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Thursday’s 100th episode of Young Sheldon on CBS turned out to be less of a celebration of the show’s longevity, and more about how the Cooper kids are entering adulthood. Here, Co-Creator and Executive Producer Steven Molaro addresses the episode’s significant plot points, including Missy’s telling comment about Sheldon’s sexuality and whether Georgie is ready to be a dad.
DEADLINE: Since it was the 100th episode, what went through your mind? Were you like, ‘we gotta go big?’ and get former characters from The Big Bang Theory?
STEVEN MOLARO In fact, it was the opposite. We didn’t want to force some kind of quote unquote special episode because it happened to be the number 100. We really just wanted to come up with an episode that we were excited to write and not be constrained by the fact that we were celebrating a number that I think most viewers may not even care about.
DEADLINE Sheldon’s friend Paige is having a hard time in college. What does this story arc mean for Sheldon?
MOLARO Paige (McKenna Grace) and Sheldon (Iain Armitage) go way back. They’re both equally smart, but she has been having trouble dealing with her side of it more than he has, through her parents divorce, which she blamed on herself in previous episodes. And now in this episode, those are troubles for her in college. It’s nice to see Sheldon gain a little perspective about his own experience through the only other person he knows who is in a similar situation.
DEADLINE Sheldon’s conversation with his sister Missy was a good one. He’s trying to figure out ways to entertain Paige while she stays in his dorm room, so he asks his sister for one of her Sassy magazines. (Missy’s response: “I knew it! Okay I’m cool with this. But do not tell dad.”) Is she starting to believe her brother is gay?
MOLARO That is the thought. I think Missy (Raegan Revord) has spent a little time trying to understand who her brother is and what his sexuality might be … which, as we know, through The Big Bang Theory, continues to be quite a question mark for a long time.
DEADLINE This is first overt reference to Sheldon’s sexuality, right?
MOLARO Yes. I think that’s a lot of what’s going on in this current season. Iain and Raegan started off the show when they were 9 and now they’re young adults. They are incredible actors so we can explore more mature moments in the storylines.
DEADLINE That’s a pretty heavy moment, when Georgie (Montana Jordan) learns that he might be a father. First of all, what is the age of consent in Texas?
MOLARO No laws are being broken. It’s not illegal. It’s just a mess.
DEADLINE So this is a story that’s gonna have some legs?
MOLARO Yes, this storyline is ongoing through the end of the season.
DEADLINE Now what about Meemaw (Annie Potts)? Is she and Dale going to get back together soon?
MOLARO I don’t know what’s gonna happen. I can tell you that Craig T. Nelson (Dale), who we love and adore, is not leaving the show. He is still deeply involved in the storylines at the moment. George Sr. is working for him at the sporting good store. So even though Dale and Meemaw are not a couple at the moment, we have no intention of letting him go. | https://www.thehamdenjournal.com/world/is-sheldon-gay-missy-thinks-hes-gay-on-young-sheldon-the-hamden-journal/130515/ | 2022-04-01T01:45:18Z |
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.expressnews.com/news/article/Police-Officers-shoot-kill-man-in-Scappoose-17049819.php | 2022-04-01T01:45:18Z |
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Contrary to “popular opinion,” there is “unpopular opinion.” Majority opinion necessarily means that minority opinion exists. Each person is unique and carries an individualized set of beliefs and opinions. Believe it or not, this is also true right here in Sanpete County. An opinion I...
Giving grace to me being understanding when someone falls short of expectations, being kind, and being patient. I have said often during the last few years that this is a time when we need to give grace as often as we can.
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So many adult men find it difficult to know what they're feeling. There's a term for this: normative male alexithymia. Boys are born with simliar emotional capacity as girls; emotional fluency is discouraged as they grow older. Men can re-learn and reclaim their feelings through self-confrontation and a trusted partner.
On my show, I often take calls from people in sexless marriages, people struggling with attraction after their partner’s weight gain, or people who don’t like who they are in their relationship. I talk to couples who are exhausted, frustrated, bored—and even people who are doing well, but they’re flinching, waiting for the other shoe to drop.
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Every year I step away from my column for two weeks to work on other creative projects. (Anyone interested in my personal essays and photographs can subscribe to my free newsletter: amydickinson.substack.com). I hope you enjoy these “Best Of” columns from 10 years ago. Today’s topic: Politics.
I am writing this letter in response to a petition asking the governor and state attorney general to consider dropping charges against protesters of the line 3 pipeline construction. The laws of the state are here to protect all of us. That includes construction companies, employees and landowners. If protesters...
The pair tackled everything from the protestors outside Wu's house to Bostonians' intense sports loyalties in the podcast segment. Hillary Clinton and Mayor Michelle Wu certainly have things in common — both broke gender barriers in politics and took unconventional routes to get there. But, they also shared the unique challenge of having to raise a family in the political spotlight.
The majority of the time, we have no idea what happiness is. Happiness comes and goes, like any other emotion. It's fleeting, it's self-centered, and it's constantly changing. In short: no one definition fits all reality; only those who defy conventional wisdom will find happiness.
Some years ago, I was a student facilitator at a three-day workshop where the purpose was to enable a greater understanding through empathy among 14 influential Israeli and Palestinian participants. The aim was to take steps to resolve their never-resolving conflict. These workshops represented an evolutionary step forward in dealing with conflicts over differences.
NEW YORK (AP) — Former Vice President Mike Pence has unveiled a new policy platform for Republicans ahead of this year’s midterms elections, offering a framework for candidates — and possibly himself — ahead of a potential 2024 presidential run. Pence’s “Freedom Agenda,” released Thursday, combines...
Man and woman divorce papersPhoto by Karolina Grabowska from Pexels. I didn't understand the severity of emotional and financial abuse until I began my divorce. Or how it potentially menaces children. Nor did I understand society's indifference to it. The implied notion is that divorce provides immunity to bullying, threatening, and endangering behaviors. Because of my experience, I have dedicated over a decade to the counseling and research of divorce and severe personalities as a journalist and relationship columnist.
Most people easily get inspired by others and they try to style themself like someone else. Here this writing is for them. I am not putting any research results and hard and fast rules in this piece. But yes, I am boosting you on how to take care of your self-esteem as well as how you can be YOU. This piece is not a strict instruction from a strict professor but yes, a friendly talk to all my readers. Getting inspired by Ellen Bailey’s poem “Be Yourself” along with my own opinion about this, I feel excited about putting it into a story. When I was reading this poem, I exactly feel like Ellen Bailey stole my mind.
In mustering the votes needed to override Gov. Spencer Cox’s veto of legislation prohibiting transgender girls from taking part on girls high school sports teams, lawmakers heard from a very vocal and passionate contingent — females. “I would say the moms and girls of the state seemed to... | https://www.newsbreak.com/news/2556718053101/unpopular-opinions | 2022-04-01T01:45:18Z |
Nreal Raises $60 Million from Alibaba. The funding will help China’s Nreal AR Smartglasses launch in its home country following roll outs in Japan and the U.S. The company raised $200 Million at a $700 Million valuation last year, and has built its own manufacturing planet in Wuxi, China. The $600 the AR glasses are cheap for what they are, but they do need to be tethered to very specific new 5G Android smartphone. Nreal says the new funds will also enable them to grow their app ecosystem, which will be critical to user adoption.
Mojo Vision Demos Next Generation AR contact lenses Every once in a while I see something that makes me go wow. Scott Stein of Cnet said wow. Tony Vitillo said wow. Dean Takahasi of Venturebeat said: “The Mojo Lens prototype is a critical milestone for the company in its development, testing, and validation process, and is an innovation positioned at the intersection of smartphones, augmented reality/virtual reality, smart wearables, and health tech.” The company demo’d basic apps in through the actual lens, showing off simple interactive graphics like a compass, and text clear enough to read like a teleprompter. You control the device with gaze, which would definitely take some getting used to. The company has branched out from serving the vision impaired to exploring sports and fitness applications. Mojo Vision has raised over $200 Million.
Hackers Make off with $600 Million in Ronin Cryptocurrency from Axie Infinity. The hack of the blockchain powering the play-to-earn NFT game Axie Infinity has led to one of the biggest crypto heists. Axie brushed it off on Twitter, causing everyone to wonder whose crypto got stolen here.
LIV Raises $8.5 Million to record and livestream players inside of VR and AR games. Creators are able to either film their real bodies inside their favorite VR game or transform themselves into a customized avatar. LIV supports full-body tracking, finger tracking, eye animation, and lip tracking. The technology works live with no post-production needed. The Series A funding round was led by BITKRAFT, with Sony Innovation Fund, Amazon Alexa Fund, Credo Ventures, Samsung Next, and Olive Tree Capital. Angel investors including Dave Wu, partner at Maveron Ventures also investing.
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Augmented Reality Goes Mainstream How a flight line superintendent turned an inspired idea into the Air Force’s one-stop shop for Augmented Reality. Another overnight success that only took ten years. (Amy Hudson/Air Force Magazine)
The Metaverse Will Be a Multi-Platform Mess Conflicting priorities will mean there's a fragmented collection of different 3D realms, not a single destination. (Stephen Shankland/Cnet)
I went to metaverse fashion week and it was like a dystopian nightmare (Charlotte Edwards/The Sun) | https://www.forbes.com/sites/charliefink/2022/03/31/this-week-in-xr-nreal-ar-raises-60-million-from-alibaba-mojo-vision-ar-contacts-demo-liv-raises-85-for-vr-streaming/ | 2022-04-01T01:45:20Z |
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She admitted that she had no idea -- there's been very little chatter at the restaurant -- about VinFast, the electric automotive company coming to Chatham County that is expected to create 7,500 jobs.
"I'm sure it'll be great for our community," said Stanley.
According to the state commerce department, more than half of the county's 76,000 residents go to work in another county.
But With VinFast, that could change.
"That means more money for the community. We need more customers here and we can always use the business so it'll help us," said Stanley.
Vinfast is driving up interest in Chatham's real estate market.
"Yes, our phones are ringing off the hook. they're ringing for people from all over the country. Because they're seeing this and they're like Vinfast is coming," said Kris Howard, broker and owner of Chatham Homes Realty.
Finding affordable homes is a challenge.
The average employee salary at VinFast will be $51,000.
But according to state data, the median household income in Chatham County is $70,000.
And the average home value is $281,000.
According to Triangle Mulitple Listing Service, right now there are 89 homes for sale in the county, but fewer than 20 are listed for less than $500,000.
Howard said developers are expressing interest to her in developing lower-cost communities near VinFast's planned location in Moncure.
That would create homeownership opportunities for people like Brent Alexander.
"I would love to be working there. Especially with my skills now. I think it would be really interesting and cool," said Alexander.
The 20-year-old Alexander is studying robotic welding at Central Carolina Community College.
The college received $38 million to create a school-to-career pipeline for VinFast.
"Part of this project is really sitting down with VinFast, taking the time to map out with them What are those jobs? What are those skills? What do we need to add to our catalog of programs so that individuals in our communities are prepared to go into them successfully?" said Margaret Robertson, Vice President of Workforce Development at Central Carolina Community College. | https://abc11.com/vinfast-electric-cars-auto-plant-chatham-county/11697510/ | 2022-04-01T01:45:20Z |
HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- The long-time head baseball coach for Bellaire High School has been placed on paid leave following allegations of racist taunts by some of his players at a recent varsity baseball game.
Coach Nick Ozuna's attorney confirmed the leave status after the allegations began bubbling up earlier this week.
The controversy centers around a varsity game between Bellaire and Westbury High School's baseball teams on March 25. Several parents and players on the Westbury team allege players in Bellaire's dugout made monkey noises and used racial slurs toward the Westbury pitcher, who is Black.
SEE ALSO: Bellaire baseball program under 2 investigations regarding discrimination
ABC13 obtained a video that was taken in the parking lot right after the game ended. In the video, a man described as the father of the pitcher can be seen yelling at Bellaire coaching staff about the alleged slurs. The emotions ran so high, HISD police could be seen on video trying to keep the two sides apart.
"They're in an uproar right now on what's going in Bellaire," said HISD trustee Myrna Guidry, whose district includes Westbury High School. "When the children on the Westbury team went on to the field, the children who were on the Bellaire team were making extreme monkey noises and sounds, and animal sounds."
Parents on the Bellaire team told ABC13 that while it's possible kids in the dugout may have made some noises, they do not believe Coach Ozuna was involved, as he was focused on the game. The parents were reluctant to speak on camera, citing the heightened emotions on all sides.
There is now a full-scale investigation into the March 25 varsity game by HISD. ABC13 has reviewed emails showing the HISD police chief is actively involved.
Ozuna's lawyers, who say they are representing the coach pro bono, released a statement, saying in part:
"Coach (Nick) Ozuna has coached at Bellaire High School for 18 years and has more than demonstrated his love for all his players, opposing coaches and teams. Any allegation that he condoned or dismissed any racial slur is false. Any allegation that Coach Ozuna has any racial animus is false."
"We're gathering all the facts possible, and determine if there is any wrongdoing," HISD Superintendent Millard House told ABC13 when we met up with him at the district's headquarters early Thursday. "Wrong is wrong, and right is right, and we want to make sure all our children, and adults on campus are safe, and feel like we have an environment that is welcoming all individuals regardless of who they are and what they look like."
House urged all sides to be patient as the investigators gather all the facts, which is expected to take some time. However, as seen in the video that's circulated widely between both schools, few parents are calm about the situation involving their kids.
Besides the investigation into the game, HISD has reopened an investigation into another baseball player who left Bellaire High School in January, after Coach Ozuna allegedly ridiculed his hair. Ozuna's attorney said they have emails showing other parents thanking Ozuna for reminding their sons to cut their hair.
"So with all of those incidents brought to light, starting out initially with the hair incident, I think it deserves some serious investigation and questions to be asked," said Guidry.
It is expected that Westbury parents and Bellaire booster club parents are planning news conferences in the coming days to get their side of the story out. Meanwhile, the Bellaire varsity team will play their first game without their head coach this Friday.
For more updates on this story, follow Miya Shay on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
Bellaire HS baseball coach on leave as video shows tempers flaring over controversial game
By Miya Shay
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AVON LAKE, Ohio (WJW) – A small pest could become a big problem for local vineyards.
“We first became aware of the spotted lanternfly in Ohio over a year ago,” said Lee Klingshirn, owner of Klingshirn Winery in Avon Lake.
Klingshirn is on the lookout after the invasive spotted lanternfly was discovered in Amherst.
“Now the Department of Agriculture puts Lorain County in a spotted lanternfly quarantine. That means we need to inspect the trucks, campers, trailers that would park in grape-growing regions,” said Klingshirn.
It’s a major concern for the grape and wine industries. If left unchecked, the spotted lanternfly could potentially wipe out entire vineyards.
“Grapevines are one of their favorite foods. They love the fruit trees, apples, peaches and so forth,” said Klingshirn.
Lee’s winery participates in the Department of Agriculture’s outreach program where they hand out cards with pictures of the spotted lanternfly to visitors. Think you may have spotted one? Simply scan the QR code and find out.
“They are hitchhikers. Planes, trains and automobiles,” said Klingshirn.
Lorain County now joins Cuyahoga and Jefferson counties as confirmed sites where infestations of the insect have been discovered.. | https://fox8.com/news/they-are-hitchhikers-local-vineyards-concerned-about-invasive-spotted-lanternfly/ | 2022-04-01T01:45:20Z |
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Today's news is the addition of Patrick Warburton to the Fan Fusion lineup.
Warburton's rich baritone voice has brought to life animated characters like Joe on Family Guy, Kronk in The Emperor's New Groove, and Brock Samson in The Venture Bros.
In his human, non-animated form, he's starred as Puddy in Seinfeld and has been a part of television shows like Rules of Engagement, NewsRadio, and The Tick.
Warburton joins the ranks of actors like Doug Jones and Jodi Benson, authors like Marissa Meyer and Tom Leveen, and comic book artists such as Jay Fotos and Brian Pulido, all of whom will appear at Phoenix Fan Fusion.
No word yet on when Warburton will be available for photos and autographs, as the schedule has not been released yet.
Phoenix Fan Fusion 2022 is scheduled to take place from Friday, May 27, to Sunday, May 29, at the Phoenix Convention Center. Hours vary. Daily admission is currently $40 to $55 and a full membership is $90. | https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/arts/patrick-warburton-is-the-latest-guest-announced-for-phoenix-fan-fusion-13336697 | 2022-04-01T01:45:20Z |
1 police officer dead, 2 wounded in Pennsylvania shooting
A police officer was killed and two others were wounded while responding to a call in Lebanon, Pennsylvania, Lebanon Mayor Sherry Capello said late Thursday. The suspect, identified as a 34-year-old man, has also died.
Police officers went to a home in the city at about 3:30 p.m. for a domestic disturbance call when gunfire broke out and officers radioed in they were hit, Capello said at a brief news conference.
Of the two officers wounded, one is in critical condition and the other is stable, officials said.
No other information was immediately available.
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Democrats grow worried about Biden immigration move as midterms loom
By Lauren Fox and Priscilla Alvarez, CNN
A number of Democratic senators are growing increasingly wary of the administration’s plan to repeal Trump-era pandemic restrictions on the US-Mexico border that effectively blocked migrants from entering the US, setting up a rare clash between President Joe Biden and some members in his own party.
Known as Title 42, the pandemic-era order allowed US border officials to turn migrants back to Mexico or their home countries immediately, citing a public health crisis. But, the authority — which has stayed in place throughout Biden’s presidency — has also been blasted by immigration advocates and progressive members who argue it has endangered immigrants who otherwise would have been able to remain in the US while their asylum cases were being processed.
The Biden administration is expected to rescind the rule in May, but many Democrats on Capitol Hill fear it is not enough time for the administration to establish an adequate plan to handle the uptick in migrant crossings that’s expected to come with it.
“Until there is a plan, you got to have secure borders,” Virginia Democratic Sen. Mark Warner said. “To do something that might invite a doubling, tripling, quadrupling of numbers at the border, that is not in the best interest of America, that is not in the best interest of the administration, or the people who are trying to go through the process.”
Sen. Joe Manchin, a moderate Democrat from West Virginia, told reporters Thursday that he thought the administration should rethink the decision entirely.
“I think we should reconsider” removing it, Manchin said, adding, “Maybe that would get us to spur us to get a good immigration policy that works for America, secure our borders. The borders have to be secure.”
Leading the charge, two border state senators — Arizona’s Sens. Kyrsten Sinema and Mark Kelly — sent a letter to the President last week, arguing that Title 42 needed to remain in place until the administration had demonstrated a clear plan to manage the number of migrants that would come across the border.
“Given the impacts that changes to Title 42 could have on border communities, border security and migrants, we urge your administration not to make any changes to title 42 implementation until you are completely ready to execute and coordinate a comprehensive plan that ensures a secure, orderly and humane process at the border,” they wrote.
The end of the Trump-era pandemic restrictions would mean a return to traditional protocols, which might include releasing migrants into the US while they go through their immigration proceedings, detaining migrants, or removing them if they don’t have an asylum claim.
The Department of Homeland Security has been actively planning for a potential surge of migrants when pandemic restrictions lift, DHS officials told reporters this week, including increasing capacity on the border, lining up contracts for transportation, and deploying hundreds of personnel to assist.
Kelly doubled down Thursday, telling CNN he still hadn’t seen enough evidence the administration had put a plan together.
“We need to make sure we don’t line up a situation that is unmanageable,” said Kelly, who’s facing a competitive reelection this year.
Republicans have already signaled they’ll make a repeal of Title 42 a cornerstone of their midterm campaign strategy especially if the numbers at the border surge and images of packed facilities and an unmitigated crises play out in the media. This week, the GOP conference circulated a series of talking points to their members on how to attack the administration’s history on immigration.
“I think everybody is justifiably freaked out about what’s going to happen at the border. Right now, Title 42 is holding back about 50% of the global flow. So if you take that away, and you have 50% more people coming in on a daily basis … how are they going to manage that? They have no idea,” Sen. John Thune, the GOP whip, told CNN. “I think it’s crazy. Crazy politically too.”
Kelly is staring down his own reelection in a state where immigration policy is front and center in a statewide campaign.
But, it’s not just border state Democrats who are carefully navigating the administration’s actions on Title 42.
“I’m not happy about it,” Rep. Elissa Slotkin, a Democrat from Michigan said. “We have no follow-on plan. We are sort of planning to be overwhelmed at the border.”
Slotkin said when she saw reports on plans to rescind Title 42, she swiftly put in a call to administration officials to figure out what the plan was going to be to ensure there wasn’t a surge.
Sen. Maggie Hassan, a Democrat from New Hampshire up for reelection, tweeted Wednesday she too was worried the administration hadn’t put in place an effective plan yet that would enable them to successfully repeal Title 42 without severe repercussions at the border.
“I am concerned that there is not a sufficient plan in place to address the steep increase in border crossings that could result from this reported decision,” Hassan said. “This preemptive repeal threatens border security at a time when the administration should be focused on strengthening it.”
Other Democratic senators facing elections in November declined to comment. Sen. Raphael Warnock of Georgia told CNN he had no comment on reported plans to repeal Title 42.
One moderate Democrat, who asked not to be named so they could freely discuss how the decision could affect the midterms, put it simply.
“I think it’s gonna be a problem,” the member said. “If there is a huge surge and mainstream (news) covers it, it’s a problem. It fits into the whole gestalt of how we are soft.”
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The state Health Department has notified New York's nursing homes that the law requiring minimum staffing levels will take effect Friday.
The mandate, passed last year by the state Legislature and signed by then-Gov. Andrew Cuomo in an effort to address understaffing in nursing homes, was originally scheduled to go into effect Jan. 1, but it was delayed amid staffing challenges that worsened during the Omicron surge.
Trade associations representing the state's nursing homes had been calling for the requirement to be postponed again, arguing that many of its members won't be able to meet the ratios. Labor unions and New York Attorney General Letitia James, however, had said it was time to start enforcing the requirements.
"More than 80% of nursing homes in NYS cannot meet these requirements," LeadingAge New York President and CEO James W. Clyne Jr. said in a statement Thursday night. "By enacting a law that is impossible to comply with, the Governor and the Legislature have made a false promise to our nursing home residents. This mandate will only drain nursing homes of the very resources they need to recruit and retain more staff, by forcing them to pay heavy penalties due to conditions beyond their control."
A day before the state Legislature adopted a long-debated law requiring nursing home staffing levels, “horrible” staffing levels were reported at a Buffalo facility.
The requirements call for the state's more than 600 nursing homes to provide 3.5 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Of those 3.5 hours, no less than 2.2 hours of care must be provided by a certified nursing assistant or nurse aide and at least 1.1 hours of care must be supplied by a registered nurse or licensed practical nurse.
To meet those staffing requirements, LeadingAge, a nursing home trade association, said more than 12,000 new nurses and aides are needed across the state.
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Another state law also adopted last year requires nursing homes to spend a minimum of 70% of revenues on direct resident care and 40% on "resident-facing staffing."
Health Department spokesperson Jeffrey Hammond said that when Gov. Kathy Hochul issued executive orders that postponed through March 31 the enforcement of the staffing requirements, it was "with the understanding that the delay would be temporary."
The one-star rated facilities were cited for failing to test workers for Covid-19, failing to ensure workers washed their hands properly, failing to report possible abuse cases and more.
In his statement, Clyne called out the "state's abysmal Medicaid rates for nursing homes," which hinders a nursing home's ability to offer the wages necessary to compete for a limited pool of job applicants.
