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Peering Into Enviva Partners Lpunits Representing Limi's Recent Short Interest
Enviva Partners Lpunits Representing Limi's (NYSE:EVA) short percent of float has risen 5.51% since its last report. The company recently reported that it has 786.10 thousand shares sold short, which is 2.68% of all regular shares that are available for trading. Based on its trading volume, it would take traders 3.6 days to cover their short positions on average.
Why Short Interest Matters
Short interest is the number of shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. Short selling is when a trader sells shares of a company they do not own, with the hope that the price will fall. Traders make money from short selling if the price of the stock falls and they lose if it rises.
Short interest is important to track because it can act as an indicator of market sentiment towards a particular stock. An increase in short interest can signal that investors have become more bearish, while a decrease in short interest can signal they have become more bullish.
See Also: List of the most shorted stocks
Enviva Partners Lpunits Representing Limi Short Interest Graph (3 Months)
As you can see from the chart above the percentage of shares that are sold short for Enviva Partners Lpunits Representing Limi has grown since its last report. This does not mean that the stock is going to fall in the near-term but traders should be aware that more shares are being shorted.
Comparing Enviva Partners Lpunits Representing Limi's Short Interest Against Its Peers
Peer comparison is a popular technique amongst analysts and investors for gauging how well a company is performing. A company's peer is another company that has similar characteristics to it, such as industry, size, age, and financial structure. You can find a company's peer group by reading its 10-K, proxy filing, or by doing your own similarity analysis.
According to Benzinga Pro, Enviva Partners Lpunits Representing Limi's peer group average for short interest as a percentage of float is 9.33%, which means the company has less short interest than most of its peers.
Did you know that increasing short interest can actually be bullish for a stock? This post by Benzinga Money explains how you can profit from it..
This article was generated by Benzinga's automated content engine and was reviewed by an editor.
Posted-In: BZI-SHORTHISTShort Sellers Short Ideas Trading Ideas | https://www.benzinga.com/short-sellers/22/03/26408115/peering-into-enviva-partners-lpunits-representing-limis-recent-short-interest | 2022-04-01T01:28:09Z |
The Western Canada Montreal Canadiens fan club hockey team is a tight-knit hockey team both on and off the ice.
The senior hockey team is a staple in Saskatoon recreational hockey. They have a dressing at Harold Latrace Arena completely decked out in Montreal Canadiens swag and gear.
When their president Jim Taman turned on the television on Tuesday evening to watch Global News, he saw something that caught his attention — a couple from Vanscoy, Sask.
Rachelle Zacharias and partner Braden Fauchoux had been searching for their lost French Bulldog, 18-month old Chiko, for more than a week.
Late Saturday they received a call that someone had found him. The stranger offered to meet them and return Chiko.
The stranger never showed up at the meeting place.
When Zacharias and Fauchoux returned home, they learned they had been robbed.
The robber or robbers went through the entire house. Some damage remained, even several days later when Global News visited. Closet doors were smashed in, guest rooms were still completely upturned and the roof of a hallway had been ripped open.
Watching the story air on Global News, Taman noticed something — a Montreal Canadiens jersey on the floor amidst other belongings.
As it turns out, Fauchoux is a die-hard Montreal Canadiens fan.
“He loves the Montreal Canadiens, has forever,” said Zacharias.
It was at that moment Taman decided the right thing to do was to donate to the couple so they can continue looking for their dog and help them out.
“Once I saw the Canadiens jersey lying on the floor, I looked at my wife and said we have to help them out, the fan club needs to help them out,” Taman told Global News.
Taman says they plan to donate $500 to the couple and potentially set up a tour of the locker room for Braden.
“I think he would absolutely love that,” added Zacharias
Taman says he hopes to present a cheque to Zacharias and Fauchoux in the near future.
“It’s a tough situation nobody deserves to go through. Really tough,” said Taman.
RCMP continue to investigate the incident. If anyone has information they are asked to contact the Saskatchewan RCMP or Crime Stoppers.
— with files from Nathaniel Dove | https://globalnews.ca/news/8726750/saskatoon-senior-hockey-team-support-vanscoy-couple/ | 2022-04-01T01:28:09Z |
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A highly contagious avian flu that is deadly to bird populations on farms and in zoos has been confirmed in several wild bird species across Wisconsin, the state Department of Natural Resources announced Thursday.
This strain of "highly pathogenic avian influenza," called EA H5N1, has already resulted in the euthanizing of nearly three million chickens on a farm in Jefferson County. The continued spread of the virus in Wisconsin could threaten birds in zoos, pet birds, and the egg and poultry industry. The strain is not as dangerous for the wild birds that spread it, according to researchers.
Dane County's Vilas Zoo closed its bird exhibits last week because of the outbreak.
On Thursday, the Department of Natural Resources said the strain has been found in a Cooper's hawk and bald eagle from Dane County, a lesser scaup from Columbia County, a red-tailed hawk from Grant County, a Canada goose from Milwaukee County and a trumpeter swan from Polk County.
The U.S. Geological Survey's National Wildlife Health Center had previously found preliminary evidence of wild birds in Wisconsin being positive for the virus. Those suspicions were confirmed on Wednesday and Thursday by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Veterinary Services Laboratory.
The first known case of the highly pathogenic avian influenza was discovered March 14 at the Jefferson County chicken farm where a few million chickens were euthanized to prevent further spread. The case was discovered by UW-Madison researchers with the Wisconsin Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory.
This strain of the virus has not been spreading to humans, but could lead to the euthanizing of millions of birds across the U.S., likely raising prices in the egg and poultry industry, according to the researchers. The lab is working to identify cases and control the spread. The DNR is also increasing efforts to identify cases.
Vilas Zoo is taking extra precautions to protect its penguins, flamingos, chickens and sandhill cranes. Most have been moved inside to the aviary, which is closed to the public. Flamingos are still visible through a viewing window. The sandhill cranes have been moved to a local animal hospital.
Vilas Zoo spokesperson Kristin Moala said the bird flu is mainly spread through waterfowl, which Dane County has a lot of because of the lakes. The virus could get tracked into the zoo on people's shoes, she said.
The DNR is asking residents to call if they see waterfowl, raptors such as eagles, or avian scavengers such as crows, ravens and gulls displaying tremors, circling movement or holding their heads in strange positions. Residents are also asked not to touch sick or dead birds.
Emily Hamer is a county government and criminal justice reporter for the Wisconsin State Journal. She also covers some general assignment and crime stories. She joined the paper in April 2019. Send tips to ehamer@madison.com
State animal health officials have quarantined the property in southern Wisconsin's Jefferson County, about 50 miles west of Milwaukee.
A bald eagle takes flight in December 2021 from the branch of an oak tree at Olin-Turville Park, along the open-water shoreline of Lake Monona. Researchers just discovered bird flu in a bald eagle from Dane County, as well as other bird species across southern Wisconsin. | https://madison.com/news/local/highly-contagious-bird-flu-found-in-wild-birds-in-wisconsin-dnr-says/article_9c0359ad-e9bc-5a4a-b235-2ab8078b3122.html | 2022-04-01T01:28:10Z |
Last Friday, Tucson hit 90 degrees for the first time in 2022.
The 90-degree day came five days earlier than usual, according to National Weather Service Tucson meteorologist Gary Zell. Unfortunately for us, the Climate Prediction Center is currently predicting above-average temperatures every month from now until September.
"Obviously that does not mean everyday is going to be above normal, but they're talking monthly outlooks," Zell says.
There's currently no indication of when Tucson will welcome (or should I say reject?) its first 100-degree day. But on average, for the years between 1991 and 2020, Tucson sees its first 100-degree day on May 18. Historically though, from 1895 through 2020, that day has been May 25.
As for those brutal 105-degree days that none of us even want to think about right now: From 1991 to 2020, Tucson typically sees its first 105-degree day on June 6. Historically, that day has been June 11.
"June's typically blazing hot," Zell says, adding that it's typically the hottest month for Tucson.
There is some promising news: The Climate Prediction Center says there's a 50-60% chance that we'll see above-normal rainfall from July to September.
But before we start dreading the arrival of summer and the 100-degree days that accompany it, let's focus on the cooler April days ahead of us.
Here are 10 things to do outside — before it gets too hot. (But most of the places mentioned are open year-round and some even open their doors on summer nights for folks to enjoy the cooler temperatures after sunset.)
1. Bask in the desert beauty at the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum
2021 N. Kinney Road, 520-883-2702
The Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum may not be a hidden gem, but it's a gem no less.
Check out 1,200 kinds of plants, experience the touch of a stingray, walk through a reptile and amphibian hall and see all kinds of desert animals — bobcats, a mountain lion, javelinas, prairie dogs, skunks, hummingbirds and more.
If you visit in springtime, you may even spot colorful cactus blooms in the museum's cactus garden.
2. Say hello to the animals at Reid Park Zoo
3400 E. Zoo Court, 520-791-3204
Head to Reid Park Zoo where elephant Penzi, lion Kaya, giraffe Sota, bear Joaquin and more than 200 other animals await your arrival.
Beyond the animals, you can feed the giraffes, ride a carousel and have a bite to eat at the zoo's own cafe.
Heads up: Animals are usually the most active early in the morning and just before closing.
3. Take a walking tour of the city
196. N Court Ave., 520-622-0594
Tucson has a lot to see and a lot to love. The Presidio San Agustín del Tucson Museum knows that.
Each month, the museum hosts a series of walking tours around the downtown area — and they almost always sell out.
Guided walking tours include the Turquoise Trail, where you'll see historic buildings and learn a slice of Tucson history; the Mainly Murals Walking Tour, which shows off some of downtown's murals and discusses the artist behind the piece; the Public Art and Murals Walking Tour, which explores public art pieces and murals; and the Barrio Viejo Walking Tour, which takes you through the historic Barrio Viejo neighborhood.
The next available tour dates are April 17 for the Turquoise Trail, April 18 for the Mainly Murals tour, April 20 for the Barrio Viejo tour and April 24 for the Public Art tour.
Alternatively, check out our mural gallery to put together a self-guided mural tour of your own!
4. Get your shopping on
Tucson is home to a number of markets featuring everything from handcrafted items made by local artists to fairs showing off the best collectible and vintage finds.
Here are a few upcoming markets:
- St. Philip's Plaza Market — Find items made by local artisans. 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturdays-Sundays, 4280 N. Campbell Ave.
- Mercado Flea — 40 vendors selling antiques and vintage items. 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. April 10 and May 8, 100 S. Avenida del Convento
- Tanque Verde Swap Meet — Items range from furniture and electronics to clothes, tools, crafts and other services. 1-11 p.m. Friday, 8 a.m. to 11 p.m. Saturday, 2-10 p.m. Sunday, 4100 S. Palo Verde Road
5. Put on your hiking shoes and head to your nearest trail
What would this list be if we didn't include hiking?
Hiking trails are all over — short trails leading up to the top of "A" Mountain, the steep walk up Tumamoc Hill, plus there's Enchanted Hills Trails Park, Sabino Canyon, Catalina State Park, Saguaro National Park and so many more nearby hiking areas.
While hiking in April is typically significantly cooler than hiking in June, it's still important to hydrate and protect yourself from the sun! Heading out during the cooler morning hours might be best.
6. Hop on a bike
The Loop is home to more than 130 miles of paved pathways, perfect for bicycling, roller-skating, jogging and horseback riding.
Dust off your bike and head to your closest entrance along The Loop — or explore a section of The Loop you may not be as familiar with. Along the way, check out the dozens of art pieces on the pathways.
If you'd rather hop on a guided bike tour, that's an option, too.
There's FUGA, which hosts monthly bike rides on the south and west sides of Tucson. There's also Tucson Bike Tours, which hosts three different tours centered on history, murals and tacos.
Need a bike? Check out Tugo Bike Share!
7. Get outside and volunteer with a community organization
If you're hoping to soak up the sun all while making a difference, volunteering with a local organization is an option to consider.
Tucson is home to an incredible number of programs that work hard to make our community a better place. Below are some outdoorsy volunteering opportunities, but remember: Volunteers are likely needed every season of the year!
- Mission Garden — You can be a volunteer gardener and prepare soil, plant seeds, harvest produce and more
- Pima Animal Care Center — Get the pups out of their kennels and take them for a walk!
- Therapeutic Ranch for Animals and Kids — Tasks include filling waters, feeding animals, mucking horse stalls and raking the grounds
- Buffelgrass pulls — Help remove the invasive buffelgrass at a number of pulling events throughout Tucson. Check out the Desert Museum's website for locations!
8. Pet a capybara and a porcupine
2405 W. Wetmore Road, 520-399-6555
Funny Foot Farm is not your average petting zoo.
Yes, there are goats and chickens — but there's also a porcupine and a capybara that you can feed and pet. Did I mention Funny Foot Farm is also home to a kangaroo?
Admission starts at $9 and goes up to $30 depending on the kinds of animals you're hoping to see.
9. Enjoy your favorite food — on a patio or have a picnic
Tucson is home to countless restaurants with beautiful patios, from the spacious courtyard decorated with twinkling lights at LaCo to the shipping container food hall The Boxyard.
Whatever restaurant patio is your go-to, enjoy patio season while it lasts.
Alternatively, pick up food — takeout goodies or picnic ingredients — from a place like Super Carniceria y Pescaderia El Ranchito, Roma Imports or Flora's Market Run. Have a picnic of your own at a nearby park!
10. Experience spring with all the flora you could ask for
To get the real spring experience, now's the time to bask in the plants of local gardens.
Tucson Botanical Gardens, 2150 N. Alvernon Way, is home to more than five acres of space, including an area dedicated to butterflies. Until May, you can step into Butterfly Magic and watch as 200 butterflies flutter by.
Also a space for plant lovers is Tohono Chul, 7366 N. Paseo del Norte, which is home to themed gardens and, of course, the desert's best friend — the saguaro. Each day, you can join a tour of the park to learn about topics like birds, reptiles and butterflies.
Both also have restaurants! | https://tucson.com/thisistucson/todo/10-fun-things-to-do-outside-before-it-gets-too-hot/article_919e003e-aef9-11ec-87c1-5bfe595e6d40.html | 2022-04-01T01:28:10Z |
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(ABC4) – If you’re tired of looking at old furniture that you bought last year from IKEA, the retailer has announced that it will now pay customers to bring back old furniture.
The IKEA buyback and resell option has now been made available for 37 of its U.S. stores. As a way to help pave a path toward sustainable living, the company has brought back the initiative that was launched late last year.
How does it work?
You start by filling out a form on IKEA’s website in order to receive an emailed quote of the buyback value for your furniture. Customers are asked to bring a copy of their quote, buyback number, and fully assembled furniture to your participating IKEA store where an employee will assess the furniture’s buyback value.
When you buyback, you will get store credit and your furniture gets a second life in the As-Is department.
What are the buyback requirements?
According to IKEA, the following categories of products are not currently eligible for the furniture buy-back service:
- Non-IKEA products
- Home furnishing accessories including lighting and textiles
- Add-on units and componentry
- Products that have been used outside including outdoor furniture
- Mattresses and bad textiles (such as blankets and mattress toppers)
- Kitchens including bench tops, cabinets, and fronts
- Modular wardrobes and accessories
- Electrical appliances and products
- Chests of drawers
- “Hacked,” modified or painted products
- Non-assembled products
- Market Hall products (including small kitchen goods, art, rugs, and picture frames)
- Upholstered or leather products
- Sofas or armchairs
- Plants
- Items containing glass (including mirrors)
- Children’s and baby products (such as cribs, mattresses, and change tables)
- Beds and bed frames
The retailer said on its website that large quantities and commercially used items are exempt. | https://www.wavy.com/news/national/ikea-will-pay-you-to-return-old-furniture-at-select-stores/ | 2022-04-01T01:28:11Z |
Privacy Advocates Urge Veto
Police departments across Virginia may soon have the ability to use billions of images scraped from social-media sites like Facebook and Instagram to track down suspects, a development that is concerning to critics who say the technology is invasive and a violation of privacy. The governor is now considering the bill,...
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PHOENIX, March 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Trinity Capital Inc. (NASDAQ: TRIN) ("Trinity" or the "Company"), a leading specialty lending company that provides debt, including loans and equipment financing, to growth stage companies backed by technology banks, venture capital and private equity firms, today announced an adjustment to the conversion rate of its 6.00% Convertible Notes due 2025 (the "Convertible Notes") as a result of the Company's regular cash dividend of $0.40 per share and a supplemental dividend of $0.15 per share, payable on April 15, 2022 to stockholders of record as of March 31, 2022. The ex-dividend date for such dividends was March 30, 2022.
Effective immediately after the close of business on March 31, 2022, the conversion rate of the Convertible Notes will be adjusted to 67.5315 shares of the Company's common stock per $1,000 principal amount of Convertible Notes from the prior conversion rate of 67.0278 shares of the Company's common stock per $1,000 principal amount of Convertible Notes, which had been in effect since January 1, 2022. As a result, effective as of such time, the conversion price applicable to the Convertible Notes will be adjusted to $14.81 per share of common stock from $14.92 per share of common stock.
The adjustment to the conversion rate of the Convertible Notes is being made pursuant to the second supplemental indenture, dated as of December 11, 2020, governing the Convertible Notes as a result of the Company's regular quarterly cash dividend discussed above exceeding the initial dividend threshold of $0.30 per share of common stock set forth in the second supplemental indenture and the Company paying a supplemental cash dividend.
Notice of the conversion rate adjustment will be delivered to the holders of the Convertible Notes and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee, in accordance with the terms of the second supplemental indenture governing the Convertible Notes.
Certain Information Regarding Distributions
The Company's objective is to distribute four quarterly distributions in an amount that approximates 90% to 100% of its taxable quarterly income or potential annual income for a particular year in order to qualify for tax treatment as a regulated investment company under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. In addition, during any particular year, the Company may pay additional supplemental distributions, so that the Company distributes approximately all its annual taxable income in the year it was earned, or it may spill over the excess taxable income into the coming year for future distribution payments.
Distributions are paid from taxable earnings and may include a return of capital and/or capital gains. The specific tax characteristics of the distributions will be reported to stockholders on Form 1099-DIV after the end of the calendar year and in the Company's periodic reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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This press release may contain "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Statements other than statements of historical facts included in this press release may constitute forward-looking statements and are not guarantees of future performance or results and involve a number of risks and uncertainties, including the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the economy, financial markets, our business, our portfolio companies and our industry. Actual results may differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements as a result of a number of factors, including those described from time to time in filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Trinity undertakes no duty to update any forward-looking statement made herein. All forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this press release.
About Trinity Capital Inc.
Trinity (Nasdaq: TRIN), an internally managed specialty lending company that has elected to be regulated as a business development company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, is a leading provider of debt, including loans and equipment financing, to growth stage companies, including venture-backed companies and companies with institutional equity investors. Trinity's investment objective is to generate current income and, to a lesser extent, capital appreciation through investments consisting primarily of term loans and equipment financings and, to a lesser extent, working capital loans, equity and equity-related investments. Trinity believes it is one of only a select group of specialty lenders that has the depth of knowledge, experience, and track record in lending to growth stage companies.
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Analyzing IonQ Inc. Common Stock's Short Interest
IonQ Inc. Common Stock's (NYSE:IONQ) short percent of float has fallen 6.2% since its last report. The company recently reported that it has 8.62 million shares sold short, which is 9.23% of all regular shares that are available for trading. Based on its trading volume, it would take traders 2.2 days to cover their short positions on average.
Why Short Interest Matters
Short interest is the number of shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. Short selling is when a trader sells shares of a company they do not own, with the hope that the price will fall. Traders make money from short selling if the price of the stock falls and they lose if it rises.
Short interest is important to track because it can act as an indicator of market sentiment towards a particular stock. An increase in short interest can signal that investors have become more bearish, while a decrease in short interest can signal they have become more bullish.
See Also: List of the most shorted stocks
IonQ Inc. Common Stock Short Interest Graph (3 Months)
As you can see from the chart above the percentage of shares that are sold short for IonQ Inc. Common Stock has declined since its last report. This does not mean that the stock is going to rise in the near-term but traders should be aware that less shares are being shorted.
Comparing IonQ Inc. Common Stock's Short Interest Against Its Peers
Peer comparison is a popular technique amongst analysts and investors for gauging how well a company is performing. A company's peer is another company that has similar characteristics to it, such as industry, size, age, and financial structure. You can find a company's peer group by reading its 10-K, proxy filing, or by doing your own similarity analysis.
According to Benzinga Pro, IonQ Inc. Common Stock's peer group average for short interest as a percentage of float is 5.88%, which means the company has more short interest than most of its peers.
Did you know that increasing short interest can actually be bullish for a stock? This post by Benzinga Money explains how you can profit from it..
