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NEWTOWN — An arts academy named after a girl killed in the Sandy Hook shooting marked the completion of a six-year journey to move to a new 29-acre campus in Bloomfield this week.
The Ana Grace Academy of the Arts Elementary School and the Greater Hartford Academy of the Arts Middle School moved from separate locations to a new 850-student building on 29 acres earlier this year.
“Ana Grace loved to express herself through music and dance. She also loved learning and never hesitated to display her affection for family and friends,” said her mother, Nelba Márquez-Greene, in a prepared statement released by the Capitol Region Education Council, which runs the arts schools. “It is fitting this beautiful school that bears her name is a place where talented children from all backgrounds are nurtured in a loving, supportive environment.”
The elementary arts school was named in 2014 after Ana Grace Márquez-Greene, one of the 26 first-graders and educators slain in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting. Márquez-Greene and her husband, Jimmy Green were both Capitol Region Education Council alumni and former staff members.
The parents joined educators and elected leaders on Wednesday to toast the opening of the two arts schools under one roof.
“Six years ago, I took a very muddy walk on this property and couldn’t imagine what would be here,” Capitol Region Education Council executive director Greg Florio said in a prepared statement. “I stand in awe and amazement, and I’m so proud of the work that we’ve done.”
Nelba Márquez-Greene agreed.
“We are humbled and grateful her legacy serves as a reminder of how love wins,” she said before Wednesday’s celebration.
The 150,000-square-foot building boasts middle school science labs, magnet-themed classrooms, and a combined lobby and art gallery space, which surrounds a black box theater for student performances, according to the release.
Wednesday’s celebration included a performance by singer and actress Anika Noni Rose, a Bloomfield native and a friend of the Márquez-Greene family, who is known for voicing Princess Tiana in Disney’s “The Princess and the Frog,” the release said.
Lt. Governor Susan Bysiewicz praised the “incredible courage and fortitude” of the Márquez-Greene family.
“[S]omething so dark was turned into a beacon of light and hope and symbolizes the future,” Bysiewicz said.
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President Joe Biden marked Transgender Day of Visibility on Thursday by denouncing “hateful bills” being passed at the state level as the White House played host to “Jeopardy!” champion Amy Schneider, the first openly transgender winner on the popular quiz show.
Schneider met with second gentleman Doug Emhoff, who joined Rachel Levine, the assistant health secretary and the first openly transgender federal official to be confirmed by the Senate, for a conversation with transgender kids and their parents.
Schneider used the moment in the Washington spotlight to speak out against bills affecting transgender people.
“They’re really scary and some of them in particular that are denying medical services to trans youth, those are, those are lifesaving medical treatments," Schneider told reporters. "These bills will cause the deaths of children and that’s really sad to me and it’s really frightening.”
“Jeopardy!” star Schneider spoke of “being a trans person out there that isn’t monstrous and isn’t threatening and is just a normal person, like we all are,” and said "the more that people like me can be seen, the harder it is to sustain the myths that are ... kind of driving a lot of this hate and fear.”
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E3 2022 officially cancelled, ESA to try for E3 2023 instead
E3 2022's all-digital event has been cancelled but the Entertainment Software Association wants to come back for a 2023 show.
E3 2022's all-digital event has been scrapped, and the ESA has sent out internal emails to business partners relaying the news.
While the E3 website says "see you next year" in reference to E3 2022, memos sent out to exhibitors tell a different story. According to info from Razer PR rep Will Powers, E3 2022's all-digital event have been cancelled and the show will skip 2022.
Then an ESA rep told IGN that it E3 will return for 2023 with an all-new format.
"We will devote all our energy and resources to delivering a revitalized physical and digital E3 experience next summer. Whether enjoyed from the show floor or your favorite devices, the 2023 showcase will bring the community, media, and industry back together in an all-new format and interactive experience.
"We look forward to presenting E3 to fans around the world live from Los Angeles in 2023."
Geoff Keighley's Summer Game Fest will fill in the void left by E3 2022's absence. Shortly after the news broke, Keighley took advantage of the announcement and sent out updates and tweets on the Summer Game Fest that begins in June 2022.
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SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) — The Missouri nonprofit that was at the center of a corruption probe that involved several legislators is paying more than $8 million to the federal government and the state of Arkansas under an agreement with prosecutors announced Thursday.
Federal prosecutors announced the non-prosecution agreement with Preferred Family Healthcare, which agreed to forfeit more than $6.9 million to the federal government and pay more than $1.1 million in restitution to Arkansas.
The Missouri-based mental health care provider operated 50 clinics throughout Arkansas until October 2018 and no longer operates in the state. Prosecutors on Thursday said under the agreement, PFH admitted that its former officers and employees conspired to embezzle funds from the charity and bribe Arkansas legislators.
Several former executives from the charity, former Arkansas legislators and other have pleaded guilty in federal court as part of the corruption probe.
A lobbyist pleaded guilty in 2019 to bribing three Arkansas lawmakers, including the governor’s nephew, to benefit PFH. The lobbyist, Rusty Cranford, was sentenced to seven years in prison and in August was released to serve the remainder of his sentence from home.
Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge in 2020 announced the firm had reached $6.5 million in federal and state settlements following an investigation by Rutledge's office into false Medicaid claims made by former PFH employees.
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Mabuza: Govt should support all military veterans financially | News24
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- Deputy President David Mabuza says the federal government ought to financially assist all army veterans.
- Military veterans, most of whom are unemployed, have been vocal in regards to the lack of presidency assist.
- The ANC’s to confirm army veterans throughout the nation.
Deputy President David Mabuza says the ANC is aware of who their army veterans are, after smoking out bogus MK veterans who had been simply five-years-old throughout apartheid.
On Thursday, Mabuza answered questions within the National Assembly. One of the questions Mabuza responded to was about authorities interventions to deal with the plight of army veterans.
“The military veterans who were demobilised were not recognised. Their respective political formations know these cadres. They know them. In the case of uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK) they [the ANC] know them. We don’t want to assume that it is why we opened this process so that they can come and be verified and be registered formally to access benefits,” Mabuza informed MPs.
The ANC’s course of to confirm army veterans throughout the nation unmasked some individuals whose ages had been inconsistent with any observe report that they had been a part of the motion throughout apartheid.
Part of the ANC’s course of was to examine an individual’s paperwork obtained on return to South Africa after the unbanning of the ANC and verified recollections of incidents and occasions.
Mabuza mentioned the federal government’s course of was to confirm as many veterans as potential.
“As much as we know them, we don’t want to be conclusive. That is why we have set up this task team to verify them. Going forward, we want to be certain that we are serving the right people. We want military veterans to enjoy their pensions, whether statutory or non-statutory veterans.
“Right from the onset, when the duty workforce was appointed by the president, the primary downside that was encountered was the shortcomings of the Department of Military Veterans. There had been many vacancies, and the capability was lower than scratch,” he said.
In October last year, Defence and Military Veterans Minister Thandi Modise, her deputy Thabang Makwetla and Minister in the Presidency Mondli Gungubele were taken hostage by disgruntled military veterans.
At least 56 people were arrested after the police’s Special Task Force Unit intervened.
The military veterans demanded to be addressed by President Cyril Ramaphosa.
Meanwhile, Mabuza said the military veterans department faced several organisational challenges.
“I feel army veterans should be supported by their authorities due to the function they performed within the improvement of the nation. There are staple items that have to be given to army veterans. They should have a pension, whether or not these are recognised as statutory forces, former defence forces, however we should additionally know that there are these just like the MK,” he said.
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Being a registered military veteran opened the door for access to state-sponsored benefits for housing and an allowance.
While not all military veterans receive government support, Mabuza said disparities between non-statutory and statutory veterans must be corrected.
“Their case ought to be supported. They want subsidised transport due to their age. That goes to occur. If we fail to take care of our army veterans, we will probably be failing as a rustic. We are at present costing the army veterans Bill to have a look at the affordability of all of the proposals that we need to incorporate into the Bill,” he mentioned.
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- On Wednesday, Formula 1 announced that it was coming to Las Vegas in 2023. giving the United States three F1 races at least through 2025.
- Current IndyCar and former F1 driver Alexander Rossi doesn’t see a war developing between F1 and IndyCar, but there will certainly be a battle to draw race fans both at-track and in front of their TVs.
- This will be the second time F1 has had three races in the U.S. in the same season, the most recent being in 1982 (Long Beach, Detroit, Las Vegas).
Outright war? Peaceful coexistence? Or somewhere in-between?
With Wednesday night’s announcement that Formula 1 will add a third race in the U.S. in 2023—a return to Las Vegas after a 41-year absence—what does that mean in the potential battle for open-wheel racing fans in America between the global F1 series and the U.S.-based NTT IndyCar Series?
On the surface, F1’s move to return to Las Vegas is not all that surprising.
Series owner Liberty Media Inc. is headquartered in the U.S. and has already added a second U.S. race to this year’s schedule, the May 8 Miami Grand Prix, to join the long-standing F1 race at Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas (which also just renewed its relationship with F1 through 2026).
In several recent interviews, F1 CEO Stefano Domenicali has said two of the series’ top priorities are to find ways to bring in more revenue, as well as continue its worldwide expansion. In this case, it's Las Vegas joining the newest venue, Miami, which hosts its first F1 Grand Prix on May 8.
And F1 is reportedly next eyeing a return to South Africa for the first time in nearly 30 years as a potential venue. Domenicali said the 2023 F1 schedule could have a record 24 races on its schedule (this year’s schedule is 22 after the cancellation of the Russian Grand Prix due to the conflict with Ukraine).
But expansion also means several long-time F1 host tracks may not be in the mix after this season. Four of the venues on the current 2022 F1 schedule—France, Belgium, Mexico, and Monaco—are all in the final year of their respective contracts with F1. And the way Domenicali put it, that is potentially bad news for fans of those particular tracks.
"There are some promoters who have expiring agreements, and probably some of the current Grands Prix will no longer be part of the calendar," Domenicali said in a recent interview with Sky Sports.
Autoweek reached out to a number of individuals for their thoughts about F1 and whether or not it’s encroaching on IndyCar’s home turf. Here are some of their comments:
Zak Brown, McLaren Racing CEO: “A race in Las Vegas is not only a fantastic addition to the F1 calendar but clear testament to the exciting growth of Formula 1 in the U.S. and globally. For McLaren this is awesome news for our people, partners, and of course our fans, and as an American I’m proud we will see another F1 race in the U.S. and at such an iconic location.”
Jimmie Johnson, 7-time NASCAR Cup champ and current IndyCar driver for Chip Ganassi Racing: “As a race fan, I’m super excited to know there will be three Formula 1 races. I think Vegas will be a great host, a lot of fun for everyone that will attend and travel in. It will certainly be a destination. I’ll love to see the race on the Strip.
"I think it’s all exciting stuff, especially for the world of motor sports. With F1 being U.S.-owned, it’s no surprise they’re trying to have a better presence here in the U.S. market. I think it’s encouraging and exciting. They’ve created a lot of fans here in the U.S. recently with the Drive to Survive series. I certainly hope there’s a way for Formula 1 and IndyCar can co-exist together and ride this wave of interest from the fans.
IndyCar was a bit more subdued in a statement it gave to Autoweek, not directly addressing any competition with F1: “Our industry is growing across the board. Everyone is experiencing the benefits of this rising tide, which include increased fan interest and commercial sponsorship.”
But perhaps the best perspective on the F1 vs. IndyCar rivalry—if there even is one or may be developing—is former F1 driver Alexander Rossi, who moved to IndyCar in 2016 and promptly won the 100th Running of the Indianapolis 500.
“It’s great for Formula 1,” Rossi said in an interview Thursday morning with Autoweek. “I got to know Mr. Ecclestone (former F1 CEO Bernie Ecclestone) very well in my time in Europe, and he was a big advocate of American involvement in Formula 1. It was always his dream and vision to have multiple races in the US., and when Liberty (Media Inc.) took it over … that all became a reality.
“The U.S. is obviously a massive country. It has the ability to support three races, if you look at the manufacturers in Formula 1, your Ferraris, Mercedes, etc. All of their main car sales go through the United States. So from a manufacturer standpoint, it makes sense. So yeah, I think it's great. The only thing that's really missing is an American driver. And I think that is hopefully not too far off in the future.
“Yeah, (F1) is competition for IndyCar and it is something that we need to be aware of and concerned about to a certain degree, because it is gaining a lot of traction and popularity in the US and now we don't only have to compete against NASCAR, we’ve got to compete against F1 as well.”
Rossi doesn’t see a war developing between F1 and IndyCar, but there will certainly be a battle to draw race fans both at-track and in front of their TVs. F1 recently reached a high point for most viewers of a race on cable since 1995, averaging 1.445 million viewers for last week’s Saudi Arabian Grand Prix.
“No, I don't I don't think it's that kind of dire,” Rossi said. “IndyCar has a very unique product. We're obviously the only series in the world that races on the variety of tracks that we do. But it definitely raises the importance of us continuing to evolve, continue to find ways to make the product better, and finding ways to differentiate ourselves from other championships.
“There’s a lot of money in Formula 1. It's unfair necessarily to compare IndyCar to Formula 1 from that standpoint. There's just certain things that we'll never be able to achieve just because we have to keep the budgets in a realm that works for non-manufacturer teams. It's just the reality of IndyCar racing. So we're not necessarily competing against (F1) in the sense of trying to be as big or as sexy, or whatever you want to call it. But we need to make sure that we continue to evolve and improve our products and our car. And I think IndyCar has a plan for that.”
Rossi said the ongoing global supply chain issue is a big part of the reason IndyCar was recently forced to delay introduction of its much-touted 2.4 liter hybrid engine and car until 2024. But at the same time, he lauded the series’ other key improvements in recent years, including development of the aero screen to keep drivers safer, the huge success of last year’s debut event on the streets of Nashville, plus the return to Iowa Speedway and a doubleheader weekend this season.
“So there are things that that we are doing and have done,” Rossi said. “But we need to continue to push that envelope and continue to make it better and continue to build the race schedule back up.
“A lot of good things are happening. But I think it's important for us to certainly speed up that timeline and the positive things in order to make sure that not only do we not necessarily lose out to Formula 1 on market share, but we continue to build our own. IndyCar has been on an upward trajectory for at least the last five or six years, and we need to continue that even with more competition coming on board. But we’re never going to be the Formula 1 of America. That's just not what IndyCar is about. And I still think that our racing product is better. But having said that, I think Formula 1 has taken a big step forward this year in terms of their new car.”
F1 is essentially invading IndyCar territory with expansion to Miami and Las Vegas. Then, there's the possibility of perhaps an additional U.S.-based race on the horizon, but not before the current Concorde Agreement limiting the F1 season to 24 races expires after the 2025 season. Domenicali has said he’d love to eventually see as many as 30 races on the F1 schedule.
Rossi said IndyCar needs to strengthen its home base and forego plans to take some of its races to other continents such as Europe and South America, which had been under consideration prior to the COVID-19 pandemic.
“I don't think that necessarily needs to be on the top of the priority list,” Rossi said of IndyCar racing outside of North America. “The top of the priority list needs to be getting more ovals on the schedule, for sure, and continuing to make the product better and staying on top of that. And I think we have a lot of very positive things that F1 or NASCAR would never be able to offer. The main thing is not only our diversity of racing, but also the access that we give to the fans. You can't get that in any other sporting event and that's something IndyCar prides itself on.
“American fans also want to have a connection to a driver. If you look at Formula 1, a big chunk of the fans, their affinity is to Ferrari, not to Charles Leclerc. There's very few fans in IndyCar whose affinity is for Andretti Autosport, it’s because they're a fan of Marco (Andretti) or they're a fan of me, or with Ganassi, they’re a Scott Dixon fan. That personal level of connection that the fans get in IndyCar is also something that we have and is going to help us propel ourselves forward.”
IndyCar president Jay Frye told Autoweek earlier this week that the series is not interested in international expansion at this time, saying, “Right now, there's enough opportunity for us still in North America. To get to where we need to be or where we need to go next, really, the focus has been on North America.”
This will be the second time F1 has had three races in the U.S. in the same season. In 1982, it held events in Long Beach (under F1 sanction, not IndyCar, that year), Detroit and Las Vegas in a 16-race season.
As for F1 coexisting with NASCAR, that has never seemed to be a problem in the past, particularly when F1 races at COTA, typically in October. But there could be a potential conflict if the F1 race in November 2023—the series has not announced a date for Las Vegas— is held earlier in the month, as opposed to what many believe will be on Thanksgiving weekend.
If the F1 event in Las Vegas, which will be a Saturday night race, is held on the same weekend as the NASCAR Cup championship finale at Phoenix Raceway, to be held on a Sunday and 250 miles away from Sin City, there could be angst among fans torn between attending the more affordable Cup race and the “destination event” F1 spectacle at Las Vegas.
Currently, the cheapest grandstand tickets for the three-day May 6-8 F1 race weekend in Miami were listed for $640. Las Vegas F1 won't likely be a cheap ticket, either.
There also a potential conflict if F1 holds its race on the same November weekend as the usual penultimate race of the season for NHRA on The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, about 25 minutes away. That NHRA event typically is held on either the first or second weekend of November, usually either just before or after the annual SEMA (Specialty Equipment Market Association) aftermarket parts show. SEMA can attract more than 100,000 attendees to Las Vegas.
So, for now, IndyCar and F1 will likely remain friendly rivals. But F1’s expansion into Las Vegas could test that friendly relationship.
F1 has already seen a number of its former drivers move to IndyCar, including Rossi, Romain Grosjean and Marcus Ericsson. And one of the big topics in IndyCar now is whether young stars such as Colton Herta, Pato O’Ward and even defending series champion Alex Palou could soon be headed to F1.
For now, gloves on both sides will stay on. But it may be only a matter of time before those gloves come off.
At the very least, the bar for IndyCar has been raised.
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GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) — A 12-year-old student was shot and killed Thursday by another 12-year-old student inside their South Carolina middle school, authorities said.
The shooter was found hiding under a deck at a home not far from Tanglewood Middle School in Greenville about an hour after the shooting and was still armed, Greenville County Sheriff Hobart Lewis said.
The boy is charged with murder, possession of a firearm at a school and possession of a weapon by someone under 18. He was taken to a juvenile prison in Columbia, Lewis said.
“He was hiding. He's a young man, probably didn't understand the consequences of what had just happened,” the sheriff said at a news conference. “I don't think he knew what to do, honestly, except for to leave the school.”
The boys knew each other, but the sheriff said investigators are still trying to figure out what led to the shooting in a front part of the school and how the boy got the gun.
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No one else was injured in the shooting.
The family of the boy killed released a statement saying he was Jamari Cortez Bonaparte Jackson and asking people to respect their privacy as they grieve.
“We are all devastated by today’s tragedy. We love Jamari dearly,” the family said in a statement released by community justice group Fighting Injustice Together.
A police officer at the school called in the shooting and requested emergency backup around 12:30 p.m. and more than 200 deputies and other law enforcement officers rushed to the school, Lewis said.
Helicopter footage from WYFF-TV showed dozens of officers walking around outside the school with more than two dozen buses lined up. Some students were slowly boarding the buses.
Everyone on campus, including teachers, were taken to a nearby church.
Greenville County Schools Superintendent Burke Royster said he doesn't have any idea how the gun ended up at school and a student killed.
“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.
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BARCELONA — Mateu Alemany, Barcelona’s director of football, and Jordi Cruyff, the Catalan club’s director of international scouting, met on Wednesday night with Antonio Rudiger’s adviser and half-brother, Sahr Senesie, at a Barcelona hotel to discuss his possible signing as a free agent for next season.
The cameras of Sky Sport Germany hunted the meeting and from the Catalan club they admit to ESPN that they met with the adviser of the Chelsea center-back to have their situation under control.
Rudiger ends his contract with the London team at the end of the season and could come to the Camp Nou for free.
Barça, as ESPN has been reporting, has already closed the free signings of Andreas Christensen and Franck Kessié for next season as both end contracts with Chelsea and AC Milan respectively.
In addition, the Catalan team also has a César Azpilicueta on its agenda who is waiting to find out if he can finally leave Chelsea as a free agent or if the English club asks him to continue one more season at Stamford Bridge.
Similarly, sources from Barcelona inform ESPN that they also want to have Rudiger’s situation under control because they consider it another great market opportunity.
Barça currently has Gerard Piqué, Ronald Araújo, Eric García, Clement Lenglet and Samuel Umtiti to cover the center of defence. However, the Catalan club is in negotiations to renew Araujo’s contract and hopes that Lenglet and Umtiti can leave the team next summer.
Rudiger, 29, would arrive at no cost and at an optimal time, but at the same time his high record could be a stumbling block to sign for a Barcelona that is trying to reduce its wage bill so as not to break the rules of the LaLiga salary limit.
Barça admits that the German is an interesting player but he met with his advisor to find out precisely what his economic requests are and if the operation would be viable.
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DUNKIRK, Ind. — An investigation by the Indiana State Police determined that Dunkirk officers were justified in shooting and killing a Dunkirk man who had been armed with knives and injured two officers during a fateful encounter in early March.
Kevin Zimmerman, 36, was gunned down on March 3 at his home on Mt. Auburn Street after police entered his home and were attacked by the knife-wielding man, according to findings released by the Jay County Prosecutor’s Office.
According to the documents, police were dispatched to the home on a call from Zimmerman who claimed that someone was trying to harm him. Police said upon arrival the home was found to be locked. Dispatch advised officers they’d received a call from someone within the house who said that Zimmerman was armed with two knives.
A relative who arrived at the scene told officers that Zimmerman may have been suffering from mental health issues.
Dunkirk police do not utilize body cameras, meaning there was no footage to review.
According to the state police investigation, after Zimmerman refused to exit the home officers decided to breach the door and make entry, worried about the safety of other possibly occupants in the home due to Zimmerman reportedly being armed with knives.
Officers are said to have announced their presence once within the home, to which Zimmerman reportedly responded from a hiding place, “Okay, okay, come on in.”
Police began searching the home for Zimmerman and spotted him crouching in the kitchen. Police claim Zimmerman then charged one of the officers with a knife in each hand. One of the knives was said to be a large butcher knife.
The officer tried to use his taser on Zimmerman, according to the report, but it had no effect. In the frantic encounter, police said Zimmerman tackled an officer to the ground and rushed another officer, slashing at her back with a knife. The officers fired their guns at Zimmerman, reportedly fearing for their lives.
The autopsy revealed Zimmerman had been shot four times and was declared deceased on scene. One of the officers received a deep knife wound to his hand while the other received minor puncture wounds and small cuts that did not require medical attention, the documents said.
Indiana State Police said with these facts in mind, the officers were justified in using deadly force against Zimmerman.
“Determining that the officers were justified in using deadly force does not diminish the tragedy of the loss of human life,” said Jay County Prosecutor Wesley Schemenaur. “My sincere condolences go out to Kevin Zimmerman’s family and friends for that loss.”
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slid 4.83% to $87.12 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. The stock's fall snapped a two-day winning streak. State Street Corp. closed $17.75 below its 52-week high ($104.87), which the company reached on January 13th.
The stock underperformed when compared to some of its competitors Thursday, as JPMorgan Chase & Co.
JPM,
-3.00%
fell 3.00% to $136.32, Bank of America Corp.
BAC,
-4.14%
fell 4.14% to $41.22, and Citigroup Inc.
C,
-2.86%
fell 2.86% to $53.40. Trading volume (3.1 M) eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 2.3 M.
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| 2022-04-01T00:10:34Z
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Strong defence helps Veszprém move closer to quarter-finals
Vardar’s chance of making it to the quarter-finals relied in a huge part in their ability to win at home or at least get a decent result. Clearly, they failed this task tonight.
For twenty minutes, you thought that the team from Skopje would be able to upset Veszprém, but that was before Rodrigo Corrales really got into the rhythm of the game.
Backed by their Spanish goalkeeper, Veszprém increased their gap up to ten goals in the second half; Vardar looked as if their offence had no solution.
While the two sides will meet again next Wednesday in Hungary, it looks like Veszprém have moved closer to the quarter-finals already.
PLAY-OFF:
HC Vardar 1961 (MKD) vs Telekom Veszprém HC (HUN) 22:30 (11:15)
- Vardar had the best start and an early three-goal lead; Veszprém remained composed and waited until the 20th minute to really get things going
- within ten minutes, the visitors took things into their hands, turning things around to lead by four at the break
- a twelve-minute period without conceding a goal right after the break helped the Hungarian side open a nine-goal gap that would prove to be decisive
- the best scorer of the game, Andreas Nilsson, netted eight times for Veszprém, while two players scored six for Vardar: Timur Dibirov and Filip Taleski
Rodrigo Corrales, once again…
One might get tired of us talking, week in week out, about Rodrigo Corrales. But the fact is: the Spanish goalkeeper cannot help but deliver stunning performances every week. Tonight, his 14 saves do not tell how precious he was for Veszprém. First, he kept the boat afloat when it was rocking in the first half. Then, not taking a single goal between the 30th and 42nd minute; Corrales gave his team the opportunity to almost book its quarter-final ticket already. And we can bet it is not the last we see of Rodrigo Corrales this season…
My team has been working hard for the last two months, but today we only played in the first 15 minutes, but that is proof that after the changes it is difficult to reach the level needed for such matches in a short period of time. Vardar will continue to work and to progress; the players take their work seriously and I believe that we will reach the required level in time. Nothing is over, we will approach the second match as seriously as possible. I want to thank the fans who cheered us on despite the defeat.
At first David Davis was my coach, and then he helped me a lot at the beginning of my coaching career. I did not expect such a result in Skopje, we know that they play great - especially at home in this atmosphere. The first fifteen minutes were not good for us; we started the game poorly. We changed our defense to a 5-1 and I think it was crucial to why we led at half-time by four goals. We had a lot of help from the goalkeepers Corrales and Cupara; we are satisfied with the victory, but this was only the first half
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| 2022-04-01T00:10:34Z
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With daylight saving time, many people may be feeling the impacts of a little less sleep.
Medical Director of the Sleep Medicine Institute at Saint Luke's Dr. Jeffrey Lin said it's important to be getting enough sleep, but the amount of sleep you need gets smaller the older you get. And when you get insufficient sleep, impacts can include excessive sleepiness, poor memory, increased hunger, increased risk of certain medical conditions and suppression of the immune system.
"There has got to be a good reason we sleep a third of our life away. When you don't get good sleep, you don't get any of the good benefits. So instead of feeling restored and ready to go in the day, you feel groggy, your memory is having trouble and you crave sweets in the morning," Lin said.
Lin said one of the biggest concerns is making mistakes at work and even driving accidents due to drowsiness.
A common causes of sleep deprivation can simply be the pressure to always be going.
"Sleep has become a victim of our success. Instead of scheduling enough time for sleep, we are on our phones, watching TV, checking scores and figuring out what the next Tik Tok trend is," Lin said.
Lin said a key to a healthy balance and good night's sleep is going to bed and waking up at the same time every day. Staying off your phone and not eating or drinking much before bed can help for an improved nights sleep as well.
"Yes, even on weekends. Our brain connects to the sun every morning and restarts our circadian rhythm and by getting on a good cycle, we will probably get better sleep," Lin said.
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| 2022-04-01T00:10:35Z
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Shares of Quipt Home Medical Corp. (NASDAQ:QIPT – Get Rating) have received an average recommendation of “Buy” from the nine research firms that are covering the company, MarketBeat Ratings reports. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a hold recommendation and eight have issued a buy recommendation on the company. The average 1 year target price among brokerages that have issued a report on the stock in the last year is $10.69.
Several research firms recently weighed in on QIPT. Raymond James restated an “outperform” rating and set a $11.50 target price on shares of Quipt Home Medical in a report on Wednesday, February 16th. Zacks Investment Research upgraded shares of Quipt Home Medical from a “strong sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Wednesday, March 9th.
Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Susquehanna International Group LLP bought a new stake in shares of Quipt Home Medical in the 4th quarter worth about $119,000. Kennedy Capital Management Inc. boosted its holdings in shares of Quipt Home Medical by 40.7% in the 4th quarter. Kennedy Capital Management Inc. now owns 455,213 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,554,000 after buying an additional 131,747 shares during the period. Marshall Wace LLP acquired a new position in shares of Quipt Home Medical in the 4th quarter valued at about $89,000. Citadel Advisors LLC acquired a new position in shares of Quipt Home Medical in the 4th quarter valued at about $97,000. Finally, ARS Investment Partners LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Quipt Home Medical by 185.7% in the 4th quarter. ARS Investment Partners LLC now owns 67,149 shares of the company’s stock valued at $377,000 after buying an additional 43,649 shares during the period. 21.35% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.