LeadingAge points out that New York's Medicaid program covers nearly 75% of the days of care nursing homes deliver. The problem, they say, is the rates have long been stagnant, while costs have rapidly increased.
That's a major reason why nursing homes are hoping the final state budget, currently being negotiated, will include a significant increase to Medicaid rates. As it stands, the one-house budgets agreed with Hochul's proposal in planning a 1% increase in Medicaid rates.
"We are puzzled that the Governor recognizes the health care staffing crisis throughout the health care system, except in nursing homes," Clyne said.
Major labor union, 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East, plans to hold a virtual news conference Friday afternoon to discuss the news and detail the next steps to ensure the nursing home industry complies with the law.
"The Covid-19 pandemic exposed decades-old problems of staffing and quality in many nursing homes across the state," the union said in a media advisory.
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ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Thursday evening's drawing of the New York Lottery's "Pick 10" game were:
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Marvel Cinematic Universe's latest superhero is not, in the conventional sense, either "super" or a "hero," but he does have an unorthodox ailment and a weird skill-set to separate him from mere mortals. His name is Morbius, and while watching his origin story, you may get the feeling that somewhere in the cinematic multiverse, wires got crossed.
The film begins with a helicopter, transporting a cage to the sort of mist-shrouded isle you half expect King Kong to be inhabiting. But Dr. Michael Morbius (Jared Leto) is looking to capture smaller game as he approaches the mouth of a cave, hobbling with difficulty on two crutch-like canes.
Positioning himself behind the wires of the cage, he slices open the palm of his hand and, as a roar of batwings echoes from inside the cave, murmurs to the copter pilot "if you're gonna run, do it now."
A rare blood disease treated with a bit o' bat
It's tempting to say "consider yourself warned," but the film's first hour or so, while unremarkable, is decently crafted.
Born with a rare blood disease, Michael Morbius has spent his entire life working on two things — a cure, and origami paper-folding. Natch, it occurs to him to fold together bat and human DNA.
Because the FDA would be unlikely to approve human trials, he and his beautiful co-researcher Martine (Adria Arjona) head in a cargo ship for international waters off the coast of Long Island in the company of eight thuggish mercenaries — think bloodbags — and once Morbius has been injected with bat DNA, it's just a matter of time before things go vampiric.
Let it be said that some side-effects from dabbling in "chiropter-y" are less ghastly than others. Bat DNA evidently gives you great cheekbones and abs to go with increased strength and speed.
Less salutary effects include new fangs that sprout from his gums with decades of decay baked in, and claws that erupt from his fingers pre-filthed. I mean, sure...why not? Except this is a man whose hair has the kind of sheen that comes from brushing it three times a day.
One other thing: he now needs to drink human blood every six hours. Happily, on his way to declining a Nobel Prize, Dr. Morbius invented "artificial blood," though that only fools his system for a while.
Color coded smoke effects for a Jekyll and his Hyde
If you're expecting a conventional Marvel movie, you should be aware going in that what Director Daniel Espinoza and his writers have come up with is more a horror flick with Marvel bells and whistles.
That means Leto's Morbius gets purplish smoke effects to go with those fang-baring snarls as he's riding air currents in subway tunnels, while the similarly afflicted Hyde to his Jekyll – a schoolboy chum played as an adult by an amusingly hopped-up Matt Smith, gets blue-ish vapor trails and snappier lines.
But there isn't much tension to their story. Or logic. At one point, Morbius overhears some counterfeiters passing fake $100s, and commandeers their printing press to make what appears to be an artificial-blood machine — because the technologies for fake-bills and fake-blood match up? Maybe that works better in a comic book.
Bat guys everywhere you look
Speaking of which, when the DC Extended Universe first announced that Twilight star Robert Pattinson would play the lead in The Batman in their corner of the superhero multiverse, it seemed like a nice inside joke — from Vampire-teen to Bat-man. But now that the Marvelverse has Leto going full Dracula, it seems as if the casting maybe could've gone the other way 'round.
Leto is as persuasively haunted by the dark side of vigilantism as Pattinson was, and as a result of corporate positioning, is maybe more determined to avoid being a villain. Not unlike Venom, Morbius was a bad guy when he first appeared in The Amazing Spider-Man comics, back in the 1970's. He needs to be at least an anti-hero now, if a franchise is to be built around him.
But bad guy/bat guy...who's to say? As the trailers reveal, another DC bat-guy, Michael Keaton, shows up in his non-batty baddie Marvel persona Adrian Toomes, just to mess with the heads of anyone trying to keep cinematic universes straight.
But bloodlines will have to be clarified in more robust "Morbius" episodes to come, this origin story being merely adequate, and by Marvel standards, slightly anemic.
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Hundreds of people protesting near the home of Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa turned violent on Thursday, with at least one man critically wounded. The residents slammed the government's handling of the country's crippling economic crisis.
Security forces fired into the crowd and used tear gas and water cannon to disperse the demonstrators, who were demanding President Rajapaksa's resignation.
Protesters set fire to an army bus parked across the lane leading to Rajapaksa's home in Colombo's Mirihana residential quarter, as well as a police vehicle.
President Rajapaksa was not at home during the melee, news agency AFP reported.
Sri Lanka's capital Colombo was placed under indefinite curfew in the wake of the violence.
The South Asian nation of 22 million people is in the grips of its worst downturn since independence, sparked by an acute lack of foreign currency to pay for even the most essential imports.
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Diesel was no longer on sale across Sri Lanka on Thursday, crippling transport as the crisis-hit country's 22 million people endure record-long power blackouts. Petrol was on sale but in short supply, forcing motorists to abandon their cars in long queues.
More than 2000 people held a protest march in the Lankan capital and clashed with the police outside the home of Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa. Police fired tear gas and water cannon at protesters trying to storm the residence of the President. Protesters are demanding the resignation of President Rajapaksa. | https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/sri-lanka-economic-crisis-live-updates-protests-near-sri-lanka-presidents-home-turn-violent-2855878 | 2022-04-01T01:45:21Z |
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Gov. Cooper supports college grant for low- and middle-income graduates
Published: Mar. 31, 2022 at 8:34 PM EDT|Updated: 1 hour ago
PITT COUNTY, N.C. (WITN) - Governor Cooper (D-NC) was in the East today to attend a roundtable discussion at Pitt Community College highlighting the Longleaf Commitment community college grant program.
The program ensures that recent high school graduates from low- and middle-income families are granted at least $2,800 in federal and state funds to cover their college tuition.
Cooper met with school leaders and grant recipients to spotlight the program.
The Longleaf Commitment program launched in 2021 and is funded by the governor’s Emergency Education Relief Fund.
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TRENTON, N.J. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Thursday evening's drawing of the "Cash4Life" game were:
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ABBA have announced details of a new career-spanning box set which will celebrate their nine studio albums.
The Swedish pop group returned in November with their ninth studio album ‘Voyage’, marking their first LP since 1981’s ‘The Visitors’.
ABBA have now shared details of ‘The ABBA Album Box Set’, which will celebrate their nine studio albums to date and be completed by ‘ABBA Tracks’ – a special record featuring non-album singles such as ‘Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)’ and ‘Fernando’.
The collection, which is set for release on May 27 via POLAR/Universal Music, will be available in both 10xLP or 10xCD formats. Pre-order is available from here.
The albums in the 10xLP box set will be pressed on 180g heavyweight vinyl, while the 10xCD collection will be accompanied by a 40-page booklet featuring album information and classic photographs from throughout the group’s career.
They’re are also set to release ‘ABBA’s Studio Album Picture Discs’, a strictly limited pair of LP bundles.
The 8xLP collection features the the group’s original run of albums (from 1973-1981), while the 9xLP bundle includes 2021’s ‘Voyage’ in the collection.
Pre-order is available here ahead of release on June 10.
ABBA’s London residency, ‘ABBA Voyage’, is set to kick off at the ABBA Arena at Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park on May 27. You can find any remaining tickets here and more information about the shows here.
The group have been nominated for Record Of The Year at this weekend’s Grammys. In a statement issued back in December, they said of their nod: “A Grammy should be mandatory for those who dare leave 40 years between album releases. We suggest a new category.” | https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/music/abba-announce-new-career-spanning-album-box-set-3195417 | 2022-04-01T01:45:23Z |
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WATCH: Josh Brown drops the gloves 38 seconds into B’s debut originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston
Welcome to Boston, Josh Brown.
The 28-year-old defenseman, acquired from the Ottawa Senators at the NHL trade deadline, made his Bruins debut Thursday night vs. the New Jersey Devils. He immediately made his presence felt by dropping the gloves 38 seconds into his first shift with his new team.
WATCH: B’s honor Rask with ceremonial puck drop
Brown took on Devils winger Mason Geertsen in what made for an entertaining bout. Watch the full fight below:
That’s one way to ingratiate yourself with the TD Garden faithful.
It was a chippy start to the B’s-Devils showdown. Shortly after Brown’s bout, Miles Wood laid a big hit on Charlie McAvoy and Mike Reilly took exception.
Brown played two seasons with the Florida Panthers and two with the Senators before joining the Bruins. He’s tallied four goals and 13 assists in 165 NHL games. | https://www.thehamdenjournal.com/world/josh-brown-drops-gloves-with-mason-geertsen-38-seconds-into-bruins-debut/130507/ | 2022-04-01T01:45:24Z |
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.expressnews.com/news/article/Report-Rain-not-anticipated-when-7M-in-PPE-17049873.php | 2022-04-01T01:45:24Z |
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden marked Transgender Day of Visibility on Thursday by denouncing “hateful bills” being passed at the state level as the White House played host to “Jeopardy!” champion Amy Schneider, the first openly transgender winner on the popular quiz show.
Schneider met with second gentleman Doug Emhoff, who joined Rachel Levine, the assistant health secretary and the first openly transgender federal official to be confirmed by the Senate, for a conversation with transgender kids and their parents.
Schneider used the moment in the Washington spotlight to speak out against bills affecting transgender people.
“They’re really scary and some of them in particular that are denying medical services to trans youth, those are, those are lifesaving medical treatments,” Schneider told reporters. “These bills will cause the deaths of children and that’s really sad to me and it’s really frightening.”
Biden, in a brief video message, said that “the onslaught of anti-transgender state laws attacking you and your families is simply wrong.” The president said his administration “is standing up for you against all these hateful bills. And we’re committed to advancing transgender equality in the classroom, on the playing field, at work, in our military and our housing and health care systems.”
The administration announced several actions to make the federal government more inclusive for transgender people and said the Health and Human Services Department will be the first agency to fly a trans pride flag.. The steps come as Republican leaders have advanced state measures targeting transgender people as part of a broader push to stoke culture wars heading into a critical election season.
The administration said the federal government will become more inclusive for transgender people, including through the use of a new “X” gender marker on U.S. passport applications, beginning on April 11, and new Transportation Security Administration scanners that are gender-neutral.
It is working to expand the availability of the “X” gender marker to airlines and federal travel programs and will make it easier for transgender people to change their gender information in Social Security Administration records.
Visitors to the White House complex soon will also be able to choose an “X” gender marker option in the White House Worker and Visitor Entry System, which is used to conduct screening background checks.
At airports, changes will be made to screening scanners along with the introduction of the use of an “X” for travelers going through Precheck who do not identify as male or female. Transportation Security Administration agents will receive new instructions on how to make screening procedures less invasive and will work with airlines to promote acceptance of the “X” gender marker.
“Jeopardy!” star Schneider spoke of “being a trans person out there that isn’t monstrous and isn’t threatening and is just a normal person, like we all are,” and said “the more that people like me can be seen, the harder it is to sustain the myths that are … kind of driving a lot of this hate and fear.”
In his video, Biden said there is work still to be done to end “the epidemic of violence against transgender women of color and girls of color” and to ensure that transgender seniors “can age with dignity.” He called anew on Congress to pass the Equality Act to help transgender people around the world “live free from discrimination and violence.”
Biden tried to reassure any transgender person who is struggling, telling them to remember that “you’re not alone.”
“You’re so brave. You belong. And we have your back,” Biden said.
The administration’s actions follow recent steps at the state level to limit activity by transgender people. At least 10 states have banned transgender athletes from participating in sports at all levels in a way that is consistent with their gender identity.
In Texas, Republican Gov. Greg Abbott, who is seeking reelection, has ordered the state’s child welfare agency to probe reports of gender-confirming care for kids as abuse.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, a Republican who is running for reelection and considering a 2024 presidential bid, on Monday signed into law a measure that bars instruction on sexual orientation and gender identity in kindergarten through third grade. The law has drawn intense national scrutiny from critics who argue it marginalizes LGBTQ people. Republicans and advocates of the law argue that discussion of these topics should be between parents and their children.
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Associated Press writers Meg Kinnard in Columbia, South Carolina, and Colleen Long and Ben Fox contributed to this report. | https://www.conchovalleyhomepage.com/news/political-news/ap-politics/biden-to-mark-transgender-day-of-visibility-with-new-actions/ | 2022-04-01T01:45:23Z |
Quant (QNT) traded 4.2% lower against the US dollar during the 1-day period ending at 21:00 PM E.T. on March 31st. Quant has a total market capitalization of $1.67 billion and $44.18 million worth of Quant was traded on exchanges in the last 24 hours. One Quant coin can currently be purchased for $137.94 or 0.00303117 BTC on major exchanges. During the last seven days, Quant has traded 0.7% higher against the US dollar.
Here’s how related cryptocurrencies have performed during the last 24 hours:
- HEX (HEX) traded down 3.9% against the dollar and now trades at $0.15 or 0.00000334 BTC.
- Zilliqa (ZIL) traded down 5.7% against the dollar and now trades at $0.18 or 0.00000396 BTC.
- MXC (MXC) traded down 2.8% against the dollar and now trades at $0.10 or 0.00000228 BTC.
- Vectorspace AI (VXV) traded down 4.9% against the dollar and now trades at $2.02 or 0.00004440 BTC.
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- DXdao (DXD) traded 3.5% higher against the dollar and now trades at $620.82 or 0.01364181 BTC.
- Qubitica (QBIT) traded flat against the dollar and now trades at $11.94 or 0.00025016 BTC.
- Egoras Dollar (EUSD) traded flat against the dollar and now trades at $1.15 or 0.00003616 BTC.
- Receive Access Ecosystem (RAE) traded 2.5% lower against the dollar and now trades at $1.40 or 0.00003067 BTC.
- TouchCon (TOC) traded 3.7% lower against the dollar and now trades at $0.0362 or 0.00000080 BTC.
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Driving while intoxicated is unsafe, irresponsible, and uncouth. It’s also pervasive, which is why there are laws prohibiting this behavior.
These laws work: fatal crash rates today are less than half their early-1970s peaks, a trend reversal that suggests punitive drunk-driving laws are one of the most successful public-health interventions of the latter half of the 20th century.
But what about weed?
In the marijuana legalization era, public-safety officials and lawmakers have struggled with the question. Despite clear evidence cannabis and alcohol are very different substances—metabolized differently, affecting the body differently—there’s been a clear impetus to treat stoned driving like drunk driving.
However, so far, “cannabis breathalyzers” as well as “marijuana DUI” limits have failed scientific and legal tests. You can’t judge how stoned someone is by measuring their breath, saliva, or their blood; levels of THC metabolites in the body just don’t correspond with intoxication the way blood-alcohol does.
So what can you do? You could wait about three and a half to four-and-half hours after smoking marijuana. After that, you’re likely to drive just as well you would have before consumption, according to recent original research conducted by the University of California, San Diego and published earlier this year in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
In a two-year-long study, researchers observed the driving abilities of “191 regular cannabis users,” most of whom smoked at least every other day. Study participants were given joints filled with cannabis with 5.9 percent or 13.4 percent THC, or bunk (placebo) weed with no THC at all. They were told to smoke as much as they wanted to reach a “normal” level of intoxication before hopping into a driving simulator.
Researchers made several key findings, according to Thomas Marcotte, a professor of psychiatry at UCSD and the study’s lead author. One confirmed what other studies already suggested: that blood THC concentration was a very poor indicator of driving performance.
“We know from previous research there’s not a good correlation,” Marcotte said in a recent interview. “But it was sort of compelling how much of a lack of a relationship was there.”
Another was that while study participants agreed that they were too high to drive after immediately smoking, at about the 90-minute mark, people started to feel like they were fine when they weren’t. They drove just about as poorly as they did after smoking.
“At 90 minutes, people started feeling better,” Marcotte said. “They were more willing to go on the road but their performance did not change.”
But at about the three-and-a-half hour mark, their driving performance showed only a “borderline difference” between performance while sober. An hour later—four-and-a-half hours after consumption—there was “no differences” between post- and pre-smoking performances, according to the study results.
This doesn’t necessarily mean that cannabis users are mostly fine or good to go after four and a half hours, Marcotte cautioned.
But as far as rough rules of thumb go, it’s something to go by. Obviously, if you feel too high to drive, you probably are. But be aware of that 90-minute false sense of security—and beware.
“It’s a little challenging for the [cannabis] consumer to know when it’s okay to drive,” Marcotte said.
“I wish we had solid advice,” he added. “It’s not very satisfying, but that’s where we’re at right now.”
With these results in mind, instead of marijuana breathalyzers, what might work better to maintain road safety in the marijuana legalization era are devices that accurately measure how recently someone had used cannabis, Marcotte suggested. Whether that standard would make effective legislation or hold up in the courts are separate questions.
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Other highlights include shows by the Alan Parsons Live Project, Haim, Rob Zombie, Poppy, Deftones, Ace Frehley, Los Tigres del Norte, and Spiritualized. (And for even more live music happening in the Valley in April, check out Phoenix New Times’ concert listings.)
