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Millstone Gap Fire grows in Seymour
The Millstone Gape Fire in Seymour near the Blount/Sevier County line continued to grow Thursday night.
Published: Mar. 31, 2022 at 9:40 PM EDT|Updated: 20 minutes ago
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WVLT) - Sevier County authorities announced a second fire burning in Seymour near the Blount/Sevier County line Thursday.
The Millstone Gap Fire was about 650 acres in size as of 8:45 p.m., according to Sevier County Spokesperson Perrin Anderson.
Crews were slated to work overnight with airdrops resuming on Friday morning.
It wasn’t immediately clear whether structures were threatened by the fire.
This is a developing story.
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BERLIN (AP) — Germany says it has brought home 10 women and 27 children from a camp in northeastern Syria where suspected members of the Islamic State group have been held.
Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said the group was repatriated from the Roj camp on Wednesday in what she called an “extremely difficult” operation. She said some of the mothers were taken into custody immediately after arriving in Germany.
“The 27 children are, at the end of the day, victims of IS, and they have a right to a better future far from its deadly ideology, and also to live in security, as we would wish for our own children,” Baerbock said in a statement. “The mothers must be held accountable for their actions.”
Germany previously repatriated 23 children and their eight mothers from Roj in October. At the same time, neighboring Denmark brought home 14 children and three women.
Baerbock thanked Kurdish authorities in Syria and “our U.S. partners, who once again provided us with logistical support.”
With Wednesday’s operation, “the majority of the German children whose mothers are willing to return to Germany have been brought to safety,” she said. “There are now only a few special cases for which we are continuing to work on individual solutions.”
Federal prosecutors said Thursday that four women had been arrested on arrival at Frankfurt Airport — three German citizens, identified in line with local privacy rules only as Nadine K., Gulseren T. and Emilie R., and a German-Moroccan dual citizen identified as Fatiha B.
All are accused of membership in a foreign terrorist organization and Nadine K. of other crimes — including keeping a Yazidi woman as a slave who allegedly was regularly sexually assaulted by the suspect’s husband, with her knowledge. Prosecutors said they traveled separately to Syria or Iraq in 2014 and joined IS. | https://www.ketk.com/news/world/germany-repatriates-women-children-from-syrian-camp/ | 2022-04-01T02:02:17Z |
Free Covid tests for everyone in England has ended, but what should I do if I have Covid? Am I one of the people still eligible to get free tests?
Your questions answered on the future of the testing programme.
– Can I still get free tests?
The majority of people in England will no longer be eligible for free Covid-19 tests from April 1.
The Government has set out the groups who will still be eligible for free testing when they have symptoms of the virus, these include some hospital patients, some people at high risk of severe Covid and some who live or work in “high risk settings” including some NHS and social care settings or prisons.
While there are still high rates of the virus in the community, health and social care staff will still be able to get access to free tests, even when they don’t have symptoms.
– What about people who live in care homes and hospices?
Routine tests for care home and hospice residents will no longer continue and will only be provided in the event of an outbreak or a resident being admitted.
– Why has the Government decided to stop free tests?
The short answer? Money.
The Department of Health and Social Care said testing has come at a “significant cost” to the taxpayer, with the testing, tracing and isolation budget costing more than £15.7 billion in 2021/22. It said that testing can also be reduced thanks to the protection afforded to the population through vaccination and the use of antiviral medication.
– So I do not need to keep testing?
Ministers have said that most people no longer need to take lateral flow tests. This includes visitors to hospitals and care homes.
– But if I want to keep testing I can still buy them?
Sure, they start at around £2 a test, if you buy a pack.
– What do I do if I get Covid?
People who have a positive Covid-19 test in England will be advised to try to stay at home and avoid contact with other people for five days, which is when they are most infectious. Those who are positive, or have symptoms, and need to leave home will be urged to wear masks, avoid crowded places and stay away from people with weakened immune systems.
– What about if I feel generally unwell and I’m not sure if it’s Covid?
The new advice is that people should try and stay at home until they feel better. Those who have a symptoms of a respiratory illness such as a high temperature or “who feel unwell” are being encouraged to stay home until they feel well enough to resume normal activities or when their temperature has subsided, the Department said on Tuesday.
– What about children going to school?
The Government is going to advise that children and young people who are unwell and have a high temperature should “stay at home and avoid contact with other people, where they can” and that “they can go back to school, college or childcare when they no longer have a high temperature, and they are well enough to attend”.
