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PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey refused to say Thursday if transgender people actually exist, twice dodging direct questions on the subject just a day after he signed legislation limiting transgender rights.
The Republican worked instead to defend his signatures on bills that bar transgender girls and women from playing on girls high school and women's college sports teams and barring gender affirming surgery for anyone under age 18.
When specifically asked if he believed that there “are really transgender people,” the governor paused for several seconds before answering.
“I’m going to ask you to read the legislation and to see that the legislation that we passed was in the spirit of fairness to protect girls sports in competitive situations,” Ducey said, referring to the new law that targets transgender girls who want to play on girls sports teams. “That’s what the legislation is intended to do, and that’s what it does.”
Asked again if he believed there are “actual transgender people,” he again answered slowly and carefully.
“I ... am going to respect everyone, and I’m going to respect everyone’s rights. And I’m going to protect female sports. And that’s what the legislation does,” Ducey said.
Ducey's response was “appalling,” according to the Arizona director of the Human Rights Campaign, a national civil rights group that advocates for equality for LGBTQ people. The organization worked to ensure families and transgender young people came to the Capitol to testify against the bills as the Republican-led House and Senate considered them this session.
“It's quite shocking that he can't even address trans people or even say that he thinks they exist,” Bridget Sharpe said.
Wednesday's signing of the two transgender bills and a third that bars abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy and is currently unconstitutional put Ducey right in the middle of two top issues national Republicans are highlighting in the runup to November's midterm elections.
Ducey also signed election legislation that minority Democrats said amounted to voter suppression by requiring longtime Arizonans to be thrown off the voter rolls if they did not prove their citizenship and residence location.
The governor leads the Republican Governors Association, which is charged with helping elect GOP chief executives in U.S. states. He in is the last year of his second term as Arizona governor and term limits bar him from seeking reelection.
The top Democrat in the state House, Rep. Reginald Bolding, called Wednesday “probably one of the darkest days we've seen in the history of Arizona."
“With the stroke of a pen, Gov. Ducey has hurled Arizona backwards to its ugliest past,” Bolding said Wednesday. “And today, he put in jeopardy pregnant people, transgender youth in danger and curtailed voting rights for people of color.”
Social conservative groups and the Arizona Republican Party praised Ducey's action. The Center for Arizona Policy, whose president shepherded the abortion and women's sports bills through the Legislature, called it a victory.
"Thank you, Governor Ducey, for taking a bold stand for women athletes, vulnerable children, and the unborn by putting your signature on (the bills) in the face of intense opposition from activists," Center for Arizona Policy president Cathi Herrod said in a news release she posted on Twitter.
She said the legislation protects the unborn, ensures a level playing field for female athletes and shows that “Arizona will do everything it can to protect vulnerable children struggling with gender confusion” by enacting the surgery ban.
Ducey said the surgery ban protects children from irreversible decisions.
“These are permanent surgeries of reassignment that are irreversible, and those discussions can happen once adulthood is reached,” he said.
The American Civil Liberties Association has vowed to sue over the surgery ban. U.S. Supreme Court precedent currently says women have a constitutional right to abortion until about 24 weeks of pregnancy, although it is considering whether to uphold a 15-week ban enacted in Mississippi and may overturn Roe v. Wade, the 1973 decision enshrining a woman's right to choose.
Arizona joins 13 other states in enacting laws preventing transgender girls and women from playing on girls teams. Utah Gov. Spencer Cox vetoed a transgender sports ban in his state, saying it would harm transgender girls, but the Legislature overrode the veto. Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb also vetoed a sports bill, but lawmakers hope to override his action as well. | https://www.nhregister.com/news/article/Arizona-governor-won-t-say-transgender-people-17049806.php | 2022-04-01T01:23:42Z |
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Fourth Quarter 2021 Highlights
- Total revenue increased to $44.3 million, up 617% year-over-year
- Cryptocurrency datacenter revenue increased to $33.7 million, up 676% year-over-year
- GAAP net loss was $41.4 million for the fourth quarter, including a $42.3 million noncash goodwill impairment charge related to the Support.com business, as compared to a net loss of $0.8 million in the prior year
- Adjusted EBITDA of $19.1 million – in line with February 2022 guidance of $18 million to $20 million
- Adjusted EBITDA margin of 43.2%, compared to 19.2% in the prior year
- Produced 609 bitcoins in the fourth quarter
- Mining capacity of approximately 1.4 EH/s from 17,300 miners as of December 31, 2021
- Adjusted net income of $7.6 million
- Completed acquisition of Spartanburg, SC site and commenced operations at the facility within one week
- Cash, short term investments and cryptocurrency holdings of $84.4 million as of December 31, 2021
Full Year 2021 Highlights
- Total revenue increased to $107.3 million, up 433% year-over-year
- Cryptocurrency datacenter revenue increased to $87.9 million, up 575% year-over-year
- GAAP Net Loss of $44.5 million, including the $42.3 million noncash goodwill impairment charge, as compared to a net loss of $3.3 million in the prior year
- Adjusted EBITDA of $52.9 million – consistent with $52 million estimate provided in March of 2021
- Adjusted net income of $26.8 million
- Produced 1,866 bitcoins during 2021
First Quarter 2022 Highlights
- Mining fleet as of March 31, 2022 consists of approximately 19,400 miners with approximately 1.6 EH/s of capacity
- 17% of hash rate capacity located at Spartanburg, SC less than four months after operations commenced at facility
- 29,600 additional miners contracted for delivery during the balance of 2022 from Bitmain representing approximately 3.1 EH/s of additional capacity
- Received and deployed approximately 11,800 miners in last twelve months with 97% deployed as scheduled
- Over $115 million of liquidity as of March 31, 2022 consisting of over $90 million in cash and fair value of crypto holdings and over $25 million in undrawn financing commitments
- Over $135 million of cash on deposit with Bitmain as of March 31, 2022
FAIRFIELD, Conn., March 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Greenidge Generation Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: GREE) ("Greenidge"), a vertically integrated cryptocurrency datacenter and power generation company, today announced financial and operating results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year ended December 31, 2021 and provided an update regarding the first quarter of 2022.
"Consistent with the estimates we released in February, Greenidge demonstrated another strong quarter of significant revenue growth and substantial Adjusted EBITDA generation," said Jeff Kirt, Chief Executive Officer of Greenidge. "During the quarter, in addition to commencing mining operations at our Spartanburg, SC facility within a week of its acquisition, our operations team continued to execute the deployment of our fleet as scheduled. After just four months of operations, our Spartanburg facility houses approximately 17% of our datacenter capacity."
"Since the end of the year, we have fortified our balance sheet with non-dilutive capital and ended the first quarter with over $115 million in liquidity. This puts us on solid footing to execute the deployment of the remaining fleet of over 29,000 miners we have delivering throughout the balance of 2022 from Bitmain, which will bring our total capacity to approximately 4.7 EH/s. Over the last twelve months, our in-house operations team has deployed almost 12,000 new miners and energized substantially all of the equipment into production within days or even hours of receipt. Despite the well-known challenges in the global air freight market, 97% of the machines were received and deployed as scheduled."
Fourth Quarter 2021 Financial Results
Greenidge's revenue for the fourth quarter was $44.3 million, up 617% compared to the prior year. Cryptocurrency Datacenter revenue was $33.7 million, up 676% versus the prior year, and Power and Capacity revenue was $2.2 million, up 19% compared to the prior year. The merger with Support.com on September 14, 2021 added approximately $8.4 million to fourth quarter revenue.
Net loss was $41.4 million for the fourth quarter as compared to a net loss of $0.8 million in the prior year. The fourth quarter included a $42.3 million noncash goodwill impairment charge relating to the Support.com business, a $3.6 million remeasurement adjustment associated with an environmental liability, $2.2 million of expansion costs and $1.2 million of merger and public company filing costs. Excluding these items, Adjusted net income was $7.6 million, compared to Adjusted net loss of $0.3 million in the fourth quarter of 2020.
Adjusted EBITDA for the fourth quarter was $19.1 million, or 43.2% of revenue, compared to the prior year fourth quarter of $1.2 million, or 19.2% of revenue. The significant and continuing expansion of cryptocurrency datacenter operations drove the growth in Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA margin.
As of December 31, 2021, Greenidge had cash, short term investments and fair value of cryptocurrency holdings of $84.4 million.
Note, Adjusted net income, adjusted EBITDA and adjusted EBITDA margin are non-GAAP measures. See the tables attached to this press release for a reconciliation from GAAP to non-GAAP measures and Use of Non-GAAP Information below for more details
Cryptocurrency Datacenter Commentary
Greenidge produced 609 bitcoins during the fourth quarter, compared to 228 bitcoins in the fourth quarter of the prior year. For the full year of 2021, Greenidge produced 1,866 bitcoins, which compared to 1,146 bitcoins in 2020.
As of December 31, 2021, Greenidge had approximately 17,300 miners with an aggregate hash rate capacity of approximately 1.4 EH/s and has additional purchase commitments that are expected to bring the company's total capacity to approximately 49,000 miners and 4.7 EH/s by the end of 2022.
Capital Discussion
During the fourth quarter of 2021, Greenidge successfully closed $72.2 million of public offerings of senior unsecured notes due in 2026, netting proceeds of $66.9 million after commissions, discounts and issuance costs.
During the fourth quarter of 2021, Greenidge also successfully raised $47.4 million in net proceeds through the sale of 2.13 million shares of its class A common stock, pursuant to the previously announced equity purchase agreement. Through March 31, 2022, the Greenidge has raised $51.4 million in net proceeds through the sale of 2.55 million shares of its class A common stock pursuant to the equity purchase agreement.
South Carolina Expansion
During the fourth quarter of 2021, Greenidge completed the acquisition of its facility in Spartanburg, SC, including over 750,000 square feet of buildings and 175 acres of land. The transaction closed on December 7, 2021 and Greenidge commenced operations at the site within a week of the acquisition.
First Quarter 2022 Update
Greenidge anticipates having approximately 19,400 miners at its datacenters in New York and South Carolina as of March 31, 2022 with approximately 1.6 EH/s of capacity. Approximately 17% of the hash rate capacity is located at Greenidge's second facility in Spartanburg, SC. The company has approximately 29,600 additional miners scheduled for delivery from Bitmain throughout the balance of 2022 representing approximately 3.1 EH/s in additional capacity and has over $135 million of cash on deposit with Bitmain associated with the purchase agreements for these miners.
In the twelve months ended March 31, 2022, Greenidge has taken delivery of approximately 11,800 miners, of which 97% arrived as scheduled, with only approximately 370 delayed due primarily to freight vendor performance and a brief Covid-related lockdown in Malaysia during 2021.
Greenidge has liquidity of over $115 million as of March 31, 2022 consisting of over $90 million in cash and fair value of cryptocurrency holdings and over $25 million in undrawn financing commitments.
In late March, at the request of the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (the "Department"), Greenidge agreed to extend, for a second time, the deadline for the Department to complete its review of the renewal application for the Title V Air Permit at the company's New York facility. The application was deemed complete by the Department in September 2021 and this second extension is to June 30, 2022. Greenidge continues to operate in New York without interruption during this period and intends to continue to work constructively with the Department to finalize a permit renewal. Greenidge notes that it is not uncommon for renewal applicants to operate for extended periods of time, sometimes years, prior to finalizing a permit renewal and additional future extensions may be requested.
About Greenidge Generation Holdings Inc.
Greenidge Generation Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: GREE) is a vertically integrated cryptocurrency datacenter and power generation company. Greenidge is committed to 100% carbon-neutral datacenter operations at all of its locations by utilizing low-carbon sources of energy and offsetting its carbon footprint.
Use of Non-GAAP Information
To provide investors and others with additional information regarding the financial results of Greenidge (the "Company"), the Company has disclosed in this press release certain non-GAAP operating performance measures of Adjusted EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA margin and Adjusted net income. Adjusted EBITDA is defined as earnings before interest, taxes and depreciation and amortization, which is then adjusted for stock-based compensation and other special items determined by management, including, but not limited to costs associated with the merger with Support.com, costs of becoming a public company (which included the costs of a corporate reorganization from an LLC, public registration of shares and associated costs), business expansion costs, impairment of goodwill and remeasurement of environmental liability. Adjusted EBITDA margin is the percentage of Adjusted EBITDA of revenue. Adjusted net income (loss) is net loss adjusted for the after-tax impacts of special items determined by management, including but not limited to costs associated with the merger with Support.com, costs of becoming a public company (which included the costs of a corporate reorganization from an LLC, public registration of shares and associated costs), business expansion costs, impairment of goodwill and remeasurement of environmental liability. These non-GAAP financial measures are a supplement to and not a substitute for or superior to, the Company's results presented in accordance with U.S. GAAP. The non-GAAP financial measures presented by the Company may be different from non-GAAP financial measures presented by other companies. Specifically, the Company believes the non-GAAP information provides useful measures to investors regarding the Company's financial performance by excluding certain costs and expenses that the Company believes are not indicative of its core operating results. The presentation of these non-GAAP financial measures is not meant to be considered in isolation or as a substitute for results or guidance prepared and presented in accordance with U.S. GAAP. A reconciliation of the non-GAAP financial measures to U.S. GAAP results is included herein.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release includes certain statements that may constitute "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. All statements other than statements of historical fact are forward-looking statements for purposes of federal and state securities laws. These forward-looking statements involve uncertainties that could significantly affect Greenidge's financial or operating results. These forward-looking statements may be identified by terms such as "anticipate," "believe," "continue," "foresee," "expect," "intend," "plan," "may," "will," "would," "could," and "should," and the negative of these terms or other similar expressions. Forward-looking statements are based on current beliefs and assumptions that are subject to risks and uncertainties and are not guarantees of future performance. Forward-looking statements in this press release include, among other things, statements regarding the business plan, business strategy and operations of Greenidge in the future. In addition, all statements that address operating performance and future performance, events or developments that are expected or anticipated to occur in the future, such as statements concerning (i) the delivery of miners currently on order with Bitmain, (ii) the development of facilities in South Carolina, (iii) future mining capacity, (iv) future electrical capacity, (v) the ability to offset carbon emissions, (vi) future liquidity, (vii) the ability to obtain future debt or equity financing and (viii) the Department Title V Air permit renewal process, are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are subject to a number of risks, uncertainties and assumptions. Matters and factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied in such forward-looking statements include but are not limited to the matters and factors described in Part II, Item 1A. "Risk Factors" of Greenidge's Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, and its other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Consequently, all of the forward-looking statements made in this press release are qualified by the information contained under this caption. No assurance can be given that these are all of the factors that could cause actual results to vary materially from the forward-looking statements in this press release. You should not put undue reliance on forward-looking statements. No assurances can be given that any of the events anticipated by the forward-looking statements will transpire or occur, or if any of them do occur, the actual results, performance, or achievements of Greenidge could differ materially from the results expressed in, or implied by, any forward-looking statements. All forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this press release and Greenidge does not assume any duty to update or revise any forward-looking statements included in this press release, whether as a result of new information, the occurrence of future events, uncertainties or otherwise, after the date of this press release.
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By DENISE LAVOIE
Associated Press
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — A federal appeals court has granted a request from a northern Virginia school system to continue using a challenged admissions policy at a highly selective high school while it appeals a ruling that found the policy discriminates against Asian American students.
A three-judge panel of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said in a ruling Thursday that Fairfax County Public Schools can continue to use its new admissions policy at Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology.
U.S. District Judge Claude Hilton rejected the new policy in a February ruling, saying that impermissible “racial balancing” was at its core. Commonly known as “TJ,” the prestigious school near the nation’s capital is often ranked as one of the best public high schools in the country.
Earlier this month, Hilton also rejected a request from the school system to delay the implementation of his ruling. But the 4th Circuit, in a 3-2 ruling, said the school board had met the legal requirements for a suspension of Hilton’s order while its appeal is pending.
The 4th Circuit panel agreed with school officials who argued that because the selection process for the incoming freshman class is well underway, implementing Hilton’s ruling now would throw the process into chaos.
Judge Toby Heytens wrote that he has “grave doubts” about Hilton’s conclusions “regarding both disparate impact and discriminatory purpose” of the new admissions policy.
“In my view, appellant Fairfax County School Board is likely to succeed in its appeal,” Heytens wrote.
In a dissenting opinion, Judge Allison Jones Rushing said putting Hilton’s ruling on hold while the school board appeals his decision is not in the public interest. Jones said any logistical difficulties or inconvenience associated with changing the admissions policy at this late date “simply do not outweigh the infringement of constitutional rights.”
“And everyone — even temporarily frustrated applicants and their families — ultimately benefits from a public-school admissions process not tainted by unconstitutional discrimination,” Rushing wrote.
The case has been closely watched as courts continue to evaluate the role that racial considerations can play when deciding who should be admitted to a particular school. Earlier this year, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear a similar case alleging that Harvard University discriminates against Asian Americans in its admissions process.
Fairfield County Public Schools said the order from the 4th Circuit allows the school board to continue with the current application process to select the Class of 2026 this spring.
“For the 2,500+ students in this application pool, this means the race blind process set out by the School Board in October 2020 will remain in place as an appeal challenging the February court decision plays out,” the board said in a news release.
The parents’ group Coalition for TJ, which filed the lawsuit, said the 4th Circuit judges have made a “grave error” in allowing the school system to continue to use its new admissions process.
“If the judges’ decision stands, we would see Fairfax County Public Schools usher in a second class of students to America’s No. 1 public high school through an unconstitutional race-based admissions process,” the coalition said in a statement.
For decades, Black and Hispanic students have been woefully underrepresented in the student body. After criticism over its lack of diversity, the school board scrapped a standardized test that had been at the heart of the admissions process and opted instead for a process that sets aside slots at each of the county’s middle schools. It also includes “experience factors” like socioeconomic background.
The parents’ group argued in its lawsuit that Asian Americans, who constituted more than 70% of the student body, were unfairly targeted in the new policy.
The school’s current freshman class, which was admitted under the new policy, saw a significantly different racial makeup. Black students increased from 1% to 7%; Hispanic representation increased from 3% to 11%. Asian American representation decreased from 73% to 54%.
The school system has insisted that its new policies are race neutral, and the panel evaluating applicants is not even aware of applicants’ race as it conducts its reviews.
Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without permission. | https://wtmj.com/national/2022/03/31/disputed-school-admissions-policy-okd-pending-appeal/ | 2022-04-01T01:23:42Z |
PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey refused to say Thursday if transgender people actually exist, twice dodging direct questions on the subject just a day after he signed legislation limiting transgender rights.
The Republican worked instead to defend his signatures on bills that bar transgender girls and women from playing on girls high school and women's college sports teams and barring gender affirming surgery for anyone under age 18.
When specifically asked if he believed that there “are really transgender people,” the governor paused for several seconds before answering.
“I’m going to ask you to read the legislation and to see that the legislation that we passed was in the spirit of fairness to protect girls sports in competitive situations,” Ducey said, referring to the new law that targets transgender girls who want to play on girls sports teams. “That’s what the legislation is intended to do, and that’s what it does.”
Asked again if he believed there are “actual transgender people,” he again answered slowly and carefully.
“I ... am going to respect everyone, and I’m going to respect everyone’s rights. And I’m going to protect female sports. And that’s what the legislation does,” Ducey said.
Ducey's response was “appalling,” according to the Arizona director of the Human Rights Campaign, a national civil rights group that advocates for equality for LGBTQ people. The organization worked to ensure families and transgender young people came to the Capitol to testify against the bills as the Republican-led House and Senate considered them this session.
“It's quite shocking that he can't even address trans people or even say that he thinks they exist,” Bridget Sharpe said.
Wednesday's signing of the two transgender bills and a third that bars abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy and is currently unconstitutional put Ducey right in the middle of two top issues national Republicans are highlighting in the runup to November's midterm elections.
Ducey also signed election legislation that minority Democrats said amounted to voter suppression by requiring longtime Arizonans to be thrown off the voter rolls if they did not prove their citizenship and residence location.
The governor leads the Republican Governors Association, which is charged with helping elect GOP chief executives in U.S. states. He in is the last year of his second term as Arizona governor and term limits bar him from seeking reelection.
The top Democrat in the state House, Rep. Reginald Bolding, called Wednesday “probably one of the darkest days we've seen in the history of Arizona."
“With the stroke of a pen, Gov. Ducey has hurled Arizona backwards to its ugliest past,” Bolding said Wednesday. “And today, he put in jeopardy pregnant people, transgender youth in danger and curtailed voting rights for people of color.”
Social conservative groups and the Arizona Republican Party praised Ducey's action. The Center for Arizona Policy, whose president shepherded the abortion and women's sports bills through the Legislature, called it a victory.
"Thank you, Governor Ducey, for taking a bold stand for women athletes, vulnerable children, and the unborn by putting your signature on (the bills) in the face of intense opposition from activists," Center for Arizona Policy president Cathi Herrod said in a news release she posted on Twitter.
She said the legislation protects the unborn, ensures a level playing field for female athletes and shows that “Arizona will do everything it can to protect vulnerable children struggling with gender confusion” by enacting the surgery ban.
Ducey said the surgery ban protects children from irreversible decisions.
“These are permanent surgeries of reassignment that are irreversible, and those discussions can happen once adulthood is reached,” he said.
The American Civil Liberties Association has vowed to sue over the surgery ban. U.S. Supreme Court precedent currently says women have a constitutional right to abortion until about 24 weeks of pregnancy, although it is considering whether to uphold a 15-week ban enacted in Mississippi and may overturn Roe v. Wade, the 1973 decision enshrining a woman's right to choose.
Arizona joins 13 other states in enacting laws preventing transgender girls and women from playing on girls teams. Utah Gov. Spencer Cox vetoed a transgender sports ban in his state, saying it would harm transgender girls, but the Legislature overrode the veto. Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb also vetoed a sports bill, but lawmakers hope to override his action as well. | https://www.sheltonherald.com/news/article/Arizona-governor-won-t-say-transgender-people-17049806.php | 2022-04-01T01:23:43Z |
Paul George was treated to a celebratory postgame shower live on TNT on Tuesday, when three of his teammates circled around and emptied water bottles on the Clippers’ All-Star wing moments after he returned to action with a resounding 34 points in a rousing comeback win over the Utah Jazz.
Two of the Clippers doing the soaking: Terance Mann and Amir Coffey, guys who have been Clippers for three seasons, as long as George.
The third: Newcomer Xavier Moon, a well-traveled 27-year-old rookie who on Saturday signed a two-way deal with the team.
In a sense, George’s triumphant return to NBA action after more than three months away coincided with Moon’s.
“I feel like this is where I’m supposed to be, it definitely feels great to be back,” Moon said Monday, when his presence at Honey Training Center gave the Clippers a second healthy, proven professional point guard for the first time since they traded Eric Bledsoe.
Moon has impressed this season, both in 21 games this season with the Agua Caliente Clippers and in a trio of 10-day hardship deals with the parent club in late December and January, when they were hit hard by the league’s COVID-19 health and safety protocols.
In the G League, the 6-foot-2 Moon averaged 18.7 points on 45.3% shooting, including 38.5% from deep. He also averaged 7 assists and just 2.2 turnovers, to go with 4.5 rebounds and 1.3 steals.
And in the first six NBA games of his career, the three-time Canadian Elite Basketball League MVP averaged 5.5 points and 1.7 assists in 13.8 minutes per game.
COOL HIM OFF!!!💦 pic.twitter.com/SiU0UgMH6k
— LA Clippers (@LAClippers) March 30, 2022
Moon – whose roundabout route to the NBA took him from Alabama to France, England, Canada and Israel – also was among the team leaders in good vibes while he was around.
That included counseling Reggie Jackson, the Clippers’ the resident high-energy hype man said, to “just smile, have fun!” and, importantly, to appreciate the opportunity to play the game.
“He’s just always positive, optimistic,” Jackson said of Moon in January. “Not B.S. It’s nothing overdone, you can just tell he’s very optimistic, he’s very confident in what he does.”
Looking back, Moon said his initial taste of the NBA fed that belief.
“The month that I had here was probably the best month of basketball I’ve ever played, even though I only played in six games,” Moon said. “I learned a lot. … I took that and that was able to get me that time that I needed to elevate my game even more, even though I went back to the G, I didn’t look at it as a downgrade or anything like that. I looked at it as an opportunity to work harder and get back here.”
“And while I was here the first time, I learned a lot from these guys, just how to lead a team, just being a good teammate, all the type of stuff,” Moon added. “And I took it back with me to the G and then just worked my tail off to get back here, so it definitely feels good to be back, seeing everybody again.”
COFFEY’S NEW ROLE
Moon filled the Clippers’ vacated two-way spot after they signed Coffey to a standard deal worth $153,488 for the rest of the season, per ESPN’s Bobby Marks. The deal makes the 6-7 wing a restricted free agent in the offseason, when the team will retain his Bird rights, meaning they can sign him for as much as 25% of the salary cap for a maximum of five seasons.
It was an expected reward for a dependable contributor who has started 28 of 63 games this season, with 25 of those starts coming after George was ruled out on Christmas with a torn ligament in his right elbow.
When George returned to the lineup Tuesday, Coffey came off the bench for the first time in eight contests and, a game after playing more than 37 minutes in a loss to Philadelphia, logged just 28 seconds against the Jazz.
Coffey still made an instant impact when he checked in late in the third quarter, yanked a rebound away from Donovan Mitchell and quickly delivered an outlet pass to George, who scored and drew a foul in transition to build on the brewing comeback. With that sequence, the Clippers trimmed what had been a 25-point deficit to 12 entering the fourth quarter.
In his postgame comments, Coach Tyronn Lue made sure to credit Coffey for his alertness off the bench.
“A big play for me was that rebound that Amir got at the end of the quarter and was able to score at the end of the quarter,” Lue said. “That was huge.” | https://www.sbsun.com/2022/03/31/xavier-moon-gives-clippers-another-point-guard-and-good-vibes/ | 2022-04-01T01:23:43Z |
- Intel Corp INTC agreed to acquire Granulate Cloud Solutions Ltd.
- The deal is worth $650 million, Tech Crunch reports.
- Granulate is an Israel-based developer of real-time continuous optimization software.
- The acquisition would help cloud and data center customers maximize compute workload performance and reduce infrastructure and cloud costs.
- Intel Datacenter and AI Group EVP and GM Sandra Rivera said, "Granulate's cutting-edge autonomous optimization software can be applied to production workloads without requiring the customer to make changes to its code, driving optimized hardware and software value for every cloud and data center customer."
- Intel held $29.5 billion in cash and equivalents as of December 25.
- Price Action: INTC shares traded lower by 3.64% at $49.56 on the last check Thursday.
© 2022 Benzinga.com. Benzinga does not provide investment advice. All rights reserved. | https://www.benzinga.com/m-a/22/03/26399192/intel-to-scoop-granulate-cloud-solutions-in-650m-deal | 2022-04-01T01:23:44Z |
Women Providing Healing – Promoting Hope
The Northern Virginia Business and Professional Women’s (NOVA BPW) Club of the National Association of Negro Business and Professional Women’s Club, Inc. will host their Virtual Fifth Annual Women’s History Program on Saturday, April 2, 2022 from 11 a.m. until 2 p.m. This Club, founded by...