Quipt Home Medical (NASDAQ:QIPT – Get Rating) last posted its earnings results on Thursday, January 27th. The company reported ($0.02) earnings per share for the quarter. The business had revenue of $29.12 million for the quarter. Quipt Home Medical had a negative net margin of 8.86% and a negative return on equity of 4.36%. As a group, equities analysts predict that Quipt Home Medical will post 0.16 EPS for the current fiscal year.
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Quipt Home Medical Corp. provides in-home medical equipment and supplies, and respiratory and durable medical equipment in the United States. The company also offers management of various chronic disease states focusing on patients with heart and pulmonary disease, sleep disorders, reduced mobility, and other chronic health conditions.
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| 2022-04-01T00:10:37Z
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Jeff Turkanis Named Chief Investment Officer
Taryn Fielder Named General Counsel
JERSEY CITY, N.J., March 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Veris Residential, Inc. (NYSE: VRE), a forward-thinking, environmentally- and socially-conscious REIT that primarily owns, operates, acquires, and develops Class A multifamily properties, today announced two executive appointments designed to further support the company's transition into a pure-play multifamily REIT and drive long-term shareholder value.
Jeff Turkanis, former Head of U.S. Residential at Oxford Properties Group, has been appointed Chief Investment Officer, succeeding Ricardo Cardoso, effective April 4, and Taryn Fielder, former General Counsel at WashREIT, has been appointed General Counsel, succeeding Gary Wagner, effective April 18. Messrs. Cardoso and Wagner will be leaving the company to pursue other opportunities following a transition period.
Mahbod Nia, Chief Executive Officer of Veris Residential, said, "We are pleased to welcome Jeff and Taryn to Veris Residential as we continue to strengthen our team with top professionals who have significant experience working across private and publicly traded residential real estate. Jeff's intricate knowledge of the residential sector and impressive track record of sourcing and executing strategic investments, coupled with Taryn's breadth of experience that includes providing strategic advice for a variety of complex real estate transactions, will be invaluable as we continue our transition to a pure-play multifamily REIT.
"Importantly, I would like to thank Ricardo and Gary for their decades of dedicated service to Veris Residential and wish them all the best as they explore the next chapter of their careers."
Mr. Turkanis' extensive real estate investment experience includes over $15 billion in transactions concluded primarily across the office and residential sectors. He has been focused specifically on the residential sector (predominantly multifamily) for the past 8 years, closing over $4 billion in transactions during this time. As Chief Investment Officer, he will be responsible for overseeing the sale of non-strategic assets, identifying potential value enhancement opportunities within Veris Residential's existing portfolio, and sourcing potential new investment opportunities. Prior to his more than decade-long tenure at Oxford Properties Group, Mr. Turkanis held roles at Putnam Investments and Fortress Investment Group. He earned a BBA from Washington University in St. Louis and an MBA, Real Estate from Columbia Business School.
Ms. Fielder has significant experience providing legal counsel for capital market transactions, as well as securities, corporate governance, and regulatory compliance matters. Prior to WashREIT, she served as Senior Vice President and General Counsel for ASB Real Estate Investments and was Assistant General Counsel for publicly-traded REIT DiamondRock Hospitality Company. Earlier in her career, she worked in the Real Estate Group at Hogan Lovells, and practiced corporate and real estate law with Simpson, Thacher and Bartlett LLP. Ms. Fielder earned a BA summa cum laude from Eckerd College and her JD from Harvard Law School.
In connection with the hiring of Ms. Fielder and Mr. Turkanis, and also in connection with the previous hiring of Ms. Amanda Lombard as Chief Accounting Officer, who will assume the role of Chief Financial Officer on April 1, 2022, Veris Residential is also announcing, as required by New York Stock Exchange Listed Company Manual Rule 303A.08, equity awards to be made to those three executives as a material inducement to their entering into employment with the company. All of the awards were approved by the Compensation Committee of the Veris Residential Board of Directors and will be made effective April 18, 2022, or such later date as the Chair of the Compensation Committee may determine. The awards to Ms. Lombard and Ms. Fielder are each in the form of restricted stock units; Mr. Turkanis will receive a restricted stock unit award and a stock option award.
The restricted stock unit award to Ms. Lombard will have a grant date fair value of $150,000 and will generally vest ratably on each of the first three anniversaries of the date of grant. The restricted stock unit award to Ms. Fielder will have a grant date fair value of $400,000 and will generally vest 60% on December 31, 2022, 20% on December 31, 2023 and 20% on the third anniversary of the date of grant. The restricted stock unit award to Mr. Turkanis will have a grant date fair value of $425,000 and will generally vest 50% on the first anniversary of the date of grant and 25% on each of the next two anniversaries of the grant date. The option grant to Mr. Turkanis will cover 250,000 shares, have an exercise price equal to the closing price of the underlying stock on the date of grant, generally vest and become exercisable ratably on each of the first three anniversaries of the date of grant, and have a maximum six-year term. All of the awards are subject to accelerated vesting in certain circumstances. The awards will all be made outside of Veris Residential's existing 2013 Incentive Stock Plan but will be subject to terms and conditions generally consistent with those in that plan, other than with respect to such terms and conditions intended to comply with the NYSE inducement award exception.
About Veris Residential, Inc.
Veris Residential, Inc. is a forward-thinking, environmentally- and socially-conscious real estate investment trust (REIT) that primarily owns, operates, acquires, and develops holistically-inspired, Class A multifamily properties that meet the sustainability-conscious lifestyle needs of today's residents while seeking to positively impact the communities it serves and the planet at large. The company is guided by an experienced management team and Board of Directors and is underpinned by leading corporate governance principles, a best-in-class and sustainable approach to operations, and an inclusive culture based on equality and meritocratic empowerment. For additional information on Veris Residential, Inc. and our properties available for lease, please visit http://www.verisresidential.com/.
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Heavy fighting rages near Ukraine capital
Heavy fighting raged on the outskirts of Kyiv and other zones Thursday amid indications the Kremlin is using talk of de-escalation as cover while regrouping and resupplying its forces and redeploying them for a stepped-up offensive in eastern Ukraine.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in an early morning video address that Ukraine is seeing “a buildup of Russian forces for new strikes on the Donbas, and we are preparing for that”.
Meanwhile, a convoy of buses headed to Mariupol in another bid to evacuate people from the besieged port city after the Russian military agreed to a limited cease-fire in the area. And a new round of talks aimed at stopping the fighting was scheduled for Friday.
The Red Cross said its teams were headed for Mariupol with relief and medical supplies and hoped to help pull civilians out of the beleaguered city. Tens of thousands have managed to get out in the past few weeks by way of humanitarian corridors, reducing the city’s population from a prewar 430,000 to an estimated 100,000, but other efforts have been thwarted by continued Russian attacks.
At the same time, Russian forces shelled suburbs of the capital that Ukraine recently retook control of, a regional official said, two days after the Kremlin announced it would significantly scale back operations near Kyiv and the northern city of Chernihiv to “create conditions for further negotiations”.
Britain’s defence ministry also confirmed “significant Russian shelling and missile strikes” around Chernihiv.
The area’s governor, Viacheslav Chaus, said Russian troops were on the move but may not be withdrawing. Despite the fighting raging in those areas, the Russian military said it committed to a cease-fire along the route from Mariupol to the Ukraine-held city of Zaporizhzhia.
Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk said 45 buses would be sent to collect civilians who have suffered some of the worst privations of the war. Food, water and medical supplies have all run low during a weeks-long blockade and bombardment of the city. Civilians who have managed to leave have typically done so using private cars, but the number of drivable vehicles left in the city has dwindled and fuel is low.
Nato secretary-general Jens Stoltenberg said intelligence indicates that Russia is not scaling back its military operations in Ukraine but is instead repositioning and redeploying forces to join attacks in the Donbas.
In the Kyiv suburbs, regional governor Oleksandr Palviuk said on social media that Russian forces shelled Irpin and Makariv, and that there were battles around Hostomel. Pavliuk said there were Ukrainian counterattacks and some Russian withdrawals around the suburb of Brovary to the east.
US intelligence officials concluded that Putin is being misinformed by advisers too scared to give honest evaluations. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that the US is wrong and that “neither the state department nor the Pentagon possesses the real information about what is happening in the Kremlin”.
Russian forces leaving Chernobyl after exposure
Russian troops began leaving the Chernobyl nuclear plant after soldiers got “significant doses” of radiation from digging trenches at the highly contaminated site, Ukraine’s state power company said on Thursday.
Energoatom, the operator, gave no immediate details on the condition of the troops or how many were affected. But it said the Russians had dug in in the forest inside the exclusion zone around the now-closed plant, the site in 1986 of the world’s worst nuclear disaster.
The troops “panicked at the first sign of illness,” which “showed up very quickly,” and began to prepare to leave, Energoatom said. The Russians seized the Chernobyl site in the opening stages of the invasion.
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Starbucks suspends operations in Russia
Coffee chain Starbucks announced it has suspended business operations in Russia as a response to the invasion of neighboring Ukraine.
In a letter published Tuesday, Starbucks CEO Kevin Johnson expressed his concern about the ongoing invasion, writing that the coffee chain will provide support to nearly 2,000 of its Russia-based employees as its license partners will temporarily close down stores.
“We continue to watch the tragic events unfold and, today, we have decided to suspend all business activity in Russia, including shipment of all Starbucks products,” Johnson wrote in his letter.
“Through this dynamic situation, we will continue to make decisions that are true to our mission and values and communicate with transparency. Thank you for the care and concern you are sharing with me and your leaders,” Johnson added. “As always, I’m extremely proud to be your partner.”
Starbucks follows other major companies and suppliers that have halted sales of their products and suspended operations in the country in the past two weeks.
Fast-food chain McDonald’s announced earlier Tuesday that it plans to temporarily close its Russia-based restaurants amid the ongoing crisis.
“As we move forward, McDonald’s will continue to assess the situation and determine if any additional measures are required. At this juncture, it’s impossible to predict when we might be able to reopen our restaurants in Russia,” McDonald’s said in a statement. “We are experiencing disruptions to our supply chain along with other operational impacts. We will also closely monitor the humanitarian situation.”
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has led to a series of international sanctions being leveled against Moscow. U.S. companies in a variety of sectors have also moved to end business with Russia.
Officials in the U.S. and United Kingdom announced on Tuesday that they will phase out Russian oil, natural gas and coal imports in response to the conflict.
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| 2022-04-01T00:10:38Z
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Former Bearcats head coach heading to the basketball Hall of Fame
Bob Huggins headlines the class of 2022 into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.
Bob Huggins headlines the class of 2022 into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.
Former University of Cincinnati and current West Virginia head coach, Bob Huggins, will be headlining the class of 2022 Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.
NBA and basketball analyst Shams Charania broke the news this evening, saying that a formal announcement from the Hall of Fame will be coming this Saturday.
Huggins coached in Cincinnati for 16 total years compiling a record of 399 wins and only 127 losses. During his tenure with the Bearcats, the team reached the Final Four in 1992, as well as Elite Eight appearances in 1993 and 1996, respectively.
He also was the coach of all-American and consensus player of the year in the 1999-2000 season, Kenyon Martin. Huggins finished his career in Cincinnati as the winningest coach in program history.
After coaching in Cincinnati, Huggins resigned for a season and departed for Kansas State, where he coached for one year. Following the short stint in Manhattan, Huggins eventually flew into Morgantown, West Virginia, to secure the head coach position for the Mountaineers.
Huggins has been coaching at West Virginia since 2007, where he's had similar success as in his days in Cincinnati. He's reached the Final Four once, while making the Sweet 16 four times in his recent coaching effort.
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HONOLULU (AP) — A man accused with his wife of trafficking a mother and teenaged girl to Hawaii from Guam pleaded not guilty Thursday.
Kevin Robert pleaded not guilty to labor trafficking charges, according to his attorney, Tim Rakieten. His wife, Pomerrine Robert, pleaded not guilty last week. Kevin Robert's arraignment was postponed then because he requested a Chuukese interpreter.
“I need sufficient time to review the case, and review with him, before I can comment any further,” Rakieten said.
State Public Defender James Tabe, whose office represents Pomerrine Robert, has previously declined to comment.
Police alleged in court documents that when the 15-year-old girl and her mother arrived in Honolulu, the Roberts took away their passports, forced them to work and beat them.
Court documents don't specify the country of the passports.
The girl and her mother lived in the couple's apartment, while the teen enrolled at a high school and the woman got a job at a deli where Pomerrine Robert also worked, the documents said.
The documents said Robert took away the mother’s money, the girl was expected to clean the apartment and Robert beat the girl and mother.
The couple locked the girl in a bedroom for several days and she reported it to a school counselor after she was let out, according to the documents.
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Malibu security guard found dead in parking lot is identified
A safety guard who was discovered useless in a Malibu car parking zone this week after a attainable assault has been recognized, authorities mentioned.
Inge Baumbach, 58, was discovered within the car parking zone of the Trancas Canyon Nursery in Malibu on Pacific Coast Highway about 7 a.m. on Tuesday, in keeping with the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department.
The division’s murder investigators are engaged on the case.
“We are confident this is an isolated incident, and our Malibu residents and the community are safe,” authorities mentioned on Wednesday. “Please be patient as the investigation continues. Our deepest sympathies go out to the family and loved ones who are grieving their loss.”
Baumbach labored because the in a single day safety guard at a shopping mall on the 30700 block of Pacific Coast Highway, in keeping with the sheriff’s division.
Sheriff’s officers mentioned an worker discovered Baumbach mendacity on the bottom. Paramedics pronounced him useless on the scene.
Baumbach sustained blunt drive trauma to his higher physique, authorities mentioned, however there was no further details about his dying.
Anyone with data can contact the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department’s Homicide Bureau at (323) 890-5500. Anonymous suggestions may also be known as into “Crime Stoppers” at (800) 222-TIPS (8477).
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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.
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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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For the first time in California's 171-year history, a woman has signed a bill into state law.
Gov. Gavin Newsom normally signs the laws in California, but he left the state on Wednesday night for a family vacation in Central and South America. State law requires Lt. Gov. Eleni Kounalakis to act as governor until he returns.
The Legislature on Thursday morning passed a bill to extend a law preventing some renters from being evicted until the end of June. The bill had to be signed into law on Thursday because the old law was set to expire and tens of thousands of renters could have been evicted starting Friday.
It ended up being an historic moment for the nation's most populous state, which despite its reputation as the the country's progressive powerhouse has never elected a woman as governor.
“It was very humbling. And I did feel that sense of history,” said Kounalakis, who also signed a separate bill relating to elections on Thursday. “For many years women have been writing legislation ... but no woman has ever signed a bill into law. And it felt like a moment in history that we should recognize as important.”
California has elected plenty of women to other offices. Voters elected two women to the U.S. Senate in 1992 with Barbara Boxer and Dianne Feinstein, with Boxer retiring in 2017 and Feinstein still serving. California's power was on display during President Joe Biden's recent State of the Union address, when a pair of California women sat behind him — Vice President Kamala Harris, who was elected attorney general and U.S. senator in California, and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who has represented San Francisco in Congress since 1987.
Historically, women don't run for governor at the same rate as they do other offices, according to Jean Sinzdak, associate director of the Center for American Women in Politics at Rutgers University. She said women usually make up about 25% of gubernatorial candidates nationwide. It's one reason there have been just 45 women who served as governors in U.S. history.
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“People have these kind of unconscious biases, even against women in the executive position when they are the boss,” said Kim Nalder, professor of political science at California State University, Sacramento. “When they are members of a legislature they are members of a group. That plays into the positive stereotypes people have about women being good at collaboration.”
California is one of 19 states that have never elected a woman as governor. That likely won't change this year as Newsom is favored to win reelection. But it could change in 2026 when Newsom can't run again because of term limits.
California has four women elected to statewide office now while 38 women are in the Legislature — both all-time highs. Along with Koulnakis, Treasurer Fiona Ma, Controller Betty Yee, Secretary of State Shirley Weber and state Senate President Pro Tempore Toni Atkins all could run for governor in 2026.
Kounalakis said any woman with a statewide platform should be thinking about running for governor — including herself. But with that election more than four and a half years away, she wasn't ready to commit to running for the office just yet.
“I think that what's important is that the women who could have a chance at being elected governor think about how we honor each other's abilities, because there is plenty of pressure for women to not help each other, when in fact the way that we'll see a women governor in the future is because women help one another,” Kounalakis said.
Newsom is scheduled to return to the state on April 12.
“The governor could have changed his plans. But he’s extremely supportive of elevating people around him, particularly those from underrepresented groups,” Kounalkais said. “And I am very grateful to him for helping to make this happen.”
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YORKTOWN, Ind. — A Yorktown police officer has been suspended without pay for six months after an investigation revealed he responded to a break-in and, after discovering the suspect in question was his own brother, failed to do any paperwork or properly interview the victims.
According to documents filed to the town manager, an investigation into Officer Blake Barnard’s actions brought Town Marshal Shane Ginnan to the conclusion that Barnard should be charged with neglect of duty, failure to enforce the law, conduct unbecoming of an office and violating the oath of office.
“I believe the only way to repair the damage done by Officer Barnard is termination,” Ginnan said in his recommendation to the town council.
The marshal’s charges and findings were presented to the Yorktown Town Council on Tuesday. Despite the recommendation for termination from the police department, the town council voted 5-1 to suspend the officer without pay for six months.
According to the town marshal’s investigation, the incident occurred on Nov. 11, 2021, when Barnard was called to the 1400 block of S. Colony Drive in Yorktown on a report of a burglary in process. Barnard supposedly admitted, even before arriving on scene, that he suspected the suspect at the break-in could be his brother.
Once on scene, the suspect was identified as Brayden Barnard, Officer Barnard’s brother, who was said to be intoxicated. The town marshal stated rather than placing his brother in custody or detaining him for an investigation, Barnard took his brother to his apartment and dropped him off.
The town marshal said Barnard not only failed to do any proper interviews or paperwork about the incident but reportedly told the junior officer who was on scene that there would be no need for paperwork or charging information to be filed against his brother.
The town marshal said the incident came to light after victims and witnesses contacted police displeased with how the case had been handled. There had reportedly been broken windows and glass along with a damaged door and the concerned parties wondered why no one was in custody or being charged.
The witnesses pointed out the conflict of interest with Barnard being involved in a case where his brother was the suspect.
The town marshal forwarded his findings to the Indiana State Police who subsequently charged Brayden Barnard with residential entry.
“Officer Barnard did not act with the best interest of the victims/citizens of Yorktown in mind,” Ginnan said in his findings. “He placed his relationship with his family member above his oath and obligation to the town, his fellow officers and its citizens.”
Marshal Ginnan said Barnard also put his junior officer in a “horrible position” of having to explain to the victims that the suspect who’d broken into their home was not only the other officer’s brother but was not in custody for his actions.
“Furthermore, he shows no sign that he understands that what he did was wrong, improper or that it violated policy or criminal law,” Ginnan said.
At the end of his report, in defense of his recommendation of termination, Ginnan said: “When an officer violates the public’s trust, it damages the entire agency and takes us time to repair our reputation and rebuild trust. The first step in rebuilding trust is to show our citizens that they matter to us and that officers who do not impartially discharge their duties do not have a place in our organization.”
Despite the town marshal’s suggestion, the town council voted only for the six-month suspension.
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https://www.wane.com/news/indiana/yorktown-officer-suspended-for-6-months-after-failing-to-charge-brother-in-break-in/
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Chemomab Therapeutics Ltd. (NASDAQ:CMMB – Get Rating) saw a large decrease in short interest in the month of March. As of March 15th, there was short interest totalling 24,900 shares, a decrease of 26.1% from the February 28th total of 33,700 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 104,800 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 0.2 days.
Several research analysts have recently issued reports on the company. Aegis began coverage on Chemomab Therapeutics in a research note on Tuesday, December 7th. They issued a “buy” rating and a $30.00 price target for the company. Oppenheimer decreased their target price on shares of Chemomab Therapeutics from $30.00 to $20.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research note on Thursday, March 10th. Finally, Zacks Investment Research lowered shares of Chemomab Therapeutics from a “hold” rating to a “strong sell” rating in a research note on Monday, March 14th.
In related news, Director Neil Harris Cohen acquired 6,000 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Monday, March 14th. The stock was bought at an average cost of $4.35 per share, with a total value of $26,100.00. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through the SEC website. In the last three months, insiders have acquired 10,750 shares of company stock worth $45,440. Corporate insiders own 12.22% of the company’s stock.
Shares of NASDAQ:CMMB traded up $0.01 during trading on Thursday, hitting $4.80. 19,428 shares of the company’s stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 75,088. The company has a market cap of $54.74 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of -4.08 and a beta of 0.96. Chemomab Therapeutics has a 52 week low of $3.25 and a 52 week high of $72.00. The company has a 50-day moving average price of $4.45 and a 200-day moving average price of $7.45.
Chemomab Therapeutics (NASDAQ:CMMB – Get Rating) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, March 9th. The company reported ($0.44) EPS for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of ($0.40) by ($0.04). Equities analysts forecast that Chemomab Therapeutics will post -1.94 EPS for the current year.
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Chemomab Therapeutics Ltd. engages in the research and development of biological drugs for the treatment of inflammatory and fibrotic diseases. The company was formerly known as Anchiano Therapeutics Ltd. and changed its name to Chemomab Therapeutics Ltd. in March 16, 2021. Chemomab Therapeutics Ltd.
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(CNN) — US President Joe Biden will announce an unprecedented release of oil from US reserves and is taking action to punish oil companies for failing to increase production from unused leases on federal land, the White House said.
The steps are an attempt to lower gasoline prices while at the same time forcing oil companies to increase supply.
“After consulting with allies and partners, the president will announce the largest release of oil reserves in history, putting on the market an additional million barrels per day on average, every day, for the next six months,” the statement said. White House.
“The scale of this release is unprecedented: the world has never had a release of oil reserves at this rate of one million a day during this time period. This record release will provide a historic amount of supply to serve as a bridge to the end of the year in which national production increases”.
“Historic” oil release
The historic release of a million barrels per day from the US strategic petroleum reserve will act as a “bridge” as oil production in the country and the world recovers after the pandemic, a top official said on Thursday. administration official.
The move was made in coordination with US allies abroad, including in Europe, though officials declined to say whether other countries were also releasing barrels from their reserves.
The first barrels will hit the market in May, the official said. Barrels from Biden’s previous release, announced last month, are still being shipped.
The United States will replenish barrels in the Strategic Petroleum Reserves (SPR) when oil prices decline, the official said, which could help further fuel production in the future.
Still, officials declined to say how quickly or by how much gasoline prices might drop as a result of the statement. And they said they were not focused on “immediate short-term price movements” in the oil market.
Instead, they said their goal was to address supply shortages as Russian oil exited the market, which they said would translate into relief for American consumers.
Non-produced land use fees
The president will also ask Congress to “make companies pay fees for wells on their leases they haven’t used in years and for acres of public land they are hoarding without producing.” For months, the Biden administration has publicly pushed back against the idea that regulations are preventing oil producers from producing more in the country, pointing to millions of acres of land with approved permits for oil and gas production.
“Companies that are producing from their leased acres and existing wells will not face higher tariffs,” the fact sheet says, “but companies that continue to sit on non-producing acres will have to choose whether to start producing or pay a tax. for every idle well and unused acre.”
For months, the Biden administration has publicly pushed back against the idea that environmental and other regulations are preventing oil producers from producing more in the country, pointing to millions of acres of land with approved permits for oil and gas production. .
“Too many are choosing right now to make windfall profits without investing in more supply,” a senior administration official told reporters. “That’s why today the president is proposing a policy of use it or lose it to encourage companies to produce more in the short term with the resources they already have.”
The official said the oil and gas industry has more than 9,000 unused but approved production permits on federal land and more than 12 million unused acres.
“Congress should force companies to pay for the use of unused wells on federal land and on acres of public land that they are sitting on without producing,” the official said.
Businesses using their leased acres will not face higher fees, the administration said, but businesses with non-producing acres would face penalties for “every idle well and unused acre.” Companies can take years to develop leases, and it’s unclear whether the proposed tariffs would apply to land not yet ready for production.
“We think the industry needs to step up and needs to do more than invest in additional production,” the official said. “There are companies that have said they are doing the right thing right now and ramping up production.”
“However,” they added, “there are also companies that have not said that, and in fact some leaders in the industry that have said that no matter what the price is, they are not going to produce more. Instead, they focus on returning dividends or distributions to shareholders and their owners.”
The oil and gas industry, including the American Petroleum Institute, has argued that federal law already requires producers to use their leases or return them to the government.
Biden seeks to increase production of oil and other minerals
Biden will also issue a directive to invoke the Defense Production Act to stimulate domestic production of critical minerals needed to make batteries for electric vehicles and long-term energy storage.
The White House move adds critical minerals such as lithium, nickel, graphite, cobalt and manganese to the list of items covered by the Defense Production Act of 1950, a Korean War-era law that allows the president to use the emergency authority to place large orders for a certain type of product or expand production capacity and supply. This will cause the administration to support the production and processing of these critical minerals needed for a clean energy transition.
The Department of Defense will implement this authority, in agreement with the White House, and will do so in consultation with tribal communities and using strong environmental, labor, and community standards.
Sen. Joe Manchin, the crucial vote for Democrats on his economic and climate bill, is a strong advocate for using the Defense Production Act to stimulate production of critical minerals in the United States. Manchin and three Republican senators wrote to Biden earlier this month asking him to invoke the Defense Production Act to domestically produce and process critical minerals like lithium and graphite.
“I like the defense production — go for it, go for it,” Manchin told CNN yesterday when asked if he supported the president’s action.
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https://d1softballnews.com/biden-announces-historic-release-of-us-oil-reserves/
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Shares of Steris PLC
STE,
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slipped 1.68% to $241.77 Thursday, on what proved to be an all-around dismal trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index
SPX,
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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. Steris PLC closed $6.53 below its 52-week high ($248.30), which the company achieved on January 4th.
The stock underperformed when compared to some of its competitors Thursday, as Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.
TMO,
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fell 0.76% to $590.65, Medtronic PLC
MDT,
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fell 0.55% to $110.95, and Danaher Corp.
DHR,
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fell 1.36% to $293.33. Trading volume (579,168) eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 504,060.
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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https://www.marketwatch.com/story/steris-plc-stock-underperforms-thursday-when-compared-to-competitors-01648761696-ee37a4d9b44c
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One of modern life's small but meaningful conveniences is the availability of pre-cut fresh fruit. An unfortunate trade-off, however, is that the relatively small amount of processing involved in the peeling, pitting, slicing, and packaging of fresh fruit in a commercial setting may subject your seemingly pristine fruit to the risk of contamination by foodborne pathogens. One such pathogen is Listeria monocytogenes, which is found in water, soil, and animal droppings and can be transmitted to humans via the consumption of contaminated food (via Mayo Clinic). The resulting illness, known as listeriosis, can be deadly in certain populations, namely pregnant women and their unborn fetuses, people older than 65, and anyone who lives with a weakened immune system (listeriosis rarely affects other populations, and when it does, it tends to respond well to antibiotics).
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https://www.newsbreak.com/news/2556391357120/ultra-processed-foods-are-trashing-the-planet-scientists-warn
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Infowars host and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones has agreed to appear at a deposition in Connecticut to answer questions in a lawsuit by relatives of some of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victims.
That's according to new court filings by his lawyers on Thursday, which comes a day after a judge ordered fines against Jones for defying orders to attend a deposition last week despite his claim of illness.
Jones now says he can answer questions on April 11 and is asking the judge to put a hold on the fines. There was no immediate ruling on Jones' requests. The families are suing him for calling the school massacre a hoax.
Superior Court Judge Barbara Bellis said, “The court finds by clear and convincing evidence that the defendant Alex Jones willfully and in bad faith violated without justification several clear court orders requiring his attendance at his depositions on March 23 and March 24.”
Judge Bellis said in the decision on Wednesday, “It is clear…that the plaintiffs here simply want and are entitled to the deposition of Mr. Jones and that Mr. Jones has continued to attempt to deliberately disregard the court’s orders and attempts to manipulate the court process.”
“While paying the fees and court’s costs will reimburse the plaintiffs for costs incurred in attempting to procure Mr. Jones’ deposition, it is not a substitution for his testimony,” she said.
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https://www.kivitv.com/news/national/alex-jones-agrees-to-appear-at-deposition-in-sandy-hook-case-after-defying-orders-to-attend
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A California company known for its residential energy management systems has announced it is collaborating with a provider of building energy solutions and a solar technology company to modernize energy infrastructure and provide support to the power grid.
OhmConnect is an Oakland-based group that creates grid-connected homes to leverage energy storage, solar power, heating, cooling, and ventilation technology, and smart thermostats. The company on March 31 said it is joining SunPower Corp. and Carrier in a venture that will allow customers using SunPower’s and Carrier’s solutions to access OhmConnect’s gamified user experience, which enables customers to be rewarded for managing their electricity use during peak usage periods, mitigating impacts to the grid.