PHXLIGHTS: Altered Orbit at Phoenix Raceway
Back in 2015, Phoenix Lights debuted as a UFO-themed EDM festival. It took a break due to the pandemic, but now it's back as a reimagined concept. Presented by local promoter Relentless Beats, PHXLIGHTS: Altered Orbit will feature sets by GRiZ, RL Grime, Liquid Stranger, Zomboy, Rusko, Flosstradamus, Champagne Drip, Jantsen, Smoakland, Leotrix, Proper., and SAAS. The two-day event takes place on Friday, April 1, and Saturday, April 2, at Phoenix Raceway, 7602 Jimmie Johnson Drive in Avondale. Gates open at 7 p.m. and basic general admission is $65 per person each night or $129 for the entire weekend. Jennifer GoldbergBillie Eilish at Gila River Casino
If it seems like you've heard the name Billie Eilish a great deal the past few years, that's only because you have. From sweeping the Grammys in 2020 to winning an Oscar recently for performing the theme to No Time to Die, the pop singer-songwriter has been all over pop culture and social media. Her career arc has been rising steadily for seven years. When she was just a fresh-faced 14-year-old, she and her older brother, Finneas O'Connell — a singer-songwriter and producer in his own right who has collaborated extensively with his sister — uploaded the short but catchy tune "Ocean Eyes" to SoundCloud. It quickly gained momentum, and despite having few songs to her name, Eilish promptly began developing a dedicated following.Its success pales in comparison to that of “Bad Guy,” Eilish’s breakthrough single from her 2019 debut, When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? The track rocketed to the apex of the Billboard Top 40 charts, got constant radio airplay, and earned her an armful of Grammy Awards, including Record of the Year. Her 2021 follow-up, Happier Than Ever has also been a runaway success, resulting in numerous sold-out dates on her current tour. That includes her two-night stint at Gila River Arena, 9400 West Maryland Avenue, on Saturday, April 2, and Monday, April 4. Tickets for both concerts, which start at 7:30 p.m., are only available on the secondary market. Carolina del Busto and Benjamin Leatherman
Sepultura at The Nile Theater
Portuguese for "grave," Sepultura is a Brazilian heavy metal band formed in 1984 that has managed to stay relevant for nearly 40 years thanks to the band's openness to adapting and evolving with the sounds of heavy metal as they shift. Over the years, the band has combined elements of thrash, groove, death, alternative, industrial, and even nu-metal into its arsenal. Though its only consistent member has been bass player and backing vocalist Paulo Jr., Sepultura has consistently released a new album every few years since its early days. The band's most recent album, Quadra, was released in early 2020, the concept of which was based on Quadrivium, the four arts — arithmetic, geometry, music, and astronomy. The band divided the 12-track album into four sections of three songs and played a different kind of metal for each section. Sepultura’s latest tour comes to The Nile Theater, 105 West Main Street in Mesa, on Tuesday, April 5. Sacred Reich, Crowbar, and Art of Shock open the 6 p.m. show. Admission is $25. David FletcherCountry Thunder Arizona 2022 at Canyon Moon Ranch
After two years of pandemic-related delays and postponements, followed by a rare fall edition last October, Country Thunder is back to its original spot as a springtime event. The 2022 edition of the annual four-day country music festival, which draws thousands to the grounds of Canyon Moon Ranch, 20585 East Water Way in Florence, will feature such superstars as Blake Shelton, Florida Georgia Line, Riley Green, Chase Rice, Tracy Lawrence, and controversial artist Morgan Wallen. Others scheduled to perform during the fest, which runs from Thursday, April 7, to Sunday, April 10, include Gabby Barrett, Sawyer Brown, Randy Houser, Lindsay Ell, Michael Ray, Jameson Rogers, Hardy, MacKenzie Porter, and Blanco Brown. General admission is $150 to $175 each day or $245 for the entire festival. Benjamin LeathermanBaby Keem at Marquee Theatre
After releasing his mixtape, The Sound of Bad Habit, in 2018, rapper Baby Keem's profile has only continued to grow, including landing on XXL's Freshman Class in 2020. He's collaborated with the likes of Kanye West, Travis Scott, and his cousin Kendrick Lamar. He's currently on tour in support of his debut studio album, The Melodic Blue, which brings him to Tempe’s Marquee Theatre, 730 North Mill Avenue, on Friday, April 8. Doors open at 6 p.m. and tickets are only available through resellers. Ashley-Anna AborendenRob Zombie at Arizona Bike Week
It seemed for a while like Rob Zombie was taking his film career more seriously than his music. However, his career as a gruesome horror amateur hasn't exactly elevated him to the level of George A. Romero or John Carpenter. Still, his yen for gory (albeit campy) schlock has helped made him a metal and hard rock icon over the past three decades and his influence has crossed over into other genres, inspiring up-and-coming rappers like Lil Uzi Vert and Rico Nasty. Zombie’s most recent album, 2021’s The Lunar Injection Kool Aid Eclipse Conspiracy, even topped Billboard's Top Rock Albums and Hard Rock Albums charts shortly after its release. He’s set to perform at WestWorld of Scottsdale, 16601 North Pima Road, at 9 p.m. on Friday, April 8, during a headlining concert at the annual Arizona Bike Week. Tickets are $56. Matthew KeeverLil Durk at Arizona Federal Theatre
Rapper Lil Durk has been the longest-lasting champion of the drill scene that came out of Chicago. His latest album, 7220, released in March, gives us a new chapter in the legacy of the Chicago MC. The drill scene was a sound of the youth of Chicago and many of the artists that came out of that scene were very young when they found themselves in the public eye. At 29, Lil Durk has more years in the game than most his age. The 18 songs featured on 7220 offer a slew of first-rate features (like Future, Gunna, and Summer Walker), including a surprising appearance by country music star Morgan Wallen (who was embroiled in controversy after being caught on video using the N-word) on the track “Broadway Girls.” (The rapper stated on a recent episode of The Full Send Podcast that he doesn’t believe Wallen is racist.) It’s just one of the ways Durk continues flexing on the world. His tour in support of 7220 will hit Arizona Federal Theatre, 400 West Washington Street, on Friday, April 8. The gig starts at 8 p.m. and tickets are $39.50 to $79.50. Jeff Kinni and Benjamin LeathermanLos Tigres del Norte at Arizona Federal Theatre
This San Jose-based group of brothers are one of the largest and most beloved musical ensembles to come out of the Mexican norteño genre. Over the last four decades, Los Tigres Del Norte has released more than 50 albums, selling over 30 million copies, and have contributed greatly to the modernization of corridos, the classic Mexican ballad. Whether they sing songs of lovers torn apart by family quarrels, songs of heartbreak, or the ballads of those caught up in the illegal drug trade, everyone inside Arizona Federal Theatre, 400 West Washington Street, will be singing along to Los Tigres during their concert on Saturday, April 9. Tickets for the 8 p.m. concert are $82.50 and up. Julian HernandezMinistry at The Van Buren
One of the pioneers of industrial metal in the late 1980s, Ministry came to life as a synthpop band in Chicago's underground music scene. Ministry's first album, With Sympathy, was praised by Rolling Stone for its catchy dance tracks. The album has since been disowned by bandleader Al Jourgensen, who felt pressured by his record label to match the then-popular sound of the new wave. Ministry's subsequent work would never again be so bright. By the time Ministry released The Land of Rape and Honey in 1988, the band's sound had become darker, heavier, and angrier, and it never went back. Last year, Ministry released its 15th studio album, Moral Hygiene, which showed that time has done little to dampen their harsh and combative sound. Speaking of harsh and combative sounds, Ministry will have opening support from Corrosion of Conformity and Melvins when they roll through the Van Buren, 401 West Van Buren Street, on Tuesday, April 12. Tickets for the 7 p.m. show are $39.50 in advance, $42 at the door. David FletcherPoppy at Marquee Theatre
The Los Angeles-based artist/actress Poppy built up her oddly cute “robotic” persona with a series of YouTube videos in 2014, eventually making her way into music. With a wide range of styles including bubblegum pop, reggae, and even “music to sleep to,” Poppy’s newest musical venture is heavy metal. Teaming up with NYC rock group Blame Candy for her band, the 27-year-old has fully embraced her darker side. Her latest album, Flux, came out last year and offers more of an organic sound than her previous release, 2020’s I Disagree. She’s scheduled to perform at Marquee Theatre, 730 North Mill Avenue in Tempe, on Wednesday, April 13, with support from gender-bending musician Mz Neon. Doors are at 7 p.m. and general admission is $27. Cameron MartinezApocalyptica at The Van Buren
The deep, cavernous sounds of the cello are perfect for heavy metal. They can be dark and brooding. They provide a nice, long bass sound that's a perfect backup to songs about sadness and destruction. They can also give a band that extra foundation underneath the sounds of guitars and drums to create more energy in a song. The cello can be found in the discography of almost all the great rock and metal acts. Metallica, System of a Down, Arcade Fire, Nirvana — they all have at least one song that uses the massive string instrument. The trend is so popular that cello metal has become a subgenre. The undisputed pioneers of the genre are Apocalyptica, the Finnish orchestral rock group of classical musicians with a special love for metal who turned something they did for fun 29 years ago into a trend. Their success has earned them chart-topping songs and albums, and they've been able to perform and collaborate with some of the biggest rockers and metalheads. Apocalyptica’s latest tour comes to the Van Buren, 401 West Van Buren Street, on Friday, April 15. Doors are at 6:30 p.m. and Lacuna Coil opens. Tickets are $36 to $60. Danny GallagherAlan Parsons Live Project at Celebrity Theatre
Alan Parsons became a household name around the world via the succession of gold and platinum albums that began with Tales of Mystery and Imagination in 1976, which were credited to The Alan Parsons Project. Although his partnership with co-founder Eric Woolfson ended in the ’90s, it did allow for us to finally enjoy the music the duo made in concert, starting with a 1995 European tour. Ladies and gentlemen, we give you ... The Alan Parsons Live Project. “I do wish we’d done it sooner; the circumstances weren’t right,” Parsons told Phoenix New Times in 2018. “Eric wasn’t interested in touring, and it was only [when] we parted company after making the Freudiana album [a rock opera about Sigmund Freud] and all the legal wrangles that ensued after that, that we decided to put another band together to support another album that year called Try Anything Once [Parsons’ first solo album].” The project brings its prog-rock masterpieces to Celebrity Theater, 440 North 32nd Street, on Saturday, April 16. Start time is 7:30 p.m. and tickets are $35 to $125. Serene DominicDeadbeats Arizona 2022 at Phoenix Raceway
Genreless music formed by heart-stopping beat drops and deep bass repetitions is the name of the game for electronic music group Zeds Dead. Since debuting in 2009, the duo of Dylan Mamid and Zachary Rapp-Rovan has been bringing electrifying dance anthems to the masses. This month, they’ll do it at Deadbeats Arizona, an electronic dance music event at Phoenix Raceway, 7602 Jimmie Johnson Drive in Avondale, on Friday, April 22. NGHTMRE, Dimension, Dion Timmer, Rossy, and other DJs will perform at the annual event, which returning after a two-year absence due to the pandemic. Gates open at 7 p.m. and tickets are $55 to $125. Megan MarplesSpiritualized at Crescent Ballroom
In 1997, Radiohead released its career-defining album OK Computer, but as important as that album was, it was not the album NME named album of the year. That honor went to the English space rock band Spiritualized for its album Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space. Critics praised the album for its bright, weightless, and visionary approach to space rock, which had previously been defined by the thunderous guitar of Marc Bolan of T. Rex or the dark and heavy soundscapes of Pink Floyd. While those bands had foregrounded the subject of space, Spiritualized chose to foreground the texture of space in defining its sound. Through the years, Spiritualized has incorporated more sounds into its overarching style, such as gospel music on Amazing Grace or pop on Sweet Heart Sweet Light. The band will release its latest album Everything Was Beautiful on April 22 and are scheduled to perform at Crescent Ballroom, 308 North Second Avenue, a few days prior on Monday, April 18. The show is at 8 p.m. and tickets are $37 to $47. David FletcherOrville Peck at The Van Buren
Masked country singer Orville Peck's 2019 debut LP, Pony, is a sprawling outlaw rhapsody, nodding at everyone from Elvis and Johnny Cash to The Velvet Underground and X. On Pony, Peck presents a vast, intersectional landscape for listeners to get lost in, one that he produced and assembled almost entirely by himself. Peck has played in many bands over the years in a variety of capacities. But with Pony, he finally had the reins from top to bottom. The album was an enormous hit, both critically and commercially, and earned Peck an appearance on Jimmy Kimmell and slots at festivals like Coachella and Stagecoach.His upcoming follow-up, Broncho, is set to be released in early April and will be “anchored in country,” Peck says, but will also include tips of the hat to bluegrass, country rock, and psych. He’s released singles from the albums in “chapters,” including dropping “Daytona Sand,” "Outta Time,” "C'mon Baby Cry,” and "Any Turn" in February. You’re very likely they’ll be included in Peck’s setlist when he performs at The Van Buren, 401 West Van Buren Street, on Tuesday, April 19. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. and tickets are $35 to $38. Ashley Naftule and Benjamin Leatherman
King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard at Marquee Theatre
Australian thrash/psych-rockers King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard perpetually live in studios and on the road. With 20 albums in 22 years, headline festival appearances around the globe, and international critical acclaim, they've certainly made fans of all types. They’re also quite prolific and aren't content letting things get stale, as evidenced by the fact they put out two albums each year. Case in point: In March, King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard released Made in Timeland, which consists of a pair of 15 minute-long tracks, and are about to drop a double album Omnium Gatherum. These collections of new songs should fit in perfectly alongside those older tunes in the band’s raucous and unpredictable live shows. In fact, it's probably a pretty safe bet that those devoted fans present at Tempe’s Marquee Theatre, 730 North Mill Avenue, on Tuesday, April 19, will treat them with the same enthusiasm reserved for prior material. The concert starts at 8 p.m. and experimental pop artist SPELLLING shares the bill. General admission is $40 and balcony access is $62.50 to $72.50. Jeff Strowe
The Hu at The Van Buren
The members of The Hu are badasses. That much is clear. Combining traditionally Mongolian sounds — throat singing and the two-stringed morin khuur horsehead fiddle — with the bass, beats, and production techniques of modern rock, the four-piece band from Ulaanbaatar has a distinctive beefy sound that lends itself to energetic fist-pumping. The Hu were recently featured on Metallica’s special 30th anniversary Black Album reissue covers project, for which they covered the legendary band’s “Through the Never.” They're making an appearance at both weekends of Coachella this year, but in between, they'll tear up the stage at The Van Buren, 401 West Washington Street, as part of their Black Thunder Tour. The show starts at 8 p.m. on Thursday, April 21, with an opening set by The Haunt. Tickets are $30 to $129. Brendan DriscollAnimals as Leaders at Marquee Theatre
When guitarist Tosin Abasi first burst onto the metal scene in 2009 with the self-titled debut from his group Animals as Leaders, he was the primary creative force behind the instrumental project. While he had outside assistance from Periphery guitarist Misha Mansoor on drum programming and production, the record turned ears thanks to Abasi’s vision of blending Meshuggah-style, polyrhythmic metal riffs with a technicality that aped shred greats like Joe Satriani and Steve Vai. More than a decade later, Abasi has shared magazine covers and stages alongside his aforementioned guitar heroes and is considered a contemporary leader in today’s instrumental rock guitar scene.The most recent full-length studio album from Animals as Leaders, Parrhesia, was released on Sumerian Records last month. Abasi describes it as the band’s most human record to date and relates to the existential challenges caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and “how human behaviour changes in aggregate when there’s uniform fear, or the need for co-operation in the face of a threat.” Their tour in support of the release is scheduled to come to Marquee Theatre, 730 North Mill Avenue, on Thursday, April 21. The show is at 8 p.m. and tickets are $25-$45. Jason Roche | https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/music/biggest-concerts-phoenix-april-2022-tickets-coachella-billie-eilish-orville-peck-haim-13332092 | 2022-04-01T01:45:26Z |
March 29, 1946 – March 20, 2022
Francis X. “Frank” Vollmer Jr., a retired credit manager at The Buffalo News and a Vietnam War veteran who devoted his retirement years to helping other veterans, died March 20 in the Ben Atchley Tennessee State Veterans’ Home in Knoxville after a two-year illness. He was 75.
Born in Buffalo, the oldest of eight children, he attended Cardinal Dougherty High School and graduated from Kenmore West High School in 1964. A Civil Air Patrol member in high school, he enlisted in the Air Force after he graduated and was stationed in Italy, where he met an American exchange student from North Tonawanda, Sharon Tauscher. They were married in 1968.
When he learned that a high school friend had been killed in the Vietnam War, he volunteered to go to Vietnam to honor his memory. He served as an intelligence specialist with the 6924th Security Squadron at Da Nang Air Base and came under fire during the Tet Offensive in 1968, just before he was due to be discharged.
Returning from service, he began as a summer clerk at The News, where his father worked as a printer and photoengraver. He went on to work briefly in the paper’s transportation office and enrolled in accounting classes at night at the University at Buffalo’s Millard Fillmore College, earning a bachelor’s degree in English and accounting in 1976.
He started in the Accounting Department at The News in 1969, was promoted to assistant credit manager in 1972 and became credit manager in 1983. A Grand Island resident, he was a member of Charles N. DeGlopper Memorial Post 9249, Veterans of Foreign Wars, and joined with other Vietnam veterans to found Western New York Chapter 77, Vietnam Veterans of America. He served as the chapter’s president and was its longtime treasurer and spokesman.
When they retired in 2002, he and his wife, a teacher at Sweet Home Middle School in Amherst, moved to eastern Tennessee near Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
“We used to travel during spring breaks,” his wife said, “and he used to say, ‘This is the only place Sharon wanted to come back to.’ ”
Mr. Vollmer joined American Legion Post 104 in Sevierville, Tenn., and became active in Vet 2 Vet, Great Smoky Mountains Inc., a nonprofit organization serving veterans and their families, where he served as president and was a certified peer facilitator.
He was a mentor coordinator and trainer at the Knox County Veterans Treatment Court and advocated for the establishment of more veterans treatment courts in Tennessee.
While in Buffalo, he was honored as a 10-gallon blood donor by the American Red Cross.
In addition to his wife, survivors include a son, Ryan; a brother, Mark; three sisters, Mary Washburn, Deborah Barton and Jackie Frist; and a grandson.
A memorial service will be held April 7 in East Tennessee State Veterans Cemetery in Knoxville. | https://buffalonews.com/obituaries/features/francis-x-frank-vollmer-jr-75-buffalo-news-credit-manager-who-devoted-retirement-to-helping/article_174aae30-b143-11ec-aa80-471b67d9750d.html | 2022-04-01T01:45:27Z |
Updated March 31, 2022 at 9:31 PM ET
Oscars' guests and viewers are still reeling over Will Smith's surprising and infamous onstage slap of comedian Chris Rock, who joked about Jada Pinkett Smith's hair. Shortly after, Smith went onstage to accept the Best Actor Oscar for his role in King Richard.
Will Packer, producer of the Academy Award, ceremony told the ABC News show Good Morning America that Los Angeles police officers were ready to arrest Will Smith if Rock wanted to press charges.
"They were saying, 'This is battery.' That was the word they used in that moment," Packer told T.J. Holmes, in an exclusive interview that was teased during ABC's World News Tonight. "They said, 'We will go get him. We are prepared. We will go get him right now. You can press charges. We can arrest him. They were laying out the options. And as they were talking, Chris was, he was being very dismissive of those options. He was like, 'No, I'm fine.' He was like, 'no, no, no.' And even to the point where I said, 'Rock, let them finish.'"
In the clip, Packer said after the officers finished laying out what Rock's options were, "they said, 'Would you like us to take any action? And he said no.'"
Packer also said he did not speak to Smith at all on Oscar night. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences released a statement saying Smith was asked to leave the ceremony and refused.
In his acceptance speech, Smith apologized to the Academy and his fellow nominees for the incident, but not Rock. On Instagram the following day, Smith wrote that he was embarrassed by his behavior and told Rock he was sorry. Still, the Academy began disciplinary proceedings against Smith-- which could include "suspension, expulsion, or other sanctions permitted."
SAG-AFTRA is also weighing sanctions against Smith.
On Wednesday night, Rock was onstage in Boston with a new comedy routine. He didn't say much about the slap. "I'm still kind of processing what happened," he said, adding that at some point he will talk about it "and it will be serious and funny."
Copyright 2022 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org. | https://www.kunc.org/npr-news/2022-03-31/the-lapd-was-ready-to-arrest-will-smith-after-the-slap-will-packer-says | 2022-04-01T01:45:27Z |
LEBANON, Pa. (AP) — A Pennsylvania police officer was killed and two others injured Thursday during a shooting that occurred while responding to a domestic disturbance call, Lebanon Mayor Sherry Capello said.
Police officers went to a home in the city at about 3:30 p.m. for the disturbance call. Nearly an hour later gunfire broke out and officers radioed in they were hit, Capello said at a brief news conference.
All three officers were taken to hospitals. One of them has been pronounced dead. A second was in critical condition, but stable, and a third was in stable condition, Capello said.
“This is an extremely difficult moment for everyone,” Capello said.
The suspect, a 34-year-old man from Lebanon, was killed in the shooting, Lebanon Police Chief Todd Breiner said.
“As one can imagine, it's clearly a traumatic event,” Breiner said. “Our guys are strong, but we're human and we have families.”
The slain officer's name is being withheld pending notification of extended family members.
Police did not release further details. | https://www.ctinsider.com/news/article/1-officer-killed-2-others-shot-in-Pennsylvania-17049870.php | 2022-04-01T01:45:26Z |
Hostage survivor testifies in trial of ISIS member accused in deaths of several Americans
By Holmes Lybrand, CNN
A hostage taken by the ISIS terror cell known as the “Beatles” testified Thursday in a trial against one of the alleged members, El Shafee Elsheikh, who is accused of assisting in the kidnapping, torture and death of several Americans, Europeans and other foreign nationals from 2012 to 2015.
During the second day of trial, Italian aid worker Federico Motka told the jury how he was captured, imprisoned and tortured by the terror cell alongside other hostages who were eventually killed, including Americans James Foley, Steven Sotloff, Kayla Mueller and Peter Kassig.
The so-called Beatles — as the hostages came to call them because of their British accents — were the primary handlers of the hostages and, according to the Department of Justice, Elsheikh is the last of the group to stand trial. His co-defendant pleaded guilty in September and the other member, Mohamed Emwazi, was killed in a drone strike in 2015.
Motka told the jury he was captured in 2013 along with British aid worker David Haines on a trip to Syria to better understand the needs of refugees in the area.
“I think we’re getting kidnapped,” Motka testified that he told his boss on the phone as masked men armed with guns surrounded their car, eventually pulling them out and pushing them in the trunk of their cars.
Motka was moved around to several different locations during the 14 months he was held captive, one of which was a small room with a low roof the hostages nicknamed “the Box.” It was there that they endured what Motka called “the regime of punishment.”
Beatings, hunger and execution
The Beatles, along with someone the hostages called “the Punisher,” would beat and torture Haines, Motka, journalist Foley — one of the Americans named in the charges against Elsheikh — and his colleague, British journalist John Cantlie.
Motka said that the group differentiated the Beatles — who they called John, George and Ringo — by their preferred style of beatings.
“George was more into boxing. John, he kicked a lot,” Motka said, adding that Ringo, who prosecutors say is Elsheikh, “liked wrestling (and) headlocks.” One of those headlocks caused Foley to pass out, Motka testified Thursday.
According to Motka, the hostages were kicked, punched and beaten with a cable regularly by the Beatles and made to “hold stress positions for hours.” They were also forced, Motka testified, to fight one another for their entertainment.
“We barely had the muscle strength to lift our arms,” Motka said.
According to Motka, the Beatles waterboarded him and several other hostages. “That was by far the worst thing that had happened,” he said, after describing losing oxygen, inhaling water and panicking. “There wasn’t a minute’s peace.”
The hostages lost 50 to 70 pounds by the time of the waterboarding, later becoming fully emaciated, Motka said. When they did get food, they couldn’t keep it down. During one long transport in an ISIS caravan, the hostages survived off dates for several days in the back of a truck, he testified.
The courtroom was also shown a video of a Syrian hostage being shot in the head, kneeling at the edge of a pre-dug grave.
Motka identified himself among the group of hostages, who were shown kneeling on the other side of the grave and each holding handwritten signs demanding ransom for their release.
One of the Beatles, Motka testified, asked him what he thought about the execution.
“It’s horrific,” Motka said.
The Beatle, Motka testified, replied: “That’s a good answer.”
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Gov. Roy Cooper encourages NC lawmakers to approve additional COVID-19 emergency funds
PITT COUNTY, N.C. (WITN) - As the CDC and FDA continue to encourage some Americans to get a second booster shot, some state leaders are pushing for more COVID relief funds.
Congress has still not approved President Biden’s $22.5-billion in COVID-19 emergency funds. That lack of funding is cutting into COVID-19 services across the country.
To help with that, Governor Roy Cooper wrote a letter to the North Carolina General Assembly to approve funding as well.
“We’ve turned the corner on COVID, but this virus is still with us,” Cooper said. “It won’t disrupt us and one thing to make sure of that is that we be ready for a surge that could come this fall.”
If more funding is approved, Health departments will have enough vaccines on-hand to give second booster shots. The CDC and FDA just gave some Americans age 50 and above the green light to get one. But they aren’t widely available in North Carolina just yet.
“We need to be ready in the event a surge comes because we’ve seen that it comes quickly,” Cooper said. “And one thing we’ve learned about this pandemic is that you need to be ready for it and that’s why I let them [the NC general assembly] know that they need to step up and do that.”
And though cases are down, ECU infectious disease chief, Dr. Paul Cook, believes another COVID surge is inevitable.
“This is probably transitioning into an endemic phase as opposed to an epidemic phase.”
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BRAINTREE, Mass. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Thursday evening's drawing of the Massachusetts Lottery's "Numbers Evening" game were:
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Up to 100 cats involved in Harriman house fire
Woodbury. The Woodbury Animal Shelter responded to the call, which revealed an animal hording situation in Harriman. The shelter has over 30 of the cats in its care as of Monday, March 29. You can help the shelter care for these cats by making a payment toward their vet bill at The Pets I Love Veterinary Hospital in Monroe, or dropping off flea treatments or cleaning supplies at the shelter.
Woodbury Animal Shelter responded to a call from local police requesting assistance with “numerous animals” involved in a Harriman house fire on Thursday, March 24. When shelter staff arrived around 4 p.m., they found dozens of cats around the property.
“It was a hording situation,” said Woodbury Animal Shelter manager Pam Gambuti. No one was living at the house; the owner would visit several times a day to feed the cats.
Woodbury Animal Shelter staff was on site until 8 p.m. rounding up cats. Many were loose, but some were in cages, saved by firefighters who removed them from the home.
As of Monday, March 29, the shelter has taken in over 30, and its crew is still working on trapping the remaining cats on the property, many of which are feral.
“We’re working smartly. We’re trying to take the ones in that we need first: the very sick, the injured, any babies, any pregnant moms,” said Gambuti. “They’re coming first.”
Luckily, the shelter recently got new cages and is able to manage the influx of animals. As the rest of the cats come in, Woodbury Animal Shelter will partner with other rescues for space and to socialize the cats. When they’re treated and ready, the cats will be available for adoption.
Fleas and bills
Many of the cats are in need of medical care due to neglect. Most have upper respiratory infections which, according to Gambuti, is common with hording situations. Many have skin issues, hair loss, and fleas.
“They all have to be on antibiotics,” added Gambuti. “We’re going to do nebulizer treatments on everybody, so it’s a lot.”
For those interested in making a donation, the shelter is currently seeking flea treatments, such as Frontline, and cleaning supplies to help care for the cats. People can also offset the shelter’s vet bill by making a payment to Woodbury Animal Shelter’s account at The Vets I Love Veterinary Hospital in Monroe.
“I’m trying desperately to not have this wipe out our budget for the year,” said Gambuti. | http://www.warwickadvertiser.com/news-alert-section/up-to-100-cats-involved-in-harriman-house-fire-HG2008999 | 2022-04-01T01:45:28Z |
JUAREZ, Mexico (Border Report) – Myrna and Julio Flores fled El Salvador after gang members levied a “tax” on their home-based business and threatened harm if they didn’t pay up.
“We had a baby on the way. That motivated us to close our business, quit our jobs and come to the United States,” Myrna said, holding her now 8-month-old daughter.
The couple crossed the Rio Grande at Reynosa, Mexico, but didn’t have a chance to plead their case for asylum. The U.S. Border Patrol fingerprinted them at a processing center near McAllen, Texas, put them on an airplane to El Paso and expelled them to Mexico under the Title 42 public health rule last month.
Immigration advocates say Title 42 exposes migrants to violent crime in Mexican border cities like Juarez. The Flores couple can attest to that.
On Feb. 12, armed gunmen allegedly belonging to a cell of the Aztecas gang arrived at a church in South Central Juarez where a funeral was being held for a rival. The gunmen murdered six funeral-goers including a 12-year-old boy and wounded several other people. The Floreses were staying at a small migrant shelter in the back of that church and escaped the fusillade.
