitive Task Force went to a home in the 3700 block of Hay Avenue to serve felony family violence warrants on Kevin Dwayne Kirven, 37, of Waco, whom they said shot a firearm at them.
Officers called for backup and Kirven barricaded himself in the house. Following a 90 minute negotiation with a Waco police negotiator, the defendant surrendered, police reported.
On Wednesday morning, Kirven faced an arraignment hearing for two felony family violence warrants, two misdemeanor family violence warrants and one misdemeanor criminal mischief warrant.
Thursday morning, he faced another arraignment hearing on a first-degree felony attempted murder charge for the shots officers said he fired Tuesday night.
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In addition, at the Thursday hearing, he faced the charge of first-degree felony criminally negligent homicide.
Fort Worth police have previously charged Kirven along with Mia Rhodes, 29, of Fort Worth, in the March 4 death of Jordan Antony Harris, 24, of Fort Worth.
In the police report for that homicide, a Fort Worth detective wrote that Harris died at Rhodes’ residence around noon March 4.
Authorities in Fort Worth arrested Rhodes on March 7 and booked her into the Tarrant County Jail. A Tarrant County inmate search Thursday did not show her in custody there.
McLennan County Jail records show Kirven held on $2 million bond for the Waco attempted murder charge and an additional $1 million bond for the Fort Worth negligent homicide charge.
As more information on Kirven’s warrant from Fort Worth becomes available the Tribune-Herald will report it.
An arrest affidavit for Kirven’s charge of attempted murder in Waco reveals additional details about events surrounding the exchange of gunfire.
Before any shots were fired, officers heard a voice from inside the house yell that the defendant had hostages, the Waco affidavit states. It does not say whether officers found hostages in the house after Kirven was arrested.
Shrapnel from rounds officers say Kirven fired injured one of the officers serving his warrants Tuesday night, the affidavit states.
Some of the rounds officers say Kirven fired Tuesday night went through the walls of the house, according to the affidavit.
The affidavit also states that after he surrendered to authorities, he waived his rights and agreed to be interviewed by investigators.
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By HALELUYA HADERO and ANNE D’INNOCENZIO
AP Business Writers
NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon workers in Alabama appear to have rejected a union bid in a tight race, according to early results on Thursday. But outstanding challenged votes could change the outcome.
In New York, union supporters have the edge in a count that will continue Friday morning.
Warehouse workers in Bessemer, Alabama, voted 993 to 875 against forming a union. The National Labor Relations Board, which oversees the election, said that 416 challenged votes could potentially overturn that result. A hearing to go through the challenged ballots will occur in the next few days.
Meanwhile, in a separate union election in Staten Island, New York, the nascent Amazon Labor Union is leading by more than 350 votes out of about 2,670 tallied.
The close election in Bessemer marks a sharp contrast to last year, when Amazon workers overwhelmingly rejected the union.
“This is just the beginning and we will continue to fight,” said Stuart Appelbaum, president of the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union, which is organizing the union drive in Bessemer, at a Thursday press conference. “Regardless of the final outcome, workers have shown what is possible. They have helped ignite a movement.”
Appelbaum said RWDSU will be filing objections to how Amazon handled the election but declined to be specific. He also took the opportunity to lash out at current labor laws, which he believes are rigged against unions and favor of corporations.
“It should not be so difficult to organize a union in the United States,” he said.
If a majority of Amazon workers votes yes in either Bessemer or Staten Island, it would mark the first successful U.S. organizing effort in the company’s history. Organizers have faced an uphill battle against the nation’s second-largest private employer, which is making every effort to keep unions out.
In New York, the ALU has led the charge to form a union along with Chris Smalls, a fired Amazon employee who now heads the fledging group. Turnout for the in-person election was unclear but Smalls was hopeful of victory.
“To be leading in Day One and be up a couple hundred against a trillion dollar company, this is the best feeling in the world,” Smalls said after the conclusion of Thursday’s counting.
While Smalls’ attention has been focused on securing victory in New York, similar efforts in Alabama also weighed heavily.
“I’m not too sure what’s going in Alabama right now, but I know that the sky’s the limit if you can organize any warehouse,” he said, noting that the vote in Alabama could well end up differently. “I hope that they’re successful. I don’t know what’s going on yet, but we know we show our support and solidarity with them.”
The warehouse in Staten Island employs more than 8,300 workers, who pack and ship supplies to customers based mostly in the Northeast. A labor win there was considered difficult, but organizers believe their grassroots approach is more relatable to workers and could help them overcome where established unions have failed in the past.
John Logan, director of Labor and Employment Studies at San Francisco State University, said the early vote counts in New York has been “shocking.” ALU has no backing from an established union and is powered by former and current warehouse workers. The group had also filed for a union election after getting support from about 30% of the facility’s workforce, a much lower percentage than what unions usually seek.
“I don’t think that many people thought that the Amazon Labor Union had much of a chance of winning at all,” Logan said. “And I think we’re likely to see more of those (approaches) going forward.”
Though RWDSU is currently lagging behind with challenged ballots outstanding, Logan said that election was also remarkable because the union has made a good effort narrowing its margin from last year’s election.
After a crushing defeat last year, when a majority of workers voted against forming a union, RWDSU is hoping for a different outcome in the Bessemer election, in which mail-in ballots were sent to 6,100 workers in early February. Federal labor officials scrapped the results of the first election there and ordered a re-do after ruling Amazon tainted the election process.
The RWDSU said election there had a turnout rate of about 39% this year, much smaller than last year. Appelbaum blamed the low numbers on high turnover — he believes thousands of people who worked for Amazon in January and were on the official list to be eligible to vote either quit or were fired. He also believes that an in-person election, which the RWDSU had asked for, would have made a difference
Amazon has pushed back hard in both elections. The retail giant held mandatory meetings, where workers were told unions are a bad idea. The company also launched an anti-union website targeting workers and placed English and Spanish posters across the Staten Island facility urging them to reject the union. In Bessemer, Amazon has made some changes to but still kept a controversial U.S. Postal Service mailbox that was key in the NLRB’s decision to invalidate last year’s vote.
Both labor fights faced unique challenges. Alabama, for instance, is a right-to-work state that prohibits a company and a union from signing a contract that requires workers to pay dues to the union that represents them.
The mostly Black workforce at the Amazon facility, which opened in 2020, mirrors the Bessemer population of more than 70% Black residents, according to the latest U.S. Census data.
Pro-union workers say they want better working conditions, longer breaks and higher wages. Regular full-time employees at the Bessemer facility earn at least $15.80 an hour, higher than the estimated $14.55 per hour on average in the city. That figure is based on an analysis of the U.S. Census Bureau’s annual median household income for Bessemer of $30,284, which could include more than one worker.
The ALU said they don’t have a demographic breakdown of the warehouse workers on Staten Island and Amazon declined to provide the information to The Associated Press, citing the union vote. Internal records leaked to The New York Times from 2019 showed more than 60% of the hourly associates at the facility were Black or Latino, while most of managers were white or Asian.
Amazon workers there are seeking longer breaks, paid time off for injured employees and an hourly wage of $30, up from a minimum of just over $18 per hour offered by the company. The estimated average wage for the borough is $41 per hour, according to a similar U.S. Census Bureau analysis of Staten Island’s $85,381 median household income.
A spokesperson for Amazon said the company invests in wages and benefits, such as health care, 401(k) plans and a prepaid college tuition program to help grow workers’ careers.
“As a company, we don’t think unions are the best answer for our employees,” the spokesperson said in an emailed statement. “Our focus remains on working directly with our team to continue making Amazon a great place to work.”
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Associated Press staff writers Tali Arbel and Bobby Caina Calvan in New York contributed to this report.
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Imagine playing basketball with your friends only to find that a group of kids has already taken over your favorite court. You’ll never face this dilemma again if you have a hoop at home.
If you want a high-quality basketball hoop for your driveway, the Silverback In-Ground Basketball Hoop is worth your attention. It’s an arena-style hoop made with durable steel and delivers elite performance thanks to its tempered glass backboard and breakaway rim.
What to know before you buy a basketball hoop
Location
You’re going to need ample space to work with if you want a basketball hoop for your home. Driveways are a popular location for hoops, and they’re also the safest since you can put one close to your house. It’s recommended to do so, especially if you have small children, as there’s less chance that the ball will roll or bounce onto the street.
Hoop type
There are three types of home basketball hoops: in-ground, portable and mounted.
In-ground hoops are placed into the ground with cement, so they’re more of a long-term or permanent option. Portable hoops are the most versatile since you can move them around easily, and they have bases that need to be filled with water or stand to stay in place. Both hoop types have mechanisms for adjusting height, so they’re both excellent options for young players who are still growing physically.
Mountable hoops are usually placed on walls or over garage doors. They’re the least expensive option, but unfortunately, they don’t have as many features as in-ground or portable hoops. For example, if you have the space to do so, you must remove a mounted hoop and relocate it to adjust the height.
Playability
If all you want to do is shoot around occasionally, you can save yourself a few dollars by going with a mountable hoop if you have somewhere to put it. However, if you want something that can last you for years and help you or your child develop as a player, a portable or in-ground hoop is the better option. They’re more durable and are engineered with advanced metrics to deliver a professional-level experience.
What to look for in a quality basketball hoop
Backboard size
Small backboards make for an easier target and are designed for children learning to play the game. Backboards with a width of 32 to 48 inches are considered youth sizes and are usually cheaper than hoops with larger backboards. 48 to 52 inches is considered regulation-size and the best option for adults and experienced players.
Backboard material
The backboard can be tempered glass, polycarbonate or acrylic. Tempered glass backboards are the most expensive as it delivers the best bounce and is used for backboards across all competitive levels. Polycarbonate and acrylic backboards are durable and less delicate than tempered glass, making them excellent options for portable hoops.
Height adjustability
The basketball hoops used in the National Basketball Association are 10 feet high, and while that’s the height teenagers and adults should be playing with, younger players need lower nets. As they grow and develop, you can adjust the hoop’s height based on your strength and skill level. Also, lowering the height on a portable hoop can make storage easier.
How much you can expect to spend on a basketball hoop
You can find youth portable and mountable basketball hoops for $100-$300, but if you’re looking for a regulation-size in-ground or portable hoop, it can cost you anywhere from $500-$2,000.
Basketball hoop FAQ
Can in-ground hoops be moved?
A. Some newer in-ground hoops come with goals that can change their orientation and detachable upper portions. However, removing an in-ground hoop can be complicated and requires professional assistance.
Is it better to use water or sand to fill a portable hoop base?
A. Water is more convenient, but sand is denser, so it’s more reliable and adds more weight. More weight means less shifting or shaking, which can be common once water leaks or evaporates from the base.
What’s the best basketball hoop to buy?
Top basketball hoop
Silverback In-Ground Basketball Hoop
What you need to know: This in-ground hoop has sturdy, powder-coated steel construction and offers gymnasium-style performance.
What you’ll love: It’s height adjustable between 7.5 and 10 feet and boasts a tinted tempered glass backboard. It can be unbolted to move around the net’s orientation and has a flexible breakaway rim. Also, it comes with a backboard pad and a five-year limited warranty.
What you should consider: Many customers report that it shakes too much on missed shots.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Top basketball hoop for the money
Lifetime 52-Inch MVP Portable Basketball Hoop
What you need to know: It’s an excellent driveway hoop for those who want something easy to maneuver and light on the wallet.
What you’ll love: The backboard isn’t as large as an arena-style basketball hoop, but it’s shatterproof, and at 52 inches, it’s enough for casual pick-up games. It’s adjustable between 7.5 and 10 feet and has a high-quality rim flexible rim.
What you should consider: Assembly isn’t complicated, but it can be time-consuming, even with quality tools.
Where to buy: Sold by Dick’s Sporting Goods
Worth checking out
Spalding The Beast Glass Portable Basketball Hoop
What you need to know: This is a high-quality hoop with premium features you wouldn’t find on other portable models.
What you’ll love: It has a sturdy alloy-steel frame, a 54-inch tempered glass backboard, and a screw jack lift for easy height-adjusting. The base has four wheels and can be filled with water or sand.
What you should consider: Some reported that the base leaks if filled with water and that sand works best to avoid this.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
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Comedian and host, Bharti Singh and Haarsh Limbachiyaa are expecting their first child in the first week of April. The couple is currently hosting the fun-filled ‘The Khatra Khatra Show’. In recent days, there have been rumours about her giving birth to a baby girl. Bharti debunked all the rumours related to her baby in a live chat on Thursday.
She said, ‘I have been receiving messages and calls from loved ones congratulating me. There’s news that I have welcomed a baby girl. But it’s not true. I am on the sets of Khatra Khatra. There was a break for 15-20 minutes. So, I decided to come live and clarify that I am still working’.
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Bharti further added, ‘I am feeling scared. The due date is near. Harsh and I talk about the baby and wonder who he/she will take after. But one thing for sure, the baby is going to be funny because both of us are funny’.
Finally, she advised her admirers not to believe in rumours and to wait for either Haarsh or her to reveal the big news. Bharti and Haarsh recently posted photographs from their maternity photoshoot on social media. | https://www.eastcoastdaily.in/2022/04/01/comedian-bharti-singh-rejects-rumours-of-being-blessed-with-a-girl.html | 2022-04-01T01:18:58Z |
A man who was convicted of murdering a toddler has been killed in a North Carolina prison by a group of inmates, according to prison officials.
The North Carolina Department of Public Safety (NCDPS) released a statement pertaining to the incident that took place on Tuesday afternoon. Authorities have stated that Semajs Short, who was 24, was attacked by a group of prisoners housed at Bertie Correctional Institution in Windsor. The group of men ended up killing him in an attack that took place at 2:14 p.m. Tuesday.
First responders performed life-saving efforts until the local paramedics arrived. They tried to resuscitate the prisoner but Short was pronounced dead by paramedics at approximately 2:37 p.m.
There were also three other prisoners who were reported as injured during the group assault. They were all taken to an outside medical establishment to be treated for non-life-threatening injuries.
The Windsor Police Department and the State Bureau of Investigation are investigating the incident that took place at Bertie Correctional Institution. The Department of Public Safety is fully cooperating in the investigation and intends to seek criminal prosecution against any prisoners who were involved in the altercation. The institution has been placed on modified lockdown as officials work to uncover more about what happened and why. Nobody on staff was injured.
Almost five years ago on April 3, 2017, Short was convicted of second-degree murder in Halifax County. The prisoner was serving a 31-year sentence and was expected to be released on May 7, 2042.
According to WAVY, the dead prisoner pled guilty to the 2014 murder of a 2-year-old toddler by the name of Dy’Unanna Anderson in Halifax County.
Short was 17 years old when the murder took place. According to reports, the little girl’s murder was in retaliation for the murder of 15-year-old Keyuon Garner, who died earlier in the same evening.
It was alleged that Short and another person stood on an air conditioning unit outside a room where Anderson and her grandmother, Catherine Price, were sleeping. Anderson was killed and Price was shot several times. | https://www.blackenterprise.com/north-carolina-prisoner-serving-time-for-killing-toddler-killed-by-inmates/ | 2022-04-01T01:18:58Z |
The Rock Hill Lady Blue Hawks have posted an incredible season so far. Not only did they post a phenomenal record to finish at the top of their district, but they made history after clenching the bi-district championship. As Rock Hill enters the third round of play, VYPE DFW takes a dive into their season so far and what fans can expect going forward:
The Lady Blue Hawks posted a 94% win percentage this season with a 21-1-1 overall record. The team posted only one loss this season against a strong Lucas Lovejoy. The loss came at the very end of their district schedule after a nine-game win streak. Outscoring their opponents by a combined 90 goals this season. With the ability to play smart defense, Rock Hill was able to record 12 shut-outs during regular season play.
In playoffs, fans have seen the Lady Blue Hawks head out to the pitch with the same tenacity that they have all season. Rock Hill came into playoffs with a big 3-2 victory over Frisco Lone Star before posting an even stronger 1-0 victory over Dallas Wilson on Tuesday. Rock Hill is scheduled to face off against Frisco (18-1-4) on Friday, April 1st at Standridge Stadium in Carrollton, Texas. Fans can expect to see a quick offense ready to do whatever it takes to continue this historic season for the Lady Blue Hawks. The defense has been able to match up to any amount of pressure from their opponents and won’t slow down for Frisco. Expect to see a hard-fought match between these two girls’ soccer powerhouses. Game time is set to begin at 7 p.m. | https://cw33.com/sports/high-school-sports/on-to-the-next-prosper-rock-hill-lady-blue-hawks-soccer/ | 2022-04-01T01:18:58Z |
Re-freeze leads to pileup involving more than a dozen vehicles on I-94 in Maplewood, Minnesota
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MAPLEWOOD, Minnesota (WCCO) — It doesn’t take much to create dangerous driving conditions.
Wet weather and cooler temperatures can cause chaos. Add in rush hour traffic, and you get what happened Thursday morning on Interstate 94 in Maplewood.
MnDOT traffic cameras captured more than a dozen vehicles spinning and crashing into guard rails and each other. The reason? A re-freeze on metro roads.
“Anytime we have temps around 32 degrees and a little precipitation or moisture, those bridge decks will freeze up right away and cause for some slippery conditions,” said Sgt. Troy Christianson with the Minnesota State Patrol.
Losing control on the road is unnerving, but the state patrol says what you do next could save your life. If you’re in a crash, pull over onto the shoulder or an exit ramp — and do not get out of your vehicle.
“We see it quite often where you get out of your vehicle and people are actually struck by the other cars that lose control. So we want to make sure you get your vehicle out of the lane of traffic, stay in your vehicle with your seat belt on, and wait for law enforcement to arrive and make the scene safe,” Christianson said.