The collaborations announced Thursday will expand OhmConnect’s energy platform to a network of millions of grid-responsive devices, according to the company. OhmConnect said it builds on a partnership with Google announced last year, in which OhmConnect users in California with Google’s Nest thermostats were incentivized to reduce energy consumption during peak demand hours.
That program built on OhmConnect’s work in a virtual power plant project developed in partnership with Sidewalk Infrastructure Partners. OhmConnect on Thursday said its energy management system currently integrates with appliances and other devices from 30 different companies and manufacturers. The company serves customers of Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E), Southern California Edison (SCE), and San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) in California, as well as Con Edison in New York.
Residential Sector ‘Critical’ for Decarbonization
Cisco DeVries, CEO of OhmConnect, told POWER the residential sector is “really critical” to the decarbonization of the larger economy. DeVries said, “We cannot transition to a zero-carbon electric grid successfully if we do not have flexible electricity demand in homes.” He said his company continues to look for collaborations such as the one announced today, between companies that provide power generation equipment and appliances for the residential sector.
Carrier, founded in 1902, is a world leader in heating, cooling, and refrigeration systems. SunPower has provided residential and commercial solar power systems since 1985.
Heating and cooling systems account for most of the residential electricity load in the U.S., according to the Energy Information Administration. The new collaboration with OhmConnect means that customers who are part of Carrier’s installed base will be better able to manage their power demand, supporting grid reliability and lowering energy costs.
“We are in fact a full virtual power plant under the state of California’s approvals,” said DeVries. “OhmConnect doesn’t have a physical plant, and it doesn’t generate power. But as long as we can dispatch those energy reductions with the same level of predictability as a power plant, we can operate as a virtual power plant—and in California, we are the largest virtual power plant by far. We provide almost 200 MW of power reduction.”
By joining with SunPower, OhmConnect is expanding what it calls the “ecosystem of homes” that can leverage the energy they generate to help stabilize the power grid. Through the collaboration, SunPower’s solar and SunVault energy storage customers will have the option to participate with the OhmConnect platform. Participants will receive incentives to automatically dispatch energy reserves to the grid during peak demand times. The program also creates “a scalable way to impact grid reliability, while enabling homeowners to save even more money on their systems and energy bills,” according to OhmConnect.
Want more information about how residential demand response programs help the power grid? Watch this video from OhmConnect.
“In California, we’ve had some pretty significant growth of solar,” DeVries said. “When the state of California’s peak electricity demand was in the middle of the day, the majority of that need could be met by renewables. But now our peak generation need is at 7 or 8 o’clock at night. That peak can reach 50 GW, and it’s right when we don’t have the best solar production. That peak is often 65% to 70% residential demand at that time, and to maintain a stable grid, we’ve got to able to flex that demand.
“Simply put, our electric grid is vulnerable to failure just when we need it the most,” said DeVries. “Blackouts have increased dramatically as our aging grid infrastructure faces climate change, increasing demand, and the transition to zero carbon. This is a challenge that all of us can actually get paid to help solve. I am very excited to have world-leading partners, like SunPower and Carrier, join our team to connect homes to the clean energy revolution, and I look forward to seeing our clean energy network grow exponentially.”
Network of Integrated Energy Solutions
The companies on Thursday said expanding the network of integrated energy solutions “is increasingly important as extreme weather events and wildfires make blackouts more common.” The process also is a way for energy providers to adhere to new federal regulations that require the integration of battery storage and other distributed energy resources, services that are being implemented by grid operators across the U.S.
“By integrating SunPower’s solar solutions with OhmConnect, homeowners can supercharge their home’s energy earning potential while creating a more resilient grid,” said Shawn Fitzgerald, vice president of Corporate Development at SunPower. “SunPower and OhmConnect share the beliefs that accessing renewable energy and participating in solutions that make energy more reliable should be accessible and easy. Our investment in OhmConnect and the work we are doing together directly reflects our mission to change the way our world is powered.”
“At Carrier, we’re focused on investments in sustainable innovations and disruptive technologies. With our residential heating and cooling units installed across the country, teaming up with OhmConnect will enable more households to adjust their cooling in response to stress on the grid,” said Jennifer Anderson, Chief Sustainability Officer for Carrier. “It’s a win-win for our customers and the planet, allowing them to save money and reduce energy usage and emissions—a shared goal of both companies.”
SunPower and Carrier also have invested in OhmConnect through the company’s latest funding round. OhmConnect last year received a $3 million grant from the California Energy Commission, with the funds directed to supporting the power grid and reducing energy costs for low-income families.
DeVries said his company’s work could provide a background for “smart” communities, which are being developed with support from utilities. A neighborhood developed by Alabama Power was honored with a POWER Top Plant Award in 2020.
“The electrification movement is a critical step toward decarbonizing the economy. But it actually only works if we connect these smart devices to perform grid services,” DeVries said. “What we’re moving toward is a much more dynamic environment. You should always have access to electricity, and you should always be able to control it. With a smart community, the value of that is in all the transmission you don’t have to build or upgrade. Hopefully the utilities will properly support and pay for that. It’s a huge advantage for them.”
—Darrell Proctor is a senior associate editor for POWER (@POWERmagazine).
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https://www.powermag.com/ohmconnect-carrier-sunpower-collaborate-to-support-grid-resiliency/
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It’s so neat to walk into the pit area, and it has been every race this year.
As a new team owner, there's a lot of things going on, a lot of clutter, a lot of things away from the race track that I’m getting used to on the business side. It is so nice to walk into the pit area and be around these kids on our crew that we won the World Championship together with last year.
Our last race weekend at Gainesville, Florida, one of our crew members, Travis Wirth and his wife Jill, had a baby due any day. We were ready to send Travis home for the weekend. It was their first child and we didn't want him to miss it. He stayed with us, and they ended up having the baby, named Brantley, two days after the race, which was great.
Yes, Ron Capps Motorsports is already feeling much more like a family. I sort of get this grandpa feeling because of all these kids working on the team. I still don’t feel like a team owner a lot of the time when I’m at the race track—at least until I stop for a second and look around, or when somebody comes up to me and says something to me.
I still try and approach every day on a race weekend the same. I get my suit on, make the run, get my suit off, get the parachute packed—all the same chores I’ve done in the past. That hasn’t changed, which really helps me kind of focus and not worry about the business side.
But I do feel like a grandpa of sorts. It’s weird when Travis had his baby I felt so proud that he had a baby and they’re part of this team. There’s these moments when you’re doing all these business transactions, and you look at the bank account, and you look at what money that comes out for payroll, and insurance every paycheck, and you forget that you’re on the other side of this now.
I have these moments where I get this eerie responsibility feeling. There’s so much you feel responsible for, a lot of lives you feel like you’re responsible for. Before the season started, I was working with a former teammate and now another new owner/driver, Antron Brown, on our employees and health insurance. We really wanted to take pride and make sure we were taking care these families. It’s a little weird to have these moments.
I’ve been lucky with Guido Antonelli, my crew chief. He's been unbelievable. He’s helped on the team side of it. He’s helped me feel like I was in the same boat I was in last year—just a driver. We still do everything the the same on race weekends as we did last year. He handles all the employees.
We’re fortunate in that we're the only professional nitro team in the pit area that had 100% of our employees come back from last year. Every other team had at least one turnover, if not more. And, that’s pretty cool considering we're a brand new team, brand new team owner. There’s a lot of balls that were up in the air, and people were wondering, ‘can he do it?'
So, for everybody to stay together and come back, it’s pretty impressive and I love that they did. It’s a cool feather in the cap, for sure.
I drove for the Don "Snake" Prudhomme for almost a decade, then Don Schumacher for 17 years. One thing I learned over those years—you can’t have a world championship car with 10th-place people. I feel like we’ve got those great people.
You look at other successful owners in racing, like Roger Penske, Rick Hendrick. There’s a reason they’re as good as they are.
It’s about putting people in the right place, but then about letting them do their jobs.
Editor's Note: Ron Capps, 56, is a two-time and defending NHRA Funny Car champion originally from San Luis Obispo, California, now residing in Southern California. This year, the driver of the NAPA Funny Car is fulfilling a lifelong dream of owning his own team, as he moves from Don Schumacher Racing to the NHRA's newest team—Ron Capps Motorsports. He's third in the Funny Car Standings after three race weekends. Capps will be letting Autoweek readers inside the ropes with columns about his transition to owner/driver throughout the 2022 NHRA Camping World Drag Racing season.
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Heavy fighting rages near Ukraine capital
Heavy fighting raged on the outskirts of Kyiv and other zones Thursday amid indications the Kremlin is using talk of de-escalation as cover while regrouping and resupplying its forces and redeploying them for a stepped-up offensive in eastern Ukraine.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in an early morning video address that Ukraine is seeing “a buildup of Russian forces for new strikes on the Donbas, and we are preparing for that”.
Meanwhile, a convoy of buses headed to Mariupol in another bid to evacuate people from the besieged port city after the Russian military agreed to a limited cease-fire in the area. And a new round of talks aimed at stopping the fighting was scheduled for Friday.
The Red Cross said its teams were headed for Mariupol with relief and medical supplies and hoped to help pull civilians out of the beleaguered city. Tens of thousands have managed to get out in the past few weeks by way of humanitarian corridors, reducing the city’s population from a prewar 430,000 to an estimated 100,000, but other efforts have been thwarted by continued Russian attacks.
At the same time, Russian forces shelled suburbs of the capital that Ukraine recently retook control of, a regional official said, two days after the Kremlin announced it would significantly scale back operations near Kyiv and the northern city of Chernihiv to “create conditions for further negotiations”.
Britain’s defence ministry also confirmed “significant Russian shelling and missile strikes” around Chernihiv.
The area’s governor, Viacheslav Chaus, said Russian troops were on the move but may not be withdrawing. Despite the fighting raging in those areas, the Russian military said it committed to a cease-fire along the route from Mariupol to the Ukraine-held city of Zaporizhzhia.
Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk said 45 buses would be sent to collect civilians who have suffered some of the worst privations of the war. Food, water and medical supplies have all run low during a weeks-long blockade and bombardment of the city. Civilians who have managed to leave have typically done so using private cars, but the number of drivable vehicles left in the city has dwindled and fuel is low.
Nato secretary-general Jens Stoltenberg said intelligence indicates that Russia is not scaling back its military operations in Ukraine but is instead repositioning and redeploying forces to join attacks in the Donbas.
In the Kyiv suburbs, regional governor Oleksandr Palviuk said on social media that Russian forces shelled Irpin and Makariv, and that there were battles around Hostomel. Pavliuk said there were Ukrainian counterattacks and some Russian withdrawals around the suburb of Brovary to the east.
US intelligence officials concluded that Putin is being misinformed by advisers too scared to give honest evaluations. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that the US is wrong and that “neither the state department nor the Pentagon possesses the real information about what is happening in the Kremlin”.
Russian forces leaving Chernobyl after exposure
Russian troops began leaving the Chernobyl nuclear plant after soldiers got “significant doses” of radiation from digging trenches at the highly contaminated site, Ukraine’s state power company said on Thursday.
Energoatom, the operator, gave no immediate details on the condition of the troops or how many were affected. But it said the Russians had dug in in the forest inside the exclusion zone around the now-closed plant, the site in 1986 of the world’s worst nuclear disaster.
The troops “panicked at the first sign of illness,” which “showed up very quickly,” and began to prepare to leave, Energoatom said. The Russians seized the Chernobyl site in the opening stages of the invasion.
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Pak NSC issues demarche over letter
Pakistan's top security body on Thursday decided to issue a strong demarche to an unnamed country over a “threatening letter”, which Prime Minister Imran Khan has claimed is evidence of a foreign conspiracy to oust his government - and expressed concern at the undiplomatic communication and “interference” in the country's internal affairs. He claimed that it had been sent to the ministry of foreign affairs.
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Is the end near? Imran Khan’s options fade
Facing imminent ouster, Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan reportedly offered to dissolve the National Assembly on the condition that the opposition withdraw the no-confidence motion against him, local media reported on Friday. According to a report in Geo News, an “important personality” delivered PM Khan's message to the leader of the opposition Shahbaz Shariz. Khan also said that he is willing to face any situation if his offer finds no takers.
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Protests outside Sri Lanka President's home as economic crisis deepens
Police fired tear gas and water cannon at hundreds of protesters trying to storm the home of Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa in the capital Thursday, demanding his resignation as the South Asian nation's economic crisis worsened. Outside Rajapaksa's home in Colombo's Mirihana residential quarter, anti-riot squads beat back demonstrators after they blocked the roads for more than two hours.
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‘Kyiv not Kiev’: Zelenskyy plea on ‘outdated Soviet spellings’ of Ukraine cities
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said it is “high time” that outdated Soviet spellings of the east-European country's cities are scrapped and the “correct Ukrainian form” is adopted.
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US citizens can now select 'X' as gender marker on passport application: Blinken
The US State Department in June said US citizens could select their gender on applications without having to submit medical documentation. In October, it issued the first American passport with an "X" gender marker, designed to give nonbinary, intersex and gender-nonconforming people a marker other than male or female on their travel document.
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https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/heavy-fighting-rages-near-ukraine-capital-101648769511091.html
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3.4 magnitude earthquake hits at San Benito County line
3.4 magnitude earthquake hits at San Benito County line
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A 3.4 magnitude earthquake struck near San Juan Bautista, Wednesday afternoon. Video Player | Can Animals Help Predict Earthquakes?According to the USGS, the quake struck shortly before 3:40 p.m. two miles south of San Juan Bautista. The tremor struck 6 kilometers below the surface and has been reported in Morgan Hill, Gilroy and Prunedale. No injuries or damages have been reported.
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According to the USGS, the quake struck shortly before 3:40 p.m. two miles south of San Juan Bautista.
The tremor struck 6 kilometers below the surface and has been reported in Morgan Hill, Gilroy and Prunedale.
No injuries or damages have been reported.
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A typical allure of an NCAA basketball tournament is that it doesn’t go according to chalk. Upsets happen, Goliaths fall, brackets bust, and everyone is subject to all the volatility of a single-elimination event involving 68 teams. There has been some of that in the 2022 women’s tournament—a pair of No. 2 seeds, Iowa and Baylor, didn’t escape the round of 32—to tide over the anarchists among the sport’s fanbase. But sometimes, a tournament is most fun when it works out almost exactly as the majority expects. Sometimes, the most fun comes when the best just duke it out, and there is no Cinderella to be used as a mop in the later rounds.
That is where we are now, on the verge of a Final Four that begins Friday night and wraps with the national title game on Sunday. It is the ideal capper to what’s been an exceptionally good championship. In one corner, it features the defending national champion. In another sits the sport’s most iconic and consistently elite brand. In another is the likely actual best team, led by its own legendary coach and national player of the year. And last, there’s an upstart that’s never won a title but has one of the most fun talents the sport has seen in years. The Final Four features four of the top five teams in the pre-tournament Associated Press poll, and the lowest-ranked among them can barely ever be called an underdog anyway. If you prefer your sports to be best-on-best, you will have a hard time finding better than this.
The first national semifinal pits No. 1 overall seed South Carolina against another No. 1, Louisville. The Gamecocks are 8-point favorites, for uncomplicated reasons: They’re 33–2. They have won their average game by 20 points and weren’t any kinder to opponents in the regional rounds, which culminated in a 30-point win over one of the No. 10 seeds, Creighton, that had knocked out a No. 2 seed, Iowa. They have the best player in the country this year, forward Aliyah Boston, who averaged 17 points, 12 rebounds, and 3 blocks in just 28 minutes per night. (When you win by as much as the Cocks do, you rest a lot.) Boston was the first player to win both national and defensive player of the year awards simultaneously. The team has two other double-figure scorers in guards Destanni Henderson and Zia Cooke.
Tying it all together is their head coach, Dawn Staley, who led the program to the national title in 2017 and has been in both the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame and Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame for about a decade. Since then, she’s won not just the one ring at South Carolina, but also Olympic gold with Team USA. She is one of basketball’s most respected figures, and one would not bet that she would have South Carolina anything less than completely ready to play, which makes the team scary.
Louisville, her semifinal opponent, is the closest thing the Final Four has to a true underdog. But that is pushing it at least a little, given that the Cardinals are a No. 1 seed themselves and have Hailey Van Lith, one of the country’s most dangerous scorers. It is hard to watch Van Lith hug her parents after Louisville’s Elite Eight win over Michigan, tell them, “I’m gonna win this shit,” and not take her seriously. That’s more or less how Van Lith plays: as a one-woman wrecking crew who could take the Cardinals quite far under the right circumstances. Near the end of his life, Kobe Bryant reached out to Van Lith’s family to ask for guidance on how to train up his daughter, Gianna, into a star like Van Lith. After the Elite Eight game, a reporter asked Van Lith what Bryant would tell her: “He would say, ‘Go fucking win this shit, Hailey.’ ”
It’s cool that she said that live on national TV, of course, but it’s extra intriguing because Van Lith plays a little bit like Bryant did, especially late in his career—or maybe like Russell Westbrook. She is not a hyperefficient scorer who wins games on spreadsheets. She averages 15 points, three rebounds, and two assists per game, and her shooting percentages are much more “good” than “great.” She’s recently had games in which she’s gone 2-for-10 and 7-for-21 from the field. But when Van Lith is cooking, she’s a force of nature. She has scored between 20 and 23 points in all four of Louisville’s tournament wins and often looked possessed doing it:
If Van Lith misses a bunch of shots against South Carolina, it will be a long night. But if she has one of her signature games, she could dynamite the best team in the country. She also has a fair bit of help. Louisville forward Emily Engstler, who averages 12 points, nine boards, and two blocks per game, would figure to be a critical counterweight to Boston on South Carolina’s side.
The other semifinal is an epic head-to-head between the defending national champ, Stanford, and the team that’s won more of those (11), than anyone else: UConn. Oddsmakers mostly have this matchup as a pick’em, meaning neither side is favored, or have Stanford by a point.
Since winning the whole thing last year by one point over Arizona, Tara VanDerveer’s team has pretty much just kept winning. The Cardinal are 32–3 and didn’t lose a Pac-12 game. They have almost everyone back from the title-winning team, with the main exception being guard Kiana Williams, who became a first-round WNBA draftee in 2021. Their frontcourt is harrowing. The Cardinal block 6.3 shots per game, a top-five national figure, and have limited opponents to a hilariously low 35 percent shooting rate from the field. (South Carolina is even better here, at 33 percent.)
Forward Cameron Brink (13 points, eight rebounds, three blocks per game) and guard Haley Jones (13 points, eight boards, four assists) are the headliners in Stanford’s roughly eight-deep rotation. Championship pedigrees on this roster go even deeper than all the actual winning; guard Anna Wilson is Super Bowl QB Russell Wilson’s sister. Brink is godsister to Steph Curry.
Ordinarily speaking, a defending champ with that profile would feel ticketed for the title game, at least. But for Stanford, that has to be in doubt, because UConn is the team on the other side of the semis. The Huskies’ reputation precedes them, but the biggest reason to fear them isn’t all of Geno Auriemma’s titles—UConn has lost in every Final Four since its win in 2016, after all—but because the deadliest player in the country might be all the way heated up.
Paige Bueckers was the Naismith Player of the Year in 2021 as a true freshman. This season, much like every season until (and probably after) she turns pro, was supposed to be another year of Bueckers dominance. But the guard injured her left knee in early December and missed 19 games across the better part of three months while recovering from surgery. Bueckers returned in late February and eased into things, playing smaller minute loads and scoring well off her usual pace (which, as a freshman, was 20 points per game). She didn’t play more than 18 minutes in any of the five games she appeared in between her injury and March Madness.
Unfortunately for everyone else, Bueckers appears to now be Bueckers again. She got a little more involved early in the tournament, scored 15 points in 33 minutes against Indiana in the Sweet 16, and then utterly took over in a captivating double-overtime win over NC State in the Elite Eight. Bueckers played 45 minutes and scored 27 points on 10-of-15 shooting from the field, making six of her seven free throws on a night when her teammates made six of 13. Bueckers buried the Wolfpack in a barrage of mid-range jumpers, routinely creating her own shots off the dribble. She added six rebounds, and UConn needed every bit she gave it.
The news from that win over NC State was not all good. Dorka Juhász, a key interior presence at 6-foot-5, fractured her left wrist and won’t play in the Final Four. That feels like a big problem against Stanford and will likely encourage Auriemma to lean even more heavily on Bueckers and fellow guards Azzi Fudd (a freshman herself) and Christyn Williams (a senior). Fudd was the class of 2022’s No. 1 overall recruit, a year after Bueckers took that honor.
There is a lot of subtext around these games. Stanford and South Carolina wins in the semis would set up a rematch of last year’s national semifinal, which Stanford won 66-65 in the last second, but this time in the title game. (South Carolina exacted a minor vengeance with a regular season win at home, not that it would count for much.) UConn always has a target on its back, but it hasn’t won the title in half a decade and could be getting antsy right about now that it lacks the edge on the rest of the sport that it once had. Louisville will be in its fourth Final Four since 2009, all under coach Jeff Walz, but it still hasn’t reached the mountaintop. And it’s not like that gets a lot easier once a talent like Van Lith is playing at the next level.
On another hand, this Final Four is not a final act. Many of the key contributors on these teams are underclassmen who have more college basketball in front of them. It’s easy to imagine a field that looks a lot like this one recurring in 2023. And it’s even easier to imagine a lot of these players—Boston, Bueckers, Van Lith, Fudd, Brink, and Jones, among others—forming a big piece of the next generation of women’s basketball. These players are not done slugging at each other. The fun this weekend is that so many of them are in one place at the same time.
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https://slate.com/culture/2022/03/womens-final-four-march-madness-ncaa-college-basketball.html?via=rss
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East Coast lobster and Jonah Crab fishermen who harvest federal waters will be required to install electronic trackers on their boats, giving federal regulators unprecedented detail on where fishing activity is taking place. A vote by the regional American Lobster Management Board approved the measure Thursday.
The trackers will ping a central data base once a minute, but many details about individual boats' movements will be kept confidential. And officials at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said the data won't be used for real-time enforcement of fisheries regulations.
Megan Ware, a representative of Maine's Department of Marine Resources, said right now federal closures of some harvesting areas to protect endangered North Atlantic right whales are based on comparatively weak data about where and when whales and boats are likely to cross paths.
"And I just don't see that as a winning combination for this industry... I don't think tracking data is going to prevent these closures, but it does give us the ability to refine them, and anything that we can do to be more targeted in our measures moving forward I think is a benefit to this industry as a whole," Mirament said.
Ware and the co-chair of the Maine Legislature's Marine Resources Committee, Democratic Senator David Mirament, voted for the measure, over objections from the third member of Maine's delegation, lobsterman Steve Train.
He said there’s no support in the lobstering community for what fishermen call a “Big Brother” style overreach. But in the end, the caucuses of each of the 11 Atlantic states voted in favor of the measure, and it will go into effect in late 2023. A recent federal budget includes millions of dollars to pay for the on-board equipment.
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https://www.mainepublic.org/environment-and-outdoors/2022-03-31/lobster-fishermen-who-harvest-federal-waters-will-be-required-to-install-electronic-trackers-on-their-boats
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SUN Mobility, a swappable battery provider for electric vehicles (EVs), will partner with Amazon India to integrate the e-commerce giant's EV fleet with battery swapping technology for its transportation and logistics services.
These EVs will contribute to Amazon India’s commitment to add 10,000 EVs to its India delivery fleet by 2025.
As part of the partnership, SUN Mobility will integrate the fleet of Amazon India and its delivery service partners (DSPs) with smart batteries and provide them access to a wide network of SWAP POINTSTM (a location where SUN Mobility’s battery-swapping station is deployed).
Currently, SUN Mobility is setting up its battery swapping stations across locations including Amazon warehouses in cities like Delhi, Bengaluru, Mumbai, Pune, Ahmedabad, Jaipur, and Hyderabad.
With battery swapping technology, the discharged battery of EVs can be rapidly swapped for a fully-charged unit, removing the delay involved in recharging. This will help address issues such as range anxiety and the requirement of setting up dedicated charging infrastructure which is constrained by space and cost.
As part of an existing pilot program, SUN Mobility had already successfully deployed over 100 loaders powered by swappable batteries with Amazon India’s delivery network partners for rapid deliveries, which they now plan to scale up.
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The state's second-highest court overturned a man's conviction due to an unlawful police search, while also scolding a Douglas County court employee for her comments to jurors about the defendant.
A jury convicted Christopher Emanuel Thomas in 2019 for unlawfully possessing a firearm in light of his previous conviction for a felony offense. An officer discovered the gun in a backpack Thomas kept in his car. Police had arrested him on Interstate 25 for driving with a suspended license, and Lone Tree Officer Kenny Medina subsequently performed an inventory search in preparation for towing Thomas' car.
Medina, who found the gun, testified at trial that his inventory was "part of policy and it’s also we’re allowed to do it under the law, as well."
On Thursday, a three-judge panel for the Court of Appeals agreed with Thomas that the search was unlawful. Although the Fourth Amendment generally requires a warrant prior to a police search, there is an exception under the "community caretaking function" — the name given to officers' actions that are not investigative in nature. Responding to disabled vehicles or accidents, for example, would fall under that role.
On appeal, Thomas argued that Medina's inventory search needed to follow a departmental policy. Otherwise, his handling of Thomas' property could conceivably be a "ruse" to search for incriminating evidence without a warrant.
In response, the Colorado Attorney General's Office argued that it is unnecessary to have a written policy. Testimony from an officer about proper protocol "is sufficient to establish its existence, and trial courts have discretion to evaluate the credibility of such testimony," wrote Assistant Attorney General Fellow Shelby A. Krantz.
The appeals panel was unconvinced that such a policy existed to guide Medina's search, and pointed to the officer's inability to cite any Lone Tree Police Department requirement that he open Thomas' backpack.
"We thus conclude the record is devoid of any basis on which to find that the search of Thomas’s backpack was conducted in accordance with the police department’s policies and procedures," wrote Judge Sandra I. Rothenberg in the March 31 opinion.
The panel determined that evidence of the firearm should have been suppressed. It ordered a new trial for Thomas, if there remains sufficient evidence beside the gun to charge him again.
A spokesperson for the City of Lone Tree provided a copy of the police department's current vehicle inventory policy, whose purpose is "to protect the department against fraudulent claims of lost, stolen or damaged property." It was unclear when Lone Tree adopted the guidance.
The appellate judges declined to side with Thomas on the other claim in his appeal, but nonetheless expressed their displeasure with the actions of a court employee. During jury selection, one man asked to speak to District Court Judge Jeffrey K. Holmes about an incident in the courthouse that morning.
The jury commissioner, according to the juror, announced over the loudspeaker around 9:30 that Thomas had just arrived, even though he was supposed to be there at 8:00. The juror told Holmes he doubted he could be fair to Thomas after knowing the defendant had been late to his own trial.
Holmes summoned the unnamed jury commissioner, who testified that, in response to questions from jurors about why it was taking so long to get started, she told them the defendant had just arrived. She explained that jurors were frustrated that they had to be at the courthouse by 8.
Thomas' attorney moved for a mistrial, saying the jurors looked visibly frustrated at the delay. Holmes observed that "the situation is one that is in some measure of Mr. Thomas’s own making. Mr. Thomas was late." But the judge agreed to question jurors further after lunch.
Upon returning from the break, Holmes asked jurors if they had heard anything that would affect their view of the defendant. No one responded. Holmes then directly raised the jury commissioner's announcement of Thomas' tardiness.
Multiple jurors recalled hearing the announcement. One juror said the jury commissioner did not specifically say Thomas was late, while other jurors remembered the jury commissioner saying the judge was unhappy with Thomas during her announcement.
One man said he did not view the announcement as affecting Thomas' innocence, but "it's more of a character thing for me."
Holmes denied the motion for a mistrial, and all of the jurors who were concerned about the announcement did not end up serving. Thomas contended the judge deprived him of his right to a fair trial with an impartial jury.
"The fact that the prejudicial taint came from the jury commissioner — an employee of the court — who not only asserted that Thomas was late but also that the judge was unhappy with him, carried an undue amount of prejudice in the prospective jurors’ minds," wrote Deputy State Public Defender Kira L. Suyeishi.
Rothenberg, a retired judge who sat on the appellate panel at the chief justice's assignment, indicated that the unflattering information the jury commissioner provided about Thomas outside of the courtroom did not likely influence the guilty verdict.
Nevertheless, she added, the jury commissioner "is a trusted officer of the trial court and her statements to the entire (jury pool) improperly introduced extraneous information by implying that Thomas was late and that the judge was unhappy with him."
The case is People v. Thomas.