This article was generated by Benzinga's automated content engine and was reviewed by an editor.
Posted-In: BZI-SHORTHISTShort Sellers Short Ideas Trading Ideas | https://www.benzinga.com/short-sellers/22/03/26408127/analyzing-ionq-inc-common-stocks-short-interest | 2022-04-01T01:28:15Z |
There’s a new appeal to help welcome people from Ukraine now on their way to Calgary.
It’s all about making sure those fleeing the war can get off to a clean start.
The Soap for Hope charity is partnering with the Centre for Newcomers to provide hygiene hampers for approximately 200 Ukrainian families expected to arrive in Calgary in April.
Soap for Hope collects leftover guests’ soap from hotels and makes its own soap, providing it to Calgary homeless shelters and other social agencies.
Some of that soap will be part of the hygiene hampers, along with other personal items.
“Shampoo, conditioner, body wash, lotion, deodorant, razors, toothpaste,” Soap for Hope’s Tanaya Jilg said. “All the basics that you need for a family to get started.”
The families from Ukraine will need that kind of support.
“Most of them, they’re women and children, because their husbands probably have to stay behind to protect their own country unfortunately,” the Centre for Newcomers’ Charlie Wang said. “So we’re going to put those hygiene packages as part of their food hampers going to the families.”
Jilg said she and her team of volunteers feel fortunate to be able to help the Ukrainians.
“You can only imagine how scary it would be to be flown to a new country where you know nobody or nothing and have nothing,” she said. “So we just think it would be helpful for our part to at least have some basic amenities to be able to give to them when they arrive.”
Read more: How Albertans can help support Ukraine
It’s part of an effort to provide a wide range of support for the families from Ukraine.
“Helping those clients with their mental health and also employment assistance,” Wang said. “And we can provide language training, running volunteer-led ESL classes.
“Without those community supports, no one can do this alone.”
Soap for Hope is now appealing for donations of hygiene items and bedding, with more information available at https://www.soapforhopecanada.ca/.
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Transgender individuals — Black and brown women in particular — have historically been leaders in fighting for LGBTQ rights and equality, all while bearing the brunt of hateful and violent attacks on their lives.
Sadly, in 2022, that’s still the case.
In Chicago, consider the recent deaths of two transgender Black women. LGBTQ advocate and activist Elise Malary of Andersonville, who was first reported missing on March 11, was found dead along the Evanston lakefront on March 17. Her cause of death has not yet been announced.
Then, on March 18, Tatiana “Tee Tee” Whetstone of Chatham was found beaten to death in a trash can. Her death was ruled a homicide.
Meanwhile, there’s been a dramatic increase in anti-LGBTQ legislation proposed or passed in statehouses across the country.
In 2018, 41 such bills were proposed. This year, by March 15, 238 bills had been proposed, according to an NBC News analysis of data from the American Civil Liberties Union and the advocacy group Freedom for All Americans.
More than half of those bills, about 65%, target transgender individuals specifically, the analysis concluded.
Most of the legislative efforts aim to restrict LGBTQ subjects in schools and limit the participation of transgender individuals in sports. Some proposals would ultimately make it a crime for transgender people to seek gender-affirming medical care.
“It’s not easy waking up in the body that I’m in and trying to exist in a society where people have been taught that my identity is taboo,”transgender activist Zahara Bassett, founder and CEO of Life is Work, told us. “ ... [These bills] are just continuously pushing us back and showing us that we do not belong. That’s what they are trying to tell us.”
Illinois has no such proposal pending. But there is still work to be done so that the public doesn’t hear about trans lives only when those lives end in tragedy.
Transgender people should not have to do all the work of showing others their humanity and their ability to thrive and participate in society. The rest of us should do our part to make that a reality.
In the workplace and in other institutions, for instance, those interested in supporting LGBTQ people can start by putting transgender people on their team and allowing them to influence change, according to Caprice Carthans, a transgender woman and a board member at the AIDS Foundation of Chicago.
“If they don’t fit the skills you request, give them a draft of what you are looking for and let them add their own spin to it,” Carthans said. “The traditional, white cisgendered [straight] format does not work for Black trans women. Let those trans people add their spice to the job or task, and watch it take a different shape.”
The White House and State Department announced on Thursday, which was Transgender Visibility Day, that U.S. citizens will be able to mark “X” — meaning “unspecified or another gender identity” — on their passport application beginning April 11. The new gender marker will allow transgender travelers to forego providing medical proof if their gender identity doesn’t match the marker on their birth certificate or other official documents.
That’s an important step that we support. Affirming gender identity can help save lives.
The Trevor Project, a nonprofit organization focused on suicide prevention among LGBTQ youth, surveyed nearly 35,000 youths and found that 42% seriously considered attempting suicide in 2020, including more than half of transgender and nonbinary youth. But when LGBTQ youth had access to spaces that affirmed their sexual orientation and gender identity, suicide attempts declined.
The Human Rights Campaign has called 2021, when 191 anti-LGBTQ bills were proposed and 17 enacted into law, the worst year for LGBTQ state legislative attacks in history. 2022 is already on track to exceed that, with transgender rights under attack.
The way to fight back is to stand up for the justice, respect, safety and acceptance that transgender people deserve.
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Kathryn Bigelow Will Direct David Koepp-Penned Adaptation Of Aurora For Netflix
Academy Award-winner Kathryn Bigelow is set to direct "Aurora" for Netflix, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The film is based on the upcoming book from David Koepp worked as a screenwriter for films some pretty impressive films like "Jurassic Park," "Mission: Impossible," "Ghost Town," and "Spider-Man." Recently, he wrote the HBO Max film "Kimi" which starred Zoe Kravitz.
Koepp will adapt his own novel for the production. A quick check on Audible tells us that Rupert Friend ("Homeland," the upcoming Disney+ series "Obi-Wan Kenobi") will be narrating the audiobook when "Aurora" is released on June 7, 2022. It will be interesting to see if he's cast in the film version.
Producing the film are Greg Shapiro, who is Bigelow's longtime producing partner, as well as Gavin Polone, who has worked with Koepp on films like "Stir of Echoes," and "Secret Window," — both of which Koepp directed — according to the site.
"Aurora" is the story of Aubrey Wheeler, a woman in Aurora, Illinois who is dealing with her "semi-criminal ex-husband" leaving her with his "unruly teenage son." There is a power outage all over the world due to a solar storm, and Aubrey has to protect her family and her neighborhood while dealing with her estranged Silicon Valley CEO brother, who is sheltering in a fancy dessert bunker on the other side of the country. There is no information on whether or not we'll see changes from the novel, and THR reports that the story takes on the "collapse of the social order, set against a catastrophic worldwide power crisis." That feels more relevant than I'm comfortable with after a pandemic and in the middle of a war, but I'm definitely interested.
Solar flares and family dynamics
The book has gotten accolades from Stephen King who said, "Fantastic story, a real page-turner. Impossible to put down." Screenwriter Scott Frank ("The Queen's Gambit") said: "There's a reason David Koepp is the most successful screenwriter of all time. It's because he's one of the greatest storytellers of all time. 'Aurora' is up there with his best: scary, funny, and thought-provoking."
Bigelow is known for directing films like "Near Dark," "Point Break" with Keanu Reeves and Patrick Swayze, and "Strange Days." She directed "The Hurt Locker" which nabbed her the Best Director Oscar, making her the first woman to win that award. The film also won Best Picture, with star Jeremy Renner getting a Best Actor nomination. She was later nominated for Best Picture for 2013's "Zero Dark Thirty" starring Jessica Chastain. Bigelow hasn't put out a film since 2017's "Detroit," starring John Boyega and Anthony Mackie. She did recently direct a scene using an iPhone in 2021, though. | https://www.slashfilm.com/818344/kathryn-bigelow-will-direct-david-koepp-penned-adaptation-of-aurora-for-netflix/ | 2022-04-01T01:28:17Z |
The Department of Homeland Security is expected to take steps toward lifting the Trump-era restrictions, which were originally issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, later this week.
Renata Castro, founder of Castro Legal Group, said when Title 42 restrictions are lifted, there will still be a case-by-case process that those seeking asylum have to go through. Castro said it is likely that due to the change in policy, fewer individuals will make it into the United States.
SEE ALSO: US bracing for influx of migrants at southern border: DHS
"Individuals will still have to be properly vetted," Castro said. "And go through scrutiny to determine whether or not they have a credible fear for their lives in their home countries and if once they enter into the United States, they won't be a flight or criminal risk. So, on the immigration side, it's business as usual."
Mark Jones, a political science professor at Rice University said the lack of comprehensive immigration reform has resulted in an overwhelmed immigration legal system. Currently, it could take at least two to three years for an asylum case to make it through the legal process, according to Jones.
"Now with the Ukrainian crisis, they run the risk of being accused of having a double standard if they do not enforce it for Ukrainians but continue to enforce it for Salvadorians, Hondurans and Haitians," Jones said. "and for political reasons, the Biden Administration doesn't want to be seen using healthcare and health service reasons for keeping Ukrainian asylum seekers out of the United States."
SEE ALSO: Asylum limits at Mexico border expected to end May 23, sources say; US braces for influx of migrants
Cesar Espinosa, the executive director of FIEL Houston agrees. He said, ultimately, this policy change is just a temporary fix to an immigration policy that needs lasting reform.
"We welcome this change," Espinosa said. "Although we know it is not going to be the fix-all to whatever immigration problems there already are, including the (court) backlogs, as well as, it obviously doesn't fix the situations in countries in which folks are migrating from."
Democratic leaders and immigration advocates opposed the policy citing concerns that those who are seeking asylum, which is a legal process, were being sent back to their home countries in peril. Republican leaders claim lifting Title 42 restrictions will cause an influx of migrants waiting to cross U.S. borders.
"The Biden administration's humanitarian decision to lift Title 42 and no longer enforce it is positive for asylum seekers," Jones said, "but it may be negative for Texas Democrats as the (Gov. Greg) Abbott campaign will use this against all Texas Democrats from Beto O'Rourke to County Commissioner Adrian Garcia."
Ending Title 42 would be disastrous.
— Greg Abbott (@GregAbbott_TX) March 31, 2022
It's obvious Biden doesn’t have a clue about how to stop the influx of illegal immigrants & deadly drugs from pouring into the U.S.
As long as Biden keeps failing, Texas will continue working to secure the border.https://t.co/YGw835Olpw
There is a crisis raging at the southern border.
— Senator Ted Cruz (@SenTedCruz) March 30, 2022
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Fox announced today another addition to its upcoming courtroom anthology series Accused. Emmy winner and style icon Billy Porter has been tapped to direct an episode of the series, with a cast that is yet to be announced. Each episode of the series will tell a different story of a person waiting for a verdict, with viewers not knowing details of the crime they might have committed. The full story will be unveiled throughout the episode, but it is told from the accused’s point of view, which means there will be plenty of room for speculation — and we’ll certainly meet a roster of unreliable narrators.
Porter’s episode will center around a fierce drag queen who is connected to an affair that ended with devastating consequences. At this point, the drag queen can be played by anyone, including real drag queens from RuPaul’s Drag Race who have revealed their talents for acting, including fan-favorites Shangela and Willam. Porter himself could star in addition to directing, or the network might go a different way and select a bigger name to attract viewers.
Porter rose to prominence after starring on FX’s Pose as Pray Tell, the emcee and fashion designer of New York underground balls which were created in order to celebrate Black, Latinx, and LGBTQIA+ people, who were mostly excluded from society in the 80s and 90s. Porter recently challenged the status quo by playing a genderless Fabulous Godmother in Prime Video’s Cinderella. We are yet to see Porter’s directing debut: he has a couple of projects to which he's attached as director, but they haven't premiered yet. Depending on how much they get delayed, Accused may end up becoming the actor’s official directorial debut.
The up-and-coming director joins a growing cast that has been slowly revealed by Fox. CODA star and Academy Award winner Marlee Matlin is also set to make her directorial debut with an episode of the series. Michael Chiklis (The Shield) and Whitney Cummings (Studio 666) have been announced as stars, but details of their episodes have not been announced.
Accused is developed by three-time Emmy winner Howard Gordon, who has written for The X Files, 24, and Homeland. He adapts Accused from a 2010 BBC One series of the same name, which ran for two seasons and was created by Jimmy McGovern (Time). The original British series was widely acclaimed, earned BAFTA and Emmy nominations, and featured high-profile actors such as Olivia Colman, Sean Bean, Andy Serkis, Alfie Allen, Jodie Whittaker, Naomie Harris, Marc Warren, and many others.
Fox is yet to reveal more details about the Accused remake, including further cast members and release date. | https://collider.com/accused-anthology-billy-porter-directing/ | 2022-04-01T01:28:17Z |
WINTERVILLE, N.C. (WNCT) – N.C. Governor Roy Cooper visited Pitt Community College on Thursday. He talked with Pitt Community College students who are recipients of the NC Longleaf Commitment grant.
“Helping people get over the top and get that degree or certificate that they need to get a lot of these new good-paying jobs that we have,” said Cooper. “So we want to make sure that these students have the education and the training that they need to be able to get these jobs. And the Longleaf Commitment grants help provide that.”
Cooper launched the Longleaf Commitment Community College Program grant in 2021. The purpose of the grant is to help community college students from low- and middle-class families still achieve their educational goals.
Seven Pitt Community College students who attended the talk are grant recipients. They talked with the governor about how the grant allows them to continue their education.
“I was able to come here and get my education. So it covers not only my tuition but access codes and you know, just other school supplies,” said Yamileth Espino, a PCC student and grant recipient. “And so since my parents are immigrants, they actually never got a chance to finish high school even maybe not even middle school.
“So it was even more important to me to pursue my education past high school. And so now here I am in college, hopefully going into social work.”
The Longleaf Commitment grant not only impacts the students that attended the governor’s talk but it enhances the PCC community.
“This helps our students to maintain and to graduate from Pitt Community College and hopefully go into the workforce, where they can provide for their families and maybe change even a generation from now,” said Dr. Lawrence Rouse, president of PCC. “So it’s very important that we provide this support for them, it’s an investment into our students that our students can then invest back into their communities.”
For more information about the grant and how to apply, visit North Carolina Longleaf Commitment Grant | NC Community Colleges. | https://www.wavy.com/news/north-carolina/gov-cooper-congratulates-longleaf-commitment-recipients-at-pcc/ | 2022-04-01T01:28:17Z |
A special court on Wednesday permitted a plea of an accused Sathyanarayan Rani in a Gadchiroli Maoist blast case of 2019 in which 15 security personnel and a civilian were killed, to visit his terminally ill wife and prime accused in the case Narmada Akka, who is in a care home. The court has instructed the Mumbai Central Prison to escort him to visit his wife for 30 mins at the care home every fortnight. The charges for the escort will have to be paid by him, the court has ordered.
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Bruce Willis is being showered with love and support after being diagnosed with aphasia. Some of the 67-year-old actor's closest colleagues and friends -- from Haley Joel Osment, Sir Anthony Hopkins and Sylvester Stallone to John Travolta, Lucy Liu and Maria Shriver -- posted touching tributes and throwback photos wishing him the best following his long and successful career in Hollywood.
Osment, the former child star who appeared opposite Willis in the 1999 thriller The Sixth Sense, said he struggled to find the right words for someone he's looked up to for so long, before paying homage to the actor on Instagram.
"He's a true legend who has enriched all of our lives with a singular career that spans nearly half a century," Osment wrote in part. "I am so grateful for what I got to witness firsthand, and for the enormous body of work he built for us to enjoy for years and years to come. I just wanted to express the respect and deep admiration I have for Bruce and his family as they move forward with the courage and high spirits that have always defined them."
M. Night Shyamalan, who directed The Sixth Sense, took to Twitter to send Willis "all my love and respect." He added, "I know his wonderful family is surrounding him with support and strength. He will always be that hero on that poster on my wall as [a] kid."
Hopkins on Instagram wrote, "Working with you was a special time in my life. My love and prayers are with you and your family."
Travolta shared, "Bruce and I became good friends when we shared 2 of our biggest hits together, Pulp Fiction and Look Who’s Talking. Years later he said to me, 'John, I just want you to know that when something good happens to you I feel like it’s happening to me.' That’s how generous a soul he is. I love you Bruce."
Sarah Paulson, who starred alongside Willis in Glass, commented on Rumer Willis' Instagram post, saying, "He was such an incredible acting partner to me, and is the loveliest, most gentle and hilarious man. He reigns supreme in my book."
Willis' wife, Emma, ex-wife, Demi Moore, and daughters, Rumer, Scout, Tallulah, Mabel and Evelyn, shared a joint statement on his recent diagnosis with aphasia.
"As a family we wanted to share that our beloved Bruce has been experiencing some health issues and has recently been diagnosed with aphasia, which is impacting his cognitive abilities," the statement read. "As a result of this and with much consideration Bruce is stepping away from the career that has meant so much to him."
The family added, "This is a really challenging time for our family and we are so appreciative of your continued love, compassion and support. We are moving through this as a strong family unit, and wanted to bring his fans in because we know how much he means to you, as you do to him."
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EUR/USD Rate Talking Points
EUR/USD struggles to retain the advance from earlier this week after testing the 50-Day SMA (1.1173), and fresh data prints coming out of the US may drag on the exchange rate as the US Non-Farm Payrolls (NFP) report is anticipated to show a further improvement in the labor market.
EUR/USD Reveres from 50-Day SMA with US NFP Report on Tap
EUR/USD pulls back from a fresh weekly high (1.1185) as European Central Bank (ECB) Chief Economist Philip Lane tames speculation for an imminent shift in monetary policy, with the official emphasizing that “the degree of monetary policy stimulus put in place to address the pre-pandemic challenge of persistent below-target inflation can be normalised in a gradual fashion towards a more neutral setting.”
Lane goes onto say that ‘the calibration of net purchases for the third quarter will be data-dependent and reflect our evolving assessment of the outlook,” and the comments suggest the Governing Council is in no rush to normalize monetary policy as the board member insists that “any adjustments to our interest rates will be gradual.”
As a result, the diverging paths for monetary policy may continue to produce headwinds for EUR/USD as the Federal Reserve plans to implement a series of rate hikes over the coming months, and NFP report may push the central bank to normalize monetary policy at a faster pace as the economy is anticipated to add 490K jobs in March.
At the same time, the Unemployment Rate is expected to narrow to 3.7% from 3.8% during the same period, which would mark the lowest reading since February 2020, and the development may force the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) to adjust its exit strategy at the next interest rate decision on May 4 as the central bank “expects to begin reducing its holdings of Treasury securities and agency debt and agency mortgage-backed securities at a coming meeting.”
Until then, EUR/USD may struggle to retain the advance from the yearly low (1.0806) as the FOMC normalizes policy ahead of its European counterpart, while the tilt in retail sentiment looks poised to persist as traders have been net-long the pair since the middle of February.
The IG Client Sentiment report shows 58.99% of traders are currently net-long EUR/USD, with the ratio of traders long to short standing at 1.44 to 1.
The number of traders net-long is 9.25% higher than yesterday and 10.55% lower from last week, while the number of traders net-short is 16.67% lower than yesterday and 1.78% lower from last week. The drop in net-long interest has alleviated the crowding behavior as 63.95% of traders were net-long EUR/USD earlier this week, while the decline in net-short position comes as the exchange rate manages to test the 50-Day SMA (1.1173).
With that said, EUR/USD may continue to pull back from the moving average as the US NFP report is anticipated to show a further improvement in the labor market, and the advance from the yearly low (1.0806) may turn out to be a correction in the broader trend amid the diverging paths between the ECB and FOMC.
EUR/USD Rate Daily Chart
Source: Trading View
- The broader outlook for EUR/USD remains tilted to the downside as the 200-Day SMA (1.1484)) still reflects a negative slope, with the exchange rate clearing the June 2020 low (1.1101) as it failed to defend the opening range for 2022.
- The decline from earlier this month pushed the Relative Strength Index (RSI) into oversold territory for the first time this year, but the failed attempt to test the May 2020 low (1.0767) pulled the oscillator out of oversold territory, with the advance from the yearly low (1.0806) generate a test of the 50-Day SMA (1.1173).
- Nevertheless, EUR/USD appears to be reversing course after testing the moving average, with the move below the 1.1130 (50% expansion) region bringing the Fibonacci overlap around 1.1000 (78.6% retracement) to 1.1050 (61.8% expansion) on the radar.
- Next area of interest comes in around the 1.0860 (23.6% expansion) to 1.0930 (78.6% expansion), with a break of the yearly low (1.0806) opening up the 1.0770 (100% expansion) to 1.0780 (100% expansion) region.
