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As Women’s History Month comes to a close, it is important to recognize that women in technology are still making history every day in a traditionally male-dominated field. Jamie Bertasi, for example, has built three companies from the ground and led two through successful acquisitions by Microsoft and [email protected] As her current company Totango leans into its hyper-growth trajectory, this President and Chief Operating Officer has one secret to her success: Do great work...and then do better!
We sat down with Bertasi to talk about being a woman in tech and how Totango has created a workforce that boasts 60% of women in leadership in the customer success (CS) field.
Deanna Barnert: Totango is a CS platform that unleashes the power of teams to accelerate the design and delivery of inspired customer journeys, and it’s the third business you’ve played an essential part in growing. What is the secret to your success?
Jamie Bertasi: Even as a kid, I was constantly building things. I'm a builder by nature. I love bringing on teams and solving problems. And one thing I've learned along the way is to never stop innovating. Every time you think you've finally figured it out, you really haven't. Use your data to keep learning so that you can move forward and make better decisions.
Another lesson has been that it's all about your team. You must recruit an amazing group of people and then grow, motivate, and retain those people to build savvy, experienced teams. I'm proud we’ve been able to do that at Totango. We have a very low employee attrition rate – even during this era they’re calling The Great Resignation.
Barnert: Totango has many women in top positions at a time when the pandemic has set back the gender gap. With women in tech feeling particularly squeezed, 57 percent expect to leave their employer for a new role within two years, citing lack of work-life balance as the biggest reason. How has Totango counteracted this trend?
Bertasi: At Totango, we’re building long-term relationships with our employees and with their families. We even invite families to events. We offer great benefits and flexible hours, and are supportive of whatever folks need to do to make it work for their families.
I am a single mom of three and my oldest daughter, who’s now 21, had a brain hemorrhage in preschool. I walked out of work that day and spent six months with her at the hospital. I’ve faced some terrible experiences, personally, and yet I continued with my career. One of the things that kept me going was my company and my support system there.
Beyond family, we’re a global company. The team that built Totango’s new Customer Experience Canvas is based in Ukraine. They are incredibly resilient, and we will continue to be supportive in whatever way they need.
Barnert: Can you share some experiences of bias you’ve faced as a woman in tech, and how you’ve handled them?
Bertasi: I don't think of myself as a woman when I go to work: I think of myself as a businessperson. But I've encountered many – especially because “Jamie” doesn't necessarily indicate gender! Early in my career, I was always the only woman in the room and people were surprised when I walked in, because they were expecting a man. Then women started getting promoted in Silicon Valley and I really enjoyed the environment. Outside of Silicon Valley, however, that same diversity of thought and opportunity did not exist. And I didn’t want to work for those companies.
So, from my point of view, it's critical to build a diverse group from the start. If you have a diverse group of people, then you will find that a diverse team will grow organically.
Barnert: Totango has grown rapidly under your leadership over the last four years. How do you feel about where the company is today?
Bertasi: We’re still in the first generation of people buying CS solutions, so to see the company grow to over 5,000 customers, globally, has been fantastic! And the sky's the limit. Our CEO Guy Nirpaz is a true visionary in product and engineering, so I see Totango dominating this space and becoming the shared customer OS for businesses around the world.
Barnert: Many companies built on traditional business models see the benefit of CS, but fear making the transition. How would you respond to this?
Bertasi: The beauty of Totango is that the technology can be applied to companies of all sizes. If you’re just starting, get all that rich data onto the platform now, so it’s there for you as you grow. For more complex companies that are worried about taking that first step into CS, it doesn't need to be a big step and it doesn't matter where you start.
If your company is ready to unleash CS and start putting the customer first, you can sign-up here for free and start experimenting with Canvas today! | https://www.cmswire.com/leadership/totango-president-jamie-bertasi-talks-women-in-tech-and-customer-success/?utm_source=cmswire.com&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=cm&utm_content=all-articles-rss | 2022-04-01T01:46:40Z |
Scavenger hunt to be held in downtown Jackson
JACKSON, Tenn. — The Jackson-Madison County Library is hosting a scavenger hunt this weekend.
The hunt will be held in downtown Jackson on Saturday.
You can grab a map from the main library and get to hunting at 9 a.m.. The hunt will end at 4 p.m.
The hunt will have 12 locations, and the winner will receive a free bicentennial t-shirt.
Find more local news here. | https://www.wbbjtv.com/2022/03/31/scavenger-hunt-to-be-held-in-downtown-jackson/ | 2022-04-01T01:46:40Z |
— おふみ (@G7Hb5) March 18, 2022
Cosplay is more fun when you have someone dressing up alongside you. A Japanese woman named ofumi has a dedicated cosplay partner—her dad. The two dress up in costumes that are meant for pairs, and each has perfected their own type of role. Her dad often plays an enforcer and is seen furrowing his brow and snarling while brandishing a sword. Ofumi sometimes plays a sinister character, but she'll often experiment and will appear as a more (deceptively) innocent foil to her intimidating father.
The two genuinely enjoy dressing in cosplay and use it as an opportunity to spend time together. This can be seen in the development of the “demon parent and child” outfits. “From midnight to morning, we talked about what kind of character set to make with the family of father, brother, mother and became a strict father demon × demon girl,” ofumi writes on Instagram. After deciding on their characters, they readied their costumes and took pictures playing the part. To celebrate the occasion, ofumi even altered an old photo of them—from when she was a child—with the same horns they wear in the cosplay.
It’s not often that you see a parent and child participating in cosplay together with the same level of commitment. This fact has delighted people across the world and the two have gone viral, with followers eager to see what they will dress up as next.
Cosplay is more fun when you're in a pair. A Japanese woman named ofumi has a dedicated cosplay partner—her dad.
— おふみ (@G7Hb5) March 18, 2022
— おふみ (@G7Hb5) March 19, 2022
— おふみ (@G7Hb5) March 2, 2022
The two dress up in costumes that are meant for pairs, and each has perfected their own type of role.
— おふみ (@G7Hb5) March 15, 2022
— おふみ (@G7Hb5) March 15, 2022
Her dad often plays an enforcer and is seen furrowing his brow and snarling while brandishing a sword.
— おふみ (@G7Hb5) March 15, 2022
— おふみ (@G7Hb5) March 7, 2022
The two genuinely enjoy dressing in cosplay and use it as an opportunity to spend time together, which has warmed hearts around the world.
— おふみ (@G7Hb5) March 3, 2022
ofumi: Instagram | Twitter | YouTube | TikTok
h/t: [Japan Moments]
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Brilliant “Low Cost” Cosplay Costumes Hilariously Capture Pop Culture Characters | https://mymodernmet.com/ofumi-cosplay-with-dad/ | 2022-04-01T01:46:40Z |
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Addex Therapeutics Ltd. General Corporate Statement By Foreign Issuer (Form6)
Accepted:
Form Type:
6-K
Accession Number:
0001171843-22-002201 | https://www.benzinga.com/secfilings/22/03/26391401/addex-therapeutics-ltd-general-corporate-statement-by-foreign-issuer-form6 | 2022-04-01T01:46:40Z |
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — An Oregon woman has been found guilty of killing two men in unincorporated Clackamas County last year.
Forty-year-old Amanda Kate Gregson shot and killed 56-year-old Jerry Dale Burns of Milwaukie, and 25-year-old Connor James Gaines of Happy Valley at the Reflections apartment complex on SE Causey Loop during a late-night encounter on March 20, 2021.
Court documents show Gregson fled the crime scene before police could arrive, though she was later arrested at the nearby Monarch Hotel where she was reportedly knocking on doors and saying, “people were after her.”
Although Gregson and her lawyer argued that her actions were in self-defense, and she went on record stating she “did not kill those people in cold blood,” during her original arraignment – court documents suggest Gregson’s story was inconsistent and changed many times.
In a February motion, Clackamas County Chief Deputy District Attorney Chris Owen wrote, “Additional investigation revealed that the defendant had been acting paranoid in the months leading up to the murders, had been consistently using methamphetamine, and frequently carried a firearm.”
Court documents show Gregson’s mother Deedee Guyette owned the apartment, and later told investigators her daughter did not have a permanent residence and had been staying there when Burns and Gains came over to visit.
According to her mother’s account, Gregson walked in and shot both victims “without warning.”
An investigation determined Gregson’s paranoid behaviors and mental state were worsened by her methamphetamine use.
After the four-day trial, Gregson was found guilty on all charges, including two counts of first-degree murder in the first-degree and two counts of second-degree murder.
Gregson’s sentencing hearing is April 12. | https://www.koin.com/news/crime/woman-found-guilty-of-murdering-two-men-in-clackamas-county-last-year/ | 2022-04-01T01:46:40Z |
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A former minor league pitcher ran a major league illegal sports betting operation in California that used other former pro athletes to take bets and took wagers from players still in the game, federal prosecutors said Thursday.
Wayne Nix, who threw for Oakland Athletics farm teams, used his connections to recruit three former Major League Baseball players and a former pro football player as fellow bookies, prosecutors said.
The MLB began looking into the matter when it learned of it Thursday, but was unaware any of those involved other than Nix, a spokesman said.
Court records offered no names of the players who worked for Nix or those who placed bets with his business, but they provide a glimpse of the kind of money being wagered, earned and lost.
A professional football player paid Nix $245,000 for gambling losses in 2016. An MLB coach paid $4,000 in losses that same year. It was not disclosed if either bet on their own games or their own sports.
MLB prohibits players from betting on baseball or gambling illegally on sports. They can bet on other sports if it’s legal. The National Football League policy bars all personnel from betting on football games.
A Los Angeles check cashing business that has agreed to plead guilty to failing to prevent money laundering in the scheme cashed over $18 million in checks from two single bettors, prosecutors said.
One client wagered $5 million on the Super Bowl but it was not revealed if that gambit paid off.
Sports betting is legal in 30 states, but not in California. However, voters will have a chance to legalize it at the polls in November.
Nix, 45, has agreed to plead guilty to conspiring to run an illegal gambling operation and faces up to eight years in prison. He also admitted he failed to report $1.4 million in income in 2017 and 2018. He has agreed to pay back taxes and interest of $1.25 million and forfeit $1.3 million seized from bank accounts.
Nix began the sports bookmaking business about 20 years ago after his six-year minor league career — with stops in Arizona, Texas and California — ended, prosecutors said.
His client list was created from contacts he had made in the sports world and included current and former pro athletes. The agents he hired helped expand that clientele.
The operation eventually began using a Costa Rican business, Sand Island Sports, to create accounts where bets could be placed and tracked and credit limits set, prosecutors said. Bets were placed online or through a call center, though Nix paid winners and kept most of the money from losing bets.
Those who exceeded credit limits were shut off, though exceptions were made, according to court documents.
A sports broadcaster's account was reactivated in February 2019 after he told Nix he was refinancing his home mortgage to pay off his gambling debts.
In September 2019, Nix increased the credit limit to a baseball player with debts so he could make additional bets.
In November, 2019, Nix's partner, Edon Kagasoff, told a business manager for a professional basketball player that he would increase the maximum wager he could place to $25,000 per NBA game.
Kagasoff, 44, faces the same conspiracy charge as Nix. He also agreed to plead guilty and forfeit over $3 million in funds seized from his home and bank accounts. | https://www.theheraldreview.com/news/article/Ex-minor-leaguer-ran-major-league-sports-betting-17049855.php | 2022-04-01T01:46:40Z |
HOA Settles NJ Tribe's Conspiracy Suit Over Religious Acts
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Ian Staniec netted six goals to go along with two assists as Notre Dame defeated Robbinsville, 17-6, in Robbinsville.
Liam Harding also scored four goals while Joe Meidling scored three times for Notre Dame (1-0), which won 17-of-25 faceoffs led by Meidling’s 14-of-17.
Will Beacham also had two goals while Jack McKenna (goal, two assists) and Griffin Schaefer (goal, assist), chipped in for Notre Dame. Harding had two assists in the game as well. As a team, Notre Dame scooped up 23 ground balls.
Robbinsville is 0-1 on the young season.
The N.J. High School Sports newsletter now appearing in mailboxes 5 days a week. Sign up now and be among the first to get all the boys and girls sports you care about, straight to your inbox each weekday. To add your name, click here. | https://www.nj.com/highschoolsports/2022/04/boys-lacrosse-staniec-scores-six-times-in-notre-dames-win-vs-robbinsville.html | 2022-04-01T01:46:41Z |
FREMONT, Calif., March 31, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Lam Research Corp. ( LRCX) today announced that the company will host its quarterly financial conference call and webcast on Wednesday, April 20, 2022, beginning at 2:00 p.m. Pacific Time (5:00 p.m. Eastern Time).
About Lam Research
Lam Research Corporation ( LRCX) is a global supplier of innovative wafer fabrication equipment and services to the semiconductor industry. Lam’s equipment and services allow customers to build smaller and better performing devices. In fact, today, nearly every advanced chip is built with Lam technology. We combine superior systems engineering, technology leadership, and a strong values-based culture, with an unwavering commitment to our customers. Lam Research is a FORTUNE 500® company headquartered in Fremont, California, with operations around the globe. Learn more at www.lamresearch.com (LRCX-F).
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[email protected] | https://www.gurufocus.com/news/1676093/lam-research-corporation-announces-march-2022-quarter-financial-conference-call | 2022-04-01T01:46:41Z |
She & Him have announced thier ‘Melt Away Tour: A Tribute To Brian Wilson’, which kicks off this summer – tickets are available here.
The duo, comprising M. Ward and Zooey Deschanel, will play original songs from their six-album catalogue as well as classics written by the Beach Boys’ founder.
The 11-date trip kicks off in Denver, Colorado on June 13 with stops in Utah, California, Oregon, Washington, and Vancouver. The tour makes a stop in Los Angeles on June 25, before its final September stop in Vienna, Virginia. See the full list of dates below.
She & Him’s most recent tour was for their holiday albums, ‘A Very She & Him Chrismas’ and ‘Christmas Party’ in 2019. They also released new music in 2018, when they shared two She & Him songs for the ‘Universal Love’ LGBTQ project.
She & Him ‘Melt Away Tour: A Tribute To Brian Wilson’ dates:
JUNE 2022
13 – Denver, CO – Paramount Theatre
14 – Salt Lake City – TBD
16 – Forest Grove, OR – Grand Lodge Hotel and Property
17 – Woodinville, WA – Chateau Ste. Michelle
18 – Vancouver, British Columbia – Vogue Theatre
20 – Jacksonville, OR – TBD
22 – Paso Robles, CA – Vina Robles Amphitheatre
23 – Saratoga, CA – The Mountain Winery
24 – San Diego, CA – Humphrey’s
25 – Los Angeles, CA – TBD
SEPTEMBER 2022
9 – Vienna, VA – Wolf Trap Center for the Performing Arts
The tour is named after Wilson’s solo track, ‘Melt Away’ and follows the duo’s cover of the Beach Boys’ 1967 hit ‘Darlin’ which they released last year. She & Him also covered the California band’s classic song ‘God Only Knows’ back in December 2014.
Meanwhile, Marilyn Wilson-Rutherford, the first wife of the Beach Boys co-founder, has sued the musician over a deal he recently struck for the royalties of a number of Beach Boys songs.
Wilson agreed to a reported $50million (£38.1million) deal with Universal Music Publishing Group in relation to his song catalogue back in December, though the deal was not announced at the time. | https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/music/she-him-announce-2022-brian-wilson-tribute-tour-tickets-3195456 | 2022-04-01T01:46:41Z |
Happy Odisha Day 2022: Widely recognised as the land of Lord Jagannath, Odisha is famous for its cultural heritage and vigorous architecture. Previously known as Orissa, this beautiful state has exciting places as well as historical sculptures, art, and festivals. One of the traditional states, Odisha is popular for its great heritage and historical past. Moreover, the Rath Yatra draws tons of tourists and devotees across the globe.
Apart from being an attractive tourist spot, this state is renowned for its unique history. In the year 1936, this day, Odisha rose as a separate state. Since then, we have commemorated Odisha Day (also known as Utkal Divas) annually on April 1 to remember the huge contribution and sacrifice of people of history to take Odisha forward. Like any other state, Odisha also delivered its power to the Government of India after its independence.
In effect, Utkal Divas is not only observed in different states of India but is also admired in other countries where the people of Odisha live.
So, on this joyful occasion, we have curated a few Odisha Day Quotes, Wishes, and Messages to send to your family and friends:
1. Sending you lots of love, warm wishes and sincere greetings on this Odisha Day.
2. On this Odisha Day, I want everyone to have such love, affection and happiness during this special occasion.
3. On the occasion of Utkal Divas, I extend my heartiest congratulations to the people of Odisha.
4. The contribution of this state to the history of the country is remarkable. Your important contribution is also expected in the making of New India. May your life be healthy and delighted.
5. Every citizen of the state should come to Odisha on this day. And their wishes, compliments and greetings to each other. So that it may be a special and happy day for all.
6. Your significant contribution to the formation of a new India is appreciated. I wish you prosperity in your future endeavours. May your life be healthy and positive.
7. The land of temples as they say. But it’s more than this. A culturally rich place with great hospitality. The state whose achievements are less talked about but more visible on ground. Happy Utkal Divas to everyone.
Read all the Latest News , Breaking News and IPL 2022 Live Updates here. | https://www.news18.com/amp/news/lifestyle/odisha-day-2022-wishes-and-messages-to-send-over-whatsapp-or-sms-4920515.html | 2022-04-01T01:46:41Z |
DENVER (AP) — A man who shot and wounded two demonstrators while apparently aiming at a Jeep that was headed toward the crowd during a protest in suburban Denver in 2020 was convicted Thursday of several charges.
Samuel Young, 24, was found guilty of two counts of second-degree assault, four counts of attempted manslaughter and a single count of illegally discharging his gun, The Denver Post reported.
Several hundred people who attended the July 2020 protest in Aurora to bring attention to police violence walked onto and blocked all of the lanes of Interstate 225. Shortly after, a Jeep approached from behind and headed toward the crowd, prompting Young to fire five shots.
Two shots hit the back of the Jeep, and two shots hit fellow protesters. One man was shot in the leg, and another man was grazed in the head. A woman also broke her leg when she leaped from the highway.
The driver, who pulled off the highway and contacted police after the shooting, was not criminally charged. During Young’s trial, prosecutors said he didn't intend to hurt any protesters.
The protest was organized in support of Elijah McClain, a 23-year-old Black man who was arrested in August 2019 after someone called 911 to report a suspicious person wearing a ski mask and waving his arms while he walked down the street.
He was arrested by Aurora police and injected with 500 milligrams of ketamine by EMS workers called to the scene. He suffered cardiac arrest, was declared brain dead and taken off life support less than a week later.
McClain’s death became a national rallying cry along with the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis in protests calling for police reform. | https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Jury-convicts-man-who-shot-protesters-in-suburban-17049894.php | 2022-04-01T01:46:41Z |
NEW YORK (AP) — Former Vice President Mike Pence is offering a “Freedom Agenda” platform for Republicans ahead of this year’s midterm elections, presenting a framework for GOP candidates — and possibly himself for a 2024 presidential run.
Pence’s platform, released Thursday, combines traditional Republican goals such as increasing American energy production, cutting taxes and rolling back regulations, with priorities pursued by former President Donald Trump on issues like trade and immigration.
Pence also offers plenty of culture war red meat for the GOP base, pledging, for instance, to save women’s sports by “ensuring that sports competitions are between those who share their God-given gender” and calling for all high school students to pass a civics test.
“Elections are about the future, and I think it’s absolutely essential that, while we do our part to take the fight to the failed policies of the Biden administration and the radical left, at the same time, we want to offer a compelling vision built on our highest American ideals,” Pence told reporters ahead of the plan’s release. “It really is an effort to put in one place the agenda that I think carried us to the White House in 2016, carried two Bush presidencies to the White House and carried Ronald Reagan to the White House in 1980.”
Much of the 28-page plan reads like the platform of a presidential campaign, underscoring Pence’s ambitions and providing a clear road map of the themes and policies he is likely to pursue if he moves forward with a 2024 run. While Pence in recent weeks has worked to distance himself from his former boss as he begins to reintroduce himself to voters and develop a political identity of his own, he has also been careful to tie himself to the policies of the Trump-Pence administration, which remain extremely popular among Republican voters.
It’s part of what aides see as Pence’s unique opportunity, as a former talk radio host, congressman and Indiana governor, to merge the traditional conservative movement with Trump’s “Make America Great Again” agenda.
“There is a winning coalition for America that believes in the traditionally conservative values that the vice president has championed through his career,” said Marc Short, co-chair of Advancing American Freedom, the advocacy group Pence launched last year.
Still, Pence argues that “elections are about the future,” in contrast to Trump’s continued focus on his own false 2020 election claims.
Pence’s plan comes as the GOP has been at odds over the wisdom of offering voters a concrete policy agenda ahead of the midterm elections this year. Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell has been pointedly opposed to such efforts, arguing that Republicans should keep the focus on President Joe Biden, whose popularity has slumped amid the highest inflation in 40 years and the Russian war in Ukraine, and make the election a referendum on him.
The risks of a specific plan came into stark relief last month when Florida Sen. Rick Scott, another potential 2024 contender and the chair of the Senate Republicans’ campaign arm, unveiled his 11-point plan to “rescue America.” The effort drew immediate criticism from Democrats and even some Republicans, particularly its call for all Americans to “pay some income tax to have skin in the game” — which would amount to a tax hike for millions of people who pay no income tax because they earn so little.
On Thursday, Scott defended his plan during a speech to the conservative Heritage Foundation.
“Bring it on,” the Florida senator said to his critics. “If the Republicans return to Washington’s business as usual, if we have no bigger plan than to be a speed bump on the road to America’s socialism and collapse, we don’t deserve to govern.”
House Republicans, meanwhile, have been working on their own “Commitment to America” plan with echoes of former House Speaker Newt Gingrich’s “Contract with America,” which Republicans unveiled in 1994 before sweeping the midterms that year.
“For the American public to join with you and support you, first they want to know what will you do,” House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy said at the party’s annual retreat in Jacksonville, Florida, last week.
Candidates on the campaign trail have expressed similar sentiments.
At a Republican Senate primary debate in Ohio on Monday, several of the candidates applauded Scott for his effort, even as they said they disagreed with parts of his plan.
“I’m so sick of Republicans who say, ‘Well, we’re just going to push back against the Biden agenda.’ Well, of course we’re going to do that. But what are we gonna actually do for our voters?” candidate J.D. Vance asked. “There are a lot of problems out there. A lot of very serious problems. And we can’t just sort of stick our flag in the mud and say, ‘We’re against, we’re against, we’re against.’ We gotta be for stuff.”
Pence said that was part of his intention.
“As important as it is for us to criticize and to confront and to be the loyal opposition,” he said, it is “absolutely of equal importance that we offer a positive, compelling vision built on our highest ideals and frankly the successes that we were able to demonstrate during our administration.”
The economic plan unveiled Thursday calls for fast-tracking permits for oil and gas production, expanding drilling on federal lands and offshore and pursuing trade agreements that better protect American workers. On foreign policy, Pence calls on China to “establish a victims compensation and economic recovery fund” for “negligently unleashing and hiding the origins of COVID-19.”
On immigration, Pence’s agenda sounds much like a Trump press release. It calls on leaders to “oppose all forms of amnesty,” typically defined as a path to citizenship for those who entered the country illegally, and seeks an end to what he calls “chain migration” by limiting family reunification to an immigrant’s close family. It also calls for promoting “the patriotic assimilation of immigrants” and finishing Trump’s border wall.
Under a section dedicated to “protecting American culture,” Pence calls for the promotion of “patriotic education” by ending “radical political indoctrination — including the teaching of anti-American racist ideologies like Critical Race Theory,” which views racism as systemic in the nation’s institutions.
Pence also calls on states and local jurisdictions to require that all high school students pass a test on the Declaration of Independence, the U.S. Constitution and the Federalist Papers to graduate. And he seeks limits on mail-in voting and early in-person voting, among other election measures.
Pence has been raising his public profile, making frequent media appearances, headlining political events and delivering policy speeches. He has traveled in recent weeks to South Korea, Israel and the Ukrainian border with Poland, where he greeted fleeing refugees. And he has paid numerous visits to early voting states, including New Hampshire, Iowa and South Carolina, which he’ll return to next month.
Meanwhile, his advocacy group is spending millions of dollars on ads and filing friend-of-court briefs opposing vaccine mandates and abortion rights, and he’s working on a pair of books in addition to projects with the Heritage Foundation and Young America’s Foundation.