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Successful Hybrid Work Model Requires Intentionality and Flexibility
While organizations have adopted hybrid workplaces to give staff more flexibility, recent research suggests this model is most exhausting to employees. To combat this, groups must approach hybrid with flexibility and intentionality top of mind.
While many organizations have transitioned to a hybrid work model, recent data shows that there are already rumblings of discontent, with many workers finding hybrid work more exhausting than either fully remote or full-time office-based work.
So, how do associations do hybrid work in a way that leaves employees and managers feeling good?
First, organizations may need to poll their employees to figure out what is and isn’t working for them. According to TINYpulse’s State of Employee Engagement Q3 2021 report, hybrid work is the most exhausting to employees. But when it comes to fully remote work, the data shows two different sides to the story. According to report, HR managers find this setup most exhausting, while employees find remote work least exhausting.
To alleviate some of the exhaustion issues noted by TINYpulse, a new report from the Association for Talent Development gives organizations another way to look at how they might structure their workplace. According to Developing Hybrid Teams: Combining Office and Remote Work, while many offices have prescribed hybrid to be working in the office some days and working at home others, the report notes that hybrid can also include some employees working remote all the time, while others work in-person all or most of the time. A preference-based setup might alleviate some of the exhaustion expressed by employees.
Make the Most of Hybrid Teams
No matter what hybrid setup you go with, the ATD report notes that for hybrid teams to work well, there are some key components to focus on.
“I refer to it as the three Ts managers need: the tools, the technology, and the training,” said Jennifer Homer, vice president of external relations at ATD. “Those three things are important and also being intentional about how they support their teams to really excel in a hybrid environment.”
Homer said managers also need to be trained on how to best make hybrid teams feel connected. “One of the things that we found was the biggest skills gap for managers was team-building,” Homer said. “Find ways to help the team feel more connected with each other and to each other. It’s definitely something important for managers to work on and to get better on. And that is associated with better organizational performance as well.”
Another important factor in hybrid environments is to make sure everyone has an opportunity to contribute, and that meetings—particularly ones where staff are asked to come in—are purposeful.
“You really have to be intentional about making sure that you’re including everyone’s opinions and finding ways to involve everyone in that collaboration,” Homer said. “Make sure that you know the point of your meeting, the reason for getting together. Whether it’s to brainstorm or whether it’s to have a meeting with a particular agenda, be sure that you are getting to that endgame.”
Because hybrid is new for most organizations, and no two organizations are the same, it’s a good idea to experiment and try different things to figure out what is going to work best for your team.
“Both ask your teams what works well and also experiment,” Homer said. “I think it’s a combination of seeing what works well for your teams, the culture of your organization, and seeing what worked well for their productivity.”
If organizations find things aren’t working, be sure to ask for feedback and be willing to change. This can include everything from the number of in-office days, to core hours, to team meeting norms. That ability to be nimble and flexible will be key to the success of hybrid teams.
“With the changing landscape and the evolving needs of companies and employees and also the talent needs, policies may need to adjust and be flexible,” Homer said.
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VANCOUVER, BC, March 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Western Forest Products Inc. (TSX: WEF) ("Western" or the "Company") first quarter 2022 financial and operating results will be released on Wednesday, May 4, 2022.
Western will host its first quarter 2022 analyst conference call on Thursday, May 5, 2022 at 12:00 p.m. PDT (3:00 p.m. EDT).
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Western is an integrated forest products company building a margin-focused log and lumber business to compete successfully in global softwood markets. With operations and employees located primarily on the coast of British Columbia and Washington State, Western is a premier supplier of high-value, specialty forest products to worldwide markets. Western has a lumber capacity in excess of 1.0 billion board feet from seven sawmills and four remanufacturing facilities. The Company sources timber from its private lands, long-term licenses, First Nations arrangements, and market purchases. Western supplements its production through a wholesale program providing customers with a comprehensive range of specialty products.
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BOSTON (AP) — A bill aimed at banning discrimination based on natural and protective hairstyles in workplaces, school districts, and school-related organizations was unanimously approved Thursday by the Massachusetts Senate.
The vote comes two weeks after the Massachusetts House approved a similar bill.
Supporters say Black women in particular have faced pressure in school and the workplace to alter their hair to conform to policies biased against natural hairstyles.
The Senate added a provision to the House version of the bill that would include the Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association to the list of school entities banned from adopting and implementing restrictions on natural hairstyles.
Advocates say the change will ensure those participating in sports and extracurricular activities will not be asked to change their natural or protective hairstyles in order to participate.
The bill has its roots in the case of a Massachusetts charter school that came under fire in 2017 for a policy of banning hair braid extensions. After intense criticism, the school abandoned the policy.
The U.S. House also approved a bill earlier this month that would bar discrimination against Black people who wear hairstyles like Afros, cornrows or tightly coiled twists in society, school and the workplace. The federal bill would explicitly say that such discrimination is a violation of federal civil rights law.
President Joe Biden has said he would sign the bill into law. It now heads to the U.S. Senate.
Lawmakers in the Massachusetts House and Senate now have to come up with a single version of the bill before taking a final vote and shipping it to Republican Gov. Charlie Baker for his signature.
If signed into law, Massachusetts would become the fifteenth state to adopt the measure, known as the CROWN Act. | https://www.nhregister.com/news/article/Bill-banning-hairstyle-bias-approved-by-17049811.php | 2022-04-01T01:23:48Z |
THE WOODLANDS, Texas, March 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Hallaron, a full-service advertising and branding agency in The Woodlands, Texas has begun using digital advertising platforms to serve smaller, local political advertisers. The advantage is using microtargeted geographic and behavioral factors to serve highly custom display and video ads to local voters. The results point to more efficient campaigns that can get better results even with monthly ad spends less than $10,000.
Through a collaborative partnership with Vici Media Inc., based in Philiadelphia, PA, Hallaron began using sophisticated digital platforms including precise targeting tools to serve ads among local county and even city elections in early 2022 primaries. Often reserved for larger business or political clients, Hallaron uses the same big-client ad tools to shape strategy for smaller local low budget campaigns. Often the focus is replacing older marketing thinking with smarter targeting that serves ads to local voters using cell phones and social media instead of billboards or direct mail.
"Our new political campaigns aim to serve voters with ads where they consume daily news and entertainment – that's through their mobile phones and the Internet," explains agency principal Mike Hallaron.
Statista reports that mobile media usage in the United States is set to increase to four hours and 29 minutes per day in 2022. Compare that time with traditional drive time and radio listening, print, or TV viewership.
Because of lengthy Covid-19 shutdowns, Hallaron says many Americans extended their digital and mobile reliance even further – turning to these devices for business, shopping, and reaching the world beyond their front door.
Direct mail is still popular in most small market political races where access to new digital techniques lags behind. Inexpensive yard signs are still widely used but limited. Digital and mobile ads include links to landing pages where voters can watch a candidates videos, read a bio, or review her platform positions on local issues. "When you add a well-executed social strategy on Facebook, the frequency and reach for a small campaign can be game-changing," Hallaron says.
Hallaron's digital partner Vici Media works with nearly 200 ad agencies and media companies in the U.S., serving 3 billion digital ad impressions annually. The company was named to Deloitte's Technology Fast 500 in 2020. Hallaron sees more clients educating themselves about creative digital media strategies, such as geofencing, mobile conquesting and social mirroring techniques, for example.
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By HALELUYA HADERO and ANNE D’INNOCENZIO
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NEW YORK (AP) — Early results show Amazon workers in Alabama rejecting union bid for a second time, but outstanding challenged votes could change the outcome.
In Bessemer, early vote results showed a tight race, with 993 “no” votes edging out 875 “yes” votes. The National Labor Relations Board, which oversees the election, said that 416 challenged votes could still change the outcome of the election.
A hearing has not yet been set to decide if any the challenged counts will be counted.
The tight election marks a sharp contrast to last year, when Amazon workers overwhelmingly rejected the union.
Meanwhile, in the New York union election, 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.
THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP’s earlier story follows below.
Vote counting is underway for two separate union elections for Amazon warehouse workers, the outcome of which will determine whether organized labor will finally break through the company’s fortress or suffer yet another loss.
An independent group formed by former and current Amazon workers is trying to organize a company warehouse in Staten Island, New York. Meanwhile in Bessemer, Alabama, the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union is in the midst of a re-do election to unionize workers there.
If a majority votes yes at either location, it would mark the first successful U.S. organizing effort in Amazon history. Organizers face an uphill battle against the nation’s second-largest private employer, which is making every effort to keep unions out.
The vote count began simultaneously for both elections Thursday afternoon. It is unclear when the results would be revealed. Counting could potentially carry into Friday.
In Bessemer, early vote results showed a tight race, with 993 “no” votes edging out 875 “yes” votes and the National Labor Relations Board, which oversees the election, currently sifting through challenged votes. The RWDSU said election there had a turnout rate of about 39%, with only 2,375 of the nearly 6,100 eligible workers voting through mail-in ballots. Amazon provides the list of eligible workers to the NLRB.
In New York, the nascent Amazon Labor Union 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.
“We don’t want to get overconfident and think that we’ve already won,” he said, adding that his group hadn’t planned any immediate celebrations. A small group of Amazon workers have planned to gather at an art gallery in Brooklyn to watch the vote count remotely.
“This has been a long journey for me, and I’m just happy to really see that we were able to get to this point,” Smalls said.
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 is considered an uphill battle. 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.
Meanwhile, 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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DJ Zedd is back to make people dance on the grass again with the return of Zedd in the Park festival this summer at L.A. State Historic Park.
General admission tickets go on sale April 6 for the July 8 festival taking place at the downtown L.A. venue that will include a headlining performance by Zedd, who previously performed at the 2019 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival and just appeared at the 2022 Beyond Wonderland festival in San Bernardino.
Presale tickets are available as of April 5.
Joining Zedd for the electronic and pop music dance party at the park will be Canadian DJ duo Loud Luxury, along with DJs Wolfgang Gartner, Regard, GOJ!RA and Fernet.
The all-day festival is for those ages 18 and over and will also include art installations and food trucks.
Zedd in the Park launched in 2018 and returned in 2019 before being sidelined by the COVID-19 pandemic until its 2022 return.
“I’m beyond thrilled Zedd In The Park is back! This is one of my favorite shows to play and I can’t wait to see everyone back at the park since the event has been on hiatus since 2019. It’s going to be an incredible experience with an awesome line-up,” Zedd said in a statement.
For tickets go to zedd.net/zitp | https://www.sbsun.com/2022/03/31/zedd-in-the-park-brings-dance-music-back-to-the-la-state-historic-park-this-summer/ | 2022-04-01T01:23:49Z |
BOSTON (AP) — A bill aimed at banning discrimination based on natural and protective hairstyles in workplaces, school districts, and school-related organizations was unanimously approved Thursday by the Massachusetts Senate.
The vote comes two weeks after the Massachusetts House approved a similar bill.
Supporters say Black women in particular have faced pressure in school and the workplace to alter their hair to conform to policies biased against natural hairstyles.
The Senate added a provision to the House version of the bill that would include the Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association to the list of school entities banned from adopting and implementing restrictions on natural hairstyles.
Advocates say the change will ensure those participating in sports and extracurricular activities will not be asked to change their natural or protective hairstyles in order to participate.
The bill has its roots in the case of a Massachusetts charter school that came under fire in 2017 for a policy of banning hair braid extensions. After intense criticism, the school abandoned the policy.
The U.S. House also approved a bill earlier this month that would bar discrimination against Black people who wear hairstyles like Afros, cornrows or tightly coiled twists in society, school and the workplace. The federal bill would explicitly say that such discrimination is a violation of federal civil rights law.
President Joe Biden has said he would sign the bill into law. It now heads to the U.S. Senate.
Lawmakers in the Massachusetts House and Senate now have to come up with a single version of the bill before taking a final vote and shipping it to Republican Gov. Charlie Baker for his signature.
If signed into law, Massachusetts would become the fifteenth state to adopt the measure, known as the CROWN Act. | https://www.sheltonherald.com/news/article/Bill-banning-hairstyle-bias-approved-by-17049811.php | 2022-04-01T01:23:49Z |
- Microsoft Corp MSFT acquired Minit, a leader in process mining technology.
- The financial terms of the transaction remain undisclosed.
- Minit enabled businesses to transform how they analyze, monitor, and optimize their processes.
- Minit’s solutions have helped businesses gain deep insights into how processes run, uncover root causes of operational challenges and help mitigate undesired process outcomes.
- This acquisition would further empower Microsoft to help our customers digitally transform and drive operational excellence by creating a complete picture of their business processes, enabling every function to be quickly and automatically analyzed and improved.
- Microsoft held $125.4 billion in cash and equivalents as of December 31.
- Price Action: MSFT shares traded lower by 1.47% at $309.26 on the last check Thursday.
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The fourth annual Fairfax Veg Fest will again take place in Herndon, Va. on April 24, 2022, with more than 80 exhibitors focused on healthy food, wellness programs, green products, and animal welfare. Speakers include:. T. Colin Campbell, PhD – best-selling author of The China Study, Whole, and The...
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Luxury NFT firm teams up with a world-leading photographer.
SINGAPORE, March 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- World-renowned photographer Nicolas Gerardin has partnered with pioneering platform 1of1 and ARTM Technologies to produce luxury NFTs based on his photography.
The NFTs will include rare and famous images by the French photographer who works with the world's top celebrities, including Cristiano Ronaldo, Jonas Brothers, Priyanka Chopra, Donatella Versace, James Franco, Daniel Radcliffe, Kendall Jenner, Lewis Hamilton, Karim Benzema, Paulo Dybala, Sofia Carson, and many more.
Gerardin's photographs have appeared on the front covers of leading international magazines and were recently hailed by Georgina Rodríguez in the Netflix special 'I am Georgina.' as "the best photographer in Europe."
1of1 is the first official luxury NFT platform for pioneering tech firm ARTM Technologies. It has already established numerous global partnerships with international luxury brands. ARTM is an ERC-20 token used to unlock NFTs, video streaming, metaverse, and gaming add-ons.
Co-Founder Craig Allard shared,
"We are very excited to be linking up with such an internationally-acclaimed photographer. His client list speaks for itself, and we can't wait to see what can be achieved in partnership with our 1of1 luxury NFTs. These will be based on his photographs, including some of his rare work and his more famous pieces. Some will involve experiences and special access to events and celebrities. Our pioneering technology is already changing the world of NFTs, leveraging blockchain technology with new use cases. This latest partnership will add another element to our work, and we look forward to announcing more details in due course."
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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. 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, at 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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CHICAGO , March 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Health Care Service Corporation (HCSC), the nation's largest customer-owned health insurer, announced today several changes to its senior leadership team.
The leadership transitions reflect a thoughtful and strategic approach to long-term growth and succession planning for the company.
Dr. Opella Ernest, chief operating officer, takes on a new role effective immediately as executive vice president, HCSC Commercial Markets, succeeding Jeff Tikkanen, who announced he will retire from HCSC in March 2023. Mike Frank, senior vice president, Pharmacy and Ancillary Business, will become senior vice president, chief operating officer. Dr. Ernest and Frank will report to Maurice Smith, president and CEO of HCSC.
Jeff Tikkanen, executive vice president, Commercial Markets, will transition to an advisory role focused on market initiatives including national account strategy and key client relationships until his retirement in March 2023.
"As our strategic priorities evolve, so does our organizational structure," said Maurice Smith president and CEO of HCSC. "Our continued focus on building our leadership bench strength allows us to continue to execute on our strategy -- to expand health care access, to deepen relationships in our communities and to advance our mission and commitments to remain the health coverage partner of choice for our stakeholders. HCSC has an action-oriented leadership team that is a result of a long-standing focus on attracting and growing top talent."
Dr. Opella Ernest will take on her new role, effective immediately, as executive vice president, HCSC Commercial Markets. As our former chief operating officer, Dr. Ernest helped reshaped our customer and provider experience through advancements in technology and innovation. In her new role, Dr. Ernest assumes responsibility for the company's five BCBS health plans in Illinois, Montana, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas as well as national account growth, clinical and pharmacy operations and analytics. She joined HCSC in 2012 and has had increasing responsibility leading the company's clinical strategy and operation as Senior Vice President, Chief Clinical Officer. She also served as Divisional Senior Vice President, Chief Medical Officer of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois. A board-certified family physician, she has a degree in medicine from The Ohio State University College of Medicine and a bachelor's degree from the University of Michigan
Mike Frank, senior vice president Pharmacy and Ancillary Business, will become senior vice president, chief operating officer, reporting to Dr. Ernest. In his new role, Mike will lead HCSC's IT and Customer Service organizations. Frank joined HCSC in 2013 when BCBSMT became part of the company. Since that time as SVP, Tri-State plans, he provided strategic oversight on how HCSC served members in our Blue Cross and Blue Shield Plans in Montana, New Mexico and Oklahoma as well as expanding our pharmacy solutions and better understanding of our customer service needs. Previously Frank was president of the Montana plan. Other roles at the plan included chief legal and operations officer, chief administrative officer, vice president of Corporate Integrity and Human Resources, and vice president of Compliance and Ethics. He earned his Bachelor of Science in psychology from Montana State University and his Juris Doctor from the University of Montana.
"These leadership changes will position the company for continued growth and demonstrate the strength of the HCSC management bench," said Smith. "Opella and Mike's leadership has been instrumental in both advancing and driving HCSC strategy over the last few years. In their new roles, we will see them have even greater impact on the company's success in the future."
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Health Care Service Corporation is the country's largest customer-owned health insurer, with more than 17 million members in its health plans in Illinois, Montana, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas. A Mutual Legal Reserve Company, HCSC is an independent licensee of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association.
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Tilray Brands Inc TLRY, Canopy Growth Corp CGC and Aurora Cannabis Inc ACB are trading lower Thursday alongside several other cannabis stocks. So what's going on?
Cannabis stocks have largely sustained impressive rallies from last week, led by increased investor optimism surrounding federal cannabis legalization.
The House Rules Committee held a hearing on the Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement (MORE) Act on Wednesday. Meetings have continued Thursday, but according to Benzinga Pro, the House is not expected to vote on the marijuana bill today. Debates are reportedly ongoing.
Cannabis stocks are popular among retail investors and have recorded outsized gains over the last few weeks. Tilray is up 43% over a one-month period, while Canopy and Aurora are up nearly 15% respectively. Despite the impressive surge, all three stocks remain well below their 52-week highs.
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For the first time since 2019, the Flagler Youth Orchestra’s Harmony chamber ensemble, featuring the FYO’s most accomplished musicians, is back in performance at the in the Palm Coast United Methodist Church’s Concert Series. The concert is scheduled for Saturday, April 2, at 4 p.m.
Joe Corporon, the FYO’s artistic director, will conduct the Flagler Youth Orchestra’s Harmony Chamber Orchestra in more than a dozen pieces covering an eclectic range of composers, from classical to modern, and with two performances by the FYO Quartet.
But for the Covid hiatus, the Harmony Chamber Orchestra has always performed three times a year at the Flagler Auditorium since 2005, as part of the concerts featuring the FYO’;s four other ensembles, with performers at every level of play. But each orchestra is typically limited to two or three pieces, because of time constraints. The Methodist Church concerts in contrast enable the upper orchestra to showcase its wide range of skills, taking on every musical period and numerous genres, whether it’s Carl Strommen’s “Stone Mountain Stomp,” a Gavotte by the Baroque composer Arcangelo Corelli (apparently a special request for the spring repertoire), the “Chinese String Fantasy” or an arrangement of Led Zeppelin’s “Kashmir.” There’s even a little William tell and the obligatory Mozart. (The orchestra usually rehearses on Mondays and Wednesdays, but it was in a special extended rehearsal today at Indian Trails Middle School, its usual home.)
Because of the ample program, over a decade of annual spring performances at the Methodist Church have built a following interrupted only by the pandemic. the church has hosted its own cultural series over those years.
The concert will be held in the sanctuary of the church at 5200 Belle Terre Parkway. A freewill donation is encouraged.
The Flagler Youth Orchestra is made possible by the Flagler County School District, which underwrites the program with the support of the Friends of the Youth Orchestra, whose sole mission is to provide free music education after school to all Flagler children with a desire to play an instrument. Enrollment in the program is free to all Flagler students from grades 3 through 12. This particular concert is made possible in part with a cultural arts grant from the City of Palm Coast.
For more information on the Flagler Youth Orchestra, call (386) 503-3808 or email. For more information about the Concert Series, call (386) 445-1600. The full program is below. | https://flaglerlive.com/174726/harmony-spring-2022/ | 2022-04-01T01:23:59Z |
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More on Navios Maritime Containers Q4 earnings
- Navios Maritime Containers (NASDAQ:NMCI) reports Q4 sales increased 61% Y/Y to $34.4M, primarily due to higher number of vessels operating.
- Fleet includes 30 vessels up from 21 since end of 2017; average age of fleet is 10.5 years; the Company has chartered-out 45.4% and 14.5% of available days for 2019 and 2020, respectively, and expected to generate sales of $91.4M and $42.4M, respectively.
- Average expected daily charter-out rate is $18,654 and $26,609 for 2019 and for 2020, respectively
- Adj. EBITDA margin declines ~215bps to 44.3%
- In December 2018, Navios Containers entered into a debt refinancing agreement with for $50M loan; after the transaction the Company has no debt maturities until 2022.
- Previously: Navios Maritime Containers reports Q4 results (Jan. 30) | https://seekingalpha.com/news/3427508-on-navios-maritime-containers-q4-earnings | 2022-04-01T01:23:59Z |
DELANO, Calif. (AP) — The death of an inmate at a central California prison is being investigated as a homicide, officials said Thursday.
Juan E. Mendoza, 26, was found unresponsive in his cell at Kern Valley State Prison shortly before 5 p.m. on Wednesday, according to a statement from the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.
He had visible injuries and died a short time later despite life-saving efforts.
Mendoza shared his cell with another man, Jorge L. Mendoza, who was removed from the cell and placed in segregation while the death is investigated, authorities said.
Juan E. Mendoza went to prison in 2020 after receiving a six-year sentence in San Bernardino County for second-degree attempted murder and personal use of a dangerous weapon, officials said.
Jorge L. Mendoza was admitted from Monterey County in 2018 and was serving a sentence of life with the chance of parole for second-degree murder with the use of a firearm by a second-striker.
Kern Valley State Prison is located in Delano, northwest of Bakersfield. It has more than 3,200 inmates. | https://www.nhregister.com/news/article/California-prison-inmate-death-investigated-as-a-17049814.php | 2022-04-01T01:24:00Z |
Making careful brush strokes, Warren ‘Stylez’ Harvey uses bold shades of blue in his bright Midtown studio. He's painting a young Gordon Parks holding a camera to his eye. The portrait is one of a series of 10, depicting filmmakers, actors and pioneers who are being inducted into the Black Movie Hall of Fame.
At 34, Harvey is a Kansas City artist to watch. His work appears in the TV drama “Bel-Air,” a reboot of the classic sitcom “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.” Harvey was also one of six artists in 2020 who worked on the Black Lives Matter street mural project. At more than 300-feet, Harvey's mural, in purple, green and yellow, made a bold statement at 63rd Street and Troost Avenue.
Harvey's commission for the Black Movie Hall of Fame is his biggest project yet. The series includes portraits of Parks, Harry Belafonte, Kevin Willmott, Janelle Monáe, Oscar Micheaux, Tressie Souders, Chadwick Boseman, Don Cheadle, Forest Whitaker and Hattie McDaniel.
Harvey said the hours he spent working have taken his art to a new level and left him with a greater respect for history.
“It’s really helping me actually see more of what's inside me and what's possible," Harvey said. "But it also gives recognition to these these brilliant people that really paved the way for a lot of what is today.”
The project involved research on Harvey's part. For him, finding the right image to represent each person was key.
"Some of them are pretty far back, so it was just an awesome opportunity to learn and to bring to life to what they've accomplished," Harvey said.
Of the 10 paintings, the Belafonte portrait is one of Harvey's favorites. He says depicting the actor, in character as the gangster Seldom Seen from Robert Altman's 1996 film "Kansas City," was challenging to get just right.
"It's a stained-glass type of feel with the lines, the separation of the colors, but also bringing those colors in together," Harvey said. "The focus is on Harry Belafonte, but in the background you still get the energy of the scene, and it really brings him out. It moves him into the forefront, just because of how it's been expressed."
Harvey said years of painting have taught him to trust his instincts.
"Just learning my voice, being confident, you know, because sometimes it's hard for an artist to find an authentic style," Harvey said. "There's so much art that you can see that can steer you in a direction of someone else's style instead of just kind of flowing with what feels right to you. And I'm grateful that I've taken that journey."
The project has opened a new chapter in his artistic career.
"These 10 years of being an artist are definitely paying off, and the sky's the limit, really not even the sky's the limit," Harvey said. "I think beautiful blessings are going to come from this."
Shawn Edwards, executive producer of Celebration of Black Cinema, unveiled the portraits Wednesday evening during a reception and movie screening at B&B Theatres Mainstreet Kansas City.
Edwards said the plan is for the portraits to hang in the The Black Movie Hall of Fame at the Boone Theater, located at 1701 E. 18th Street in the historic 18th & Vine jazz district.
Harvey's portraits give their subjects an iconic look, he said.
"They have that feel like they belong in in a cathedral," Edwards said. "There's a very spiritual connection with each of the pieces, and it's just great to see."
Since the hall of fame will be located in Kansas City, Missouri, all of the initial inductees have a connection to the area. Each has made a unique contribution in the history of cinema—like Micheaux, who is buried in Great Bend, Kansas.
"If you were to build any Black Movie Hall of Fame, you have to start with one person and one person only, and that's Oscar Micheaux, the grandfather of black filmmaking," Edwards said. "He was the Tyler Perry of his day. He wrote, produced, directed and distributed his own movies way back in the early 1900s."
Edwards said Harvey's portrait of Parks, a photographer and filmmaker, captured something of the man.
"His eyes sort of pierce your soul, and you can feel him thinking cinematically," he said. "You can almost feel his genius by looking at the portrait."
Born in Fort Scott, Kansas, Parks is perhaps best known for the photographs he made for Life Magazine. He also directed "The Learning Tree" and "Shaft." Parks was one of the first filmmakers who advocated for other Black artists to work behind the camera on his films.
"What would Hollywood be like without Gordon Parks?" Edwards asked. "If there's no Gordon Parks, there's no Quentin Tarantino."
Also included is Willmott, an Academy Award-winning director and screenwriter. Willmott, a film professor at the University of Kansas, won an Oscar in 2019 for adapting "BlacKkKlansman" along with Spike Lee.
Edwards said that, when he commissioned Harvey, he was looking for a unique way to tell a story that is often overlooked.
"I wanted to be something that would be like visually stunning, something that would make you pay attention," Edwards said. "That's what you want from art. You want to be stopped in your tracks. You want your eyes to open just a little wider. And then we want you to stop and think and have a conversation about it."