– But don’t we need tests to monitor new variants?
Yes, but probably not at the current level of testing. The Office for National Statistics’ flagship Covid-19 Infection Survey is to continue for the next year – albeit at a reduced level. And other infection monitoring studies will also continue.
– What if there is a sudden wave of a new variant that is more deadly?
Ministers have reserved the right to stand up testing capacity again in the event of a new variant, this includes keeping a stockpile of lateral flow tests.
– What risks does reducing testing carry?
The Government’s chief scientific adviser was asked this question on Wednesday. Sir Patrick Vallance told MPs that a reduction in testing will lead to a “decrease in precautionary behaviours” which could drive up transmission of the virus.
He told the Science and Technology Committee of MPs: “Testing in effect does three things: it is very important for surveillance; it enables precautionary behaviour and it’s useful to protect those who are most vulnerable.”
– Are people happy about it?
Some charities representing people at risk of Covid have raised concerns about taking away frequent testing for vulnerable people without symptoms. They said that testing has become a way which has enabled some people to return to their normal lives, despite being concerned abut the virus.
Meanwhile, hundreds of thousands of people have signed a petition calling on the Government to reinstate free tests.
For more stories from where you live, visit InYourArea. | https://www.examinerlive.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/what-should-now-cannot-free-23562631 | 2022-04-01T02:02:19Z |
Alburnett made the right choice with the hiring of Luke Ossman as its new boys’ track head coach. Ossman has been a staple with the Pirate Track and Cross-Country programs since 2016, when he took the role as an assistant cross-country coach.
“When the position opened up, it required me to do some thinking and Athletic Director Nick Wooldrik approached me about applying for the opening.” Luke Ossman said, “I knew if I took the position that I wanted coach Gustafson to become my assistant coach.”
With the go ahead to run the program how he wanted, with the staff he wanted was the key reason Ossman took the job.
“On paper, I may be listed as the head coach but in reality, this is a co-head coaching position with Coach Gustafson. I have the same philosophy with Coach Wright in Cross Country. Coach Henle has the majority of the say when it comes to the throwing events, since he spends the majority of the time with them. This was the big reason I liked taking the position.” said Ossman
“I make sure to have great assistants, (Coach Wright and Coach Gustafson) both in Track and Cross Country that can set up and run practices if I am not able to be there due to work.” said Ossman
Ossman has been at the helm of both the grades 7th through 12th boys’ and girls’ cross-country teams since 2018. He also has filled in with the junior high baseball team. Ossman started coaching track as a volunteer in 2018, becoming a paid assistant in 2019.
When Ossman is not coaching, he works for the Iowa Department of Public Safety, assigned as a Special Agent/K-9 Handler with the State Fire Marshal Division. With a very flexible job, not really having a set schedule allows Ossman to be very flexible during the seasons, and at home with his family.
Ossman’s career requires him to be very flexible and adapt very quickly, which is something he has always tried to explain to the kids/parents that his job is only to facilitate what is going on.
“Everyone needs to buy into our process and push themselves to be the best person they can be. This is more important once they get out of school and become adults, “failure is an option” and failing or stumbling sometimes is a part of life, and that is how you improve and not a negative thing.” said Ossman
Ossman describes his coaching style as an in-your-face type of coaching which comes from his career. He will call you out if he did not feel you did what you should have done, and does not care what your last name is, or grade his athletes are.
“I am using the best athlete for the event. I have sat my own kids when I didn’t feel they were competing how they should be.” Ossman said, “I look at everyone as my own kids, and treat everyone as equal. The kids over the years have realized when they are walking up to me, they know how the conversation is going to go before they get to me.”
“It is a 2-way conversation. I will give them the positives and the negatives, and expect them to do the same. The only way you get better is using this to overcome and succeed.” Ossman said.
“The difficult part is explaining to kids or parents why they are not competing. This is difficult when someone puts in the effort and is using all their abilities, explaining to them how we see the effort and keep working. Sports are not fair and you use this as a life experience because life is not easy.” said Ossman
He is also willing to use information he has learned from other coaches, and coaching classes he has attended. Ossman recently completed his USATF Level 1 Track Coaching certification.
