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By TIM REYNOLDS
AP Sports Writer
MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — It was midway through the second set and Daniil Medvedev was standing several feet behind the baseline, hand propped on one of his knees, his sweat turning his dark blue shirt several shades darker as he tried to catch his breath.
Hubert Hurkacz, on the other side at that moment, looked like he was having a day at the beach.
He won’t be No. 1 in the world when the Miami Open is over. He made sure Medvedev won’t be, either. Hurkacz, seeded eighth, moved two wins away from defending his Miami title by wearing down the top-seeded and cramp-riddled Medvedev 7-6 (7), 6-3 on Thursday in a men’s quarterfinal.
“Every muscle just went ‘cramp, cramp, cramp, cramp,'” Medvedev said. “I was like a fish on the sofa.”
Hurkacz had him flailing about much in the same way a fish on a sofa likely would be, provided, of course, that a fish ever had a reason to be on a sofa.
“I was returning pretty well, I was putting some pressure on his serves and that was helping my game,” Hurkacz said. “I was able to get some free points on my serve and that was pretty big.”
Had Medvedev prevailed, he would have overtaken Novak Djokovic on Monday and returned to No. 1 in the world rankings. Instead, the Russian will stay No. 2 in the world and find out who wins the Miami title on Sunday like everyone else.
“For me, it was more important in a way just to win the match itself than to become No. 1,” Medvedev said. “Winning the match, I saw it more as a bonus.”
Hurkacz, who is from Poland, will next meet either No. 14 Carlos Alcaraz of Spain or unseeded Miomir Kecmanovic of Serbia in the semifinals. Kecmanovic and Alcaraz play in the last quarterfinal later Thursday.
The other semifinal pits sixth-seeded Casper Ruud of Norway against unseeded Francisco Cerundolo of Argentina.
Hurkacz has played Medvedev four times, and Medvedev has been ranked No. 2 in the world in each of those meetings — which they’ve now split. Hurkacz improved to 14-5 this year, and his record in Miami is 12-1 all-time.
“Coming here is so much fun,” Hurkacz said.
The women’s semifinals were also Thursday, with unseeded Naomi Osaka facing No. 22 seed Belinda Bencic and No. 16 Jessica Pegula taking on No. 2 Iga Swiatek — who will replace the now-retired Ashleigh Barty as No. 1 in the world on Monday.
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Make room for a freshman actor – but widely popular professional – as supermodel Bella Hadid breaks a leg and gears up to make her acting debut on Season 3 of Hulu’s Ramy. The streamer hasn’t revealed details of Hadid’s character, but it was already announced that she joins the comedy series in a recurring role. Ramy follows an Egyptian-American guy who navigates a politically divided New Jersey: he has to balance living in a religious community while struggling with his beliefs.
If you don’t know who Bella Hadid is, you need only look for the April 2022 edition of Vogue US, and you’ll find her on the cover. She was barely in her twenties when she was voted “Model of the Year” and has made the Vogue magazine covers in several issues across the world, including Japan, France, China, Italy, and dozens of others. She currently holds the record for being featured in most September-issue covers of Vogue in the same year. She has modeled for Dior, Chanel, Givenchy, Marc Jacobs, Versace, and many other name brands.
Hadid was featured as herself in The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, and starred in the music video for The Weekend's hit single “In The Night” – she was dating the musician at the time. Her role will certainly push the boundaries of her career, and who knows? If that acting bug bites, she might end up following in the footsteps of fellow models-turned-actors Cara Delevigne, Rebecca Romijn, Milla Jovovich, and many others before her.
Ramy is co-created, written, directed, starred, and produced by two-time Emmy nominee Ramy Youssef. The cast also features Laith Nakli, Hiam Abbass, Amr Waked, May Calamawy, Dave Merheje, Mohammed Amer, and Steve Way. The series has seen notable guest stars throughout its first two seasons, including Academy Award winner Mahershala Ali, Jake Lacy, Mia Khalifa, and Michael Chernus.
Hulu is yet to reveal a release date for Season 3 of Ramy.
Check out the official synopsis for the new season here:
‘Ramy’ follows first-generation, Egyptian-American Ramy Hassan (Youssef) and his family as they navigate spirituality in their politically-divided New Jersey neighborhood. Ramy brings a new perspective to the screen as it explores the challenges of what it’s like to be caught between a religious community who believes life is a moral test, and a millennial generation that doubts an afterlife even exists. In the third season, his family is forced to confront having lived a life dedicated to worldly concerns — and in some cases, lies — while Ramy all but abandons his spiritual journey, instead dedicating himself to him and his uncle’s diamond business. | https://collider.com/ramy-season-3-cast-bella-hadid/ | 2022-04-01T01:28:41Z |
The NCIS franchise keeps chugging along.
CBS has renewed NCIS, NCIS: Hawaii and NCIS: Los Angeles for the upcoming 2022-23 TV broadcast season, the network announced Thursday. With news of the pickups, NCIS will return for its 20th season, while spinoffs Hawaii and Los Angeles will return for seasons 2 and 14, respectively.
“NCIS, one of the most popular and enduring series in the world, and fan favorite NCIS: Los Angeles have been hugely successful on the CBS schedule for years,” said Kelly Kahl, president of CBS Entertainment, in a statement. “With the strong new addition of NCIS: Hawaii, we are able to expand the strength of this formidable franchise across our schedule. We couldn’t be more excited to have all three talented casts and creative teams back to bring more compelling NCIS stories to viewers in the U.S. and around the globe.”
The news comes several weeks after it was announced that CBS Studios was developing the franchise's first international edition, NCIS: Sydney, for Australia to be broadcast by Network 10 and Paramount+ Australia.
NCIS stars Sean Murray, Wilmer Valderrama, Brian Dietzen, Diona Reasonover, Katrina Law, David McCallum, Rocky Carroll and Gary Cole. Hawaii is led by Vanessa Lachey, Alex Tarrant, Noah Mills, Yasmine Al-Bustami, Jason Antoon, Tori Anderson and Kian Talan. Los Angeles stars Chris O'Donnell, LL Cool J, Linda Hunt, Daniela Ruah, Eric Christian Olen, Medalion Rahimi, Caleb Castille and Gerald McRaney.
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GE Aviation achieves 400m flight hours in 37 years through navigation database
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#HAM4HAM Lottery Announced for HAMILTON in St. Louis
The lottery will first open at 10:00 AM Friday, April 1 and will close at 12:00 PM Thursday, April 7 for tickets to performances April 12–17.
Producer Jeffrey Seller and the Fabulous Fox Theatre announced a digital lottery for HAMILTON tickets will begin in conjunction with the show's first performance on April 12 in St. Louis at the Fabulous Fox Theatre. A limited number of tickets will be available for every performance for $10 each. The lottery will first open at 10:00 AM Friday, April 1 and will close at 12:00 PM Thursday, April 7 for tickets to performances April 12-17. Subsequent digital lotteries will begin on each Friday and close the following Thursday for the upcoming week's performances.
HOW TO ENTER
·Use the official app for HAMILTON, now available for all iOS and Android devices in the Apple App Store and the Google Play Store (http://hamiltonmusical.com/app).
·The lottery will open at 10:00 AM every Friday and will close for entry at 12:00 PM the next Thursday prior to the following week's performances.
·Winner and non-winner notifications will be sent between 1:00 PM and 4:00 PM every Thursday for the upcoming week's performances via email and mobile push notification. Winners will have two hours to claim and pay for their ticket(s).
·No purchase or payment necessary to enter or participate.
·Each winning entrant may purchase up to two (2) tickets.
·Only one entry per person. Repeat entries and disposable email addresses will be discarded.
·Lottery tickets may be picked up at will call beginning 2 hours prior to the performance with a valid photo ID.
·Lottery tickets void if resold.
·All times listed are in the local time zone.
ADDITIONAL RULES
Patrons must be 18 years or older and have a valid, non-expired photo ID that matches the name used to enter. Tickets are non-transferable. Ticket limits and prices displayed are at the sole discretion of the show and are subject to change without notice.
Lottery prices are not valid on prior purchases. Lottery ticket offer cannot be combined with any other offers or promotions. All sales final - no refunds or exchanges. Lottery may be revoked or modified at any time without notice. A purchase will not improve the chances of winning.
Tickets for HAMILTON are currently on sale. Patrons are advised to check the official HAMILTON channels and MetroTix for late release seats which may become available at short notice.
HAMILTON is the story of America then, told by America now. Featuring a score that blends hip-hop, jazz, R&B and Broadway, HAMILTON has taken the story of American founding father Alexander Hamilton and created a revolutionary moment in theatre-a musical that has had a profound impact on culture, politics, and education.
With book, music, and lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda, direction by Thomas Kail, choreography by Andy Blankenbuehler, and musical supervision and orchestrations by Alex Lacamoire, HAMILTON is based on Ron Chernow's acclaimed biography. It has won Tony®, Grammy®, and Olivier Awards, the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, and an unprecedented special citation from the Kennedy Center Honors.
The HAMILTON creative team previously collaborated on the Tony Award ® Winning Best Musical IN THE HEIGHTS.
HAMILTON features scenic design by David Korins, costume design by Paul Tazewell, lighting design by Howell Binkley, sound design by Nevin Steinberg, hair and wig design by Charles G. LaPointe, casting by The Telsey Office, Bethany Knox, CSA, and General Management by Baseline Theatrical.
The musical is produced by Jeffrey Seller, Sander Jacobs, Jill Furman and The Public Theater.
The HAMILTON Original Broadway Cast Recording is available everywhere nationwide. The HAMILTON recording received a 2016 Grammy for Best Musical Theatre Album.
For information on HAMILTON, visit www.HamiltonMusical.com, www.Facebook.com/HamiltonMusical, www.Instagram.com/HamiltonMusical and www.Twitter.com/HamiltonMusical. | https://www.broadwayworld.com/st-louis/article/HAM4HAM-Lottery-Announced-for-HAMILTON-in-St-Louis-20220331 | 2022-04-01T01:28:43Z |
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The owner of a downtown Los Angeles building where an explosion injured 12 firefighters has been allowed to enter a judicial diversion program that allows him to avoid jail time and potentially have all charges dismissed.
A court commissioner on Wednesday granted the diversion request for Steve Sungho Lee. He and his companies must pay more than $125,000 in investigative fees, make sure the property meets fire and building codes and arranging for Fire Department training.
Lee owned a commercial building on East Boyd Street in the city's Toy District that caught fire on May 16, 2020. Firefighters had to run for their lives when a ball of flames shot out the building and scorched a fire truck across the street.
Firefighters inside the building had to run through a wall of flames he estimated as 30 feet (9 meters) high and wide, and those on the roof scrambled down a ladder that was engulfed in fire.
Fire officials said the building was a warehouse for Smoke Tokes, a wholesale distributor of supplies for smoking and vaping products including butane hash oil, a concentrated cannabis extract that can be eaten, smoked or vaped. Highly flammable butane is used in the manufacturing process.
Most of the injured firefighters still haven't returned to work and one, Capt. Victor Aguirre, was hospitalized for more than two months and all of his fingers had to be partially amputated, according to a lawsuit he filed against the building and business owners.
Aguirre alleged that the area contained “hundreds of illegally and improperly stored butane canisters and thousands of illegally and improperly stored nitrous oxide cylinders.”
A fire department report concluded that the blaze, which spread to a nearby building, was fueled by an “excessive quantity” of the containers.
Investigators from the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives concluded that the fire started under a storage rack in the building and that a worker with a lit cigarette was seen in the area. The cause of the fire was ruled accidental.
However, city prosecutors filed more than 300 misdemeanor charges of violating fire and safety codes against Lee, his companies and owners of businesses in the building and nearby properties. That included more than 160 counts against Lee and his companies.
If Lee meets all conditions of his judicial diversion program for two years, the charges will be dismissed.
“Mr. Lee will be deemed by law to have never been charged," said his attorney, Blair Berk. “The exhaustive federal investigation of the tragic fire objectively concluded that the cause was accidental, and there was no finding of any wrongdoing by Mr. Lee or his companies.”
City Attorney Mike Feuer opposed diversion for Lee, noting the severity of the fire, the injuries suffered by the firefighters and Lee's alleged failure “to take steps which could have mitigated the extent of the blaze."
The owners of Smoke Tokes and another business, Green Buddha, agreed in November 2020 to pay $139,000 each to cover investigative costs and to move out of the building. Charges against them were later dismissed. | https://www.beaumontenterprise.com/news/article/No-jail-for-LA-building-owner-over-explosion-that-17049830.php | 2022-04-01T01:28:43Z |
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LEXINGTON, Mass., March 31, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- T2 Biosystems, Inc. TTOO, a leader in the rapid detection of sepsis-causing pathogens and antibiotic resistance genes, announced today that the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA), part of the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, is providing an additional $4.4 million in funding for the multiple-year cost-share contract between BARDA and T2 Biosystems. The total potential BARDA funding if all contract options are exercised is $69.0 million.
The additional funding will be used to advance the U.S. clinical trials for the T2Biothreat® Panel and T2Resistance® Panel, and to advance the development of the Company's comprehensive panel for the detection of bloodstream infections and antimicrobial resistance, and next-generation instrument.
- T2Biothreat® Panel: a direct-from-blood test panel designed to run on the T2Dx Instrument and simultaneously detect six biothreat pathogens, including: Bacillus anthracis, Francisella tularensis, Burkholderia mallei, Burkholderia pseudomallei, Yersinia pestis, and Rickettsia prowazekii.
- T2Resistance® Panel: a direct-from-blood test panel designed to run on the T2Dx Instrument and simultaneously detect thirteen antibiotic resistance genes from both Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacterial pathogens, which are known to cause antibiotic-resistant infections.
- Comprehensive panel for the detection of bloodstream infections and antimicrobial resistance: a direct-from-blood test panel designed to run on our next-generation instrument and detect greater than 95% of all bloodstream infections caused by bacterial and Candida pathogens, as well as antibiotic resistance markers identified as threats by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, in a single test with a time to result of approximately 3 hours.
- Next-generation instrument: a fully automated, random-access, high-throughput instrument designed in parallel with the comprehensive panel for the detection of bloodstream infections and antimicrobial resistance from a single whole blood sample.
"We are pleased to have initiated U.S. clinical trials for both the T2Biothreat Panel and T2Resistance Panel in December 2021, enabling potential filing of FDA submissions for both products during 2022," stated John Sperzel, Chairman and CEO of T2 Biosystems. "The products being developed and advanced toward commercialization have the potential to transform the detection of sepsis-causing pathogens, reduce the threat of antimicrobial resistance, and protect the nation from biothreat pathogens."
This project has been funded in whole or in part with federal funds from the Department of Health and Human Services; Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response; Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority, under contract number 75A50119C00053.
About T2 Biosystems
T2 Biosystems, a leader in the rapid detection of sepsis-causing pathogens and antibiotic resistance genes, is dedicated to improving patient care and reducing the cost of care by helping clinicians effectively treat patients faster than ever before. T2 Biosystems' products include the T2Dx® Instrument, T2Bacteria® Panel, T2Candida® Panel, T2Resistance® Panel, and T2SARS-CoV-2™ Panel and are powered by the Company's proprietary T2 Magnetic Resonance (T2MR®) technology. T2 Biosystems has an active pipeline of future products, including the T2Cauris™ Panel, T2Lyme™ Panel, as well as additional products for the detection of bacterial and fungal pathogens and associated antimicrobial resistance markers, and biothreat pathogens.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. All statements contained in this press release that do not relate to matters of historical fact should be considered forward-looking statements, including, without limitation, statements regarding the full value of the BARDA contract, the development of products under that contract, and the potential benefit of those products with respect to the diagnosis and management of bloodstream infections, antimicrobial resistance, and patient outcomes, as well as statements that include the words "expect," "intend," "plan", "believe", "project", "forecast", "estimate," "may," "should," "anticipate," and similar statements of a future or forward looking nature. These forward-looking statements are based on management's current expectations. These statements are neither promises nor guarantees, but involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other important factors that may cause actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements, including, but not limited to, (i) any inability to (a) realize anticipated benefits from commitments, contracts or products; (b) successfully execute strategic priorities; (c) bring products to market; (d) expand product usage or adoption; (e) obtain customer testimonials; (f) accurately predict growth assumptions; (g) realize anticipated revenues; (h) incur expected levels of operating expenses; or (i) increase the number of high-risk patients at customer facilities; (ii) failure of early data to predict eventual outcomes; (iii) failure to make or obtain anticipated FDA filings or clearances within expected time frames or at all; or (iv) the factors discussed under Item 1A. "Risk Factors" in the company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2020, filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, or SEC, on March 31, 2021, and other filings the company makes with the SEC from time to time. These and other important factors could cause actual results to differ materially from those indicated by the forward-looking statements made in this press release. Any such forward-looking statements represent management's estimates as of the date of this press release. While the company may elect to update such forward-looking statements at some point in the future, unless required by law, it disclaims any obligation to do so, even if subsequent events cause its views to change. Thus, no one should assume that the Company's silence over time means that actual events are bearing out as expressed or implied in such forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements should not be relied upon as representing the company's views as of any date subsequent to the date of this press release.
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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.wspa.com/news/national/ikea-will-pay-you-to-return-old-furniture-at-select-stores/ | 2022-04-01T01:28:45Z |
DETROIT (AP) _ The winning numbers in Thursday evening's drawing of the Michigan Lottery's "Fantasy 5 Double Play" game were:
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(two, six, eleven, twenty-five, thirty-two)
DETROIT (AP) _ The winning numbers in Thursday evening's drawing of the Michigan Lottery's "Fantasy 5 Double Play" game were:
02-06-11-25-32
(two, six, eleven, twenty-five, thirty-two) | https://www.myplainview.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Fantasy-5-Double-Play-17049787.php | 2022-04-01T01:28:45Z |
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DETROIT (AP) _ The winning numbers in Thursday evening's drawing of the Michigan Lottery's "Fantasy 5 Double Play" game were:
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DETROIT (AP) _ The winning numbers in Thursday evening's drawing of the Michigan Lottery's "Fantasy 5 Double Play" game were:
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State Senate approves energy grid reliability task force
SPRINGFIELD -- The state Senate on Thursday advanced a measure to create a task force to study electric grid reliability in light of the 2021 passage of the energy regulatory overhaul bill known as the Climate and Equitable Jobs Act.
A House committee, meanwhile, began preliminary conversations about lifting the ban on new nuclear developments in Illinois.
The unpaid, 33-member task force outlined in Senate Bill 1104 would be known as the Illinois Regional Generation Reliability Task Force. It passed 32-15 in a bipartisan vote, although several Democrats voted against the measure. It still needs approval in the House.
The task force would study the effect of state laws, including the Climate and Equitable Jobs Act, on energy prices as well as grid reliability. It would also study ways to deploy new technologies and ways to "improve" the power supply mix, among other tasks.
It wouldn't have authority to create any new laws or regulations, but it would report to the General Assembly by Feb. 1, 2023, and each year thereafter.
Labor unions were among some of the prominent backers of the bill, according to witness slips filed on the General Assembly website, while the environmental group Illinois Sierra Club opposed the measure.
Task force makeup
The task force's makeup was part of the reason the Sierra Club opposed it, according to chapter director Jack Darin, who said the task force wouldn't be representative of the state.
The task force would be made up mostly of industry groups and lawmakers.
That includes three senators and representatives appointed by each of the chambers' majority leaders and two senators and representatives appointed by the minority leaders. The governor would have an appointee as well.
Labor unions would have two members, one appointed by the Senate president, another by the House speaker.
The PJM regional transmission organization in northern Illinois and the MISO regional transmission organization in the rest of the state would each designate a member as well. Those are both federally regulated multistate organizations that oversee grid reliability and energy auctions for dozens of states. The independent market monitors of those organizations would each have a representative on the board as well.
Several business interests also would have a seat at the table.
Six different power generation companies would have a spot on the board -- two appointed each by the Senate president and speaker and one each by each chamber's minority leaders.
Other groups receiving a seat on the task force include: statewide retail, manufacturing, business and retiree associations; a representative from a minority-owned geothermal group; and two representatives from environmental law groups.
The directors or designees of the Illinois Power Agency, Illinois Environmental Protection Agency and Illinois Commerce Commission would be on the task force as well.
CEJA response
The sprawling Climate and Equitable Jobs Act was passed last fall. It aims to carbonize Illinois' energy sector by 2050, requiring coal, gas and other fossil fuel generating plants to go offline on a staggered timeline.
Sen. Napoleon Harris, a Harvey Democrat, carried the task force bill.