Edwards said the Black Movie Hall of Fame, which is slated to open next year, is a way to honor pioneers of American cinema.
"We can't ignore figures like Oscar Micheaux and Gordon Parks, because they went through extraordinary odds so we could take things like a Tyler Perry movie for granted," Edwards says. "Those people should be talked about because it's not just Black history, it's history. What they did is important because, you know, they paved the way."
The portraits were unveiled March 30 at B&B Theatres Mainstreet KC in The Power & Light District in conjunction with Kansas City FilmFest International, Critics Choice Awards and Boone Theater Project. | https://www.kcur.org/arts-life/2022-03-31/a-kansas-city-artist-paints-film-legends-inducted-into-the-planned-black-movie-hall-of-fame | 2022-04-01T01:24:00Z |
For one brief, shining moment in time over 20 years ago, Pokémon ascended from the anime/video games plane where it normally resides and became something more. Something fancier, something jauntier. And then, just as quickly as it rose, it slipped right back down again, and most folks now forget it ever happened at all.
I’m talking, of course, about Pokémon Live!, a full-blown musical that toured the United States in 2000, and was then localised for further international appearances over the next few years. If you actually went to a show, or at least remember its promotional material, you’ll know that this wasn’t some cheap spin-off.
The show’s creators put some serious work into it, especially when it came to the Pokémon themselves, creating impressive costumes and puppets to bring the series’ main characters to life. Yet for all their efforts, and despite cameras having been along for the ride to make high-quality recordings, for whatever reason the show was never released on VHS/DVD, and so outside of those lucky enough to have gone to a performance 22 years ago it has become an all-but-forgotten relic of a bygone era.
Or it was, until this week when Jonii Vee and Jamie D. Elms released a documentary about the show, which is the product of a year’s work combing through archival footage and interviewing former cast members. If by now you’re wondering, why would people go to all that trouble for a show that you hadn’t even known existed until you started reading this blog, Jamie tells Kotaku that the inspiration for the documentary came after they saw this image last year, and needed to know where the hell it came from:
Which, you know, fair. A year later, here’s the end result, called Pokémon Live: How Pikachu Nearly Took Broadway:
To accompany the documentary, they also released this shorter video with some facts and random footage:
And if by now you’d like to watch the whole show yourself, while an official recording was never released, there is this bootleg recording of the entire performance that was cleaned up in 2020: | https://kotaku.com/pokemon-live-musical-broadway-documentary-nintendo-hist-1848730077 | 2022-04-01T01:24:00Z |
A place to call home: An anonymous $45,000 donation to provide wheelchair accessible van for adoptive family
A remarkable response from the community who answered a call to help a family in need.
Winston-Salem couple, Jayne and Vladimir Radionov, adopted 13-year-old Kaleb who was born with a developmental disorder.
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The family shared how they were in dire need of their own wheelchair-accessible van and now that wish has been granted.
After seeing their story air on WXII 12 News, an anonymous donor who is insisting no names are announced, has donated a $45,000 wheelchair-accessible van to Kaleb’s family.
"Besides just loving him with all our heart, we just want to be able to get him out in the community doing things just like his typical peers," Jayne said.
The family has been borrowing a wheelchair-accessible vehicle from a family they met through Horizon’s Residential Care Center, where Kaleb lived for several years.
Jayne explained how she never expected to feel this humbled and surprised to receive the gift from someone anonymous.
She said, “I’m just speechless. The love and outpouring of support has been amazing. We just want to thank everyone who has heard this story and has blessed us in so many different ways.” | https://www.wxii12.com/article/anonymous-donation-wheelchair-accessible-van/39594989 | 2022-04-01T01:24:00Z |
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Exclusive: Kathryn Hahn & H. Jon Benjamin Sing in CENTRAL PARK Clip
The new episode of Central Park is streaming tomorrow, April 1, on Apple TV+.
In the penultimate episode of the second season of Central Park, Paige, voiced by Kathryn Hahn, digs up evidence that has the power to take down Mayor Whitney Whitebottom, voiced by H. Jon Benjamin.
Watch an exclusive clip of Hahn and Benjamin singing in the new episode, streaming tomorrow, April 1, on Apple TV+.
"Central Park" is an animated musical comedy about the Tillermans, a family that lives in Central Park. Owen, the park manager, and Paige, his journalist wife, raise their kids Molly and Cole in the world's most famous park, while fending off hotel heiress Bitsy Brandenham and her long suffering assistant Helen, who would love nothing more than to turn the park into condos.
"Central Park" is created, written and executive produced by Emmy Award winner Loren Bouchard ("Bob's Burgers"), alongside Grammy Award winner Josh Gad ("Frozen") and Emmy Award winner Nora Smith ("Bob's Burgers"). Sanjay Shah and Halsted Sullivan also serve as executive producers. The series hails from 20th Century Fox Television.
Watch the new clip here: | https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Exclusive-Kathryn-Hahn-H-Jon-Benjamin-Sing-in-CENTRAL-PARK-Clip-20220331 | 2022-04-01T01:24:00Z |
Mammals put brawn before brains to survive the post-dinosaur world, according to new research.
Prehistoric mammals bulked up, rather than develop bigger brains, to boost their survival chances once dinosaurs had become extinct and were “fairly dim-witted” compared to mammals today, say Scottish scientists who led the study.
For the first 10 million years after dinosaurs died out, mammals prioritized boosting their body size to adapt to radical shifts in the makeup of Earth’s animal kingdom, according to the findings.
The study, published in the journal Science, show that the size of mammals’ brains, compared with their body weight, decreased following a catastrophic asteroid impact 66 million years ago that ended the reign of dinosaurs.
It had been widely thought that mammals’ relative brain sizes generally increased over time in the wake of the wipeout.
While much is known about the evolution of the brains of modern mammals, it had been unclear how they developed in the first few million years following the mass extinction.
Now, Edinburgh University scientists have shed fresh light on the mystery by performing CT scans on newly discovered fossils from the 10-million-year period after the extinction, known as the Paleocene.
The findings reveal that the relative brain sizes of mammals shrunk at first because their body size increased at a much faster rate.
Results of scans also suggest the animals relied heavily on their sense of smell, and that their vision and other senses were less well-developed.
The researchers say that suggests it was initially more important to be big than highly intelligent in order to survive in the post-dinosaur era.
Around 10 million years later, early members of modern mammal groups — such as primates — began to develop larger brains and a more complex range of senses and motor skills.
The Edinburgh team said that would have improved their survival chances at a time when competition for resources was far greater.
Lead researcher Ornella Bertrand said the idea that big brains are always better to invade new environments or survive extinctions is misleading.
Bertrand, of the University of Edinburgh’s School of GeoSciences, said: “Large brains are expensive to maintain and, if not necessary to acquire resources, would have probably been detrimental for the survival of early placental mammals in the chaos and upheaval after the asteroid impact.”
She said because today’s mammals are so intelligent, it is easy to assume that big brains helped our ancestors outlast the dinosaurs and survive extinction — but that was not so.
Senior author Professor Steve Brusatte, also of Edinburgh University, said: “The mammals that usurped the dinosaurs were fairly dim-witted, and only millions of years later did many types of mammals develop bigger brains as they were competing with each other to form new ecosystems.”
The badlands of northwestern New Mexico are among the few places where scientists can find complete skulls and skeletons of the mammals that lived immediately after the mass extinction of dinosaurs.
Thomas Williamson, Curator of Paleontology at the New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, added: “Collecting and CT scanning many of the beautiful fossil skulls has led to this new understanding of what these bizarre animals were like and the evolution of the mammalian brain.”
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By HALELUYA HADERO and ANNE D’INNOCENZIO
AP Business Writers
NEW YORK (AP) — Early results show Amazon workers in Alabama rejecting union bid for a second time, but outstanding challenged votes could change the outcome.
In Bessemer, early vote results showed a tight race, with 993 “no” votes edging out 875 “yes” votes. The National Labor Relations Board, which oversees the election, said that 416 challenged votes could still change the outcome of the election.
A hearing has not yet been set to decide if any the challenged counts will be counted.
THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP’s earlier story follows below.
Vote counting is underway for two separate union elections for Amazon warehouse workers, the outcome of which will determine whether organized labor will finally break through the company’s fortress or suffer yet another loss.
An independent group formed by former and current Amazon workers is trying to organize a company warehouse in Staten Island, New York. Meanwhile in Bessemer, Alabama, the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union is in the midst of a re-do election to unionize workers there.
If a majority votes yes at either location, it would mark the first successful U.S. organizing effort in Amazon history. Organizers face an uphill battle against the nation’s second-largest private employer, which is making every effort to keep unions out.
The vote count began simultaneously for both elections Thursday afternoon. It is unclear when the results would be revealed. Counting could potentially carry into Friday.
In Bessemer, early vote results showed a tight race, with 993 “no” votes edging out 875 “yes” votes and the National Labor Relations Board, which oversees the election, currently sifting through challenged votes. The RWDSU said election there had a turnout rate of about 39%, with only 2,375 of the nearly 6,100 eligible workers voting through mail-in ballots. Amazon provides the list of eligible workers to the NLRB.
In New York, the nascent Amazon Labor Union 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.
“We don’t want to get overconfident and think that we’ve already won,” he said, adding that his group hadn’t planned any immediate celebrations. A small group of Amazon workers have planned to gather at an art gallery in Brooklyn to watch the vote count remotely.
“This has been a long journey for me, and I’m just happy to really see that we were able to get to this point,” Smalls said.
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 is considered an uphill battle. 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.
Meanwhile, 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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Oscars producer says police offered to arrest Will Smith
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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DELANO, Calif. (AP) — The death of an inmate at a central California prison is being investigated as a homicide, officials said Thursday.
Juan E. Mendoza, 26, was found unresponsive in his cell at Kern Valley State Prison shortly before 5 p.m. on Wednesday, according to a statement from the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.
He had visible injuries and died a short time later despite life-saving efforts.
Mendoza shared his cell with another man, Jorge L. Mendoza, who was removed from the cell and placed in segregation while the death is investigated, authorities said.
Juan E. Mendoza went to prison in 2020 after receiving a six-year sentence in San Bernardino County for second-degree attempted murder and personal use of a dangerous weapon, officials said.
Jorge L. Mendoza was admitted from Monterey County in 2018 and was serving a sentence of life with the chance of parole for second-degree murder with the use of a firearm by a second-striker.
Kern Valley State Prison is located in Delano, northwest of Bakersfield. It has more than 3,200 inmates. | https://www.sheltonherald.com/news/article/California-prison-inmate-death-investigated-as-a-17049814.php | 2022-04-01T01:24:01Z |
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OLYMPIA, Wash., March 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Heritage Financial Corporation ("Company" or "Heritage") (Nasdaq: HFWA) anticipates issuing its first quarter earnings release on Thursday, April 21, 2022 before the market opens. The Company has scheduled a telephone conference call to discuss the first quarter on Thursday, April 21, 2022 at 11:00 a.m. Pacific time (2:00 p.m. Eastern time).
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The conference call will be recorded and will be available following the live conference call for replay twenty-four hours a day ending April 28, 2022. Questions regarding the conference call may be directed to Kaylene Lahn at 360-943-1500.
About Heritage Financial
Heritage Financial Corporation is an Olympia-based bank holding company with Heritage Bank, a full-service commercial bank, as its sole wholly-owned banking subsidiary. Heritage Bank has a branching network of 49 banking offices in Washington and Oregon. Heritage Bank also does business under the Whidbey Island Bank name on Whidbey Island. Heritage's stock is traded on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the symbol "HFWA". More information about Heritage Financial Corporation can be found on its website at www.hf-wa.com and more information about Heritage Bank can be found on its website at www.heritagebanknw.com.
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BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Career prosecutor Jaymi Sterling, who is the daughter of Maryland Governor Larry Hogan, announced she has filed for State’s Attorney for St. Mary’s County.
Currently an Assistant State’s Attorney in Anne Arundel County, Sterling is making a bid to head the office she left amid controversy nearly over a year ago.
A Deputy State’s Attorney in St. Mary’s County at the time, Sterling cited questionable practices in her September 30, 2020 resignation letter.
“In my most recent role as the Deputy State’s Attorney, I uncovered questionable financial and personnel practices. I took action to make sure these practices were reported to the appropriate authorities,” Sterling said. “In response, the State’s Attorney immediately demoted me for reporting these irregularities.”
“It is clear to me that I have an ethical and moral obligation to leave the office,” she continued. “I look back with pride on nearly a decade of pursuing justice for the citizens of St. Mary’s County. I am sad that I have no choice but to resign.”
Excited and proud of my daughter, Jaymi! https://t.co/Qm0KhTz1wL
— Larry Hogan (@LarryHogan) March 16, 2022 | https://www.newsbreak.com/news/2556678867175/potomac-friends-of-the-library-facing-threat | 2022-04-01T01:24:04Z |
DETROIT (AP) _ The winning numbers in Thursday evening's drawing of the Michigan Lottery's "Poker Lotto" game were:
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DETROIT (AP) _ The winning numbers in Thursday evening's drawing of the Michigan Lottery's "Poker Lotto" game were:
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Elite Airways LLC began scheduled operations this past weekend between Northeast Florida Regional Airport (UST) and Portland International Jetport (PWM) in Maine—marking the expansion of commercial air service at NFRA in St. Augustine, Florida. After a three-hour nonstop flight, inbound passengers were greeted by airport staff and treated to NFRA goodie bags. The new nonstop jet service operates on Saturdays traveling southbound and Sundays going northbound, and compliments Elite Airways existing twice-weekly service between St. Augustine and Newark Liberty International Airport, serving the New York City and tri-state area.
“Elite Airways is proud to expand commercial air service in St. Augustine with new nonstop service to and from our hometown of Portland Maine,” said John Pearsall, President of Elite Airways. “Not only will Mainers enjoy having a new Florida coastal destination to explore, we also believe this route serves the needs of seasonal residents with homes in both areas. We’d like to thank airport and city officials for their continued support of Elite Airways’ expansion in St. Augustine.”
“The Airport Authority celebrates the launch of Elite’s new flights between Northeast Florida Regional Airport and Portland International Jetport in Maine,” said Bruce Maguire, Chairman of the St. Johns County Airport Authority. “The addition of nonstop service to Portland and Newark provides air service to two highly sought after and historic destinations, while giving visitors close and convenient access to St. Augustine, Ponte Vedra and The Beaches.”
Elite Airways operates a fleet of Bombardier CRJ-200, CRJ-700 and CRJ-900 jet airliners with 50, 70 and 90 seats respectively, known for comfort and efficiency, and maintains an impeccable safety record. All Elite Airways passengers receive free onboard snacks and beverages, advance seat assignments, free first-checked bag up to 50lbs and 62 inches in length (including travel golf bags), and no ticketing change fees; see website for details. Elite Airways is also pet friendly.
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The Milwaukee Bucks (47-28) play against the Brooklyn Nets (36-36) at Barclays Center
Game Time: 7:30 PM EDT on Thursday March 31, 2022
Milwaukee Bucks 94, Brooklyn Nets 92 (Q4 08:26)
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Milwaukee Bucks @Bucks
8 FEELING GREAT!!
8 dunks tonight for Giannis. 😤 pic.twitter.com/KhzR5i2TQn – 9:21 PM
8 FEELING GREAT!!
8 dunks tonight for Giannis. 😤 pic.twitter.com/KhzR5i2TQn – 9:21 PM
Brian Mahoney @briancmahoney
Giannis is now three points shy of becoming the leading scorer in Bucks history. Came in 39 points behind Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and he’s got 37 early in the fourth quarter. – 9:21 PM
Giannis is now three points shy of becoming the leading scorer in Bucks history. Came in 39 points behind Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and he’s got 37 early in the fourth quarter. – 9:21 PM
Eric Nehm @eric_nehm
Yooooooo. That’s a #MiddleDIME right there for the big one-handed slam from Antetokounmpo. – 9:18 PM
Yooooooo. That’s a #MiddleDIME right there for the big one-handed slam from Antetokounmpo. – 9:18 PM
Brady Hawk @BradyHawk305
76ers down 13 to Pistons under 2 minutes to go
Heat lifer Kelly Olynyk hasn’t missed a shot
This would drop them to a 46-30 record to Miami’s 49-28 record which currently lands them in 1st place
Decent padding there
Now look to Bucks-Nets 4th quarter – 9:17 PM
76ers down 13 to Pistons under 2 minutes to go
Heat lifer Kelly Olynyk hasn’t missed a shot
This would drop them to a 46-30 record to Miami’s 49-28 record which currently lands them in 1st place
Decent padding there
Now look to Bucks-Nets 4th quarter – 9:17 PM
Gery Woelfel @GeryWoelfel
Another stellar performance being turned in by NBA officials: Bucks 20 free throw attempts, Nets 5. – 9:15 PM
Another stellar performance being turned in by NBA officials: Bucks 20 free throw attempts, Nets 5. – 9:15 PM
Milwaukee Bucks @Bucks
Oops, Giannis dunked it again.
7 total so far tonight. 😳 pic.twitter.com/VKkre2ZBK0 – 9:14 PM
Oops, Giannis dunked it again.
7 total so far tonight. 😳 pic.twitter.com/VKkre2ZBK0 – 9:14 PM
Alex Schiffer @Alex__Schiffer
End of the third quarter: Bucks lead the Nets 87-86. KD with 13, Brown with 17 and Kyrie with 20. Khris Middleton and Jrue Holiday are a combined 7-for-20, but the Nets have yet to find a way to slow down this Giannis fella. – 9:11 PM
End of the third quarter: Bucks lead the Nets 87-86. KD with 13, Brown with 17 and Kyrie with 20. Khris Middleton and Jrue Holiday are a combined 7-for-20, but the Nets have yet to find a way to slow down this Giannis fella. – 9:11 PM
Nick Friedell @NickFriedell
The Nets have no answer for Giannis at all. He has been dominant. He’s 12-for-16 from the field and has 33 points, eight rebounds and four assists in 25 minutes. The Bucks have 42 points in the paint. Giannis is 12-for-16 from the field. – 9:11 PM
The Nets have no answer for Giannis at all. He has been dominant. He’s 12-for-16 from the field and has 33 points, eight rebounds and four assists in 25 minutes. The Bucks have 42 points in the paint. Giannis is 12-for-16 from the field. – 9:11 PM
Ajayi Browne @ajayibrowne
End of 3rd QTR: Nets 86, Bucks 87
Kyrie Irving (20 PTS), Bruce Brown (17 PTS) & the Nets are losing the battle on the boards 29-38. Fortunately, they’re putting on a show from behind the arc, shooting it at 54%. Defensively, they’re holding Milwaukee to 28% shooting from there. – 9:11 PM
End of 3rd QTR: Nets 86, Bucks 87
Kyrie Irving (20 PTS), Bruce Brown (17 PTS) & the Nets are losing the battle on the boards 29-38. Fortunately, they’re putting on a show from behind the arc, shooting it at 54%. Defensively, they’re holding Milwaukee to 28% shooting from there. – 9:11 PM
Kristian Winfield @Krisplashed
Couple bad James Johnson possessions in a row and the Bucks are now up 87-86. First the foul on Holiday, then giving KD the ball with no space close to out of bounds. – 9:10 PM
Couple bad James Johnson possessions in a row and the Bucks are now up 87-86. First the foul on Holiday, then giving KD the ball with no space close to out of bounds. – 9:10 PM
Kristian Winfield @Krisplashed
Nic Claxton just bumped Giannis under the paint, dunked the ball then flexed on his way back up the floor. – 9:09 PM
Nic Claxton just bumped Giannis under the paint, dunked the ball then flexed on his way back up the floor. – 9:09 PM
Kristian Winfield @Krisplashed
James Johnson didn’t know the Bucks were in the bonus. Intentionally fouled to slow the Bucks down but inadvertently gave MIL 2 free points by putting Jrue Holiday on the line. – 9:08 PM
James Johnson didn’t know the Bucks were in the bonus. Intentionally fouled to slow the Bucks down but inadvertently gave MIL 2 free points by putting Jrue Holiday on the line. – 9:08 PM
Alex Schiffer @Alex__Schiffer
Kevin Durant has nine assists tonight. The Bucks as a team have 11. – 9:08 PM
Kevin Durant has nine assists tonight. The Bucks as a team have 11. – 9:08 PM
Jim Owczarski @JimOwczarski
Khris Middleton and Jrue Holiday have as many turnovers (7) as made baskets (7). – 9:07 PM
Khris Middleton and Jrue Holiday have as many turnovers (7) as made baskets (7). – 9:07 PM
Jim Owczarski @JimOwczarski
It’s been a long time since basically every other #Bucks player has had a hard time scoring. Pat Connaughton has 11 points on 4 of 7 shooting. That’s it. – 9:05 PM
It’s been a long time since basically every other #Bucks player has had a hard time scoring. Pat Connaughton has 11 points on 4 of 7 shooting. That’s it. – 9:05 PM
Jim Owczarski @JimOwczarski
Giannis Antetokounmpo: 11-for-15, 31 points.
Rest of the #Bucks: 15-for-46 (32%), 45 points.
Yet they only trail the #Nets 80-76. – 9:02 PM
Giannis Antetokounmpo: 11-for-15, 31 points.
Rest of the #Bucks: 15-for-46 (32%), 45 points.
Yet they only trail the #Nets 80-76. – 9:02 PM
Alex Schiffer @Alex__Schiffer
After a 3-for-10 start, Kyrie Irving has hit his last three shots. Nets lead 78-74. – 9:00 PM
After a 3-for-10 start, Kyrie Irving has hit his last three shots. Nets lead 78-74. – 9:00 PM
Kristian Winfield @Krisplashed
Giannis just slid in Kyrie Irving’s way attempting to take a charge. There’s a take foul, and then there’s that. – 8:59 PM
Giannis just slid in Kyrie Irving’s way attempting to take a charge. There’s a take foul, and then there’s that. – 8:59 PM
Brian Mahoney @briancmahoney
Giannis is 9 for 9 at the line so far. But Nets up three midway through the third. – 8:58 PM
Giannis is 9 for 9 at the line so far. But Nets up three midway through the third. – 8:58 PM
Brooklyn Nets @BrooklynNets
This is why you never give up on a play 👌 pic.twitter.com/227vIPEDft – 8:55 PM
This is why you never give up on a play 👌 pic.twitter.com/227vIPEDft – 8:55 PM
Jim Owczarski @JimOwczarski
#Nets are shooting 60% from behind the three-point line – 12-for-20. #Bucks just 28%. – 8:53 PM
#Nets are shooting 60% from behind the three-point line – 12-for-20. #Bucks just 28%. – 8:53 PM
Alex Schiffer @Alex__Schiffer
Nets lead the Bucks 73-68. Kyrie Irving with a 3 off a Patty Mills steal. Brooklyn has been scrappy tonight. Bruce Brown with three corner 3s. – 8:52 PM
Nets lead the Bucks 73-68. Kyrie Irving with a 3 off a Patty Mills steal. Brooklyn has been scrappy tonight. Bruce Brown with three corner 3s. – 8:52 PM
James Edwards III @JLEdwardsIII
END OF 3Q: 76ers 79, Pistons 73.
Cade Cunningham’s last 1.75 games (and he missed all but 47 seconds of the second quarter in Brooklyn): 58 points, 24 for 41 from the field and five free-throw attempts. – 8:49 PM
END OF 3Q: 76ers 79, Pistons 73.
