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WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) – For some people, overdraft fees are a frustrating inconvenience. For others, they pose crippling costs. Some lawmakers now want to change how they’re charged altogether.
Rep. Carolyn Maloney introduced legislation called the “Overdraft Protection Act.” The bill includes provisions to cap the amount and number of fees a bank can charge.
“My bill tries to cut down on these unfair and deceptive practices,” the New York Democrat said.
Advocates like Elyse Crawford-Hicks with Americans for Financial Reform say overdraft fees hit low-income families and people of color the hardest.
“Overdraft fees are paid the most by people who can least afford them,” Crawford-Hicks said.
Others say over-drafting is a useful service because it can function like a short-term loan. Paul Kundert is the CEO of UW Credit Union, which recently reduced their overdraft fees and put more limits on how they charge them.
“When prices are fair, we believe consumers do benefit from access to the credit provided by overdraft fees,” Kundert said.
Recently, major banks like Wells Fargo, Citigroup and Bank of America have made changes themselves, by reducing their overdraft fees or eliminating them altogether.
Rep. Roger Williams, R-Texas, says that demonstrates the legislation is unnecessary.
“The market is naturally, naturally taking care of the issue without government intervention. And we do not need more rules from Washington,” Williams said.
Because banks make billions of dollars in revenue from overdraft fees, George Mason University Foundation Professor of Law Todd Zywicki argues the proposed changes would cost consumers.
“We’ll see higher bank fees, we’ll see higher minimum monthly deposits as basically insurance against over-drafting and we will see a loss of access to free checking,” Zywicki said.
Lawmakers like Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Mass., are promising to continue pushing for the reforms.
“How can we perform such an abusive and predatory practice that punishes people simply for being poor?” Pressley said.
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Bellaire’s Sechrest starts impressive; Martins Ferry sweeps Buckeye Trail
ST. CLAIRSVILLE — Red Devil Stadium hosted a five-team track meet Tuesday evening as the season got under way. Bellaire senior Colt Sechrest got his season going impressively, winning both the shot put (49-2) and the discus (179-5). Big Reds’ sophomore Mayson Sochor was a double winner in...
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Crowd Erupts as Man in 'We the People' Shirt Is Thrown in Handcuffs, Hauled Out of State Senate Meeting
During a meeting about discrimination based on COVID-19 vaccine status, three people were removed by police, including one man who was arrested while wearing a “We the People” t-shirt.
This is not a good look for America.
The incident occurred earlier this month in Salt Lake City, Utah, during a state Senate committee hearing on legislation that would prevent businesses and certain government entities from requiring vaccine passports, KSTU-TV reported.
It was a packed house with a contentious issue on the agenda, and Senate Revenue and Taxation Committee Chair Dan McCay had already been forced to call a recess, citing an unruly crowd, prior to the arrest.
Before reconvening the meeting, McCay reportedly issued a warning to remove signs and stickers that demonstrated support for House Bill 60, an edict that seemed to make things worse.
“They said you have to take everything off that’s political. Your stickers, your sign, we don’t allow waving. We’re going, ‘Tyranny. Welcome to Australia,'” witness Diane Anderson told the news outlet.
“There was a lot of people in there. He took off his sticker; he didn’t take his shirt off, and they had the Highway Patrol come and take him out, saying he was disrupting the meeting,” Anderson continued.
“It was in recess. He wasn’t disrupting,” she claimed.
The sticker in question read “Vote yes on HB60,” KSTU-TV reported.
Network reporter Daniel Woodruff shared photos and footage of the unidentified man being cuffed and led out of the room by Utah Highway Patrol officers.
“Things just got heated FAST as the UHP took away the guy in cuffs after he didn’t comply with what they were asking him to do,” Woodruff tweeted on March 1.
“People here are angry,” he pointed out.
Things just got heated FAST as the UHP took away the guy in cuffs after he didn’t comply with what they were asking him to do. People here are angry. #utpol #utleg pic.twitter.com/BPfmWYhgLz
— Daniel Woodruff (@danielmwoodruff) March 1, 2022
The man was quickly subdued and hustled away, but the crowd became more agitated and erupted in anger over the perceived injustice of his arrest, especially those who thought it had to do with the message on his shirt.
“This is wrong,” one man can be heard yelling. “This is not okay.”
“You guys should be ashamed of yourself,” an unidentified woman yelled. “You swore an oath to us, not the government.”
The man with the sticker was slapped with a Class B misdemeanor and released, and the matter is now in the hands of the Salt Lake City Justice Court. Two others who had shouted at McCay were also removed, though no one else was charged.
Utah State Senate President Stuart Adams called what happened an “unfortunate incident” and said there would be a review of the process.
“We’re kind of sorry that happened, and my hope would be that we would move on and that we wouldn’t want to see anything like that result in criminal charges,” the Republican lawmaker said.
“We obviously have great policies in place, and we hope to perfect those as we continue on,” Adams added.
“We’re looking at the incidents, and we’ll just continue to, again, try to learn from what we’re doing.”
As for House Bill 60, it eventually passed 7 to 2.
By all accounts, it appeared the crowd was already amped up over the issue, and maintaining order in that situation is a vital part of the political process.
The officers acted on the instructions of the officials in charge of the meeting — as they should have, but the use of force to subdue a citizen who is passionate about the proliferation of tyranny is precisely the wrong thing to do in that situation.
Americans have been subjected to two years of government overreach in the name of this pandemic while those in charge continue to implement those restrictions even while the virus fizzles out.
Though the citizens who attend these hearings are subject to the rules therein and should have complied, it’s understandable that they would be chomping at the bit to fire back at elected officials whom they perceive as the embodiment of this tyranny — whether they are or not.
The officials and the citizens involved in this incident are responsible for their own actions, but perhaps both sides are acting on a small fragment part of this mountain of an issue that has turned this country into a tinderbox.
It was necessary to bring down the temperature of the room and quash the conflict — but perhaps the lesson here is that quibbling over stickers is the exact wrong way to de-escalate a tense situation.
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Cincinnati day care with suspended license faced allegations in past
Staff member charged with ripping child's hair out put day care under scrutiny
Staff member charged with ripping child's hair out put day care under scrutiny
Staff member charged with ripping child's hair out put day care under scrutiny
Twenty-seven-year-old Kristian Hemmitt's indictment last week has triggered a wave of interest in what was happening behind the walls of a day care in West Price Hill.
According to police, security footage from inside Small Kids Adventures Learning Center off Glenway Avenue shows Hemmitt ripping hair from the head of a 1-year-old girl and then trying to cover the bald spot left behind.
Documents obtained by WLWT investigator Todd Dykes from Ohio's Department of Job and Family Services said Hemmitt is shown, among other things, hitting a child with a toy, throwing a child down and hitting a child in the head with a dustpan.
It turns out that Small Kids learning center faced separate, substantiated allegations as recently as two years ago.
According to a complaint, kids were not being properly supervised. Another substantiated allegation said a staff member yelled at children and used inappropriate words to redirect behavior. The day care also got dinged for not being cleaned and sanitized properly.
While not commenting on the allegations involving Hemmitt or Small Kids learning center, Vanessa Freytag, CEO of 4C for Children, said whenever child care options suddenly disappear, parents can end up in a real bind.
"We definitely have fewer seats available in our region than we had before the pandemic," she said.
Freytag encourages parents with kids who need day care to understand what quality care means and to not be bashful.
"Quality is about— are they meeting safety guidelines, health guidelines, educational guidelines?" Freytag said. "As a family, you are empowered to ask the questions that you need answered, to feel safe about your child."
Dykes was in contact Thursday with the attorney who represents the owner of Small Kids Adventures Learning Center. The attorney declined to do an interview.
Hemmitt is set to be arraigned Friday.
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Los Angeles-based shoe company hosts virtual auction of limited edition and one-of-a-kind ballet flats to raise awareness with 100% of proceeds supporting Ukrainian people
LOS ANGELES, March 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Los Angeles-based shoemaker Tieks announced the launch of #TieksForUkraine, a virtual auction and raffle featuring their famed ballet flats, running from March 31 to April 3. In solidarity with the people of Ukraine, 100% of the auction and raffle proceeds will be donated to World Central Kitchen's #ChefsforUkraine initiative, an on the ground organization providing millions of meals 24/7 to families across all eight border crossings including Ukraine, Poland, Romania, Moldova, and Hungary.
For the first time ever, prized past limited editions, beloved bygone styles, and exclusive pairs that have never been sold publicly, including a brand-new, one-of-a-kind style, will be available for bid and raffle throughout the four-day auction. The auction is open to all U.S. residents and available through the Tieks.com website.
Within the first two hours of the auction, thousands of bids have been placed, with styles fetching bids as high as $4,500 (Toscani) and $3,500 (Arabian Night).
Historically, limited-edition Tieks are released on rare occasions like Black Friday and routinely sell out in 24-72 hours, making these releases some of the most coveted designs by the brand. These limited-edition styles have become among the most highly anticipated shoe releases year-round, with fans preparing to do almost anything to get their hands on a pair. Limited release pairs usually retail for significantly more in the secondary markets after they are no longer available from Tieks. However, from March 31-April 3, fans will have a chance to get their hands on a pair while also supporting an incredible cause.
#TieksForUkraine will feature eight total pairs, with seven up for auction and a one-of-a-kind pair for raffle including one limited edition style each of Red Diamond (2017 release), True Love Red (2021 release), Giraffe (2012 release), Toscani, Arabian Night, and Brown and Black Ostrich—two styles that have never been available for sale publicly. All auction styles will start at $100 and be awarded to the highest bidder. Additionally, Mirage, a one-of-a-kind pair in a sparkly sand hue will be available to win via a raffle. Raffle tickets for this style are $1 each with an unlimited purchase amount. As an added bonus, Tieks will also give away $100 Tieks Gift Cards to 10 additional raffle winners.
"I'm humbled that my company and our community are able to support the people of Ukraine through the #TieksForUkraine initiative," Gavrieli said. "In solidarity with the people of Ukraine, who have lost so much and shown immense courage and strength, our community wants to be involved in contributing to the Ukrainian people in a meaningful way." Gavrieli added, "My hope is that through the auction proceeds, World Central Kitchen will be able to provide tens of thousands of meals for Ukrainians braving this unimaginable war."
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IT’S SORT OF LIKE PUTTING LEFTISTS IN CONTROL OF YOUR MEDIA AND EDUCATION SYSTEM: How a Zombifying Virus Can Manipulate Caterpillars Into Killing Themselves.
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Wall Street analysts expect Yext, Inc. (NYSE:YEXT – Get Rating) to report earnings of ($0.07) per share for the current quarter, Zacks reports. Four analysts have issued estimates for Yext’s earnings, with the highest EPS estimate coming in at ($0.07) and the lowest estimate coming in at ($0.08). Yext posted earnings of ($0.02) per share in the same quarter last year, which suggests a negative year-over-year growth rate of 250%. The firm is scheduled to report its next quarterly earnings report on Monday, January 1st.
According to Zacks, analysts expect that Yext will report full-year earnings of ($0.16) per share for the current fiscal year, with EPS estimates ranging from ($0.18) to ($0.10). For the next fiscal year, analysts anticipate that the business will post earnings of ($0.09) per share, with EPS estimates ranging from ($0.12) to ($0.01). Zacks Investment Research’s earnings per share calculations are an average based on a survey of sell-side research analysts that follow Yext.
Yext (NYSE:YEXT – Get Rating) last released its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, March 8th. The company reported ($0.03) EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of ($0.08) by $0.05. The business had revenue of $100.93 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $101.04 million. Yext had a negative return on equity of 43.14% and a negative net margin of 23.88%. Yext’s quarterly revenue was up 9.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted ($0.15) EPS.
NYSE YEXT traded down $0.20 on Friday, reaching $6.89. The company had a trading volume of 1,524,373 shares, compared to its average volume of 2,267,433. Yext has a 52-week low of $4.26 and a 52-week high of $15.48. The stock has a market capitalization of $903.88 million, a P/E ratio of -9.44 and a beta of 1.49. The company’s fifty day moving average is $7.26 and its 200 day moving average is $9.71.
In other Yext news, CAO Darryl Bond sold 7,971 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, March 21st. The stock was sold at an average price of $6.58, for a total value of $52,449.18. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link. Also, General Counsel Ho Shin sold 6,090 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, March 21st. The stock was sold at an average price of $6.58, for a total value of $40,072.20. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last three months, insiders sold 95,002 shares of company stock valued at $583,714. 12.40% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.
A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of YEXT. Norges Bank bought a new stake in shares of Yext during the 4th quarter valued at about $8,565,000. Walleye Capital LLC lifted its position in Yext by 24.2% in the 4th quarter. Walleye Capital LLC now owns 1,146,802 shares of the company’s stock worth $11,376,000 after buying an additional 223,674 shares during the last quarter. Barclays PLC lifted its position in Yext by 114.5% in the 4th quarter. Barclays PLC now owns 210,975 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,094,000 after buying an additional 112,608 shares during the last quarter. BlackRock Inc. lifted its position in Yext by 2.5% in the 4th quarter. BlackRock Inc. now owns 10,700,056 shares of the company’s stock worth $106,147,000 after buying an additional 262,333 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company MN lifted its position in Yext by 13.7% in the 4th quarter. Wells Fargo & Company MN now owns 123,930 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,230,000 after buying an additional 14,964 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 68.68% of the company’s stock.
Yext Company Profile (Get Rating)
Yext, Inc organizes business facts to provide answers to consumer questions in North America and internationally. It operates Yext platform, a cloud-based platform that allows its customers to provide answers to consumer questions, to control the facts about their businesses and the content of their landing pages, and to manage their consumer reviews, as well as provides customers to update their information and content through its knowledge network of approximately 200 maps, apps, search engines, intelligent GPS systems, digital assistants, vertical directories, and social networks.
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Bad start in Alabama, still possible in New York: Counting of votes on unionization at two U.S. Amazon warehouses began Thursday, but final results are not yet known.
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This is the first time in the United States that an e-commerce company has been founded in 1994, having won a “yes” on one of two logistics platforms.
On Staten Island, a suburb of New York City where JFK8 warehouse workers cast their ballots, the “yes” vote was 1,518 and the “no” vote was 1,154. The count will close tomorrow, an official said.
The fact that a poll has taken place is “already historically significant”, with Christian Smalls, head of the Amazon Labor Union (ALU), a small group of current and former Amazon employees devoting several months to collecting at least 30% of signatures. Warehouse staff to organize the poll.
He quickly left the building between two rounds of voting, saying “yes” was “not surprising” to be in the lead so far.
In Bessemer (Alabama), on the other hand, the National Association of Distributors, which the workers wanted to join, caused a second controversial failure a year ago. Over the state.
On Thursday evening, “No” took the lead with 993 votes, against which there were 875 “yes” but 416 “controversial” ballots, which will determine the outcome. In the coming weeks, an inquiry will have to decide whether or not to open these bulletins and take them into account. Then there may be other legal solutions.
In all, 2,284 out of 6,153 eligible employees voted.
This second poll was commissioned by the United States Labor Rights Agency (NLRB), which found that Amazon violated the rules during its first attempt at Bessemer last year.
The RWDSU union actually accused the group of “intimidation and interference” and ruled that the NLRB acceptable several objections.
Amazon, one of the largest employers in the United States, is a multinational corporation with a net worth of over $ 30 billion by 2021, and has so far been able to thwart efforts to mobilize workers in the country.
In Bessemer, as in Staten Island, workers were called to several mandatory meetings before the ballot to present the evils of a union.
Officially, the company respects workers’ rights to unionize, but wants a direct relationship with its employees.
He did not immediately respond to AFP’s request.
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BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — A driver who engaged Buffalo police in a lengthy gunfight, striking and injuring three officers during a haphazard chase that spanned the city, pleaded not guilty Thursday to attempted murder.
Kente Bell, 28, was arraigned from his hospital room, where he is recovering from several gunshot wounds sustained during Tuesday's chase and a final hail of gunfire as it ended in front of a police station at a Buffalo intersection.
Bell was shot in his neck, arm, leg and hand and underwent surgery at Erie County Medical Center, where he appeared before a judge after regaining consciousness, said Erie County District Attorney John Flynn, who offered dramatic new details of the events.
“You have a high-speed chase... you've got a guy firing out the driver's side window. You've got blockades, you've got speed on highways, a girl jumping out of the car,” he said at a news conference.
Bell is accused of fleeing two police officers who approached his parked vehicle after noticing its tinted windows around 6 p.m. Tuesday, Flynn said. He cooperated at first but did not get out of the car because he was partially paralyzed in a 2012 shooting and uses medical equipment to walk, the prosecutor said.
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When it appeared there was an issue with his registration, Bell drove off. Armed with an illegal handgun with an extended magazine of ammunition, he fired on police as they pursued him through city neighborhoods and on highways for more than 20 minutes, Flynn said.
Early in the chase, before shots were fired, the passenger exited the moving vehicle.
“He was making a turn and had slowed down at some point. She opened the front passenger door and jumped out of the car while it was moving and ended up rolling on the ground and hit up against a pole of some kind,” he said, “like right out of a movie.”
“She was obviously freaking out probably, to say the least, and wanted to have nothing to do with this," Flynn said.
In the minutes that followed, Bell drove through a police barricade, entered and exited highways and drove wildly through several Buffalo neighborhoods, briefly entering the suburb of Cheektowaga, before turning back toward Buffalo with police officers radioing his route to each other and warning of the danger.
“They’re still shooting. Multiple officers hit!” an officer is heard shouting in a transmission captured by Broadcastify.com.
Three police officers were struck in separate vehicles. All are recovering.
By the time it was over, nine police vehicles were damaged by gunfire, Police Commissioner Joseph Gramaglia said.
Investigators have yet to determine how many shots were fired by Bell, or how many officers fired their weapons, Flynn said.
Bell is due to appear before a county judge at the hospital Friday for an alleged probation violation related to a 2020 illegal firearms charge in the town of Amherst. While on probation, he was prohibited from carrying a weapon.
The attorney who represented Bell at Thursday's arraignment did not return a call seeking comment on his behalf.
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By Joe Hoppe
SSE PLC said Thursday that its subsidiary SSEN Transmission has agreed a 350 million pound ($459.7 million) private placement to fund investments in electricity transmission infrastructure for renewable energy.
The FTSE 100 energy company said that the placements will be issued in two equal tranches of GBP175 million, the first maturing in June 2032 and the second in June 2037. The tranches carry rates of 3.13% and 3.24% respectively.
The terms were agreed with Pricoa Private Capital, part of PGIM, Inc. and include a three-month delayed draw, with the proceeds expected to be received in June this year.
The proceeds will be used to fund part of SSEN's program of investments in transmission network infrastructure, which will help accommodate the significant increase in renewables needed to transition the U.K. to net zero emissions, and will also cover existing maturing debt.
"This placement is on attractive terms and demonstrates the diversification of funding options available to the transmission business as we deliver this growth," SSE Finance Director Gregor Alexander said.
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LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — The mother of a newborn baby attempted to kill her child after a home birth, police said.
Police said they were called to the emergency room at Mountain View Hospital on Saturday for a report of a new mother who refused to enter the hospital and was “bleeding profusely,” they wrote in an arrest report.
Police said the newborn’s mother, Ashley Hollingsworth, 22, had tried to kill the child with a blanket.
Hollingsworth was located more than two hours later with severe injuries to her head, police said.
Investigators learned that Hollingsworth had given birth in a toilet about an hour before they were called to the hospital.
On the way to the hospital, police said “Ashley had wrapped [a] blanket around the baby’s head and was pushing the blanket against the baby’s face.” Doctors initially believed the newborn may have suffered a brain bleed, but staff later determined the child likely did not suffer any injuries.
While speaking with detectives the next day, a witness told police Hollingsworth reportedly said there was “something evil” in her stomach that was “trying to kill” the baby. Hollingsworth later told police in an interview that she believed the baby was “probably evil.”
“After seeing the baby’s eyes, smelling what she described as an abnormal scent, and the baby grunting at her, Ashley decided to wrap the blanket around the baby’s head,” police wrote in their report.
Hollingsworth was found with self-inflicted injuries to her face, police said.
Police arrested Hollingsworth on Wednesday. She faces charges of attempted murder and child abuse or neglect. She was being held without bail ahead of a court hearing next week.
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Congressman introduces legislation to protect Americans from Russian propaganda, disinformation
Rep. Don Beyer (D-Va.) on Tuesday introduced legislation to combat Russian misinformation and educate Americans on how to properly seek out information about Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine.
The Educating Against Misinformation and Disinformation Act would establish a commission to fight misinformation and promote media literacy, according to a news release.
“Russian misinformation before and during their invasion of Ukraine is shining a spotlight on the urgent need to defend our country against the threat posed by these malign influence operations,” Beyer said in a statement.
The act is in response to the Russian invasion but would help address the larger problem of misinformation in the U.S., which took center stage during the COVID-19 pandemic.
According to the bill, the new commission would report annually on the status of education regarding the general issue of misinformation and disinformation in the U.S.
The bill would also establish a grant program to improve “resiliency” in Americans against misinformation and disinformation and commission a study on the extent of media literacy among Americans, with the goal of improving media literacy.
Since Russia invaded Ukraine late last month, Russian propaganda promoting the invasion has continued to circulate on social media. In response, Twitter banned more than 100 accounts for tweeting in support of Russian President Vladimir Putin or sharing the hashtag #IStandWithPutin.
Social media platforms, including Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Reddit, have restricted Russian state media access to their platforms and demonetized content from such publishers.
Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) sent letters to tech companies, including Facebook parent company Meta, Twitter and Alphabet requesting they curb Russian disinformation and devote more resources to identifying fake accounts.
“As one of the world’s largest communications platforms, your company has a clear responsibility to ensure that your products are not used to facilitate human rights abuses, undermine humanitarian and emergency service responses, or advance harmful disinformation,” Warner wrote.
Beyer said the Educating Against Misinformation and Disinformation Act is important because of the challenges posed to fighting back against the propaganda.