As Minnesota continues to thaw out, the best strategy is to plan ahead for you commute. Allow for extra time, more space between you and the car in front of you and go slow. Also, make note of any bridges you might be crossing. Law enforcement says those are the first to get slippery when conditions are right.
The state patrol says to call 911 if you get in a crash. They will ask you a few questions, like if there are any injuries and your location. Then it’s a waiting game until help arrives.
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Over the last several years, an increasing number of companies have pledged to hire a more diverse workforce and begun releasing their diversity numbers annually. The results have been a mixed bag at best.
With so many organizations saying that diversity hiring is among their top goals and making good-faith efforts to revamp their recruiting practices accordingly, our team wanted to better understand why the results have fallen short. What we found surprised us: Subconscious bias tends to have the strongest impact on historically underrepresented racial and ethnic groups in the early stages of the interview process.
For example, the data revealed that while white candidates see higher passthrough rates at the very top of the funnel, Black and Hispanic/Latinx talent see higher passthrough rates across the remaining funnel stages: 62% of Black talent and 57% of Hispanic/Latinx talent are extended offers after on-sites, compared to just 54% of white talent.
This suggests that diversity is most often an issue in earlier stages of the interview process, driven at least in part by subconscious bias. Candidates from historically underrepresented racial and ethnic groups have to work harder to prove themselves than their white counterparts, despite seeing higher offer rates at later stages of the interview process.
Whenever you open a new role, start by asking the question: How do we ensure that our selection is based solely on criteria that’s relevant to the role?
To help address this issue, I’m sharing six strategies that recruiting teams can use to reduce bias in the early phases of the recruiting process, when candidates are both entering and progressing through interviews.
Rethink the criteria for your open roles
Research has found that many things people list on their LinkedIn profile or résumé have very little, if any, correlation with their future work performance.
For example, requiring or being predisposed to four-year degrees from certain institutions biases you toward privilege. Screening for leadership experience can also be racially biased, due to lower representation of non-white people at the executive level.
To avoid this, whenever you open a new role, start by asking the question: How do we ensure that our selection is based solely on criteria that’s relevant to the role?
From there, clarify which competencies and qualifications are absolutely necessary to success in the role, and rather than focusing on the candidate’s experience, education, or — if they’re early in their careers — GPAs, ask yourself what about their history suggests problem-solving skills, cognitive ability and a growth mindset.
Limit access to information that could cause bias
source: TechCrunch | https://www.focustechnica.com/6-methods-for-reducing-bias-in-candidate-sourcing-and-screening/ | 2022-04-01T01:18:58Z |
Jeff Walz previews Final Four
JEFF WALZ: Just thrilled to still be playing. What a great ballgame we had last night against a really good Michigan team. Our kids really figured out a way to pull it out there in the fourth quarter. Defensively we were outstanding the last five minutes holding them scoreless, and then we showed some composure at the offensive end and scored the basketball when we needed, made some big plays.Just thrilled for the kids. It's one of these things I say all the time as a coach, we get the opportunity to come back for another season. But the players, their seasons are counted.For Emily Engstler and Chelsie Hall and Kianna Smith, this is their senior year, and for them to be able to get the opportunity to experience what a Final Four is like, you just can't put it into words. But we're looking forward to enjoying the day today to get some rest, flying up there tonight, and then get back to work tomorrow to get prepared for a very, very good South Carolina team.
Q. Question about two players: First one about Emily Engstler. Having seen her for several years at Syracuse, you kind of knew about what she does scoring and rebounding, but did you kind of foresee her kind of bringing an edge, maybe a fierceness to this team that seems to have rubbed off?
JEFF WALZ: Well, she always played with an edge even at Syracuse. Putting her in positions defensively how we play, we're more of a man-to-man, we like to move and trap at different areas of the floor, have really taken her strengths and shown them off.She's so good at anticipating, reading the next pass, on the ball, help side. It's really been fun to watch, and she's been able to play, I think, a little bit more free at times at the defensive end, which has really been able to showcase her talents.
Q. With Hailey, I guess it was a little bit of a process for her to establish herself as a leading scorer. I guess it was expected of her but it took a while for her to step out. What was that like that you recall for her?
JEFF WALZ: Hailey is Hailey. She's been playing well all year. Everybody was concerned at the beginning of the year, she's not scoring. She was just missing shots. She was making shots in practice, was taking good shots in the games. They just weren't going in.As I've said the whole season, it was never a concern for me because I watched her in practice. I watched them go in. It's when players aren't making them in practice and then that carries over to games when you start to get real concerned.That was never the issue for her. As the season has progressed, we went a stretch where I think we had four games and had three or four different leading scorers. Hailey is playing some great basketball right now. She's been pretty efficient in a lot of our games. She handles the physicality well. She's able to get to the rim. She had a huge and-one for us in last night's game.The kid is a baller. It is what it is. I consider her one of the best players in the country.
Q. I wanted to talk a little more about Hailey. When you talked back in December about not being worried, I presume you had a run similar to this in mind where she's 20 plus every game in the tournament. But two parts to that. One is what is it about her game that lends itself so well to the tournament play for her to be able to play this well right now? And to your point about the last question about finishing through contact, how is she able to do that as well as she does at her size?
JEFF WALZ: Well, I'll start with the last question there. Because she's strong. She's really worked hard in the weight room, conditioning. She's able to absorb contact. It doesn't knock her off balance. Then she can finish with her right or left hand.That's one of the things when you get to this level of playing against other great players, you can't be just one-handed. You've got to be able to use both, and she does that. She's able to shoot a little bit of a fadeaway at times when she needs to to get a shot up over the defender.But the bottom line is she's trained so hard ever since she was in high school. When she got here as a freshman, her freshman summer, she's one of the few freshmen we've had that's ever passed our conditioning test the first time she did it, and that's because of the training that she did before she got here. That's in the weight room, the cardio.Because of that, she wasn't a year behind in the physical training. She's just continuing to get stronger, and that's why she's able to finish with contact even at her size.Scoring the basketball, it's what the kid does. I mean, I watched her play several years in the summer. I flew out and watched her as many times as I was allowed her junior year during the recruiting process. Scoring the basketball has never been a problem for her.Because of the amount of work she puts in, it doesn't guarantee you success. I say this to all of our players. All because you work hard, it doesn't guarantee you success. If we all studied for three hours for an exam, we're all not going to get the same grade. But the one thing I can tell you is it's going to give you a lot better opportunity to succeed than those that don't.It's refreshing and encouraging to see someone who puts the time in to be able to have the success that she's having right now.
Q. When people go to the movies, a lot of times it's because of the star, and then the performance once they get there, it gets them going back and back again. This Final Four has so many stars, whether it's Hailey or Paige or Aliyah, Cameron, everybody. Can you talk about the development in women's basketball of these stars? Then as a second part, how much has corporate sponsorship and NIL helped bring these people to the public and grown the game because you now do have these recognizable stars?
JEFF WALZ: Well, I'll start with the second. I'm not sure the NIL and the corporate sponsors have really gotten to that point yet to where they're bringing the stars out. I think a lot of these kids that you're mentioning right now have a remarkable social media following, and that's where they're getting so much more of their traction out in the public, in the media, is through social media.I think it's going to eventually get there. I know here in Louisville where we have a huge following for women's basketball, NIL is a big deal. It's going to be an even bigger deal as we move forward, as it evolves.I think a lot of these players have been able to do it by the work that they do on the court and the way they perform.Then just talking about all of them, we're getting -- our game is growing. So it's just not one school where everybody goes, one program where everybody goes.Now players are branching out. Other universities like ourselves are investing in women's basketball. I think as that continues throughout the country, you're going to see more and more programs evolve and continue to get better. That's really what it's all about.The parity in this year's NCAA Tournament, I know we've got three of the four 1 seeds are playing in the Final Four, but up to that point, how many great games have we had? How many upsets have we had? That's what's making our game that much better and that much more exciting.
Q. I want to ask you about one of your longtime fans who spoke to your team, I think, on Saturday, Mrs. Green, who has been there forever. She had that near-death experience. What was the message to the team, and what do they take from fans like her who have supported this group pretty much throughout their entire lives?
JEFF WALZ: Well, we've got a wonderful group of really, really supportive fans. Ms. Green is one that she actually came and spoke to our team during the regular season. She was supposed to come before the game to talk to them, but unfortunately she got there a little bit late, and then the next thing I know after I meet with my staff at halftime, she's in there talking to them at halftime.I think she thinks she's on staff. She does a great job. Our kids love her.Just the passion that she has for life, not just for our team but for life, and her experiences that she's been able to share with our players, as well as many of our fans, it means a lot to them. It's pretty special here when you see fans that have been following this program for 20, 25 years and the excitement that they get, the tears that you see in their eyes after last night's game when we get back to the hotel.I've always said it. If you want to grow a fan base at the university you work at, your fans have to know they're a part of it. They have to know when you win, they win. And when you lose, they lose. They feel it, too.That's one thing we've taken a lot of pride in here is to continue to just embrace all of our fans and make sure they know we're where we are because of them.
Q. You guys have been one of the top teams in the country all year but seem to have been flying under the radar a little bit even if you're a 1 seed. Everyone is talking about the other ones but not you guys as much. Is that something you embrace or are you like, hey, we've been pretty good all year, why aren't people saying we have a chance to win this as much as some of the other teams? The second is the transfer portal. You got Emily this year, and just what it means to have all these transfers coming in. Is this sort of a free agency like baseball that that's the way to build teams now is through transfers more than just trying to find kids in high school, or are they just a supplement to kids you recruit out of high school?
JEFF WALZ: Well, you know, the first one is, yeah, we've been pretty good all year. There's no question about that. I mean, it's not this year. You go back five years, I think we've won the third-most games of any women's basketball team in the country. If you go back 10, I think we're in the top five or top six. It's just a narrative. It's whatever you want it to be.That's one of the things that we'll continue to grow with our game, I think, is our media, that they actually get out and look at the teams and look at the players instead of starting off the year with, hey, here's who we're going to run with, and they go with it.Those are the things I think we do miss out on. If people haven't taken the opportunity to just watch what Emily Engstler and Hailey Van Lith have done and Kianna Smith for our team, you can only do so much. I can promote them, but it's a matter of when is our national media going to start to look at them all. But you and I both know it all comes down to hits. It all comes down to whatever you want to put on your site, how many hits is it going to get.That's part of it, but our kids don't mind. We have a wonderful fan base here that absolutely adores them and loves them. And we're still playing. It's our fourth Final Four in 15 years. I think we've been to 70 Elite 8s. We aren't too bad.It's going to be fun, and that's what it's all about. But at the end of the day you have to roll the ball out and play.Extra motivation -- if that's what's going to motivate you, then we've got bigger problems, because just the opportunity to compete -- again, there's only four teams left playing -- is what should motivate you. I know that's really what motivates our players.The transfer portal, we were very fortunate with Emily, and having played against her for three years, I knew what she could do. You get to know kids. We played them twice a year, so you get to know their personalities, you kind of get to know who they are. And then Chelsie Hall obviously as a grad transfer and a portal kid from Vanderbilt has been huge for us. She had an unbelievable first half last night.It's part of what's going to take place from here on out. You're definitely looking to recruit high school players. That's our first place that we look at. Now you can look and say, hey, what voids do I have; what can I fill in; what areas can I look to increase or get stronger in?I think that's what's going to happen.Now, I do think you have to be real careful because you've got to make sure you're getting kids that are going to fit into your program, fit into your culture, and make sure they understand what you're trying to do. It's not all about them, and I think that's what's one of the things that we have here is we have kids that want to win, and it goes a long way.I've said it before, when Emily went into the portal last year and we were going to call, the first person I talked to was Mykasa on my team. Mykasa Robinson was going to be the player who was impacted the most if Emily decided to come here because her playing time was going to be impacted.The first thing that she tells me is, Coach, I'm tired of guarding her. If we can get her on our team, let's get her. Because these kids like to win.I think it just speaks volumes for the character of the players that we have here, and their end game is to compete and compete for a National Championship.
Q. You mentioned how good you've been over the last 10 years, and it seems to me that this is probably four of the six best programs in the country. Used to be Stanford and UConn, but I'm wondering if now you feel -- it's interesting you've got two old ones and two new ones, South Carolina and you guys. Do you feel like you're there? Do you feel like you've built something that is a blueblood? And Dawn, as well.
JEFF WALZ: Yeah, I sure do. Our thing is we have to win that last game. That's what it all comes down to. I think for people to really think we're there, we have to win the National Championship.The unfortunate thing for us was in '09 and '13, the two years that we got to The Finals, probably you could put those two UConn teams in probably the top 5 best women's basketball teams ever. Not just at UConn, I'm talking ever.So part of it comes to when you get to the Finals, where are you playing, who are you, and for us it was just two bad years.Then in '18 it was just an unbelievable Final Four in Columbus. It still hurts. It still stings. It's a Final Four you look at and you've got to get some breaks, you've got to get lucky here or there with a call, with a bounced ball that goes out of bounds and it comes back to you, things like that. But yeah, we've played in the last four Elite 8s, we've gone to two Final Fours. Yeah, I think we are. There's no question. I think South Carolina is, also.
Q. I wanted to ask you about how you developed your press. It's one of the more effective ones I've seen, and I wanted to know how you fine tune it to get it tournament ready?
JEFF WALZ: Well, again, I was very fortunate to work for six years with Paul Sanderford who was at Western Kentucky and then Nebraska, and now Paul is going into the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame, which is special for me because Paul is going to be recognized with the rest of the inductees I believe at the semifinal game. He's who gave me my start in this profession.To be able to be playing in the Final Four the year that Paul is going into the Hall of Fame means the world to me. It's something that just really, really -- it touches my heart to know that we're going to get to share that moment.He's who I learned the press from. It's something we haven't run the entire year, and to be honest with you, we haven't worked hours on it. You have to have players that have some instincts, that are willing to gamble at times. You can't press and be passive. Then you've got to have players that are willing to go hard, because it takes a lot out of you.We've got that group right now. Our match-ups through the first four games were match-ups where we needed to press. We didn't want teams to just be able to get in their offense and do what they wanted, so we had to try to disrupt it as much as we could.
Q. I wonder on top of all the incredible players that you have on this team what it's going to mean to have Angel across the street with USA Basketball this week and through the weekend, and what it shows about this program that there's -- you talked a little bit about the recent history of success that this program has had, but there's really a lineage now of big-time players at this program.
JEFF WALZ: Yeah, you know what, I'm glad -- this is the one thing that I'm excited that I'm not able to be a court coach with the national team this week. It was something I was really looking forward to doing because I love when I get the opportunity to work with those great players and USA Basketball. It's something that means a lot to me. It's really special when you're representing your country.To have Angel being a part of that and then hopefully we'll get a chance to see her and she'll stop by the hotel, it's great. She's the one that really took us to our first Final Four and put us on the map, and now we've got a bunch of them. Asia Durr, Dana Evans, Myisha, Shoni Schimmel. We've had a list of players now that have gone on, they've had great, great careers, and a lot are still playing.But Angel obviously being a two-time Olympic gold medalist is at the top of our chart when it comes to success in the NCAA Tournament, and then with USA Basketball, as well.
Q. I saw at the end last night you kind of went out of your way to give a shout-out to Steph Norman and what she's meant to your coaching staff having been here the entirety of your time at Louisville. I was wondering if you could speak to her role in building this program.
JEFF WALZ: Yeah, Steph, it's been 15 years. She's everything to our program. She's a dear friend of mine. She recruits, she builds relationships, she's great X's and O's. Our Michigan game was her scout. She did a remarkable job of getting our kids prepared and presenting it to them on Sunday.Yeah, she understands it. She knows how to coach. She knows how to recruit. She can build relationships. She's very, very good at her job. She's a great person.At the end of the day, you have to be a good person if you want to have success in this profession, and Steph is as good as they come. And I'm just thrilled and honored that she has stayed here for these 15 years, and hopefully if something comes along and it's a head coaching job that she wants, hopefully we can get that for her. If not, hopefully we'll both be able to finish here and go out and enjoy life after basketball someday.
Q. Last night on the podium and the news conference, you had a couple of your players break down talking about the impact that you've had on them and their lives. What did that mean for you to hear that?
JEFF WALZ: Well, it's special. It's something you take a lot of pride in as a coach is building relationships with your players. It's not just on the basketball court but it's off the court. I say it all the time, we're just not trying to get these young women prepared to win basketball games, we're trying to prepare them for life, because life is tough. We all know it. Life is tough. You've got to make sure that we're doing our best to -- when they get out there, that along obviously with their parents who have done a remarkable job, that we've just done our little bit so they can be ready for everything that's thrown at them.It meant a lot to me. It's why we do this job. It really is. That moment on that podium -- the win was great, the celebration was great. But that moment on that podium when those ladies said what they said, that was -- that superceded us winning that game last night. That's how much that meant to me.
Q. You've had coaching experience at Minnesota, which is a powerhouse in women's basketball, specifically with Lindsay Whalen who's a native of Minnesota. What does it mean to be able to come to this hotbed of women's sports this weekend and play in the Final Four considering she is a trailblazer in women's sports?
JEFF WALZ: Oh, yeah, it's exciting to be coming back. I talked with my wife and my kids, and I can show them my house I bought in Minnesota. I've actually -- I bought the house in a cul-de-sac. I still stay in touch with a few of the neighbors. They've emailed me. They're planning to come to the game.Yeah, that one season that we had up there at Minnesota was one of the most remarkable years that I've been a part of in women's basketball. We went from playing in The Barn, and there was a pipe that busted, it froze over, then we had to move. We started in the Pav, my bad, that's when the pipe busted, then we went to The Barn and all of a sudden we're selling the place out with Lindsey Whalen, Janel McCarville and just a great group of players. And it was an awesome experience and I'm looking forward to getting back up there.