Ossman said, “I expect the kids to work and perform to their best abilities, so as a coach I need to be at the top of my game, and work hard to be at mine. Our style is to have everyone onboard and trust the process. You may not like the event you are in, but there’s a reason we put you in that event. Get “out of your comfort zone”, if you are not uncomfortable, then you didn’t put the effort in.”
“I have always had a policy that the kids need to come talk to coach’s first, if they don’t feel that they have got anywhere, then I will meet with parents, but only with the athlete at the meeting. There are a lot of times the kids are not telling the parents the whole story and this will come out at this meeting.” Ossman said, “Being open with them is the best method, parents need to be parents and coaches need to coach. You will never agree 100% of the time, but explaining yourself is the best method.”
“There are only two names that I care about on a uniform “Alburnett” and “Pirates”, the only time “I” should come up in a sport is “I was part of the team”. said Ossman
Wrapping up the interview, Ossman feels the biggest compliment you can receive is seeing how fun and excited someone gets when they compete. “I don’t take losing very well, but if you put the effort in and compete to the best of your ability, that is a successful day.” When kids graduate, and they, or their parents come up to you to say how much they enjoyed being coached or having their child coached by you is all I need.” | https://www.eastcentraliowanews.com/linn/ossman-takes-the-helm-of-pirates-boys-track/article_36aa1e20-0d30-5941-bbec-2c5370542144.html | 2022-04-01T02:02:19Z |
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At one point late Wednesday morning, nearly 30 customers are at Slow Bloom Coffee, lining up to order, awaiting their drink or sitting inside or on the patio. Five crew members pitch in to handle the surge until, like a cresting wave, it gently subsides.
It looks like a triumph, one nearly two years in the making.
Slow Bloom arose from the ashes — or is that coffee grounds? — of Augie’s Coffee, the Redlands-based chain that fired its entire staff as they sought to unionize, and later closed for good after the National Labor Relations Board sided with the workers.
Fifteen baristas formed Slow Bloom, a worker-owned cooperative. Now they have their own shop, at 420 W. Colton Ave. in Redlands.
Its grand opening is Saturday, with food vendors and a vintage clothes retailer in the parking lot, a latte art competition among local baristas and a disc jockey.
As employee Jina Edwards fills me in at a table in the bustling shop, I ask her, a la Bob Dylan: How does it feel?
“It feels surreal and epic and gigantically amazing!” Edwards exclaims, throwing her hands in the air.
I can believe it.
I’d been following the Augie’s/Slow Bloom saga vicariously since news of the mass layoff broke in July 2020, a few weeks into the pandemic. It was a story I wanted to tell at whatever point it made sense to do so. And this is it.
First calling themselves Augie’s Union, employees roasted coffee at a like-minded shop in Burbank, Reverse Orangutan, and sold bags of beans at events by The Artlands, a Redlands art hub on whose board Edwards sits.
Those sales raised cash for former Augie’s staffers who weren’t yet getting unemployment and provided seed money for the future shop. A Kickstarter campaign raised $36,000. That and a loan allowed them to lease a building — a former glass shop with a Midcentury Modern look — and buy equipment.
The workers hired a contractor but did some of the labor themselves to cut costs, including demolishing the interior and putting up drywall after watching YouTube tutorials.
In a coffee-deprived neighborhood on Redlands’ sleepy north side, the shop opened late last year for weekend pop-ups but formally opened March 7 with regular hours: 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. seven days a week.
Things have gone great — mostly. Before the first week was out, someone heaved a rock through the front window and stole the cash register.
“We just opened and already had a break-in,” Edwards laments. Customers, chagrined, gave the staff lemons and oranges as moral support. The boarded-up window was replaced four days later and everything continued as before.
“We have the rock. We saved it,” Edwards says, smiling. “We named it Dwayne. Like Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson.”
How does Slow Bloom operate as a collective? The 15 workers who stuck with it are automatically members; any expansion of the staff will require a buy-in. The 15 hold regular meetings and make decisions as a group. If push comes to shove, a three-member board — Kelley Bader, Evan Costello and Edwards — will have final say.
Everyone makes $15 an hour and all tips are pooled and shared. That eliminates the competition for busier shifts.
“We want everything to feel even,” Edwards explains. At last, the workers’ paradise is here, and it’s in Redlands.
Slow Bloom has been an inspiration to baristas and food service staffs across the country. The New York Times featured them, and the staff has done podcast interviews, spoken at union conferences and fielded questions on Instagram.