___ Associated Press writer Steve Peoples contributed to this report. | https://www.conchovalleyhomepage.com/news/political-news/ap-politics/pence-unveils-republican-policy-agenda-for-midterm-elections/ | 2022-04-01T01:46:41Z |
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.ctinsider.com/news/article/Report-Rain-not-anticipated-when-7M-in-PPE-17049873.php | 2022-04-01T01:46:42Z |
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A federal judge in Tallahassee has ruled that Florida lawmakers overstepped their authority last year concerning an election reform law.
The judge didn’t just overturn it. He called the law an attack on the voting rights of Black citizens.
In a 288-page ruling following two weeks of testimony, Chief U.S. District Court Judge Mark Walker struck down parts of last year’s law that changed voting codes.
“The legislature came in and actually made some pretty significant changes to the election law, including how many drop boxes that election supervisors can use,” explained attorney Chris Hand.
Hand said it was a surprising move in Florida, considering the state had a well-run election in 2020.
Judge Walker called the changes unconstitutional, and then went further.
The judge wrote, “At some point, when the Florida Legislature passes law after law disproportionately burdening Black voters, this court can no longer accept that the effect is incidental.”
“He said that he detected a pattern over the last 20 years of the Legislature disproportionately burdening minority voters here in the state and has now required that before the state passes any other election law changes that it obtained what’s called preclearance from the federal courts,” Hand said.
Florida leaders started weighing in quickly.
The Florida Democratic Party saying: “Ron DeSantis and Republicans in the Legislature spent two years passing unconstitutional and discriminatory laws that were destined to be struck down…”
Speaker of the House Chris Sprowls criticized Walker’s opinion as “based on limited analysis of data he thinks the Legislature might have had, the uncritical and complete acceptance of the comments of Democratic lawmakers, and a total disregard for other viewpoints.”
Senate President Wilton Simpson also defended the law and blasted the ruling:
“This order is highly unprofessional, inaccurate, and unbecoming of an officer of the court,” he said.
“It’s a ruling that’s long. It’s almost 300 pages long, and it’s almost certainly going to be appealed to the 11th Circuit at this point, but a major ruling regarding election law that has invalidated some of what the Legislature did in 2021,” Hand said.
Gov. Ron DeSantis said Thursday afternoon that the ruling is the “judicial equivalent of pounding the table.”
Judge Walker previously ruled on the law that came from Senate Bill 90, upholding a portion on ballot harvesting. | https://www.news4jax.com/news/local/2022/04/01/judge-strikes-down-key-parts-of-florida-election-law/ | 2022-04-01T01:46:42Z |
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Nargis took mental health break
Nargis Fakhri said she took a break from acting a few years ago to focus on her mental health.
The Bollywood actress told the Times of India: "I remember that 2016-2017 was a period of realisation. I was overworked and stressed. I missed my family and friends.
"I felt there was just too much happening and I needed to stop to balance my mind and body."
Aamir's 'decision to quit film industry' left ex-wife in tears
Aamir Khan has revealed that he considered quitting Bollywood during the Covid-19 pandemic.
But he did not announce his decision as he thought people would look at it as a marketing tactic ahead of the release of his ambitious film Laal Singh Chaddha.
The actor said his ex-wife Kiran Rao was in tears when he told the family about his decision. "They were shocked," he said. "My children and Kiran explained to me that I was doing the wrong thing... A lot happened in two years, I quit the industry and came back."
Laal Singh Chaddha will release on Aug 11.
Karisma recreates popular Nirma ad
Actress Karisma Kapoor turned the clock back by at least 30 years on Saturday as she appeared in an ad, which was the recreation of the classic TV Nirma Super Detergent ad (far right) from the 1990s.
The ad, made for Cred, showed Karisma in a similar white sari and using much of the same lines and mannerisms as the original, which featured TV actress Dipika Chikhlia, best known for playing Sita in Ramanand Sagar's Ramayan.
Leaked photos from Archie adaptation shows dream cast
The adventures of Archie Andrews and his squad, including Veronica Lodge and Betty Cooper, will soon be brought to the screen courtesy of filmmaker Zoya Akhtar, who is directing the Hindi adaptation of the popular Archie comics.
The first photos from the shoot were leaked last week and they showed a dream cast: Suhana Khan, the daughter of Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan as Veronica; Khushi Kapoor, the daughter of late actress Sridevi and film producer Boney Kapoor, as Betty; and Agastya Nanda, the grandson of Bollywood veteran Amitabh Bachchan, as Archie.
Salman's weekend swim earns witty comments
Bollywood star Salman Khan has been trolled for sharing two photos on social media that show him enjoying his weekend by swimming in a pond.
"Are you wearing anything underneath?" asked an Instagram user about the photos, which show the actor shirtless and wearing a beige bowl hat. Another commented: "Did you get a role as a crocodile in the next movie?"
Shanaya trolled for 'duck walking'
Bollywood starkid Shanaya Kapoor, the daughter of actor and producer Sanjay Kapoor and jewellery designer and entrepreneur Maheep Kapoor, turned show-stopper for celebrity fashion designer Manish Malhotra's collection Diffuse last Saturday.
She walked the ramp with Bollywood actor Siddhant Chaturvedi and dazzled in stunning party outfits.
But her walking style hardly impressed netizens. Most called it "duck walking" and asked her to take professional lessons.
Keerti and Sharad share screen space after 13 years
They played Chandni and Nahar Singh in the TV show Saat Phere: Saloni Ka Safar. Sharad Kelkar and Keerti Gaekwad then got married.
Now, after 13 years, the couple are set to reunite as a married couple in a Hindi film.
"We have a great understanding because of our real-life equation, and the effortless chemistry will be reflected on the screen," said Sharad. | https://www.tamilmurasu.com.sg/tabla/entertainment/aamirs-decision-quit-film-industry-left-ex-wife-tears | 2022-04-01T01:46:43Z |
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Parker hopes Title IX documentary serves as inspiration
By JOE REEDY
AP Sports Writer
Title IX has been a passionate subject for Candace Parker ever since she learned of its impact while doing a paper on it in the eighth grade. So, it is no surprise her first documentary as an executive producer is about the landmark legislation. Parker considers herself to be a first generation benefactor of Title IX, which is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. The documentary also comes at a time when inequalities between the NCAA men’s and women’s basketball tournaments are coming under intense scrutiny. | https://keyt.com/sports/national-sports/ap-national-sports/2022/03/31/parker-hopes-title-ix-documentary-serves-as-inspiration/ | 2022-04-01T01:46:44Z |
White Mountains Insurance Group, Ltd. (NYSE:WTM – Get Rating) saw a large growth in short interest in the month of March. As of March 15th, there was short interest totalling 55,200 shares, a growth of 44.1% from the February 28th total of 38,300 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 15,300 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 3.6 days. Approximately 1.9% of the shares of the company are sold short.
Separately, StockNews.com assumed coverage on White Mountains Insurance Group in a report on Thursday. They issued a “hold” rating on the stock.
Shares of WTM traded up $33.92 on Thursday, reaching $1,136.24. The stock had a trading volume of 27,447 shares, compared to its average volume of 15,236. The firm has a market capitalization of $3.41 billion, a PE ratio of -12.76 and a beta of 0.46. The company has a quick ratio of 0.74, a current ratio of 0.74 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.19. The firm has a 50-day moving average of $1,051.37 and a 200 day moving average of $1,053.54. White Mountains Insurance Group has a twelve month low of $978.51 and a twelve month high of $1,243.00.
The business also recently announced an annual dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, March 23rd. Investors of record on Monday, March 14th were paid a $1.00 dividend. This represents a yield of 0.1%. The ex-dividend date was Friday, March 11th. White Mountains Insurance Group’s payout ratio is currently -1.12%.
Hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Strategic Asset Management LLC purchased a new stake in White Mountains Insurance Group in the 3rd quarter valued at approximately $31,000. Quent Capital LLC purchased a new stake in White Mountains Insurance Group in the 4th quarter valued at approximately $42,000. First Horizon Advisors Inc. lifted its stake in White Mountains Insurance Group by 4,054.2% in the 3rd quarter. First Horizon Advisors Inc. now owns 997 shares of the insurance provider’s stock valued at $59,000 after buying an additional 973 shares in the last quarter. Ensign Peak Advisors Inc purchased a new stake in White Mountains Insurance Group in the 4th quarter valued at approximately $81,000. Finally, Johnson Financial Group Inc. purchased a new stake in White Mountains Insurance Group in the 4th quarter valued at approximately $84,000. 94.43% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.
About White Mountains Insurance Group (Get Rating)
White Mountains Insurance Group Ltd. engages in the acquisition of businesses and assets in the insurance, financial services, and related sectors. It operates through the following segments: HG Global/BAM, NSM, Kudu, and Other Operations. The HG Global/BAM segment refers to White Mountains’ investment in HG Global Limited, and the consolidated results of Build America Mutual Assurance Company (BAM).
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AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — Anna Davis was little more than a silhouette from right of the ninth green as darkness fell quickly at the end of a long day at the Augusta National Women's Amateur. The only light came from a video board and headlights from carts making their way in.
Not the least bit rattled, the 16-year-old from San Diego pitched with perfect pace to 2 feet to save par and post a 4-over 76 at Champions Retreat, one of only nine players to finish the second round.
What started as lingering thunderstorms turned into a heavy rain that delayed the start of the second round for for seven-and-a-half hours. That led to what should be a longer day, but far more fun on Friday.
Fifty-one players will finish the second round in the morning — some with only one hole to play, others with nine holes — before heading over to Augusta National for a practice round.
It starts with an elite competition. It ends for so many of them with a dream come true.
Of the nine players who finished, Davis was at 2-over 146 and in a tie for eighth, virtually assured of being among the 30 players from a field of 60 who advance to the final round at the home of the Masters.
No one was under par.
Beatrice Wallin of Sweden was 1 under for the round through 16 holes and even par for the tournament, tied with Amari Avery, who also was 1 under for the day through 16.
Joining them at even par was Hailey Borjas, the Californian who plays at Michigan. Her day ended on a sour note with consecutive bogeys. Even so, she was excited for Friday.
She was at Augusta National earlier in the week, driving down Magnolia Lane and having a group dinner hosted by the club chairman.
“Seeing Augusta for the first time, it was like a dream come true,” Borjas said.
She was more excited about her first chance to play it than her position in the Augusta National Women's Amateur, in its third year but already considered elite among amateur events because of where it's at.
“I don't really like to think about golf when I'm playing golf, if that makes any sense," Borjas said. “I like to talk about other things, like shoes. So to think about Augusta National tomorrow will keep me going.”
U.S. Women's Amateur champion Jensen Castle had the best round going at 2 under through 16 holes, leaving her one shot out of the lead.
The course was just as difficult as the opening round, when strong wind allowed only five players to break par. The wind subsided after the rain, though it left the course soggy and longer, even as the greens were slightly more receptive.
Rose Zhang, the No. 1 amateur in the world, made progress by not really going anywhere. She put together one bogey and 13 pars and improved from a tie for 39th to a tie for 26th.
Rachel Heck of Stanford, the No. 3 player in women's amateur golf who won six times in one semester last year as a freshman, was going the other direction. Heck had a pair of double bogeys in her opening four holes and was 5 over through 10 holes, leaving her outside the projected cut line at 6 over.
The cut is a hard 30. Any ties lead to a sudden-death playoff to see who advances, although everyone gets to play a practice round at Augusta National on Friday.
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More AP golf: https://apnews.com/hub/golf and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports | https://www.expressnews.com/sports/article/Rain-slows-Augusta-Women-s-Amateur-as-no-one-left-17049897.php | 2022-04-01T01:46:45Z |
One third of NCT centres around the country had more vehicles fail than pass on the first attempt last year.
oor roads are thought to be one of the reasons why so many vehicles fail the National Car Test.
Almost 1,420,000 vehicles were given their initial test in the 49 test centres nationwide in 2021.
Of these, only half (52.76pc) passed on the first attempt, 41.45pc failed for a major fault, and 5.79pc were deemed dangerous.
In one centre the level of failures deemed to be dangerous was more than 10pc, which was nearly twice the national average.
Front suspension defects were the most common reason for test failure, with nearly 7pc of vehicles being found to be under standard.
Misaligned or faulty lights were the next biggest fault found at just over 6pc, followed by brake line and hose faults (5pc), mechanical brake faults (just over 4pc), and faulty steering linkages (just under 4pc).
The test centre at Derrybeg, Co Donegal, recorded the most fails under the ‘danger’ category at 10.71pc.
At the other end of the country, Tralee, Co Kerry, had the lowest number of ‘danger fails’ at 4.27pc.
Meanwhile, Portlaoise, Co Laois, had the most first-attempt passes at 60.24pc, while Cavan had the least at 41.08pc.
A spokesman for AA Ireland said a correlation could be made between areas of the country with poorer roads, and areas with higher NCT failure rates.
“If the road condition deteriorates, it would lead to more potholes which, when a vehicle hits them, would cause greater wear on suspension and tyres, and if deep enough – on body work,” said Paddy Comyn, AA Ireland head of communications.
“These figures would seem to indicate that in areas where there are higher instances of suspension issues that poor road surfaces are playing a significant role.”
A spokeswoman for Applus+, the company that runs the NCT, said the pass and fail rates have been reasonably consistent over many years.
“The NCT test is a basic roadworthiness safety check at a point in time without any dismantling of a vehicle’s components, and is not a substitute for regular maintenance or upkeep of a vehicle,” she said.
Anecdotally, some drivers use the NCT to identify faults on their vehicles and then have them fixed before a retest rather than have their cars checked prior to the test.
Applus+ says that its own customer surveys show that around 60pc of vehicle owners have their vehicle serviced prior to their NCT test.
The Road Safety Authority said it is each vehicle owner’s responsibility to ensure his or her vehicle is in compliance with the law and maintained in a roadworthy condition at all times.
“The pass rate of vehicles deteriorates as they get older.
For example, four-year-old cars have an average pass rate of over 80pc whereas 10-year-old cars have an average pass rate of 42pc to 50pc,” said a spokeswoman.
Asked whether it harder to pass the NCT test now than it was 10 years ago, the Applus+ spokeswoman said that while the NCT test manual has been updated to reflect changing technology and improved standards over the last 10 years, the NCT pass and fail rates have been reasonably consistent.
The RSA said the NCT has always been a comprehensive test in line with EU requirements on checking a car’s safety features, and while there have been a small number of additions to the testable items, the standards required have not changed materially over the years.
Applus+ also said that despite a backlog in testing due to Covid, it does not believe there are more untested cars, and possible failure cars, on the road.
“Compliance levels are consistent, with some minor delays at certain locations relating to the impact of Covid,” said the spokeswoman.
And from the RSA’s perspective the pandemic and its resultant lockdowns and travel restrictions might have actually improved safety.
“Pass rates in 2021 were higher than in previous years.
“This is likely to have been as a result of a reduction in the mileage of vehicles due to the pandemic,” the spokeswoman said. Cars that fail the first time have to be retested after the owners have repairs carried out.
Some of these tests require the vehicle to be put into a lane for inspection, for retests on suspension and brakes for example.
Other cars, with repairs such as a blown bulb or where a tyre or wipers have to be replaced, do not have to be run through a lane to be retested but can be visually checked by a tester.
Applus+ said a fault in the category of ‘major’ will result in the customer being advised that the vehicle has failed the NCT.
“The vehicle owner will have 30 days to have the item repaired and returned to the centre for re-inspection. An NCT Certificate will not be issued until the vehicle is returned for inspection.
“If the vehicle is not presented within the 30-day period then a new inspection will need to be conducted,” said the spokesperson.
“Where a vehicle has failed because of a dangerous defect, it constitutes a direct or immediate risk to road safety such that the vehicle should not be used on the road under any circumstances.
“A sticker stating ‘failed dangerous’ will be affixed to the vehicle by the vehicle inspector. The vehicle must be presented for re-inspection and receive a pass result before an NCT Certificate is issued.”
“It is illegal and unsafe for a motorist to drive a vehicle with a dangerous defect, which means the vehicle owner may incur penalty points and a court appearance if caught by An Garda Síochána,” she added.
Meanwhile, the number of people on the waiting list for an NCT appointment is more than eight times higher than it was in the year prior to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Applus+ said challenges have emerged in coping with demand for testing this year due to the impact the Covid-19 pandemic has had on customers and staff.
“Q1 each year is the busiest time for the NCT, as the NCT is due on the anniversary of the vehicle’s registration date and most people like to purchase new vehicles at the start of the year. It continues to be challenging with the impact of the Covid Omicron variant causing absenteeism levels for staff and many customer no-shows or late cancellations.” | https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/potholes-and-poor-roads-blamed-as-more-cars-fail-than-pass-nct-on-first-try-at-one-in-three-test-centres-41508975.html | 2022-04-01T01:46:45Z |
Xbox Game Pass is reportedly getting a family plan, and it might be coming this year.
A report by Windows Central claims that Microsoft is working on a Spotify-like family sharing plan that’ll allow people living within the same country access to a single Xbox Game Pass subscription. Apparently, the family plan’s higher tier will let up to five people access an account’s game library.
Specifics like whether there’ll be separate plans for PC Game Pass, Xbox Game Pass, and Game Pass Ultimate remain unclear. There’s also no information on pricing either, but Microsoft will undoubtedly clarify details should this family plan come to fruition.
Windows Central reporting that Microsoft will move ahead with an Xbox Game Pass Family Plan launching sometime this year. Will allow 5 players within same country to access the library ("far cheaper" than buying 5 separate Game Pass subs) https://t.co/DEUAv0TZGm pic.twitter.com/JgRyZekzrI
— Wario64 (@Wario64) March 31, 2022
Xbox Game Pass remains the feather in Microsoft’s cap this console generation, especially with so many exciting games coming to the service in 2022. March alone saw titles like Crusader Kings 3, F1 2021, Shredders, and Weird West added to the service. A family plan seems like a no-brainer at this point.
Earlier this week, Sony announced its revamp of PS Plus in an attempt to create its version of Game Pass. It’s looking decent, though there are plenty of PlayStation classics we’d love to see on the service.
Written by Kyle Campbell on behalf of GLHF. | https://ftw.usatoday.com/2022/03/microsoft-xbox-game-pass-family-plan | 2022-04-01T01:46:45Z |
Bargainers: Bipartisan deal near on trimmed $10B COVID bill
WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawmakers moved to the brink Thursday of shaking hands on a scaled-back bipartisan compromise providing a fresh $10 billion to combat COVID-19, a deal that could set up final congressional approval next week.
The price tag was down from an earlier $15.6 billion agreement between the two parties that collapsed weeks ago after House Democrats rejected cutting unused pandemic aid to states to help pay for it. President Joe Biden requested $22.5 billion in early March. With leaders hoping to move the package through Congress quickly, the lowered cost seemed to reflect both parties’ calculations that agreeing soon to additional savings would be too hard.
The effort, which would finance steps like vaccines, treatments and tests, comes as Biden and other Democrats have warned the government is running out of money to counter the pandemic. At the same time, the more transmissible omicron variant BA.2 has been spreading quickly in the U.S. and abroad.
“We’ve reached an agreement in principle on all the spending and all of the offsets,” Sen. Mitt Romney of Utah, the lead Republican bargainer, told reporters, using Washington-speak for savings. “It’s entirely balanced by offsets.”
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and others were more circumspect.
“We are getting close to a final agreement that would garner bipartisan support,” Schumer said on the Senate floor. He said lawmakers were still finalizing the bill’s components and language, and awaiting a cost estimate from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office.
Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., chair of the Senate health committee and another bargainer, said, “I’m hoping,” when asked about Romney’s assessment.
Once clinched, an agreement would represent a semblance of bipartisan cooperation in battling the pandemic that dissolved a year ago, when a far larger, $1.9 trillion measure proposed by the new president cleared Congress with only Democratic votes. That bill was laden with spending to help struggling families, businesses and communities, while this one would be aimed exclusively at public health.
Many Republicans have been willing to go along with the new expenditures but have insisted on paying for them with unspent funds from previous bills Congress has enacted to address the pandemic.
Half the new measure’s $10 billion would be used for treatments, said Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., who has helped negotiate the agreement. He said top federal health officials would be given wide discretion on spending the rest of it but it would include research and other steps for battling the disease, which has killed around 975,000 Americans and millions across the world.
Romney and others said savings the two parties had agreed to for the new bill would not include the cuts in state assistance that House Democrats opposed. He said some unused funds would be culled from another pandemic program that gives state and local governments funds for grants to local businesses.
Blunt said both sides had also agreed to savings that include pulling back an unspent $2.2 billion for aiding entertainment venues closed during the pandemic and more than $2 billion still available for assisting aviation manufacturing.
Romney said the $10 billion might include $1 billion for vaccines, treatments and other support for countries overseas. Blunt said that figure seemed unresolved. One third of the earlier, $15.6 billion measure had been slated to go abroad.
The lowered figure for assisting other countries encountered opposition in the House, where some Democrats wanted to boost the figure. Epidemiologists have cited the need to vaccinate more people around the world and reduce the virus’ opportunities for spinning off new variants.
“It’s a problem,” House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., told reporters. “It’s a shame.”
Kate Bedingfield, White House communications director, said officials were “very hopeful” an agreement would be reached and prodded lawmakers to include funds to help other countries cope with the disease.
“We’re not going to be able to put this pandemic behind us until we stop the spread and proliferation of new variants globally,” Bedingfield said.
Leaders hope Congress can approve the legislation before lawmakers leave for a spring recess after next week.
Republicans have leverage in the Democratic-controlled, 50-50 Senate because 60 votes are needed to pass most major bills. Romney and Blunt both said they believed a finalized package they described would attract significantly more than the 10 GOP votes needed.
Since the pandemic began, Congress has approved more than $5 trillion to address the economic and health crises it produced. Only a small fraction of that has been for public health programs like vaccines.
In an interview earlier Thursday with Punchbowl News, Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said the measure’s price tag seemed to have fallen to $10 billion because Democrats weren’t agreeing to additional savings.
Minutes later, Schumer took to the Senate floor and mentioned no figures but suggested its size could fall.
“I’m pleading with my Republican colleagues, join us,” Schumer said. “We want more than you do, but we have to get something done. We have to get something done.”
Asked if he thought an agreement could be reached before lawmakers’ recess, McConnell said, “We’ll see. Hope so.”
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Associated Press writer Zeke Miller contributed to this report.
Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. | https://www.kmvt.com/2022/03/31/covid-19-package-could-shrink-10-billion-talks-continue/ | 2022-04-01T01:46:45Z |
Tennessee man convicted in 2019 deaths of 2 men outside bar
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee man has been convicted in two stabbing deaths outside a Nashville bar in 2019.
The Tennessean reports Michael Mosley was convicted of first-degree murder in the deaths, attempted first-degree murder in the stabbing of another man left blind in one eye and assault of another.
Two college students, 22-year-old Clayton Beathard and 21-year-old Paul Trapeni III were killed Dec. 21, 2019, at The Dogwood bar.
Beathard was the brother of NFL quarterback C.J. Beathard and musician Tucker Beathard, son of country music songwriter Casey Beathard and grandson of NFL Hall of Famer Bobby Beathard.
Trapeni was a student at Rhodes College in Memphis.
You can read more here.
You can find more news from across the state here. | https://www.wbbjtv.com/2022/03/31/tennessee-man-convicted-in-2019-deaths-of-2-men-outside-bar/ | 2022-04-01T01:46:46Z |
A wedding day can be full of surprises, but that doesn't often include a brief appearance by Tom Hanks. So, imagine bride Grace Gwaltney's shock when the iconic actor wanted a photo with her on her big day. The unexpected encounter happened when the bride and her party were en route from a downtown Pittsburgh hotel to the ceremony. Captured by wedding photographer Rachel Rowland, the women were shocked and elated to be meeting Hanks; everyone was all smiles as they posed together on the streets of Steel City.
Hanks was in town filming a movie titled A Man Called Otto, and he saw the group as they were exiting the Fairmont Hotel. Just as Gwaltney was about to enter the limo, he came up behind them. “So we were all walking from the hotel to the limo, and out of nowhere, he pops up and just says, ‘My name is Tom Hanks! Can I take a photo with the bride?’” Rowland says. “We all started screaming and were pretty much in shock.”
The actor was just as charming as his famous persona suggests. His wife, Rita Wilson, was also there and appeared in some of Rowland's candid photos. Hanks and Wilson ended their encounter by wishing them luck and being on their way. “And we were all just there with our jaws on the floor,” they admit.