"I've talked to the opposition about some of their concerns, and their concerns was centered around potential rollbacks of CEJA," he said. "I assured them that's not the intention of this task force, but more so to remain focused on testing the reliability of what we did, and to monitor the grid reliability and to develop the tools to evaluate the impact of those proposed policies."
Darin, of the Sierra Club, noted he believed the task force function to be duplicative of CEJA, while some of the findings contained in the bill were contradictory of CEJA's goals of making Illinois' energy mix carbon free.
Darin said the federally regulated PJM and MISO grids could override Illinois' 2050 closure dates for fossil fuel plants if grid reliability were threatened.
When the Climate and Equitable Jobs Act was passed late last year, its Democratic backers noted it specifically provides that the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency, Illinois Commerce Commission and Illinois Power Agency conduct a study at five-year intervals to determine whether renewables and nuclear are doing enough for grid sustainability.
If they're not, Rep. Robyn Gabel, an Evanston Democrat who was one of the lead negotiators in the House, said in September the agencies could decide to leave some of the coal- or gas-fired plants online.
Sen. Mike Hastings, a Frankfort Democrat who was a chief co-sponsor on the Climate and Equitable Jobs Act, echoed that sentiment in a September news conference.
"The first wave of plants to close would be 2030, and so 2025 we'll start the planning process in terms of grid reliability," Hastings said in a news conference following the bill's passage. "And through that we'll determine, based on the planned closures, what's the baseload generation going to be for the state of Illinois and we'll make an assessment at that point whether or not we have to extend certain timelines, or put other measures in place."
Hastings supported the task force measure Thursday, noting in a floor speech that it's "a bipartisan issue to ensure that the lights do go on." The bill "should be a precursor" to look into new forms of energy, he said.
Sen. Sue Rezin, a Republican from Morris who voted for the Climate and Equitable Jobs Act, praised the task force bill.
"We're not changing any of the negotiations from the last energy bill that we agreed on, worked on for two years," she said. "But this is a task force to make sure that this state's energy portfolio has the mechanism to create reliability."
Nuclear ban
The House had its own discussion on energy reliability, with Rep. Mark Walker, an Arlington Heights Democrat, leading a discussion about lifting the state's 1987 cap on new nuclear power developments.
In a conversation with Capitol News Illinois, Walker said the cap was put in place at a time when the dangers of carbon emissions were not as clear as they are today. Nuclear energy does not emit carbon.
Having the option to consider new nuclear developments, whether they are micro-reactors or large utility-scale plants, would be good to have as the state seeks to be carbon free by 2050, he said.
The discussion at the committee level was on a subject matter basis, meaning any decision to lift the cap would come at a future date. | https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20220331/state-senate-approves-energy-grid-reliability-task-force | 2022-04-01T01:28:46Z |
Equities research analysts expect BioLineRx Ltd. (NASDAQ:BLRX – Get Rating) to post ($0.15) earnings per share for the current quarter, according to Zacks. Zero analysts have made estimates for BioLineRx’s earnings, with the highest EPS estimate coming in at ($0.14) and the lowest estimate coming in at ($0.16). BioLineRx posted earnings of ($0.27) per share in the same quarter last year, which indicates a positive year-over-year growth rate of 44.4%. The business is scheduled to report its next earnings report on Monday, January 1st.
On average, analysts expect that BioLineRx will report full-year earnings of ($0.56) per share for the current fiscal year, with EPS estimates ranging from ($0.70) to ($0.45). For the next year, analysts expect that the company will post earnings of ($0.46) per share, with EPS estimates ranging from ($0.70) to ($0.30). Zacks’ earnings per share averages are an average based on a survey of sell-side research firms that cover BioLineRx.
BioLineRx (NASDAQ:BLRX – Get Rating) last issued its earnings results on Wednesday, March 16th. The biotechnology company reported ($0.08) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters’ consensus estimate of ($0.14) by $0.06.
BLRX stock traded up $0.05 on Friday, hitting $1.71. The company had a trading volume of 168,567 shares, compared to its average volume of 243,111. BioLineRx has a 12-month low of $1.34 and a 12-month high of $6.34. The stock’s 50-day simple moving average is $1.66 and its 200 day simple moving average is $2.22. The stock has a market cap of $81.53 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of -2.34 and a beta of 1.98.
A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Marshall Wace LLP bought a new position in BioLineRx in the fourth quarter worth approximately $29,000. LPL Financial LLC raised its position in shares of BioLineRx by 11.4% during the 4th quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 73,576 shares of the biotechnology company’s stock valued at $150,000 after purchasing an additional 7,500 shares during the period. Geneos Wealth Management Inc. raised its position in shares of BioLineRx by 63.1% during the 4th quarter. Geneos Wealth Management Inc. now owns 28,950 shares of the biotechnology company’s stock valued at $59,000 after purchasing an additional 11,200 shares during the period. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. raised its position in shares of BioLineRx by 184.7% during the 4th quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. now owns 122,224 shares of the biotechnology company’s stock valued at $249,000 after purchasing an additional 79,296 shares during the period. Finally, Advisor Group Holdings Inc. raised its position in shares of BioLineRx by 105.9% during the 4th quarter. Advisor Group Holdings Inc. now owns 15,253 shares of the biotechnology company’s stock valued at $31,000 after purchasing an additional 7,844 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 5.46% of the company’s stock.
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BioLineRx Ltd. is a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company, which focuses on oncology. Its oncology programs include Motaxafortide (BL-8040), which is therapy platform used in the treatment of pancreatic cancer; and AGI-134 is a immunotherapy treatment used fro multiple solid tumors. The company was founded in April 2003 and is headquartered in Modi’in, Israel.
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Agreement Contains Substantial Wage, Benefit Increases
SIMI VALLEY, Calif., March 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- After nine months of negotiations, workers at Waste Management, Inc. (WMI) in Simi Valley, Calif. have voted by a 97 percent margin to ratify their first contract with Teamsters Local 186.
"These workers were tired of the harassment and mistreatment from management, so they fought hard to organize and then they fought hard for a collective bargaining agreement," said Abel Garcia, Local 186 Secretary-Treasurer. "This was a long, tough fight but we overcame the company's stall tactics. The WMI Negotiating Committee hammered out the issues and stuck together throughout the process. It's a great first contract."
The contract includes a number of substantial improvements, including significant annual wage increases, overtime guarantees, pension contributions, and a better, more affordable union health care plan.
Juan Moreno, a residential driver who has been with WMI for over 24 years, served on the union negotiating committee and is proud to be working under a strong Teamster contract.
"With the union, work is better for everyone," said Moreno. "The pay is better, they have to treat us better, and now we have the confidence to talk about our problems and concerns. My wife is in a union, so I've seen how other people in a union are at work. They're much happier, much less stressed on the job."
Teamsters Local 186 represents workers in a wide variety of industries throughout Ventura County and the surrounding communities. For more information, go to https://www.teamsterslocal186.org/.
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Tony Hawk doesn't plan to ever stop skateboarding. ET's Kevin Frazier spoke with the 53-year-old athlete at the premiere of Tony Hawk: Until the Wheels Fall Off, the documentary about his life and career, and Hawk said he's feeling "pretty good" three weeks after breaking his femur.
While the injury may lessen the public skateboarding Hawk does, it won't stop him from doing it altogether.
"If I’m able to stand on my own two feet then I want to ride a skateboard," Hawk, who used a cane at the premiere, said. "I might not be doing it in public so much going down the line. If I feel like my skills are truly fading then I won’t be doing it on a public level or at an exhibition mode, but I don’t make ultimatums."
"I’m 53. I truly felt like, before I broke my leg, I was skating almost better than ever or better than I have in the last 10 years," he added. "I want to get back to at least some form of that same level of skating."
That answer is no surprise to Sam Jones, the director of the HBO documentary.
"His brother said he's probably going to be the first 80-year-old to do a backside air, and I I completely believe it," Jones told ET. "He just loves it so much."
After putting his trust in Jones, a former skateboarder, to helm the doc, Hawk is more than pleased with the result.
"It's to show the reality of what it takes to do this through the years, the hardships that it requires and the sacrifices you have to make in a lot of ways, personally and professionally," Hawk explained. "People don’t understand [that] you don’t just get on a skateboard and you’re naturally gifted and then all the success falls on you. You've got to work your a** off. You've got to be willing to take the hits and get back up."
The doc is a culmination of Hawk's success, and a way for the athlete to shine a light on all the aspects of the sport.
"I’m honored, but it’s a big responsibility. I do feel I feel like I need to be mindful of that and I need to represent it well. It’s something that I’ve kind of taken upon myself," Hawk said of using his influence for good. "If people are going to put that on me, then I want to represent skateboarding authentically and show all sides of it, not just the glitz and the X Games and things like that, but the grit, and what it takes, and also the diversity. That’s something that’s overlooked too. If you go to a skate park now, it’s a melting pot of race, of gender, everyone’s down, everyone’s supporting each other. I don’t think there is any other sport like that."
Through the making of the doc, Hawk said he learned that "it's OK to be vulnerable." It's a message he wishes he could relay to his younger self.
"I think I would try to encourage myself to figure out my personal issues earlier rather than later, figure out how to deal with being uncomfortable, how to deal with lack of intimacy, the bigger picture stuff instead of hyper focusing on skating and letting that somehow solve all my problems," he said.
In addition to skateboarding, the doc focuses on Hawk's private and family lives, something that Jones thinks will be eye-opening to audiences.
"I think they'll be surprised at how conscientious he is about taking care of his family, and being a good father, and the way he wants everybody to have the experience that he's had with skateboarding," Jones told ET of Hawk, who's a dad of four. "He really cares about skateboarding having this long life after he's done skating. You really, really see it in the way he treats his family and other skaters."
Tony Hawk: Until the Wheels Fall Off will premiere April 5 on HBO and HBO Max.
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By DOUG FEINBERG
AP Basketball Writer
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Kim Mulkey knew she had a rebuilding project when she took over as coach of LSU this season.
The longtime Baylor coach quickly was able to orchestrate an incredible turnaround for the Tigers, who won 26 games — 17 more than last season.
Mulkey was honored Thursday as The Associated Press women’s basketball Coach of the Year, the third time she has won the award. Geno Auriemma and Muffet McGraw are the only other coaches to have accomplished the feat.
“I’m certainly honored to be in that group,” Mulkey said. “This doesn’t happen without players who allow you to coach them and buy into a system. We had a really, really good year.”
Mulkey received 10 votes from the 30-member national media panel that votes on the AP Top 25 each week. South Carolina Dawn Staley was second with eight votes. Stanford’s Tara VanDerveer received three while Nicki Collen, who replaced Mulkey at Baylor, got two along with Wes Moore of N.C. State. Five coaches got one vote apiece.
The veteran coach shared the stage with AP Player of the Year Aliyah Boston, who she coached against this year.
Mulkey, who was surprised by her team last week who told her she won, thanked her coaches and individually named each of her players in the ceremony. She choked up when talking about her family, who were still in Texas.
LSU rose to No. 6 in the AP poll and hosted the first two rounds of the NCAA Tournament. The Tigers lost to Ohio State in the second round and finished with more than 25 wins for the first time since the 2007-08 season. Mulkey compared this season to her first at Baylor when she inherited a team that won just seven games the year before she took over.
“You make goals that are realistic such as having a winning season,” she said. “Beat your first ranked team, we’re going to celebrate that. In conference if we finish in the top half of SEC we can then potentially get to the NCAA Tournament. It sounds so simple. but you have to crawl before you can walk, and have to walk before you can run. We were just realistic.”
The Tigers went 13-3 in the tough Southeastern Conference and had wins over Georgia, Tennessee and Kentucky. Mulkey’s squad also played South Carolina tough, only falling by six points.
After the ceremony, Mulkey bumped into Nikki Fargas, the coach she replaced at LSU. The two hugged and had a 15-minute conversation. It was the first time they had talked since Mulkey got the job.
Mulkey grew up in Louisiana and won national titles with Louisiana Tech as both a player and assistant coach before a 21-year run at Baylor in which she won three national titles and became the fastest coach in women’s college basketball history to 600 victories, doing so in just 700 games. In 2020, she was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.
Mulkey also won AP Coach of the Year in 2012 and 2019 while at Baylor.
“I can’t name all the things that the team did this year but it was unbelievable,” she said. “We were not supposed to do what we did in a year. That’s hard to do.”
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First lawsuit filed over Florida law restricting certain LGBTQ topics in the classroom
Two LGBTQ rights advocacy groups, as well as students, parents and a teacher in Florida, filed a federal lawsuit Thursday, challenging the state's new law banning certain instruction about sexual orientation and gender identity in the classroom.
It's the first legal challenge seeking to block implementation and enforcement of the law, which Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis signed on Monday. The controversial law, dubbed "Don't Say Gay" by its opponents, is set to take effect in July.
DeSantis told reporters Thursday that he will defend the law "vigorously."
The lawsuit calls the Florida law an "unlawful attempt to stigmatize, silence and erase LGBTQ people in Florida's public schools."
"It seeks to do so by imposing a sweeping, vague ban covering any instruction on 'sexual orientation and gender identity,' and by constructing a diffuse enforcement scheme designed to maximize the chilling effect of this prohibition," the complaint reads.
According to the new "Parental Rights in Education" law in Florida, "classroom instruction by school personnel or third parties on sexual orientation or gender identity may not occur in kindergarten through grade 3 or in a manner that is not age-appropriate or developmentally appropriate for students in accordance with state standards."
Parents would be able to bring civil suits against a school district for any potential rule violation, under the new law.
During the bill signing Monday, DeSantis said that Florida recognizes that "parents have a fundamental role in the education, health care and well-being of their children."
The plaintiffs in Thursday's lawsuit include Equality Florida, an LGBTQ advocacy organization; Family Equality, a New York-based nonprofit; a 17-year-old sophomore in Palmetto, Florida, who identifies as gay; an 18-year-old senior in Osprey, Florida, who identifies as gay; the parent of a transgender fifth-grader in Florida; three same-sex couples living in Florida with young children; and a middle-school public teacher in Grand Ridge, Florida. The complaint was filed by Kaplan Hecker & Fink LLP and the National Center for Lesbian Rights.
The plaintiffs say the new law violates the First and 14th Amendments, and Title IX protections.
"This effort to control young minds through state censorship -- and to demean LGBTQ lives by denying their reality -- is a grave abuse of power. The United States Supreme Court has repeatedly affirmed that LGBTQ people and families are at home in our constitutional order. The State of Florida has no right to declare them outcasts, or to treat their allies as outlaws, by punishing schools where someone dares to affirm their identity and dignity," according to the complaint.
Weighing in on the lawsuit Thursday, DeSantis said he doesn't think that "any of the legal claims have merit."
"These are policy decisions. I don't think it's anything that's invoking First Amendment because schools, states and localities have the ability to set curriculum in public schools. We do that all the time. This is not new," he said, also arguing that the law "does not regulate student speech."
DeSantis' communications director Taryn Fenske told CNN in a statement that "this calculated, politically motivated, virtue-signaling lawsuit is meritless, and we will defend the legality of parents to protect their young children from sexual content in Florida public schools."
Proponents of the new law say it gives parents more oversight over what their children learn and discuss at school and argue that LGBTQ-related topics should be left for families to discuss in private. Opponents say the law will negatively affect an already marginalized community and also argue it would open educators up to an endless barrage of litigation. | https://www.mynbc5.com/article/first-lawsuit-florida-law-lgbtq-topics-classroom/39600782 | 2022-04-01T01:28:48Z |
Sarah Bowden, J. Harrison Ghee, and More Will Return to The Muny's CHICAGO
Performances run June 13 -19, 2022.
The Muny announced today that Sarah Bowden, J. Harrison Ghee, Emily Skinner, James T. Lane, Adam Heller and Ali Ewoldt will return to star in the acclaimed 2021 production of Chicago, June 13 -19, 2022. The production received the Best Musical Award at Monday evening's St. Louis Theater Circle Awards, as well as six others, including direction and choreography and music direction. Chicago is directed and choreographed by Denis Jones, with music direction by Charlie Alterman. Chicago is proudly sponsored by Edward Jones.
"I am so grateful that every principal artist is returning," said Muny Artistic Director and Executive Producer Mike Isaacson. "Their commitment to this extraordinary production and The Muny audience is humbling. I can't wait to see them and Chicago again."
Sarah Bowden (Roxie Hart) Originally from Australia, Sarah is beyond excited to be back at The Muny revisiting this iconic role and glorious production from last season. Sarah also played Velma in Chicago at the Maltz Jupiter Theatre with Denis Jones as director and is always honored and thrilled to be working with Denis, especially on this dream show of hers!
Other USA highlights include the first national tour of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Cherry Sundae), a 2016 A Chorus Line (Cassie) at The Hollywood Bowl opposite Mario Lopez, and her first production at The Muny, Jerome Robbins' Broadway in 2018. Sarah spent many years in Germany in productions of Cabaret (Sally Bowles), West Side Story (Anita), 9 to 5 (Doralee), Flashdance (Gloria) and lastly Disney's The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Esmeralda) with director Scott Schwartz and choreographer Chase Brock.
J. Harrison Ghee (Velma Kelly) is honored to be returning to The Muny playing Velma Kelly. Many thanks to family, friends, and his agency Nicolosi & Co. for continued love and support.
Muny: Kinky Boots (Lola). Broadway/International tour: Kinky Boots (Lola/Swing), Mrs. Doubtfire (Andre Mayem). Regional: The Color Purple (Ensemble), The Sting (Johnny Hooker). Television: High Maintenance (Charles), Raising Dion (Kwame). Industrial: Tokyo Disney Sea's Big Band Beat, Norwegian Cruise Line. Proud graduate of The American Musical and Dramatic Academy (NY).
Emily Skinner (Matron "Mama" Morton) Muny: Disney's The Little Mermaid, 42nd Street, Breakfast at Tiffany's and Billy Elliot. Broadway: Side Show (Tony nomination, Drama League Award), The Cher Show, Prince of Broadway, Jekyll & Hyde, The Full Monty, James Joyce's The Dead, Dinner at Eight (Outer Critics Circle nomination), Billy Elliot (BroadwayWorld Award). Off-Broadway: Picnic (Drama Desk nomination), Jerry Springer: The Opera (Carnegie Hall), Fiorello!; No Strings, Pardon My English, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (all for NY City Center Encores!). She has sung leading roles at Manhattan Theatre Club, WPA Theater, Playwrights Horizons, Roundabout Theatre Company, York Theatre, Paramount Theatre at Madison Square Garden. Regional: The Kennedy Center, Signature Theatre, Alliance Theatre, Ford's Theatre, Long Wharf, Old Globe, Goodspeed, Bucks County Playhouse, Virginia Rep and many others. She has sung with symphonies around the globe and her numerous recordings may be found at Amazon.com.
James T. Lane (Billy Flynn) is from Philadelphia. Muny: Disney's The Little Mermaid (Sebastian), The Wiz (Tin Man). West End: The Scottsboro Boys, A Chorus Line (Revival at Palladium Theatre). Broadway: Kiss Me, Kate (Paul), King Kong the Musical, The Scottsboro Boys (Ozie Powell/Ruby Bates), Chicago and A Chorus Line (Richie Walters). National Tour: Ain't Too Proud (Paul Williams), Jersey Boys, Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella, Fame The Musical. Regional: Guys and Dolls (Nicely-Nicely, Virginia Stage Company), Mary Poppins (Bert, Drury Lane Theatre), The Wiz (Tin Man, Broadway at Music Circus and The Old Globe), A.C.T and Dallas Theater Center). Encores! Off-Center: Promenade, Grand Hotel, Don't Bother Me, I Can't Cope. Concerts: Carnegie Hall with The New York Pops, Ottawa Symphony and many more.
Adam Heller (Amos Hart) The Muny: 1776 (Ben Franklin, 2019) and Gypsy (Herbie, 2018). Broadway: It Shoulda Been You, Elf, Baby, It's You; Caroline, or Change; A Class Act, Victor/Victoria and Les Misérables. National Tour: Titanic and Falsettos. Off-Broadway: Popcorn Falls (Davenport), A Letter to Harvey Milk (Theatre Row), Peer Gynt (CSC), Wings (Second Stage), Make Me a Song: The Music of William Finn and The Immigrant (New World Stages), Merrily We Roll Along (York). Regional: The Flamingo Kid (Hartford Stage), Fiddler on the Roof (Goodspeed, Connecticut Critics Circle Award/Best Actor), Rags (Goodspeed), The Chosen (Barrington Stage), My Name is Asher Lev (Arden), Merrily We Roll Along (Kennedy Center Sondheim Celebration). Television: We Crashed, FBI: Most Wanted, The Bite, The Good Fight, Elementary, Unforgettable, The Americans, The Sopranos, Law & Order (all) and Oz.