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https://www.coloradopolitics.com/courts/appeals-court-reverses-mans-conviction-based-on-unlawful-backpack-search/article_18389b24-b11e-11ec-9824-6362e1185726.html
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We choose to build aircraft for many reasons. There are elements of challenge to the project, of course, learning to master the details of project management while keeping the emotions in check. (As best we can.) At the end of which we find ourselves basking in our glory or deeply concerned for our sanity; sometimes a mixture of both. Most builders have some instigating reason to build beyond “education and recreation” that loosely centers on a mission: What do we want our dream airplane to do? How does it open doors in my flying? What can I do after the project is complete that I can’t do now? (And: Where did I put my 3/8-inch socket?)
For Mark Easton, whose RV-10 you see on these pages, the answer was actually quite simple: He wanted a family airplane that was safe, one that he knew he could complete but also one that embodied some of the latest thinking in aviation. Technology was a driver for Easton, easily explained by his choice of automobile (a Tesla) but also his office. As in the right front seat of a Boeing 787 Dreamliner for American Airlines. It stands to reason, then, that Mark’s comfort with the latest in airliner tech would migrate to his Van’s RV-10 project.
But it actually started well before that. “I’ve wanted to build an RV since I was a kid. You know how you’d see those ads in the back of the magazines, ‘You can build your own airplane!’ Although no one in my family was into aviation, I always thought it would be cool to build my own airplane,” Easton says. Nearer to his current build, he says he’d narrowed it down to the RV-10 or the RV-14, “two of the newest, most modern kits Van’s makes,” and eventually landed on the 10. “I didn’t want to decide which of my two kids would get to go flying.”
Why We’re Here
Part of the reason for this exploration is to better understand how a stalwart design like the RV-10 can be modded to accept more modern technology than Van’s applied when it was first designed. Van’s penned the 10 quite conventionally, with the expected all-metal wing on the bottom, a “traditional” engine and sticks instead of yokes. About the only unusual thing for an RV—besides a six-cylinder engine up front—was the fiberglass shell that topped the cabin, a necessity as Van’s opted for doors rather than a large canopy. (Grumman AA-series owners love the visibility of the canopy, less so the chance of the interior becoming wet while getting in and out during a rainstorm.) Not to diminish the immense amount of work to create the RV-10, but it was, in the grand scheme of things, a carefully scaled-up version of what they were already familiar with.
Today, though, the opportunities to make an RV-10 your own are extensive. And knowing that our own Myron Nelson had an early (ish) RV-10 built largely to plans, I invited him to fly with Mark and compare notes, lodge a few large-scale impressions.
But let’s circle back for some context. Easton’s RV-10 is not so much a radical departure from the baseline aircraft, but more an expression of what has emerged in the ecosystem since Dick VanGrunsven first took flight in the RV-10 in May of 2003. When a particular model is popular, the aftermarket can invest in things like a custom cowling and have some assurance of a return on that investment. Easton’s airplane is a good sampler of the “good stuff” available for the RV-10 builder.
Our story starts forward of the firewall. According to Easton, “The modifications started when I decided that I wanted to use the FlyEFII system. I really didn’t want to put that on myself—it was my first airplane and my first build—and I knew that I could not get it from Lycoming under the Thunderbolt brand. So I called up Barrett Precision Engines, and Rhonda said, ‘Yeah, we can do that.’ I talked to Robert Paisley at FlyEFII, and he was on board to send the components to Barrett. That way, all the needed pieces would be built on the engine from the start.” By looping in a willing engine partner early in the process, Easton not only got assistance from Barrett but didn’t have to pay for items that he’d eventually have to strip off a “core” engine and resell.
Easton started with a narrow-deck IO-540 core that Barrett completely rebuilt with 9:1 compression and its usual menu of tricks to match internal components by weight for maximum smoothness. The choice of a narrow-deck engine was more a matter of what was available at the time, and while the so-called wide-deck configuration is current, the previous style is still supported.
“And then I found out that Barrett has a really good cool-air induction system, which I like for the extra performance. But then you had to do the Show Planes cowl to make room for that.” Show Planes, a Medford, Oregon, accessory maker and builder-assist center, had developed a round-inlet cowling system for the RV-10 that incorporated a cold-air induction system that cleverly uses the lower quarter of each inlet for the intake. The smile-shaped ducts feed down toward the throttle body, intersected by dual K&N reusable air filters; the system is configurable for use with either the Barrett cold-air system (itself an inlet plenum that sits proud of the oil pan to help keep the induction air cool) or a standard Lycoming forward-facing system.
Easton again, “And then, when I discovered that it was possible to split the Show Planes cowl down the middle, which makes it easier to remove, that’s when I decided to go with a three-blade prop.” In this sense, one mod begat the next mod, which enabled another decision, three big steps away from the more conventional RV cowling and FWF configuration that comes with the kit. It’s worth noting, too, that the Show Planes cowling uses a larger spinner, but that was available from Whirl Wind Aviation, whose three-blade composite prop sits at the pointy end of the RV. Easton also went with Skybolt quick-turn fasteners for the cowling instead of the more common hidden piano hinge. “With the split lower cowling, I can remove the entire cowl by myself in 5 minutes. And, just as important, put it back on by myself.” Easton also says that this configuration helps with maintenance decisions. “I know that with the cowling being easier to remove, I’m more likely to check something I’m curious about.”
“In the end, did I need to do any of it?” Easton asks. “The cold-air induction costs money. The three-blade prop is more expensive. Could I have been happy without all of that? Sure. But it just kind of worked its way through the project.” Veteran builders know this mission creep well, but Easton tried to let the process guide itself rather than simply throw the latest and greatest at the airplane.
Avionics Ascendant
The same discussion of incremental cost informed the panel layout. Centered on Advanced Flight Systems EFISes, the panel is comprehensive and suitably redundant. “We decided to add the third screen, and that added $4200 or so to the project. But I was talking to my wife about it, and she pointed out that we’ll probably get some part of that back should we decide to sell but, more important, let’s build it the way we want to fly it.” In the typical configuration, the pilot’s screen is the primary flight display with the engine instruments along the lower edge. The large central screen is the multifunction display for moving map and weather, with the right side display configurable as either a PFD or MFD, depending on the needs of the copilot. (Mark’s wife, Caroline, is a 737 pilot for United, so a right-side PFD will be handy when she boots Mark over there.)
The rest of the avionics are made up of an Avidyne IFD 540 com/nav/GPS, backed up by a Dynon remote com, Dynon integrated autopilot and a Garmin G5 backup instrument. Power for all this comes through an Advanced Control Module that manages all electrical distribution for the main system and works through twin batteries, a conventional forward-mounted alternator and a backup alternator. A TCW Tech backup battery is also on board to help keep some critical systems alive in case of a massive electrical issue. (Which, fortunately, Easton has not had.) An essential bus ties all the, well, essential circuits to both main and aux buses, though those two can be crossfed so that items on either bus can be fed from the alternate source. In an electrically dependent airplane like Easton’s RV-10 (or his 787 day job), reliability and redundancy are crucial. Mark used a Quick Panel from Advanced Flight but did a lot of the integration himself.
Electrics FWF
You appreciate how important a stable, redundant electrical system is when you think more about the FlyEFII System32 digital ignition and fuel-injection system. Simply put, without electrical power, the engine doesn’t run. Developed by Robert Paisley, the system is sophisticated by light-aircraft terms, but it’s actually fairly simple among car and motorcycle systems. At its heart, the System32 has a pair of redundant Engine Control Units (ECUs) that monitor several variables: crank position, throttle position, manifold pressure, induction air temperature and fuel pressure. The ECUs take each sensor’s readings, compare them to stored maps, then calculate both the ignition timing and the fuel mixture.
Like the most common electronic fuel injection systems, injectors mounted at the induction tube on each cylinder—the top injector hole is unused—meter fuel to each cylinder. The amount of fuel they disperse depends on inlet fuel pressure and the amount of time the injector solenoid is held open, also known as dwell time or duty cycle. Because each injector is controlled individually, it’s possible to trim each cylinder’s fuel delivery so that all six have a small “GAMI spread,” or the offset in fuel flow from the first cylinder to reach peak EGT and the last, when the overall mixture is leaned. A small spread means the engine runs more smoothly at lean-of-peak (LOP) fuel mixture.
The FlyEFII system includes coil packs to provide spark at each cylinder and runs automotive plugs; the pickoff point is a set of sensors on the starter ring gear, not at the magneto drive. (Which is subject to gear lash.) In Easton’s airplane, the coil packs are above and behind the engine, mounted to the engine mount.
Of course, since System32 uses electronic fuel injection, the traditional Lycoming diaphragm pump is replaced by dual electric pumps. The system is “full return,” meaning that fuel is drawn from one of the RV-10’s tanks, circulated through the fuel pumps, lines and presented to the injectors; what’s not consumed is returned to the selected tank. Full-return systems are less prone to vapor lock than “one-way” setups, but they impose greater burdens on design and plumbing. In the grand scheme of the additional complications on Mark’s RV-10, this was not a huge new one.
The core benefits of the FlyEFII system are better-controlled fuel mixture, no need to manage the mixture knob in flight (though there is an exception) and an ignition system that can advance timing to improve efficiency. And since the fuel system is always under pressure, engine starts (cold and, especially, hot) are no-hassle affairs. The FlyEFII system can also send a data stream to the engine monitor to display fuel flow, though the dedicated System32 control head also shows fuel flow. For more on how this RV-10 flies, see “Flying the Electrons,” below.
Inside Job
Easton spent a ton of time on the FWF and avionics, but he also splurged on the interior. Four leather seats from Aerosport Products, plus a custom center console, interior panels and other details give this RV-10 the finished feel of a modern Cirrus. Full Crow harnesses keep the passengers in place. The interior is amazingly quiet, too.
It wouldn’t be unreasonable to ask about Easton’s investment here, and his response is a number smaller than you’d think. “I’d say I have around $225,000 into the RV,” he says, noting that he saved a lot of money by starting with a “slow-build” kit, performing some avionics and much integration work on his own and farming out only what he didn’t have the expertise or tools to accomplish. Perhaps a positive side effect of his day job—time off—Easton was able to complete his RV-10 in five years. In fact, his first flight came five years and a day from the start of the project, which was built in a four-car garage in his home near Portland, Oregon.
Mark’s RV-10, like so many, is still not 100% done, though he’s already had a few vacation days traveling with the family. He’d like to continue refining the cooling system; there’s some electrical noise to ferret out, among other small items. But he’s happy with his decisions. For the most part, the gamble on the FWF technology has paid off. This RV-10 is as simple to operate as it can be yet provides excellent performance along with the versatility and fine flying qualities that made the RV-10 a success in the first place.
Flying the Electrons
I’ve watched and heard Mark Easton’s RV-10 since it rolled into my hangar row, wended its way through final completion, first flight, then off to paint and then a celebrated return to Twin Oaks. Finally, then, Mark and I had a chance to fly so I could get a taste of what his completed airplane can do and, most interesting to me, how the FlyEFII system works out there in the real world.
Mark’s checklist is comprehensive and once we’ve brought the key avionics online with the standby batteries, startup is a matter of switching on the ignition and pushing the start button. The big Lycoming spins quickly through three or four blades of the lightweight prop, and then, like magic, it’s humming along contentedly. Hot or cold. Mark monitors the engine’s vital signs and checks the FlyEFII monitor in the pedestal for expected readings and to verify that he’s on the baseline fuel trim setting.
Runup is just like checking magnetos, with each ignition system switched off in sequence to check function, followed by switching between the first and second ECUs and checking both fuel pumps. (The fuel pump switch has two positions: 1/AUTO and 2. In 1/AUTO, it’s running on the primary pump unless pressure drops below 20 psi, then it’ll automatically bring the second pump online.) Easton then runs up to 2000 rpm for a prop check, and following the last few checklist items, we’re ready to roll.
At full throttle, the 290-plus-horsepower IO-540 lets the Whirl Wind three-blader really dig in. Acceleration is rapid. Seven seconds after going to full throttle, we’re accelerating through 60 knots indicated, the nosewheel is light and we’re headed uphill. The initial climb at 94 KIAS is 1200 fpm, with the engine sucking down 32.2 gph at 30 inches and 2700 rpm. The System32 displays air-fuel ratio through an oxygen sensor, and it’s reading 11.3:1, a typical number for a rich condition, as you’d expect to use at high power and low airspeed.
Mark clears the pattern and has already pushed over, heading for a cruise climb speed of 140 KIAS. Now here’s where it gets a little complicated. The way the FlyEFII system is mapped, fuel scheduling and ignition timing are strongly biased by manifold pressure and rpm. As the system senses either reduced MP (as you’d get in the climb) or engine speed (as you would do pulling back the prop for a quieter, smoother climb), it begins to trim fuel and advance the timing.
On Easton’s airplane, in early flight test, this transition from takeoff configuration to climb resulted in high cylinder-head temps, themselves the result of the fuel flow reducing and the timing advancing. To partially remedy this situation, Easton has remapped the FlyEFII to prevent it from going on that part of the curve, so to speak, by telling the system to stay in the rich mixture/standard timing mode until engine speed is below 2600 rpm. That means he climbs at 2600 so that, at least during the first part of the climb at lower altitudes, the engine is getting enough fuel to stay cool. So far, this tactic has helped.
Climbing through 3500 feet, we’re doing 1300 fpm at 140 KIAS and the FlyEFII system is holding a rich mixture at around 11.5:1 air/fuel ratio at just under 27 gph. The hottest CHT this day is about to crack 390, though Easton says that, on a really hot day, the hottest cylinders are around 410°. By the end of the climb, one of the CHTs had passed 400° but quickly cooled as soon as we accelerated into cruise flight.
We tried two primary cruise checks, best-power and best-economy. After nosing over, Easton pulled the prop back to 2350 rpm, and as the engine decelerated through 2500 rpm, you could see the FlyEFII System32 begin to lean the mixture automatically and start advancing the ignition timing. Before starting the “manual” leaning part of the econ-cruise configuration, the system was showing this: 22 inches of manifold pressure at 2350 rpm, fuel flow of 13.5 gph, air-fuel ratio of about 14.7:1 and an ignition advance of 29°. This is all with the FlyEFII’s “fuel trim” knob at the zero (or baseline) setting.
To get to the lean setting—which ends up being about 50° lean of peak EGT—Easton twirls the knob to minus-10 to minus-15 setting. The airplane noticeably slows, and the FlyEFII display tells a big part of the story. Fuel flow is now down to 11.8 gph while the speeds have hung in there (147 KIAS, 172 KTAS), with the air-fuel ratio now increasing to 16:1. At our altitude of 8500 feet msl, this warmish day results in a density altitude of 10,200 feet. Once set, Easton does little more with the engine besides glance through the parameters. All but one cylinder runs in the 360–370° range; the outlier is at 385°, and Easton is on the hunt for tweaks to bring it in line with the others. When we keep everything else the same but return to the “zero trim” fuel setting, fuel flow rises to 13.8 gph with a gain of 5 KIAS, but one CHT has risen back toward 400°.
A high-speed cruise test at 2450 rpm and full throttle (still about 22 inches) results in 180 KTAS on 15.2 gph with the hottest cylinder inching just past 410°. So for 29% more fuel, you gain 8 knots true.
In practice, Easton has found that the mixture control requires only a couple of tweaks for each flight; he takes off on the baseline and leaves it there unless he has a compelling reason to add more fuel (say for cooling) and then gets to cruise altitude, resets the fuel trim knob to a lean-of-peak cruise setting, sits back and enjoys the view. A change of altitude or atmospheric conditions is automatically compensated for. He can choose to descend in the lean mode and only need to reset to the baseline fuel trim conditions prior to landing. In our flight, the fuel flow and air-fuel ratio tracked exactly as you’d expect them to during the descent and pre-landing phase, taking some workload out of the picture. Modern, all very modern.
—M.C.
Comparing Notes
I vividly remember deciding to buy an RV-10 kit sight unseen from the moment the four-seater had been announced. I would be lying if I didn’t say that some aspects of the demonstrator aircraft struck me as less than impressive, especially the Spartan interior dressing and a rather simple instrument panel. Of course, we all know that Van’s built its dominance by offering kits that were designed to be simple, light and (relatively) inexpensive. However, those had been up to that point sport aircraft and not luxury cruisers designed to compete with the best from Wichita, Duluth and the like.
The genius (intentional or not) behind the RV-10 and its follow-up RV-14 was that the new kits gave buyers an exceptionally engineered base structure that customers with the desires and means to Jaguarify their project could do so to their heart’s content using their wallet’s contents, which many promptly did. The initial builders with stylish ideas and/or fondness for bleeding-edge technology had to pretty much craft and fabricate the fancy dress-ups themselves, but before long, pioneers like Advanced, Aerosport and SteinAir started designing, crafting and selling complete packages of panels and interior accouterments rivaling certified aircraft and even luxury automobile standards, giving builders far more options. Even air conditioning became an option. (A no-brainer for this Arizona pilot.)
I was fortunate to be invited to participate in the review of Mark Easton’s shining example of what today’s top of the line can be, and it is a stunner. Not only for the cosmetics inside and out but also mechanically, with its state of the art FlyEFII/EI system. The financial magic of such a project is that one can dress up an RV-10 to the nines and still cost out at a fraction of a comparable factory offering…and end up with a better end result to boot!
Ironically, the long-scheduled event ended up taking place on the very day of the 1000-year heat dome in the Portland area—it was actually hotter in Portland than Phoenix that day—which at least gave my older, simpler, more old school equipped RV-10 a slight reprieve from having rocks thrown at it by merit of its installed (and loved) Airflow Systems A/C system, which is about the only luxury item that Mark’s airplane didn’t have (yet).
Would I trade Mark straight across? In a gnat’s heartbeat, but I would have to order the A/C retrofit the next day. Would I trade if I had to chip in the difference in build cost? Hmmm, maybe, maybe not. I’m kind of proud of my $7 yoga mat glareshield cover and other efforts to save build cost.
If I were in the core stage of planning out a build today rather than what were available options 10 years ago, would I build differently and incorporate a lot of the options that examples like Mark’s have? Absolutely.
The beauty of what is available today is that someone can build an RV-10 or similar project any way that they want and for a budget that they are willing to withstand. Even though the budget can reach six figures between Spartan and spectacular, the good news is that, if it’s smartly built, it should still garner a market value in excess of its cost to build. It will be fascinating to see what the next decade brings. Just like automobiles, there are strong markets at all cost/fitment levels. Choices are good.
—Myron Nelson
Van’s RV-10
- Kit price: $53,475 ($68,225 quickbuild)
- Estimated completed price: $85,000–$225,000
- Estimated build time: 2000 hr
- Number flying (at press time): 988
- Powerplant: Lycoming IO-540, 290-hp
- Propeller: Whirl Wind three-blade, constant-speed
- Powerplant options: Lycoming O/IO-540, 235-260 hp
AIRFRAME
- Wingspan: 31.8 ft
- Seating capacity: 4
- Fuel capacity: 60 gal
- Maximum gross weight: 2700 lb
- Typical empty weight: 1600 lb
- Typical useful load: 1100 lb
- Full-fuel payload: 740 lb
PERFORMANCE
- Cruise speed: 168 KTAS (197 mph) @ 75%
- Cruise speed: 153 KTAS (176 mph) @ 65%
- Climb rate: 1450 fpm
- Stall speed: 55 kt (68 mph), full flaps
- Takeoff distance: 500 ft
- Landing distance: 650 ft
Specifications and pricing provided by the manufacturer. All performance based on 260-hp engine and maximum gross weight.
This article originally appeared in the November 2021 issue of KITPLANES magazine.
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Hundreds of Reed College students occupied the school’s administration building Thursday, their second day of pressing President Audrey Bilger to fire a psychology professor who was caught on video demanding to know if a drive-through employee was born in the United States.
On his webpage, Professor Paul J. Currie, a tenured professor on sabbatical, says his areas of expertise include neuropharmacology, drug-receptor interactions, and “drugs of abuse.”
The video captures only part of what appears to be a longer exchange. Currie asks about the narrator’s birthplace and then asks if her “rude colleague was born in the United States?”
Students began their occupation of the third floor of Eliot Hall yesterday. Today, starting at 11:00 a.m., hundreds of students sat in the long hall outside Bilger’s office beneath walls scrawled with anti-racist graffiti. A Mexican flag hung on the wall beside the door to Bilger’s office. Student organizers had stocked a nearby room with water, hot cocoa, and Kind bars.
There appeared to be between 250 and 350 students in the hallway and up the stairs. Reed enrolls 1,566 students, according to the school’s website.
None of the students were willing to go on the record or to be photographed, saying that right-wing activists had already begun doxxing them, publishing their personal information on the internet with malicious intent.
“My parents are immigrants,” one student, a junior, said. “I’m a first generation American, and I’ve heard people talk to my parents this way my whole life. It’s a slap in the face to hear the same thing from a member of the Reed faculty. I’m disgusted.”
Reed administrators say the matter has their “full attention.”
“We are aware of a video circulating that shows Reed College Professor Paul Currie making offensive and racist comments at a local business,” Reed spokeswoman Mary Keister said in an email. “The behavior displayed in the video is antithetical to what we believe and value as a college. We are following Reed’s governance processes for investigating complaints about faculty behavior, including complaints about discriminatory harassment and unprofessional conduct, and have initiated the process of examining this conduct to determine next steps.”
Currie apologized to students, faculty and staff in an email.
“I’m reaching out regarding a video in which I recently exhibited reprehensible behavior at a local business in Portland,” Currie wrote. “I know I have deeply offended you and for that I am truly sorry. There is no excuse to ever engage in offensive and discriminatory behavior and I accept full responsibility for my actions. I understand that I must work hard to restore your faith in me.”
In an attempt to defuse the situation, Bilger and her staff invited students to a meeting on April 6, to “reflect on and share the impact of recent events—and to discuss systemic issues impeding our campus efforts,” according to an email to students.
“We are grateful for the steady work of the Office for Institutional Diversity, Reed committees on diversity, and other groups on campus that inform the steps we have taken, and will take, to build community, support all community members, and create a climate that is safe and welcoming,” the email said. “Gatherings with our faculty and staff Affinity Groups will also be arranged.”
Reed students say the administration isn’t doing enough. They say Bilger must fire Currie.
“Actions speak louder than words,” read a message inked on the Eliot Hall walls. “Fire Paul.”
“The way that administration at Reed has been dealing with this is very dismissive and invalidating to the experiences of immigrants and non-white students at Reed,” an Asian-American junior said. “It’s being treated as an isolated incident. I believe this is part of a bigger issue within the institution itself and the racism that it encourages, protects and perpetuates.”
Reed officials said they are investigating the matter and will make a determination in time. “I am asking the Committee on Advancement and Tenure (CAT), a committee composed of elected tenured faculty members, to formally begin the process of investigating and determining appropriate next steps as it relates to this faculty member’s position on the Reed faculty,” Kathryn C. Oleson, dean of the faculty and professor of psychology wrote in an email to students, staff and faculty.
The protest is lighting up Twitter with questions about whether news organizations are shirking their duty by not publishing pictures of the protests. Right-wing author Andy Ngo criticized The Oregonian for taking down photos it had published on Twitter.
“We have deleted tweets which contained images of Eliot Hall protestors,” The Oregonian tweeted. “We apologize for posting the images and putting community-members at risk, and will do better in the future. We condemn anyone who would seek to identify and harm those in the images.”
Ngo responded saying: “Independent media outlet deletes photographic coverage of far-left vandals & occupiers at @Reed_College_ to hide the record. This is ideological propaganda masquerading as journalism and safetyism, and needs to be condemned.”
Currie’s encounter appeared to be heading toward violence before the video ended. In the midst of the conversation with the drive-through employee, another person comes around to Currie’s passenger window and tells Currie that if he is asking questions about his race, he was going to “break all of your motherf*cking windows, alright?”
”Oh really, so now you’re threatening me,” Currie responds.
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Only approximately 3% of American lawyers are board certified
DALLAS, March 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Bradley Arant Boult Cummings is pleased to announce that partner Dick Sayles has earned National Board Certification as a trial lawyer advocate by The National Board of Trial Advocacy (NBTA).
National Board Certification is the highest, most stringent and most reliable honor an attorney can achieve. Board certifications are the only distinctions awarded by non-profit organizations. The NBTA as well as all board-certifying organizations are committed to safeguarding the public's ability to choose a good attorney.
Mr. Sayles has been board certified in Texas for more than 30 years in both civil trial law and personal injury trial law, and now has the honor of being nationally recognized for his dedication to the legal profession. The extensive screening that NBTA board certified attorneys must complete includes demonstrating substantial trial experience, submission of judicial and peer references, attendance in continuing legal education courses, submission of legal writing documents, proof of good standing and passing of an examination.
The NBTA was formed out of a strong conviction that both the law profession and its clients would benefit from an organization designed specifically to create an objective set of standards illustrating an attorney's experience and expertise in the practice of trial law.
Mr. Sayles has been honored as the Dallas Bar Association's Trial Lawyer of the Year and recognized by Benchmark Litigation and The Best Lawyers in America®. He is a Fellow in the American College of Trial Lawyers, the International Academy of Trial Lawyers, and the International Society of Barristers. Mr. Sayles also was featured in Texas Lawbook's "Lions of the Texas Bar" and has been selected among the Texas Super Lawyers "Top 10 Lawyers in Texas" multiple times. Mr. Sayles was previously recognized in the 2020 edition of the Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers in America and the Lawdragon's Hall of Fame.
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Eric Church isn't making it easy for Jason Aldean.
After Church received backlash for canceling his April 2 tour to attend an NCAA basketball game, Aldean admitted to E! News' Daily Pop that he actually understands the decision. Well, to an extent.
"I don't know that I could cancel a show to make it to a game," he told hosts Loni Love and Melissa Peterman. "I feel like people buying a ticket to come see your show, you kind of have to hold up your end of the deal on that."
Not wanting to dive too deep into the drama, he wrapped up by sharing that he wouldn't follow by Church's example: "I don't know if I could pull it off."
And while Aldean won't be at the 2022 Grammys April 3, he's got a lot of faith in his "If I Didn't Love You" duet partner Carrie Underwood.
"We've had a chance to perform this live a few times, and she nails it every time," he shared. "She's just one of the best female singers of our era, so it was fun to work with her."
These days, he's focused on his upcoming album, Macon, Georgia, dropping April 22. Named after his hometown, the disc gave the country superstar the opportunity to revisit his past.
As he explained, "It was cool to do that and be able to show my hometown some love."
In addition to celebrating the new album, he recently celebrated his seventh wedding anniversary with wife Brittany Kerr on March 21. And for as much as he loves his partner, he doesn't quite understand her recent late-night purchases. Who knew picnic tables for squirrels were a thing?
"I ended up having to go out and put all those picnic tables on trees and fill ‘em up with food," he joked. "So, they are now scattered all around our farm at the house."
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BOISE — When Justin Shults was hired as Boise State’s softball coach in June, he looked at a program just a couple years removed from a NCAA Tournament appearance and saw a team that had the potential to get back there, despite coming off a 20-25 season.
Knowing the affinity for a blue-collar mentality that exists in several Boise State athletic programs, Shults not only leaned into the mentality, he took a hard left turn into it. The Broncos have five different practice jerseys available. Players had to earn every one of them.
“We wanted to remind them of what the roots of Boise State are, it's a blue-collar mentality,” said Shults.
With that mentality, Boise State has charged its way back to the top of the Mountain West standings and has even earned some national recognition along the way. The Broncos (27-5, 6-0 Mountain West) were ranked in two Top 25 polls this week, earning a No. 23 ranking in Extra Inning Softball’s poll — the highest ranking in program history — and was ranked No. 25 by D1Softball.com. The Broncos will take a 10-game winning streak into a three-game home series this weekend against UNLV (24-6, 2-1), which begins at 4 p.m. Friday at Dona Larsen Park.
“We’ve prided ourselves in our blue-collar work ethic and how everything is earned, we don’t get anything handed to us,” said sophomore pitcher Taylor Caudill, who boasts an 11-3 record with a 2.57 ERA and 99 strikeouts. “We’re putting so much into our preparation and it’s showing on the field. We worked so hard in the fall and the preseason, we’re just ready. I think it’s even better that we’re getting recognized for it. While it’s nice to get all this press, this was the expectations for ourselves, this is the standard that we set at the beginning of the season.”
During the fall and winter, players were able to earn their practice jerseys in a number of ways, both on and off the softball field. One jersey was earned by going on 10 coffee dates with teammates. Players would have to send a photo from the coffee shop to coaches. Other jerseys were earned by getting nominated by a teammate or a coach for various reasons. Each week the team would take all the nominations and select two jerseys to be given out.
And then, there was the toughest jersey to earn: The one given out at weekly workouts this fall, which were dubbed ‘Championship Friday.’
Championship Friday included intense cardio and cross fit workouts and also included game scenario training to help players with in-game decision making. It was designed to challenge the players both mentally and physically.