This isn’t the first time that Hanks has surprised someone on their wedding day. In 2016, the actor strolled up to a couple of newlyweds while they were in the middle of their wedding portraits at Central Park. | https://mymodernmet.com/tom-hanks-wedding-photo-rachel-rowland/ | 2022-04-01T01:46:46Z |
TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — Gov. Ron DeSantis floated the idea Thursday of changing Florida law to revoke the Walt Disney Company’s right of self-rule in the Reedy Creek Improvement District, the Florida-based seat of the Magic Kingdom.
In the days since DeSantis signed the Parental Rights in Education bill into law, which opponents call the “Don’t Say Gay” law, opposition to the legislation by Disney has provoked talk of using state legislation to take away the company’s ability to self-govern its lands. Disney first got the right of legal self-control in 1967, with passage of the Reedy Creek Improvement Act.
According to historical documents from the Reedy Creek Improvement District, then-Florida Gov. Claude Kirk signed the RCID Act into law in May 1967, creating two municipalities: Bay Lake and Reedy Creek, which was later renamed Lake Buena Vista. The location, nestled between Orange and Osceola counties, would later become the site where Walt Disney World was built.
The RCID Charter created a 25,000-acre of land as a special taxing district. At the time, it was considered remote and uninhabitable, but now is the site of one of the busiest theme parks in the United States.
To make Disney’s plan happen, the area had to get special privileges from the state of Florida to essentially run itself.
“In 1967, the Florida State legislature, working with Walt Disney World Company, created a special taxing district – called the Reedy Creek Improvement District – that would act with the same authority and responsibility as a county government,” RCID says on its website.
Enter an era of the Magic Kingdom living a life of self-determination and self-rule.
Now, following the company’s public opposition to HB 1557, DeSantis and other state lawmakers have said they’re considering revoking that charter through a repeal of the RCIA, potentially ending Disney’s right to rule in Central Florida.
State Representative Spencer Roach, R-Fort Myers, tweeted on March 30 that he met with colleagues for a second time to discuss repeal of the decades-old law. In Ponte Vedra Beach on Thursday, DeSantis said he wanted to repeal it but not just over the current political fight, and not just the privilege that Disney currently enjoys.
The governor’s words are reminiscent of the state’s 2021 “Big Tech Censorship Crackdown,” in which a law was passed to allow lawsuits against companies like Facebook and Twitter over banning political candidates and equating it to a fight over free speech.
In his speech in Ponte Vedra Beach, DeSantis said the point was to take away the power of “woke” corporations from interfering in Florida politics.
“I would not say that would be retaliatory. The way I view it is there are certain entities that have exerted a lot of influence through corporate means to generate special privileges in the law. I don’t think we should have special privileges in the law at all,” DeSantis said. “Some of these things have developed over the years. I had to deal with this last year, when we passed a law last year to protect Floridians from big tech censorship. The idea was to let them be able to sue under the ‘Unfair and Deceptive Trade Practices Act,’ protect political candidates from being de-platformed, stuff that was good. And it’s being litigated in the courts, which we knew it would. But at the 11th hour, the Legislature slips in a provision in that law that said ‘If you operate a theme park, it doesn’t apply to you.’ And that was meant solely to protect Disney.”
DeSantis said when the provision was added, he had to decide whether to veto the bill and “throw the baby out with the bath water” or allow it to become law as-is, with the protection for theme parks. To be clear, Disney is not the only theme park in Florida. Universal Studios, SeaWorld, Legoland, Busch Gardens and Discovery Cove are all in the state, to name a few.
DeSantis claims he isn’t just targeting Disney over his administration’s current disagreements with the company.
“I don’t think it’s retaliatory, I just think that Disney’s posturing has alienated a lot of people now. And so, the political influence they’re used to wielding, I think has dissipated, so the question is ‘Why would you want to have special privileges in the law, at all?'” DeSantis said. “And I don’t think that we should. But it’s not a matter of acting like those were really great policies. I think that those were policies over decades that were embedded in Florida’s law, largely because they wielded a lot of influence. I think because they’ve been able to do that over the years, I think that’s why they’ve gotten so, that’s one of the reasons they’ve got so far over their skis on this parental rights stuff.”
He said he thinks Disney is used to getting their way, and not having lawmakers stop them. DeSantis said he thinks that’s different now.
“They’re not used to having people that will stand in their way and say ‘Actually, the state of Florida’s going to be governed by the best interests of its people in Florida,” DeSantis said. “We’re certainly not going to bend a knee to woke executives in California. That is not the way the state is going to be run.”
Other than the “big tech carve-out” from 2021, he said he’s never given Disney anything while he’s been governor. DeSantis said he wanted to “reevaluate any special privileges of the law,” not just Disney’s. | https://www.koin.com/news/florida-gop-considers-revoking-disney-worlds-right-to-self-rule-over-dont-say-gay-opposition/ | 2022-04-01T01:46:46Z |
St. Francois County Accident
(St. Francois County, MO) A woman from Farmington, 55 year old Donna S. Bieser, is suffering serious injuries while a teenager from Ste. Genevieve, 19 year old Austin...
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Note: x - clinched playoff berth; y - clinched division; Two points for a team winning in overtime or shootout; the team losing in overtime or shootout receives one which is registered in the OTL or SOL columns.
Tuesday's results
Winnipeg 8 Moose Jaw 1
Wednesday's results
Everett at Portland, 7 p.m.
Prince Albert 2 Brandon 1
Swift Current 6 Lethbridge 4
Regina 3 Saskatoon 2
Calgary 3 Medicine Hat 2
Kamloops 8 Prince George 2
Friday's games
Calgary at Swift Current, 7 p.m.
Moose Jaw at Saskatoon, 7 p.m.
Brandon at Prince Albert, 7 p.m.
Winnipeg at Regina, 7 p.m.
Medicine Hat at Lethbridge, 7 p.m.
Spokane at Kamloops, 7 p.m.
Prince George at Kelowna, 7:05 p.m.
Portland at Everett, 7:05 p.m.
Tri-City at Seattle, 7:05 p.m.
Saturday's games
Edmonton at Red Deer, 7 p.m.
Lethbridge at Medicine Hat, 7 p.m.
Brandon at Saskatoon, 7 p.m.
Seattle at Portland, 6 p.m.
Winnipeg at Moose Jaw, 7 p.m.
Regina at Prince Albert, 7 p.m.
Everett at Tri-City, 6:05 p.m.
Spokane at Vancouver, 7 p.m.
Victoria at Kelowna, 7:05 p.m.
Sunday's games
Swift Current at Calgary, 2 p.m.
Kamloops at Prince George, 2 p.m.
Red Deer at Edmonton, 4 p.m.
Spokane at Vancouver, 4 p.m.
Tuesday's games
Regina at Brandon, 7 p.m.
Saskatoon at Medicine Hat, 7 p.m.
Kelowna at Prince George, 7 p.m. | https://www.theheraldreview.com/news/article/HKO-WHL-Standings-17049892.php | 2022-04-01T01:46:46Z |
Volta+Inc. ("Volta" or the “Company") (NYSE: VLTA), an industry leading global EV charging network, powering vehicles and commerce, today announced preliminary revenues of approximately $12 million for its fourth quarter 2021, up 45% year-over-year, and revenues of $32 million for the full year ended December 31, 2021, up 66% year-over-year. Total stalls connected as of December 31, 2021 was 2,330.
Furthermore, the Company expects first quarter 2022 revenues to range from $8 million to $8.5 million. For full year 2022, the Company anticipates revenues to range from $70 million to $80 million. Volta expects 2022 revenue to be greater in the second half of the year, as a reflection of the growing scale of our network and accompanying seasonal media revenue patterns. For 2022, the Company expects total incremental, connected stalls in the range of 1,700 to 2,000.
Due to additional time required to complete its year-end reporting process and file its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021, Volta expects to file a Notification of Late Filing on Form 12b-25. Upon completion of the filing of Form 10-K, the Company anticipates holding an investor call.
About Volta Inc.
Volta Inc. (NYSE: VLTA) is a leading global EV charging network, powering vehicles and commerce. Volta Charging's vision is to build EV charging networks that capitalize on and catalyze the shift from combustion-powered miles to electric miles by placing stations where consumers live, work, shop and play. By leveraging a data-driven understanding of driver behavior to deliver EV charging solutions that fit seamlessly into drivers' daily routines, Volta Charging's goal is to benefit consumers, brands and real-estate locations while helping to build the infrastructure of the future. As part of Volta Charging's unique EV charging offering, its stations allow it to enhance its site hosts' and strategic partners' core commercial interests, creating a new means for them to benefit from the transformative shift to electric mobility. To learn more, visit www.voltacharging.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release includes forward-looking statements, which are subject to the “safe harbor” provisions of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements may be identified by words such as “anticipates,” “feels,” “believes,” expects,” “estimates,” “projects,” “intends,” “should,” “is to be,” or the negative of such terms, or other comparable terminology and include, among other things, statements regarding Volta’s strategy and other future events that involve risks and uncertainties. Such forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and are subject to risks and uncertainties, which could cause actual results to differ materially from the forward-looking statements contained herein due to many factors, including, but not limited to: intense competition faced by Volta in the electric vehicle (“EV”) charging market and in its content activities; the possibility that Volta is not able to build on and develop strong relationships with real estate and retail partners to build out its charging network and content partners to expand its content sales activities; market conditions, including seasonality, that may impact the demand for EVs and EV charging stations or content on Volta’s digital displays; the ability of Volta to effectively retain senior management and execute on its business strategy; risks, cost overruns and delays associated with construction and installation of Volta’s charging stations; risks associated with any future expansion by Volta into additional international markets; cost increases, delays or new or increased taxation or other restrictions on the availability or cost of electricity; rapid technological change in the EV industry may require Volta to continue to develop new products and product innovations, which it may not be able to do successfully or without significant cost; the impact of competing technologies that could reduce the demand for EVs; the risk that Volta’s shift to including a pay-for-use charging business model and the requirement of mobile check-ins adversely impacts Volta’s ability to retain driver interest, content partners and site hosts; the EV market may not continue to grow as expected; the risk that Volta may fail to effectively build scalable and robust processes to manage the growth of its business and to expand its geographic footprint; the ability to protect its intellectual property rights; and those factors discussed in Volta’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q under the heading “Risk Factors,” filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), as supplemented by other reports and documents Volta files from time to time with the SEC. Any forward-looking statements speak only as of the date on which they are made, and Volta undertakes no obligation to update any forward-looking statement to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this press release.
View source version on businesswire.com: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20220331006071/en/ | https://www.gurufocus.com/news/1676094/volta-inc-provides-business-update | 2022-04-01T01:46:47Z |
Sky Ferreira has revealed that her second album ‘Masochism’ is now due in April, after her mother previously said that her daughter’s new album was set for release in March.
In an Instagram story late last year, the singer said that her long-awaited follow-up to her debut LP ‘Night Time, My Time’, which came out in October 2013, is “actually coming out this time”, after more than half a decade of teasing.
In November 2021, she teased the arrival of some new music on Instagram while she was celebrating the eighth anniversary of ‘Night Time, My Time’.
“NEW MUSIC RELEASE DATE CONFIRMED. let’s just say…uh… ~it comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb~,” she wrote, an idiom that references the month of March and the weather changes.
Ferreira’s mother Tonia Lamere appeared to confirm this release date when she shared an image of Ferreira on her Instagram Stories in January with the caption “new album coming March”.
Last night (30 March), Ferreira wrote on Instagram: “Wrath and death threats pause until April!” likely referring to the many spam messages she and her mother have been receiving about the album’s release.
APRIL. pic.twitter.com/vmYnLI96uH
— Sky Ferreira Updates (@SkyFUpdates) March 31, 2022
Ferreira hasn’t released any of her own music since 2019’s ‘Downhill Lullaby’, which at the time of its release was her first solo music in six years. It was said to be the first track from her second album, which was first announced back in 2015.
2019 also saw Ferreira collaborate with Charli XCX on the track ‘Cross You Out’, which featured on the latter’s album ‘Charli’.
In early 2021, Ferreira shared a previously unreleased cover of David Bowie’s ‘All The Madmen’ to mark the late artist’s birthday.
“HBD DAVID BOWIE,” Ferreira captioned an Instagram post containing her cover version. “I love you (I just found this btw).” The singer noted that the cover was a “lost tape recording/demo”, in case her fans thought that it meant that she had been back in the studio. | https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/music/sky-ferreira-reveals-death-threats-and-that-second-album-has-been-delayed-3195440 | 2022-04-01T01:46:47Z |
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The owner of a downtown Los Angeles building where an explosion injured 12 firefighters has been allowed to enter a judicial diversion program that allows him to avoid jail time and potentially have all charges dismissed.
A court commissioner on Wednesday granted the diversion request for Steve Sungho Lee. He and his companies must pay more than $15,000 in investigative fees, make sure the property meets fire and building codes and arranging for Fire Department training.
Lee owned a commercial building on East Boyd Street in the city's Toy District that caught fire on May 16, 2020. Firefighters had to run for their lives when a ball of flames shot out the building and scorched a fire truck across the street.
Firefighters inside the building had to run through a wall of flames he estimated as 30 feet (9 meters) high and wide, and those on the roof scrambled down a ladder that was engulfed in fire.
Fire officials said the building was a warehouse for Smoke Tokes, a wholesale distributor of supplies for smoking and vaping products including butane hash oil, a concentrated cannabis extract that can be eaten, smoked or vaped. Highly flammable butane is used in the manufacturing process.
Most of the injured firefighters still haven't returned to work and one, Capt. Victor Aguirre, was hospitalized for more than two months and all of his fingers had to be partially amputated, according to a lawsuit he filed against the building and business owners.
Aguirre alleged that the area contained “hundreds of illegally and improperly stored butane canisters and thousands of illegally and improperly stored nitrous oxide cylinders.”
A fire department report concluded that the blaze, which spread to a nearby building, was fueled by an “excessive quantity” of the containers.
Investigators from the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives concluded that the fire started under a storage rack in the building and that a worker with a lit cigarette was seen in the area. The cause of the fire was ruled accidental.
However, city prosecutors filed more than 300 misdemeanor charges of violating fire and safety codes against Lee, his companies and owners of businesses in the building and nearby properties. That included more than 160 counts against Lee and his companies.
If Lee meets all conditions of his judicial diversion program for two years, the charges will be dismissed.
“Mr. Lee will be deemed by law to have never been charged," said his attorney, Blair Berk. “The exhaustive federal investigation of the tragic fire objectively concluded that the cause was accidental, and there was no finding of any wrongdoing by Mr. Lee or his companies.”
City Attorney Mike Feuer opposed diversion for Lee, noting the severity of the fire, the injuries suffered by the firefighters and Lee's alleged failure “to take steps which could have mitigated the extent of the blaze."
The owners of Smoke Tokes and another business, Green Buddha, agreed in November 2020 to pay $139,000 each to cover investigative costs and to move out of the building. Charges against them were later dismissed.
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This story has been updated to correct that Lee and his companies must pay more than $15,000, not $125,000. | https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/No-jail-for-LA-building-owner-over-explosion-that-17049830.php | 2022-04-01T01:46:47Z |
Senior Caleb Woods-Bannon scored six goals to lead Demarest to a season-opening win at home over Clifton, 11-5, in Demarest.
John Baruch recorded two goals and two assists while Sam Platin tallied six assists for Demarest (1-0), which broke a tie after one by outscoring Clifton 5-1 in the second quarter to pull away.
Anand Bakru scored twice while Arislotelles Paliouros scored once for Demarest, which took 27 shots on goal in the win.
Harrison White and Ryan Shklyer had an assist apiece while Gabriel Legman saved eight shots between the pipes for Demarest.
Clifton falls to 0-1 with the loss.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Postmaster General Louis DeJoy said Thursday that the Justice Department has closed without criminal charges an investigation into political fundraising activity at his former business.
“As I said from the beginning and have maintained throughout this process, I was confident that after a thorough review the Justice Department would find all of my activities to be lawful,” DeJoy said in a statement provided to The Associated Press. “I have always adhered to the law in my personal and professional life.”
He added that he was “not surprised” that the department had concluded its investigation and that he was “pleased that this episode is over.”
The Justice Department declined to comment. But it is standard practice for department officials to reveal to defense lawyers that their investigations have concluded without charges rather than make that announcement themselves. A DeJoy spokesman said DeJoy’s lawyer had received that notification from the department.
DeJoy, a wealthy former logistics executive and GOP donor, was appointed postmaster general in 2020 by the Board of Governors controlled by then-President Donald Trump. He remains in the position in the Biden administration. He confirmed the existence of a Justice Department investigation last June when his spokesman said investigators were examining campaign contributions made by employees who worked for him when he was in the private sector.
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This story has been corrected to show that DeJoy was appointed by Trump-controlled Board of Governors, not Trump himself. | https://www.conchovalleyhomepage.com/news/political-news/ap-politics/postmaster-general-says-hes-been-cleared-in-federal-probe/ | 2022-04-01T01:46:48Z |
The power corridors remain abuzz about the “courtesy" visit of Shivpal Yadav, Pragatisheel Samajwadi Party (Lohia) founder, to Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath. UP deputy CM Keshav Prasad Maurya, however, rubbished talks of Yadav joining the Bharatiya Janata Party’s camp for now.
“Abhi to hamare yahan aisi koi vacancy nahi hai (we don’t have any vacancies right now)," said Maurya, when asked about the speculation of Shivpal joining forces with the BJP after facing trouble in his alliance with the Samajwadi Party.
Shivpal Yadav had skipped the meeting of allies called by his nephew and SP chief Akhilesh Yadav recently. He is said to be angry with Akhilesh for not being invited to a meeting of MLAs.
Amid reports that Shivpal may be sent to the Rajya Sabha by the Bharatiya Janata Party, which may revive the Yadav family feud, Maurya told News18.com that not much should be read into the meeting.
“Yogi Adityanath is our chief minister and anyone can meet him. Be it Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi…and Akhilesh Yadav too has met him," said Maurya when asked about the speculation that Shivpal is aiming to get plum posts for himself and his son in the BJP.
Maurya who has been given the charge of the UP rural development ministry was in the national capital to “seek blessings" of the central leadership for the second term that the Yogi Adityanath-led BJP government has got in the state after an impressive election victory in March.
“I have come to Delhi to seek blessings of the central leadership after assuming office and taking charge of the departments I have been given," added the deputy CM.
When asked about his new ministry and the task allocated to him in the Yogi government 2.0, Maurya said that he has prepared a vision document already as Prime Minister Narendra Modi is committed to bettering the lives of villagers and women.
Speaking to News18.com, the rural development minister for the state said, “I have been given a huge responsibility of improving rural India, which has been the PM’s focus as well. We have set a target and made a vision document. Everyone will see that the PM’s vision for rural development will be taken up religiously by us. The women and those living in rural areas have supported us and voted for us. They took the BJP from zero to the heights that it is at today. So, we are at their service. We will work to improve their lives," added the minister.
“However, I will share details of this during Navratri," he added.
On Akhilesh Yadav’s constant attacks on the Yogi government over exam question paper leaks in the state, the deputy CM was quick to take on the SP chief. “There is no need to worry about gangs of those who used to forcibly encroach properties and of gangs who facilitate cheating. The details of such gangs are noted in the pages of history and everyone will be exposed. And those who are tweeting, even their party’s links to those gangs will be exposed," Maurya stated.
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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.ctinsider.com/news/article/Thompson-and-Trump-meet-to-talk-politics-17049815.php | 2022-04-01T01:46:48Z |
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LOS ANGELES – A former minor league pitcher ran a major league illegal sports betting operation in California that used other former pro athletes to take bets and took wagers from players still in the game, federal prosecutors said Thursday.
Wayne Nix, who threw for Oakland Athletics farm teams, used his connections to recruit three former Major League Baseball players and a former pro football player as fellow bookies, prosecutors said.
The MLB began looking into the matter when it learned of it Thursday, but was unaware any of those involved other than Nix, a spokesman said.
Court records offered no names of the players who worked for Nix or those who placed bets with his business, but they provide a glimpse of the kind of money being wagered, earned and lost.
A professional football player paid Nix $245,000 for gambling losses in 2016. An MLB coach paid $4,000 in losses that same year. It was not disclosed if either bet on their own games or their own sports.
MLB prohibits players from betting on baseball or gambling illegally on sports. They can bet on other sports if it’s legal. The National Football League policy bars all personnel from betting on football games.
A Los Angeles check cashing business that has agreed to plead guilty to failing to prevent money laundering in the scheme cashed over $18 million in checks from two single bettors, prosecutors said.
One client wagered $5 million on the Super Bowl but it was not revealed if that gambit paid off.
Sports betting is legal in 30 states, but not in California. However, voters will have a chance to legalize it at the polls in November.
Nix, 45, has agreed to plead guilty to conspiring to run an illegal gambling operation and faces up to eight years in prison. He also admitted he failed to report $1.4 million in income in 2017 and 2018. He has agreed to pay back taxes and interest of $1.25 million and forfeit $1.3 million seized from bank accounts.
Nix began the sports bookmaking business about 20 years ago after his six-year minor league career — with stops in Arizona, Texas and California — ended, prosecutors said.
His client list was created from contacts he had made in the sports world and included current and former pro athletes. The agents he hired helped expand that clientele.
The operation eventually began using a Costa Rican business, Sand Island Sports, to create accounts where bets could be placed and tracked and credit limits set, prosecutors said. Bets were placed online or through a call center, though Nix paid winners and kept most of the money from losing bets.
Those who exceeded credit limits were shut off, though exceptions were made, according to court documents.
A sports broadcaster's account was reactivated in February 2019 after he told Nix he was refinancing his home mortgage to pay off his gambling debts.
In September 2019, Nix increased the credit limit to a baseball player with debts so he could make additional bets.
In November, 2019, Nix's partner, Edon Kagasoff, told a business manager for a professional basketball player that he would increase the maximum wager he could place to $25,000 per NBA game.
Kagasoff, 44, faces the same conspiracy charge as Nix. He also agreed to plead guilty and forfeit over $3 million in funds seized from his home and bank accounts. | https://www.news4jax.com/news/national/2022/04/01/ex-minor-leaguer-ran-major-league-sports-betting-operation/ | 2022-04-01T01:46:48Z |
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Roo East, Ardnacrusha, Co Clare €325k Harry Brann Auctioneers (061) 376 380
This two-storey thatched house is about two kilometres north of Ardnacrusha village (and the nearby hydroelectric power station), but it’s also only less than eight kilometres from Limerick city centre. You could cycle it, first crossing the Ardnacrusha headrace and then crossing the Shannon.
The house is little over 25 years old, having been built in 1995, and it’s on 4.18 acres with a long (250-metre) driveway, paddocks and three stables.
Inside, it’s 1,674 sq ft with four bedrooms (two en-suite), one of which has its own front access and is used as a home office. By way of reception rooms there’s an open-plan kitchen/ diner/ living room with a solid-fuel stove, and a sunroom with sliding doors to the garden.
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There are five acres going with Ballyowen House, which lies on the northern outskirts of the village of Wellingtonbridge, birthplace of MEP Mick Wallace.
The house itself is 2,900 sq ft, in a single-storey and two-storey combination, with two skylit attic rooms in the single-storey part. The main first floor has two en-suite bedrooms, and there are another three bedrooms (two-ensuite) downstairs.
Elsewhere the ground floor has a dual-aspect sitting room with a marble fireplace, and an open-plan kitchen and sunroom with marble countertops, a centre island and south-facing patio doors. Outside, the equestrian set-up includes a 1,850 sq ft shed, four stables and a sand arena, as well as a garage.
Kylebeg, Killimor, Co Galway
€145k Sherry FitzGerald Madden (0909) 741 333
This tiny thatched cottage roughly halfway between Loughrea and Portumna dates from before the Famine (at the latest), as it’s marked on the first-edition OS map, surveyed in 1838.
It has one main living room – a kitchen and dining room with a stone fireplace, where there’s a solid-fuel range-style stove heating the house. There are two bedrooms, one each side of the main room, plus a bathroom, and it’s all in pretty good order although the BER is G.
There’s room to extend out the back or you could make something of the outbuildings, which consist of a shed and a block of four stables surrounding a yard. A 2.5-acre paddock is across from the property.
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€975k Sherry FitzGerald McCreery (056) 772 1904
The detached garage next to Kiljames House is bigger than many family homes, at 1,600 sq ft, so there’s scope to convert it to separate accommodation.