Ali Ewoldt (Mary Sunshine) is beyond thrilled to return to The Muny. Muny credits include A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (Philia), 1776 (Martha Jefferson) and West Side Story (Maria). Other credits include The Phantom of the Opera (Christine Daaé, Broadway), Les Misérables (Cosette, Broadway, national tour), The King and I (Broadway, tour, Lyric Opera of Chicago), The Fantasticks (Luisa, off-Broadway), She Loves Me (Amalia, Signature Theatre), Gold Mountain (Mei, Utah Shakespeare Festival), A Christmas Carol (Fan, McCarter Theatre) and Guys and Dolls (Sarah Brown, Sacramento Music Circus). Concert/symphony work: Alice Tully Hall, The Town Hall, NY Pops at Carnegie Hall, Houston Symphony, American Pops Orchestra, Kaohsiung Symphony and The Boston Pops with Maestro Keith Lockhart. Her TV/Film credits include The Michael J. Fox Show, Yield, Mia and The Cactus. Ali has a BA in psychology from Yale University, is a proud Filipina American and member of Actors' Equity.
Audiences and critics went "Whoopee!" for last season's thrilling production of Chicago. Following an abbreviated run and early close to the 2021 season, The Muny's 2022 season opens with this encore production! Hailed as "Musical Theater Magic," "Downright Breathtaking" and "Nothing Short of Brilliant," Chicago was the talk of the town. So, re-start the car and head to Kander and Ebb's internationally acclaimed, Tony Award-winning musical about fame, fortune and justice. Merry murderesses Roxie Hart and Velma Kelly await!
The Muny's 2022 Season includes Chicago (June 13-19), Lerner and Loewe's Camelot (June 22-28), Disney and Cameron Macintosh's Mary Poppins (July 5-13), Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (July 16-22), Legally Blonde, The Musical (July 25-31), The Color Purple (August 3-9) and Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (August 12-18). Season tickets are currently on sale. Single tickets will be available beginning May 23. Muny gift cards for the 104th season are now available online and at The Muny Box Office. For more information, visit muny.org or call (314) 361-1900. | https://www.broadwayworld.com/st-louis/article/Sarah-Bowden-J-Harrison-Ghee-and-More-Will-Return-to-The-Munys-CHICAGO-20220331 | 2022-04-01T01:28:49Z |
RICHMOND, Calif. (AP) — The nation’s oldest active park ranger is hanging up her Smokey hat at the age of 100.
Betty Reid Soskin retired Thursday after more than 15 years at the Rosie the Riveter/WWII Home Front National Historical Park in Richmond, California, the National Park Service announced.
Soskin “spent her last day providing an interpretive program to the public and visiting with coworkers," a Park Service statement said.
She led tours at the park and museum honoring the women who worked in factories during wartime and shared her own experience as a Black woman during the conflict. She worked for the U.S. Air Force in 1942 but quit after learning that “she was employed only because her superiors believed she was white," according to a Park Service biography.
“Being a primary source in the sharing of that history – my history – and giving shape to a new national park has been exciting and fulfilling,” Soskin said in the Park Service statement. “It has proven to bring meaning to my final years.”
Soskin won a temporary Park Service position at the age of 84 and became a permanent Park Service employee in 2011. She celebrated her 100th birthday last September.
“Betty has made a profound impact on the National Park Service and the way we carry out our mission,” Director Chuck Sams said. “Her efforts remind us that we must seek out and give space for all perspectives so that we can tell a more full and inclusive history of our nation.”
Soskin was born Betty Charbonnet in Detroit in 1921 but recalled surviving the devastating Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 while living with her Creole family in New Orleans, according to the Park Service biography.
Her family then moved to Oakland, California, and Soskin remained in the San Francisco Bay Area, where in 1945 she and her first husband founded one of the first Black-owned record stores in the area, the biography said.
She also was a civil rights activist and took part in meetings to develop a general management plan for the Home Front park. She has received several honors.
She was named California Woman of the Year in 1995.
In 2015, Soskin received a presidential coin from President Barack Obama after she lit the National Christmas tree at the White House.
In June 2016, she was awakened in her home by a robber who punched her repeatedly in the face, dragged her out of her bedroom and beat her before making off with the coin and other items. Soskin, then 94, recovered and returned to work just weeks after the attack. The coin was replaced.
Soskin also was honored with entry into the Congressional Record. Glamour Magazine named her woman of the year in 2018. | https://www.beaumontenterprise.com/news/article/Oldest-U-S-active-park-ranger-retires-at-100-17049910.php | 2022-04-01T01:28:49Z |
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TORONTO, March 31, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Avicanna Inc. ("Avicanna" or the "Company") AVCN AVCNF 0NN, a commercial stage, international biopharmaceutical company focused on the development advancement, and commercialization of evidence-based, cannabinoid-based products, is pleased to announce that it has closed a non-brokered private placement offering of 7,210,194 units of the Company (the "Units") at a price of $0.35 per Unit for aggregate gross proceeds of approximately $2.5 million (the "Offering"). Each Unit is comprised of one common share in the capital of the Company (each, a "Unit Share") and one-half of one (0.5) common share purchase warrant of the Company (each whole warrant, a "Warrant"); and, each Warrant shall entitle the holder thereof to acquire one (1) common share in the capital of the Company at an exercise price of $0.40 per share, subject to adjustment in certain events, until March 31, 2025.
The Company has paid an aggregate total of approximately $32,500 in cash finders' fees and issued an aggregate total of 92,857 finder's warrants (each a "Finder Warrants") in connection with the Offering to certain finders in connection with subscriptions for Units made by purchasers introduced to the Company by such finders. Each Finder Warrant entitles the holder thereof to acquire one common share in the capital of the Company at an exercise price of $0.40 per share, subject to adjustment in certain events, until March 31, 2025.
The Company intends to use the proceeds from the Offering for general working capital purposes, general and administrative expenses, expenditures related to production and manufacturing, and research and clinical development.
The Unit Shares and Warrants, and any securities issuable upon conversion or exercise thereof, are subject to a four-month hold period under applicable securities laws in Canada. The Offering is subject to certain conditions including, but not limited to, the receipt of all necessary approvals, including the approval of the Toronto Stock Exchange.
About Avicanna Inc.
Avicanna is an innovative, commercial-stage, and international biopharmaceutical company focused on the development, advancement, and commercialization of evidence-based cannabinoid-based products for the global consumer, as well as medical and pharmaceutical market segments. In leading global cannabinoid advancements, the Company actively collaborates with leading Canadian academic and medical institutions. Avicanna has established an scientific platform including R&D and clinical development that has led to the commercialization of more than thirty products across four main market segments:
Medical Cannabis & Wellness Products: Marketed under the RHO Phyto™ brand these medical and wellness products are a line of pharmaceutical-grade cannabinoid products containing varying ratios of cannabidiol ("CBD") and tetrahydrocannabinol ("THC"). The product portfolio contains a full formulary of products including oral, sublingual, topical, and transdermal deliveries that have been designed for controlled dosing, enhanced absorption and stability studies supported by pre-clinical data. The formulary is marketed with consumer, patient and medical-community education and training.
CBD Derma-Cosmetic Products: Marketed under the Pura H&W™ or Pura Earth™ brands, these registered, clinically tested, derma-cosmetic products include a portfolio of functional CBD topical products.
Pharmaceutical Pipeline: Leveraging Avicanna's scientific platform, vertical integration, and real-world evidence, Avicanna has created a pipeline of patent-pending drug candidates that are indication-specific and in various stages of clinical development and commercialization. These cannabinoid-based drug candidates look to address unmet medical needs in the areas of dermatology, chronic pain, and various neurological disorders. Avicanna's first pharmaceutical preparation (Trunerox™) is in the drug registration stage in South America.
Cannabinoid Raw Materials: Marketed under the Aureus™ brand, the Company's raw material business has successfully completed sales to 12 countries. Aureus™ offers cannabis dried flower, standardized seeds, full-spectrum extracts, and cannabinoid distillates, isolated cannabinoids such as CBD, THC, cannabigerol ("CBG") and other rare cannabinoids. Aureus™ products are produced at Santa Marta Golden Hemp S.A.S, the Company's majority-owned subsidiary in Colombia, which is also GACP certified and has United States Department of Agriculture USDA National Organic Program certification for its hemp cultivar.
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KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — Dolly Parton is sharing her support for those fighting the wildfires in Wears Valley and Sevier County.
On Thursday, Parton tweeted, “I’ve been keeping up with everything going on with the fires near my home area. It looks scary on TV, but I’m proud of how everyone in the area has pulled together like they always do. I’m especially proud of the brave men and women who are working to contain the fire.”
The fire has burned at least 3,700 acres and at least 500 people have been evacuated. The fire is still burning, with 30 percent contained. More evacuations were ordered late Thursday, more than 24 hours after the fire broke out on Hatcher Mountain in Wears Valley.
Parton also wrote, “I know there are some folks who have been affected, and I hope that you will join me in saying a prayer for them. During this time, I’ve also remained in touch with my people at Dollywood who have assured me everything is okay there.”
Pigeon Forge leaders said Thursday at a press conference that firefighters had kept the flames from entering the city limits.
To find out ways to help those impacted, click here. | https://www.wspa.com/news/state-news/dolly-parton-proud-of-wildfire-response-asks-prayer-for-victims/ | 2022-04-01T01:28:51Z |
DETROIT (AP) _ The winning numbers in Thursday evening's drawing of the Michigan Lottery's "Fantasy 5" game were:
06-09-28-29-30
(six, nine, twenty-eight, twenty-nine, thirty)
DETROIT (AP) _ The winning numbers in Thursday evening's drawing of the Michigan Lottery's "Fantasy 5" game were:
06-09-28-29-30
(six, nine, twenty-eight, twenty-nine, thirty) | https://www.myplainview.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Fantasy-5-game-17049785.php | 2022-04-01T01:28:52Z |
DETROIT (AP) _ The winning numbers in Thursday evening's drawing of the Michigan Lottery's "Fantasy 5" game were:
06-09-28-29-30
(six, nine, twenty-eight, twenty-nine, thirty)
Estimated jackpot: $219,000
DETROIT (AP) _ The winning numbers in Thursday evening's drawing of the Michigan Lottery's "Fantasy 5" game were:
06-09-28-29-30
(six, nine, twenty-eight, twenty-nine, thirty)
Estimated jackpot: $219,000 | https://www.darientimes.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Fantasy-5-game-17049785.php | 2022-04-01T01:28:52Z |
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The campaign season is already here with partisan ads for the June 28 primary dominating local broadcasts, and as of Wednesday, voters could begin applying to use the mail to cast their ballots,
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During the COVID-19 pandemic, voting by mail and early voting grew rapidly.
Anyone who is registered to vote can apply for a mail ballot. At one time, voters had to provide a reason for wanting to vote by mail, but that requirement was dropped in 2009.
Voting by mail begins on May 19, and ballots must be postmarked by June 28. Ballots also can be turned in at any drop-off site in your area up to when the polls close on Election Day.
If you apply now, you can expect to receive your mail ballot by late May. If you have not received your ballot by then, can call your local election board to check on the status of your application.
If you are not sure whether you are registered or if you want to know who your local election board is, go to https://ova.elections.il.gov/RegistrationLookup.aspx.
Later this summer, you can also sign up to have your mail ballot sent automatically to your home for every upcoming primary and general election. You can get the application beginning on Aug. 10 from your county's election website.
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• Cook County: www.cookcountyclerkil.gov/elections/ways-to-vote/vote-by-mail• DuPage County: www.dupagecounty.gov/Election/VoteByMail/
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By TIM REYNOLDS
AP Sports Writer
MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Naomi Osaka’s eyes welled with tears when her match ended, an all-too-familiar scene for her in recent years.
These were of the happy variety.
For the former world No. 1, that’s major progress.
The unseeded Osaka defeated No. 22 Belinda Bencic 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 on Thursday in the Miami Open semifinals. She’s in a championship match for the first time since the 2021 Australian Open, and will meet either No. 16 Jessica Pegula or No. 2 Iga Swiatek on Saturday.
“Damn, I’m almost crying,” Osaka said.
Maybe not even almost. She hid her face in an orange towel a few times right after the match ended, at least one tear clearly making its way down her right cheek. Osaka entered this tournament ranked No. 77 in the world, will leave Miami no worse than 36th and would be back in the top 30 if she wins the title.
It has been a long, trying and often emotional ride for Osaka since her win in the 2018 U.S. Open final over Serena Williams. She was rattled during a loss at Indian Wells on March 12 following a derogatory shout from a spectator, withdrew from last year’s French Open to address her mental state and left last year’s U.S. Open in tears.
But in South Florida, one of the places she considers home, it’s been all support from the fans.
“From the bottom of my heart, thank you,” Osaka told them in her on-court interview.
Pegula and Swiatek — who will replace the now-retired Ashleigh Barty as the No. 1-ranked women’s player in the world next week — were meeting in the other women’s semifinal on Thursday night.
Meanwhile, Daniil Medvedev came into the tournament as the No. 2-ranked men’s player in the world. Hubert Hurkacz ensured he will stay there.
Hurkacz — the No. 8 seed and defending Miami champion — wore down the top-seeded and cramp-riddled Medvedev 7-6 (7), 6-3 on Thursday in a men’s quarterfinal.
“Every muscle just went ‘cramp, cramp, cramp, cramp,'” Medvedev said.
Had Medvedev prevailed, he would have overtaken Novak Djokovic on Monday and returned to No. 1 in the world rankings. Instead, the Russian will stay No. 2 in the world and find out who wins the Miami title on Sunday like everyone else.
“For me, it was more important in a way just to win the match itself than to become No. 1,” Medvedev said. “Winning the match, I saw it more as a bonus.”
Hurkacz, who is from Poland, will next meet either No. 14 Carlos Alcaraz of Spain or unseeded Miomir Kecmanovic of Serbia in the semifinals. Kecmanovic and Alcaraz play in the last quarterfinal later Thursday.
“I was returning pretty well, I was putting some pressure on his serves and that was helping my game,” Hurkacz said. “I was able to get some free points on my serve and that was pretty big.”
The other semifinal pits sixth-seeded Casper Ruud of Norway against unseeded Francisco Cerundolo of Argentina.
Hurkacz has played Medvedev four times, and Medvedev has been ranked No. 2 in the world in each of those meetings — which they’ve now split. Hurkacz improved to 14-5 this year, and his record in Miami is 12-1 all-time.
“Coming here is so much fun,” Hurkacz said.
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VANCOUVER, BC, March 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. ("West Fraser" or the "Company") (TSX and NYSE: WFG) will hold an analysts' conference call to discuss first quarter 2022 financial and operating results on Friday, April 29, 2022 at 8:30 a.m. Pacific Time/11:30 a.m. Eastern Time.
To participate in the call, please dial: 1-888-390-0605 (Toll-free North America) or (416) 764-8609 (Toll number) or connect on the webcast.
Please let the operator know you wish to participate in the West Fraser conference call chaired by Mr. Ray Ferris, President and Chief Executive Officer.
Following management's discussion of the quarterly results, the analyst community will be invited to ask questions.
The call will be recorded for webcasting purposes and will be available on our website at www.westfraser.com. West Fraser's first quarter 2022 financial and operating results will be released on Thursday, April 28, 2022.
West Fraser is a diversified wood products company with more than 60 facilities in Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, and Europe. From responsibly sourced and sustainably managed forest resources, the Company produces lumber, engineered wood products (OSB, LVL, MDF, plywood, and particleboard), pulp, newsprint, wood chips, other residuals, and renewable energy. West Fraser's products are used in home construction, repair and remodelling, industrial applications, papers, tissue, and box materials.
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Oscars producer Will Packer said Los Angeles police were ready to arrest Will Smith after Smith slapped Chris Rock on the Academy Awards stage.
“They were saying, you know, this is battery, was a word they used in that moment," Packer said in a clip released by ABC News Thursday night of an interview he gave to “Good Morning America.” “They said we will go get him. We are prepared. We’re prepared to get him right now. You can press charges, we can arrest him. They were laying out the options.”
But Packer said Rock was “very dismissive” of the idea.
“He was like, ‘No, no, no, I’m fine,” Packer said. "And even to the point where I said, ‘Rock, let them finish.’ The LAPD officers finished laying out what his options were and they said, ‘Would you like us to take any action?’ And he said no.”
The LAPD said in a statement after Sunday night's ceremony that they were aware of the incident, and that Rock had declined to file a police report. The department declined comment Thursday on Packer's interview, a longer version of which will air on Friday morning.
The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences met Wednesday to initiate disciplinary proceedings against Smith for violations against the group’s standards of conduct. Smith could be suspended, expelled or otherwise sanctioned.
The academy said in a statement that “Mr. Smith’s actions at the 94th Oscars were a deeply shocking, traumatic event to witness in-person and on television."
Without giving specifics, the academy said Smith was asked to leave the ceremony at the Dolby Theatre, but refused to do so.
Smith strode from his front row seat on to the stage and slapped Rock after a joke Rock made about Smith's wife, Jada Pinkett Smith, when he was on stage to present the Oscar for best documentary.
On Monday, Smith issued an apology to Rock, the academy and to viewers, saying “I was out of line and I was wrong.”
The academy said Smith has the opportunity to defend himself in a written response before the board meets again on April 18.
Rock publicly addressed the incident for the first time, but only briefly, at the beginning of a standup show Wednesday night in Boston, where he was greeted by a thunderous standing ovation. He said “I’m still kind of processing what happened.”
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Bobbie Nelson, pianist and singer in the Willie Nelson Family band, died Thursday morning, March 10, 2022, the Nelson family's publicist confirms. She was 91. "Her elegance, grace, beauty and talent made this world a better place," a statement about Bobbie from her family reads. "She was the first member of Willie’s band, as his pianist and singer. Our hearts are broken and she will be deeply missed. But we are so lucky to have had her in our lives. Please keep her family in your thoughts and give them the privacy they need at this time." | https://www.newsbreak.com/news/2556685551057/margaret-muse | 2022-04-01T01:28:57Z |
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian troops handed control of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant back to the Ukrainians and left the heavily contaminated site early Friday, more than a month after taking it over, Ukrainian authorities said, as fighting raged on the outskirts of Kyiv and other fronts.
Ukraine’s state power company, Energoatom, said the pullout at Chernobyl came after soldiers received “significant doses” of radiation from digging trenches in the forest in the exclusion zone around the closed plant. But there was no independent confirmation of that.
The withdrawal took place amid growing indications the Kremlin is using talk of de-escalation in Ukraine as cover while regrouping, resupplying its forces and redeploying them for a stepped-up offensive in the eastern part of the country.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Russian withdrawals from the north and center of the country were just a military tactic and that the forces are building up for new powerful attacks in the southeast.
“We know their intentions,” Zelenskyy said in his nightly video address to the nation. “We know that they are moving away from those areas where we hit them in order to focus on other, very important ones where it may be difficult for us.”
“There will be battles ahead,” he added.
Meanwhile, a convoy of 45 buses headed to Mariupol in another bid to evacuate people from the besieged port city after the Russian military agreed to a limited cease-fire in the area. But Russian forces blocked the buses, and only 631 people were able to get out of the city in private cars, according to the Ukrainian government.
Twelve Ukrainian trucks were able to deliver humanitarian supplies to Mariupol, but the supplies were seized by Russian troops, Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk said late Thursday.
The city has been the scene of some of the worst suffering of the war. Tens of thousands have managed to get out of Mariupol in the past few weeks by way of humanitarian corridors, reducing its population from a prewar 430,000 to an estimated 100,000 as of last week, but other relief efforts have been thwarted by continued Russian attacks.
A new round of talks was scheduled for Friday, five weeks into the war that has left thousands dead and driven 4 million Ukrainians from the country.
The International Atomic Energy Agency said it had been informed by Ukraine that the Russian forces at the site of the world’s worst nuclear disaster had transferred control of it in writing to the Ukrainians.
The last Russian troops left the Chernobyl plant early Friday, the Ukrainian government agency responsible for the exclusion zone said.
Energoatom gave no details on the condition of the soldiers it said were exposed to radiation and did not say how many were affected. There was no immediate comment from the Kremlin, and the IAEA said it had not been able to confirm the reports of Russian troops receiving high doses. It said it was seeking more information.