--- Written by David Song, Currency Strategist
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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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LOS ANGELES, March 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Ultra PRO International LLC ("Ultra PRO"), a California-based manufacturer of toys, board games, and accessories, has acquired Legion Supplies, Inc. ("Legion Supplies"), an innovator in the tabletop gaming space since its debut in 2009. Steve Port, Owner of Legion Supplies, states, "What prompted the launch 12 years ago was when, as a hobby store owner, I saw my customer's desire for art-based sleeves that represented them beyond the basic fantasy art that existed. From our first 'Bacon' art sleeves, we've tried to bring fun images to quality products that help players express their individuality." Legion Supplies began with trading card game accessories and in 2017 launched MTGproshop.com, which expanded their offerings into the lifestyle category giving fans of Magic: The Gathering a broad selection of apparel and decor based items.
Founded in 1952 and currently celebrating its 70th anniversary, Ultra PRO is a leader in the gaming industry. The acquisition of Legion Supplies reinforces Ultra PRO's strong ability to continue to bring high quality products to the collectibles and trading card games marketplace.
Steve further states, "I'm excited for the expanded capabilities Legion will have working with Ultra PRO's large chain of suppliers and expertise in areas that can only make Legion products better."
Jay Kuo, Ultra PRO's President says, "Legion Supplies is well known in the trading card game community and has developed a great niche business with a loyal following. We're excited to welcome Steve Port to the Ultra PRO management team, as well as the entirety of the Legion team to the Ultra PRO family and look forward to Steve's continued development of Legion Supplies' catalog and service offerings."
Ultra PRO has a strong history of USA-based manufacturing and this acquisition further expands those capabilities as Legion Supplies offers a wide range of product types produced in their Minnesota-based facilities.
Ultra PRO looks forward to growing the business and bringing innovative gaming products to market for years to come. The new partnership will allow Ultra PRO to further expand distribution of the product assortment, create cross-selling opportunities and bring forth complementary line expansions that will be sought out by the gaming audience for years to come.
Legion Supplies, Inc products can be found at https://www.legionsupplies.com/ and https://mtgproshop.com/.
Ultra PRO products can be found at https://shop.ultrapro.com/
About Ultra PRO
Ultra PRO is the leading manufacturer and supplier of sports and gaming collectibles accessories, board games, photo and scrapbooking albums, school and office supplies, and TableTopics conversation starter card sets. The company has been designing and manufacturing top-quality products since 1952. Ultra PRO brands are recognized for their high-quality standards and design innovations. The company's products are sold through a top-tier network of distributors and customers worldwide. They can be purchased in hobby shops, independent toy and gift stores, retail chains and online stores across the globe. Ultra PRO is a privately-held, family-owned company with head offices near Los Angeles, California. For more information, please visit www.UltraPRO.com.
About Legion Supplies, Inc.
Legion Supplies, Inc was founded by Steve Port, serial entrepreneur, and co-founder of Melee.gg, an event management software company. Located in Burnsville, MN, Legion Supplies has been a leader in the tabletop gaming space since 2009. Legion is known for fun and trendy designs as well as innovative product development. Since the beginning, Legion has continued to expand offering new categories of gaming lifestyle products as well as publishing and distribution.
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Peering Into Pvh Corp's Recent Short Interest
Pvh Corp's (NYSE:PVH) short percent of float has risen 20.1% since its last report. The company recently reported that it has 1.62 million shares sold short, which is 2.33% of all regular shares that are available for trading. Based on its trading volume, it would take traders 1.3 days to cover their short positions on average.
Why Short Interest Matters
Short interest is the number of shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. Short selling is when a trader sells shares of a company they do not own, with the hope that the price will fall. Traders make money from short selling if the price of the stock falls and they lose if it rises.
Short interest is important to track because it can act as an indicator of market sentiment towards a particular stock. An increase in short interest can signal that investors have become more bearish, while a decrease in short interest can signal they have become more bullish.
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Pvh Corp Short Interest Graph (3 Months)
As you can see from the chart above the percentage of shares that are sold short for Pvh Corp has grown since its last report. This does not mean that the stock is going to fall in the near-term but traders should be aware that more shares are being shorted.
Comparing Pvh Corp's Short Interest Against Its Peers
Peer comparison is a popular technique amongst analysts and investors for gauging how well a company is performing. A company's peer is another company that has similar characteristics to it, such as industry, size, age, and financial structure. You can find a company's peer group by reading its 10-K, proxy filing, or by doing your own similarity analysis.
According to Benzinga Pro, Pvh Corp's peer group average for short interest as a percentage of float is 6.11%, which means the company has less short interest than most of its peers.
Did you know that increasing short interest can actually be bullish for a stock? This post by Benzinga Money explains how you can profit from it..
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The Kremlin on Thursday downplayed the scope of measures forcing Europe to pay for natural gas deliveries in rubles, saying it would simply involve a currency exchange.
Russian President Vladimir Putin announced last week that European countries will need to pay for gas in rubles, instead of euros and dollars, after Western capitals slapped Moscow with unprecedented sanctions over military action in Ukraine.
Group of Seven (G7) countries have said that Moscow’s payment demand was “not acceptable”, with Germany saying it was a breach of contract.
“De facto, for those who receive Russian gas, who pay for the deliveries, there is in fact no change. They just acquire rubles for the amount in currency which is stipulated in the gas contract,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters on Thursday.
“Russia remains committed to all its obligations under existing contracts, both in quantity and in price,” he said, adding that Putin and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz had discussed the system in detail a day earlier.
On Thursday, the Russian government, its central bank and energy giant Gazprom are expected to present Putin with a system that will allow gas payment to be conducted in rubles.
The German government said Wednesday that Putin told Sholz that payments from Europe next month would continue to be in euros and transferred to a bank which would then convert them into rubles.
Western countries have piled crippling sanctions on Moscow since it moved troops into Ukraine, with the United States banning the import of Russian oil and gas among other measures.
However, the European Union — which received around 40 percent of its gas supplies from Russia in 2021 — has retained deliveries from Moscow.
While payments in rubles will allow Russia to support its national currency, it will also deprive it of a source of foreign currency. | https://www.citizen.co.za/news/news-world/3063620/kremlin-downplays-impact-of-gas-payments-in-rubles/ | 2022-04-01T01:28:21Z |
Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe had the chance to meet with Ukrainian families at a shelter during a trade mission in Europe.
Moe told reporters during a teleconference he and ambassador Stéphane Dion visited the shelter which had been retrofitted from an office building.
“(It was) a rewarding mission where we had the opportunity to engage directly with some folks that have been on the front lines of the Russian invasion of Ukraine and to have conversations with them about what it was like finding their way out of Ukraine,” Moe said.
Moe said the refugees told him how grateful they were for the generosity of the Polish and German people, as well as for Canadians and the support they have provided Ukraine.
He added refugees also showed “determination” and “resilience”.
“I heard a number of times that this is going to be a long war because the Ukrainian people, quite simply, are not going to give up their home,” Moe said.
“A victory for Vladimir Putin is not going to be easy given the resilience and determination of the individuals that I had the opportunity to meet with.”
Moe also noted that there was a “real belief” that the war was not the “will of the Russian people.”
The provincial government will be looking at how they can assist the federal government in providing immigration resources in bringing refugees to Canada, Moe said.
Moe travelled overseas this week as part of a trade mission to promote potash, uranium and agri-food products to government and industry professionals, and to open a new Saskatchewan trade office.
Moe was in London at the beginning of the week before heading to Frankfurt and Kassel in Germany.
Moe said he promoted Saskatchewan products to financial institutions and government officials.
He added taxpayers will get their value out of the trip, promising he was able to sell Saskatchewan as a more trustworthy trading partner than countries like Belarus or Russia.
“They very much now are asking themselves, ‘Where are we purchasing these products from and why are we purchasing from them, and are they a trusted and stable trading partner that will be there for us year after year?’”
Moe said countries will also be looking at the environmental, social and governance (ESG) strategies when it comes to purchasing products.
“Most certainly when you look at the impact on the soil, water and ultimately the climate of Saskatchewan potash relative to that is (which) produced in Russia or Belarus — it ranks far, far higher on the sustainability front,” Moe said.
— with a file from The Canadian Press, and Connor O’Donovan | https://globalnews.ca/news/8726857/saskatchewan-premier-ukrainian-refugees-trade-mission/ | 2022-04-01T01:28:21Z |
A flamingo that flew away from a Kansas zoo nearly 17 years ago and has been on the run ever since was glimpsed in Texas earlier this month.
A video posted by the Coastal Fisheries Division of the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department shows the bird, named Pink Floyd, on March 10 wading into Cox Bay near Port Lavaca, about 120 miles southwest of Houston.
"Looks like Pink Floyd has returned from the 'dark side of [the] moon'!" the agency joked.
Pink Floyd, also known as no. 492, fled from the Sedgwick County Zoo in Wichita, Kan., in 2005, according to the New York Times.
When he and other flamingoes arrived at the zoo from Tanzania a few years earlier, staffers decided it would be unethical to amputate part of the birds' wings to prevent them from flying since they were already adults, the newspaper reported.
Instead, the zoo clipped the flamingos' feathers, what one staff member described as similar to getting a haircut. But in 2005, staff missed signs that their feathers needed to be clipped again, and nos. 492 and 347 flew the coop.
Pink Floyd has been spotted along the Texas coast for several years, officials said. There have been other reported sightings of the bird in Arkansas, Louisiana and Wisconsin, according to the BBC.
Pink Floyd is believed to be about 27 years old, and experts estimate that flamingos can live until about age 30 in the wild, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram reported.
Flamingos were long considered an invasive species in the U.S., though there is some question about whether the bright pink birds are actually native to South Florida.
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EU state bans ‘V’ and ‘Z’
The parliament of Latvia has adopted a law banning the display of the letters “Z” and “V” in public, saying the symbols used by Russian troops in Ukraine stand for glorifying aggression and war crimes. The former Soviet republic, now an EU and NATO member, acted after the government in Kiev called for the censorship of the symbols.
The Saeima used urgent procedure to vote on Thursday on amendments prohibiting displays of “military aggression and war crimes” at public events.
The law also says no permits for public events will be given if they are held within 200 meters of monuments commemorating the Soviet Army in Latvia. Individuals convicted under the new law will be fined up to €400, while companies can be fined up to €3,200.
“In condemning Russia’s hostilities in Ukraine, we must take a firm stand that symbols glorifying Russian military aggression, such as the letters 'Z', 'V' or other symbols used for such purposes, have no place in public events,” Artuss Kaimins, chair of the Saeima’s Human Rights and Public Affairs Commission, said in a statement.
His words echo those of Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba, who earlier this week called on the entire world to “criminalize” the “Z” as support for Russian “barbarism.” A Slovenian diplomat on Thursday revealed that his embassy in Kiev was asked to take down their flag because it was too similar to that of Russia.
Several German states have already said they would fine individuals for displays of the symbol. Latvia’s neighbor Lithuania is also considering a ban on “Z,” as well as the black-and-orange St.George’s ribbon, used on Soviet WWII victory medals.
Latvia officially bans symbols glorifying Nazi or Communist regimes, except when used for “educational, scientific or artistic purposes.” That has not stopped the annual marches honoring Latvian members of the Waffen-SS. Some 200 people gathered in Riga on March 16 to honor Hitler’s collaborators, after a two-year hiatus due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Neither V nor Z are part of the Russian alphabet, which uses the Cyrillic script. Both symbols have been used to distinguish Russian vehicles taking part in military operations in Ukraine over the past month.
Moscow sent troops into Ukraine in late February, following a seven-year standoff over Kiev’s failure to implement the terms of the Minsk agreements and end the conflict with the breakaway regions of Donetsk and Lugansk. Russia ended up recognizing the two as independent states, at which point they asked for military aid.
Russia demands that Ukraine officially declare itself a neutral country that will never join the US-led NATO military bloc. Kiev insists the Russian offensive was completely unprovoked and has denied claims it was planning to retake the two Donbass republics by force. | https://www.rt.com/russia/553081-latvia-bans-v-z-russia/ | 2022-04-01T01:28:21Z |
Lonzo Ball knows the calendar is not on his side.
To the credit of the Bulls guard, however, he’s throwing that out the window.
According to coach Billy Donovan, Ball resumed his running program on Thursday, and while it was very basic, the hope is it will lead to a return at some point this season.
“I don’t know any of that stuff,’’ Donovan said, when asked if the program Ball was on would get him in uniform in time to be a factor. “I said last week, he’s a driver behind a lot of this. He really wants to play, but he’s also going to be smart in terms of how he’s feeling, and he’s going to be realistic.
“The doctors will put their heads together, but certainly every day that goes by and time that goes by, you’re moving closer and closer to the end of the season. I have not gotten anything from the doctors that said, ‘Listen, there’s just not enough time, we can’t get him back.’ They’re going to do everything they can to try and get him back.’’
Especially with everything at stake.
In the wake of the Clippers game, the Bulls have just five regular-season games left. Ball hasn’t played a game since Jan. 14, when the left knee became too painful to deal with and he opted for surgery to repair his meniscus.
This on-going issue post-surgery, however, was actually a bone bruise, which was the initial red flag with the knee and what originally sidelined him.
Ball’s rehab was ramped up in late February and into early March, but he kept hitting a road block of pain as they started attempting sprinting and cutting. Rather than trying to power through it, it was decided less than two weeks ago to simply pause the rehab process.
Now comes one more attempt to push it again.
“Obviously with the amount of time that he had to kind of let things calm down, not going to go zero-to-60, there will be each day a little bit more, see how he does,’’ Donovan said. “But that process is going to start now, just to see how he responds. There’s been nothing with what he’s done, even with a little bit of work [Thursday]. I think they’ll be really smart in terms of he had time off to let it calm down, and now incrementally try and build him back up.
“So that will take a little bit of time just to see how he responds once we get him back to a place where we can try and get him that sprinting and cutting.’’
But there’s a reason that Ball wants to return, and why the Bulls would welcome it. Before he was injured, Ball was not only the sparkplug for the transition game and playing like an all-defensive player, but he was shooting a career-best 42.3% from three-point range.
Ball was the perfect kick in the drive-and-kick for the likes of Zach LaVine and DeMar DeRozan, especially with how well he was shooting the corner three, which a lot of defenses have been giving up when they play the Bulls because of all the attention paid to LaVine’s attack game and DeRozan’s mid-range.
If Ball can start sprinting and cutting after the pause he took, full contact in practice would come quickly, and then he would get some restricted minutes in live games.
“We’ll see if this helps,’’ Donovan added. | https://chicago.suntimes.com/bulls/2022/3/31/23005693/bulls-guard-lonzo-ball-back-up-and-running-will-be-in-time | 2022-04-01T01:28:23Z |
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Channing Tatum's canine-centered buddy comedy, appropriately titled Dog, is coming to DVD, digital, and Blu-ray, MGM, and Warner Bros have announced. The film will be available to purchase on digital in late April, and on Blu-ray and DVD in early May.
The film, which was originally released earlier this year, tells the story of two Army Rangers who have to overcome their differences in order to make their way across the country to make it to a Military funeral. The twist? One of them is a dog, and a Belgian Malinois named Lulu, to be exact. The human of the duo, Army Ranger Briggs, played by Tatum, will have to handle Lulu's wild nature as they drive to the Pacific Coast in Briggs' 1984 Ford Bronco.
The Blu-ray, DVD, and digital release combo pack will feature a cover that shows the special bond that the two develop, showing Tatum resting on the bumper of his Bronco, with his shirt slightly ripped and scratches on his face, with Lulu bobbing her head playfully out the back of the car. Certainly, Briggs has been put through the ringer, with Lulu giving him a little more than a licking. Tatum has previously discussed his role in the film in an interview that he and the film's co-director Reid Carolin did with Collider. You can check out his thoughts on the film here.
The film is directed by both Reid Carolin and one of the film's stars Channing Tatum in their directorial debut. No word on whether Britta, one of the dogs tasked with playing Lulu was asked for her contribution. Carolin also penned the screenplay. The story is by Carolin and Brett Rodriguez. In addition to Tatum and Britta, the film also stars Jane Adams of Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Kevin Nash of Magic Mike, Q’orianka Kilcher , Ethan Suplee, Emmy Raver-Lampman, and Nicole LaLiberte. Gregory Jacobs, Peter Kiernan, and Brett Rodriguez serve as producers on the film, with Betsy Danbury and Ken Meyer serving as executive producers.
Dog is rated PG-13 for language, thematic elements, drug content, and some suggestive material. The film will be available to purchase on Digital on April 19, 2022. Dog will subsequently be released on Blu-ray and DVD on May 10, 2022. The Blu-ray, DVD, and digital combo pack will be available for the Suggested Retail Price of $34.98. It will also be available on DVD only for DVD a Suggested Retail Price of $29.98. Check out the cover art below: | https://collider.com/dog-channing-tatum-blu-ray-dvd-release-date/ | 2022-04-01T01:28:23Z |
The 20-km-long phase I of metro lines 2A and 7 will be flagged off on the traditional new year Gudi Padwa, stated Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) chief SVR Srinivas while adding that the commercial operations will begin from Saturday evening or from Sunday onwards.
To chug between Dahanukarwadi-Dahisar-Aarey, the train on both the lines will initially run at a speed of 70km/hr initially, with a total of 150 services to be operated from 6 am to 10 pm with a frequency of 11 minutes.
“The commissioner of metro railway safety has given approval for a maximum speed of 80 kmph. However, initially we will begin the service with a speed limit of 70km/hr. Once the speed is increased it will further reduce the time gap between two trains. Also, we expect 20 more rakes to be inducted in the fleet which will help improve frequency. Gradually, metro trains will run between 5 am till midnight," Srinivas apprised.
He further said that only paper and mobile QR code-based journey tickets from ticket counters will be given in the start and there will be no monthly season tickets. “In few days we will introduce smart cards, an app-based ticketing system with provision for monthly passes," he added.
He also pointed out that this is the first metro system to have platform screen doors (PSDS). "These PSDS will prevent passengers act as a barrier between the track and platform’s edge. These barricades will help people from entering or falling in the track area ensuring their safety during crowds."
Besides two reserved coaches for women, a dedicated helpline number-103-will also be launched for the safety of female commuters.
The entire phase of Line 2 up to D N Nagar and Line 7 till Western Express Highway is targeted to be completed before August 15. “Nearly 75 per cent work has been completed on the remaining of both these lines,” he mentioned, adding that every station will be equipped with CCTVs having AI features.
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Could the Golden Globes be getting an overhaul?
That's the plan proposed by Cheryl Boone Isaacs, who formerly served as the president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, who hold the annual Oscars. Isaacs now serves as a partner and senior advisor at Pacific Coast Entertainment, who shared their proposal to the members of the Globes' governing body, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, exclusively with ET on Thursday.
The proposal reads in part, "Over the last year, many watched the headlines that have dramatically impacted the reputation and stature of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA or Association), its members, and the Golden Globe Awards. A year into the Association's public commitment to transform, and despite the actions taken toward that goal, the boycotts continue, and the public image of the HFPA and Golden Globe Awards remains tarnished."
"As partners, we would take the additional steps needed to reassure the world that the processes by which nominees are considered and awardees selected adhere to the highest ethical standards," the letter continues. "Further, we would deepen and accelerate the work you began more than a year ago, adding more credibility in establishing a more authentic transformation and a willingness to encompass greater diversity and inclusion. This evolution goes far beyond a single award show on a single night."
Prior to issuing an invitation to all HFPA members to hear more about PCE's proposal at an upcoming dinner, the letter concludes, "At PCE, our goal is to build a robust business partnership with the HFPA that will benefit all members of the HFPA while restoring the brand and reputation of the Golden Globes. Our plan includes: creating an endowment to support the foreign correspondents; consummating strategic relationships for brand and community impact; and, creating a path for key industry partners to re-engage with the HFPA."
Following a year of controversy over the Hollywood Foreign Press Association's membership and nominations process, the 2022 Golden Globes were not televised and were held without an audience or red carpet. The HFPA announced just days ahead of the scheduled ceremony that only "select members and grantees" of the governing body would be in attendance, under strict COVID protocols.
During the ceremony, Senior Vice President of the NAACP Hollywood Bureau Kyle Bowser unveiled the Reimagine Coalition, a joint five-year initiative to increase diversity, equity and inclusion across the global entertainment industry.
According to the initiative, each year, the HFPA and NAACP "will collaborate on, fund, and support a series of trailblazing initiatives, with the overall goals of ensuring visibility of projects from artists of diverse racial and ethnic backgrounds; increasing diverse representation in the industry; and building pathways to inclusion for young artists and journalists of color."