“It was tough for us, we had a rough first go at it,” said sophomore outfielder Jordyn Hutchins, who is batting .324 with seven home runs and 28 RBIs. “It kind of helped us realize it’s not just about the physical piece of softball, there’s much more to it. I think that was the biggest turning point for us, as far as connecting as a team. The energy on Championship Friday, after that first one, was incredible. We were all pushing each other, yelling, encouraging each other. It was a cool thing to see.”
For NCAA Division I scholarship players, especially those already established with a team, the prospect of having to earn back jerseys can seem like a daunting prospect, players admitted. But this process was also something that they were looking for and felt they needed after falling under .500 a season ago.
“I think initially it was a little hard because we were like ‘we’ve already earned our spot here,’” said Caudill. “But a spot is just a spot unless you work for it. The shirts proved that you need to put in the sweat, blood and tears and say ‘OK, I’m going to get this right now.' Nothing is truly earned until you’ve proven to everyone, especially your teammates and yourself, that you deserve it.”
The payoff was apparent as soon as the season started. The Broncos started the season with five games in Southern California, winning all five. The fifth win was a 7-3 victory against Stanford, which was an NCAA Tournament team last season.
There’s been no slowing down the Broncos since.
“There are a lot of unknowns when you have a new staff come in, and then they take all your gear away,” said Shults, who spent three seasons as an assistant at Oregon before coming to Boise State. “I think they were a little apprehensive, at first. But this group has been amazing all year, they’re very close-knit and they were understanding of what the process was. I was fortunate enough to get coffee with some of the upperclassmen before we started and explained my vision. They were onboard and that helped ease the transition.”
There is still a month and a half left to go in the season, so still a lot the Broncos need to do to accomplish their big goals, specifically a Mountain West title and NCAA Tournament bid. Boise State knows that those goals can’t be accomplished all at once, they just have to stick with what they’ve been doing and continue to build on the foundation that has been established.
“(Tuesday) we had a team meeting and one of the things we talked about is that even though there’s a lot of media attention and a little distraction from our success from the outside, we just got to stay focused on what we’re doing and continue to roll with that,” said Hutchins. “We got to just stick to our blue-collar mentality and just stay focused.”
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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ The winning numbers in Thursday evening's drawing of the Texas Lottery's "All or Nothing Evening" game were:
03-06-12-13-16-17-18-19-20-21-23-24
(three, six, twelve, thirteen, sixteen, seventeen, eighteen, nineteen, twenty, twenty-one, twenty-three, twenty-four)
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Harry Styles' "As It Was" bottles sunshine in a song, but with a dreary melancholy. The synth-heavy intro is perfect for racing down Pacific Coast Highway with the top down. The groovy electric guitar licks inject the song with an infectious energy. If you are sorely missing the reign of Tumblr music — think The XX, Passion Pit — then this is absolutely the song for you.
But take a closer listen to the first single from Harry's House (out May 20) and you'll find a poignant lyrical exploration of loss and loneliness: "Answer the phone / Harry, you're no good alone / Why are you sitting at home on the floor / What kind of pills are you on?" Styles slips in autobiography, too, perhaps the closest he's ever been to directly addressing his love life. Whereas Fine Line was coy in its references to heavy themes like loss, depression and drug use, this single seems to signal Styles' willingness to confront those topics head on, pretty unapologetically.
"As It Was" feels both risky and vulnerable in a way that's different from his solo work so far. If this is Harry Styles inviting us into his metaphorical home, it seems like it's a lot messier and more complicated than he's ever let on.
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Economists have been waiting for Americans to shift from buying goods, like furniture and appliances, toward spending on vacations, restaurant meals and other services as the pandemic fades, betting the transition would take pressure off supply chains and help inflation to moderate.
Rapid wage growth could make that story more complicated. Demand for services is rising just as many employers are struggling to find workers, which could force them to continue raising wages. While positive for workers, that could keep overall inflation brisk as companies try to cover their labor costs, speeding up price increases for services even as they begin to moderate for goods.
Heavy spending on goods during the pandemic has been a driver of the recent inflation burst. Consumers began snapping up physical products a few months after pandemic lockdowns began and have kept on buying. Spending on services also has recovered, but much more slowly. That shift in what people are purchasing has roiled supply chains, which were not built to produce, ship and deliver so many cars, treadmills and washing machines.
Policymakers spent months betting that as the virus waned and consumers resumed more normal shopping patterns, prices of goods would slow their ascent or even fall. That would pull down inflation, which has been running at its fastest pace in 40 years.
But that transition — assuming it happens — may do less to cool inflation than many had hoped. A big chunk of what the government defines as “services” inflation comes from rental housing costs, which often move up alongside wage growth, as households can afford more and bid up the cost of a limited supply of housing units. And when it comes to discretionary services, like salons and gyms, labor is a major cost of production. Rising pay likely means higher prices.
Jason Furman, a Harvard economist who served as a top adviser to President Barack Obama, said the shortage of workers in many service industries means that if demand for services goes up, prices will too. That means a shift in spending back to services will not necessarily result in an overall slowdown in the pace of price increases.
“An awful lot of services are incredibly constrained,” he said. “As we shift back to services, we’ll get more services inflation and less goods inflation, and I don’t think it’s at all obvious that the result of that is less inflation.”
Inflation is running at the fastest pace since 1982, data released Thursday confirmed. Prices climbed 6.4% in the year through February, more than three times the Federal Reserve’s goal of 2% annual increases on average.
Rapid price changes have been spreading beyond goods and into services in recent months. While America has gotten used to thinking about shortages in products — couches are out of stock, shoes are back-ordered — labor shortfalls could mean that services will also end up oversubscribed, allowing providers to charge more.
MaidPro, a home-cleaning firm, has seen a surge in demand from professionals who are spending more time at home. But it is having trouble finding workers to keep up, said Tom Manchester, the company’s president.
“Our demand right now outstrips our supply of being able to service that demand,” he said. “Demand has just continued to be strong — like double-digit strong. And if we could find qualified pros to meet the demand, we’d be even more ahead than we are today.”
Some economists argue that if goods inflation slows, that could still help price gains overall to moderate, even amid rising wages. Prices for products that last a long time rose 11.4% in the year through February — posting the first slight moderation in months, from 11.6% in January. Prices for shorter-lived products like cosmetics and clothing continued to accelerate on an annual basis, climbing 8.6%. Both are still much stronger than services inflation.
“We have in mind a big decline in goods prices,” said Roberto Perli, head of global policy research at the investment bank Piper Sandler. “It would take a lot of increase in service prices to actually offset that.”
Outright declines in goods prices are not guaranteed. Take cars: Rapid price growth in new and used autos was a big driver of inflation last year, and many economists expect those prices to dip in 2022. But Jonathan Smoke, chief economist at Cox Automotive, said continued shortages mean prices for new cars are likely to continue rising, and issues with new car supply could spill over to blunt the expected decline in used car costs.
And services inflation is now also coming in fast. It ran at 4.6% in the year through February, the quickest pace since 1991. If sustained, that is enough to keep inflation above the Federal Reserve’s 2% goal even if product prices stop accelerating.
While goods have taken up a bigger chunk of household budgets in recent months than they did before the pandemic, Americans still spend nearly twice as much on services as on goods overall.
“You don’t need a lot of extra services inflation to make up for your lost goods inflation,” Furman said.
Restaurants, hotels and other discretionary services are not the only places where persistent demand could run up against limited supply, Furman argued. Many nonurgent health care services saw a decline in demand during the pandemic and are now experiencing a rebound amid a shortage of nurses and other skilled workers.
Rent — which is the biggest monthly expense for many families and plays a big role in determining inflation overall — has also been rising at a rapid clip. In cities such as Tampa, Florida; Spokane; and Knoxville, Tennessee, listed rents were up 30% or more in the fall from a year earlier, according to data from Apartment List.
Igor Popov, chief economist at Apartment List, said the breakneck pace of new rent increases is unlikely to repeat itself this year. But many rents will be resetting at higher market rates this spring and summer, he said, adding that they were likely to continue rising as long as wages did the same.
“Rents are partially a function of what people are able and willing to pay,” Popov said.
The Fed’s recent move to raise interest rates — and its planned increases throughout the year — may cool off the housing market, which could eventually affect rents. But in the near term, higher interest rates might make purchasing homes expensive and out of reach for more people. That could temporarily increase rental demand.
Much hinges on what happens next with wages, and that is anyone’s guess.
Laura Rosner-Warburton, an economist at MacroPolicy Perspectives, said wages might be going through something of a “level reset,” where companies have been paying up in light of a newly tight labor market — in some cases, to get on par with wages at Amazon or other big companies — but may not continue to lift pay so much month after month.
That may be what happened in accommodation and restaurants, she said, noting that both saw a surge in wage pressures that has since cooled off.
Nick Bunker, director of economic research for North America at the Indeed Hiring Lab, said conditions remain tight — there are 1.8 job openings for every active job seeker today — but the data suggest that labor shortages are no longer actively worsening, which could at least keep wage growth from accelerating further.
“The labor market is stronger, tighter, hotter than it was before the pandemic, but there are some signs that it is starting to level off,” he said.
It is also possible that higher wages will lure workers back into the job market, helping to offset labor shortages and allowing conditions to settle into a more sustainable path.
But the economy has repeatedly surprised economists and businesses over the past year — typically in ways that have stoked pay and inflation.
Manchester said many maid service executives expected the labor crunch to ease when enhanced unemployment benefits from the federal government ended in September. But while there was some increase in willing workers, there was no sudden flood.
“Everyone is competing for hourly employees,” he said. “We’re competing with the Dunkin’ Donuts, the Home Depots, the Bed Bath & Beyonds — anyone that relies on hourly workers.”
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Michele Bullock appointed Reserve Bank deputy
Michele Bullock has become the first female deputy governor of the Reserve Bank of Australia.
Treasurer Josh Frydenberg announced Ms Bullock to replace retiring deputy Guy Debelle on Friday.
She joined the central bank in 1985 as an analyst and has been an assistant governor since 2010.
Ms Bullock is also a member of the Council of Financial Regulators and works extensively with the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission and the Treasury.
The appointment is for five years.
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Benefit for Mace, 4-H rodeo deadline, clinics and schools, geld those colts
Some in the region got some wonderful rain and snow this week. It was accompanied by a high wind, but it is March, so not unusual. We are all grateful for moisture, even if cold. Hopefully the next round will just be rain.
There’s going to be a benefit for Mace Luckett on April 9, at the Branding Iron Steakhouse in Belle Fourche, S.D. Mace is the behind-the-scenes guy at many events in the region, from ropings to barrel races. He might be up all night preparing the ground at a barrel race, then be there all the next day keeping it good. He’s been the flagger at many events, always doing his job to the best of his ability. Without people like Mace, no event could even be held. Mace recently suffered five mini strokes. As a result, his left hand and arm are impaired. Expenses add up fast and recovery isn’t over yet. So, there’s going to be a free will donation supper and silent auction starting at 5 p.m., with a live auction at 7 p.m. If you have something you’d like to donate to the auctions, please contact Wyatt at 605-641-1267, Denise at 605-440-2228 or Whitney at 605-730-2552. As always, your prayers for his full recovery would be most welcome.
You S.D. 4-H rodeo contestants, be sure and get your 2022 paperwork in to the state office before May 1.
I’m a big advocate for going to clinics and schools to learn how better to do your event or craft. I promote a lot of those rodeo schools so that young folks can get a good, solid foundation on their event. That’s why you see so much in here about all of the above, well ahead of the clinic or school so you can get your name on the list before the school is full.
That said, the Harding County Saddle Bronc Riding clinic will be May 139 a.m., at the Tipperary Arena, Buffalo, S.D. Instructors are Jesse Bail, Jake Costello and Rollie Wilson, plus top pickup men to help teach how to utilize them. All aspects of bronc riding, basics to finesse, will be taught and are open to all levels. The clinic is $125. For info or to sign up, you can send a Facebook message to Jesse Bail, or call/text 419-392-4595. Lodging can be reserved at the Tipperary Lodge in Buffalo, 605-375-3721.
This next clinic will fill really fast, so don’t lollygag around about signing up. The Dane Kissack-Jay Mattson calf roping and breakaway clinics will be May 31-June 2 at Mattson Arena, Sturgis, S.D. There are 16 spots in each clinic. Call or text Dane at 605-645-8298.
The Cody Ward Ranch Sorting Clinic will be May 27, 5:30 p.m., at the Cam-Plex, Gillette, Wyo. Cost is $100, supper provided. They’re taking 12 riders with a $50 non-refundable deposit required. To reserve your spot, call 307-660-9501 or 307-660-8466.
You need to mark these on your calender! Show dates for the GiddyUp Open Horse Club are set. First off will be the Hairy Horse Show on April 30. Western Dressage Show will be May 7 and Oct. 1, then Open Horse Shows will be June 4, July 16, Sept. 10. All the shows will be held at Thunder Horse Stables, 3315 S. Valley Drive, Rapid City, S.D. Overnight stalls are avilable by contacting Kathleen Kroeger at 605-209-8725. To enter the shows on-line, go to http://www.giddyupopenhorseclub.com.
There’s going to be a FREE Tom Reeves Bronc Riding School May 18-19 at Ogallala, Neb. Call Tom for more info at 605-218-1954.
The Black Hills Spring Classic Horse Show will be May 7-8 at the Weston Co. Fairgrounds, Newcastle, Wyo. It’s both an Open and Arabian Value Show. There will be Jackpot and fun classes for both western and English riders. Entries must be postmarked by april 25. Go to the Facebook group Region 6 Trail Creww for the entry forms. Yes, Creww has two w’s.
It’s getting to that time of year when you probably ought to be splitting up your stud and filly yearlings. Also, it’s a good time to be getting those stud colts gelded so they can be turned out when the time comes without any worries. I’ve ridden several horses that were sired by yearlings studs, and a friend of mine rode one that was a result of a yearling stud colt breeding his own mama because they’d run together too long. So, it can happen. It will also make your colts better citizens if their brains are on grazing and not snorting at the fillies.
Well, that’s my circle for this week. It’s cold up on this old ridge so I think I’ll get out of the wind. Have a great week, be careful out there, and please, please, pray for our nation and for rain. God bless America.
> Faith High School Rodeo Team Steak Feed and Auction, April 7, VFW, Faith, S.D.
> Brandee Wardell Barrel Clinic, April 7-8, NDSF All Seasons Arena, Minot, N.D.
> Mace Luckett Benefit Supper and Auctions, April 9, 5 p.m., Branding Iron, Belle Fourche, S.D.
> KPH Arena Ranch Horse Show, April 9, KPH Arena, Gillette, Wyo.
> Belle Fourche Roundup Barrel Jackpot, April 9, BF Roundup Grounds, Belle Fourche, S.D.
> Jane Melby Barrel Clinic, April 9-10, CamPlex, Gillette, Wyo.
> Jane Melby Barrel Clinic, April 9-10, Lander, Wyo.
> Marilyn Randall Ranch Riding Clinic, April 10, KPH Arena, Gillette, Wyo.
> Kalona Draft Horse and Carriage Sale, April 11-12, Kalona Iowa
> Brandee Wardell Barrel/Pole Clinic, April 11-12, Lazy Heart L Arena, Edgemont, S.D.
> Bothwell Bull Riding and Bullfighting School, April 14-16, Bothwell Arena, Rapid City, S.D.
> Annual Harding Co. Bulldogging School, April 15-16, All Seasons Arena, Bowman, N.D.
> Paul Tierney Calf Roping and Breakaway Clinic, April 15-16, Martin Arena, Sturgis, S.D.
> Best of the Big Horns Horse Sale, April 16, Buffalo Livestock, Buffalo, Wyo.
> Belle Fourche Roundup Grounds Barrels, Breakaway, Calf Roping, April 16 and 30, Belle Fourche, SD
> 36th Annual Korkow Ranch Rodeo School, April 22-24, Korkow Ranch, Pierre, S.D.
> Kirk Hall Working Cowhorse Clinic, April 23-24, Thermopolis, Wyo.
> John Forbes Bronc Riding School, April 29, Kaycee, Wyo.
> Teresa Jorgenson Memorial Barrel Race, April 29-30, Graham Arena, Baker, Mont.
> Spring Catalog Horse Sale, April 30, Gordon Livestock, Gordon, Neb.
> SD NBHA Barrel Race, April 30, Stanley Co. Fairgrounds, Ft. Pierre, S.D.
> Gillette H.S. Rodeo Club barrel and pole jackpot, May 4, CamPlex, Gillette, Wyo.
> Black Hills Spring Classic Horse Show, May 7-8, Weston Co. Fairgrounds, Newcastle, Wyo.
> Jake Barnes/Clay O’Bryan Cooper Team Roping School, May 7-8, Rock Springs, Wyo.
> Harding Co. Saddle Bronc Riding Clinic, May 13, 9a.m., Tipperary Arena, Buffalo, S.D.
> KPH Arena Ranch Horse Show, May 14, KPH Arena, Gillette, Wyo.
> Race For The Range Jackpot Barrel Race, May 14, Stark Co. Fairgrounds, Dickinson, N.D.
> Shannon Lakner Memorial NVRHA-WY Show, May 14-15, Rafter MB Arena, Wheatland, Wyo.
> FREE Tom Reeves Bronc Riding School, May 18-19, Ogallala, Neb.
> World Famous Miles City Bucking Horse Sale, May 19-20, Miles City, Mont.
> Open Consignment Horse Sale, May 22, Bowman Livestock, Bowman, N.D.
> Ty Tuff Goat Tying Clinic, May 24-25, Buffalo, S.D.
> Cody Ward Ranch Sorting Clinic, May 27, 5:30 p.m., CamPlex, Gillette, Wyo.
> Buck Brannaman Clinic, May 27-29, Spearfish, S.D.
> Cowgirl Up Women’s Ranch Rodeo, May 28, Hamilton, Mont.
> 13th Annual Full House Elite Performance Horse Sale, May 28, Newcastle, Wyo.
> Back When They Bucked All Day Rodeo, May 29-30, Days of 76 Arena, Deadwood, S.D.
> Elsabe Hausauer Horsemanship Clinic, May 28-29, Schantz Ranch, Glenn Ullin, N.D.
> Dane Kissack-Jay Mattson Calf Roping/Breakaway school, May 29-June 2, Sturgis, S.D.
> Buck Brannaman Colt Starting Clinic, June 2-5, Houlihan Ranch, Sheridan, Wyo.
> Healing Horse Ranch Horse Sale, June 3, Parshall, N.D.
> Becoming Champions Rodeo Bible Camp, June 6-9, Meteetsee, Wyo.
> Paul and Robin Tierney Breakaway Clinic, June 9-10, Buffalo, S.D.
> Gridiron Barrel and Pole Futurity, June 9-11, Seven Down Arena, Spearfish, S.D.
> Deadwood PBR, June 10-11, Days of 76 Arena, Deadwood, S.D.
> Custer Ranch Rodeo, June 11, Custer, Mont.
> Hollers-Golliher Adult Ladies Breakaway Clinic, June 13-14, Golliher Arena, Belle Fourche, S.D.
> KPH Arena Ranch Horse Show, June 18, KPH Arena, Gillette, Wyo.
> 2nd Annual South Dakota Elite Horse Sale, July 30, Martin Arena, Sturgis, S.D.
> Sugar Bars Legacy Futurity and Sale, Sept. 17-18, Sheridan, Wyo.
>BELLE JACKPOT ASSOCIATION: May 25, June 1, 8, July 13, 27, Aug. 3 rain date; Belle Fourche, S.D.
>BITS AND SPURS WINTER SERIES: April 16, May 15; Circle T Arena, Hermosa, S.D.
>BROOMSTICK 4D BARREL/POLE SERIES: May 25, June 1, 22, July 6, 27, Aug. 3; Winner, S.D.
>BUFFALO YOUTH RODEO SERIES: June 8, 22, July 6, 20, 27; Buffalo, S.D.
>CATTLE CAPITAL RODEO Youth Playdays: June 30, July 7, 14, 21; Alliance, Neb.
>CHASE THE ACE Barrel/Breakaway Series: July 3, 31, Aug. 6, Sept. 5( finals) New Underwood, S.D.
>COWBOY COOL ROUGH STOCK SERIES: Apr 16; Healing Horse Ranch, Parshall, N.D.
>CRUSHIN’ CANS ROPIN’ CALVES SERIES: June 7, July 11, 18, 25, Aug. 15; Oelrichs, S.D.
>DOBLAR’S ARENA ROPINGS: May 1, 22, June 5, 26, July 10, 24, Aug. 14; Madison, S.D.
>IT’S FREEZING DOUBLE HEADER BARREL JACKPOTS: April 9, 15, 29, 30, May 7; Graham Arena, Baker, Mont.
>ENERGY DOWNS HORSE RACING MEET: May 21-22, 28-30, June 4-5, 10-12, 17-19, 24-26; Morningside Park, Gillette, Wyo.
>FLANDREAU BARREL SERIES: April 29, May 10, 17, 31, June 10, 11, July 8, 15, 29, Aug.5, 14; Flandreau, S.D.
>GIDDY UP OPEN HORSE CLUB: Hairy Horse Show, April 30; Western Dressage Show May 7, Oct.1; Open Horse Shows, June 4, July 16, Sept. 10; Thunder Horse Stables, Rapid City, S.D.
>HELL ON WHEELS CHUCKWAGON DINNER AND RODEO; June 10, 24, July 8, 15, Aug. 19, 26, Archer Arena, Cheyenne, Wyo.
>HUSTLE HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS Barrel Series: Apr. 9, May 14; Lazy 3S Arena, Parker, S.D.
>KPH ARENA SPRING FUN DAYS: Apr. 23, May 21; KPH Arena, Gillette, Wyo
>MT. RUSHMORE RODEO AT PALMER GULCH: June 11, 25; Aug. 4, 20, 27; 6 p.m., Hill City, S.D.
>NEW UNDERWOOD PLAYDAY SERIES: Jun 3 14, 21, 28, July 5, 12; New Underwood, S.D.
>OELRICHS YOUTH RODEO SERIES: June 8, 22, 29; July 2 finals; Oelrichs, S.D
>PRUITT ARENA THURSDAY NIGHT BARRELS: June 2 through Aug. 25, Gering, Neb.
>SANDHILLS SUMMER SERIES: June 15, 29, July 13, 17, Aug. 3; Haythorn Arena, Arthur, Neb.
>SHERIDAN COWGIRLS ASSOC. RODEO SERIES: June 9, 23, 27, July 21, 28, Aug. 11; Sheridan, Wyo
>STADHEIM ARENA SPRING ROPINGS: Apr 10, 24, May 1; Stadheim Arena, Belle Fourche, S.D.
>SUNDANCE SUMMER RODEO SERIES: June 14, 18, July 12; Sundance, Wyo
>THERMOPOLIS SORTING SERIES: April 9; Thermopolis, Wyo
>TILTRUM’S CIRCLE T ARENA TEAM ROPING PRACTICE: Friday nights, Hermosa, S.D.
>TOOFPIK BARRELS, BREAKAWAY, GOATS: Finals April 8-10; Niehworner Arena, Albion, Neb.
>WEBB RANCHES TEAM PENNING/RANCH SORTING SERIES: April 16; Volin, S.D.
>WINTER PLAYDAY SERIES: Apr. 16, May 21; Tiltrums Arena, Hermosa, S.D.
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Benefit for Mace, 4-H rodeo deadline, clinics and schools, geld those colts
Some in the region got some wonderful rain and snow this week. It was accompanied by a high wind, but it is March, so not unusual. We are all grateful for moisture, even if cold.…
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CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — The prosecutor’s office of the International Criminal Court said Thursday that it will open an office in Venezuela as it investigates allegations of torture and killings by the South American country’s security forces.
The decision to open the office was announced by ICC Chief Prosecutor Karim Khan at the end of a three-day trip to the capital, Caracas.
In a televised appearance alongside President Nicolás Maduro, Khan said he welcomed the commitment of the Venezuelan government to explore cooperation and technical assistance as part of the efforts to investigate alleged crimes against humanity.
Among other measures, Khan said Maduro’s government agreed to provide visas to court officials and to the participation of international organizations and partners, including the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights.
“Any state that encounters difficulties in complying with the rule of law must be respected,” Khan said. He added that he is “aware that the visit has not been easy, perhaps; but I feel very grateful for the commitment and the frank debates that we have had.”
Khan announced the investigation in November. At the time, the court and Maduro’s administration signed a memorandum of understanding in which the government agreed to cooperate to clarify the facts that led to the initiation of the process.
That announcement followed a lengthy preliminary probe started in February 2018 that focused on allegations of excessive force, arbitrary detention and torture by security forces during a crackdown on anti-government protests in 2017.
Khan’s predecessor, Fatou Bensouda, had indicated there was a reasonable basis to conclude that crimes against humanity had been committed in Venezuela, echoing the findings of the U.N.’s human rights council last year. But she left the decision to open any probe to Khan, a British lawyer who took the reins of the ICC earlier this year.
Maduro on Thursday said the opening of the office in Venezuela will allow for an “effective level of dialogue” that will help clarify the facts in a timely manner.
“We are first interested in seeing justice carried out, and where a crime of the characteristics is committed, it be punished according to the law, on time,” Maduro said. He added that the country’s judicial system is being overhauled.
Since its creation two decades ago, the ICC has mostly focused on atrocities committed in Africa. It could be years before any criminal charges are presented as part of the court’s investigation.
In a written statement, Khan said the start of the process “is not a one-way street” and should also serve as the basis for stronger partnerships.
He said efforts to put into effect the memorandum of understanding will include providing technical assistance and knowledge transfer to Venezuelan authorities “to support the effective investigation and prosecution at the national level of alleged crimes,” as well as offering training and expert advice to help implement domestic legislation.
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Malicious update anchored worst cyberattack of Ukraine war
A malicious software program command that crippled tens of hundreds of modems throughout Europe anchored the cyberattack on a satellite tv for pc community utilized by Ukraine’s authorities and navy simply as Russia invaded
A malicious software program command that instantly crippled tens of hundreds of modems throughout Europe anchored the cyberattack on a satellite tv for pc community utilized by Ukraine’s authorities and navy simply as Russia invaded, the satellite tv for pc proprietor disclosed Wednesday.
The proprietor, U.S.-based Viasat, issued a press release offering particulars for the primary time of how probably the most critical identified cyberattack of the Russia-Ukraine struggle unfolded. The wide-ranging assault affected customers from Poland to France, getting fast discover by knocking off distant entry to hundreds of wind generators in central Europe.
Viasat wouldn’t say who it believed was accountable for the assault when requested individually by The Associated Press. Ukrainian officers blame Russian hackers.
The Viasat assault, coming simply as Russia was launching its invasion, was thought of on the time by many a harbinger of critical cyberattacks that would lengthen past Ukraine. Such assaults haven’t but materialized, although safety researchers say probably the most impactful war-related cyber operations are seemingly occurring within the shadows, centered on intelligence-gathering.
A free-for-all of lesser assaults, many apparently carried out by volunteers, have been launched towards each Russia and Ukraine. A persistent drumbeat of malicious hacking that Ukrainian officers and cybersecurity researchers blame on Russia-affiliated attackers has plagued Ukraine all through the greater than month-long battle. One of probably the most critical hacks largely knocked offline the web and mobile service of a significant telecommunications firm that serves the navy, Ukrtelecom, for many of Monday.
On Wednesday, Google stated it had recognized a state-backed Russian hacking group engaged in a credential-phishing marketing campaign focusing on the militaries of a number of Eastern European international locations and a NATO assume tank. It stated it didn’t know if any of the targets had been efficiently compromised.
The assault on the KA-SAT satellite tv for pc community highlighted how susceptible business satellite tv for pc networks that serve each navy and non-military purchasers will be, with the affect felt by people and companies removed from the battlefield.
It started within the early hours of Feb. 24 with a distributed denial-of-service onslaught that knocked a lot of modems offline. A harmful assault adopted during which a malicious software program command despatched throughout the community rendered tens of hundreds of modems throughout Europe inoperable by overwriting their inner reminiscence, Viasat stated. “We believe the purpose of the attack was to interrupt service,” it stated.
It stated it has shipped 30,000 substitute modems to affected prospects throughout Europe, most of whom use the service for residential broadband web entry.
The assault triggered a significant loss in communications in Ukraine within the early hours of Russia’s invasion, high Ukrainian cybersecurity official Victor Zhora advised reporters earlier this month. Asked by the AP final week who was accountable, Zhora stated, “We don’t need to attribute it since we have obvious evidence that it was organized by Russian hackers to disrupt connection between customers that use this satellite system.”