Russian forces seized the Chernobyl site in the opening stages of the Feb. 24 invasion, raising fears that they would cause damage or disruption that could spread radiation. The workforce at the site oversees the safe storage of spent fuel rods and the concrete-entombed ruins of the reactor that exploded in 1986.
Edwin Lyman, a nuclear expert with the U.S.-based Union of Concerned Scientists, said it “seems unlikely” a large number of troops would develop severe radiation illness, but it was impossible to know for sure without more details.
He said contaminated material was probably buried or covered with new topsoil during the cleanup of Chernobyl, and some soldiers may have been exposed to a “hot spot” of radiation while digging. Others may have assumed they were at risk too, he said.
Early this week, the Russians said they would significantly scale back military operations in areas around Kyiv and the northern city of Chernihiv to increase trust between the two sides and help negotiations along.
But in the Kyiv suburbs, regional governor Oleksandr Palviuk said on social media Thursday that Russian forces shelled Irpin and Makariv and that there were battles around Hostomel. Pavliuk said there were Ukrainian counterattacks and some Russian withdrawals around the suburb of Brovary to the east.
Chernihiv came under attack as well. At least one person was killed and four were wounded in the Russian shelling of a humanitarian convoy of buses sent to Chernihiv to evacuate residents cut off from food, water and other supplies, said Ukrainian Human Rights Commissioner Lyudmyla Denisova
Ukraine also reported Russian artillery barrages in and around the northeastern city of Kharkiv.
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said intelligence indicates Russia is not scaling back its military operations in Ukraine but is instead trying to regroup, resupply its forces and reinforce its offensive in the Donbas.
“Russia has repeatedly lied about its intentions,” Stoltenberg said. At the same time, he said, pressure is being kept up on Kyiv and other cities, and “we can expect additional offensive actions bringing even more suffering.”
The Donbas is the predominantly Russian-speaking industrial region where Moscow-backed separatists have been battling Ukrainian forces since 2014. In the past few days, the Kremlin, in a seeming shift in its war aims, said that its “main goal” now is gaining control of the Donbas, which consists of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions, including Mariupol.
The top rebel leader in Donetsk, Denis Pushilin, issued an order to set up a rival city government for Mariupol, according to Russian state news agencies, in a sign of Russian intent to hold and administer the city.
With talks set to resume between Ukraine and Russia via video, there seemed little faith that the two sides would resolve the conflict any time soon.
Russian President Vladimir Putin said that conditions weren’t yet “ripe” for a cease-fire and that he wasn’t ready for a meeting with Zelenskyy until negotiators do more work, Italian Premier Mario Draghi said after a telephone conversation with the Russian leader.
In other developments, Ukraine’s emergency services said the death toll had risen to 20 in a Russian missile strike Tuesday on a government administration building in the southern city of Mykolaiv.
As Western officials search for clues about what Russia’s next move might be, a top British intelligence official said demoralized Russian soldiers in Ukraine are refusing to carry out orders and sabotaging their equipment and had accidentally shot down their own aircraft.
In a speech in Australia, Jeremy Fleming, head of the GCHQ electronic spy agency, said Putin had apparently “massively misjudged” the invasion.
The Pentagon reported Thursday that an initial half-dozen shipments of weapons and other security assistance from the U.S. have reached Ukraine as part of an $800 million aid package President Joe Biden approved this month.
The shipments included Javelin anti-tank weapons, Stinger anti-aircraft missile systems, body armor, medical supplies and other materials, Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said.
U.S. intelligence officials have concluded that Putin is being misinformed by his advisers about how badly the war is going because they are afraid to tell him the truth.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that the U.S. is wrong and that “neither the State Department nor the Pentagon possesses the real information about what is happening in the Kremlin.”
Karmanau reported from Lviv, Ukraine. Associated Press journalists around the world contributed to this report. | https://www.wspa.com/russia-and-ukraine-conflict/russians-leave-chernobyl-site-as-fighting-rages-elsewhere/ | 2022-04-01T01:28:57Z |
NEW YORK, March 31, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Scott+Scott Attorneys at Law LLP ("Scott+Scott"), an international securities and consumer rights litigation firm, is investigating whether certain directors and officers of Fusion Acquisition Corp. ("Fusion") FUSE; n/k/a MoneyLion Inc. ("MoneyLion") ML breached their fiduciary duties to Fusion's shareholders. If you were a Fusion shareholder, you may contact attorney Joe Pettigrew for additional information toll-free at 844-818-6982 or jpettigrew@scott-scott.com.
Scott+Scott is investigating whether Fusion's board of directors or executive officers breached their duties of disclosure, duties of candor, and requirements to act in good faith, and whether Fusion's shareholders suffered damages as a result.
On September 21, 2021, Fusion shareholders of record as of September 2, 2021, approved a merger between Fusion and MoneyLion. MoneyLion has reported that it is under investigation by numerous federal and state regulators. Immediately after the merger, MoneyLion's stock price began a precipitous drop. The stock price has declined by 75% since the merger, with shares currently trading at $2.51/share.
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Analysts expect Phillips 66 (NYSE:PSX – Get Rating) to announce $28.82 billion in sales for the current quarter, Zacks reports. Three analysts have made estimates for Phillips 66’s earnings. The lowest sales estimate is $23.26 billion and the highest is $32.43 billion. Phillips 66 reported sales of $21.93 billion in the same quarter last year, which would suggest a positive year-over-year growth rate of 31.4%. The company is expected to issue its next earnings report before the market opens on Monday, January 1st.
On average, analysts expect that Phillips 66 will report full year sales of $120.24 billion for the current financial year, with estimates ranging from $105.84 billion to $129.77 billion. For the next financial year, analysts expect that the business will post sales of $119.41 billion, with estimates ranging from $112.62 billion to $131.88 billion. Zacks’ sales averages are a mean average based on a survey of sell-side analysts that cover Phillips 66.
Phillips 66 (NYSE:PSX – Get Rating) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Friday, January 28th. The oil and gas company reported $2.94 EPS for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters’ consensus estimate of $1.93 by $1.01. Phillips 66 had a net margin of 1.15% and a return on equity of 12.11%. The firm had revenue of $33.57 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $27.11 billion. During the same period last year, the firm earned ($1.16) EPS.
NYSE:PSX traded down $1.05 during trading hours on Monday, reaching $86.39. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 4,764,316 shares, compared to its average volume of 4,555,604. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average of $84.17 and a 200-day simple moving average of $78.68. Phillips 66 has a 1 year low of $63.19 and a 1 year high of $94.34. The firm has a market capitalization of $37.88 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 29.19, a PEG ratio of 0.93 and a beta of 1.51. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.60, a quick ratio of 0.88 and a current ratio of 1.15.
The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, March 1st. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, February 22nd were paid a $0.92 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, February 18th. This represents a $3.68 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 4.26%. Phillips 66’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 124.32%.
In related news, EVP Robert A. Herman sold 8,169 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, February 2nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $85.87, for a total transaction of $701,472.03. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link. Also, VP Paula Ann Johnson sold 12,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, February 10th. The stock was sold at an average price of $90.03, for a total transaction of $1,080,360.00. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last three months, insiders sold 146,469 shares of company stock valued at $12,955,593. Corporate insiders own 0.74% of the company’s stock.
Hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Great Valley Advisor Group Inc. increased its stake in Phillips 66 by 17.6% in the 3rd quarter. Great Valley Advisor Group Inc. now owns 7,340 shares of the oil and gas company’s stock worth $514,000 after buying an additional 1,097 shares during the period. Private Advisor Group LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Phillips 66 by 55.3% in the 3rd quarter. Private Advisor Group LLC now owns 41,794 shares of the oil and gas company’s stock valued at $2,927,000 after buying an additional 14,881 shares in the last quarter. Sumitomo Mitsui DS Asset Management Company Ltd boosted its holdings in shares of Phillips 66 by 6.0% in the 3rd quarter. Sumitomo Mitsui DS Asset Management Company Ltd now owns 39,226 shares of the oil and gas company’s stock valued at $2,746,000 after buying an additional 2,204 shares in the last quarter. NEXT Financial Group Inc boosted its holdings in shares of Phillips 66 by 5.8% in the 3rd quarter. NEXT Financial Group Inc now owns 5,634 shares of the oil and gas company’s stock valued at $395,000 after buying an additional 309 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Insight Folios Inc boosted its holdings in shares of Phillips 66 by 18.4% in the 3rd quarter. Insight Folios Inc now owns 3,564 shares of the oil and gas company’s stock valued at $250,000 after buying an additional 553 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 67.65% of the company’s stock.
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Phillips 66 operates as an energy manufacturing and logistics company. It operates through four segments: Midstream, Chemicals, Refining, and Marketing and Specialties (M&S). The Midstream segment transports crude oil and other feedstocks; delivers refined petroleum products to market; provides terminaling and storage services for crude oil and refined petroleum products; transports, stores, fractionates, exports, and markets natural gas liquids; provides other fee-based processing services; and gathers, processes, transports, and markets natural gas.
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DETROIT (AP) _ The winning numbers in Thursday evening's drawing of the Michigan Lottery's "Keno" game were:
16-18-26-28-30-32-35-40-43-45-48-49-50-57-59-62-64-66-67-74-76-80
(sixteen, eighteen, twenty-six, twenty-eight, thirty, thirty-two, thirty-five, forty, forty-three, forty-five, forty-eight, forty-nine, fifty, fifty-seven, fifty-nine, sixty-two, sixty-four, sixty-six, sixty-seven, seventy-four, seventy-six, eighty) | https://www.myplainview.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Keno-game-17049784.php | 2022-04-01T01:28:58Z |
Ramp-up begins again for Ball, but time is running out
The vague Lonzo Ball injury updates continued Thursday.
Ball, out since Jan. 15 due to an arthroscopic procedure on his left knee, began ramping up his activity again after a 10-day break from running. But the point of a ramp-up is to begin slowly, so there was no news on when he might be ready to run at a full sprint or do some cutting, let alone play in a game.
"Obviously with the amount of time that he had off to kind of let things calm down, (he's) not going to go 0 to 60," Donovan said before Thursday's game against the Clippers. "There will be each day a little bit more to see how he does, but that process is going to start now. There's been nothing with what he's done, even a little bit of work today, where he's back in significant pain, because he just hasn't done enough."
The original timeline was a six- to eight-week return after the surgery, but Ball is at roughly nine weeks now and time is running out in the regular season. Donovan has said the injury included a bone bruise, which might explain why Ball felt some pain as he tried to run full speed during his rehab activities.
"I think he's always felt better from the surgery," Donovan said. "I think the things that were bothering him, just in day-to-day activity, I think a lot of that's gone. It's just when we get to a point where he's got to obviously go game speed and sprinting is where he's had some discomfort.
"We'll see if this has helped. The doctors will have some kind if plan they'll work through in terms of build him back up and we'll probably have more information each day that goes by."
Time running out:
After playing the Clippers, the Bulls have just five games remaining in the regular season. If they can play well enough to avoid the play-in tournament, the Bulls will get an extra five days or so before the first round of the playoffs begin.
So that's more time for Lonzo Ball to recover, but do the Bulls really want his return from knee surgery to happen in the playoffs? That's all to be determined, according to coach Billy Donovan.
"He's a driver behind a lot of this. He really wants to play," Donovan said. "But obviously he's also going to be smart in terms of how he's feeling and he's going to be realistic and the doctors will put their heads together. But certainly every day that passes by, you're moving closer and closer to the end of the season.
"I have not gotten anything from the doctors that said to me, 'Listen, there's not enough time. We can't get him back.' They're going to do everything they can to try and get him back, but a lot's going to depend on how he responds to this."
DeRozan closes on 2K:
Heading into Thursday's game, DeMar DeRozan needed 31 points to reach 2,000 for the season. He'd be the team's first 2,000-point scorer since Derrick Rose in his MVP season of 2010-11. DeRozan's 26 30-point games this season are the most for the franchise since Michael Jordan had 35 in 1997-98.
Twitter: @McGrawDHSports | https://www.dailyherald.com/sports/20220331/ramp-up-begins-again-for-ball-but-time-is-running-out | 2022-04-01T01:28:58Z |
DETROIT (AP) _ The winning numbers in Thursday evening's drawing of the Michigan Lottery's "Keno" game were:
16-18-26-28-30-32-35-40-43-45-48-49-50-57-59-62-64-66-67-74-76-80
(sixteen, eighteen, twenty-six, twenty-eight, thirty, thirty-two, thirty-five, forty, forty-three, forty-five, forty-eight, forty-nine, fifty, fifty-seven, fifty-nine, sixty-two, sixty-four, sixty-six, sixty-seven, seventy-four, seventy-six, eighty) | https://www.darientimes.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Keno-game-17049784.php | 2022-04-01T01:28:58Z |
Oscars producer says police offered to arrest Will Smith
Oscars producer Will Packer said Los Angeles police were ready to arrest Will Smith after Smith slapped Chris Rock on the Academy Awards stage.
Related video above: Chris Rock gets warm welcome from Boston crowd during first show post-Oscars slap
"They were saying, you know, this is battery, was a word they used in that moment," Packer said in a clip released by ABC News Thursday night of an interview he gave to "Good Morning America." "They said 'we will go get him. We are prepared. We're prepared to get him right now. You can press charges, we can arrest him.' They were laying out the options."
But Packer said Rock was "very dismissive" of the idea.
"He was like, 'No, no, no, I'm fine,'" Packer said. "And even to the point where I said, 'Rock, let them finish.' The LAPD officers finished laying out what his options were and they said, 'Would you like us to take any action?' And he said no."
The LAPD said in a statement after Sunday night's ceremony that they were aware of the incident, and that Rock had declined to file a police report. The department declined to comment Thursday on Packer's interview, a longer version of which will air on Friday morning.
The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences met Wednesday to initiate disciplinary proceedings against Smith for violations against the group's standards of conduct. Smith could be suspended, expelled or otherwise sanctioned.
The academy said in a statement that "Mr. Smith's actions at the 94th Oscars were a deeply shocking, traumatic event to witness in-person and on television."
Without giving specifics, the academy said Smith was asked to leave the ceremony at the Dolby Theatre, but refused to do so.
Smith strode from his front row seat on to the stage and slapped Rock after a joke Rock made about Smith's wife, Jada Pinkett Smith, when he was on stage to present the Oscar for best documentary.
On Monday, Smith issued an apology to Rock, the academy and to viewers, saying "I was out of line and I was wrong."
The academy said Smith has the opportunity to defend himself in a written response before the board meets again on April 18.
Rock publicly addressed the incident for the first time, but only briefly, at the beginning of a standup show Wednesday night in Boston, where he was greeted by a thunderous standing ovation. He said "I'm still kind of processing what happened." | https://www.mynbc5.com/article/oscars-producer-police-offered-arrest-will-smith/39603725 | 2022-04-01T01:28:58Z |
Over the past two weeks, the Minnesota Timberwolves have discovered they don’t have the depth or big-game experience required to avoid the “play in” portion of the post-season and proceed directly into the first round of the playoffs. It is a comeuppance that prompts winces, a cutting to the quick via the fundamental, brutally efficient process of logic over hope.
Back in October, the Vegas oddsmakers put the over/under line for Timberwolves wins in the 2021-22 season at 34.5. On the last day of March, with five games yet to play, the team stands at 43 wins and 34 losses.
Head coach Chris Finch has been a prescient tactician and a blunt yet amenable two-way communicator, both trusting and trustworthy while salting in hard truths amid the encouragement and instruction of his players. He devised a bold defensive scheme that emphasized the virtues and at least temporarily obscured the vices of the team’s personnel, achieving a crucial buy-in from his two max-salary players thankful to rebut their reputations as sieves at that end of the court.
Those players, center Karl-Anthony Towns and combo guard D’Angelo Russell, bonded with second-year scoring prodigy Anthony Edwards for a remarkably synergistic and sanguine “Big 3,” sharing the ball and compliments so that each of their cups were filled with nectar. Meanwhile, Finch jiggled the rotations of the supporting cast in a manner that spread the spotlight and ownership of the team’s identity while lightening the load for all.
The acquisition of perpetual firebrand Patrick Beverley for a pair of problematic roster pieces not long for the NBA was the grand larceny that underwrote a culture of pleasantly abrasive accountability not seen since the heyday of Kevin Garnett. When it comes to the fire and ice of motivation and mentorship, PatBev has a feel for the temperature of percolation alien to fellow chest-thrusters like Jimmy Butler. When you can unlock the competitive psyches of people as diverse as KAT, DLo and Ant, not to mention four other guys in the regular rotation not yet 23 years old, you’re a sensei who has earned forgiveness for your own occasionally fraught forays into mania.
Put it all together and two weeks ago the Wolves were punking the Los Angeles Lakers and their two former MVPs, Russell Westbrook and LeBron James. It was their 9th win in 10 games, seven of them by double-digit margins, and for the first time in decades, they were swaggering.
Looking at the next seven games, all against opponents who were likely to make the playoffs without the need of a play-in game, Finch said, “we know the competition gets a little stiffer. But that’s what we want. We need that right now. This is kind of a little check under the hood, if you will, so we see what we’ve got to do as we get ready for this all-important stretch run going into the postseason.”
Friday night’s contest in Denver against the Nuggets finishes that seven-game calibration of playoff worthiness. The Wolves have won twice, against the Bucks without Giannis and in a home rematch with Dallas, the victories sandwiched around a tough road loss to Dallas and a schooling by the NBA-elite Phoenix Suns. Less than a week ago, shreds of optimism could still be clutched as viable keepsakes.
Then the Wolves were decimated in Boston by the Celtics on Sunday, never getting within 20 points after the second quarter. Balled out by Finch for their lack of energy, and with a rare two days to prepare for the next game, they stormed out to a 17-point lead with little more than two minutes gone in the second period against the Raptors in Toronto, then were shelled by 40 points, 102-62, over the final 34 minutes. The comeuppance was complete.
Signs of trouble
In a column written during those halcyon days of two weeks ago, I detailed three “trending X factors of goodness,” by which to believe in these Wolves. In the wake of the disheartening woe since then, it seems fitting to now counter with a trio of trending X factors that spell trouble as this team closes out a season that, regardless of what is to come, still amounts to a salutatory campaign of overachievement, albeit with a potentially sour aftertaste.
1. One trick pony defense
The Wolves spent the autumn portion of the 2021-22 season thriving on chaos. As I have written many times, they replaced their classic drop coverage, where the big man protects the rim, with an aggressive, scrambling style that enabled KAT to become more actively engaged at the leverage point of the pick-and-roll while teammates rotated over and filled in behind him. This style was first referred to as the “low man” defense, to describe the rim protecting duty of a smaller teammate rotating over from his “low” station near the hoop. More recently it has been called the “high wall” in reference to the greater resistance put on the ball handler as he tries to pass, dribble or shoot his way out pressure being applied on the perimeter. Both describe the way the scheme can flex.
The scheme was genius because it simultaneously exploited the skills — and placated the desires — of the starters. It verified KAT’s contention that he could guard beyond the paint, utilized the scrappy tenacity of PatBev and power forward Jarred Vanderbilt, and tapped the off-ball scholarship of DLo and the predatory tendencies of Ant. Because very few teams deploy it as the staple of their defense, it ambushed unsuspecting opponents during the first six weeks of the season, forcing bundles of turnovers and subsequent points for the Wolves in transition. KAT began using it as shorthand to describe “Timberwolves basketball.”
But it is a gambling style of defense, with relatively little margin for error. Its chaotic pressure generates more turnovers and otherwise unwise decisions on offense, but also exposes itself more frequently to easy baskets, especially as opponents become more accustomed to the buffeting and utilize a set plan of counterattack. Obviously, opponents with greater talent and teamwork on offense will be more adept and effective at exposing the open seams and other flaws in the scheme.
In other words, utilizing this “high wall” style almost exclusively would be especially risky during the playoffs, when the regularity of series play promotes familiarity with the scheme, and when an opponent that has made it to the postseason is more likely to be skilled and synergistic on offense.
Consequently, way back in mid-February shortly before the All Star break, the Wolves began broadening their defensive palette, increasing their then-limited use of various types of zone defenses, along with schemes that emphasized more switching of matchups on pick-and-roll and dribble-penetration, and even delving back into the old classic drop-scheme package. Weeks later, coming into the crucible of meaningful spring games against quality opponents, we are learning that the “high wall” approach is still the Wolves bread-and-butter defense, and even that is increasingly vulnerable versus skilled foes.