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Deutsche Aircraft selects Liebherr to supply D328eco flap and spoiler system
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Inmate Dies at Fairfax County Adult Detention Center
Detectives from Fairfax County Police Major Crimes Bureau are investigating the in-custody death of 65-year-old inmate George Redmond. The Sheriff’s Office reported on March 28, 2022 at approximately 9:20 a.m., a Sheriff’s deputy found Redmond unresponsive in his single cell in the Adult...
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JUAREZ, Mexico (Border Report) – Myrna and Julio Flores fled El Salvador after gang members levied a “tax” on their home-based business and threatened harm if they didn’t pay up.
“We had a baby on the way. That motivated us to close our business, quit our jobs and come to the United States,” Myrna said, holding her now 8-month-old daughter.
The couple crossed the Rio Grande at Reynosa, Mexico, but didn’t have a chance to plead their case for asylum. The U.S. Border Patrol fingerprinted them at a processing center near McAllen, Texas, put them on an airplane to El Paso and expelled them to Mexico under the Title 42 public health rule last month.
Immigration advocates say Title 42 exposes migrants to violent crime in Mexican border cities like Juarez. The Flores couple can attest to that.
On Feb. 12, armed gunmen allegedly belonging to a cell of the Aztecas gang arrived at a church in South Central Juarez where a funeral was being held for a rival. The gunmen murdered six funeral-goers including a 12-year-old boy and wounded several other people. The Floreses were staying at a small migrant shelter in the back of that church and escaped the fusillade.
“When we went out, we had to step over the dead because there were several dead and wounded. We found refuge in the house across (the street),” Myrna said. “The church had to close to because of threats.”
Seeing days go by at a Juarez shelter, the couple is looking forward to the termination of Title 42, which news reports out of Washington, D.C., say will happen on May 23.
“We were fleeing violence and we found more violence,” Julio said. “I hope they let us apply for asylum (in the United States). Most of us are fleeing because there are too many problems in our countries. The violence in El Salvador has exploded. […] There’s a 6 p.m. curfew in most towns (because of gang violence). People cannot come out of their homes.”
Enrique Valenzuela, head of the Chihuahua Population Council (COESPO), says between 10,000 and 12,500 migrants are in Juarez waiting for the end of Title 42.
“The shelters are at 80 percent capacity. That’s between 2,000 and 3,000 people, but for every migrant that comes to us for assistance, there are four to five that do not,” said Valenzuela, whose office oversees Juarez’s Migrant Assistance Center.
The council in 2019 helped U.S. Customs and Border Protection bring order to a then-chaotic border in which flash mobs frequently materialized across from U.S. ports of entry and hustlers sold places in line.
Back then, COESPO helped manage access to international bridges and provided guidance to migrants as to what documents CBP expected of them.
This time, though, it’s still not known what shape that cooperation will take.
“At this point, we don’t know how much of an influx we will have or how the United States chooses to handle that flow,” Valenzuela said. “It’s important for people to know they have to wait for official information, for them not to be tricked that it will be an easy way into the United States now that Title 42 is going to be lifted. No, that is not the case.”
But Valenzuela said Chihuahua Gov. Maru Campos has instructed his office and other state agencies to continue helping migrants regardless of where they come from. That includes Mexican families displaced by a bloody drug war in several regions, Central and South Americans already in the city or on the way, and those whom the United States continues to expel daily.
“It’s our duty to provide humanitarian attention to people arriving at this border. We work with allies that include all three levels of government (in Mexico), the United Nations, local and international NGOs,” he said. “Our primary duty is to provide them shelter – a place to stay – and also medical and mental health screenings.”
Meantime, Myrna and Julio Flores hope to finally soon have a chance to state their case and flee the violence in El Salvador and Mexico. “Our hope is that at least they let us apply for asylum in the United States. Most of us are on the run, running from problems because our countries are too conflictive,” Julio said. | https://www.wavy.com/video/at-least-10000-in-juarez-waiting-for-title-42-rollback-chance-at-u-s-asylum/ | 2022-04-01T01:28:23Z |
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Submissions Open For Edinburgh International Film Festival's New Visions Short Film Competition
Competition submissions are open from Friday 1st April at 1pm and closing on 22nd May at 1pm.
Edinburgh International Film Festival's (EIFF) New Visions Short Film Competition returns this year, with the ongoing, dedicated purpose of discovering the newest voices in Scottish film and bringing their visions to the global stage.
The competition is open to filmmakers aged 15-25 who are based in Scotland with competition submissions open from Friday 1st April at 1pm and closing on 22nd May at 1pm. Shortlisted filmmakers will be notified in June.
The competition backed by Ballie Gifford and PLACE first launched as part of 2018 Year of Young People and this year's finalists for EIFF New Visions Short Film Competition will be invited to a public screening of their work at EIFF in August 2022 to compete for one of three New Visions Awards. The winning films will be announced in August. Shortlisted entries will also be shown on the EIFF YouTube for three months following the physical screening.
Each award also comes with £1,500 worth of Procam Take 2 vouchers. Procam Take 2 provides digital cinematography and motion picture equipment rental, providing cameras, lenses, and monitors, as well as audio, lighting and grip.
Participation in the EIFF New Visions Short Film Competition is completely free and all genres and themes are accepted. Interested filmmakers must be based in Scotland and be aged 15-25 in August 2022.
The programme is curated by EIFF's Youth Advisory Group*, who will decide on the shortlist and determine the running order for the screening. A panel of judges, made up of film industry professionals, will select three New Visions Award winners. Each film will be given three complimentary tickets to the screening, and travel bursaries will be made available to ensure each finalist can attend.
*The Youth Advisory Group is a group of 19-25 year olds who are given training from our staff, and help us curate the Youth programme for EIFF.
For more information on the Submissions Process please go to: https://www.edfilmfest.org.uk/new-visions-2022 | https://www.broadwayworld.com/scotland/article/Submissions-Open-For-Edinburgh-International-Film-Festivals-New-Visions-Short-Film-Competition-20220331 | 2022-04-01T01:28:24Z |
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A former minor league pitcher ran a major league illegal sports betting operation in California that used other former pro athletes to take bets and took wagers from players still in the game, federal prosecutors said Thursday.
Wayne Nix, who threw for Oakland Athletics farm teams, used his connections to recruit three former Major League Baseball players and a former pro football player as fellow bookies, prosecutors said.
The MLB began looking into the matter when it learned of it Thursday, but was unaware any of those involved other than Nix, a spokesman said.
Court records offered no names of the players who worked for Nix or those who placed bets with his business, but they provide a glimpse of the kind of money being wagered, earned and lost.
A professional football player paid Nix $245,000 for gambling losses in 2016. An MLB coach paid $4,000 in losses that same year. It was not disclosed if either bet on their own games or their own sports.
MLB prohibits players from betting on baseball or gambling illegally on sports. They can bet on other sports if it’s legal. The National Football League policy bars all personnel from betting on football games.
A Los Angeles check cashing business that has agreed to plead guilty to failing to prevent money laundering in the scheme cashed over $18 million in checks from two single bettors, prosecutors said.
One client wagered $5 million on the Super Bowl but it was not revealed if that gambit paid off.
Sports betting is legal in 30 states, but not in California. However, voters will have a chance to legalize it at the polls in November.
Nix, 45, has agreed to plead guilty to conspiring to run an illegal gambling operation and faces up to eight years in prison. He also admitted he failed to report $1.4 million in income in 2017 and 2018. He has agreed to pay back taxes and interest of $1.25 million and forfeit $1.3 million seized from bank accounts.
Nix began the sports bookmaking business about 20 years ago after his six-year minor league career — with stops in Arizona, Texas and California — ended, prosecutors said.
His client list was created from contacts he had made in the sports world and included current and former pro athletes. The agents he hired helped expand that clientele.
The operation eventually began using a Costa Rican business, Sand Island Sports, to create accounts where bets could be placed and tracked and credit limits set, prosecutors said. Bets were placed online or through a call center, though Nix paid winners and kept most of the money from losing bets.
Those who exceeded credit limits were shut off, though exceptions were made, according to court documents.
A sports broadcaster's account was reactivated in February 2019 after he told Nix he was refinancing his home mortgage to pay off his gambling debts.
In September 2019, Nix increased the credit limit to a baseball player with debts so he could make additional bets.
In November, 2019, Nix's partner, Edon Kagasoff, told a business manager for a professional basketball player that he would increase the maximum wager he could place to $25,000 per NBA game.
Kagasoff, 44, faces the same conspiracy charge as Nix. He also agreed to plead guilty and forfeit over $3 million in funds seized from his home and bank accounts. | https://www.beaumontenterprise.com/news/article/Ex-minor-leaguer-ran-major-league-sports-betting-17049855.php | 2022-04-01T01:28:25Z |
Peering Into The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation's Recent Short Interest
The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation's (NYSE:BK) short percent of float has risen 21.95% since its last report. The company recently reported that it has 8.06 million shares sold short, which is 1.0% of all regular shares that are available for trading. Based on its trading volume, it would take traders 1.6 days to cover their short positions on average.
Why Short Interest Matters
Short interest is the number of shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. Short selling is when a trader sells shares of a company they do not own, with the hope that the price will fall. Traders make money from short selling if the price of the stock falls and they lose if it rises.
Short interest is important to track because it can act as an indicator of market sentiment towards a particular stock. An increase in short interest can signal that investors have become more bearish, while a decrease in short interest can signal they have become more bullish.
See Also: List of the most shorted stocks
The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation Short Interest Graph (3 Months)
As you can see from the chart above the percentage of shares that are sold short for The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation has grown since its last report. This does not mean that the stock is going to fall in the near-term but traders should be aware that more shares are being shorted.
Comparing The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation's Short Interest Against Its Peers
Peer comparison is a popular technique amongst analysts and investors for gauging how well a company is performing. A company's peer is another company that has similar characteristics to it, such as industry, size, age, and financial structure. You can find a company's peer group by reading its 10-K, proxy filing, or by doing your own similarity analysis.
According to Benzinga Pro, The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation's peer group average for short interest as a percentage of float is 2.09%, which means the company has less short interest than most of its peers.
Did you know that increasing short interest can actually be bullish for a stock? This post by Benzinga Money explains how you can profit from it..
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APPLE VALLEY, Minn., March 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Uponor Corporation, the Finland-based parent of Uponor North America, has appointed Jennifer Hauschildt to the newly created position of Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO) for the company worldwide, while also making her a member of the Uponor Executive Committee. The appointment, effective April 1, makes her the first leader based in North America to be named to the Executive Committee in a non-presidential role.
Based at the Apple Valley headquarters, Hauschildt has been serving as Vice President Human Resources for the North American division since June 2019. Now reporting to Michael Rauterkus, President and CEO, Uponor Corporation, she will continue to work from Minnesota. Hauschildt will travel worldwide, as needed, to establish working relationships across the entire Uponor organization and move key initiatives forward.
"I warmly welcome Jennifer to this new position on our Uponor Executive Committee," says Rauterkus. "She brings excellent organization and high-performance culture development skills, as well as extensive HR experience to the role. I am happy we found her internally, demonstrating our strong in-house experience and talent. Her capabilities and leadership are a great fit for driving the next phase of Uponor's People First agenda."
Hauschildt began her career at Uponor in 2014 as Vice President, IT, at Uponor North America. Prior to joining the company, she worked 20 years at Thomson Reuters and held various leadership positions in human resources, talent development, diversity and IT. She holds a bachelor's degree in mathematics and a master's in business administration.
"In her new role, Jen will be responsible for ensuring alignment between our business strategy and driving a People First culture globally," says John Reutter, Interim President and VP of Finance for Uponor North America. "Her appointment to the Executive Committee perfectly demonstrates our Flexible First working culture, in that It signifies that no matter where an employee is based, there are opportunities for career advancement at Uponor."
Reutter also announced that Erica Amevo, Director of Human Resources at Uponor North America, will assume the role of interim vice president of Human Resources for the division, while a search begins for Hauschildt's permanent replacement. Amevo will report to Reutter and serve on the Senior Management Committee.
"I am excited not only to take on this new role, but also for the importance Uponor is placing on moving our People First culture forward," says Hauschildt. "Our people are our most important asset, and the People First agenda reflects that commitment."
Note: As of April 1, Uponor Corporation's Executive Committee will consist of the following members: Michael Rauterkus, John Reutter and Jennifer Hauschildt, as well as Markus Melkko, CFO; Karsten Hoppe, President, Building Solutions – Europe; and Sebastian Bondestam, President, Uponor Infra.
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Boosted by Western support, Morocco is working to impose its own settlement in the long-running Western Sahara conflict, even at the cost of a falling out with its allies, analysts say.
Morocco and the Polisario Front, an independence movement backed by the kingdom’s arch-rival Algeria, have been locked for decades in a bitter struggle over Western Sahara.
The monarchy sees the former Spanish colony as an integral part of its territory, with King Mohammed declaring in November that “Moroccan sovereignty over Western Sahara will never be up for negotiation”.
This unbending stance appears to have paid off, with Germany and Spain coming out in favour of Rabat’s 2007 “autonomy” plan to keep the phosphate-rich desert under Moroccan sovereignty.
Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares is expected in Rabat on Friday to relaunch bilateral relations after Madrid, dramatically reversing decades of policy, backed the plan in what Moroccans hailed as a “diplomatic coup”.
“There is a consensus on the question of the Sahara. The whole of (Moroccan) society supports the cause, it’s an absolute priority for every Moroccan,” said Tajeddine Houssaini, professor of international relations at Rabat’s Mohammed V University.
Western Sahara, with rich Atlantic fishing waters and access to key markets in West Africa, is 80 percent controlled by Morocco but considered a “non-autonomous territory” by the UN.
Spain withdrew in 1975 but the Polisario waged a long armed struggle for independence from Morocco before reaching a ceasefire in 1991 on the promise of an independence referendum.
– Spanish shift –
The Polisario in November 2020 declared the ceasefire null and void, and has since stepped up attacks on Moroccan forces.
Madrid, whose enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla share land borders with Morocco, now officially sees the autonomy plan as “the most serious, realistic and credible basis” for a resolution.
Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has defended the shift as necessary to forge “more solid” ties with Morocco, after a string of crises over migrants and relations with the Polisario.
The move “is undoubtedly a victory for Morocco in the short term”, said Bernabe Lopez, professor of Arab and Islamic studies at Madrid’s UAM university.
But he added that it was “difficult to know” if the shift would have a concrete effect.
“We will have to see if there is a good agreement in the future (between Madrid and Rabat) and if this brings other countries around” to Madrid’s position, he said.
Former US president Donald Trump’s recognition of Moroccan sovereignty over the territory in late 2020 marked a shift on which Rabat has been quick to capitalise — and one that Trump’s successor Joe Biden has not reversed.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, visiting Morocco this week, also described the autonomy plan as “serious, credible and realistic”.
– ‘Rapprochement with Russia’ –
Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita urged European states on Tuesday to follow Spain’s lead and “get out of this comfort zone where people are just supporting a process (without) supporting a solution”.
King Mohammed in November warned countries with “vague or ambivalent positions” that Morocco “will not engage with them in any economic or commercial process that would exclude the Moroccan Sahara”.
Political scientist Khadija Mohsen-Finan said Morocco’s latest push was “taking place at a time when all eyes are on Ukraine”.
She said Morocco was making itself “indispensable” to the West by leveraging “migration, airspace, security and the fight against Islamism”.
The UN recently appointed a new envoy on the conflict, raising hopes of reviving a dialogue frozen since 2019 — despite a particularly bitter period in relations between Algeria and Morocco.
Morocco has carefully steered clear of taking sides in the ongoing war in Ukraine, abstaining from voting on UN resolutions condemning Russia for invading its neighbour.
Observers say this neutrality illustrates Rabat’s desire to avoid alienating the UN Security Council member, which could impact the Western Sahara question.
But a Western diplomat, who asked not to be named, said Morocco’s position had “greatly disappointed” its traditional allies “in view of the seriousness of Russian aggression and in respect of its traditional alliances with Western countries”.
Instead, the diplomat said, Rabat had taken those ties as a given and sought “a rapprochement with Russia”. | https://www.citizen.co.za/news/news-world/news-africa/3063634/morocco-seeks-to-impose-solution-in-western-sahara-conflict/ | 2022-04-01T01:28:27Z |
In one of my previous pieces, I took a look at the Deshaun Watson press conference and began to do a deep dive into the issues that will likely plague him moving forward. It will be impossible to discuss Watson and his downfall in Houston without discussing Jack Easterby. On the one hand, I get how tired everyone is of hearing that name. He’s almost become a cartoon character at this point.
Yet, it was the point that people have faces that they show the world and faces that they have in private that generated the most discussion behind the scenes. Public and private personas can be costly business when you are looking at a billion dollar industry like the NFL. Having people that can work with people and help them avoid those pitfalls is definitely worth the trouble. At least, that’s the theory behind having a Jack Easterby in the organization.
I’ve been lucky enough or unlucky enough to work with teenagers professionally, socially, and now again in my own home. In addition to teaching, I also volunteer at my local church and have done so for more than 20 years. I have seen Easterby before. I imagine we all have. They mention all of the buzzwords and phrases like “servant leadership” with most people not quite understanding what they are talking about.
A large part of the misunderstanding comes down to the meaning of that phrase. A character coach or life coach doesn’t control who is in the congregation. They take those that do come and help them to be better. They make them want to come back. They help them discover how they can be more fully integrated into the faith community. In the tradition of ministry there are two concepts competing. There are ministers that are “called” and then there are ministers that are “sent.”
Without getting into specifics of a largely theological discussion, the difference is that one has service thrust upon them while the other gets to choose who to serve. Easterby has somehow taken a role that has traditionally been the first and somehow turned it into the second. He has taken a role where he takes the players that personnel people choose and works with them and somehow converted it to a position where he becomes intertwined with player personnel.
The Easterby dilemma is one most of us have seen before. We’ve seen it at work when someone with an extra helping of charisma has somehow risen to a position they are incapable of doing. For those of us that go to church, we have seen it there too. Someone on the staff somehow has taken power and has perverted the mission of the church. Suddenly, years later you look up and wonder what in the hell just happened.
The results are undeniable. An organization that started with Brian Gaine as the general manager somehow ended up firing him without a plan moving forward. They tried hiring Nick Caserio with Easterby in the middle of some kind of Machiavellian plot to poach him from New England. That didn’t work. They tried the “flat organization structure” approach with no real general manager. We saw how that worked out.
Then William O’Brien became the general manager with Bill O’Brien remaining the coach. He got the axe too. One man was in the center of all of these gaffes. He’s the same one that was at the center of pivoting from Omar Khan to Nick Caserio. This was the move that reportedly pissed off Watson to the degree that he wanted out. Somehow, the person at the center of all of this failure not only kept a position within the organization, but managed to stumble their way up to executive vice president of football operations.
Admittedly, I don’t know Jack Easterby. We only know what we have read about him. What I know is that a true servant leader knows what they can do well and what they can’t do well. They know what they are qualified to do and what they aren’t qualified to do. They are humble enough to take the gifts that they have been given and use them to make the organization better. They certainly don’t use them to feather their own nest. Of course, we don’t know for a fact that Easterby was responsible for all of those people being gone. We just have to put two and two together to get four.
Naturally, that brings us to the question of what to do now. Someone that is a character coach or minister thrives on trust. They are only successful as long as those they shepherd trust them. If their flock doesn’t trust them then it really doesn’t matter whether that lack of faith is deserved or not. We have often been told that perception is reality. A true servant leader would know when to step aside in a situation like this. Whether “culture ball” is a winning philosophy or not is immaterial. Results speak for themselves. Sometimes you are saddled with a losing vision. Sometimes you have a good vision that is just trusted to the wrong people. The end result in this case is the same. Whether it is the man or the mission, they both need to be gone. | https://www.battleredblog.com/2022/3/31/23002900/a-look-behind-the-curtain | 2022-04-01T01:28:27Z |
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Thursday evening's drawing of the "Cash4Life" game were:
01-02-27-29-30, Cash Ball: 3
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TRENTON, N.J. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Thursday evening's drawing of the "Cash4Life" game were:
01-02-27-29-30, Cash Ball: 3
(one, two, twenty-seven, twenty-nine, thirty; Cash Ball: three) | https://www.myplainview.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Cash4Life-game-17049899.php | 2022-04-01T01:28:27Z |
NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon workers in Alabama appear to have rejected a union bid in a tight race, according to early results on Thursday. But outstanding challenged votes could change the outcome.
In New York, union supporters have the edge in a count that will continue Friday morning.
Warehouse workers in Bessemer, Alabama, voted 993 to 875 against forming a union. The National Labor Relations Board, which oversees the election, said that 416 challenged votes could potentially overturn that result. A hearing to go through the challenged ballots will occur in the next few days.