As to the house itself, it’s 5,612 sq ft and expensively fitted out in Celtic Tiger style (it was built in 2001) with oak floors, marble fireplaces, and a red oil-fired Aga in the kitchen. The dining room is open-plan to the kitchen, and separately there’s a drawing room, a family room and a sun room.
One en-suite bedroom is on the ground floor and the other four bedrooms, all en-suite, are upstairs.
It’s on 10.9 acres with paddocks and stables. | https://www.independent.ie/life/home-garden/homes/on-the-market-four-houses-with-stables-and-land-41508750.html | 2022-04-01T01:46:51Z |
Most great opportunities in life are fleeting.
If your boss asks you to help out on an assignment above your pay grade and you screw up, that’s probably the only time they’ll ask. If you and your romantic partner are absolutely perfect for each other, but something one of you says gets lost in translation, chances are that perfect match was for nothing. There won’t be a rekindling. It’s not how life works!
And if you’re a NFL team accustomed to dwelling in the basement, armed with a one-time shot at injecting excitement and consistency, like, say, the Lions — you’d do well not to waste such an opening. Who knows when that shot comes again?
If you haven’t heard, perennially rebuilding Detroit will be picking No. 2 overall in April’s NFL Draft. For now. Barring shocking news failing Trevor Lawrence and the Jaguars at No. 1, every quarterback in this draft class will be available to the Lions. Every single one. (Bettors with Tipico Sportsbook have Michigan’s Aidan Hutchinson -260 to go first to Jacksonville.)
Conveniently, the Lions don’t have a quarterback. Well, unless they think Jared Goff is about to go the way of late-career Rich Gannon, which, I suppose, more power to them. That means Brad Holmes, Dan Campbell, and Co. should be sitting put in their current near-top slot so they can give Malik Willis the keys to their Ford (Field). It’s a no-brainer.
Uh, about that.
The Lions have fielded calls from a couple teams about trading out of the No. 2 pick. Nothing serious yet per Brad Holmes, but talks are under way
— kyle meinke (@kmeinke) March 29, 2022
I love NFL-speak. Everyone’s in their little offices, “fielding calls” and trading state secrets of paramount importance over a game.
Anyway, it’s worth noting that every team near the top of the draft is fielding calls every spring. You’d be doing a disservice to your franchise if you didn’t at least check if another pitiful squad didn’t want to back up a Brinks truck of draft picks into your driveway. This sentiment holds particular weight in the NFL, where there are a lot of bad GMs just waiting to make a poor trade. There wouldn’t be so many (so many) awful teams if they didn’t have misguided puppeteers at the helm.
But something tells me the Lions are more serious about their calls for this year’s No. 2 pick. Sure, someone like Willis might not be on the same level as a prospect like Lawrence or even Justin Fields. And that alone can make it seem like Willis, with his raw gifts and all, will be there if you drop down a few spots and take the briefcase of picks. Easy-peasy, right?
Wrong.
Brad Holmes says the Lions are willing to trade the No. 2 pick before the start of the draft. Detroit doesn't need to see who goes No. 1 before making the decision to pull the trigger — for the right price, obviously.
— kyle meinke (@kmeinke) March 29, 2022
Some scouts have said Willis has “special parts” to his game. That means quarterbacks such as him, whether you think it’s a down year for the position or not, seldom make it out of the top five. There’s a premium on professional quality quarterback play, and that’s not going to stop any time soon. If you have a shot at drafting someone like Willis that you might have to be patient with and develop for a little while, it’s worth the risk because the pay-off is tremendous.
The pay-off of picking a guy like Willis gives you a specific edge most teams don’t have, and one some teams have been seeking for years, even decades:
A good quarterback.
Also, while I don’t know the Lions’ still-budding regime plans for the future, they already have a solid landing pad for a quarterback! Taylor Decker is one of the league’s better left tackles. Penei Sewell, last year’s top-10 pick, has a lot of promise on the other side. Frank Ragnow, a 2020 Pro Bowler, is an elite center. Do you know how awesome you have to be to make a Pro Bowl on a 5-11 squad? Pretty awesome!
Suffice to say; the Lions can protect Willis. They can bring him along gradually, like he needs, before eventually unleashing his final form on an unsuspecting league. There have been far worse situations for rookie quarterbacks.
If this iteration of the Lions doesn’t take Willis at No. 2, they probably won’t get another chance for a top-flight quarterback. They’ll go 6-11 or 7-10 next year, set themselves up for good ol’ fashioned consistent respectability, before flaming out and wondering what happened within a few years.
They didn’t have a quarterback. That’s what happened.
I lied, by the way.
If the Lions don’t take Willis now, they’ll definitely get another shot at a top prospect under center. Years from now, with a new GM and new head coach, after having wasted another half decade’s worth of time.
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Transgender ‘Jeopardy!’ winner visits White House
“Jeopardy!” champion Amy Schneider, the first openly transgender winner on the popular quiz show, visited the White House Thursday to meet with Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff.
Ms. Schneider, who is an advocate for transgender visibility and inclusion, told reporters “I’m just really, really honored to be here and really grateful that this is being celebrated and the trans people are being celebrated in in a place like this.”
Schneider has touched the lives of millions of Americans who got to know her on national television and said she hopes her visit to the White House will help to diminish the fear and myths of transgender people.
“I think just the same thing that I’ve been accomplishing, which is just again being a trans person out there that isn’t monstrous and isn’t threatening, and it’s just a normal person like we all are. So, the more that people like me can be seen, the harder it is to sustain the myths that are that are kind of driving a lot of this, this hate and fear.”
She will meet with the Emhoff to discuss the importance of advancing transgender visibility and equality, and she will celebrate the announcements the White House is making today to ensure transgender people have the freedom, dignity, and support they need to thrive.
President Joe Biden said Thursday that his administration is “standing up” for transgender Americans against “hateful bills” being passed at the state level and that he is committed to advancing equality across society.
Biden commented in a brief video message commemorating Transgender Day of Visibility.
“The onslaught of anti-transgender state laws attacking you and your families is simply wrong,” Biden said in the video. “This 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.”
“Everywhere. Simply everywhere,” Biden said.
Schneider when asked about the prevailing anti-transgender state laws seen around the nation, said: “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, and they will, you know, these bills will cause the deaths of children. And that’s really sad to me, and it’s really frightening.”
Emhoff and Admiral Rachel Levine, the assistant secretary for health at the Department of Health and Human Services, separately will host a conversation with transgender kids and their parents.
Levine is the first openly transgender federal official to be confirmed by the Senate.
The administration announced several actions to make the federal government more inclusive for transgender people.
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.
Schneider won a historic 40-game streak on Jeopardy! the second longest win streak in show history and becoming its first openly transgender winner.
You can find more national news here. | https://www.wbbjtv.com/2022/03/31/transgender-jeopardy-winner-visits-white-house/ | 2022-04-01T01:46:52Z |
COVID pandemic’s end may bring turbulence for US health care
WASHINGTON (AP) — When the end of the COVID-19 pandemic comes, it could create major disruptions for a cumbersome U.S. health care system made more generous, flexible and up-to-date technologically through a raft of temporary emergency measures.
Winding down those policies could begin as early as the summer. That could force an estimated 15 million Medicaid recipients to find new sources of coverage, require congressional action to preserve broad telehealth access for Medicare enrollees, and scramble special COVID-19 rules and payment policies for hospitals, doctors and insurers. There are also questions about how emergency use approvals for COVID-19 treatments will be handled.
The array of issues is tied to the coronavirus public health emergency first declared more than two years ago and periodically renewed since then. It’s set to end April 16 and the expectation is that the Biden administration will extend it through mid-July. Some would like a longer off-ramp.
Transitions don’t bode well for the complex U.S. health care system, with its mix of private and government insurance and its labyrinth of policies and procedures. Health care chaos, if it breaks out, could create midterm election headaches for Democrats and Republicans alike.
“The flexibilities granted through the public health emergency have helped people stay covered and get access to care, so moving forward the key question is how to build on what has been a success and not lose ground,” said Juliette Cubanski, a Medicare expert with the nonpartisan Kaiser Family Foundation, who has been researching potential consequences of winding down the pandemic emergency.
MEDICAID CHURN
Medicaid, the state-federal health insurance program for low-income people, is covering about 79 million people, a record partly due to the pandemic.
But the nonpartisan Urban Institute think tank estimates that about 15 million people could lose Medicaid when the public health emergency ends, at a rate of at least 1 million per month.
Congress increased federal Medicaid payments to states because of COVID-19, but it also required states to keep people on the rolls during the health emergency. In normal times states routinely disenroll Medicaid recipients whose incomes rise beyond certain levels, or for other life changes affecting eligibility. That process will switch on again when the emergency ends, and some states are eager to move forward.
Virtually all of those losing Medicaid are expected to be eligible for some other source of coverage, either through employers, the Affordable Care Act or — for kids — the Children’s Health Insurance Program.
But that’s not going to happen automatically, said Matthew Buettgens, lead researcher on the Urban Institute study. Cost and lack of awareness about options could get in the way.
People dropped from Medicaid may not realize they can pick up taxpayer-subsidized ACA coverage. Medicaid is usually free, so people offered workplace insurance could find the premiums too high.
“This is an unprecedented situation,” said Buettgens. “The uncertainty is real.”
The federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, or CMS, is advising states to take it slow and connect Medicaid recipients who are disenrolled with other potential coverage. The agency will keep an eye on states’ accuracy in making eligibility decisions. Biden officials want coverage shifts, not losses.
“We are focused on making sure we hold on to the gains in coverage we have made under the Biden-Harris administration,” said CMS Administrator Chiquita Brooks-LaSure. “We are at the strongest point in our history and we are going make sure that we hold on to the coverage gains.”
ACA coverage — or “Obamacare” — is an option for many who would lose Medicaid. But it will be less affordable if congressional Democrats fail to extend generous financial assistance called for in President Joe Biden’s social legislation. Democrats stalling the bill would face blame.
Republicans in mostly Southern states that have refused to expand Medicaid are also vulnerable. In those states, it can be very difficult for low-income adults to get coverage and more people could wind up uninsured.
State Medicaid officials don’t want to be the scapegoats. “Medicaid has done its job,” said Matt Salo, head of the National Association of Medicaid Directors. “We have looked out for physical, mental and behavioral health needs. As we come out of this emergency, we are supposed to right-size the program.”
TELEHEALTH STATIC
Millions of Americans discovered telehealth in 2020 when coronavirus shutdowns led to the suspension of routine medical consultations. In-person visits are again the norm, but telehealth has shown its usefulness and gained broader acceptance.
The end of the public health emergency would jeopardize telehealth access for millions enrolled in traditional Medicare. Restrictions predating COVID-19 limit telehealth mainly to rural residents, in part to mitigate against health care fraud. Congress has given itself 151 days after the end of the public health emergency to come up with new rules.
“If there are no changes to the law after that, most Medicare beneficiaries will lose access to coverage for telehealth,” the Kaiser Foundation’s Cubanski said.
A major exception applies to enrollees in private Medicare Advantage plans, which generally do cover telehealth. However, nearly 6 in 10 Medicare enrollees are in the traditional fee-for-service program.
TESTS, VACCINES, TREATMENTS, PAYMENTS & PROCEDURES
Widespread access to COVID-19 vaccines, tests and treatments rests on legal authority connected to the public health emergency.
One example is the Biden administration’s requirement for insurers to cover up to eight free at-home COVID-19 tests per month.
An area that’s particularly murky is what happens to tests, treatments and vaccines covered under emergency use authorization from the Food and Drug Administration.
Some experts say emergency use approvals last only through the duration of the public health emergency. Others say it’s not as simple as that, because a different federal emergency statute also applies to vaccines, tests and treatments. There’s no clear direction yet from health officials.
The FDA has granted full approval to Pfizer-BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine for those 16 and older and Moderna’s for those 18 and older, so their continued use would not be affected.
But hospitals could take a financial hit. Currently Medicare pays them 20% more for the care of COVID-19 patients. That’s only for the duration of the emergency.
And Medicare enrollees would have more hoops to jump through to be approved for rehab in a nursing home. A suspended Medicare rule requiring a prior three-day hospital stay would come back into effect.
Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra recently told The Associated Press that his department is committed to giving “ample notice” when it ends the public health emergency.
“We want to make sure we’re not putting in a detrimental position Americans who still need our help,” Becerra said. “The one that people are really worried about is Medicaid.”
Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. | https://www.kmvt.com/2022/03/31/covid-pandemics-end-may-bring-turbulence-us-health-care/ | 2022-04-01T01:46:52Z |
According to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, more than 10 million people have fled their homes in Ukraine since Russia invaded the sovereign nation. This accounts for nearly a quarter of Ukraine's population. Of the 10 million, 6.5 million are displaced within their own country and 4 million have crossed borders into neighboring nations in search of safety. Despite the terror and uncertainty that each person is surely facing, there are stories of hope sprinkled in that offer a glimmer of relief and hopefulness. One such story involves an 11-year-old boy from Ukraine named Hassan Al-Khalaf. He has captivated the hearts of many and has been hailed a hero after fleeing his war-torn country—on his own.
Al-Khalaf traveled about 620 miles by train across the map of Ukraine with only a plastic bag, a passport, and a telephone number written on his hand. His family was living in Zaporizhzhia, the site of Europe’s largest nuclear power plant, which recently came under attack from Russian troops. Yulia Pisetskaya, the boy’s mother, had no choice but to send her beautiful boy on a train to Slovakia amid the continuing destruction of the country by Russian forces. She herself had to stay behind to care for her elderly mother.
Like a real hero, Al-Khalaf had to get through one of the most difficult experiences of his life with a smile. On reaching the border, the boy's tender expressions, fearlessness, and determination won over the officials who helped him cross the border into Slovakia. They contacted his relatives in the country using the phone number written on his hand. Once the boy safely crossed over the border, Slovak authorities and volunteers kept him warm and provided him with food and water. “I was very scare,” Al-Khalaf admits. “I felt horrible. I really wanted to cry because I have always been with my mom, and this was the first time I had to go away from her.” The boy was soon reunited with his four older siblings in Slovakia. Although relieved to have their little brother safe and with them, they were still concerned about their mother.
“I could not leave my mother. She is 84 and not mobile, thus I put my son on the train to go to the Slovakian border where he was met by the people with big hearts,” Pisetskaya says in a video posted to Facebook. “I would like to express my sincere gratitude to all of the Slovakian border guards and volunteers of Slovakia who sheltered my child.”
Although Al-Khalaf had shown tremendous courage, he did go through some hardships along the way. Discussing the scariest part of his journey on Good Morning Britain, his sister translated that he found the train ride to be frightening as the carts were very full with around 300 people in each. “The kids and the people were sitting in the hall and everyone was talking in foreign languages and he wasn’t understanding so that was the scariest bit for him,” she explains. However scared, the brave boy remained calm and focused on the goal at hand.
Now, Al-Khalaf has since been reunited with his mother. The growing threat of the war convinced Pisetskaya to at least try to escape with her mother and their small family dog. “The train ride was very difficult,” Pisetskaya also says. “Hundreds were crammed in a single car. But we had to escape so our family could be back together.” Even though the family had lost everything, Pisetskaya is looking on the bright side and is enjoying having her family back together.
Now, the young boy has become a compelling symbol of Ukrainian bravery. Al-Khalaf and the rest of his family—including their dog—have escaped the dangers of war. The Slovak Republic's official Facebook page shared images of the children reunited with their mother, offering a heartwarming reunion for this family after such a long and challenging journey amid fleeing their war-torn country.
11-year-old Hassan Al-Khalaf had to flee Ukraine by himself as his mother stayed behind to keep his grandmother safe.
He had to travel 600 miles Luckily, he and his mother were reunited in Slovakia.
His other siblings also joined in the heartwarming reunion after an unpleasant escape across borders.
The reunion also included the family dog!
Here’s a video of the heartwarming family reunion:
h/t: [Bored Panda]
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Pianist Plays Moving Rendition of ‘What a Wonderful World’ Outside of a Ukrainian Metro Station | https://mymodernmet.com/ukrainian-boy-flees-war-on-his-own/ | 2022-04-01T01:46:52Z |
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – Oregon is getting a closer look from federal government leaders when it comes to how well the state did with the COVID vaccine roll-out.
On Thursday, the regional director of Health and Human Services, Ingrid Ulrey, met with Salem Health about efforts at the state fairgrounds. Ulrey’s also in Salem to thank the hundreds of providers and workers who were on the front lines.
The Salem fairgrounds was the first mass clinic for COVID shots that was up and running quickly.
On January 7, 2021, Salem Health and the National Guard, provided help to get it running on a large scale — as people drove from the Portland metro area, and other places a couple hours away in the rush to get their first vaccine shots at the start of the pandemic.
KOIN 6 News found out hundreds of thousands of COVID vaccines were given at the fairgrounds, which is still offering shots, boosters and testing.
On Friday, Ulrey will head to Oregon Health and Science University in Portland to learn more about the COVID research underway there. | https://www.koin.com/news/health/coronavirus/hhs-regional-director-examines-oregons-covid-response-salem/ | 2022-04-01T01:46:52Z |
WHL
All Times Local
Western Conference
B.C. Division
U.S. Division
Eastern Conference
East Division
Central Division
Note: x - clinched playoff berth; y - clinched division; Two points for a team winning in overtime or shootout; the team losing in overtime or shootout receives one which is registered in the OTL or SOL columns.
Tuesday's results
Winnipeg 8 Moose Jaw 1
Wednesday's results
Everett at Portland, 7 p.m.
Prince Albert 2 Brandon 1
Swift Current 6 Lethbridge 4
Regina 3 Saskatoon 2
Calgary 3 Medicine Hat 2
Kamloops 8 Prince George 2
Friday's games
Calgary at Swift Current, 7 p.m.
Moose Jaw at Saskatoon, 7 p.m.
Brandon at Prince Albert, 7 p.m.
Winnipeg at Regina, 7 p.m.
Medicine Hat at Lethbridge, 7 p.m.
Spokane at Kamloops, 7 p.m.
Prince George at Kelowna, 7:05 p.m.
Portland at Everett, 7:05 p.m.
Tri-City at Seattle, 7:05 p.m.
Saturday's games
Edmonton at Red Deer, 7 p.m.
Lethbridge at Medicine Hat, 7 p.m.
Brandon at Saskatoon, 7 p.m.
Seattle at Portland, 6 p.m.
Winnipeg at Moose Jaw, 7 p.m.
Regina at Prince Albert, 7 p.m.
Everett at Tri-City, 6:05 p.m.
Spokane at Vancouver, 7 p.m.
Victoria at Kelowna, 7:05 p.m.
Sunday's games
Swift Current at Calgary, 2 p.m.
Kamloops at Prince George, 2 p.m.
Red Deer at Edmonton, 4 p.m.
Spokane at Vancouver, 4 p.m.
Tuesday's games
Regina at Brandon, 7 p.m.
Saskatoon at Medicine Hat, 7 p.m.
Kelowna at Prince George, 7 p.m. | https://www.theheraldreview.com/news/article/HKO-WHL-Standings-17049937.php | 2022-04-01T01:46:53Z |
After intense pushback, Maryland lawmakers redraw congressional district map
Maryland lawmakers made progress Tuesday toward passing a redrawn map of congressional districts after an Anne Arundel County judge threw out the previously approved map last week. Anne Arundel County Senior Judge Lynne A. Battaglia called the previous map an “extreme partisan gerrymander” in her ruling on Friday. It...
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Superorganism have dropped a new track called ‘It’s Raining’, featuring Stephen Malkmus – you can listen to it below.
- READ MORE: Superorganism – ‘Superorganism’ review
The track – which also features UK rapper Dylan Cartlidge – is the latest preview of the London-based pop collective’s forthcoming second album ‘World Wide Pop’, following the Stuart Price-produced ‘Teenager’.
Speaking about the glitchy, hip-hop-infused new track in a press release, the band said: “We’ve been enormous fans of Stephen Malkmus forever, and we loved the idea of combining Malkmus and Scott Walker into a strange almost broken-sounding hip hop track.
“We’d done a remix for Dylan Cartlidge and absolutely loved his flow; we asked him if he’d like to try a verse and he fit so naturally. With Dylan being from the north of England and Stephen in Portland, the rain theme is all the more fitting for them too.”
You can listen to ‘It’s Raining’ below:
‘World Wide Pop’ arrives on July 15 via Domino. You can pre-order/pre-save the record from here and see the tracklist below:
1. ‘Black Hole Baby’
2. ‘World Wide Pop’
3. ‘On & On’
4. ‘Teenager’ (Feat. CHAI & Pi Ja Ma)
5.’ It’s Raining’ (Feat. Stephen Malkmus & Dylan Cartlidge)
6. ‘Flying’
7. ‘Solar System’ (Feat. CHAI & Boa Constrictors)
8. ‘Into The Sun’ (Feat. Gen Hoshino, Stephen Malkmus & Pi Ja Ma)
9. ‘Put Down Your Phone’
10. ‘crushed.zip’
11. ‘Oh Come On’
12. ‘Don’t Let The Colony Collapse’
13. ‘Everything Falls Apart’
Superorganism will showcase ‘World Wide Pop’ on a UK headline tour this autumn, which concludes with a show at Scala in London on September 21. Gigs will also take place in Europe and North America.
Tickets are on sale now and can be purchased here. See the group’s full list of tour dates below.
SEPTEMBER 2022
16 – Chalk, Brighton
17 – Belgrave Music Hall, Leeds
18 – SWG3 Warehouse, Glasgow
20 – Gorilla, Manchester
21 – Scala, London
Reviewing the band’s self-titled debut album, NME‘s Thomas Smith wrote: “It’s full of colourful characters and, for the most part, each song plays its part in this ambitious and vibrant debut record. Little before has sounded quite as unhinged but fun.” | https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/music/superorganism-team-up-with-stephen-malkmus-for-new-song-its-raining-3195422 | 2022-04-01T01:46:53Z |
RICHMOND, Calif. (AP) — The nation’s oldest active park ranger is hanging up her Smokey hat at the age of 100.
Betty Reid Soskin retired Thursday after more than 15 years at the Rosie the Riveter/WWII Home Front National Historical Park in Richmond, California, the National Park Service announced.
Soskin “spent her last day providing an interpretive program to the public and visiting with coworkers," a Park Service statement said.
She led tours at the park and museum honoring the women who worked in factories during wartime and shared her own experience as a Black woman during the conflict. She worked for the U.S. Air Force in 1942 but quit after learning that “she was employed only because her superiors believed she was white," according to a Park Service biography.
“Being a primary source in the sharing of that history – my history – and giving shape to a new national park has been exciting and fulfilling,” Soskin said in the Park Service statement. “It has proven to bring meaning to my final years.”
Soskin won a temporary Park Service position at the age of 84 and became a permanent Park Service employee in 2011. She celebrated her 100th birthday last September.
“Betty has made a profound impact on the National Park Service and the way we carry out our mission,” Director Chuck Sams said. “Her efforts remind us that we must seek out and give space for all perspectives so that we can tell a more full and inclusive history of our nation.”
Soskin was born Betty Charbonnet in Detroit in 1921 but recalled surviving the devastating Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 while living with her Creole family in New Orleans, according to the Park Service biography.
Her family then moved to Oakland, California, and Soskin remained in the San Francisco Bay Area, where in 1945 she and her first husband founded one of the first Black-owned record stores in the area, the biography said.
She also was a civil rights activist and took part in meetings to develop a general management plan for the Home Front park. She has received several honors.
She was named California Woman of the Year in 1995.
In 2015, Soskin received a presidential coin from President Barack Obama after she lit the National Christmas tree at the White House.
In June 2016, she was awakened in her home by a robber who punched her repeatedly in the face, dragged her out of her bedroom and beat her before making off with the coin and other items. Soskin, then 94, recovered and returned to work just weeks after the attack. The coin was replaced.
Soskin also was honored with entry into the Congressional Record. Glamour Magazine named her woman of the year in 2018. | https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Oldest-U-S-active-park-ranger-retires-at-100-17049910.php | 2022-04-01T01:46:53Z |
$3.3M in revenue representing 108% Y-Y growth, significant growth in finished product sales
Total of 4 brands, 16 SKU’s and 35 “cannabis 2.0” listings across medical and retail channels in Canada
Expansion of international footprint with entrance into Avicanna’s 14th international market
TORONTO, March 31, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Avicanna Inc. (“Avicanna” or the “Company “) (TSX: AVCN) (OTCQX: AVCNF) (FSE: 0NN), a biopharmaceutical company focused on the development, manufacturing, and commercialization of plant-derived cannabinoid-based products, is pleased announce the filing of its annual financial statements for the year ended December 31st, 2021 and provide a corporate update.