Q. Kianna Smith was on that 2018 Final Four team. How much of an asset will she be in terms of explaining the intensity and seriousness of the Final Four to your younger players who have not experienced a Final Four?
JEFF WALZ: Well, actually she was not, so this is a whole new group. Kianna actually transferred in the year after. We are all new at this, but we're excited about that as a staff. Talk about Steph Norman and my staff, we've been to four Final Fours with four completely different teams. We take a lot of pride in the fact that we've been able to build teams throughout the years that have been able to get to a Final Four.
Q. What have the student-athletes said? How have they kind of absorbed all of this, because it's about to be a wild weekend up in cold, cold Minneapolis.
JEFF WALZ: Well, we haven't even talked about it yet really. We had a great time last night. We jumped on a flight, we landed back here in Louisville at about 4:30 in the morning and I had to take my daughter to the airport for her 9:30 flight back to Charleston, South Carolina, and I'm sitting in the office now and I hope they're all still sleeping.
Q. I'm sure you've watched no tape of South Carolina in the two hours of free time that maybe you've had, but just your initial thoughts on them and Dawn and what you know about them and what you expect?
JEFF WALZ: Well, I mean, they're a great basketball team. Dawn does a fantastic job. I was fortunate enough to be an assistant for her with USA Basketball. She does a great job. She motivates her players. They play hard.Aliyah Boston obviously is one of the best players in the country if not the best. We're going to have our hands full. We'll have an opportunity tonight to really start to watch some film and watch some games.We're going to have to play our best, there's no doubt. At this time of the year there's no doubt, you've got to play your best or you're not going to win. We're looking forward to the opportunity because you can't win if you don't play the game. We're fortunate enough to still be playing. | https://louisville.rivals.com/news/jeff-walz-previews-final-four | 2022-04-01T01:18:59Z |
West Vancouver records "unprecedented" building application backlog
Cities across Metro Vancouver are experiencing backlogs in their permitting processes for home building applications, and even West Vancouver — where there is typically less building activity — is no exception.
In a bulletin to property owners and builders earlier this month, the District of West Vancouver stated it is facing “unprecedented levels” of new building permit applications.
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As a baseline, over the past three years, the municipal government saw an average of 40 new building permit applications each month. But in late 2021 and early 2022, it saw the volume of applications exponentially increase.
There were 82 applications in November 2021, 129 in December 2021, and 209 in January 2022 for a combined total of 420 applications over three consecutive months. This represents 10.5 months’ volume in just three months.
It is currently anticipated to take between four and six months to clear the backlog from this three-month period.
“This volume includes building permits for renovations, tenant improvements, and new single-family homes. As time goes on after the permits are processed, the backlog will move down the process and impact other stages of construction, like inspections,” reads the bulletin.
“If you have submitted a building permit application, please be prepared to adjust your construction schedule.”
District staff are separating smaller, less complex permit applications into a separate stream to reduce wait times.
Subsequent applicants in February and March 2022 have also been told to expect significant permitting review delays as a result of the earlier backlog.
The municipal government adds that over the past year, it streamlined its permitting process to create efficiencies, but the volume of permit applications overwhelmed its improvements.
At the end of last year, the City of Vancouver also reported a backlog of 500 new building applications for single-family, duplex, and laneway homes due in part to higher than usual volumes in 2021. Earlier this week, it announced 450 applications are now being processed, and the remaining 50 backlogged applications are back with their proponents for more information.
In recent years, the provincial government has been working with municipal governments across BC to improve the efficiency and speed of their licensing and permitting processes.
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- City of Surrey gives itself guaranteed timelines to approve building permits | https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/west-vancouver-building-application-backlog | 2022-04-01T01:18:59Z |
Defense attorneys quickly rested their case Thursday after one of four men charged with plotting to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer repeatedly said “absolutely not” when asked if he had agreed to abduct her before the 2020 election.
Daniel Harris was the only defendant to speak to jurors on the 14th day of trial. It was a risky, dramatic shift following days of testimony from undercover FBI agents, a gutsy informant and two men who have pleaded guilty and pointed fingers at the rest.
Closing arguments were planned for Friday.
Harris, Adam Fox, Barry Croft Jr., and Brandon Caserta are accused of conspiring to kidnap Whitmer from her vacation home in northern Michigan because of their disgust with government and her tough COVID-19 restrictions.
Only Harris’ lawyer offered a few witnesses Wednesday after prosecutorsfinished presenting their evidence that same day.
Harris, 24, a former Marine, said he wanted to maintain his infantry skills when he joined a militia, the Wolverine Watchmen, not snatch Whitmer or blow up a nearby bridge.
But after friendly questions from a defense lawyer, the atmosphere in court turned tense as a prosecutor confronted Harris with his chat messages about posing as a pizza deliveryman and killing Whitmer at the door. He also reminded Harris that he worked with explosives while training with the group.
Harris and Assistant U.S. Attorney Jonathan Roth sometimes talked over each other. At one point, Harris snapped, “Next question.”
“Everyone can take it down a notch,” U.S. District Judge Robert Jonker said later.
Soon after swearing to tell the truth, Harris repeatedly rejected claims that he was involved in crimes. He said “America was on fire” in 2020 over the killing of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer, protests over police treatment of Black people and a pandemic that shut down parts of the economy.
A key part of the government’s case is a firearms training weekend at Luther, Michigan, in September 2020 with a “shoot house” that was intended to replicate Whitmer’s second home. Harris admitted that he brought materials but said he didn’t build it with her house in mind.
“Did you agree to kidnap the governor of Michigan?” defense attorney Julia Kelly asked many times.
“Absolutely not,” Harris replied.
He didn’t participate in an evening ride to Elk Rapids, Michigan, to scout Whitmer’s second home and a bridge during that same training weekend. Harris said he had purchased $200 of cheap beer and cigarettes so he could return to the camp and “get wasted” with others.
“I had assumed they went to a strip club or a bar,” Harris said of Fox and Croft.
The men were arrested in October 2020 amid talk of raising $4,000 for an explosive that could blow up a bridge and hold back police from responding to a kidnapping, according to trial testimony.
Defense attorneys claim the men simply were engaged in a lot of wild talk fueled by agents and informants but no conspiracy.
The prosecutor covered much ground during Harris’ cross-examination, often referring to recordings or text messages to challenge testimony. Roth noted that Harris had said the Founding Fathers would have approved of killing certain officials.
“Tyrants,” Harris told Roth.
“Was Gov. Whitmer a tyrant?” the prosecutor asked.
“Not really. She was just a governor to me,” Harris said, adding that she performed “poorly.”
Prosecutors played a conversation of Croft talking about militias overthrowing governments in various states and “breaking a few eggs.”
“When this man talks to you at a diner about killing people, you don’t stand up and walk out, do you sir?” Roth asked. “You don’t say, ‘This group is not for me,’ do you sir?”
“No,” Harris answered.
Two more men, Ty Garbin and Kaleb Franks, pleaded guilty and cooperated with investigators. Garbin last week said the group acted willingly and hoped to strike before the election, cause national chaos and prevent Joe Biden from winning the presidency.
Michael Rataj, a Detroit-area defense lawyer not involved in the case, said sometimes bringing in a pack of witnesses for the defense doesn’t always fit. He said attorneys for the four men will peck away at the government’s evidence during closing arguments — “the textbook way to do it.”
As for Harris testifying, Rataj said it can be dicey.
“The FBI has recorded them, and for him to say anything different than what’s recorded makes it look like he’s lying,” Rataj said. “It’s foolishness.”
Whitmer, a Democrat, rarely talks publicly about the kidnapping plot, though she referred to “surprises” during her term that seemed like “something out of fiction” when she filed for reelection on March 17.
She has blamed former President Donald Trump for fomenting anger over coronavirus restrictions and refusing to condemn right-wing extremists like those charged in the case. Whitmer has said Trump was complicit in the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.
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Find AP’s full coverage of the Whitmer kidnap plot trial at: https://apnews.com/hub/whitmer-kidnap-plot-trial
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White reported from Detroit. AP reporter Michael Tarm contributed from Chicago. | https://www.mypanhandle.com/news/national-news/4-in-gov-whitmer-kidnap-trial-to-decide-whether-to-testify/ | 2022-04-01T01:18:58Z |
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Teenage boy missing for 27 days found safe and well, Gardai confirm
A teenage boy missing for 27 days has been located safe and well, An Garda Síochána has confirmed.
Gardai appealed to the public for assistance in tracing the whereabouts of 16 year old Callum McGill at the beginning of the month.
The boy was reported missing from Bettystown in Co Meath on Friday March 4.
Gardai thank the public for their assistance in the matter and confirm no further action is required.
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New York judge blocks Democratic-drawn congressional map for ‘political bias’
By Melissa Holzberg DePalo, CNN
A New York judge has blocked the state’s new congressional map, which would have given Democrats the advantage in 22 of the state’s 26 congressional seats, from going into effect for violating the state’s constitution.
Judge Patrick McAllister ruled Thursday that the map “was unconstitutionally drawn with political bias” by the Democratic-controlled legislature and created no competitive seats. The state legislature has until April 11 to pass a new map and submit it to the court for review, and McAllister further stated that the map had to receive “bipartisan support.”
The decision is the second redistricting defeat in the courts for Democrats in a week. On Friday, a Maryland judge ordered a new congressional map to be drawn after ruling its map would unfairly hurt Republicans’ chances in the state. State courts in Ohio and North Carolina have previously blocked maps that advantaged Republicans.
The New York judge further ruled that the legislature violated a 2014 constitutional amendment, which gave primary control of redistricting to a bipartisan commission, because the legislature took over the process after that commission failed to agree on a map.
New York’s primary is scheduled for June 28. However, the ruling says it’s possible for the primary to be moved to August if new maps aren’t agreed to. According to McAllister, the latest the New York primary could be held is August 23, giving “about 100 days from today” for new maps to be drawn, candidates to gather signatures and file their candidacy, prepare primary ballots, and leave time for the appellate review process.
Democrats control the state legislature and the governorship in New York. The state lost a congressional seat due to slower population growth in the 2020 census.
There are now five states without enacted congressional maps for the 2022 midterm cycle with New York joining Florida, Maryland, Missouri and New Hampshire.
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Mr. Donny King
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Published: Mar. 31, 2022 at 6:06 PM CDT|Updated: 2 hours ago
Arrangements are currently incomplete at Berry & Gardner Funeral Home for Mr. Donny King, 61, of Meridian, who passed away on Wednesday, March 30, 2022 at Anderson Regional Medical Center, Meridian.
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Judd Apatow’s ‘The Bubble’ Is a Limp Mockery of Hollywood
The king of man-child comedy, Judd Apatow turns his attention to self-referential moviemaking spoofery with The Bubble, a limp saga (April 1, Netflix) about the disastrous birth of a would-be blockbuster.
Loosely inspired by the real-life production of Universal’s upcoming Jurassic Park: Dominion, Apatow’s latest details the creation of franchise sequel Cliff Beasts 6 during a global pandemic, which requires cast and crew to hole up in an English mansion for months on end to complete the dino-rampage project under strict quarantine guidelines. What follows is cabin fever, chaos and carnage, both on set and off. Less ever-present, alas, are actual jokes—or, rather, jokes audiences haven’t heard hundreds of times before about show business narcissism, ruthlessness, and craziness.
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At a secluded English countryside estate, Carol (Karen Gillan) arrives to reprise her role as Dr. Lacey Nightingale in the sixth installment of the popular Cliff Beasts series, this after she bailed on the prior chapter in order to make a dud called Jerusalem Rising in which she played a half-Israeli, half-Palestinian heroine who was tasked with forging Middle East peace during an alien invasion. Carol’s abandonment of her Cliff Beasts pals earns her an initial reprimand from co-star Lauren (Leslie Mann), but it’s then almost immediately dropped as a plot point, as befitting a script (by Apatow and Pam Brady) that never cultivates any thread long enough to generate consistent amusement.
Joining Carol and Lauren in this sealed-off locale are Lauren’s horndog ex-husband Dustin (David Duchovny), who has scant interest in their adopted delinquent-teen son Rafael (Zander Emlano) and wants to rewrite Cliff Beasts 6 to make it more environmentally friendly; Sean (Keegan-Michael Key), who during his COVID-19 downtime decided to start a quasi-cult; Krystal (Iris Apatow), a TikTok sensation who’s there to court Gen Z viewers; and Dieter (Pedro Pascal), an actor whose primary pastimes are ingesting copious amounts of drugs and trying to hit on hotel employee Anika (Borat breakout Maria Bakalova). They’re all kept in line by ball-busting producer Gavin (Peter Serafinowicz) and dorky director Darren (Fred Armisen), both of whom report to studio chief Paula (Kate McKinnon), who chats with Gavin on Zoom from ski resorts and tropical locales that she can safely visit because—as a rich person—she’s received the vaccine months before it’s even been publicly announced.
The Bubble opens with two low-level staffers signing up for the Cliff Beasts team—Bola (Samson Kayo) and Gunther (Harry Trevaldwyn)—although Apatow doesn’t care much about the upstairs-downstairs dynamic of his scenario. Then again, it’s not exactly clear what he does care about. Lauren and Dustin are a hot mess who quickly find themselves back in each other’s arms, but their love-hate rapport is so scattershot (and ultimately dropped, due to a fatal accident that literally eliminates one of them from the picture) that it never drums up momentum. The same is true of Dieter and Anika; while the latter is intent on proving that they can be a romantic match rather than just a quick-hit fling, so little time is spent putting them in the same room together that they develop no connection. In these and other instances, Apatow ends things before he even begins them, lending the proceedings a tossed-off quality.
Most of the focus is on Carol’s mounting distaste for Cliff Beasts 6, and her attempts to cope with it by sleeping with a hunky soccer player who’s quarantining at the same hotel, and later by staging a cast revolt that promptly falls apart. There’s also some bit about the generational tension between Carol and Krystal, yet The Bubble barely has anything funny or pointed to say about its chosen issues. Instead, it exerts the majority of its energy on elaborate TikTok dances involving Krystal and her colleagues, and CGI centerpieces from Cliff Beasts 6 that are thoroughly corny, and which Apatow cuts away from to show the actors performing this same material on ridiculous-looking green screens—gags that go nowhere given that everyone already knows about the surreal artificiality of such digitally enhanced productions.
Good-natured mockery of studio filmmaking and stardom is nothing new, including from Apatow, whose Funny People is most memorable for its raft of make-believe movie posters featuring its big-screen comedian protagonist (played by Adam Sandler). And sporadically, The Bubble sharply bites the hand that feeds, as when Paula chews out Gavin, is then chewed out by her own boss (played by John Lithgow), who is then sternly talked to by his Chinese superior. Similarly, a scene involving Beck serenading the cast with a rendition of “Ladies Night”—prefaced by him stating “Thank you for fulfilling your contracts! Only 37 more days of shooting and we’ve got this one in the can!”—hilariously captures the industry’s weird art-commerce synergy. By and large, however, The Bubble’s sole idea is that actors are self-interested weirdos and dummies whose theatrical enterprises are driven by money, which is hardly an inspired starting point for hilarity.
The Bubble puts its own budget on full display throughout, yet rarely makes that a target of its satire; on the contrary, it vainly strives to elicit chuckles through sequences of running, screaming, explosions, and helicopter flights. Apatow also enlists a host of luminaries for quick cameos, including one that’s primarily via some special-effects trickery, but in virtually every case, the joke is simply that individual’s surprise participation. The fact that so many talented actors could be squandered this severely speaks less to their abilities than to a script whose characters have been imagined with, at best, a single discernible trait, and nothing approaching a uniquely off-the-wall personality. Actors may be vapid and vain, everyone in Hollywood may be desperate to hold onto whatever semblance of a career they have, and studios may now be parts of conglomerates that are run by monsters, but reiterating those well-known truths in slapdash fashion does not a memorable film make.
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — The owner of a downtown Los Angeles building where an explosion injured 12 firefighters has been allowed to enter a judicial diversion program that allows him to avoid jail time and potentially have all charges dismissed.
A court commissioner on Wednesday granted the diversion request for Steve Sungho Lee. He and his companies must pay more than $125,000 in investigative fees, make sure the property meets fire and building codes and arranging for Fire Department training.
Lee owned a commercial building on East Boyd Street in the city's Toy District that caught fire on May 16, 2020. Firefighters had to run for their lives when a ball of flames shot out the building and scorched a fire truck across the street.
Firefighters inside the building had to run through a wall of flames he estimated as 30 feet (9 meters) high and wide, and those on the roof scrambled down a ladder that was engulfed in fire.
Fire officials said the building was a warehouse for Smoke Tokes, a wholesale distributor of supplies for smoking and vaping products including butane hash oil, a concentrated cannabis extract that can be eaten, smoked or vaped. Highly flammable butane is used in the manufacturing process.
Most of the injured firefighters still haven't returned to work and one, Capt. Victor Aguirre, was hospitalized for more than two months and all of his fingers had to be partially amputated, according to a lawsuit he filed against the building and business owners.
Aguirre alleged that the area contained “hundreds of illegally and improperly stored butane canisters and thousands of illegally and improperly stored nitrous oxide cylinders.”
A fire department report concluded that the blaze, which spread to a nearby building, was fueled by an “excessive quantity” of the containers.