Meanwhile, in a separate union election in Staten Island, New York, the nascent Amazon Labor Union is leading by more than 350 votes out of about 2,670 tallied.
The close election in Bessemer marks a sharp contrast to last year, when Amazon workers overwhelmingly rejected the union.
“This is just the beginning and we will continue to fight,” said Stuart Appelbaum, president of the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union, which is organizing the union drive in Bessemer, at a Thursday press conference. “Regardless of the final outcome, workers have shown what is possible. They have helped ignite a movement.”
Appelbaum said RWDSU will be filing objections to how Amazon handled the election but declined to be specific. He also took the opportunity to lash out at current labor laws, which he believes are rigged against unions and favor corporations.
“It should not be so difficult to organize a union in the United States,” he said.
If a majority of Amazon workers votes yes in either Bessemer or Staten Island, it would mark the first successful U.S. organizing effort in the company’s history. Organizers have faced an uphill battle against the nation’s second-largest private employer, which is making every effort to keep unions out.
In New York, the ALU has led the charge to form a union along with Chris Smalls, a fired Amazon employee who now heads the fledging group. Turnout for the in-person election was unclear but Smalls was hopeful of victory.
“To be leading in Day One and be up a couple hundred against a trillion dollar company, this is the best feeling in the world,” Smalls said after the conclusion of Thursday’s counting.
While Smalls’ attention has been focused on securing victory in New York, similar efforts in Alabama also weighed heavily.
“I’m not too sure what’s going in Alabama right now, but I know that the sky’s the limit if you can organize any warehouse,” he said, noting that the vote in Alabama could well end up differently. “I hope that they’re successful. I don’t know what’s going on yet, but we know we show our support and solidarity with them.”
The warehouse in Staten Island employs more than 8,300 workers, who pack and ship supplies to customers based mostly in the Northeast. A labor win there was considered difficult, but organizers believe their grassroots approach is more relatable to workers and could help them overcome where established unions have failed in the past.
John Logan, director of labor and employment studies at San Francisco State University, said the early vote counts in New York has been “shocking.” ALU has no backing from an established union and is powered by former and current warehouse workers. The group had also filed for a union election after getting support from about 30% of the facility’s workforce, a much lower percentage than what unions usually seek.
“I don’t think that many people thought that the Amazon Labor Union had much of a chance of winning at all,” Logan said. “And I think we’re likely to see more of those (approaches) going forward.”
Though RWDSU is currently lagging behind with challenged ballots outstanding, Logan said that election was also remarkable because the union has made a good effort narrowing its margin from last year’s election.
After a crushing defeat last year, when a majority of workers voted against forming a union, RWDSU is hoping for a different outcome in the Bessemer election, in which mail-in ballots were sent to 6,100 workers in early February. Federal labor officials scrapped the results of the first election there and ordered a re-do after ruling Amazon tainted the election process.
The RWDSU said election there had a turnout rate of about 39% this year, much smaller than last year. Appelbaum blamed the low numbers on high turnover — he believes thousands of people who worked for Amazon in January and were on the official list to be eligible to vote either quit or were fired. He also believes that an in-person election, which the RWDSU had asked for, would have made a difference
Amazon has pushed back hard in both elections. The retail giant held mandatory meetings, where workers were told unions are a bad idea. The company also launched an anti-union website targeting workers and placed English and Spanish posters across the Staten Island facility urging them to reject the union. In Bessemer, Amazon has made some changes to but still kept a controversial U.S. Postal Service mailbox that was key in the NLRB’s decision to invalidate last year’s vote.
Both labor fights faced unique challenges. Alabama, for instance, is a right-to-work state that prohibits a company and a union from signing a contract that requires workers to pay dues to the union that represents them.
The mostly Black workforce at the Amazon facility, which opened in 2020, mirrors the Bessemer population of more than 70% Black residents, according to the latest U.S. Census data.
Pro-union workers say they want better working conditions, longer breaks and higher wages. Regular full-time employees at the Bessemer facility earn at least $15.80 an hour, higher than the estimated $14.55 per hour on average in the city. That figure is based on an analysis of the U.S. Census Bureau’s annual median household income for Bessemer of $30,284, which could include more than one worker.
The ALU said they don’t have a demographic breakdown of the warehouse workers on Staten Island and Amazon declined to provide the information to The Associated Press, citing the union vote. Internal records leaked to The New York Times from 2019 showed more than 60% of the hourly associates at the facility were Black or Latino, while most of managers were white or Asian.
Amazon workers there are seeking longer breaks, paid time off for injured employees and an hourly wage of $30, up from a minimum of just over $18 per hour offered by the company. The estimated average wage for the borough is $41 per hour, according to a similar U.S. Census Bureau analysis of Staten Island’s $85,381 median household income.
A spokesperson for Amazon said the company invests in wages and benefits, such as health care, 401(k) plans and a prepaid college tuition program to help grow workers’ careers.
“As a company, we don’t think unions are the best answer for our employees,” the spokesperson said in an emailed statement. “Our focus remains on working directly with our team to continue making Amazon a great place to work.”
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Associated Press staff writers Tali Arbel and Bobby Caina Calvan in New York contributed to this report. | https://www.wspa.com/news/national/amazon-staff-reject-union-in-alabama-lean-toward-it-in-nyc/ | 2022-04-01T01:28:27Z |
The Chicago Fire Department said two males were found dead at the home in the 11300 block of S. Homewood Ave.
Still and Box on the 113OO Block of South Homewood has been secured. Sadly there are two fatalities; two male victims; OFI is investigating. 0 pic.twitter.com/2CdYISunlj
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CFD's Office of Fire Investigation is investigating the cause of the fire.
This is a breaking news story. Check back for updates. | https://abc7chicago.com/morgan-park-chicago-fire-today-homewood-ave-department/11698301/ | 2022-04-01T01:28:27Z |
Dexter White returns to discuss where we are in the War in Ukraine and what it means for both the future of Europe and the global financial markets as emboldened neocons may see any of Russia’s operational mishaps around Kiev as openings to further attack on Russia.
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Ex-minor leaguer ran major league sports betting operation
LOS ANGELES -- A former minor league pitcher ran a major league illegal sports betting operation in California that used other former pro athletes to take bets and took wagers from players still in the game, federal prosecutors said Thursday.
Wayne Nix, who threw for Oakland Athletics farm teams, used his connections to recruit three former Major League Baseball players and a former pro football player as fellow bookies, prosecutors said.
The MLB began looking into the matter when it learned of it Thursday, but was unaware any of those involved other than Nix, a spokesman said.
Court records offered no names of the players who worked for Nix or those who placed bets with his business, but they provide a glimpse of the kind of money being wagered, earned and lost.
A professional football player paid Nix $245,000 for gambling losses in 2016. An MLB coach paid $4,000 in losses that same year. It was not disclosed if either bet on their own games or their own sports.
MLB prohibits players from betting on baseball or gambling illegally on sports. They can bet on other sports if it's legal. The National Football League policy bars all personnel from betting on football games.
A Los Angeles check cashing business that has agreed to plead guilty to failing to prevent money laundering in the scheme cashed over $18 million in checks from two single bettors, prosecutors said.
One client wagered $5 million on the Super Bowl but it was not revealed if that gambit paid off.
Sports betting is legal in 30 states, but not in California. However, voters will have a chance to legalize it at the polls in November.
Nix, 45, has agreed to plead guilty to conspiring to run an illegal gambling operation and faces up to eight years in prison. He also admitted he failed to report $1.4 million in income in 2017 and 2018. He has agreed to pay back taxes and interest of $1.25 million and forfeit $1.3 million seized from bank accounts.
Nix began the sports bookmaking business about 20 years ago after his six-year minor league career - with stops in Arizona, Texas and California - ended, prosecutors said.
His client list was created from contacts he had made in the sports world and included current and former pro athletes. The agents he hired helped expand that clientele.
The operation eventually began using a Costa Rican business, Sand Island Sports, to create accounts where bets could be placed and tracked and credit limits set, prosecutors said. Bets were placed online or through a call center, though Nix paid winners and kept most of the money from losing bets.
Those who exceeded credit limits were shut off, though exceptions were made, according to court documents.
A sports broadcaster's account was reactivated in February 2019 after he told Nix he was refinancing his home mortgage to pay off his gambling debts.
In September 2019, Nix increased the credit limit to a baseball player with debts so he could make additional bets.
In November, 2019, Nix's partner, Edon Kagasoff, told a business manager for a professional basketball player that he would increase the maximum wager he could place to $25,000 per NBA game.
Kagasoff, 44, faces the same conspiracy charge as Nix. He also agreed to plead guilty and forfeit over $3 million in funds seized from his home and bank accounts. | https://www.dailyherald.com/article/20220331/news/303319895/ | 2022-04-01T01:28:27Z |
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Thursday evening's drawing of the "Cash4Life" game were:
01-02-27-29-30, Cash Ball: 3
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TRENTON, N.J. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Thursday evening's drawing of the "Cash4Life" game were:
01-02-27-29-30, Cash Ball: 3
(one, two, twenty-seven, twenty-nine, thirty; Cash Ball: three) | https://www.darientimes.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Cash4Life-game-17049899.php | 2022-04-01T01:28:27Z |
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Costs top Americans' health care concerns, new poll finds
Americans' biggest health care priorities revolve largely around affordability, according to a new Kaiser Family Foundation poll, with most wanting to see Congress tackle drug prices. More broadly, inflation and rising costs dominate the public's concerns.
The findings, released Thursday, show that 55% of Americans call inflation and rising prices the biggest problem facing the U.S., far ahead of the Russian invasion of Ukraine (18%), climate change (6%), the COVID-19 pandemic (6%) or crime (6%).
That's true across party lines, although the sentiment is most pronounced within the GOP: About 70% of Republicans call inflation the country's biggest issue, compared with 53% of independents and 46% of Democrats.
Similarly, other recent polls have found the rising cost of living dominating Americans' minds. In a new Quinnipiac poll, 30% of Americans picked inflation as the most urgent issue facing the U.S., with the Russia/Ukraine crisis following at just 14%. NBC polling also found Americans more focused on economic concerns than foreign policy or other issues. And a new Gallup survey said 17% of Americans cited inflation as the nation's top problem, the highest level in its polling since 1985.
The focus on costs remains even when Americans are asked specifically about their priorities for possible health care legislation, the KFF poll finds. Most U.S. adults (61%) say it should be a priority for Congress to limit how much drug companies can raise prescription drug prices each year to no more than the rate of inflation. About half (53%) say Congress should make it a priority to cap out-of-pocket costs for insulin at $35 monthly and to place a limit on out-of-pocket health care costs for seniors (52%).
Fewer, 42%, call it a priority to expand government-provided health insurance in states that have not expanded Medicaid access or to increase funding for access to mental health services and training for mental health providers. Only 25% say that providing more COVID-19 pandemic response funding should be a priority.
"The public's priorities in health reflect deep concern about prices of everything right now, including drug prices," KFF President and CEO Drew Altman said in a news release. "That doesn't mean other things that have long been popular do not have public support too; they do. It just means prices are the preeminent concern."
In their personal finances, most Americans express at least some worry about being able to afford gasoline or other transportation costs (71%) and unexpected medical bills (58%), with many concerned about paying for monthly utility bills (50%) and food (47%). In February 2020, just 40% worried about paying for gas, 38% about monthly utilities and 34% about food, KFF found.
Concerns are magnified for lower-income Americans. Nearly 8 in 10 Americans in households making less than $40,000 a year say they worry about affording as or transportation costs, with more than 6 in 10 also concerned about affording unexpected medical bills (66%), monthly utilities (65%), rent or mortgage payments (63%) and food (62%).
About half of Americans, 51%, say they've put off or gone without some form of medical service in the past year because of its costs.
Twelve years after its passage, the Affordable Care Act remains popular, the KFF poll finds, with 55% of the public viewing it favorably. About one-quarter, 24%, say the law has directly helped them and their family, with 20% saying it hurt them and the rest that it's had no direct effect.
Of those who say they've seen a positive personal impact, about half say the ACA mainly helped by letting someone in their family get or keep health coverage, with 30% saying the ACA mainly made it easier to get needed health care and 20% that it mainly lowered health care or health insurance costs.
Views of both the ACA and its effects are also sharply divided along partisan lines, with 43% of Democrats and just 7% of Republicans saying the ACA has helped them.
Among Americans under 65 who have private health insurance, 56% say they know nothing about the No Surprises Act, a law taking effect this year that protects people with private health insurance from getting large medical bills when they accidentally receive out-of-network health care. Only about 21% say they know even something about the legislation. | https://www.mynbc5.com/article/americans-health-care-concerns/39593902 | 2022-04-01T01:28:27Z |
A 17-year-old boy is accused of shooting at a group of people on a sidewalk in South Shore earlier this month, killing two men and wounding two others.
The teen is charged with two counts of first-degree murder and three counts of attempted murder, Chicago police said.
On March 21, the 17-year-old allegedly fired on a group of people on a sidewalk about 3:30 p.m. in the 1600 block of East 79th Street, police said.
Deshawn Champion, 32, was shot in the chest and taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center, where he died, authorities said.
Antonio Wilson, 23, was taken to the same hospital and also pronounced dead, authorities said.
A third man, 31, suffered a graze wound and was taken to the hospital in good condition, police said. Another 31-year-old man was shot in the shoulder and taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital in fair condition.
A 20-year-old man who was also in the group was not wounded, police said.
Police said the teen was arrested Wednesday. He is expected to appear in court Friday. | https://chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2022/3/31/23005698/teen-charged-murder-south-shore-shooting | 2022-04-01T01:28:29Z |
While the rest of Mumbai has been unlocked and restrictions thrown to the wind, for some bizarre reason, colleges in the metropolis have decided to double the pressure. In a circular issued by the Consortium of Mumbai Colleges last night, it has been decided that henceforth no student will be allowed entry into any college in Mumbai and MMR without a blue mask and a minimum 100 ml sanitizer bottle.
Students are up in arms with what they call an ugly surprise as the circular has already found its place of pride on the notice boards of most colleges.
Sheila Vani, a fourth-year student from a college in Powai told Free Press Journal that the circular is totally regressive. "When the world is trying to get to real normalcy, colleges come out with a strange rule like that."
Muni Badni from a college in South Mumbai was aghast at the specifications asked for in the circular. "Why only a blue mask and why just a 100 ml sanitiser bottle," she asked.
Siddharth M from a college in Bandra West said that he has all masks in black and his girlfriend has colourful masks, "So what do we do with all of them."
Varun D who is going to the 13th standard had the same grouse. "Now where do I search for that specific 100 ml bottle and the blue mask, this is getting absurd."
FPJ, with great difficulty, managed to speak to Karan J, who is president of the Consortium of Mumbai Colleges. At first, he refused to take our calls or messages and it is only with much persuasion that he agreed to meet in person.
According to Mr Karan, the idea behind the blue mask was to bring a sense of equality among students. "Now you see the blue mask is very cheap and available easily. I have seen students wearing velvet and silk masks and this makes other students feel sad. So, to bring uniformity and justice to those not so rich, the blue mask is the norm," he said in a stern voice.
And when asked about the sanitizer bottle, Mr Karan said that the size of the bottle has been decided to keep in mind the various times and situations, and places the sanitizer bottle has been misused. "Boys are having sanitizer bottle fights on campus and girls are flooding toilet garbage bins with huge sanitizer bottles. So the sanitizer bottle requirement has been issued keeping safety in mind and economy since some colleges had to buy bigger garbage bins," he added.
We asked about the multiple and rather senseless visits students would have to make to the chemist to replenish the bottles, to which Mr Karan said that his company Drama Pharmacy makes sanitizer bottles of that particular size and he can easily supply them to the colleges with a hefty discount.
FPJ came out of the meeting terribly confused and amused at the same time. We didn't know whether to support it or join the chorus of students who we could see marching near Azad Maidan protesting against the circular. But then we relaxed when we saw, that the placards they were holding had the line - Happy April Fool's Day.
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Eddie Murphy will look to be tackling another icon, as Deadline reports that the comedian is in talks to portray George Clinton in a biopic on the Godfather of Funk. Murphy will also produce the film, which is said to be a passion project of his. Clinton, who still needs to bestow his blessing on the film, was inaugurated into the Rock and Hall of Fame in 1997. He and his group, Parliament-Funkadelic, have served as an inspiration to numerous artists, from Ice Cube to the Wu-Tang Clan.
Once the rights have been secured with Clinton, Murphy and his producing partners John and Catherine Davis (Game Night, Dolemite Is My Name) will begin to look for writers. There will certainly be a wealth of experiences and accomplishments for the film to cover, much akin to other recent biopics such as Get On Up, which starred the late Chadwick Boseman as James Brown. Clinton was born in North Carolina and raised in Plainfield, New Jersey, where he spent many of his days at the Silk Palace, a barbershop that was staffed by several members of Parliament-Funkadelic. The musician's finest accomplishment perhaps came in 2019, when he and his group finally received Grammy Lifetime Achievement Awards.
Murphy's latest role came in a reprisal of his iconic Prince/King Akeem Zoffer in Amazon's Coming 2 America. That project sparked a three-picture deal between Amazon and Murphy, and the streamer could easily become a home for this film once a script is written. Dolemite Is My Name helped to reignite Murphy's career for modern audiences, a film in which he portrayed blaxploitation icon Rudy Ray Moore. That performance earned him a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actor - Musical or Comedy.
This film would follow behind Murphy's next project, which will see him team up with Kenya Barris (black-ish) in a comedy film for Netflix titled You People. He will star opposite Jonah Hill, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Nia Long, and David Duchovny. Hill co-wrote the film with Barris, and the plot is described as following "a new couple and their families as they reckon with modern love amid culture clashes, societal expectations, and generational differences."
Stay tuned to Collider for updates on this biopic as news develops. | https://collider.com/eddie-murphy-george-clinton-biopic-godfather-of-funk/ | 2022-04-01T01:28:29Z |
On Wednesday, fans were shocked to hear that legendary actor Bruce Willis would be stepping away from his acting career after being diagnosed with aphasia.
Willis' family announced on Wednesday that after a decades-spanning career with many blockbuster films and franchises to his name, the 67-year-old actor would be "stepping away from the career that has meant so much to him," due to the condition affecting his "cognitive abilities."
According to the Mayo Clinic, aphasia is "a condition that robs you of the ability to communicate. It can affect your ability to speak, write and understand language, both verbal and written."
Two sources have since told ET that the actor's health has been deteriorating for a while now, so much so that he needed help with his lines on film sets.
"It got to the point where on his last several films, he was fitted with an earpiece, and someone had to read him his lines because he was unable to remember them," one of the sources told ET.
ET spoke with Dr. Nneka Ifejika, a rehab specialist at UT Southwestern, about the condition.
"Aphasia is a condition that results from damage to the speech areas of the brain," Dr. Ifejika shared with ET.
As for what Willis and his family can do to treat his condition moving forward, he has several options to maintain a good quality of life.
"There are treatments for it, though, so it will be very important to get ahold of a speech and language pathologist," Dr. Ifejika noted. "Their quality of life is greatly affected by aphasia, however, with good, adaptive methods and ways to compensate for aphasia, you can still have a good quality of life. There are certain medications and certain conditions that can be used to help facilitate communication."
Willis' last released project was this year's A Day to Die, and he has several completed and announced projects listed on his IMDb page.
Willis is best known for his role as John McClane in the Die Hard films and has many other hit movies to his name including Pulp Fiction, The Sixth Sense, Sin City, Armageddon, The Fifth Element and more.
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EASA to allow airlines to reduce extra fuel load
EASA published (25-Mar-2022) a decision which proposes that air operators be allowed to reduce the amount of fuel carried during operations, thereby reducing CO2 emissions. The decision will enter force on 30-Oct-2022. Details include:
- EASA stated the amount of additional fuel required can be optimised, while continuing to ensure high safety levels, due to improved risk assessment, calculations based on better data and better decision making;
- The precise reductions that would be permissible for individual operations will vary according to routing and aircraft used;
- The regulatory package is aligned with guidance from ICAO and the principles will also apply for aircraft powered fully or partially by alternative energy sources, such as electric aircraft.
- EASA stated the regulatory package will have the following benefits:
- Maximum fuel reduction of approximately one million tonnes p/a for EU operators, based on operations in 2015;
- Potential estimated annual saving of three million tonnes of CO2 p/a, with estimated savings of 0.29kg per minute on a short haul flight and 2.31kg per minute on a long haul flight. This potential saving would represent approximately 1% of European flight emissions.