Aras Azadian, CEO stated, “2021 was the most progressive and successful year for our team which managed to accomplish numerous remarkable milestones while navigating unprecedented internal and external challenges. We have successfully commercialized and demonstrated the differentiated value of our proprietary products through four brands across both medical and retail channels in Canada and in parallel have established strategic footprints across several international markets.”
2021 corporate highlights
- Total fiscal 2021 revenue of $3.3M representing growth of 108% from fiscal 2020 ($1.57M). Record quarterly revenue of approximately $1.2M in the fourth quarter of 2021, representing the fourth consecutive quarter-over-quarter increase of approximately 20%, minimum.
- Revenue growth driven by sales of proprietary cannabinoid-based products sold across global sales channels. This includes 69,000 units sold in the fourth quarter of 2021, representing a 160% growth from the third quarter 2021. A total of 124,000 units was delivered in fiscal 2021 compared to 4,100 units delivered in fiscal 2020.
- Launched a total of 16 “cannabis 2.0” proprietary product SKUs as of December 31, 2021, in Canada including RHO Phyto, Pura HW, Viola, and re+Play branded products. Expanded distribution channels through a total of 35 “cannabis 2.0” product listings across medical and adult-use channels in Canada, signifying an increase of 37% from the third quarter of 2021.
- Expanded its partnership with the Medical Cannabis by Shoppers™ online portal with a total of 13 SKUs available to patients and the medical community including all four commercial brands as at December 31, 2021.
- The launch of re+Play branded CBD topicals across medical and adult use channels in Canada. re+PLAY is a sports performance and recovery-focused brand founded by National Basketball Association (“NBA”) veteran Al Harrington with evidence-based CBD formulations developed in partnership with Avicanna.
- Viola Brands Nationwide launch in Canada through medical channels in partnership with Medical Cannabis by Shoppers™ and across adult use channels in Ontario, New Brunswick, and Saskatchewan. Avicanna’s partnership with Viola brings the US equity-focused brand founded by NBA veteran, Al Harrington, to Canada for the first time.
- The Company filed a patent on its advanced oral cannabinoid drug delivery system related to neurological disorders including a range of liquids, capsules, powders, and controlled release tablets utilizing proprietary self-emulsifying drug delivery systems (SEDDS) technology. The formulations offer enhanced stability, bioavailability and controlled release of cannabinoids including (CBD, THC, CBG, CBN and THCv) and are intended to be utilized in global medical and pharmaceutical products.
- IP licensing and distribution partnership with established Argentinian pharmaceutical company. The partnership will focus on the licensing, supply and expected commercialization of the Company’s drug candidate Trunerox™ in Argentina in the second half of fiscal 2022.
- Avicanna's subsidiary obtains Good Agricultural and Collection Practices ("GACP") Certification in Colombia, which will allow the Company’s Aureus-branded raw material include low cost and sustainable cannabis biomass and flower for sale and export to the global marketplace.
- The opening of the Company’s 14th international market across four continents including the initial export and commercialization of its CBD skin care line Pura H&W™ in the United States and its medical cannabis brand RHO Phyto™ into the Caribbean region.
- International expansion of Aureus branded products including the first commercial export of CBG, a rare cannabinoid, into the European Union and initial export of psychoactive cannabinoids into Chile. Additionally, the Company completed initial exports of its proprietary genetics with completed exports of feminized seeds into Argentina and Peru.
Other highlights subsequent to Q4 2021
- 2022 strategy and guidance release including the Company’s forecasted revenue of $9M from global operations, which is expected to be led by the anticipated sales of approximately 310,000 units of proprietary cannabinoid-based products.
- Supply Agreement with Chilean Pharmaceutical Pioneer Knop Laboratorios S.A. Expansion of the relationship, originally established in 2020. Supply of Avicanna’s active pharmaceutical ingredients for existing commercial and pipeline of pharmaceutical products in South America.
- Changes to the Board of Directors and executive team with two experienced pharmaceutical executives including the appointment of Eileen McCormack to the Board of Directors and Stephen Kim as the Chief Legal Officer.
- Strategic Partnership with Tetra Bio-Pharma, which will encompass three potential strategic pillars across supply of API, commercialization of prescription products, and co-development of pharmaceutical drug candidates.
- Commenced of Epidermolysis Bullosa studies with the Hospital for Sick Children, the study led by Dr. Elena Pope is analyzing the efficacy of the company’s dermatological pharmaceutical product on rare skin disease.
The Company is also hosting an update webinar on Tuesday April 5th in collaboration with CHFIR, if you are interested in attending, please sign up through the provided link. https://tinyurl.com/AVCN050422
About Avicanna Inc.
Avicanna is an innovative, commercial-stage, and international biopharmaceutical company focused on the development, advancement, and commercialization of evidence-based cannabinoid-based products for the global consumer, as well as medical and pharmaceutical market segments. In leading global cannabinoid advancements, the Company actively collaborates with leading Canadian academic and medical institutions. Avicanna has established a scientific platform including R&D and clinical development that has led to the commercialization of more than thirty products across four main market segments:
Medical Cannabis & Wellness Products: Marketed under the RHO Phyto™ brand these medical and wellness products are a line of pharmaceutical-grade cannabinoid products containing varying ratios of cannabidiol (“CBD”) and tetrahydrocannabinol (“THC”). The product portfolio contains a full formulary of products including oral, sublingual, topical, and transdermal deliveries that have been designed for controlled dosing, enhanced absorption and stability studies supported by pre-clinical data. The formulary is marketed with consumer, patient and medical-community education and training.
CBD Derma-Cosmetic Products: Marketed under the Pura H&W™ or Pura Earth™ brands, these registered, clinically tested, derma-cosmetic products include a portfolio of functional CBD topical products.
Pharmaceutical Pipeline: Leveraging Avicanna’s scientific platform, vertical integration, and real-world evidence, Avicanna has created a pipeline of patent-pending drug candidates that are indication-specific and in various stages of clinical development and commercialization. These cannabinoid-based drug candidates look to address unmet medical needs in the areas of dermatology, chronic pain, and various neurological disorders. Avicanna’s first pharmaceutical preparation (Trunerox™) is in the drug registration stage in South America.
Cannabinoid Raw Materials: Marketed under the Aureus™ brand, the Company’s raw material business has successfully completed sales to 12 countries. Aureus™ offers cannabis dried flower, standardized seeds, full-spectrum extracts, and cannabinoid distillates, isolated cannabinoids such as CBD, THC, cannabigerol (“CBG”) and other rare cannabinoids. Aureus™ products are produced at Santa Marta Golden Hemp S.A.S, the Company’s majority-owned subsidiary in Colombia, which is also GACP certified and has United States Department of Agriculture USDA National Organic Program certification for its hemp cultivar.
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This news release contains “forward-looking information” within the meaning of applicable securities laws. Forward-looking information contained in this news release may be identified by the use of words such as, “may”, “would”, “could”, “will”, “likely”, “expect”, “anticipate”, “believe, “intend”, “plan”, “forecast”, “project”, “estimate”, “outlook” and other similar expressions. Forward-looking information contained in this news release includes, without limitation, statements related to the Offering, the use of the proceeds of the Offering, the receipt of all approvals of the Toronto Stock Exchange in connection with the Offering, statements with respect to the Company's future business operations, the opinions or beliefs of management and future business goals. Although the Company believes that the expectations and assumptions on which such forward looking information is based are reasonable, undue reliance should not be placed on the forward-looking information because the Company can give no assurance that they will prove to be correct. Actual results and developments may differ materially from those contemplated by these statements. Forward-looking information is subject to a variety of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual events or results to differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking information. Such risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to current and future market conditions, including the market price of the common shares of the Company, and the risk factors set out in the Company’s annual information form dated September 3, 2021 and final short form prospectus dated November 27, 2020, filed with the Canadian securities regulators and available under the Company’s profile on SEDAR at www.sedar.com. The statements in this news release are made as of the date of this release. The Company disclaims any intent or obligation to update any forward-looking information, whether as a result of new information, future events or results or otherwise, other than as required by applicable securities laws. | https://www.gurufocus.com/news/1676095/avicanna-announces-filing-of-annual-financial-statements-for-year-ended-december-31-2021 | 2022-04-01T01:46:53Z |
Well high school baseball fans, do you have butterflies, sweaty palms? Are you anxious?
It’s Open Day on Friday! Are you ready?
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Among the links below, you can gain access to our previews for each of New Jersey’s 15 conferences. In it you’ll find information on the top teams, difference-making players, plus, our baseball staff predicts which teams will win divisional championships and which individuals postseason awards.
You’ll also find links to our picks for the top players at every position on the diamond and across New Jersey.
And, don’t forget our preseason Top 20 with a few surprises tucked in it as well.
We will close out our preseason with a list of can’t-miss games on the opening weekend.
Scroll through all the links below to get warmed up for what should be an exiting -- and hopefully normal spring of high school baseball.
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Content for the NJ.com high school baseball preview was compiled by Joe Zedalis (jzedalis@njadvancemedia.com); Kevin Minnick (kminnick@njadvancemedia.com) and Luis Torres (ltorres@njadvancemedia.com). | https://www.nj.com/highschoolsports/2022/04/complete-baseball-preview-2022-top-players-top-teams-preseason-top-20-and-more.html | 2022-04-01T01:46:54Z |
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is naming actor Taraji P. Henson and the NBA’s Chris Paul to a presidential advisory board on historically Black colleges and universities.
They are among nine men and nine women Biden is appointing to the President’s Board of Advisors on Historically Black Colleges and Universities, the White House announced Thursday.
Several HBCU presidents, the president of United Airlines and the first Black woman to become administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency are among Biden’s selections.
They will join Tony Allen, the president of Delaware State University, and Glenda Glover, the president of Tennessee State University, who are serving, respectively, as chairperson and vice chairperson of the board, which was established during the Carter administration.
Henson is a Washington, D.C., native who studied acting at Howard University, a historically Black school and the alma mater of Vice President Kamala Harris. Paul is a 12-time NBA All-Star with the Phoenix Suns and two-time Olympic gold medalist.
Besides Allen and Glover, the presidents of five other HBCUs will also join the board. They are Virginia State University, Norfolk State University in Virginia, Alabama State University, Prairie View A&M University in Texas and Dillard University in New Orleans.
Lisa Jackson, who became the EPA’s first Black administrator in the Obama administration, and United Airlines President Brett Hart will also join the board.
Biden also intends to appoint Paige Blake, a 20-year-old junior at Bowie State University, an HBCU in Maryland.
The White House said the administration has committed $5.8 billion in support to these historically Black colleges and universities through a combination of pandemic relief funding, grants and forgiving capital improvement debt. | https://www.conchovalleyhomepage.com/news/political-news/ap-politics/taraji-p-henson-chris-paul-named-to-black-colleges-board/ | 2022-04-01T01:46:54Z |
March was a month of highs and controversies for Writing With Fire (right), a documentary from India about Khabar Lahariya, the country's only major news outlet run by women from marginalised communities.
The journalists focus on rural reporting through a feminist lens and are led by chief reporter Meera Devi.
The movie, directed by Rintu Thomas and Sushmit Ghosh, was one of five nominees in the best documentary (feature) category at the Oscars last Sunday. It lost to American movie Summer Of Soul.
Ms Thomas later said "the nomination itself is the win", adding that representing India at the Oscars was an "extremely special" experience.
"As the first Indian feature documentary to be nominated, we are quite sure this has opened many doors for the Indian filmmaking community," she said.
"The nomination itself came as a surprise to us because ours is a small, independent film, without any streamers or studios backing it."
The film has earned several honours and accolades, including at the Sundance Festival in the United States last year.
But it also stirred controversy when Khabar Lahariya, around which the film is based, claimed the documentary was not accurate.
When the Oscar nominees were announced in early-February, the collective's co-founder Kavita Devi said on Twitter that the staff members were proud that their rural reporting and hard work were "being appreciated and loved by a global audience".
But after the staff saw the movie last month, Khabar Lahariya released a statement saying the film misrepresented their work and that their story was "a much more complex story than the one going to the Oscars".
"It is a story that captures a part of ours, and part-stories have a way of distorting the whole sometimes," the reporters said, objecting to the film's portrayal of Khabar Lahariya's "consuming focus of reporting on one party" (India's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party). The reporters said they questioned politicians and held them accountable irrespective of their political affiliation.
"The film is not an accurate representation of our unbiased-feminist reporting, which sets us apart from the clouds of fake news on social media and even from other mainstream media, which tends to be highly polarised," said Ms Srishti Mehra, outreach manager at Chambal Media, which manages Khabar Lahariya.
"This misrepresentation can risk the reputation and survival of a credible local news organisation, as well as our team which aims to be perceived as objective, principled reporters."
The filmmakers said in a statement that they were deeply disappointed by the response from Khabar Lahariya.
"We respect that this may not be the film that they would have made about themselves but we stand by this portrayal," the directors said, adding that they would remain committed supporters of the journalists' mission.
Indo-Asian News Service | https://www.tamilmurasu.com.sg/tabla/entertainment/controversy-over-oscar-nominated-documentary | 2022-04-01T01:46:53Z |
Imran Khan News LIVE Updates: Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan on Thursday rejected opposition calls for him to resign, and accused an unnamed Western country of backing moves to oust him because he had visited Moscow recently for talks with President Vladimir Putin.
Khan, 69, has faced mounting criticism of his performance, including his management of a troubled economy of the nuclear armed country. Read More
Pakistan’s top security body on Thursday decided to issue a strong demarche to a country, that it did not name, over a threatening letter — purportedly showing evidence of a foreign conspiracy to oust Imran Khan government — and expressed concern at the undiplomatic communication and “interference" in its internal affairs. Prime Minister Imran Khan chaired the 37th meeting of the National Security Committee (NSC) at Prime Minister’s House to discuss a controversial letter sent by the Pakistan ambassador in that country, which according to Prime Minister Khan threatened to remove him from office. The meeting was attended by Federal Ministers of Defence, Energy, Information and Broadcasting, Interior, Finance, Human Rights, Planning, Development and Special Initiatives, Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee, Services Chiefs, National Security Adviser and senior officers. According to a statement issued by the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO), NSA Moeed Yusuf briefed the committee about the “formal communication of a senior official of a foreign country" to Pakistan’s ambassador in that country in a formal meeting which was subsequently conveyed.
Pakistan’s embattled Prime Minister Imran Khan on Thursday asserted that he will not resign from the post and play till the last ball. In a live address to the nation, the 69-year-old leader said that he will face the no-trust vote scheduled on Sunday (April 3). Sources close to Khan told CNN-News18 that the PM’s address was “historic and landmark", which helped “galvanised Khan’s core supporters and beyond".
“We will never back down and will give the ultimate sacrifice to defend Imran Khan and Pakistan. This evil international conspiracy needs to be nipped in the bud. The three stooges and the turncoats should be tried in a special court. Anyone found guilty should be punished to the full extent of the law," the sources said exclusively to CNN-News18. READ MORE
Ahead of a no-confidence vote against him, Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan wants a safe exit from the mess created by the Opposition and has sent them messages to work out a solution.
CNN-News18 has learnt that Khan sent messages to the opposition leaders on Wednesday to work out formula for early elections but they refused his request.
Now, the Pakistan PM wants some agreement so that some face-saving can be done. READ MORE
The Islamabad High Court (IHC) said on Wednesday that it hoped Prime Minister Imran Khan will not make public a “secretive" memo that the government claims “threatens" Pakistan’s sovereignty.
In a written order, IHC Chief Justice Athar Minallah stated that the court is confident that Imran Khan, as an elected prime minister, would not disclose any information or act in violation of Section 5 of the Official Secrets Act, 1923, or violate the oath he took under the Constitution.
“Any decision taken by the Prime Minister has to be in consonance with his obligations under the Official Secrets Act, 1923 and in letter and spirit of the oath of the office," the written order read, according to a report by Geo News.
Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan on Thursday rejected opposition calls for him to resign, and accused an unnamed Western country of backing moves to oust him because he had visited Moscow recently for talks with President Vladimir Putin. Khan in his address on Thursday said the move to oust him was a “foreign conspiracy" backed by a Western country that was unhappy with his visit last month to Moscow to meet Putin.
Khan was in Moscow and met with Putin the day Russian forces invaded neighbouring Ukraine.
Khan did not openly name the alleged conspiring country. He mentioned the United States before smilingly correcting it to “a foreign country".
“I have never accepted defeat in life. Whatever the result of the vote, I will come forward with more strength,” Khan said in a nationally televised live address.
The vote has become increasingly difficult for Khan since he lost his majority in parliament when his main ally quit his coalition. It could see the former cricket star ousted and the return of political uncertainty.
Earlier on Thursday, opposition parties called on him to resign ahead of the parliamentary vote.
“I want to give you a suggestion that you take an honourable exit, and an honourable exit is that you resign today,” opposition leader Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, son of assassinated former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, told reporters at parliament.
A parliamentary debate on the vote against Khan was set to begin on Thursday, but the speaker of the assembly, a member of Khan’s party, immediately adjourned the session to Sunday.
Political analysts said Khan enjoyed the support of the military when he won an election to become prime minister in 2018 but he later lost the generals’ favour over various wrangles.
Khan has denied ever having the backing of the military, and the military, which has ruled Pakistan for about half its history, denies involvement in civilian politics.
Khan in his address on Thursday said the move to oust him was a “foreign conspiracy” backed by a Western country that was unhappy with his visit last month to Moscow to meet Putin.
Khan was in Moscow and met with Putin the day Russian forces invaded neighbouring Ukraine.
Khan did not openly name the alleged conspiring country. He mentioned the United States before smilingly correcting it to “a foreign country”.
He said his government possessed an “official document” that was evidence of the conspiracy.
“It (the document) says we will forgive Pakistan if Imran Khan loses this no-confidence vote. But if it fails Pakistan will have to face tough time,” Khan said.
Before his speech, Khan summoned a National Security Committee (NSC) meeting to discuss the document, which was described as “the formal communication of a senior official of a foreign country to Pakistan’s Ambassador in the said country in a formal meeting”.
An official statement after the NSC meeting said the gathering expressed grave concern at the communication.
The committee concluded the communication amounted to “blatant interference” in Pakistan’s internal affairs, the NSC statement said, adding, it decided Pakistan will issue a strong demarche to the country.
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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.ctinsider.com/news/article/Washington-governor-signs-64-1-billion-17049827.php | 2022-04-01T01:46:54Z |
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PHOENIX – Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey refused to say Thursday if transgender people actually exist, twice dodging direct questions on the subject just a day after he signed legislation limiting transgender rights.
The Republican worked instead to defend his signatures on bills that bar transgender girls and women from playing on girls high school and women's college sports teams and barring gender affirming surgery for anyone under age 18.
When specifically asked if he believed that there “are really transgender people,” the governor paused for several seconds before answering.
“I’m going to ask you to read the legislation and to see that the legislation that we passed was in the spirit of fairness to protect girls sports in competitive situations,” Ducey said, referring to the new law that targets transgender girls who want to play on girls sports teams. “That’s what the legislation is intended to do, and that’s what it does.”
Asked again if he believed there are “actual transgender people,” he again answered slowly and carefully.
“I ... am going to respect everyone, and I’m going to respect everyone’s rights. And I’m going to protect female sports. And that’s what the legislation does,” Ducey said.
Ducey's response was “appalling,” according to the Arizona director of the Human Rights Campaign, a national civil rights group that advocates for equality for LGBTQ people. The organization worked to ensure families and transgender young people came to the Capitol to testify against the bills as the Republican-led House and Senate considered them this session.
“It's quite shocking that he can't even address trans people or even say that he thinks they exist,” Bridget Sharpe said.
Wednesday's signing of the two transgender bills and a third that bars abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy and is currently unconstitutional put Ducey right in the middle of two top issues national Republicans are highlighting in the runup to November's midterm elections.
Ducey also signed election legislation that minority Democrats said amounted to voter suppression by requiring longtime Arizonans to be thrown off the voter rolls if they did not prove their citizenship and residence location.
The governor leads the Republican Governors Association, which is charged with helping elect GOP chief executives in U.S. states. He in is the last year of his second term as Arizona governor and term limits bar him from seeking reelection.
The top Democrat in the state House, Rep. Reginald Bolding, called Wednesday “probably one of the darkest days we've seen in the history of Arizona."
“With the stroke of a pen, Gov. Ducey has hurled Arizona backwards to its ugliest past,” Bolding said Wednesday. “And today, he put in jeopardy pregnant people, transgender youth in danger and curtailed voting rights for people of color.”
Social conservative groups and the Arizona Republican Party praised Ducey's action. The Center for Arizona Policy, whose president shepherded the abortion and women's sports bills through the Legislature, called it a victory.
"Thank you, Governor Ducey, for taking a bold stand for women athletes, vulnerable children, and the unborn by putting your signature on (the bills) in the face of intense opposition from activists," Center for Arizona Policy president Cathi Herrod said in a news release she posted on Twitter.
She said the legislation protects the unborn, ensures a level playing field for female athletes and shows that “Arizona will do everything it can to protect vulnerable children struggling with gender confusion” by enacting the surgery ban.
Ducey said the surgery ban protects children from irreversible decisions.
“These are permanent surgeries of reassignment that are irreversible, and those discussions can happen once adulthood is reached,” he said.
The American Civil Liberties Association has vowed to sue over the surgery ban. U.S. Supreme Court precedent currently says women have a constitutional right to abortion until about 24 weeks of pregnancy, although it is considering whether to uphold a 15-week ban enacted in Mississippi and may overturn Roe v. Wade, the 1973 decision enshrining a woman's right to choose.
Arizona joins 13 other states in enacting laws preventing transgender girls and women from playing on girls teams. Utah Gov. Spencer Cox vetoed a transgender sports ban in his state, saying it would harm transgender girls, but the Legislature overrode the veto. Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb also vetoed a sports bill, but lawmakers hope to override his action as well. | https://www.news4jax.com/news/politics/2022/04/01/arizona-governor-wont-say-transgender-people-exist/ | 2022-04-01T01:46:55Z |
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The last two houses are for sale at the Lighthouse Way in Dunmore East. Located in the charming seaside village, No 57 and No 58 are three-bed semi-detached houses built by Carey Homes.
Both houses have south-facing rear gardens and new owners could get their keys by the summer.
The A2-rated properties are priced at €405,000 and come with an air-to-water heat pump, sound insulation on internal walls and electric car charging point.
All timber work and ceilings will be painted, and the houses will be wired for a security alarm.
Inside is a sitting room to the front and a kitchen/dining room to the back that opens out into a conservatory. Also on the ground floor is a utility, hot press and guest WC.
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US airport security screening to become more gender-neutral
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration says U.S. airport security procedures will become more gender-neutral.
Among the changes are updates to scanners used for screening and the use for the first time of an “X” for travelers going through Precheck who do not identify as male or female.
Transportation Security Administration officers will also receive new instructions on screening intended to make procedures less invasive.
The changes announced by the Department of Homeland Security are among a series of travel-security measures announced by DHS to mark International Trans Day of Visibility.
You can read more here.
You can find more national news here. | https://www.wbbjtv.com/2022/03/31/us-airport-security-screening-to-become-more-gender-neutral/ | 2022-04-01T01:46:58Z |
Humans know to stop and look both ways before they cross the street. Sadly, animals are not aware or capable of this safety precaution. Collisions between cars and animals can harm both the traveling creatures and human passengers. Wildlife underpasses and overpasses are a great solution to this problem. With funneling fences, these routes provide safe crossing for species from bears to cougars to crabs. On April 22, 2022, the National Wildlife Foundation (NWF) and partners will break ground on the largest wildlife crossing in the world across U.S. Route 101 near Los Angeles, California.
Urban sprawl around LA has created problems for wildlife. Cougars in particular have garnered attention. Their historic ranges have been curtailed by highways, housing developments, and other human constructions. As part of the #SaveLACougars movement, the NWF will break ground in April on the world's largest overpass dedicated to animal traffic. The grassy bridge is based on extensive research into threatened mountain lions in the area. The organization announced that the “crossing will also reconnect a long-fragmented ecosystem for all wildlife in an area recognized as one of only 36 biodiversity hotspots worldwide.” Cougars in the region could be saved from extinction.