Cade Cunningham’s last 1.75 games (and he missed all but 47 seconds of the second quarter in Brooklyn): 58 points, 24 for 41 from the field and five free-throw attempts. – 8:49 PM
Jim Owczarski @JimOwczarski
For the second time in the last two quarters, Giannis Antetokounmpo has willed the #Bucks to within a possession – he needs some help (Middleton 3-for-10; Holiday & Lopez 1-for-6) – 8:48 PM
For the second time in the last two quarters, Giannis Antetokounmpo has willed the #Bucks to within a possession – he needs some help (Middleton 3-for-10; Holiday & Lopez 1-for-6) – 8:48 PM
Milwaukee Bucks @Bucks
Khris is an expert at time management. ⏱ pic.twitter.com/yZKayAL0iv – 8:41 PM
Khris is an expert at time management. ⏱ pic.twitter.com/yZKayAL0iv – 8:41 PM
Milwaukee Bucks @Bucks
Too strong. 💪
📸 @PicknSaveStores Photo of the Night. pic.twitter.com/cb1lrzrHuq – 8:33 PM
Too strong. 💪
📸 @PicknSaveStores Photo of the Night. pic.twitter.com/cb1lrzrHuq – 8:33 PM
Jim Owczarski @JimOwczarski
Wesley Matthews has passed former #Bucks guard @jj_redick for No. 22 on the all-time three-point attempts list. – 8:30 PM
Wesley Matthews has passed former #Bucks guard @jj_redick for No. 22 on the all-time three-point attempts list. – 8:30 PM
Barbara Barker @meanbarb
Nets lead Bucks, 60-56, at the half and defense is not bad. Giannis, however, has 20 points after two quarters. This will mark the eighth time in the last nine games he has 20 or more. – 8:29 PM
Nets lead Bucks, 60-56, at the half and defense is not bad. Giannis, however, has 20 points after two quarters. This will mark the eighth time in the last nine games he has 20 or more. – 8:29 PM
Ajayi Browne @ajayibrowne
HALF: Nets 60, Bucks 56
Bruce Brown (10 PTS), Kyrie Irving (9 PTS) & the Nets are allowing Giannis Antetokounmpo to gain momentum. He’s already up to 20 PTS on 8-of-11 shooting. Overall, Brooklyn is getting outscored in the interior 26-16. – 8:28 PM
HALF: Nets 60, Bucks 56
Bruce Brown (10 PTS), Kyrie Irving (9 PTS) & the Nets are allowing Giannis Antetokounmpo to gain momentum. He’s already up to 20 PTS on 8-of-11 shooting. Overall, Brooklyn is getting outscored in the interior 26-16. – 8:28 PM
Brian Mahoney @briancmahoney
Halftime in Brooklyn, with the Nets leading the Bucks 60-56. Giannis dominating inside with 20 points on 8-for-11 shooting. Durant has seven points, seven assists and five rebounds. – 8:27 PM
Halftime in Brooklyn, with the Nets leading the Bucks 60-56. Giannis dominating inside with 20 points on 8-for-11 shooting. Durant has seven points, seven assists and five rebounds. – 8:27 PM
Alex Schiffer @Alex__Schiffer
Halftime: Nets lead the Bucks 60-56. Good game so far. Kevin Durant with seven points, seven assists and five rebounds. Bruce Brown with 10 and some great defense. Kyrie Irving has been well-guarded by Jrue Holiday. Just 3-for-10. Bucks +10 in the paint. – 8:27 PM
Halftime: Nets lead the Bucks 60-56. Good game so far. Kevin Durant with seven points, seven assists and five rebounds. Bruce Brown with 10 and some great defense. Kyrie Irving has been well-guarded by Jrue Holiday. Just 3-for-10. Bucks +10 in the paint. – 8:27 PM
Jim Owczarski @JimOwczarski
Giannis Antetokounmpo took a shot to the lower half by Andre Drummond on that last possession. Took a moment to collect himself. – 8:26 PM
Giannis Antetokounmpo took a shot to the lower half by Andre Drummond on that last possession. Took a moment to collect himself. – 8:26 PM
Kristian Winfield @Krisplashed
Bruce Brown is approaching ‘can’t leave open from the corner’ territory. – 8:25 PM
Bruce Brown is approaching ‘can’t leave open from the corner’ territory. – 8:25 PM
Kristian Winfield @Krisplashed
Nets fail to execute on easy transition 3 opportunity. Seth stops at the wing. Goran rifles ball into the crowd as if he though Seth was headed to the corner. Those are the opportunities the lack of chemistry shows. Easy 3 points missed. – 8:25 PM
Nets fail to execute on easy transition 3 opportunity. Seth stops at the wing. Goran rifles ball into the crowd as if he though Seth was headed to the corner. Those are the opportunities the lack of chemistry shows. Easy 3 points missed. – 8:25 PM
Kristian Winfield @Krisplashed
Don’t get baited into shooting the halfcourt shot, Nets fans. Take the money and leave 😭😭😭😭😭 – 8:22 PM
Don’t get baited into shooting the halfcourt shot, Nets fans. Take the money and leave 😭😭😭😭😭 – 8:22 PM
Alex Schiffer @Alex__Schiffer
Nets lead the Bucks 54-47 with 2:56 left in the second quarter. Nets have three blocks 3-point attempts. Eight Nets have scored multiple baskets. Kevin Durant is up to seven assists. – 8:20 PM
Nets lead the Bucks 54-47 with 2:56 left in the second quarter. Nets have three blocks 3-point attempts. Eight Nets have scored multiple baskets. Kevin Durant is up to seven assists. – 8:20 PM
Kamenetzky Brothers @KamBrothers
Really interesting profile of KD’s psyche from @Logan Murdock. AK
theringer.com/nba/2022/3/31/… – 8:20 PM
Really interesting profile of KD’s psyche from @Logan Murdock. AK
theringer.com/nba/2022/3/31/… – 8:20 PM
Kristian Winfield @Krisplashed
Andre Drummond really just finished with extra jelly in transition lmao – 8:18 PM
Andre Drummond really just finished with extra jelly in transition lmao – 8:18 PM
Michael Pina @MichaelVPina
the night is young but all the nets do when they’re on national television is pummel east contenders – 8:13 PM
the night is young but all the nets do when they’re on national television is pummel east contenders – 8:13 PM
Jim Owczarski @JimOwczarski
Giannis Antetokounmpo got the #Bucks to within 43-39, but the #Nets have since gone on a 8-0 run to back up double digits at 50-39. – 8:11 PM
Giannis Antetokounmpo got the #Bucks to within 43-39, but the #Nets have since gone on a 8-0 run to back up double digits at 50-39. – 8:11 PM
Alex Schiffer @Alex__Schiffer
Patty Mills with a 3 and the fist pump. Nets lead the Bucks 50-39 with 6:37 left in the first half. Nic Claxton is 4-for-4 and just had a nasty putback dunk. He’s missed two shots since the win over Utah on March 21. Pretty good 10 days for him. – 8:11 PM
Patty Mills with a 3 and the fist pump. Nets lead the Bucks 50-39 with 6:37 left in the first half. Nic Claxton is 4-for-4 and just had a nasty putback dunk. He’s missed two shots since the win over Utah on March 21. Pretty good 10 days for him. – 8:11 PM
Kristian Winfield @Krisplashed
Timeout, Bucks: The Nets have a 50-39 lead here in the 2nd quarter, and Nic Claxton has been amazing. 8 points and 4 rebounds, and a nice putback dunk. – 8:10 PM
Timeout, Bucks: The Nets have a 50-39 lead here in the 2nd quarter, and Nic Claxton has been amazing. 8 points and 4 rebounds, and a nice putback dunk. – 8:10 PM
Joe Vardon @joevardon
Here in Brooklyn, Giannis Antetokounmpo (16 pts) needs just 24 more to pass Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (14,211 points) as the franchise’s all-time leading scorer. If Giannis does it tonight, it will mean consecutive 40-point games for him. @The Athletic – 8:10 PM
Here in Brooklyn, Giannis Antetokounmpo (16 pts) needs just 24 more to pass Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (14,211 points) as the franchise’s all-time leading scorer. If Giannis does it tonight, it will mean consecutive 40-point games for him. @The Athletic – 8:10 PM
Stefan Bondy @SBondyNYDN
Giannis: What do you call a cow on the floor?
Nets in the paint: What?
Giannis: You. – 8:07 PM
Giannis: What do you call a cow on the floor?
Nets in the paint: What?
Giannis: You. – 8:07 PM
Kane Pitman @KanePitman
Giannis has dropped “the sledgehammer”, “the anvil” and “the jackhammer” in the first half in Brooklyn. I just wanna know how many more descriptive words Kevin Harlan has in his bag for Giannis jams. – 8:07 PM
Giannis has dropped “the sledgehammer”, “the anvil” and “the jackhammer” in the first half in Brooklyn. I just wanna know how many more descriptive words Kevin Harlan has in his bag for Giannis jams. – 8:07 PM
Chris Herring @Herring_NBA
Sometimes, I worry Giannis is going to randomly dunk on me in my own home, just to do that shit – 8:06 PM
Sometimes, I worry Giannis is going to randomly dunk on me in my own home, just to do that shit – 8:06 PM
Alex Schiffer @Alex__Schiffer
Giannis with a hell of a dunk and the foul after it appeared Dragic and James Johnson miscommunicated on a switch. – 8:02 PM
Giannis with a hell of a dunk and the foul after it appeared Dragic and James Johnson miscommunicated on a switch. – 8:02 PM
Kristian Winfield @Krisplashed
Weird looking switch there w/Kyrie & JJ leaves Kessler Edwards on an island with Giannis. And-one dunk. – 8:02 PM
Weird looking switch there w/Kyrie & JJ leaves Kessler Edwards on an island with Giannis. And-one dunk. – 8:02 PM
Michael Pina @MichaelVPina
i guess the fundamental reason why i don’t care too much about brooklyn’s postseason path is they have kevin durant, and kevin durant has a whole bunch of room to operate. have fun stopping this offense in a 7-game series! – 7:58 PM
i guess the fundamental reason why i don’t care too much about brooklyn’s postseason path is they have kevin durant, and kevin durant has a whole bunch of room to operate. have fun stopping this offense in a 7-game series! – 7:58 PM
Jim Owczarski @JimOwczarski
Jrue Holiday played 10 minutes for the #Bucks but was 0-for-2 from the floor with a couple of steals.
#Bucks shot just 39% from the floor, #Nets shot 56.5%, including 57% from behind the three-point line. – 7:58 PM
Jrue Holiday played 10 minutes for the #Bucks but was 0-for-2 from the floor with a couple of steals.
#Bucks shot just 39% from the floor, #Nets shot 56.5%, including 57% from behind the three-point line. – 7:58 PM
Nick Friedell @NickFriedell
Solid first quarter for Nets — they got balanced scoring up and down roster and are playing strong defense to start. Already up to nine assists as well. Even more impressive given that Kyrie is 0-for-4 in 10 minutes. – 7:57 PM
Solid first quarter for Nets — they got balanced scoring up and down roster and are playing strong defense to start. Already up to nine assists as well. Even more impressive given that Kyrie is 0-for-4 in 10 minutes. – 7:57 PM
Ajayi Browne @ajayibrowne
End of 1st QTR: Nets 30, Bucks 23
Kevin Durant (7 PTS), Bruce Brown (7 PTS) & the Nets are in a close one. Brooklyn is shooting marvelously at 57% and they’re holding Milwaukee to 39% from the field to start. This is far from over though. – 7:56 PM
End of 1st QTR: Nets 30, Bucks 23
Kevin Durant (7 PTS), Bruce Brown (7 PTS) & the Nets are in a close one. Brooklyn is shooting marvelously at 57% and they’re holding Milwaukee to 39% from the field to start. This is far from over though. – 7:56 PM
Jim Owczarski @JimOwczarski
Kevin Durant played the entire first quarter and had 7 points and 5 assists – including on the last bucket of the quarter, a possession that began with him swatting a Grayson Allen three.
#Nets lead the #Bucks 30-23. – 7:56 PM
Kevin Durant played the entire first quarter and had 7 points and 5 assists – including on the last bucket of the quarter, a possession that began with him swatting a Grayson Allen three.
#Nets lead the #Bucks 30-23. – 7:56 PM
Alex Schiffer @Alex__Schiffer
End of the first quarter: Nets lead the Bucks 30-23. Beautiful ball movement at the end capped with a buzzer-beating layup by Goran Dragic. Nets shooting 4-for-7 from 3 while Bucks are just 3-for-12. – 7:56 PM
End of the first quarter: Nets lead the Bucks 30-23. Beautiful ball movement at the end capped with a buzzer-beating layup by Goran Dragic. Nets shooting 4-for-7 from 3 while Bucks are just 3-for-12. – 7:56 PM
Kristian Winfield @Krisplashed
Nets lead, 30-23, after one quarter. Lots of basketball to go, but impressive start for the Nets considering 0 points from Kyrie. – 7:56 PM
Nets lead, 30-23, after one quarter. Lots of basketball to go, but impressive start for the Nets considering 0 points from Kyrie. – 7:56 PM
Alex Schiffer @Alex__Schiffer
Kessler Edwards corner 3. Nash rolling with KD, Kess, Dragon, Clax and Patty right now. – 7:54 PM
Kessler Edwards corner 3. Nash rolling with KD, Kess, Dragon, Clax and Patty right now. – 7:54 PM
Jim Owczarski @JimOwczarski
After a sluggish start, the #Bucks went on a 14-3 run fueled by Pat Connaughton and lead the #Nets 21-19 with 2:29 to go in the first quarter. – 7:50 PM
After a sluggish start, the #Bucks went on a 14-3 run fueled by Pat Connaughton and lead the #Nets 21-19 with 2:29 to go in the first quarter. – 7:50 PM
Alex Schiffer @Alex__Schiffer
Bucks have capitalized on some Nets turnovers. Bruce Brown bobbled a steal right into Pat Connaughton’s hands for a layup. KD lob to Drum ended up with a Wes Matthews corner 3. Kyrie didn’t see a pass coming, ends with a Khris Middleton 3. Milwaukee leads 21-19. – 7:49 PM
Bucks have capitalized on some Nets turnovers. Bruce Brown bobbled a steal right into Pat Connaughton’s hands for a layup. KD lob to Drum ended up with a Wes Matthews corner 3. Kyrie didn’t see a pass coming, ends with a Khris Middleton 3. Milwaukee leads 21-19. – 7:49 PM
Jim Owczarski @JimOwczarski
#Bucks guard Jrue Holiday has passed Kenny Anderson for No. 80 on the all-time steals list. – 7:48 PM
#Bucks guard Jrue Holiday has passed Kenny Anderson for No. 80 on the all-time steals list. – 7:48 PM
Jim Owczarski @JimOwczarski
#Bucks have opened up with 5 missed shots and 3 turnovers in the first 5 minutes…#Nets lead 10-4. – 7:41 PM
#Bucks have opened up with 5 missed shots and 3 turnovers in the first 5 minutes…#Nets lead 10-4. – 7:41 PM
Alex Schiffer @Alex__Schiffer
Seth Curry drains a 3 to put the Nets up 10-4 with 7:09 left in the first quarter. Brooklyn brought its defense tonight. Andre Drummond just had a deflection and the Nets have guarded. – 7:40 PM
Seth Curry drains a 3 to put the Nets up 10-4 with 7:09 left in the first quarter. Brooklyn brought its defense tonight. Andre Drummond just had a deflection and the Nets have guarded. – 7:40 PM
Milwaukee Bucks @Bucks
No one wants to be in the way of Giannis. pic.twitter.com/1QrISFASwJ – 7:40 PM
No one wants to be in the way of Giannis. pic.twitter.com/1QrISFASwJ – 7:40 PM
Anthony Puccio @APOOCH
Kyrie Irving wearing uniforms paying homage to New Jersey for the first time this season pic.twitter.com/xyTuQaYlM6 – 7:37 PM
Kyrie Irving wearing uniforms paying homage to New Jersey for the first time this season pic.twitter.com/xyTuQaYlM6 – 7:37 PM
Brian Mahoney @briancmahoney
Bruce Brown with five points. Rest of the Nets and Bucks a combined 0 for 9 and scoreless. – 7:37 PM
Bruce Brown with five points. Rest of the Nets and Bucks a combined 0 for 9 and scoreless. – 7:37 PM
Alex Schiffer @Alex__Schiffer
Bucks start 0-for-5. Wasn’t the case for Detroit on Tuesday. – 7:36 PM
Bucks start 0-for-5. Wasn’t the case for Detroit on Tuesday. – 7:36 PM
Jim Owczarski @JimOwczarski
After nine straight missed shots, the #Nets score the first basket of the game at 9:58. – 7:35 PM
After nine straight missed shots, the #Nets score the first basket of the game at 9:58. – 7:35 PM
Gina Mizell @ginamizell
DeAndre Jordan is back at backup center after Paul Millsap had that role against the Bucks. – 7:33 PM
DeAndre Jordan is back at backup center after Paul Millsap had that role against the Bucks. – 7:33 PM
Alex Schiffer @Alex__Schiffer
Follow my man @Eric Nehm for your Bucks needs tonight. @Joe Vardon is in the building, too. – 7:30 PM
Follow my man @Eric Nehm for your Bucks needs tonight. @Joe Vardon is in the building, too. – 7:30 PM
Sarah Kustok @sarahkustok
We got you for @Brooklyn Nets v @Milwaukee Bucks on @YESNetwork .. join us #NetsWorld pic.twitter.com/edZzLzREhH – 7:29 PM
We got you for @Brooklyn Nets v @Milwaukee Bucks on @YESNetwork .. join us #NetsWorld pic.twitter.com/edZzLzREhH – 7:29 PM
Kurt Helin @basketballtalk
My weekly NBA conversations with @CRobinsonNBC is one of my favorite parts of my week. Just 30 minutes of talking hoops with a guy who gets it.
Bucks starting to ‘flip the switch’; will defense doom the Nets? | PBT E… youtu.be/IvUy1cV4_e0 via @YouTube – 7:28 PM
My weekly NBA conversations with @CRobinsonNBC is one of my favorite parts of my week. Just 30 minutes of talking hoops with a guy who gets it.
Bucks starting to ‘flip the switch’; will defense doom the Nets? | PBT E… youtu.be/IvUy1cV4_e0 via @YouTube – 7:28 PM
Alex Schiffer @Alex__Schiffer
Greetings from Barclays. Nets-Bucks about to tip. Last time they played, Kyrie led the Nets to a win over them in Milwaukee. Last contender on the regular season schedule for the Nets. A measuring stick game of sorts. Updates to come. – 7:28 PM
Greetings from Barclays. Nets-Bucks about to tip. Last time they played, Kyrie led the Nets to a win over them in Milwaukee. Last contender on the regular season schedule for the Nets. A measuring stick game of sorts. Updates to come. – 7:28 PM
Justin Garcia @tmjgarcia
Since KD jumped to Brooklyn, the Bucks are 8-4 in games he’s played in with Giannis averaging
33.8 points
11.9 rebounds
4.6 assists
.544/.318/.590 (48% in the playoff series) – 7:24 PM
Since KD jumped to Brooklyn, the Bucks are 8-4 in games he’s played in with Giannis averaging
33.8 points
11.9 rebounds
4.6 assists
.544/.318/.590 (48% in the playoff series) – 7:24 PM
Milwaukee Bucks @Bucks
Jrue Holiday has posted a double-double in back-to-back games.
🎥 @SociosUSA pic.twitter.com/N1VzLQ70QW – 7:16 PM
Jrue Holiday has posted a double-double in back-to-back games.
🎥 @SociosUSA pic.twitter.com/N1VzLQ70QW – 7:16 PM
Barbara Barker @meanbarb
Tonights Nets starters vs. Milwaukee: Irving, Curry, Durant, Brown and Drummond. – 7:13 PM
Tonights Nets starters vs. Milwaukee: Irving, Curry, Durant, Brown and Drummond. – 7:13 PM
Jim Owczarski @JimOwczarski
I have a ton of respect for every in-arena DJ in the NBA – and I recognize I’m sitting in Brooklyn, NY – but if you’re gonna drop “Definition” on me from Black Star on me I just have to love you. – 7:07 PM
I have a ton of respect for every in-arena DJ in the NBA – and I recognize I’m sitting in Brooklyn, NY – but if you’re gonna drop “Definition” on me from Black Star on me I just have to love you. – 7:07 PM
Alex Schiffer @Alex__Schiffer
Nets starters vs. Milwaukee: Irving, Curry, Durant, Brown and Drummond.
This is the seventh start for this five-man lineup (4-2 record entering tonight’s game). – 7:05 PM
Nets starters vs. Milwaukee: Irving, Curry, Durant, Brown and Drummond.
This is the seventh start for this five-man lineup (4-2 record entering tonight’s game). – 7:05 PM
Jim Owczarski @JimOwczarski
Wesley Matthews draws a second consecutive start for the #Bucks vs. the #Nets – 7:04 PM
Wesley Matthews draws a second consecutive start for the #Bucks vs. the #Nets – 7:04 PM
Ajayi Browne @ajayibrowne
The Nets’ Starters vs. the Bucks:
🧙🏽♂️Kyrie Irving
💦Seth Curry
🔒Bruce Brown
💲Kevin Durant
🦍Andre Drummond – 7:02 PM
The Nets’ Starters vs. the Bucks:
🧙🏽♂️Kyrie Irving
💦Seth Curry
🔒Bruce Brown
💲Kevin Durant
🦍Andre Drummond – 7:02 PM
Charlotte Hornets @hornets
In Sky Miles we trust 🙏
🎙: https://t.co/qxlReEliC5
#AllFly pic.twitter.com/b9AVMAWk8p – 7:00 PM
In Sky Miles we trust 🙏
🎙: https://t.co/qxlReEliC5
#AllFly pic.twitter.com/b9AVMAWk8p – 7:00 PM
Brian Lewis @NYPost_Lewis
#Nets‘ Bruce Brown improves 3-point shot to avoid further ‘disrespect’ nypost.com/2022/03/31/net… via @nypostsports teammate @rydunleavy – 6:58 PM
#Nets‘ Bruce Brown improves 3-point shot to avoid further ‘disrespect’ nypost.com/2022/03/31/net… via @nypostsports teammate @rydunleavy – 6:58 PM
Milwaukee Bucks @Bucks
Giannis has scored 30+ points in each of his last seven road games, which is now tied for the second-longest such streak in Bucks history.
🎥 @SociosUSA pic.twitter.com/X2x7YwheaX – 6:49 PM
Giannis has scored 30+ points in each of his last seven road games, which is now tied for the second-longest such streak in Bucks history.
🎥 @SociosUSA pic.twitter.com/X2x7YwheaX – 6:49 PM
Eric Nehm @eric_nehm
Giannis Antetokounmpo played on Tuesday, despite being listed as probable with knee soreness. The plan is for him to do the same tonight.
Before the game, I asked Mike Budenholzer what significance we should place on that knee soreness designation.
His response: pic.twitter.com/xMpMcaM0MC – 6:45 PM
Giannis Antetokounmpo played on Tuesday, despite being listed as probable with knee soreness. The plan is for him to do the same tonight.
Before the game, I asked Mike Budenholzer what significance we should place on that knee soreness designation.
His response: pic.twitter.com/xMpMcaM0MC – 6:45 PM
Milwaukee Bucks @Bucks
In early January, acting head coach Darvin Ham and the Bucks came to Brooklyn & left with a 121-109 win.
🔄 @betwayusa Game Rewind. pic.twitter.com/1l0PKkw6Tv – 6:34 PM
In early January, acting head coach Darvin Ham and the Bucks came to Brooklyn & left with a 121-109 win.
🔄 @betwayusa Game Rewind. pic.twitter.com/1l0PKkw6Tv – 6:34 PM
Milwaukee Bucks @Bucks
Jevon makes his return to Brooklyn.
📸 @MotorolaUS pic.twitter.com/f3SXt75C6t – 6:23 PM
Jevon makes his return to Brooklyn.
📸 @MotorolaUS pic.twitter.com/f3SXt75C6t – 6:23 PM
Kurt Helin @basketballtalk
Report: Harden told Durant last summer he would sign extension with Nets nba.nbcsports.com/2022/03/31/rep… – 6:21 PM
Report: Harden told Durant last summer he would sign extension with Nets nba.nbcsports.com/2022/03/31/rep… – 6:21 PM
Kristian Winfield @Krisplashed
Giannis is playing against the Nets tonight, coach Bud says. – 6:08 PM
Giannis is playing against the Nets tonight, coach Bud says. – 6:08 PM
Dave Early @DavidEarly
“He’s a player that’s evolved, he can shoot the ball, space the floor, score off the bounce, score on 1-on-1, score in the post, he’s an intelligent player. He can read and react, get to his spot… really potent late in games as well.”
-Steve Nash with praise for Khris Middleton pic.twitter.com/yea74DAzLK – 6:04 PM
“He’s a player that’s evolved, he can shoot the ball, space the floor, score off the bounce, score on 1-on-1, score in the post, he’s an intelligent player. He can read and react, get to his spot… really potent late in games as well.”
-Steve Nash with praise for Khris Middleton pic.twitter.com/yea74DAzLK – 6:04 PM
Charlotte Hornets @hornets
This month, your Hornets had 100 DUNKS! You know what that means… @FoodLion will be donating 100,000 total meals in an effort to DUNK HUNGER!
@shmetrolina | #FoodLionFeeds pic.twitter.com/Jfqd1h5bHB – 6:00 PM
This month, your Hornets had 100 DUNKS! You know what that means… @FoodLion will be donating 100,000 total meals in an effort to DUNK HUNGER!
@shmetrolina | #FoodLionFeeds pic.twitter.com/Jfqd1h5bHB – 6:00 PM
Stefan Bondy @SBondyNYDN
Kevin Durant speaking the truth and advocating for beat writers to get back in locker rooms. pic.twitter.com/Vl3vzJVvZb – 5:57 PM
Kevin Durant speaking the truth and advocating for beat writers to get back in locker rooms. pic.twitter.com/Vl3vzJVvZb – 5:57 PM
Dave Early @DavidEarly
Steve Nash says that Blake Griffin’s best position by far is at the five. Points to that as a reason he’s not playing instead of James Johnson. – 5:50 PM
Steve Nash says that Blake Griffin’s best position by far is at the five. Points to that as a reason he’s not playing instead of James Johnson. – 5:50 PM
Ajayi Browne @ajayibrowne
“They’re the world champs — They’re the team that is well established and played a long time together.”
⁃Steve Nash on the Milwaukee Bucks. – 5:47 PM
“They’re the world champs — They’re the team that is well established and played a long time together.”
⁃Steve Nash on the Milwaukee Bucks. – 5:47 PM
Gery Woelfel @GeryWoelfel
Looking forward to joining John Pappadopoulos at the top of 5 o’clock hour on ESPN La Crosse (105.5 FM). Will be chatting about the future of UW star guard Johnny Davis, the Bucks and NBA playoffs. – 5:40 PM
Looking forward to joining John Pappadopoulos at the top of 5 o’clock hour on ESPN La Crosse (105.5 FM). Will be chatting about the future of UW star guard Johnny Davis, the Bucks and NBA playoffs. – 5:40 PM
Anthony Puccio @APOOCH
Giannis Antetokounmpo and Kevin Durant face off tonight at 7:30.
• Giannis: 29.9 PPG on 55.2% FG
• KD: 29.7 PPG on 52.1% FG
• LeBron: 30.1 PPG on 52.3% FG
The last time two players averaged at least 29 points on 50% shooting: David Robinson & Shaq in 1993-94. – 5:34 PM
Giannis Antetokounmpo and Kevin Durant face off tonight at 7:30.
• Giannis: 29.9 PPG on 55.2% FG
• KD: 29.7 PPG on 52.1% FG
• LeBron: 30.1 PPG on 52.3% FG
The last time two players averaged at least 29 points on 50% shooting: David Robinson & Shaq in 1993-94. – 5:34 PM
Jim Owczarski @JimOwczarski
#Bucks all-stars Giannis Antetokounmpo & Khris Middleton warm up at Barclays Center.
Antetokounmpo is probable to play tonight vs. the #Nets with right knee soreness. pic.twitter.com/c8Aql7wlsk – 5:26 PM
#Bucks all-stars Giannis Antetokounmpo & Khris Middleton warm up at Barclays Center.
Antetokounmpo is probable to play tonight vs. the #Nets with right knee soreness. pic.twitter.com/c8Aql7wlsk – 5:26 PM
Kristian Winfield @Krisplashed
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On my way to Barclays Center about to talk to @ScoopB @JeriTsaiNets @SAINTNET1 about Nets & more. Pull up on us here
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David Hardisty @clutchfans
I’ve seen 16 prospects described as top 10 talents in this Draft:
Paolo Banchero
Jabari Smith
Chet Holmgren
Jaden Ivey
AJ Griffin
Shaedon Sharpe
Keegan Murray
Jalen Duren
Ben Mathurin
Johnny Davis
Dyson Daniels
Jeremy Sochan
Ochai Agbaji
Tari Eason
TyTy Washington
Jaden Hardy – 3:37 PM
I’ve seen 16 prospects described as top 10 talents in this Draft:
Paolo Banchero
Jabari Smith
Chet Holmgren
Jaden Ivey
AJ Griffin
Shaedon Sharpe
Keegan Murray
Jalen Duren
Ben Mathurin
Johnny Davis
Dyson Daniels
Jeremy Sochan
Ochai Agbaji
Tari Eason
TyTy Washington
Jaden Hardy – 3:37 PM
Milwaukee Bucks @Bucks
Will the Bucks score more or less than 47 points in the paint tonight?
📊 @betwayusa – 3:36 PM
Will the Bucks score more or less than 47 points in the paint tonight?
📊 @betwayusa – 3:36 PM
Charlotte Hornets @hornets
After 4 seasons in the making, @Miles Bridges‘ Most Improved album is OUT NOW. 🔥 Swipe for the tracklist. – 3:01 PM
After 4 seasons in the making, @Miles Bridges‘ Most Improved album is OUT NOW. 🔥 Swipe for the tracklist. – 3:01 PM
Charlotte Hornets @hornets
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Your Hornets have scored 195 second chance points in March, bringing the season total donation to $19,940! 🍽
@bluecrossnc | #AllFly pic.twitter.com/l6QvRitBjS – 2:10 PM
CBS NBA @CBSSportsNBA
Joel Embiid, JJ Redick discuss 76ers fans’ relationship with Ben Simmons: ‘They wanted him to shoot the ball’
cbssports.com/nba/news/joel-… – 2:06 PM
Joel Embiid, JJ Redick discuss 76ers fans’ relationship with Ben Simmons: ‘They wanted him to shoot the ball’
cbssports.com/nba/news/joel-… – 2:06 PM
NBA Math @NBA_Math
Based on their last 10 games only:
10. Luka Doncic
9. Devin Booker
8. Jayson Tatum
7. Kyrie Irving
6. Joel Embiid
5.