“When we went out, we had to step over the dead because there were several dead and wounded. We found refuge in the house across (the street),” Myrna said. “The church had to close to because of threats.”
Seeing days go by at a Juarez shelter, the couple is looking forward to the termination of Title 42, which news reports out of Washington, D.C., say will happen on May 23.
“We were fleeing violence and we found more violence,” Julio said. “I hope they let us apply for asylum (in the United States). Most of us are fleeing because there are too many problems in our countries. The violence in El Salvador has exploded. […] There’s a 6 p.m. curfew in most towns (because of gang violence). People cannot come out of their homes.”
Enrique Valenzuela, head of the Chihuahua Population Council (COESPO), says between 10,000 and 12,500 migrants are in Juarez waiting for the end of Title 42.
“The shelters are at 80 percent capacity. That’s between 2,000 and 3,000 people, but for every migrant that comes to us for assistance, there are four to five that do not,” said Valenzuela, whose office oversees Juarez’s Migrant Assistance Center.
The council in 2019 helped U.S. Customs and Border Protection bring order to a then-chaotic border in which flash mobs frequently materialized across from U.S. ports of entry and hustlers sold places in line.
Back then, COESPO helped manage access to international bridges and provided guidance to migrants as to what documents CBP expected of them.
This time, though, it’s still not known what shape that cooperation will take.
“At this point, we don’t know how much of an influx we will have or how the United States chooses to handle that flow,” Valenzuela said. “It’s important for people to know they have to wait for official information, for them not to be tricked that it will be an easy way into the United States now that Title 42 is going to be lifted. No, that is not the case.”
But Valenzuela said Chihuahua Gov. Maru Campos has instructed his office and other state agencies to continue helping migrants regardless of where they come from. That includes Mexican families displaced by a bloody drug war in several regions, Central and South Americans already in the city or on the way, and those whom the United States continues to expel daily.
“It’s our duty to provide humanitarian attention to people arriving at this border. We work with allies that include all three levels of government (in Mexico), the United Nations, local and international NGOs,” he said. “Our primary duty is to provide them shelter – a place to stay – and also medical and mental health screenings.”
Meantime, Myrna and Julio Flores hope to finally soon have a chance to state their case and flee the violence in El Salvador and Mexico. “Our hope is that at least they let us apply for asylum in the United States. Most of us are on the run, running from problems because our countries are too conflictive,” Julio said. | https://www.everythinglubbock.com/border-report/at-least-10000-in-juarez-waiting-for-title-42-rollback-chance-at-u-s-asylum/ | 2022-04-01T01:45:28Z |
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Bloc Party played an intimate show at The Garage in London last night (March 30), where they debuted some of their new material – watch below.
The show was announced earlier this month, with a press release stating that the London gig would provide “a special, intimate chance to hear the band’s new material” for the first time. The gig also marked the band’s first live show since 2019.
Bloc Party’s sixth studio album ‘Alpha Games’ is out on April 29. They opened their set at The Garage with the album’s first track ‘Day Drinker’, followed by another live debut: first single ‘Traps’.
Other singles from the new album, ‘Sex Magik’, ‘The Girls Are Fighting’ and ‘If We Get Caught’ were also played live for the first time during their set, as well as album tracks ‘Rough Justice’, ‘In Situ’, ‘By Any Means Necessary’ and ‘Of Things Yet to Come’.
Elsewhere, the band peppered in hits like ‘Hunting For Witches’, ‘Banquet’ and ‘The Prayer’, before closing with ‘Helicopter’. They also played their 2012 track ‘Kettling’, which hasn’t been heard live since 2013.
Great to see @BlocParty back tonight. They sounded awesome, and exuded joy and energy from the stage. pic.twitter.com/XwwY8G3ZWz
— Paul Townley (@prtownley) March 30, 2022
Kill me now ❤️ @BlocParty pic.twitter.com/6qxineTEpC
— Alan Mulvey 🌻 (@al70) March 30, 2022
@BlocParty good to have you back live! pic.twitter.com/wU7KGt3PM5
— Jordan Linklater (@jordan_link216) March 30, 2022
Last night’s 600-capacity gig was in preparation for their BBC Radio 6 Music Festival headline slot in Cardiff this weekend (April 2), plus their UK and European headline tour in May/June. You can see the full schedule below and buy tickets from here.
MAY
26 – O2 Academy 1, Birmingham
27 – Rock City, Nottingham
28 – Alexandra Palace, London
30 – O2 Academy, Bristol
31 – O2 Victoria Warehouse, Manchester
JUNE
02 – O2 City Hall, Newcastle
03 – The Barrowland Ballroom, Glasgow
04 – O2 Academy, Leeds
In a recent interview with NME, Kele Okereke said of the new album: “What’s most important for me is that it still feels exciting and it still feels like we have something to say. With everything that we’ve done outside of the band, it’s really made me appreciate what the band is and what it stands for.
“[Lots of] great bands, as soon as they start becoming successful, start having their edges shaved off and it becomes a lot more palatable and whatnot; that always seemed kind of gross to me. So I feel quite lucky that we’ve been able to not have to do that.” | https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/music/bloc-party-debut-new-material-at-intimate-london-show-3195434 | 2022-04-01T01:45:29Z |
Will Smith left Sunday’s Oscars ceremony with the Best Actor award for his performance in King Richard, but he could have left in handcuffs.
In his first interview since the awards show, Oscars producer Will Packer told Good Morning America that Chris Rock, whom Smith slapped during a shocking moment of the broadcast, had been adamant Smith not be punished by police.
“They were saying, ‘This is battery,’ was the word they used in that moment. They said, ‘We will go get him. We are prepared. We’re prepared to go get him right now. You can press charges. We can arrest him,'” Packer said in a part of the interview that was previewed on Thursday’s edition of World News Tonight With David Muir. “They were laying out the options, and as they were talking, Chris was, he was being very dismissive of those options. He was like, ‘No, I’m fine.’ He was like, ‘No, no,’ even to the point where I said, ‘Rock, let ‘em finish.’ The LAPD officers finished laying out what his options were, and they said, you know, ‘Would you like us to take any action?’ And he said no. He said no.”
The Los Angeles Police Department said in a statement Monday that the victim had declined to file a police report.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences said Wednesday that it had asked Smith to leave after he approached the stage and hit Rock for telling a joke about Smith’s wife, Jada Pinkett Smith. Rock’s joke had been about her bald head, and she has said that she chose that look because she suffers from hair loss. In addition to slapping Rock, Smith also yelled at him, “Keep my wife’s name out of your f***ing mouth!” Officials said that he refused to leave.
However, sources told Variety and TMZ that Smith was never formally asked to exit the ceremony, where he later won the Best Actor award. According to them, the people overseeing the event were divided about what should happen, and that Packer actually told Smith that the Academy wanted him to stay.
Packer seemed to refute that, with the producer saying that he “did not speak to Smith directly at all the night of the Oscars.” The full sit-down is scheduled to air Friday on Good Morning America.
While he’s off the hook legally, Smith could face serious repercussions. In their Wednesday statement, Academy officials said they had launched a formal review into what happened at its most high-profile event of the year. Smith could be suspended or even expelled. Acting union SAG-AFTRA is considering disciplinary action as well.
Just days later, Rock received a standing ovation at his first stand-up show since the Oscars.
“How was your weekend?” he teased the Boston audience. Noting that he was still processing what happened, he said that he didn’t have any jokes about it yet. | https://www.thehamdenjournal.com/world/lapd-was-prepared-to-arrest-will-smith-after-oscars-slap/130485/ | 2022-04-01T01:45:30Z |
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WASHINGTON (AP) — CIA Director William Burns has tested positive for COVID-19, according to an agency statement Thursday.
The statement said Burns is experiencing mild symptoms and working from home, with plans to return to the office after five days and testing negative. The director is fully vaccinated and boosted.
Burns last met with President Joe Biden on Wednesday morning in a socially distanced meeting where the director wore an N-95 mask. The agency says Burns is not considered a close contact of the president by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention standards. The nature of the meeting was not disclosed by the CIA.
Biden is not known to have tested positive for the virus since the pandemic began. Several people in recent weeks have tested positive for the virus shortly after seeing the president, including press secretary Jen Psaki, deputy press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre and Irish Prime Minister Micheál Martin. | https://www.conchovalleyhomepage.com/news/political-news/ap-politics/cia-director-tests-positive-for-covid-19-has-mild-symptoms/ | 2022-04-01T01:45:30Z |
Tommy Thompson, just weeks removed from leading the University of Wisconsin System, met with former President Donald Trump on Thursday for a talk about “Wisconsin politics,” a former aide said.
Thompson was elected to four terms as Wisconsin's governor, and earlier this year declined to rule out another bid. Thompson, 80, spent almost two years atop the university system before leaving earlier this month.
Bill McCoshen, a former chief of staff to Thompson when he served as governor, said the two met at Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort.
“The primary topic was Wisconsin politics," McCoshen said. “They talked about the gubernatorial race, the Senate race and what it will take to win in Wisconsin. The topic of running for governor may have come up, but the purpose was to talk about Wisonsin politics more broadly.”
A Trump spokesman did not respond to a request for comment.
McCoshen said he expected Thompson to make a decision in April. The primary is in August. Former Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch, businessman Kevin Nicholson and state Rep. Timothy Ramthun are Republicans vying to take on Democratic Gov. Tony Evers.
Thompson was first elected to the Legislature in 1966 and was first elected governor in 1986. He resigned midway through his fourth term to serve as Health and Human Services secretary under then-President George W. Bush, and ran briefly for president in 2008. | https://www.expressnews.com/news/article/Thompson-and-Trump-meet-to-talk-politics-17049815.php | 2022-04-01T01:45:30Z |
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Car and freight travel have reached pre-pandemic levels, but public transit and passenger rail are not expected to recover fully. Many employers are allowing remote work, and, for some, the model of going to the office daily may be over. It’s past time to rethink how to spend federal and state transportation dollars.
Despite people’s preferences for personal transportation, Congress has allocated $69 billion in three separate stimulus funding laws to public transit systems since the beginning of the pandemic; an additional $109 billion in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act; and $16 billion in fiscal year 2022 spending.
That’s a total of $194 billion for public transit, or more than $580 for every person in America. Yet even before the pandemic in 2019, only 5 percent of Americans regularly rode public transit, according to the Census Bureau, and far fewer ride public transit now. That means the federal government is spending more than $11,000 for every American who actually rides public transit regularly. In its latest budget request for fiscal year 2023, the Administration has requested an additional $23 billion for public transit.
This is partly due to the power of the AFL-CIO’s Transport Workers Union, which represents 150,000 transportation workers. According to OpenSecrets.org, the union contributed $1.8 million to political candidates in the 2020 election cycle, 89 percent to to Democrats.
Americans’ preferred means of travel were shifting away from public transit before the pandemic, and these changes accelerated during the pandemic and afterwards. The highest level of ridership for the Washington Metro was in 2011, and it has been declining since then—steadily through 2019, and a sharp drop since then.
Public transit systems rely on millions of riders a day (New York City) or hundreds of thousands of riders a day (Washington, D.C.) to avoid losing large sums. These systems already depend on Federal and State subsidies, and, unless they return to dense ridership, subsidies will grow larger or the transit systems will go out of business.
Data for Washington, D.C. show that average Metro subway rides per day in 2022 were 125,000, down not only from 2019 pre-pandemic levels of 626,000, but also lower than the pandemic years of 2020 and 2021.
In New York City, subway ridership during the weekdays of the week of March 21 was about 3.2 million, 56 percent of pre-pandemic levels. Interestingly, in a trend that can be seen elsewhere, ridership on weekends was about 1.75 million, 64 percent of pre-pandemic levels, showing that a higher share of people have returned to the subway for leisure than for work. Since fewer people used the subway on the weekends prior to the pandemic, weekend ridership still remains well below weekday ridership.
Other major cities, such as Chicago and Los Angeles, are seeing similar trends.
In order to pass the latest round of fiscal year 2022 spending, Congress had to suspend the Rostenkowski Test, which mandates that if there are insufficient funds in the Highway Trust Fund, the amounts disbursed for mass transit must be reduced.
Americans prefer the flexibility and safety of cars rather than group travel, where they risk catching Covid. TomTom, which provides traffic information and navigation systems, estimates that traffic is higher midday than before the pandemic, and slightly lower during peak hours.
One rationale for subsidizing public transit, even though it operates at a loss, is that low-income and “essential” workers use it. However, the development of digital platforms has enabled new forms of shared transportation such as rideshare and van pools to operate at a lower cost than buses and subways.
These new forms of transportation are far more convenient than traditional public transit and would be preferred by low-income and “essential” workers, but do not count as public transportation for the purposes of Department of Transportation funding.
For instance, if a nurse is getting off duty at midnight, she may well prefer to take an Uber home rather than to wait for a bus or subway, especially as crime has increased in many cities.
New apps can provide faster and lower-cost public transportation. Via, for example, has set up app-based “microtransit” systems in cities such as Arlington, Texas; Jersey City, New Jersey; Sacramento, California; and Gainesville, Georgia.
Via’s microtransit services take the form of shared vehicles that pick up individuals (more than one person per car) within a few blocks from their starting point and drop them off a few blocks from where they want to go. This “on-demand” shared ride transportation is similar to technology used by rideshare companies such as Uber and Lyft, which provide individual rides. In Gainesville, Georgia, Via rides replaced the existing bus service and provided rides at a 59 percent lower cost per trip.
America naturally values its essential workers. That is why Congress is doing them a disservice by funding buses and subways that are coming less and less frequently rather than app-based services. The $11,000 spent per regular public transit rider could purchase quite a few Uber rides to the benefit of the travelers and the American public who subsidize public transit.
Should cities want to subsidize low-income individuals, they could use food stamps as a model. Some people are issued debit cards for groceries through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). Similarly, they could be issued with Supplemental Travel Assistance Program (STAP) cards to access new app-based transportation technologies—at a substantial savings to municipalities over providing large, empty buses on fixed routes.
Technology, travel, and personal preferences are changing. But Congress is shortchanging Americans by addressing transportation in the same way as in the 19th and 20th centuries. Federal and state governments should focus on allowing Americans to have transportation that meets their personal needs, not the needs of those who want to spend ever more funds on mass transit systems that fewer people use. | https://www.forbes.com/sites/dianafurchtgott-roth/2022/03/31/out-with-buses-in-with-rideshare/ | 2022-04-01T01:45:32Z |
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It was not a fun night for Nocona baseball as the Indians hosted Holliday. The Eagles won 18-0 in three innings due to run-rule in a game where little went right for the Indians. Nocona was only able to get one player on base, Bodie Davis, thanks to getting...
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Dylan McDuffie has again had a change of heart, and he has re-entered the transfer portal.
McDuffie, a running back on the University at Buffalo football team, posted Thursday evening on his social media accounts that he is back in the transfer portal after four seasons at UB. It’s the second time since Christmas that the former St. Francis and Sweet Home standout has announced his intention to transfer.
“I’m blessed to call this my home forever,” McDuffie wrote in a post he shared. “I want to thank the University at Buffalo for everything they’ve done for me over the past two years. Thank you to Coach (Lance) Leipold for giving me the opportunity to join this program and help develop me in his time here. I want to give a special thank you to Coach Mo (UB coach Maurice Linguist). I will cherish my short time being able to play for you. It was truly an honor. Also wanted to thank everybody else involved in the program in any way.
“To my brothers, I will hold onto our bond and our memories for the rest of my life! I love all y’all boys and know ya’ll gon hold it down and handle business.
“With that being said I am officially entering the transfer portal as a graduate with two years of eligibility remaining.”
2 Corinthians 5:7
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McDuffie did not return a phone call or a text message from the News.
McDuffie announced Dec. 31 that he was initially entering the transfer portal. He withdrew from the transfer portal at the end of January, and told the News that his decision to return to the Bulls came after UB’s hire of Greg Knox as its running backs coach.
He also told the News in January that he considered offers from California, Oklahoma and Oregon.
McDuffie, a Sweet Home graduate, was UB's leading rusher this past season with 1,049 yards and 11 touchdowns on 206 carries.
However, McDuffie’s announcement that he is re-entering the transfer portal came after only two spring practices, which began its spring workouts Tuesday.
The 2018 Sweet Home graduate led the Bulls in rushing last season with 1,049 yards and 11 touchdowns on 206 carries. The 6-foot, 207-pound back was fourth in the Mid-American Conference in rushing yards, and ran for 1,273 yards and 11 touchdowns on 244 carries at UB.
McDuffie’s departure depletes UB's running back corps as it prepares for the season, which begins Sept. 3 at Maryland. UB has lost its top two running backs from last season in McDuffie and Kevin Marks, who declared for the NFL draft in December, and among the running backs in spring practices, only Ron Cook Jr., has substantial in-game rushing experience.
Cook ran for 440 yards and three touchdowns on 88 carries last season, and handled kickoff and punt returns. Mike Washington had 23 carries for 132 yards and a touchdown in three games. Tajay Ahmed, a Starpoint graduate, had six carries for 42 yards and a touchdown, and played primarily on special teams. Jackson Paradis, who was the Gatorade New Hampshire Player of the Year in 2021, is a freshman who enrolled at UB this semester.
UB’s coaches also could look for potential incoming running backs in the transfer portal.
McDuffie is the second UB starter to announce this week that he has entered the transfer portal. Aapri Washington said Wednesday that he entered the portal after four seasons with the Bulls. Washington, a cornerback, had 39 tackles and six pass breakups in 12 games (including 10 starts) in 2021. | https://buffalonews.com/sports/college/ub-running-back-dylan-mcduffie-re-enters-transfer-portal/article_4d71e7b6-b14e-11ec-a4e2-8b3a8597ab6c.html | 2022-04-01T01:45:33Z |
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The mystery gap in Trump phone logs has many possible explanations
By Zachary Cohen, Katelyn Polantz, Ryan Nobles, Annie Grayer, Ashley Semler and Jamie Gangel, CNN
In the seven hours during which White House records show no phone calls to or from then-President Donald Trump on January 6, 2021, among the calls that are conspicuously absent is one Trump made to then-Vice President Mike Pence that morning from the Oval Office.
While the call is not specifically noted in the presidential diary or the presidential call log, its existence has been corroborated by multiple sources who were with Trump and Pence that day, including former aides who testified before the House select committee investigating the US Capitol attack.
And it’s not the only call Trump is known to have made in that timeframe that is not reflected in the records.
The mystery of the seven-hour gap has fueled furious speculation as to why calls are missing. That includes allegations that Trump was using “burner phones” (which he has denied) or that the logs were purposely suppressed.
But the gap might have a less mysterious explanation.
According to multiple sources familiar with Trump’s phone behavior and the White House switchboard records, the January 6 log reflects Trump’s typical phone habits. He mainly placed calls through the switchboard when he was in the residence but rarely used it when he was in the Oval Office. The fact the log does not show calls on January 6, 2021, from the Oval Office is not unusual, said the sources, because Trump typically had staff either place calls directly for him on landlines or cell phones. Those calls would not be noted on the switchboard log.
The missing calls underscore something more endemic: the imperfect and antiquated system of tracking a president’s communications.
The White House call log is generated by a switchboard system that dates back to the 1960s, according to the National Archives. The version installed in 1963 was already considered “somewhat outdated” just two decades later.
And it’s certainly not one suited for the era of cell phones and text messages or to a President well known for his efforts to circumvent official channels of communications.
Bypassing the call log
There could be various reasons that explain the gap in the call log itself.
One possibility is that Trump was speaking to people from a cell phone. As CNN has previously reported, Trump had a habit of using his and other people’s phones to make or receive calls.
Another explanation could be that Trump had aides place direct calls from the Oval Office, bypassing the switchboard.
A former White House staffer who served in the Obama administration told CNN that if then-President Barrack Obama wanted to make a call to someone from the Oval Office, he would normally ask an aide seated nearby to dial the person. The aide would then call the number and hit transfer to connect the caller to the President.
That call would not go through the White House switchboard and therefore would not be recorded on the White House switchboard log, the former staffer said.
Another factor seems to be where Trump was when he made certain calls. All the calls noted from the January 6 log indicate they were made from the White House residence, suggesting Trump relied on the switchboard to put those calls through. The missing calls appear to start when the diary notes Trump has moved from the residence to the Oval Office.
Trump used the switchboard more often when he was in the private residence, according to multiple sources. But when he was in the Oval Office, the former President would often direct aides sitting outside his office to get certain lawmakers or allies of his on the phone.
Two former Trump officials believe this, plus the chaotic nature of the West Wing on January 6, is what led to the gaps in the call logs.
Calls also should have been documented in the Presidential Daily Diary, which is compiled by an Archives employee detailed to the White House. While it’s supposed to include “impromptu moments such as staff member drop-ins and telephone calls,” the diarist’s account is only as good as the information he or she receives from the President’s staff.
The former Obama staffer also acknowledged this process was more of an honor system and dependent on how meticulous aides serving in other administrations were or what instructions they were given.
No explanation has been given so far why calls known to have been made in the hours Trump was in the Oval Office are not documented in the presidential diary.
Chaotic record-keeping
Multiple sources have described the record-keeping during the Trump administration as generally chaotic. Those sources, as well as witnesses who have testified as part of previous congressional investigations related to the former President’s conduct described Trump as deeply suspicious of the White House switchboard and detailed various ways he sought to avoid having records of certain phone calls from being kept.
A Senate Intelligence report from 2020 includes witness testimony from former aides saying that Trump regularly used the cellphone of his body man, Keith Schiller, to place calls to Republican operative Roger Stone because he did not want his to advisers to know they were talking.
“Trump hated people knowing who he spoke to, including from the residence at night when they went through the switchboard,” one former Trump official told CNN.
When John Kelly was Trump’s chief of staff, he monitored the switchboard to see who Trump was talking to. Trump would often tell people to hang up and call him back on his cellphone if he didn’t want it showing up on the switchboard call log.
When Mark Meadows took over as chief of staff, sources said he restricted the number of White House officials who had access to the call logs, limiting the group to only a small number of top aides.
Filling in the gaps
Despite the gap in the call logs, the House select committee is relying on witness testimony, additional documents and phone records obtained via subpoena to begin piecing together who Trump spoke to that day.
This is especially true for the missing call to Pence. That call is a key point in the House’s argument that Trump was taking part in criminal activity, as he kept pressuring Pence to block Congress from certifying the election. Trump has not been charged with any crime.
Pence’s former national security adviser, Keith Kellogg, described the call in his testimony before the committee earlier this year, telling investigators that he and other top aides were in the Oval Office with Trump when it took place. He said he could only hear what Trump said, and not Pence’s responses.
Kellogg’s recounting of the conversation was cited in the committee’s letter in late January to Trump’s daughter, Ivanka, requesting that she too appear before the panel and cooperate in the probe.
“As January 6th approached, President Trump attempted on multiple occasions to persuade Vice President Pence to participate in his plan. One of the President’s discussions with the Vice President occurred by phone on the morning of January 6th,” the letter stated.
“You were present in the Oval Office and observed at least one side of that telephone conversation. General Keith Kellogg was also present in the Oval Office during that call, and has testified about that discussion,” it added.
CNN reported last month that Ivanka Trump was in discussions to voluntarily appear before the committee for an interview. Others who witnessed the call take place have already testified.