Dubbed the Wallis Annenberg Wildlife Crossing for a very generous donor, the bridge will also benefit other species. Coyotes, deer, lizards, and snakes are all expected to use it. U.S. Route 101 is one of the busiest highways in the region with 10 teeming lanes. An estimated 300,000 cars will pass underneath daily. Animals like big cats will be largely spared this traffic and can travel over the 200-foot walkway all their own. The overpass' funding was inspired by P-22, a LA cougar who crossed two freeways and settled in Griffith Park. Now, other animals will not have to make this perilous journey to roam as nature intended.
On April 22, 2022, the National Wildlife Foundation and partners will break ground on the largest wildlife crossing in the world.
Over a relatively undeveloped stretch of U.S. Route 101 near Los Angeles, the bridge will save countless animal lives—including cougars.
h/t: [ABC Eyewitness News]
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PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — The Oregon Health Authority (OHA) announced 320 new COVID cases along with five COVID-related deaths in Thursday’s report.
This brings Oregon’s total case count to 704,152 and the state’s death toll to 7,144.
OHA also announced Thursday is the last day the Healthcare Surge Unified Command team will be in operation after starting in August 2021 to help with the delta and omicron surges in the state.
The agency noted the team began to demobilize in February after hospitalizations decreased and some team members will continue to work through June.
Across Oregon, there are 108 hospitalized patients with COIVD-19 — an increase by four from Wednesday’s report. OHA also noted there are 17 COVID-19 patients in intensive care unit beds, an increase by two from yesterday’s report.
According to OHA, 3,176,337 people have had at least one COVID-19 vaccine dose, and 2,884,888 people have completed a COVID-19 vaccine series.
The seven-day running average is now 1,929 doses per day.
Cases by county
Benton (15), Clackamas (32), Clatsop (2), Columbia (1), Coos (5), Crook (1), Deschutes (17), Douglas (2), Grant (2), Harney (1), Hood River (1), Jackson (16), Josephine (7), Klamath (2), Lake (1), Lane (38), Linn (9), Marion (17), Multnomah (88), Polk (8), Sherman (1), Umatilla (3), Wasco (1), Washington (44) and Yamhill (6).
Oregon’s 7,140th COVID-19-related death is a 35-year-old man from Multnomah County who tested positive on Feb. 12 and died Feb. 15 at Oregon Health & Science University Hospital. Presence of underlying conditions is being confirmed.
Oregon’s 7,141st COVID-19-related death is a 44-year-old man from Multnomah County who tested positive on Feb. 2 and died Feb. 6 at Oregon Health & Science University Hospital. Presence of underlying conditions is being confirmed.
Oregon’s 7,142nd COVID-19-related death is a 57-year-old man from Linn County who died Oct. 5, 2021, at Providence Alaska Medical Center in Anchorage, Alaska. The death certificate listed COVID-19 disease or SARS-CoV-2 as a cause of death or a significant condition contributing to death. Presence of underlying conditions is being confirmed.
Oregon’s 7,143rd COVID-19-related death is a 45-year-old woman from Josephine County who died Sept. 18, 2021, at Lourdes Medical Center in Pasco, Wash. The death certificate listed COVID-19 disease or SARS-CoV-2 as a cause of death or a significant condition contributing to death. Presence of underlying conditions is being confirmed.
Oregon’s 7,144th COVID-19-related death is a 75-year-old man from Jackson County who died Jan. 15 at Banner University Medical Center in Phoenix, Ariz. The death certificate listed COVID-19 disease or SARS-CoV-2 as a cause of death or a significant condition contributing to death. He had underlying conditions. | https://www.koin.com/news/health/coronavirus/oha-reports-dip-in-covid-19-cases-deaths-in-thursdays-report/ | 2022-04-01T01:46:58Z |
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March 25, 2022, age 74
BURLEY—Kim Cranney, a 74-year-old resident of Burley, and a former longtime resident of Oakley, passed away Friday, March 25, 2022, at Portneuf Medical Center in Pocatello.
Kim was born Tuesday, May 27, 1947, in Oakley, Idaho; he was the second child of Harold Keith and Kerma McBride Cranney. He graduated from Oakley High School in 1965 and enjoyed playing football and was involved in FFA, band and many other activities. He attended college for several years and returned to Oakley to help his father and brother on the farm and ranch. He sold his portion of the farm in 1997 and became a licensed realtor and sold farms all over the valley. Through his love of agriculture, he taught his family the value of hard work and shared his knowledge and experience with others.
He married the love of his life, Janet Speckman, on September 24, 1970, in the Logan Utah Temple. His favorite quote was, “The best decision I ever made was to marry Janet. I love herand I am the man I am today because of her.” Kim was a devoted husband, father, grandfather and friend. Kim and Janet have four children.
Kim was a devoted member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He served as bishop, elders quorum president, scout leader, ward missionary, Young Mens president, and Primary and Sunday School teacher. We are forever grateful for his example of service, dedication and love for others. Kim always had a smile on his face and a story to tell along with a great sense of humor. He was loyal, honest, and a friend to all.
He will be greatly missed by those of us left behind. Survivors include his wife, Janet; his children, Greg (Jenni), Terri (James Barnes), Stephanie (Jay Hill) and Tyson (Heather);13 grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; his brother, K Cranney (Jennie); and many nieces and nephews.
The funeral will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, April 8, at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints - Paul Stake Center, located at 424 W. Ellis St., in Paul, with Bishop Brent Browning officiating.
Friends and family will be received from 5 until 7 p.m. Thursday, April 7, at Rasmussen-Wilson Funeral Home, 1350 E. 16th St., in Burley, and from 10 until 10:45 a.m. Friday, preceding the funeral, at the church.
Kim’s final resting place will be at Marion Cemetery in Oakley.
A webcast will be available and maintained at rasmussenwilson.com.
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Washington governor signs Uber, Lyft driver pay guarantee into law
By Tina Bellon
March 31 (Reuters) - Washington Governor Jay Inslee on Thursday signed into law a minimum pay standard for Uber UBER.N and Lyft LYFT.O drivers, making Washington the first U.S. state to implement earnings standards for ride-hail companies.
Drivers across the Northwestern state will earn a minimum of $1.17 per mile and 34 cents per minute with a minimum pay of $3.00 per trip.
Under the new law, drivers will also have access to paid sick time, family medical leave and long-term care programs, and be eligible for workers' compensation, a U.S. government-mandated program that provides benefits to workers who become injured or ill on the job. Drivers will also be able to appeal should they be removed from the apps.
In Seattle, which passed its own ride-hail pay standard in September 2020, drivers will continue to earn minimum rates of $1.38 per mile and 59 cents per minute at a minimum of $5.17 per trip.
The law, which has been supported by Uber and Lyft, takes away local regulatory power, banning cities and counties from implementing additional requirements for companies.
The law also states that ride-hail drivers are not employees, a contentious issue between some labor groups and gig economy companies including Uber and Lyft. The gig companies, whose workers operate as independent contractors, oppose any reclassification while some labor groups argue drivers should be employees with access to greater benefits.
"This new law decisively gives drivers what they want - to stay independent while gaining historic new benefits and protections," Uber's head of public policy in the Western U.S., Ramona Prieto, said in a statement. She said Uber hoped the law could be replicated in other cities, states and countries.
"Drivers achieved this win because labor organizations, legislators, and app-based companies listened to them, and then worked together to drive a historic bill that works for them," Lyft's head of government relations, Jen Hensley, said in a statement.
The new Washington law was supported by the Teamsters union Local 117, which was also behind the push for the Seattle pay standard.
Before this law, in the United States only Seattle and New York City had implemented minimum pay standards for ride-hail drivers.
(Reporting by Tina Bellon; Editing by Kenneth Maxwell and Leslie Adler)
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The views and opinions expressed herein are the views and opinions of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of Nasdaq, Inc. | https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/washington-governor-signs-uber-lyft-driver-pay-guarantee-into-law | 2022-04-01T01:46:59Z |
DENVER (AP) — A man who shot and wounded two demonstrators while apparently aiming at a Jeep that was headed toward the crowd during a protest in suburban Denver in 2020 was convicted Thursday of several charges.
Samuel Young, 24, was found guilty of two counts of second-degree assault, four counts of attempted manslaughter and a single count of illegally discharging his gun, The Denver Post reported.
Several hundred people who attended the July 2020 protest in Aurora to bring attention to police violence walked onto and blocked all of the lanes of Interstate 225. Shortly after, a Jeep approached from behind and headed toward the crowd, prompting Young to fire five shots.
Two shots hit the back of the Jeep, and two shots hit fellow protesters. One man was shot in the leg, and another man was grazed in the head. A woman also broke her leg when she leaped from the highway.
The driver, who pulled off the highway and contacted police after the shooting, was not criminally charged. During Young’s trial, prosecutors said he didn't intend to hurt any protesters.
The protest was organized in support of Elijah McClain, a 23-year-old Black man who was arrested in August 2019 after someone called 911 to report a suspicious person wearing a ski mask and waving his arms while he walked down the street.
He was arrested by Aurora police and injected with 500 milligrams of ketamine by EMS workers called to the scene. He suffered cardiac arrest, was declared brain dead and taken off life support less than a week later.
McClain’s death became a national rallying cry along with the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis in protests calling for police reform. | https://www.theheraldreview.com/news/article/Jury-convicts-man-who-shot-protesters-in-suburban-17049894.php | 2022-04-01T01:46:59Z |
Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs has announced his first album in a decade – listen to new track ‘Blood In The Snow’ below.
The London electronic producer, DJ and singer-songwriter – real name Orlando Higginbottom – will release his long-awaited second record ‘When The Lights Go’ on July 22 via his own Nice Age label. You can pre-order/pre-save it here.
TEED’s forthcoming LP will follow on from his 2012 debut ‘Trouble’, which featured the single ‘Your Love’. Higginbottom has released two EPs in recent years: ‘I Can Hear The Birds’ (2020) and ‘The Distance’ (2021).
Speaking about ‘Blood In The Snow’ in an official statement, TEED explained: “The song is about melting glaciers. And, about wanting a daughter [and] where to put love in this tailspin.”
Higginbottom has also shared a suitably wintery and picturesque official trailer for the single’s upcoming visuals – you can check that out here.
Announcing my second album “When the Lights Go” will be released on July 22nd.
The first single “Blood In The Snow” is out today!https://t.co/L1gTHM5qYm pic.twitter.com/fP1Cudk3IH— Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs (@TEEDinosaurs) March 30, 2022
Since his last album, Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs has worked on albums by the likes of Mark Ronson, SG Lewis, Kelsey Lu and Shura. In 2020, he remixed Foals‘ classic single ‘My Number’ for the band’s ‘Collected Reworks Vol. III’ collection.
Higginbottom is nominated for a Grammy award at this Sunday’s ceremony (April 3). He appears in the Best Dance/Electronic Recording category for his recent Bonobo collaboration, ‘Heartbreak’.
The two producers have been friends since 2015, regularly playing gigs together and collaborating behind the scenes.
“Orlando (Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs) was playing me a fairly stripped back idea he had for something last year,” Bonobo said in a statement upon the pair’s joint track being released.
“We spent a few afternoons in his studio trying ideas out and eventually, ‘Heartbreak’ was the end result.” | https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/music/totally-enormous-extinct-dinosaurs-announces-first-album-in-10-years-3195386 | 2022-04-01T01:46:59Z |
MONTREAL, March 31, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- PyroGenesis Canada Inc. (http://pyrogenesis.com) (TSX: PYR) ( PYR) (FRA: 8PY), a high-tech company (hereinafter referred to as the “Company” or “PyroGenesis”), that designs, develops, manufactures and commercializes advanced plasma processes and sustainable solutions which are geared to reduce greenhouse gases (GHG), is pleased to announce today its financial and operational results for the fourth quarter and the fiscal year ended December 31st, 2021.
“We are happy to be announcing our 2021 financial results, which includes both our exceptional organic growth plus the results of our recent acquisition, Pyro Green-Gas, (formerly AirScience Technologies Inc.). We have posted a series of record numbers for the company, which includes record revenues for a Q4 of $7.2MM – a revenue figure that alone surpasses the full-year revenue of every previous year aside from 2020 – and yearly revenues of $31.1MM, which is the highest revenue we have ever posted for any full year. This is representative of our successful advancement and delivery of the backlog of signed contracts, and the benefit of the biogas upgrading projects from Pyro Green-Gas” said Mr. P. Peter Pascali, CEO and Chair of PyroGenesis. “The board and I see the record success of 2021 as both a validation of 2020s breakout results, and a new, stronger platform from which years of continued high growth will stem.”
2021 results reflect the following highlights:
- Record revenues of $31,068,350, an increase of 75% from $17,775,029 year-over-year,
- Revenues of $6,800,090 from the recent acquisition of Pyro Green-Gas, formerly known as “AirScience Technologies”,
- Gross margin profit of $12,431,811 or 40% of revenue,
- Second highest ever year-end cash and cash equivalents at December 31, 2021 of $12,202,513
- All-time-high backlog of signed and/or awarded contracts of $47.7MM
- Repurchased and cancelled $4.2M of the Company’s common shares,
- 23% increase year-over-year in Headcount
- Capital expenditures, $1.5M, an increase of 114% from $700K year-over-year
- Best 4th Quarter in the company’s history, at $7.2MM, demonstrating further strength and stability of the company as a consistent, year-round revenue producer.
- Milestone new market entry sales, including for the destruction of polyfluoroalkyl substances
OUTLOOK
PyroGenesis completed 2021 having achieved many important accomplishments and milestones. Most importantly, we maintained the accelerated business momentum of the past 18 months despite the challenges of the global marketplace due to Covid, and even introduced new markets and opportunities to provide a broader, stronger platform for 2022 and beyond.
Overall Strategy
Building on its strategy to offer technology solutions that provide benefits from greenhouse gas (“GHG”) emissions reduction, the Company increased its offerings in this regard through a series of adjustments, such as internal capacity scaling, diversified sales channel targeting, and external vision – resulting in, most notably, the doubling of production staff, contract wins in new sectors, and the acquisition of AirScience Technologies and its subsequent re-launch as Pyro Green-Gas.
While we had previously considered our strategy to be timely, as many governments are stimulating their respective economies by promoting and funding both environmental technologies and infrastructure projects, 2021 proved an even greater affirmation of this approach, as major industries and organizations targeted by the Company not only recommitted to their targets, but in some cases raised them significantly. For instance, in the iron ore and steel-making sector, in October 2021, Rio Tinto unveiled new targets to reduce its scope 1 & 2 emissions by 50 per cent by 2030, more than tripling its previous targets.1
As stated, many times, most of PyroGenesis’ product lines do not depend on environmental incentives (tax credits GHG certificates, environmental subsidies, etc.) to be economically viable; with the increased commitments by industry to carbon reduction, it is anticipated that the Company’s growth drivers will expand, and shareholders will see increased value.
Furthermore, the experience gained over the past two years as we, and our prospective clients, manoeuvred through both the lengthy modelling and business-case development processes, and the government incentive and procurement system, has provided immeasurable insights into various bureaucratic and government processes – affording a much clearer understanding of the process, enhancing our ability to respond to future situations, and giving us better vision and a rebalance of expectations regarding timeline control. This knowledge will only serve to enhance what management has defined as government incentive-related tailwinds into an already strong pipeline, all with a positive impact on revenues and shareholder value.
The Company is not immune to the negative impact that COVID-19 and other external factors brought on businesses, specifically related to the workforce and, more importantly, the supply chain. However, Management believes that the Company is better situated than most, and through various mitigation measures these challenges continue to be dealt with in an effective manner. The Company expects even greater improvements as the impact of COVID-19 and other external factors continues to recede after Q2 2022.
Organic Growth
Organic growth will be spurred on by (i) the natural growth of our existing offerings, which continue to be accelerated given our strong balance sheet (ii) leveraging off our “Golden Ticket” advantage that allows us to see first-hand some of the additional and peripheral needs of our customers, and (iii) exploring new ways scientifically (and corresponding markets laterally) to provide unique solutions and value that helps industries deal with some of the most pressing environmental, engineering, and energy problems.
We have described in the past our Golden Ticket advantage as one which occurs when one sells directly, or is engaged directly, with the end user and, as a result, is regularly on-site in the customer’s operations – “inside the fence”. A Golden Ticket provides the opportunity to either, (i) cross sell other products or, ideally, (ii) identify new areas of concern that can be addressed uniquely by PyroGenesis.
Over the past several years, PyroGenesis has successfully positioned each of its business lines for rapid growth by strategically partnering with multi-billion-dollar entities. These entities have identified PyroGenesis’ offerings to be unique, in demand, and of such a commercial nature as to warrant such unique relationships. We expect that these relationships are now positioned to transition into significant revenue streams.
Regarding how new scientific efforts lead to new markets, in 2021 the Company transitioned its knowledge in waste destruction to consider solving some of the challenges related to polyfluoroalkyl (PFAS), the hazardous “forever chemicals” the EPA has defined as an emerging event requiring fast attention. After winning an initial competitive bidding process to provide a $9.2MM system, the Company sees continued momentum in this area in 2022 and beyond.
Aluminum Industry Process Improvement
Momentum with PyroGenesis’ Aluminum Industry strategy and offering continues to not just bear fruit, but to explode in opportunity in several different directions.
In 2021, the Company concluded a joint venture and a license agreement with an existing and proven technology provider. The technology is geared to uniquely handle the residues resulting from the processing of dross in the aluminum industry. We had previously announced our intention to secure this technology and would not only make our traditional DROSRITE™ offering more appealing but could also be offered as a stand-alone product. We believe that valorizing the residues and producing high end products will further define us as the go-to company for all dross related processing. This is a prime example of our “Coffee & Donuts” strategy in play. The joint venture will only relate to the new technology and, as such, PyroGenesis will not have to vet in any assets or IP (specifically not the DROSRITE™ technology).
Overall, the Company is now one of the largest and certainly the fastest growing dross recovery solutions in the world, with 13 large DROSRITE™ systems in use or slated for delivery to markets around the world. The Company also continue to increase the price and the efficiency of its systems, and is pitching several more contracts as of the writing of this document.
Steel Industry Process Improvement
With steelmaking one of the most carbon-emission intensive industries in the world, estimated to be responsible for between 7 to 12 per cent of all global fossil fuel and greenhouse gas emissions, that industry continues to be under intense pressure, including huge financial penalties, to find emission reductions.
This pressure on the steel-making industry allows PyroGenesis to expect demand for its upstream, iron ore pelletization solution to increase significantly, as steel-makers look to all aspects of the production lifecycle for carbon reduction opportunities.
Serious consideration is being given to replacing large numbers of the fossil fuel burners in iron ore pelletization with PyroGenesis’ proprietary and patented plasma torches. To date, everything is proceeding as expected. Initial discussions with potential customers have evolved into confirmation stages, computer simulations, business case development, and initial torch orders for in-factory testing with two of the largest steel-making and mining companies in the world. As these torches are tested in live settings over the coming months, the company expects a resulting roll-out program to replace many, if not all, fossil fuel burners with PyroGenesis’ plasma torches in the customers’ iron ore pelletization furnaces – a technology process for which PyroGenesis, as the patent holder, commands a significant competitive advantage.
PyroGenesis expects that the previously mentioned government initiatives, geared to stimulating their respective economies by promoting and funding environmental technologies and infrastructure projects, will only serve to increase interest in PyroGenesis’ plasma torch offerings to other companies in this space. While potential clients seeking government support for large initiatives may draw out the onset of large contracts, the sheer number of potential customers, and the fact that the Company will engage with many of them in different stages at different times, will help to ensure a long, overlapping pipeline of potential projects.
In addition, PyroGenesis is proactively targeting other industries which are experiencing significant pressure to reduce GHGs, and which utilize fossil fuel burners as well, such as the cement, aluminum, and automotive industries.
Plasma Torches for Emerging / Niche Markets
Separately, the Company also offers plasma torches to emerging / niche markets where there is a high probability of on-going sales from successful implementation.
One such example is in land-based waste destruction applications, more specifically for medical waste. The Company signed a contract in August 2021 to supply two Air Plasma Torch systems to an existing client to be used in the destruction of such medical waste.
Another example is the previously announced contract with a technology startup to produce a plasma torch ideal for tunneling. PyroGenesis has reason to believe that the real plasma-based tunneling opportunity may lie outside of the scope of the current agreement. As a result, PyroGenesis terminated this arrangement and this project with this client has ended. PyroGenesis is evaluating, and intends to pursue, plasma based tunneling opportunities, specifically those identified to be outside of the scope of the current agreement at a later date.
For each new market, the Company will also benefit from providing proprietary spare parts and service, which generates significant recurring revenue, thus complementing the Company’s long-term strategy to build a recurring revenue model.
Additive Manufacturing (Metal Powders for 3D Printing)
With respect to additive manufacturing, we continue to expect to see significant year over year improvements in our 3D metal powders offering as our NexGen™ facility, which incorporates all the previously disclosed benefits (increased production rates and lower capital & operating expenditures), is now officially on-line and operational.
Of note, a major tier-one global aerospace company has already entered into an agreement with the Company to formally qualify its powder, at considerable expense to the global aerospace company, with a view towards having the Company become a supplier.
There are additional major top tier aerospace companies and OEMs, in both Europe and North America, eagerly awaiting powders from this new state-of-the-art production line, and we are currently in the process of supplying sample powders to them for analysis.
The Company expects that such developments will continue and will translate into significant improvements in contributions to revenue by this segment in the mid-long term.
HPQ/PUREVAP™
With respect to HPQ, the goal is to continue to expand our role as HPQ’s technology provider for the game changing family of silicon processes which we are developing exclusively for HPQ and its wholly owned subsidiaries HPQ Nano Silicon Powders Inc. and HPQ Silica Polvere Inc., namely:
- The PUREVAP™ “Quartz Reduction Reactors” (QRR), an innovative process (patent pending), which should permit the one step transformation of lower purity quartz (SiO2) than any traditional processes can handle into a silicon (Si) of a higher purity level (2N-4N) that can be produced by any traditional smelter, at reduced costs, energy input, and carbon footprint. The unique capabilities of this process could position HPQ as a leading provider of the specialised silicon material needed to propagate its considerable renewable energy potential; and
- The PUREVAP™ Nano Silicon Reactor (NSiR), which, if successful, could position itself as a new proprietary low-cost process that can transform the silicon (Si) made by the PUREVAP™ QRR into the nano-silicon materials (spherical silicon powders and silicon nanowires) sought after by energy storage, batteries, electric vehicle manufactures and clean hydrogen sectors participants. The aim of the ongoing work is to position HPQ NANO as the first to market with a commercial scale low-cost nanoparticle production system.
- A new plasma-based process that could convert Silica (Quartz, SiO2) into fumed silica (Pyrogenic Silica) in one step. This new process could be a low-cost and environmentally friendly option that combines HPQ Silicon High Purity Quartz initiatives with PyroGenesis’ industry leading know-how in the development of commercial plasma processes. It is envisioned that the process will eliminate harmful chemicals presently generated by traditional methods. This new process could revolutionize the manufacturing of fumed silica, while repatriating production back to North America.
Government participation in a $5.3MM funding of the fumed silica project confirms our expectation that 2021 should be a year in which significant developments occur on all these fronts.
Land Based Units/Environmental
The Company did not previously aggressively target the Company’s land-based/environmental solutions during the period where the Company’s other offerings, such as in steel-making and aluminum industry process improvement, were accelerating.
However, during 2021, interest in the Company’s capabilities in this arena was renewed. Besides the interest in niche torch applications mentioned above (ex. medical waste), PyroGenesis’ plasma-based solutions have generated interest in processing a waste stream that has recently been classified as hazardous. Management believes that, in a current bidding process, its solution is the technology of choice. If successful, this will represent a significant positioning of PyroGenesis plasma-based solutions not only for this specific product line but, when taken in conjunction with the historic success with its offering on US Aircraft carriers, the land based/environmental segment in general.
Growth through Synergistic Mergers and Acquisitions
As previously disclosed, the Company is conservatively considering synergistic merger and acquisition strategies to augment its growth, and the Company has been very actively involved in pursuing several opportunities to support this strategy. In so doing, the focus has been on private companies exclusively which (i) primarily leverage the Company’s Golden Ticket advantage, or (ii) could uniquely benefit from the Company’s engineering advantage and/or international relationships.