4.
3.
2.
1.
Using our Rolling Player Ratings, @fromal09 has the latest NBA Player Power Rankings for @Sportscasting19: https://t.co/w6uj8rvObv pic.twitter.com/sph2UhunNw – 2:04 PM
Based on their last 10 games only:
10. Luka Doncic
9. Devin Booker
8. Jayson Tatum
7. Kyrie Irving
6. Joel Embiid
5.
4.
3.
2.
1.
Using our Rolling Player Ratings, @fromal09 has the latest NBA Player Power Rankings for @Sportscasting19: https://t.co/w6uj8rvObv pic.twitter.com/sph2UhunNw – 2:04 PM
Brooklyn Nets @BrooklynNets
Please enjoy some wholesome content 😄 pic.twitter.com/dfUgg5jTBQ – 2:03 PM
Please enjoy some wholesome content 😄 pic.twitter.com/dfUgg5jTBQ – 2:03 PM
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Eurohoops @Eurohoopsnet
Dirk Nowitzki picks Giannis, Luka for his all-time NBA European Team
A splendid Top 10 selection from the Mavs’ icon
eurohoops.net/en/nba-news/13… – 1:56 PM
Dirk Nowitzki picks Giannis, Luka for his all-time NBA European Team
A splendid Top 10 selection from the Mavs’ icon
eurohoops.net/en/nba-news/13… – 1:56 PM
Keith Pompey @PompeyOnSixers
Bad news: Sixers’ flaws show in losses to Suns, Bucks. Good news: Remaining schedule is pretty easy inquirer.com/sixers/joel-em… via @phillyinquirer – 1:51 PM
Bad news: Sixers’ flaws show in losses to Suns, Bucks. Good news: Remaining schedule is pretty easy inquirer.com/sixers/joel-em… via @phillyinquirer – 1:51 PM
Tommy Beer @TommyBeer
Total Minutes played in March:
Alec Burks: 535
Nikola Jokic: 510
Joel Embiid: 495
Karl-Anthony Towns: 463
Minutes per game in March:
Alec Burks: 33.5
Giannis Antetokounmpo: 33.4
Steph Curry: 33.1
Ja Morant: 33.0
Chris Paul: 33.0
Jimmy Butler: 32.5
tommybeer.substack.com/p/thibs-should… – 1:47 PM
Total Minutes played in March:
Alec Burks: 535
Nikola Jokic: 510
Joel Embiid: 495
Karl-Anthony Towns: 463
Minutes per game in March:
Alec Burks: 33.5
Giannis Antetokounmpo: 33.4
Steph Curry: 33.1
Ja Morant: 33.0
Chris Paul: 33.0
Jimmy Butler: 32.5
tommybeer.substack.com/p/thibs-should… – 1:47 PM
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The Pitch: It’s 2022, which means that we’re now getting the kind of movies that weren’t just filmed during COVID, but conceived during it (see also: Soderbergh’s Kimi, Doug Liman’s Locked Down). For Judd Apatow, that meant a long, hard look at the ways that mainstream studio filmmaking has adjusted to the times: masks aplenty, social distancing, and the much-vaunted “bubble” of fully quarantined people who are trapped together until, well, all this stuff is over.
And that’s the environment under which the latest entry in the hit blockbuster franchise Cliff Beasts, Cliff Beasts 6: The Battle for Everest: Memories of the Requiem, is to be made, says the film’s producers (including Peter Serafinowicz and Kate McKinnon). But of course, throwing a group of temperamental actors in a hotel to isolate for two weeks, only to trap them all together to endure the indignities of later-career franchise filmmaking, is no walk in the park.
There’s the older star couple (David Duchovny and Leslie Mann) who’ve long since separated but must work together out of contractual obligation; the rising star (Karen Gillan) who tried to leave the franchise to pursue an arthouse career (in this case, a movie called Jerusalem Rising that tried its damndest to finally solve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict), only to come crawling back after that tanked.
There’s also the hardened action star (Keegan-Michael Key) who’s created a cult; the gonzo Method actor (Pedro Pascal) whose sex-deprivation in the bubble leads him to a psychosexual tryst with the hotel’s odd clerk (Borat 2‘s Maria Bakalova); the vapid TikTok star (Iris Apatow) clearly shoved into the film to please the zoomers; and so many more. There are hookups, rewrites, helicopter jailbreaks, all as the cast and crew grow slowly more insane from the isolation.
Jurassic World: Dumb-inion: In some ways, The Bubble is a bit of fresh air for Apatow, who’s long left behind the ensemble antics of his earlier comedies (The 40-Year-Old Virgin) for long, self-indulgent tales of immature adults trying to find their place in a very complicated world (Trainwreck, This Is 40).
This one feels like Tropic Thunder for the Jurassic Park set — the film is (allegedly) based on the isolation-centric COVID production of Jurassic World: Dominion — with all the goofy meta-gags and episodic asides that might entail. It’s a curious feeling to watch a movie that so closely satirizes another movie that hasn’t come out yet. Imagine releasing Meet the Spartans before 300 even hit theaters. | https://consequence.net/2022/03/the-bubble-review-judd-apatow-netflix/ | 2022-04-01T01:24:06Z |
CHICAGO (WLS) -- The family of an Oak Park man, who was shot and killed on his way to a Super Bowl party last month, shared fliers Thursday, hoping someone will share information about who murdered him.
Edjuan Wilson, whose family called him EJ, was gunned down in the 5900 West Madison in the city's South Austin neighborhood.
"It's very hurtful," said his father, Edwin Wilson. "It's a hard pill to swallow. He was 21-years-old -- had his whole life ahead of him. He was a talented guy."
The 21-year-old was a college student who loved performing rap. He played football and basketball at Oak Park River Forest High School.
"To know Edjuan was to love Edjuan -- to see Edjuan was to see a smile," said his mother, Helena Wilson.
Wilson was shot multiple times on the sidewalk coming out of a Subway.
"We ask that you join this family, join the Chicago Police Department, and if you have that information --turn that information over," said crisis responder Andrew Holmes.
"All we are looking for is justice and the people who did it," Wilson's father.
Some Chicago Police officers joined the effort to help get the world out of a reward to find the offenders who killed Wilson.
Family seeks help in solving Oak Park man's murder after shot, killed in Chicago's South Austin
CHICAGO SHOOTING | https://abc7chicago.com/chicago-shooting-south-austin-edjuan-wilson-crime/11698294/ | 2022-04-01T01:24:06Z |
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Marvel Cinematic Universe's latest superhero is not, in the conventional sense, either "super" or a "hero," but he does have an unorthodox ailment and a weird skill-set to separate him from mere mortals. His name is Morbius, and while watching his origin story, you may get the feeling that somewhere in the cinematic multiverse, wires got crossed.
The film begins with a helicopter, transporting a cage to the sort of mist-shrouded isle you half expect King Kong to be inhabiting. But Dr. Michael Morbius (Jared Leto) is looking to capture smaller game as he approaches the mouth of a cave, hobbling with difficulty on two crutch-like canes.
Positioning himself behind the wires of the cage, he slices open the palm of his hand and, as a roar of batwings echoes from inside the cave, murmurs to the copter pilot "if you're gonna run, do it now."
A rare blood disease treated with a bit o' bat
It's tempting to say "consider yourself warned," but the film's first hour or so, while unremarkable, is decently crafted.
Born with a rare blood disease, Michael Morbius has spent his entire life working on two things — a cure, and origami paper-folding. Natch, it occurs to him to fold together bat and human DNA.
Because the FDA would be unlikely to approve human trials, he and his beautiful co-researcher Martine (Adria Arjona) head in a cargo ship for international waters off the coast of Long Island in the company of eight thuggish mercenaries — think bloodbags — and once Morbius has been injected with bat DNA, it's just a matter of time before things go vampiric.
Let it be said that some side-effects from dabbling in "chiropter-y" are less ghastly than others. Bat DNA evidently gives you great cheekbones and abs to go with increased strength and speed.
Less salutary effects include new fangs that sprout from his gums with decades of decay baked in, and claws that erupt from his fingers pre-filthed. I mean, sure...why not? Except this is a man whose hair has the kind of sheen that comes from brushing it three times a day.
One other thing: he now needs to drink human blood every six hours. Happily, on his way to declining a Nobel Prize, Dr. Morbius invented "artificial blood," though that only fools his system for a while.
Color coded smoke effects for a Jekyll and his Hyde
If you're expecting a conventional Marvel movie, you should be aware going in that what Director Daniel Espinoza and his writers have come up with is more a horror flick with Marvel bells and whistles.
That means Leto's Morbius gets purplish smoke effects to go with those fang-baring snarls as he's riding air currents in subway tunnels, while the similarly afflicted Hyde to his Jekyll – a schoolboy chum played as an adult by an amusingly hopped-up Matt Smith, gets blue-ish vapor trails and snappier lines.
But there isn't much tension to their story. Or logic. At one point, Morbius overhears some counterfeiters passing fake $100s, and commandeers their printing press to make what appears to be an artificial-blood machine — because the technologies for fake-bills and fake-blood match up? Maybe that works better in a comic book.
Bat guys everywhere you look
Speaking of which, when the DC Extended Universe first announced that Twilight star Robert Pattinson would play the lead in The Batman in their corner of the superhero multiverse, it seemed like a nice inside joke — from Vampire-teen to Bat-man. But now that the Marvelverse has Leto going full Dracula, it seems as if the casting maybe could've gone the other way 'round.
Leto is as persuasively haunted by the dark side of vigilantism as Pattinson was, and as a result of corporate positioning, is maybe more determined to avoid being a villain. Not unlike Venom, Morbius was a bad guy when he first appeared in The Amazing Spider-Man comics, back in the 1970's. He needs to be at least an anti-hero now, if a franchise is to be built around him.
But bad guy/bat guy...who's to say? As the trailers reveal, another DC bat-guy, Michael Keaton, shows up in his non-batty baddie Marvel persona Adrian Toomes, just to mess with the heads of anyone trying to keep cinematic universes straight.
But bloodlines will have to be clarified in more robust "Morbius" episodes to come, this origin story being merely adequate, and by Marvel standards, slightly anemic.
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Photos: Get a Behind-The-Scenes Look at Ben Levi Ross in DEAR EVAN HANSEN
The current company of Dear Evan Hansen includes Gabrielle Carrubba, Jessica Phillips, Christiane Noll, David Jeffery, Ivan Hernandez, and more.
Ben Levi Ross was welcomed back to the Music Box Theatre (239 West 45th Street) on March 22, where he re-joined the Broadway company of Dear Evan Hansen as 'Evan Hansen.' Ross made his Broadway debut as a cover in Dear Evan Hansen in 2017, and went on to star as the original Evan in the first North American Tour. Most recently, they co-starred in Tick Tick Boom, and now returns to the Tony, Grammy & Olivier Award-winning musical for a limited 8-week engagement through May 15, 2022.
Check out new photos below!
Dear Evan Hansen reopened its Broadway production on December 11, 2020 and currently has three productions running across the globe, with its Broadway, North American Tour and West End companies once again playing in tandem.
The current company of Dear Evan Hansen includes Gabrielle Carrubba, Jessica Phillips, Christiane Noll, David Jeffery, Ivan Hernandez, Jared Goldsmith, and Phoebe Koyabe, and Reese Sebastian Diaz, Linedy Genao, Nathan Levy, Mateo Lizcano, Dan Macke, Jane Pfitsch, Talia Simone Robinson, Asa Somers, Josh Strobl, and Nicole Van Giesen.
Dear Evan Hansen features choreography by Danny Mefford, scenic design by David Korins, projection design by Peter Nigrini, costume design by Emily Rebholz, lighting design by Japhy Weideman, sound design by Nevin Steinberg, and hair design by David Brian Brown; Jennifer Lord is the Natural Hair Consultant. Music supervision, orchestrations and additional arrangements are by Alex Lacamoire. Ben Cohn is the Associate Music Supervisor. U.S. Casting by Tara Rubin Casting/Kevin Metzger-Timson. Vocal arrangements and additional arrangements are by Justin Paul. Danny Sharron is Senior Associate Director, Trey Ellett and Candis C. Jones are Associate Directors and Miranda Cornell is Assistant Director. Mark Myars is Senior Associate Choreographer and Jennifer Rias is Associate Choreographer. Judith Schoenfeld is the Production Supervisor. General Management by 101 Productions, Ltd.
Dear Evan Hansen features a book by Tony Award-winner Steven Levenson (Fosse/Verdon), a score by Grammy®, Tony® and Academy Award® winners Benj Pasek and Justin Paul (La La Land, The Greatest Showman), and direction by four-time Tony Award nominee Michael Greif (Rent, Next to Normal).
The cast of Dear Evan Hansen
Jessica Phillips, Ben Levi Ross
Christiane Noll, Ivan Hernandez, Gabrielle Carrubba, Ben Levi Ross
Gabrielle Carrubba, Ben Levi Ross
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By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr.
AP Entertainment Writer
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Grammys might be missing stars like Drake, The Weeknd and Kanye West as a performer, but the biggest night in music could still shine bright on the Las Vegas Strip.
The ceremony relocated to Las Vegas for the first-time ever with several artists who could have epic nights including Billie Eilish, Olivia Rodrigo and Jon Batiste. The awards shifted from Los Angeles because of the rising COVID-19 cases and omicron variant in January. Sunday’s show will air live beginning at 8 p.m. Eastern on CBS and the Paramount+ streaming service.
Host Trevor Noah calls Las Vegas a “perfect place to have a celebration” with fans at the MGM Grand Garden Arena. Last year, the Grammys had a music festival vibe with parts of the show held outdoors in an intimate in-person setting with music artists mixed with pre-taped performances.
Noah expects an entertaining show with several performers set to hit the stage including Rodrigo, Eilish, Lil Nas X, Jack Harlow, Brandi Carlile, Batiste, Silk Sonic, H.E.R., Chris Stapleton, Leslie Odom Jr. and Brothers Osborne. He said the awards will be a celebration of the music industry coming back to life.
“There’s an element of this (show) that’s like a music camp,” Noah said. “I think it’s going to bring a different energy, and I’m excited to be a part of it.”
It’s still unclear whether the Foo Fighters will take the stage following the recent death of its drummer Taylor Hawkins. The rock band – nominated for three Grammys – is scheduled to perform during the ceremony, but they recently canceled all upcoming concert dates.
The Grammys will continue to move forward without West, known as Ye, after news surfaced earlier this month that he wouldn’t perform at the show because of his “concerning online behavior.” The Weeknd is still boycotting the awards and Drake said he wanted no part in competing for a Grammy, withdrawing his two nominations.
The three popular performers will be missed, but the show will certainly go on.
The multitalented Jon Batiste enters the Grammys as the leading nominee with 11 in a variety of genres including R&B, jazz, American roots music, classical and music video. Justin Bieber, Doja Cat and H.E.R. are tied for the second-most nominations with eight apiece.
The awards will introduce its expanded 10 nominees in three major genres — record, album and song of the year. The growing categories will make the competition stronger but could make choosing a winner a lot tougher.
For album of the year, the Recording Academy expanded the category’s eligibility for any featured artists, producers, songwriters and engineers — even if the music creator co-wrote one song on the project. That means there could be a large amount of winners on stage, depending on who wins.
For example, if Bieber’s “Justice” wins at the show, more than 50 creators could pack the stage. The same could be said for Ye, Doja Cat and H.E.R., who have a plethora of contributors.
But Eilish’s “Happier Than Ever” features songs written by the young star and her brother Finneas, who produced all of her tracks. Tony Bennett, Lady Gaga and Rodrigo are sitting in the same boat.
Harvey Mason jr., the academy’s CEO, said the number of creators in a category won’t dictate the winner.
Either way, Noah said he doesn’t mind.
“It’ll be great to see that moment,” he said. “You get to be on stage and celebrated for your work. I’m excited for that. I want to see 25 people on stage celebrating and sharing the love and joy for something they’ve done.”
Before the awards, the academy will hold a couple events including a tribute to Joni Mitchell at the MusiCares Person of the Year on Friday night. Chaka Khan, Cyndi Lauper, Billy Porter and Beck are among those expected to perform.
On Saturday, Grammy winner John Legend will be honored during the academy’s Black Music Collective. The singer will receive his first-ever Recording Academy Global Impact Award for his personal and professional achievements in the music industry.
Legend will be celebrated with a performance by Summer Walker, D-Nice and MC Lyte as the voice for the evening. Jimmy Jam will be making remarks.
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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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HAMILTON, Bermuda, March 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- White Mountains Insurance Group, Ltd. (NYSE: WTM) announced today that HG Global Ltd. ("HG") closed a new $150 million, 10-year term loan credit facility with Hudson Structured Capital Management Ltd, (conducting its re/insurance business as HSCM Bermuda) and Security Benefit Life Insurance Company. HG expects to receive the proceeds of the loan on or prior to May 31, 2022. A portion of the proceeds of the loan will be used to pay a $120 million dividend to White Mountains Insurance Group, Ltd. and the other equity holders of HG. The facility received an investment grade rating of BBB from Kroll Bond Rating Agency, LLC. The facility does not impact the reinsurance obligations of HG Re Ltd.
White Mountains is a Bermuda-domiciled financial services holding company traded on the New York Stock Exchange and the Bermuda Stock Exchange under the symbol WTM.
Hudson Structured Capital Management Ltd., conducting its re/insurance investment management business as HSCM Bermuda ("HSCM"), is an asset manager focused on alternative investments seeking mezzanine level returns. HSCM focuses on the Re/Insurance and Transportation sectors. HSCM launched in 2016, and as of January 1, 2022 had more than $3 billion in assets under management and committed capital. HSCM focuses on core economic sectors that are likely to outgrow global GDP, offer low correlations with broader markets, and are experiencing a shift from balance sheet to market financing. For more information, please visit www.hscm.com.
Security Benefit Corporation ("Security Benefit"), through its subsidiary Security Benefit Life Insurance Company (SBL), a Kansas-based insurance company that has been in business for 130 years, is a leader in the U.S. retirement market. Security Benefit together with its affiliates offers products in a full range of retirement markets and wealth segments for employers and individuals and reached $50.5 billion in assets under management as of September 30, 2021. Security Benefit, an Eldridge business, is one of the fastest growing U.S. retirement companies and continues its mission of helping Americans To and Through Retirement®. Learn more at www.securitybenefit.com or www.eldridge.com.
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These statements are based on certain assumptions and analyses made by White Mountains in light of current conditions and expected future developments, as well as other factors believed to be appropriate in the circumstances. However, whether actual developments will conform to its expectations is subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from expectations, including actions taken by ratings agencies, such as financial strength or credit ratings downgrades or placing ratings on negative watch; the continued availability of capital and financing; deterioration of general economic; changes in domestic or foreign laws or regulations, or their interpretation, applicable to White Mountains or HG, its competitors or its customers; and other factors, most of which are beyond White Mountains's control.
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The Greens - Display Box (1.25 w/ Tips) - Canadian Lumber Natural Hemp Papers
Canadian Lumber All Natural Hemp Papers are made from 100% unrefined and unbleached hemp. The papers are so unrefined you can easily see the raw hemp fibres still intact.
The Display Box comes with 22 rolling paper booklets in a retail-style box. These booklets are 1.25 (1&1/4) in length and come with tips. Additionally, all Canadian Lumber 1.25 booklets come with the revisable tray package that can be flipped and folded on the creases to create an on-the-go tray! Each booklet comes with 40 papers and 40 filter tips.
The Greens are made from 100% all natural, unrefined, and unbleached hemp. The hemp plant naturally absorbs moisture. As a result, the Greens are Canadian Lumber's slowest burning paper. The unrefined hemp fibres remain intact, and are extremely clear in this paper. In addition, the unrefined fibres help to even out the burn, allowing for a naturally smooth and even burn.
Canadian Lumber 1.25 Rolling Papers are all natural, unrefined and unbleached. Allowing for a quality, slow, smooth experience. Every aspect of our rolling papers is completely all natural. We've even replaced the glue seal with an Arabic Gum Seal; triple distilled tree sap we've sourced from a conflict free region in West Africa. Created for the Mindful Smoker, we're bringing you as close to the raw material as you can get.
We regularly test our papers for impurities & allergens to ensure the quality, and more importantly the safe consumption of all our paper products. For more information please visit the link to our website.
Canadian Lumber All Natural Hemp Papers are made from 100% unrefined and unbleached hemp. The papers are so unrefined you can easily see the raw hemp fibres still intact.
The Display Box comes with 22 rolling paper booklets in a retail-style box. These booklets are 1.25 (1&1/4) in length and come with tips. Additionally, all Canadian Lumber 1.25 booklets come with the revisable tray package that can be flipped and folded on the creases to create an on-the-go tray! Each booklet comes with 40 papers and 40 filter tips.
The Greens are made from 100% all natural, unrefined, and unbleached hemp. The hemp plant naturally absorbs moisture. As a result, the Greens are Canadian Lumber's slowest burning paper. The unrefined hemp fibres remain intact, and are extremely clear in this paper. In addition, the unrefined fibres help to even out the burn, allowing for a naturally smooth and even burn.
Canadian Lumber 1.25 Rolling Papers are all natural, unrefined and unbleached. Allowing for a quality, slow, smooth experience. Every aspect of our rolling papers is completely all natural. We've even replaced the glue seal with an Arabic Gum Seal; triple distilled tree sap we've sourced from a conflict free region in West Africa. Created for the Mindful Smoker, we're bringing you as close to the raw material as you can get.
We regularly test our papers for impurities & allergens to ensure the quality, and more importantly the safe consumption of all our paper products. For more information please visit the link to our website.
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First lawsuit filed over Florida law restricting certain LGBTQ topics in the classroom
Two LGBTQ rights advocacy groups, as well as students, parents and a teacher in Florida, filed a federal lawsuit Thursday, challenging the state's new law banning certain instruction about sexual orientation and gender identity in the classroom.
It's the first legal challenge seeking to block implementation and enforcement of the law, which Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis signed on Monday. The controversial law, dubbed "Don't Say Gay" by its opponents, is set to take effect in July.
DeSantis told reporters Thursday that he will defend the law "vigorously."
The lawsuit calls the Florida law an "unlawful attempt to stigmatize, silence and erase LGBTQ people in Florida's public schools."
"It seeks to do so by imposing a sweeping, vague ban covering any instruction on 'sexual orientation and gender identity,' and by constructing a diffuse enforcement scheme designed to maximize the chilling effect of this prohibition," the complaint reads.
According to the new "Parental Rights in Education" law in Florida, "classroom instruction by school personnel or third parties on sexual orientation or gender identity may not occur in kindergarten through grade 3 or in a manner that is not age-appropriate or developmentally appropriate for students in accordance with state standards."
Parents would be able to bring civil suits against a school district for any potential rule violation, under the new law.
During the bill signing Monday, DeSantis said that Florida recognizes that "parents have a fundamental role in the education, health care and well-being of their children."
The plaintiffs in Thursday's lawsuit include Equality Florida, an LGBTQ advocacy organization; Family Equality, a New York-based nonprofit; a 17-year-old sophomore in Palmetto, Florida, who identifies as gay; an 18-year-old senior in Osprey, Florida, who identifies as gay; the parent of a transgender fifth-grader in Florida; three same-sex couples living in Florida with young children; and a middle-school public teacher in Grand Ridge, Florida. The complaint was filed by Kaplan Hecker & Fink LLP and the National Center for Lesbian Rights.
The plaintiffs say the new law violates the First and 14th Amendments, and Title IX protections.
"This effort to control young minds through state censorship -- and to demean LGBTQ lives by denying their reality -- is a grave abuse of power. The United States Supreme Court has repeatedly affirmed that LGBTQ people and families are at home in our constitutional order. The State of Florida has no right to declare them outcasts, or to treat their allies as outlaws, by punishing schools where someone dares to affirm their identity and dignity," according to the complaint.
Weighing in on the lawsuit Thursday, DeSantis said he doesn't think that "any of the legal claims have merit."
"These are policy decisions. I don't think it's anything that's invoking First Amendment because schools, states and localities have the ability to set curriculum in public schools. We do that all the time. This is not new," he said, also arguing that the law "does not regulate student speech."
DeSantis' communications director Taryn Fenske told CNN in a statement that "this calculated, politically motivated, virtue-signaling lawsuit is meritless, and we will defend the legality of parents to protect their young children from sexual content in Florida public schools."
Proponents of the new law say it gives parents more oversight over what their children learn and discuss at school and argue that LGBTQ-related topics should be left for families to discuss in private. Opponents say the law will negatively affect an already marginalized community and also argue it would open educators up to an endless barrage of litigation. | https://www.wxii12.com/article/first-lawsuit-florida-law-lgbtq-topics-classroom/39600782 | 2022-04-01T01:24:10Z |
LEBANON, Pa. (AP) — One officer was killed and two others were shot Thursday in Pennsylvania while responding to a domestic disturbance call, Lebanon Mayor Sherry Capello said.
Police officers went to a home in the city at about 3:30 p.m. for the disturbance call when gunfire broke out and officers radioed in they were hit, Capello said at a brief news conference.
All three officers were taken to hospitals. One of them has been pronounced dead. A second is in critical condition, but is stable, and a third was in stable condition, Capello said.
The suspect, a 34-year-old man, was killed in the shooting, Lebanon Police Chief Todd Breiner said.
The slain officer's name is being withheld pending notification of extended family members.
Police did not release further details. | https://www.ncadvertiser.com/news/article/1-officer-killed-2-others-shot-in-Pennsylvania-17049870.php | 2022-04-01T01:24:10Z |
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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden vastly overpromised Thursday when he told Americans they can expect savings of $500 a month by transitioning to renewable energy. It's possible they might save that much over a year, not per month.
Biden addressed the subject while announcing plans to order the release of 1 million barrels of oil per day from the strategic petroleum reserve for the next six months.
Biden is grappling with fallout from surging energy prices, including gasoline that has reached an average of $4.23 per gallon, after the United States banned imports of Russian oil and gas.
It’s unclear how much gasoline prices might dip from Biden’s new order, but the president did promise immediate savings from adopting renewable energy:
BIDEN: “If your home is powered by safer, cheaper, cleaner electricity like solar or heat pumps, you can save about $500 a month on average.”
THE FACTS: Not so. The average person in the U.S. spends far less than that every month on electricity.
The average electric bill for homeowners was $115 per month in 2019, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. Between 2009 and 2019, the average monthly electric bill for a U.S. homeowner never surpassed $120.
In a statement released to support his order Thursday, the White House predicted his energy plan would save people “$500 a year from using clean electricity like solar and heat pumps to power their homes.”
Earlier this year Biden himself promised to save “families an average of $500 a year by combatting climate change.” But in a fumble, he cast the savings this time as monthly. The White House corrected Biden’s remark in a transcript, making clear he meant to say the savings he predicted would be over a year.