Committee members have said that witness testimony is not the only way they have been able to fill in some of the gaps in official records like the White House logs and daily diary.
“Whether it’s a witness who is unwilling to cooperate with us or whether there are gaps in documentation that we have received, we will get that information some other way,” Rep. Stephanie Murphy told CNN+’s Kasie Hunt on “The Source” on Wednesday. “Those conversations weren’t one-way conversations. There was somebody on the other side of those conversations and we’ll get the information that way.”
“We’re triangulating basically from a lot of different angles and we are getting a fulsome picture of what happened in the run up to and on the day of January 6th,” Murphy added.
Mississippi Democratic Rep. Bennie Thompson, the chairman of the select committee, told CNN on Wednesday the panel has not received any vice presidential phone log records from the National Archives.
But earlier this month, Thompson told CNN the committee had “started to receive” vice presidential records, without specifying which ones. The Archives has turned over a tranche of vice presidential records, as well as documents chronicling calls to the vice president that were White House records.
One call is noted in the presidential diary even though it is not in the call log that day.
A document obtained by the House is the President’s private schedule, and it shows handwritten notes appearing to capture phone calls with Sen. Kelly Loeffler from 11:17-11:20 a.m., and with “VPOTUS” at 11:20 a.m. on January 6, 2021.
The presidential daily diary handed over to the panel does show Trump placed “a phone call to an unidentified person” at 11:17 a.m. on the morning of January 6 but does not make reference to the 11:20 a.m. call. Neither conversation is reflected in the White House call log.
This story has been updated with additional reporting.
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PORTALES, New Mexico – Recreational marijuana is set to be legal in New Mexico Friday, and dispensaries throughout the Land of Enchantment are gearing up for new waves of customers.
Southwest Organic Producers has dispensaries in different locations across the state, and it’s important they make sure their customers – old or new – understand what’s okay and what isn’t when it comes to buying marijuana.
Adam Swisher, the general manager of the Portales dispensary, said, “I feel like everybody’s super pumped for it to actually be recreational because now they don’t have to buy off the streets. The medicinal patients, they won’t get tax and they won’t have a limit as to what they can and cannot buy in the store like recreational patients will.”
Devyn Lopez, the Assistant Manager of the same dispensary added, “We are constantly having conversations with our patients and just talking about pretty much anything that they want to know or we want to know.”
This decision will also benefit the New Mexico economy, according to Richard Chambers, a dispensary developer in Eastern New Mexico.
He explained, “In communities like Clovis, Portales, you know, 5 to 10 dispensaries opening up ranges anywhere from 50 to 100 jobs created which is unprecedented. So this is a huge moment for eastern New Mexico. Definitely.”
Of course, any possession of marijuana is still illegal in the state of Texas. Even going across state lines and bringing it back in is not allowed.
Delta Agriculture is the largest producer of raw hemp in the United States with their largest facility in Slaton, and largest program around Lubbock.
President Graham Owens said, “Hemp as opposed to marijuana. You know, besides just the legal difference, it’s industrial crop hemp versus marijuana.”
He said some have estimated as many as 30,000 different uses of industrial hemp. He explained why some might choose hemp over marijuana.
“The CBD still has no THC, or at least nothing that would get you high. So you’re able to enjoy those benefits without being high without, you know, being able to continue about your day,” he said.
Obtaining marijuana and bringing it across state line could violate both state and federal law. | https://www.everythinglubbock.com/news/legalizing-recreational-marijuana-in-new-mexico-and-how-that-affects-texans/ | 2022-04-01T01:45:34Z |
Oscars producer says police offered to arrest Will Smith
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Oscars producer Will Packer said Los Angeles police were ready to arrest Will Smith after Smith slapped Chris Rock on the Academy Awards stage.
“They were saying, you know, this is battery, was a word they used in that moment,” Packer said in a clip released by ABC News Thursday night of an interview he gave to “Good Morning America.” “They said we will go get him. We are prepared. We’re prepared to get him right now. You can press charges, we can arrest him. They were laying out the options.”
But Packer said Rock was “very dismissive” of the idea.
“He was like, ‘No, no, no, I’m fine,” Packer said. “And even to the point where I said, ‘Rock, let them finish.’ The LAPD officers finished laying out what his options were and they said, ‘Would you like us to take any action?’ And he said no.”
The LAPD said in a statement after Sunday night’s ceremony that they were aware of the incident, and that Rock had declined to file a police report. The department declined comment Thursday on Packer’s interview, a longer version of which will air on Friday morning.
The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences met Wednesday to initiate disciplinary proceedings against Smith for violations against the group’s standards of conduct. Smith could be suspended, expelled or otherwise sanctioned.
The academy said in a statement that “Mr. Smith’s actions at the 94th Oscars were a deeply shocking, traumatic event to witness in-person and on television.”
Without giving specifics, the academy said Smith was asked to leave the ceremony at the Dolby Theatre, but refused to do so.
Smith strode from his front row seat on to the stage and slapped Rock after a joke Rock made about Smith’s wife, Jada Pinkett Smith, when he was on stage to present the Oscar for best documentary.
On Monday, Smith issued an apology to Rock, the academy and to viewers, saying “I was out of line and I was wrong.”
The academy said Smith has the opportunity to defend himself in a written response before the board meets again on April 18.
Rock publicly addressed the incident for the first time, but only briefly, at the beginning of a standup show Wednesday night in Boston, where he was greeted by a thunderous standing ovation. He said “I’m still kind of processing what happened.”
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Shares of Sensata Technologies Holding plc (NYSE:ST – Get Rating) have received a consensus rating of “Hold” from the eleven research firms that are presently covering the stock, MarketBeat.com reports. One research analyst has rated the stock with a sell recommendation, three have issued a hold recommendation and five have assigned a buy recommendation to the company. The average 12 month price objective among analysts that have updated their coverage on the stock in the last year is $67.00.
Several brokerages have weighed in on ST. StockNews.com began coverage on shares of Sensata Technologies in a report on Thursday. They set a “hold” rating on the stock. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted their price target on shares of Sensata Technologies from $64.00 to $67.00 in a report on Thursday, January 20th. Robert W. Baird downgraded shares of Sensata Technologies from an “outperform” rating to a “neutral” rating and set a $67.00 price target on the stock. in a report on Friday, January 14th. UBS Group raised shares of Sensata Technologies from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and lifted their price target for the company from $62.00 to $68.00 in a report on Monday, February 14th. Finally, Morgan Stanley lowered their price target on shares of Sensata Technologies from $75.00 to $71.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a report on Wednesday, February 2nd.
In other Sensata Technologies news, CEO Jeffrey J. Cote sold 108,189 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Monday, January 3rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $62.76, for a total transaction of $6,789,941.64. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Also, EVP Vineet A. Nargolwala sold 12,300 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, January 4th. The shares were sold at an average price of $65.00, for a total transaction of $799,500.00. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. 2.00% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.
Shares of ST stock traded down $1.16 during trading hours on Thursday, reaching $50.85. The company had a trading volume of 1,773,366 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,596,405. The business has a fifty day moving average price of $55.44 and a 200-day moving average price of $57.63. Sensata Technologies has a one year low of $49.94 and a one year high of $65.58. The firm has a market cap of $8.02 billion, a PE ratio of 22.30, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.15 and a beta of 1.34. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.37, a quick ratio of 2.98 and a current ratio of 3.68.
Sensata Technologies (NYSE:ST – Get Rating) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, February 1st. The scientific and technical instruments company reported $0.87 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.81 by $0.06. Sensata Technologies had a net margin of 9.52% and a return on equity of 19.20%. The firm had revenue of $934.60 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $918.68 million. During the same period in the previous year, the business posted $0.85 earnings per share. The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 3.1% on a year-over-year basis. Equities research analysts forecast that Sensata Technologies will post 3.98 EPS for the current year.
Sensata Technologies Company Profile (Get Rating)
Sensata Technologies Holding Plc is a global industrial technology company, which engages in the development, designing, manufacturing, and marketing of electromechanical, electronic sensors, and controls. The firm operates through the following two segments: Performance Sensing and Sensing Solutions.
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Marilyn Wilson-Rutherford, the first wife of Beach Boys co-founder Brian Wilson, has sued the musician over a deal he recently struck for the royalties of a number of Beach Boys songs.
Wilson agreed a reported $50million (£38.1million) deal with Universal Music Publishing Group in relation to his songs catalogue back in December, though the deal was not announced at the time.
Wilson-Rutherford, who was married to Wilson from 1964 to 1978, first sued Wilson over the matter in February at Los Angeles Superior Court, and the case was moved to federal court last Friday (March 25).
Wilson-Rutherford is alleging that she is owed at least $6.7million (£5.1million) from the song rights that were sold to Universal last year, and has requested a full account of the royalties she claims Wilson owes her from the past seven years (via Reuters).
Wilson and Wilson-Rutherford’s 1981 divorce settlement saw the latter take a 50 per cent ownership of Wilson’s songwriting royalties from the 170 compositions the Beach Boys musician wrote during their marriage, including ‘California Girls’, ‘Wouldn’t It Be Nice’ and ‘Good Vibrations’.
While Wilson-Rutherford was paid about $11million (£8.3million) from the writer’s share as a result of Wilson’s recent deal with Universal, she is now seeking the aforementioned $6.7million following the sale of his “reversion rights” – referring to US copyright law where artists can reclaim the rights to their songs 35 years after transferring them away – to the publisher.
Her lawsuit adds that Wilson initially offered her $3.3million “to tie off all issues” between the ex-couple (via Rolling Stone), but Wilson-Rutherford then took legal action in February and alleged that she was owed twice as much.
While they don’t dispute Wilson-Rutherford’s rights to the writer’s share, Wilson’s lawyers argue that because Wilson couldn’t reclaim his copyrights until over 30 years after their 1981 divorce was finalised, Wilson-Rutherford is not entitled to the proceeds from the reversion deal.
“This is a business dispute between Brian and his ex-wife over who owns ‘copyright termination interests’ in songs Brian wrote or helped write during their marriage,” Wilson’s attorneys said in a statement to Rolling Stone. “With this filing, we are simply asking that the dispute be resolved in federal court, where we think it should be. We will have no further comment on this matter, and let the filings speak for themselves.”
Neither Wilson-Rutherford’s attorney or UMPG have commented further on the case.
Back in December, Wilson postponed his UK and European tour dates due to COVID-19 restrictions.
“We are SO sad that we have to once again push our tour due to the constantly changing and challenging issues overseas surrounding the Covid 19 pandemic,” a statement shared by Wilson read. “Me and the guys were looking forward to seeing everyone, eating great food and performing. But with routing impossible and needing to keep our touring group safe we need to postpone. Such a bummer.
“I miss Europe I MISS London and all of the UK…. My second home. Send good vibes that we will be out of this soon. Stay safe everyone.” | https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/music/brian-wilsons-ex-wife-is-suing-him-over-beach-boys-song-royalties-deal-3195376 | 2022-04-01T01:45:35Z |
Report: Manu Ginobili, four others to be inducted into Basketball Hall of Fame originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia
The Basketball Hall of Fame is getting at least five new members.
Manu Ginobili, Tim Hardaway, Swin Cash, George Karl and Bob Huggins will be inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame as part of the Class of 2022, according to The Athletic’s Shams Charania.
It’s unclear if those are the only 2022 finalists who have been voted in. Lindsay Whalen, Michael Cooper, Marques Johnson, Leta Andrews, Marianne Stanley and Hugh Evans were the other finalists this year.
The Class of 2022 will be formally announced at the Final Four of the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament in New Orleans on Saturday.
Ginobili is the lone first-ball inductee in the Class of 2022. A second-round pick of the Spurs in 1999, Ginobili was a key member of four championship teams in San Antonio. He logged 1,057 career games in the NBA — all in a Spurs uniform — but only started in only 349 of them as he established himself as one of the greatest sixth men of all time.
Ginobili was a two-time All-Star, made two All-NBA teams and claimed the 2007-08 Sixth Man of the Year award. He also led Argentina to a gold medal in the 2004 Athens Olympics and a bronze in the 2008 Beijing Games.
Hardaway made five All-Star teams and five All-NBA teams throughout his 13-year career. The 1989 first-round pick spent most of his time with the Golden State Warriors, as part of the famous Run-TMC teams, and Miami Heat. Hardaway had five seasons where he averaged at least 20 points and eight seasons where he put up at least eight assists per game. He has an Olympic gold medal as well, winning it with Team USA in the 2000 Sydney Games.
Cash was a champion at the college, professional and international levels. She won two national championships at UConn, three WNBA championships (two with the Detroit Shock and one with the Seattle Storm) and two gold medals with Team USA. The No. 2 overall pick of Detroit in 2002, Cash played 15 seasons in the WNBA and was named to four All-Star Games. She won MVP in two of her All-Star appearances.
Karl sits sixth on the NBA’s all-time wins list and is one of just 10 head coaches with at least 1,000 career victories. He amassed a 1,175-824 record (.588 winning percentage) over his 27 years as a head coach while working for the Cleveland Cavaliers, Warriors, Seattle SuperSonics, Milwaukee Bucks, Denver Nuggets and Sacramento Kings. Karl’s teams made the playoffs in 22 of his 27 seasons, with the 1995-96 SuperSonics reaching the NBA Finals. He also won Coach of the Year with the Nuggets in 2012-13.
Huggins, who just wrapped up his 37th season as a college head coach at the Division I level, is eighth all time in wins among D-I coaches with 844. He’s piled up 21 combined conference championships and 25 NCAA Tournament appearances, reaching the Final Four twice. He’s spent the last 15 seasons at West Virginia, with Kansas State, Cincinnati and Akron being his previous stops.
The induction ceremony for the Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 2022 will take place on Sept. 10 in Springfield, Mass. | https://www.thehamdenjournal.com/world/manu-ginobili-among-five-2022-basketball-hall-of-fame-inductees/130527/ | 2022-04-01T01:45:36Z |
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose was clear in the months after the 2020 presidential election.
“Elections are run better and more honestly than really I think they ever have been,” he said in response to conspiracy theories being floated about the election. Months later, he said in an interview what has proved true in state after state – that voter fraud is rare.
Fast forward to 2022, when Republican secretaries of state face a delicate test with voters: Touting their work running clean elections while somehow not alienating GOP voters who believe the false claims of fraud fueled by former President Donald Trump and his allies.
LaRose has shifted his tone on Twitter, recently saying the “mainstream media is trying to minimize voter fraud to suit their narrative” and “President Donald Trump is right to say that voter fraud is a serious problem.”
That tweet came a day after LaRose learned he had drawn not one but two primary challengers, both of whom have said they believe the 2020 election was stolen from Trump.
All but one of the eight incumbent Republican secretaries of state seeking to continue as their state’s elections chief have drawn at least one GOP challenger who either outright denies Democrat Joe Biden won the presidency or makes unsubstantiated claims that elections are not secure.
That raises the prospect that the nation’s voting process will become further politicized if candidates who embrace conspiracy theories or promote without evidence the false narrative of widespread fraud win races for offices such as secretary of state, which play critical roles in managing elections and are intended to be neutral.
Trey Grayson, a former Republican secretary of state from Kentucky who has been outspoken against the efforts to delegitimize the 2020 presidential results, said some of the incumbent GOP secretaries need room to maneuver politically so they can defeat opponents within their own party who might seek to undermine fair elections if they win.
“These are guardians of democracy,” he said. “Their opponents are people who don’t show respect for the law or evidence or the vote-counting process. They are willing to ignore counts, willing to ignore safeguards we have in the system. In some cases, they are just making stuff up.”
Trump’sfalse claims have led to restrictive voting laws in Republican-controlled states, partisan election reviews, voting system security breaches and now a wave of candidates seeking to take over election administrationat the state and local levels.
In addition to Ohio, Republican secretaries of state in Arkansas, Georgia, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska and South Dakota are seeking to remain in office. Only Iowa’s Paul Pate is running unopposed.
In Alabama, Idaho, Nevada and North Dakota, the GOP incumbents have opted against seeking reelection or are term-limited, leaving open contests. Wyoming Secretary of State Edward Buchanan has yet to announce his plans.
Democratic secretaries are running to keep their seats in California, Colorado, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New Mexico and Washington. So far, only one has drawn a Democratic challenger.
The job of secretary of state has tended to attract candidates focused more on process than politics. The races are typically low-key contests overshadowed by campaigns for governor and state attorney general.
That changed after Trump disputed his loss and decided to target election officials in political battleground states, sometimes pressuring them to reverse his loss. In one instance, Trump made a phone call to Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger in which he asked Raffensperger to “find” enough votes to overturn Biden’s win.
Raffensperger didn’t cede to Trump’s demands and has defended Georgia’s election in a re-election bid this year where he faces three primary challengers. He has sought to counter them by touting his conservative credentials, downplaying differences with Trump and wooing primary voters with a call to ban non-citizen voting. He also has pointed to his efforts to include a photo ID requirement for mail ballots as part of a sweeping election bill passed by lawmakers last year.
At a recent rally in Georgia, Trump blasted Raffensperger as a “lousy secretary of state.” In an interview, Raffensperger said he has been working to counter the continuing misinformation and disinformation campaigns.
“We checked every allegation; I made sure we did,” Raffensperger said. “I stand on the truth, and no one has been stronger on election integrity than me.”
Trump has endorsed one of Raffensperger’s opponents, U.S. Rep. Jody Hice. Hice objected to Georgia’s electoral votes being counted for Biden, despite a lack of any evidence of widespread fraud or tampering. Georgia’s 5 million votes cast for president were counted three times, including once by hand.
Hice has been leading all candidates in fundraising and is part of a new group called the “America First Secretary of State Coalition,” organized by Jim Marchant, a former state lawmaker who is running for the open secretary of state seat in Nevada.
The group, which also includes Trump-endorsed candidates in Arizona and Michigan, has among other things advocated for limits on mail voting.
Trump won Kansas with 56% of the vote, and the state had no significant problems with its 2020 elections. Even so, Kansas Secretary of State Scott Schwab is facing a Republican primary opponent.
Schwab has pushed back on conspiracy theories and potentially angered many GOP voters in doing so. After a recent hearing in which lawmakers heard from Trump allies making false claims about the 2020 election, he wrote the committee to say the testimony “sought to undermine confidence in our county election officers, election results, and the longstanding systems used to securely conduct elections in Kansas.”
Despite any evidence of problems with Kansas’ elections, Schwab’s Republican opponent, Mike Brown, has called for tougher rules on drop boxes and mail ballots, supports partisan ballot reviews and wants ballots printed on special paper. He said Schwab hasn’t been vigilant when it comes to protecting elections.
Schwab downplayed the criticism and said he has an open line to Trump.
“If he’s got concerns, you know, the president’s team can call our office and say, ‘Hey, we want to talk to you about the 2020 election,’ but they don’t because they know there’s no concerns,” Schwab said.
He and some other incumbents have tried a delicate balance in messaging as they seek to retain their seats — touting election performance in their own state while hinting vaguely at election problems elsewhere.
In South Dakota, Secretary of State Steve Barnett defended the work of his office and blamed “disinformation, misinformation, mal-information” for lowering voter confidence nationwide.
“I can only speak to what went on in South Dakota,” he said. “I can’t speak to what happened in these other states.”
Barnett’s challenger, Monae Johnson, said she was “answering the call of concerned citizens” to run and criticized Barnett for sending absentee ballot applications during the pandemic and supporting online voter registration.
In Ohio, LaRose’s pro-Trump statements haven’t stopped his GOP challenger, former state lawmaker John Adams, from claiming that he hasn’t taken election integrity seriously; a second primary challenger was disqualified for paperwork errors.
Adams told a group of Republicans gathered recently at a sports bar in suburban Columbus that “there’s no way that Trump lost,” likening LaRose to Georgia Democrat Stacy Abrams for his positions in favor of ballot access. LaRose says Adams is basing his campaign on “conspiracy theories and nonsense,” but brushed aside questions about whether his own rhetoric had shifted.
All this has left many GOP primary voters conflicted. Lyle Adcock, 72, a semi-retired computer sales representative who listened to Adams at the sports bar, said he has always trusted Ohio elections but now isn’t sure what to think.
“It’s not like I feel my vote doesn’t count, but I wonder if there is any of this fraud,” he said.
Asked who he was supporting in the secretary of state’s race, Adcock said he hadn’t yet decided.
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Cassidy reported from Atlanta. Associated Press writers Kate Brumback in Atlanta; Stephen Groves in Sioux Falls, South Dakota; and John Hanna in Topeka, Kansas, contributed to this report. | https://www.conchovalleyhomepage.com/news/political-news/ap-politics/election-skeptics-roil-gop-contests-for-secretary-of-state/ | 2022-04-01T01:45:37Z |
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Today it’s known as “the Las Vegas of Asia.” But for 400-some years—all the way up until 1999, in fact—Macau was a Portuguese colony. Its port was a major stop on international silk and spice routes (and a destination for people from other Portuguese colonies and those fleeing persecution), which brought travelers from around the globe to its shores. The centuries-long influx influenced every aspect of Macanese culture, diversifying the language, food, and architecture.
Visit Macau to see the captivating range of architectural eras and styles firsthand. There are 22 UNESCO heritage sites, including a colonial-era Portuguese lighthouse, the ruins of a Catholic cathedral perched next to a Chinese temple, and colonial-era neoclassical buildings in pastel yellows, pinks, blues and greens. On the contemporary end of the spectrum, there’s the glittering skyline of garish mega-casinos, a new bridge to Hong Kong that’s the longest sea bridge in the world, and a jaw-dropping luxury hotel that’s held up by an avant-garde exoskeleton.
Macau’s diverse cityscape of architectural marvels showcases a confluence of cultures that could only exist here.
1. Ruins of St. Paul’s Cathedral
Macau’s most beloved and iconic landmark is an example of its unique history. It’s believed that the church was designed by an Italian Jesuit, and was constructed from 1602-1640 with the help of Chinese artisans, and Japanese Christians who’d come to Macau to escape religious persecution. At the time it was built, it was the largest church in Asia, earning it the nickname “The Vatican of the Far East.” In 1835, fire destroyed the wooden base of the church, leaving only the granite façade and 68 stone steps.
Spend some time admiring the masterful and multicultural carvings, including Chinese characters, a Portuguese ship, Jesuit saints, mythological creatures, and peonies and chrysanthemums representing China and Japan, respectively. The grand ruins are next to the Na Tcha Temple and Macau's old city wall, all of which are included in the 22 sites that UNESCO collectively designated as a World Heritage Site.
Insider Tip
Stand in front of the Na Tcha Temple to take in the view of three famous landmarks from very different eras: the humble 19th-century Temple, ornate 17th-century Ruins of St. Paul’s, and the 856-foot tall, gilded Grand Lisboa hotel towering in the distance.
2. Morpheus Hotel
This awe-inspiring masterpiece that looks like it came straight out of a sci-fi film was one of the late legendary architect Zaha Hadid’s final projects. Two distinct features make the exterior of the Morpheus so striking and spectacular: the free-form geometric exoskeleton (the world’s first) that helps support the 40-story high-rise, and three holes piercing the center that make the solid structure appear as if it’s made of liquefied metal. The geometric drama continues inside with a reception area constructed of faceted white marble, and a soaring, cathedral-like atrium surrounded by light-reflecting prisms. Take one of a dozen interior-facing, high-speed glass elevators to leave the glitzy ground floor in a dizzying whoosh.