During 2021, the Company acquired AirScience Technologies Inc. (“AST”), a company with experience in biogas upgrading. PyroGenesis believes that AST’s experience in biogas upgrading, combined with PyroGenesis’ engineering and multidisciplinary skills, as well as its proven record of meeting the exacting demands of multibillion-dollar companies and the US military, positions the combination well to address the opportunities arising from this growing need to generate renewable natural gas.
The acquisition of AST also provides potential synergies with PyroGenesis’ land-based waste destruction offerings which, if successful, will significantly increase their value to the market. AST’s technology complements PyroGenesis’ existing offerings and further strengthens PyroGenesis’ position as an emerging leader in GHG solutions for sustainable long-term growth.
Our objective is to strengthen AST’s operations and quality control systems, over the course of the next 12-18 months, while at the same time increasing the backlog of signed contracts and successfully delivering on existing contracts thus positioning AST as a significant and credible player in the marketplace. Once established, we will evaluate our options to accelerate the rollout of these solutions.
Additional Opportunities - Plasma Torches:
Within the Plasma Torch line of business, the Company continues to consider options to leverage its plasma expertise and continue to review torch technologies that could complement existing offerings, leverage off their unique relationships, or explore new opportunities. In early stage discussion across many sectors and many potential customers, no additional details are available at this time.
CONCLUSION
In conclusion, PyroGenesis sees 2022 as a platform from which decades of exponential growth will stem.
The Company plans to take advantage of its unique position in its main business offerings to accelerate growth, with a particular emphasis on offerings geared to aggressively reducing GHG emissions and the world’s carbon footprint, while finding and offering solutions to pressing environmental, engineering, and energy challenges.
Financial Summary
Revenues
PyroGenesis recorded revenues of $31,068,350 for the year ended December 31, 2021, representing an increase of 75% compared to $17,775,029 recorded in 2020.
Revenues recorded in fiscal 2021 were generated primarily from:
PUREVAP™ related sales includes revenue from the sale of technologies in the amount of $3,300,000. See note 6 to the 2021 consolidated Financial Statements.
Cost of Sales and Services and Gross Margins
Cost of sales and services before amortization of intangible assets was $18,170,626 in 2021, representing an increase of 144% compared to $7,445,171 in 2020, primarily due to the additional costs to complete the Pyro Green-Gas contracts following the acquisition. Increases in employee compensation $2,650,739 (2020 - $1,379,637), direct materials $14,252,205 (2020 - $4,147,704), manufacturing overhead & other $1,111,975 (2020 - $507,217), were offset by a decrease in subcontracting $872,933 (2020 - $1,281,472), foreign exchange charge on materials ($568,531) (2020 - $147,561) and an increase in investment tax credits ($148,695) (2020 – ($18,420)).
In 2021, employee compensation, direct materials, manufacturing overhead & other increased to $18,014,919 (2020 - $6,034,558), primarily due to the increased amount of contract values in the Company and in the Pyro Green-Gas subsidiaries. Of note, the Company in 2020 applied for an amount of $775,967 in wage subsidy from the Government of Canada under the CEWS “Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy” program. From this amount, $118,416 was applied to employee compensation under cost of sales and services. Subcontracting and foreign exchange charge on materials decreased to $304,402 (2020 - $1,429,033).
The gross margin for 2021 was $12,431,811 or 40% of revenue compared to a gross margin of $10,302,668 or 58% of revenue for 2020. As a result of the type of contracts being executed, the nature of the project activity, as well as the composition of the cost of sales and services, the mix between labour, materials and subcontracts may be significantly different. The cost of sales and services for 2021 and 2020 are in line with management’s expectations.
Investment tax credits recorded against cost of sales are related to projects that qualify for tax credits from the provincial government of Quebec. Qualifying tax credits increased to $148,695 in 2021, compared to $18,420 in 2020. The increase is primarily related to more contracts being eligible for qualifying tax credits.
The amortization of intangible assets of $465,913 in 2021 compared to $27,190 for 2020 relates mainly to the intangible assets in connection with the Pyro Green-Gas acquisition, patents and deferred development costs. These expenses are non-cash items and will be amortized over the duration of the patent lives.
Selling, General and Administrative Expenses
Included within Selling, General and Administrative expenses (“SG&A”) are costs associated with corporate administration, business development, project proposals, operations administration, investor relations and employee training.
SG&A expenses for 2021 excluding the costs associated with share-based compensation (a non-cash item in which the option expense is amortized over the vesting period) were $17,474,390 representing an increase of 116% compared to $8,089,945 reported for 2020.
The SG&A expenses, which now include those of Pyro Green-Gas since the acquisition date, increased in 2021 over the same period in 2020 and the net effect is as follows:
Separately, share-based payments increased by $5,518,137 in 2021 over the same period in 2020 as a result of the stock options granted in 2021. This was directly impacted by the vesting structure of the stock option plan with options vesting between 10% and 100% on the grant date requiring an immediate recognition of that cost.
Research and Development (“R&D”) Costs
The Company incurred $2,535,987 of R&D expenses, net of government grants, on internal projects in 2021, an increase of 447% compared to ($731,077) in 2020. The increase in 2021 is due to an increase in R&D activities, the type of contracts being executed, the nature of the project activity, and an increase in employee compensation, subcontracting, materials and equipment and other expenses of $2,000,853 compared to $775,824 and a decrease in investment tax credits of 684,709 compared to (1,141,468) reported in 2020.
In addition to internally funded R&D projects, the Company also incurred R&D expenditures during the execution of client funded projects. These expenses are eligible for Scientific Research and Experimental Development (“SR&ED”) tax credits. SR&ED tax credits on client funded projects are applied against cost of sales and services (see “Cost of Sales” above).
Financial Expenses
Finance expenses for 2021 totaled $404,370 as compared with $524,074 for 2020, representing a decrease of 23% year-over-year. The decrease in finance costs, is primarily attributable to the extinguishment of term loans, other loans, and convertible debentures in 2020.
Strategic Investments
The adjustment to the fair market value of strategic investments in 2021 resulted in a loss of $21,426,218 compared to a gain in the amount of $44,626,698 in 2020, representing a decrease of $66,052,916. The decrease is primarily attributable to the decreased market share value of common shares and warrants owned by the Company of HPQ Silicon Resources Inc.
Comprehensive (Loss) Income
The comprehensive loss for 2021 of $38,428,495 compared to an income of $41,768,404, in 2020, represents a decrease of 192% year-over-year. The variation of $80,196,899 in the comprehensive income (loss) in 2021 is primarily attributable to the factors described above, which have been summarized as follows, and includes the profit and loss items of Pyro Green-Gas since the acquisition date:
EBITDA
The EBITDA in 2021 was a $37,371,658 loss compared to an EBITDA gain of $43,824,533 for 2020, representing a decrease of 185% year-over-year. The decrease in the EBITDA in 2021 compared to 2020 is due to the decrease in net earnings and comprehensive income of $80,196,899, offset by an increase in depreciation on property and equipment of $292,985, an increase in depreciation on right-of-use assets of $162,076, an increase in amortization of intangible assets of $438,723, a decrease in finance charges of $119,704 and a decrease in income taxes of $1,773,372.
Adjusted EBITDA in 2021 was a $27,608,913 loss compared to an Adjusted EBITDA gain of $48,069,141 for 2020. The decrease of $75,678,054 in the Adjusted EBITDA in 2021 is attributable to a decrease in EBITDA of $81,196,191, and an increase of $5,518,137 in share-based payments.
The Modified EBITDA in 2021 was a $6,182,695 loss compared to a Modified EBITDA gain of $3,442,443 for 2020, representing a decrease of 280%. The decrease in the Modified EBITDA loss in 2021 is attributable to the decrease as mentioned above in the Adjusted EBITDA loss of $75,678,054 and an increase in change of fair value of investments of $66,052,916.
Liquidity
As at December 31, 2021, the Company has cash and cash equivalents of $12,202,513. In addition, the accounts payable and accrued liabilities of $10,069,177 are payable within 12 months. The Company expects that its cash position will be able to finance its operations for the foreseeable future.
About PyroGenesis Canada Inc.
PyroGenesis Canada Inc., a high-tech company, is a leader in the design, development, manufacture and commercialization of advanced plasma processes and sustainable solutions which reduce greenhouse gases, and are economically attractive alternatives to conventional “dirty” processes. PyroGenesis has created proprietary, patented and advanced plasma technologies that are being vetted and adopted by multiple multibillion dollar industry leaders in four massive markets: iron ore pelletization, aluminum, waste management, and additive manufacturing. With a team of experienced engineers, scientists and technicians working out of its Montreal office, and its 3,800 m2 and 2,940 m2 manufacturing facilities, PyroGenesis maintains its competitive advantage by remaining at the forefront of technology development and commercialization. The operations are ISO 9001:2015 and AS9100D certified, having been ISO certified since 1997. For more information, please visit: www.pyrogenesis.com.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — A lot is known about the few hours that shook American democracy to the core. The defeated president’s incendiary speech, the march by an angry crowd to the U.S. Capitol, the breaking in, the beating of cops, the “hang Mike Pence” threats, the lawmakers running for their lives, the shooting death of rioter Ashli Babbitt. All of that chaos unfolded over about eight hours on one day: Jan. 6, 2021.
But for all that is known about the day,piecing together the words and actions of Donald Trump over that time has proved no easy task, even though a president’s movements and communications are closely monitored.
There’s a gap in the official White House phone notations given to the House committee investigating Jan. 6 — from about 11 a.m. to about 7 p.m., according to two people familiar with the congressional investigation into the riot. Details may still turn up; the former president was known to use various cell phones and often bypassed the White House switchboard, placing calls directly.
And over the past four-plus months a lot has surfaced about what Trump did do and say on Jan. 6 — in texts, tweets, videos, calls and other conversations.
The following account is based on testimony,timelines and eyewitness reporting gathered by The Associated Press and The Washington Post and CBS News, and from officials and people familiar with the events who spoke to The AP on condition of anonymity.
SORE AT HIS NO. 2
Trump entered the Oval Office at 11:08 a.m. By that time, about 400 pro-Trump demonstrators had already massed at the Capitol. Trump placed a call to Vice President Mike Pence — their only conversation of the day. It didn’t go well: Trump wanted Pence to stop the certification of Joe Biden’s 2020 election victory, and he was very unhappy the vice president wouldn’t do it.
At 11:38 a.m., the president left the White House to address his rally on the Ellipse, a big grassy oval behind the White House, about a mile or so from the Capitol. It was bitter cold, but that didn’t keep the crowd away. Trump was up on stage by 11:57 and addressed his supporters until about 1:15 p.m.
Among Trump’s challenging final words: “We fight. We fight like hell, and if you don’t fight like hell you’re not going to have a country any more. My fellow Americans, for our movement, for our children, and for our beloved country. So we’re going to, we’re going to walk down Pennsylvania Avenue. And we’re going to the Capitol.”
‘THEY’RE THROWING METAL POLES’
Growing crowds were migrating to the Capitol. Almost immediately after Trump concluded, a Capitol Police officer called for backup.
“They’re throwing metal poles at us,” the officer said in a panicked voice. “Multiple law-enforcement injuries.”
Would Trump himself head for the Capitol, as he’d suggested in his speech? It was unclear at first, but his motorcade turned to head back to the White House.
At 1:21 p.m., Trump met with his valet at the White House, logs say. At the Capitol, meanwhile, then-Capitol Police Chief Steven Sund begged for help from the National Guard as the crowd started to swell around the west side of the building and became increasingly violent.
By then the TV networks had picked up the melee and were broadcasting live as the mob broke through metal police barricades and advanced toward the doors of the building where lawmakers were gathered to certify the presidential election results. The surreal images soon filled television screens throughout the West Wing, where staffers watched, stunned.
LOCKDOWN
By 2 p.m. the U.S. Capitol was locked down. At 2:11, Pence was evacuated. At 2:15, congressional leaders were evacuated. At 2:43, demonstrator Babbitt was shot trying to enter the House chamber through a window broken by the mob.
No official record has surfaced yet of what Trump was doing during this time. The next entry in Trump’s daily diary is not until 4:03 p.m., when he went out to the Rose Garden to tape a public address after frantic urging.
But during this time Trump was hardly idle. He was in touch with lawmakers and he was, according to aides, watching the violence unfold on national television. And he was tweeting.
At 2:28, he tweeted not about the violence but to show his pique at his vice president:
“Mike Pence didn’t have the courage to do what should have been done to protect our Country and our Constitution, giving States a chance to certify a corrected set of facts, not the fraudulent or inaccurate ones which they were asked to previously certify. USA demands the truth!”
At some point, Trump also talked to lawmakers. Republican Kevin McCarthy told a California radio station that he had spoken to the president.
“I was the first person to call him,” McCarthy said. “I told him to go on national TV, tell these people to stop it. He said he didn’t know what was happening.”
Washington Republican Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler said McCarthy relayed that conversation to her. By her account, when McCarthy told Trump it was his own supporters breaking into the building, Trump responded: “Well, Kevin, I guess these people are more upset about the election than you are.”
Trump also talked to Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan and Sen. Tommy Tuberville of Alabama, among other GOP lawmakers. Tuberville later said he spoke to the president while the Senate was being evacuated. Utah Sen. Mike Lee said Trump accidentally called him when he was trying to reach Tuberville.
Others, including former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, tried but failed to get through to the president.
‘IT HAS GONE TOO FAR’
At 3:14 p.m. a Trump tweet at last made a sideways reference to the havoc. “I am asking for everyone at the U.S. Capitol to remain peaceful. No violence! Remember, WE are the Party of Law & Order – respect the Law and our great men and women in Blue. Thank you!”
At some point, he sequestered himself in the dining room off the Oval Office to watch the violence play out on TV, rewinding and re-watching some parts, according to former aides. Unable to get through by other means, allies including his former chief of staff and communications director resorted to tweeting at him to try to get through. Chief of Staff Mark Meadows was getting a flurry of texts from lawmakers, from Fox News personalities and even Trump’s own children.
“Hey, Mark, protestors are literally storming the Capitol. Breaking windows on doors. Rushing in. Is Trump going to say something?” reads one text.
“We are all helpless,” says another.
As the violence continued, the president’s elder son texted Meadows:
“He’s got to condemn this s(asterisk)(asterisk)(asterisk) Asap,” Donald Trump, Jr. texted.
Meadows responded: “I’m pushing it hard. I agree.”
Trump, Jr. texted again and again, urging that his father act:
“We need an Oval address. He has to lead now. It has gone too far and gotten out of hand.”
‘REMEMBER THIS DAY FOREVER!’
At 4:08 p.m. Trump went out to the Rose Garden. At 4:17 p.m. he released a scripted, pre-recorded video, which included a call for “peace” and “law and order” and finally told his supporters “you have to go home now.”
But they didn’t. Things were still wildly out of control. In fact, the Capitol building was not secured until 5:34 p.m.
At 6:01, Trump’s message was back to indignant: “These are the things and events that happen when a sacred landslide election victory is so unceremoniously & viciously stripped away from great patriots who have been badly & unfairly treated for so long,” he wrote. “Remember this day forever!”
At 6:27, he went back to the residence, and started calling his lawyers.
Congress did not resume counting electoral votes until 8 p.m. They finished at 3:40 a.m. and certified Biden as the winner.
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Associated Press Writers Jill Colvin in New York, Nomaan Merchant, Zeke Miller, Lisa Mascaro, Mary Clare Jalonick and Mike Balsamo contributed to this report. | https://www.conchovalleyhomepage.com/news/political-news/ap-politics/trumps-8-hour-gap-minute-by-minute-during-jan-6-riot/ | 2022-04-01T01:47:00Z |
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After losing a scrimmage to Ewing in the pre season, Hamilton was able to do more than just reverse the outcome on Thursday, when it defeated the Blue Devils 14-3 in both teams’ season opener in Hamilton.
In a game that was physical, a little sloppy and played in windy and rainy conditions, Hamilton, which is a coop between the Hornets and Nottingham, managed to force the action on offense and play some very tight defense to slowly stretch its lead before blowing the game open in the final 12 minutes of play.
In all, 22 times players were sent to the penalty box for both teams combined in a game that was hotly contested.
“It’s always chippy, us and Ewing, very similar,” Hamilton coach Kyle James said after the game. “We always get after it but after the game you can see we dab it up at the end. But it’s hard fought in between.”
In a game where physicality mattered, no player on the field gave and received as many hard hits as the Hornets’ Dario Dejonge. He aggressively crashed through the defense as he scored a game leading seven goals. As a result he was target number one for the Ewing defense, which greeted him with a series of hard checks throughout the game.
“Knowing us, in football and lacrosse, basically North and Hamilton are known for penalties,” Dejonge said of the style of play. “We played a little rough this game. We had a lot of penalties that took us man down for, I would say, a quarter of the game. But collectively, as a team, we played pretty good. We did great work, basically.”
Dejonge scored three goals through the first three periods but with his aggressive, one-man attacking style he blew it open in the fourth quarter adding four more goals, including a pair of goals in the first two minutes of the final period that opened up the Hamilton lead to 8-2.
“That’s usually how I play,” Dejonge said. “If nobody’s open, I’m just going to take it myself and do whatever I can.”
It wasn’t Dejonge but Colin Henderson that set the Hornet offense in motion to begin the game. Henderson put up a hat trick early, scoring three unanswered goals to start the game. He hit his first two from almost the exact same spot far out to the right front of the net on assists from, first Jeremiah Northern, and then Jackson Hughes.
His third goal in the trio of opening scores came unassisted when he fired a shot from the top of the box just 53 seconds into the second quarter to put Hamilton up 3-0.
Ewing answered with an unassisted goal by Sam Schwartz when he broke right through the defense and got the angle on the goalie. But Dejonge began his scoring spree 36 seconds later and he pumped in two goals before the end of the half to push Hamilton ahead 5-1.
One of the most compelling plays of the game occurred over the first half’s final 20 seconds. Hamilton defenseman Jacob Howland took possession of the ball behind his own goal after a missed Ewing shot and set out on an end to end run down field. While he didn’t bring a ton of speed to the effort, he more than made up for it with evasiveness. In spite of the alluring target of his long stick, Howland twisted, turned and otherwise slipped past a slew of Ewing defenders as the clock wound down. The sideline begged him to clear the ball but Howland had a target in mind, and finally made his way to the center of the field, directly in front of the Blue Devil goal. He unleashed a point blank shot at the goal with just four second remaining. Unfortunately, it tracked high, nicking the top post and skipping over the goal as the half ended.
The third quarter produced its own anomaly. After Dejonge’s third goal of the game put Hamilton up 6-1 just seven seconds into the second half, the Hornets got themselves into some serious penalty trouble as three players, including their goalie, Lewis Cassidy, were in the penalty box at the same time.
While Ewing would pick up another goal before the end of the third, when Gavin Dwyer scored on a pass from Dean Beck, that would come after a later penalty. Remarkably, in spite of being three men or two men down for almost two minutes, the Hamilton defense held.
“I’m going to give our D-poles all the credit right there,” James said. “We were down three dudes twice and our D-poles hung in there and kept them out of everything and cleared the ball when they needed to. They did a phenomenal job back there.”
James cited the play of Exzavier Diaz, Aiden Holman, Jimmy Hughes, Jacob Howland and Walter Cordero for the remarkable hold.
Hamilton’s Zachary Howland, who came off the bench after nursing a back injury, contributed the final scoring burst for the Hornets as he strung together three goals over a three minute span as part of Hamilton’s eight goal outburst in the final period.
Before Hamilton’s final quarter run, Ewing was within striking distance, if not neck and neck. In spite of the final score, Ewing coach Peter Rinaldi was pleased with his team’s opening day effort.
“Overall, defensively (it was) not too bad,” Rinaldi said of his team’s play. “Offensively we’ve just got to work on holding the ball more, working the ball around and putting some more in the back of the net. The guys who were here and wanted to be out there played hard and they hustled. That’s all we’re asking for. We’re looking for improvement but they’re making progress.”
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UNIVERSAL BIOSENSORS INC Initial Statement of Beneficial Ownership: McLean Graham A (Form3)
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A total of 422 runs were scored during the Lucknow Super Giants vs Chennai Super Kings clash in IPL 2022 at the Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai on Thursday night. And it was the IPL newbie LSG which had the last laugh as they hunted down 211 with six wickets and three deliveries to spare.
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While the win was the first ever for LSG in IPL, CSK have lost the first two matches of a season for the first time in their history. Here we take a look at the major talking points from the high-scoring affair.
A Nightmare For Chameera
LSG fast bowler Dushmantha Chameera had a contest to forget. With the ball and on the field. The Sri Lankan bowled four wicketless overs and leaked 49 runs. He had a nightmare of a game in the field as twice his misfielding resulted in two fours. And then he also dropped a simple catch of Shivam Dube at short fine leg when he was on 37.
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Dhoni Starts With a Six
Former CSK captain MS Dhoni walked in to bat in the 19th over when Dube fell on 49. Normally, the veteran takes time before unleashing his breathtaking strokeplay. The stage wherein he walked in to bat afforded him no such luxury. And so Mahi began blasting from the first ball itself. He smoked pacer Avesh Khan for a six off the first ball he faced - the first time he has done off the very first in his IPL career. He hit two fours and remained unbeaten on 16 off 6.
The Costly Drop
CSK fielders also didn’t have the best of times with their catching. They dropped two catches. They first dropped Quinton de Kock when he was batting on 30 - the culprit being Moeen Ali who failed to hold onto a sitter at extra cover. QDK went on to make 61 off 45. They next dropped LSG captain KL Rahul when he was on 34 - this time the fielder was Tushar Deshpande but it was a very difficult chance. It didn’t cost CSK much though with Rahul eventually falling on 40.
Bravo at The Top
When Dwayne Bravo dismissed Deepak Hooda in the 18th over to tilt the balance of the contest in CSK’s favour, he surpassed Lasith Malinga to become the all-time leading wicket-taker in IPL history. Before the contest, Bravo was tied with the Sri Lankan at 170 wickets each. The former Windies allrounder now has 171 wickets from 153 matches at an average of 24.07.
LSG Get Off The Mark in Style
LSG chased down 211 in 19.3 overs which is the fourth highest successful chase in IPL history. Rajasthan Royals hold the record having chased down 224 against Punjab Kings in IPL 2022 while Mumbai Indians are second with a chase of 219 against Chennai Super Kings. At the third spot are also RR with a chase of 215 against the erstwhile Deccan Chargers.
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WASHINGTON – Upholding a Trump-era environmental policy, the Environmental Protection Agency said Thursday it will not regulate a drinking water contaminant that has been linked to brain damage in infants.
The agency said the Trump administration's decision in 2020 not to regulate perchlorate in drinking water was made with the “best available peer reviewed science.” The chemical is used in rocket fuel and fireworks.
At the time, Trump's EPA said perchlorate was not found widely enough in drinking water or "at levels of public health concern" to warrant federal regulation. The decision was one of many Trump-era rollbacks or eliminations of existing or pending public health and environmental protections. The Biden administration ordered a review of that decision at the start of his term.
EPA Assistant Administrator Radhika Fox said the agency was “applying the right tools to support public health protections.”
Environmental groups slammed the Biden administration’s decision.
“The Trump EPA gave perchlorate a pass; it was a bad decision then, and it’s a bad decision now,” said Erik Olson of the Natural Resources Defense Council advocacy group. “Tap water across America will remain contaminated by this toxic chemical.”
Perchlorate from runoff contaminates the drinking water of as many as 16 million Americans, the Obama administration said in 2011 when it announced the EPA would for the first time set maximum limits for the chemical compound. It has been used in the U.S. for decades, particularly by the military and defense industries, and is commonly found in munitions, fireworks, matches and signal flares.
Exposure to the compound can damage the development of fetuses and children and cause measurable drops in IQ in newborns, the American Academy of Pediatrics said in 2019, when it called for stringent federal limits. It damages human development by disrupting the functioning of the thyroid gland.
In its 2020 review, the EPA said state-level regulations and cleanup activities at contaminated sites had lowered the health risks posed by the compound. Massachusetts and California, for example, limit perchlorate in drinking water to 2 parts per billion and 6 parts per billion, respectively.
“But the problem is that for the rest of the country the states have not set standards,” said Olson of the Natural Resources Defense Council. He said the compound is in “the top tier of problematic chemicals in our water.”
In the Southwest, perchlorate has been detected in groundwater that entered Lake Mead in Nevada. Manufacturing facilities in Henderson, Nevada, were the source of the chemical. The EPA said cleanup activities at two industrial sites in the state between 2002 and 2006 resulted in reduced levels of perchlorate in data provided since then by Nevada environmental and water agencies.