“Even before the current conflict in Ukraine, widespread state-sponsored misinformation campaigns designed to shape distorted narratives of reality posed a major challenge to countries including the United States,” he said in a statement. “This is a clear national security risk, and we must do more to build up our public defense to meet the needs of the present era of information warfare.”
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Samsara Inc. (NYSE:IOT – Get Rating) has been given a consensus rating of “Buy” by the ten ratings firms that are currently covering the firm, MarketBeat Ratings reports. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, one has given a hold rating and seven have issued a buy rating on the company. The average 12 month price objective among analysts that have covered the stock in the last year is $28.75.
Several research analysts have recently commented on IOT shares. Morgan Stanley decreased their price objective on Samsara from $30.00 to $28.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a report on Thursday, March 3rd. Cowen cut their target price on Samsara from $31.00 to $27.00 in a research note on Thursday, March 3rd. Wolfe Research initiated coverage on Samsara in a research note on Monday, January 10th. They issued an “outperform” rating and a $35.00 target price on the stock. JPMorgan Chase & Co. initiated coverage on Samsara in a research note on Monday, January 10th. They issued an “overweight” rating and a $34.00 target price on the stock. Finally, StockNews.com started coverage on Samsara in a research note on Thursday. They issued a “sell” rating on the stock.
NYSE IOT traded down $1.18 during trading hours on Friday, reaching $16.02. 1,767,271 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 1,667,781. The firm has a 50 day moving average price of $17.94. Samsara has a 1 year low of $12.51 and a 1 year high of $31.41.
In related news, insider Kiren Sekar sold 60,534 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, March 15th. The shares were sold at an average price of $13.34, for a total value of $807,523.56. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this hyperlink.
Several hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the company. Norges Bank bought a new stake in shares of Samsara during the 4th quarter valued at $18,129,000. BlackRock Inc. bought a new position in Samsara in the 4th quarter worth $77,320,000. Weiss Multi Strategy Advisers LLC bought a new position in Samsara in the 4th quarter worth $554,000. Woodline Partners LP bought a new position in Samsara in the 4th quarter worth $7,416,000. Finally, Goldman Sachs Group Inc. bought a new position in Samsara in the 4th quarter worth $28,511,000. 28.80% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.
Samsara Company Profile (Get Rating)
Samsara Inc provides solutions that connects physical operations data to its Connected Operations Cloud in the United States and internationally. The company's Connected Operations Cloud includes Data Platform, which ingests, aggregates, and enriches data from its IoT devices and has embedded capabilities for AI, workflows and analytics, alerts, API connections, and data security and privacy; and applications for video-based safety, vehicle telematics, apps and driver workflows, equipment monitoring, and site visibility.
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NEWPORT, R.I. (WPRI) — Roughly 80 adults and children experiencing homelessness and living at a Motel 6 in Newport were forced to leave on Thursday afternoon.
Target 12 reported Monday that Newport Mental Health, a nonprofit therapy and psychiatric service provider, had used $700,000 in federal funding to secure a four-month agreement with the Motel 6 in Newport from early December through March 31, but was unable to extend the agreement.
John Matoiza said Thursday he was one of the lucky ones.
Matoiza said he has health issues that make it difficult for him to walk, and though Jamie Lehane, president of Newport Mental Health, said everyone was offered short-term options like shelters, Matoiza told Target 12 he had been holding out for a hotel.
“You have to be out of those shelters by 6 a.m.,” Matoiza said. “I have a room at Rodeway Inn for about a week.”
“I’m just waiting for a ride that comes around 3 p.m. and then hopefully everything will be okay,” he added.
Jimmy Winters, director of the Housing Hotline, a nonprofit helping people on Aquidneck Island find places to live, said he heard this morning that nearly 80 people were about to lose shelter and drove over.
Matoiza is one of the people he helped.
“He was going to be homeless as of today,” said Winters. “We were able to find housing for him in one of the local motels.”
He said overall, he had found hotel and motel rooms for 20 people on Thursday.
“We’re going to try to keep it as long as we can, but it’s just that, the money is tight now,” Winters said.
Lehane said Newport Mental Health was able to secure seven hotel rooms for people who had been at the Motel 6, and said the root cause of the problem is the lack of affordable housing in Newport.
Dayna Gladstein, executive vice president at Newport Mental Health, told Target 12 more than 50 people who had been living at the Motel 6 had agreed to go to short-term shelters, and the rest have found other options.
Tolly Taylor (ttaylor@wpri.com) is a Target 12 investigative reporter for 12 News. Connect with him on Twitter and on Facebook
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https://www.wpri.com/target-12/nearly-80-people-left-to-find-housing-after-contract-ends/
| 2022-04-01T00:10:11Z
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WASHINGTON — The House on Thursday passed a bill capping the monthly cost of insulin at $35 for insured patients, part of an election-year push by Democrats for price curbs on prescription drugs at a time of rising inflation.
Experts say the legislation, which passed 232-193, would provide significant relief for privately insured patients with skimpier plans and for Medicare enrollees facing rising out-of-pocket costs for their insulin. Some could save hundreds of dollars annually, and all insured patients would get the benefit of predictable monthly costs for insulin. The bill would not help the uninsured.
But the Affordable Insulin Now Act will serve as a political vehicle to rally Democrats and force Republicans who oppose it into uncomfortable votes ahead of the midterms. For the legislation to pass Congress, 10 Republican senators would have to vote in favor. Democrats acknowledge they don't have an answer for how that's going to happen.
“If 10 Republicans stand between the American people being able to get access to affordable insulin, that's a good question for 10 Republicans to answer,” said Rep. Dan Kildee, D-Mich., a cosponsor of the House bill. “Republicans get diabetes, too. Republicans die from diabetes.”
Public opinion polls have consistently shown support across party lines for congressional action to limit drug costs.
But Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., complained the legislation is only “a small piece of a larger package around government price controls for prescription drugs." Critics say the bill would raise premiums and fails to target pharmaceutical middlemen seen as contributing to high list prices for insulin.
Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, said Democrats could have a deal on prescription drugs if they drop their bid to authorize Medicare to negotiate prices. “Do Democrats really want to help seniors, or would they rather have the campaign issue?" Grassley said.
The insulin bill, which would take effect in 2023, represents just one provision of a much broader prescription drug package in President Joe Biden's social and climate legislation.
In addition to a similar $35 cap on insulin, the Biden bill would authorize Medicare to negotiate prices for a range of drugs, including insulin. It would penalize drugmakers who raise prices faster than inflation and overhaul the Medicare prescription drug benefit to limit out-of-pocket costs for enrollees.
Biden's agenda passed the House only to stall in the Senate because Democrats could not reach consensus. Party leaders haven't abandoned hope of getting the legislation moving again, and preserving its drug pricing curbs largely intact.
The idea of a $35 monthly cost cap for insulin actually has a bipartisan pedigree. The Trump administration had created a voluntary option for Medicare enrollees to get insulin for $35, and the Biden administration continued it.
In the Senate, Republican Susan Collins of Maine and Democrat Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire are working on a bipartisan insulin bill. Georgia Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock has introduced legislation similar to the House bill, with the support of Sen. Majority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York.
Stung by criticism that Biden's economic policies spur inflation, Democrats are redoubling efforts to show how they'd help people cope with costs. On Thursday, the Commerce Department reported a key inflation gauge jumped 6.4% in February compared with a year ago, the largest year-over-year rise since January 1982.
But experts say the House bill would not help uninsured people, who face the highest out-of-pocket costs for insulin. Also, people with diabetes often take other medications as well as insulin. That's done to treat the diabetes itself, along with other serious health conditions often associated with the disease. The House legislation would not help with those costs, either. Collins says she's looking for a way to help uninsured people through her bill.
About 37 million Americans have diabetes, and an estimated 6 million to 7 million use insulin to keep their blood sugars under control. It’s an old drug, refined and improved over the years, that has seen relentless price increases.
Steep list prices don't reflect the rates insurance plans negotiate with manufacturers. But those list prices are used to calculate cost-sharing amounts that patients owe. Patients who can’t afford their insulin reduce or skip doses, a strategy born of desperation, which can lead to serious complications and even death.
Economist Sherry Glied of New York University said the market for insulin is a “total disaster” for many patients, particularly those with skimpy insurance plans or no insurance.
“This will make private insurance for people with diabetes a much more attractive proposition,” said Glied.
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https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/nation-world/insulin-cap-35-dollars-month-bill/507-855508ee-6b9d-4ce8-9937-22fa115af232
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The Connecticut Department of Agriculture is investigating some Guida’s Dairy milk that they said could be contaminated with diluted sanitizer.
The state department said the 1% low-fat half-pint milk cartons had limited distribution in New Jersey, but all institutional customers with 1% low-fat half-pint milk cartons with a sell-by date of April 11 are urged to dispose of the product.
The Connecticut Department of Agriculture said the Bureau of Regulatory Services is investigating an incident involving Guida’s Dairy in New Britain regarding 1% low-fat half-pint milk cartons with a sell-by date of April 11 that contains diluted sanitizer.
The preliminary investigation report indicates that the actual issue is limited to milk within a specific time range of 4:30 and 7:30 and code stamped on the cartons, according to the department, and this milk had limited distribution in New Jersey, according to the department.
None of the students were ill, but they were taken to the hospital as a precaution, according to a Camden County spokesperson.
However, out of an abundance of caution, Guida’s Dairy is asking all institutional customers possessing 1% low-fat half-pint milk cartons with a sell-by date of APR 11 to dispose of the product.
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Guida's Dairy said they're disposing of their milk that meets this criteria. They said the milk has a chemical-like smell.
"Nothing is more important than the well-being and health of those we serve. Once we were made aware of this issue, we took immediate action and tested impacted product to verify there is no food safety risk associated with this product," Guida's Dairy said in a statement.
They said this guidance only applies to institutional customers and the affected product is not available at retail outlets for consumer purchase.
The state Department of Agriculture said Guida’s Dairy is cooperating fully, according to the Department of Agriculture.
"The quality of our products is deeply important to the Guida’s Dairy team. We are
working with all appropriate regulatory agencies to make them aware of this issue and taking the necessary corrective actions," Guida's Dairy said.
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https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/national-international/some-cartons-of-guidas-dairy-milk-could-contain-diluted-sanitizer-state-dept-of-agriculture/2860352/
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Live updates: Russia invades Ukraine, some forces withdrawn from Chernobyl nuclear power site
Some European nations are closely depending on Russia for his or her fuel provide.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said earlier this month that EU leaders had agreed to spend the following two months drafting proposals for eliminating the bloc’s dependency on Russian energy imports by 2027.
Here’s a take a look at actions some EU nations are taking:
Germany: Russia’s greatest vitality buyer in Europe had already taken measures to handle the Nord Stream 2 pipeline. But now it’s responding to extra issues about potential fuel scarcity together with different nations.
Germany has issued an “early warning” of potential pure fuel shortages after Russia mentioned it needed to be paid in rubles and threatened to chop off provides if that did not occur.
“A payment with rubles is not acceptable,” German financial system minister Robert Habeck mentioned on Monday.
Speaking at a information convention in Berlin on Wednesday, he mentioned the warning stage was of a preventive nature and would see elevated monitoring of fuel provides. He additionally known as upon corporations and customers to make use of fuel sparingly. German fuel storage is at the moment crammed to 25% capability, based on Habeck.
“There are currently no supply shortages,” he mentioned. “Nevertheless, we must take further precautionary measures to be prepared for any escalation by Russia.”
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz spoke on the telephone along with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in a while Wednesday, by which he burdened Berlin is dedicated to a G7 settlement that vitality provides from Russia can be paid for under in euros or US {dollars}, based on a German readout of the decision.
Putin instructed Scholz the legislation that funds for Russian vitality provides must be made in rubles doesn’t apply to European companions, and funds would proceed to be made in euros and transferred to Gazprom Bank, which isn’t affected by sanctions, after which transformed into rubles, based on the readout.
“Chancellor Scholz did not agree to this procedure in the conversation, but asked for written information to better understand the procedure,” the readout mentioned.
Netherlands: The Dutch authorities requested the general public to make use of much less fuel because it hopes to scale back its dependency on Russian imports, based on a spokesperson for the financial system ministry. However, the Netherlands wouldn’t be triggering a fuel disaster plan, a spokesperson instructed CNN. Instead, the federal government hopes to scale back Dutch fuel utilization by way of a marketing campaign addressing its residents.
Austria: Vienna issued an “early warning” of potential pure fuel shortages within the nation, which additionally follows Russia’s menace to chop off provides if it was not paid in rubles. The early-stage warning sees Austria take “the next step in the preparation for an emergency,” Climate Minister Leonore Gewessler wrote on Twitter.
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The NFT boom is deflating. Or, rather, the bubble that has been created around them. The analysis firm Nansen assures that a third of analyzed NFTs have no or very little trading volume. That is to say: a third of NFTs, barring a sudden rise in popularity, are dead, as no one – or very few people – trades with them.
This does not necessarily imply that such NFTs are worthless. A painting, even if it is not frequently traded and remains in the hands of the same person for years, retains its value. That same logic could be applicable to many NFTs.
Nansen’s data also reveals another curious reality. Another third of analyzed NFTs are trading below their listed value. That is to say: those who acquired it at the time of its launch would lose money if they decided to sell it today.
The data set analyzed by Nansen is made up of 8,400 collections with a total of 19.3 million NFTs in the blockchain of Ethereum. A sample large enough to draw general conclusions about current market dynamics.
This does not mean that NFTs are doomed
This reality does not mean that all NFTs are worthless or that the technology behind them has no potential both now and in the future. But it does seem to reflect something that many experts have been pointing out for months: a considerable percentage of the market is made up of meaningless projects.
“Money flows too fast and with too much ignorance,” said WhaleShark, one of the world’s largest collectors, in statements to Bloomberg. A feeling that remember what was experienced in 2018 with the ICOswhen thousands of projects raised significant amounts of money but, shortly after, ended up being a failure.
In the last 30 days, in addition, the volume of transactions with NFTs has fallen significantly. Specifically, 40% compared to the previous month, as also indicated Nansen. On OpenSea, the largest NFT trading platform, volume has fallen even further: 67%, according to DappRadar data compiled by Bloomberg.
Many describe this dynamic as cooling or corrective movements after several months in which the NFT market has gone absolutely crazy both in terms of informative relevance and volume of money. Be that as it may, what does seem like a fact is that this sector is going through a turning point.
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https://d1softballnews.com/a-third-of-nfts-are-dead-and-another-has-caused-losses-to-their-original-buyers/
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City woman arraigned on motor vehicle homicide charge after 2020 crash
WORCESTER — A city woman was arraigned on a vehicular homicide charge Thursday in connection with a 2020 crash authorities say led to a city man’s death after more than a year in the hospital.
Kathryn Quinn, 48, was released on personal recognizance, court records show, following her arraignment in Central District Court.
Police allege in court records that Quinn struck a 58-year-old city man after driving her Cadillac up onto a sidewalk near 273 Lincoln St. around 11:30 p.m. July 30, 2020.
Quinn allegedly struck the man — as well as another who tried to jump out of the way — along with two parking meters and a “no parking” sign after crossing the double line and hitting the sidewalk on the opposite direction of travel.
The 58-year-old victim, identified in court records as Timothy K. Gain, was hospitalized for 463 days following the crash, police said. He died Nov. 5, 2021, police wrote, and Worcester officers received his cause of death — blunt force trauma to the head — on Feb. 5.
Quinn fled the scene following the crash, police said, and officers were able to track the Cadillac involved to her address at 42 Uxbridge St. a short time later.
Police said video footage obtained from a building adjacent to the address shows Quinn exiting the driver’s side of the Cadillac and checking out damage to the vehicle before heading into her apartment.
Quinn was charged in 2020 with driving to endanger, unlicensed driving, leaving the scene of a personal injury accident, leaving the scene of a property damage accident, driving on a sidewalk and a marked-lanes violation. That case remains open.
Asked for comment in a phone call Thursday, Quinn’s lawyer, Michael Erlich, said Quinn is “extremely distraught” by the man’s death.
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https://www.telegram.com/story/news/courts/2022/03/31/worcesters-kathryn-quinn-arraigned-motor-vehicle-homicide-charge-after-2020-crash/7228791001/
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Vivek Sheel Soni is new Mohali SSP
Vivek Sheel Soni was appointed as the new senior superintendent of police (SSP), Mohali, following a reshuffle by the Punjab government on Thursday.
A 2011-batch IPS officer, Soni has replaced Harjeet Singh, who had joined as the Mohali SSP on January 19 and now has been posted as the Gurdaspur SSP.
Prior to his posting in Mohali, Soni was the Rupnagar SSP after also having served as the Sangrur SSP. He will take charge in Mohali on Friday afternoon. “I will adopt zero tolerance towards corruption. Cops will have to discharge their duties honestly. Ensuring justice for victims will also be among my foremost tasks,” said Soni
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https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/others/vivek-sheel-soni-is-new-mohali-ssp-101648766880654-amp.html
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We’re gonna need a bigger box of Kleenex, because the largest AIDS Memorial Quilt display since the 2012 Washington, D.C. National Mall display — and the largest ever here in San Francisco — is set for June 11 and 12 in Golden Gate Park.
Yes, we know, SFist had previously informed you that San Francisco’s largest AIDS Memorial Quilt display ever was coming to Golden Gate Park. But that was in February 2020, and you realize what happened shortly thereafter. Yet that display was merely delayed, not canceled, by COVID-19, and the quilt’s 35th anniversary is coming up in June.
And so we are going to get that big display, as the Examiner reports that the largest ever San Francisco AIDS Quilt display is scheduled for June 11 and 12 in Robin Williams Meadow and in the National AIDS Memorial Grove. The event, with 3,000 panels on display, will be free.
“Bring family, bring friends,” AIDS Memorial CEO John Cunningham told the Examiner. “Experience the largest community arts project on earth.”
This display won’t be the full quilt, which is now 50,000 panels, with 110,000 names, and weighs 54 tons (The full quilt is currently warehoused in San Leandro.) But there will be 100 new panels never seen in public before on display, as regrettably, we are still losing roughly 5,000 people a year to HIV here in the U.S alone.
June's display in Golden Gate Park will be the largest AIDS Quilt display since the 2012 National Mall display in Washington, D.C.
We can’t help but note that the NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt was conceived in 1985 by Castro resident Cleve Jones, who’s currently facing displacement from his Castro apartment. (And, Jones has said in interviews, one of the things he has in that apartment is a quilt made by his great-grandmother that was his inspiration for the AIDS Quilt.)
That complication aside, Jones is still marking the anniversary. “Today, the Quilt is just as relevant and even more important, particularly in the wake of Covid-19, and the fact that the struggles we face today that result from health and social inequities are the issues we will face again in the future if we don’t learn from the lessons of the past,” Jones said in a statement.
The NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt will be on display on June 11 and 12, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. at Robin Williams Meadow and the AIDS Memorial Grove in Golden Gate Park.
Related: AIDS Quilt Leftovers Being Hand-Sewn Into COVID-19 Masks By ‘The Mother of the Quilt’ [SFist]
Image: @Historyatnight via Twitter
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Rangers could face legal action after Sydney Super Cup snub
By Vince Rugari
The organisers of the Sydney Super Cup have hit back at Rangers, who could be hit with legal action for pulling out of the NSW government-backed tournament and a planned Old Firm derby against Ange Postecoglou’s Celtic.
Following weeks of speculation over their involvement, the Scottish champions have confirmed they will not take part in the four-team event in November, for which tickets have already gone on sale.
In a statement released overnight, the club accused tournament organisers of being “unwilling to fulfil their commitments to Rangers” and said they’d terminated their agreement to play in the Sydney Super Cup with immediate effect. According to Sky Sports News, those commitments involved the non-use of the term ‘Old Firm’ in official communications, which Celtic avoids in deference to parts of their fanbase who believe the ‘Old Firm’ ceased to exist when Rangers went bust in 2012.
But TEG and Left Field Live, the co-promoters of the event, have returned serve, accusing Rangers of bowing to fan pressure and letting down their Australian-based supporters, and rejecting any claim they had gone back on their commitments to the club.
“We were disappointed to wake up this morning to Rangers FC’s statement that it will not be participating in the Sydney Super Cup,” the promoters said in a statement.
“The Rangers Board committed to these matches following extensive negotiations over eight months. Seemingly in response to negative fan reaction, they have pulled out of their contracted commitment.
“We have worked closely with all stakeholders to bring this exciting event to Sydney, and we refute any suggestion that we were unwilling to fulfill our commitments to Rangers. We have acted in good faith and have put the event on sale with a great response from fans here.
“In changing their minds, the Rangers Board has let down many, many fans in Australia and the Asian region. We will now consult with our stakeholders before determining our response.”
The decision to withdraw from the Sydney Super Cup will come at a hefty cost for Rangers, with overseas reports indicating they would be hit with a legal bill for breach of contract in the event of a withdrawal.
It does, however, end any fears of fan violence in Sydney between Celtic and Rangers supporters. Representatives of the Sydney-based fan clubs of both teams had expressed serious concern over policing, logistics and the lack of segregation at not only Accor Stadium but pubs, trains and buses across the city during the week leading up to the November 20 fixture.
Never before have Celtic and Rangers played a match against each other on foreign soil, and it may be some years before such a plan is revisited after this false start.
It’s unclear whether organisers will seek a replacement team for the Sydney Super Cup - which is also slated to involve A-League teams Sydney FC and Western Sydney Wanderers - or if Rangers’ withdrawal puts the entire project in jeopardy. TEG Live was contacted for further comment.
The tournament, announced only last month, was not well-received by Celtic and Rangers fans, some of whom believed the venture would cheapen their age-old rivalry - even though an executive from Rangers said the trip to Sydney would earn them more money in eight days than they would through an entire Scottish Premiership season.
Rangers fans have been staging protests at games to make their displeasure clear to the club’s board, throwing tennis balls and toilet rolls onto the pitch at an away fixture a fortnight ago to express their angst against the Sydney Super Cup, as well as the positioning of their club as a ‘foil’ for Celtic and Postecoglou on his planned homecoming tour.