He stated he didn’t have data on whether or not the service had been restored and couldn’t say which Ukrainian businesses past the navy had been affected. Contracts present, nevertheless, that Zhora’s personal company, the State Service for Special Communications, is amongst prospects that additionally embody police businesses and municipalities. Viasat stated “a number of thousand prospects” located in Ukraine were impacted.
Viasat, based in Carlsbad, California, said the initial denial of service attack had emanated from modems inside Ukraine. It did not specify how the destructive malware entered the network other than to say a “misconfiguration” in a virtual private network appliance was compromised, allowing the attackers to gain remote access from the internet to a “trusted” management console used to administer the satellite network.
From there, the attackers were able to simultaneously send the destructive command to modems across Europe, rendering them useless but not permanently unusuable, Viasat said.
It was not known how the attackers breached the VPN appliance. Satellite cybersecurity researcher Ruben Santamarta s aid it was important to know whether they had obtained credentials or exploited a known vulnerability. Viasat declined to provide specifics Wednesday, citing an ongoing investigation.
The ground-based community is run by Skylogic, an Italy-based subsidiary of Eutelsat, from which Viasat bought the KA-SAT satellite tv for pc in April of final yr.
Viasat’s investigation of the assault was achieved by the U.S. cybersecurity agency Mandiant.
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Human Rights Campaign rejects former president’s accusations of racism
The Human Rights Campaign, the largest LGBTQ advocacy group in the U.S., has rejected racism accusations presented by its former president Alphonso David, The Washington Post reported.
In a court filing on Monday, HRC attorneys argued that David’s claims are mostly false including an allegation from a senior HRC executive that David’s support for racial justice was viewed as a risk; which could alienate white donors, specifically “White gay men.”
The advocacy group also denied David’s claims that he was paid less than his predecessor and an HRC chairman told him that he received a low paycheck due to his race, adding an accusation that the organization wasn’t ready to be led by a Black person.
David was fired by HRC last September after an internal investigation found that David aided former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) during his sexual harassment scandal, according to the Post.
New York State Attorney General Letitia James’ (D) report last August found that David helped Cuomo by seeking signatures for a letter that attempted to undermine Cuomo’s accuser Lindsey Boylan.
The organization asked David to resign from his position at first, but he refused to do so, the Post reported.
“Any employment actions taken by HRC with respect to Plaintiff’s employment were based solely on legitimate, non-discriminatory reasons, and were in no way based on Plaintiff’s race or any other protected characteristic,” HRC’s attorneys wrote in their court filing.
In a statement, David told the newspaper his former employer’s response is “yet another sign that HRC’s leadership is out of touch with its organizational reality and woefully blind to the systemic inequities that continue to run rampant within it.”
“At least four former employees within the past month, including me, have highlighted issues of systemic racism within the organization,” David told The Post. “Rather than address the problem, HRC once again attempts to erase it but they cannot run away from evidence that shows their true colors and I look forward to unveiling it.”
In an email to employees, HRC co-chairs restated its commitment to diversity, The Post noted.
“It is extremely disappointing to have a former president of HRC attack our work, values and commitment to diversity, equity inclusion and belonging, of which he was a critical part for two years,” the co-chairs wrote in their message.
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Caitlyn Jenner has joined Fox News as a contributor.
The 72-year-old reality star - who was born as Bruce Jenner and became known for winning Olympic gold in Decathlon during the 1976 games in Montreal before transitioning into a woman whilst starring on 'Keeping Up with the Kardashians' - is "humbled" to become part of the news network and to be able to "speak directly" to Americans.
In a tweet, she said: "I am humbled by this unique opportunity to speak directly to @FoxNews millions of viewers about a range of issues that are important to the American people."
The former Republican candidate - who ran as a replacement candidate for Gavin Newsom in the state of California but lost out with only 1% of the vote - is thought to be a "tremendous asset” for the news channel because of her "inspirational journey" and impact on the LGBTQ+ community.
Fox News CEO Suzanne Scott said in a statement: "Caitlyn’s story is an inspiration to us all. She is a trailblazer in the LGBTQ+ community and her illustrious career spans a variety of fields that will be a tremendous asset for our audience. She will offer commentary and analysis across Fox News Channel programming and various Fox News Media platforms."
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Caitlyn - who has daughters Kylie, 24, and Kendall, 26, from former marriage to Kardashian matriarch Kris Jenner, as well as Burt and Cassandra with first wife Chrystie Scott and Brandon and Brody with second spouse Linda Thompson - is set to make her first appearance on the broadcaster as a guest on Sean Hannity’s programme on Thursday (31.03.22).
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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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A federal judge has decided that while COVID-19 can qualify as a disability, a Colorado Springs woman terminated from her job at the outset of the pandemic failed to establish her employer violated the Americans with Disabilities Act through its reaction to a COVID-19 diagnosis.
Tammy L. Baum, a former accounts receivable clerk for Dunmire Property Management, Inc., claimed the company fired her shortly after learning her father was hospitalized with COVID-19 in March 2020. The ADA prohibits employers from discriminating against people with disabilities, but its protections also extend to workers who have established relationships with a disabled person.
That "association provision" of the law is meant to guard against stereotypes or assumptions about people who have disabled family members. Baum asserted that her father's COVID-19 diagnosis, coupled with his longstanding respiratory issues, constituted a disability that Dunmire knew about when it terminated her.
U.S. District Court Judge Christine M. Arguello dismissed Baum's lawsuit last week. Although Baum had sufficiently demonstrated an association with her father and an adverse employment action against her, there was a missing link from the failure to establish her father's COVID-19 as a disability.
"Federal courts around the country are grappling with whether COVID-19 constitutes a disability under the ADA," Arguello wrote in her March 25 order. "However, the common theme in this regulatory guidance is that COVID-19 may be a disability when it is long-term — lasting for months — not when it is acute."
Julian G.G. Wolfson, a lawyer with HKM Employment Attorneys, did not believe the ruling represented a major shift, given the specific facts of Baum's case. He noted that Arguello had incorporated the findings of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, which are not binding but may help guide judges' evaluations of similar cases.
"Another thing that's important here is she's clear, on the record, that COVID can constitute a disability. I think that is an important statement in itself," Wolfson said.
According to Baum's lawsuit, she sent her supervisor a text message around March 16, 2020, saying Baum's father was in the hospital for respiratory issues. The supervisor questioned the nature of the symptoms and when Baum had last had contact with her father.
She then instructed Baum not to come to the office until she knew the results of her father's COVID-19 test, for fear of putting others at risk. The supervisor allegedly denied Baum's request to work remotely.
Days later, Baum wrote to Dunmire's vice president, mentioning her father and hoping she would not lose her job because of his illness. Baum received a response confirming that company policy was for employees to self-quarantine if they were in contact with someone who was ill.
On March 26, Baum texted an employee, stating her father had tested positive for COVID-19. Two days later, Baum's supervisor contacted her to say Baum's position was eliminated and Dunmire was shutting down its office. Baum's father, James Kinkaid, died on March 31.
Under the ADA, a disability is a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits a major life activity. The EEOC, which enforces workplace discrimination laws, has determined that COVID-19 can fit that description on a case-by-case basis. Asymptomatic cases or mild cases of the novel coronavirus are akin to the common cold, rather than a disability. By comparison, "long COVID" that affects bodily functions and limits major life activities is a disability, according to the EEOC. The agency also warned that employers may violate the ADA by relying on myths or fears about COVID-19 to discriminate against workers.
Baum alleged that her employer's questions about her father's illness and Dunmire's decision to terminate her days after learning of his COVID-19 diagnosis plausibly suggested disability discrimination.
"Plaintiff’s allegations strongly support the inference that had Mr. Kinkaid tested negative for COVID-19, then Dunmire would not have terminated her employment," wrote Baum's attorney, Gregory E. Givens. "In short, Dunmire made up its mind to terminate plaintiff based on speculation about potential risks, patronizing assumptions, and generalized fears about COVID-19."
Dunmire moved to dismiss the lawsuit, saying it was unable to find any court cases that had defined COVID-19 as a disability under the ADA. The company also disputed that Kinkaid's diagnosis was a factor in Baum's termination.
Arguello agreed with Dunmire, explaining that the ADA is oriented toward long-term disabilities.
"Although plaintiff’s father died, his illness lasted for only 15 days. Such an acute, short-term illness is too transitory in nature to constitute a disability under the ADA," she wrote. "If acute, short-term COVID-19 is considered a disability, then millions of Americans would suddenly qualify as disabled under the ADA."
The judge also emphasized that the ADA's association provision covers "known" disabilities. Baum had not sufficiently alleged that Dunmire knew her father had a disability when it decided to end her employment.
At least one other court recently reached a different conclusion about the ADA's applicability to COVID-19. In September, a federal judge in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania declined to dismiss a lawsuit, in which an employer fired the plaintiff the same day she reported her COVID-19 diagnosis. The judge decided it was plausible the company terminated her after believing she had developed a major life impairment. The lawsuit settled soon afterward.
Givens, the lawyer for Baum, said the generalized fear of COVID-19's effects was also the main line of argument for his client's discrimination claim. He told Colorado Politics that the parties had settled the case shortly before Arguello's order, meaning there would be no appeal of her findings.
Arguello dismissed Baum's further allegations that Dunmire's requests for her father's COVID-19 test results amounted to improper use of family medical history under the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act. Congress enacted the 2008 law to generally prohibit employers and health insurers from discriminating on the basis of family medical history.
COVID-19 diagnoses are "not the kind of genetic information contemplated by GINA," Arguello concluded.
The case is Baum v. Dunmire Property Management, Inc.
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GREENVILLE COUNTY, S.C. (WSPA) – A South Carolina middle school student said he was walking down the hall with a friend when the friend pulled out a gun and shot another student Thursday afternoon.
The victim of the shooting at Tanglewood Middle School in Greenville County was pronounced dead at an area hospital, according to Nexstar’s WSPA. Community activist Bruce Wilson, a family friend, identified the student as 12-year-old Jamari Cortez Bonaparte Jackson.
“We were friends, and we were just walking down the hallway. He was walking really fast, and he looked really nervous. … And all of a sudden, he just reaches in his backpack, just pulls out a gun, fires one shot,” a seventh grader identified only as Michael said. “I didn’t think twice. I just ran.”
Michael said he had never seen his friend walk like that or act that nervous, but he didn’t realize a shooting was about to happen.
When he saw his friend pull a gun out of his backpack, he remembered thinking, “Oh my God. He’s about to shoot the school.”
Michael said students started screaming, running to classrooms and locking the doors.
He said the shooter “just ran.”
Michael said it will be difficult to move past the deadly incident, stating, “It is going to be hard to sleep because I just know I could have lost my life that day too.”
The Greenville County Sheriff’s Office took the shooter into custody in close proximity to the school.
“We are all devastated by today’s tragedy,” Jackson’s family said in a statement. “We love Jamari dearly and we would ask that our privacy be respected as we grieve during this very difficult time.”
“My heart breaks for this young boy’s family and my prayers are with them tonight,” said Greenville County Sheriff Hobart Lewis in a statement. “Additionally, I will be praying for the other young boy who pulled the trigger and his family. I cannot fathom what would cause someone to do this to another human being and especially at that age, but I know it’s a situation where we all need to turn to God.”
Greenville County Schools Superintendent Dr. Burke Royster released this statement Thursday evening:
We are deeply saddened to hear that the student victim in the shooting at Tanglewood Middle School passed away. Our thoughts and prayers are with his family, his fellow students, the staff members at the school and everyone who knew this child. This is an absolute tragedy, and we will continue to do whatever we can to support his family and the Tanglewood community as they mourn the young life that was lost today.
Dr. Burke Royster
We want to recognize the tremendous response from Principal Walles and the staff at Tanglewood, the school resource officer, Sheriff Hobart Lewis, the Greenville County Sheriff’s Office, EMS, and the multiple local, state and federal law enforcement agencies who all responded rapidly in accord with our emergency response plan.”
The principal of Tanglewood Middle School, Dr. Graysen Walles, also released this statement:
My heart goes out to the family of our student who passed away, and my prayers are with them. Our entire Tanglewood family is hurting with this news and from the events that took place today. Our school is mourning and will work together to heal and process this tragedy.”
Dr. Graysen Walles
Greenville County Schools announced that attendance on Friday will be optional in order to provide “counseling support for both students and staff.”
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House GOP leaders, in a post-session press conference this afternoon, gave the just-completed 81-day legislative session high marks, as did GOP Gov. Brad Little, who said in a press release, “In all my years, I have never seen a more successful legislative session that produced so many positive results for the people we serve.”
House Speaker Scott Bedke, R-Oakley, said, “I think we did some great stuff this year. … I think that we’ll look back on this year as the year that we, for the second year in a row, cut taxes at a historic level … we made an unprecedented level of investment back into our infrastructure both on the roads and bridges but also in the water infrastructure … also into our state buildings. … we took a huge chunk out of the deferred maintenance.”
“I think when we look back 10 years from now, that one of the best things we did this year was to bring our teachers up to parity with the other state employees, with regard to health insurance,” he said.
Responding to questions from reporters, he said, “There’s a couple things that I think we left on the table that we could have accomplished but we didn’t. And nine months from now, we’ll have a perfectly good legislative session with a brand new Legislature, and they will be able to pick up where we left off. I think that’s the beauty of our system, and it works pretty well.”
On the House’s decision not to try to override any of the governor’s vetoes in the past week, Bedke said, “I think most were resigned. I think they can count, and they can do the math. … The votes were not there.”
Asked whether he’ll, as requested by Idaho Supreme Court Chief Justice Richard Bevan, appoint House members to a broad-based study committee the courts are convening to study judicial selection and recruitment, Bedke demurred, saying, “We haven’t talked about that yet. … I don’t think that the citizens of the state are well-served when all three branches do a working group. The legislative branch are the policy-setters, the lawmakers,” he said. “And the other two branches have their distinct and separate roles. I think the more bright that line, the better our system works.”
Asked how that squares with Idaho’s recent widely praised three-branch efforts on behavioral health, and before that on criminal justice reinvestment, Bedke said, “This speaker is reluctant to do a three-branch interim committee.”
The House today agreed by unanimous consent not to override Gov. Brad Little’s veto of HB 782, the last-minute bill that paired small raises for judges with major changes in the Idaho Judicial Council and the judge selection process. There was still a bill pending on the Senate’s calendar to just grant small raises to Idaho judges next year; lawmakers already have approved raises for every other class of state employee, with most employees getting roughly 7% raises, including 3% across the board and an average of $1.25 per hour in merit increases.
House Majority Caucus Chair Megan Blanksma, R-Hammett, and Majority Leader Mike Moyle, R-Star, said the House approved raises for judges – in HB 782 – and blamed the governor’s veto for the fact that judges are now the only class of state employees not set for raises next year, in the midst of a judicial recruitment crisis.
Bedke said next year’s Legislature can consider that when it convenes in January of 2023. “We’re going to have a perfectly good legislative session here in nine months and we’ll correct that,” he said. “I’m assuming that the Legislature will correct that.”
Little, in a transmittal letter today on HB 800, the budget bill for the courts for next year, expressed concern over that. “This year I proposed, and the Legislature appropriated, a historic CEC,” Little wrote, referring to Change in Employee Compensation, legis-speak for raises for state employees. “Given the tight labor market and record inflation under President Joe Biden, this salary adjustment will be critical to recruiting and retaining top talent for state agencies. The judicial branch is no different. Recruiting and retaining high-quality judges serves Idaho well. Tying judicial salaries to HB 782 is unfortunate, and our judges deserve the courtesy of having their salaries considered separately from complex policy changes. I sign this appropriation bill in the hopes that judicial salaries are remedied early in the 2023 legislative session.”
The GOP leaders also were asked about the failure of this year’s Legislature to enact major property tax relief. “We did some things for property tax this year,” Moyle said. He pointed to the public defense bill, which will provide an estimated $34 million in county property tax relief a year for the next two years at state expense, as part of a shift in public defense funding responsibility from counties to the state. Also, he said, “We did the bill that says you can’t have more than one homeowner’s exemption. That will parlay into property tax relief.” He also cited the measure permitting Idaho cities to grant property tax relief to needy seniors who qualify for the circuit breaker, at city expense, a law that was hailed by Boise Mayor Lauren McLean as something the city has long wanted to do.
“We did do several things on the edges on property tax,” Moyle said. “There’s going to be more to do. The big one that I would prefer, when we take it off of everybody, and move the sales tax up a little bit, if I'm re-elected we’ll push that further.”
Here’s Little’s full press release on the end of the legislative session:
Gov. Little celebrates historic legislative successes
Boise, Idaho – Governor Brad Little is celebrating historic successes as the Idaho Legislature officially adjourned sine die today, ending the 2022 legislative session for the year.
“In all my years, I have never seen a more successful legislative session that produced so many positive results for the people we serve. We achieved what I never thought we could – ‘the trifecta’ – which is record tax relief, record education investments, and record transportation investments in one year.
“With our second year of a record budget surplus – achieved through a red-hot economy and years of fiscal conservatism – we were able to provide Idahoans with historic tax relief and unprecedented investments in schools, roads, water, and other important areas to improve Idahoans’ quality of life and keep up with growth.
“Effective leadership is about giving people confidence by staying focused and getting things done, listening, showing the way through humble strength, and embracing a spirit of service. I appreciate so many of my legislative partners for demonstrating these qualities this session and for moving forward so quickly in passing my ‘Leading Idaho’ plan. Together we will continue to do great things for the people of Idaho!” Governor Little said.
Achievements from the Governor’s “Leading Idaho” plan this session include:
RECORD EDUCATION INVESTMENTS – K-12 funding will increase by $300 million, the single largest increase in state history, with a 12.5-percent increase over FY22. Funding for literacy (the Governor’s top education priority) has increased five-fold since Governor Little took office after the state added an additional $47 million ongoing investment. We’re empowering parents with new grants that help families take charge of education expenses for their children, and we’ve strengthened our ability to recruit and retain quality teachers by giving them up to 10-percent pay increases plus bonuses along with opportunities for better and more affordable health insurance. The Governor’s plan also makes key investments in career and workforce training.
HISTORIC TAX RELIEF – Since Governor Little took office, Idahoans already have benefitted from $1 billion in tax relief on income taxes, property taxes, and unemployment insurance taxes, and Idahoans will receive an additional $1.5 billion in tax relief over the next five years, shattering the record for tax relief established last year. It includes one-time, immediate income tax relief to help Idahoans facing soaring inflation as well as ongoing income tax relief. Businesses will save $64 million over the next two years and Idahoans will also benefit from more than $34 million in property tax relief.
RECORD TRANSPORTATION INVESTMENTS – Last year, Governor Little championed historic investments in transportation without raising taxes or fees, and this year the Legislature approved his plan to add $200 million for local bridges as well as $200 million ongoing to help eliminate the backlog of transportation maintenance needs – once again without raising taxes or fees – to self-sustain our transportation system over the long term without relying on the whims of Congress.
CONSERVATIVE BUDGETING – Through conservative budgeting and economic growth, Idaho achieved a AAA credit rating for the first time ever in 2021, and the Governor’s plan continues the path of fiscal conservatism by paying off state building debt, clearing out the state building deferred maintenance backlog, boosting rainy day funds to historic levels, and leaving a larger-than-usual budget surplus.
PUBLIC SAFETY – The Governor’s plan promotes safe communities by making new investments in the Idaho State Police and “Operation Esto Perpetua,” the Governor’s new initiative to fight Idaho’s growing drug threat. His plan invests in a new prison as well as proven strategies to reduce crime and decrease the revolving door back into prison. In addition, we doubled scholarships for members of the National Guard.
STRENGTHENING RURAL IDAHO – The enacted budget makes the biggest investment ever in water quality and water quantity to support a thriving agriculture and outdoor sector. The Governor’s plan makes new investments to combat wildfire and enhance outdoor recreation, and continues upgrade broadband infrastructure across the state.
HEALTHY IDAHO – The Governor’s plan addresses long-standing public health challenges, including behavioral health and healthcare capacity. His plan makes new investments to promote the health and wellbeing of our veterans and seniors.
ELECTION INTEGRITY – Added investments in cybersecurity and proactive integrity audits boost transparency and security and ensure Idahoans have the confidence their vote counts.
A complete summary of the FY23 budget highlights from the Governor’s Leading Idaho plan can be found here: https://gov.idaho.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/fy23-budget-activity-summary.pdf.
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North Carolina Sen. Thom Tillis endorsed a state legislator Thursday over U.S. Rep. Madison Cawthorn in their upcoming Republican primary, saying the first-term congressman has “fallen well short” of expectations.
Tillis' backing of state Sen. Chuck Edwards adds another consequential voice in North Carolina's GOP willing to oppose Cawthorn, who has received criticisms from a larger swath of Republicans for recent comments, including one in which he called Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy a “thug.”
The top Republican leaders in the state legislature — House Speaker Tim Moore and Senate leader Phil Berger — also were featured guests at a lunch fundraiser Thursday for Edwards, one of seven Republicans challenging Cawthorn for the nomination in the May 17 primary.
“The 11th Congressional District deserves a congressman who is fully dedicated to serving their constituents,” Tillis said in a news release. “Unfortunately, Madison Cawthorn has fallen well short of the most basic standards western North Carolina expects from their representatives, and voters now have several well-qualified candidates to choose from who would be a significant improvement. I believe Chuck Edwards is the best choice.”
Cawthorn, who was elected in 2020 at age 25, is a strong supporter of Donald Trump. Cawthorn spoke at a rally in Washington on Jan 6, 2021, that questioned the outcome of the White House election won by Democrat Joe Biden. The riot at the U.S. Capitol took place after that rally.
Recently, Cawthorn has received negative publicity for being cited three times in five months for traffic violations — twice for speeding — and for the video about Zelenskyy. In the same short video, Cawthorn said the Ukrainian government "is incredibly corrupt and is incredibly evil and has been pushing woke ideologies.”
Cawthorn and a spokesperson later attempted to clarify those remarks, with the congressman calling actions by Russian President Vladimir Putin in his country's invasion of Ukraine “disgusting.” After recent comments Cawthorn made on a podcast that angered fellow Republicans in Congress, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., met with Cawthorn this week and reprimanded him publicly.
Moore said Thursday that someone like Cawthorn doesn’t deserve to be in Congress.
“If you have clowns in office who aren’t serious about what they’re doing, you can’t get somewhere,” Moore told WNCN-TV while attending a fundraiser for Edwards. “I’m just kind of without the words to describe what Congressman Cawthorn is doing and saying. I mean, some of these ridiculous recent comments that continue to build on one another.”
A Cawthorn spokesperson didn't immediately respond to an email seeking comment about the Republican opposition.
Cawthorn announced in November that he would try to run in a proposed congressional district closer to Charlotte, rather than to keep representing the far western mountains. Moore had also considered a run in that new district but decided against it. That district ultimately was thrown out, and Cawthorn returned to a run in the reconfigured 11th District, which leans Republican.
Cawthorn's campaign raised over $2.6 million in 2021 but had only $282,000 in cash entering this year, according to Federal Election Commission records.
Other primary opponents includes former political ally Michele Woodhouse and Wendy Marie-Limbaugh Nevarez, who is being supported by a super political action committee inked to Moe Davis, the 11th District Democratic candidate in 2020.
The top vote-getter in the upcoming primary would have to receive more than 30% of the vote to avoid a July 26 runoff with the second-place finisher.
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Skims Swimsuits
Introducing her first swim collection, Kim Kardashian said, "We've really taken the time to make sure we're offering the best solutions for our customers. Buying swimwear should be fun and easy, yet so many women feel daunted by it. I wanted to change that and make the process as simple as possible by providing a full swim wardrobe – both for in and out of the water."
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Camila Alves McConaughey told E! News, "I had such a good time writing this book with Adam. Food is such an important part of our lives, and this is the perfect book for the little ones in your life. We wanted to write a book that shares healthy food habits in a fun way and will have everyone smiling at the end."
The Owl Who Was Afraid Of The Dark By Jill Tomlinson
Kate Middleton shared her favorite children's books with Camilla Parker Bowles' book club The Reading Room. She said, "I loved this book as a little girl and listening to my own children reading it has brought back so many wonderful memories. A comforting story to help children face their fears and grow in confidence with the help of others."
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Stocks edged slightly lower after the opening bell Thursday, as investors prepared to put a cap on a volatile quarter that saw the Nasdaq Composite fall into a bear market, while the S&P 500 fell into correction and then exited earlier this week. The Dow Jones Industrial Average
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was down 7 points, or 0.2%, at 4,596, and the Nasdaq
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declined 0.2% to 14,406. Oil futures fell sharply but were off session lows. News reports said President Joe Biden was prepared to announce the release of up to 1 million barrels a day of crude from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve.
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The BBMP has geared up to enforce in-situ processing of waste for bulk generators (who generate more than 100 kilos of garbage a day) in the city.
BBMP Chief Commissioner Gaurav Gupta, in an order on Wednesday, asked the officials concerned to ensure that the Solid Waste Management bye-laws (March 2020) are enforced effectively.
According to officials, the BBMP is also expecting that the state government will issue a gazette notification on the matter soon.
The order has explained in detail the various categories of bulk waste generators and their responsibilities.
“All bulk waste generators shall ensure segregation of solid waste at source within their premises and facilitate the collection, processing, and disposal as specified in the bye-laws,” the order read.
Further, the BBMP officials have been directed to inspect the premises where waste processing has been implemented and ensure that they abide by the law.
Also, those failing to comply with it could be penalised.
However, in exceptional cases where there are space constraints, the BBMP has allowed the waste generators to entrust the responsibility to authorised waste processors who are certified by the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board(KSPCB) and registered with the BBMP.
These waste processing companies are required to file periodic returns to the BBMP with details of their areas of operation, amount of waste collected, and other information.
They will also be responsible to maintain records on the traceability of waste from the collection points to the processing and disposal point.
According to senior BBMP officials, though the bye-laws mandated in-situ waste management, it was not being enforced widely.
“In his recent interactions with BBMP officials, Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai was particular that decentralisation of solid waste management was the need of the hour and the generators should be made responsible to process the waste they generate,” an official said.
To push towards enforcement of rules, in the future, the BBMP is also planning to make it mandatory for buildings with a maximum area of more than five sq km or estimated waste generation of over 100 kilos to reserve space exclusively for solid waste management on their premises.
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Big Lots (NYSE:BIG – Get Rating) updated its first quarter 2022 earnings guidance on Thursday. The company provided EPS guidance of $1.100-$1.200 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $1.280. The company issued revenue guidance of -.
Several research analysts have recently commented on the stock. TheStreet lowered shares of Big Lots from a b- rating to a c+ rating in a report on Thursday, February 3rd. Telsey Advisory Group dropped their price target on shares of Big Lots from $53.00 to $50.00 and set a market perform rating on the stock in a research report on Monday, February 28th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft dropped their price target on shares of Big Lots from $48.00 to $45.00 and set a hold rating on the stock in a research report on Wednesday, January 12th. Zacks Investment Research downgraded shares of Big Lots from a hold rating to a strong sell rating and set a $42.00 target price on the stock. in a report on Wednesday, January 5th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. downgraded shares of Big Lots from a neutral rating to an underweight rating and dropped their target price for the stock from $54.00 to $31.00 in a report on Wednesday, February 9th. Five research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating and five have assigned a hold rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, Big Lots has an average rating of Hold and a consensus price target of $41.89.
Shares of BIG traded down $1.89 during trading hours on Thursday, hitting $34.60. The stock had a trading volume of 967,625 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,265,739. Big Lots has a 52 week low of $31.43 and a 52 week high of $73.23. The stock has a market capitalization of $1.06 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 7.02, a P/E/G ratio of 0.65 and a beta of 2.21. The company’s fifty day moving average is $37.82 and its two-hundred day moving average is $42.86.
The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, April 1st. Shareholders of record on Friday, March 18th will be paid a $0.30 dividend. This represents a $1.20 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.47%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, March 17th. Big Lots’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 23.08%.
Big Lots announced that its board has approved a share repurchase plan on Friday, December 3rd that authorizes the company to repurchase $250.00 million in shares. This repurchase authorization authorizes the company to repurchase up to 17.5% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase plans are often a sign that the company’s management believes its stock is undervalued.
In related news, EVP Nicholas E. Padovano sold 1,300 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Friday, March 11th. The stock was sold at an average price of $35.39, for a total transaction of $46,007.00. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through the SEC website. Also, EVP Nicholas E. Padovano sold 900 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, March 22nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $38.39, for a total value of $34,551.00. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. 1.90% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.
Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the company. Morgan Stanley grew its stake in Big Lots by 137.7% in the second quarter. Morgan Stanley now owns 588,818 shares of the company’s stock worth $38,867,000 after purchasing an additional 341,116 shares in the last quarter. Royal Bank of Canada raised its stake in shares of Big Lots by 21.5% during the 3rd quarter. Royal Bank of Canada now owns 6,834 shares of the company’s stock valued at $295,000 after buying an additional 1,211 shares during the last quarter. LPL Financial LLC raised its stake in shares of Big Lots by 30.3% during the 3rd quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 19,571 shares of the company’s stock valued at $849,000 after buying an additional 4,551 shares during the last quarter. Sequoia Financial Advisors LLC raised its stake in shares of Big Lots by 23.2% during the 4th quarter. Sequoia Financial Advisors LLC now owns 6,454 shares of the company’s stock valued at $291,000 after buying an additional 1,216 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Geode Capital Management LLC raised its stake in shares of Big Lots by 3.8% during the 4th quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 573,190 shares of the company’s stock valued at $25,822,000 after buying an additional 21,047 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 99.71% of the company’s stock.
About Big Lots (Get Rating)
Big Lots, Inc, through its subsidiaries, operates as a retailer in the United States. The company offers products under various merchandising categories, such as furniture category that includes upholstery, mattress, case goods, and ready-to-assemble departments; seasonal category, which comprises patio furniture, gazebos, Christmas trim, and other holiday departments; soft home category that consists of fashion and utility bedding, bath, window, decorative textile, home organization, area rugs, home décor, and frames departments; and food category that includes beverage and grocery, candy and snacks, and specialty foods departments.
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Oscars producer Will Packer said Los Angeles police were ready to arrest Will Smith after Smith slapped Chris Rock on the Academy Awards stage.
“They were saying, you know, this is battery, was a word they used in that moment,” Packer said in a clip released by ABC News Thursday night of an interview he gave to “Good Morning America.” “They said we will go get him. We are prepared. We’re prepared to get him right now. You can press charges, we can arrest him. They were laying out the options.”
But Packer said Rock was “very dismissive” of the idea.
“He was like, ‘No, no, no, I’m fine,” Packer said. “And even to the point where I said, ‘Rock, let them finish.’ The LAPD officers finished laying out what his options were and they said, ‘Would you like us to take any action?’ And he said no.”
The LAPD said in a statement after Sunday night’s ceremony that they were aware of the incident, and that Rock had declined to file a police report. The department declined comment Thursday on Packer’s interview, a longer version of which will air on Friday morning.
The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences met Wednesday to initiate disciplinary proceedings against Smith for violations against the group’s standards of conduct. Smith could be suspended, expelled or otherwise sanctioned.
The academy said in a statement that “Mr. Smith’s actions at the 94th Oscars were a deeply shocking, traumatic event to witness in-person and on television.”
Without giving specifics, the academy said Smith was asked to leave the ceremony at the Dolby Theatre, but refused to do so.
Smith strode from his front row seat on to the stage and slapped Rock after a joke Rock made about Smith’s wife, Jada Pinkett Smith, when he was on stage to present the Oscar for best documentary.
On Monday, Smith issued an apology to Rock, the academy and to viewers, saying “I was out of line and I was wrong.”
The academy said Smith has the opportunity to defend himself in a written response before the board meets again on April 18.
Rock publicly addressed the incident for the first time, but only briefly, at the beginning of a standup show Wednesday night in Boston, where he was greeted by a thunderous standing ovation. He said “I’m still kind of processing what happened.”
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A new study released Thursday found that those who are pregnant and vaccinated against COVID-19 are twice as likely to get a breakthrough case of the virus than those who aren't pregnant.
Researchers from the Wisconsin-based company Epic said they analyzed the medical records of about 14 million patients that were stored in Cosmos, a HIPAA-defined data set of more than 140 million people from 960 hospitals and 20,814 clinics that serve patients in all 50 states.
According to the study, researchers honed in on what comorbidities could increase a patient's chances of getting a breakthrough COVID-19 case while vaccinated.
They found that pregnant individuals were 1.91 times more likely to get COVID while vaccinated. They also found that those with organ transplants were 1.83 times more likely to get COVID-19, and those with immune deficiency were 1.63 times more likely to get breakthrough COVID.
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Varilek’s Cattle Call: Feed Costs in Question 3-31-2022
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The hog and grain markets stole most of the attention last week with bullish reports noted. Corn saw an acreage number well below the pre-report estimate. December futures managed to trade limit up at $6.91 briefly but did settle slightly below that. With feed costs in question, this will add to the uncertainty of what to price feed in the bunk. Weather watching will be next alongside Ukraine and inflation.
The hog fundamentals continue to look at a tighter supply. Chronic disease is a major issue with producers. The smaller herd has been frontline news to start the year and was verified by the hogs and pigs report on March 30. The futures market had near record high prices penciled in and had a wild trading day after the report. Markets can top when the news is the best, so we saw a $3.00 higher open turn into a $3.00+ lower close.
Cash cattle hung steady at $138 with the south tripping at the first bid. This was disappointing to the market in my opinion with the futures expecting a better charge. Grilling season is around the corn and what is typically a seasonal high timeframe for cash is very steady. I still attribute this to the lack of negotiated cattle. The cash traders that set the market for the formulas is too small to move the needle when demand is great.
There is a new bill introduced covering some of these issues in the cattle industry, and the northern cattle organizations are getting on board with it. It follows years of debate and will still drag on in the fighting ring. The individual family farm operations need to stay involved for the future of the business before it turns into the chicken and hog industries. Have a good week.
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Varilek’s Cattle Call: Feed Costs in Question 3-31-2022
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Huawei can boast of having great headphones in its catalog. In this guide we recommend the best wireless, headband and wired.
Huawei has been doing a great job in the audio section for years and this is very well reflected in its headphones and speakers. In this buying guide we want to focus on the first of them, the headphonesfor recommend the best models you can buy in 2022.
As you already know, there are several types of headphones, so we will not leave out any of them. First of all, we will recommend you best wireless earphones from huawei, which are the most numerous in the firm’s catalogue. In addition, we will also tell you about their best headphones headband and your best headphones With cable. Based on your preferences, you can choose the one you like best, all of them are of very good quality.
Huawei Best Wireless Earbuds
When it comes to audio devices, Huawei focuses much of its efforts on wireless headphones. We see this in the wide range of options that we have in this section, which is far from the limited options in other types of headphones. Without further ado, let’s see which are the best wireless headphones from Huawei.
Huawei FreeBuds Pro
Among the firm’s most outstanding wireless headphones are the Huawei FreeBuds Pro, which stand out for being very complete. First of all, it is worth mentioning that they are available in black, white and silver. They are really comfortable to wear, so you can use it for hours and hours. In addition, the charging case fits perfectly in your pocket.
The main feature of these FreeBuds Pro is that they sound very, very good. It mounts 11-millimeter dynamic drivers and has a noise cancellation system who does a great job. Of course you have touch controls and a voice mode that will allow you to hear those who are speaking to you without having to remove your headphones.
As far as battery is concerned, these headphones have a 55 mAh battery, while the one in the charging case has a capacity of 580 mAh. In practice, they provide 4 hours of battery life with noise cancellation activated. In addition, the cargo box can provide them with four additional charges.
The Huawei FreeBuds Pro have a recommended retail price of 179 euros, but you can buy them for less money at Amazon, the Huawei store, El Corte Inglés and PcComponentes.
Huawei FreeBuds Lipstick
Huawei’s most curious headphones are these FreeBuds Lipstickwhich we can instantly recognize by a lipstick inspired design. They are characterized by being very light, each earphone weighs 4.1 grams, while the charging case remains at just over 90 grams with the included headphones. In short, they are headphones with a peculiar and comfortable design.
Despite the fact that the design is what most attracts our attention, the Huawei FreeBuds Lipstick are still headphones, so we should be interested in how they are heard. Equipped with 14.3-millimeter dynamic drivers that offer a great audio qualityin addition to Noise Cancellation so you can listen to music even in noisy environments.
If you want wireless headphones with an original design, these Lipstick FreeBuds are perfect.
The battery of each earphone is 30 mAh, while that of the charging box is 410 mAh. According to manufacturer data, this translates into a autonomy of 2.5 hours of use with activated noise cancellation, it can extend up to 14 hours with the case. If you dispense with the ANC, the autonomy can be 4 hours of use and 22 hours with the charging box.
The Huawei FreeBuds Lipstick has a original price of 229 eurosbut it is usual to find them on sale in stores such as Amazon, the Huawei website and El Corte Inglés.
Huawei FreeBuds 4
The beautiful wireless headphones that you see in the image above are the Huawei FreeBuds 4, also among the best Huawei wireless you can buy. The first detail that stands out in this model is the aesthetics, since they are very nice and comfortable (each earphone weighs only 4.1 grams). When buying them, you can choose between the silver color and white.
As we saw in the review of the Huawei FreeBuds 4, they offer a Very good sound quality, with special power in the low and medium sounds. In addition, the system Noise Cancellation does a remarkable job. On the other hand, we must mention that it has precise, simple and configurable touch controls through the mobile app.
The autonomy of the FreeBuds 4 is 16 hours in total without giving up noise cancellation.
In the review we were also able to verify that the 30 mAh battery of each headset is capable of offering about 4 hours of battery life with noise cancellation activated. If you use the charging case, you will enjoy three more loadsso the general autonomy will be around 16 hours.
The Huawei FreeBuds 4 have a recommended retail price of 149 euroswhile the model with wireless charging it goes up to 169 euros. However, the most common is to be able to buy them for less in the main sales channels, such as El Corte Inglés, Amazon and the Huawei online store.
Huawei FreeBuds 4i
The cheapest option within the Huawei wireless headphones are the FreeBuds 4i, which we were also able to review when they went on sale. If you want to spend between 60-70 euros, these are an option that we often recommend. First of all, by having a nice design with good fit in the ear thanks to the silicone tips.
Despite being cheaper, the Huawei FreeBuds 4i too they sound very good, with 10-millimeter dynamic drivers. Not missing in this model noise cancellation, which is effective when it comes to isolating ourselves from the outside. In addition, touch controls, customizable through the Huawei AI Life app, also work well.
We especially like the autonomy of these wireless headphones, capable of reaching 7.5 hours with ANC on. This duration can reach 22 hours with the charging case, very positive figures. In addition, in just 1 hour you will have fully charged the equipment.
The Huawei FreeBuds 4i hit the market for a price of 79 euros in the colors white and black. The most common is find them on saleyou only have to search in stores such as Amazon, El Corte Inglés, PcComponentes and the Huawei website.
Huawei Freelace Pro
Among the best wireless headphones from Huawei are also the Huawei Freelace Prowith a design thought for hang them around your neck when you’re not using them. As we can see in the image, they have silicone pads on the tips that allow a better hold on the ear. eye, just They weigh 34 grams, they are very light.
The Freelace Pro can boast of having a double microphone to obtain a better noise cancellation. Plus, you have three different modes to choose from: general, “cozy” and ultra. Of course, these headphones also sound good, with powerful 14-millimeter dynamic drivers.
They are also a good choice for their wide autonomy: 24 hours with noise cancellation off and 16 hours if you keep it activated. In addition, with a single charge of 5 minutes you can enjoy 5 hours of use. The Huawei FreeLace Pro have a original price of 119 euros, although it is possible to find them on sale. You can buy them at Amazon, PcComponentes and the Huawei store.
Huawei best headband headphones
As we said, Huawei does not offer much variety in the rest of the types of headphones at the moment. For example, in headband headphones we only find one model, although it must be recognized that it is a more than interesting option. Let’s get to know your main features.
Huawei FreeBuds Studio
The best Huawei wireless headband headphones you can buy are the Huawei FreeBuds Studio. This is a “premium” aesthetic model that you can buy in both gold and black. They have a weight of about 260 grams and its padded pads They make it easier for us to use them for long periods without hurting our ears.
As you can imagine, these headband headphones offer a exceptional audio quality, listen to the music you listen to. In addition, also greatly cancel outside noise so you can hear the sound even better. What’s more, the intelligent system is capable of automatically changing the cancellation mode depending on where you are.
In these Huawei FreeBuds Studio there is no lack of touch controls or microphones to be able to hold phone calls. In terms of autonomy, the 410 mAh battery provides 20 hours of playback with noise cancellation activated, that is, they will last more than a day of use.
The recommended retail price of these Huawei FreeBuds Studio is €299but sometimes you can find them for much less, even below 200 euros. These offers arrive at distributors such as Amazon and PcComponentes, and also at the Huawei store.
Huawei Best Wired Headphones
When looking for the best Huawei wired headphones, options are limited. Specifically, we have selected a model that will come in handy for day-to-day use. Let’s see the most outstanding specifications.
Huawei AM115
If modernities are not your thing and you are satisfied with a pair of wired headphones of the lifetime, pay attention to the Huawei AM115. They are available in white color and only weigh 10 gramsyou can always carry them with you to use them at any time of urgency.
The Huawei AM115 they are comfortable and sound good, with multiple ventilation holes for better audio. Of course, you must take into account that they connect through the 3.5 mm jack, so the device you are going to use it on must also have this port. Also, they have integrated a microphone to keep phone calls hands free.
On the other hand, they also equip a three-button control knob with which you can skip songs, accept calls or raise and lower the volume, among other options. You can buy these Huawei AM115 for less than 6 euros at Amazon, and they are also available for something else at PcComponentes.
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Flip it, and rent it. That was the plan when interior designer Liz Carroll purchased a one-story ranch-style house that was built in 1950 in Wilmington, North Carolina. Although the once-abandoned property needed countless updates and repairs, its desirable location along the Cape Fear Country Club golf course made it a worthy investment. But once renovations began, the designer and her husband quickly realized the perfect tenant was none other than their own family of five. After all, with a street name like Azalea Drive, it was only fitting for this former North Carolina Azalea Festival 1997 Princess and 2015 President (she's the first person ever to hold both titles) to call the neighborhood home. "It was in the stars. Brightening up the dark and dated house was our first order of business," explains Carroll, who worked with builder James Halls of The Craftsmen Group to remove the wall between the kitchen and living room and flood the space with sunlight. She swathed nearly every interior wall in Benjamin Moore's Simply White (OC-117), chose wallpaper for a few strategic spots, and returned the dark-stained hardwood floors to their natural color. Despite the sophisticated level of design, she prioritized using easy-to-maintain materials and furnishings, keeping both kids and pets at the top of her mind. "Low maintenance was nonnegotiable," Carroll says.
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Ally Financial Q4 bolstered by retail deposit growth
- Ally Financial (NYSE:ALLY) gains 1.9% in premarket trading as Q4 adjusted EPS of 92 cents beat consensus estimate of 88 cents.
- Compares with 91 cents in Q3 and 70 cents in year-ago quarter.
- Retail deposit growth of $4.5B during the quarter; Ally's retail deposit customer base increased 16% Y/Y, totaling 1.65M customers at year-end. Millennials accounted for 55% of new customers in Q4.
- Q4 automotive finance pretax income of $335M rose from $285M a year ago.
- Consumer auto originations were $8.2B in Q4, down $0.9B vs. the year-ago period.
- Retail auto net charge-off rate of 1.48%, down 26 basis points Y/Y.
- Q4 insurance pretax loss of $13M, includes a $91M decline in fair value of equity securities; compares with pretax income of $55M in Q3 and pretax income of $80M in Q4 2017; core pretax income was $78M, down $2M Y/Y.
- Q4 core return on tangible common equity of 13.4% vs. 13.7% in Q3 and 10.8% in Q4 2017.
- Q4 common equity tier 1 of 9.1% vs. 9.4% in Q3 and 9.5% in Q4 2017.
- Conference call at 9:00 AM ET.
- Previously: Ally Financial beats by $0.10, revenue in-line (Jan. 30)
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you are not alone if assembling IKEA furniture causes you to feel frustrated and inadequate. The wordless pictograms instructions for the flat pack furniture that deems an easy feat even causes veteran D wires to stump over the confusing parts. Apparently named. Alan household quotes confirm your home decor is delicately mapped to your emotional identity and a recent study concluded 50% of 50,000 tweets included signs of frustration, particularly when it comes to assembling sofas. Store these handy hacks away for the next time you've got no idea or perhaps we should say no. IKEA your IQ tips begin before you've even left the store. The spruce says if it's dented don't get it. The use of minimal packaging doesn't protect your item as well as you might think this could lead to an honest case of it's not you. It's the item popular Mechanics says to make space and take inventory. Although Insider reports to skip their tools and use your own instead. Level up by using an actual level or the site also recommends opting for wood glue. Yes, you heard me glue when in doubt phone a friend or better still a professional. This will help you remain as emotionally stable as your IKEA table
IKEA will pay you to get its old furniture back
Updated: 6:34 PM EDT Mar 31, 2022
Can't stand that old bookcase and dining table with the mismatched chairs you once thought looked so cool? If you bought them at IKEA, the retailer will pay you to get them back.The Swedish furniture and home goods chain said Thursday it is making its Buy Back & Resell program permanent across its 37 U.S. stores on April 1 after piloting the offer last summer.The company said the service applies only to personally-used Ikea furniture that is fully assembled and fully functional. Ikea won't accept items that have been modified, or altered in any way.Here is what's included on the list of returnable items: office drawer cabinets, sideboards, bookcases, small tables, multimedia furniture, cabinets, dining tables, desks and chairs and stools without upholstery.The program doesn't extend to non-IKEA-branded products or beds, sofas, mattresses, home furnishing accessories, leather products, lighting fixtures or chests of drawers. Any recalled IKEA products also are excluded.IKEA said it will inspect each item for its condition, age and functionality at participating stores, and if it passes muster, customers will get a store credit. The company said all "gently used" items approved for resale will be available in a designated "as is" section in stores at discounted prices.The furniture seller already offers a buyback service in the United Kingdom and Ireland as part of its sustainability push. Customers there can trade in gently used Ikea products in excellent condition and get a store credit worth up to 50% of the original sale price. Items in "very good" condition earn a 40% credit, and "well used" goods get 30% of the original price.Ikea has 465 stores worldwide, and said the initiative is part of its effort to become a "circular" business by 2030. The goal, it said, is to eventually produce products that are 100% made with materials that are recycled, remanufactured, refurbished or reused.
Can't stand that old bookcase and dining table with the mismatched chairs you once thought looked so cool? If you bought them at IKEA, the retailer will pay you to get them back.
The Swedish furniture and home goods chain said Thursday it is making its Buy Back & Resell program permanent across its 37 U.S. stores on April 1 after piloting the offer last summer.
The company said the service applies only to personally-used Ikea furniture that is fully assembled and fully functional. Ikea won't accept items that have been modified, or altered in any way.
Here is what's included on the list of returnable items: office drawer cabinets, sideboards, bookcases, small tables, multimedia furniture, cabinets, dining tables, desks and chairs and stools without upholstery.
The program doesn't extend to non-IKEA-branded products or beds, sofas, mattresses, home furnishing accessories, leather products, lighting fixtures or chests of drawers. Any recalled IKEA products also are excluded.
IKEA said it will inspect each item for its condition, age and functionality at participating stores, and if it passes muster, customers will get a store credit. The company said all "gently used" items approved for resale will be available in a designated "as is" section in stores at discounted prices.
The furniture seller already offers a buyback service in the United Kingdom and Ireland as part of its sustainability push. Customers there can trade in gently used Ikea products in excellent condition and get a store credit worth up to 50% of the original sale price. Items in "very good" condition earn a 40% credit, and "well used" goods get 30% of the original price.
Ikea has 465 stores worldwide, and said the initiative is part of its effort to become a "circular" business by 2030. The goal, it said, is to eventually produce products that are 100% made with materials that are recycled, remanufactured, refurbished or reused.
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Matt Workman Reveals How Replace Your University has Skyrocketed to the Top
The COO of Replace Your University described the unusual startup story of the up-and-coming powerhouse in financial education
You're going to get the whole team, but you're also going to get a whole community. We’re right alongside you, egging you on and cheering for you and you’ll have access to our entire community.”
SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, UNITED STATES, March 31, 2022 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Replace Your University, previously known as Replace Your Mortgage, may be the 500 pound gorilla in the mortgage education industry, but they came a long way in a short period of time. Michael Lush started the company in 2014 after conversations with Matt Workman who was recently featured in Executives Monthly magazine. The path to where it is today has been a twisty road with a lot of ground covered in 7 years.— Matt Workman, COO of Replace Your University
Matt Workman was born in the late 70’s and had a typical childhood filled with team sports, games, and family entertainment. Early on he seemed to have an easy time with analytical and strategic games (often involving math) and in his words, “My grandpa would always tell me I can read numbers well even while playing strategy games at a young age. I’ve always felt I had a knack for it.”
After graduating from Eastern Illinois University with a bachelor’s in business administration, he moved to Peoria, IL. “A buddy managed three US Cellular stores and I was his top sales guy for about a year and a half.” Later, Mr. Workman moved to Charlotte where he began his transition into the lending world (starting with subprime) and was immediately in the top 5% of the company in sales.
In 2012, Michael Lush (who was a longtime friend at this point) called Mr. Workman and asked him to run the numbers on the strategy to pay off your home in 5-7 years he had just learned from his mentor. Knowing Matt was great with numbers, he wanted some external validation of the strategy. Afterall, it sounded too good to be true. Mr. Workman replied, “So I ran the numbers and looked at it from a bunch of different angles with the information I had, and as long as someone is disciplined then this strategy would absolutely work!” Shortly after this conversation Mr. Lush tested the theory and successfully paid off his home in 3 1/2 years.
Fast forward to 2015 and Replace Your Mortgage was gaining some traction after Lush wrote a book using the strategy and began helping others apply it. In May of 2015, Workman jumped in and began helping Lush book sales calls (bringing the total number of people within the company at the time to three – Lush, Workman and a previous partner).
As the company rapidly gained steam Michael approached Matt with a proposition, “Look, I want to build this and I can't be on the phone all day, would you be interested in coming on board and being full time sales?” In 2015 Workman started full time in sales, and slowly transitioned into a hybrid role of sales and provide backend support because of the growing number of clients. Many of these clients needed help with the banks, and Mr. Workman was the 2nd most qualified to talk to them about banks and answer technical questions. After some time, his role expanded to the executive role it is today as Chief Operations Officer.
Fast forward 8 years and Replace Your University has now helped more than 6,000 clients. Many of these have come back and asked how else Replace Your University could help their financial lives. After years of development, they now have a highly qualified group of experts helping lead the way in real estate investing, stock trading, private banking, and mindset and are ready to scale the business up to the next level.
Replace Your University has a few characteristics that set it apart from the competition. Matt Workman had this to say about their Mortgage program, “You're going to get the whole team, but you're also going to get a whole community. We’re going to be right alongside you, egging you on and cheering for you and you’ll have access to our entire community. This is just the beginning though, as we’re building relationships from this point forward. And if you ever have a question or need anything, you can reach out to me and have someone that you can rely on. But it's not just me, it’s our entire team and our entire community!” This is just one of the things that has set Replace Your University apart and the obsession with client success.
Replace Your University is still a young company and Mr. Workman is only getting started. He, along with the rest of the executive team, are in full growth mode after spending the past few years perfecting their delivery model and building a stellar record of customer satisfaction. Now they are making huge strides with the new programs they recently launched. Matt Workman is an executive worth keeping your eye as Replace Your University grows.
You can learn more about Replace Your University by going to their website at www.ReplaceYourUniversity.com.
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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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Is the end near? Imran Khan’s options fade
Facing imminent ouster, Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan reportedly offered to dissolve the National Assembly on the condition that the opposition withdraw the no-confidence motion against him, local media reported on Friday.
According to a report in Geo News, an “important personality” delivered PM Khan’s message to the leader of the opposition Shahbaz Shariz. Khan also said that he is willing to face any situation if his offer finds no takers. There was no details on the opposition’s reaction to Khan’s message.
In an address to the nation, hours after the report, Khan said he will face a no-confidence vote on Sunday amid reports that the opposition has garnered the numbers it needs to oust him from office.
Also Read | Imran blames ‘foreign hand’, says he’ll fight till the last ball
The joint opposition, led by former president Asif Ali Zardari and ex-premier Nawaz Sharif, had cobbled together 196 lawmakers the day before, well above the 172 needed to vote out the former cricket star, local media said. Some of Khan’s own party members are also expected to vote against him amid growing public anger over rising living costs.
“On Sunday, Pakistan’s fate will be decided,” Khan said in a televised address on Thursday. “I will fight to the last and if I win, I will come back stronger.”
Parliament adjourned
His address came after Pakistan’s parliament on Thursday adjourned a debate on the political survival of the embattled premier. There was no immediate explanation for the adjournment of Thursday’s session, which was postponed within minutes of opening. Parliament was to reconvene on Sunday to begin the debate.
Also Read | Bilawal says Pak PM Imran Khan has no safe passage, but can make an honourable exit
Khan came to power in 2018, promising to rid Pakistan of corruption even as he partnered with some of the country’s tainted old guard. He called them ‘electables’ — necessary to win elections because their wealth and vast land holdings guaranteed votes in large swaths of the country.
A former international cricket star turned politician, Khan has espoused a more conservative brand of Islam. He has also kept company with radical clerics, including Maulana Tariq Jameel, who once said that women in short skirts had caused the Covid-19 epidemic.
Still, Khan is credited with building the country’s foreign reserves, now over $18 billion. Remittances from Pakistanis living overseas was a whopping $29 billion in 2021, despite the economic downturn caused by the pandemic.
Also Read | Pak NSC issues demarche over letter
His reputation for fighting corruption has encouraged Pakistanis to send money home and he has also cracked down on the unofficial money transfer system, known as Hawala. However, the opposition blames him for high inflation and a weak Pakistani rupee.
His handling of the coronavirus pandemic brought him international praise.
Khan’s implementation of so-called “smart” lockdowns that targeted heavily infected areas — rather than a nationwide shutdown — kept some of the country’s key industries such as construction afloat.
On Thursday, the leader of a key opposition party, Bilawal Bhutto, urged Khan to resign. “You have lost. . . You have only one option: Resign,” Bhutto said.
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A truck driver at a logistics company allegedly killed himself, accusing the firm of failing to pay him wages for several months.
Kiran Kumar, 35, working for Tirumala Logistics Services, recorded a video on his phone before the reported suicide on Wednesday night. He claimed the company owed him Rs 30,000 in back wages and asked three of his colleagues to send the money to his bank account within 30 minutes.
If they failed to send the money, he would kill himself and they would see his dead body, he warned.
The video was sent to the trio — Shivu, and Manju and Manu — around 4 pm but none responded. Around 9.30 pm, Kumar was found hanging at his uncle’s house in Sanjeevini Nagar, West Bengaluru.
It has been alleged that the lack of response from the trio and the fact that he didn’t get the money upset Kumar so much that he took his life.
Based on a complaint from Kumar’s sister Jamuna, the Govindarajanagar police have registered a case of abetment to suicide under IPC Section 306.
Kumar hailed from Tumakuru and was unmarried. He lived in Bengaluru with his uncle.
What cops will probe
“We will investigate whether the logistics company owed him any wages or he himself had taken a salary advance,” a police officer said.
The company has offices in SR Nagar and KR Puram.
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DETROIT (AP) _ The winning numbers in Thursday evening's drawing of the Michigan Lottery's "Daily 3" game were:
8-2-1
(eight, two, one)
DETROIT (AP) _ The winning numbers in Thursday evening's drawing of the Michigan Lottery's "Daily 3" game were:
8-2-1
(eight, two, one)
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PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey refused to say Thursday if transgender people actually exist, twice dodging direct questions on the subject just a day after he signed legislation limiting transgender rights.
The Republican worked instead to defend his signatures on bills that bar transgender girls and women from playing on girls high school and women’s college sports teams and barring gender affirming surgery for anyone under age 18.
When specifically asked if he believed that there “are really transgender people,” the governor paused for several seconds before answering.
“I’m going to ask you to read the legislation and to see that the legislation that we passed was in the spirit of fairness to protect girls sports in competitive situations,” Ducey said, referring to the new law that targets transgender girls who want to play on girls sports teams. “That’s what the legislation is intended to do, and that’s what it does.”
Asked again if he believed there are “actual transgender people,” he again answered slowly and carefully.
“I … am going to respect everyone, and I’m going to respect everyone’s rights. And I’m going to protect female sports. And that’s what the legislation does,” Ducey said.
Ducey’s response was “appalling,” according to the Arizona director of the Human Rights Campaign, a national civil rights group that advocates for equality for LGBTQ people. The organization worked to ensure families and transgender young people came to the Capitol to testify against the bills as the Republican-led House and Senate considered them this session.
“It’s quite shocking that he can’t even address trans people or even say that he thinks they exist,” Bridget Sharpe said.
Wednesday’s signing of the two transgender bills and a third that bars abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy and is currently unconstitutional put Ducey right in the middle of two top issues national Republicans are highlighting in the runup to November’s midterm elections.
Ducey also signed election legislation that minority Democrats said amounted to voter suppression by requiring longtime Arizonans to be thrown off the voter rolls if they did not prove their citizenship and residence location.