The EPA said Thursday it was considering other steps besides a federal drinking water limit, such as setting standards at open burning and detonation sites, where severe perchlorate contamination is generated from the burning of hazardous byproducts from weapons manufacturing and munitions. One such site is in Colfax, Louisiana, where environmentalists have long advocated for reform.
But environmental advocates said such measures fall short of what's needed.
“Simply put, toxic chemicals used in rocket fuel do not belong in our drinking water," said John Rumpler, senior attorney with Environment America.
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AP reporter Matthew Daly contributed to this report.
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When Roscommon clubs won the Connacht senior and intermediate titles earlier this year, the mid to long term impetus would give the county such achievements that it looked like it would have a short term trade off.
adraig Pearses and St Faithleach’s contesting All-Ireland club semi-finals on the same weekend that the Allianz leagues were getting under way was a conflict potentially impacting the county team with games slated over the first two rounds against Cork at home and Meath on the road.
Niall, Ronan, Conor Daly, David Murray and Ciaran and Diarmuid Murtagh would immediately be removed from the county sphere as a consequence of that involvement for at least one if not two rounds. And that’s before Anthony Cunningham gave consideration to anyone else involved with those teams, someone like Paul Carey – Padraig Pearses’ Connacht final ‘man of the match.’
Nine weeks later however and Roscommon are the only unbeaten league team in all four divisions. Their win over Galway last weekend to ensure promotion, allied to Kerry’s loss in Tralee, leaving them out on their own.
Negotiating those opening two weekends without their club-tied players only served to embellish the idea that their squad is stronger than most while the county remains in a rich vein of form as the presence of a fourth Allianz Division 2 league final in seven years will attest too.
It is to Roscommon’s credit that they have met relegation from Division 1 head on in each of the three years they have experienced it, bouncing back up immediately.
That may suggest that they are too strong for Division 2 but not quite strong enough for Division 1 either. Still, it confirms their status as a top 10 team on a consistent basis over the last half-decade.
This is Anthony Cunningham’s fourth year in charge though he probably feels, given the stop start and truncated nature of the middle two seasons, that it’s really like a third.
At the end of last year’s campaign it may have felt like he was running out of road after four Division 1 league defeats by a cumulative 30 points and a Connacht semi-final defeat to Galway by five points.
But the Division 2 campaign just gone has allowed them to pause and kick on again. With a new coaching team behind him – former London manager Noel Dunning, the county’s celebrated forward from the 1990s Derek Duggan, and Luke Bree from Sligo – they’ve been regenerated and have become more expressive, posting 1-18 against Down, 2-18 against Offaly and 1-20 last weekend against Galway, albeit against a weakened team, in three of their last four games.
As the campaign progressed, the team has taken on a more settled look. For the first time since his involvement with a Roscommon team, Ultan Harney has been able to put an injury free sequence of games together and that has allowed a midfield partnership with Eddie Nolan to blossom. They’ve played all seven games together and have contributed seven points.
Behind them Niall Daly has offered his usual presence and leadership at centre-back on his return while Brian Stack’s development at full-back has had no wobbles, despite being in the company once again of most of the division’s best forwards at some stage this season so far in the league.
For Cunningham, corner-back Eoin McCormack is the real find of the campaign. He didn’t play minor or U-20 for Roscommon but his performances for St Dominic’s last year were persuasive enough for inclusion now and he has thrived, featuring in all seven games too.
Outside him Richard Hughes’ progress has also been eye catching with pace to burn and a point scored in four games, having made his breakthrough last year.
Cathal Cregg’s retirement took out their most experienced player but the attack still has a settled, seasoned feel to it. Conor Cox missed the opening game against Cork through injury but since then has looked every inch the player he was when he first came from Kerry in 2019 with 0-30 scored, 11 from play and two more from marks.
Enda and Donie Smith have been pillars at centre-forward and full-forward respectively with Donie’s 1-26 including 0-12 from play.
Cathal Heneghan and Cian McKeon have been touted as two of the county’s most talented forwards and now they appear to be making progression in unison through this league.
Heneghan’s talent was evident for NUIG in the Sigerson Cup final in February as he put a long spell on the sidelines, after picking up a cruciate ligament injury in 2019, behind him.
Roscommon’s fourth promotion since 2015 has ensured that three Connacht teams will contest Division 1 in 2023 just as they did in 2019. It’s a reflection of the province’s well being, often gauged by how well Roscommon are doing as much as the ‘big two.’
After Sunday’s win, Cunningham specifically targeted a performance in Croke Park this weekend when they renew their rivalry with Galway, potentially the third of four meetings between them this year if they both advance to a Connacht final.
‘Super eight’ games against Dublin and Tyrone and an All-Ireland quarter-final replay have not gone well for them there in recent years but their fall back has been the Division 2 final and they’ll be hoping recent history repeats itself on that front. | https://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-games/gaelic-football/rossies-rebound-takes-a-familiar-path-41509302.html | 2022-04-01T01:47:04Z |
The beauty of the Western U.S. is alive in the work of artist William Haskell. The Santa Fe-based creative depicts the varied landscapes in this part of the country through striking abstract paintings. Featuring bold shapes and vibrant hues, the likes of mountains, cacti, and waterways help each piece communicate the inherent beauty of the desert, along with its vastness that makes it feel so wild and free.
Inspired by the terrain since he was a young child, Haskell is drawn to the intense light and shadow that can be seen in the chiseled canyons and among the brittle leaves of desert plants. He’s since developed a visual language that you’ll find throughout his works. “The dust devil or tornado is used as a metaphor for life and represents the change our lives and our world are constantly going through,” he explains to My Modern Met. “The dust devil has many different meanings to many different cultures but often represents ghosts or spirits. The cactus has such a beautiful and modern shape to me and is an ultimate survivor.”
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Artist William Haskell creates abstract landscape paintings inspired by the beauty of the Western U.S.
Featuring bold shapes and vibrant hues, the likes of mountains, cacti, and waterways help each piece communicate the inherent beauty of the desert…
…along with its vastness that makes it feel so wild and free.
Haskell is drawn to the intense light and shadow that can be seen in the chiseled canyons and among the brittle leaves of desert plants.
The results are striking, and an homage to this majestic terrain.
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(ABC4) – If you’re tired of looking at old furniture that you bought last year from IKEA, the retailer has announced that it will now pay customers to bring back old furniture.
The IKEA buyback and resell option has now been made available for 37 of its U.S. stores, including Portland. As a way to help pave a path toward sustainable living, the company has brought back the initiative that was launched late last year.
How does it work?
You start by filling out a form on IKEA’s website in order to receive an emailed quote of the buyback value for your furniture. Customers are asked to bring a copy of their quote, buyback number, and fully assembled furniture to your participating IKEA store where an employee will assess the furniture’s buyback value.
When you buyback, you will get store credit and your furniture gets a second life in the As-Is department.
What are the buyback requirements?
According to IKEA, the following categories of products are not currently eligible for the furniture buy-back service:
- Non-IKEA products
- Home furnishing accessories including lighting and textiles
- Add-on units and componentry
- Products that have been used outside including outdoor furniture
- Mattresses and bad textiles (such as blankets and mattress toppers)
- Kitchens including bench tops, cabinets, and fronts
- Modular wardrobes and accessories
- Electrical appliances and products
- Chests of drawers
- “Hacked,” modified or painted products
- Non-assembled products
- Market Hall products (including small kitchen goods, art, rugs, and picture frames)
- Upholstered or leather products
- Sofas or armchairs
- Plants
- Items containing glass (including mirrors)
- Children’s and baby products (such as cribs, mattresses, and change tables)
- Beds and bed frames
The retailer said on its website that large quantities and commercially used items are exempt. | https://www.koin.com/news/ikea-will-pay-you-to-return-old-furniture-at-select-stores/ | 2022-04-01T01:47:04Z |
Pusha T and Nigo have shared a video for their new collaboration, ‘Hear Me Clearly’ – you can watch it below.
Produced by BoogzDaBeast, Luca Starz, ThaMyind, and Kanye West, it’s the latest track from DJ and Bape founder Nigo’s new album, ‘I Know Nigo’, to get a video release. It follows the ‘Ayra’, ‘Want It Bad’, ‘Heavy’, and ‘Come On, Let’s Go’.
Nigo first announced the forthcoming album back in December, revealing that the project was on the way and that he’d signed to Steven Victor’s Victor Victor Worldwide label, a joint venture between Victor and Universal Music Group.
Guest appearances on the LP include Pharrell, Kid Cudi, A$AP Rocky, Lil Uzi Vert, Pusha T, Tyler, The Creator, Fam-Lay and Teriyaki Boyz, with more to be announced.
You can watch the video for ‘Hear Me Clearly’ below:
Outside of his work as the head of the streetwear brand A Bating Ape, Nigo has long had an interest and association with the world of music. He is the DJ for hip hop collective Teriyaki Boyz, who released debut album ‘Beef or Chicken’ in 2005 and follow-up ‘Serious Japanese’ in 2009.
Numerous artists that feature on Nigo’s album have appeared on previous Teriyaki Boyz cuts – Williams on ‘Cho L A R G E’ and ‘Work That!’, Pusha T and Fam-Lay on a remix of ‘Tokyo Drift (Fast & Furious)’.
Elsewhere, Pusha T has dropped a new song that takes aim at McDonald’s, nearly two decades after the rapper allegedly came up with Mickey D’s ‘I’m Lovin It’ jingle.
Arriving as part of a partnership with rival fast food chain Arby’s, ‘Spicy Fish Diss Track’ sees Push zero in on the Filet-o-Fish burger.
“How dare you sell a square fish asking us to trust it?/ A half slice of cheese, Mickey D’s on a budget?” he raps over an industrial-tinged beat. A few bars later comes: “Say less, this argument is baseless/ Drowned in tartar, that Filet-o-Fish is tasteless.”
Last month, Pusha shared the Kanye West-produced ‘Diet Coke’, which is set to feature on the rapper’s fourth solo album when it arrives later this year. | https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/pusha-t-and-nigo-share-hear-me-clearly-video-3195464 | 2022-04-01T01:47:05Z |
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The owner of a downtown Los Angeles building where an explosion injured 12 firefighters has been allowed to enter a judicial diversion program that allows him to avoid jail time and potentially have all charges dismissed.
A court commissioner on Wednesday granted the diversion request for Steve Sungho Lee. He and his companies must pay more than $15,000 in investigative fees, make sure the property meets fire and building codes and arranging for Fire Department training.
Lee owned a commercial building on East Boyd Street in the city's Toy District that caught fire on May 16, 2020. Firefighters had to run for their lives when a ball of flames shot out the building and scorched a fire truck across the street.
Firefighters inside the building had to run through a wall of flames he estimated as 30 feet (9 meters) high and wide, and those on the roof scrambled down a ladder that was engulfed in fire.
Fire officials said the building was a warehouse for Smoke Tokes, a wholesale distributor of supplies for smoking and vaping products including butane hash oil, a concentrated cannabis extract that can be eaten, smoked or vaped. Highly flammable butane is used in the manufacturing process.
Most of the injured firefighters still haven't returned to work and one, Capt. Victor Aguirre, was hospitalized for more than two months and all of his fingers had to be partially amputated, according to a lawsuit he filed against the building and business owners.
Aguirre alleged that the area contained “hundreds of illegally and improperly stored butane canisters and thousands of illegally and improperly stored nitrous oxide cylinders.”
A fire department report concluded that the blaze, which spread to a nearby building, was fueled by an “excessive quantity” of the containers.
Investigators from the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives concluded that the fire started under a storage rack in the building and that a worker with a lit cigarette was seen in the area. The cause of the fire was ruled accidental.
However, city prosecutors filed more than 300 misdemeanor charges of violating fire and safety codes against Lee, his companies and owners of businesses in the building and nearby properties. That included more than 160 counts against Lee and his companies.
If Lee meets all conditions of his judicial diversion program for two years, the charges will be dismissed.
“Mr. Lee will be deemed by law to have never been charged," said his attorney, Blair Berk. “The exhaustive federal investigation of the tragic fire objectively concluded that the cause was accidental, and there was no finding of any wrongdoing by Mr. Lee or his companies.”
City Attorney Mike Feuer opposed diversion for Lee, noting the severity of the fire, the injuries suffered by the firefighters and Lee's alleged failure “to take steps which could have mitigated the extent of the blaze."
The owners of Smoke Tokes and another business, Green Buddha, agreed in November 2020 to pay $139,000 each to cover investigative costs and to move out of the building. Charges against them were later dismissed.
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This story has been updated to correct that Lee and his companies must pay more than $15,000, not $125,000. | https://www.theheraldreview.com/news/article/No-jail-for-LA-building-owner-over-explosion-that-17049830.php | 2022-04-01T01:47:05Z |
Driver escapes after car riddled with bullets in California drive-by shooting
SACRAMENTO COUNTY, Calif. (KOVR) – Authorities in a small California community are investigating after they say a driver was forced to pull over, then shot several times while still in the vehicle.
Neighbor Connie Ternes in the small town of Hood said the incident was shocking.
“I can’t even fathom that that would happen out here,” she said. “This is pretty quiet of an area, somewhat isolated from things like that.”
Locals Darcy and Lance Seppi live on a property nearby and heard the gunfire.
“I started hearing shots, ‘Boom, boom, boom,’” Darcy Seppi said.
Investigators with the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office said the driver of a Land Rover was forced off the main road by another driver who then started shooting.
The Land Rover ended up riddled with more than 20 bullet holes.
“It is stunning that the victim walked away to see another day,” Sgt. Rodney Grassmann said.
The victim crawled to the passenger side and escaped into an open field to call police, taking shots to the stomach and back.
Investigators are working to determine if the individuals knew each other.
“There could be many things,” Grassmann said. “Perhaps there was an unknown road rage incident where that driver had done something that offended the other driver. I don’t think the public has to worry about some crazed person randomly shooting at people.”
The neighbors say the shooting is unusual in the small town of around 300 people, and they are left questioning the motive.
“I can’t wrap my head around it,” Ternes said. “Who would do that? What is the reason in the middle of the night, shooting at someone so many times?”
Investigators say they do not believe the incident was gang-related.
Copyright 2022 KOVR via CNN Newsource. All rights reserved. | https://www.kmvt.com/2022/03/31/driver-escapes-after-car-riddled-with-bullets-california-drive-by-shooting/ | 2022-04-01T01:47:05Z |
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NEW YORK, March 31, 2022
Short Film Chronicles the Quinceañera Dream of One Woman
NEW YORK, March 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Marking International Transgender Day of Visibility, Pantene today released a documentary-style short film chronicling the Quinceañera of a transgender woman, Isa, denied one as a teenager. Longtime agency Grey New York created the campaign.
Against great odds (see stats), from job discrimination to systemic violence, transgender women have made significant progress in Latin America, holding elective office and as business leaders.
People begin understanding their gender identity as early as three years old. But many transgender people don't know or share this about their gender until later in life due to safety and issues of cultural acceptance.
"It doesn't matter when or at what age someone knows who they are, whether at 15 or 44. Whenever they feel comfortable being themselves and sharing that truth is a moment to celebrate," said Martina Brubacher, Director of Communications for Pantene for Latin America, "As a brand, we know the power of hair and how it can be a statement for expressing one's true self, so it's important for us to feature stories like Isa's, a transgender woman who celebrates her journey."
The Quinceañera is a dream come true for many Latina girls as they turn fifteen. But this rite of passage to womanhood, celebrated by family and community, has often excluded transgender women from this cultural milestone.
Pantene has partnered with Isa, a transgender woman in her forties, to give her the Quinceañera she never had. The film tells her poignant story and follows her preparations leading up to and including the day with her friends and family. (Link to thefilm)
"For all the times I had to hide my identity and deny my existence - today I say, I am here. I am Isa," said Isa
The integrated digitally-led campaign includes online video, social media, influencers, and public relations. The brand once again worked with GLAAD, which accelerates the acceptance and inclusion of LGBTQIA+ people by sharing stories and accessing all forms of media to uplift members of the community.
"The team chose to launch this film on International Day of Trans Visibility – to inspire every young transgender person. Anything is possible; happiness and acceptance is something everyone deserves," said Javier Bonilla, Executive Creative Director at Grey.
Please see statistics on the challenges transgender people face:
- Since Statista started collecting data, 2021 is the year with the highest number of deaths of transgender and gender-diverse people, with 375 murders recorded between October 1, 2020, and September 30, 2021. Most of the murders took place in Brazil (125), Mexico (65), Honduras (53), and the United States (53).
- According to the data reported by Sin Violencia LGBTI, between the years 2014 and 2020, 1403 people from the LGBTI community were murdered for reasons related to prejudice against their sexual orientation or gender identity.
- 94% of the transgender population In Brazil reports suffering some form of violence motivated by discrimination due to their gender identity
- 175 transgender people were murdered in Brazil in 2020, 41% more than in 2019 (the country leads the ranking of murders of trans people in the world)
Source
1. Roa, M. M. (2021, November 18). Infografía: Los países con más asesinatos de personas trans. Statista Infografías. Retrieved March 30, 2022, from
https://es.statista.com/grafico/23552/personas-trans-y-genero-diversas-asesinadas-yhttps://es.statista.com/grafico/23552/personas-trans-y-genero-diversas-asesinadas-y-paises-con-mas-victimas/paises-con-mas-victimas/
2.3.4 Sin Violencia LGBTI. "Des-Cifrando La Violencia En Tiempos De Cuarentena." Sin Violencia LGBT, June 2021, https://sinviolencia.lgbt/des-cifrando-la-violencia-entiempos-de-cuarentena/.
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SCAPPOOSE, Ore. (AP) — Authorities say a man was shot and killed Thursday by two police officers in Scappoose, Oregon.
Columbia County officials confirmed the officer-involved shooting on social media. In a tweet, officials said that “no officers were injured and the incident is currently under investigation.”
A witness told KOIN-TV that he was dropping his wife off at work when he saw a man show up to the towing facility next door. The witness, Erik Tyler, said the man appeared angry and a fight escalated between the man and employees until the workers told him they would call the police.
Police arrived and Tyler said he heard them yell at the man to drop his weapon and the man didn’t comply.
Detective Shannon Wilde with the Washington County Sheriff’s Office, which has taken over the investigation, told reporters police responded to the “disturbance” at Grumpy’s Towing just before 10 a.m. During the incident, Wilde said both a sheriff's deputy and an Oregon State Police trooper fired their weapons, killing the man.
Wilde did not identify the deceased man or specify whether he was armed at the time but said he was wanted for an unrelated “violent felony.”
Wilde also declined to comment on the circumstances that led up to the shooting. | https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Police-Officers-shoot-kill-man-in-Scappoose-17049819.php | 2022-04-01T01:47:06Z |
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. airport security procedures will become more gender-neutral, with changes to scanners used for screening and the use of an “X” for travelers going through Precheck who do not identify as male or female, the Biden administration said Thursday.
Transportation Security Administration officers will also receive new instructions on screening intended to make procedures less invasive, the Department of Homeland Security said in a statement.
They are among a series of travel-security measures announced by the department in conjunction with Transgender Day of Visibility. President Joe Biden is marking the day by advocating against what his administration terms “dangerous anti-transgender legislative attacks” that have passed in statehouses across the country.
“DHS is committed to protecting the traveling public while ensuring that everyone, regardless of gender identity, is treated with respect,” Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said in the statement.
The use of the “X” pronoun in the TSA Precheck advanced security program will begin April 11 and is intended to keep pace with identity documents that already include that option, DHS said. A new “X” gender marker on U.S. passport applications also begins April 11.
Later this year, TSA will begin using scanners with new technology that will replace gender-based systems and are intended to “advance civil rights and improve the customer experience.”
The TSA will work with airlines to promote the acceptance of the “X” gender marker and will also update the guidance for airport security screening officers to remove gender considerations when validating documents, DHS said. | https://www.conchovalleyhomepage.com/news/political-news/ap-politics/us-airport-security-screening-to-become-more-gender-neutral/ | 2022-04-01T01:47:06Z |
Margaret Flynn and Marissa Mongon each scored three goals in Delran’s 13-0 win over Burlington City in Burlington.
Ava Steinmetz and Kalli Roskos both scored two goals while Anna Corsanico, Riley Cristella, and Ashley Hartmann all scored as well. As a team, Delran tallied 21 shots on goal while Burlington had seven.
With the win, Delran improved to 1-0 wile Burlington is 0-1 on the young season.
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With an aim of getting back on the winning track, Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) take on the Punjab Kings (PBKS) in Friday’s contest of the IPL. The encounter will be played at the iconic Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai from 7:30 pm IST.
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Shreyas Iyer-led KKR side defeated the Chennai Super Kings (CSK) in the inaugural match of the season but suffered a three-wicket defeat against the Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB). The two-time champions will take positives from their display and hope to win this game.
Meanwhile, Punjab pipped RCB in a high-scoring match as the Mayank Agarwal-led side won by five wickets at the DY Patil Stadium on Wednesday. They will step into the game with their heads held high and will be hoping for a similar result.
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According to accuweather.com, the temperature of Mumbai city on Friday will be around 30-31 degrees Celsius at the start of the play before dropping to 28 degrees Celsius at night.
The sky will be generally clear and it is unlikely that the match will be interrupted by rain as there are zero chances of precipitation during play. The humidity will be around 70 percent, meanwhile, the wind speed should be around 21-22 km/h.
Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) vs Punjab Kings (PBKS) Possible XIs
Kolkata Knight Riders Probable Line-up: Venkatesh Iyer, Ajinkya Rahane, Shreyas Iyer (C), Nitish Rana, Sunil Narine, Sam Billings, Sheldon Jackson, Andre Russell, Tim Southee, Umesh Yadav, Varun Chakravarthy
Punjab Kings Probable Line-up: Shikhar Dhawan, Mayank Agarwal (C), Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Liam Livingstone, Raj Bawa, Shahrukh Khan, Odean Smith, Harpreet Brar, Arshdeep Singh, Sandeep Sharma or Kagiso Rabada, Rahul Chahar
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The Buona Companies Adds 'Beef It Up' Food Truck
The Buona Companies, owner and operator of the famous Original Italian beef, announced another strategic expansion of their business. This May, Buona will add a food truck to their twenty-six brick-and-mortar locations across Illinois and Indiana. The truck – appropriately named the Beef It Up truck – will be exclusively available...
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RICHMOND, Calif. – The nation’s oldest active park ranger is hanging up her Smokey hat at the age of 100.
Betty Reid Soskin retired Thursday after more than 15 years at the Rosie the Riveter/WWII Home Front National Historical Park in Richmond, California, the National Park Service announced.
Soskin “spent her last day providing an interpretive program to the public and visiting with coworkers," a Park Service statement said.
She led tours at the park and museum honoring the women who worked in factories during wartime and shared her own experience as a Black woman during the conflict. She worked for the U.S. Air Force in 1942 but quit after learning that “she was employed only because her superiors believed she was white," according to a Park Service biography.
“Being a primary source in the sharing of that history – my history – and giving shape to a new national park has been exciting and fulfilling,” Soskin said in the Park Service statement. “It has proven to bring meaning to my final years.”
Soskin won a temporary Park Service position at the age of 84 and became a permanent Park Service employee in 2011. She celebrated her 100th birthday last September.
“Betty has made a profound impact on the National Park Service and the way we carry out our mission,” Director Chuck Sams said. “Her efforts remind us that we must seek out and give space for all perspectives so that we can tell a more full and inclusive history of our nation.”
Soskin was born Betty Charbonnet in Detroit in 1921 but recalled surviving the devastating Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 while living with her Creole family in New Orleans, according to the Park Service biography.
Her family then moved to Oakland, California, and Soskin remained in the San Francisco Bay Area, where in 1945 she and her first husband founded one of the first Black-owned record stores in the area, the biography said.
She also was a civil rights activist and took part in meetings to develop a general management plan for the Home Front park. She has received several honors.
She was named California Woman of the Year in 1995.
In 2015, Soskin received a presidential coin from President Barack Obama after she lit the National Christmas tree at the White House.
In June 2016, she was awakened in her home by a robber who punched her repeatedly in the face, dragged her out of her bedroom and beat her before making off with the coin and other items. Soskin, then 94, recovered and returned to work just weeks after the attack. The coin was replaced.
Soskin also was honored with entry into the Congressional Record. Glamour Magazine named her woman of the year in 2018. | https://www.news4jax.com/news/weird-news/2022/04/01/oldest-us-active-park-ranger-retires-at-100/ | 2022-04-01T01:47:08Z |
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