Celtic, who are three points clear on top of the Scottish Premiership ladder, travel to Ibrox to face Rangers on Sunday night (AEDT) in a match that could be decisive in the title race.
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https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/sport/soccer/rangers-could-face-legal-action-after-sydney-super-cup-snub-20220401-p5aa08.html?ref=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss_sport
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TORONTO (AP) _ Loncor Gold Inc. (LONCF) on Thursday reported a loss of $1.6 million in its fourth quarter.
The Toronto-based company said it had a loss of 1 cent per share.
For the year, the company reported that its loss widened to $3.7 million, or 3 cents per share.
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EK announces waterblocks for GeForce RTX 3090 Ti after huge demand
EK announces a slew of new Quantum Vector water blocks for NVIDIA's new GeForce RTX 3090 Ti FE, and custom RTX 3090 Ti models.
NVIDIA's new flagship GeForce RTX 3090 Ti is now official, with liquid cooling leader EK announcing a bunch of new Quantum Vector water blocks for the new RTX 3090 Ti GPU.
The new GeForce RTX 3090 Ti might have the same 24GB of GDDR6X memory, but they're Micron's latest 2Gbit modules which means there's no double-sided GDDR6X here, thus no need for active backplates. NVIDIA's first GeForce RTX 3090 had double-sided GDDR6X memory and saw temperatures soaring to 110C when stressed.
EK knows that there isn't really a need to have an active backplate for the GeForce RTX 3090 Ti -- as the RTX 3090 Ti has the same 24GB GDDR6X as the RTX 3090, but with new 2GB chips so there's no GDDR6X modules on the back of the card -- enthusiasts don't care, they want active backplates for the RTX 3090 Ti.
- Read more: MSI GeForce RTX 3090 Ti SUPRIM X: Overclocking (OC)
- Read more: MSI GeForce RTX 3090 Ti SUPRIM X Review
- Read more: ASUS ROG Strix LC GeForce RTX 3090 Ti OC Edition Review
The company acknowledges this, explaining: "Yes, even though the RTX 3090 Ti has 2GB RAM chips, which are all located on the front side, we know that people who purchase these cards want the very best performance. While there will not be as much benefit to the VRAM compared to a regular 3090, the entire GPU will benefit from lower temps due to cooling of the PCB backside, which soaks a lot of the heat from the chips".
- ASUS Strix RTX 3090 Ti
- EVGA FTW3 RTX 3090 Ti
- NVIDIA Founders Edition RTX 3090 Ti
- Cards with Reference PCB RTX 3090 Ti
- MSI TRIO & SUPRIM RTX 3090 Ti
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ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — A federal appeals court has granted a request from a northern Virginia school system to continue using a challenged admissions policy at a highly selective high school while it appeals a ruling that found the policy discriminates against Asian American students.
A three-judge panel of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said in a ruling Thursday that Fairfax County Public Schools can continue to use its new admissions policy at Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology.
U.S. District Judge Claude Hilton rejected the new policy in a February ruling, saying that impermissible “racial balancing” was at its core. Commonly known as “TJ,” the prestigious school near the nation’s capital is often ranked as one of the best public high schools in the country.
Earlier this month, Hilton also rejected a request from the school system to delay the implementation of his ruling. But the 4th Circuit, in a 3-2 ruling, said the school board had met the legal requirements for a suspension of Hilton's order while its appeal is pending.
The 4th Circuit panel agreed with school officials who argued that because the selection process for the incoming freshman class is well underway, implementing Hilton's ruling now would throw the process into chaos.
Judge Toby Heytens wrote that he has “grave doubts” about Hilton's conclusions "regarding both disparate impact and discriminatory purpose” of the new admissions policy.
“In my view, appellant Fairfax County School Board is likely to succeed in its appeal,” Heytens wrote.
In a dissenting opinion, Judge Allison Jones Rushing said putting Hilton's ruling on hold while the school board appeals his decision is not in the public interest. Jones said any logistical difficulties or inconvenience associated with changing the admissions policy at this late date “simply do not outweigh the infringement of constitutional rights.”
“And everyone — even temporarily frustrated applicants and their families — ultimately benefits from a public-school admissions process not tainted by unconstitutional discrimination,” Rushing wrote.
The case has been closely watched as courts continue to evaluate the role that racial considerations can play when deciding who should be admitted to a particular school. Earlier this year, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear a similar case alleging that Harvard University discriminates against Asian Americans in its admissions process.
Fairfield County Public Schools said the order from the 4th Circuit allows the school board to continue with the current application process to select the Class of 2026 this spring.
“For the 2,500+ students in this application pool, this means the race blind process set out by the School Board in October 2020 will remain in place as an appeal challenging the February court decision plays out,” the board said in a news release.
The parents’ group Coalition for TJ, which filed the lawsuit, said the 4th Circuit judges have made a “grave error” in allowing the school system to continue to use its new admissions process.
“If the judges’ decision stands, we would see Fairfax County Public Schools usher in a second class of students to America’s No. 1 public high school through an unconstitutional race-based admissions process,” the coalition said in a statement.
For decades, Black and Hispanic students have been woefully underrepresented in the student body. After criticism over its lack of diversity, the school board scrapped a standardized test that had been at the heart of the admissions process and opted instead for a process that sets aside slots at each of the county’s middle schools. It also includes “experience factors” like socioeconomic background.
The parents’ group argued in its lawsuit that Asian Americans, who constituted more than 70% of the student body, were unfairly targeted in the new policy.
The school’s current freshman class, which was admitted under the new policy, saw a significantly different racial makeup. Black students increased from 1% to 7%; Hispanic representation increased from 3% to 11%. Asian American representation decreased from 73% to 54%.
The school system has insisted that its new policies are race neutral, and the panel evaluating applicants is not even aware of applicants’ race as it conducts its reviews.
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Tenth Circuit Appeals Court Claims Fourth And you may 6th Amendment Legal rights Are Meaningless When Federal Security Is found on The newest Range
A case within very first violent believe as notified by the the fresh DOJ one research up against him was produced by Section 702 security has just achieved an end. The 10th Circuit Is attractive Court has actually decided there’s nothing wrong with the new government’s FISA-allowed warrantless security applications. ”
Brand new ACLU, and that aided portray the us citizen whoever interaction was basically collected and you will intercepted with FISA courtroom instructions, summarizes the outcomes for the decision:
Into the a sharply separated ruling, brand new 10th Routine Judge out-of Appeals now incorrectly stored that warrantless security away from Jamshid Muhtorov – an appropriate long lasting resident whose email communications were seemed because of the U.S. government below Area 702 of the Overseas Cleverness Security Work (FISA) – is actually legal. The courtroom also influenced the egregious 7-12 months impede prior to Mr. Muhtorovs demonstration didn’t break new Quick Demonstration Operate.
Muhtorov, whoever path to stop inside surveillance software established from the Edward Snowden and you can a keen FBI informant pretending getting a violent sympathizer, try arrested . He spent men and women six decades from inside the jail due to the fact a great pre-trial detainee.
The fresh new Is attractive Legal doesn’t have an issue with any kind of that it. They says brand new security one directed new foreign organizations Muhtorov communicated with try constitutional… since these men and women legal rights are not applied to overseas monitoring needs. Muhtorov, an appropriate Us citizen, are focused just after their correspondence had been by-the-way collected, causing the government intercepting a keen untold number of characters and you will 39,100 circumstances from audio files.
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Brand new incidental line of a good All of us man or woman’s correspondence is also legal, says the Is attractive Courtroom. It states those individuals had been when you look at the “basic take a look at,” one other stop away from targeted overseas correspondence your authorities requires zero warrant to track down. In the event the 1st step try courtroom, precisely what flowed of it is in addition constitutional.
Are you aware that really a lot of time impede between Muhtorov’s arrest so you’re able to his trial, the new judge states, in effect, this particular all the could have gone a lot easier in the event that Muhtorov had not engaged in his right to examine the data government entities wished to have fun with against your. One to federal safety precautions required the guy was not in a position to indeed pick most of the data being used is actually for some reason next to the part. The point that government entities had to collect they and you will work with it past the area court courtroom must not be kept against the regulators, the newest legal declares.
The new a lot of time dissent [PDF], written by Court Carlos Lucero, excoriates the majority for almost all the achievement it reached, however, uses a lot of time using the judge to help you activity to have deciding it actually was the defendant’s blame the us government took way too long to make expected proof.
Moreover it says the expression “speedy” might be expanded on have a tendency to from the government’s federal cover issues, switching this is to help you “but not a lot of time it will take
I focus on just as much as a couple of years off reduce which might be uncontestably owing to the federal government. For just more than 21 months, the us government did not alert Muhtorov of one’s engagement regarding § 702 research in the event facing your. My personal acquaintances vie this slow down “failed to expand the new pretrial several months,” because this nearly one or two-12 months decrease is actually encompassed in the half dozen-and-one-half-season impede as a result of breakthrough development. That it ways twice-speak: exactly what the bulk is saying would be the fact all authorities decrease was excusable for the individual impede in the finding production. Whenever i note less than, the governments decrease in the breakthrough development is swept away by the my colleagues within the conclusory words for the prevent you to definitely almost half dozen-and-a-half of many years inside the providing such defendants in order to trial try excused, and so means another type of 6th Amendment “level of price.”
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Philadelphia Ballet Season Includes a Range of Styles
FROM TRADITIONAL TO CONTEMPORARY: Oksana Maslova and Arian Molina Soca in a recent work presented by the Philadelphia Ballet. The company’s 2022-23 season will range from classics like “The Sleeping Beauty” to world premieres by international choreographers. (Photo by...
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March 31, 2022
IRS TARGETS POOREST TAXPAYERS FOR AUDITS: Data obtained by the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC) shows the federal tax agency is five times more likely to audit the lowest income bracket earners ($25K or less) than those in any of the other brackets. The IRS ignored my request for comment (surprise, surprise).
The guy ultimately in charge of the IRS often complains about billionaires who pay no taxes. Maybe that wouldn’t be the case if Biden told the auditors to pay attention to somebody other than the poorest filers.
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It's the second year in a row the country has endured a record number of tornadoes in March, solidifying a trend toward more severe weather earlier in the year and raising questions among scientists, who've historically seen such weather peak from April to early June.
Meanwhile, more severe storms happening further east in the country could mean more disastrous and deadly tornado outbreaks are possible.
"Our future projections of how severe weather may change in the future are really showing two things," Victor Gensini, an associate professor at Northern Illinois University and one of the country's top tornado experts, told CNN. "They kind of show an earlier start to the severe weather season — so more severe weather in February, more severe weather in March — and then also sort of this eastward increase."
Severe weather season is changing
At least 219 tornadoes have been reported in March, according to the Storm Prediction Center, the highest tally since records began in 1950. There are typically around 80 tornadoes in March.
In March 2021, 191 tornadoes were reported across the country. 2017 was also an extraordinary March for tornadoes, with 187, the third-most.
A major factor contributing to the earlier strike of severe weather is that the Pacific Ocean is currently in a strong La Niña, a pattern known for cooler-than-average ocean temperatures around the equator.
"If you look back through history, some of our greatest or most significant tornado seasons in history have been associated with a La Niña," Gensini said.
The active jet stream along the southern tier of the United States — a consequence of La Niña — along with "bath water" temperatures in the Gulf of Mexico, have created an ideal environment in the Mid-South and Southeast for severe thunderstorms and tornadoes, Gensini said.
These changes call into question the Great Plains nickname of "tornado alley." The drying out of the region makes the atmosphere less favorable for severe weather and will push storms out of that traditional area, Gensini said.
However, "Oklahoma, Kansas, Texas, will still get plenty of tornadoes every year," he noted.
'It means more disasters'
As a result of this shift, more disastrous and deadly tornado outbreaks are possible.
"As you get east of the Mississippi River, the population density rapidly increases. We essentially have more targets to hit on the dartboard," Gensini said.
People are also just more vulnerable in those regions, which increases their risk.
"We have a significant number of mobile homes that are dispersed across the landscape in the Mid-South and Southeast -- way different than anywhere else in the United States," Gensini added, noting that a car or mobile home is the most dangerous place to be during a tornado.
An earlier tornado season also means fewer daylight hours, which means more tornadoes could come while it's dark. In Jackson, Mississippi, for example, there are fewer than 12 daylight hours per day in March, compared to 14 hours per day in May.
"If you're having tornadoes at night, that's a very special type of vulnerability, where you may be sleeping. And if you don't have a way to receive a warning, you know, you could easily become an injury or fatality," Gensini said.
As severe weather seasons shift, being weather aware — and having multiple ways to receive weather alerts — becomes even more important. And people should be prepared for more dangerous storms in February and March, Gensini said.
"I would expect that trend to continue," he said. "And that is certainly what our climate models suggest as well."
Photos: See tornadoes' deadly destruction over the years
May 22, 2011: Joplin, Missouri
April 2011: Southeastern U.S.
Feb. 5, 2008: 'Super Tuesday' outbreak
April 2014: Southeast and Midwest
May 20, 2013: Moore, Oklahoma
March 18, 1925: Missouri, Illinois and Indiana
May 11, 1953: Waco, Texas
Nov. 6, 2005: Evansville, Indiana
May 10, 2008: Southwest Missouri
May 25, 2008: Iowa
Feb. 29, 2012: Illinois
Feb. 11, 2009: Oklahoma
April 28, 2011: Virginia
June 8, 1984: Barneveld, Wisconsin
May 1955: Udall, Kansas
March 2, 2012: Indiana
October 2013: Nebraska
May 4, 2003: Missouri
June 11, 2008: Iowa
July 8, 2014: Upstate New York
Dec. 10-11, 2021: Kentucky, Tennessee, Ohio Valley, southern US
A former Montana Tech football player who admitted raping two women in Butte will do no prison time and could get the crime expunged from his record if he stays out of trouble and meets other requirements for six years.
The Texas teen was behind the wheel earlier this week when a tornado flipped his red pickup truck. He drove away. Video shot by a storm chaser went viral.
Tyre Sampson, 14, was 6 feet, 5 inches tall and over 300 pounds. Lawyers for his family want to know if the park was negligent in allowing someone his size on the ride.
His father and stepmother said they’re learning disturbing details about Tyre Sampson's final moments. “What I’m hearing is his friend was talking to him. He was like … ‘The thing’s not pushing down, you know what I’m saying? And if I don’t make it through then tell my mom and dad I love ’em.’”
The mother of a West High School junior wants her daughter, who has Down syndrome, to complete her senior year, while the district is citing policy that says the soon-to-be 19-year-old is too old.
Things to know today: The fallout from Will Smith's slap of Chris Rock at Oscars; Zelenskyy's latest plea; slowly falling gas prices. Get caught up this Monday morning.
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Nancy Pelosi Expresses Shock at California Gas Prices: "How Could This Be?"
Nancy Pelosi expressed shock and indignation on gas prices in California in a Thursday news conference.
“It costs a lot of money in California. If you drive around in California and see the cost, you think, ‘how could this be?'” the 82-year-old career politician questioned.
Nancy Pelosi SHOCKED by massive spike in gas prices in California:
“How could this be?” pic.twitter.com/zLvSBcHx4n
— TheBlaze (@theblaze) March 31, 2022
Gas prices in the Los Angeles metropolitan area have inched to six dollars a gallon.
In a stunning lack of self-awareness, Pelosi urged against solving the gas crisis by producing more domestic energy in the same press conference.
Nancy Pelosi: We cannot “use [high gas prices] as an excuse” to produce more American energy pic.twitter.com/txlUvEYVmS
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) March 31, 2022
“We cannot allow the fossil fuel industry to use this as an excuse to reverse everything we’re doing to save the planet,” Pelosi said.
In the same news conference, Pelosi blamed the skyrocketing gas prices on Vladimir Putin and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
While Putin’s invasion has seriously impacted gas prices, costs at the pump were skyrocketing well before the war began in late February.
.@SpeakerPelosi: “We have the Putin Price Hike at the pump … The price of, of oil and gasoline — gas at the pump started going up when he started circling Ukraine … There is very interest [sic] in our caucus in stopping price gouging on the part of the — of the industry.” pic.twitter.com/VK7c7WHifQ
— Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) March 31, 2022
The upward spike in gas prices began when Biden terminated the construction of the Keystone XL pipeline just after his inauguration.
Biden failed to support the American energy industry’s independence, leaving the nation all the more vulnerable to foreign instability in energy markets.
Biden also issued an executive order halting new permits to drill on federal lands.
Biden had gas prices going up since inauguration day. An his alt left jihad on oil and gas left us vulnerable to unstable countries and an event such as the Ukraine war pic.twitter.com/zWUmqRNjAk
— Rogue1-the Jeff Faria Project (@PatriotsOfMars) March 8, 2022
As one of the wealthiest members of Congress, Pelosi will be largely unaffected by the exorbitant prices of natural gas.
On Thursday, Biden announced a mass release of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, passing the buck down the line amid rising criticism for his job performance on the economy.
Pelosi’s clueless exasperation doesn’t suggest she’s in a position to offer any positive solutions to pain at the pump.
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PHOENIX, March 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Trinity Capital Inc. (NASDAQ: TRIN) ("Trinity" or the "Company"), a leading specialty lending company that provides debt, including loans and equipment financing, to growth stage companies backed by technology banks, venture capital and private equity firms, today announced an adjustment to the conversion rate of its 6.00% Convertible Notes due 2025 (the "Convertible Notes") as a result of the Company's regular cash dividend of $0.40 per share and a supplemental dividend of $0.15 per share, payable on April 15, 2022 to stockholders of record as of March 31, 2022. The ex-dividend date for such dividends was March 30, 2022.
Effective immediately after the close of business on March 31, 2022, the conversion rate of the Convertible Notes will be adjusted to 67.5315 shares of the Company's common stock per $1,000 principal amount of Convertible Notes from the prior conversion rate of 67.0278 shares of the Company's common stock per $1,000 principal amount of Convertible Notes, which had been in effect since January 1, 2022. As a result, effective as of such time, the conversion price applicable to the Convertible Notes will be adjusted to $14.81 per share of common stock from $14.92 per share of common stock.
The adjustment to the conversion rate of the Convertible Notes is being made pursuant to the second supplemental indenture, dated as of December 11, 2020, governing the Convertible Notes as a result of the Company's regular quarterly cash dividend discussed above exceeding the initial dividend threshold of $0.30 per share of common stock set forth in the second supplemental indenture and the Company paying a supplemental cash dividend.
Notice of the conversion rate adjustment will be delivered to the holders of the Convertible Notes and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee, in accordance with the terms of the second supplemental indenture governing the Convertible Notes.
Certain Information Regarding Distributions
The Company's objective is to distribute four quarterly distributions in an amount that approximates 90% to 100% of its taxable quarterly income or potential annual income for a particular year in order to qualify for tax treatment as a regulated investment company under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. In addition, during any particular year, the Company may pay additional supplemental distributions, so that the Company distributes approximately all its annual taxable income in the year it was earned, or it may spill over the excess taxable income into the coming year for future distribution payments.
Distributions are paid from taxable earnings and may include a return of capital and/or capital gains. The specific tax characteristics of the distributions will be reported to stockholders on Form 1099-DIV after the end of the calendar year and in the Company's periodic reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release may contain "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Statements other than statements of historical facts included in this press release may constitute forward-looking statements and are not guarantees of future performance or results and involve a number of risks and uncertainties, including the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the economy, financial markets, our business, our portfolio companies and our industry. Actual results may differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements as a result of a number of factors, including those described from time to time in filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Trinity undertakes no duty to update any forward-looking statement made herein. All forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this press release.
About Trinity Capital Inc.
Trinity (Nasdaq: TRIN), an internally managed specialty lending company that has elected to be regulated as a business development company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, is a leading provider of debt, including loans and equipment financing, to growth stage companies, including venture-backed companies and companies with institutional equity investors. Trinity's investment objective is to generate current income and, to a lesser extent, capital appreciation through investments consisting primarily of term loans and equipment financings and, to a lesser extent, working capital loans, equity and equity-related investments. Trinity believes it is one of only a select group of specialty lenders that has the depth of knowledge, experience, and track record in lending to growth stage companies.
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SILVER CREEK, N.Y. (WIVB) – Children from kindergarten to second grade were locked in what’s been described as an “isolation room” at an elementary school outside Buffalo, New York, a district administrator wrote in a letter to the school board earlier this week.
The letter states that at least five students at Silver Creek Elementary School, including a kindergartner, have been “inhumanely and illegally locked or barricaded in an isolation cell.”
“I have been fighting all year to keep children out of the isolation cell,” wrote Jay Hall, the assistant director of elementary programming on Monday.
Hall described the room as a “cold, cinder block jail-like cell,” and said, “It should never, even for one second, be used in any capacity to redirect or punish any child at any time.”
“Children as young as 5 years old are being blockaded and locked in the isolation cell, kicking the door, pounding on glass with their fists, banging their heads, crying profusely, pleading to be freed, all with complicit staff members standing by and watching,” Hall said.
Parents got wind of the letter and started posting complaints on Facebook this week. “You better pray we never find out that our son has ever been put in one of these so called cells!!” wrote one parent.
On Wednesday, the school district issued a statement, saying in part:
“The District is aware that this morning there were concerns raised on social media pertaining to our Elementary School. The District’s most important priority is the safety and security of all District students and staff. We take any concerns and allegations regarding student safety and their wellbeing as the top priority.”
The district said a law firm, which also acts as counsel for the school board, is investigating the allegations. Superintendent Todd A. Crandall said he hopes to have a report by the end of the week.
Kerry Vasquezmarte, a district parent, said the concerns aren’t new. She said her special-needs daughter was locked in a room several times as a pre-K student at the elementary school. She said a classmate witnessed her daughter being dragged by her arms through a hallway.
Vasquezmarte said her daughter cried when she confronted her about the incident and still has nightmares. She said she met with a teacher and Superintendent Crandall over a year ago to discuss the isolation techniques.
“And all he did was blame my child during the meeting,” Vasquezmarte said. “And I said numerous times to get my child, I was taking her home, she’s not being locked in a room. It took me threatening him for him to finally radio down to wherever to retrieve my kid.”