3. Guia Fortress, Chapel & Lighthouse
It’s a hike up to the top of Guia Hill, the highest point in Macau. But it’s well worth it to take in the history and panoramic views of this 17th-century fortress built to fend off foreign military aggressions and pirates. Construction of the main fort began in 1622 to protect Macau from the Dutch invasion, and the cannons still defend it today. In the same year, a chapel was founded by missionary Clarist nuns who lived on the site. Thanks to routine construction in 1998, its beautiful European- and Asian-themed frescoes were rediscovered and restored.
The 300-foot tall lighthouse was added in 1865, and was the first western-style structure of its kind on the Chinese coast. The iconic landmark is still operational, and its precise coordinates are used as the official geographic location of Macau.
Insider Tip
Make the steep, 20-minute trek from the Jardim da Flora up to the fort on foot, or hop on the Guia Cable Car to reach the top of Guia Hill in just a couple minutes.
4. The Macau Tower
Adrenaline junkies looking to test their mettle and nervous, nail-biting spectators converge at the top of the Macau Tower, one of the highest bungee jumping spot on the planet. Observation decks boast 360-degree views of the Macau Peninsula, Taipa and Coloane Islands, and the Pearl River Delta. If bungee jumping off a 764-foot platform and waiting to see how far you’re jerked back up feels a bit outside your comfort zone, there are other slightly less heart-pumping options. The Skyjump is a more controlled version where you stay standing during a one-way vertical drop (no bouncing back up), and the Skywalk is a stroll around the outside perimeter of the tower. Then there’s the Tower Climb, in which brave adventurers summit the tallest point in Macau by climbing a series of ladders up to a staggering height of 1109 feet.
5. A-Ma Temple
Macau’s oldest and most popular temple served as a sanctuary for local villagers decades before the Portuguese arrived. The traditional Ming dynasty temple was built in 1488, when the surrounding area was a humble fishing village. It honors Mazu, the goddess of the sea who is said to protect sailors, fisherman, and those taking a sea voyage. Today it’s a mix of tourists and worshippers praying and lighting incense. Enter through a magnificent gate protected by two fierce foo dog statues, and wend your way up the hillside. It’s an extensive complex with several colorful and ornate halls and pavilions, and beautiful gardens. The world around the temple may have changed drastically in its 500-some years, but the sacred ground is still a tranquil place for prayer, quiet reflection, and appreciation for the enduring craftsmanship with which it was built.
6. Grand Lisboa
The feather in a Brazilian showgirl’s Carnival costume was the design inspiration for the Grand Lisboa. It’s a nod to the Portuguese heritage shared by both South America and Macau. The 853-foot sculpted hotel is impossible to miss since it’s covered in 24K gold-coated glass, and soars above everything else in Macau. At its base sits a domed casino meant to resemble a Fabergé egg. And it does…if that egg were a modern mosaic of thousands of LED-programmable colored glass triangles with the power to transform itself from an oversized objet d'art into a gigantic, flashing video screen. Understated, it’s not. But it’s a perfect example of modern Macau.
Inside tip
Step inside the hotel to gawk at "The Star of Stanley Ho," on permanent in the lobby. The 218-carat stone is the largest cushion-shaped diamond in the world.
7. The Eiffel Tower at the Parisian Macao
This half-scale replica of Paris’ iconic landmark puts on a spectacular nightly show with 6,600 hyper-color LED lights. The Eiffel Tower at the Parisian Macao hotel designed the structure with the same balustrades, latticework, cornice scrolls as the 1889 original. Admission is free for hotel guests and 110 Macanese pataca (about $12.50) for adults, and during evenings there’s a light show every 15 minutes from 6:15 to midnight. Ride the elevator up to the 7th and 37th levels for panoramic views of the flashy Cotai Strip.
8. Taipa Houses-Museum
Five charming pastel green villas built along the Avenida da Praia in 1921 give a glimpse into Macanese life in this prosperous era. The Taipa Houses are authentic examples of the style of Portuguese architecture constructed during colonial times. Visit the Macanese Living Museum for a look into everyday domestic life, the Creative Casa for cultural exhibits from Macau and other Portuguese-speaking countries, and look for temporary shows and events at the other three buildings. Soak up the views of wetlands directly in front of the houses, and of the Cotai Strip casinos in the distance.
9. MGM Cotai
Eight cantilevered boxes in mirrored silver, gold, black, and bronze comprise this luxury resort and casino. But the most impressive component of the $3.4 billion MGM Cotai project has got to be the Spectacle, a 4-story atrium that’s as big as 30 tennis courts. The high-tech space represents nature, art, music, and culture from around the globe through immersive, multisensory indoor gardens and digital art collections.
10. The Hong Kong–Zhuhai–Macau Bridge
The $20 billion (yes, with a “b”) bridge opened in 2018 after nine years of construction, becoming the longest sea-crossing bridge in the world. The 34-mile structure now connects Hong Kong to Macau and the mainland Chinese city of Zhuhai. As if that weren’t a big enough feat of engineering, two long segments of the bridge are interrupted by a 4-mile tunnel that dips under the sea. Cars enter and exit the submerged tunnel from two artificial islands.
11. Moorish Barracks
When strolling the Avenida de Almeida Ribeiro, you might be surprised to see this fine example of Arabian and Gothic architecture amid all the European-style buildings. But the unique Moorish structure was built in 1874 for soldiers from Goa, India assigned to help protect Macau. Arched columns and latticework railings enclose the long verandas that comprise three sides of the building, which has served as headquarters for the Macau Port Authority since 1905. The building is a designated part of Historic Centre of Macau, inscribed on the World Heritage List in 2005.
12. Macao Science Center
Drive along Macau’s Amizade Bridge, and a trio of simple silver shapes across the water is bound to catch your eye. The 215,000 square-foot complex is the Macao Science Center, designed by world-renowned architect I.M. Pei (who died in 2019 at the age of 102) in partnership with the architectural firm founded by his two sons. The tallest of the three playful structures, an angled cone, is the Exhibition Center. It has a spiral walkway reminiscent of the Guggenheim Museum in New York, and houses 14 galleries showcasing topics from robotics to electromagnetics, environmental conservation to space science. The rhomboid shape is the Convention Center, and the dome is the 135-seat Planetarium, which has shows narrated in Cantonese, Mandarin/Putonghua, Portuguese, and English, and is the highest resolution 3D planetarium on the planet according to Guinness World Records. | https://www.forbes.com/sites/elizabethbrownfield/2022/03/31/12-architectural-marvels-you-have-to-see-in-macao/ | 2022-04-01T01:45:38Z |
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Saint Jo baseball wins Diamond on the Red Tournament
The Saint Jo Panther baseball team won all three of their games and the championship at the Diamond on the Red Tournament last week. The Panthers won close games against Healdton, Wilson and Mill Creek. Saint Jo won 5-4 against Healdton in four innings. Payton Harris, Devin Stewart and...
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He has been our voice of winter on ice, just like baseball announcers direct the rhythm of our summers. Rick Jeanneret's final month with the Buffalo Sabres after 51 years starts Friday night. That statement alone is hard to process.
The man everyone calls "RJ" won't be behind the microphone once the game against Nashville starts, but he'll have his turn before any pucks are dropped because this night will be for him.
A full house in the stands – something we haven't seen since before the pandemic – will be there to greet him. So will many prominent Sabres alumni.
We haven't had too many memorable moments downtown over the last decade, but RJ Night figures to be one of them. The Sabres will host a pregame ceremony in honor of their retiring legend and will unveil a banner in the KeyBank Center rafters that will stand forever as a testament to his amazing career.
He will stand with the other franchise Rafters Club members. The French Connection, Hasek and Horton, Gare and LaFontaine, and with the only other two non-players so honored, original owners Seymour and Northrup Knox.
Talk about becoming top shelf.
Like that one, we can all rattle off some great RJ-isms. Scary good. Call a cop. Roll the highlight film. Who else? Bring on Tyson. The land where Jimmy Hoffa lives. So many more.
The Sabres' retiring play-by-play man made one final jaunt west with the team this week, attending a Sabres "Road Crew" event for the first time since before the pandemic.
A few weeks ago at a Sabres Road Crew event in Las Vegas, I checked in with the man who scored the most memorable RJ goal of all. Brad May can't wait for this night. His overtime goal that won the 1993 playoff series against Boston is the signature moment of his career, and probably of Jeanneret's as well.
When the Sabres had May tape a greeting for Jeanneret just before faceoff of the Jan. 22 game against Philadelphia, the announcer thought Brian Duff was routinely throwing the broadcast up to him for the opening faceoff. Instead, he heard May.
"It's absolutely the greatest moment of my professional career, no doubt about it," May said of the goal that day. "And with no further ado, I'd like to throw the broadcast up to the booth to the one and only Rick Jeanneret."
"Wow. I have a feeling, Maysie, forever we will walk together," Jeanneret said, a clear catch in his throat. "I didn't know that was coming, folks."
May loved the reaction it brought from Jeanneret.
"That made me feel so good," May said. "We all love talking about RJ and all the platitudes, but 51 years is amazing. There's no question he and I are linked in that one moment. When he got inducted in the Hall of Fame (in 2012), that's the call they played. The day I die, they're gonna play that call, too. It's neat for me. To hear he was moved means a lot."
We should not take for granted what we've heard over the air in these 52 years of Sabres hockey. First of all, don't ever refer to Jeanneret as the "Voice of the Sabres." To RJ, that's fellow Sabres legend Ted Darling and always will be.
Jeanneret nearly broke down at the mic on the final night at the Aud in 1996 when he said he wished Darling, who was seriously ill and died a few months later, was there by his side. The bet here is he'll mention his longtime partner again Friday night and again struggle to get through the moment.
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In Jeanneret's later years, after his bout with throat cancer and as he approaches 80, he has cut back his schedule. It hasn't cut his enthusiasm for the game one ounce. Sure, he's told me a few times he wishes he could still "hit the high notes" like he used to -- as in Steve Shields vs. Garth Snow on a May night 25 years ago – but I bet most of you still look up goal highlights on social media whenever you can find them.
That night with May in Vegas, I asked former Sabres goalie Clint Malarchuk a simple question: What makes Jeanneret iconic compared to all the other broadcasters out there? He answered in the way tons of you have acted since you were little kids: By doing an RJ impression.
"La-La-La-La-La-La-La-La-LaFontaine!!" Malarchuk roared with perfect inflection as people at nearby tables in the Vegas beer hall turned and smiled. "'May Day! May Day! May Day!'
"That's it. That's what it is," Malarchuk gushed. "He completely threw a personality out there. We loved it as players. He was one of us and we gave him fluff. He was not a typical media guy. He completely became part of the team."
When you're in the Sabres traveling media corps, there was nothing like having a pregame meal with Jeanneret in some far-off arena dining room. He was a pied piper, holding court with the opposing broadcasters who inevitably would stop by the table to say hello and sometimes take a zinger or two from RJ.
An aside here: While it's an affront to viewers and listeners that the Sabres aren't sending their radio/TV crews on the road these days, it's a personal loss as well. There was nothing like sitting at a table with the likes of RJ, Rob Ray, Dan Dunleavy, Brian Duff, Marty Biron and longtime producer Joe Pinter. I miss it terribly.
You should have seen and heard the hockey talk. But the banter and the jabs that went on at those tables were priceless. I should have been paying admission for my chair on some of those nights. Fun fact: It didn't matter if it was the dead of winter, or whether we were in Florida or Edmonton, RJ loved his ice cream. The sundae bar in Carolina, in particular, was no match for him.
It will be great to see how the Sabres' players respond to the big night. They've played in front of more empty seats than people most of the year, but have responded well to big houses on the road in places such as Toronto, Nashville, Chicago, Calgary, Minnesota and outdoors at the Heritage Classic. This is not a night for them to lay an April Fool's egg after a wonderful March.
A lot of fans might be venturing downtown for the first time in two or three years because of RJ. Some advice for you: Be in your seat for the start of the ceremony at 6:40. The gates open at 5. Don't get stuck in traffic or dilly-dally in the beer lines (you can have a few after 7 p.m., right?). The legend deserves it. The food and beverage can wait.
Jeanneret's voice is everywhere in this town when it comes to hockey. Even on the bubble hockey game the kids play at ice level in LECOM Harborcenter. We have five games left to enjoy it, starting Sunday vs. Florida and wrapping up here April 29 vs. Chicago.
The Sabres lost to the Winnipeg Jets in a shootout, 3-2, on Wednesday night to move to 24-33-11 overall this season.
"I knew his voice. I think everyone kind of knows RJ's voice," Chicago defenseman, Wisconsin native and longtime former Sabre Jake McCabe told me Monday in United Center. "The May Day call obviously sticks in your mind, because that was one of his bigger ones. But just watching the highlights of our own games over the last 6-7 years, he's always bringing it all the time. He's one of the all-time greats, so I'll be happy to be there for his last game."
McCabe is living a similar season in Chicago, where legendary Blackhawks voice Pat Foley is also in his final season.
"You know the longevity of these guys and you know how good they are at their craft for so long, so it's quite impressive," McCabe said. "No matter what you do, when you do it for that long at the top of the game it's pretty amazing."
It sure is. So given the way Sabres games have gone the last couple of weeks and given the guest of honor for the night, what kind of spin do the hockey gods have to put on Friday's game? It's obvious.
If you've paid attention the last few decades, you know the answer. The Sabres and Predators have to go to ohhhhhhhhhhvertime. | https://buffalonews.com/sports/sabres/mike-harrington-this-is-rjs-night-to-go-to-the-top-shelf-at-keybank-center/article_26e80a2a-b131-11ec-88d6-2f52fc8bd002.html | 2022-04-01T01:45:39Z |
BOSTON (AP) — A bill aimed at banning discrimination based on natural and protective hairstyles in workplaces, school districts, and school-related organizations was unanimously approved Thursday by the Massachusetts Senate.
The vote comes two weeks after the Massachusetts House approved a similar bill.
Supporters say Black women in particular have faced pressure in school and the workplace to alter their hair to conform to policies biased against natural hairstyles.
The Senate added a provision to the House version of the bill that would include the Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association to the list of school entities banned from adopting and implementing restrictions on natural hairstyles.
Advocates say the change will ensure those participating in sports and extracurricular activities will not be asked to change their natural or protective hairstyles in order to participate.
The bill has its roots in the case of a Massachusetts charter school that came under fire in 2017 for a policy of banning hair braid extensions. After intense criticism, the school abandoned the policy.
The U.S. House also approved a bill earlier this month that would bar discrimination against Black people who wear hairstyles like Afros, cornrows or tightly coiled twists in society, school and the workplace. The federal bill would explicitly say that such discrimination is a violation of federal civil rights law.
President Joe Biden has said he would sign the bill into law. It now heads to the U.S. Senate.
Lawmakers in the Massachusetts House and Senate now have to come up with a single version of the bill before taking a final vote and shipping it to Republican Gov. Charlie Baker for his signature.
If signed into law, Massachusetts would become the fifteenth state to adopt the measure, known as the CROWN Act. | https://www.ctinsider.com/news/article/Bill-banning-hairstyle-bias-approved-by-17049811.php | 2022-04-01T01:45:39Z |
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Shane Bieber to start Guardians’ season opener in KC
GOODYEAR, Arizona (AP) — Shane Bieber will throw the first pitch for the Cleveland Guardians.
Bieber, a UC Santa Barbara alum, will start the season opener on April 7 at Kansas City.
It was expected that Bieber would get the start, but manager Terry Francona made the formal announcement after speaking to the right-hander who missed three months last season with a shoulder strain.
Bieber will be the 12th pitcher in franchise history to make three consecutive opening-day starts.
The 26-year-old went 7-4 with a 3.17 ERA last season, but made only 16 starts. | https://keyt.com/sports/2022/03/31/shane-bieber-to-start-guardians-season-opener-in-kc/ | 2022-04-01T01:45:39Z |
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RALLS, Texas – The City of Ralls built a tornado shelter in 2008 after being faced with five tornadoes in its path.
“In this particular location, we have a high school and middle school and downtown businesses–and that was one of the main concerns of where will the downtown and school personnel students run to during the day if something were to happen,” said Kim Perez, City Administrator of the City of Ralls, Texas.
The shelter houses approximately 550 people in the event of severe weather.
“It being centralized downtown–it gives them comfort and peace of mind,” said Perez.
The tornado shelter is made from concrete and can withstand an F5 tornado, a necessity in the South Plains.
“Imagine now–a 100 mile or 150 miles per hour piece of wood or something comes through and hits it–well–it doesn’t go straight through. It hits it and bounces off, and so it protects the occupants inside right from all that debris,” Darryl James, a Mechanical Engineering professor at Texas Tech University, said.
Tornado season is expected to have above-average activity this year, so the City of Ralls has an emergency plan in preparation for severe weather.
“Our fire department Chief is the Emergency Coordinator for the county, so we have quite an advantage there to have him on board with us. So, he keeps us prepared, and we do have a plan if we were to be in the line of severe weather,” said Perez.
The facility will be open for any travelers in need of shelter from severe weather.
“The shelter is open to everybody. We do get a lot of calls from our sheriff’s office with travelers passing by when they are alerted and need to divert people from the highway. So, anyone and everyone is welcome to take shelter in here when needed,” said Perez. | https://www.everythinglubbock.com/news/local-news/13-years-later-ralls-tornado-shelter-still-fully-prepared-for-upcoming-tornado-season/ | 2022-04-01T01:45:40Z |
LEBANON, Pa. (AP) — A Pennsylvania police officer was killed and two others injured Thursday during a shooting that occurred while responding to a domestic disturbance call, Lebanon Mayor Sherry Capello said.
Police officers went to a home in the city at about 3:30 p.m. for the disturbance call. Nearly an hour later gunfire broke out and officers radioed in they were hit, Capello said at a brief news conference.
All three officers were taken to hospitals. One of them has been pronounced dead. A second was in critical condition, but stable, and a third was in stable condition, Capello said.
“This is an extremely difficult moment for everyone,” Capello said.
The suspect, a 34-year-old man from Lebanon, was killed in the shooting, Lebanon Police Chief Todd Breiner said.
“As one can imagine, it's clearly a traumatic event,” Breiner said. “Our guys are strong, but we're human and we have families.”
The slain officer's name is being withheld pending notification of extended family members.
Police did not release further details. | https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/1-officer-killed-2-others-shot-in-Pennsylvania-17049870.php | 2022-04-01T01:45:40Z |
USDA forecasting higher food, grocery costs in 2022
(Gray News) - It looks like elevated food prices are going to continue this year, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
The USDA released its Food Price Outlook for 2022 and predicted the cost of groceries would continue to increase to as much as 4%.
According to the Consumer Price Index, grocery and supermarket food prices were already 8.6% higher in February than last year and up nearly 1.5% from January to February in 2022.
As reported by the Associated Press, prices for U.S. consumers have continued to jump recently, leaving families facing the highest inflation rate since 1990.
“We’re getting into this situation where we have spiraling inflation,” said Jay Hatfield, CEO of Infrastructure Capital Advisors. “Inflation in one area drives inflation in another.”
Currently, the CPI reports all food categories are increasing in price other than fresh vegetables. Last year, the beef and veal categories had the most significant price increase of 9.3%, and the fresh vegetable category had the smallest at 1.1%. However, no food categories decreased in price in 2021.
Poultry prices are also expected to increase up to 7%, with egg prices predicted to increase up to 3.5% in 2022.
Overall, grocery store and supermarket food purchases are expected to increase up to 4%, with restaurant purchases or food away from home forecasted to increase up to 6.5%, according to the USDA.
Copyright 2022 Gray Media Group, Inc. All rights reserved. | https://www.witn.com/2022/04/01/usda-forecasting-higher-food-grocery-costs-2022/ | 2022-04-01T01:45:40Z |
Deep Purple‘s Steve Morse has announced that he will be temporarily stepping away from live duties with the band.
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The legendary rockers were back on stage in February, where they kicked off their 2022 dates with three shows in Florida. They’re due to head to Europe in May, June and July, with dates at festivals including Hellfest in France and Stimmen Festival in Germany.
In a statement posted on Facebook, the band confirmed that Morse will be taking a break, with Simon McBride replacing the guitarist for any upcoming dates. Morse also added his own statement, revealing that he is stepping back to care for his wife, who is unwell.
“Today, Deep Purple announce that, due to a family matter, Steve Morse will be taking a temporary hiatus from Deep Purple live shows but remains a full member of the band,” the band’s statement read. “Steve’s replacement for the upcoming live shows in May, June and July 2022 will be guitarist Simon McBride, who has previously toured with both Ian Gillan and Don Airey amongst others.”
Morse added: “Hello, everybody. I’ve just done a few gigs with the band, after years (!?) of not playing live. It’s a bittersweet, wonderful time to get together. However, my dear wife Janine is currently battling cancer. At this point, there are so many possible complications and unknowns, that whatever time we have left in our lives, I simply must be there with her.”
Today, Deep Purple announce that, due to a family matter, Steve Morse will be taking a temporary hiatus from Deep Purple…
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He continued: “I am not leaving the band – I hope that after she gets a clean bill of health, I can re-join the tour. However, I am not seeing any likely situation which would allow me to do overseas touring in the immediate future. I continue to be privileged to be a part of the Purple family tree, and also to get to feel the amazing support of so many loyal fans and the rest of the band.
“There’s a certified world class guitarist ready to take over for the live shows whom everybody will surely be happy to hear. I appreciate all your sincere prayers for Janine and thank you all.”
Deep Purple released their 21st studio album ‘Whoosh!’ in 2020, announcing the album with its lead single ‘Throw My Bones’.
In a three-star review, NME said: “‘Whoosh!’ isn’t just a testament to their staying power, but perhaps one of the most stupidly fun and outrageously silly albums of the year – and goodness, we’re all in need of a bit of fun right now, aren’t we?”
The band are due to play the UK in October, with dates in London, Glasgow, Leeds, Birmingham and Manchester – find tickets here. | https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/music/deep-purple-guitarist-steve-morse-steps-away-from-live-duties-3195452 | 2022-04-01T01:45:41Z |
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(Bloomberg) — Fueled by its leverage to rising oil prices and a big boost from the world’s top investor, Occidental Petroleum Corp. doubled this quarter and is the best performer in the S&P 500.
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It is quite a turnaround for the oil explorer, which has struggled for years. The shares soared 101% over the last three months, marking the best quarter in the company’s history, as oil leaped over $100 a barrel. The next closest stock in the S&P 500 Index in the first quarter was Halliburton Co. with a 70% jump.
“I don’t think there’s a precedent for this,” Cowen & Co. analyst David Deckelbaum said in an interview.
On Wednesday, Raymond James analyst John Freeman raised his target for Oxy to $85 from $60, setting a new Wall Street high for expectations on stock. The average price target is $60, and the shares are trading for around $58.
The list of first-quarter winners in the broad market benchmark is filled with beneficiaries of oil’s surge, with Halliburton, Marathon Oil Corp., APA Corp. and Baker Hughes Co. all rising more than 50%. But the main reason for Oxy’s outperformance goes beyond crude prices to the company’s ability to return cash to shareholders.
“Everything did go right,” Susquehanna analyst Biju Perincheril said in an interview. “It was a very good set up for them.”
Perincheril said he can’t remember the last time a large-cap oil producer doubled in such a short amount of time, but it’s more common for small-cap producers. He said Oxy’s bumper quarter was fueled by a big bet on the firm from Warren Buffett, a dividend boost, promises of a $3-billion share repurchase plan, ESG initiatives and — of course — a run-up in oil prices past $100 per barrel.