EASA flight standards director Jesper Rasmussen stated: "There is no reason to lift up more fuel reserve into the sky than necessary... this can be done without compromising safety - the reduction is possible thanks to better assessment methods and better data which allow airlines to carry out a more precise risk assessment". [more - original PR] | https://centreforaviation.com/news/easa-to-allow-airlines-to-reduce-extra-fuel-load-1128213 | 2022-04-01T01:28:30Z |
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Several of Charlotte’s local LGBTQ community organizations came together March 29 to present the Charlotte LGBT+ Community Candidate Fair, among them Carolinas LGBT+ Chamber, Charlotte Black Pride, Charlotte Pride, Equality NC, the Freedom Center for Social Justice, LGBT Democrats of Mecklenburg County, Log Cabin Republicans of NC, and Qnotes.
Over 50 candidates running for local, state and federal offices attended the event, including candidates running for Charlotte City Council, Mecklenburg Board of County Commissioners, judicial races, General Assembly races, and candidates for the 12th and 14th Congressional Districts.
“I’ve got a lot of friends that are running for office here at the event,” says community member Jenny-James Gunn. “Being part of the LGBT+ Chamber, I love the fact that this is an LGBT-centered event and also the political community – both sides of the aisle – are here and making themselves available. I say this all the time, ‘if you ignore democracy, it can go away.’ This engagement, [this] civic engagement, is what we always need to keep democracy thriving in Charlotte, North Carolina.”
If elected, Democrat Kendrick Cunningham would be the city’s first non-binary elected official. Cunningham is running for the city’s second district.
LaWanna Mayfield, a Democrat, was the first openly LGBTQ+ woman elected to the Charlotte City Council representing District 3. Mayfield originally assumed office in 2011 and held the position for two terms (eight years), remaining in office until 2019. This time around she’s running with an impressive history of experience for an at-large council position in an effort to better serve all Charlotteans.
Billy Maddalon is a Democratic candidate who previously served as the city’s first openly gay councilman in 2013. Previously appointed to fill the space vacated by Patsy Kinsey when she took over the mayor’s position from Anthony Foxx, who was appointed as then Secretary Of Transportation, this time Maddalon is actually running for the office in District One, with the experience of having served in the role previously under his belt.
Kyle Luebke, an at-large city council candidate and a Log Cabin Republican, is the first openly gay Republican to run for Charlotte City Council.
Danté Anderson,also a Democrat and a member of Charlotte’s LGBTQ community, she is running for District One.
President & CEO of the Carolinas LGBT+ Chamber of Commerce Chad Turner addressed the candidates directly about the importance of the event, and offered appreciation for their involvement.
“The reason why we do this event like this is that most of you sit in forums on stages and answer the same questions the same way all the way through the forum,” Turner offered. “We don’t learn who you are. We don’t learn what you are going to do, [unless] we allow our community to ask you questions about what concerns them, their households, their businesses, their families [and] their workplaces. So, [we’re] grateful that you’re here today.” | https://qnotescarolinas.com/lgbtq-groups-host-candidate-fair-and-meet-and-greet/ | 2022-04-01T01:28:27Z |
YOU LET THE LIGHT IN Comes to Esplanade Tonight
The event takes place on 31 March.
Esplanade will gather the voices of those in Singapore who have walked alongside death- healthcare workers, caregivers and patients who have each grappled with the realities of losing a loved one to terminal illness.
With this poignant poetry reading, the company hopes to provide a sense of connection and relief for those who are currently going through this difficult journey, and to raise awareness of the importance of palliative care in the region.
In collaboration with the Speak Good English Movement.
Sing Lit Station is a non-profit organisation, registered charity and Institution of Public Character (IPC). Established in July 2016, the company's core mission is to grow the local literary community. Through its programmes and initiatives, it aims to be a platform where readers and writers can meet.
The event takes place on 31 March. Learn more at https://www.esplanade.com/festivals-and-series/foreword/2022/you-let-the-light-in?Start=20220331 | https://www.broadwayworld.com/singapore/article/YOU-LET-THE-LIGHT-IN-Comes-to-Esplanade-Tonight-20220331 | 2022-04-01T01:28:30Z |
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Child care: critical to help us move forward from COVID
The health of the area child care centers in the Northwest Corner can be seen as a good bellwether of the health of the entire region as far as social fabric goes. If the centers made it through the worst of the pandemic, and continue to get back on track now,...
tricornernews.com | https://www.newsbreak.com/news/2556685259027/child-care-critical-to-help-us-move-forward-from-covid | 2022-04-01T01:28:30Z |
WHL
All Times Local
Western Conference
B.C. Division
U.S. Division
Eastern Conference
East Division
Central Division
Note: x - clinched playoff berth; y - clinched division; Two points for a team winning in overtime or shootout; the team losing in overtime or shootout receives one which is registered in the OTL or SOL columns.
Tuesday's results
Winnipeg 8 Moose Jaw 1
Wednesday's results
Everett at Portland, 7 p.m.
Prince Albert 2 Brandon 1
Swift Current 6 Lethbridge 4
Regina 3 Saskatoon 2
Calgary 3 Medicine Hat 2
Kamloops 8 Prince George 2
Friday's games
Calgary at Swift Current, 7 p.m.
Moose Jaw at Saskatoon, 7 p.m.
Brandon at Prince Albert, 7 p.m.
Winnipeg at Regina, 7 p.m.
Medicine Hat at Lethbridge, 7 p.m.
Spokane at Kamloops, 7 p.m.
Prince George at Kelowna, 7:05 p.m.
Portland at Everett, 7:05 p.m.
Tri-City at Seattle, 7:05 p.m.
Saturday's games
Edmonton at Red Deer, 7 p.m.
Lethbridge at Medicine Hat, 7 p.m.
Brandon at Saskatoon, 7 p.m.
Seattle at Portland, 6 p.m.
Winnipeg at Moose Jaw, 7 p.m.
Regina at Prince Albert, 7 p.m.
Everett at Tri-City, 6:05 p.m.
Spokane at Vancouver, 7 p.m.
Victoria at Kelowna, 7:05 p.m.
Sunday's games
Swift Current at Calgary, 2 p.m.
Kamloops at Prince George, 2 p.m.
Red Deer at Edmonton, 4 p.m.
Spokane at Vancouver, 4 p.m.
Tuesday's games
Regina at Brandon, 7 p.m.
Saskatoon at Medicine Hat, 7 p.m.
Kelowna at Prince George, 7 p.m. | https://www.beaumontenterprise.com/news/article/HKO-WHL-Standings-17049892.php | 2022-04-01T01:28:31Z |
Advanced Micro Devices Inc AMD was featured as the call of the day Thursday on CNBC's "Fast Money Halftime Report."
What Happened: Barclays analyst Blayne Curtis downgraded AMD from an Overweight rating to an Equal-Weight rating and lowered the price target to $115 from $148.
The Barclays analyst sees corrections across several end markets dampening AMD's growth.
Brown's Take: "I think it's a reasonable note and sentiment that the analyst is expressing," said Ritholtz Wealth Management's Josh Brown.
It all depends on what an individual's intentions are in the market, Brown said.
"On the one hand, you can say Lisa Su is doing a great job and AMD is a great company and I don't think anybody could really argue that," he said. "But you also sometimes would have to say all of that might be true and 2022 just might not be a great year for the stock."
Related Link: AMD Plunges, But Here's Why The Pullback Could Offer Opportunity
Brown's point is that you have to know whether you are an investor or a trader. Traders don't have time to stick around and wait it out, but for investors, the right move might be to just hold, he explained.
Brown noted the analyst is concerned that things may be as good as it gets for now. Moreover, it isn't clear how competitive Intel Corporation INTC and Arm Holdings will be in the years ahead.
"So I think you have to know what you are," Brown stressed.
AMD Price Action per Benzinga Pro: AMD has traded between $72.50 and $164.46 over a 52-week period.
The stock was down 8.29% at $109.34 at market close Thursday.
Photo: Courtesy of AMD
© 2022 Benzinga.com. Benzinga does not provide investment advice. All rights reserved. | https://www.benzinga.com/trading-ideas/long-ideas/22/03/26408956/to-buy-or-sell-amd-following-downgrade-it-depends-on-your-approach | 2022-04-01T01:28:33Z |
Football is [almost] back. Yes, you read that correctly. The USFL is set to kick off on April 16th, hoping to fill a void that many football fans here in America deal with every year (the NFL offseason). After doing some research, I found four former Texans that were drafted into this “new” league, most of whom only had short stints with the team. Even if these names may not be familiar to all, it should help establish a connection for current Texans fans.
It’s worth noting that Houston has their own USFL franchise, the Gamblers, who were also a part of the original league in 1984 and 1985. Although no former Texans found a second home in the same city, the Gamblers are looking to revive a spring football market that proved to be there for the taking in recent years. I’m specifically referring to the XFL and the success of the Houston Roughnecks. During a COVID-shortened 2020 season, the Roughnecks were undefeated through five games, drawing a sizable crowd at TDECU Stadium. Under an offense led by June Jones (former receivers coach for the Gamblers), with players such as P.J. Walker and Cam Phillips flourishing, the Roughnecks became legends in the City of Houston for a few weeks.
Although the XFL has plans to return in 2023, no cities or teams have been released yet. Right now, the USFL has an opportunity to shine, and some of their talent went through the Texans first. Without further ado, here are the four players who once suited up for the Battle Red:
Jordan Ta’amu, QB, Mississippi (Team: Tampa Bay Bandits)
Ta’amu’s first stop as a pro happened to be in Houston, where he appeared in 3 games during the 2019 preseason. Unfortunately, he didn’t have the best outing, completing just 7 of 12 passes for 50 yards and an interception over that span. He was released during final roster cuts, and wouldn’t find his next opportunity until early 2020. Ta’amu also ended up in the XFL, starting five games for the St. Louis BattleHawks. He proved to be one of the league’s top quarterbacks, and joined a few more NFL practice squads over the following two seasons. Ta’amu is currently considered by many to be the USFL’s best player heading into week one, a title he can hopefully maintain as time goes on.
Alex McGough, QB, Florida International (Team: Birmingham Stallions)
McGough had a productive four years at FIU, which made him a seventh-round pick in the 2018 NFL draft by the Seattle Seahawks. He spent his entire rookie season on the practice squad, and started 2019 with the Jacksonville Jaguars. McGough eventually signed with the Texans in September of that year, just days after Ta’amu was cut. Despite remaining with the team through part of the following season, he never played a down of football in Houston, as the 2020 preseason was canceled due to COVID-19. Now, McGough gets his first true shot at pro football, and will perhaps be back in the NFL later this year.
Davin Bellamy, DE, Georgia (Team: New Orleans Breakers)
Bellamy had two separate stints with the Texans, separated by a practice squad stop in Cincinnati. He spent the entire 2018 and 2020 seasons in Houston, but was never elevated to the active roster once. In 2021, he spent time with three different teams, and is now looking to revive his career in the USFL. The last time Bellamy played meaningful football, he proved to be a force on the field, recording 10 sacks in his final two seasons with the Georgia Bulldogs (listed as a linebacker).
Keith Mumphery, WR, Michigan State (Team: Tampa Bay Bandits)
Texans fans that followed the team in 2015 and 2016 may have a vague memory of Mumphery, as he returned punts and kicks over those two seasons. Originally a fifth-round pick from Michigan State, Mumphery saw very little action in the receiving game, catching 24 passes for 198 yards. Heading into 2017, Houston released him following allegations of sexual misconduct. Mumphery spent the next few years away from football as a result, but returned in 2020 to play for the XFL. He was a member of the BattleHawks alongside Jordan Ta’amu, and the two are now reunited in Tampa.
Honorable Mention: Taywan Taylor, WR, Western Kentucky (Team: New Orleans Breakers) - 2021 preseason in Houston, did not play in any games. Released with injury settlement. | https://www.battleredblog.com/2022/3/31/23004265/former-houston-texans-in-the-usfl | 2022-04-01T01:28:33Z |
DETROIT (AP) _ The winning numbers in Thursday evening's drawing of the Michigan Lottery's "Daily 3" game were:
8-2-1
(eight, two, one)
DETROIT (AP) _ The winning numbers in Thursday evening's drawing of the Michigan Lottery's "Daily 3" game were:
8-2-1
(eight, two, one) | https://www.myplainview.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Daily-3-game-17049786.php | 2022-04-01T01:28:33Z |
SILVER CREEK, N.Y. (WIVB) – Children from kindergarten to second grade were locked in what’s been described as an “isolation room” at an elementary school outside Buffalo, New York, a district administrator wrote in a letter to the school board earlier this week.
The letter states that at least five students at Silver Creek Elementary School, including a kindergartner, have been “inhumanely and illegally locked or barricaded in an isolation cell.”
“I have been fighting all year to keep children out of the isolation cell,” wrote Jay Hall, the assistant director of elementary programming on Monday.
Hall described the room as a “cold, cinder block jail-like cell,” and said, “It should never, even for one second, be used in any capacity to redirect or punish any child at any time.”
“Children as young as 5 years old are being blockaded and locked in the isolation cell, kicking the door, pounding on glass with their fists, banging their heads, crying profusely, pleading to be freed, all with complicit staff members standing by and watching,” Hall said.
Parents got wind of the letter and started posting complaints on Facebook this week. “You better pray we never find out that our son has ever been put in one of these so called cells!!” wrote one parent.
On Wednesday, the school district issued a statement, saying in part:
“The District is aware that this morning there were concerns raised on social media pertaining to our Elementary School. The District’s most important priority is the safety and security of all District students and staff. We take any concerns and allegations regarding student safety and their wellbeing as the top priority.”
The district said a law firm, which also acts as counsel for the school board, is investigating the allegations. Superintendent Todd A. Crandall said he hopes to have a report by the end of the week.
Kerry Vasquezmarte, a district parent, said the concerns aren’t new. She said her special-needs daughter was locked in a room several times as a pre-K student at the elementary school. She said a classmate witnessed her daughter being dragged by her arms through a hallway.
Vasquezmarte said her daughter cried when she confronted her about the incident and still has nightmares. She said she met with a teacher and Superintendent Crandall over a year ago to discuss the isolation techniques.
“And all he did was blame my child during the meeting,” Vasquezmarte said. “And I said numerous times to get my child, I was taking her home, she’s not being locked in a room. It took me threatening him for him to finally radio down to wherever to retrieve my kid.”
Vasquezmarte said she eventually pulled her child out of pre-K and homeschooled her during the kindergarten year. Her daughter is back at the elementary school for first grade with a “fantastic” teacher, Vasquezmarte said.
“I was only made aware of any concern on Friday, March 18,” Crandall said. “I can’t comment on something from years ago.”
Crandall said the law firm had an attorney on site Wednesday to conduct interviews. The attorney was also on school district property Thursday.
“We are not about hiding anything or trying to cover up anything,” Crandall said. “Student and staff safety is paramount, and we look forward to hearing the results so that if need be we can address any protocol or procedures as needed.”
The New York State Department of Education says it could not confirm or deny that the state was looking into these claims. The Chautauqua County Sheriff’s Office said it is not investigating the claims at the school because no one has made a formal complaint. | https://www.wspa.com/news/national/elementary-students-locked-in-isolation-room-as-discipline-administrator-says/ | 2022-04-01T01:28:33Z |
DETROIT (AP) _ The winning numbers in Thursday evening's drawing of the Michigan Lottery's "Daily 3" game were:
8-2-1
(eight, two, one)
DETROIT (AP) _ The winning numbers in Thursday evening's drawing of the Michigan Lottery's "Daily 3" game were:
8-2-1
(eight, two, one) | https://www.darientimes.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Daily-3-game-17049786.php | 2022-04-01T01:28:33Z |
WWF report says online wildlife trade on rise in Myanmar
BANGKOK -- A report by the World Wildlife Fund shows illegal purchases of wildlife online are growing in Myanmar in a threat both to public health and to endangered species.
The report released Friday found that enforcement of bans on such transactions has weakened amid political turmoil following a 2021 military takeover.
The number of such dealings rose 74% over a year earlier to 11,046, nearly all of them involving sales of live animals. For the 173 species traded, 54 are threatened with global extinction, the report said.
Researchers identified 639 Facebook accounts belonging to wildlife traders. The largest online trading group had more than 19,000 members and dozens of posts per week, it said.
The animals bought and sold included elephants, bears and gibbons, Tibetan antelope, critically endangered pangolins and an Asian giant tortoise. The most popular were various species of monkeys, often bought as pets.
Most of the animals advertised for sale were taken from the wild. They also included civets, which along with pangolins have been identified as potential vectors in the spread of diseases such as SARS and COVID-19.
Shaun Martin, who heads the WWF's Asia-Pacific regional cybercrime project, said monitoring of the online wildlife trade shows different species being kept close together, sometimes in the same cage.
'With Asia's track record as a breeding ground for many recent zoonotic diseases, this sharp uptick in online trade of wildlife in Myanmar is extremely concerning,' he said.
The unregulated trade in wild species and resulting interactions between wild species and humans raise the risks of new and possibly vaccine-resistant mutations of illnesses such as the COVID-19 that could evolve undetected in non-human hosts into more dangerous variants of disease, experts say.
COVID-19 is one of many diseases traced back to animals. The killing and sale of what is known as bushmeat in Africa was thought to be a source for Ebola. Bird flu likely came from chickens at a market in Hong Kong in 1997. Measles is believed to have evolved from a virus that infected cattle.
'Illegal wildlife trade is a serious concern from the point of view of biodiversity preservation and conservation and its potential impact on health security," said Mary Elizabeth G. Miranda, an expert on zoonotic diseases and illness and CEO of the Field Epidemiology Training Program Alumni Foundation in the Philippines.
Social media and other online platforms have joined a worldwide effort to crack down on the thriving trade in birds, reptiles, mammals and animal parts. In Myanmar, much of the trade in wildlife is through Facebook, which as a member of the Coalition to End Wildlife Trafficking online has taken action to block or remove accounts of people engaged in such transactions.
But as is true elsewhere, new accounts often pop up just as soon as old ones are shut down, hindering enforcement, the report noted. Easy online access to the animals also is driving up demand, worsening the problem.
Discussions of purchases of protected species often took place in open Facebook groups, suggesting that such dealings remain 'largely risk-free,' the report said. Since payments and deliveries often are done using messenger apps, controlling the problem is doubly difficult.
Highlighting the lack of enforcement, people in the illegal wildlife trade in Myanmar often use rudimentary methods of moving the animals and animal products around - with buses being the usual form of transport.
The study by WWF in Myanmar focused on trade online of animals and other creatures inside the country, though there were some imports from neighboring Thailand, mainly of birds such as hornbills and salmon crested cockatoos, and of crocodiles, to India.
Some deals might involve animals or parts being sent into China, it said.
The conservation group said it plans future studies to better understand Myanmar's role in the global trade in endangered species. | https://www.dailyherald.com/article/20220331/news/303319896/ | 2022-04-01T01:28:33Z |
Jeff Turkanis Named Chief Investment Officer
Taryn Fielder Named General Counsel
JERSEY CITY, N.J., March 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Veris Residential, Inc. (NYSE: VRE), a forward-thinking, environmentally- and socially-conscious REIT that primarily owns, operates, acquires, and develops Class A multifamily properties, today announced two executive appointments designed to further support the company's transition into a pure-play multifamily REIT and drive long-term shareholder value.
Jeff Turkanis, former Head of U.S. Residential at Oxford Properties Group, has been appointed Chief Investment Officer, succeeding Ricardo Cardoso, effective April 4, and Taryn Fielder, former General Counsel at WashREIT, has been appointed General Counsel, succeeding Gary Wagner, effective April 18. Messrs. Cardoso and Wagner will be leaving the company to pursue other opportunities following a transition period.
Mahbod Nia, Chief Executive Officer of Veris Residential, said, "We are pleased to welcome Jeff and Taryn to Veris Residential as we continue to strengthen our team with top professionals who have significant experience working across private and publicly traded residential real estate. Jeff's intricate knowledge of the residential sector and impressive track record of sourcing and executing strategic investments, coupled with Taryn's breadth of experience that includes providing strategic advice for a variety of complex real estate transactions, will be invaluable as we continue our transition to a pure-play multifamily REIT.
"Importantly, I would like to thank Ricardo and Gary for their decades of dedicated service to Veris Residential and wish them all the best as they explore the next chapter of their careers."
Mr. Turkanis' extensive real estate investment experience includes over $15 billion in transactions concluded primarily across the office and residential sectors. He has been focused specifically on the residential sector (predominantly multifamily) for the past 8 years, closing over $4 billion in transactions during this time. As Chief Investment Officer, he will be responsible for overseeing the sale of non-strategic assets, identifying potential value enhancement opportunities within Veris Residential's existing portfolio, and sourcing potential new investment opportunities. Prior to his more than decade-long tenure at Oxford Properties Group, Mr. Turkanis held roles at Putnam Investments and Fortress Investment Group. He earned a BBA from Washington University in St. Louis and an MBA, Real Estate from Columbia Business School.