Vasquezmarte said she eventually pulled her child out of pre-K and homeschooled her during the kindergarten year. Her daughter is back at the elementary school for first grade with a “fantastic” teacher, Vasquezmarte said.
“I was only made aware of any concern on Friday, March 18,” Crandall said. “I can’t comment on something from years ago.”
Crandall said the law firm had an attorney on site Wednesday to conduct interviews. The attorney was also on school district property Thursday.
“We are not about hiding anything or trying to cover up anything,” Crandall said. “Student and staff safety is paramount, and we look forward to hearing the results so that if need be we can address any protocol or procedures as needed.”
The New York State Department of Education says it could not confirm or deny that the state was looking into these claims. The Chautauqua County Sheriff’s Office said it is not investigating the claims at the school because no one has made a formal complaint.
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By Kyle Morris
Standard Bank Group Ltd. said Thursday that Chairman Thulani Sikhulu Gcabashe has decided to retire at the end of the annual general meeting to be held in May.
The South African bank said Mr. Gcabashe was appointed as a director of Standard Bank in 2003 and as chairman in May 2015.
The process to appoint a successor is underway, the company said.
Write to Kyle Morris at kyle.morris@dowjones.com
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With the first good weather, plans to protect his home are thriving: spring vacations, then summer vacations, already seemingly achievable. Plenty of supply Connected cameras Is constantly updating itself, as evidenced by its launch by Avitsen HomeCam2 360A small camera allows you to alert yourself in the event of a presence detection, but not yet See Its interior from the smartphone. “20 minutes” watched her Home Sweet Home Gives a week and his posts.
Easy to use
Warning, new surveillance cameras are out! Among them, Avidsen’s new HomeCam2 360 is now released with two arguments: it’s easy to use and motor fitted. Plugged into the mains and connected to the home network in five minutes, using an IP QR code Provided by the Avicenna Home Application, it impresses with its ease of use and can be highly recommended even if you have not finished Techno Backculate.
Some parameters need to be adjusted. Among them, detection sensitivity (low, medium, high), motion monitoring and whether or not to send notifications when motion is detected. And we can be satisfied first. To go further, it is even possible to define the operating schedule of the camera or organize the procedures.
360 ° object tracking
On a daily basis, the HomeCam2 360 differs by its motorization. Once the balance is detected, it sends a notification, which starts recording video on its microSD card (not supplied) and expels the intruder. The full HD camera thus horizontally and automatically follows any viewer in his movements. For his part, the non-owner can control the camera’s orientation remotely at any time, and can control it horizontally but vertically at an angle of 85.
A system with two-way audio makes it possible to talk to the person in the house on their smartphone and listen to their response. Can also be used as a pet dog or cat.
Convenient, but with drawbacks
Our test reveals a product that is overall reliable. We did not notice any delay between a person passing in front of the camera and the resulting warning. However, we were able to notice some premature warnings, none of which were justified. So, it is better to check before calling the loved one or the police station … Subject follow-up is a little more coincidental.
We first noticed that the camera works on the motorization jerks, which does not allow the potential viewer to visualize too fluidly. Even more annoying: when a person encounters a quick move (one can imagine in a theft case), the camera sometimes does not see him and interferes with his pursuit! A ban on trusting recorded images to confuse a perpetrator …
For their part, the images provided are accurate with enough detail. HomeCam 2 360 has proven to be very suitable for night time use. Its infrared LED lights seemed to us to be of sufficient quality to provide us with honest quality images (this time in black and white).
For money
On arrival, this camera, which sells for 59 euros, offers services tailored to the investment made. The more expensive models are necessarily more advanced and, depending on the case, can provide a shutter to cover the lens, alerts in the event of a sound detection, intelligent detection of the animal, a zoom or a service. Clouds Save its records (protect them!). These are the criteria to consider before purchasing.
Between half Mi Home Security 360 From Xiaomi (sold for 39 euros) and Bon & tilt From Yale (யூ 69), HomeCam2 360 is the basis on which you can be satisfied before upgrading your installation.
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Alight, Inc. (NYSE:ALIT – Get Rating) Director William P. Foley II sold 302,305 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, March 30th. The stock was sold at an average price of $10.18, for a total value of $3,077,464.90. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at the SEC website.
ALIT traded down $0.10 during trading hours on Thursday, hitting $9.95. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 4,570,890 shares, compared to its average volume of 2,831,969. Alight, Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $8.39 and a fifty-two week high of $13.34. The company has a quick ratio of 1.16, a current ratio of 1.16 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.57. The company has a 50-day simple moving average of $9.82 and a 200 day simple moving average of $10.54.
Alight (NYSE:ALIT – Get Rating) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, February 23rd. The company reported $0.13 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. The firm had revenue of $864.00 million for the quarter. As a group, research analysts predict that Alight, Inc. will post 0.62 earnings per share for the current year.
Hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the company. Zweig DiMenna Associates LLC acquired a new position in shares of Alight during the 3rd quarter valued at $1,261,000. Mariner LLC acquired a new position in shares of Alight during the 3rd quarter valued at $1,077,000. Raymond James & Associates acquired a new position in shares of Alight during the 3rd quarter valued at $7,534,000. Empyrean Capital Partners LP acquired a new position in shares of Alight during the 3rd quarter valued at $88,633,000. Finally, Wedge Capital Management L L P NC increased its position in shares of Alight by 0.6% during the 4th quarter. Wedge Capital Management L L P NC now owns 1,430,475 shares of the company’s stock valued at $15,463,000 after purchasing an additional 7,895 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 66.56% of the company’s stock.
Alight Company Profile (Get Rating)
Alight Solutions LLC operates as a benefits administration and cloud-based human resource (HR) and financial solutions providers. It offers human resources outsourcing and consulting services. The company provides HR and financial solutions including software as a service (SaaS) advisory, cloud deployment solutions, support, and application management services.
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WASHINGTON — As Women's History Month comes to a close, new data from the Pew Research Center indicates that there has been progress in narrowing the gender pay gap. This has been especially pronounced for younger women in the workplace.
The study found that among fulltime, yearround workers in 2019, women's median earnings were 82% of their male counterparts. However women under 30 made 93 cents on the dollar, compared to men in the same age group.
The data also indicates that these young women made equal to or more than their male counterparts in 22 metro areas, including D.C., Los Angeles, and New York City.
QUESTION:
Did young women make more than young men in some major metro areas in 2019?
SOURCE:
- Pew Research Center, "Young Women Are Out-Earning young Men in Several U.S. Cities"
- Pew Research Center, Dataset
- Richard Fry, Senior Researcher at Pew Research Center
- Dr. Eiko Strader, Assistant Professor of Public Policy, Women's Gender and Sexuality Studies at The George Washington University
- Nadia Brown, Professor at Georgetown University
ANSWER:
Yes. Young women, under 30, made equal to or more than young men in 22 metro areas, including D.C., Los Angeles and New York City in 2019.
WHAT WE KNOW:
The gender pay gap has been an issue for generations, and a recent study indicates that it persists, although it's narrowing.
The Pew Research Center looked through statistics from the 2019 Census, breaking down the median earnings for fulltime, yearlong workers under 30-years-old.
The data found that nationwide women made $0.93 on the dollar compared to men, and improvement from past decades.
"Back in 2000, young women were earning $0.88 on the dollar compared to young men," Richard Fry, who conducted the research, said in an interview with WUSA9.
Fry said this was a sign of improving wages for women, although it's unclear how this gender gap will change as these workers age.
"Something has happened over the 20 years," he said.
The data also found that there were 22 metro areas where young women made the same or more than their male counterparts.
"About 16% of the young women's workforce lives in those 22 metros," he said. "So it's not one in five. But it's still not trivial."
According to a detailed table from the Pew Research Center, numerous major markets saw a narrowing gender gap. In some large metro markets, young women made more than men.
- Chicago metro young women earn 94% of what young men earn yearly.
- Boston metro young women earn 95% of what young men earn yearly.
- Dallas metro young women earn 95% of what young men earn yearly.
- Houston metro young women earn 95% of what young men earn yearly.
- Philadelphia metro young women earn 95% of what young men earn yearly.
- San Francisco metro young women earn 98% of what young men earn yearly.
- Atlanta metro young women earn 99% of what young men earn yearly.
- Los Angeles metro young women earn 100% of what young men earn yearly.
- Washington D.C. metro young women earn 102% of what young men earn yearly.
- New York City metro young women earn 102% of what young men earn yearly.
For added context, our team spoke with Nadia Brown, a professor at Georgetown University, and Dr. Eiko Strader from the George Washington University. They both agreed that this data needs context.
"if this were my student putting this together," said Brown. "I would say 'oh, that's interesting. But tell me more.'"
Strader said that one limitation has to do with the fact that this data only looked at fulltime workers.
"More women still work as part-time workers," she said. "So if we include parttime work — parttime employed women — the gender wage gap is still there."
Looking at younger workers may also not be the best indicator, since the gender gap often grows, as women age.
"On average, women — you know — tend to earn less or they get hit on their wages when they become mothers — when they have kids," said Strader.
The narrowing gender gap among young women might be a sign that less women are having children under 30.
"We know so many millennials and Gen Z (women) who have put off having children," said Brown. "And that has been really apparent in this pandemic."
Brown also said that this big picture perspective, may overlook disparities among certain demographics.
"I don't expect Black women's pay to be as high," she said. "[I also don't expect] Latinx women's pay to be as high or Native Women's pay to be as high.
To look over the Pew Research Center study, click here.
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1344340 B.C. LTD - Early Warning News Release
This press release is issued pursuant to the National Instrument 62-103 - The Early Warning System and Related Take-Over Bid and Insider Reporting Issues.
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA, March 31, 2022 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Shimcity Inc. (“Shimcity”) and 2657456 Ontario Inc. (“265”) (collectively, the “Acquirors”) announce that they acquired, directly and indirectly, 18 common shares (“Common Shares”) and 18 Common Shares, respectively, of 1344340 B.C. Ltd. (the “Company”) pursuant to a court-approved plan of arrangement (the “Arrangement”) carried out under the provisions of the Business Corporations Act (British Columbia) by 1319741 B.C. Ltd. (“741 BC”). The Arrangement has resulted in the shareholders of 741 BC holding shares in seven new companies: 1344341 B.C. Ltd., 1344342 B.C. Ltd., 1344343 B.C. Ltd., 1344344 B.C. Ltd., 1344345 B.C. Ltd., and 1344346 B.C. Ltd. and the Company (collectively, the “New Companies”). Each of the New Companies is now an unlisted reporting issuer in the provinces of British Columbia and Alberta.Pursuant to the Arrangement, each of the issued and outstanding common shares of 741 BC was exchanged for one new 741 BC common share and seven new classes of reorganization shares. The reorganization shares were then transferred by the shareholders of 741 BC, including the Acquirors, to each of the New Company in exchange for common shares of the New Companies on a 1:1 basis. In addition, each of the New Companies received $5,000 in working capital from 741 BC.
Following the Arrangement, Shimcity owns and controls 18 Common Shares of the Company, which represents 50% of the Common Shares outstanding following completion of the Arrangement and 265 owns 18 Common Shares of the Company, which represents 50% of the Common Shares outstanding following completion of the Arrangement. Prior to the Arrangement, the Acquirors owned no shares of the Company.
The Acquirors are shareholders of 741 BC and the securities of the Company were acquired as part of the Arrangement. The Common Shares were acquired by each Acquiror for investment purposes in connection with the Arrangement. In the future, each Acquiror may evaluate its investment in the Company from time to time and may, depending on various factors including, without limitation, the Company’s financial position, the price levels of the Common Shares, conditions in the securities markets and general economic and industry conditions, the Company’s business or financial condition, and other factors and conditions that each Acquiror may deem appropriate, increase, decrease or change its ownership over the Common Shares or other securities of the Company.
An early warning report pursuant to the requirements of applicable securities laws will be issued by each of the Acquirors and will be posted to SEDAR at www.sedar.com and available on request at the number below.
For further information, including a copy of the early warning report required under applicable Canadian securities laws to be filed by each of the Acquirors as a result of the Arrangement referred to in this press release, please contact Shimmy Posen at 416-869-1234.
Shimmy Posen
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https://www.einpresswire.com/article/567167353/1344340-b-c-ltd-early-warning-news-release
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12-year-old dies after being shot at South Carolina middle school, suspect in custody
A 12-year-old has died after being shot at a middle school in Greenville, South Carolina, on Thursday.
Community activist Bruce Wilson said Jamari Cortez Bonaparte Jackson, 12, died at the hospital.
Wilson released the following statement on behalf of the family:
"We are all devastated by today’s tragedy. We love Jamari dearly and we would ask that our privacy be respected as we grieve during this very difficult time."
Greenville County deputies said a school resource officer at Tanglewood Middle School requested backup just before 12:30 p.m.
More than 200 law enforcement officers arrived at the school.
A suspect, who is also 12 years old, was taken into custody near the school, Greenville County Sheriff Hobart Lewis said.
He is is being charged with murder, possession of a weapon during a violent crime, possession of a firearm on school property and unlawful possession of a weapon by a person under the age of 18, Lewis said.
Because of his age, the suspect's name was not released.
"Unfortunately, these are two young men who attended school here," Lewis said. "We don't really know the specifics of why it occurred and why so many people resort to violence, especially with firearms."
Greenville County School Superintendent Burke Royster also spoke outside the school after the shooting.
"I’m not sure after a full and thorough law enforcement investigation anyone will really know what was going through the mind of that young person who took this rash act," Royster said.
Students from the school were taken to Brookwood Church by bus to be reunited with their families.
One mother told sister station WYFF that she was in the school parking lot when she saw police begin arriving.
"I was getting out and the police told me, ‘Get back, get back. You can’t come in,’ and I was like, ‘What’s wrong? What’s wrong?’" Angela said. "They wouldn’t tell me, he said, 'Get back in your car.’ When I was getting in my car, all the police came. Every police in Greenville County was there and ambulance. They were running in with guns, not handguns, rifles."
Angela’s daughter, Prentasia, said they were changing classes when the shooting happened.
"We heard a gunshot, and this boy had a gun and he shot at one boy in his side," Prentasia said. "We all pretty much went into a classroom and some people went outside. We were just in the classroom ‘til it was over."
Another mother spoke to WYFF shortly after she arrived at the school to pick up her son.
"But I was speechless," she said. "My stomach is still upset. I just want to see my son and hug him and just make sure he's fine."
That mother said she wishes there were metal detectors in school.
"So, I would love for Greenville County to do something and put metal detectors. They all come through the same door. They go to the cafeteria they do that. Why don't they put a metal detector and then at least detect there's something there," the mother said.
Greenville County School District spokesman Tim Waller said Tanglewood Middle will have an optional day on Friday. Teachers, students and staff can come and talk to each other and counselors but are not required to attend school on Friday.
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https://www.wlwt.com/article/deadly-school-shooting-south-carolina/39603272
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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.
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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.
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https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/national-international/taraji-p-henson-chris-paul-named-to-black-colleges-board/2860362/
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Grassroots effort uses shortwave radio to broadcast VOA in Ukraine, Russia
A grassroots funding effort is underway to raise money to transmit Voice of America programming into Eastern Europe through shortwave radio, a more dated form of technology that can circumvent Russia’s crackdown on tech companies.
The U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM), the parent agency for Voice of America (VOA) and Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty has chosen not to transmit the programming in the region through shortwave radio.
But organizers behind a crowdfunding campaign have already secured one station in Florida to share VOA’s daily English programming about Ukraine within days of the effort’s launch.
Shortwave radio may not be the most popular way for the public to gain information in the digital age, but supporters of the effort said that during a crisis like the war in Ukraine, it’s critical to use a method that can break through the Kremlin’s obstruction of outside media.
“In times of crisis if the content is compelling, the audience will go where they know the information is,” said Gerhard Straub, the former director of the broadcast technologies division at USAGM.
Straub, who retired from the USAGM last January, has been providing technical assistance to supporters looking to transmit Voice of America and Radio Free Europe programming into the Eastern European region.
Within two days of launching an online fundraising campaign, the supporters of the group “Shortwaves for Freedom” raised $2,495 of the $10,000 goal and have transmitted VOA programming through a station in Florida.
Since VOA material is public domain, it can be downloaded off the website or listened to during live broadcast at 4 p.m. ET through the Miami Radio International station.
Jeff White, the general manager at Miami Radio International, said after “Shortwaves for Freedom” reached out, his station started playing VOA’s “Flashpoint Ukraine” program.
There are also plans to expand the transmission and play programming in Ukrainian.
The effort began after a number of current and former VOA staffers became frustrated that existing infrastructure wasn’t being turned on to reach people in Russia, Ukraine and Poland through shortwave radio, a veteran VOA staffer told The Hill.
The staffer compared shortwave radio to a flashlight in a blackout.
“As long as your electricity is on and your lights are on, you don’t need that flashlight. But when the electricity goes off, that flashlight becomes something very critical,” the staffer said.
Kate Neiswender, a California-based lawyer involved in organizing the crowdfunding campaign said it was a “logical step to take.”
“It’s just such a logical step to take. Until the VOA and its various entities decide to move forward, we’ll be there doing this shortwave or medium wave transmission as long as necessary.”
White said the station is committed to keep up transmissions, whether the money is there or not.
“We’re not doing it for the money, we’re doing it because it needs to be done,” he said.
“It can’t be stopped at borders, it doesn’t need permission, it can’t be cut off like a satellite. It’s the only medium that’s really direct communication from the transmitter to the listener, wherever they may be,” White said.
VOA has a history of using radio to spread information dating back to World War II, and expanded the use of shortwave during the Cold War.
Even as it has expanded into digital mediums, USAGM still has the capability to transmit through shortwave if it chooses to do so, Straub said. There’s a transmitter in Greenville, N.C., that was designed with the capability to broadcast to Ukraine and Russia, he added.
Globally, the VOA is still using shortwave broadcasting and even expanding it across parts of Africa, he added.
A spokesperson for VOA referred The Hill to USAGM for comment.
USAGM spokesperson Laurie Moy said USAGM content currently reaches audiences in Russia, Ukraine and the region through TV, FM and medium wave radio, digital and direct-to-home satellite.
“We have and continue to expand transmissions to bring unbiased information to light at this crucial time. Any grassroots effort to enhance the distribution of our programs affirms the work our journalists do,” Moy said in a statement.
Moy also said USAGM determines transmission strategies based on audience research and delivers programming on the platforms “where it will have the highest impact.”
Unlike VOA, the BBC said it would resume its shortwave broadcasts in Russia after its websites were blocked in the country. VOA and Radio Free Europe’s sites were similarly blocked by the Kremlin.
“People see shortwave as being an obsolete form of communication. The fact is, it’s not obsolete. It’s out there. It’s useful. It’s easy to fire up an old shortwave transmitter and be able to receive information in this fashion,” Neiswender said.
“It’s very much a doable thing. And when people in Russia find out that this information is out there, they’re going to start pulling their short waves out of their attics,” she added.
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Souvla, the popular Mediterranean-inspired salad and wrap operation, is opening a fifth SF location in Dogpatch — with a sixth in Marin not far behind — and it will be their largest restaurant to date.
What began pretty modestly as a fast-casual salad and Greek-style wrap place in Hayes Valley in the spring of 2014 has grown into a mini-empire of local restaurants for restaurateur Charles Bililies. He soon followed the Hayes Valley Souvla location's success with locations on Divisadero, on Valencia Street in the Mission, and in the Marina. And when the pandemic hit and everyone realized they couldn't eat mac and cheese and pizza every day for the rest of their lives, Souvla continued doing a brisk delivery and takeout business the last couple of years.
Now, as the Chronicle first reported this week, we learn that it's Souvla that will be taking over the big space at 2505 Third Street that was home for the last eight years to the Magnolia Dogpatch brewpub, which just closed for good last month.
The location will afford the business a grand, new, vaulted-ceilinged space with 60 seats indoors and a marble bar, and it's giving Bililies the chance to expand the menu for the first time since the business got off the ground — adding some wine-bar-style bites to enjoy with Greek wines at the bar, and to complement the established selection of salads and wraps with three protein choices (or sweet potato), fries, rotisserie-fat-soaked roasted potatoes, and avgolemono soup.
And not long after the Dogpatch location is slated to open in June, a sixth Souvla will be debuting later in the summer at the Marin County Mart in Larkspur.
The wine list has never seemed like a particular draw at Souvla's existing locations, but Bililies is excited to make wine more of a focus at the Dogpatch outpost.
"There’s always been this ancillary goal behind Souvla to really evangelize Greek wines," Bililies tells the Chronicle. The extant restaurants have served one varietal each, from Greece, in the white, red, rose, sparkling, and retsina categories until now, though the Chronicle notes that Bililies has been offering one $75 bottle of Greek red, Megas Oenos, by the bottle only — saying it's "literally the wine that put Greek wine on the international wine map some 20 years ago."
But the new location will offer the opportunity to highlight more retsinas, volcanic-soil reds, and crisp Assyrtikos as well.
Bililies says he had no plans for a bigger restaurant with a bigger menu, but he'd had his eye on Dogpatch and this space "fell in his lap."
We don't have all the menu additions in the bar bites arena, but the hints so far include spinach hand-pies, and plant-based "lamb" meatballs.
Stay tuned...
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Vivek Sheel Soni is new Mohali SSP
Vivek Sheel Soni was appointed as the new senior superintendent of police (SSP), Mohali, following a reshuffle by the Punjab government on Thursday.
A 2011-batch IPS officer, Soni has replaced Harjeet Singh, who had joined as the Mohali SSP on January 19 and now has been posted as the Gurdaspur SSP.
Prior to his posting in Mohali, Soni was the Rupnagar SSP after also having served as the Sangrur SSP. He will take charge in Mohali on Friday afternoon. “I will adopt zero tolerance towards corruption. Cops will have to discharge their duties honestly. Ensuring justice for victims will also be among my foremost tasks,” said Soni
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Chandigarh: Brace for more price pain as taxi, auto fares go up
A day after the UT administration notified the water tariff hike, it also increased the charges for using taxi and auto services in the city. The revised fares are classified based on whether the taxis and autos ply within the city or out of station. The rates for taxi travel within Chandigarh have never been increased since 2013, while the long-distance fares were last revised in 2015.