Even Bulls Surprised
The skyrocketing share price — Oxy is the first S&P 500 company to double in a single quarter since L Brands did so in 2020 — even surprised some bullish analysts.
“The sheer magnitude, from the Q4 earnings print till here, was a bit unexpected,” Tudor Pickering Holt analyst Matt Portillo said in an interview of the stock’s massive gains, which he attributes to debt cutting.
Occidental used to be “the undisputed leader in share distributions” among oil and gas companies, Morningstar analyst David Meats said in an interview. That changed in 2020, when Oxy’s debt problems forced it to repeatedly cut its dividend, ending at a penny per share.
Since then, the company has used proceeds from high oil prices to pay down its debt. Oxy is now set up to have a “top of the pack” discretionary free cash flow yield, meaning “they have the potential to be the leader (in cash payouts) once again,” Meats said.
A decent chunk of Oxy’s first-quarter gains came from crude’s 40% rise in the period. But the shares also got a high-profile boost in mid-March when Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc. revealed an increased stake in the company. The stock was already leading the S&P with a 51% gain in the first two months of the year, but the Buffett news clearly gave them some additional juice.
Read more: Buffett Renews Occidental Interest With Oil Giant Turning Corner
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Occidental has been on an incredible run since the start of 2021, rising 225%. That’s more than twice the 100% return of the S&P 500 energy sector and quite a reversal of fortune after being the sector’s worst performer from the start of 2019 to the end of 2020. The turnaround is largely due Oxy’s unhedged crude production, which made it “one of the most levered names to the increase in oil prices,” KeyBanc analyst Leo Mariani said in an interview.
In addition, Mariani noted that the company is looking to build 70 carbon capture facilities, an effort that should appeal to ESG investors. It also increased its dividend by 1,200% and announced a $3 billion share buyback program.
That said, Oxy will be hard pressed to maintain its surge, especially as oil prices have retreated from a recent peak of $130 per barrel. The average analyst price target on the stock is $57.52, which is less than 2% higher than where it currently stands.
So the key keeping this rally going may be in Omaha. As Mariani said, even if oil prices have peaked, Oxy shares could rise further “if we see Buffett continuing to buy aggressively.”
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Upholding a Trump-era environmental policy, the Environmental Protection Agency said Thursday it will not regulate a drinking water contaminant that has been linked to brain damage in infants.
The agency said the Trump administration’s decision in 2020 not to regulate perchlorate in drinking water was made with the “best available peer reviewed science.” The chemical is used in rocket fuel and fireworks.
At the time, Trump’s EPA said perchlorate was not found widely enough in drinking water or “at levels of public health concern” to warrant federal regulation. The decision was one of many Trump-era rollbacks or eliminations of existing or pending public health and environmental protections. The Biden administration ordered a review of that decision at the start of his term.
EPA Assistant Administrator Radhika Fox said the agency was “applying the right tools to support public health protections.”
Environmental groups slammed the Biden administration’s decision.
“The Trump EPA gave perchlorate a pass; it was a bad decision then, and it’s a bad decision now,” said Erik Olson of the Natural Resources Defense Council advocacy group. “Tap water across America will remain contaminated by this toxic chemical.”
Perchlorate from runoff contaminates the drinking water of as many as 16 million Americans, the Obama administration said in 2011 when it announced the EPA would for the first time set maximum limits for the chemical compound. It has been used in the U.S. for decades, particularly by the military and defense industries, and is commonly found in munitions, fireworks, matches and signal flares.
Exposure to the compound can damage the development of fetuses and children and cause measurable drops in IQ in newborns, the American Academy of Pediatrics said in 2019, when it called for stringent federal limits. It damages human development by disrupting the functioning of the thyroid gland.
In its 2020 review, the EPA said state-level regulations and cleanup activities at contaminated sites had lowered the health risks posed by the compound. Massachusetts and California, for example, limit perchlorate in drinking water to 2 parts per billion and 6 parts per billion, respectively.
“But the problem is that for the rest of the country the states have not set standards,” said Olson of the Natural Resources Defense Council. He said the compound is in “the top tier of problematic chemicals in our water.”
In the Southwest, perchlorate has been detected in groundwater that entered Lake Mead in Nevada. Manufacturing facilities in Henderson, Nevada, were the source of the chemical. The EPA said cleanup activities at two industrial sites in the state between 2002 and 2006 resulted in reduced levels of perchlorate in data provided since then by Nevada environmental and water agencies.
The EPA said Thursday it was considering other steps besides a federal drinking water limit, such as setting standards at open burning and detonation sites, where severe perchlorate contamination is generated from the burning of hazardous byproducts from weapons manufacturing and munitions. One such site is in Colfax, Louisiana, where environmentalists have long advocated for reform.
But environmental advocates said such measures fall short of what’s needed.
“Simply put, toxic chemicals used in rocket fuel do not belong in our drinking water,” said John Rumpler, senior attorney with Environment America.
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OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — A $64.1 billion supplemental state budget that spends on statewide programs ranging from homelessness and behavioral health to the ongoing COVID-19 response was signed Thursday by Washington Gov. Jay Inslee.
The supplemental plan builds off of the $59 billion, two-year spending plan adopted by the Legislature last year, and benefited from the significant influx of revenues the state has seen over the past year. Additionally, lawmakers used more than $1 billion in remaining pandemic-related federal relief funds in the budget.
More than $800 million is allocated for homelessness and housing, including $50 million to transition unhoused people from unsanctioned camps to housing.
Inslee specifically called out the efforts on addressing homelessness, saying that lawmakers “gave us relief that is big, that is bold, and that is fast.”
While there are no general tax increases in the plan, there are also no across-the-board tax cuts, something Republicans had argued for throughout the legislative session that ended March 10.
“It’s been easy to explain to my constituents why Republicans opposed this budget – all I have to do is point to how the costs of living have continued to rise in the weeks since it was adopted, and the huge revenue surplus the Democrats had available,“ Republican Sen. Lynda Wilson said in a statement.
A small business tax credit was included that would affect about 125,000 small businesses in the state, and was among the bills signed by Inslee Thursday.
Starting in January, businesses making less than $125,000 a year would pay no state business taxes, and those making up to $250,000 a year, business taxes will be cut in half.
The supplemental operating budget also spends state or federal money on things like adding more social supports like nurses and counselors for students, increasing rates to vendors providing services to people with developmental disabilities or long-term care needs and shoring up the state’s paid family leave program, which officials warned was nearing a deficit.
It also allots funding for raises for state workers. According to the Office of Financial Management, about 63,800 general government employees will get a 3.25% general wage increase, about 6,700 state corrections workers will get a 4% general wage increase and about 1,200 state patrol officers will get a 10% general wage increase. The last general wage increase for represented employees was July 1, 2020.
The operating budget also transfers more than $2 billion to the nearly $17 billion, 16-year transportation revenue package that Inslee signed last week. The plan leaves about $3 billion in total reserves.
Inslee had several full or partial vetoes of bills, including a section of a bill that would have expanded the state’s existing warehouse sales and use tax to include smaller warehouses of at least 100,000 square feet. In his veto notice, Inslee said that while he understood the importance of manufacturing and warehousing to rural economies, he said the tax incentives in the bill were overly broad.
Inslee on Thursday also signed a $1.5 billion state construction budget that spends on areas ranging from housing, homelessness, behavioral health facilities, and seismic upgrades at public schools. | https://www.expressnews.com/news/article/Washington-governor-signs-64-1-billion-17049827.php | 2022-04-01T01:45:43Z |
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Paranoia is frequently a combination of overdeveloped self-importance, a need to explain perceived patterns in life, and confirmation bias. But there are times that someone really is out to get you.
A new working paper at the National Bureau of Economic Research suggests that if you’re an employee in corporate America (or Denmark—yes, that oft proffered model of civilized social democracy), the MBAs and business schools will batter down workers’ incomes over time because it gives executives a great payoff.
First, a quick caveat. A working paper means an early version of research that could see significant changes. But this is what there is right now, so let’s wade into the opening of the paper from Daron Acemoglu of MIT, Alex He from the University of Maryland, and the University of Copenhagen’s Daniel le Maire:
This paper provides evidence from the US and Denmark that managers with a business degree (“business managers”) reduce their employees' wages. Within five years of the appointment of a business manager, wages decline by 6% and the labor share by 5 percentage points in the US, and by 3% and 3 percentage points in Denmark. Firms appointing business managers are not on differential trends and do not enjoy higher output, investment, or employment growth thereafter. Using manager retirements and deaths and an IV [instrumental variable, a way of estimating causality] strategy based on the diffusion of the practice of appointing business managers within industry, region and size quartile cells, we provide additional evidence that these are causal effects.
Breaking that down, when people with business degrees are put in charge, versus maybe someone who came up the ranks or an original founder of a company, employee wages on the average drop by 6% within five years in the U.S. and by 3% in Denmark. Also, the labor share—the percentage of gross domestic product that’s paid out as wages, salaries, and benefits—falls by multiple percentage points.
Companies run by business managers don’t see higher output, investment, or employee growth as a result. This doesn’t improve the operation and future of the company. Such businesses don’t perform better than the ones run by people who aren’t products of business schools. And through a variety of evidence, there’s evidence that it’s the presence of business managers and in a company and the b-school theories they bring along that helps create the drop in income.
Statistics show that since about 1975 , labor share kept dropping until about 1997, at which point there was a sharp rise to 2000, and then down again to what a Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland analysis of Bureau of Labor Statistics calls “a post–World War II low.”
What happened to start things off was a toxic and rather silly theory that came out of business schools under the influence of Milton Friedman. He argued that the sole responsibility of companies was to increase profits and shareholder wealth. Anyone who has been in business should recognize the fundamental instability of this. Companies have many stakeholders: investors, certainly, but also customers, business partners, employees, and communities in which they operate.
Business school economists back then wanted to become more mathematical, creating formulas that would explain how business and economics worked. Unfortunately, to create those formulas requires massive simplification, just as it does in science and engineering. If you had to manage all the variables, you’d have nothing but wearying collections of what are called differential equations, otherwise known as calculus for masochists. These typically can’t be directly solved, so researchers must both simplify to reduce the number of factors and approximate to get close to an answer.
But in business and economics, the results aren’t something you can test and measure in the same way you might with science and branches of engineering, where you can try something and not need to submit millions of people to an experiment. However, the semblance of precision promised too much allure, both to the economists and business faculty who wanted to be seen as scientists and executives who desired easier answers, happier investors, and bigger compensation themselves. Plus, along with profit improvement (rather than stability or innovation or wiser operation or anything else that might be good) went the argument that executive compensation should aline with shareholders. In other words, more pay in the form of stock, so improved profits that boosted stock value also meant more money for the execs.
“Under their influence, (some) managers started viewing workers not as stakeholders in the corporation but rather as sources of costs to be reduced,” the paper’s authors noted, quoting various past studies. Then came “a business school doctrine advocating reengineering and creating lean corporations,” they noted. “Although the emphasis was not on wage cuts per se, identifying and removing ‘unnecessary’ costs started being viewed as an integral part of successful management.”
Someone had to take the hit and it wasn’t going to be the ruling executives. The authors found that between 1980 and 2020, as the number of workers at companies run by business managers went from 26% to 43%, the presence of those managers explained about 20% of the labor share decline.
“To the extent that business schools were the vanguard of these ideas that became more widely held among managers and were further propagated by management consultants, our estimates should be viewed as lower bounds on the effects of these management practices. If so, in both the US and Denmark management practices prioritizing shareholder value and cost cutting may have contributed significantly even more to the decline in the labor share and the slowdown in wages than our range of estimates.”
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Germany’s Anna Elendt lowered her own German National Record of 1:05.90 which she set in prelims going a 1:05.58 tonight.
This morning’s swim was the first time Elendt had ever broken the 1:06 barrier as her previous best time prior to today was a 1:06.50. Elendt now sits at #3 in the world so far this year.
2022 WORLD RANKINGS – WOMEN’S 100M BREASTSTROKE
- Reona Aoki (Japan), 1:05.19
- Lilly King (USA), 1:05.32
- Anna Elendt (Germany), 1:05.58
- Kotryna Teterevkova (Lithuania), 1:06.35
- Annie Lazor (USA), 1:06.48
Notably, Lilly King moved up to #2 in the world so far this year as she swam a 1:05.32 tonight to tie the Pro Swim Series record.
Elendt is currently a sophomore at Texas and is coming off a solid NCAA season in which she finished second in the 200 breaststroke and fifth in the 100 breaststroke at the 2022 NCAA Championships. Her prelims swim in the 100 breaststroke made her the fifth swimmer to ever breast the 57 mark in the 100 short course yards breaststroke as she swam a 56.88. Elendt also set Texas school records in both events this season.
Split Comparison
Just as the biggest difference-maker this morning was Elendt’s opening 50 breaststroke split, tonight she was able to improve on her speed going out even more going out in a sub-31 split. Although she was out faster, Lilly King was ahead at the 50 mark as King touched in a 30.60.
Tonight’s swim also now makes Elendt the #13 performer ever in the event in the world. See a list of the all-time European ranks in the event below.
All-Time European 100 LCM Breaststroke Top Times
- Ruta Meilutyte (LTU), 1:04.35
- Yulia Efimova (RUS), 1:04.36
- Anna Elendt (GER), 1:05.58
- Sophie Hansson (SWE), 1:05.66 | https://swimswam.com/anna-elendt-lowers-own-100-breaststroke-german-national-record-with-105-58/ | 2022-04-01T01:45:44Z |
The Friday letters page starts making a list of most wanted PS1 games on PS Plus Premium, as one reader defends Earthworm Jim 2.
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Proven consistency
As disappointed as people have been, I’ve noticed that most have taken the delay of Zelda: Breath Of The Wild 2 surprising well. Is this because people just trust Nintendo enough at this point that they’re happy for them to take as long as they like? The first game turned out so well I’d like to think people have realised that it’s far better to hope Nintendo don’t rush it then complain when it gets delayed.
That’s certainly how I think, as Nintendo, at least for the big games, have long since passed the point where I need to read a review or wait till their games get cheaper. For me, there are very few companies or franchises in that same position. FromSoftware are another, especially after Elden Ring, and I’ll probably always buy a new mainline Resident Evil day one, but that’s about it.
There are others that come close, like Naughty Dog, but I’ve never really liked The Last Of Us. Valve would be another, as they existed 15 years ago, but now they don’t really count either. I know virtually nothing about Breath Of The Wild 2 right now, but I find it very hard to imagine it won’t be worth the wait. They certainly have my money already.
Onibee
Out of time
I can’t believe how blatant that Coromon game rips off Pokémon, although I have to admit the graphics are kind of cool and much better animated than the actual 2D Pokémon games. I have to agree with the review too, that Scarlet and Violet are headed into real trouble if they’re just Sword and Shield with a different setting, which is what they currently look like.
It’s obvious to everyone that Pokémon Legends is the way to go, as much improvement as it currently needs. It should have been the formula used for Scarlet and Violet and yet once again the ridiculous schedules Game Freak work by have spoiled their chance of improving things.
They released Pokémon Legends at the beginning of the year and now they’re going to release a mainline sequel at the end of it. Even accepting it’s a separate team it’s still the same studio and people in charge, so how can you ever expect to have time to innovate and experiment on that kind of time frame?
They should’ve seen that Pokémon Legends was popular and worked on that some more, instead they were already halfway through the next game, with no time to change plans.
Layne
Turn the worm
I had to laugh after seeing your headline today about new Nintendo Switch Online games and them being not very good… and then clicking on the article, seeing the picture of Earthworm Jim 2 and getting really excited.
I loved the first game back when I was a kid, but never got round to playing the sequel, so this is definitely next on my to-play list (once I get my Switch fixed, can’t get the damn thing to turn on at the moment)
No doubt I’ll end up agreeing with you once I’ve played it for a few hours but still, this story was welcome news- for me at least!
Manchester
GC: If you enjoyed the first then maybe you won’t, but we never liked it: all style and no substance.
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Zombies identified
You received an email from a gamer wanting to know what Amiga spooky/horror game featured Prokofiev’s Dance of the Knights as it’s music… well, I think I know what the game was. It was Horror Zombies From The Crypt published by Millennium in 1991.
Hope this helps.
Chris Norman
To answer Dancin’ n’ Shootin’s question from Thursday’s Games Inbox, a quick Google search on the Amiga plus the soundtrack unearths Horror Zombies From The Crypt. Not one I remember myself, but it looks like that’s the game they were after!
Jason
GC: Nor us, but that jumping animation is hilarious.
Proustian memory
Has a certain aroma ever reminded them of a game? A kind of soap, the smell of food being cooked, or a nostalgic perfume or deodorant? I like to buy Palmolive Milk & Honey for use in the bathroom and the other day the smell of it reminded me of Phantasy Star of all things!
I don’t know why, I first played the game six years after its initial release, given to me by a friend who couldn’t really get on with it. I quite enjoyed it but got very stuck when I had to find and build a robot to pilot a spaceship.
I know I have other examples: chicken Kiev probably makes me think of the Death Egg boss in Sonic & Knuckles 3… but I couldn’t tell you for sure.
DMR
Perseverance is all you need
All the recent talk about gaming difficulty got me thinking back to my own achievements. I wouldn’t class myself as a particularly gifted gamer, but I also do like to challenge myself.
Back in the day I was able to win the Special Cup on Super Mario Kart and complete Street Fighter 2 on the highest difficulty level. This was from no great skill but total perseverance! In more recent times I’ve defeated all the Valkyrie in God Of War and completed the Darker Side of the Moon on Super Mario Odyssey.
But no, I think my proudest recent gaming memory comes via Cuphead on the Switch. Completing in on normal was a challenge in itself but it was Dr Kahl’s Robot I had my true moment of euphoria. I’m pretty sure this is considered one of the hardest, if not the hardest level in the game. I honestly don’t know how many times I died on this level but I would guess not too far off three figures.
Then finally I did it, I’d beaten the big metallic b! And to my complete shock I’d only gone and got an A+ ranking, having taken no hits whatsoever. I was pretty stunned and then elated at my achievement, especially as this would be only clean run in the whole game.
Anyway, I thought this could be a good subject for a Hot Topic, what’s your proudest moment or achievement in a game. By that I don’t mean by Trophies/Achievements you’ve unlocked. But more the single moment in a game when you achieved what seemed like the impossible!
DuckOfDeath82 (PSN ID)
GC: We’ve done similar Hot Topics in the past but perhaps now is a good time to give it another go.
A lot over
The PS Plus Extra service is certainly exciting, but I have to say I’m confused by the claim, made by GC and others, that the ‘up to 400’ games promised is significantly larger than the selection on Game Pass.
Games are added and removed from Game Pass on a regular basis, so there’s no constant number, but at the moment there are 448 games on the console version of Game Pass, plus more for PC.
TGN Professor
GC: Microsoft themselves state the total, for both console and PC, as ‘over 100’ so we were just quoting them. We didn’t realise they were underselling themselves to that degree, so thanks for making us aware.
Alternative soundtrack
Just writing in again to thank another reader, this time it’s Dan Street for their Gran Turismo 7 music tip.
Thought I’d give it a bash, so I downloaded Spotify onto my PlayStation, selected the original Gran Turismo playlist and switched back to Gran Turismo 7, which resulted in no more terrible in-game music!
You can even control the volume and skip songs using your phone if you have the app installed. I’m guessing the same would apply to Apple Music too, but I don’t use it so can’t be sure.
This is definitely the way forward, as the music in the Gran Turismo series has been awful for a very, very long time. I miss the old intros, with music from bands I’ve actually heard of, except Gran Turismo 2’s awful Cardigans remix. In fact, now that I think about it, the Gran Turismo 2 soundtrack was bad in general and I used to pop the PS1 lid open to stop it playing songs I didn’t like during races. I just had to remember to close it before crossing the line or the game would break.
So thanks again to Dan Street for the tip and I’m open to any reader suggestions for good driving songs/playlists.
Trailbreaker83
Inbox also-rans
I’m sure when I really think about it, I will mention more PS1/2 games I want in this new PS Plus tier system, but what came straight to mind was Alundra. This is one of my favourite games ever, it’s a timeless classic I believe. Give me this and I’m happy!
Liam
It was said before this Undead Labs article happened but Microsoft has got a massive problem ahead of them trying to sort out Activision Blizzard and all their other companies. 10,000 employees, and they can’t even stop a studio with 100 people from losing half its staff!
Calibre
This week’s Hot Topic
The subject for this weekend’s Inbox was suggested by reader Xane, who asks what’s your favourite retro video game format?
With TheA500 Mini creating a surge of interest in the Amiga 500, we want to know what’s your favourite retro format of all time – assuming that retro means anything up to and including the Xbox 360 era. Any kind of gaming device counts, including consoles (both home and portable), home computers, and the PC. Although if it’s the PC please be specific about the time period in question.
What is it you like about the format and how much does nostalgia have to do with your choice? What were the format’s best games and is there anything about it that you miss from modern devices?
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DEERFIELD, N.Y. -- Mohawk Valley Water Authority maintenance crews are working to repair a water main break on Johns Road in the Town of Deerfield.
When water service is restored, a Boil Water Advisory is being issued for the following areas in Deerfield:
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• John Rd
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The Boil Water Advisory will be in effect for the affected area for approximately 48 hours until laboratory testing confirms that the advisory can be lifted. During this time, customers are advised to boil their water for at least two minutes before using it for drinking or cooking.
Customers are also advised against using any water that appears cloudy or discolored -- especially hot water, since such usage will draw the water into the hot water tank, which may require customers to flush their tank once clear water becomes available. Customers should also avoid washing their clothes in discolored water, since it may contain sediments that could permanently stain their laundry.
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MANKATO — South-central Minnesota finished March with 18 confirmed COVID-19 deaths, the lowest monthly toll since September.
The nine-county region's latest fatality was confirmed Thursday in a Le Sueur County resident between 70-74 years old, according to the Minnesota Department of Health. The person was among seven COVID-19 deaths statewide, raising Minnesota's pandemic toll to 12,408.
March's 18 confirmed deaths brought the region's pandemic toll to 496.
Area counties also combined for 13 newly confirmed cases. Case levels are on track to rise this week, after bottoming out last week.
New positivity rate data also showed an uptick in the percent of positive tests regionwide this week. The nine area counties combined for a 2.6% positivity rate, up from 2.5% last week.
Rates at 5% or below are considered encouraging signs. The region was above that threshold for about half of a year stretching from late summer 2021 to the first quarter of 2022.
Since a case wave driven by the omicron variant peaked in late January, key COVID-19 metrics have trended down. This week appears to be the start of another upswing, although there's little indication so far that it will rise to troublesome levels.
Some degree of increase could be expected with the new BA.2 omicron subvariant establishing more of a foothold in the U.S. This week's case and positivity rate metrics rose for both south-central Minnesota and statewide, said local data analyst Derek J. Wingert, but they both remained relatively close to last week's numbers.
“We’re at quite low rates that we haven’t seen since last summer," said Wingert, who has tracked COVID-19 trends throughout the pandemic. "For now we’re still good, but we know that BA.2 is going to start to cause some increases."
The degree of increases will be what to watch for in the coming weeks, he added.
Cases and positivity rates dipped in early 2021 as well. What followed was a mini wave around April, pushing positivity rates above 5% before trending back down in the early summer.