The results of deviating from the “high wall” have been discouraging. Using the drop scheme against San Antonio and the first matchup against Dallas after the All Star break demonstrated why the Wolves were chronically among the ten worst NBA defenses the seasons they deployed it. Zone defenses have some limited value when the Wolves are in foul trouble or otherwise trying to bridge a tough set of matchup circumstances, but Finch has admitted in the past that he regards it mostly as a placeholder.
Finch also told me before the season that he dislikes switching because it limits the accountability of defenders, who can blame miscommunication or misreads of the action before them for their failure to stay in front of their man. Switching also enables opponents to manufacture favorable match-ups against poor on-ball defenders — indeed playoff series often unfold as a procession of both teams trying to identify good match-ups on offense and remedy bad match-ups on defense. It is not hard to imagine teams trying to “pick on” what are imagined to be the lesser on-ball defensive skills of DLo, for example.
Bottom line, the “high wall” is the scheme the Wolves execute best, but if the Wolves rely on it too much, it loses some of its effectiveness. How much? Depends on how well they play it, how they tweak it to avoid total familiarity, and, most importantly, how good their opponents are on offense.
Even without point guard Chris Paul, Phoenix toyed with Minnesota en route to a 42-point fourth quarter in their most recent meeting. The playmaking of Devin Booker, the inside presence of center Deandre Ayton, and three-point shooters like Landry Shamet stationed in the corner created spacing that made the high wall threadbare, then moved the ball until it found the open man. The Wolves lack of energy helped boost Boston, who had 18 fast break points but also dominated via 56 points in the paint and 43.6% shooting from long range. The Wolves couldn’t prevent the Celtics best players from going off — Jason Tatum and Jaylen Brown combined for 65 points on 15-for-25 from two-point range and 8-for-16 beyond the arc.
The first 14 minutes of Wednesday’s game in Toronto found a revitalized Wolves defense applying pressure. Minnesota did a great job disrupting mobile big man Pascal Siakam and long-range marksman Fred Van Vleet, who combined for 2-of-11 shooting over that stretch. They also had 5 blocks, 3 steals, created 6 turnovers and held the Raptors to 33% shooting in that 14 minutes. But even so, a pattern was developing: Toronto was a horrid 4-for-19 from two-point range but a robust 5-for-8 from long distance.
Then the wheels fell off, with an aforementioned 102 points scored in 34 minutes. After the game, Finch blamed the overreaction to dribble-penetration by his defense, which enabled a bevy of wide open treys the fueled the scoring barrage. Siakam had a career-high 13 assists. Finch was reluctant to detail how the “high wall” and its variations were otherwise dismantled without looking at the film. But it was the latest sign of the Wolves not having enough size, speed, experience, talent and schematic versatility to prevent quality offenses from unloading on his team.
2. A lesser Big 3
Last week I wrote about the physical travails of Ant, whose painful knees are hindering the full range of his phenomenal athleticism even as the nature of his tendinopathy doesn’t prevent him from continuing to play. He is compensating pretty well, putting up 24 points in each of his last two games while adding 13 rebounding and 10 assists. But there are underlying signs of hindrance — the majority of his points are coming from Ant shooting over defense rather than driving and drawing contact. He has been to the free throw line four times total in the last four games and has committed nine turnovers in the past two.
But by far the biggest concern among members of the Big 3 stems from the clanking of DLo. Over the past five games in this crucial stretch he has shot 32.6% (19-for-62), including an awful 14.9% (4-for-27) from long range. His totals for the month of March aren’t much better—36.7% from the field and 27.3% from deep, which amounts to his lowest effective field goal percentage of any month this season.
DLo has gone through some dry shooting spells at other points during the season, but mitigated it by delivering as the go-to guy in the clutch. His 90 points in crunchtime of close games nearly equals that of KAT (48 points) and Ant (43) combined. But the vast majority of Wolves games since the All Star break have been blowouts, both wins and losses. Meanwhile, his current bout of clanking puts him at career lows in shooting accuracy from three-point range and from the field overall.
More significantly, it has diminished his overall presence on the court. Ironically, he is passing better than ever: His assist-to-turnover rate in March, 7.6-to-2.2, is his best of the season and the highest assist rate except for December. And his trips to the line in March are above his season average. But even with the dimes and the free throws, his usage has plummeted to season-low 21.7 in March, well below his next-most inactive 24.3 in December. And that’s because he isn’t shooting as often.
This matters because the range of Ant’s offense has been circumscribed by his painful knees, and because the team’s most frequent three-point shooter, Malik Beasley, is injured. Yes, KAT has more than picked up the slack, with a phenomenal run of performances since the All Star break that almost certainly has cinched his berth on an All League team, which in turn boosts the amount of money he can be paid. It also seems very likely that the Wolves will extend his contract with that salary boost intact at the end of the season.
DLo was also angling for a contract extension after this season, something he verbalized before the season started. But the Wolves extending both players at the same time would give the front office precious little roster flexibility in the near future. Given their respective performances, if a choice must be made, it will be KAT.
Whether that circumstance factors into DLo’s current shooting slump is uncertain but unlikely. But his recent inability to make shots has thrown more of the onus for the offense on to KAT, and opponents are noticing. Toronto was the latest team to swarm KAT almost as soon as he got the ball, and the extra attention has both elevated and depressed his overall game. He is more creative and diverse in his scoring, with an increase in the amount and efficiency of his dribble penetration. But a recent pattern has emerged of him going off in the first quarter and then being limited thereafter. Beset by defenders, his turnovers and fouls are up, with the whistles especially torpedoing the Wolves chances versus top-level opponents.
3. Injury luck turns against Minnesota
Through most of the 2021-22 season, the Wolves have been extremely lucky when it comes to injuries. Not only was the roster relatively unscathed, but the team frequently found itself matched up with an opponent missing a signature star for a game or a week. On the macro level, serious injuries have penalized some of their rivals near the cusp of the Western Conference playoff race. Portland began tanking when they lost Dame Lillard. New Orleans has been without Zion Williamson all year. The Lakers haven’t had Anthony Davis very often to pair with Lebron and the Clippers knew they’d be without Kawhi Leonard, but not Paul George and new acquisition Norman Powell.
Recently the tide has turned in the other direction. Losing Jaden McDaniels to a high ankle sprain in mid-March has been a factor in swooning inconsistency of the Wolves defense, and having Beasley go down last Friday robs the offense of spacing, especially in those rotations when Beasley would be on the court without KAT and Ant.
Wolves fans couldn’t help but gulp a little bit when George returned to the Clippers earlier this week for the first time since December and immediately tossed in 34 points while registering six assists and four steals. It is now almost certain that the seventh-place Wolves will host the eighth-place Clippers in the upper-bracket play-in game the second week of April, with the winner becoming the seventh seed and the loser going on to face the winner of the game between the eighth and ninth seeds.
If the more experienced Clippers with PG13 leading the way do manage to beat the Wolves, Minnesota would most likely host either a New Orleans Pelicans team that has beaten them twice this season or a Lakers team in a make-or-break contest to further buttress Lebron’s legacy, perhaps with Davis also on board.
It’s a doomsday scenario viable enough to trigger the reflex pessimism latent in most any Wolves fan. Despite the downward cast of this column, however, I think the more likely April drama will revolve around whether the Wolves get a relatively favorable matchup with second-seeded Memphis, or fall to eighth place and face the league’s best team, Phoenix, in a mercy killing out in the desert.
Either way, maintaining perspective is important. The realistic goal this season was tangible progress on the latest rebuilt, establishing a foundation by which the next stage can be added. On those terms, even if the Wolves do suffer a double pratfall in the play-in, this has been one season when being a fan of this franchise has not been a joke played on fools by April.
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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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Middle Country Public Library’s Nature Explorium reopens April 1
Middle Country Public Library, 101 Eastwood Blvd., Centereach has announced that the library’s Nature Explorium will reopen April 1.
“We know that many of you are eager to visit the Nature Explorium and play outside. The Nature Explorium is an outdoor learning space for children and families to experience the benefits of nature. Children are invited to explore, play, and learn in a safe and natural environment. The Nature Explorium contains a variety of learning areas, all geared toward connecting children to a different aspect of nature. Whether they’re making a pie in the mud kitchen, climbing on a tree stump, or expressing artistic talent through song and dance on the Play It stage, children will discover the gift of the outdoors,” said the press release.
For more information and operating hours, please visit www.natureexplorium.org or call the library’s youth services desk at 631-585-9393 ext. 559.
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Santee woman arrested, suspected in attack that left girlfriend critically injured
Victim’s injuries so serious, homicide detectives were brought in to investigate
A 26-year-old Santee woman was arrested this week after her girlfriend was attacked and injured so severely that homicide detectives were called in to handle the case.
Just after 9:30 p.m. Tuesday, sheriff’s deputies went to Graves Avenue — in the vicinity of Padre Dam Park — to assist on a call for medical aid, Homicide Unit Lt. Chris Steffen said.
Paramedics were tending to a 24-year-old woman, who was taken later to a hospital, where she was admitted in critical condition. Her name was not released.
“Due to the severity of the injuries, the Sheriff’s Homicide Unit responded and has assumed responsibility of the investigation,” Steffen said.
The next day, detectives identified Brandi McCrystal as the suspected assailant. McCrystal and the victim live together.
Detectives arrested McCrystal and booked her into jail on suspicion of felony domestic violence. Records indicate her bail was $50,000. She was no longer in custody as of Thursday afternoon.
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By DOUG FEINBERG
AP Basketball Writer
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Aliyah Boston has dominated women’s college basketball on both ends of the court this season.
The junior forward helped South Carolina go wire-to-wire as the No. 1 team in the country, putting up an SEC-record 27 consecutive double-doubles, and she has helped put the Gamecocks two wins away from the program’s second national championship.
Boston was honored as The Associated Press women’s basketball player of the year on Thursday. She is the second player from South Carolina to be recognized with the award, joining former Gamecocks great A’ja Wilson.
“Not often do you get the complete package. I think this recognition is for what she was able to do on both sides of the ball,” South Carolina coach Dawn Staley said. “The player of the year is usually for offensive-minded people who think that when you put the ball in the hole, you should be bestowed the player of the year. She’s the full package. Every single day.”
Boston received 23 votes from the 30-member national media panel that votes weekly for the AP Top 25. Iowa’s Caitlin Clark received six votes and Baylor’s NaLyssa Smith got one.
Boston averaged 16.8 points, 12 rebounds and 2.6 blocks this year.
“I think Aliyah is so unselfish that she’s not very comfortable taking over basketball games,” Staley said. “She doesn’t want to be seen by her teammates as selfish and chasing numbers.”
Boston’s parents surprised the unanimous first-team AP All-American with the news on Zoom that she had won the award.
“I’m in shock, I got the chills,” Boston said to her parents on the call.
Staley said that Boston is one of the hardest workers on the team.
“Young people will follow anyone, good or bad,” the coach said. “Aliyah has tbe personality where you’d follow her because of how hard she works, how unselfish she is, how giving she is. When it’s time to make plays she delivers. She’s a leader to follow for all the right reasons.”
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VANCOUVER, BC, March 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Wheaton Precious Metals™ Corp. ("Wheaton" or the "Company") announces that its Form 40-F report has been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and is available on EDGAR. The Company's 2021 audited financial statements, along with its Form 40-F, are also available on the Company's website at www.wheatonpm.com.
Shareholders may also receive a copy of Wheaton's audited financial statements, without charge, upon request to Wheaton's Investor Relations Department, Suite 3500, 1021 West Hastings St., Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V6E 0C3 or to info@wheatonpm.com.
Annual and Special Meeting of Shareholders
Wheaton is scheduled to hold its Annual and Special Meeting of Shareholders (the "Meeting") at the offices of Cassels, Brock & Blackwell LLP, Suite 2200 HSBC Building, 885 West Georgia Street, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, on Friday, May 13, 2022, at 10:30 a.m. Pacific Time.
The Board recognizes the importance of in-person engagement with its shareholders, while also being mindful of the health and safety of Wheaton's shareholders, employees and community. As a result, for this year's Meeting, Wheaton will once again provide an online virtual Meeting platform and encourages shareholders to participate in the Meeting using this online platform.
All shareholders participating in our online virtual Meeting platform will be able to listen to the Meeting live, ask questions online, and for registered shareholders or proxyholders (including non-registered shareholders who have appointed themselves as proxyholder), submit votes in real time.
Registered shareholders and duly appointed proxyholders who wish to participate in the online virtual Meeting may do so:
- from their computer, by entering the following URL in their browser: https://web.lumiagm.com/285841977;
- from their mobile device by either:
- entering the following URL in their browser: https://web.lumiagm.com/285841977; or
- or by using the Lumi AGM app, which is available by downloading the app from the Apple App Store or Google Play Store.
- entering the following URL in their browser: https://web.lumiagm.com/285841977; or
If you choose to participate in the online virtual Meeting as a registered shareholder, you can log in to into the Meeting by:
- Entering the meeting ID for the Meeting, which is: 285841977
- Selecting "I am a shareholder/proxy"
- Clicking "I have a control number" and entering your valid control number
- Entering the password for the Meeting, which is: wheaton2022 (case sensitive)
Guests, including Beneficial Shareholders who have not duly appointed themselves as a proxyholder, can log in to into the Meeting by clicking "I am a guest" and completing the online form. Guests will be able to listen to the Meeting, but will not be able to ask questions or vote.
Important technical reminders for joining the meeting and voting instructions will be made available on the Company's website at www.wheatonpm.com, in the 'investors' section under the 'annual general meeting' tab.
While Wheaton is encouraging our shareholders to participate in our online virtual meeting platform, anyone who nevertheless wishes to attend the Meeting in person must pre-register via email to WheatonAGM2022@wheatonpm.com by 10:30am May 11, 2022 (PST) so that the Company can facilitate physical distancing and other precautions to ensure the health and safety of all attendees.
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Lux Eterna Awarded Inaugural 2022 March Dance Keir Foundation 'Start-upCommission'
Lux Eterna is a Western Sydney based interdisciplinary artist who explores the embodied gaze, authoring post-human futures, decolonisation and awareness.
At tonight's closing night of March Dance 2022 (Sydney's annual month-long independent dance festival), Lux Eterna was awarded the inaugural 2022 March Dance 'Start-Up Keir Commission,' supported by the Keir Foundation, a $3000 bursary to support the development of a her new work The 8th Day, to be included in March Dance 2023.
Lux Eterna is a Western Sydney based interdisciplinary artist who explores the embodied gaze, authoring post-human futures, decolonisation and awareness.
The 8th Day is a multichannel dance video work, exploring relational co-emergence, embodied dance experiences with camera for moving image and land-inspired sensitivity. The collective desert based experience is for seven performers, on Lake Mungo, NSW, and will officially premiere at the Australian Embassy in D.C, USA Nov 2023. The exhibition will tour virtually and/or in the presence of Harvard, Columbia, California (Berkeley) Universities and The Palestine Museum amongst several other art galleries and cultural institutions for most of the year.
"I am extremely grateful in receiving this funding, as I am deeply moved that the Keir Foundation deems this project a worthy endeavour for them to support," said Lux. "Investing in a work that speaks to the interdisciplinary crossovers between dance, lens media, and land-informed spiritual inquiry means a shift in our artistic and cultural focus that privileges the more-than-human, the moving body and moving images in ways which expand our shared collective vision for regenerative and inclusive futures."
Lux recently travelled to Chicago, with assistance from Create NSW, partaking in artist roundtable discussions and panel talks for the opening of an integrative art exhibition: Inherit the Earth at Northwestern University in Chicago. Lux will travel to the Venice Biennale (The Milk of Dreams) shortly where her photographic auto-portrait: Motherland: Here On In will feature in the Palestinian Pavilion.
Phillip Keir and Sarah Benjamin established the Keir Foundation as a Private Ancillary Fund to foster innovation and excellence in the arts. Their goal is to enable artists to do high order original work. The Keir Foundation has supported contemporary dance, competition, theatre, and visual art by partnering with festivals, producers, and gallery spaces.
"March Dance has already proved itself to be an important part of the annual program for dance in Sydney and a contributor to the creation of new work. The Keir Foundation is excited to support March Dance developing its bursary offer and now this new seeding commission." Phillip Keir.
March Dance brings together the diversity of ongoing independent dance practice in Sydney; we provide an annual festival focused on diverse forms of independent dance to reach the wider Sydney audiences. Led by Critical Path and DirtyFeet and supported by the City of Sydney, the 2022 festival is held over 31 days and includes 166 artists, 6 companies, 12 organisations and 17 venues across Sydney. The program included 19 residencies, 5 performances, 5 workshops, 55 dance classes, and 4 talks. | https://www.broadwayworld.com/sydney/article/Lux-Eterna-Awarded-Inaugural-2022-March-Dance-Keir-Foundation-Start-upCommission-20220331 | 2022-04-01T01:29:01Z |
JetBlue Airways announces inflight experience and loyalty leadership appointments
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TORONTO, March 31, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Element Fleet Management Corp. EFN ("Element" or the "Company"), the largest pure-play automotive fleet manager in the world, will hold its Q1 2022 results conference call and webcast for investors and analysts on Tuesday, May 10, 2022 at 8:00 a.m. Eastern Time. Element's financial and operating results for the period will be issued after market close on Monday, May 9, 2022 and will be available on the Company's website at elementfleet.com/investor-relations/public-disclosures.
The conference call and webcast can be accessed as follows:
The webcast will be available on the Company's website for three months thereafter. A taped recording of the conference call may be accessed through June 10, 2022 by dialing 1-800-319-6413 or +1-604-638-9010 and entering the access code 8679.
About Element Fleet Management Corp.
Element Fleet Management EFN is the largest pure-play automotive fleet manager in the world, providing the full range of fleet services and solutions to a growing base of loyal, world-class clients – corporates, governments and not-for-profits – across North America, Australia and New Zealand. Element enjoys proven resilient cash flow, a significant proportion of which is returned to shareholders in the form of dividends and share buybacks; a scalable operating platform that magnifies revenue growth into earnings growth; and an evolving capital-lighter business model that enhances return on equity. Element's services address every aspect of clients' fleet requirements, from vehicle acquisition, maintenance, accidents and remarketing, to integrating EVs and managing the complexity of gradual fleet electrification. Clients benefit from Element's expertise as the largest fleet solutions provider in its markets, offering unmatched economies of scale and insight used to reduce fleet operating costs and improve productivity and performance. For more information, visit elementfleet.com/investor-relations.
Contact: Michael Barrett Vice President, Investor Relations (416) 646-5698 mbarrett@elementcorp.com
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BRAINTREE, Mass. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Thursday evening's drawing of the Massachusetts Lottery's "Numbers Evening" game were:
4-7-3-9
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BRAINTREE, Mass. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Thursday evening's drawing of the Massachusetts Lottery's "Numbers Evening" game were:
4-7-3-9
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BRAINTREE, Mass. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Thursday evening's drawing of the Massachusetts Lottery's "Numbers Evening" game were:
4-7-3-9
(four, seven, three, nine)
BRAINTREE, Mass. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Thursday evening's drawing of the Massachusetts Lottery's "Numbers Evening" game were:
4-7-3-9
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While a novelist uses their creativity to romanticize new and different worlds, poets often use their creativity to romanticize the world around them. If not to romanticize it, then to elaborate on their unique perspective. At its core, poetry is the art of linguistic expression. Jose Cordon, a poetic artist hoping to highlight the local art, is holding “A Poetic Experience” on Saturday, April 9 at El Campanil Theatre in Antioch.
There will be about 45 minutes of open mic, a poetry panel conversation, an exhibition dance battle, and a poetry showcase with invited poetic artists. Doors open at 1:15 p.m., and tickets are free.
“This is the very first time that it’s going to be hosted,” Cordon explained as he discussed possible future events. “I do believe that I’m going to attempt to make it happen next year. It was made possible this year through a grant. My objective is now to let this show go and let it run and then start working on raising the funds myself as soon as the event is over.”
Cordon said the funding from the grant and the goal of the event is predicated on the necessity of highlighting voices of people of color and those in marginalized communities.
Cordon offered this advice to up-and-coming poets and artists in the area or those just starting. “To try to write as honestly as possible while being as creative as possible.” He also mentioned having a learning mindset, and always to create a plan for how one wants to complete and market their art.
“Realistically, this is my first time doing something of this caliber,” said Cordon of his expectations for an audience. “Currently, we have a little bit over 100 tickets that have gone out. I’m hoping we can get to 150 or 200.”