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Chandigarh tricity sees 99% dip in Covid-19 cases since January
As March came to a close on Thursday, the tricity saw its monthly Covid-19 infections and deaths drop by 99% as compared to January, when the third wave caused the cases to spike to an all-time high across Chandigarh, Mohali and Panchkula. The tricity had recorded a whopping 59,273 cases in January during the third peak – the highest monthly case tally since the pandemic broke out in March 2020.
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Kharar man arrested for killing wife, dumping her body in canal
Police have arrested a Kharar resident for murdering her husband, Charanjit's wife and dumping The victim, Ruby Pandey, who hailed from Sector 45, Chandigarh's body in a canal near Morinda after she caught him having an extra-marital affair. The victim, Ruby Pandey, who hailed from Sector 45, Chandigarh, had gone missing on March 9. She lived with her husband, Charanjit, and a one-year-old son in a rented accommodation at Eco Floors 1 Society, Kharar. Police have deployed divers in the canal to locate the victim's body.
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HP minister Bhardwaj meets Amit Shah in Delhi
Himachal Pradesh urban development minister Suresh Bhardwaj met Union home minister Amit Shah in New Delhi on Thursday. Bhardwaj urged Shah that the scope of the scheme for coverage of farmers producer organisation (FPOs) as cooperative societies be expanded to all the blocks of the state, irrespective of whether they have been covered under Integrated Cooperative Development Project. Shah assured him of all possible assistance.
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Chandigarh Press Club’s photography exhibition at Sector 17 underpass comes to a close
Chandigarh Press Club's 16-day exhibition, Newscapes 7, being held at the underpass connecting Sectors 16 and 17 came to a close on Thursday evening. An annual feature, the event is organised in the memory of eminent photojournalist Yog Joy. 51 photojournalists showcased their work this year. New public toilet block set up at Shastri Market Chandigarh A new public toilet block near Shastri Market, Sector 22, was inaugurated on Thursday.
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https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/others/vivek-sheel-soni-is-new-mohali-ssp-101648766880654.html
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TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) _ SuperCom Ltd. (SPCB) on Thursday reported a loss of $5.4 million in its fourth quarter.
The Tel Aviv, Israel-based company said it had a loss of 32 cents per share. Losses, adjusted for non-recurring costs, came to 1 cent per share.
The traditional and digital identity solutions provider posted revenue of $3 million in the period.
For the year, the company reported a loss of $10.1 million, or 38 cents per share. Revenue was reported as $12.3 million.
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Cheats have been present in video games forever -in fact, they were much more common before than now- and they were a way of softening the difficulty of many titles thanks to codes that increase the number of lives, unlock a level selector, add money or give immunity. There is nothing wrong with using these secrets if necessary but what do the players think? Is it cheating? According to a study, 46% of US gamers surveyed say not really, it won’t be cheating because it is an option created by the developers in their tests.
This All Home Connections study indicates that 37% of players admit to having used cheats on occasion, and they have made a map of the states that indicates the current games where these codes are most abused. Number 1 is for grand theft auto 5a saga that has always had a multitude of tricks of all kinds, followed by the battle royale gratuitous Fortnite and survival game Valheim.
Rockstar’s game appears at the top of Google searches in 14 states, with approximately 246,000 monthly searches for “GTA 5 cheats”. The game itself gives rise to it, there are 34 tricks available of all kinds, from advantages to comic effects.
They are not cheats, assure the players
Of the 46% of gamers who say these codes don’t count as cheats, 22% think hacking the game would. 43% say only certain games should offer these types of cheats, especially single player. 34% say that using codes makes the game less fun because it becomes too easy. However, 30% think that using them once they are done makes it more fun.
By groups, 63% of men respond that they have used tricks from time to time or regularly, while in women the percentage drops to 53%. By ages, the millennials -between 1981 and 1993- they are the most cheaters perhaps because in his youth these tricks were quite numerous, while the boomers -between 1946 and 1964- the least.
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https://d1softballnews.com/almost-half-of-americans-believe-that-using-codes-is-not-cheating-according-to-a-study/
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MIAMI (CBSMiami) – Mollie Horwitz, born Malka Godur, turned 106 years old on Thursday, celebrating in Miami Beach.
“I am happy!” said Horwitz.
READ MORE: Wind Shifts Ahead Of Storms FridayHorwitz survived the Holocaust and credits her long life to her positive mind and her family that keeps her going.
“What keeps her going is her mind, it’s her mind. It’s her family, it’s her environment. It’s all the people around her who take care of her and love her,” Sara Redler, Mollie Horwitz’s daughter. “And she takes care of herself very, very well.”
“She has a positive attitude like no one in the world. This is a woman who believes the best days are tomorrow,” said Miami Beach Mayor Dan Gelber.
READ MORE: Miami-Dade State Attorney’s Office Won’t Pursue Charges For Ex-North Miami Police Officer Jonathan Aledda
Horwitz is surrounded by her two children, four grandkids and 14 great grandkids.
Many spoke about her brave story at her birthday celebration.
“Starting out of Lithuania 106 years ago, she hid in the hills, in the forest to escape the Holocaust and found her way to Cuba, escaped Cuba in 1962 and came to this country,” said Gelber.
Everyone around her praised her positive attitude and her love for life.
Horwitz says for her, age is not a number, but a mindset.
MORE NEWS: Miramar Police Release Valentine’s Day Robbery Video Where Teen Suspect Was Killed“God bless you! The age is nothing, it’s the mind!” she said.
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https://miami.cbslocal.com/2022/03/31/holocaust-survivor-mollie-horwitz-turns-106/
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The camp of No. 2 Construction Company near Lajoux, France in 1917 – Photo from the Department of National Defence
Canada’s Minister of National Defence says the Canadian government intends to apologize and honour the No.2 Construction Battalion.
The Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Sean Fraser and Douglas Ruck, Co-Chair of Black Battalion Historical Marker Society, joined Anita Anand at a virtual event on Monday where she announced the event will take place on July 9th in Truro, Nova Scotia.
“The ongoing and tireless work of those involved in this initiative will ensure that the descendants and loved ones of the brave men who served in the No. 2 Construction Battalion are acknowledged and honoured as they assume their rightful place in Canada’s celebrated military history,” said Anand. “As the Minister of National Defence, I remain wholly and personally committed to delivering a meaningful apology this summer to members who suffered discrimination and whose service and sacrifice were therefore diminished unjustifiably. But that apology is not the end. It will signal a new beginning: a solemn promise of progress as a way to honour and preserve the legacy of these brave men.”
The No.2 Construction Battalion was Canada’s first made up of predominantly Black personnel. Members of the unit served in the First World War.
“While members of the No. 2 Battalion were simply not allowed to enlist because they were Black, they refused to sit by and watch the war unfold. They fought for their right to contribute in the face of adversity, and we are forever indebted to them for their courage and their bravery. This historic Battalion fought not only for their country but also for their right to do so,” added Fraser.
The Canadian government says consultations with the National Apology Advisory Committee along with the Black Cultural Center for Nova Scotia and the Canadian Armed Forces saw 390 descendants of No. 2 Construction members participate.
“What my father termed ‘Canada’s best kept military secret’ was a shameful part of this country’s history that had effectively been expunged from the nation’s collective memory,” said Ruck. “The apology is part of this county’s reckoning on racism and an acceptance of the responsibility for the actions and inactions of the past. However, to ensure that the legacy of the Battalion is appropriately honoured and not forgotten, the apology must be accompanied by actions, and I’m pleased that the Minister has made that commitment.”
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NEWTOWN — Alex Jones wants Connecticut’s highest court to overturn potential fines of “$1.65 million” for “relying on a doctor’s note” and skipping his deposition in the defamation case he lost to eight families whose loved ones were killed in the Sandy Hook shooting.
“The defendant in this case is Alex Jones, and, to many, that is reason enough to uphold any fine or sanction (but) … our law is better than mere vendetta,” New Haven attorney Norm Pattis wrote in an appeal filed Thursday with Connecticut Supreme Court, one day after state Superior Court Judge Barbara Bellis sanctioned Jones with an escalating daily fine of $25,000 for “intentionally failing to comply with the orders of the court.”
“The law is at its best when tested and applied to the damned and despised. In the consolidated actions at issue here, Jones and others are sued for comments they made denying that the shootings at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in December 2012 took place,” Pattis argues in his petition to the state’s highest court. “For many Connecticut residents, that is reason enough to hate Jones. One suspects Judge Bellis has succumbed to that hatred.”
Pattis is asking the Supreme Court to stop Bellis’ escalating fine from going into effect on Friday, and to overturn what he calls an “extraordinary order (that) works a substantial injustice.”
Pattis on Thursday appealed to Bellis herself to stay her own order until Jones’ appeal is heard because “The terms and severity of this court’s sanction are undeniably extraordinary, and the Jones defendants are entitled by law to seek review of the order.”
Bellis, who could have issued an arrest warrant for Jones, acknowledged during her ruling on Jones’ contempt sanctions Wednesday that the fine was “coercive,” but “reasonable and necessary” to compel Jones to complete his pretrial deposition as soon as possible.
Jones faces three trials here and in Texas where juries will award damages in three defamation cases he lost last year after he went on his “Infowars” internet program and called the 2012 slaying of 20 first-graders and six educators at Sandy Hook Elementary School “staged,” “synthetic,” “manufactured,” “a giant hoax,” and “completely fake with actors.”
Jones’ story made more national headlines this week when he offered an FBI agent and 18 members of 10 families who lost loved ones in the school shooting $120,000 each to settle defamation lawsuits here and in Texas.
In Connecticut, the FBI agent and 14 people from eight families rejected Jones’ offer, calling it an attempt by Jones to “escape a public reckoning under oath with his deceitful, profit-driven campaign against the plaintiffs.” The four other parents in the two Texas defamation cases have yet to respond officially to Jones’ offer, but one parent told Hearst Connecticut Media he would reject it.
The first of two trials to determine damages in Texas is set for April 25. The trial in Connecticut to determine damages is set to begin Aug. 2.
Meanwhile, the soonest Jones’ attorneys say he can sit for two days of pretrial questioning under oath is April 11. That would make Jones’ running fine total $525,000, Pattis said.
“If the Plaintiffs’ counsel insist on delaying his deposition further, he will be compelled to pay additional daily amounts — $175,000; $200,000; $225,000; $250,000; $275,000 - for a total fine total of $1,650,000,” Pattis wrote in his appeal to the Supreme Court, noting the ultimate fine total would be about the same amount Jones offered in settlements to the 15 people in the Connecticut suit.
“The court apparently took the position that, if Jones had the money to settle the claims, he could pay this fine,” Pattis argued. “Such reverse engineering of the fine is suspect.”
Pattis who called the fine “wholly disproportionate,” “boundaryless” and “confiscatory,” said it violated the 14th Amendment’s due process clause that “prohibits courts from depriving a person of property through a coercive fine.”
Jones in his own defense told viewers late last week in an audio message that he had cardiovascular symptoms from a COVID-19 infection and was “under a lot of stress.”
Pattis argued that Jones was right to listen to his doctor’s advice and skip the court-ordered depositions last week.
“The trial court’s orders created an unconscionable choice for Jones,” Pattis wrote. “Facing an all-day deposition conducted by a former federal prosecutor in a hotly contested case is no walk in the park.”
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Can you believe The Matrix came out 23 years ago, in 1999?
The Matrix premiered 23 years ago, with the original movie kicking so much ass... The Matrix Resurrections, yeah... not so much.
I still remember walking out of the cinema after watching The Matrix back in 1999, influencing me forever as a 16-year-old geek and gamer. It has been 23 years since then -- if you can believe it -- so let's celebrate by watching the trailer to the movie:
The Matrix pioneered so much at the time with its iconic "Bullet-Time" slow-mo designed by John Gaeta, was copied, used in parodies, and everything in between. Bullet-Time was also joined by the amazing cinematography, soundtrack, acting (especially Hugo Weaving as Agent Smith), the storyline, the action, and so much more.
If you didn't know, The Matrix was shot here in Australia (in Sydney) with the Wachowski Bros. making the New South Wales government change their laws so that they could fly a helicopter above the city of Sydney. Incredible stuff, but totally worth it. It would be all-CG these days, including the crappy Matrix Resurrections.
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The Minister for Tourism, Arts and Culture, Dr Ibrahim Mohammed Awal, says there is a need to have a permanent joint business corporation between Ghana and Iran to widen and strengthen the relationship between the two countries.
He mentioned that Ghana is a very stable and peaceful country in the West African sub-region with the African Continental Free Trade Area (ACFTA) headquarters being stationed also here.
Iran can therefore use this platform to promote trade among the 1.2 billion people in Africa and a combined Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of 3 trillion dollars.
The Minister made this statement when he met a delegation from the Islamic Republic of Iran led by H.E Dr Saeed Khatibzadeh, spokesperson and Deputy Foreign Minister in his office on Wednesday 30th March 2022.
Dr Awal proposed the establishment of the Iran-Ghana Business Council to promote agro-businesses, aviation, tourism and trade which can result in 350 million dollars in investment every year.
He indicated that the Council should be situated in Ghana as a centre of trade between Iran and other African countries.
Dr Saeed Khatibzadeh, the Deputy Foreign Minister of the Islamic Republic of Iran, stated that they are not just looking into trade, but to seek friendship, build economic and cultural partnerships which will help promote a mutual understanding between the two countries.
According to him, there can be collaboration in other fields aside from trade between the two countries and suggested two projects on artistic and cultural relations, to begin with, and which can be used to expand the corporation between Ghana and Iran.
Dr Khatibzadeh extended an invitation to the Hon. Minister to lead a delegation from the tourism sector to attend the inauguration of the Joint Economic Commission on 27th May 2022 in Iran. He indicated that the forum would be used to sign a Memorandum of Understanding between his outfit and the ministry.
He recommended an exchange programme dubbed Cultural Week Celebration where various artists from Ghana can perform at a musical concert and an exhibition of food, handicrafts and other cultural artefacts would be organized.
The two Ministers discussed the need to have a friendly match between the two countries ahead of the FIFA World Cup tournament to be hosted by Qatar in November.
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Toffees eye Vestergaard
Everton are eyeing a summer move for Leicester defender Jannick Vestergaard, according to Football Insider.
The Toffees are keen to recruit a dominant centre-back this summer and have turned their attentions to the 29-year-old for Southampton player.
New Everton director of football Kevin Thelwell went to watch Vestergaard in action for Denmark against Serbia in midweek.
Cavani closing in on Boca move
Edinson Cavani is closing in on a move to Boca Juniors when his Manchester United contract expires at the end of the season, reports Todofichajes.
The Uruguyan is keen to move closer to his family in South America after spending more than a decade in Europe.
Cavani has been close to leaving United on several occasions over the last year but decided to see out his Red Devils contract instead.
Fernandes signs new Man Utd deal
Bruno Fernandes has signed a new contract at Manchester United until the summer of 2027 that will make him one of the club's highest-paid players, reports the Guardian.
Talks between the Portugal midfielder and the club have been going on since July and a breakthrough was made two weeks ago with an official announcement due imminently.
The new deal only adds one year onto his existing deal but includes an substantial pay rise.
Newcastle eye Coutinho (Sport)
The Magpies are ready to take the Brazilian to the north east
Newcastle are ready to hijack Aston Villa's bid to sign Philippe Coutinho permanently this summer, reports Sport.
Villa signed Coutinho on loan from Barcelona in January and have an agreement in place to sign him permanently for around €40 million (£33m/$44m).
However, that deal would also be dependant on the club taking on his full wages - currently subsidised by Barcelona - something Newcastle, with their new wealthy owners, would have no problem covering.
Leicester eye three signings
Leicester are eyeing three key signings this summer as Brendan Rodgers plans a mini rebuild of his squad, reports the Telegraph.
Foxes boss Brendan Rodgers is keen to recuit a winger, a No.8 and centre-back during the close season.
PSV Eindhoven winger Noni Madueke and Nottingham Forest’s Brennan Johnson are two players who have been scouted reguarly this campaign.
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BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — A driver who engaged Buffalo police in a lengthy gunfight, striking and injuring three officers during a haphazard chase that spanned the city, pleaded not guilty Thursday to attempted murder.
Kente Bell, 28, was arraigned from his hospital room, where he is recovering from several gunshot wounds sustained during Tuesday's chase and a final hail of gunfire as it ended in front of a police station at a Buffalo intersection.
Bell was shot in his neck, arm, leg and hand and underwent surgery at Erie County Medical Center, where he appeared before a judge after regaining consciousness, said Erie County District Attorney John Flynn, who offered dramatic new details of the events.
“You have a high-speed chase... you've got a guy firing out the driver's side window. You've got blockades, you've got speed on highways, a girl jumping out of the car,” he said at a news conference.
Bell is accused of fleeing two police officers who approached his parked vehicle after noticing its tinted windows around 6 p.m. Tuesday, Flynn said. He cooperated at first but did not get out of the car because he was partially paralyzed in a 2012 shooting and uses medical equipment to walk, the prosecutor said.
When it appeared there was an issue with his registration, Bell drove off. Armed with an illegal handgun with an extended magazine of ammunition, he fired on police as they pursued him through city neighborhoods and on highways for more than 20 minutes, Flynn said.
Early in the chase, before shots were fired, the passenger exited the moving vehicle.
“He was making a turn and had slowed down at some point. She opened the front passenger door and jumped out of the car while it was moving and ended up rolling on the ground and hit up against a pole of some kind,” he said, “like right out of a movie.”
“She was obviously freaking out probably, to say the least, and wanted to have nothing to do with this," Flynn said.
In the minutes that followed, Bell drove through a police barricade, entered and exited highways and drove wildly through several Buffalo neighborhoods, briefly entering the suburb of Cheektowaga, before turning back toward Buffalo with police officers radioing his route to each other and warning of the danger.
“They’re still shooting. Multiple officers hit!” an officer is heard shouting in a transmission captured by Broadcastify.com.
Three police officers were struck in separate vehicles. All are recovering.
By the time it was over, nine police vehicles were damaged by gunfire, Police Commissioner Joseph Gramaglia said.
Investigators have yet to determine how many shots were fired by Bell, or how many officers fired their weapons, Flynn said.
Bell is due to appear before a county judge at the hospital Friday for an alleged probation violation related to a 2020 illegal firearms charge in the town of Amherst. While on probation, he was prohibited from carrying a weapon.
The attorney who represented Bell at Thursday's arraignment did not return a call seeking comment on his behalf.
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Sea Limited (NYSE:SE – Get Rating) has received an average rating of “Buy” from the sixteen brokerages that are presently covering the company, Marketbeat Ratings reports. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold recommendation and eight have given a buy recommendation to the company. The average 12 month target price among brokerages that have updated their coverage on the stock in the last year is $260.60.
Several equities analysts recently issued reports on SE shares. Macquarie decreased their price objective on SEA from $435.00 to $285.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research report on Thursday, January 27th. Morgan Stanley decreased their price objective on SEA from $225.00 to $220.00 in a research report on Thursday, March 3rd. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lowered SEA from an “overweight” rating to a “neutral” rating and decreased their price objective for the company from $250.00 to $105.00 in a research report on Friday, March 4th. Citigroup decreased their price objective on SEA from $241.00 to $221.00 in a research report on Wednesday, March 2nd. Finally, The Goldman Sachs Group lowered SEA from a “conviction-buy” rating to a “buy” rating and decreased their price objective for the company from $460.00 to $300.00 in a research report on Thursday, January 27th.
Shares of SEA stock traded down $3.65 during trading on Thursday, hitting $119.79. 6,330,741 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 10,525,407. The firm has a market capitalization of $64.63 billion, a P/E ratio of -31.28 and a beta of 1.44. SEA has a 1-year low of $85.01 and a 1-year high of $372.70. The firm’s fifty day moving average price is $128.68 and its 200 day moving average price is $231.26. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.47, a current ratio of 2.11 and a quick ratio of 2.09.
Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Bbva USA bought a new stake in SEA in the 3rd quarter valued at $39,000. Ahrens Investment Partners LLC bought a new stake in SEA in the 4th quarter valued at $28,000. Paragon Capital Management Ltd bought a new stake in SEA in the 4th quarter valued at $38,000. Bank Julius Baer & Co. Ltd Zurich bought a new stake in SEA in the 4th quarter valued at $40,000. Finally, Spectrum Management Group LLC bought a new position in SEA during the 3rd quarter worth $58,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 98.97% of the company’s stock.
About SEA (Get Rating)
Sea Limited, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the digital entertainment, e-commerce, and digital financial service businesses in Southeast Asia, Latin America, rest of Asia, and internationally. It provides Garena digital entertainment platform for users to access mobile and PC online games, as well as eSports operations; and access to other entertainment content, such as livestreaming of gameplay and social features, such as user chat and online forums.
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Funding from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) will allow research organization GTI and its partners to proceed to the next phase of a project exploring how stored hydrogen can be used for load-following to improve the capacity factor of a natural gas combined cycle power plant.
The project is exploring a system that could demonstrate storage of more than 54 MWh of energy as clean hydrogen produced using natural gas with carbon capture and storage. The hydrogen would be used for load-following at Southern Co. Services’ 122-MW Washington County Cogeneration Facility in McIntosh, Alabama. “Hydrogen storage and discharge rates will be linked to follow daily power demand fluctuations from variable renewable energy to increase the plant’s efficiency and utilization while reducing emissions,” GTI said.
The DOE awarded GTI $800,000, allowing the research organization and project partners to proceed to Phase 2, which involves conducting a Preliminary Front End Engineering Design (pre-FEED) study of the system. Project partners include Southern Co., Pacific Gas & Electric, and the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI). Cost share from the Low-Carbon Resources Initiative (LCRI), a joint program between GTI and EPRI that is supported by over 50 industry partners, will help fund the project, GTI said. The total project cost is estimated at $1.1 million.