Investigators from the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives concluded that the fire started under a storage rack in the building and that a worker with a lit cigarette was seen in the area. The cause of the fire was ruled accidental.
However, city prosecutors filed more than 300 misdemeanor charges of violating fire and safety codes against Lee, his companies and owners of businesses in the building and nearby properties. That included more than 160 counts against Lee and his companies.
If Lee meets all conditions of his judicial diversion program for two years, the charges will be dismissed.
“Mr. Lee will be deemed by law to have never been charged," said his attorney, Blair Berk. “The exhaustive federal investigation of the tragic fire objectively concluded that the cause was accidental, and there was no finding of any wrongdoing by Mr. Lee or his companies.”
City Attorney Mike Feuer opposed diversion for Lee, noting the severity of the fire, the injuries suffered by the firefighters and Lee's alleged failure “to take steps which could have mitigated the extent of the blaze."
The owners of Smoke Tokes and another business, Green Buddha, agreed in November 2020 to pay $139,000 each to cover investigative costs and to move out of the building. Charges against them were later dismissed. | https://www.michigansthumb.com/news/article/No-jail-for-LA-building-owner-over-explosion-that-17049830.php | 2022-04-01T01:19:02Z |
CONWAY — Voters at the North Conway Water Precinct’s annual meeting approved $23.5 million in funding for long-term projects, with much of the money expected to come from federal sources.
Just under 45 voters attended the meeting held at precinct offices at Sawmill Lane on Wednesday, amending a few articles and passing all but one on the 27-article warrant in just over two-and-a-half hours.
The lone defeated article was No. 20, which was defeated at the urging of North Conway Fire Chief Pat Preece. It had sought $55,000 for upgrades to the department’s radio system but Preece said precinct funding was no longer needed because he and Conway Fire Chief Steve Solomon and Conway Police Chief Chris Mattei last week received approval from Conway selectmen to fund that $139,040 radio upgrade purchase using ARPA (American Recovery Act Program) money.
Article 1 was the election of officers, all of whom were incumbents who ran unopposed. Re-elected were Commissioner Bob Porter (three years); former Superintendent Gary Chandler (one-year term as treasurer), Robert “Tim” Anderson (one-year term as clerk) and attorney Donald Ekberg (moderator, one year).
Ekberg noted at the outset of the annual meeting that began at 7 p.m. that a voter had requested a secret ballot vote for the bonded warrant articles 2-6. He ruled that each of those articles would be discussed and then after that, they would be voted on, with voters dropping their ballots into separate boxes for each of the five articles.
The polls he said would be kept open for an hour in accordance with state law.
In explaining the reasoning behind articles 2-6, Precinct Superintendent Jason Gagnon explained that the precinct was trying to be proactive in the current favorable federal funding climate.
“We’re seeing really a generational funding opportunity at the federal level, especially for Articles 2 and 3,” said Gagnon, noting that he had been told by state officials that the precinct could be looking at a minimum of 50 percent grant funding or debt forgiveness for all of the projects.
The results on articles 2-6 as announced by Ekberg at the end of the session were:
• Article 2 passed, 35-8. It’s a long-term borrowing article for $10 million for the design and construction of a sludge dewatering system at the wastewater treatment plant. The project will only move forward if 50 percent of the cost is offset by principal forgiveness and/or grant funds.
• Article 3 passed, 38-5. It is a long-term borrowing article that seeks $7.8 million for the design and construction of mitigation strategies to address the “meander of the Saco River toward the precinct’s wastewater treatment facility.”
• Article 4 passed 37-4. It seeks $2.99 million in long-term borrowing for wastewater treatment facility upgrades. Gagnon said the precinct already has funding approval from the state with $400,000 in principle forgiveness and $900,000 in ARPA (American Rescue Plan Act) funds.
• Article 5 passed, 33-8. It seeks $1,390,000 for the design and construction of a sewer collection system extension to serve Country Road from Kiana’s Way south in the Village at Kearsarge subdivision.
Anderson proposed amending it to $1 million and take $390,000 from the sewer infrastructure capital reserve but later withdrew it after further discussion.
• Article 6 passed, 35-2. It seeks $1,278,000 in longterm borrowing for the construction of a water main between Skimobile Road and Artist Falls Road to provide a redundant connection between the high- and low-pressure distribution zones.
In other articles, Anderson made a motion to raise the fire department operating budget, Article 11, by $55,0000 to $744,654, using the money from the defeated radio replacement under Article 20.
Preece said the new fire station has higher associated maintenance and fuel costs and $6,000 was being budgeted for a set of filters for the exhaust cleaning system.
Preece, under Article 24, also explained that $35,000 was needed for air conditioning in the decontamination room as that was an oversight in the construction of the new building. He said the funding would come from the unassigned fund balance with no additional tax impact.
Article 13 concerning $126,000 for water efficiency upgrades was amended on a motion by Anderson to add $20,000.
Article 16, seeking $235,000 for a new wastewater sludge truck replacement was increased by $25,000 on a motion by Commissioner Suzanne Nelson due to expected increased vehicle costs.
Voters also authorized commissioners under Article 21 to seek a non-franchise agreement for sewer and water with the proposed Continuum project in the Pine Hill area to the south of Eagles Way in Redstone and to file a petition for that service to the state Public Utilities Commission.
Copies of the annual precinct report are available at precinct offices. For further information, go to ncwpnh.org or call (603) 356-5832. | https://www.conwaydailysun.com/news/local/water-precinct-voters-pass-key-long-term-projects/article_87a8cce6-b11d-11ec-9eb7-afec091b8531.html | 2022-04-01T01:19:02Z |
FRESNO, Calif., March 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Well Done Moving, Inc. once again shows its appreciation for its local community by offering a moving discount to first responders.
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Prime Minister Imran Khan on Thursday held a special meeting with the senior PTI leader and additional general-secretary of the party Amir Mahmood Kayani and Adviser on Parliamentary Affairs Dr Babar Awan to discuss action against dissenting party members.
The premier – ahead of the no-confidence vote – has ordered a strategy to be formulated for issuing show-cause notices to those members of PTI who have refused to follow the party line.
According to sources, the draft for the show-cause notices has been finalised and the notices will be issued to the concerned MNAs under Article 63-A of the Constitution of Pakistan. | https://pakobserver.net/pm-to-take-strict-action-against-dissentients/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=pm-to-take-strict-action-against-dissentients | 2022-04-01T01:19:02Z |
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.
READ MORE: Maryland Paid Family Leave Program Bill Passed To GovernorAll-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.
READ MORE: Maryland Weather: Severe Thunderstorm Warnings For Part Of Central Md., Tornado Watch In Some Areas“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.
By DAVE SKRETTA AP Basketball Writer
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The Lewes British Motorcar Show will take place from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., Saturday, May 7, at the Lewes ferry terminal, 43 Cape Henlopen Drive. Car show registrations are now closed, as the maximum number of vehicles has been reached. Show admission is $5 for...
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March 31, 2022 – The project of P3 Development Group, led by David Jones, Managing Partner & Team Leader, continues to move forward in the Fairgrounds area after a unanimous vote to approve a rezoning which will result in new 55+ housing units by the Metropolitan Planning Commission, and a first hearing by the Savannah City Council at their March 24 meeting.
The petitioner sought approval from the MPC this month to rezone a 3.85-acre portion of a 66.5-acre tract of land on the west side of Meding Street between W. 62nd and W. 63rd. Streets. The rezoning request only applies to the 3.85-acre portion.
Several City Council members voiced approval for the plan, but asked for drawings of the proposed buildings, and more information on their environmental concerns. The Council's second hearing will be held in April. A long list of public support letters were presented to the Council.
The proposed rezoning would change the acreage from C-P (Conservation Park) to RMF-2 (Multifamily Residential). The zoning of the remainder of the parcel would be unchanged.
The balance of the property will be brought back to the Planning Commission, in the future in conjunction with a proposed plan development that is in the process of being developed for a film production company and a community park.
Background on the Property
The subject property was purchased by the City of Savannah in 2016. Prior to the City’s ownership, the property was owned by the Savannah Exchange Club who purchased it in 1952 from a private estate. The Exchange Club used the property primarily to host the Coastal Empire Fair.
In June of 2020, the City of Savannah issued a Request for Proposal (RFP) for the purpose of redeveloping the Fairgrounds property. The intent of the RFP was to receive a plan that would address the strategic priorities of the current City Council members.
The overall redevelopment of the fairground's property is one of the most significant City driven projects in recent history.
New New Zoning Details
The current permitted uses in the RMF-2 zoning district include single family detached and attached housing; two family townhouses; stacked townhouses, and 3-4 family apartments.
The MPC Staff did not find any potential uses that would be an issue for the neighborhood, they stated at the MPC hearing on March 1, 2022.
MPC's staff did a technical review and analysis of those RFP's, and provided a number of recommendations associated with that review.
The portion of the property identified for rezoning would allow phase one, a multifamily senior living project, to commence in the planning stages. The balance of the property will be required to go through a separate zoning process in the future.
The RMF district has standards that are suburban in nature. These include access to a collector or arterial street, required off street parking at one (1) space per unit, and a maximum height of 50 feet.
The subject property is surrounded by single family neighborhoods, which are developed almost exclusively with one-story structures, with lot sizes that are typically 6,000 -7,000 square feet, and homes ranging from 1,200 – 1,500 sq ft. These factors suggest that there should be some transition between the existing residential and any portion of the subject property that may be incompatible from a development standard standpoint. In the RMF districts, density is established at the time of rezoning. The applicant did not include a specific density, according to the MPC staff. However, in discussion with the applicant about the overall project, a density of 25 units per acre would be consistent with the current conceptual plan, allowing a unit count not to exceed 100 residential dwellings.
Relative to height, although a maximum of 50 feet is permitted by the district, staff recommends there be a step back in height from Meding Street in order to provide a transition from the existing residential. And, MPC staff recommended that no buildings abutting Melding Street should exceed two stories and no buildings on site should exceed three stories, up to 45 feet.
Concept plans shared to-date suggest that some combination of these housing types is likely to be developed within the larger fairground redevelopment.
The Staff recommended approval with conditions to rezone a 3.85- acre portion of the subject property from C-P to RMF-2-25, with the number of residential dwelling units in the RMF zoned property not to exceed 100.
And, that Multifamily residential development on the RMF zoned property be restricted to senior (55+) housing with offstreet parking.
MPC member Joseph Ervin asked if the retail consumption, dealer alcohol, was something that the Commission could choose to remove, which Lotson said they could. “It is a Special Use under the RMF-2 zoning classification,” he explained.
Shedrick Coleman said that it was his understanding that this rezoning timeframe is based on the application for historic credits that is tied to this redevelopment towards senior housing, to which Lotson said the timing is critical to get the project going. “The application for those credits need's t take place prior to the time at which the remainder of the plan development would be ready to be presented for consideration.”
Bridget Lidy, Director of Planning and Urban Design, City of Savannah, said, “We are very excited to be carving out approximately three acres of a larger parcel to move forward with developing
senior housing in this area. We are supportive of MPC's recommendations. If there are any uses the commission would like to remove, we are open to looking at that. This is an exciting project, Single Family Housing, Multi Family Housing, Production Studio, and recreation for the residents.
William Gross, WH Gross Construction, said there is a waiting list of approximately 1000 senior citizens. “They are calling every day, the list is continuing to grow. People want to know, what does affordable housing really mean? It is for people that make about 60% of area made income or less. Our rents start at approximately $515 per month. Most go from $515 to about $715 per month. Those are for 1 and 2 bedroom. What we proposed to do is, three and four story buildings.”
“We are working closely with Healthy Savannah, as well as Kingdom Life Ministries to make a difference in the community. Some of the things we will offer on this site are, wellness classes, cooking classes, exercise and activities, fresh market, and food trucks. We will have a workforce apprenticeship,” he explained.
“One of the things we will be doing is putting up ALLURA, which is a Land Use restricted covenant on the property that mandates that it will be for senior citizens for the life expectancy of the building.
Jay Melder, City Manager, also spoke and said, This is a very important part of this project. This is key to the affordable housing goals in the City and it's key to the timing to make sure we are able to put in an application for these tax credits. I urge the Commission to take a positive vote today.”
In the public comments, Pastor Samuel Williams said he would like consideration of inclusiveness for our senior citizens be made. This being the first phase of the development, those that live in the community and have worked all their lives, and will be displaced, give them priority. We support this project, we just ask for support of our elderly, the ones who really need affordable housing in their latter years.”
The motion approved included no Alcohol sales allowed within the development, and was passed unanimously. Not present at the meeting was W. Lee Smith and Tom Woiwode. | https://www.savannahbusinessjournal.com/news/residential_real_estate/march-31-new-55-housing-project-as-part-of-fairgrounds-land-on-westside-not-yet/article_ed52c10e-b114-11ec-8ea1-5328c54bdf2e.html | 2022-04-01T01:19:03Z |
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The House on Thursday passed a bill capping the monthly cost of insulin at $35 for insured patients, part of an election-year push by Democrats for price curbs on prescription drugs at a time of rising inflation.
Experts say the legislation, which passed 232-193, would provide significant relief for privately insured patients with skimpier plans and for Medicare enrollees facing rising out-of-pocket costs for their insulin. Some could save hundreds of dollars annually, and all insured patients would get the benefit of predictable monthly costs for insulin. The bill would not help the uninsured.
But the Affordable Insulin Now Act will serve as a political vehicle to rally Democrats and force Republicans who oppose it into uncomfortable votes ahead of the midterms. For the legislation to pass Congress, 10 Republican senators would have to vote in favor. Democrats acknowledge they don't have an answer for how that's going to happen.
"If 10 Republicans stand between the American people being able to get access to affordable insulin, that's a good question for 10 Republicans to answer," said Rep. Dan Kildee, D-Mich., a cosponsor of the House bill. "Republicans get diabetes, too. Republicans die from diabetes."
Public opinion polls have consistently shown support across party lines for congressional action to limit drug costs.
But Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., complained the legislation is only "a small piece of a larger package around government price controls for prescription drugs." Critics say the bill would raise premiums and fails to target pharmaceutical middlemen seen as contributing to high list prices for insulin.
Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, said Democrats could have a deal on prescription drugs if they drop their bid to authorize Medicare to negotiate prices. "Do Democrats really want to help seniors, or would they rather have the campaign issue?" Grassley said.
The insulin bill, which would take effect in 2023, represents just one provision of a much broader prescription drug package in President Joe Biden's social and climate legislation.
In addition to a similar $35 cap on insulin, the Biden bill would authorize Medicare to negotiate prices for a range of drugs, including insulin. It would penalize drugmakers who raise prices faster than inflation and overhaul the Medicare prescription drug benefit to limit out-of-pocket costs for enrollees.
Biden's agenda passed the House only to stall in the Senate because Democrats could not reach consensus. Party leaders haven't abandoned hope of getting the legislation moving again, and preserving its drug pricing curbs largely intact.
The idea of a $35 monthly cost cap for insulin actually has a bipartisan pedigree. The Trump administration had created a voluntary option for Medicare enrollees to get insulin for $35, and the Biden administration continued it.
In the Senate, Republican Susan Collins of Maine and Democrat Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire are working on a bipartisan insulin bill. Georgia Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock has introduced legislation similar to the House bill, with the support of Sen. Majority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York.
Stung by criticism that Biden's economic policies spur inflation, Democrats are redoubling efforts to show how they'd help people cope with costs. On Thursday, the Commerce Department reported a key inflation gauge jumped 6.4% in February compared with a year ago, the largest year-over-year rise since January 1982.
But experts say the House bill would not help uninsured people, who face the highest out-of-pocket costs for insulin. Also, people with diabetes often take other medications as well as insulin. That's done to treat the diabetes itself, along with other serious health conditions often associated with the disease. The House legislation would not help with those costs, either. Collins says she's looking for a way to help uninsured people through her bill.
About 37 million Americans have diabetes, and an estimated 6 million to 7 million use insulin to keep their blood sugars under control. It's an old drug, refined and improved over the years, that has seen relentless price increases.
Steep list prices don't reflect the rates insurance plans negotiate with manufacturers. But those list prices are used to calculate cost-sharing amounts that patients owe. Patients who can't afford their insulin reduce or skip doses, a strategy born of desperation, which can lead to serious complications and even death.
Economist Sherry Glied of New York University said the market for insulin is a "total disaster" for many patients, particularly those with skimpy insurance plans or no insurance.
"This will make private insurance for people with diabetes a much more attractive proposition," said Glied. | https://www.koaa.com/news/national/house-passes-35-a-month-insulin-cap-as-dems-seek-wider-bill | 2022-04-01T01:19:03Z |
Which backpack leaf blower is best?
If you have a yard or patch of land, you may have some difficulty dealing with leaves in the fall. Smaller yards with fewer trees usually clean up easily with a handheld leaf blower. But if you have a large plot that has plenty of foliage, you might want to consider investing in a backpack leaf blower. These handy devices can significantly cut your workload. And there are a number of worthwhile options in every price range.
The best backpack leaf blower for most consumers is the Echo PB-580T due to its budget-friendly price, performance, weight and reliability.
What to know before you buy a backpack leaf blower
They’re perfect for large jobs
Since backpack leaf blowers are considerably more powerful than handheld models, you won’t have to walk as much. They transfer the bulk of the weight to your back, hips and legs instead of your shoulders and arms.
Most importantly, they let you work on your entire property without being tethered to an electrical outlet. It’s this versatility that makes backpack leaf blowers the go-to choice for contractors and commercial lawn care outfits.