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Reimagining Jefferson Plaza
Local leaders have weighed in on the proposed redevelopment project at Jefferson Plaza on Route 112, south of Hallock Avenue in Port Jeff Station.
The plaza is owned by Staller Associates, a commercial real estate company based in Hauppauge. Staller intends to make a significant investment to redevelop this shopping center, according to leadership from the Port Jefferson Station/Terryville Civic Association. Under the current plan, the plaza will be zoned commercial and residential. TBR News Media could not reach a representative of Staller Associates for this story.
Edward Garboski, incoming president of PJSTCA, said that a plan to revitalize the plaza has been in the works for nearly a decade. Since its approval, that plan has mostly been dormant until recently.
“Over eight years ago, we did a comprehensive study to create a transit-oriented district,” Garboski said. “We presented it to the Town [of Brookhaven]. They accepted it and it kind of got left on the shelf somewhere. We’ve been working on it behind the scenes, but until we got a new councilperson, now it’s really being pushed.”
Brookhaven Councilmember Jonathan Kornreich (D) is steering the initiative through town hall. According to Kornreich, redevelopment at Jefferson Plaza will help to revitalize the area.
“Redeveloping a site like that is going to really be vital to the rebirth of the Port Jefferson Station area,” he said. “As far as the town goes, in order to encourage redevelopment of sites like that, there was a new code created to encourage redevelopment to those types of properties.”
Kornreich said that the change of town code will allow for the construction of residential housing units at the plaza. He added that this change will also promote inclusion for people with disabilities.
“It’s going to create a greater diversity of housing options, which is something that’s very important for people as they get older and for younger people who are just starting out,” he said. “Also, there’s going to be a significant portion of the residential units there that are dedicated to people with disabilities.” He added, “Having a supportive environment for them that’s also walkable is going to be very valuable to the community as whole.”
Kornreich believes the Jefferson Plaza project will relieve traffic congestion, a problem for Port Jeff Station.
“Residential development generates less traffic than commercial development,” Kornreich said. “When you have a residential unit, people come and go once or twice a day. That same place, if it’s commercial development, is going to have 30, 40, 60 people an hour coming in and out.”
The additional step of adding a sewer extension is critical for the realization of this project. According to Salvatore Pitti, outgoing president and incoming vice president of PJSTCA, without a sewer line, redevelopment at the plaza will not be possible.
“One of our big problems here is also sewers,” Pitti said. “If we don’t get sewers, there is no way any of these restaurants or buildings are ever going to work. We’re currently in talks with Suffolk County to try to get sewers here.”
Pitti offered several possible sewer plant locations to which Jefferson Plaza could be attached in the future. He said the most ideal scenario would be to link the area to the Tallmadge Woods sewer district.
“What we’re pushing for is hopefully the Mount Sinai sewage plant, which is Tallmadge,” Pitti said. “Suffolk County is in talks with the town supposedly about trying to expand that sewer plant [to cover more area], but that’s another two-year project before we even hear if that’s going to work or not work.”
Another important question will be where to put the Port Jefferson Station Post Office, which is presently situated in the plaza. According to Garboski, the post office is under federal lease until 2024, at which point construction can begin. “They have a lease,” he said. “The lease still goes another few years and there are other options as to where they can put the post office.”
Pitti added, “That’s more of a federal thing that is way out of our hands.”
According to Pitti, the businesses that currently occupy the plaza are staples with longstanding ties to the Port Jefferson Station community. He said that it will be a challenge moving forward to accommodate both the aims of the developers and the interests of the business owners who fill those storefronts and who may wish to stay.
“I mean, it’s a business that [the developer] has to work out with the [current tenants] if they want to stay there or if they don’t want to stay,” Pitti said. “Honestly, I think they’re going to pretty much level the place and start construction because, fiscally, I don’t think it makes much sense to do half and half.” He added, “We asked the [developer] to do as best as he can to keep them in our community. Whether that happens or not is unfortunately between him and the [business] owners.”
According to Garboski, the developers are “looking to put in […] about $100 million into this project. That’s going to be a shot in the arm for the local economy. They’re serious, they’re putting serious money into it.”
He said that kind of private investment into the local economy is what the area needs to counteract its gradual decline and will encourage other real estate developers to join in.
“This is the first project that’s going to get revitalized and when it does, it’s going to set a precedent for the rest of the street and the rest of the developers,” Garboski said.
Although projects such as these seem to always receive some form of local opposition, Kornreich believes the community will soon notice the positive impact of redeveloping Port Jefferson Plaza.
“People get nervous sometimes when new projects are being proposed,” the councilmember said. “I’ve never seen a project that was universally loved from day one, but generally speaking once stuff gets built and people see it and they realize the positive change it has on the community, people tend to like it most of the time.”
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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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Two Arizona high schooler students to receive Carnegie Medal for Sunset Cliffs rescue
The boys rescued a woman and a girl on July 3, 2020
Two Arizona high school students who rescued a woman and a girl who were drowning in the waters off Sunset Cliffs will be awarded the Carnegie Medal, which recognizes civilians who perform acts of heroism.
Zachary Johnson Haugen and Jake Vageli Watson were recognized for the July 3, 2020, rescue of an 18-year-old woman and an 11-year-old girl who were swept into the ocean, the Carnegie Hero Fund Commission announced this week.
Haugen, then 16 and a licensed lifeguard for the city of Phoenix, is credited with jumping into the water and guiding the woman and girl to a low-lying cliff area where they could exit the water.
A wave then separated him from the others, leading him to call to his friend, Watson, then 15. Watson swam to the victims, pushed the girl onto a ledge, then held onto the woman and kept her above the water’s surface until a lifeguard boat arrived, according to the commission.
A July 2020 article in the Phoenix Independent described Haugen and Watson as best friends since third grade who were vacationing in San Diego during the Fourth of July weekend.
The pair are among 18 people awarded a 2022 Carnegie Medal, North America’s highest honor for civilian heroism.
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By DOUG FEINBERG
AP Basketball Writer
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Aliyah Boston dominated women’s college basketball on both ends of the court this season.
The junior forward helped South Carolina go wire-to-wire as the No. 1 team in the country, putting up an SEC-record 27 consecutive double-doubles, and she has helped put the Gamecocks two wins away from the program’s second national championship.
Boston was honored as The Associated Press women’s basketball player of the year on Thursday. She is the second player from South Carolina to be recognized with the award, joining former Gamecocks great A’ja Wilson.
“Not often do you get the complete package. I think this recognition is for what she was able to do on both sides of the ball,” South Carolina coach Dawn Staley said. “The player of the year is usually for offensive-minded people who think that when you put the ball in the hole, you should be bestowed the player of the year. She’s the full package. Every single day.”
Boston’s parents and aunt as well as the entire South Carolina team were in the audience of the ceremony that also honored AP Coach of the Year Kim Mulkey.
“Coming into this year I said in the back of my mind I wanted to change the narrative this year about women’s basketball,” Boston said. “To get this award means a lot and I can’t wait to do more in the future.”
Boston received 23 votes from the 30-member national media panel that votes weekly for the AP Top 25. Iowa’s Caitlin Clark received six votes and Baylor’s NaLyssa Smith got one.
Boston averaged 16.8 points, 12 rebounds and 2.6 blocks this year.
“I think Aliyah is so unselfish that she’s not very comfortable taking over basketball games,” Staley said. “She doesn’t want to be seen by her teammates as selfish and chasing numbers.”
Boston’s parents surprised the unanimous first-team AP All-American with the news on Zoom that she had won the award.
“I’m in shock, I got the chills,” Boston said to her parents on the call.
Staley said that Boston is one of the hardest workers on the team.
“Young people will follow anyone, good or bad,” the coach said. “Aliyah has tbe personality where you’d follow her because of how hard she works, how unselfish she is, how giving she is. When it’s time to make plays she delivers. She’s a leader to follow for all the right reasons.”
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SÃO PAULO, March 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- ZENVIA Inc. ("ZENVIA" or "Company") (NASDAQ: ZENV), a customer experience communications platform that empowers businesses to create unique journeys for their end-customers along their life cycle, announced today that it filed its annual report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021 with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The annual report, the first one issued by Zenvia since the IPO in July 2021, can be accessed on the Company's investor relations website at http://investors.zenvia.com or at http://www.sec.gov.
The Company will provide shareholders a hard copy of its annual report containing the audited consolidated financial statements, free of charge, upon request. Requests should be directed to the Investor Relations Department through the email ir@zenvia.com.
About ZENVIA
ZENVIA is driven by the purpose of empowering companies to create unique experiences for customer communications through its unified end-to-end platform. ZENVIA empowers companies to transform their existing customer communications from non-scalable, physical, and impersonal interactions into highly scalable, digital first and hyper contextualized experiences across the customer journey. ZENVIA's unified end-to-end CX communications platform provides a combination of (i) SaaS focused on campaigns, sales teams, customer service and engagement, (ii) tools, such as software application programming interfaces, or APIs, chatbots, single customer view, journey designer, documents composer and authentication and (iii) channels, such as SMS, Voice, WhatsApp, Instagram and Webchat. Its comprehensive platform assists customers across multiple use cases, including marketing campaigns, customer acquisition, customer onboarding, warnings, customer services, fraud control, cross-selling and customer retention, among others. ZENVIA's shares are traded on Nasdaq, under the ticker ZENV.
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New Artists Announced For NIGHT AT THE BARRACKS, NORTH HEAD
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The Producers of NIGHT AT THE BARRACKS, NORTH HEAD, MANLY, are excited to announce the full program for the inaugural concert series to be held from Friday 9 September over five weekends. This amazing line-up of artists will perform on a specially built outdoor stage in the beautiful setting of the historic barracks.
New additions of Josh Pyke with Emma Donovan and the Putbacks, Something For Kate, The Rubens, Bjorn Again, Winston Surfshirt and Tim Finn will be joining the already announced line up for a series of unforgettable concerts in Manly this September.
For the first time ever, audiences will bask in this enchanting location that is steeped in history and natural beauty while soaking up the artistry of Australia's biggest names in music, theatre, pop, indie rock, opera, jazz and contemporary dance.
JESSICA MAUBOY
Friday 9 September
If 2021 has been a rebirth year for multi-ARIA award-winning singer-songwriter, actress, and Voice Coach Jessica Mauboy, 2022 will be her watershed one. Making new music and continuing her role as a leader and disruptor, Jessica Mauboy returns to the stage for the sure to be incredible opening night of Night at The Barracks. Jessica Mauboy's exciting new show will read as an anthology of Jessica's global smash hits since her first solo album in 2008, elevating them to a new era of empowerment. Jessica Mauboy is a quadruple threat with a conscience, a woman with serious acting chops and multiple accolades, an accomplished songwriter and piano player, and she owns her effervescent and incredibly engaging energy. You'll know a Mauboy song when you hear it because Jess makes every song her own, each tune laced with trills you instantly recognise as hers.
David Campbell: BACK IN THE SWING
Saturday 10 September
Australian ARIA award winner, singer and popular TV presenter, David Campbell is BACK and set to wow Night at The Barracks crowd with his acclaimed show 'Back in the Swing.' Featuring Campbell's silky vocals and his full band, 'Back In The Swing' blends together genres of swing, ballads and R&B from artists such as Stevie Wonder, Frank Sinatra and Billy Joel, with the Aussie singer's own personal style. Notable songs include Come Fly with Me, For Once in My Life and Walkin' My Baby Back Home, which will be sure to keep The Barracks crowd singing and dancing along all night.
THE TAP PACK
Sunday 11 September
Australia's hottest tap dance sensation, THE TAP PACK are bringing their high energy, tap comedy show to Night at the Barracks. THE TAP PACK conjure up a modern twist to the crooners and artists from the 50s through to the noughties! Featuring songs from Sinatra, Dean Martin & Sammy Davis Jr to Sheeran, Bublé and Beyonce, THE TAP PACK mix slick humour, high energy entertainment and world-class tap dance. Armed with their lovable on-stage larrikinism, they sing - they dance - they joke! They bring new, invigorating energy to a timeless style that the whole family can enjoy. Dressed in slick suits and equipped with sharp wit, THE TAP PACK is "old school cool" from the new kings of swing.
JOSH PYKE + EMMA DONOVAN AND THE PUTBACKS
Friday 16 September
Since breaking out to widespread success with the release of debut album Memories & Dust in 2007 and his latest album To Find Happiness, multi-ARIA Award winner Josh Pyke has cultivated a strong community of supporters around Australia and beyond. Josh will be bringing his full band to perform songs from across his seven acclaimed albums.
Acclaimed Indigenous vocalist Emma Donovan and Melbourne rhythm combo The Putbacks burst on to the Australian scene with their album Dawn in 2014, announcing a new voice in Australian soul music. Emma's song writing is optimistic, impassioned, and bruisingly honest, The Putbacks' music is fluid, live and raw, and the collaboration has won friends and admirers all over the world.
SOMETHING FOR KATE
Saturday 17 September
Something For Kate have been a household name for 20 years and have had 5 Top 10 platinum & gold selling albums, won Australian Music Industry Critics Awards for their intense live performances, multiple Rolling Stone gongs for Best Band, Best Album and Best Male Vocalist, had 15 songs in the Triple J Hottest 100 and have toured with everyone from David Bowie to Death Cab For Cutie. Their particular brand of guitar-based science-fiction folk-rock has amassed a massive cult-like following. Something For Kate will perform a selection of material from across their acclaimed catalogue at this special one-off concert.
David Hobson AND LUCY DURACK IN CONCERT. ACCOMPANIED BY A 45 PIECE ORCHESTRA
Sunday 18 September
One of Australia's leading ladies of stage and screen Lucy Durack, and Opera legend David Hobson come together for the very first time with a 45-piece orchestra, led by renowned conductor John Foreman for this amazing and one-off show at NIGHT AT THE BARRACKS. Lucy and David will perform classics from productions such The Wizard of Oz, Thoroughly Modern Millie, Kiss Me Kate, Oklahoma, Into the Woods, Shrek, Wicked, 42nd Street, Mamma Mia, Les Miserables, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, La Boheme, Granada, L'elisir d'amore (Una Furtiva Laguma), Tosca (E Lucevan Le Stelle), Rigoletto (La Donna e mobile), the Merry Widow and La Traviata (Libiamo) and more. This two-hour Concert will be nothing like you've seen before and will enchant audiences of all ages.
AUSTRALIAN ROCK COLLECTIVE CELEBRATES THE BEATLES 'LET IT BE' ALBUM 50th ANNIVERSARY
Friday 23 September
Following two sold-out tours of The Beatles' Abbey Road Live in 2019/20, The Australian Rock Collective (ARC) are returning in 2021 to present the final Beatles album in all its glory - Let It Be, marking the 50th Anniversary. ARC, comprised of Kram (Spiderbait), Darren Middleton (Powderfinger) Mark Wilson (Jet) and Davey Lane (You Am I) are self-confessed Beatles tragics, playing Let It Be from start to finish - followed by a second set of favourites spanning the breadth of the Beatles' catalogue.
SYDNEY DANCE COMPANY. An exclusive double bill by Rafael Bonachela
Impermanence Duet from ab [intra]
Saturday 24 September
Sydney Dance Company takes to the stage at Night at The Barracks this March with a transformative double bill of the sensational IMPERMANENCE fresh from its sell out season, and the mesmerising duet from ab [intra] as featured in the Paris Opera Ballet's Gala evening before touring France. Don't miss this exclusive double bill as Sydney Dance Company take you on an electrifying journey through the power of contemporary dance.
THE RUBENS
Sunday 25 September
The Rubens are a five-piece alternative rock band from Menangle, New South Wales. The Rubens are the three Margin brothers, Zaac, Sam and Elliott, and long term friends Scott Baldwin and William Zeglis. In their esteem career so far, they have amassed 4 x multi Platinum singles, 4 x Gold Singles, 1 x Platinum album, 1 x Gold album, have won multiple ARIA, APRA and J awards and won the 2015 triple j hottest 100. The Rubens will be performing a selection of material from across their 10 year career.
SYMPHONY UNDER THE STARS FEATURING John Foreman AND THE AUSSIE POPS ORCHESTRA
Friday 30 September
Join us for a magical night: Popular Classics Under the Stars. Whether you're a symphonic aficionado or orchestral newbie, you'll be swept away by the magnificence of some of the world's most glorious music. Performed by esteemed tenor Lorenzo Rositano, magnificent soprano Giuseppina Grech and John Foreman's Aussie Pops Orchestra.
BJORN AGAIN
Saturday 1 October
Mamma Mia! We Are Back Again! Björn Again are so excited to be back playing all of ABBA's biggest hits in an action-packed, highly entertaining concert that is ABBA-SOLUTE fun for the whole family. Björn Again have performed over 7000 in over 120 countries world-wide, are endorsed by the members of ABBA and are regarded as the most successful tribute show of all time. Their critically acclaimed shows have been attended by JK Rowling, Tom Jones, Dave Grohl and Paul Kelly, Metallica, Robert Plant, Bill Gates and Nirvana just to name a few. "If ABBA reformed they wouldn't be as much fun as Björn Again." - Q Magazine UK. "One of the most entertaining live shows in the world today." - Time Out New York.
80's SYMPHONICA
The 80s reimagined by John Foreman and the Aussie Pops Orchestra starring the amazing Tim Campbell and BONNIE ANDERSON.
Sunday 2 October
Remember the days of big hair, shoulder pads and catchy pop songs? The 80s are back, but this time with an orchestra! Join the incredible Tim Campbell, the fabulous Bonnie Anderson and John Foreman's Aussie Pops Orchestra for a brilliant night of your favourite 80s smash hits, complete with symphonic backing. Get ready to party - it's time to cut loose!
WINSTON SURFSHIRT
Thursday 6 October
Six-piece Northern Beaches collective Winston Surfshirt have spent the past six years establishing themselves as one of Australia's, and the world's, finest indie-R&B outfits. Building a dedicated fanbase off the back of two dreamy, lackadaisical albums and a handful of unforgettable collaborations, they're a group of unassuming cult heroes. Led by the eponymous Winston Surfshirt, the band channel a vintage kind of rockstardom, one led less by ego than by openness, earnestness, and a drive to share their music with the world. Combining a classic west coast hip-hop sound with the snap of psych-pop and sunny, uniquely Australian charm, the band are a testament to the power of the free-minded and the casually virtuosic.
James Morrison MOTOWN EXPERIENCE
Friday 7 October
The legendary James Morrison, accompanied by his talented band will blow you away with an unforgettable and entertaining Motown experience. This feel-good evening will get you on your feet and includes four soulful voices, a pumping rhythm section and some smouldering horns lead by the incomparable James Morrison. Songs include hits from James Brown, Aretha Franklin, Stevie Wonder and all the Motown greats. This is one show not to be missed.
James Morrison BIG BAND FEATURING EMMA PASK
Saturday 8 October
James Morrison is renowned as one of the finest jazz players Australia has ever produced. Revel in this rare and sensational night of brassy sounds as James is joined on stage by acclaimed vocalist Emma Pask and his big band. You'll be swingin' from the first note as they bring you a heap of big band classics made famous by greats Glenn Miller, Duke Ellington, Gershwin and, of course, Frank Sinatra. Prepare to be blown away in a toe-tapping, show-stopping evening of entertainment for the whole family.
TIM FINN
Sunday 9 October
Regarded as one of the greatest songwriters of his generation, Tim Finn is returning to Sydney in a rare solo performance to revisit some of the incredible songs from across his illustrious career. Having established himself in the early 1970s as a founding member of art-pop-rock pioneers Split Enz and later as a member of the internationally successful band Crowded House (alongside brother Neil), Finn has penned some of the most treasured songs in contemporary music. Tim will be performing songs from Split Enz, Crowded House and his acclaimed solo albums. | https://www.broadwayworld.com/sydney/article/New-Artists-Announced-For-NIGHT-AT-THE-BARRACKS-NORTH-HEAD-20220331 | 2022-04-01T01:29:08Z |
KLM nominates Marjan Rintel as new CEO
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SCAPPOOSE, Ore. (AP) — Authorities say a man was shot and killed Thursday by two police officers in Scappoose, Oregon.
Columbia County officials confirmed the officer-involved shooting on social media. In a tweet, officials said that “no officers were injured and the incident is currently under investigation.”
A witness told KOIN-TV that he was dropping his wife off at work when he saw a man show up to the towing facility next door. The witness, Erik Tyler, said the man appeared angry and a fight escalated between the man and employees until the workers told him they would call the police.
Police arrived and Tyler said he heard them yell at the man to drop his weapon and the man didn’t comply.