Vaccination rates are much higher now, and the contagiousness of omicron and previous variants led to many more people getting infected since then. Both factors may put a ceiling on how high case levels and positivity rates can go on this upswing. | https://www.mankatofreepress.com/news/local_news/covid-19-death-confirmed-in-le-sueur-county-cases-trend-up-but-remain-at-low/article_abc6000e-b135-11ec-8fb4-ff88f47e395f.html | 2022-04-01T01:45:44Z |
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Golden Ocean Group Limited (NASDAQ:GOGL – Get Rating) was the target of a large drop in short interest in March. As of March 15th, there was short interest totalling 2,480,000 shares, a drop of 25.1% from the February 28th total of 3,310,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 3,280,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 0.8 days. Approximately 2.1% of the shares of the stock are short sold.
Several equities research analysts have recently weighed in on the company. StockNews.com raised Golden Ocean Group from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note on Monday. Zacks Investment Research raised Golden Ocean Group from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating and set a $14.00 price objective for the company in a research note on Friday, February 18th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a hold rating, four have issued a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has an average rating of “Buy” and a consensus price target of $12.63.
Shares of GOGL traded down $0.14 during trading hours on Thursday, reaching $12.38. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 1,847,933 shares, compared to its average volume of 3,549,006. The firm has a market cap of $1.77 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 4.69 and a beta of 1.36. Golden Ocean Group has a 1-year low of $6.62 and a 1-year high of $13.09. The company has a quick ratio of 1.31, a current ratio of 1.49 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.65. The company has a 50 day moving average of $11.32 and a two-hundred day moving average of $10.03.
The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, March 10th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, March 3rd were issued a $0.90 dividend. This is an increase from Golden Ocean Group’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.85. The ex-dividend date was Wednesday, March 2nd. This represents a $3.60 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 29.08%. Golden Ocean Group’s dividend payout ratio is currently 136.36%.
Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of GOGL. Geode Capital Management LLC lifted its stake in shares of Golden Ocean Group by 0.8% in the 4th quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 140,148 shares of the shipping company’s stock valued at $1,303,000 after purchasing an additional 1,100 shares during the last quarter. Sigma Planning Corp lifted its position in shares of Golden Ocean Group by 14.5% in the third quarter. Sigma Planning Corp now owns 14,953 shares of the shipping company’s stock worth $161,000 after buying an additional 1,897 shares during the last quarter. Parametric Portfolio Associates LLC boosted its stake in shares of Golden Ocean Group by 18.9% during the 4th quarter. Parametric Portfolio Associates LLC now owns 13,139 shares of the shipping company’s stock worth $122,000 after acquiring an additional 2,084 shares in the last quarter. DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale increased its holdings in shares of Golden Ocean Group by 74.3% during the 3rd quarter. DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale now owns 5,829 shares of the shipping company’s stock valued at $61,000 after acquiring an additional 2,484 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Atticus Wealth Management LLC bought a new position in shares of Golden Ocean Group in the 3rd quarter valued at approximately $27,000. Institutional investors own 35.31% of the company’s stock.
About Golden Ocean Group (Get Rating)
Golden Ocean Group Limited, a shipping company, owns and operates a fleet of dry bulk vessels comprising Newcastlemax, Capesize, Panamax, and Ultramax vessels worldwide. It owns and operates dry bulk vessels in the spot and time charter markets. The company transports bulk commodities, such as ores, coal, grains, and fertilizers.
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First Period
18:26: First minute being controlled by Colorado, as expected.
17:03: The Avs are out-skating the Sharks on every level already, they don’t have a chance.
15:58: Nathan MacKinnon is a cheat code. What a top line.
15:14: The Sharks just can’t establish any offensive zone time yet. Not an ideal start.
14:30: Sharks finally get a couple of shots on Pavel Francouz from their ... fourth line? OK.
13:41: There we go, a little bit more time in the offensive zone for San Jose’s second line. Still not getting much of a cycle, especially compared to Colorado.
12:50: Man, Timo Meier forced his way into the offensive zone, just for the puck to end up on an Avalanche stick and play speeds the other direction. Colorado’s speed will eat you alive.
11:41: The teamwork of the Avalanche is unreal. The positional awareness and ability to use each other to create fake-outs is elite play-making.
11:32: Ryan Merkley gets a delayed call for holding on MacKinnon and Sharks are on the penalty kill.
10:20: Kaapo Kahkohnen is looking solid. Goaltending has been a huge part of the Sharks’ penalty kill, good to see him holding things down, too.
9:32: Penalty expires, back to 5-on-5.
7:53: There’s just no urgency or drive from anyone except for Meier and maybe Hertl?
7:17: Just as the Sharks start to establish themselves in the offensive zone, the Avs snatch the puck in the slot and take no time to get out of the zone. Story of the game.
6:18: Rudolfs Blacers getting praise from the Avalanche broadcast, that’s something. Aside from Noah Gregor, he’s probably the quickest winger they’ve got, and unlike Gregor, he’s got pretty silky mitts.
4:45: Honestly surprised the Avalanche haven’t scored yet.
3:54: Kahkonen with a huge stop on Cale Makar. I think I like this goaltender, y’all.
3:15: Matt Nieto just got flattened by Kurtis MacDermid, oof.
2:11: The Makar chance came from a quick transition play by MacKinnon and I think that woke up San Jose, there’s a little more urgency to close out the period.
1:06: Hertl is trying so hard for a goal, but Colorado is clogging the crease.
0:46: Alex Newhook with a quick shot, Kahkonen with the save.
0:25: Meier went to drop pass ... and no one was there, and Devon Toews snatches the puck without hesitation.
END FIRST: Sharks 0, Avalanche 0
Like I said yesterday, the grind never stops, no matter how much we might desperately want it to. The San Jose Sharks are back in action tonight, after losing to the Arizona Coyotes just a few short hours ago. Don’t set your expectations too high for a bounce-back performance: the Colorado Avalanche have bested the Florida Panthers by two wins to make them the league’s top team — at least for the moment.
The good news is we’ll get a little check-in with Andrew Cogliano before he heads to the postseason and perhaps a Cup Final.
Here’s everything you need to know to tune in:
Lines
SAN JOSE SHARKS
Timo Meier — Tomas Hertl — Alexander Barabanov
Rudolfs Balcers — Logan Couture — Noah Gregor
John Leonard — Nick Bonino — Sasha Chmelevski
Jonah Gadjovich — Scott Reedy — Jeffrey Viel
Jaycob Megna — Brent Burns
Erik Karlsson — Nicolas Meloche
Marc-Edouard Vlasic — Ryan Merkley
Kaapo Kahkonen
James Reimer
Expected Scratches: Radim Simek, Lane Pederson
Injured Reserve: Adin Hill (lower body), Mario Ferraro (lower body), Kevin Labanc (shoulder), Matt Nieto (undisclosed), Jonathan Dahlen (upper body)
COLORADO AVALANCHE
Valeri Nichushkin — Nathan MacKinnon — Mikko Rantanen
Artturi Lehkonen — Nazem Kadri — Andre Burakovsky
Alex Newhook — Nico Sturm — J.T. Compher
Andrew Cogliano — Darren Helm — Logan O’Connor
Devon Toews — Cale Makar
Jack Johnson — Josh Manson
Kurtis MacDermid — Erik Johnson
Pavel Francouz
Darcy Kuemper
Expected Scratches: Nicolas Aube-Kubel, Bowen Byram
Injured Reserve: Ryan Murray (upper body), Samuel Girard (lower body), Gabriel Landeskog (knee surgery)
How to Watch
Tonight’s game will be broadcast regionally on NBCSCA and Altitude. Streaming is available with a subscription to ESPN+ (blackout restrictions do apply). The radio call will be streamed through the Sharks Audio Network. Puck drop is at 6 p.m. PT/9 p.m. ET at Ball Arena in Denver, Colorado. | https://www.fearthefin.com/2022/3/31/23003986/san-jose-sharks-at-colorado-avalanche-lines-how-to-watch-tv-broadcast-streaming-channel-start-time | 2022-04-01T01:45:44Z |
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Biden’s border policies are well on their way to allowing between 300k to 500k illegal alien crossings per month starting in June, according to Todd Bensman with the Center for Immigration Studies (CIS). Those numbers amount to a potential 6 million illegals crossing the border yearly if the administration continues on its current path.
There are several key contributing decisions that could make those unprecedented numbers a reality. For starters, yesterday, there were reports that the Biden administration is preparing to rescind former President Trump’s Title 42 order in May. President Biden also plans to shorten ICE detention, which is costly and poses real threats to national security.
Additionally, a little known but critical rule change basically “rubber stamps” Asylum grants which will effectively “hid[e] the border disaster” by turning ‘illegal aliens’ into ‘asylum seekers,'” according to CIS policy wonks, Andrew R. Arthur and Robert Law.
Title 42
Title 42 was put in place in March of 2020 by the Trump administration in the “interest of public health” due to the pandemic. Title 42 removal status is articulated in the Public Health Service Act of 1944. Halting Title 42 alone could portend a massive influx of illegal immigrants. It should be noted that infectious diseases continue to pose a material threat at the border entirely separate from the advent of COVID.
In a March 2019 column for CIS, Arthur wrote about the costs and dangers posed by “foreign nationals” crossing the border with infectious diseases. In 2018 in one sector alone, the Yuma Sector “incurred more than $700,000 in medical care costs to cover 1,700 aliens who were apprehended and who had to be transported to the hospital. Other aliens show up sick, particularly children, some of whom are suffering from illnesses not generally seen in modern American society, including mumps, measles, and tuberculosis, as well as others with influenza, scabies, and other skin diseases. Plainly, the Border Patrol cannot turn these individuals away without treatment.”
DHS is allegedly “bracing itself for as many as 500k illegals in the six weeks following” the lifting of Title 42. An influx like that will put tremendous pressure on personnel. There are not enough federal agents and Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) to process the illegals at the border.
CBP source says DHS is trying to figure out how to get enough medical personnel to provide the COVID vaccines the Biden administration promised migrants – as well as staff to handle any medical issues many migrants will have.
— Hillary Vaughn (@hillary__vaughn) March 31, 2022
Vaughn also reports that the administration is “looking at doing NTAs (Notice To Appear) with “minimal biometric data and vetting” to expedite processing. She also says that the Biden administration is also considering using an app called CBP1 to allow illegal immigrants to use for “pre-screening.” The CBP1 App is generally reserved for known travelers to cross the border easily. It is now being thought of as an easy way to cross the border.
ICE Detention Cuts And Politicized Data
Biden is also making moves to cut ICE detention. A March 29 article from CIS explains:
“President Biden wants to cut ICE detention by more than a quarter—from the current level of 34,000 beds to just 25,000—for FY 2023. It’s the latest step in the administration’s plan to dismantle immigration enforcement and demolish the limits Congress has placed on immigration.”
The administration knows the influx of illegals is at record levels. Often the detention facilities are reserved for convicted criminals coming across the border. However, instead of detaining said criminals, the Biden administration is “working to drive down the average length of stay for convicted criminals in ICE’s detention facilities,” according to the 262-page U.S. Immigration And Customs Enforcement proposal submitted to Congress by the DHS for the fiscal year 2022. Effectively, says Jon Feere, who wrote a story on the topic for the Federalist, “The Biden administration is cooking the books on illegal immigrant arrests,” with the potential to cause a significant security threat in the U.S.
Here – a truck speeding through Uvalde had 50 illegal immigrants in the truck, caught by Uvalde PD with support from the Sheriff & ultimately @CBP. But then what? @CBP will just dump them at the bus stop to go to San Antonio like the hundred a day they are dumping now? (2/2) pic.twitter.com/YMlrGGT3ku
— Chip Roy (@chiproytx) March 23, 2022
Feere exposes that the Biden administration has yet to publish its 2021 version of “the detailed immigration enforcement-focused report called the ‘ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations Report’ that the agency has published by the end of every calendar year for at least the last decade.” The 2020 report can be found here.
Feere also points out that the definition for crimes that rise to the level of detention has been changed under the current administration, causing “politicized data” that fails to reflect what is happening with detentions and deportations accurately. In fact, according to Feere, it has become a scandal with ICE officers now “leaking critical data” that was not publicly reported because of the missing operations report.
Citing a Washington Times story, Feere quotes unpublished data that shows a failure on the part of the administration to arrest and/or remove significantly fewer numbers of criminal aliens as compared with 2020:
According to the story, one ICE agency person said, “That’s not good data. It’s not reliable. I can tell you definitively there were more aggravated felony arrests in 2020. Another ICE source called the arrest data ‘a shell game with numbers’.”
In addition, ICE officers, according to the Washington Times, were pushed to ignore information “to avoid making arrests.”
Feere contends that this administration is hiding “the fact that the number of serious criminal aliens it is pursuing for removal (for crimes like murder, robbery, kidnapping, and sexual assaults) have dropped.” Instead of detention, says Feere, Biden is pursuing more costly policies. The President “is shifting from incarcerating undocumented immigrants to using ankle-monitoring devices and other alternatives.” Those “alternatives to detention (ATD)” are more costly than detention, however, and do nothing to ensure that aliens show up for court or for removal.”
ATD is more costly than detention, says Feere. “Detention is $6080 per alien on average, and ATD is $9167 and likely to climb.” For one thing, “aliens released on ATD are placed on the immigration courts’ non-detained dockets, meaning that their cases will go on much, much longer, increasing the costs of ATD,” he continues.
Biden’s Proposed Rule Change Will “Rubber Stamp” Asylum Grants
The Biden administration posted a proposed Rule by the Homeland Security Department and the Executive Office for Immigration Review on 08/20/2021. According to Todd Bensman with CIS, the rule has passed after receiving thousands of comments. The rule will effectively rubber stamp asylum grants and go into effect right around the time of the Title 42 recission. On Thursday, Bensman told Steve Bannon on the War Room that 18,000 illegals a day are projected to cross the border, amounting to 540k a month if those numbers hold. “Those 18,000 people can potentially be stamped for asylum right away and be resettled” in the country. “We are on track for 6 million people—the size of a city like Los Angeles,” said Bensman.
“This is very important, this rule. Where the administration has given authority, they’ve cut out immigration judges from asylum. They are now going to give the authority to grant asylum to regular field officers who meet these immigrants and just rubberstamp asylum—you’re in. It just passed and takes effect in 60 days unless somebody sues in Texas.
It removes judges and it removes adversarial ICE lawyers from the process so that if one of these migrants gets approved, there’s nobody in the government to appeal it. We don’t believe that person deserves asylum? They get in (anyway). If they get disapproved, then the migrant has multiple layers of appeals for years and years, and so this is their idea for how to manage the border. No longer do they have to give out NTRs (Notice to Report) or NTAs under this plan. They get asylum on the spot. No judges.”
Arthur writes about the rule change, saying the Justice Department and DHS justify the rule change to make “asylum more efficient and fair.” CIS submitted a response to the rule change in October, writing that “this proposal violates the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA), the Homeland Security Act of 2002, and several other provisions of law. Not to mention that the NPRM is bad policy even if it were legal.”
It is a “significant procedural change” that would “remove several crucial safeguards put in place to ensure that asylum grants are not subject to fraud and abuse.” Arthur explains:
“Here’s why: Under law prior to this most recent announcement, only IJs could grant asylum to aliens apprehended at the border who were then placed into ‘expedited removal’ proceedings, and then only at the end of formal removal proceedings.
In those proceedings, the alien respondent was allowed to present evidence (including testimony) concerning his or her asylum claim. During that presentation of evidence, an ICE attorney representing the interests of the American people was allowed to cross-examine and impeach the alien respondent, offer contradictory evidence, and appeal an erroneous asylum grant.
Under the administration’s new rule (formally known as an “interim final rule” or IFR), those procedural safeguards are thrown out the window. The AO elicits the alien’s claim during a ‘non-adversarial’ interview during which the alien is allowed to have an attorney (but you, the American people, aren’t). If the AO grants asylum, even contrary to law, logic, and the weight of the evidence, that’s it. There is no ICE lawyer to appeal that decision.
Advocates of this proposal will point to the purported ‘AO supervisory review’ of the AO’s decision as the equivalent of an ICE appeal. Don’t believe it. Overworked supervisors will bless the vast majority of AO grants simply to keep the train on the tracks.”
Arthur then explains the difference between AO and IJ. One is a “bureaucrat,” and the other is an “independent adjudicator” who knows how to interpret the law.
“Why do we refer to this as ‘rubberstamping’?
For the simple reason that the Biden administration can now impose its ‘vision’ of what asylum should be merely by publishing ‘guidance’ telling the AOs how they should rule in various scenarios. No disrespect intended, but AOs are bureaucrats, not that different in this asylum process from the DMV clerk who is deciding whether to issue you a new REAL ID-compliant driver’s license or not.
IJs, on the other hand, and regardless of what you may hear, are ‘independent’ adjudicators who can ignore such directives when interpreting the law. And again, if they get it wrong (and they sometimes do), the appellate process is there to (more or less) ensure that the result comports with congressional intent.”
Illegal Immigration: Terrorist Crossings And “Ant Operations”
Immigration policy is highly complex, and weak policies can profoundly affect the safety and security of a nation. Many factors affect the numbers crossing America’s borders. Biden has altered the Trump-era Remain in Mexico policy, also known as Migrant Protection Protocols or MPP, beyond recognition of its former self. The Biden administration attempted to halt the program altogether but was stymied by the courts, who said it had not been “ended properly.”
Bensman, a border policy expert, maintains that Biden’s policies are causing historic numbers of illegal crossings and ‘unprecedented strains” at the southern border. The dangers are real.
Haha: “unprecedented strains”
Gotta appreciate the shill. I’ll be heading down to bear witness to this greatest mass migration in American history.Biden officials bracing for unprecedented strains at Mexico border if pandemic restrictions lifted https://t.co/jlFHI9EYC7
— Todd Bensman (@BensmanTodd) March 30, 2022
For example, he reports the “foreign national who pinged on a terror watch list” who was “released on his own recognizance into the American interior.” This is one of many instances of foreign nationals on the terror watchlist who gain access to the U.S. through illegal crossings.
And something else..
"The 26-year-old male, who CBP is not identifying because he was not criminally charged, arrived on a flight from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia and requested admission on a student visa to attend flight school." @RMConservative https://t.co/JWz2IO2BB6— CauseEffect (@TheFourCauses) March 28, 2022
Other countries’ policies and rules also affect our borders profoundly. Just after Christmas, writes Bensman, Mexico initiated a “crafty ruse to send hundreds of thousands of migrants to the America border in the coming year without raising any alarms.” The clandestine movements are called “ant operations—an informal tactic by which immigrant smugglers move large volumes of people in small distributed parties and individuals in many single file lines so that most evade notice of authorities.”
Bensman continued, “Mexico did this with the QR code visa, which is an honor-system scheme that asks recipients to voluntarily report to a Mexican immigration office in a particular city by a specified date, ostensibly to apply for and await a more permanent Mexican residency card, copies of the visas show. With this tactic, the government ensured that no huge caravan or Del Rio migrant camp could form that would draw media attention and cause political damage to either the Mexican or American government, or open diplomatic rifts.”
Bensman says the way to stop the bleeding at the border starts with “awareness.” It is “critical, pivotal that people take the reporting that has been done” by CIS and others. People must “go to their congresspeople and to organizations that have the capability to litigate. The American people must understand what’s in store here. If they do this (rule change), it is going to facilitate and entice the rest of the world to come here. They are already enticed, but this thing is really going to change the game.” | https://uncoverdc.com/2022/03/31/bidens-border-policies-potential-for-6-million-illegal-alien-crossings-yearly/ | 2022-04-01T01:45:44Z |
DELANO, Calif. (AP) — The death of an inmate at a central California prison is being investigated as a homicide, officials said Thursday.
Juan E. Mendoza, 26, was found unresponsive in his cell at Kern Valley State Prison shortly before 5 p.m. on Wednesday, according to a statement from the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.
He had visible injuries and died a short time later despite life-saving efforts.
Mendoza shared his cell with another man, Jorge L. Mendoza, who was removed from the cell and placed in segregation while the death is investigated, authorities said.
Juan E. Mendoza went to prison in 2020 after receiving a six-year sentence in San Bernardino County for second-degree attempted murder and personal use of a dangerous weapon, officials said.
Jorge L. Mendoza was admitted from Monterey County in 2018 and was serving a sentence of life with the chance of parole for second-degree murder with the use of a firearm by a second-striker.
Kern Valley State Prison is located in Delano, northwest of Bakersfield. It has more than 3,200 inmates. | https://www.ctinsider.com/news/article/California-prison-inmate-death-investigated-as-a-17049814.php | 2022-04-01T01:45:45Z |
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1943 Bowie basketball tournament recap
During the next 12 months, The Bowie News will be celebrating its 100th anniversary. There will be many activities throughout the year. Sports Rewind will offer up a few sports headlines from the past 100 years of Bowie News coverage including its predecessor The Bowie Booster. This month includes...
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Cal Poly football team kicks off spring camp for the first time in three years
SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. -- The Cal Poly football team kicked off its first spring camp in three years Thursday morning, signaling a return to a normal off-season practice schedule.
"We really haven't had a true spring ball first practice going back to when we first got here," said head coach Beau Baldwin. "It's exciting for not just players, and players always get excited, but us as coaches, being here for as long as we have without that foundational spring ball piece."
Baldwin was hired in December 2019, right before the COVID-19 pandemic started, so this marks the first time he's had the chance to coach the Mustangs in a spring camp.
"There's a long way to go, and we know that, but I do feel like in the last two-and-a-half months leading up to this day one, we have taken a lot of huge steps and done a lot of things done towards the foundation that needs to be set," said Baldwin. "I just know that wherever we were last fall, we're going to be different, each play, each quarter, each rep, we are going to be different and we're going to be different in a good way."
For nearly three hours, players went through light workouts under a cool, partly cloudy sky.
After a tough last couple of years, everyone in the program was all smiles during the practice session, eager to begin a what hopefully will be a successful season.
"It's been great to get our here," said sixth-year senior receiver Michael Roth. "Really excited to be out here with the guys. It's been a long road coming. I've seen it come a long way and I'm excited to get hopefully to kind of start this winning tradition that we can give these guys. I think we're excited about the trajectory. We're excited about the energy. We've got the players here to make this things and we're just ready for the season." | https://keyt.com/sports/college-sports/2022/03/31/cal-poly-football-team-kicks-off-spring-camp-for-the-first-time-in-three-years/ | 2022-04-01T01:45:46Z |
Vidant Health and Pitt County Sheriff’s Office hold Operation Medicine Drop
GREENVILLE, N.C. (WITN) -Local law enforcement officers are teaming up with healthcare providers to collect and dispose of potentially dangerous medications.
The Pitt County Sheriff’s Office and Vidant Health’s Safe Kids program hosted a medicine drop off event Thursday.
The event was part of Operation Medicine Drop which is a statewide effort to keep dangerous and sometimes addictive drugs out of the hands of kids and to prevent them from entering the environment through improper disposal.
Deputies collected dozens of unwanted or unused prescription and over-the-counter products which will later be incinerated.
Ellen Walston with Vidant Health says isolation during the pandemic has led to an increase in substance abuse in our area and it’s more important than ever to store and dispose of medicines safely.
Walston says, “I do encourage parents and families to make sure that they keep those medications locked and out of the reach of children or any other adults that they are not prescribed for.”
Walston says you should not flush medicines down the toilet or drains because they can wind up entering our waterways that way.
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