Will this work permanently? Food service is known for high turnover. United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers Local 1011 helped the staff unionize and provided crucial support in creating a model for a co-op indie coffeehouse, but it’s unproven territory.
Regardless, few things are permanent in life. Case in point: Augie’s, which seemed solid with six locations by its 2019 10th anniversary, and then collapsed. C’est le bean.
Edwards, at 42 the oldest crew member, is thrilled to be serving customers again and having a say.
“Just walking into a space knowing that you’re valued,” Edwards says. “You can talk about what’s going on and know you’re being heard rather than thinking someone’s waiting for you to make a wrong move.”
The collective wants the shop to feel welcoming. Vegetarian and vegan items are served. There’s no surcharge for alternative milks that at many shops are $1 extra. A regular drip coffee is $2, priced for the working-class neighborhood.
Customer Karem Pedersen was an Augie’s regular and is now a Slow Bloom regular too, sensing a continuity because of all the familiar faces.
“They’re working hard,” the 43-year-old graphic designer says while sipping a green tea. “This was not handed to them.”
Costello, a board member who is behind the coffee bar Wednesday, doubles as Slow Bloom’s accountant.
“I had a degree in mathematics from Cal State San Bernardino,” Costello, 26, tells me. He’s quick to say that a CPA is doing their taxes, but he’s learning about procurement and the price of goods and making sure there’s a profit — and there is.
“We all have our special talents to contribute. We’re the hands and feet of this place,” Costello says. “To be able to create a business with people I care about, that was what I wanted to do.”
I sit out on the side patio with an iced latte and read my newspaper in the sun’s warmth. With residences backing up to the shop, it’s quiet here. Peaceful. From a nearby yard, a rooster crows.
Good morning from Slow Bloom.
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TREES ANNOUNCES 2021 ANNUAL FINANCIAL RESULTS
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305% GROWTH IN CANNABIS SALES OVER 2020
TORONTO, March 31, 2022 /CNW/ - Trees Corporation (NEO: TREE) (the "Company" or "Trees"), a next-now cannabis company at the intersection of community, content, and commerce, today released its audited annual consolidated financial statements (the "annual financial statements") and management's discussion and analysis ("MD&A") for the year ended December 31, 2021.
Michael Klein, CEO said "Our performance in 2021 is a testament to the strength of the entire Trees team to grow our consumer base and build value for shareholders. In the year ahead, we will continue with our strategy to scale our in-store retail operations and digital platforms, uniquely engaging with the 360-cannabis consumer."
"Through 2021, Trees has evolved from a private single store operator to a publicly listed platform of 11 Trees branded stores in Ontario and British Columbia," said Jeff Holmgren, President, and CFO of Trees. "With significant announcements in the first quarter of 2022, Trees has demonstrated an ability to execute on an acquisition-based growth strategy and we expect will continue to unfold through the balance of the year."
2021 ANNUAL FINANCIAL AND OPERATIONAL HIGHLIGHTS
Cannabis sales of $4.3 million, a 305% increase over the prior year;
Total revenues of $4.6 million, a 284% increase over the prior year;
Gross profit of $1.6 million (34.2% of sales), a 223% increase over $0.5 million in the prior year;
Cash increased by $1.1 million to $1.3 million as at December 31, 2021; and
Trees currently has 11 Trees branded stores open, 7 corporately owned stores in Ontario and 4 in B.C., (of which the B.C. stores are subject to a brand license agreement until the closing of Trees' pending acquisition of the B.C. stores, which is subject to the satisfaction of all conditions precedent including regulatory approval). An additional 2 store (1 in Ontario and 1 in B.C.) are anticipated to open in the second quarter of 2022.
The Company reported a net loss of $13.3 million ($6.1 million in 2020) which includes $10.4 million of non-cash charges relating to revaluations of financial obligations and transaction costs in connection with a series of corporate transactions undertaken during the year including the Company's go-public transaction on December 22, 2021. "With these corporate changes behind us, Trees is now in a position to delivery substantial growth and increasing profitability in 2022 and beyond," said Mr. Holmgren.