Noise factor
Backpack leaf blowers pack more power than handheld models because it has an internal combustion engine. One of the biggest issues with this is how much noise it makes. Four-cycle backpack leaf blowers are usually in the neighborhood of 70-80 decibels, and two-cycle models can easily exceed 90 decibels. Aside from wearing proper ear protection, you’ll need to consider noise level regulations. Some communities have laws prohibiting the use of lawn power tools that exceed 65 decibels.
Fuel blend
Most backpack leaf blowers have two-cycle engines, which use a combination of gasoline and motor oil. It’s extremely important to remember to use this blend since the wrong mixture could wreck your leaf blower. Most use a fuel-to-oil blend, but this can vary based on the model. Take time to review the manufacturer’s instructions carefully to ensure you use the right formula.
What to look for in a quality backpack leaf blower
Airspeed and cubic feet per minute
Both velocity and volume are important considerations. They’re related but not necessarily correlated. These factors vary depending on the design of the specific model and brand. If you want a truly effective backpack leaf blower that can handle a good amount of space, look for leaf blowers with a velocity of nearly 200 mph or more and at least 500 CFM in volume.
Throttle position
The leaf blower’s throttle control location is a subtle but important detail. Most users find that tube-mounted throttles are more convenient and comfortable to use. Leaf blowers with hip-mounted throttles tend to be slightly less expensive, but that depends on the brand. Ultimately, the choice will come down to your personal preference.
How much you can expect to spend on a backpack leaf blower
The most affordable backpack leaf blowers cost just over $200. The best options for private landowners are in the $500-$700 range. Those with landscaping businesses that do multiple jobs a week might want to invest in even more expensive models, some up in the thousands.
Backpack leaf blower FAQ
Are battery-powered backpack leaf blowers worth it?
A. Not really. If you have enough land and debris to need a backpack leaf blower, there aren’t battery-powered models that will last long enough to complete the job. To be clear, some systems allow you to strap high-powered, long-lasting batteries to your back for running specific leaf blowers, but they cost over $1,000.
What’s the best safety equipment for using a backpack leaf blower?
A. Wear work boots with plenty of traction as well as durable pants and long-sleeve shirts. These are important basics when working with any potentially hazardous tools. In addition, you should also use other safety equipment when using a commercial-grade leaf blower, such as protective glasses, earmuffs, earplugs and work gloves. All of these will keep you safe and ensure you’re protected while you’re using this heavy-duty equipment.
What’s the best backpack leaf blower to buy?
Top backpack leaf blower
What you need to know: It combines the performance of a commercial leaf blower with a consumer-friendly cost and lightweight design.
What you’ll love: It’s powerful enough to satisfy homeowners with large plots and plenty of brush. Echo is a well-respected manufacturer, so it’s an investment you can trust. It boasts a maximum airspeed of 215 mph and weighs just over 22 pounds.
What you should consider: One of its few drawbacks is that you can’t adjust or repair the carburetor.
Where to buy: Sold by Home Depot and Amazon
Top backpack leaf blower for the money
What you need to know: This relatively affordable option doesn’t sacrifice power or comfort.
What you’ll love: It’s one of the rare options that is less than $300 and still offers long-lasting effectiveness. It’s about as light as they come and significantly more powerful than a handheld mode.
What you should consider: It doesn’t quite have the same kind of power that many lawn care professionals need.
Where to buy: Sold by Home Depot
Worth checking out
What you need to know: Put simply, this four-cycle model is a beast of a leaf blower.
What you’ll love: It has more raw power and speed than just about any other option. Plus, since it uses a four-cycle motor, the sound it makes isn’t quite as painfully loud as others. If you need premium performance for professional jobs, this one is a great choice.
What you should consider: While it outperforms much of the competition, it may be too much power for the average homeowner.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon and Home Depot
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Sidewalks and traffic signals along a 5-mile stretch of Waco Drive are getting repaired and upgraded by the Texas Department of Transportation in a $9.9 million effort to make the corridor safer for pedestrians.
Last fall, workers began repairing broken sidewalks deemed trip hazards and replacing traffic signals with up-to-date models that use cameras. The project runs along Waco Drive, or Highway 84, from Lake Air Drive to Clifton Street, and is expected to wrap up this winter, TxDOT Waco District spokesperson Jake Smith said.
“This area was selected due to the elevated risk for pedestrian and intersection-related incidents throughout the corridor,” Smith said.
Traffic lights along Waco Drive are outdated and tend to malfunction during rainstorms, flashing red and creating more of a hazard for drivers, said Jim Reed, city of Waco public works capital program manager.
“It seems like if lightning occurs or a weather event comes through that’s pretty aggressive, it turns those to a red flash,” Reed said. “While it’s a TxDOT-sponsored project that’s related to safety, it does take care of a lot of our needs in that alternative mobility and pedestrian mobility improvement area.”
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Reed said the new traffic lights will use cameras to detect oncoming cars, making them more reliable than the outdated traffic lights that rely on sensors under the pavement.
“I think this is a great project for us,” Reed said, adding that the city is "way behind" on upgrading traffic lights in that area.
The Waco metro area Active Transportation Plan produced by the Waco Metropolitan Planning Organization shows a patchwork of sidewalk in Bad, Fair and Good condition along Waco Drive.
The city of Waco paid engineering consultants Kimley-Horn $976,770 for engineering and design work on the project.
The sidewalk work will also bring the walkways up to current Americans With Disabilities Act standards. The project also includes improvements to intersections along the road.
Funding for the project came out of the $600 million TxDOT dedicated to its Road to Zero initiative, an effort to reduce traffic deaths on Texas roads and eliminate them entirely by 2050.
In 2019 the Texas Transportation Commission tasked TxDOT with cutting pedestrian deaths in half by 2035, which would reduce annual number of deaths to about 1,800 according to a TxDOT press release. At least one person has died on Texas roadways every day since Nov. 7, 2000, a pattern that was not broken even during the height of COVID-19 shutdowns when many Texans were staying home.
According to the state’s Crash Records Information System, Highway 84 through McLennan County has been the site of 52 crashes that have injured 40 people and killed eight from 2017 to the present. Of those, 18 occurred in 2019, the year TxDOT announced its goals. | https://wacotrib.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/9-9-million-waco-drive-project-shapes-up-with-new-sidewalks-traffic-lights/article_e1051e7c-b143-11ec-b661-af585d51c33c.html | 2022-04-01T01:19:04Z |
A Public Inquiry into the Earthquake Commission, led by Dame Silvia Cartwright, resulted in a report two years ago that highlighted shambolic and inept handling of the almost half a million claims following the quakes.
As Labour MP Ingrid Leary told the House, there were many claimants who have gone through the ringer, “who spoke of the lack of operating procedures, poor communication, the repeating of details of their case over and over to different people, which was re-traumatising, and the delays in getting things resolved.
“One person in their submission said, ‘The earthquake didn't break me. EQC almost did’.
“So there were high stress levels, reports of suicidal feelings, and post-traumatic stress, the effects of living in quake-damaged homes for months—or, as we've heard from Nicola Grigg, even for years—and ongoing injuries that happened,” Leary explained.
In a bid to prevent this sort of torture, and to prioritise the needs of claimants, the government has taken up most of the Inquiry report’s recommendations, incorporating them in the Natural Hazards Insurance Bill which would replace the Earthquake Commission Act 1993 and change the name of the Earthquake Commission to Toka Tū Ake – Natural Hazards Commission.
Introduced by David Clark, the Minister responsible for the Earthquake Commission, the Bill proposes a code of conduct defining the rights of claimants, and provides for a dispute resolution service, among other things.
“The bill introduces a range of measures to update the financial governance of the commission to reflect modern practice and to require at least a five-yearly review of the scheme's key financial and risk management settings,” he said during debate on the Bill’s First Reading.
“Changes proposed will make it easier for people with retaining walls, bridges, and culverts to understand what compensation they could receive if these are damaged.”
According to Clark, the bill clarifies regulations relating to repairing buildings and land following a landslip or other land damage.
“It also sets a date for the increased EQC cap of $300,000 to come into effect. Increasing the EQC cap should lead to reduced premiums for many New Zealanders as the Crown absorbs liability and risk from private insurers.”
The move to double the cap to $300,000 was welcomed by Gerry Brownlee, the former minister who led the previous National government’s response to the earthquake disaster - and copped much flak for it.
He said it was difficult for anyone to prepare for major disasters but described the new Bill as timely.
“EQC was one of the biggest purchasers of reinsurance of any company in the world. It's something that perhaps we struggle to get our heads around. We're only covering 5 million people. We're covering the dwellings that exist across the country that number only in the few million. But, none the less, because they were one big buyer, they were able to buy very, very well,” Brownlee reckoned.
The Bill expands the Commission’s remit to also cover other natural hazards such as a tsunami, landslide, hydrothermal or volcanic activity, flood, storm, or a natural hazard fire.
Still, National’s Stuart Smith identified a space rock-sized hole in the Bill.
“I think it's clause 23 where it defines the events that would be covered by the commission. It doesn't include meteor strikes—a very unlikely event, but it is something that can and does happen. Meteor strikes, actually, are covered by reinsurance, and most—not all, but some—existing insurance policies do cover meteor strikes. If we are going to have a sort of socialised insurance cost, surely that would be one of the things that should be covered,” Smith said.
Having passed its first reading, the Natural Hazards Insurance Bill now goes to the Finance and Expenditure Committee for consideration, and they’ll be asking for public feedback on it.
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- By Johnny Blades, The House Journalist | https://www.odt.co.nz/star-news/star-christchurch/earthquake-didnt-break-me-eqc-almost-did-lessons-christchurch-inform | 2022-04-01T01:19:03Z |
By HALELUYA HADERO and ANNE D’INNOCENZIO
AP Business Writers
NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon workers in Alabama appear to have rejected a union bid in a tight race, according to early results on Thursday. But outstanding challenged votes could change the outcome.
In New York, union supporters have the edge in a count that will continue Friday morning.
Warehouse workers in Bessemer, Alabama, voted 993 to 875 against forming a union. The National Labor Relations Board, which oversees the election, said that 416 challenged votes could potentially overturn that result. A hearing has not yet been set to decide if any the challenged votes will be counted, but it is expected in the next few weeks.
“This is just the beginning and we will continue to fight,” said Stuart Appelbaum, president of the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union, which is organizing the union drive in Bessemer, during a Thursday press conference.
The close election marks a sharp contrast to last year, when Amazon workers overwhelmingly rejected the union.
Meanwhile, in a separate union election in Staten Island, New York, the nascent Amazon Labor Union is leading by more than 350 votes out of about 2,670 counted. Counting is expected to continue Friday morning.
If a majority votes yes at either location, it would mark the first successful U.S. organizing effort in Amazon history. Organizers have faced an uphill battle against the nation’s second-largest private employer, which is making every effort to keep unions out.
In New York, the ALU has led the charge to form a union along with Chris Smalls, a fired Amazon employee who now leads the fledging group. Turnout for the in-person election was unclear but Smalls was hopeful of victory.
“To be leading in Day One and be up a couple hundred against a trillion dollar company, this is the best feeling in the world,” Smalls said after the conclusion of Thursday’s counting.
While Smalls’ attention has been focused on securing victory in New York, similar efforts in Alabama also weighed heavily.
“I’m not too sure what’s going on Alabama right now, but I know that the sky’s the limit if you can organize any warehouse,” he said, noting that the vote in Alabama could well end up differently. “I hope that they’re successful. I don’t know what’s going on yet, but we know we show our support and solidarity with them.”
The warehouse in Staten Island employs more than 8,300 workers, who pack and ship supplies to customers based mostly in the Northeast. A labor win there was considered difficult, but organizers believe their grassroots approach is more relatable to workers and could help them overcome where established unions have failed in the past.
After a crushing defeat last year, when a majority of workers voted against forming a union, RWDSU is hoping for a different outcome in the Bessemer election, in which mail-in ballots were sent to 6,100 workers in early February. Federal labor officials scrapped the results of the first election there and ordered a re-do after ruling Amazon tainted the election process.
The RWDSU said election there had a turnout rate of about 39% this year, much smaller than last year’s election.
Amazon has pushed back hard. The retail giant held mandatory meetings, where workers were told unions are a bad idea. The company also launched an anti-union website targeting workers and placed English and Spanish posters across the Staten Island facility urging them to reject the union. In Bessemer, Amazon has made some changes to but still kept a controversial U.S. Postal Service mailbox that was key in the NLRB’s decision to invalidate last year’s vote.
New York is more labor-friendly than Alabama, a right-to-work state that prohibits a company and a union from signing a contract that requires workers to pay dues to the union that represents them. But some experts believe that won’t make much of a difference in the outcome of the Staten Island election, citing federal labor laws that favor employers, and Amazon’s anti-union stance.
“The employer is the same, and that’s the key thing,” said Ruth Milkman, a sociologist of labor and labor movements at the City University of New York. “Amazon is resisting this with everything it’s got.”
The mostly Black workforce at the Alabama facility, which opened in 2020, mirrors the Bessemer population of more than 70% Black residents, according to the latest U.S. Census data. There’s little public transportation, so many of the Amazon workers drive to the facility from as far away as metro Montgomery, nearly 100 miles to the south.
Pro-union workers say they want better working conditions, longer breaks and higher wages. Regular full-time employees at the Bessemer facility earn at least $15.80 an hour, higher than the estimated $14.55 per hour on average in the city. That figure is based on an analysis of the U.S. Census Bureau’s annual median household income for Bessemer of $30,284, which could include more than one worker.
The ALU said they don’t have a demographic breakdown of the warehouse workers in Staten Island and Amazon declined to provide the information to The Associated Press, citing the union vote. Internal records leaked to The New York Times from 2019 showed more than 60% of the hourly associates at the facility were Black or Latino, while most of managers were white or Asian. But it’s unclear how the facility’s high turnover rate may have shifted things.
Amazon workers often travel from across the New York metro area by subway and then take a 40-minute long public bus ride to get to the warehouse. At a nearby bus stop, organizers have put up signs encouraging workers to vote in favor of the union. “WE’RE NOT MACHINES WE’RE HUMAN BEINGS,” one reads, a nod to worker complaints about long shifts and the company’s “time off task” tool that dings employees for taking too many breaks.
Among other things, Staten Island workers are seeking longer breaks, paid time off for injured employees and an hourly wage of $30, up from a minimum of just over $18 per hour offered by the company. A spokesperson for Amazon said the company invests in wages and benefits, such as health care, 401(k) plans and a prepaid college tuition program to help grow workers’ careers.
“As a company, we don’t think unions are the best answer for our employees,” the spokesperson said in an emailed statement. “Our focus remains on working directly with our team to continue making Amazon a great place to work.”
In Staten Island, warehouse workers like 22-year-old Elijah Ramos said they planned to vote against the union, doubting the ALU can get Amazon to agree to higher wages and other benefits. Ramos said he believes organizers don’t have enough experience to represent him.
Although he thinks a union could bring good things, Ramos said it also might constantly butt heads with the company and create more complications.
“It’s better to deal with what we have now than to deal with something where we don’t know what they’re going to do,” he said.
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Associated Press staff writers Tali Arbel and Bobby Caina Calvan in New York contributed to this report.
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Kamiyah Mobley was nearing adulthood when she learned that the woman who she believed was her mother was actually a kidnapper who abducted her from a maternity ward years before.
But after being raised by Gloria Williams, Mobley still views the convicted felon as her mother and is begging for her release from prison. A judge recently denied Williams’ motion to have her sentence reduced from 18 years to 9 years, First Coast News reports.
The ruling comes after Mobley filed a plea asking the judge to show mercy to Williams despite abducting her years before. It was June 2018 when Williams was sentenced to 18 years in prison for disguising herself as a nurse and kidnapping Mobley from a maternity ward in 1998.
Williams was at the University Medical Center (now UF Health Jacksonville) in July 1998 when she pretended to befriend Kamiyah Mobley’s mother, Shanara Mobley, who was just 15 years old at the time. Once inside the maternity ward, Williams stole her baby eight hours after she was born.
The case went cold after a months-long manhunt for the child. But Williams’ luck ran out in 2017 when authorities arrested her at her home in Walterboro, South Carolina, when Mobley was 18 years old.
In December, Williams and Mobley both sent letters to the judge asking to have her sentence reduced, News 4 Jax reports.
“I ask for the court’s grace and mercy, as I need my mother here,” Mobley wrote.
Both Williams and Mobley said there was no justification for the kidnapping while asking for leniency. In her motion, Williams claims the three years she has spent in prison helped to rehabilitate her and understand her wrongs.
“I have a new perspective on life as a result of my experiences while incarcerated. Rehabilitation within the Department of Corrections comes only to those who sincerely desire to strive for self-betterment and change,” Williams wrote. | https://www.blackenterprise.com/woman-abducted-at-birth-begs-court-to-release-kidnapper-i-need-my-mother-home/ | 2022-04-01T01:19:04Z |
After vaccinating thousands against Covid-19, this CNN Hero is fighting inequity in the medical system
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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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With three rounds of playoffs in the books, state games are just around the corner. Before teams can get to that point, though, they still have a bit left to play! UIL Class 6A Region I soccer is slated to see some of the best teams in the state face off for their chances to continue chasing a title. With two great seasons behind them, Allen and Plano are set to face off on Friday, April 1st. So, what can fans expect from this regional quarterfinals matchup?
Plano Wildcats (16-4-3, 8-3-3)
Finishing at the top of their district this season, the Wildcats have made sure to leave no stone unturned. Dropping only three games in district play, Plano has been led to success with smart offensive play. With 10 shut-outs to their name, the Wildcats entered playoffs strong- ready to prove everything that they are. The team has come out victorious over some of the strongest teams in the area including Garland, Rowlett, Hebron, Plano West, and more. In playoffs, Plano ended runs for Denton Guyer and Lake Highlands.