Phase 1 of the project, which the DOE-funded, involved feasibility and techno-economic studies on “asset-integrated production and intermediate duration storage of hydrogen.” Studies suggested high-efficiency production using GTI’s hydrogen generator technology would achieve carbon capture rate of greater than 95% at a low-cost in a natural gas combined-cycle plant.
GTI noted it is currently piloting its hydrogen generation technology under a DOE-sponsored 300-kW project at the organization’s Des Plaines, Illinois, campus. Work is separately continuing at a larger 1.6-MW Hydrogen by Sorbent Enhanced Steam Reforming (HyPER) project with Cranfield University and Doosan Babcock. The UK Department for Business, Energy, and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) is sponsoring that project. “Both of these pilot projects are nearing commissioning and operation,” GTI said.
The technology essentially leverages a hydrogen production process with an inherent capability for carbon dioxide (CO2) separation. “The process is a cost-competitive, steam-neutral alternative to traditional steam methane reforming (SMR),” GTI explained. “It also produces a higher-quality hydrogen stream (of more than 90%, which can be upgraded further) while eliminating the need for a water gas shift reactor. Furthermore, it inherently captures the CO2 in solid phase,” it said. “This eliminates the associated capital expenditure and operating expenses of amine-based systems required for CO2 capture from SMR and natural gas combined cycle–based power systems.”
Previous tests have verified catalyst stability and successfully demonstrated sorption enhanced reforming (SER) chemistry and process operation. “Hydrogen purity and yield were at or above expected levels for the limited sorbent feed rates,” GTI said. Steps are also underway to upgrade the pilot using an indirectly fired calciner, and demonstrate operations.
“This new DOE project builds on GTI’s decades of expertise in hydrogen—along with integrated hydrogen testing, modeling, and demonstration facilities—to shape hydrogen markets and ensure this low-carbon fuel is affordable and accessible to economies of all sizes and maturities,” said Don Stevenson, GTI vice president, Energy Supply and Conversion.
The funding is part of $2.4 million that the DOE designated on March 21 to three projects that it suggested could advance novel thermal and hydrogen energy storage technologies, with an emphasis on increased duration, reliability, and affordability. “The technologies will initially support transitioning of existing fossil assets to low carbon energy systems, with the long-term potential to support the Biden-Harris Administration’s goal of a fully decarbonized electricity grid by 2035,” the DOE said.
The projects, which will be overseen by the DOE’s National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) also include awards for $800,000 to EPRI and partners to perform a pre-FEED study on the integration of a 10-MWh(e) SandTES pilot system into Alabama Power’s Ernest C. Gaston Electric Generating Plant in Wilsonville, Alabama. “SandTES is a high-temperature thermal energy storage technology operated with sand (quartz or silica) as the storage medium,” EPRI said. “The use of sand as a heat transfer material offers the advantages of widespread availability, low cost, and high thermal capacity.”
The final $800,000 award will go to WE New Energy Inc. and partners to complete a pre-FEED study of a “cost-effective” steel-concrete composite hydrogen energy storage prototype that is integrated with existing or new coal- and gas-fueled electricity generating units. “These units usually are not designed to respond to major shifts in output. This integrated system will enable more flexible operations, helping to manage dynamic changes in electric grid demand and electricity price,” the DOE said.
—Sonal Patel is a POWER senior associate editor (@sonalcpatel, @POWERmagazine).
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LSG vs CSK Dream11 Prediction, IPL 2022: Playing XI News, Cricket Fantasy Tips, Injury update And Pitch Report – Firstcricket News, Firstpost
Lucknow Super Giants will face defending champions Chennai Super Kings within the ongoing Indian Premier League. Both these sides suffered defeats of their first video games and can now purpose to get their combos, planning and methods to ensure that this conflict. While the KL Rahul-led LSG went right down to Gujarat Titans, Ravindra Jadeja-led CSK had been comprehensively crushed by Kolkata Knight Riders.
In their final sport, Lucknow had a lot of positives regardless of the loss to Gujarat Titans. Deepak Hooda and Ayush Badoni had been sensible within the center order and the bowling division has sparks in Dushmantha Chameera and Ravi Bishnoi.
CSK, alternatively, had been restricted to 131 towards KKR. Only MS Dhoni rolled again the years with a superb half-century and Dwayne Bravo was amongst the wickets. The different gamers have to step up on this sport towards LSG.
Ahead of the match between Lucknow Super Giants and Chennai Super Kings, right here is every part you must know:
LSG vs CSK Telecast
Star Sports 1, Star Sports 1 HD, Star Sports 3, and Star Sports 3 HD channels will broadcast the Lucknow Super Giants vs Chennai Super Kings encounter.
LSG vs CSK Live Streaming
The match between Lucknow Super Giants vs Chennai Super Kings is obtainable to be streamed reside on the Disney+ Hotstar app and web site.
LSG vs CSK Match Details
The LSG vs CSK match will likely be performed on the Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai on Thursday, March 31, at 7:30 PM IST.
LSG vs CSK Dream11 Team Prediction
Captain: KL Rahul
Vice-Captain: Moeen Ali
Suggested Playing XI for LSG vs CSK Dream11 Fantasy Cricket:
Wicketkeeper: Quinton de Kock, KL Rahul
Batsmen: Evin Lewis, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Devon Conway
All-rounders: Krunal Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Moeen Ali
Bowlers: Dushmantha Chameera, Ravi Bishnoi, Adam Milne
LSG vs CSK Probable XIs:
Lucknow Super Giants: KL Rahul (c), Quinton de Kock (wk), Evin Lewis, Manish Pandey, Deepak Hooda, Krunal Pandya, Mohsin Khan, Ayush Badoni, Dushmantha Chameera, Ravi Bishnoi, Avesh Khan
Chennai Super Kings: Ruturaj Gaikwad, Robin Uthappa, Devon Conway, Moeen Ali, Ambati Rayudu, Ravindra Jadeja (c), MS Dhoni (wk), Dwayne Bravo, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Tushar Deshpande, Adam Milne
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Qualifiers draw sets the path for the EHF EURO 2024
Reigning Olympic champions France will face Poland, Latvia and Italy in their bid to reach the Men’s EHF EURO 2024 after the qualifiers draw in Berlin divided 32 nations into eight four-team groups.
The EHF EURO 2020 runners-up, Croatia were pitted against the Netherlands in group 5 together with Belgium and Greece.
The bronze medallists from the 2020 edition, Norway, meet Serbia, Slovakia and Finland in group 2.
Four Balkan countries form group 7, as Slovenia ended up together with Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro and Kosovo.
The qualifiers will begin on 12 October 2022 and run until 30 April 2023 with the nations battling for 20 places at the final tournament in Germany which will be played between 10-28 January 2024.
Qualification groups overview
Group 1: Portugal, North Macedonia, Turkey, Luxembourg
Group 2: Norway, Serbia, Slovakia, Finland
Group 3: Iceland, Czech Republic, Israel, Estonia
Group 4: Austria, Ukraine, Romania, Faroe Islands
Group 5: Croatia, Netherlands, Greece, Belgium
Group 6: Hungary, Switzerland, Lithuania, Georgia
Group 7: Slovenia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo
Group 8: France, Poland, Latvia, Italy
The winners and runners-up of all eight groups as well as the four best third ranked teams will earn a spot at the final tournament. To determine which four third ranked teams are ‘the best’, an overall ranking including all eight third ranked teams will be established once the qualifiers have been completed.
This ranking will take into account only the results of the four matches against the two teams that finished first and second in the respective group; the results of the two matches against the team that finished last in that group will not be considered.
Four national team players assisted at the draw podium at the Hubertusbad in the German capital to determine the fate of all teams vying for a ticket at the final tournament.
Luca Witzke represented the hosting team of Germany at the draw and was accompanied by Maciej Gebala from Poland, Norway’s Kristian Sæverås and Bobby Schagen from the Netherlands
EHF EURO Cup for the hosts and the last medallists
Germany as the hosts, and Sweden (champions), Spain (runners-up) and Denmark (bronze medallists) as the EHF EURO 2022 medallists, are qualified directly for the final tournament. Those four teams will play in the EHF EURO Cup when other nations play their qualifiers.
Playing schedule
The first round of the Men’s EHF EURO 2024 qualifiers will be played in October 2022. The basic match schedule is as follows:
Round 1: 12/13 October 2022
Round 2: 15/16 October 2022
Round 3: 8/9 March 2023
Round 4: 11/12 March 2023
Round 5: 26/27 April 2023
Round 6: 30 April 2023 (unified throw-off time for all matches)
Players' reactions on the draw:
"Our group is totally crazy. We were joking about a group like this, before the draw had started, and now it happened to be an All-Balkan group. We know each other very well, this will be a group for all fans, as it is like home matches for everybody."
Maciej Gebala, Poland
On the draw results:
"I wanted to play in group number 4 with Austria and Ukraine. We are not satisfied, as we got one of the strongest groups with France from pot 1 and Italy is getting stronger and Lativa are also strong. But if you want to play at the European Championship you have to show that you are better than the opponents. We need some luck against France and hope to beat Italy and Latvia. Poland and France will duel for the top of the group, but they are the favourites and we will be the underdog in those matches. We want to cause a bad day for France. We have to work hard and that we are worth to play at the European Championship."
Luca Witzke, Germany
On the qualifiers groups:
"The group with Poland and France is the toughest group. I wish all the teams good luck that they make it to the tournament."
On the EHF EURO CUP:
"This is a very important competition for the development of our young team on our way to the EHF EURO 2024 on home ground. It will be interesting to see, where we are at the moment and there are no better opponents you can face than Sweden, Spain and Denmark. We have big goals for the tournament, and we hope to develop in the right way."
Kristian Sæverås, Norway
On the opponents in the qualifiers:
"We know most of the teams we face in the qualification, and if we play well, we can beat all of them. Especially it is going to be fun to play against Finland, I never played against our Scandinavian rivals. The group with Poland and France is the toughest, I guess. My teammate Maciej Gebala will be angry that I draw France for him."
Bobby Schagen, Netherlands
On their group:
"Before the draw I said I want to face Belgium, now we play against them – this will be really fun for both sides. And mainly we hope that many fans will travel to the away matches. I am really happy about that. Croatia are the favourites in this group, because they are a great handball country. Greece are developing very good, so we have an interesting group I hope for many fans in the arena after our strong EHF EURO 2022. We would like to play in Germany, as many of our players are playing for German clubs, we really want to be there, it will be possible, but it is also very hard."
Vasilije Kaludjerovic, Montenegro
On the All-Balkan group:
"Our group is totally crazy. We were joking about a group like this, before the draw had started, and now it happened to be an All-Balkan group. We know each other very well, this will be a group for all fans, as it is like home matches for everybody. We are the favourites in this moment, but we have to show this in every game. I am very happy with this group."
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PU Concerts Brings International Pianist and Orchestra to Richardson
Music has always been considered a “universal” language, traversing worldwide cultures and geography. The Mahler Chamber Orchestra has taken this concept to a new level by creating an international ensemble of 45 instrumentalists from 20 countries to share exceptional experiences in classical music, and the world-renowned ensemble brought one of these...
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DALLAS (AP) — A Texas woman who said her 3-year-old son was killed in a road-rage shooting has been arrested on a child endangerment charge, police said Thursday.
Lacravivonne Monique Washington, 26, kept a handgun in her sport utility vehicle where it was accessible to her children, ages 2-4, who were unrestrained, according to a Dallas police affidavit.
The investigation began Monday when Washington brought her son Jalexus Washington to Medical City of Dallas hospital with a gunshot wound to the head. The child died, and the mother told police that he had been shot by an unknown person in a road-rage shooting.
Investigators found no evidence of a road-rage shooting at the location the mother specified. But they did find a handgun in the glove compartment of Washington’s vehicle, which had no child restraints, the affidavit said.
In a follow-up interview, Washington told police that her children were climbing back and forth from the back seat to the front when she heard two gunshots and found her son wounded, according to the affidavit.
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An autopsy revealed that the boy had powder burns around his wound. That indicated that he had been shot at very close range and ruled out a road-rage shooting, the affidavit stated.
Washington could be sentenced to up to two years in state jail if convicted. She was in Dallas County Jail Thursday with a bond set at $25,000. Court records list no attorney for her.
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(ABC4) – If you’re tired of looking at old furniture that you bought last year from IKEA, the retailer has announced that it will now pay customers to bring back old furniture.
The IKEA buyback and resell option has now been made available for 37 of its U.S. stores. As a way to help pave a path toward sustainable living, the company has brought back the initiative that was launched late last year.
How does it work?
You start by filling out a form on IKEA’s website in order to receive an emailed quote of the buyback value for your furniture. Customers are asked to bring a copy of their quote, buyback number, and fully assembled furniture to your participating IKEA store where an employee will assess the furniture’s buyback value.
When you buyback, you will get store credit and your furniture gets a second life in the As-Is department.
What are the buyback requirements?
According to IKEA, the following categories of products are not currently eligible for the furniture buy-back service:
- Non-IKEA products
- Home furnishing accessories including lighting and textiles
- Add-on units and componentry
- Products that have been used outside including outdoor furniture
- Mattresses and bad textiles (such as blankets and mattress toppers)
- Kitchens including bench tops, cabinets, and fronts
- Modular wardrobes and accessories
- Electrical appliances and products
- Chests of drawers
- “Hacked,” modified or painted products
- Non-assembled products
- Market Hall products (including small kitchen goods, art, rugs, and picture frames)
- Upholstered or leather products
- Sofas or armchairs
- Plants
- Items containing glass (including mirrors)
- Children’s and baby products (such as cribs, mattresses, and change tables)
- Beds and bed frames
The retailer said on its website that large quantities and commercially used items are exempt.
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Shares of Stanley Black & Decker Inc.
SWK,
-2.30%
slipped 2.30% to $139.79 Thursday, on what proved to be an all-around poor trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index
SPX,
-1.57%
falling 1.57% to 4,530.41 and Dow Jones Industrial Average
DJIA,
-1.56%
falling 1.56% to 34,678.35. This was the stock's second consecutive day of losses. Stanley Black & Decker Inc. closed $85.21 below its 52-week high ($225.00), which the company reached on May 10th.
The stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors Thursday, as 3M Co.
MMM,
-1.68%
fell 1.68% to $148.88, Illinois Tool Works Inc.
ITW,
-2.45%
fell 2.45% to $209.40, and General Electric Co.
GE,
-3.26%
fell 3.26% to $91.50. Trading volume (2.4 M) eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 2.2 M.
Editor's Note: This story was auto-generated by Automated Insights, an automation technology provider, using data from Dow Jones and FactSet. See our market data terms of use.
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LOS ANGELES, March 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Ultra PRO International LLC ("Ultra PRO"), a California-based manufacturer of toys, board games, and accessories, has acquired Legion Supplies, Inc. ("Legion Supplies"), an innovator in the tabletop gaming space since its debut in 2009. Steve Port, Owner of Legion Supplies, states, "What prompted the launch 12 years ago was when, as a hobby store owner, I saw my customer's desire for art-based sleeves that represented them beyond the basic fantasy art that existed. From our first 'Bacon' art sleeves, we've tried to bring fun images to quality products that help players express their individuality." Legion Supplies began with trading card game accessories and in 2017 launched MTGproshop.com, which expanded their offerings into the lifestyle category giving fans of Magic: The Gathering a broad selection of apparel and decor based items.
Founded in 1952 and currently celebrating its 70th anniversary, Ultra PRO is a leader in the gaming industry. The acquisition of Legion Supplies reinforces Ultra PRO's strong ability to continue to bring high quality products to the collectibles and trading card games marketplace.
Steve further states, "I'm excited for the expanded capabilities Legion will have working with Ultra PRO's large chain of suppliers and expertise in areas that can only make Legion products better."
Jay Kuo, Ultra PRO's President says, "Legion Supplies is well known in the trading card game community and has developed a great niche business with a loyal following. We're excited to welcome Steve Port to the Ultra PRO management team, as well as the entirety of the Legion team to the Ultra PRO family and look forward to Steve's continued development of Legion Supplies' catalog and service offerings."
Ultra PRO has a strong history of USA-based manufacturing and this acquisition further expands those capabilities as Legion Supplies offers a wide range of product types produced in their Minnesota-based facilities.
Ultra PRO looks forward to growing the business and bringing innovative gaming products to market for years to come. The new partnership will allow Ultra PRO to further expand distribution of the product assortment, create cross-selling opportunities and bring forth complementary line expansions that will be sought out by the gaming audience for years to come.
Legion Supplies, Inc products can be found at https://www.legionsupplies.com/ and https://mtgproshop.com/.
Ultra PRO products can be found at https://shop.ultrapro.com/
About Ultra PRO
Ultra PRO is the leading manufacturer and supplier of sports and gaming collectibles accessories, board games, photo and scrapbooking albums, school and office supplies, and TableTopics conversation starter card sets. The company has been designing and manufacturing top-quality products since 1952. Ultra PRO brands are recognized for their high-quality standards and design innovations. The company's products are sold through a top-tier network of distributors and customers worldwide. They can be purchased in hobby shops, independent toy and gift stores, retail chains and online stores across the globe. Ultra PRO is a privately-held, family-owned company with head offices near Los Angeles, California. For more information, please visit www.UltraPRO.com.
About Legion Supplies, Inc.
Legion Supplies, Inc was founded by Steve Port, serial entrepreneur, and co-founder of Melee.gg, an event management software company. Located in Burnsville, MN, Legion Supplies has been a leader in the tabletop gaming space since 2009. Legion is known for fun and trendy designs as well as innovative product development. Since the beginning, Legion has continued to expand offering new categories of gaming lifestyle products as well as publishing and distribution.
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- Kia will produce the EV9 electric SUV and introduce it in Europe in 2023, offering three rows of seats and about 300 miles of range.
- The EV9 shares the automaker's E-GMP platform with the Hyundai Ioniq 7, which was another large SUV concept revealed in 2021.
- Kia has not yet said whether the EV9 will be offered stateside, but it is widely expected to make it here.
Just a few months after revealing the Kia EV9 concept at the LA auto show, the automaker says it will offer a production version of the three-row electric SUV in Europe starting in 2023.
The Kia EV9 was one of two large electric sport utility concepts revealed by the automaker in November 2021, along with the similarly sized Hyundai Ioniq 7. The two concepts share the E-GMP platform with the automaker's smaller offerings, including the Kia EV6 now in production, but feature much more generous footprints, not too far from those of the Hyundai Palisade and Kia Telluride.
The EV9 is certainly the boxier of the two concepts, featuring a flat roof and rhomboid wheel arches—kind of like a Kia Soul on steroids—but the real point of the concept was to preview an electric seven-seater, one which the automaker plans to put into production in the near future.
Curiously enough, Kia has confirmed only plans for Europe at the moment, but we have a hard time picturing an American-sized three-row electric SUV not offered here, along with its Hyundai sibling.
At the time we glimpsed the EV9 concept, Kia had not revealed the battery specs of the SUV. But we expect it to be a bit larger than the 77.4-kWh pack found in the EV6, as the EV9 has more room and a longer wheelbase. Given the EV6's 310-mile range with that battery, we can probably expect the EV9 to offer at least that many miles in the EPA cycle, and perhaps a few more.
When it arrives in Europe next year, the EV9 will likely be all alone in its segment as a non-luxury electric SUV with seating for seven—the few other models found in this size category are from luxury automakers, and are priced accordingly.
The EV9, on the other hand, is expected to land with a starting price around $50,000 prior to any incentives, which should represent nothing short of a clap of thunder in the EV market, given how much a Tesla Model Y costs at the moment.
No word yet on when we'll see a production version of the EV9. Perhaps the LA auto show later this year?
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Whoopi Goldberg Erupts on 'The View' Co-Host Who Criticized Hollywood Elites
Whoopi Goldberg, one of the co-hosts of “The View,” has made headlines again for going after one of her other co-hosts who was labeling Hollywood as a group of “elites.”
While focusing on the incident of actor Will Smith slapping comedian Chris Rock at the Oscars, Tara Setmayer mentioned how she thought it was ridiculous that Smith got a standing ovation even after the incident.
“But then they give him a standing ovation, though, Whoopi. Which I think again goes back to why some people feel like Hollywood elites are a bunch of hypocrites. Because they go out there and they give these statements of moral superiority about things and political statement and then ….” Setmayer said, before Goldberg interrupted.
Goldberg criticized Setmayer for her view on the whole Smith-Rock slap and then said that she wants to “stop with this ‘elite’ stuff.”
“A lot of us work for a living. We work, we collect the check, we got families, we try to do the same thing, the good stuff that everybody else tries to do. And it really pisses me off when people start to talk about people who work in Hollywood,” Golberg said.
She objected to grouping all actors and anyone who works in Hollywood together and blaming them for things.
“If you’re pissed off about somebody or how they act, don’t put it on all of us, because that’s like saying all black people like chicken,” Goldberg added.
Whoopi Goldberg gets indignant when confronted with Hollywood’s elitism and moral hypocrisy.
“I just want to stop with this ‘elite’ stuff,” she whined. “Some of us work for a living … and it really pisses me off when people start to talk about people who work in Hollywood.” pic.twitter.com/NMkmJ6EKTz— Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) March 31, 2022
Setmayer argued that, to average Americans, all the Hollywood people who make millions of dollars do look like one big group.
“I’m talking about how average Americans look at that and it does come across that way,” Setmayer said. “I think there’s an argument to be made about the industry.”
“Some are making millions of dollars, but not everybody,” Goldberg responded.
Co-host Joy Behar backed up Goldberg, telling Setmayer, “You can’t paint all Hollywood people with one brush.”
Despite not wanting to paint everyone in Hollywood as an “elite” making millions, Goldberg is one of those Hollywood workers who makes millions of dollars each year.
It has been estimated that Goldberg makes about $5 to $6 million per year for her position on “The View,” Parade reported.
Her net worth is estimated to be about $60 million.
There were complaints after Goldberg’s comments that she is out of touch.