SIGNIFICANT ANNOUNCEMENTS SUBSEQUENT TO THE YEAR END
Miraculo Acquisition: On March 15, 2022, the Company closed the acquisition of Miraculo Inc., an integrated media, technology, and consumer product company that addresses the needs of underrepresented audiences in the medical cannabis and CBD markets. Miraculo launched several verticals including "cannabisMD.com", a consumer-education platform designed to help guide consumers on their exploration of the benefits of medical cannabis and CBD; and "askCMD.com", a proprietary recommendation engine guiding consumers to the CBD products that best fit their needs.
Executive Management and Board Changes: On March 15, 2022 concurrent with the announcement of the closing of the Miraculo acquisition, the Company appointed Michael Klein as Chief Executive Officer of the Company, in addition to the appointment of Jeff Holmgren as President and CFO of the Company on February 7, 2022. The Company also added Mr. Klein, G. Scott Paterson, and Lisa Dea to the board of directors of the Company. These recent changes to the leadership of Trees has added significant industry expertise and leadership to help guide the Company through its planned growth strategy for 2022 and beyond.
Camp Cannabis Acquisition: On March 28, 2022, the Company announced that it had entered into an acquisition agreement to acquire all of the issued and outstanding common shares of Barnard Cann Ltd. (o/a Camp Cannabis) which owns and operates retail cannabis stores at three Ontario locations in Burlington, Milton and Kanata, with a fourth location in Gloucester expected to open soon. The Company anticipates satisfying all requisite closing conditions later this spring.
2021 Financial Results
For further information, refer to the Company's annual financial statements and MD&A for the year ended December 31, 2021, which are available from the Company's profile on SEDAR, at www.sedar.com, or on the Company's website at www.treescorp.ca.
About Trees
Trees is a cannabis company at the intersection of community, content, and commerce. Publicly traded, Trees offers a differentiated retail experience, combined with digital platforms that aim to educate and amplify, unlocking emerging consumer segments and need states that allows Trees to uniquely engage the 360 cannabis consumer. The company has 11 Trees branded storefronts in Canada, including seven (7) stores owned and operated in Ontario and four (4) stores operated in BC, subject to the closing of the acquisition of the assets of 101 pursuant to the terms of the third amended and restated asset purchase agreement between Trees and 1015712 B.C. Ltd. (the "APA"). The closing of the transactions contemplated by the Retail Store APA is subject to certain conditions precedent, including the receipt of certain licensing approvals and related regulatory consents.
Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains statements that constitute "forward-looking information" ("forward-looking information") within the meaning of the applicable Canadian securities legislation. All statements, other than statements of historical fact, are forward-looking information and are based on expectations, estimates and projections as at the date of this news release. Any statement that discusses predictions, expectations, beliefs, plans, projections, objectives, assumptions, future events or performance (often but not always using phrases such as "expects", or "does not expect", "is expected", "anticipates" or "does not anticipate", "plans", "budget", "scheduled", "forecasts", "estimates", "believes" or "intends" or variations of such words and phrases or stating that certain actions, events or results "may" or "could", "would", "might" or "will" be taken to occur or be achieved) are not statements of historical fact and may be forward-looking information.
Forward-looking statements in this document include, among others, statements relating to the Trees' expectations regarding its ability to grow its consumer base and create shareholder value, the Company's strategy to scale in-store retail operations and digital platforms, the Company's ability to successfully execute its strategy of acquisition-based growth in 2022 and beyond, the closing of the acquisition of Camp Cannabis and the timing thereof, the expected receipt of regulatory approvals, the closing of the transactions contemplated by the APA, expectations regarding the Company's ability to unlock and capture emerging consumer segments across its platforms, expectations regarding the Company's ability to engage its customers and new consumer segments and need states, the expectation that the Company will be successful in its growth strategy, and other statements that are not historical facts. By their nature, forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause our actual results, performance or achievements, or other future events, to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Such factors and risks include, among others: (a) the Company may require additional financing from time to time in order to continue its operations which may not be available when needed or on acceptable terms and conditions acceptable; (b) compliance with extensive government regulation; (c) domestic and foreign laws and regulations could adversely affect the Company's business and results of operations; (d) the stock markets have experienced volatility that often has been unrelated to the performance of companies and these fluctuations may adversely affect the price of the Company's securities, regardless of its operating peers; (e) adverse changes in the public perception of cannabis; (f) the impact of COVID-19; and (g) general business, economic, competitive, political and social uncertainties. Accordingly, readers should not place undue reliance on the forward-looking information contained in this press release.