Even yearly savings, though, would take years for homeowners to realize, given the upfront cost of installing solar panels and heat pumps in homes.
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The Friends of A1A Scenic & Historic Coastal Byway, Inc. are pleased to announce the dedication of the A1A All-American Road, marked by a ribbon cutting ceremony on March 29, 2022 at the Bridge of Lions in St. Augustine, Florida.
Attended by guest speakers Florida Representative Tom Leek (District 25), U.S. Congressman Michael Waltz’ District Director (Ret) Brigadier General Ernie Audino, Flagler County Commissioner Greg Hansen, St. Johns County Commissioner Henry Dean, National Scenic Byway Foundation President Dr. Christopher M. Sieverdes, and Scenic America’s Mark Falzone, dignitaries and friends of the byway organization gathered for the celebration.
“Florida’s A1A Scenic & Historic Coastal Byway is truly one of this country’s greatest roadways, and it’s an honor to be here to celebrate its designation as an All-American Road,” said Falzone. “The road itself represents so many outstanding qualities, and the community behind it gives us a great example of how to showcase those qualities to maximize its impact.”
Designated in 2021 by the Federal Highway Administration as Florida’s second All-American Road, the A1A Scenic & Historic Coastal Byway is one of 57 U.S. Department of Transportation designated All-American Roads in the United States. The designation celebration coincides with the Building Better Byways Conference, hosted by the Friends of A1A, welcoming the Florida Department of Transportation’s Florida Scenic Highways Program Annual Meeting and the National Scenic Byway Foundation’s Byway Leadership Training. Drawing attendees from across the United States, the week of activities and training further supports the activities of more than 1,000 scenic highways and byways across America who will be applying for funding opportunities through the National Scenic Byway Program, overseen by the Federal Highway Administration.
“We were so excited to have scenic highway and byway friends join us for this historic moment,” said Friends of A1A Byway Program Administrator Danielle Anderson. “Not only did our colleagues have the opportunity to experience a world class dedication ceremony showcasing our byway community partners, but hosting the Building Better Byways Conference here in St. Augustine offered a chance to strengthen the resolve of scenic highway and byway professionals and volunteers as we move forward with projects to enhance our local communities across America.”
“Byway leaders and our Florida DOT partners are dedicated to protecting and enhancing the unique quality and features of our designated scenic byways,” said Sharon Strouse, executive director of the National Scenic Byway Foundation. “We commend them for their tireless efforts.” | https://flaglerlive.com/174731/friends-of-a1a-scenic-historic-coastal-byway-dedicate-all-american-road/ | 2022-04-01T01:24:11Z |
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"I think everyone's stress levels and ability to figure out how to cope was maxed out," said Diane Levy, a therapist.
Among the findings from the study, more than a third of U.S. high school students said they struggled with their mental health during most of the pandemic; and more than two out of five felt sadness or hopelessness that caused them to stop doing things they enjoy; and about one and five seriously considered suicide.
Doctors said they have seen a dramatic increase in the number of patients and the seriousness of what they are treating.
"Anxiety to depression, to eating disorders -- more severe than I typically see," said Dr. Huma Khan with Advocate Children's Hospital.
RELATED: COVID and mental health: New study finds possible link to psychiatric disorders
Mike Bushman has written books on suicide. He said he has seen a big increase in the number of teens considering taking their own lives.
"There's a crisis. A lot of young adults and their parents don't know what they can do to help their mental health," Bushman said.
When 15-year-old Marcie Gerald died by suicide a few years ago, her mother decided to try to help others avoid her the pain she felt. She started the "MJG Movement" for which she is getting a Presidential Award in July.
"Losing a child is one of the worst things you can go through. The pain is the same because our kids are not coming back," Gerald said.
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Experts said it's especially important for teenagers to know they are not stuck in those moments of despair and help is available.
The CDC's report said teens who felt connected to adults or peers were considerably less likely to feel hopeless or to attempt suicide.
If you or someone you know needs help, contact the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-TALK or text "TALK" to 741-741. | https://abc7chicago.com/mental-health-teen-pandemic-cdc/11698134/ | 2022-04-01T01:24:12Z |
Kansas City officials are debating whether to make loitering illegal.
Last year, public encampments outside City Hall and in Westport brought heightened awareness to the challenges facing unhoused people in Kansas City — while drawing criticism from some local businesses and homeowners.
An ordinance heard by Kansas City Council members this week would give the police more power to expel unhoused residents or homeless camps from private property.
Julie Jennings, director of membership with the West Plaza Neighborhood Association, said that last year’s Camp Sixx encampment along Westport Road was a “detriment” to the neighborhood.
“We've had increased crime and property damage, claims and all kinds of things that we have pinned down to the homelessness issue,” Jennings said. “In my interpretation of what the amendment says, it indicates that … you're putting in place the ability of law enforcement to do something about it.”
The ordinance is one of several measures that Kansas City Council is considering around addressing homelessness. Other proposed measures include establishing hygiene facilities and a pallet shelter for unhoused residents.
Encampment and loitering laws
Kansas City does not have a clear policy on houseless encampments, which makes it difficult to determine when or if police should get involved.
Generally, city officials partner with social service agencies to conduct outreach to people living in encampments and move them into a shelter.
But the city received public criticism last year for conducting sweeps of camps and forcing houseless people to move. The matter was discussed during a Board of Police Commissioners meeting in February, in which outgoing Kansas City Police Chief Rick Smith said the department hasn’t issued any citations or made arrests at encampments since early 2021.
Fifth District Councilwoman Ryana Parks-Shaw said the proposed ordinance is just one effort to clarify city policies and police involvement around homeless camps.
If approved, the ordinance would make it illegal for someone to set up an encampment on private property unless they had the consent of the property owner.
The law change would also make loitering illegal — defined as standing in a public space to “willfully obstruct, impede, interfere with, hinder or delay” the movement of cars or pedestrian traffic or the conducting of business on a property.
Dorna Edgar Swan, executive director of the Waldo Area Business Association and director of the Waldo Community Improvement District, said property owners face difficulties in taking action when someone is loitering outside their business. Swan said if a police officer gets called out, the officer will say there’s nothing they can do.
“We need to take that into account — not just leaving that power with the police, but maybe giving the property owner the ability to say, ‘We don't want you to be on our space or the public space in front of our business,’” Swan said.
In its current language, the ordinance allows for a police officer to first instruct a person to disperse from private property. They would be found guilty of loitering if, after being given a reasonable opportunity to move and comply with the law, they have still not moved.
But residents like Winifred Wright, who conducts outreach with unhoused communities, offered a different perspective. She said when the city disperses camps and moves unhoused people, it becomes more difficult for outreach workers to find and connect them with shelter and other services.
“If we're going to address houselessness in the long term, we need a stable and semi-permanent spot for people to be so that outreach can find them regularly, and we can continue to offer services and get the ball rolling for each of those individuals,” Wright said.
LaDonna Cartwright questioned the effectiveness of arresting an unhoused person for loitering.
“These are human beings that we are dealing with,” she said. “And they are not getting the help that they need. So why would we arrest them and put them in jail?”
Ester Holzendorf of the Chestnut Resource Center said their number one concern in solving homelessness is the lack of roofs and permanent shelter. She asked if the ordinance will create more problems than it will solve.
“Moving them or telling them they've got to move on or be arrested, and they don't have any place to go, that's not really solving the problem,” she said.
Parks-Shaw requested the committee to hold the ordinance for one week to give the city’s legal department time to look over the language.
Meeting basic hygiene needs
City officials are also looking for additional resources to provide hygiene facilities. A few shelters in Kansas City provide showers and bathrooms for unhoused people, like at the Hope Faith Campus east of downtown. But trying to access the showers can mean waiting in line for hours, Wright said.
“So hygiene is of the utmost importance, especially given that we've been in a pandemic for the past couple years,” she said. “People wanna feel clean. It helps them feel better.”
Stephen Bell is another Kansas City resident who voiced support for the initiative. Bell has experienced homelessness himself, and attested to the difficulties of finding a place to shower.
“Please put some bathrooms, maybe some shower facilities or something out there for folks to get out there and feel like a human being,” Bell said.
City council members will continue discussions on this measure next week.
Update on pallet shelter project
A resolution to establish a pallet shelter community at the Municipal Farm — city-owned property located in the Eastwood Hills neighborhood south of the Royals and Chiefs stadium complexes — was met with pushback from Eastwood Hills residents.
The idea to build a village of tiny homes stalled last year after concerns from neighborhood groups and city officials.
Testifying to the committee, residents said they did not want the pallet shelter located near their neighborhood.
Aaron Walker, an Eastwood Hills resident, said the pallet shelters should instead be located in a more urban area of the city.
“This location you guys are thinking about putting it at is densely populated with woods,” he said. “It's a mile from any local bus stop. It's a mile from any local store to get chips, soda, anything they need. I believe this location is not good for the community.”
Willie Jones said that Eastwood Hills already deals with illegal dumping and vandalism — issues that he said would get worse if the pallet shelter were built.
“If the homeless people were to move in, there's a big concern for us about their safety as well,” Jones said. “We just want there to be a more in-depth study done.”
A resolution directing City Manager Brian Platt to collaborate with Kansas City’s LGBTQ Commission to create a plan addressing the housing and shelter needs for members of the LGBTQ community who are experiencing homelessness passed out of committee Wednesday. | https://www.kcur.org/news/2022-03-31/businesses-complained-about-homeless-camps-now-kansas-city-council-might-criminalize-them | 2022-04-01T01:24:12Z |
Photos: Jane Krakowski, Amber Iman & More Attend DIFFA BY DESIGN
Other standout moments included a DIFFA NIGHTS dance party on Friday, a design-industry insider auction with great finds, a couture-filled pop-up shop and more.
DIFFA BY DESIGN stole the hearts of many last week. The biggest fundraiser of the year for DIFFA (Design Industries Foundation Fighting AIDS) took over 20,000 square feet at Center 415 from March 24-26, beginning with a star-studded Gala Thursday night, co-hosted by architect David Rockwell and Interior Design Editor-in-Chief Cindy Allen, featuring special guest Tony Award®-winning actor Jane Krakowski, and performances by acclaimed Broadway star and Co-founder of Tony Award®-Winning Broadway Advocacy Coalition Amber Iman and cast members from Broadway hit Company (Bobby Conte, Claybourne Elder, and Manu Narayan).
Check out photos below!
Other standout moments included a DIFFA NIGHTS dance party on Friday, a design-industry insider auction with great finds, a couture-filled pop-up shop in partnership with Repurpose and curated by Robert Verdi, riveting panels and activations including weaving with renowned artist Suzanne Tick, and of course, 21 stunning vignettes designed by leading creatives from Rockwell Group, Carl Hansen & Søn, Gensler, and Steelcase, to name just a few.
The three-day event with a theme of coming back together was a massive success, gathering over 2,500 attendees and raising over $540,000 to help those across the country struggling with HIV/AIDS, homelessness, food scarcity, and mental health issues.
Photo credit: Chad David Kraus Photography
Jane Krakowski, David Rockwell, Amber Iman
Claybourne Elder, Manu Narayan, Bobby Conte
Dawn Roberson
Amber Iman, Jane Krakowski, David Rockwell, Dawn Roberson | https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Photos-Jane-Krakowski-Amber-Iman-More-Attend-DIFFA-BY-DESIGN-20220331 | 2022-04-01T01:24:13Z |
The Los Angeles Clippers (37-39) play against the Chicago Bulls (32-32) at United Center
Game Time: 8:00 PM EDT on Thursday March 31, 2022
Los Angeles Clippers 59, Chicago Bulls 52 (Q3 11:29)
What’s the buzz on Twitter?
KC Johnson @KCJHoop
Patrick Williams is starting the 2nd half over Alex Caruso, who has been battling a sore back. – 9:20 PM
Patrick Williams is starting the 2nd half over Alex Caruso, who has been battling a sore back. – 9:20 PM
Chuck Swirsky @ctsbulls
Just read West Virginia’s Bob Huggins is headed to the HOF–Congrats–did you know he went to @ohiou briefly and played his freshman year? PS..When does @Chicago Bulls head coach Billy Donovan get it? Seriously. Awesome job at Florida. As a player led Providence to Final 4 – 9:18 PM
Just read West Virginia’s Bob Huggins is headed to the HOF–Congrats–did you know he went to @ohiou briefly and played his freshman year? PS..When does @Chicago Bulls head coach Billy Donovan get it? Seriously. Awesome job at Florida. As a player led Providence to Final 4 – 9:18 PM
Law Murray @LawMurrayTheNU
Bulls were able to cut into double-digit Clippers lead despite missing 17 of 27 shots in 2nd quarter.
Clippers *attempted* only 19 shots in second quarter. Both teams made all 6 FT attempts.
Chicago is going to cut into this lead simply by protecting the ball and making layups. – 9:15 PM
Bulls were able to cut into double-digit Clippers lead despite missing 17 of 27 shots in 2nd quarter.
Clippers *attempted* only 19 shots in second quarter. Both teams made all 6 FT attempts.
Chicago is going to cut into this lead simply by protecting the ball and making layups. – 9:15 PM
Los Angeles Clippers @LAClippers
📊 14 PTS | 85.7% FG | 100% 3FG
A strong start for @Marcus Morris. pic.twitter.com/GUMV22IZw7 – 9:15 PM
📊 14 PTS | 85.7% FG | 100% 3FG
A strong start for @Marcus Morris. pic.twitter.com/GUMV22IZw7 – 9:15 PM
Joe Cowley @JCowleyHoops
Tick, tick, tick … Lonzo Ball and his injured left knee are in a race against time … a race he still just started running once again. Will he make it back in time? What say you, Billy Donovan?
Read it:
chicago.suntimes.com/bulls/2022/3/3… – 9:12 PM
Tick, tick, tick … Lonzo Ball and his injured left knee are in a race against time … a race he still just started running once again. Will he make it back in time? What say you, Billy Donovan?
Read it:
chicago.suntimes.com/bulls/2022/3/3… – 9:12 PM
Chicago Bulls @chicagobulls
Zach cuts it to single digits at halftime with the smooth stepback.
@NBCSChicago | @Zach LaVine pic.twitter.com/Mmh4zxUD39 – 9:09 PM
Zach cuts it to single digits at halftime with the smooth stepback.
@NBCSChicago | @Zach LaVine pic.twitter.com/Mmh4zxUD39 – 9:09 PM
Los Angeles Clippers @LAClippers
Beautiful day for a beautiful dime!
📺 @BallySportWest | #ClipperNation pic.twitter.com/pmraE2cRry – 9:08 PM
Beautiful day for a beautiful dime!
📺 @BallySportWest | #ClipperNation pic.twitter.com/pmraE2cRry – 9:08 PM
Andrew Greif @AndrewGreif
Clippers up 59-50 on Chicago at half. Kind of a good news/bad news half if you’re LAC. They’ve clicked offensively and defensively for long stretches but shooting 55%, and 8-16 from 3, they’re likely wondering how they’re not up more. – 9:08 PM
Clippers up 59-50 on Chicago at half. Kind of a good news/bad news half if you’re LAC. They’ve clicked offensively and defensively for long stretches but shooting 55%, and 8-16 from 3, they’re likely wondering how they’re not up more. – 9:08 PM
Law Murray @LawMurrayTheNU
Zach LaVine made a tough 3 over George to end first half, and this second half is going to be very interesting.
Clippers should led by as many as 15, but only up 59-50 despite shooting 55% FGs and holding Chicago to 38.8%.
Marcus Morris Sr. and Nicolas Batum with 25 combined. – 9:07 PM
Zach LaVine made a tough 3 over George to end first half, and this second half is going to be very interesting.
Clippers should led by as many as 15, but only up 59-50 despite shooting 55% FGs and holding Chicago to 38.8%.
Marcus Morris Sr. and Nicolas Batum with 25 combined. – 9:07 PM
Mirjam Swanson @MirjamSwanson
Da Clips 59, Da Bulls 50 | Half | Clippers up (just?) nine, despite Chicago shooting just 38.8% and 4-15 from deep.
Morris has 14, Jackson and Batum 11 and PG with 9 in 13:50. – 9:07 PM
Da Clips 59, Da Bulls 50 | Half | Clippers up (just?) nine, despite Chicago shooting just 38.8% and 4-15 from deep.
Morris has 14, Jackson and Batum 11 and PG with 9 in 13:50. – 9:07 PM
Chicago Bulls @chicagobulls
Down 9 at the half.
DeMar DeRozan: 14 pts, 3 reb, 3 ast pic.twitter.com/nH4Zh0xyA9 – 9:06 PM
Down 9 at the half.
DeMar DeRozan: 14 pts, 3 reb, 3 ast pic.twitter.com/nH4Zh0xyA9 – 9:06 PM
Mike McGraw @McGrawDHSports
#Bulls have been a mess defensively, Clippers shooting 44%, 8-for-16 from 3 and lead 59-50 at half.
DeRozan has 14 pts, LaVine 11; Marcus Morris 14 – 9:06 PM
#Bulls have been a mess defensively, Clippers shooting 44%, 8-for-16 from 3 and lead 59-50 at half.
DeRozan has 14 pts, LaVine 11; Marcus Morris 14 – 9:06 PM
Rob Schaefer @rob_schaef
Halftime: Clippers 59, Bulls 50
DeRozan: 14 pts
LaVine: 11 pts
Vucevic: 8 pts
Morris: 14 pts
Batum + Jackson: 11 pts each
Bulls are 4-15 from 3-point range. Clippers 8-16 – 9:06 PM
Halftime: Clippers 59, Bulls 50
DeRozan: 14 pts
LaVine: 11 pts
Vucevic: 8 pts
Morris: 14 pts
Batum + Jackson: 11 pts each
Bulls are 4-15 from 3-point range. Clippers 8-16 – 9:06 PM
Andrew Greif @AndrewGreif
Clippers got their first look at Covington-Batum-PG to close the first half. Again, very interested in how much that gets used in the future. – 9:06 PM
Clippers got their first look at Covington-Batum-PG to close the first half. Again, very interested in how much that gets used in the future. – 9:06 PM
KC Johnson @KCJHoop
Clippers 59, Bulls 50 at half
DeRozan 14 pts, 3 assists
LaVine 11 pts
Bulls 38.8% FG
Morris 14 pts
Batum 11 pts
Jackson 11 pts
Clippers 8-16 from 3 – 9:04 PM
Clippers 59, Bulls 50 at half
DeRozan 14 pts, 3 assists
LaVine 11 pts
Bulls 38.8% FG
Morris 14 pts
Batum 11 pts
Jackson 11 pts
Clippers 8-16 from 3 – 9:04 PM
Andrew Greif @AndrewGreif
Clippers were +9 in the 7 minutes Covington and Batum shared in the second quarter. Coincided with their run to push the lead back to double-digits. They’d only played 1 minute together Tuesday, but that combo is pretty scary defensively. – 9:04 PM
Clippers were +9 in the 7 minutes Covington and Batum shared in the second quarter. Coincided with their run to push the lead back to double-digits. They’d only played 1 minute together Tuesday, but that combo is pretty scary defensively. – 9:04 PM
Los Angeles Clippers @LAClippers
Mook is cookin’ tonight! 🔥
📺 @BallySportWest | @Marcus Morris pic.twitter.com/WkFZ067e03 – 9:02 PM
Mook is cookin’ tonight! 🔥
📺 @BallySportWest | @Marcus Morris pic.twitter.com/WkFZ067e03 – 9:02 PM
KC Johnson @KCJHoop
Patrick Williams vs. Knicks:
13 minutes, 0 FGAs
Patrick Williams vs. Clippers
12 minutes, 0 FGAs
But he had 4 rebounds, 1 block and a steal so his activity level is good. Just too many possessions where he stands in corner. – 8:59 PM
Patrick Williams vs. Knicks:
13 minutes, 0 FGAs
Patrick Williams vs. Clippers
12 minutes, 0 FGAs
But he had 4 rebounds, 1 block and a steal so his activity level is good. Just too many possessions where he stands in corner. – 8:59 PM
Law Murray @LawMurrayTheNU
There should be more icing timeouts… Billy Donovan stops game after the second of 3 Batum free throws.
Clippers building their largest lead of the game, currently at 49-35 with 3:57 left in first half. Important for them to close strong while Bulls are leaving points on rim. – 8:57 PM
There should be more icing timeouts… Billy Donovan stops game after the second of 3 Batum free throws.
Clippers building their largest lead of the game, currently at 49-35 with 3:57 left in first half. Important for them to close strong while Bulls are leaving points on rim. – 8:57 PM
Mike McGraw @McGrawDHSports
#Bulls opened the 2ndQ with a 9-0 run to get within 1. Now they’re down 14 – 8:56 PM
#Bulls opened the 2ndQ with a 9-0 run to get within 1. Now they’re down 14 – 8:56 PM
Los Angeles Clippers @LAClippers
Poetry in motion. ✍️
📺 @BallySportWest | #ClipperNation pic.twitter.com/0iMflV6kIf – 8:53 PM
Poetry in motion. ✍️
📺 @BallySportWest | #ClipperNation pic.twitter.com/0iMflV6kIf – 8:53 PM
Andy Larsen @andyblarsen
Quin Snyder on Gobert’s “We don’t get our hands dirty” comment postgame vs. LAC: “Rudy’s made comments about guys defending before, and those are something that those guys talk about too. My preference is that — I think there’s a forum for that that’s maybe more productive.” – 8:53 PM
Quin Snyder on Gobert’s “We don’t get our hands dirty” comment postgame vs. LAC: “Rudy’s made comments about guys defending before, and those are something that those guys talk about too. My preference is that — I think there’s a forum for that that’s maybe more productive.” – 8:53 PM
Law Murray @LawMurrayTheNU
Paul George went to bench, was still wondering how he didn’t get fouled and had a conversation with Dedric Taylor about it… and Kawhi was just chillin’ next to him
Anyway
Clippers were decent between timeouts, lead 42-33 with 5:56 left in first half. Chicago down to 35% FGs. – 8:53 PM
Paul George went to bench, was still wondering how he didn’t get fouled and had a conversation with Dedric Taylor about it… and Kawhi was just chillin’ next to him
Anyway
Clippers were decent between timeouts, lead 42-33 with 5:56 left in first half. Chicago down to 35% FGs. – 8:53 PM
KC Johnson @KCJHoop
Bulls 3-point shooting has gone off a cliff lately. 3-13 thus far tonight. – 8:49 PM
Bulls 3-point shooting has gone off a cliff lately. 3-13 thus far tonight. – 8:49 PM
Chicago Bulls @chicagobulls
Tristan Thompson cleaning the glass!
@NBCSChicago | @Tristan Thompson pic.twitter.com/tWfiDdDdSR – 8:48 PM
Tristan Thompson cleaning the glass!
@NBCSChicago | @Tristan Thompson pic.twitter.com/tWfiDdDdSR – 8:48 PM
Chicago Bulls @chicagobulls
Reservoir Dogs Mr. Green and Mr. White combine for the steal & the score 😤
@NBCSChicago | #BullsNation pic.twitter.com/q12vh15Uno – 8:46 PM
Reservoir Dogs Mr. Green and Mr. White combine for the steal & the score 😤
@NBCSChicago | #BullsNation pic.twitter.com/q12vh15Uno – 8:46 PM
Law Murray @LawMurrayTheNU
Clippers had a 9-0 run before first timeout of opening quarter. Bulls cut into 10-point Clippers lead with a 9-0 run to start second quarter. Five scoreless possessions for Clippers, who are still up 32-31 with 9:33 left in first half. – 8:43 PM
Clippers had a 9-0 run before first timeout of opening quarter. Bulls cut into 10-point Clippers lead with a 9-0 run to start second quarter. Five scoreless possessions for Clippers, who are still up 32-31 with 9:33 left in first half. – 8:43 PM
Chuck Swirsky @ctsbulls
Bulls on a 9-0 early second quarter run. LAC up 32-31. Coby with 7 on the bench. – 8:42 PM
Bulls on a 9-0 early second quarter run. LAC up 32-31. Coby with 7 on the bench. – 8:42 PM
Rob Schaefer @rob_schaef
Bulls are on a 9-0 run to start the second quarter, cutting Clippers lead to 32-31
Coby White has 7 of those points – 8:42 PM
Bulls are on a 9-0 run to start the second quarter, cutting Clippers lead to 32-31
Coby White has 7 of those points – 8:42 PM
Mirjam Swanson @MirjamSwanson
Ha – Kawhi on the bench in Chicago rocking a Chicago White Sox ball cap. pic.twitter.com/kqqQom2McH – 8:38 PM
Ha – Kawhi on the bench in Chicago rocking a Chicago White Sox ball cap. pic.twitter.com/kqqQom2McH – 8:38 PM
Law Murray @LawMurrayTheNU
Marcus Morris Sr. ends first quarter with a 3 that gives him 10 points, his most in a first quarter since the second game in Dallas.
That’s also the last time the Clippers beat a team with a winning record on the road. GOOD SIGNS
Clippers lead 32-22, their best 1stQ since MLK – 8:37 PM
Marcus Morris Sr. ends first quarter with a 3 that gives him 10 points, his most in a first quarter since the second game in Dallas.
That’s also the last time the Clippers beat a team with a winning record on the road. GOOD SIGNS
Clippers lead 32-22, their best 1stQ since MLK – 8:37 PM
Mirjam Swanson @MirjamSwanson
Clippers not looking at a double digit comeback this time?
Clips 32, Bulls 22 | End 1
Mook doubled his scoring from the past two games with 10. PG’s got 7 and another steal. – 8:37 PM
Clippers not looking at a double digit comeback this time?
Clips 32, Bulls 22 | End 1
Mook doubled his scoring from the past two games with 10. PG’s got 7 and another steal. – 8:37 PM
Mike McGraw @McGrawDHSports
Home has been good to #Bulls, but Clippers went 5-for-7 from 3-pt range in 1stQ and lead 32-22 after one. They tried going to Vucevic early, he scored 8 pts on first three possessions and still has 8. – 8:37 PM
Home has been good to #Bulls, but Clippers went 5-for-7 from 3-pt range in 1stQ and lead 32-22 after one. They tried going to Vucevic early, he scored 8 pts on first three possessions and still has 8. – 8:37 PM
Chicago Bulls @chicagobulls
Tristan finds a cutting AC 🤝
@NBCSChicago | @Alex Caruso pic.twitter.com/sFnqEcKksu – 8:37 PM
Tristan finds a cutting AC 🤝
@NBCSChicago | @Alex Caruso pic.twitter.com/sFnqEcKksu – 8:37 PM
Chicago Bulls @chicagobulls
First quarter in the books.
Nikola Vucevic: 8 pts, 2 reb
Zach LaVine: 6 pts pic.twitter.com/0xpMzXitao – 8:37 PM
First quarter in the books.