@Theview @JoyVBehar @sunny @WhoopiGoldberg your guest host today hit the nail square on the head saying fans see Hollywood elite the way will showed himself to be! Thats why so many fans no longer care about their craft. Whoopi getting upset by that shows how out of touch she is
— Jae Williams (@jaej79) March 31, 2022
Hollywood: good
Middle America: bad-Whoopi
— Darth Joosboxx (@hellcat1377) March 31, 2022
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TWIN FALLS, Idaho — The Magic Valley Fellowship Hall is hosting its second annual old timers dinner April 2 to raise funds for its recovery center.
The dinner will feature testimonies from community members who have gone through the fellowship halls program. There will also be raffles, prizes, and a silent auction for guests who come.
Tickets are on presale for $12 and $15 at the door.
The Magic Valley Fellowship Hall has served the Twin Falls community since 1988 and has helped those struggling with drug and alcohol addiction.
Katie Ayers-Hicks is the Director of the Magic Valley Fellowship Hall and says addiction can affect anyone.
“Everybody knows somebody who has been touched by addiction in some way, shape or form.”
Hicks has been grateful for the community impact and the amount of donations they have received for this event.
"We have had so many donations... and the community has chipped in and done a lot and we can use these items to raffle off and raise some money to get this place in better condition, to help people out and keep our doors open."
Tickets for this event can be purchased at the Magic Valley Fellowship Hall.
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On Monday, President Joe Biden unveiled his proposal for the next federal budget.
Though Congress has the final say in the annual budget, presidents create a proposal highlighting their fiscal priorities. Then, the president typically spends time advocating for their plan to the public, arguing for those priorities.
While promoting his latest proposal, Biden tweeted, “This year, my administration is on track to cut the deficit by more than $1.3 trillion… that would be the largest one-year reduction in the deficit in U.S. history.”
THE QUESTION
Would a $1.3 trillion reduction in the deficit be the largest single-year reduction ever?
THE SOURCES
THE ANSWER
Yes, if the deficit shrinks by $1.3 trillion this year, that will be the largest single-year reduction in history.
WHAT WE FOUND
Both the Federal Reserve and the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) track how much money the federal government takes in each year, and how much it spends. The Fed has records dating back to 1901, and the CBO dating to 1962.
If the government makes more than it spends, there’s a budget surplus. Since 1962, there have only been five years with a surplus, and none since 2001.
More commonly, the government spends more than it takes in. That’s a deficit, and it results in the U.S. borrowing money to make up the difference, which in turn adds to the federal debt.
According to the Fed and the CBO, the year in which the deficit shrank the most was 2013. In 2012, the budget was nearly $1.08 trillion in the hole, and in 2013, it was just under $679.8 billion. The deficit decreased by roughly $396.8 billion, more than in any other year in history.
If the deficit drops by $1.3 trillion in 2022 like Biden projected, it would indeed be the largest deficit reduction in American history, by a big margin.
The Fed and CBO track numbers on a fiscal-year basis, with the fiscal year ending on Sept. 30. So we won’t really know if Biden’s projections for 2022 are accurate until at least October.
But budget experts VERIFY spoke with agreed it’s likely the deficit reduction could wind up being more than a trillion dollars. However, they said that drop is mostly due to COVID-related spending programs expiring.
“It's not really due to any particularly aggressive policy action to, say, raise more revenue than we would have otherwise, or spend less. It's mostly just a factor of temporary things,” said Alex Muresianu, a federal policy analyst for the Tax Foundation.
“We had deficits that were over $3 trillion [in 2020], and one that was $2.8 trillion [in 2021]. That was as a result of a huge recession, and trillions of dollars that we were spending to fight COVID. So we will be dropping for sure. The deficit will be closer to a trillion dollars this year,” said Maya MacGuineas, president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, a non-profit group. “But that doesn't come from policies to reduce the deficit.”
More from VERIFY: No, Congress members did not give themselves a 21% pay raise in 2022
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Cassiopeia a. This may be one of the most famous supernova eruptions in our universe. And astronomers today say that this nebula did not last uniformly. Perhaps, the conflict can be blamed.
Cassiopeia A is 11,000 light-years from Earth. She is the only remnantSupernova eruption Of one The giant star The red light came to us in the 1670s. At least Cassiopeia A has not been found and researchers have identified it from their analyzes.Eye Naked. And this Resolution The astronomical instruments of the time were not sufficient to observe it. What we know in any matter is at heart Nebula This supergiant star was formed by a supernova explosion and has a temperature of about 30 million C. Degrees Celsius.
The Astronomers It has already been established that this nebula spreads from the eruption of a star. Speed An average of 4,000 to 6,000 kilometers per second. In fact, Cassiopeia A is about 16 light years across today. Really? Data collected over a period of approximately 20 yearsChandra X-ray Laboratory Today the problem seems to be stirring.
From Researchers at the University of Amsterdam (Netherlands) In fact in its western part Cassiopeia a. Or the right side of the pictures, if you like. The inner parts of the nebula appear to move inward, instead of expanding. Furthermore, astronomers’ measurements of the acceleration – or reduction – of an external shock wave show that in the west, it accelerates rather than decreases.
Conflict with the object ejected by the star?
This is wonderful Movement According to astronomers, the retreat can be explained in two ways. A very brief episode of high-velocity mass loss or a kind of vacuum in the object of a supernova created by the collision of a nebula “Bring something”. Models like to get privileged on this last track because it also explains the observed acceleration.Shock wave.
Recent work Palermo tracking analysts (Italy) The remnants of the star indicate collision with the denser part. Gas And dust. Or even, a kind of shell – part of this case – particles. It may have already been formed by the star at the end of its lifespan, but it was blown away before its supernova erupted. Wind Gas particle constant.
Researchers regret that there is no information about the birth star of Cassiopeia A. Its size or its spectral type, for example, may clarify the question. But they can still learn very quickly. Thanks James Webb Space Telescope Who can see Infrared At Cassiopée A by the end of this year.
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Hillicon Valley — Presented by Nokia — Covert data collection program revealed
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Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) said the Department of Homeland Security obtained millions of people’s financial transaction records without warrants.
Meanwhile, gig companies are teaming up to form a new trade association, and intelligence officials say Russian President Vladimir Putin is expected to “double down” in Ukraine.
Let’s jump into the news.
What privacy?
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) obtained millions of people’s financial transaction records without warrants as part of a covert surveillance operation, according to a lawmaker.
The program, conducted by Immigrations and Customs Enforcement, collected data on money transfers over $500 sent to and from Mexico, Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) said in a letter to the DHS’s inspector general released to the public Tuesday.
Wyden is now calling for an investigation into the collection of records, which the DHS has now committed to stop requesting.
“Law-enforcement agencies have ample authority to subpoena financial information about individual or specific transactions they believe are related to illicit activity,” he wrote to DHS Inspector General Joseph Cuffari.
“Instead of squandering resources collecting millions of transactions from people merely because they live or transact with individuals in a handful of Southwestern states or have relatives in Mexico, HSI and other agencies should focus their resources on individuals actually suspected of breaking the law.”
Agents in ICE’s domestic arm, Homeland Security Investigations, compelled two money transfer companies to turn over information on every movement of over $500, to and from California, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas and Mexico. Two dozen other money transfer firms voluntarily handed over the information.
The transaction data was then shared with federal, state and local agencies that were able to access it without a warrant. It could not be determined how those agencies then used the data.
Gig companies join forces
Uber, Lyft, DoorDash and other app-based companies on Tuesday unveiled a new trade association that will push back on Democratic efforts to allow gig workers to unionize.
The lobbying group, dubbed Flex, kicked off with a seven-figure ad buy in Washington, D.C., that depicted the flexibility that gig workers take advantage of and said U.S. ride share and delivery drivers work an average of 8 hours a week.
“Whether it’s getting around town, shuttling kids to school, or just connecting people with dinner or the groceries they need, our member companies help seamlessly fill gaps in our day-to-day lives,” Flex CEO Kristin Sharp, a former senior staffer for Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.), said in a statement. “That’s why it’s so important for Flex to advocate for the everyday heroes driving this economic evolution.”
Flex, whose members include GoPuff, Grubhub, HopSkipDrive and Instacart, will push back on Democrats’ PRO Act, a sweeping pro-labor bill that seeks to reclassify some gig workers as employees rather than contractors, giving them to right to form a union.
PUTIN EXPECTED TO ‘DOUBLE DOWN’ IN UKRAINE
Intelligence experts Tuesday painted a picture of an increasingly determined Vladimir Putin set to “double down” on his invasion of Ukraine despite being ill-prepared for the consequences to Russia’s economy and with little prospect for long-term success.
“I think Putin is angry and frustrated right now. He’s likely to double down and try to grind down the Ukrainian military with no regard for civilian casualties,” CIA director William Burns told lawmakers on the House Intelligence Committee during the yearly worldwide threats hearing.
“But the challenge that he faces, and this is the biggest question that’s hung over our analysis of his planning for months now…is he has no sustainable political end game in the face of what is going to continue to be fierce resistance from Ukrainians.”
GOOGLE TO ACQUIRE MANDIANT
Google plans to acquire Mandiant, the cybersecurity firm that uncovered the SolarWinds hack, for $5.4 billion, the tech giant announced Tuesday.
Mandiant will join Google’s Cloud business following the close of the acquisition, according to the announcement.
Bloomberg reported Microsoft had reportedly also been interested in Mandiant, but the company pulled out of talks more than a week ago.
“Organizations around the world are facing unprecedented cybersecurity challenges as the sophistication and severity of attacks that were previously used to target major governments are now being used to target companies in every industry,” Thomas Kurian, CEO of Google Cloud, said in a statement. “We look forward to welcoming Mandiant to Google Cloud to further enhance our security operations suite and advisory services, and help customers address their most important security challenges.”
Temporary silence: Spotify, Discord down
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Spotify and Discord were experiencing issues Tuesday afternoon, with many users unable to access the online platforms.
The music streaming service confirmed it was looking into the issue.
“Something’s not quite right, and we’re looking into it,” the Spotify status account tweeted. “Thanks for your reports!”
“We’re aware of an issue causing message failures and are working on a fix,” the instant messaging app Discord tweeted. “Apologies for the disruption & thx for hanging tight!”
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An op-ed to chew on: CDC needs serious scrutiny to restore Americans’ trust in science
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Notable links from around the web:
Tens of thousands of Russian gig workers left behind as tech platforms pull out (The Washington Post / Nitasha Tiku and Gerrit De Vynck)
‘Constantly afraid’: immigrants on life under US government surveillance (The Guardian / Johan Bhuiyan)
Amazon Workers In Alabama Are Worried A Union Victory Will Make Their Lives Worse (BuzzFeed News / Caroline O’Donovan)
How Wrongful Arrests Based on AI Derailed 3 Men’s Lives (Wired / Khari Johnson)
One last thing: VOA broadcast with shortwave
The U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM), the parent agency for Voice of America (VOA) and Radio Free America has chosen not to transmit the programming in the region.
But organizers behind a crowdfunding campaign have already secured one station in Florida to share VOA’s daily English programming about Ukraine within days of the effort’s launch.
That’s it for today, thanks for reading. Check out The Hill’s technology and cybersecurity pages for the latest news and coverage. We’ll see you Tuesday.
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Russian foreign minister reaches Delhi, Ukraine situation in focus
Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov arrived in India on Thursday on a two-day official visit, his first trip to the country since the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
“Welcoming the Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation Sergey Lavrov as he arrives in New Delhi for an official visit,” external affairs ministry spokesperson Arindam Bagchi tweeted.
Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said Lavrov will meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi and external affairs minister S Jaishankar on Friday.
A media advisory on Lavrov’s visit issued by the MEA has not mentioned any meeting between Lavrov and PM Modi.
New Delhi has seen a flurry of visits by foreign leaders over the past fortnight.
Last week, Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi visited India.
His visit to India coincides with that of US deputy national security adviser Daleep Singh and British foreign secretary Liz Truss. EU Special Envoy for the Indo-Pacific Gabriele Visentin also visited New Delhi this week.
Lavrov arrived in India after a two-day visit to China.
India has so far not criticised Russia for its invasion of Ukraine so far and has abstained from voting in United Nations’ platforms in condemning the Russian aggression.
However, last Thursday, India also abstained on a resolution pushed by Russia on the humanitarian crisis in Ukraine, which was seen as reflective of its neutral position on the conflict.
New Delhi has been pressing for the resolution of the crisis through diplomacy and dialogue.
PM Modi has held phone conversations with Russian president Vladimir Putin on February 24, March 2 and March 7. Modi also spoke to Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy twice.
Last week, Jaishankar said in Parliament that India’s position on the Ukraine conflict has been “steadfast and consistent” and that it has been seeking immediate cessation of violence.
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MIRAMAR (CBSMiami) – Haunting surveillance video released by Miramar police from a robbery gone bad back on Valentine’s Day.
It shows three teenage suspects: 17-year-old Jonovan Campos, 16-year-old Anthony Person and 16-year-old Azarya Murphy, who would lose his life in just a matter of moments. CBS News Miami is naming these minors because of the serious nature of this crime.
READ MORE: ‘Age Is Nothing, It’s The Mind’: Holocaust Survivor Mollie Horwitz Turns 106!You can see one of the three teenagers, wearing a hoodie, face mask and gloves walking through a grassy area in the gated Silver Shores community.
A short time later, another teen appears, also fully covered, slinking through the same area. And, then another, moving with more urgency, crouching down.
Miramar PD say the two 16-year-old boys and their 17 year-old friend were stalking their prey, an adult victim, minding his own business watching YouTube videos on a gazebo outside.
Police say you can see the suspects casing their target for 30-minutes. At one point, they run away before returning for what would be the final seconds of Azarya Murphy’s life.
READ MORE: Miami-Dade State Attorney’s Office Won’t Pursue Charges For Ex-North Miami Police Officer Jonathan AleddaIn the gazebo, where the victim was watching those YouTube videos, you can clearly see one of the boys, in all white, with a gun in hand.
Then all hell breaks loose.
The man the boys were trying to rob turns from prey to predator, pulling a weapon, which he was licensed to carry.
In the dark of night, you clearly see one muzzle flash and then another muzzle flash, as the victim unloads two shots. Police say one of the two hit 16-year-old Azarya Murphy in the back of the head killing him.
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Police say one of the boys had turned the weapon back in the victim’s direction when those fateful shots were fired, ending the life of teenager Azarya Murphy, which had barely just begun.
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NEW YORK (AP) —The following list shows the Nasdaq stocks that have gone up the most and down the most based on percent of change for 2021. No securities trading below 1000 shares are included. Net and percentage change are the difference be- tween last year's closing price and this year's closing. Changes for issues added during the year are calcu- lated from closing prices on the first trading day. UPS Name PEHighLowLastChg.Pct. 1CiscoSys 19 46.74 44.15 46.25 +1.38 + 3.1 2AppleIncs 33 128.72 117.57 121.42 +.16 + .1 3Intel 12 63.14 57.91 60.74 — .04 — .1 4Microsoft 37 237.47 224.26 231.60 — .78 — .3 DOWNS Name PEHighLowLastChg.Pct. 1Microsoft 37 237.47 224.26 231.60 — .78 — .3 2Intel 12 63.14 57.91 60.74 — .04 — .1 3AppleIncs 33 128.72 117.57 121.42 +.16 + .1 4CiscoSys 19 46.74 44.15 46.25 +1.38 + 3.1 —————————
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DANBURY — An investigation is underway after police said several Rogers Park Middle School students became ill after ingesting chocolate suspected of containing THC.
Police said “an unusual number of students” reported feeling ill Thursday afternoon, prompting the school resource officer and school administrators to launch an investigation.
“A preliminary investigation indicates that the students became ill after ingesting some form of edible chocolate believed to contain THC,” Detective Lt. Mark Williams said.
The chocolate was recovered, and the students responsible for distributing it were identified and interviewed by school administrators, authorities said.
Williams said police are attempting to identify the contents of the chocolate, and the investigation is ongoing.
As for the students who fell ill, he said he has no information indicating they will need further medical attention.
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Capcom is giving all of its employees a 30% raise
Capcom is giving all of its employees a big 30% pay raise as incentive for retention and recruitment as it aims for record growth.
Capcom is giving all of its employees a big 30% pay raise as an incentive for retention and recruitment as it aims for its ninth consecutive year of operating earnings growth.
Today Capcom announced that it is increasing base pay for all of its employees. The move follows reorganization of its HR department, which could lead to layoffs and consolidation across the unit. "In order to sustainably strengthen its development and technological capabilities to create the world's finest, high-quality games, Capcom will reorganize its Human Resources around four departmental operations."
As for the pay raise, Capcom plans to increase employee salaries starting today, March 31. "Beginning with the 2022 fiscal year, Capcom will partially revise its compensation system. This will consist of an average base salary increase of 30% (includes the portion for pay raises) and the introduction of a bonus system more closely linked to the company's business performance."
Capcom's overall business performance is better than it has ever been. The company has already secured its yearly operating income goal with an astronomical $320.78 million earned from Q1-Q3 2021, which is a new record for the games-maker. This will make 2021 the ninth straight year of operating income growth for Capcom.
Japanese games giant Bandai Namco also gave its employees a substantial $5,000/year raise in an effort to attract new employees and keep the ones it already has.
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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Tony Evers filed a motion Thursday with the state Supreme Court urging the justices to affirm his legislative district boundary map that the U.S. Supreme Court rejected.
The state Supreme Court adopted Evers’ map in March, choosing his plan over Republican lawmakers’ proposal. But the U.S. Supreme Court rejected Evers’ map on March 23 after the GOP complained it increased the number of Assembly districts with a majority of Black and Hispanic voters from six to seven in Milwaukee in violation of the federal Voting Rights Act. The federal justices kicked the case back to the Wisconsin Supreme Court.
Evers argued in his motion Thursday that the state justices should affirm their earlier decision. He maintained that seven minority districts are justified because six would improperly dilute their votes under the Voting Rights Act. He included with the motion a report from Lisa Handley, an elections consultant who has served in a number of redistricting and voting rights cases, backing up his claim.
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Envista Holdings Co. (NYSE:NVST – Get Rating) CEO Amir Aghdaei sold 10,538 shares of the stock in a transaction on Tuesday, March 29th. The stock was sold at an average price of $51.66, for a total value of $544,393.08. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website.
Amir Aghdaei also recently made the following trade(s):
- On Thursday, March 17th, Amir Aghdaei sold 114,702 shares of Envista stock. The shares were sold at an average price of $49.01, for a total value of $5,621,545.02.
NVST stock traded down $0.16 on Thursday, hitting $48.71. 3,007,402 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 1,878,751. Envista Holdings Co. has a twelve month low of $37.60 and a twelve month high of $52.03. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.22, a current ratio of 1.52 and a quick ratio of 1.30. The business’s fifty day moving average is $46.53 and its two-hundred day moving average is $43.56. The stock has a market capitalization of $7.88 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 25.37, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.85 and a beta of 1.60.
Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Ariel Investments LLC boosted its stake in shares of Envista by 2.8% in the fourth quarter. Ariel Investments LLC now owns 6,253,403 shares of the company’s stock valued at $281,778,000 after purchasing an additional 168,719 shares during the period. Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA boosted its stake in shares of Envista by 104.1% in the fourth quarter. Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA now owns 5,319,341 shares of the company’s stock valued at $239,689,000 after purchasing an additional 2,712,746 shares during the period. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP boosted its stake in shares of Envista by 9.4% in the fourth quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP now owns 4,353,598 shares of the company’s stock valued at $196,172,000 after purchasing an additional 373,330 shares during the period. Macquarie Group Ltd. boosted its stake in shares of Envista by 4.2% in the third quarter. Macquarie Group Ltd. now owns 4,186,536 shares of the company’s stock valued at $175,039,000 after purchasing an additional 170,643 shares during the period. Finally, Janus Henderson Group PLC boosted its stake in shares of Envista by 46.3% in the third quarter. Janus Henderson Group PLC now owns 3,424,451 shares of the company’s stock valued at $143,199,000 after purchasing an additional 1,083,286 shares during the period.
A number of analysts recently commented on NVST shares. Piper Sandler increased their price objective on Envista from $47.00 to $50.00 in a research note on Thursday, February 10th. Zacks Investment Research lowered Envista from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Thursday, February 24th. Finally, Morgan Stanley raised their price target on Envista from $48.00 to $52.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Thursday, February 10th. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and three have given a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company has an average rating of “Buy” and an average price target of $50.60.
About Envista (Get Rating)
Envista Holdings Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, develops, manufactures, and markets dental products in the United States and internationally. The company operates in two segments, Specialty Products & Technologies and Equipment & Consumables. The company's Specialty Products & Technologies segment provides dental implant systems, guided surgery systems, biomaterials, prefabricated and custom-built prosthetics, and dental eye loupes to oral surgeons, prosthodontists, and periodontists under the brands, including Nobel Biocare, Alpha Bio Tec, Implant Direct, Logon, Nobel Procera, and Orascoptic; and brackets and wires, clear aligners, digital orthodontic treatments, retainers, and other orthodontic laboratory products under the Damon, Ormco, Insignia, AOA, and Spark brands.
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MIAMI (AP) — A Florida police officer fatally shot a man who was able to arm himself after being arrested Thursday, officials said.
The shooting occurred shortly before noon at a western Miami-Dade home, according to a police news release.
Miami-Dade police officers had been assisting Homeland Security Investigations and the U.S. Marshals Service when they took a 53-year-old man into custody, police said. The man complained of feeling ill, and Miami-Dade Fire Rescue responded to evaluate him. During the evaluation, the man somehow armed himself, and shots were fired, officials said.
The man died at the scene. No other injuries were reported.
The shooting is being investigated by state police officials.
Police didn't immediately release the names or races of the dead man or the officer who shot him.
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WEST PALM BEACH, FL – The Education Foundation of Palm Beach County, in partnership with the Palm Beach County Business Development Board and the School District of Palm Beach County, recently recognized United Franchise Group™ (UFG) CEO Ray Titus with the “Outstanding Leadership Award” during its Distinguished Alumni and Leadership Awards....