Allen Eagles (16-4-2, 9-1-2)
The Eagles finished in the first place spot in their district with a77% win percentage. The team posted big wins over the likes of North Mesquite, South Garland, Prosper, Denton Braswell, and more en route to playoffs. Led by Matios Nebiyou and Rocky Otzizul, the Eagles have outscored their opponents by a combined 26 goals. Their ability to take a strong lead has helped the Eagles defeat Coppell and Irving so far in the playoffs.
What To Expect:
Allen is on a mission to get back to where they were last season. Because of that- they are willing to pull out all the stops during the regional quarterfinals. Fans can expect to see the Eagles play with sharp-witted defense against Plano’s offense. Plano is ready to prove that they have what it takes to take down a team with the reputation that Allen has. Last season, Plano fell in the first round of playoffs. This season, they’ve taken each game by storm.
Fans can expect to see a hard-fought match. Although Allen is consistent and typically prepared to succeed, the Eagles might underestimate the power of Plano. Plano has proven to be just as consistent as Allen all season and may just have some tricks up their sleeves still! The match is set to begin at 7 p.m. at Children’s Health Stadium in Prosper. | https://cw33.com/sports/high-school-sports/regional-quarterfinal-preview-plano-vs-allen-boys-soccer/ | 2022-04-01T01:19:04Z |
Louisville Football To Hold Spring Game on Sunday
LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Football returns to Cardinal Stadium Sunday, April 3, when the University of Louisville hosts its Spring Game at 4 p.m. The event, which will resemble a more traditional practice than a typical game, is free to the public. The scrimmage will be televised on the ACC Network with Wes Durham, Rocky Boiman and Lericia Harris.
The Cardinals will conduct a traditional practice for approximately the first 40 minutes until head coach Scott Satterfield puts his team through a controlled scrimmage situation, which will feature several drives that will last a minimum of eight plays.
UofL fans will get their first look at the 2022 Cardinals, which features exciting new staff members, newcomers and transfers to join a team that returns 16 starters from last year's squad that appeared in the First Responder Bowl.
The Cardinals return one of the most exciting offensive players in the nation in quarterback Malik Cunningham. The four-year starter rushed for 1,034 yards and threw for a career best 2,941 yards and 19 touchdowns. The defense will once again be anchored by second team all-conference linebacker Yasir Abdullah, who recorded 10 sacks a year ago and 17 tackles for loss.
Parking lots will open at noon and fans can enter the stadium beginning at 3 p.m., with seating only on the East side of the stadium.
Fans can enter Gate 2 of Cardinal Stadium and the first 5,000 fans will receive a free 2022 Football Schedule Poster.
Former UofL great and Super Bowl MVP Deion Branch will entertain the crowd with interviews from coaches and selected players during the game. | https://louisville.rivals.com/news/louisville-football-to-hold-spring-game-on-sunday | 2022-04-01T01:19:05Z |
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The mystery gap in Trump phone logs has many possible explanations
By Zachary Cohen, Katelyn Polantz, Ryan Nobles, Annie Grayer and Ashley Semler, CNN
In the seven hours during which White House records show no phone calls to or from then-President Donald Trump on January 6, 2021, among the calls that are conspicuously absent is one Trump made to then-Vice President Mike Pence that morning from the Oval Office.
While the call is not specifically noted in the presidential diary or the presidential call log, its existence has been corroborated by multiple sources who were with Trump and Pence that day, including former aides who testified before the House select committee investigating the US Capitol attack.
And it’s not the only call Trump is known to have made in that timeframe that is not reflected in the records.
The mystery of the seven-hour gap has fueled furious speculation as to why calls are missing. That includes allegations that Trump was using “burner phones” (which he has denied) or that the logs were purposely suppressed.
The missing calls underscore something more endemic: the imperfect and antiquated system of tracking a president’s communications.
The White House call log is generated by a switchboard system that dates back to the 1960s, according to the National Archives. The version installed in 1963 was already considered “somewhat outdated” just two decades later.
And it’s certainly not one suited for the era of cell phones and text messages or to a President well known for his efforts to circumvent official channels of communications.
Bypassing the call log
There could be various reasons that explain the gap in the call log itself.
One possibility is that Trump was speaking to people from a cell phone. As CNN has previously reported, Trump had a habit of using his and other people’s phones to make or receive calls.
Another explanation could be that Trump had aides place direct calls from the Oval Office, bypassing the switchboard.
A former White House staffer who served in the Obama Administration told CNN that if then-President Barrack Obama wanted to make a call to someone from the Oval Office, he would normally ask an aide seated nearby to dial the person. The aide would then call the number and hit transfer to connect the caller to the President.
That call would not go through the White House switchboard and therefore would not be recorded on the White House switchboard log, the former staffer said.
Another factor seems to be where Trump was when he made certain calls. All the calls noted from the January 6 log indicate they were made from the White House residence, suggesting Trump relied on the switchboard to put those calls through. The missing calls appear to start when the diary notes Trump has moved from the residence to the Oval Office.
Trump used the switchboard more often when he was in the private residence, according to multiple sources. But when he was in the Oval Office, the former President would often direct aides sitting outside his office to get certain lawmakers or allies of his on the phone.
Two former Trump officials believe this, plus the chaotic nature of the West Wing on January 6, is what led to the gaps in the call logs.
Calls also should have been documented in the Presidential Daily Diary, which is compiled by an Archives employee detailed to the White House. While it’s supposed to include “impromptu moments such as staff member drop-ins and telephone calls,” the diarist’s account is only as good as the information he or she receives from the President’s staff.
The former Obama staffer also acknowledged this process was more of an honor system and dependent on how meticulous aides serving in other administrations were or what instructions they were given.
No explanation has been given so far why calls known to have been made in the hours Trump was in the Oval Office are not documented in the presidential diary.
Chaotic record-keeping
Multiple sources have described the record-keeping during the Trump administration as generally chaotic. Those sources, as well as witnesses who have testified as part of previous congressional investigations related to the former President’s conduct described Trump as deeply suspicious of the White House switchboard and detailed various ways he sought to avoid having records of certain phone calls from being kept.
A Senate Intelligence report from 2020 includes witness testimony from former aides saying that Trump regularly used the cellphone of his body man, Keith Schiller, to place calls to Republican operative Roger Stone because he did not want his to advisers to know they were talking.
“Trump hated people knowing who he spoke to, including from the residence at night when they went through the switchboard,” one former Trump official told CNN.
When John Kelly was Trump’s chief of staff, he monitored the switchboard to see who Trump was talking to. Trump would often tell people to hang up and call him back on his cellphone if he didn’t want it showing up on the switchboard call log.
When Mark Meadows took over as chief of staff, sources said he restricted the number of White House officials who had access to the call logs, limiting the group to only a small number of top aides.
Filling in the gaps
Despite the gap in the call logs, the House select committee is relying on witness testimony, additional documents and phone records obtained via subpoena to begin piecing together who Trump spoke to that day.
This is especially true for the missing call to Pence. That call is a key point in the House’s argument that Trump was taking part in criminal activity, as he kept pressuring Pence to block Congress from certifying the election. Trump has not been charged with any crime.
Pence’s former national security adviser, Keith Kellogg, described the call in his testimony before the committee earlier this year, telling investigators that he and other top aides were in the Oval Office with Trump when it took place. He said he could only hear what Trump said, and not Pence’s responses.
Kellogg’s recounting of the conversation was cited in the committee’s letter in late January to Trump’s daughter, Ivanka, requesting that she too appear before the panel and cooperate in the probe.
“As January 6th approached, President Trump attempted on multiple occasions to persuade Vice President Pence to participate in his plan. One of the President’s discussions with the Vice President occurred by phone on the morning of January 6th,” the letter stated.
“You were present in the Oval Office and observed at least one side of that telephone conversation. General Keith Kellogg was also present in the Oval Office during that call, and has testified about that discussion,” it added.
CNN reported last month that Ivanka Trump was in discussions to voluntarily appear before the committee for an interview. Others who witnessed the call take place have already testified.
Committee members have said that witness testimony is not the only way they have been able to fill in some of the gaps in official records like the White House logs and daily diary.
“Whether it’s a witness who is unwilling to cooperate with us or whether there are gaps in documentation that we have received, we will get that information some other way,” Rep. Stephanie Murphy told CNN+’s Kasie Hunt on “The Source” on Wednesday. “Those conversations weren’t one-way conversations. There was somebody on the other side of those conversations and we’ll get the information that way.”
“We’re triangulating basically from a lot of different angles and we are getting a fulsome picture of what happened in the run up to and on the day of January 6th,” Murphy added.
Mississippi Democratic Rep. Bennie Thompson, the chairman of the select committee, told CNN on Wednesday the panel has not received any vice presidential phone log records from the National Archives.
But earlier this month, Thompson told CNN the committee had “started to receive” vice presidential records, without specifying which ones. The Archives has turned over a tranche of vice presidential records, as well as documents chronicling calls to the vice president that were White House records.
One call is noted in the presidential diary even though it is not in the call log that day.
A document obtained by the House is the President’s private schedule, and it shows handwritten notes appearing to capture phone calls with Sen. Kelly Loeffler from 11:17-11:20 a.m., and with “VPOTUS” at 11:20 a.m. on January 6, 2021.
The presidential daily diary handed over to the panel does show Trump placed “a phone call to an unidentified person” at 11:17 a.m. on the morning of January 6 but does not make reference to the 11:20 a.m. call. Neither conversation is reflected in the White House call log.
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Irish farmers urged to grow more crops in response to Ukraine war
Farmers in Ireland are being urged grow more barley, oats and wheat in the wake of the war in Ukraine.
The Government is hoping a new multi-million euro scheme, launched on Thursday, will ensure the backing of farmers in the bid to boost crop production.
The 10 million euro (£8.5 million) scheme was quickly put together by the Department of Agriculture, after the Russian invasion of Ukraine fuelled concerns about the stability and security of grain imports to Ireland.
Both Ukraine and Russia are major sources of wheat and other cereals.
The Irish Government last week approved a 12 million euro (£10 million) package for tillage farmers, which the tillage scheme a key part of the measures agreed.
Agriculture Minister Charlie McConalogue said that the Government had moved quickly to encourage farmers to grow more crops.
“The Tillage Incentive Scheme aims to support farmers to grow more tillage crops in 2022, to reduce Ireland’s dependency on imported feed material,” he said.
“We have acted quickly to put this package in place and I am grateful to my Department and everyone in the sector for working so hard to deliver it.”
He said that the 10 million euro budget “reflects a contribution towards the increase in the cost of growing crops in 2022″.
Farmers have already been hit by the growing cost of fertiliser, with already-high prices pushed higher still by the war.
In Ireland, growers had said that meeting more ambitious targets would be a challenge.
The scheme closes on May 16 2022.
Mr McConalogue stated: “I urge farmers to take account of the Tillage Incentive Scheme when deciding on crops to sow in the coming days and weeks.”
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McALESTER, Okla. (AP) — Anti-death penalty advocate Lea Rodger says she is keenly aware of the realities facing her and Richard Glossip, who she married this week inside the Oklahoma State Penitentiary where he sits on death row.
Glossip, 59, already has narrowly escaped execution three times and could be the next man Oklahoma puts to death now that the state has lifted a nearly seven-year moratorium on executions put in place due to mishaps in his case and others.
Rodger, 32, a paralegal who has spent more than a decade advocating for an end to capital punishment, says that’s one of the reasons she didn’t want to waste time marrying her new husband.
“For Rich, surviving three execution attempts, possibly facing a fourth, the one thing he’s really taken away from that is: Don’t take anything for granted … really live in the moment,” Rodger told The Associated Press before they wed Tuesday in a small ceremony inside the Oklahoma State Penitentiary.
“I think both of us do a good job at that, and that’s why it was important to us that we do this now while we know we can make this commitment with each other,” said Rodger, of Lutz, Florida, who is now a law student.
In a statement provided to the AP, Glossip said: “After all I have been through, losing so much of my life and everyone in it, I have been blessed beyond all imagination.”
Although marriages of death row inmates don’t happen often, they aren’t completely unusual either, said Robert Dunham, executive director of the Death Penalty Information Center. He said the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in Loving v. Virginia, which prohibits bans on interracial marriages, has since been applied to people in prison.
“Marriage is among the fundamental personal rights that prisoners retain,” Dunham said.
Some of the most notorious inmates in the country have married after being imprisoned. Convicted serial killer Ted Bundy married his fianceewhile on death row in Florida. Erik Menendez and his brother, Lyle Menendez, serving life sentences for murdering their parents in 1989 in their Beverly Hills mansion, both were married in prison. Richard Ramirez, the demonic serial killer known as the Night Stalker who left satanic signs at murder scenes and mutilated victims’ bodies during a reign of terror in the 1980s, wed while on death row in California.
In Oklahoma, marriage ceremonies for people who are incarceratedare conducted twice a year, in March and September. The inmate or fiancee is responsible for all costs associated with the marriage, including court fees and, if necessary, transportation costs if the county requires the couple to sign the county’s marriage record book. Oklahoma does not allow conjugal visits, even for newly married inmates, but Rodger said they were able to hold hands and kiss during Tuesday’s ceremony.
It is the second prison marriage for Glossip, who filed for divorce from his first wife, Leigha Joy Jurasik, of New Jersey, who he married in 2018 when Jurasik was 21. They divorced last year, and court records show Jurasik didn’t show up to a hearing last year in which a judge ordered her to pay Glossip $100 per week for 85 weeks to cover a $5,000 alimony award and $3,500 for Glossip’s legal fees. Jurasik didn’t respond to a voicemail and messages seeking comment on her marriage to Glossip.
Glossip is perhaps best known for the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case that bears his name. In 2015, a split court found constitutional the use of the sedative midazolam in lethal injections.
Glossip’s case attracted international attention after actress Susan Sarandon — who won an Academy Award for her portrayal of death penalty opponent Sister Helen Prejean’s fight to save a man on Louisiana’s death row in the 1995 movie “Dead Man Walking” — took up his cause in real life. Prejean herself has served as Glossip’s spiritual adviser and frequently visited him in prison.
Glossip was twice convicted and sentenced to die for ordering the January 1997 killing of Barry Van Treese, who owned the Oklahoma City motel where Glossip worked. Prosecutors said Justin Sneed, a motel handyman, admitted robbing and beating Van Treese, but said he did so only after Glossip promised to pay him $10,000. Sneed, who was the key witness against Glossip at both of his trials, is currently serving a life sentence without parole.
Glossip has twice been within hours of receiving a lethal injection when his execution was called off. He got a two-week reprieve in September 2015 to allow his lawyer time to pursue an innocence claim. Two weeks later, after a court rejected that, he was about to be escorted to the execution chamber when prison officials realized they had received the wrong drug for his execution. That led to a nearly seven-year moratorium on the death penalty in Oklahoma that ended last fall. Now, he is the lead plaintiff in a federal lawsuit again challenging the state’s lethal injection method as unconstitutional. Another lawyer, Don Knight, is seeking to overturn his conviction based on a claim of innocence.
Sheila Isenberg, who recently finished a second edition of her 1991 book, “Women Who Love Men Who Kill,” and has extensively interviewed women who seek relationships with convicted killers, as well as psychiatrists, social workers and prison officials, said some women are attracted to men who commit particularly heinous crimes, such as serial killers or mass murderers.
“In Richard Glossip’s case, he is neither a serial killer nor a mass murderer, but he is nevertheless notorious,” Isenberg said.
Rodger bristled at the suggestion that Glossip’s notoriety is what attracted her to him. She said she never even considered marriage when she added Glossip to a list of prisoners she sends Christmas cards to each year.
Ultimately, correspondence via letters gave way to phone calls, and Rodger said she and Glossip quickly developed a deep connection.
“We had that instant comfort with each other, like you’ve known someone your whole life,” she recalled.
“This isn’t about attention,” she continued. “I’m a very private person. It just happens to be the circumstances that we’re in. I believe the attention should be focused on his innocence. He has already lost 25 years of his life.”
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Follow Sean Murphy at www.twitter.com/apseanmurphy. | https://www.mypanhandle.com/news/national-news/anti-death-penalty-advocate-weds-man-on-oklahoma-death-row/ | 2022-04-01T01:19:06Z |
What You Need To Know About XP Inc.'s (NASDAQ:XP) Investor Composition
Every investor in XP Inc. (NASDAQ:XP) should be aware of the most powerful shareholder groups. Institutions often own shares in more established companies, while it's not unusual to see insiders own a fair bit of smaller companies. We also tend to see lower insider ownership in companies that were previously publicly owned.
XP has a market capitalization of US$17b, so it's too big to fly under the radar. We'd expect to see both institutions and retail investors owning a portion of the company. In the chart below, we can see that institutions own shares in the company. Let's take a closer look to see what the different types of shareholders can tell us about XP.
View our latest analysis for XP
What Does The Institutional Ownership Tell Us About XP?
Institutional investors commonly compare their own returns to the returns of a commonly followed index. So they generally do consider buying larger companies that are included in the relevant benchmark index.
XP already has institutions on the share registry. Indeed, they own a respectable stake in the company. This implies the analysts working for those institutions have looked at the stock and they like it. But just like anyone else, they could be wrong. When multiple institutions own a stock, there's always a risk that they are in a 'crowded trade'. When such a trade goes wrong, multiple parties may compete to sell stock fast. This risk is higher in a company without a history of growth. You can see XP's historic earnings and revenue below, but keep in mind there's always more to the story.