Detective Shannon Wilde with the Washington County Sheriff’s Office, which has taken over the investigation, told reporters police responded to the “disturbance” at Grumpy’s Towing just before 10 a.m. During the incident, Wilde said both a sheriff's deputy and an Oregon State Police trooper fired their weapons, killing the man.
Wilde did not identify the deceased man or specify whether he was armed at the time but said he was wanted for an unrelated “violent felony.”
Wilde also declined to comment on the circumstances that led up to the shooting. | https://www.beaumontenterprise.com/news/article/Police-Officers-shoot-kill-man-in-Scappoose-17049819.php | 2022-04-01T01:29:08Z |
Wall Street analysts expect SLM Co. (NASDAQ:SLM – Get Rating) to announce $369.15 million in sales for the current fiscal quarter, according to Zacks Investment Research. Two analysts have issued estimates for SLM’s earnings, with estimates ranging from $346.79 million to $391.50 million. SLM posted sales of $331.11 million in the same quarter last year, which suggests a positive year-over-year growth rate of 11.5%. The firm is expected to issue its next quarterly earnings results on Monday, January 1st.
According to Zacks, analysts expect that SLM will report full year sales of $1.48 billion for the current financial year, with estimates ranging from $1.37 billion to $1.58 billion. For the next financial year, analysts expect that the business will post sales of $1.52 billion, with estimates ranging from $1.46 billion to $1.58 billion. Zacks Investment Research’s sales calculations are a mean average based on a survey of research analysts that follow SLM.
SLM (NASDAQ:SLM – Get Rating) last announced its earnings results on Wednesday, January 26th. The credit services provider reported $1.05 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the Zacks’ consensus estimate of $1.01 by $0.04. SLM had a net margin of 48.17% and a return on equity of 57.49%. The firm had revenue of $367.35 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $357.32 million. During the same quarter last year, the business earned $1.15 earnings per share.
In related news, CFO Steven Mcgarry sold 22,834 shares of SLM stock in a transaction on Friday, February 25th. The shares were sold at an average price of $19.89, for a total transaction of $454,168.26. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at the SEC website. Also, SVP Jonathan Boyles sold 6,140 shares of SLM stock in a transaction on Friday, March 4th. The stock was sold at an average price of $17.43, for a total transaction of $107,020.20. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold a total of 43,990 shares of company stock worth $857,754 in the last 90 days. Company insiders own 0.51% of the company’s stock.
Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in SLM. Norges Bank bought a new stake in shares of SLM in the 4th quarter worth about $54,917,000. Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA boosted its holdings in shares of SLM by 13.0% in the 4th quarter. Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA now owns 17,587,780 shares of the credit services provider’s stock valued at $345,952,000 after buying an additional 2,021,850 shares during the period. Impactive Capital LP boosted its holdings in shares of SLM by 16.5% in the 3rd quarter. Impactive Capital LP now owns 9,957,608 shares of the credit services provider’s stock valued at $175,254,000 after buying an additional 1,406,738 shares during the period. Capital World Investors boosted its holdings in shares of SLM by 87.4% in the 3rd quarter. Capital World Investors now owns 2,960,000 shares of the credit services provider’s stock valued at $52,096,000 after buying an additional 1,380,400 shares during the period. Finally, Lazard Asset Management LLC boosted its holdings in shares of SLM by 78,214.2% in the 4th quarter. Lazard Asset Management LLC now owns 1,112,061 shares of the credit services provider’s stock valued at $21,874,000 after buying an additional 1,110,641 shares during the period. 96.46% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.
NASDAQ SLM traded up $0.32 during mid-day trading on Monday, reaching $18.36. 5,277,599 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 2,774,155. SLM has a 1-year low of $16.36 and a 1-year high of $21.40. The business’s fifty day simple moving average is $18.68 and its 200 day simple moving average is $18.56. The stock has a market capitalization of $5.13 billion, a PE ratio of 5.29 and a beta of 1.25. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.12, a quick ratio of 1.27 and a current ratio of 1.27.
The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, March 15th. Investors of record on Friday, March 4th were issued a dividend of $0.11 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, March 3rd. This represents a $0.44 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.40%. SLM’s payout ratio is 12.68%.
SLM declared that its board has authorized a stock buyback plan on Wednesday, January 26th that allows the company to buyback $1.25 billion in outstanding shares. This buyback authorization allows the credit services provider to reacquire up to 24.9% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback plans are generally a sign that the company’s management believes its stock is undervalued.
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SLM Corp. engages in the provision and administration of education loans. Its services include private education loans, banking, college savings, and insurance services. The company was founded in 1972 and is headquartered in Newark, DE.
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Rent relief helped prevent more than 1 million evictions in 2021
The federal government's emergency rental assistance program helped prevent more than one million evictions last year.
An estimated 1.36 million renters avoided an eviction filing in 2021 as a result of the government's unprecedented $46.5 billion rent relief program and other protections, according to a recent analysis by Princeton University's Eviction Lab published earlier this month.
Treasury officials reported Wednesday that $30 billion in emergency rent relief was spent or obligated by the end of February. Despite a slow and confusing initial roll out of the program last spring, more than 4.7 million payments were made to households since January 2021.
Treasury expects the remainder of the funds to be exhausted by the middle of this year.
Impact of the assistance
A national eviction ban was put in place in September 2020. While it did not stop all evictions, it significantly slowed the tide of eviction filings until the emergency aid could reach struggling renters and their landlords, White House and Department of Treasury officials said.
"We knew from the start that we faced a race with time to get the emergency rental assistance flowing to a significant degree by the time the national eviction moratorium was lifted," said Gene Sperling, the White House American Rescue Plan coordinator. "We largely won that race."
In the six states and 31 cities tracked by the Eviction Lab researchers, eviction filings fell sharply at the onset of the pandemic, but then increased in the later months of 2020 even with the ban in place. Given the increased number of renters experiencing economic hardship as the pandemic continued into 2021, experts worried about a "tsunami" of evictions and anticipated the number of filings to skyrocket above levels seen in 2019.
But the opposite happened. In a typical year, roughly 865,000 eviction cases were filed in the areas the Eviction Lab tracks. In 2021, roughly half as many evictions were filed, with 434,304 cases.
Evictions fell in all but one of the 31 cities tracked in 2021. The outlier was Las Vegas, where jobs in tourism evaporated, adversely impacting the large number of renters in the city's service sector, according to the report. New York City had the biggest reduction in eviction filings from typical levels, with the report estimating nearly 184,000 eviction cases were avoided in New York City.
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The emergency rental assistance was found to have a strong impact on the low-income and majority-Black neighborhoods that see a disproportionate share of eviction cases. Those areas experienced the largest absolute reduction in eviction filings last year, the Eviction Lab report found.
The report found that in 2021 the most disadvantaged neighborhoods experienced the biggest gains in terms of rental housing stability. But it also found that, among the eviction cases filed, women of color were disproportionately affected.
More than 80% of emergency rental assistance reached the lowest income households, according to the Treasury, with about 40% of all applicants who received assistance self-identifying as Black, and about 20% self-identifying as Latino.
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The federal emergency rent relief was approved in two rounds of funding. The first, which included $25 billion under the Consolidated Appropriations Act at the end of 2020, and $21.55 billion under the American Rescue Plan Act in March 2021.
Some state and local governments have exhausted allotted funds while others have not distributed everything they have received. As a result, Treasury has been reallocating money to ensure it gets to renters most in need.
Of the $25 billion in the first batch of money, Treasury has already moved $2 billion in underused funds. Beginning in April, funds from the second batch will be reallocated.
This process has "allowed dollars to flow to places with high need," said Noel Poyo, Treasury Deputy Assistant Secretary for Community Economic Development. "Generally reallocated funds went to higher need areas with more diverse communities."
He said he expects that trend to continue with the available funds from the second batch of money.
But it is a challenging balance to strike, Poyo said, between getting dollars to places where they are running out of funds and making sure that money is still available in places where assistance may have gotten started more slowly and people remain in need.
Treasury is encouraging state and local governments to use the additional funding to assist more renters and make continued investments in housing stability.
"In just one year, the Emergency Rental Assistance program built a national infrastructure for eviction prevention that never existed before and has helped keep eviction rates well below historic averages throughout the pandemic," said Poyo.
He also suggested state and local governments build on the network for support they have established and provide services like housing counselors, "that will help families avoid economic scarring long after COVID-19 is in the rearview mirror," he said. | https://www.mynbc5.com/article/rent-relief-prevent-million-evictions/39602016 | 2022-04-01T01:29:08Z |
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MONTREAL, March 31, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Theratechnologies Inc. TH THTX (Theratechnologies), a biopharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of innovative therapies, announced today that it will report financial results for its first quarter of fiscal 2022 ended February 28, 2022 on Wednesday, April 13, 2022.
A conference call will be held on April 13, 2022 at 8:30 a.m. (ET) to discuss the results and recent business updates. The call will be hosted by Paul Lévesque, President and Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Lévesque and other members of the management team will be available to answer questions from participants following prepared remarks.
The conference call can be accessed by dialing 1-844-400-1697 (toll free) or 1-703-736-7400 (International). The conference call will also be accessible via webcast at https://edge.media-server.com/mmc/p/s4dnzedu.
An audio replay of the conference call will be available on the same day starting at 11:30 a.m. (ET) until April 20, 2022 by dialing 1-855-859-2056 (North America) or 1-404-537-3406 (International) and by entering the access code: 7843697. An archived webcast will also be available on the Company's Investor Relations website under ‘Past Events'.
About Theratechnologies
Theratechnologies TH THTX is a biopharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of innovative therapies addressing unmet medical needs. Further information about Theratechnologies is available on the Company's website at www.theratech.com, on SEDAR at www.sedar.com and on EDGAR at www.sec.gov.
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The City of Brentwood recognized local women this month for their service to the community.
Most recently, Yolanda Pena-Mendrek was highlighted for her work as an educator, administrator and volunteer.
The city also recognized its female employees during Women’s History Month, with social media posts focused on the women of the Finance and Information Systems team, the Development Services team, and Associate Engineer Meghan Oliveira. Pena-Mendrek was the only woman recognized who did not work for the city.
“The Diversity and Inclusion Committee, which is an internal committee, selected Yolanda,” said Sukari Beshears, Human Resources Director for the City of Brentwood. “We collectively come together and think of ways to bring the recognition home to the community and local employees. We were doing more of a national level of recognition, and we are trying to be more about Brentwood. Yolanda’s name was suggested, and we thought she was a great fit.”
Pena-Mendrek has been living, working and volunteering in Brentwood for 22 years. She said even though personal fame doesn’t motivate her, it felt good to be recognized.
“I felt really, really humbled,” Pena-Mendrek, 71, said of Brentwood’s recognition, “because what I do, I do it because I want to contribute, not to get recognition. But it felt really good to be recognized. I get satisfaction from helping people out and I get satisfaction from being healthy enough to help others.”
Pena-Mendrek began teaching as a teen. She taught religious education classes while she raised her family and chose education as a career when she was ready for a change. She began teaching in the classroom in 1994, then served the Liberty Union High School District (LUHSD) as an administrator from 2000 to 2006. She left the Liberty district to work for Antioch Unified School district, but continued to give her time to Brentwood when she was elected to the LUHSD Board of Trustees in 2006. She still serves as a trustee today, noting she feels her perspective as a teacher gives her valuable insight on board decisions.
“I believed the board needed an educator in there so decisions made would not negatively impact the teachers and kids in the classroom,” she said of her reasons for first running for office.
Pena-Mendrek also did volunteer work with the Red Cross on a disaster relief team to help families and individuals. Her work with the Red Cross has brought her joy, fulfillment, and her husband, whom she met while volunteering in a medical center in 1973. She began her volunteer work with the Red Cross in 1968 when she lived in Nicaragua and said helping people through the Red Cross brings her satisfaction.
“I have been part of fires, part of the floods over in Richmond, we have to help the people and put them in different places,” she said. “We find shelter and we find places for them to go.”
During the Morgan Territory Fire in 2018, Pena-Mendrek and her team helped people fleeing the fire find shelter and food at the Brentwood Community Center.
Though she had retired from her work as an administrator, Pena-Mendrek said she was happy to answer a call for help last year when many local school districts were short administrators. She is working three days a week as a substitute school administrator at Highlands Elementary School in the Pittsburg Unified School District.
As she reflects on her time in Brentwood and her work, Pena-Mendrek said she is grateful to the local community.
“I would like to thank the community for all the work they have done for our students,” she said.
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Sonny in the house! Chazz Palminteri attends opening night of ‘A Bronx Tale’ at the John W. Engeman Theater
Actor, filmmaker and playwright Chazz Palminteri and his wife Gianna attended the opening night of A Bronx Tale: The Musical at the John W. Engeman Theater in Northport on Saturday, March 26.
The Bronx native, who wrote the play based on his childhood in 1989 and starred as Sonny in the movie version in 1993, thanked the Engeman and cast for a job well done.
“I haven’t seen the musical since Broadway and it is really amazing what this theater did here with the space they have, with the set, it’s just outstanding. I am amazed by it, and my hat goes off to the incredible cast and all the people here at this incredible theater. It brought back a lot of memories,” he said.
“We are truly honored that Chazz and Gianna Palminteri were able to attend the opening night of A Bronx Tale. To be able to celebrate our production with the man who created this brilliant story was a moment that none of us will ever forget,” said Richard Dolce, co-owner of the John W. Engeman Theater.
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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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By ROB MAADDI
AP Pro Football Writer
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Todd Bowles earned his way in the NFL on the defensive side of the ball.
He’s not afraid to talk offense.
The new head coach of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers won’t be shy about sharing his ideas with offensive coordinator Byron Leftwich and quarterback Tom Brady.
“I’m the head coach. I get to do whatever I want,” Bowles said Thursday, a day after taking over because Bruce Arians moved into a front-office role. “I’m not going to call plays. I understand that. But I have input on how defenses are trying to attack them. I have input on certain situations going into the half, two-minute or third downs or going for it or not going for it and those types of things. That’s my job and I have the freedom to do that. At the same time, I understand and respect Byron and Tom a great deal and they know that. I think we’re off to a good start from a communication standpoint and we just have to keep building.”
Bowles gets a second opportunity after going 24-40 in four seasons with the New York Jets from 2015 through 2018. He also was an interim head coach in Miami for three games in 2011. He becomes only the 12th minority to get a second head coaching opportunity since 1963, according to data in the NFL’s 2022 Diversity and Inclusion Report.
“When I first started in New York, you try to do things the right way and you don’t do it your way, you end up having regret. So I’m going to do it my way,” Bowles said.
Arians joined Bowles at his introductory news conference and learned the Buccaneers will induct him into the team’s Ring of Honor this season. Brady also was in attendance.
Arians, who turns 70 this year, said his decision to step down as coach was about “succession” and making sure he turned the team over to Bowles with an opportunity to succeed. When Brady unretired on March 13, Arians realized the time was right.
“Succession is way important to me,” Arians said. “This has been my dream for a long time. Guys that know me, they knew I wanted one of my guys to take over.”
Arians dismissed reports of friction with Brady, saying it “couldn’t be further from the truth.”
Bowles and Arians have a relationship that dates more than 40 years. Bowles played safety for Arians at Temple in the 1980s and was defensive coordinator on Arians’ staff in Arizona before joining him in Tampa.
“He is the most influential coaching figure and father figure that I have ever had in this league,” Bowles said, adding that it was a bittersweet feeling when he got the news from Arians.
Bowles made it clear he has a different personality than Arians.
“The only thing we have in common is our bald heads,” Bowles said. “He smokes, I don’t. He drinks, I don’t. So, we never got in each other’s way.”
Arians led the Buccaneers to their second Super Bowl title in 2020 and an NFC South title in 2021. With Brady back, Bowles takes over a team that has championship aspirations.
“Good players make good coaches so you always want to have good players,” Bowles said. “I’m not going to apologize for inheriting a talented team. I’ve had less success with a team. It’s different to the fact that I don’t think I can go into this trying to be Bruce. I would fail miserably if I tried. … I can be me.
“I understand a lot of things I’ve learned from my coaching experience, especially from him so I’m going to take that approach. The one thing I know is I know I can coach football players regardless if you’re an All-Pro or a rookie. All of your players want to be coached and help them get better. I can help people get better and I’m going to use my approach.”
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Cast Announced for Canadian Opera Company's THE MAGIC FLUTE
The Magic Flute runs for seven performances at the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts on May 6, 8, 11, 14, 17, 19, and 21, 2022.
The Magic Flute by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart will return to Toronto this May, celebrating 70 years of delighting audiences at the Canadian Opera Company. The fantastical opera centres on the timeless search for wisdom, truth, and love, following Tamino as he sets out with hilarious bird-catcher Papageno to rescue the kidnapped Princess Pamina. The duo's journey brings them face to face with armed villains, enchanted animals, and evil henchmen - but lucky for them, a magical instrument proves to be their secret weapon. The Magic Flute runs for seven performances at the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts on May 6, 8, 11, 14, 17, 19, and 21, 2022.
Canadian director Anna Theodosakis leads the revival of the audience favourite that's cleverly framed as a play within a play; it's the name day for an aristocratic young woman and celebrations involve a massive party, complete with a staging of Mozart's opera. "I'm excited to welcome families and opera lovers back with this timeless fairytale," says Theodosakis. "The Magic Flute celebrates humanity's resilience and it's the perfect opera to reunite audiences and artists under the same roof. Mozart's music here, with its iconic and hummable tunes, is like a big warm hug that leaves you feeling completely rejuvenated!"
Theodosakis is joined by acclaimed set and costume designer Myung Hee Cho, and lighting designer Michael Zielinski.
Turkish-born, Austria-based tenor Ilker Arcayürek stars as Tamino in a COC debut, with two recent COC Ensemble Studio graduates also leading the cast: soprano Anna-Sophie Neher is Pamina and bass-baritone Gordon Bintner takes on the role of Papageno; both were recently seen on the COC's mainstage in 2018, with Bintner in the title role in Eugene Onegin and Neher featured in the world premiere of Hadrian. A number of current and graduate Ensemble Studio artists also join the cast, in a celebration of Canadian artistry and a testament to the success of the COC's prestigious career development program: soprano Midori Marsh (who recently starred in the COC and Against the Grain Theatre's powerful 2021 production of Mozart's Requiem) is Papagena; Michael Colvin, lauded by Opera News as possessing a voice that's "one of the most beautiful tenor instruments around" is Monostatos; and sopranos Jamie Groote and Charlotte Siegel, and mezzo-soprano Lauren Segal take on the roles of First Lady, Second, Lady and Third Lady, respectively.
Norwegian soprano Caroline Wettergreen makes her COC mainstage debut as the iconic Queen of the Night, a role in which she consistently "dazzles with her top notes" (The Financial Times) and "delivers her moments with oompf, wow, and pinpoint accuracy" (Bachtrack). Juno-award-winning baritone Russell Braun returns to the COC as The Speaker, following his headlining concert with the company in fall of 2021. American bass David Leigh brings his vocal "agility, depth, and darkness" (Opera News) to the role of Sarastro. And Canadian tenor Asitha Tennekoon completes the cast as First Priest, alongside three current Ensemble Studio artists: baritone Jonah Spungin as Second Priest, tenor Matthew Cairns as First Armoured Man, and bass-baritone Vartan Gabrielian as Second Armoured Man.
German conductor Patrick Lange returns to the COC, leading the COC Orchestra through Mozart's whimsical Singspiel, a piece that features spoken word and song, similar to a musical. Price Family Chorus Master Sandra Horst guides the COC Chorus.
The Magic Flute is sung in German and presented by the COC with English SURTITLES™.
Cast and Creative Team
Pamina
Anna-Sophie Neher
Tamino
Papageno
Gordon Bintner
Papagena
Midori Marsh
Queen of the Night
Caroline Wettergreen
Sarastro
Monostatos
Michael Colvin
The Speaker
Russell Braun
First Lady
Jamie Groote
Second Lady
Charlotte Siegel
Third Lady
Lauren Segal
First Priest
Asitha Tennekoon
Second Priest
Jonah Spungin
First Armoured Man
Matthew Cairns
Second Armoured Man
Vartan Gabrielian
Conductor
Patrick Lange
Original Director
Revival Director
Anna Theodosakis
Set & Costume Designer
Lighting Designer
Michael Zielinski
Price Family Chorus Master
Sandra Horst
With the COC Orchestra and COC Chorus
TICKET INFORMATION
Single tickets for The Magic Flute range from $35 - $250 for adults, with Grand Ring seats available at $290 and $350, and $22 tickets available for guests between the ages of 16 and 29 through the COC's Opera Under 30 program. Tickets can be purchased online at coc.ca or by calling the Four Seasons Centre Box Office at 416-363-8231. For more information on booking student groups, standing room, and rush tickets, as well as other specially priced tickets available to young people under the age of 15, please visit coc.ca.