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First lawsuit filed over Florida law restricting certain LGBTQ topics in the classroom
Two LGBTQ rights advocacy groups, as well as students, parents and a teacher in Florida, filed a federal lawsuit Thursday, challenging the state's new law banning certain instruction about sexual orientation and gender identity in the classroom.
It's the first legal challenge seeking to block implementation and enforcement of the law, which Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis signed on Monday. The controversial law, dubbed "Don't Say Gay" by its opponents, is set to take effect in July.
DeSantis told reporters Thursday that he will defend the law "vigorously."
The lawsuit calls the Florida law an "unlawful attempt to stigmatize, silence and erase LGBTQ people in Florida's public schools."
"It seeks to do so by imposing a sweeping, vague ban covering any instruction on 'sexual orientation and gender identity,' and by constructing a diffuse enforcement scheme designed to maximize the chilling effect of this prohibition," the complaint reads.
According to the new "Parental Rights in Education" law in Florida, "classroom instruction by school personnel or third parties on sexual orientation or gender identity may not occur in kindergarten through grade 3 or in a manner that is not age-appropriate or developmentally appropriate for students in accordance with state standards."
Parents would be able to bring civil suits against a school district for any potential rule violation, under the new law.
During the bill signing Monday, DeSantis said that Florida recognizes that "parents have a fundamental role in the education, health care and well-being of their children."
The plaintiffs in Thursday's lawsuit include Equality Florida, an LGBTQ advocacy organization; Family Equality, a New York-based nonprofit; a 17-year-old sophomore in Palmetto, Florida, who identifies as gay; an 18-year-old senior in Osprey, Florida, who identifies as gay; the parent of a transgender fifth-grader in Florida; three same-sex couples living in Florida with young children; and a middle-school public teacher in Grand Ridge, Florida. The complaint was filed by Kaplan Hecker & Fink LLP and the National Center for Lesbian Rights.
The plaintiffs say the new law violates the First and 14th Amendments, and Title IX protections.
"This effort to control young minds through state censorship -- and to demean LGBTQ lives by denying their reality -- is a grave abuse of power. The United States Supreme Court has repeatedly affirmed that LGBTQ people and families are at home in our constitutional order. The State of Florida has no right to declare them outcasts, or to treat their allies as outlaws, by punishing schools where someone dares to affirm their identity and dignity," according to the complaint.
Weighing in on the lawsuit Thursday, DeSantis said he doesn't think that "any of the legal claims have merit."
"These are policy decisions. I don't think it's anything that's invoking First Amendment because schools, states and localities have the ability to set curriculum in public schools. We do that all the time. This is not new," he said, also arguing that the law "does not regulate student speech."
DeSantis' communications director Taryn Fenske told CNN in a statement that "this calculated, politically motivated, virtue-signaling lawsuit is meritless, and we will defend the legality of parents to protect their young children from sexual content in Florida public schools."
Proponents of the new law say it gives parents more oversight over what their children learn and discuss at school and argue that LGBTQ-related topics should be left for families to discuss in private. Opponents say the law will negatively affect an already marginalized community and also argue it would open educators up to an endless barrage of litigation.
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Late drama in Porto results in a draw
Prior to the play-off’s first leg, Montpellier had not won a Champions League match since the 1st of December.
And for some time, tonight, you thought that the drought was going to be over. Especially when the French side opened up a four-goal gap with six minutes left to play.
But Sebastian Frandsen decided otherwise. Porto’s goalkeeper stopped two shots in the last minute - including a Hugo Descat’s seven-meter throw - to keep his team in the race for the quarter-finals.
PLAY-OFF:
FC Porto (POR) vs Montpellier HB (FRA) 29:29 (13:14)
- the hosts had the better start with an early four-goal lead; the momentum was then stolen by the visitors. With Diego Simonet at the wheel, Montpellier scored a 7:1 run to go ahead at the break
- thanks to their goalkeeper Kevin Bonnefoi, Montpellier took the wheel in the second half, and held it for a long period
- the French side increased the gap to four goals at the 54th minute, when Yanis Lenne netted his third goal
- Sebastian Frandsen saved the last two shots aimed at him, including Hugo Descat’s seven-meters throw, while Pedro Cruz scored two important goals to make the score even in the last minute
- the two teams will meet again for the return leg in Montpellier next Wednesday
Sebastian Frandsen, right on time
To say that the Danish goalkeeper’s first half was underwhelming is not far from the truth. Despite his seven saves, Frandsen did not manage to make much of a difference for Porto. But when he came back on, with eight minutes left to play, he completely turned things around. Put it simply: Nothing went past Frandsen when he came back on and he even managed to stop Descat’s potential game-winning seven-meters throw. Proof that you do not need to make many saves, you just have to make the right ones.
I am really satisfied with the game, well maybe not with the result but my team had a really good game. We made too many mistakes in the first half but we fought and in the second half; we created really good chances. But at the end of this game, it’s really only "half time" and we know it will be very difficult to play in France but we are going there to fight.
It was a real EHF Champions League game tonight, it could have gone either way. After half-time both teams were level and now there’s one match left to decide who goes through.
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PLAINFIELD, Ind. – The Governor’s Public Health Commission has wrapped up its statewide listening tour as it works to try to improve Indiana’s public health system.
Gov. Eric Holcomb created the commission last year. It’s working to issue a report with recommendations to the state by the end of the summer.
The commission spent the last few weeks touring Indiana to gather public input. Dozens turned out for the final session of the listening tour Thursday in Plainfield.
“There’s always that worry about the dirty bomb or a biological terrorism agent,” said Mary Kay Foster, special pathogens program manager for IU Health.
Preparedness, programs and personnel were just some of the topics discussed as the commission heard from Hoosiers, including local health leaders.
“What kind of delays are happening in public health programming because there’s a delay in getting paperwork?” said Jason Grisell, president and CEO of The Health Foundation of Greater Indianapolis.
“We need to direct funding not just to shiny new buildings – I need the horses to pull the cart,” said Dr. Jeff Qualls, health officer for Johnson County.
“The things that we do and the things that we need, I think we’ve heard echoed across the state,” said Mindy Waldron, administrator for the Allen County Department of Health.
Waldron, who serves on the commission, said she deals with many of those challenges firsthand through her work in Allen County.
Finding more sustainable forms of funding and strengthening the public health workforce are two of the biggest issues health leaders have raised throughout the listening tour, she said.
“We’ve seen I think over these last two years the importance of a robust public health delivery system and that it’s ready, sustained and trained,” Waldron said.
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Shares of Starbucks Corp.
SBUX,
-0.07%
slipped 0.07% to $90.97 Thursday, on what proved to be an all-around rough trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index
SPX,
-1.57%
falling 1.57% to 4,530.41 and Dow Jones Industrial Average
DJIA,
-1.56%
falling 1.56% to 34,678.35. This was the stock's second consecutive day of losses. Starbucks Corp. closed $35.35 short of its 52-week high ($126.32), which the company achieved on July 23rd.
Despite its losses, the stock outperformed some of its competitors Thursday, as PepsiCo Inc.
PEP,
-0.35%
fell 0.35% to $167.38, McDonald's Corp.
MCD,
-0.70%
fell 0.70% to $247.28, and Yum! Brands Inc.
YUM,
-1.91%
fell 1.91% to $118.53.true Trading volume (11.3 M) eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 10.2 M.
Editor's Note: This story was auto-generated by Automated Insights, an automation technology provider, using data from Dow Jones and FactSet. See our market data terms of use.
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Coca-Cola (KO) Stock Moves -0.34%: What You Should Know
Coca-Cola (KO) closed at $62 in the latest trading session, marking a -0.34% move from the prior day. This move was narrower than the S&P 500's daily loss of 1.57%. At the same time, the Dow lost 1.56%, and the tech-heavy Nasdaq lost 0.09%.
Coming into today, shares of the world's largest beverage maker had lost 0.35% in the past month. In that same time, the Consumer Staples sector lost 0.1%, while the S&P 500 gained 5.37%.
Coca-Cola will be looking to display strength as it nears its next earnings release, which is expected to be April 25, 2022. In that report, analysts expect Coca-Cola to post earnings of $0.57 per share. This would mark year-over-year growth of 3.64%. Meanwhile, our latest consensus estimate is calling for revenue of $9.98 billion, up 10.67% from the prior-year quarter.
KO's full-year Zacks Consensus Estimates are calling for earnings of $2.45 per share and revenue of $42.06 billion. These results would represent year-over-year changes of +5.6% and +8.8%, respectively.
Investors might also notice recent changes to analyst estimates for Coca-Cola. These revisions help to show the ever-changing nature of near-term business trends. As such, positive estimate revisions reflect analyst optimism about the company's business and profitability.
Research indicates that these estimate revisions are directly correlated with near-term share price momentum. We developed the Zacks Rank to capitalize on this phenomenon. Our system takes these estimate changes into account and delivers a clear, actionable rating model.
The Zacks Rank system ranges from #1 (Strong Buy) to #5 (Strong Sell). It has a remarkable, outside-audited track record of success, with #1 stocks delivering an average annual return of +25% since 1988. Over the past month, the Zacks Consensus EPS estimate has moved 0.25% lower. Coca-Cola is currently sporting a Zacks Rank of #3 (Hold).
Looking at its valuation, Coca-Cola is holding a Forward P/E ratio of 25.38. This represents a premium compared to its industry's average Forward P/E of 22.59.
We can also see that KO currently has a PEG ratio of 3.01. This metric is used similarly to the famous P/E ratio, but the PEG ratio also takes into account the stock's expected earnings growth rate. KO's industry had an average PEG ratio of 2.68 as of yesterday's close.
The Beverages - Soft drinks industry is part of the Consumer Staples sector. This group has a Zacks Industry Rank of 192, putting it in the bottom 25% of all 250+ industries.
The Zacks Industry Rank gauges the strength of our industry groups by measuring the average Zacks Rank of the individual stocks within the groups. Our research shows that the top 50% rated industries outperform the bottom half by a factor of 2 to 1.
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The City of Caldwell announced Caldwell Police Chief Frank Wyant's retirement Thursday amid on-going FBI investigations into the department.
Court documents obtained by Idaho News 6 show Commander of the Investigation Division for Caldwell Police Joseph Alan Hoadley is charged with Deprivation of Rights under Color of Law. The charge stems from an incident in March of 2017.
City of Caldwell Spokesperson Bianca Stevenson said in a prior statement made to Idaho News 6 on March 17 Wyant is not the subject of the investigation and is in good standings.
"The City is aware of an ongoing FBI investigation involving certain officers in the Caldwell Police Department as well as the social media speculation concerning Police Chief Wyant’s connection to that investigation," City of Caldwell spokesperson Bianca Stevenson said. "Chief Wyant is not a subject in the FBI investigation. Nor is he a subject in any police, Human Resources or other internal investigation by the City. No disciplinary action against Chief Wyant is being considered by the City. His status with the City is that of an employee in good standing."
Wyant began working with the department in 1991 and has been the department's chief since December 2015.
The City of Caldwell's announcement did not clarify when the retirement goes into effect or who will step into the role.
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https://www.kivitv.com/news/caldwell-police-chief-retiring-fbi-investigation-into-officers-continues
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APPLE VALLEY, Minn., March 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Uponor Corporation, the Finland-based parent of Uponor North America, has appointed Jennifer Hauschildt to the newly created position of Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO) for the company worldwide, while also making her a member of the Uponor Executive Committee. The appointment, effective April 1, makes her the first leader based in North America to be named to the Executive Committee in a non-presidential role.
Based at the Apple Valley headquarters, Hauschildt has been serving as Vice President Human Resources for the North American division since June 2019. Now reporting to Michael Rauterkus, President and CEO, Uponor Corporation, she will continue to work from Minnesota. Hauschildt will travel worldwide, as needed, to establish working relationships across the entire Uponor organization and move key initiatives forward.
"I warmly welcome Jennifer to this new position on our Uponor Executive Committee," says Rauterkus. "She brings excellent organization and high-performance culture development skills, as well as extensive HR experience to the role. I am happy we found her internally, demonstrating our strong in-house experience and talent. Her capabilities and leadership are a great fit for driving the next phase of Uponor's People First agenda."
Hauschildt began her career at Uponor in 2014 as Vice President, IT, at Uponor North America. Prior to joining the company, she worked 20 years at Thomson Reuters and held various leadership positions in human resources, talent development, diversity and IT. She holds a bachelor's degree in mathematics and a master's in business administration.
"In her new role, Jen will be responsible for ensuring alignment between our business strategy and driving a People First culture globally," says John Reutter, Interim President and VP of Finance for Uponor North America. "Her appointment to the Executive Committee perfectly demonstrates our Flexible First working culture, in that It signifies that no matter where an employee is based, there are opportunities for career advancement at Uponor."
Reutter also announced that Erica Amevo, Director of Human Resources at Uponor North America, will assume the role of interim vice president of Human Resources for the division, while a search begins for Hauschildt's permanent replacement. Amevo will report to Reutter and serve on the Senior Management Committee.
"I am excited not only to take on this new role, but also for the importance Uponor is placing on moving our People First culture forward," says Hauschildt. "Our people are our most important asset, and the People First agenda reflects that commitment."
Note: As of April 1, Uponor Corporation's Executive Committee will consist of the following members: Michael Rauterkus, John Reutter and Jennifer Hauschildt, as well as Markus Melkko, CFO; Karsten Hoppe, President, Building Solutions – Europe; and Sebastian Bondestam, President, Uponor Infra.
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Shares of Shell plc (LON:SHEL – Get Rating) have been assigned a consensus recommendation of “Buy” from the ten analysts that are presently covering the firm, Marketbeat Ratings reports. Five investment analysts have rated the stock with a buy rating. The average twelve-month price target among analysts that have updated their coverage on the stock in the last year is GBX 2,558 ($33.51).
SHEL has been the topic of several analyst reports. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft upped their target price on shares of Shell from GBX 2,038 ($26.70) to GBX 2,551 ($33.42) and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, March 23rd. Royal Bank of Canada set a GBX 2,750 ($36.02) target price on Shell in a research note on Monday, February 28th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised their price target on shares of Shell from GBX 2,600 ($34.06) to GBX 2,700 ($35.37) and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Wednesday. Bank of America started coverage on shares of Shell in a research note on Friday, February 4th. They set a “buy” rating for the company. Finally, Morgan Stanley set a GBX 2,570 ($33.67) price target on shares of Shell in a research note on Wednesday, March 23rd.
LON SHEL traded down GBX 3 ($0.04) during trading on Friday, reaching GBX 2,108.50 ($27.62). The company’s stock had a trading volume of 15,813,210 shares, compared to its average volume of 17,331,240. The company has a quick ratio of 0.85, a current ratio of 1.35 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 50.81. The company has a market capitalization of £160.40 billion and a PE ratio of 10.81. The stock has a 50-day simple moving average of GBX 1,928.32. Shell has a 1-year low of GBX 1,833.40 ($24.02) and a 1-year high of GBX 2,122.50 ($27.80).
In other news, insider Ben van Beurden sold 190,000 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Monday, February 7th. The shares were sold at an average price of GBX 2,040 ($26.72), for a total value of £3,876,000 ($5,077,285.83).
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Shell plc operates as an energy and petrochemical company Europe, Asia, Oceania, Africa, the United States, and Rest of the Americas. The company operates through Integrated Gas, Upstream, Marketing, Chemicals and Products, and Renewables and Energy Solutions segments. It explores for and extracts crude oil, natural gas, and natural gas liquids; markets and transports oil and gas; produces gas-to-liquids fuels and other products; and operates upstream and midstream infrastructure necessary to deliver gas to market.
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Russian foreign minister reaches Delhi, Ukraine situation in focus
Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov arrived in India on Thursday on a two-day official visit, his first trip to the country since the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
“Welcoming the Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation Sergey Lavrov as he arrives in New Delhi for an official visit,” external affairs ministry spokesperson Arindam Bagchi tweeted.
Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said Lavrov will meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi and external affairs minister S Jaishankar on Friday.
A media advisory on Lavrov’s visit issued by the MEA has not mentioned any meeting between Lavrov and PM Modi.
New Delhi has seen a flurry of visits by foreign leaders over the past fortnight.
Last week, Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi visited India.
His visit to India coincides with that of US deputy national security adviser Daleep Singh and British foreign secretary Liz Truss. EU Special Envoy for the Indo-Pacific Gabriele Visentin also visited New Delhi this week.
Lavrov arrived in India after a two-day visit to China.
India has so far not criticised Russia for its invasion of Ukraine so far and has abstained from voting in United Nations’ platforms in condemning the Russian aggression.
However, last Thursday, India also abstained on a resolution pushed by Russia on the humanitarian crisis in Ukraine, which was seen as reflective of its neutral position on the conflict.
New Delhi has been pressing for the resolution of the crisis through diplomacy and dialogue.
PM Modi has held phone conversations with Russian president Vladimir Putin on February 24, March 2 and March 7. Modi also spoke to Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy twice.
Last week, Jaishankar said in Parliament that India’s position on the Ukraine conflict has been “steadfast and consistent” and that it has been seeking immediate cessation of violence.
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https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/russian-foreign-minister-reaches-delhi-ukraine-situation-in-focus-101648765142961.html
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The third unit of what is now the largest combined cycle gas turbine power plant in Southeast Asia has entered commercial operation, according to officials with Edra Energy Sdn Bhd, the builder, owner and operator of the Edra Melaka Power Plant (EMPP) in Malaysia.
Dai Honggang, Edra’s chairman, in a statement on March 31 said the 2,242-MW facility will support Malaysia’s energy needs and also provide other economic benefits, including drawing more investment into the region and increasing commercial and industrial development around Melaka, site of the plant in southwestern Malaysia.
Edra Energy is a subsidiary of Edra Power Holdings Sdn Bhd, an independent power producer based in Kuala Lumpur and part of China General Nuclear Power Corp., which acquired Edra in 2015. The company operates more than a dozen power generation and desalination plants in five countries. Ouyang Yujing, China’s ambassador to Malaysia, was among the dignitaries at Thursday’s launch ceremony.
The plant follows on the success of Southern Power Generation’s 1.4-GW Track 4 facility (also known as the Sultan Ibrahim Power Plant), another CCGT using General Electric’s (GE’s) 9HA.02 gas turbines in Malaysia. Track 4 was POWER’s Plant of the Year in 2021.
Construction Began in 2017
The Edra plant’s construction began in December 2017. Unit 1 came online in December of last year, with Unit 2 starting up at the end of January. Unit 3 began sending electricity to the grid on February 28. Hyundai Engineering served as the project’s EPCC (engineering, procurement, construction and commissioning) lead, with GE supplying the power train, including gas turbines, steam turbines, heat recovery steam generators and generators. Officials said the plant’s 9HA.02 gas turbine technology is able to achieve an efficiency of more than 60% in electricity production.
“The timing is apt as the demand for electricity has shown improvement in tandem with the economic reopening to support the country’s transition into the Covid-19 endemic phase,” said Honggang at a launch ceremony for the plant. “And EMPP’s contribution to the country’s generation capacity will definitely complement the growth of the various economic sectors.”
Officials on Thursday noted the plant’s completion was done despite challenges from the COVID-19 pandemic, and also said construction was achieved with more than 14 million safe man-hours without any lost time to injury.
Stakeholder Collaboration
“The strong collaboration and support from our stakeholders comprising regulators, authorities as well as our engineering, procurement, construction and commissioning partners were the crucial backbone and lynchpin towards the successful completion of EMPP. We offer our praise and appreciation for their limitless commitments in delivering this project,” Honggang said.
Honggang said the plant is expected to generate about 19.6 billion kWh of electricity annually, supplying about 12% of the total power demand in Peninsular Malaysia for at least the next 20-plus years.
“Together as a team, we at Edra will continue to put our utmost efforts to ensure EMPP provides a safe and clean power supply to the people of Melaka and Peninsular Malaysia with the highest efficiency, reliability and safety standards,” Honggang said.
Officials said the plant’s construction created more than 2,500 jobs and also offered technology and knowledge transfer to local industries. They touted the fact that the project’s EPCC partners sourced equipment, materials, and services from Malaysian contractors where possible, including from businesses in Melaka.
Melaka Chief Minister Datuk Seri Utama Sulaiman Md Ali on Thursday said the power plant and associated infrastructure should make investors confident in the area’s growth potential for business investment.
“Specifically, the operations of EMPP, which is strategically located at Alor Gajah [a district in Melaka], will further place Melaka on a positive trajectory in a long-term, driving our economy to a higher level as well as providing great benefits not only for the people in the state, but making its impact felt throughout the country,” said Sulaiman.
—Darrell Proctor is a senior associate editor for POWER (@POWERmagazine).
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https://www.powermag.com/largest-ccgt-plant-in-southeast-asia-now-fully-operational/
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Ferrari suspends exports to Russia, Lamborghini puts business on hold over Ukraine
Luxury car brands Ferrari and Lamborghini are suspending business in Russia amid the country’s invasion of Ukraine.
In a statement on Tuesday, Ferrari said it plans to donate 1 million euros to support Ukrainian citizens in need during the ongoing crisis.
“Furthermore, given the ongoing situation Ferrari has taken the decision to suspend the production of vehicles for the Russian market until further notice,” the luxury automaker said. “We continue to monitor the situation closely and will always respect all rules, regulations and sanctions.”
In a similar statement, Lamborghini expressed its condolences for the ongoing invasion, saying it plans to send a donation to the United Nations (U.N.) High Commissioner for Refugees.
“In light of the current situation, business with Russia has been put on hold,” the automaker said in its statement. “Lamborghini hopes for a swift end of the hostilities and a return to diplomacy.”
The U.N.’s refugee agency said on Tuesday that more than 2 million Ukrainian citizens have fled the country.
The two luxury automakers follow many other major companies and suppliers that have halted sales of their products and suspended operations in Russia over the incursion, which has also led to a series of international sanctions.
U.S. and British officials announced on Tuesday that they will phase out the use of Russian energy in response to the conflict.
“The United States is targeting the main artery of Russia’s economy. We’re banning all imports of Russian oil and gas and energy,” President Biden said at the White House.
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| 2022-04-01T00:10:30Z
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