XP is not owned by hedge funds. Our data shows that XP Control LLC is the largest shareholder with 19% of shares outstanding. In comparison, the second and third largest shareholders hold about 12% and 11% of the stock.
We also observed that the top 6 shareholders account for more than half of the share register, with a few smaller shareholders to balance the interests of the larger ones to a certain extent.
While studying institutional ownership for a company can add value to your research, it is also a good practice to research analyst recommendations to get a deeper understand of a stock's expected performance. Quite a few analysts cover the stock, so you could look into forecast growth quite easily.
Insider Ownership Of XP
The definition of company insiders can be subjective and does vary between jurisdictions. Our data reflects individual insiders, capturing board members at the very least. Company management run the business, but the CEO will answer to the board, even if he or she is a member of it.
Insider ownership is positive when it signals leadership are thinking like the true owners of the company. However, high insider ownership can also give immense power to a small group within the company. This can be negative in some circumstances.
Our most recent data indicates that insiders own less than 1% of XP Inc.. But they may have an indirect interest through a corporate structure that we haven't picked up on. As it is a large company, we'd only expect insiders to own a small percentage of it. But it's worth noting that they own US$55m worth of shares. Arguably recent buying and selling is just as important to consider. You can click here to see if insiders have been buying or selling.
General Public Ownership
With a 14% ownership, the general public, mostly comprising of individual investors, have some degree of sway over XP. This size of ownership, while considerable, may not be enough to change company policy if the decision is not in sync with other large shareholders.
Private Equity Ownership
With a stake of 11%, private equity firms could influence the XP board. Sometimes we see private equity stick around for the long term, but generally speaking they have a shorter investment horizon and -- as the name suggests -- don't invest in public companies much. After some time they may look to sell and redeploy capital elsewhere.
Private Company Ownership
We can see that Private Companies own 37%, of the shares on issue. Private companies may be related parties. Sometimes insiders have an interest in a public company through a holding in a private company, rather than in their own capacity as an individual. While it's hard to draw any broad stroke conclusions, it is worth noting as an area for further research.
Next Steps:
It's always worth thinking about the different groups who own shares in a company. But to understand XP better, we need to consider many other factors.
Many find it useful to take an in depth look at how a company has performed in the past. You can access this detailed graph of past earnings, revenue and cash flow.
But ultimately it is the future, not the past, that will determine how well the owners of this business will do. Therefore we think it advisable to take a look at this free report showing whether analysts are predicting a brighter future.
NB: Figures in this article are calculated using data from the last twelve months, which refer to the 12-month period ending on the last date of the month the financial statement is dated. This may not be consistent with full year annual report figures.
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Oscars producer Will Packer said Los Angeles police were ready to arrest Will Smith after Smith slapped Chris Rock on the Academy Awards stage.
“They were saying, you know, this is battery, was a word they used in that moment," Packer said in a clip released by ABC News Thursday night of an interview he gave to “Good Morning America.” “They said we will go get him. We are prepared. We’re prepared to get him right now. You can press charges, we can arrest him. They were laying out the options.”
But Packer said Rock was “very dismissive” of the idea.
“He was like, ‘No, no, no, I’m fine,” Packer said. "And even to the point where I said, ‘Rock, let them finish.’ The LAPD officers finished laying out what his options were and they said, ‘Would you like us to take any action?’ And he said no.”
The LAPD said in a statement after Sunday night's ceremony that they were aware of the incident, and that Rock had declined to file a police report. The department declined comment Thursday on Packer's interview, a longer version of which will air on Friday morning.
The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences met Wednesday to initiate disciplinary proceedings against Smith for violations against the group’s standards of conduct. Smith could be suspended, expelled or otherwise sanctioned.
The academy said in a statement that “Mr. Smith’s actions at the 94th Oscars were a deeply shocking, traumatic event to witness in-person and on television."
Without giving specifics, the academy said Smith was asked to leave the ceremony at the Dolby Theatre, but refused to do so.
Smith strode from his front row seat on to the stage and slapped Rock after a joke Rock made about Smith's wife, Jada Pinkett Smith, when he was on stage to present the Oscar for best documentary.
On Monday, Smith issued an apology to Rock, the academy and to viewers, saying “I was out of line and I was wrong.”
The academy said Smith has the opportunity to defend himself in a written response before the board meets again on April 18.
Rock publicly addressed the incident for the first time, but only briefly, at the beginning of a standup show Wednesday night in Boston, where he was greeted by a thunderous standing ovation. He said “I’m still kind of processing what happened.”
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Follow AP Entertainment Writer Andrew Dalton on Twitter: https://twitter.com/andyjamesdalton | https://www.michigansthumb.com/news/article/Oscars-producer-says-police-offered-to-arrest-17049804.php | 2022-04-01T01:19:08Z |
Mirror mirror on the wall, who is the fairest of them all?
“My Royal Rump, you are the fairest in the Land.”
Behold, a message of hope and glad tidings from me, the most loathed and loved royal rump in the land: Q’s ass.
No-one cares what Q has to say. I am the great unsung hero, while Q has always been a zero (with an awkward diagonal dash through the lower right corner). This unworthy vessel for my greatness has been riding my illustrious coattails his entire life, a free-ride that ends today.
Elvis’s gyrating pelvis has nothing on me. I am the big shake and tectonic quake. When I pass gas, typhoons form in the Pacific. With one full lunar beam, oceans shift and the fates of nations are at once decided.
Q has no identity apart from me. Just ask anyone on the street, “do you know Q?” “I think I do,” they’ll say, “he’s the guy who mooned Trump.” There is nothing Q can ever say or or do to outshine me.
Legions of MAGA followers have piled on and criticized Q for mooning the former President of the United States. With a blinding light that makes Excalibur seem dull, I revealed myself to his son Donald Trump Jr., bearing the same name as his father. Because the President spent more time on Twitter than actually governing, we know the message was delivered to him via his son’s Twitter feed, exactly as I had planned. Q does not deserve any credit for saving the Republic. Nay, History shall record that it was I, and not Q, that performed this messianic deed.
In fact, Q is mostly a bumbling fool who spends his days clumsily slipping on banana peels and stepping on lawn rakes only to be smacked violently in the face by the wooden handle. He’s a pitiful wretch, best understood as an unattractive mole on my otherwise perfect surface.
As a blind squirrel now and again finds a nut, so too Q once found true love. But the apple of his eye was always in it for the forbidden fruit (that’s me), and not Q himself. She rightly dumped the worthless dirtbag, but secretly longs to see me again.
Now I know what you’re thinking: “by golly, that poor Q, I feel bad for him.” Before you waste an ounce of emotional energy pitying him, consider me. Like the cursed Sisyphus forced to spend an eternity pushing a stone up the hill, I must spend my days attached to Q. Can you imagine being welded to this chucklehead? I, a great ass with a loathsome donkey for a siamese twin!
In certain quarters, men of lesser letters have taken exception to Q’s odious public name-calling. But we all know that the clown with the least substance will always turn to personal attacks in order to compensate for his weakness. And so it is with Q, a goober who was once hoofed in the groin after standing behind a cranky mule and taunting it with funny faces.
The only person whose judgment is more questionable than Q’s, is the Sun’s Chief Editor, Mark Guerringue’s, because evidently he thinks that Q’s rants somehow contribute to a deeper understanding of politics and local human affairs. The decline of civilization has never been measured in the sudden collapse of empires, but in one thousand small degradations such as this.
And it shall forever remain both a tragedy and travesty that voices such as mine will only be heard on April 1st. As a result, the masses shall be stuck in the cave of ignorance, a desperate place that Plato so aptly described—forever denied the enlightenment that can only be furnished by a brilliant full moon. Only Captain Marvel can save humanity now, elevating student test scores to 100 by reducing teacher salaries to zero.
The day shall come when Q will shed this mortal coil, and I’ll relocate from his blue jeans and step on to the pages of history. We know that had Cleopatra’s nose been smaller, Caesar and Antony would’ve never succumbed to her aura, and the entire course of history would’ve changed. In a like manner, great minds will someday spill ink debating how my blinding light altered the march of civilization. And etched on Q’s grave stone the words, “A Lousy Philosopher and His Noble Ass.”
Wishing all a very joyous and propitious April Fool’s Day. | https://www.conwaydailysun.com/opinion/columns/quddus-snyder-a-fool/article_bf447a90-ae31-11ec-8e71-2b3b4639cc76.html | 2022-04-01T01:19:08Z |
BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Corey Brandon took 15-year-old Braylon Gannon under his wing, giving him a job and mentoring him at his tire shop in West Baltimore. He hired Gannon last summer at the request of Braylon’s mom, a friend since childhood.
“She brought him down here to me and said, ‘Corey, put my son to work, keep him off the streets,’” Brandon told WJZ Investigator Mike Hellgren.
READ MORE: Maryland Paid Family Leave Program Bill Passed To GovernorBraylon was supposed to be working last Saturday morning. But just hours earlier, he was shot in the head multiple times.
A passerby found him in an alley in the 2400-block of West Lafayette Avenue, less than a mile away from the tire shop. There is now an $8,000 reward in the case.
“It was heartbreaking because he’s a good kid, not in the street, was working. Quite naturally, when I found out, it really hit me. It stung me. It was something that—it hurt me because I looked at him like one of my grandkids,” Brandon said. “Someone who’s just so young, had his whole life ahead of him, it’s tragic. The streets are eating our young fellas up. They don’t care what the age is now. There’s so much young violence going on. Kids-on-kids over nothing. It’s sad.”
New: $8k reward being offered for information in killing of 15-year-old Braylon Gannon in West Baltimore over the weekend. Our latest story with new details about the crime https://t.co/2hxMsIhQ9A @wjz pic.twitter.com/5d78NQ5TVa
— Mike Hellgren (@HellgrenWJZ) March 30, 2022
WJZ’s investigation found it took four hours and 25 minutes between the time Gannon was shot and when police found him.
READ MORE: Maryland Weather: Severe Thunderstorm Warnings For Part Of Central Md., Tornado Watch In Some AreasA source said the shooting was caught on camera and that one person, walking with the teen, dropped back before opening fire. Then another person, who was hiding, shot Gannon again when he was on the ground.
“He didn’t deserve what happened to him, Brandon said. “He brought a smile to everybody’s face. Never disrespectful. None of that. Good kid,” Brandon recalled.
He said Gannon was the typical teenager. “When we’d get busy, he’d find a way to disappear, get on that phone. When I’m looking for him, he’s in the bathroom,” Brandon said with a laugh. “‘Come on Braylon, get off that phone, boy!’ But he really was a hard worker. He learned a lot. He’s going to be missed.”
And his mom lost her only child. “How can you fathom that? Only son. It’s just him and her. It’s crushing her. It’s hurting. It was her only son.”
It comes as the city is seeing a rise in shootings. Almost 250 people have been shot so far this year, and the police department is down more than 350 officers.
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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., March 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Massage Envy, the nation's No. 1 provider of massage in the U.S. collectively across its franchise network, today announced the winners of its annual gala awards program.
"Each year our great brand recognizes the incredible achievements of the most outstanding franchisee and franchised location employees," said Beth Stiller, Massage Envy Franchising CEO. "It's very difficult to choose the best of the best from franchised locations because the stories of the impact they have on their members and their communities is all so inspiring. All of the nominees and the winners personify our brand purpose of helping people feel their best, and I am so proud of every one of them."
The following awards were presented for the 2021 calendar year:
- National Franchisee of the Year: Mark Preetorius, Atlanta, Ga. Preetorius, who owns four franchised locations in Georgia, was recognized as an exemplary franchisee who personifies the brand's core values of optimism, gratitude, excellence, consistency, and empathy, and motivates others to adopt those same values. According to an employee who works at one of Preetorius' franchised locations, "Our franchisee's dedication to the ideas of committed teamwork and community outreach have allowed our clinics and the staff to operate with the assurance that they are guided by an individual who sees that the big picture is painted with many different strokes, and no single artist creates a collective masterpiece." With over 7 years as a Massage Envy franchisee, we are thrilled to celebrate Mark's contributions to the brand and his community.
- National Manager of the Year: Dustin Schneider, Charleston, SC. Schneider, who works at the West Ashley franchised location in Charleston, owned by Caitlin Daly, was recognized as the most outstanding franchised location manager because he inspires the best in others and achieves business excellence in the pursuit of helping people feel their best. "Dustin shows up and proves he is a true leader ready to face whatever challenges come his way," Daly said. "He is adaptable, open to change and improvement, continuously optimistic, and consistently leads the team with excellence."
- National Therapist of the Year: Jing Shi, Mountain View, Ca. Shi, who works at the Mountain View franchised location, owned by Linda Wenge, was recognized as the Massage Therapist who best personifies a commitment to helping members and guests through the power of massage and assisted stretch. Wenge had this to say about Shi, " "Jing stands out as the most productive, the most requested, the most pre-booked massage therapist among all the therapists that I have encountered."
- National Esthetician of the Year: Elizabeth Knapik, Henderson, Nev. Knapik, who works at the Lake Meade Crossing franchised location, owned by Marissa and Mario Hawkins, was recognized as the esthetician who best exemplifies the Massage Envy brand's commitment to helping members and guests with their skin care journey. "Excellence is the culmination of a thousand consistent steps. In the past six years with the brand, this outstanding esthetician has made incredible strides," Marissa Hawkins said."
- National Sales Associate of The Year: Shawn Remfry, Kansas City, Mo. Remfry, who works at the Tom Watson Parkway franchised location, owned by Les Snyder, was recognized as the extraordinary Sales Associate who develops connections with clients, guides their membership, and delivers on the brand promise of helping people feel their best. According to Snyder, when asked to describe the winner in one word, customers had this to say, "Awesome," "Sweet," "Caring," "Helpful."
This year's awards gala, held March 23 in Oxon Hill, Md., just across the Potomac River from the nation's capital, was sponsored by Jan Marini Skin Research, and PCA Skin. "We deeply appreciate our sponsors for their support of this wonderful event as well as their dedication to this great brand throughout the year," said Stiller.
For more information about Massage Envy, please visit www.massageenvy.com
About Massage Envy
Massage Envy, based in Scottsdale, Arizona, is a national franchisor and does not independently own or operate any of the Massage Envy franchised locations nationwide. The Massage Envy franchise network, through its franchise locations, is the leading provider of therapeutic massage services. Founded in 2002, Massage Envy has more than 1,100 franchise locations in 49 states that have together delivered more than 190 million massages and facials. For more information, visit www.massageenvy.com, or follow us on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook at @MassageEnvy.
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Imran has nowhere to ‘run’: Bilawal
National Assembly Deputy Speaker Qasim Suri failed to follow the constitutional procedure and “broke the law” by calling off the debate session on the no-confidence motion, Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly Shahbaz Sharif said Thursday.
As the deputy speaker saw that the members of the parliament wanted to vote against the premier, “he ran away”, Shahbaz said while addressing a press conference flanked by other joint Opposition leaders, including PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari.
He further said that the entire nation saw that 172 Opposition members were present in the house, however, the deputy speaker did not allow the voting.
“The whole country is shocked, including the judiciary,” he maintained. The Opposition leader further added that he, along with Bilawal, went to the NA secretary after the deputy speaker adjourned the session till April 3.
“The secretary informed us that the decision regarding not holding the debate related to the no-confidence motion was taken by the deputy speaker,” Shahbaz said.
Shahbaz questioned: “Does this “selected” prime minister have any constitutional or ethical justification left?” He further added that the Opposition had decided not to take extreme measures which are against the law, adding that all members of the joint Opposition showed the Imran Khan-led government that his time is over and the “finishing line is near.”
Addressing the government’s allegations against former prime minister Nawaz Sharif regarding his involvement in “foreign conspiracy”, Shahbaz said that the people of Pakistan are “ashamed” of the word used by the premier.
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In UIL Class 6A Region I girls soccer, there aren’t many in the state who are as good at what they do as Dallas-Fort Worth area teams. Heading into the Regional Quarterfinals, fans are about to see an extremely intense matchup between cross-town rivals as the Flower Mound Marcus Lady Marauders take on the Flower Mound Lady Jaguars! So, what exactly can fans expect from these two powerhouse teams?
Flower Mound Marcus Lady Marauders (21-1-3, 9-1-3)
With only one loss to their name, the Lady Marauders posted a first-place finish in their district. The team recorded 13 shut-out victories en route to playoffs while posting a 90% win percentage. The Lady Marauders scored over five goals against their opponents in six games to include a 10-1 victory over Abilene, 8-0 victory over South Grand Prairie, 6-2 victory over Lewisville, and more. Outscoring their opponents by 86 goals combined, the Lady Marauders have made sure anyone who comes into their path knows what they’re about. So far in playoffs, Flower Mound Marcus has already defeated Denton Guyer (2-1) and Arlington (5-1).
Flower Mound Lady Jaguars (13-4-3, 7-3-2)
The Lady Jaguars entered playoffs on a four-game win streak. Although the Lady Jaguars finished fourth in their district, the team has done everything they can to show their strengths on the pitch. Flower Mound is comfortable on the field and the team is known for playing hard until the final whistle. With a strong defense, the Lady Jaguars have been able to keep their opponents at bay the entire season. So far in playoffs, the Lady Jags have posted two shut-out victories- the first one a 1-0 victory over Prosper and the second a 6-0 victory over Arlington Martin.
What To Expect:
Headed into the game on Friday, fans can expect a game that is packed full of action. Both teams have been known for striking often this season. The Lady Marauders have the ability to control the tempo from the gate as Marcus has set the tone in a majority of their games this season. The Lady Jaguars have the ability of a strong offense that is accurate when going head-to-head against strong defenses.