A SAFE RETURN
For the most up-to-date information regarding current health and safety protocols, please visit coc.ca/SafeReturn. | https://www.broadwayworld.com/toronto/article/Cast-Announced-for-Canadian-Opera-Companys-THE-MAGIC-FLUTE-20220331 | 2022-04-01T01:29:14Z |
SHANGHAI, March 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- 51job, Inc. (Nasdaq: JOBS) ("51job" or the "Company"), a leading provider of integrated human resource services in China, announced today its unaudited financial results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year of 2021 ended December 31, 2021.
Fourth Quarter 2021 Financial Highlights:
- Net revenues increased 15.7% over Q4 2020 to RMB1,345.2 million (US$211.1 million)
- Online recruitment services revenues increased 12.0%
- Other human resource related revenues increased 19.0%
- Income from operations was RMB304.6 million (US$47.8 million)
- Fully diluted earnings per share was RMB5.23 (US$0.82)
- Non-GAAP adjusted fully diluted earnings per share[1] was RMB5.99 (US$0.94)
Fiscal Year 2021 Financial Highlights:
- Net revenues increased 19.8% from 2020 to RMB4,420.4 million (US$693.7 million)
- Online recruitment services revenues increased 11.6%
- Other human resource related revenues increased 31.3%
- Income from operations was RMB551.3 million (US$86.5 million)
- Fully diluted earnings per share was RMB9.40 (US$1.47)
- Non-GAAP adjusted fully diluted earnings per share was RMB13.12 (US$2.06)
Fourth Quarter 2021 Unaudited Financial Results
Net revenues for the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2021 were RMB1,345.2 million (US$211.1 million), an increase of 15.7% from RMB1,163.1 million for the same quarter in 2020.
Online recruitment services revenues for the fourth quarter of 2021 increased 12.0% to RMB617.7 million (US$96.9 million) compared with RMB551.6 million for the same quarter in 2020, primarily due to an improvement in hiring sentiment, demand and activity from employers in 2021.
Other human resource related revenues for the fourth quarter of 2021 increased 19.0% to RMB727.5 million (US$114.2 million) from RMB611.5 million for the same quarter in 2020. The growth was primarily driven by robust employer demand for seasonal campus recruitment, business process outsourcing and training services in 2021.
Cost of services for the fourth quarter of 2021 increased 29.1% to RMB535.2 million (US$84.0 million) from RMB414.5 million for the same quarter in 2020, primarily due to higher employee compensation expenses, headcount additions and greater direct costs, such as venue rental, media production and technology support, incurred in providing campus recruitment services to employers. Gross profit for the fourth quarter of 2021 increased 8.2% to RMB810.0 million (US$127.1 million) from RMB748.6 million for the same quarter in 2020. Gross margin, which is gross profit as a percentage of net revenues, was 60.2% in the fourth quarter of 2021 compared with 64.4% for the same quarter in 2020.
Operating expenses for the fourth quarter of 2021 increased 28.9% to RMB505.4 million (US$79.3 million) from RMB392.0 million for the same quarter in 2020. Sales and marketing expenses for the fourth quarter of 2021 increased 34.3% to RMB403.6 million (US$63.3 million) from RMB300.6 million for the same quarter in 2020, primarily due to higher employee compensation expenses, staff additions and greater spending on advertising and brand awareness campaigns. Advertising and promotion expenses increased 27.7% to RMB90.0 million (US$14.1 million) for the fourth quarter of 2021 from RMB70.5 million for the same quarter in 2020.
General and administrative expenses for the fourth quarter of 2021 increased 11.3% to RMB101.8 million (US$16.0 million) from RMB91.4 million for the same quarter in 2020, primarily due to higher employee compensation expenses
Income from operations for the fourth quarter of 2021 was RMB304.6 million (US$47.8 million) compared with RMB356.6 million for the fourth quarter of 2020. Operating margin, which is income from operations as a percentage of net revenues, was 22.6% for the fourth quarter of 2021 compared with 30.7% for the same quarter in 2020. Excluding share-based compensation expense, operating margin would have been 24.9% for the fourth quarter of 2021 compared with 33.7% for the same quarter in 2020.
The Company recognized a loss from foreign currency translation of RMB10.9 million (US$1.7 million) in the fourth quarter of 2021 compared with RMB33.9 million in the fourth quarter of 2020, primarily due to the impact of the change in exchange rate between the Renminbi and the U.S. dollar on the Company's U.S. dollar cash deposits.
The Company recognized a mark-to-market, non-cash loss of RMB10.7 million (US$1.7 million) in the fourth quarter of 2021 compared with RMB9.4 million in the fourth quarter of 2020 associated with a change in fair value of listed equity securities investment in Huali University Group Limited, which is traded on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. The Company also recognized RMB3.4 million (US$0.5 million) in professional services fees and administrative expenses related to the proposed going-private transaction in the fourth quarter of 2021.
Other income in the fourth quarter of 2021 included local government financial subsidies of RMB98.6 million (US$15.5 million) compared with RMB14.9 million in the fourth quarter of 2020.
Net income attributable to 51job for the fourth quarter of 2021 was RMB355.2 million (US$55.7 million) compared with RMB342.0 million for the same quarter in 2020. Fully diluted earnings per share for the fourth quarter of 2021 was RMB5.23 (US$0.82) compared with RMB5.01 for the same quarter in 2020.
In the fourth quarter of 2021, total share-based compensation expense was RMB29.9 million (US$4.7 million) compared with RMB35.0 million in the fourth quarter of 2020.
Excluding share-based compensation expense, loss from foreign currency translation and change in fair value of listed equity securities investment, as well as the related tax effect of these items, non-GAAP adjusted net income attributable to 51job for the fourth quarter of 2021 was RMB406.7 million (US$63.8 million) compared with RMB420.1 million for the fourth quarter of 2020. Non-GAAP adjusted fully diluted earnings per share was RMB5.99 (US$0.94) in the fourth quarter of 2021 compared with RMB6.16 in the fourth quarter of 2020.
Fiscal Year 2021 Unaudited Financial Results
Net revenues in 2021 were RMB4,420.4 million (US$693.7 million), an increase of 19.8% from RMB3,689.0 million in 2020
Online recruitment services revenues in 2021 increased 11.6% to RMB2,396.2 million (US$376.0 million) from RMB2,147.3 million in 2020. The increase was primarily due to the improvement in business activity and more recruitment needs of employers in China in 2021.
Other human resource related revenues in 2021 increased 31.3% to RMB2,024.2 million (US$317.6 million) from RMB1,541.6 million in 2020, primarily due to resilient customer demand and usage of the Company's training, campus recruitment, placement and business process outsourcing services.
Cost of services in 2021 increased 32.9% to RMB1,676.7 million (US$263.1 million) from RMB1,261.7 million in 2020, primarily due to higher employee compensation expenses and headcount additions. Gross profit in 2021 increased 13.0% to RMB2,743.7 million (US$430.5 million) from RMB2,427.2 million in 2020. Gross margin was 62.1% in 2021 compared with 65.8% in 2020.
Income from operations in 2021 decreased 36.4% to RMB551.3 million (US$86.5 million) from RMB867.1 million in 2020, primarily due to the significant increase in sales and marketing expenses in 2021. Operating margin was 12.5% in 2021 compared with 23.5% in 2020. Excluding share-based compensation expense, operating margin would have been 15.9% in 2021 compared with 27.4% in 2020.
Net income attributable to 51job in 2021 was RMB640.7 million (US$100.5 million) compared with RMB1,097.3 million in 2020. Fully diluted earnings per share in 2021 was RMB9.40 (US$1.47) compared with RMB16.12 in 2020.
Excluding share-based compensation expense, loss from foreign currency translation, and changes in fair value of listed equity securities investment and long-term investment, as well as the related tax effect of these items, non-GAAP adjusted net income attributable to 51job in 2021 was RMB894.4 million (US$140.4 million) compared with RMB1,243.9 million in 2020. Non-GAAP adjusted fully diluted earnings per share was RMB13.12 (US$2.06) in 2021 compared with RMB18.28 in 2020.
As of December 31, 2021, cash and short-term investments totaled RMB10,587.0 million (US$1,661.3 million) compared with RMB10,761.9 million as of December 31, 2020.
Currency Convenience Translation
For the convenience of readers, certain Renminbi amounts have been translated into U.S. dollar amounts at the rate of RMB6.3726 to US$1.00, the noon buying rate on December 30, 2021 in New York for cable transfers of Renminbi as set forth in the H.10 weekly statistical release of the Federal Reserve Board.
Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures
To supplement the consolidated financial statements presented in accordance with United States Generally Accepted Accounting Principles ("GAAP"), 51job uses non-GAAP financial measures of income before income tax expense, income tax expense, adjusted net income, adjusted net income attributable to 51job and adjusted earnings per share, which are adjusted from results based on GAAP to exclude share-based compensation expense, loss from foreign currency translation and changes in fair value of listed equity securities investment and long-term investment, as well as the related tax effect of these items. The Company believes excluding share-based compensation expense and its related tax effect from its non-GAAP financial measures is useful for its management and investors to assess and analyze the Company's core operating results as such expense is not directly attributable to the underlying performance of the Company's business operations and do not impact its cash earnings. The Company believes excluding loss from foreign currency translation and changes in fair value of listed equity securities investment and long-term investment, as well as the related tax effect, from its non-GAAP financial measures is useful for its management and investors as such translation, mark-to-market gain or loss is not indicative of the Company's core business operations and will not result in cash settlement nor impact the Company's cash earnings. 51job also believes these non-GAAP financial measures excluding share-based compensation expense, loss from foreign currency translation and changes in fair value of listed equity securities investment and long-term investment, as well as the related tax effect of these items, are important in helping investors to understand the Company's current financial performance and future prospects and to compare business trends among different reporting periods on a consistent basis. The presentation of these additional measures should not be considered a substitute for or superior to GAAP results or as being comparable to results reported or forecasted by other companies. The non-GAAP measures have been reconciled to GAAP measures in the attached financial statements.
About 51job
Founded in 1998, 51job is a leading provider of integrated human resource services in China. With a comprehensive suite of HR solutions, 51job meets the needs of enterprises and job seekers through the entire talent management cycle, from initial recruitment to employee retention and career development. The Company's main online recruitment platforms (http://www.51job.com, http://www.yingjiesheng.com, http://www.51jingying.com, http://www.lagou.com, and http://www.51mdd.com), as well as mobile applications, connect millions of people with employment opportunities every day. 51job also provides a number of other value-added HR services, including business process outsourcing, training, professional assessment, campus recruitment, executive search and compensation analysis. 51job has a call center in Wuhan and a nationwide network of sales and service locations spanning more than 30 cities across China.
Safe Harbor Statement
This announcement contains forward-looking statements. These statements are made under the "safe harbor" provisions of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements can be identified by terminology such as "will," "expects," "anticipates," "future," "intends," "plans," "believes," "estimates," "targets," "confident" and similar statements. Among other things, statements that are not historical facts, including statements about 51job's beliefs and expectations, as well as 51job's strategic and operational plans, are or contain forward-looking statements. 51job may also make written or oral forward-looking statements in its periodic reports to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, in its annual report to shareholders, in press releases and other written materials and in oral statements made by its officers, directors or employees to third parties. All forward-looking statements are based upon management's expectations at the time of the statements and involve inherent risks and uncertainties. A number of factors could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statement, including but not limited to the following: execution of 51job's strategies and business plans; growth and trends of the human resource services industry in China; market acceptance of 51job's products and services; competition in the industry; 51job's ability to control costs and expenses; 51job's ability to retain key personnel and attract new talent; relevant government policies and regulations relating to 51job's industry, corporate structure and business operations; seasonality in the business; fluctuations in the value of the Renminbi against the U.S. dollar and other currencies; risks related to acquisitions or investments 51job has made or will make in the future; accounting adjustments that may occur during the quarterly or annual close or auditing process; and fluctuations in general economic and business conditions in China and globally, including the impact of the coronavirus or other pandemic. Further information regarding these and other risks are included in 51job's filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. All information provided in this press release and in the attachments is as of the date of the press release and based on assumptions that 51job believes to be reasonable as of this date, and 51job undertakes no obligation to update any forward-looking statement, except as required under applicable law.
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REDWOOD CITY, Calif. (AP) — About $7 million worth of surplus personal protective equipment and cleaning supplies purchased by a Northern California county was left outside during a rainstorm because no one anticipated wet weather to start so early in the season, according to an investigation released Thursday.
After a KGO-TV news report showed hundreds of drenched cardboard boxes, San Mateo County officials acknowledged the supplies were moved outside an event center last September to make room for a conference.
There was no definitive timeline for how the supplies would be distributed “even though the Fall rainy season was not far off,” the probe by James Lianides said. County officials said they hired the retired school superintendent to conduct the inquiry because of his experience dealing with large organizations and purchasing practices.
Lianides said the boxes of non-medical-grade gowns, face shields and goggles as well as cleaning supplies were also moved out of the event center to avoid the $100,000-per-month storage fee.
“It does not appear that there were any discussions or actions taken in the process of (moving) to protect the equipment in the event of inclement weather, such as wrapping or covering each pallet,” he wrote.
The county's executive officer, Mike Callagy, has said the county purchased the items early in the pandemic when PPE was becoming scarce nationwide so that local first responders and medical providers would have what they needed. The demand for the equipment decreased as the pandemic continued.
The county’s supply of gloves and masks — including N95 and KN95 respirators — are stored indoors.
“What’s clear is that that this shouldn’t have happened. What is equally clear is we are taking the steps necessary to make sure that we put the checks and balances in place so this never happens again,” Callagy said in a statement Thursday.
An inspection of the damaged boxes determined that most of the safety equipment remains usable because they were packed in sealed plastic wrapping, the probe found. Equipment that could not be salvaged were worth about $128,000, according to Lianides. | https://www.beaumontenterprise.com/news/article/Report-Rain-not-anticipated-when-7M-in-PPE-17049873.php | 2022-04-01T01:29:14Z |
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BOUCHERVILLE, Quebec, March 31, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Colabor Group Inc. GCL ("Colabor" or the "Company") announces today that Mr. Robert Briscoe has tendered his resignation as director of the Company on March 30, 2022, with immediate effect. As a result, Mr. Briscoe will not be a candidate nor stand for election as a director at the upcoming annual general meeting to be held on April 29th.
Mr. Briscoe had served as a director of the Company since July 2016, including a period as Executive Vice-Chairman.
Pursuant to a contractual agreement, Robert Briscoe and the Company are working closely together in order to identify a new director as soon as practically possible.
"On behalf of the members of the board of directors of the Company and the management, I wish to extend our gratitude to Robert Briscoe and thank him for his major contribution over the last few years, his expertise and his valuable advice," said Warren White, Chairman of the board of directors of the Company.
About Colabor:
Colabor is a distributor and wholesaler of food and related products serving the hotel, restaurant and institutional markets or "HRI" in Quebec and in the Atlantic provinces, as well as the retail market. Within its two operating segments, Colabor offers specialty food products such as fresh fish and seafood, meat, as well as food and related products through its Broadline activities.
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Brentwood residents and students will soon benefit from the addition of another elementary school.
A new public school is planned to be constructed in Brentwood in the location off of Smith Road near Lone Tree Way. Currently, the Brentwood Union School District has 12 schools – eight elementary schools, three middle schools, and one virtual academy. This new school, upon its completion, would be the district’s 13th school. The new school would open as an elementary school, according to Superintendent Dana Eaton, but could also adapt to a K-8 to accommodate more students if needed.
The school project, which also will include the widening of surrounding streets and other new infrastructure projects, has been put out to bid and options have been provided. But start of construction is dependent on the response as well as overall cost of the project, said Eaton.
“As our community continues to add housing, we continue to work to provide school facilities,” said Eaton. “We find that most neighbors are excited to have an elementary school that is closer to their house. We work hard to try and be a positive addition to any community.”
The school, planned to be built behind the Brentwood Muslim Community Center east of Smith Road and north of Big Basin Drive, has been in the planning phase for the past two years, and is a cornerstone project of Measure B, a $158 million school bond that was passed on June 7, 2016.
“The school will be funded using a combination of Measure B bond funds and developer fees that we get from new housing,” said Eaton. “The developers pay a fee that is equal to about one-third of the cost to fund a new school. That is why we have to pass school bonds in order to construct new schools and renovate existing schools. The developments themselves do not cover even half of what it costs us to build schools. We also apply to the state for funds, but those are often years behind when they are available.”
While new schools are being developed and constructed, the school district works with the city on improving the surrounding areas. That entails making corresponding road improvements, widening of nearby streets, and possible addition of traffic signals.
“The proposed street improvements include widening of Lone Tree Way between O’Hara Avenue and Tilton Lane, relocation of overhead utilities, and a new traffic signal at the Lone Tree Way-Smith Road intersection,” said Brentwood Director of Public Works and City Engineer Miki Tsubota. “We are also working with the Brentwood Union School District to widen Smith Road.”
According to Eaton, the school project has been put out to bid and options have been provided, but start of construction is dependent on the response as well as overall cost of the project. Due to budget constraints, the school might be constructed in phases. Construction, which could take about 18 months, is tentatively scheduled to begin in January 2023. Officials hope that the elementary portion of the school will be completed by July 2024.
“It is possible we will only construct the elementary portion to start and then wait to do the remainder when we have access to more money,” Eaton said. “As one might imagine, the cost of school construction is already very high. In the current environment, it is even higher.”
The new school is yet to be named. According to Eaton, however, the naming process will come later as the school undergoes construction and nears completion. “Lone Tree Elementary” is the current tentative name for the planned school, not to be confused with Lone Tree Elementary School in Antioch.
“Right now, we are calling it Lone Tree Elementary,” Eaton said. “When we are at this stage, we typically call a school by the street name that is nearby. The Board of Education will undertake that process as the school comes closer to completion.” | https://www.thepress.net/news/brentwood-union-school-district-plans-new-k-8-school/article_27619e7e-b115-11ec-80b4-e37b6ad05b3c.html | 2022-04-01T01:29:17Z |
Trotta awards proclamation to wrongfully-convicted police detective
A standing ovation from the members of the Suffolk County Legislature and the audience was music to the ears of former Detective John Oliva and his previous FBI Gang Task Force member and current legislator, Rob Trotta. All 18 members of the Legislature signed a proclamation congratulating Oliva on his vindication and the dismissal of the charges previously filed against him, which forced him to retire, according to Trotta’s office.
In 2014, then Detective Oliva retired from the Suffolk County Police Department due to trumped up charges orchestrated by former and now convicted felon Tom Spota, according to Trotta’s office. It was revealed during the federal corruption trial of Spota and his former top aide, Christopher McPartland, that they and former Chief of Police James Burke initiated and coordinated the charges against Oliva, who they suspected was revealing previously unreported serious gang crimes to the media, which embarrassed Burke and Spota. Burke, Spota and McPartland all received lengthy prison sentences.
Throughout his career, Oliva was closely engaged with the communities he served and was an asset to the FBI Gang Task Force as he was fluent in Spanish. At the March 29 meeting of the Legislature, Oliva noted that he loved his job, would still be working today and that he was very successful in locating and arresting members of the MS 13. He pointed out that gang members have regular 9-5 jobs in our neighborhoods, but on nights and weekends, they become a different person. Trotta added that the current trial that is going on with the killing of several young men by the MS 13 could probably have been avoided if Burke did not dismantle the county’s police department’s partnership with the FBI task force.
“John Oliva was a terrific cop with a great arrest record and he served the department and the residents with distinction,” Trotta said.
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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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ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) — An Albany Medical student with ties to Ukraine is gathering medical supplies to donate to the country. Steven Maksymowych is a fourth-year medical student, and he has extended family who lives in the city Lviv.
He said the biggest need of medical equipment in the country right now is first aid supplies.
“As a future health care provider, and given that Albany Med has so graciously sponsored this fundraising event, I wanted it to be known that their money and contributions are going to medical supplies specifically,” he said.
Maksymowych is partnering with an organization named Razom, which means “together” in Ukrainian. | https://www.news10.com/news/albany-county/albany-med-student-gathering-medical-supplies-for-ukraine/ | 2022-04-01T01:29:19Z |