Ms. Fielder has significant experience providing legal counsel for capital market transactions, as well as securities, corporate governance, and regulatory compliance matters. Prior to WashREIT, she served as Senior Vice President and General Counsel for ASB Real Estate Investments and was Assistant General Counsel for publicly-traded REIT DiamondRock Hospitality Company. Earlier in her career, she worked in the Real Estate Group at Hogan Lovells, and practiced corporate and real estate law with Simpson, Thacher and Bartlett LLP. Ms. Fielder earned a BA summa cum laude from Eckerd College and her JD from Harvard Law School.
In connection with the hiring of Ms. Fielder and Mr. Turkanis, and also in connection with the previous hiring of Ms. Amanda Lombard as Chief Accounting Officer, who will assume the role of Chief Financial Officer on April 1, 2022, Veris Residential is also announcing, as required by New York Stock Exchange Listed Company Manual Rule 303A.08, equity awards to be made to those three executives as a material inducement to their entering into employment with the company. All of the awards were approved by the Compensation Committee of the Veris Residential Board of Directors and will be made effective April 18, 2022, or such later date as the Chair of the Compensation Committee may determine. The awards to Ms. Lombard and Ms. Fielder are each in the form of restricted stock units; Mr. Turkanis will receive a restricted stock unit award and a stock option award.
The restricted stock unit award to Ms. Lombard will have a grant date fair value of $150,000 and will generally vest ratably on each of the first three anniversaries of the date of grant. The restricted stock unit award to Ms. Fielder will have a grant date fair value of $400,000 and will generally vest 60% on December 31, 2022, 20% on December 31, 2023 and 20% on the third anniversary of the date of grant. The restricted stock unit award to Mr. Turkanis will have a grant date fair value of $425,000 and will generally vest 50% on the first anniversary of the date of grant and 25% on each of the next two anniversaries of the grant date. The option grant to Mr. Turkanis will cover 250,000 shares, have an exercise price equal to the closing price of the underlying stock on the date of grant, generally vest and become exercisable ratably on each of the first three anniversaries of the date of grant, and have a maximum six-year term. All of the awards are subject to accelerated vesting in certain circumstances. The awards will all be made outside of Veris Residential's existing 2013 Incentive Stock Plan but will be subject to terms and conditions generally consistent with those in that plan, other than with respect to such terms and conditions intended to comply with the NYSE inducement award exception.
About Veris Residential, Inc.
Veris Residential, Inc. is a forward-thinking, environmentally- and socially-conscious real estate investment trust (REIT) that primarily owns, operates, acquires, and develops holistically-inspired, Class A multifamily properties that meet the sustainability-conscious lifestyle needs of today's residents while seeking to positively impact the communities it serves and the planet at large. The company is guided by an experienced management team and Board of Directors and is underpinned by leading corporate governance principles, a best-in-class and sustainable approach to operations, and an inclusive culture based on equality and meritocratic empowerment. For additional information on Veris Residential, Inc. and our properties available for lease, please visit http://www.verisresidential.com/.
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DING!
It’s a calendar notification:
“Opening Day.”
Hallelujah. Oh, joy. Insert eye roll here.
It’s supposed to be Opening Day, but baseball saw to ruining that. Instead: just another duller-than-dishwater Thursday. Thanks to the lockout, the season won’t start until April 7.
What to do, then? To the nearest ballpark!
Why? Absolutely no idea!
The Cubs were supposed to be in Cincinnati, so it’s not as if Wrigley Field and the streets surrounding it would’ve been hopping. But this? Who died? When did this neighborhood become a sleepy suburb? It’s eerily quiet for early afternoon. How strange to walk a lap around the entire park and not pass a single person who’s looking at it, interacting with it in some way or wearing so much as a stitch of Cubs gear.
It’s cold today, gloomy, with a light rain turning into a light snow. We’re doing a better job of holding on to winter than the Cubs are of holding on to a championship era.
That settles it: A barstool beckons.
Alas, the Cubby Bear: locked. Bernie’s: also closed. Slugger’s: same. Casey Moran’s: negative. The Nisei Lounge: no dice.
Murphy’s Bleachers: jackpot. Wait, is this place empty?
There are a couple of drinkers near the back of the place. Surely they’ll be delighted to speak with an aimless reporter on a frivolous expedition.
“Nah,” one of them says. “I’m getting ready to move anyway. No more Opening Days for me.”
“Can’t,” says the other. “I’m ‘working.’ ”
Ah, understood. Wink, wink. Nothing like outing yourself to your boss at the office by foolishly letting your name get into the paper.
Better order a beer. Besides, there’s basically nobody here. This could take a while, whatever “this” is. What was the reason for coming here again?
The bartender is not as busy as she would like to be.
“We would’ve had a lot of people in here watching the game on TV, cheering it on,” Nic Stang, 39, says. “All the tables would’ve been full, the seating would’ve been full. Maybe 150 people.”
This will be her sixth season at Murphy’s. On the day of her first home opener, the Cubs raised a World Series banner.
“It feels less exciting now,” she says. “I feel everyone’s a little less excited around the neighborhood. But we’ll see.”
The lockout didn’t help. The trades of Kris Bryant, Anthony Rizzo and Javy Baez — “El Mago,” Stang’s No. 1 Cub — left a lingering pain.
“I guess I still have to find a new favorite player,” she says.
The staff at Murphy’s was “freaked out,” she says — and ticked off at the league’s owners — when the start of the season was pushed back. The Cubs were supposed to host the Cardinals on Monday and Wednesday of next week, and those games would’ve been huge for all the surrounding establishments.
Emmet Hynes, 33, is Murphy’s social-media manager. He’s a South Sider. A White Sox fan?
“South Sider,” he says with a wry smile. “Let’s just leave it at that.”
Hynes, seemingly an optimistic sort, is looking forward to seeing all the Cubs’ new players. He’s on board with the Marcus Stroman and Seiya Suzuki signings and predicts fans in the neighborhood will be “very welcoming — especially when they start to win.”
But then caution creeps in.
“There was such a love for the 2016 team and all those guys, and obviously the three main guys they traded,” he says. “It was like losing a bit of a family. Everyone kind of has to relearn the team here now. There’s probably not going to be the same kind of love and devotion.”
Behold, a new patron! Eric Midlock is on a house-hunting visit from Los Angeles, planning to move into the neighborhood of the team he loves. Just last week, Midlock and his brother, Joliet natives, were at Cubs spring training in Mesa, Arizona. They’d dejectedly canceled their original travel plans a day before owners and players reached a new agreement; fortunately, they were able to scramble and reschedule.
“We go almost every year,” he says. “It was fun, but I consider myself a diehard Cub fan and I could only recognize, like, five guys on their roster. I knew [Willson] Contreras, of course.”
Sore subject. Contreras could soon be going the way of Bryant, Rizzo and Baez.
“That’s frustrating,” Midlock says. “You’ve got this guy who’s one of the top catchers in the game, and you’re going to try to get rid of him? I don’t know about that.”
Midlock was “extremely bummed” by the lockout and is far from the first to describe it as “the millionaires against the billionaires.” He doesn’t believe either side was genuine during negotiations and refers to the owners as “hypocritical.” That goes for the Cubs’ first family, too.
“How poor the owners cried over the past couple of years,” he says, “yet the Ricketts are able to go bid on Chelsea Football Club? That and just the whole, ‘Oh, we can’t play on March 31 because we need a whole month of spring training,’ yet here we are not having a full month of spring training and we’re still opening up next week. I thought that was disingenuous.”
Midlock’s fandom isn’t wavering, but things just feel a little off.
“Even all those years the Cubs were bad,” he says, “I was always optimistic for no reason at all except it’s the Cubs. But I don’t think they’re going to be good at all. I don’t think they have enough players. They have so many holes in their roster.”
There must be something to which to raise a glass. Days gone by? Better ones to come?
“I love the Cubs,” he says. “Frustrated a little bit, but I’m still here. Still coming back.” | https://chicago.suntimes.com/cubs/2022/3/31/23005662/cubs-wrigley-field-mlb-opening-day-2022 | 2022-04-01T01:28:35Z |
By EDDIE PELLS
AP National Writer
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — In one of his tried-and-true motivational speeches, Mike Krzyzewski outlined his four pillars of team building: making everyone feel important, taking ownership in the team, adapting to setbacks and playing with feeling.
Duke perfected the first three to help Coach K reach his 13th and most amazing Final Four. Next comes the “feeling” part.
Now that the record-setting, 75-year-old coach is in New Orleans, he knows he must walk a fine line between enjoying the moment and letting it overwhelm both him and his team.
“I’ve always thought that shared emotion is the best,” Krzyzewski said Thursday, as his team settled in for its run at the coach’s sixth national title.
The Blue Devils (32-6) meet archrival North Carolina on Saturday in a national semifinal matchup plucked straight from a screenwriters’ script.
When Duke lost two games over the span of a week in early March, starting with the 94-81 setback to the Tar Heels in Krzyzewski’s final home game, the thought he might be coaching at the Final Four this weekend felt like a dream only a Blue Devils fan could believe.
But once the NCAA Tournament began, Duke started playing better. Wins over Cal-State Fullerton and Michigan State propelled the Blue Devils into the Sweet 16. There, they knocked off Texas Tech, then Arkansas. Krzyzewski passed John Wooden by qualifying for his record 13th Final Four. On Saturday he looks to improve on a record he already holds, by notching a 1,203rd career victory.
One of Krzyzewski’s keys to the turnaround was convincing his players that the rest of this season was about them, not him.
“This is our season, too,” Duke’s Wendell Moore Jr., said before the team’s win over Michigan State.
In many ways, Coach K’s final team is fulfilling the vision he shared back in 2015 when, fresh off a championship after his 12th run to the Final Four, he gave the keynote address to a gathering of U.S. Olympic athletes and administrators in Colorado Springs.
“You are not paying rent. You’re here, it’s yours,” Krzyzewski told the rapt audience as he moved through his four pillars of team building.
He talked about his first Olympic experience, back in 1992, when he was an assistant to Chuck Daly on the Dream Team. Krzyzewski was coming off back-to-back titles with Duke and thought he was a “hot ticket.”
His eyes were opened when none other than Michael Jordan approached him after a practice one day. Krzyzewski braced for the inevitable smack talk from the best player in the game, one who happened to have played at North Carolina. Instead, Jordan asked if the coach could work with him on some of his offensive moves.
In his speech, Krzyzewski said he realized something after that workout.
“It’s like a totem pole,” the coach said. “Michael Jordan was at the top of the totem pole. And I was near the bottom.”
But, Coach K said, ”Michael Jordan had a horizontal totem pole, where everybody was important.”
Though there certainly is a pecking order on this year’s version of the Blue Devils — freshmen Paolo Banchero and AJ Griffin look like NBA lottery picks — at least four players have scored double figures in each of Duke’s four NCAA victories. Five players average in double figures for the Blue Devils this season.
In his news conference Thursday, the coach spoke about the players taking ownership in their fate as the season wore on.
“When you go into competition, if you haven’t worked, you have a hard time trusting yourself,” he said. “But if you’ve worked, you can trust, but you also own it. You own it more.”
In his keynote address, Krzyzewski said his first two building blocks lead to the third, which is adaptability. In 2022, it played out after the losses to North Carolina, then one week later to Virginia Tech in the Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament, forced Krzyzewski to take a long look in the mirror.
“I just had a good meeting with myself. I said that I’ve got to do something. I’ve got to help in some way, and part of it was my approach with them,” Krzyzewski said before Duke’s win over Arkansas in the Elite Eight.
Coach K described using the first five minutes of halftime during the Michigan State game to do something different by “just pull(ing) out a chair, and I sit with them for about five minutes and just, ‘OK, here’s where we’re at, and just talk to them.’”
Duke overcame a late, five-point deficit in that one, and now, Krzyzewski has led his team across his proverbial bridge that only a few lucky teams cross. They made it to college basketball’s biggest stage.
In his motivational speech, Krzyzewski said one method of getting a room full of superstars to “feel” the mission they were on at the Barcelona Olympics each night was to play the soulful version of the national anthem sung by Marvin Gaye at the 1983 NBA All-Star Game in Los Angeles.
The promise, the U.S. coaches told the Dream Team, was that they would hear that song twice on the day of the title game — once beforehand, then again while they were standing on the podium receiving their gold medals.
The song that closes out March Madness is “One Shining Moment.” Whether Duke will bask in confetti when that song plays at the end of the title game is a big part of the drama that will unfold between now and Monday night.
Whether or not it happens, everyone at Duke is feeling it at this point — even if the coach insists he’s been focusing on basketball.
“I didn’t do this season to have a storybook,” Krzyzewski said. “I did it because I wanted to coach one more year and I wanted to have a good succession plan for our program. And we’ve won 32 games, and my guys have been terrific.”
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Actor and comedian Bill Burr's first time in the director's chair continues to round out its cast. Per The Wrap, nine actors have boarded his comedy Old Dads from Miramax to appear opposite the acclaimed comic and fellow stars Bobby Cannavale, Bokeem Woodbine, Katie Aselton, and Reign Edwards. Jackie Tohn, Miles Robbins, Rachael Harris, Dash McCloud, Justin Miles, Natasha Leggero, Katrina Bowden, Josh Brener, and Rory Scovel make up the latest additions, adding a wide-ranging set of talent for Burr to work with on set. Unlike previous castings though, we have yet to hear what roles the new actors will be playing.
Burr's comedy, which he's also writing and producing under All Things Comedy, centers on a middle-aged dad named Jack (Burr) and his two best friends (Cannavale and Woodbine) who realize how out of touch with society and culture they are after a progressive millennial buys their company from them. The typical crass Burr hilarity ensues as the dads try to keep up with ever-changing professional ideals and methods around parenting. Burr co-wrote the script for Old Dads with Ben Tishler who also serve as a producer. Joining the pair on the production end are Bill Block, Monica Levinson, and Mike Bertonlina.
Tohn honed her comedic chops previously as a cast member on the spandex-laden comedy about women's wrestling GLOW and has since been at work as a writer and actor on the children's show Do, Re, & Mi. Relatively newer on the scene is Robbins who recently appeared in the rebooted Halloween in 2018 and picked up a win at the Sitges Film Festival for the 2019 film Daniel Isn't Real. Harris brings intriguing experience in comedy to the table thanks to starring in Reno 911! and appearing in the original Hangover film, though she's also enjoyed plenty of success through her role in Lucifer.
In addition to those three, Burr will get another comic on board with Scovel who has two specials on Netflix and has also tried his hand at writing with The Eric Andre Show. The film will also reunite Let's Be Cops alums Miles and Leggero who each have their own strong resumes thanks to parts in The Walking Dead and Hoops respectively. Brenner and Bowden should both fit right in thanks to experiences on sitcoms Silicon Valley and 30 Rock too. McCloud, meanwhile, will soon get the spotlight alongside Jessica Biel as the son of a good mother who cracks under the pressure in the Hulu series Candy.
Production for Old Dads is currently underway in Los Angeles with a release date yet to be announced. With such a varied and talented cast, Burr has plenty to work with to make his directorial debut something special. | https://collider.com/old-dads-cast-jackie-tohn-miles-robbins-rachael-harris/ | 2022-04-01T01:28:35Z |
Emotions were running high during Chris Rock’s first stand-up shows since he was slapped by Will Smith during Sunday's 94th annual Academy Awards. On Wednesday, the 57-year-old comedian took the stage at the Wilbur Theatre in Boston, Massachusetts, for two shows to kick off of his Ego Death Live tour, and quickly addressed the shocking incident at the Oscars.
"I have a whole show… that I wrote before the weekend, so, if you came here for that, I'm still processing it," the comedian said during his first show. "I will talk about it, and it will be serious, and it will be funny, but not tonight."
ET learned that Chris arrived via private plane to Boston on Tuesday afternoon and checked into the Ritz Carlton before heading to his dress rehearsal at the venue.
A source told ET that Chris has been "pensive" and the events from Sunday have been on his mind, but he didn't want them to distract from his performance. "His focus is on his show right now," the source said.
The source also told ET that ahead of taking the stage, Chris worked out at his hotel gym and made his way to the venue around 4 p.m. to prepare for the sold-out shows. The source added that Chris was relaxed and upbeat and looking forward to performing, but knew he had to address the incident at the Oscars.
At the first show at 7 p.m., an eyewitness tells ET that Chris entered the stage to uproarious applause, with the audience giving him an enthusiastic standing ovation for about three minutes. The eyewitness says fans were whistling and cheering and yelling out that they love him. And just as the crowd looked as if they were about to settle down and let Chris begin, they rose to their feet again.
Chris, sporting an all-white outfit and a couple of silver bracelets, was visibly overwhelmed with emotion and touched by the very warm response. He even noted that he was getting “misty.”
"The reception he received onstage was very emotional for Chris," the source tells ET.
From there, Chris jokingly asked how everyone's weekend was and explained that he wrote his jokes before the shocking event that took place at the Oscars.
After he quickly addressed the incident, he went into his stand-up routine. ET's eyewitness says he commanded the stage and had the audience in stitches with non-stop laughter.
While he did make a couple subtle comments about Sunday’s incident, he never referred specifically to Will or his wife, Jada Pinkett Smith. At one point in the show, he said, "I have a great life. Well, other than some weird sh** going on."
ET's eyewitness says there was an incident at the first show, where two unruly audience members were escorted out by security. The show resumed, but police were called out and the men were arrested for assaulting an officer, according to ET's source. After the men were escorted out, Chris told the audience, "Is this how the tour is going to be?"
The source tells ET that Chris' personal security was on high alert and ready to pull him off stage if needed, but it didn't get to that point. "Chris was not rattled by that incident," ET's source says.
Chris ended his show with another standing ovation and ET's source says he was "upbeat and was in great spirits" after that first performance.
As for Chris' 10 p.m. show, ET's eyewitness says it was much like the first one but with a few minor tweaks.
"I don't have a bunch a sh** about what happened, so if you came to see that, I have a whole show that I wrote before this weekend and I'm still kind of processing what happened," he said during his second set. "At some point, I'll talk about that sh** and it'll be serious and funny, but I'm going to tell some jokes. I'm going to talk about-- it's nice to just be out!"
After the shows, he was escorted out of the venue with security and went back to his hotel to sleep. It was a quiet first night for him, but ET's source says, "Chris was in really great spirits and happy to be back onstage!"
As for how Chris is coping after being slapped at the Oscars, a source tells ET that while he's used to fame, he has never experienced this level of attention.
"It's not uncommon to see Chris walking around the streets of New York City and showing up in small comedy clubs to workshop new material. He's never been someone who's hounded by paparazzi," the source says. "This level of attention is very new to Chris. There was a mob of photographers chasing him from the hotel to the theater and swarming him as he entered. There were even choppers following him."
Needless to say, Chris has beefed up security and is really taking this time to wrap his head around everything that's transpired, the source says.
"It's been an emotional week for Chris," the source adds.
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DENVER (AP) — A man who shot and wounded two demonstrators while apparently aiming at a Jeep that was headed toward the crowd during a protest in suburban Denver in 2020 was convicted Thursday of several charges.
Samuel Young, 24, was found guilty of two counts of second-degree assault, four counts of attempted manslaughter and a single count of illegally discharging his gun, The Denver Post reported.
Several hundred people who attended the July 2020 protest in Aurora to bring attention to police violence walked onto and blocked all of the lanes of Interstate 225. Shortly after, a Jeep approached from behind and headed toward the crowd, prompting Young to fire five shots.
Two shots hit the back of the Jeep, and two shots hit fellow protesters. One man was shot in the leg, and another man was grazed in the head. A woman also broke her leg when she leaped from the highway.
The driver, who pulled off the highway and contacted police after the shooting, was not criminally charged. During Young’s trial, prosecutors said he didn't intend to hurt any protesters.
The protest was organized in support of Elijah McClain, a 23-year-old Black man who was arrested in August 2019 after someone called 911 to report a suspicious person wearing a ski mask and waving his arms while he walked down the street.
He was arrested by Aurora police and injected with 500 milligrams of ketamine by EMS workers called to the scene. He suffered cardiac arrest, was declared brain dead and taken off life support less than a week later.
McClain’s death became a national rallying cry along with the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis in protests calling for police reform. | https://www.beaumontenterprise.com/news/article/Jury-convicts-man-who-shot-protesters-in-suburban-17049894.php | 2022-04-01T01:28:37Z |
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The program was restarted when the Pride Center of VT saw an increased need within the LGBTQ+ community, specifically amongst BIPOC Vermonters.