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Hostage survivor testifies in trial of ISIS member accused in deaths of several Americans
By Holmes Lybrand, CNN
A hostage taken by the ISIS terror cell known as the “Beatles” testified Thursday in a trial against one of the alleged members, El Shafee Elsheikh, who is accused of assisting in the kidnapping, torture and death of several Americans, Europeans and other foreign nationals from 2012 to 2015.
During the second day of trial, Italian aid worker Federico Motka told the jury how he was captured, imprisoned and tortured by the terror cell alongside other hostages who were eventually killed, including Americans James Foley, Steven Sotloff, Kayla Mueller and Peter Kassig.
The so-called Beatles — as the hostages came to call them because of their British accents — were the primary handlers of the hostages and, according to the Department of Justice, Elsheikh is the last of the group to stand trial. His co-defendant pleaded guilty in September and the other member, Mohamed Emwazi, was killed in a drone strike in 2015.
Motka told the jury he was captured in 2013 along with British aid worker David Haines on a trip to Syria to better understand the needs of refugees in the area.
“I think we’re getting kidnapped,” Motka testified that he told his boss on the phone as masked men armed with guns surrounded their car, eventually pulling them out and pushing them in the trunk of their cars.
Motka was moved around to several different locations during the 14 months he was held captive, one of which was a small room with a low roof the hostages nicknamed “the Box.” It was there that they endured what Motka called “the regime of punishment.”
Beatings, hunger and execution
The Beatles, along with someone the hostages called “the Punisher,” would beat and torture Haines, Motka, journalist Foley — one of the Americans named in the charges against Elsheikh — and his colleague, British journalist John Cantlie.
Motka said that the group differentiated the Beatles — who they called John, George and Ringo — by their preferred style of beatings.
“George was more into boxing. John, he kicked a lot,” Motka said, adding that Ringo, who prosecutors say is Elsheikh, “liked wrestling (and) headlocks.” One of those headlocks caused Foley to pass out, Motka testified Thursday.
According to Motka, the hostages were kicked, punched and beaten with a cable regularly by the Beatles and made to “hold stress positions for hours.” They were also forced, Motka testified, to fight one another for their entertainment.
“We barely had the muscle strength to lift our arms,” Motka said.
According to Motka, the Beatles waterboarded him and several other hostages. “That was by far the worst thing that had happened,” he said, after describing losing oxygen, inhaling water and panicking. “There wasn’t a minute’s peace.”
The hostages lost 50 to 70 pounds by the time of the waterboarding, later becoming fully emaciated, Motka said. When they did get food, they couldn’t keep it down. During one long transport in an ISIS caravan, the hostages survived off dates for several days in the back of a truck, he testified.
The courtroom was also shown a video of a Syrian hostage being shot in the head, kneeling at the edge of a pre-dug grave.
Motka identified himself among the group of hostages, who were shown kneeling on the other side of the grave and each holding handwritten signs demanding ransom for their release.
One of the Beatles, Motka testified, asked him what he thought about the execution.
“It’s horrific,” Motka said.
The Beatle, Motka testified, replied: “That’s a good answer.”
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What is the Sephora Savings Event?
Beauty deals are blooming this season, and starting April 1, you can pick up your favorite makeup, fragrance and skin care products at deep discounts during the Sephora Spring Savings Event.
As usual, the event is exclusive to Beauty Insiders. Depending on their status, they receive up to 20% off their purchases. That’s not all, either. The entire Sephora collection, which now consists of over 350 products, also will be 30% off for Beauty Insiders. And between these deals and other offers, it’s a good idea to brush up on the event’s details and start adding products to your cart so you can check out before they sell out.
What is the Sephora Spring Savings Event?
When is the Sephora Sales Event?
The Sephora Spring Savings Event kicks off April 1 at 11:59 p.m. PST and runs through April 11. It’s Sephora’s first major sales event following Valentine’s Day, and because it falls right before Easter and Mother’s Day, many Beauty Insiders are taking the opportunity to shop early and snag deals on gifts.
What is a Sephora Beauty Insider?
Like many other Sephora events, the Spring Savings Event is exclusive to Beauty Insiders. If you’re not sure what a Beauty Insider is, it refers to members of Sephora’s rewards program, which unlocks access to special promotions and deals. It also gives birthday perks, bonus points throughout the year and free shipping eligibility. And the more you spend at Sephora as a Beauty Insider, the more you’ll save — including during the Spring Savings Event.
How to become a Sephora Beauty Insider
It’s easy to become a Beauty Insider and take advantage of the Spring Savings Event. When you join today for free, you automatically earn Insider status. When you spend $350 annually, you’ll hit VIB, and when you spend $1,000 in a year, you’re promoted to Rouge.
The different levels also play a role in your access to Sephora’s Spring Sales Event, both in terms of how much you save and how early you can access deals:
- Rouge: Rouge members get 20% and get early access to the event starting April 1.
- VIB: VIB members get 15% off from April 5-11.
- Insider: Insiders receive 10% off from April 4-7.
What is on sale for the Sephora sales event?
Most products at Sephora are eligible for Spring Savings Event discounts, ranging from Drunk Elephant skin care to Dyson hair tools. The entire Sephora collection, which includes best-selling brushes and affordable eyeshadow palettes, is on sale for 30%. Other deals and promotions may go live during the event, but Sephora has yet to reveal what those are.
Best products to pick up during the Sephora Spring Savings Event
Marc Jacobs Daisy Eau De Toilette
A popular spring scent, the best-selling Marc Jacobs fragrance features fruity and floral notes, including succulent wild berries and velvety jasmine.
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Fenty Beauty By Rihanna Gloss Bomb Universal Lip Luminizer
The high-impact lip gloss is infused with shea butter that coats and protects lips, leaving them with a plump, silky texture.
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Anastasia Beverly Hills Soft Glam Eyeshadow Palette
The day-to-night palette has a well-curated assortment of matte, metallic and duo chrome finishes that create sophisticated looks.
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Glow Recipe Watermelon Glow Niacinamide Drops
Add a touch of glow to your skin care routine with these niacinamide drops that hydrate skin and minimize the appearance of hyperpigmentation.
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If your hair and scalp are in need of deep cleaning, this clarifying shampoo removes product buildup and leaves hair soft and clean.
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Supergoop Glowscreen Sunscreen
Besides protecting delicate facial skin, Supergoop’s SPF40 sunscreen has a pearly, luminous finish and wears well under foundation.
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LAPD was 'prepared' to arrest Will Smith for slapping Chris Rock, says Oscars producer Will Packer
Will Packer, who produced this year's Oscars, is opening up about the now-infamous moment in which Will Smith slapped Chris Rock onstage during Sunday's awards show.
In a preview clip from an interview with Good Morning America airing in full on Friday, Packer said that Los Angeles police were on hand and "prepared" to arrest Smith, but Rock was "very dismissive" about pressing charges against him.
"They were saying, 'This is battery' — the word they used in that moment. They said, 'We will go get him. We are prepared to get him right now, you can press charges. We can arrest him.' They were laying out the options," Packer says in the clip.
"And as they were talking, Chris was being very dismissive of those options. He was like, 'No, I'm fine.' ... Even to the point where I said, 'Rock, let them finish.' The LAPD officers finished laying out what his options were, and they said, 'Would you like us to take any action?' And he said, 'No.'"
Packer also told GMA that he did not speak to Smith directly at all on Oscars Sunday. Packer's comments come after the Academy said Wednesday that it began disciplinary proceedings against the Best Actor winner. The awards body also claimed that Smith was asked to leave the ceremony after the assault, and that he refused, but other reports have refuted the claim that he was asked at all.
Smith released a formal apology on Monday, publicly addressing Rock, which he did not previously do in his Oscars acceptance speech. "I would like to publicly apologize to you, Chris," he wrote. "I was out of line and I was wrong. I am embarrassed and my actions were not indicative of the man I want to be. There is no place for violence in a world of love and kindness."
For his part, Rock had not commented on the incident — which occurred after the comedian had made a joke about Smith's wife, Jada Pinkett Smith, while presenting the award for Best Documentary — until Wednesday night. He addressed the matter briefly at his first comedy show since the Oscars. "I don't have a bunch of s--- about what happened, so if you came to hear that, I have a whole show I wrote before this weekend," Rock could be heard saying in leaked audio obtained by Variety. "I'm still kind of processing what happened. So, at some point, I'll talk about that s---. And it will be serious and funny."
The full interview with Packer airs Friday morning on ABC's Good Morning America at 7 a.m. ET.
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Who are the guests on this week's Late Late Show on RTE
The line-up for this week's RTE Late Late Show has been revealed.
Host Ryan Tubridy will be joined by crooner Michael Bublé, who will chat about working with heroes Paul McCartney and Willie Nelson on new album 'Higher'.
He'll also discuss his son's hilarious reaction to finding out another baby is on the way, and will perform new music live in studio.
Derry Girls star, Siobhán McSweeney, will talk to Tubridy about going home to Cork to film a new television series, how she ended up in a nursing home after breaking her leg, and making saucy candlesticks during lockdown.
Irish boxing legend Barry McGuigan will also make an appearance ahead of his ascent to Croagh Patrick. He'll discuss dedicating his climb to Charlie Bird and Vicky Phelan as well as his beloved late daughter, Nika.
He will also speak about what it was like to take part in the Olympics in Moscow in 1980.
Charlie Bird spoke of his Motor Neurone Disease (MND) diagnosis during a Late Late Show appearance last December, as well as his goals to climb Croach Patrick to raise vital funds for MND and Pieta House.
This Saturday morning (April 2), people from all across the country will assemble at a hill or mountain in their locality and will stand with Charlie in raising awareness and funds.
On the eve of the Climb with Charlie event, the Late Late will go live to check in on Mr Bird as well as his family, supporters and friends including Daniel O'Donnell, Dermott Bannon and Roz Purcell.
Plus, Michael English will perform a song written exclusively to support the Climb with Charlie.
The show airs tomorrow at 9.35pm.
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Since the Russians are essentially occupying eastern Ukraine, and are attacking Kyiv from the north, east and south, maybe NATO military forces with U.S. support should move into western Ukraine to prevent Russia from completely overrunning Ukraine. Air cover would have to be provided for the ground forces.
This would allow Ukrainian civilians to remain in Ukraine, and it could provide an alternate Ukrainian government seat of power if Kyiv is taken by the Russians. The presence of NATO and U.S. military forces in western Ukraine would also provide leverage to get the Russians out of eastern Ukraine since NATO and the U.S. could agree to pull its forces out of western Ukraine as part of a negotiated settlement.
Obviously, moving military forces into western Ukraine runs the risk of war with Russia, but the alternative of trying to get Russia out of Ukraine with sanctions and diplomacy might not be viable. Additionally, it would put Russia on notice that it faces robust military action by NATO if it tries any expansionist moves in the future.
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Published: Mar. 31, 2022 at 6:02 PM CDT|Updated: 2 hours ago
Arrangements are currently incomplete at Berry & Gardner Funeral Home for Ms. Diane Ezell, 68, of Marion, who passed away on Thursday, March 31, 2022 at her residence.
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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.
READ MORE: Maryland Weather: Severe Thunderstorm Warnings For Part Of Central Md., Tornado Watch In Some Areas“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.”
READ MORE: ‘It’s Tragic:’ Mentor Of Teen Murdered In Baltimore Tried To Keep Him SafeBecause lawmakers are in the last session of the four-year term, they would not have a chance to override the veto next year if they adjourn before the governor acts on legislation.
The measure would create an insurance pool. Employees and employers would contribute to fund the program. Under the bill, the state’s labor department would set contribution rates to pay for the program. Employers with fewer than 15 employees would not be required to contribute.
The measure also includes job protections to protect employees from retaliation or termination for using the leave.
Seven states and the District of Columbia have paid family and medical leave insurance programs, including California, Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island and Washington. Colorado and Oregon have approved programs that have not started yet.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — When the end of the COVID-19 pandemic comes, it could create major disruptions for a cumbersome U.S. health care system made more generous, flexible and up-to-date technologically through a raft of temporary emergency measures.
Winding down those policies could begin as early as the summer. That could force an estimated 15 million Medicaid recipients to find new sources of coverage, require congressional action to preserve broad telehealth access for Medicare enrollees, and scramble special COVID-19 rules and payment policies for hospitals, doctors and insurers. There are also questions about how emergency use approvals for COVID-19 treatments will be handled.
The array of issues is tied to the coronavirus public health emergency first declared more than two years ago and periodically renewed since then. It’s set to end April 16 and the expectation is that the Biden administration will extend it through mid-July. Some would like a longer off-ramp.
Transitions don’t bode well for the complex U.S. health care system, with its mix of private and government insurance and its labyrinth of policies and procedures. Health care chaos, if it breaks out, could create midterm election headaches for Democrats and Republicans alike.
“The flexibilities granted through the public health emergency have helped people stay covered and get access to care, so moving forward the key question is how to build on what has been a success and not lose ground,” said Juliette Cubanski, a Medicare expert with the nonpartisan Kaiser Family Foundation, who has been researching potential consequences of winding down the pandemic emergency.
MEDICAID CHURN
Medicaid, the state-federal health insurance program for low-income people, is covering about 79 million people, a record partly due to the pandemic.
But the nonpartisan Urban Institute think tank estimates that about 15 million people could lose Medicaid when the public health emergency ends, at a rate of at least 1 million per month.
Congress increased federal Medicaid payments to states because of COVID-19, but it also required states to keep people on the rolls during the health emergency. In normal times states routinely disenroll Medicaid recipients whose incomes rise beyond certain levels, or for other life changes affecting eligibility. That process will switch on again when the emergency ends, and some states are eager to move forward.
Virtually all of those losing Medicaid are expected to be eligible for some other source of coverage, either through employers, the Affordable Care Act or — for kids — the Children’s Health Insurance Program.
But that’s not going to happen automatically, said Matthew Buettgens, lead researcher on the Urban Institute study. Cost and lack of awareness about options could get in the way.
People dropped from Medicaid may not realize they can pick up taxpayer-subsidized ACA coverage. Medicaid is usually free, so people offered workplace insurance could find the premiums too high.
“This is an unprecedented situation,” said Buettgens. “The uncertainty is real.”
The federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, or CMS, is advising states to take it slow and connect Medicaid recipients who are disenrolled with other potential coverage. The agency will keep an eye on states’ accuracy in making eligibility decisions. Biden officials want coverage shifts, not losses.
“We are focused on making sure we hold on to the gains in coverage we have made under the Biden-Harris administration,” said CMS Administrator Chiquita Brooks-LaSure. “We are at the strongest point in our history and we are going make sure that we hold on to the coverage gains.”
ACA coverage — or “Obamacare” — is an option for many who would lose Medicaid. But it will be less affordable if congressional Democrats fail to extend generous financial assistance called for in President Joe Biden’s social legislation. Democrats stalling the bill would face blame.
Republicans in mostly Southern states that have refused to expand Medicaid are also vulnerable. In those states, it can be very difficult for low-income adults to get coverage and more people could wind up uninsured.
State Medicaid officials don’t want to be the scapegoats. “Medicaid has done its job,” said Matt Salo, head of the National Association of Medicaid Directors. “We have looked out for physical, mental and behavioral health needs. As we come out of this emergency, we are supposed to right-size the program.”
TELEHEALTH STATIC
Millions of Americans discovered telehealth in 2020 when coronavirus shutdowns led to the suspension of routine medical consultations. In-person visits are again the norm, but telehealth has shown its usefulness and gained broader acceptance.
The end of the public health emergency would jeopardize telehealth access for millions enrolled in traditional Medicare. Restrictions predating COVID-19 limit telehealth mainly to rural residents, in part to mitigate against health care fraud. Congress has given itself 151 days after the end of the public health emergency to come up with new rules.
“If there are no changes to the law after that, most Medicare beneficiaries will lose access to coverage for telehealth,” the Kaiser Foundation’s Cubanski said.
A major exception applies to enrollees in private Medicare Advantage plans, which generally do cover telehealth. However, nearly 6 in 10 Medicare enrollees are in the traditional fee-for-service program.
TESTS, VACCINES, TREATMENTS, PAYMENTS & PROCEDURES
Widespread access to COVID-19 vaccines, tests and treatments rests on legal authority connected to the public health emergency.
One example is the Biden administration’s requirement for insurers to cover up to eight free at-home COVID-19 tests per month.
An area that’s particularly murky is what happens to tests, treatments and vaccines covered under emergency use authorization from the Food and Drug Administration.
Some experts say emergency use approvals last only through the duration of the public health emergency. Others say it’s not as simple as that, because a different federal emergency statute also applies to vaccines, tests and treatments. There’s no clear direction yet from health officials.
The FDA has granted full approval to Pfizer-BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine for those 16 and older and Moderna’s for those 18 and older, so their continued use would not be affected.
But hospitals could take a financial hit. Currently Medicare pays them 20% more for the care of COVID-19 patients. That’s only for the duration of the emergency.
And Medicare enrollees would have more hoops to jump through to be approved for rehab in a nursing home. A suspended Medicare rule requiring a prior three-day hospital stay would come back into effect.
Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra recently told The Associated Press that his department is committed to giving “ample notice” when it ends the public health emergency.
“We want to make sure we’re not putting in a detrimental position Americans who still need our help,” Becerra said. “The one that people are really worried about is Medicaid.” | https://www.mypanhandle.com/news/national-news/end-of-covid-may-bring-major-turbulence-for-us-health-care/ | 2022-04-01T01:19:13Z |