Nikola Vucevic: 8 pts, 2 reb
Zach LaVine: 6 pts pic.twitter.com/0xpMzXitao – 8:37 PM
Chuck Swirsky @ctsbulls
LAC 32-22 after 1. Clippers shot 62% in the quarter. Morris with 10. Vooch-8 – 8:36 PM
LAC 32-22 after 1. Clippers shot 62% in the quarter. Morris with 10. Vooch-8 – 8:36 PM
Andrew Greif @AndrewGreif
The Clippers’ first quarter is a total 180 from their start Tuesday. 32 points, a 10-point lead against Chicago and Marcus Morris has 10 points. – 8:36 PM
The Clippers’ first quarter is a total 180 from their start Tuesday. 32 points, a 10-point lead against Chicago and Marcus Morris has 10 points. – 8:36 PM
Chicago Bulls @chicagobulls
Another hot start for Vooch 🔥
8 pts (3-5 FG, 2-2 on threes) in the first. pic.twitter.com/H0UR62a6JS – 8:31 PM
Another hot start for Vooch 🔥
8 pts (3-5 FG, 2-2 on threes) in the first. pic.twitter.com/H0UR62a6JS – 8:31 PM
Andrew Greif @AndrewGreif
Paul George played about 2.5 more minutes in his first shift tonight than in his return Tuesday. – 8:29 PM
Paul George played about 2.5 more minutes in his first shift tonight than in his return Tuesday. – 8:29 PM
Los Angeles Clippers @LAClippers
Swipe and score. 😤
📺 @BallySportWest | @Paul George pic.twitter.com/Q9kwpnrp23 – 8:29 PM
Swipe and score. 😤
📺 @BallySportWest | @Paul George pic.twitter.com/Q9kwpnrp23 – 8:29 PM
Andrew Greif @AndrewGreif
Promising part of the 1st quarter for the Clippers: Paul George looks as disruptive defensive as on Tuesday, and Marcus Morris appears much more comfortable, the result of Lue saying he needed to find ways to allow Morris to be in rhythm with PG back in the flow. – 8:28 PM
Promising part of the 1st quarter for the Clippers: Paul George looks as disruptive defensive as on Tuesday, and Marcus Morris appears much more comfortable, the result of Lue saying he needed to find ways to allow Morris to be in rhythm with PG back in the flow. – 8:28 PM
Chicago Bulls @chicagobulls
Ayo with the SWAT :wave:
@NBCSChicago | @AyoDos_11 pic.twitter.com/4Qv1urdzjG – 8:27 PM
Ayo with the SWAT :wave:
@NBCSChicago | @AyoDos_11 pic.twitter.com/4Qv1urdzjG – 8:27 PM
Los Angeles Clippers @LAClippers
Big man slam!
📺 @BallySportWest | @Ivica Zubac pic.twitter.com/oAHmcEFVMG – 8:26 PM
Big man slam!
📺 @BallySportWest | @Ivica Zubac pic.twitter.com/oAHmcEFVMG – 8:26 PM
Law Murray @LawMurrayTheNU
Paul George continues to rip fellows
Stripped Ayo Dosunmu and set up his own PUJIT3 – 8:25 PM
Paul George continues to rip fellows
Stripped Ayo Dosunmu and set up his own PUJIT3 – 8:25 PM
KC Johnson @KCJHoop
Kawhi Leonard is sitting on the Clippers bench in a White Sox hat.
Go nuts, Twitter. – 8:20 PM
Kawhi Leonard is sitting on the Clippers bench in a White Sox hat.
Go nuts, Twitter. – 8:20 PM
Los Angeles Clippers @LAClippers
Back-to-back threes. 👌
📺 @BallySportWest | #ClipperNation pic.twitter.com/1MShAfi4X3 – 8:19 PM
Back-to-back threes. 👌
📺 @BallySportWest | #ClipperNation pic.twitter.com/1MShAfi4X3 – 8:19 PM
Law Murray @LawMurrayTheNU
Offense clicking early for Clippers. Every starter has a field goal, and Marcus Morris Sr. already has more buckets and points (2/2 FGs, 5 points) than he had Tuesday vs Jazz (1/6 FGs, 3 points)
Clippers lead 15-10 with 6:46 left in opening quarter. – 8:19 PM
Offense clicking early for Clippers. Every starter has a field goal, and Marcus Morris Sr. already has more buckets and points (2/2 FGs, 5 points) than he had Tuesday vs Jazz (1/6 FGs, 3 points)
Clippers lead 15-10 with 6:46 left in opening quarter. – 8:19 PM
Mirjam Swanson @MirjamSwanson
Marcus Morris Sr. getting going, according to plan: 5 points, 2-2, 1-2 FTA, 1 assist, 1 rebound … – 8:16 PM
Marcus Morris Sr. getting going, according to plan: 5 points, 2-2, 1-2 FTA, 1 assist, 1 rebound … – 8:16 PM
Los Angeles Clippers @LAClippers
Locked in! 🔒
📺 @BallySportWest | #ClipperNation pic.twitter.com/VtkOcPpjPx – 8:08 PM
Locked in! 🔒
📺 @BallySportWest | #ClipperNation pic.twitter.com/VtkOcPpjPx – 8:08 PM
Los Angeles Clippers @LAClippers
The Cali connection.☀️
🕖 5:00PM PT | 📺 @BallySportWest pic.twitter.com/Y405nrQbhl – 8:00 PM
The Cali connection.☀️
🕖 5:00PM PT | 📺 @BallySportWest pic.twitter.com/Y405nrQbhl – 8:00 PM
Chris Fedor @ChrisFedor
#Cavs Cedi Osman is waiting at the scorer’s table to check in for the first time tonight — and first time since playing just six minutes over the weekend against Chicago. – 7:58 PM
#Cavs Cedi Osman is waiting at the scorer’s table to check in for the first time tonight — and first time since playing just six minutes over the weekend against Chicago. – 7:58 PM
Los Angeles Clippers @LAClippers
Final prep.
🕖 5:00PM PT | 📺 @BallySportWest pic.twitter.com/M4YhYcnlAm – 7:48 PM
Final prep.
🕖 5:00PM PT | 📺 @BallySportWest pic.twitter.com/M4YhYcnlAm – 7:48 PM
Keith Pompey @PompeyOnSixers
Furkan Korkmaz is making his first appearance since the Clippers game on March 25 – 7:44 PM
Furkan Korkmaz is making his first appearance since the Clippers game on March 25 – 7:44 PM
Mike McGraw @McGrawDHSports
ICYMI, Paul George returned for Clippers on Tue and scored 34 points in his first game action since Dec. 22. Clips also broke a 5-game losing streak in that game. #Bulls – 7:41 PM
ICYMI, Paul George returned for Clippers on Tue and scored 34 points in his first game action since Dec. 22. Clips also broke a 5-game losing streak in that game. #Bulls – 7:41 PM
Chicago Bulls @chicagobulls
Let’s get it. First five on the floor.
@FirstAlert | #BullsNation pic.twitter.com/znNxXWvneB – 7:30 PM
Let’s get it. First five on the floor.
@FirstAlert | #BullsNation pic.twitter.com/znNxXWvneB – 7:30 PM
Law Murray @LawMurrayTheNU
The half court shot goes in for Paul George this time… #progress pic.twitter.com/NQXG7Hm2Mv – 7:29 PM
The half court shot goes in for Paul George this time… #progress pic.twitter.com/NQXG7Hm2Mv – 7:29 PM
Mike McGraw @McGrawDHSports
Here’s some solid research for you: #Bulls have covered the spread in 10 of their last 11 home games against a team with a worse record. (Only loss was OKC) – 7:24 PM
Here’s some solid research for you: #Bulls have covered the spread in 10 of their last 11 home games against a team with a worse record. (Only loss was OKC) – 7:24 PM
Chicago Bulls @chicagobulls
DeMar wearing the “Noise Canceling” Kobe 1s.
@DeMar DeRozan | #BullsKicks pic.twitter.com/U1TbBJ1Xat – 7:22 PM
DeMar wearing the “Noise Canceling” Kobe 1s.
@DeMar DeRozan | #BullsKicks pic.twitter.com/U1TbBJ1Xat – 7:22 PM
Los Angeles Clippers @LAClippers
Pregame reps with @Marcus Morris. 🎯
🕖 5:00PM PT | 📺 @BallySportWest pic.twitter.com/p7Gc3JzaOW – 7:21 PM
Pregame reps with @Marcus Morris. 🎯
🕖 5:00PM PT | 📺 @BallySportWest pic.twitter.com/p7Gc3JzaOW – 7:21 PM
Law Murray @LawMurrayTheNU
PG ball handling
Turnover battle will be critical tonight. Bulls prioritize protecting basketball. Paul George had only 2 turnovers Tuesday night. pic.twitter.com/SMRIOgNSKd – 7:16 PM
PG ball handling
Turnover battle will be critical tonight. Bulls prioritize protecting basketball. Paul George had only 2 turnovers Tuesday night. pic.twitter.com/SMRIOgNSKd – 7:16 PM
Los Angeles Clippers @LAClippers
Get the scoop on today’s matchup.
#GetItLocked | @betwayusa – 7:14 PM
Get the scoop on today’s matchup.
#GetItLocked | @betwayusa – 7:14 PM
Andrew Greif @AndrewGreif
Pregame in Chicago, Ty Lue said the “most important thing” to protecting Paul George is keeping an eye on when he’s getting tired because “we don’t want to let him play through fatigue, so we’ve got to be able to get him out of games and get him back in.” – 6:42 PM
Pregame in Chicago, Ty Lue said the “most important thing” to protecting Paul George is keeping an eye on when he’s getting tired because “we don’t want to let him play through fatigue, so we’ve got to be able to get him out of games and get him back in.” – 6:42 PM
Law Murray @LawMurrayTheNU
Slipped up there and asked a gameplan question to Ty Lue regarding how team/Paul George can be better against Alex Caruso/Bulls defense… all Lue would say is “Not going to say…🤐” – 6:37 PM
Slipped up there and asked a gameplan question to Ty Lue regarding how team/Paul George can be better against Alex Caruso/Bulls defense… all Lue would say is “Not going to say…🤐” – 6:37 PM
Mirjam Swanson @MirjamSwanson
Ty Lue on the Pregame Zoom, tells @Law Murray Marcus Morris Sr. and Nicolas Batum both will play, despite being questionable. Same lineup as last game. – 6:35 PM
Ty Lue on the Pregame Zoom, tells @Law Murray Marcus Morris Sr. and Nicolas Batum both will play, despite being questionable. Same lineup as last game. – 6:35 PM
Ohm Youngmisuk @NotoriousOHM
Ty Lue says Marcus Morris and Nic Batum both will play tonight after being listed as questionable today. – 6:35 PM
Ty Lue says Marcus Morris and Nic Batum both will play tonight after being listed as questionable today. – 6:35 PM
Andrew Greif @AndrewGreif
Marcus Morris and Nico Batum will both play tonight in Chicago. Both had been listed as questionable. – 6:34 PM
Marcus Morris and Nico Batum will both play tonight in Chicago. Both had been listed as questionable. – 6:34 PM
Joe Cowley @JCowleyHoops
The Bulls will get maybe a Lonzo Ball at 70%, and dropped on the stove that is the NBA playoffs …
youtube.com/watch?v=1zNdw4… – 6:34 PM
The Bulls will get maybe a Lonzo Ball at 70%, and dropped on the stove that is the NBA playoffs …
youtube.com/watch?v=1zNdw4… – 6:34 PM
Joe Cowley @JCowleyHoops
Reality check: Take a look at the LaVine knee issue, and realize there was no instability in his case. Then weigh Ball coming back, at best getting a few regular-season games in on a strict minutes watch, maybe having almost a week off in play-in week, and being a factor? C’mon! – 6:33 PM
Reality check: Take a look at the LaVine knee issue, and realize there was no instability in his case. Then weigh Ball coming back, at best getting a few regular-season games in on a strict minutes watch, maybe having almost a week off in play-in week, and being a factor? C’mon! – 6:33 PM
Rob Schaefer @rob_schaef
After 10-day pause, the Bulls will begin ramping Lonzo Ball’s running/cutting to full speed, per Billy Donovan. Says they’ll know more about Ball’s status once medical sees how he responds physically to that ramp up. Will be gradual – 6:27 PM
After 10-day pause, the Bulls will begin ramping Lonzo Ball’s running/cutting to full speed, per Billy Donovan. Says they’ll know more about Ball’s status once medical sees how he responds physically to that ramp up. Will be gradual – 6:27 PM
Mirjam Swanson @MirjamSwanson
Billy Donovan tells @Law Murray: “The last year I was with Paul (Paul George, that is) … he played with two torn shoulders the rest of the season. He’s always played through pain and discomfort. He loves to play, he loves to compete …” – 6:26 PM
Billy Donovan tells @Law Murray: “The last year I was with Paul (Paul George, that is) … he played with two torn shoulders the rest of the season. He’s always played through pain and discomfort. He loves to play, he loves to compete …” – 6:26 PM
Chuck Swirsky @ctsbulls
Lonzo will ramp things up according to Coach Donovan. The process starts now. Incrementally trying to build him back up. It’s unclear on time line. Depending how Lonzo responds. One step at a time. – 6:25 PM
Lonzo will ramp things up according to Coach Donovan. The process starts now. Incrementally trying to build him back up. It’s unclear on time line. Depending how Lonzo responds. One step at a time. – 6:25 PM
Jamal Collier @JamalCollier
Lonzo Ball will restart the ramp up process for his knee, per Billy Donovan
The Bulls had pulled him back for the past 10 days and will now see how he responds – 6:20 PM
Lonzo Ball will restart the ramp up process for his knee, per Billy Donovan
The Bulls had pulled him back for the past 10 days and will now see how he responds – 6:20 PM
KC Johnson @KCJHoop
Lonzo Ball will resume ramping up his rehab, per Billy Donovan, to see how Ball responds. Ball had rested from running the last 10 days. – 6:19 PM
Lonzo Ball will resume ramping up his rehab, per Billy Donovan, to see how Ball responds. Ball had rested from running the last 10 days. – 6:19 PM
Law Murray @LawMurrayTheNU
Derrick Jones Jr., Troy Brown Jr., Tony Bradley, Matt Thomas with Bulls staff in Stay Ready game
Neither of those four played in Washington. Bulls rotation off bench was Coby White, Javonte Green, Patrick Williams, Tristan Thompson pic.twitter.com/snu9WnpXGu – 6:00 PM
Derrick Jones Jr., Troy Brown Jr., Tony Bradley, Matt Thomas with Bulls staff in Stay Ready game
Neither of those four played in Washington. Bulls rotation off bench was Coby White, Javonte Green, Patrick Williams, Tristan Thompson pic.twitter.com/snu9WnpXGu – 6:00 PM
Chicago Bulls @chicagobulls
Back at home. It’s time for our @goaawol digital shirt toss.
RT now for a chance to win – the only way to get this shirt! pic.twitter.com/zApeROWCwr – 6:00 PM
Back at home. It’s time for our @goaawol digital shirt toss.
RT now for a chance to win – the only way to get this shirt! pic.twitter.com/zApeROWCwr – 6:00 PM
Law Murray @LawMurrayTheNU
Xavier Moon, who may be one of 10 Clippers to dress tonight, with assistant Cookie Belcher pic.twitter.com/BB7ws0JtxI – 5:50 PM
Xavier Moon, who may be one of 10 Clippers to dress tonight, with assistant Cookie Belcher pic.twitter.com/BB7ws0JtxI – 5:50 PM
Chicago Bulls @chicagobulls
So adorable! 🥰
Welcome to #BullsNation, Bennett!
All babies born at @AdvocateHealth hospitals in the month of March received a special Baby Bull welcome gift courtesy of @AdvocateKids. pic.twitter.com/HZpQDauoyx – 4:00 PM
So adorable! 🥰
Welcome to #BullsNation, Bennett!
All babies born at @AdvocateHealth hospitals in the month of March received a special Baby Bull welcome gift courtesy of @AdvocateKids. pic.twitter.com/HZpQDauoyx – 4:00 PM
Alvaro Martin @AlvaroNBAMartin
Hoy le toca a @CoachCMorales y a @QuiqueGaray cubrir el @Chicago Bulls – @Los Angeles Clippers, con lo que hay en juego para ambos. Pero solo por NBA League Pass. pic.twitter.com/IxRTx79H3D – 3:55 PM
Hoy le toca a @CoachCMorales y a @QuiqueGaray cubrir el @Chicago Bulls – @Los Angeles Clippers, con lo que hay en juego para ambos. Pero solo por NBA League Pass. pic.twitter.com/IxRTx79H3D – 3:55 PM
Chuck Swirsky @ctsbulls
Bulls-Clippers tonight. It starts at 6:45 on @Chicago Bulls @670TheScore @Audacy Join @stephenbardo @AlyssaBergamini Rick Camp and me for complete coverage. The best engineer on the planet @richwyatt_ @LAClippers have overcome deficits of at least 24-4 times. Most in 25 yrs. – 3:22 PM
Bulls-Clippers tonight. It starts at 6:45 on @Chicago Bulls @670TheScore @Audacy Join @stephenbardo @AlyssaBergamini Rick Camp and me for complete coverage. The best engineer on the planet @richwyatt_ @LAClippers have overcome deficits of at least 24-4 times. Most in 25 yrs. – 3:22 PM
Rylan Stiles @Rylan_Stiles
Derrick Favors is officially out for the season, Kenrich Williams is doubtful to return according to Mark Daigneault. No updates on Tre Mann. – 2:09 PM
Derrick Favors is officially out for the season, Kenrich Williams is doubtful to return according to Mark Daigneault. No updates on Tre Mann. – 2:09 PM
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Many Americans now can get a second COVID-19 booster, but it’s hard to tell who really needs another shot right now and who could wait.
The Food and Drug Administration authorized extra Pfizer or Moderna shots for anyone 50 or older and for some younger people with severely weakened immune systems. It’s an effort to get ahead of a possible next coronavirus surge.
With COVID-19 cases low in the U.S., it’s easy to ignore calls for another dose — or for those who aren’t yet vaccinated or boosted to get up to date, said Dr. Erica Johnson, an infectious disease specialist at the American Board of Internal Medicine.
Her advice: If you’re on the fence, use this lull to talk with your doctor about how protected you really are — and need to be.
WHO IS ELIGIBLE FOR A SECOND BOOSTER?
Anyone 50 and older can get the extra dose at least four months after their last vaccination. So can severely immune-compromised patients, such as organ transplant recipients, as young as 12.
Adults can choose either the Pfizer or the Moderna vaccine for their extra shot, but Pfizer is the only option for children.
WHAT ABOUT PEOPLE WHO GOT JOHNSON & JOHNSON?
Adults who received J&J’s single-dose vaccine already were eligible for a booster of any kind — and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends only some of them get another.
A new study found a Moderna or Pfizer second shot was superior to getting a second J&J dose. So the advice is anyone who got a second J&J shot now can choose a Moderna or Pfizer dose.
But if they already had one of those other boosters, the CDC says only those who meet the newest criteria — age or weak immune system — qualify for another.
WHAT PROMPTED THE MOVE?
Vaccines still offer strong protection against severe illness and death, but effectiveness against milder infections wanes months later. The shots also don’t work as well against new variants like the super-contagious omicron mutant as they did earlier in the pandemic.
That’s why everyone 12 and older, regardless of their health, already was urged to get a first booster for the best chance at fending off omicron. Only about half of those eligible have.
With an omicron sibling causing spikes in infections in other countries, officials are nervous the U.S. is next, prompting efforts to offer extra protection to the most vulnerable.
WHAT’S THE EVIDENCE FOR ANOTHER BOOSTER?
Many scientists say it’s limited, leaving public health officials to use their best judgment.
During the U.S. omicron wave, two Pfizer or Moderna doses plus a booster were 94% effective against death or needing a ventilator, according to a recent CDC study. That protection was lowest — 74% — in immune-compromised people, although most hadn’t gotten the already recommended third dose.
Israel began offering people 60 and older a second booster during its omicron surge. Preliminary findings posted online last week show there were fewer deaths among people who chose another booster compared to those who skipped the fourth dose.
The FDA decided to set the age limit at 50 instead of 60 because that’s when chronic illnesses like heart disease or diabetes become more common, leaving people more vulnerable to serious COVID-19.
WHO REALLY NEEDS A SECOND BOOSTER?
The CDC says an extra shot is an option — but those most likely to benefit are those most vulnerable to severe disease, including people 65 and older and 50-somethings who have multiple health problems.
WHEN SHOULD I GET IT?
Again, experts have differing opinions, partly because it’s not clear how long any extra benefit lasts.
“We can never really perfectly time when the next wave is, or when someone might encounter infection,” said Johnson, who sees patients at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center in Baltimore. “To be as ready as possible, I think everyone just needs to stay as up to date as possible with their vaccines.”
Another dose now may make sense for older people and the immune-compromised, but “there’s less urgency in an otherwise healthy person,” said University of Pennsylvania immunologist E. John Wherry.
At 50, Wherry said he’s healthy enough to watch if cases rise enough to prompt another booster, but he’d prefer to wait until fall. That’s because going longer between vaccinations allows the immune response to better mature and strengthen.
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By LARRY NEUMEISTER
Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) — The author of a Pulitzer Prize-winning book about the revolt at the Attica Correctional Facility in 1971 sued New York state prison authorities on Thursday, saying they’ve unconstitutionally banned her book behind bars.
Author Heather Ann Thompson, a University of Michigan professor, brought the lawsuit in Manhattan federal court over the treatment by New York State Department of Corrections officials of her book: “Blood in the Water: The Attica Prison Uprising of 1971,” published in 2016.
Named as defendants were the department’s acting commissioner and a second official with decision-making authority regarding censorship determinations.
The lawsuit contends that the ban is unconstitutional, particularly because the state has blocked inmates from accessing her book, prevented her from sharing it with inmates and denied her an opportunity to contest the ban.
“People have a right to read, and people have a right to history,” Thompson said in a release. “We also have a right to have our books read. It’s a shame we live in a country where we censor people and ideas.”
In a document issued in late January, the New York State Department of Corrections division of Corrections and Community Supervision said it was department policy to “encourage incarcerated individuals to read publications from varied sources if such material does not encourage them to engage in behavior that might be disruptive to orderly facility operations.”
The document said any materials also “should not incite disobedience towards law enforcement officers or prison personnel.” It added that “incite disobedience” means “to advocate, expressly or by clear implication, acts of disobedience.”
Contacted about the lawsuit Thursday, a corrections spokesperson said the department cannot comment on pending litigation.
The Attica uprising began in September 1971 when inmates angry over living conditions seized control of part of the prison and took some of its staff hostage. Four days later, the disturbance ended when state troopers and guards shot tear gas into a prison yard before firing hundreds of rounds into the smoke.
The gunfire killed 29 inmates and 10 hostages. In all, 11 staff members and 32 inmates were killed in the riot and siege. No law enforcement officers were put on trial for their roles in the massacre.
The lawsuit was brought on Thompson’s behalf by the New York Civil Liberties Union and the Civil Rights Clinic at the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law.
NYCLU Executive Director Donna Lieberman said the state “cannot censor an important historical text like ‘Blood in the Water’ just because it doesn’t like the content.”
Cardozo’s Civil Rights Clinic Director Betsy Ginsberg said: “It is, simply put, a history book, and its denial to incarcerated people runs counter to this country’s core values.”
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Associated Press Writer Michael Hill in Albany contributed to this report.
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The House of Representatives approved the final rule to advance the MORE Act to a floor vote, which is expected to take place on Friday.
Members on both sides of the aisle took their turns debating the Marijuana Opportunity, Reinvestment and Expungement, the MORE Act, which was approved Wednesday by the House Rules Committee.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi Came Out Swinging
She said cannabis reform "addresses the injustice” of prohibition and that “for far too long, failed federal drug policies have torn apart families and devastated communities of color."
“Tragically, the communities most harmed by criminalization are benefiting the least from legal cannabis marketplaces, as prior cannabis convictions are barring too many of them from entering the industry,” she said, then referred to the more 600,000 Americans still arrested annually on cannabis charges. "With the MORE Act, which the Democratic House proudly passed last Congress, we take strong actions to correct these injustices,” the speaker continued, calling it landmark legislation and "one of the most important criminal justice reform bills in recent history."
And Then There’s The Senate
Rep. Ed Perlmutter (D-CO) used some of his time to pressure the Senate to finally act on cannabis reform. “The House is acting again this week to urge the Senate to finally pass meaningful cannabis reform legislation,” he said.
And Finally, There Are Cannabis Stocks...Falling Under Uncertainty
"Buy the rumor, sell the news" as the saying goes. This week rumors, news, headlines then back to rumors served to create a volatile week for cannabis stocks.
Tilray Brands Inc (NASDAQ: TLRY) was trending higher Wednesday on investor optimism but then dropped 3.99%, on Thursday, like so many after the close.
Other Canadian stocks that fell included Aurora Cannabis ACB down 3.85%, Hexo HEXO down 2.13% and Canopy Growth CGC was down 4.77%.
US weed stocks like Curaleaf CURLF dropped 0.83%, GrowGeneration GRWG down 5.73% and OrganiGram Holdings
OGI slumped 3.47%.
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Veon sinks as analysts pull back targets
- Shares in Veon (NASDAQ:VEON) fell 10.3% in Nasdaq trading today after the company's Q4 earnings report, which was mostly in line but worried analysts concerned about execution risk.
- Revenues were flat at $2.25B, while operating profit (pre-IFRS) rose to $369M from a year-ago $208M.
- EBITDA rose 13.1% on an IFRS-adjusted basis, and 30.9% as reported, to $935M.
- The company also said Vasyl Latsanych would step down as CEO of Russia operations at the end of June, and declared a final dividend of $0.15/share (bringing the fiscal 2019 total to $0.28).
- It guided to low single-digit local currency growth in total revenue, along with EBITDA growth in the mid-single digits. "Growth will continue to be data-led and enabled through the expansion of our 3G and 4G networks where our goal is to raise 4G ARPU through continued deployment of new services."
- The report resulted in analyst cuts: VTB Capital cut it to Hold, with a price target of $2.90 (now implying 19% upside after today's drop).
- Meanwhile JPMorgan pointed to worsening visibility and increasing execution risk in downgrading to Underweight from Overweight. It's reduced its December 2020 target to $2.90 from $3.40. | https://seekingalpha.com/news/3542421-veon-sinks-analysts-pull-back-targets | 2022-04-01T01:24:12Z |
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WINNEMUCCA, Nev., March 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Hycroft Mining Holding Corporation (Nasdaq: HYMC) ("Hycroft" or the "Company"), a development company operating the Hycroft Mine in the prolific mining region of Northern Nevada, filed its Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021.
2021 Financial Highlights
- Production: As previously announced, gold production for the year ended December 31, 2021, of 57,668 ounces exceeded the high end of the guidance range as the process team continued to improve equipment, process control and costs. Silver production of 355,967 ounces was approximately 20% below guidance due to slower than planned leach kinetics. Processing of ore on leach pads is currently planned to proceed through the second quarter of 2022.
- Sales: Sales for the year ended December 31, 2021 were 56,045 ounces of gold (average realized price of $1,794 per ounce) and 397,546 ounces of silver (average realized price of $25.66 per ounce).