The governor leads the Republican Governors Association, which is charged with helping elect GOP chief executives in U.S. states. He in is the last year of his second term as Arizona governor and term limits bar him from seeking reelection.
The top Democrat in the state House, Rep. Reginald Bolding, called Wednesday “probably one of the darkest days we’ve seen in the history of Arizona.”
“With the stroke of a pen, Gov. Ducey has hurled Arizona backwards to its ugliest past,” Bolding said Wednesday. “And today, he put in jeopardy pregnant people, transgender youth in danger and curtailed voting rights for people of color.”
Social conservative groups and the Arizona Republican Party praised Ducey’s action. The Center for Arizona Policy, whose president shepherded the abortion and women’s sports bills through the Legislature, called it a victory.
“Thank you, Governor Ducey, for taking a bold stand for women athletes, vulnerable children, and the unborn by putting your signature on (the bills) in the face of intense opposition from activists,” Center for Arizona Policy president Cathi Herrod said in a news release she posted on Twitter.
She said the legislation protects the unborn, ensures a level playing field for female athletes and shows that “Arizona will do everything it can to protect vulnerable children struggling with gender confusion” by enacting the surgery ban.
Ducey said the surgery ban protects children from irreversible decisions.
“These are permanent surgeries of reassignment that are irreversible, and those discussions can happen once adulthood is reached,” he said.
The American Civil Liberties Association has vowed to sue over the surgery ban. U.S. Supreme Court precedent currently says women have a constitutional right to abortion until about 24 weeks of pregnancy, although it is considering whether to uphold a 15-week ban enacted in Mississippi and may overturn Roe v. Wade, the 1973 decision enshrining a woman’s right to choose.
Arizona joins 13 other states in enacting laws preventing transgender girls and women from playing on girls teams. Utah Gov. Spencer Cox vetoed a transgender sports ban in his state, saying it would harm transgender girls, but the Legislature overrode the veto. Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb also vetoed a sports bill, but lawmakers hope to override his action as well.
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Inflation rise in June quarter: Treasury
Australia's inflation rate is expected to tick higher in the June quarter but the increase will be capped by a cut in the fuel excise announced this week.
"Our central forecast is for inflation to pick up to four-and-a-quarter per cent through the year in the March quarter and June quarters," Treasury Secretary Steven Kennedy told a post-budget Senate estimates hearing on Friday.
Of this, about one percentage point would be due to the direct effect of higher oil prices on fuel.
Broader global energy cost and supply-chain pressures will put pressure on prices for other consumer goods in the near term.
Treasury is forecasting for oil prices to remain elevated but reduce from the recent peak of above $US125 per barrel.
A more prolonged period of higher oil prices could add a further quarter percentage point to annual inflation, Dr Kennedy said.
Without the reduced excise, inflation would have been forecast to rise to 4.5 per cent in the June quarter, he said.
Treasurer Josh Frydenberg on Tuesday halved the 44.2 cents a litre fuel excise for six months in an effort to cut cost-of-living pressures.
Economists expect inflation to accelerate to at least five per cent compared with an already high rate of 3.5 per cent.
Dr Kennedy played down the risk of that happening, saying conditions in Australia were a little different to those in the United States and Europe.
"While we have faced higher petrol prices, we have not faced domestically higher gas prices, and other energy prices, to the same extent," he said.
"The second factor is in the US they have got broader wage pressures coming through. They have not recovered their participation rates so they are facing a tighter labour market."
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Emerson Electric Co. (NYSE:EMR – Get Rating) was the recipient of a large increase in short interest during the month of March. As of March 15th, there was short interest totalling 6,670,000 shares, an increase of 49.2% from the February 28th total of 4,470,000 shares. Approximately 1.1% of the company’s stock are sold short. Based on an average trading volume of 3,390,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 2.0 days.
In other Emerson Electric news, insider Mark J. Bulanda sold 4,574 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, March 29th. The stock was sold at an average price of $97.35, for a total transaction of $445,278.90. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. Corporate insiders own 0.78% of the company’s stock.
Hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the business. Twelve Points Wealth Management LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Emerson Electric during the 4th quarter worth $230,000. Bradley Foster & Sargent Inc. CT grew its holdings in shares of Emerson Electric by 10.3% during the 4th quarter. Bradley Foster & Sargent Inc. CT now owns 31,688 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $2,946,000 after purchasing an additional 2,954 shares in the last quarter. BOKF NA grew its holdings in shares of Emerson Electric by 2.7% during the 4th quarter. BOKF NA now owns 202,860 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $18,860,000 after purchasing an additional 5,392 shares in the last quarter. Comprehensive Financial Consultants Institutional Inc. acquired a new stake in shares of Emerson Electric during the 4th quarter worth $825,000. Finally, Front Row Advisors LLC grew its holdings in shares of Emerson Electric by 120.2% during the 4th quarter. Front Row Advisors LLC now owns 806 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $75,000 after purchasing an additional 440 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 72.61% of the company’s stock.
EMR traded down $0.93 during trading hours on Thursday, reaching $98.05. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 2,784,764 shares, compared to its average volume of 3,479,092. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.85, a quick ratio of 1.60 and a current ratio of 2.04. The firm has a market cap of $58.33 billion, a PE ratio of 21.41, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.26 and a beta of 1.46. The company’s 50-day moving average is $94.37 and its 200-day moving average is $94.60. Emerson Electric has a 52 week low of $86.72 and a 52 week high of $105.99.
Emerson Electric (NYSE:EMR – Get Rating) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, February 2nd. The industrial products company reported $1.05 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.99 by $0.06. The firm had revenue of $4.47 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $4.48 billion. Emerson Electric had a return on equity of 26.84% and a net margin of 14.85%. The company’s quarterly revenue was up 7.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the business earned $0.83 EPS. Equities analysts anticipate that Emerson Electric will post 4.99 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.
The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, March 10th. Shareholders of record on Friday, February 11th were given a dividend of $0.515 per share. This represents a $2.06 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.10%. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, February 10th. Emerson Electric’s payout ratio is 44.98%.
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Emerson Electric Co designs and manufactures technology and engineering products for industrial, commercial, and consumer markets worldwide. The company operates through Automation Solutions and Commercial & Residential Solutions segments. The Automation Solutions segment offers measurement and analytical instrumentation, industrial valves and equipment, and process control software and systems.
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The Karnataka High Court on Thursday directed the managing director of Bescom to personally appear and explain the reasons for not shifting the transformers from the footpaths in the city.
A division bench headed by Chief Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi expressed dissatisfaction with the work related to the shifting of the transformers from the footpaths.
The counsel for the Bangalore Electricity Supply Company (Bescom) informed the court that the process to shift the transformers has commenced. He said that 5,245 transformers have been identified and a tender has been floated.
The counsel also submitted that it would take 18 months to shift all the identified transformers.
Meanwhile, the counsel for the petitioner informed the court about a transformer blast that killed a father-daughter duo in the city last week.
The bench said the process undertaken so far is not satisfactory. “In spite of sufficient time granted by this court, the shifting of transformers has not yet started. The delay in shifting of transformers affects the public at large as all these transformers are installed on the footpaths and put the public at risk and also causes inconvenience,” the bench said.
The bench posted the matter to April 7 and directed the managing director of Bescom to be present.
The court is hearing a PIL filed by Retd Wing Commander G B Atri. The petition contended that the installation of transformers on roads/footpaths poses grave danger to the public and motorists.
A high-level committee was constituted comprising officials from both Bescom and Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) on the directions of the high court. The committee had identified 5,245 transformers to be shifted. The committee also identified 2,641 transformers that cannot be shifted.
In the previous hearing, the bench had directed Bescom to submit an action plan to shift the identified transformers in a time-bound manner.
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ATLANTA — The Sons of Confederate Veterans plan to return to Stone Mountain Park next month for their (mostly) annual celebration of Confederate Memorial Day.
State officials denied the Confederate group’s request to gather for a ceremony last year, citing the possibility of “a clear and present danger to public health or safety” among the reasons.
But records obtained by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution showed this year’s permit application — submitted by Richard K. Straut, a representative of the Sons of Confederate Veterans who’s also running for a seat in the Georgia state Senate — was approved earlier this month.
Activists called the Stone Mountain Memorial Association’s permission for the event a “tone deaf” decision for a state entity that’s purportedly taking steps to soften its ties to the Confederacy.
Memorial association CEO Bill Stephens, meanwhile, said the Sons of Confederate Veterans have gathered for years in front of the mountain and its massive carving of Jefferson Davis, Stonewall Jackson and Robert E. Lee. The event is usually “small and respectful” and “pre-event news coverage” and social media have more recently inflamed tensions, he said.
He also reiterated that COVID-19 was a factor in last spring’s permit denial.
At that time, societal tensions over racial justice, white supremacy and Confederate monuments were at a fever pitch.
Tributes to the Lost Cause were coming down across the country and advocates had renewed their push for changes at state-run Stone Mountain Park. A few months earlier, far-right militia groups and leftist counter-protesters had clashed in the streets of the nearby city of Stone Mountain.
“With the volatile nature of events of the immediate past and ongoing today, there is a clear and present danger to members of the [Sons of Confederate Veterans], potential counter protesters, park employees and guests,” Stephens wrote in denying last year’s permit.
Several dozen members of the Confederate group’s “mechanized cavalry” ultimately rode motorcycles around the park in lieu of holding a ceremony.
Responding to questions about the decision to allow the event this time around, Stephens said First Amendment rights and state law (which mandates that Stone Mountain Park be maintained as a monument to the Confederacy) had to be considered.
“As we continue to move back towards a new normal,” Stephens wrote in an emailed statement, “we will begin to receive more requests for gatherings and parades from all quarters, and unless law enforcement intelligence issues us a warning of potential violence or a ‘clear and present danger,’ then we will err towards maintaining an open and welcoming environment.”
The Stone Mountain Action Coalition is an activist group that continues to push for changes to Confederate tributes at the park, up to and including the removal of the carving — the creation of which spanned decades and has ties not just to the Jim Crow Era and the Ku Klux Klan but also to white Georgia leaders’ resistance to federally mandated desegregation.
“This is yet another example of the Stone Mountain board prioritizing the glorification of the Confederacy over the desire of Georgia taxpayers to simply enjoy their public park,” the activists said.
Straut, the Sons of Confederate Veterans representative who filed for the event permit, had not responded to phone calls or emails at the time of publication.
The website for the Georgia division of the SCV listed him as an “adjutant” for the group. He was also a named plaintiff in a 2021 lawsuit that sought — and failed — to re-erect a Confederate monument that had been removed from the downtown Decatur square.
Straut is one of three Republican candidates seeking the Gainesville-area state Senate seat left up for grabs when incumbent Butch Miller decided to run for lieutenant governor. Former Hall County Commissioner Scott Gibbs and current Hall County Commissioner Shelly Echols are also on the ballot for the May primary.
On his campaign website, Straut, a retired cop, touts his nearly three-decade career with the Atlanta Police Department and vows to never “bow to the threats and bullying tactics of the liberal mob.”
The site did not appear to mention his involvement with the Sons of Confederate Veterans.
The group’s Confederate Memorial Day event is scheduled to take place on Stone Mountain Park’s memorial lawn on the morning of April 30. Documents suggest up to 200 people could attend.
Martin O’Toole — an SCV member who is also a leader with the Charles Martel Society, an Atlanta-based white nationalist organization — is listed as the keynote speaker.
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you are not alone if assembling IKEA furniture causes you to feel frustrated and inadequate. The wordless pictograms instructions for the flat pack furniture that deems an easy feat even causes veteran D wires to stump over the confusing parts. Apparently named. Alan household quotes confirm your home decor is delicately mapped to your emotional identity and a recent study concluded 50% of 50,000 tweets included signs of frustration, particularly when it comes to assembling sofas. Store these handy hacks away for the next time you've got no idea or perhaps we should say no. IKEA your IQ tips begin before you've even left the store. The spruce says if it's dented don't get it. The use of minimal packaging doesn't protect your item as well as you might think this could lead to an honest case of it's not you. It's the item popular Mechanics says to make space and take inventory. Although Insider reports to skip their tools and use your own instead. Level up by using an actual level or the site also recommends opting for wood glue. Yes, you heard me glue when in doubt phone a friend or better still a professional. This will help you remain as emotionally stable as your IKEA table
IKEA will pay you to get its old furniture back
Updated: 3:34 PM PDT Mar 31, 2022
Can't stand that old bookcase and dining table with the mismatched chairs you once thought looked so cool? If you bought them at IKEA, the retailer will pay you to get them back.The Swedish furniture and home goods chain said Thursday it is making its Buy Back & Resell program permanent across its 37 U.S. stores on April 1 after piloting the offer last summer.The company said the service applies only to personally-used Ikea furniture that is fully assembled and fully functional. Ikea won't accept items that have been modified, or altered in any way.Here is what's included on the list of returnable items: office drawer cabinets, sideboards, bookcases, small tables, multimedia furniture, cabinets, dining tables, desks and chairs and stools without upholstery.The program doesn't extend to non-IKEA-branded products or beds, sofas, mattresses, home furnishing accessories, leather products, lighting fixtures or chests of drawers. Any recalled IKEA products also are excluded.IKEA said it will inspect each item for its condition, age and functionality at participating stores, and if it passes muster, customers will get a store credit. The company said all "gently used" items approved for resale will be available in a designated "as is" section in stores at discounted prices.The furniture seller already offers a buyback service in the United Kingdom and Ireland as part of its sustainability push. Customers there can trade in gently used Ikea products in excellent condition and get a store credit worth up to 50% of the original sale price. Items in "very good" condition earn a 40% credit, and "well used" goods get 30% of the original price.Ikea has 465 stores worldwide, and said the initiative is part of its effort to become a "circular" business by 2030. The goal, it said, is to eventually produce products that are 100% made with materials that are recycled, remanufactured, refurbished or reused.
Can't stand that old bookcase and dining table with the mismatched chairs you once thought looked so cool? If you bought them at IKEA, the retailer will pay you to get them back.
The Swedish furniture and home goods chain said Thursday it is making its Buy Back & Resell program permanent across its 37 U.S. stores on April 1 after piloting the offer last summer.
The company said the service applies only to personally-used Ikea furniture that is fully assembled and fully functional. Ikea won't accept items that have been modified, or altered in any way.
Here is what's included on the list of returnable items: office drawer cabinets, sideboards, bookcases, small tables, multimedia furniture, cabinets, dining tables, desks and chairs and stools without upholstery.
The program doesn't extend to non-IKEA-branded products or beds, sofas, mattresses, home furnishing accessories, leather products, lighting fixtures or chests of drawers. Any recalled IKEA products also are excluded.
IKEA said it will inspect each item for its condition, age and functionality at participating stores, and if it passes muster, customers will get a store credit. The company said all "gently used" items approved for resale will be available in a designated "as is" section in stores at discounted prices.
The furniture seller already offers a buyback service in the United Kingdom and Ireland as part of its sustainability push. Customers there can trade in gently used Ikea products in excellent condition and get a store credit worth up to 50% of the original sale price. Items in "very good" condition earn a 40% credit, and "well used" goods get 30% of the original price.
Ikea has 465 stores worldwide, and said the initiative is part of its effort to become a "circular" business by 2030. The goal, it said, is to eventually produce products that are 100% made with materials that are recycled, remanufactured, refurbished or reused.
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Man finds ‘alien’ that looks like ‘dehaired possum’ with claws washed up on Australian beach
A person taking a morning stroll on an Australian seaside stumbled throughout a creature that he says could also be from out of this world.
Instagram user Alex Tan posted the video of the lifeless animal or attainable “extraterrestrial” on Tuesday with tons of of individuals commenting on what they assume it’s.
“This is something you see when people claim they’ve found aliens,” he mentioned within the clip. “How weird is that?”
Tan mentioned it regarded like a “dehaired possum” however regarded totally different from something he had ever encountered.
People within the feedback mentioned it may very well be a lifeless rat or a lifeless carcass of a kangaroo.
“Maybe a mini Chupacabra,” one use commented.
“I am almost certain it’s a ringtail possum. Skull and dentition match up, hands look the same and the size is about right too,” one other typed.
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Tan mentioned he was genuinely fascinated by what the creature is and even named it “little buddy.”
USA TODAY has reached out to Tan for remark.
He closed the video by saying it was an “extraterrestrial.”
This is not the primary time a bizarre creature has been discovered washed up on a seaside or floating within the water.
Last December, a person in California searching for dolphins found a ‘mutilated shark alien’ fish that regarded prefer it was “bitten in half.” It turned out to be a Sunfish, that are bullet-like in form and normally keep near the floor of the water to absorb the solar.
A month earlier than that, a person stumbled upon a rare deep-sea monster referred to as a Pacific soccer fish on a San Diego seaside.
“You know, I go to the beach fairly often, so I’m familiar with the territory, but I’ve never seen an organism that looked quite as fearsome as this,” Jay Beiler told NBC San Diego.
Follow reporter Asha Gilbert @Coastalasha. Email: agilbert@usatoday.com.
This article initially appeared on USA TODAY: Man finds ‘alien creature’ while walking on a beach in Australia
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Proud Boys leader indicted on conspiracy charge over Jan. 6
A federal grand jury on Tuesday indicted the leader of the right-wing Proud Boys on a conspiracy charge stemming from the Jan. 6 Capitol attack, the Justice Department announced.
Enrique Tarrio, 38, was arrested in Miami on a charge of conspiring to obstruct an official proceeding, a felony that federal prosecutors have brought against hundreds of Capitol riot defendants and carries a maximum possible sentence of 20 years in prison.
Tarrio is being charged alongside five co-defendants affiliated with the Proud Boys who were all indicted early last year and have since pleaded not guilt to an effort to “stop delay and hinder the certification of the electoral college vote.”
Tarrio was not present on the day of the attack. He was arrested on Jan. 4 and ordered to stay away from D.C. after he was accused of burning a stolen flag from an African American church in December 2020.
But prosecutors alleged on Tuesday that Tarrio helped organize and rally the Proud Boys to travel to D.C. with the intent to obstruct Congress’s certification of the Electoral College votes that delivered President Biden his victory.
The indictment notes that on Jan. 5, Tarrio met with Stewart Rhodes, the leader of the far-right Oath Keepers group who has been arrested and charged with seditious conspiracy. During the riot, he continued to keep in touch with members of the Proud Boys, telling them they would be subject to “top down leadership.”
“Tarrio nonetheless continued to direct and encourage the Proud Boys prior to and during the events of Jan. 6, 2021, and… he claimed credit for what had happened on social media and in an encrypted chat room during and after the attack,” DOJ said in its release.
The DOJ said Tarrio instructed members to not wear the group’s traditional black and yellow as a way to be “incognito” during the riot.
Shortly after 2:30 p.m. on Jan. 6, Tarrio wrote in an encrypted chat “yep” when asked by a member if they were a militia and later responded “Make no mistake…we did this,” prosecutors said.
The filing also indicates Tarrio had phone calls with Proud Boy members on the ground during the riot.
But the bulk of the charges rest on what the DOJ says was Tarrio’s involvement in leading the Proud Boys well in advance of the attack, heading a new chapter called the “Ministry of Self Defense.”
He also shared a document with an undisclosed individual titled “1776 returns” which laid out plans to occupy “crucial buildings” in order to “show our politicians We The People are in charge,” according to the filing.
Tarrio later told the same individual “I am not playing games.”
Tarrio was subpoenaed by the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol in November, alongside Rhodes, the Oath Keepers leader.
The subpoena details how other Proud Boys members “describe prior planning and coordination, including efforts to fundraise for ‘[p]rotective gear and communications.’”
The subpoena also noted a history of acts of violence from Proud Boys members while “video evidence plainly demonstrates that Proud Boys members are involved in the Jan. 6 attack.”
DOJ observers have for weeks been speculating that Tarrio could face an indictment similar to that facing Rhodes – a move Tarrio told reporters in January he was “absolutely not” worried about.
Updated at 1:08 p.m.
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Agreement Contains Substantial Wage, Benefit Increases
SIMI VALLEY, Calif., March 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- After nine months of negotiations, workers at Waste Management, Inc. (WMI) in Simi Valley, Calif. have voted by a 97 percent margin to ratify their first contract with Teamsters Local 186.
"These workers were tired of the harassment and mistreatment from management, so they fought hard to organize and then they fought hard for a collective bargaining agreement," said Abel Garcia, Local 186 Secretary-Treasurer. "This was a long, tough fight but we overcame the company's stall tactics. The WMI Negotiating Committee hammered out the issues and stuck together throughout the process. It's a great first contract."
The contract includes a number of substantial improvements, including significant annual wage increases, overtime guarantees, pension contributions, and a better, more affordable union health care plan.
Juan Moreno, a residential driver who has been with WMI for over 24 years, served on the union negotiating committee and is proud to be working under a strong Teamster contract.
"With the union, work is better for everyone," said Moreno. "The pay is better, they have to treat us better, and now we have the confidence to talk about our problems and concerns. My wife is in a union, so I've seen how other people in a union are at work. They're much happier, much less stressed on the job."
Teamsters Local 186 represents workers in a wide variety of industries throughout Ventura County and the surrounding communities. For more information, go to https://www.teamsterslocal186.org/.
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SPRINGFIELD, Mo.– Springfield-based nonprofit Preferred Family Healthcare is being ordered to pay back more than $8 million to the federal government and the state of Arkansas in restitution for fraud and bribery.
The United States Department of Justice said in a press release the behavioral health nonprofit garnished illegal profits from a wide-ranging fraud and bribery scheme.
“Employees of Preferred Family Healthcare used charitable organizations to illegally line their own pockets through fraud and bribery,” said Tyler Hatcher of IRS-Criminal Investigation in the press release. “Preferred Family Healthcare has acknowledged that its former employees engaged in criminal activity and they are taking steps to make amends by forfeiting a sum of money to the federal government and paying restitution to the state of Arkansas.”
Related to the fraud and bribery, several executives from the charity as well as members of the Arkansas state legislature have pleaded guilty to charges related to the investigation.
Those who’ve pleaded guilty include the nonprofit’s former CEO Marilyn Luann Nolan of Springfield, the former Director of Operations and Executive Vice President Robin Raveendran, former executive and head of clinical operations Keith Fraser Noble and former employee and head of operations Milton Russell Cranford, aka Rusty.
As well, former Arkansas State Senator Jeremy Hutchinson, former Arkansas State Representative Eddie Wayne Cooper and former Arkansas State Senator and State Representative Henry Hank Wilkins IV all plead guilty to charges related to the investigation.
Preferred Family Healthcare provides services in Missouri, Arkansas, Kansas, Oklahoma and Illinois, including mental health treatment, substance abuse treatment and various other medical services.
Most of the nonprofit’s funding comes from federal funds, the largest being Medicaid reimbursement.
Preferred Family Healthcare is ordered to forfeit more than $6.9 million to the federal government and to pay more than $1.1 million in restitution to the state of Arkansas related to misusing funds from the state’s general improvement fund as part of a non-prosecution agreement.
“These former executives failed the public and did a disservice to PFH employees by prioritizing their own personal benefit and financial gain over the public they served,” Steven Grell, Office of Inspector General of the U.S. Department of Labor said. “Today’s agreement demonstrates PFH’s willingness to take corrective actions regarding the criminal actions of former executives of the organization.”
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A garbage tipper truck has claimed another life in the city within a span of 10 days.
A 76-year-old man died after the monster vehicle struck his two-wheeler near REVA University along Thanisandra Main Road in northeastern Bengaluru on Thursday, according to police.
V Ramaiah was riding a TVS Jupiter from Sathanur when the truck hit his scooter near the second gate of the university around 2 pm, said Savitha S, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Traffic, North).
As Ramaiah fell down, the truck ran over his leg. He suffered serious injuries to the leg and there was a lot of blood loss. Members of the public took him to the Yelahanka government hospital in an ambulance where doctors declared him brought dead, the DCP said.
The officer said Ramaiah did wear a helmet while riding the scooter but the accident was caused by the speeding and negligent truck driver, who sped off right after.
Based on a complaint from Ramaiaih’s son, the Chikkajala traffic police have registered a case of rash and negligent driving against the absconding driver and are making efforts to trace him.
The fatal accident comes just over a week after a schoolgirl was run over by a BBMP garbage truck.
On March 21, 14-year-old Akshaya died after being knocked down by the garbage truck as she tried to cross the busy airport road near the Hebbal bus stand in northern Bengaluru.
The accident caused widespread outrage, and authorities paid a compensation of Rs 8 lakh to the girl’s family.
The truck driver involved in that accident was later arrested.
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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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Electric vehicles have seen strong sales growth in the past two years, contributing to a significant climb in prices for the lithium needed to build the batteries that power them. The moves raise concerns for a shortage in supplies of the commodity that may last a decade or more.
Original equipment manufacturers — those producing parts for end users — are “all-in on electric vehicles,” or EVs, said Keith Phillips, CEO of Piedmont Lithium
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In a February report, market consultancy AutoPacific forecast fully electric light-vehicle sales in the U.S. of 669,200 units in 2022, up 155% from 262,000 in 2020.
The EV market accounts for almost 80% of lithium-ion battery demand, according to a report from Jiayue Zheng, a consultant at Wood Mackenzie, a unit of Verisk Analytics. The lithium-ion battery market encountered shortages last year because of “thriving” EV market demand and rising raw-material prices, she says, and Wood Mackenzie believes that battery supply won’t meet demand until 2023.
Phillips, meanwhile, expects OEMs and battery companies to experience dramatic shortfalls in the lithium they’ll need to make batteries because it takes more than 10 years to bring a natural-resource project from “idea to production,” and most lithium project developers slowed down during the 2018 to 2020 bear market.
President Joe Biden on Thursday will announce he’s using the Defense Production Act to secure U.S. supplies of materials needed for a clean-energy economy, senior Biden administration officials told reporters. The focus will be on procuring tools to build batteries in the U.S. that will go into electric vehicles.
Australia, the world’s largest lithium producer, forecasts a tight lithium supply-and-demand market in 2023. In a quarterly report issued in December, it said world demand is estimated to rise to 724,000 metric tons of lithium carbonate equivalent by 2023, from 486,000 metric tons in 2021, as “global EV uptake rises,” driven by government measures, lower vehicle prices, and increasing vehicle model choices. The report also sees world lithium production at 821,000 metric tons in 2023, up from 485,000 metric tons in 2021.
“There have been some big increases in [lithium] supply, but much bigger increases in demand,” said Cameron Perks, senior analyst at Benchmark Mineral Intelligence. That is fed by “emotional” and economic decisions to buy an electric vehicle, he says, noting that an emotional decision is partly based on the idea that owning an EV is a status symbol, as well as a way for people to reduce their carbon footprint.
The recent run-up in oil prices has sped up demand for EVs, he said. U.S.
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EV prices have also climbed, due to general inflation, said Perks, but also because of the rise in costs for lithium and other raw materials. For lithium contracts, there are “cost pass-through mechanisms in place that essentially mean that the higher lithium prices are being handed down to consumers,” he said.
The February reading for the lithium price index, which is tied to the global weighted average price for lithium carbonate and hydroxide — two primary lithium chemicals — stood at 869.2, up 88% so far this year, and up by a whopping 441% from the same time a year ago, according to data from Benchmark Mineral Intelligence.
“I could not be more bullish” on the outlook for lithium, said Piedmont Lithium’s Phillips. “We expect [EV] demand to grow dramatically,” given that these cars are smoother, quieter and faster, and far less expensive to fuel and maintain, he said. “As EV demand grows, lithium demand will grow, and we expect shortages for the next 10 [to] 15 years, at least.”
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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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Man Seriously Wounded In Shootout With Boston Police After Traffic Stop In Jamaica Plain
JAMAICA PLAIN (CBS) – A person was critically wounded in a shootout with Boston Police early Thursday morning in Jamaica Plain.
Police mentioned they tried to cease a automobile close to the Shattuck Hospital simply earlier than 1 a.m. however the driver jumped out and ran off. Officers ran after him and police mentioned that’s when the person pulled out a gun.
“During this foot pursuit the suspect turned around pointed a firearm at the officers and discharged at officers directly at them. At this time, several officers discharged their firearms striking the suspect multiple times. The suspect was transported to a local area hospital with life-threatening injuries,” Acting Boston Police Commissioner Gregory Long instructed reporters.
Police mentioned a number of officers had been taken to the hospital for analysis and one officer has a minor damage.
Officers sealed off the realm across the automobile, which had crashed on prime of a rock wall.
No different info is accessible at this level within the investigation.
Officers are centered on an alley subsequent to the Shattuck Hospital in Jamaica Plain. It’s blocked off with crime tape and there are a number of proof markers are on the bottom. Officers are additionally looking the woods. @wbz pic.twitter.com/lHiYNYCLc3
— Anna Meiler (@AnnaMeiler) March 31, 2022
The Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office is now trying into the incident.
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