The program was restarted when the Pride Center of VT saw an increased need within the LGBTQ+ community, specifically amongst BIPOC Vermonters.
The Pride Center of Vermont is sponsoring a food service program called "Every Queer Eats," which helps provide meals for LGBTQ+ Chittenden County residents.
"We did some community assessments to see what queer Vermonters wanted, what queer Vermonters needed," Richard Elliot, Health & Wellness Coordinator at Pride Center of Vermont, said. "Food seemed to be the biggest thing."
Program coordinator Richard Elliot said a smaller version of this program happened over the summer. They recently restarted because they saw an increased need within the LGBTQ+ community, specifically amongst BIPOC Vermonters.
Elliot and the Pride Center of VT partnered with Everyone Eats, an effort run by Shift Meals and the Intervale Center. Everyone Eats provides Chittenden County residents with nutritionally balanced meals from local restaurants.
Organization partnerships help Everyone Eats meet people where they are, to reach demographics they may be missing.
"It was kind of a no-brainer to get them on board and get them the meals they are looking for." Bella Fazio, Community Outreach and Distribution Manager for Everyone Eats, said. "There is food insecurity in all kinds of populations and if you're able to find somewhere where people are already going for meetings or workplaces or safe spaces, it's really helpful."
Everyone Eats is currently being funded by FEMA. The funding was recently extended through June.
So far, the Pride Center of VT has about 10 recipients. Only a few months in, they're hoping more people will soon feel comfortable putting their request in for some meals.
"People tend to be more receptive of organizations and companies and groups that are reflective of them." Elliot said. "If someone who is a queer black or brown Vermonter sees me handing out food their more likely to go to me than an organization that is assisting the community but no one is looking like them." | https://www.mynbc5.com/article/every-queer-eats-striving-to-feed-lgbtq-vermonters/39602680 | 2022-04-01T01:28:38Z |
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TORONTO, March 31, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Generation Mining Limited GENM GENMF ("Gen Mining" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that it has received, through its wholly-owned subsidiary Generation PGM Inc. ("Gen PGM"), the first C$20 million payment from the previously announced Precious Metal Purchase Agreement (the "PMPA") with Wheaton Precious Metals Corp. ("Wheaton") in respect to the Marathon Palladium Copper project in Northwestern Ontario (the "Marathon Project").
Under the terms of the PMPA, Wheaton will pay Gen PGM total cash consideration of C$240 million in return for a stream on all gold production and 22% of the platinum production from the Marathon Project. Subject to the fulfillment of certain conditions precedent, the Company expects Gen PGM to receive the second C$20 million tranche later this year, on or before the end of the third quarter. During construction of the Marathon Project the remaining C$200 million will be payable in four staged installments which are also subject to various customary conditions precedent being satisfied. Further details are contained in the Gen Mining news release dated December 22, 2021.
Jamie Levy, the President and CEO commented "This represents a significant funding milestone towards the construction of the Marathon Project, one of North America's largest undeveloped critical mineral deposits. We are excited to be in a position to continue advancing the Marathon Project with this non-dilutive cash infusion, and to have gained the confidence and financial support of Wheaton's highly skilled management, technical and investment teams."
As detailed in the Marathon Feasibility Study released on March 4, 2021, over a 13-year mine life the Marathon Project is estimated to produce 1,905,000 ounces of palladium, 467 million lbs of copper, 537,000 ounces of platinum, 151,000 ounces of gold and 2,823,000 ounces of silver.
Endeavour Financial is acting as financial advisor and Cassels as legal advisor to Generation Mining for the PMPA.
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The scientific and technical content of this news release was reviewed, verified, and approved by Drew Anwyll, P.Eng., M.Eng, Chief Operating Officer of the Company, and a Qualified Person as defined by Canadian Securities Administrators National Instrument 43-101 - Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects.
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Gen Mining's focus is the development of its 100%-owned Marathon Project, a large undeveloped palladium-copper deposit in Northwestern Ontario. The Company released the results of the Feasibility Study on March 3, 2021 and published the NI43-101 Technical Report dated March 25, 2021. The Marathon property covers a land package of approximately 22,000 hectares, or 220 square kilometres.
The Feasibility Study in respect of the Marathon Project estimated that at US$1725/oz palladium, and US$3.20/lb copper, Marathon's Net Present Value (at 6% discount rate) is approximately C$1.07 billion with a payback of 2.3 years and an Internal Rate of Return of 30%. Up front capital costs were estimated at C$665 million, net of equipment financing, and pre-completion operating costs and revenues. The mine would produce an estimated 245,000 palladium equivalent ounces per year over a 13-year mine life at an All-In Sustaining Cost of US$809 per palladium-equivalent ounce. For more information, please review the detailed Feasibility Study dated March 25, 2021, filed under the Company's profile at www.sedar.com.
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This news release contains certain forward-looking information and forward-looking statements, as defined in applicable securities laws (collectively referred to herein as "forward-looking statements"). Forward-looking statements reflect current expectations or beliefs regarding future events or the Company's future performance. All statements other than statements of historical fact are forward-looking statements. Often, but not always, forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of words such as "plans", "expects", "is expected", "budget", "scheduled", "estimates", "continues", "forecasts", "Projects", "predicts", "intends", "anticipates", "targets" or "believes", or variations of, or the negatives of, such words and phrases or state that certain actions, events or results "may", "could", "would", "should", "might" or "will" be taken, occur or be achieved, including statements relating to funding pursuant to the PMPA, satisfaction of the conditions precedent under the PMPA, or advancing the Marathon Project to bring it into production. All forward-looking statements, including those herein are qualified by this cautionary statement.
Although the Company believes that the expectations expressed in such statements are based on reasonable assumptions, such statements are not guarantees of future performance and actual results or developments may differ materially from those in the statements. There are certain factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking information. These include commodity price volatility, continued availability of capital and financing, uncertainties involved in interpreting geological data, increases in costs, environmental compliance and changes in environmental legislation and regulation, the Company's relationships with First Nations communities, exploration successes, and general economic, market or business conditions, as well as those risk factors set out in the Company's annual information form for the year ended December 31, 2020, and in the continuous disclosure documents filed by the Company on SEDAR at www.sedar.com. Readers are cautioned that the foregoing list of factors is not exhaustive of the factors that may affect forward-looking statements. Accordingly, readers should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements. The forward-looking statements in this news release speak only as of the date of this news release or as of the date or dates specified in such statements.
Forward-looking statements are based on a number of assumptions which may prove to be incorrect, including, but not limited to, assumptions relating to: the availability of financing for the Company's operations; operating and capital costs; results of operations; the mine development and production schedule and related costs; the supply and demand for, and the level and volatility of commodity prices; timing of the receipt of regulatory and governmental approvals for development projects and other operations; the accuracy of Mineral Reserve and Mineral Resource Estimates, production estimates and capital and operating cost estimates; and general business and economic conditions.
Investors are cautioned that any such statements are not guarantees of future performance and actual results or developments may differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking information. For more information on the Company, investors are encouraged to review the Company's public filings on SEDAR at www.sedar.com. The Company disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise any forward- looking information, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, other than as required by law.
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TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — Gov. Ron DeSantis floated the idea Thursday of changing Florida law to revoke the Walt Disney Company’s right of self-rule in the Reedy Creek Improvement District, the Florida-based seat of the Magic Kingdom.
In the days since DeSantis signed the Parental Rights in Education bill into law, which opponents call the “Don’t Say Gay” law, opposition to the legislation by Disney has provoked talk of using state legislation to take away the company’s ability to self-govern its lands. Disney first got the right of legal self-control in 1967, with passage of the Reedy Creek Improvement Act.
According to historical documents from the Reedy Creek Improvement District, then-Florida Gov. Claude Kirk signed the RCID Act into law in May 1967, creating two municipalities: Bay Lake and Reedy Creek, which was later renamed Lake Buena Vista. The location, nestled between Orange and Osceola counties, would later become the site where Walt Disney World was built.
The RCID Charter created a 25,000-acre of land as a special taxing district. At the time, it was considered remote and uninhabitable, but now is the site of one of the busiest theme parks in the United States.
To make Disney’s plan happen, the area had to get special privileges from the state of Florida to essentially run itself.
“In 1967, the Florida State legislature, working with Walt Disney World Company, created a special taxing district – called the Reedy Creek Improvement District – that would act with the same authority and responsibility as a county government,” RCID says on its website.
Enter an era of the Magic Kingdom living a life of self-determination and self-rule.
Now, following the company’s public opposition to HB 1557, DeSantis and other state lawmakers have said they’re considering revoking that charter through a repeal of the RCIA, potentially ending Disney’s right to rule in Central Florida.
State Representative Spencer Roach, R-Fort Myers, tweeted on March 30 that he met with colleagues for a second time to discuss repeal of the decades-old law. In Ponte Vedra Beach on Thursday, DeSantis said he wanted to repeal it but not just over the current political fight, and not just the privilege that Disney currently enjoys.
The governor’s words are reminiscent of the state’s 2021 “Big Tech Censorship Crackdown,” in which a law was passed to allow lawsuits against companies like Facebook and Twitter over banning political candidates and equating it to a fight over free speech.
In his speech in Ponte Vedra Beach, DeSantis said the point was to take away the power of “woke” corporations from interfering in Florida politics.
“I would not say that would be retaliatory. The way I view it is there are certain entities that have exerted a lot of influence through corporate means to generate special privileges in the law. I don’t think we should have special privileges in the law at all,” DeSantis said. “Some of these things have developed over the years. I had to deal with this last year, when we passed a law last year to protect Floridians from big tech censorship. The idea was to let them be able to sue under the ‘Unfair and Deceptive Trade Practices Act,’ protect political candidates from being de-platformed, stuff that was good. And it’s being litigated in the courts, which we knew it would. But at the 11th hour, the Legislature slips in a provision in that law that said ‘If you operate a theme park, it doesn’t apply to you.’ And that was meant solely to protect Disney.”
DeSantis said when the provision was added, he had to decide whether to veto the bill and “throw the baby out with the bath water” or allow it to become law as-is, with the protection for theme parks. To be clear, Disney is not the only theme park in Florida. Universal Studios, SeaWorld, Legoland, Busch Gardens and Discovery Cove are all in the state, to name a few.
DeSantis claims he isn’t just targeting Disney over his administration’s current disagreements with the company.
“I don’t think it’s retaliatory, I just think that Disney’s posturing has alienated a lot of people now. And so, the political influence they’re used to wielding, I think has dissipated, so the question is ‘Why would you want to have special privileges in the law, at all?'” DeSantis said. “And I don’t think that we should. But it’s not a matter of acting like those were really great policies. I think that those were policies over decades that were embedded in Florida’s law, largely because they wielded a lot of influence. I think because they’ve been able to do that over the years, I think that’s why they’ve gotten so, that’s one of the reasons they’ve got so far over their skis on this parental rights stuff.”
He said he thinks Disney is used to getting their way, and not having lawmakers stop them. DeSantis said he thinks that’s different now.
“They’re not used to having people that will stand in their way and say ‘Actually, the state of Florida’s going to be governed by the best interests of its people in Florida,” DeSantis said. “We’re certainly not going to bend a knee to woke executives in California. That is not the way the state is going to be run.”
Other than the “big tech carve-out” from 2021, he said he’s never given Disney anything while he’s been governor. DeSantis said he wanted to “reevaluate any special privileges of the law,” not just Disney’s. | https://www.wspa.com/news/national/florida-gop-considers-revoking-disney-worlds-right-to-self-rule-over-dont-say-gay-opposition/ | 2022-04-01T01:28:39Z |
DETROIT (AP) _ The winning numbers in Thursday evening's drawing of the Michigan Lottery's "Daily 4" game were:
3-0-6-8
(three, zero, six, eight)
DETROIT (AP) _ The winning numbers in Thursday evening's drawing of the Michigan Lottery's "Daily 4" game were:
3-0-6-8
(three, zero, six, eight) | https://www.myplainview.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Daily-4-game-17049788.php | 2022-04-01T01:28:39Z |
DETROIT (AP) _ The winning numbers in Thursday evening's drawing of the Michigan Lottery's "Daily 4" game were:
3-0-6-8
(three, zero, six, eight)
DETROIT (AP) _ The winning numbers in Thursday evening's drawing of the Michigan Lottery's "Daily 4" game were:
3-0-6-8
(three, zero, six, eight) | https://www.darientimes.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Daily-4-game-17049788.php | 2022-04-01T01:28:40Z |
COVID-19 leave for vaccinated teachers clears General Assembly
SPRINGFIELD -- A bill that would allow teachers and other school and university employees or contractors who are fully vaccinated to take paid administrative leave if they have to miss work due to coronavirus-related issues is headed to Gov. J.B. Pritzker.
House Bill 1167, sponsored by Rep. Janet Yang Rohr, a Naperville Democrat, and Senate President Don Harmon, an Oak Park Democrat, would guarantee full pay for any day that fully vaccinated school employees miss if they are required to stay home because of confirmed or probable cases of COVID-19.
It also would apply employees were required to stay home because they had been in close contact with a person confirmed to have COVID-19, to care for a child with COVID-19, or if the building in which they work were forced to close due to a COVID-19 outbreak.
The measure would cover public university and community college personnel as well.
The bill, which would be retroactive to the beginning of the 2021-22 school year, defines "fully vaccinated" as having received two doses of the Pfizer or Moderna vaccines or one dose of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine at least two weeks before being forced to miss work.
The bill is similar to one lawmakers passed during the fall veto session last year, HB2778, except that the earlier bill did not include a vaccination requirement. Pritzker vetoed that bill while at the same time announcing he had negotiated a compromise package with the state's two major teachers unions, school districts, community colleges and universities that included a vaccine requirement.
"Vaccines are a vital tool in preventing the deadly effects of COVID-19, and those who take the steps to be fully vaccinated against this virus are doing their part to keep everyone safe," Pritzker said in his veto message on Jan. 24. "They deserve to be able to take the time they need to respond to the ongoing devastating impacts the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have on them and their families."
But while the earlier bill passed the General Assembly nearly unanimously -- 113-0 in the House, 53-1 in the Senate -- the inclusion of a vaccine requirement caused lawmakers to split along party lines.
The bill passed the Senate 32-18 on Thursday. It passed the House 70-28 on March 1
Republicans argued that the new bill is tantamount to vaccine mandate for school employees.
Senate GOP Leader Dan McConchie of Hawthorn Woods pointed to a hypothetical example of two teachers, one vaccinated and one not, who have to stay home to take care of sick children. One would receive paid leave, but the other would not.
"I just don't think it's the place of the General Assembly to be getting involved in this in which we're dividing up people under the same collective bargaining agreement," he said.
Harmon, however, said the bill does not mandate that any school employee be vaccinated, and he compared the extra benefit for vaccinated employees to the extra pay some teachers receive for an advanced degree.
He also said he believed people who object to being vaccinated for religious or medical reasons would be exempted under federal law.
"If you are taking an affirmative step to be better prepared to be in the classroom or in the school, you have an enhanced benefit," he said. | https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20220331/covid-19-leave-for-vaccinated-teachers-clears-general-assembly | 2022-04-01T01:28:40Z |
Just days after Gov. J.B. Pritzker offered up the sympathetic view that there’s more to criminals than their original crimes, national Democrats — on the governor’s behalf — on Thursday began airing a commercial vilifying Republican challenger Richard Irvin for his work as a criminal defense attorney.
The Democratic Governors Association has been hammering Irvin, whom they view as Pritzker’s most formidable would-be competitor, since Jan. 17, the day the Aurora mayor kicked off his primary run.
The 30-second television ad, running in major TV markets including Chicago, Rockford, Champaign and Peoria, accuses Irvin of “profiting by defending some of the most violent and heinous criminals,” including domestic abusers, a kidnapper who molested a child and child pornographers.
“Tell Richard Irvin to stop pretending to be tough on crime and start supporting policies to keep people safe,” a narrator says.
Irvin, an Army veteran, worked as a prosecutor in Cook and Kane counties before starting a law practice in Aurora and serving nearly 15 years as a criminal defense attorney. He became Aurora’s first Black mayor in 2017.
The DGA is trying to paint Irvin as a flip flopper on issues, including COVID-19 protocols. They’re also spotlighting his silence on whether he supports former President Donald Trump, who remains extremely popular with many conservative voters in the state.
Since January, the Democratic organization’s website has posted more than a dozen press releases targeting Irvin — and only one on any of the other five GOP gubernatorial candidates during that period.
It’s certainly not the first time the national Democratic organization has tried to influence a GOP primary for Illinois governor. In 2018, it released an ad calling former state Rep. Jeanne Ives “just too conservative for Illinois.”
The goal was to try to actually bolster support among those conservatives for Ives, whom they believed would have been easier to beat in the general election than Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner. Rauner ultimately beat Ives by less than three percentage points in the 2018 primary and went on to lose to Pritzker that November.
Democrats are repeating that strategy this year.
National Democratic organizations, and Pritzker, would rather the Democratic incumbent face a Republican such as ultra-conservative state Sen. Darren Bailey, than Irvin, whom Democrats believe has a better chance of winning GOP votes in heavily populated northern Illinois, including Chicago, suburban Cook County and the collar counties of Kane, Lake, DuPage, McHenry and Will.
The Irvin campaign on Thursday said the new ad shows “Pritzker is running scared,” accusing the Democratic organization of intervening in the GOP primary because “Irvin is their worst nightmare” — a line the Republican has used in his own TV ads.
Irvin’s team called the Democratic ad a “smear campaign against Richard Irvin and his strong record as a combat veteran, former prosecutor, and successful crime-fighting mayor of Illinois’ second largest city.”
The Democratic Governors Association ad strikes a starkly different tone than Pritzker has in recent days.
The governor’s week began Monday with one of his appointees to the Illinois Prisoner Review Board resigning, and another being rejected by the Illinois Senate, over their votes to grant parole to convicted killers, including several who had slain police officers. The bipartisan rejection of one appointee and resignation of another was a bad look for Pritzker, who is being hit by accusations that he’s not doing enough to stem crime in the state.
Pritzker responded on Tuesday by defending his prisoner review board, saying they were doing a difficult and thankless job, and were required to look at more than just the crimes the people seeking parole had committed, including rehabilitation in prison and the statements of victims and their families.
“It’s very easy just to say this person committed an awful crime some many years ago and to say, ‘We’re going to throw away the key and leave them all in prison,’” Pritzker said. “That’s what you’re going to end up with. If that’s what people want, well, let’s hear it then. But I don’t think that’s what people wanted when we created the Prisoner Review Board.”
The attack on defense attorneys is happening in the national spotlight as well. For weeks, Republicans scrutinized U.S. Supreme Court nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson over her record as a former public defender. In response, Democrats said the criticism ignored a basic principle of the justice system, that the Constitution ensures everyone deserves the right to be represented by counsel.
In Illinois, it appears the Republicans might have to use that argument against the Democrats. | https://chicago.suntimes.com/elections/2022/3/31/23005612/democratic-governors-association-pritzker-irvin-republican-primary-crime-defense-lawyers-parole | 2022-04-01T01:28:41Z |
Only approximately 3% of American lawyers are board certified
DALLAS, March 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Bradley Arant Boult Cummings is pleased to announce that partner Dick Sayles has earned National Board Certification as a trial lawyer advocate by The National Board of Trial Advocacy (NBTA).
National Board Certification is the highest, most stringent and most reliable honor an attorney can achieve. Board certifications are the only distinctions awarded by non-profit organizations. The NBTA as well as all board-certifying organizations are committed to safeguarding the public's ability to choose a good attorney.
Mr. Sayles has been board certified in Texas for more than 30 years in both civil trial law and personal injury trial law, and now has the honor of being nationally recognized for his dedication to the legal profession. The extensive screening that NBTA board certified attorneys must complete includes demonstrating substantial trial experience, submission of judicial and peer references, attendance in continuing legal education courses, submission of legal writing documents, proof of good standing and passing of an examination.
The NBTA was formed out of a strong conviction that both the law profession and its clients would benefit from an organization designed specifically to create an objective set of standards illustrating an attorney's experience and expertise in the practice of trial law.
Mr. Sayles has been honored as the Dallas Bar Association's Trial Lawyer of the Year and recognized by Benchmark Litigation and The Best Lawyers in America®. He is a Fellow in the American College of Trial Lawyers, the International Academy of Trial Lawyers, and the International Society of Barristers. Mr. Sayles also was featured in Texas Lawbook's "Lions of the Texas Bar" and has been selected among the Texas Super Lawyers "Top 10 Lawyers in Texas" multiple times. Mr. Sayles was previously recognized in the 2020 edition of the Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers in America and the Lawdragon's Hall of Fame.
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