- Unrestricted Cash Position: The Company ended 2021 with $12.3 million of cash on hand and was in compliance with debt covenants
- Net Loss and Cash Used: Due to high operating costs relative to the associated gold equivalent production and sales volumes and ceasing of mining operations in November, 2021, the Company recorded a net loss of $88.6 million for the year ended December 31, 2022. Due to the losses from operations, the Company ceased mining activities and is now focused on completing its technical studies and exploration to develop the Hycroft mine through a milling and pressure oxidation process. The $44.0 million reduction in unrestricted cash since the beginning of the year was primarily due to cash used for operating activities of $37.0 million, cash used for investing activities of $6.9 million, cash used for financing activities of $5.5 million, and a $5.4 million reduction in restricted cash.
Subsequent Events:
- The Company completed several financing transactions to significantly strengthen its balance sheet, including:
- Nasdaq trading: With the recent improvement in the stock price, the Company has regained compliance with the Nasdaq minimum bid price for continued listing.
About Hycroft Mining Holding Corporation
Hycroft Mining Holding Corporation is a U.S.-based gold and silver development company that owns the Hycroft Mine, a well-established, world-class asset with a significant mineral endowment in Northern Nevada, a tier one mining jurisdiction. The company is focused on transforming Hycroft into a large-scale mining operation by developing a process for its large sulfide gold and silver mineral resources on site. Additional information is available at hycroftmining.com.
Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
This news release contains "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of Section 27A of the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended, Section 21E of the Unites States Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or the Unites States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. All statements, other than statements of historical facts, included herein and public statements by our officers or representatives, that address activities, events or developments that our management expects or anticipates will or may occur in the future, are forward-looking statements, including but not limited to such things as future business strategy, plans and goals, competitive strengths and expansion and growth of our business. The words "estimate", "plan", "anticipate", "expect", "intend", "believe" "target", "budget", "may", "can", "will", "would", "could", "should", "seeks", or "scheduled to" and similar words or expressions, or negatives of these terms or other variations of these terms or comparable language or any discussion of strategy or intention identify forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements address activities, events or developments that the Company expects or anticipates will or may occur in the future and are based on current expectations and assumptions. These risks may include the following and the occurrence of one or more of the events or circumstances alone or in combination with other events or circumstances, may have a material adverse effect on the Company's business, cash flows, financial condition and results of operations. Please see our "Risk Factors" set forth in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021, and other reports filed with the SEC for more information about these and other risks. You are cautioned against attributing undue certainty to forward-looking statements. Although we have attempted to identify important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those described in forward-looking statements, there may be other factors that cause results not to be as anticipated, estimated or intended. Although these forward-looking statements were based on assumptions that the Company believes are reasonable when made, you are cautioned that forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and that actual results, performance or achievements may differ materially from those made in or suggested by the forward-looking statements contained in this news release. In addition, even if our results, performance, or achievements are consistent with the forward-looking statements contained in this news release, those results, performance or achievements may not be indicative of results, performance or achievements in subsequent periods. Given these risks and uncertainties, you are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements. Any forward-looking statements made in this news release speak only as of the date of those statements, and we undertake no obligation to update those statements or to publicly announce the results of any revisions to any of those statements to reflect future events or developments.
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iMAGINE Upstate STEAM Festival fueled by Fluor Returns Saturday, Greenlink Offering Free Rides
After a two-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, iMAGINE Upstate STEAM Festival fueled by Fluor® returns to downtown Greenville for the sixth year on Saturday, April 2, and Greenlink is partnering with iMAGINE Upstate and Proterra to offer Fare Free Day. The free festival runs from 11...
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By Scott L. Montgomery
The Biden administration on March 31, 2022, said it plans to release an unprecedented 180 million barrels of oil from the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve to combat the recent spike in gas and diesel prices. About a million barrels of oil will be released every day for up to six months.
If all the oil is released, it would represent almost one-third of the current volume of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. It follows a release of 30 million barrels in early March, a large withdrawal until the latest one.
But what is the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, why was it created, and when has it been used? And does it still serve a purpose, given that the U.S. exports more oil and other petroleum products than it imports?
As an energy researcher, I believe considering the reserve’s history can help answer these questions.
Origins of the reserve
Congress created the Strategic Petroleum Reserve as part of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act of 1975 in response to a global oil crisis.
Arab oil-exporting states led by Saudi Arabia had cut supply to the world market because of Western support for Israel in the 1973 Yom Kippur War. Oil prices quadrupled, resulting in major economic damage to the U.S. and other countries. This also shook the average American, who had grown used to cheap oil.
The oil crisis caused the U.S., Japan and 15 other advanced countries to form the International Energy Agency in 1974 to recommend policies that would forestall such events in the future. One of the agency’s key ideas was to create emergency petroleum reserves that could be drawn on in case of a severe supply disruption.
The Energy Policy and Conservation Act originally stipulated the reserve should hold up to 1 billion barrels of crude and refined petroleum products. Though it has never reached that size, the U.S. reserve is the largest in the world, with a maximum volume of 714 million barrels. The cap was previously set at 727 million barrels.
As of March 25, 2022, the reserve contained about 568 million barrels.
Oil in the reserve is stored underground in a series of large underground salt domes in four locations along the Gulf Coast of Texas and Louisiana, and is linked to major supply pipelines in the region.
Salt domes, formed when a mass of salt is forced upward, are a good choice for storage since salt is impermeable and has low solubility in crude oil. Most of the storage sites were acquired by the federal government in 1977 and became fully operational in the 1980s.
History of drawdowns
In the 1975 act, Congress specified that the reserve was intended to prevent “severe supply interruptions” – that is, actual oil shortages.
Over time, as the oil market has changed, Congress expanded the list of reasons for which the Strategic Petroleum Reserve could be tapped, such as domestic supply interruptions due to extreme weather.
Prior to March 2022, about 280 million barrels of crude oil had been released since the reserve’s creation, including a 50 million release that began in November 2021.
There have only been three emergency releases in the reserve’s history. The first was in 1991 after Iraq invaded Kuwait the year before, which resulted in a sharp drop in oil supply to the world market. The U.S. released 34 million barrels.
The second release, of 30 million barrels, came in 2005 after Hurricanes Rita and Katrina knocked out Gulf of Mexico production, which then comprised about 25% of U.S. domestic supply.
The third was a coordinated release by the International Energy Agency in 2011 as a result of supply disruptions from several oil-producing countries, including Libya, then facing civil unrest during the Arab Spring. In all, the agency coordinated a release of 60 million barrels of crude, half of which came from the U.S.
In addition, there have been 11 planned sales of oil from the reserve, mainly to generate federal revenue. One of these – the 1996-1997 sale to reduce the federal budget deficit – seemed to serve political ends rather than supply-related ones.
A better way to avoid pain at the pump
President Joe Biden’s November decision to tap the reserve was also seen as political by Republicans because there was no emergency shortage of supply at that time.
Similarly, the latest historic release of 180 million barrels could also be seen as serving a political purpose – in an election year, no less. But I believe it also seems perfectly legitimate in terms of fulfilling the Strategic Petroleum Reserve’s original purpose: reducing the negative impacts of a major oil price shock.
Though the U.S. is today a net petroleum exporter, it continues to import as much as 8.2 million barrels of crude oil every day.
But in my view, the best way to avoid the pain of oil price shocks is to lower oil demand by reducing global carbon emissions – rather than mainly relying on releases from the reserve.
Scott L. Montgomery is Lecturer at the Jackson School of International Studies, University of Washington.
The Conversation arose out of deep-seated concerns for the fading quality of our public discourse and recognition of the vital role that academic experts could play in the public arena. Information has always been essential to democracy. It’s a societal good, like clean water. But many now find it difficult to put their trust in the media and experts who have spent years researching a topic. Instead, they listen to those who have the loudest voices. Those uninformed views are amplified by social media networks that reward those who spark outrage instead of insight or thoughtful discussion. The Conversation seeks to be part of the solution to this problem, to raise up the voices of true experts and to make their knowledge available to everyone. The Conversation publishes nightly at 9 p.m. on FlaglerLive. | https://flaglerlive.com/174736/strategic-petroleum-reserve/ | 2022-04-01T01:24:18Z |
ABC NEWS EXCLUSIVE | TOMORROW ON GMA: #Oscars producer Will Packer speaks out on what happened behind the scenes, moments after actor Will Smith slapped comedian Chris Rock on stage. pic.twitter.com/LnFnNImFJ1
— Good Morning America (@GMA) March 31, 2022
In an excerpt of an interview with ABC News, aired Thursday on "World News Tonight," producer Will Packer said LAPD officers told Rock, "This is battery" and that he could press charges, and they were prepared to arrest Smith that night.
WATCH: Is Will Smith's Hollywood career in jeopardy? Expert weighs in
"They said, we will go get him. We are prepared. We are prepared to get him right now. You can press charges. We can arrest him. They were laying out the options," Packer told ABC. "And as they were talking, Chris was ... being very dismissive of those options. He was like, no, I'm fine. He was, like, no, no, no."
The LAPD put out a statement on the night of the Oscars, saying, "The individual involved has declined to file a police report."
WATCH: Will Smith's shocking Oscars stage confrontation with Chris Rock
Rock made a brief reference to the incident Wednesday at a stand-up show in Boston, his first public appearance since the Oscars. He told the audience he was "still processing what happened" and would have more to say at a later date.
RELATED: In 1st remarks since Oscars slap, Chris Rock says he's 'still kind of processing what happened'
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Upholding a Trump-era environmental policy, the Environmental Protection Agency said Thursday it will not regulate a drinking water contaminant that has been linked to brain damage in infants.
The agency said the Trump administration's decision in 2020 not to regulate perchlorate in drinking water was made with the “best available peer reviewed science.” The chemical is used in rocket fuel and fireworks.
At the time, Trump's EPA said perchlorate was not found widely enough in drinking water or "at levels of public health concern" to warrant federal regulation. The decision was one of many Trump-era rollbacks or eliminations of existing or pending public health and environmental protections. The Biden administration ordered a review of that decision at the start of his term.
EPA Assistant Administrator Radhika Fox said the agency was “applying the right tools to support public health protections.”
Environmental groups slammed the Biden administration’s decision.
“The Trump EPA gave perchlorate a pass; it was a bad decision then, and it’s a bad decision now,” said Erik Olson of the Natural Resources Defense Council advocacy group. “Tap water across America will remain contaminated by this toxic chemical.”
Perchlorate from runoff contaminates the drinking water of as many as 16 million Americans, the Obama administration said in 2011 when it announced the EPA would for the first time set maximum limits for the chemical compound. It has been used in the U.S. for decades, particularly by the military and defense industries, and is commonly found in munitions, fireworks, matches and signal flares.
Exposure to the compound can damage the development of fetuses and children and cause measurable drops in IQ in newborns, the American Academy of Pediatrics said in 2019, when it called for stringent federal limits. It damages human development by disrupting the functioning of the thyroid gland.
In its 2020 review, the EPA said state-level regulations and cleanup activities at contaminated sites had lowered the health risks posed by the compound. Massachusetts and California, for example, limit perchlorate in drinking water to 2 parts per billion and 6 parts per billion, respectively.
“But the problem is that for the rest of the country the states have not set standards,” said Olson of the Natural Resources Defense Council. He said the compound is in “the top tier of problematic chemicals in our water.”
In the Southwest, perchlorate has been detected in groundwater that entered Lake Mead in Nevada. Manufacturing facilities in Henderson, Nevada, were the source of the chemical. The EPA said cleanup activities at two industrial sites in the state between 2002 and 2006 resulted in reduced levels of perchlorate in data provided since then by Nevada environmental and water agencies.
The EPA said Thursday it was considering other steps besides a federal drinking water limit, such as setting standards at open burning and detonation sites, where severe perchlorate contamination is generated from the burning of hazardous byproducts from weapons manufacturing and munitions. One such site is in Colfax, Louisiana, where environmentalists have long advocated for reform.
But environmental advocates said such measures fall short of what's needed.
“Simply put, toxic chemicals used in rocket fuel do not belong in our drinking water," said John Rumpler, senior attorney with Environment America.
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AP reporter Matthew Daly contributed to this report.
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WICHITA, Kansas — A new study suggests feeding cattle industrial hemp — a horticultural cousin of marijuana — reduces their stress levels and makes them lie down more.
That could prove beneficial to ranchers because relaxed steers tend to be healthier. Researchers at Kansas State University said hemp could be a natural way to decrease stress-related respiratory infections and other ailments when cattle are being transported or weaned off their mothers.
Mike Kleinhenz, assistant professor of beef production medicine at the K-State College of Veterinary Medicine, published the results of the study recently in Scientific Reports.
“We might have a more natural way to reduce stress in cattle,” he said. “And we’re just starting to scratch the surface on some of the benefits.”
Kleinhenz’s study involved 16 Holstein steers. Over two weeks, half the steers consumed traditional feed and the other half ate a mixture of feed with industrial hemp. It’s a cannabis variety containing the chemical compound CBD with lower levels of the psychoactive component THC — the stuff that gets you high.
CBD is a popular pain- and anxiety-relief remedy.
Kleinhenz and his team tracked the cattle’s movements and also monitored their blood for cortisol and prostaglandins, which are biomarkers for stress. Compared to the control group, the hemp-munching steers spent more time lying down and had lower levels of stress hormones.
The team also found that the hemp was absorbed but did not accumulate in the steers’ systems, Kleinhenz said.
“It was kind of an exploratory study that yielded some really interesting results,” he said. “You usually don’t go fishing and find stuff like that.”
Cattle that are more relaxed could benefit ranchers when it’s time to wean them or move them to feedlots when close-quarters stress sometimes leads to respiratory infections or other ailments.
After the 2018 Farm Bill legalized hemp production in the United States, interest grew in hemp as an agricultural commodity, including as feed for animals. But U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval would be required before hemp could be fed to livestock or pets.
In 2020, K-State’s team received a $200,000 research grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to analyze the safety of industrial hemp as cattle feed.
Currently, growers dealing in the CBD oil market hire processors to extract the oil from hemp seeds or flowers. The process leaves behind large amounts of plant material with little value.
If those byproducts, which contain trace amounts of CBD or THC, could be used to feed livestock, it would benefit cattle ranchers and keep waste out of landfills, Kleinhenz said.
“Basically it’s the old cow recycle” system, he said. “Similar to the ethanol story, where cattle are fed distillers’ grains from ethanol production.”
Follow-up studies will look at how cattle absorb CBD compounds and their potential effect on food products.
“We want to understand the whole timeline, from when an animal last consumes (hemp compounds) to when it can safely enter the food chain and not have those compounds in the system,” Kleinhenz said.
Suzanne Perez reports on education for KMUW in Wichita and the Kansas News Service. You can follow her on Twitter @SuzPerezICT.
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Photos: Jason Danieley, Nathan Salstone & More in KNOXVILLE Rehearsals
KNOXVILLE runs April 15 - May 11, 2022. Previews are April 15 - 22.
The moving and innovative new musical Knoxville reunites the dynamic Tony Award®-winning creative team behind Ragtime, one of the most beloved musicals of all time. Based on James Agee's autobiographical, Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, A Death in the Family, the story begins as Agee struggles to write his greatest work-about the event that touched his young life and the effect it had on his mother, his town, and his own future. A powerful illumination of the forces that shape who we are, Knoxville is a universal coming-of-age story about family, faith, and love-and about the boy who will grow up to write it. With a sweeping musical score and an extraordinary creative team and cast, this world premiere is a must-see event!
Check out rehearsal photos below!
The cast of KNOXVILLE is led by Broadway veterans Jason Danieley, Hannah Elless, Paul Alexander Nolan, Ellen Harvey and Nathan Salstone.
KNOXVILLE runs April 15 - May 11, 2022. Previews are April 15 - 22. Visit asolorep.org for a full performance schedule. Orchestra and Mezzanine seats start at $57 and Balcony seats start at $33. Tickets are available now in person at Asolo Rep's Box Office at 5555 N. Tamiami Trail, by phone at 941.351.8000 or 800.361.8388, or online at asolorep.org.
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By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR
Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — The House on Thursday passed a bill capping the monthly cost of insulin at $35 for insured patients, part of an election-year push by Democrats for price curbs on prescription drugs at a time of rising inflation.
Experts say the legislation, which passed 232-193, would provide significant relief for privately insured patients with skimpier plans and for Medicare enrollees facing rising out-of-pocket costs for their insulin. Some could save hundreds of dollars annually, and all insured patients would get the benefit of predictable monthly costs for insulin. The bill would not help the uninsured.
But the Affordable Insulin Now Act will serve as a political vehicle to rally Democrats and force Republicans who oppose it into uncomfortable votes ahead of the midterms. For the legislation to pass Congress, 10 Republican senators would have to vote in favor. Democrats acknowledge they don’t have an answer for how that’s going to happen.
“If 10 Republicans stand between the American people being able to get access to affordable insulin, that’s a good question for 10 Republicans to answer,” said Rep. Dan Kildee, D-Mich., a cosponsor of the House bill. “Republicans get diabetes, too. Republicans die from diabetes.”
Public opinion polls have consistently shown support across party lines for congressional action to limit drug costs.
But Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., complained the legislation is only “a small piece of a larger package around government price controls for prescription drugs.” Critics say the bill would raise premiums and fails to target pharmaceutical middlemen seen as contributing to high list prices for insulin.
Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, said Democrats could have a deal on prescription drugs if they drop their bid to authorize Medicare to negotiate prices. “Do Democrats really want to help seniors, or would they rather have the campaign issue?” Grassley said.
The insulin bill, which would take effect in 2023, represents just one provision of a much broader prescription drug package in President Joe Biden’s social and climate legislation.
In addition to a similar $35 cap on insulin, the Biden bill would authorize Medicare to negotiate prices for a range of drugs, including insulin. It would penalize drugmakers who raise prices faster than inflation and overhaul the Medicare prescription drug benefit to limit out-of-pocket costs for enrollees.
Biden’s agenda passed the House only to stall in the Senate because Democrats could not reach consensus. Party leaders haven’t abandoned hope of getting the legislation moving again, and preserving its drug pricing curbs largely intact.
The idea of a $35 monthly cost cap for insulin actually has a bipartisan pedigree. The Trump administration had created a voluntary option for Medicare enrollees to get insulin for $35, and the Biden administration continued it.
In the Senate, Republican Susan Collins of Maine and Democrat Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire are working on a bipartisan insulin bill. Georgia Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock has introduced legislation similar to the House bill, with the support of Sen. Majority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York.
Stung by criticism that Biden’s economic policies spur inflation, Democrats are redoubling efforts to show how they’d help people cope with costs. On Thursday, the Commerce Department reported a key inflation gauge jumped 6.4% in February compared with a year ago, the largest year-over-year rise since January 1982.
But experts say the House bill would not help uninsured people, who face the highest out-of-pocket costs for insulin. Also, people with diabetes often take other medications as well as insulin. That’s done to treat the diabetes itself, along with other serious health conditions often associated with the disease. The House legislation would not help with those costs, either. Collins says she’s looking for a way to help uninsured people through her bill.
About 37 million Americans have diabetes, and an estimated 6 million to 7 million use insulin to keep their blood sugars under control. It’s an old drug, refined and improved over the years, that has seen relentless price increases.
Steep list prices don’t reflect the rates insurance plans negotiate with manufacturers. But those list prices are used to calculate cost-sharing amounts that patients owe. Patients who can’t afford their insulin reduce or skip doses, a strategy born of desperation, which can lead to serious complications and even death.
Economist Sherry Glied of New York University said the market for insulin is a “total disaster” for many patients, particularly those with skimpy insurance plans or no insurance.
“This will make private insurance for people with diabetes a much more attractive proposition,” said Glied.
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At least 35 non-fungible tokens (NFTs) were stolen in a major Twitter Inc. TWTR phishing-propagated hack on their holders.
What Happened: The NFTs in question were stolen by promoting a website that exploited vulnerabilities in user's web browsers to send a transaction with their non-fungible tokens to the attacker without them prompting for it to happen, according to a Wednesday report in The Block Crypto.
Data shared with the crypto news outlet by blockchain analysis firm Elliptic shows that NFTs stolen in the attack were worth at least $900,000 and included tokens from the Bored Ape, Mutant Ape and Bored Ape Kennel Club collections.
The attackers distributed their malicious payload through a fake Apecoin APE airdrop website that was promoted through multiple verified Twitter accounts that were compromised — some of which had over 50,000 followers.
Blockchain analysis and cybersecurity firm AnChain.ai severely criticized Twitter's response, noting that “the fact that hacked verified accounts are not triggering Twitter’s spam detection when using a script to push out multiple tweets per second is absurd.”
Aaron Cadena, the co-founder of NFT-themed cannabis vaping company Gutter Bars, wrote that "the tweet looked strange, but this is someone that I had actually followed [previously] so I didn’t overthink it ... I clicked the link in the tweet and was immediately prompted to connect my wallet, which I did not do."
He explained that "after clicking cancel, the prompt kept popping up over and over again. I clicked cancel a few more times, then caught onto what was happening and tried leaving the site but my screen was locked. I ended up having to just force quit the browser, but then I got a notification that two assets were transferred from my wallet and it felt like a punch in the gut ..."
Hacks such as these are a reminder that — despite blockchains such as Ethereum's ETH/USD being exceptionally secure when compared to traditional server infrastructure — users and their local software that can interact with that blockchain is usually much easier to compromise for a skilled attacker.
One important step for protecting your cryptocurrencies is to keep your private keys away from your internet-connected devices that can easily be hacked such as computers and mobile devices through the use of hardware wallets.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Upholding a Trump-era environmental policy, the Environmental Protection Agency said Thursday it will not regulate a drinking water contaminant that has been linked to brain damage in infants.
The agency said the Trump administration's decision in 2020 not to regulate perchlorate in drinking water was made with the “best available peer reviewed science.” The chemical is used in rocket fuel and fireworks.
At the time, Trump's EPA said perchlorate was not found widely enough in drinking water or "at levels of public health concern" to warrant federal regulation. The decision was one of many Trump-era rollbacks or eliminations of existing or pending public health and environmental protections. The Biden administration ordered a review of that decision at the start of his term.
EPA Assistant Administrator Radhika Fox said the agency was “applying the right tools to support public health protections.”
Environmental groups slammed the Biden administration’s decision.
“The Trump EPA gave perchlorate a pass; it was a bad decision then, and it’s a bad decision now,” said Erik Olson of the Natural Resources Defense Council advocacy group. “Tap water across America will remain contaminated by this toxic chemical.”
Perchlorate from runoff contaminates the drinking water of as many as 16 million Americans, the Obama administration said in 2011 when it announced the EPA would for the first time set maximum limits for the chemical compound. It has been used in the U.S. for decades, particularly by the military and defense industries, and is commonly found in munitions, fireworks, matches and signal flares.
Exposure to the compound can damage the development of fetuses and children and cause measurable drops in IQ in newborns, the American Academy of Pediatrics said in 2019, when it called for stringent federal limits. It damages human development by disrupting the functioning of the thyroid gland.
In its 2020 review, the EPA said state-level regulations and cleanup activities at contaminated sites had lowered the health risks posed by the compound. Massachusetts and California, for example, limit perchlorate in drinking water to 2 parts per billion and 6 parts per billion, respectively.
“But the problem is that for the rest of the country the states have not set standards,” said Olson of the Natural Resources Defense Council. He said the compound is in “the top tier of problematic chemicals in our water.”
In the Southwest, perchlorate has been detected in groundwater that entered Lake Mead in Nevada. Manufacturing facilities in Henderson, Nevada, were the source of the chemical. The EPA said cleanup activities at two industrial sites in the state between 2002 and 2006 resulted in reduced levels of perchlorate in data provided since then by Nevada environmental and water agencies.
The EPA said Thursday it was considering other steps besides a federal drinking water limit, such as setting standards at open burning and detonation sites, where severe perchlorate contamination is generated from the burning of hazardous byproducts from weapons manufacturing and munitions. One such site is in Colfax, Louisiana, where environmentalists have long advocated for reform.
But environmental advocates said such measures fall short of what's needed.
“Simply put, toxic chemicals used in rocket fuel do not belong in our drinking water," said John Rumpler, senior attorney with Environment America.
___
AP reporter Matthew Daly contributed to this report.
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The Associated Press receives support from the Walton Family Foundation for coverage of water and environmental policy. The AP is solely responsible for all content. For all of AP’s environmental coverage, visit https://apnews.com/hub/environment | https://www.sheltonherald.com/news/article/EPA-upholds-Trump-era-decision-not-to-regulate-17049862.php | 2022-04-01T01:24:20Z |
Oscars producer says police offered to arrest Will Smith
Oscars producer Will Packer said Los Angeles police were ready to arrest Will Smith after Smith slapped Chris Rock on the Academy Awards stage.
Related video above: Chris Rock gets warm welcome from Boston crowd during first show post-Oscars slap
"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 to comment Thursday on Packer's interview, a longer version of which will air on Friday morning.
The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences met Wednesday to initiate disciplinary proceedings against Smith for violations against the group's standards of conduct. Smith could be suspended, expelled or otherwise sanctioned.
The academy said in a statement that "Mr. Smith's actions at the 94th Oscars were a deeply shocking, traumatic event to witness in-person and on television."
Without giving specifics, the academy said Smith was asked to leave the ceremony at the Dolby Theatre, but refused to do so.
Smith strode from his front row seat on to the stage and slapped Rock after a joke Rock made about Smith's wife, Jada Pinkett Smith, when he was on stage to present the Oscar for best documentary.
On Monday, Smith issued an apology to Rock, the academy and to viewers, saying "I was out of line and I was wrong."
The academy said Smith has the opportunity to defend himself in a written response before the board meets again on April 18.
Rock publicly addressed the incident for the first time, but only briefly, at the beginning of a standup show Wednesday night in Boston, where he was greeted by a thunderous standing ovation. He said "I'm still kind of processing what happened." | https://www.wxii12.com/article/oscars-producer-police-offered-arrest-will-smith/39603725 | 2022-04-01T01:24:20Z |
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Canadian Lumber rolling papers are unbleached, unrefined and 100% all natural. We've even replaced the glue seal with an Arabic gum seal; triple distilled tree sap sourced from a conflict free region in West Africa. Bringing you as close to the raw plant as you can get.
The Greens are made from 100% all natural, unrefined, and unbleached hemp. The hemp plant naturally absorbs moisture. As a result, the Greens are Canadian Lumber's slowest burning paper. The unrefined hemp fibres remain intact, and are extremely clear in this paper. In addition, the unrefined fibres help to even out the burn, allowing for a naturally smooth and even burn.
Canadian Lumber pre-rolled cones come with an axe printed filter made with soy ink. They measure a total length of 98mm with a 26mm filter so you have a full 1¼" paper to fill and consume.
Because Canadian Lumber papers are all unbleached and unrefined you can see the raw fibres intact in the paper, this allows for a natural even burn.
We regularly test our papers for impurities & allergens to ensure the quality, and more importantly the safe consumption of all our paper products. Tested at Canada's University of Guelph for allergens, and European TUV SUD certified for product ingredients. So you can be confident in the quality and safety of all our paper products.
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