The forward-looking information contained in this news release represents the expectations of the Company as of the date of this news release and, accordingly, is subject to change after such date. Readers should not place undue importance on forward-looking information and should not rely upon this information as of any other date. The Company undertakes no obligation to update these forward-looking statements in the event that management's beliefs, estimates or opinions, or other factors, should change.
The NEO Exchange has neither approved nor disapproved the contents of this press release and accepts no responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.
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Why the excellence of trans athletes raises difficult questions
Darren Kane
Sports ColumnistThe making of laws, or sporting regulations, isn’t easy. There isn’t a rule book for writing the rule book.
We may aim for fairness, equity and integrity but what often happens instead is we establish an entirely new paradigm, which in reality eschews each of those ideals.
This is why important policies must be enacted only once there’s a proper, reasoned and sound basis for doing so. Educated guesstimating is akin to conducting brain surgery blindfolded - it is an insufficient method of solving complex issues. It’s also dangerous.
Crudely crafted rules can have drastic, detrimental, unforeseen outcomes for particular classes of athletes.
Given that, what should the precise rules be regarding binary male and female competition classes across all sports in circumstances where gender itself is not binary? Such rules affect the right of certain people to freely participate in sport at all, which means great care and consideration is demanded.
The British cyclist, Emily Bridges, was due to compete in the British National Omnium Championships this weekend. Now she isn’t allowed to because the sport’s international federation, the Union Cycliste Internationale, has determined she isn’t eligible. Emily Bridges is a trans female athlete and her right to compete has been squashed.
In 2022, organising elite athletes into either the “male” box or the “female” box, as elite sports invariably do, is a borderline impossible task to complete well. The potential for damage to be caused to athletes, like Emily Bridges, is clear.
These questions can’t be considered inside a vacuum-excluding emotion. Yet that’s exactly how such questions perhaps must be examined, even if not answered.
Improperly considered and non-comprehensive schemes of regulation will definitely generate outcomes such as the material distortion of the competitive balance across a spectrum of competitors of the same gender.
Conversely, a severity of regulation disproportionate to any legitimate concern might result in a subset of female athletes being indefinitely banned from all competition, a fate that is worse than that which befalls all but the most wicked of dopers and cheats.
The objectively excellent performances by Penn State athlete Lia Thomas during the recently completed US college swimming titles must be applauded for being exactly that: excellent performances. Thomas’ results and achievements must, however, bring into question the credibility of the very competitions in which she excelled.
Lia Thomas’ achievement in winning the NCAA 500-yard freestyle raises issues that need to be confronted, by aquatic sports and indeed sport generally.
Thomas is a transgender female athlete, studying and competing in elite US college sports. Her collegiate swimming career results, achieved before she began transitioning from male to female, were altogether humdrum.
Swimming at the just-completed NCAA championships, though, Thomas won an NCAA title. In achieving that result, she defeated two cisgender female athletes – Emma Weyant and Erica Sullivan – each of whom won silver medals at the Tokyo Olympics.
And it’s at this point that one must at least question whether the participation of the archetypal Lia Thomas – a transgender athlete participating in a single-sex sporting competition – distorts the Utopian “level playing field” to the degree it challenges the concept of fair and equal competition.
Not everyone who validly questions the participation of a Lia Thomas in an elite female sporting competition deserves to be tarnished a “transphobe”. These are not questions about only the rights of trans peoplebut are rather questions about fairness in competition and the rights and interests of all athletes and the consequences of upturning that finely balanced table.
Again, the issue is one of trying to fit a whole kaleidoscope of gender into either the box labelled XX or the one labelled XY.
Certain sports, obviously, lend themselves to competitions in which men and women can compete on an even basis, where gender isn’t a factor. Horse racing, motor racing and darts are perfect examples, and implementing regulations permitting unhindered participation rights for transgender athletes is a comparatively straightforward process.
But some other sports are inherently more difficult to organise so that transgender athletes have the same rights as cisgender athletes while simultaneously maintaining fairness for all athletes. The relative importance of strength, stamina and physical size in sports such as rugby league, boxing and wrestling means that those sports don’t offer up obvious ways in which a trans female athlete might be permitted to participate in female competition.
It must, however, be observed, that the reaction to the participation of the trans female Kiwi weightlifter Laurel Hubbard in the men’s program at the last Olympics was unwarranted based on her results alone.
Moreover, although most people wouldn’t quibble at the concept of a trans male athlete competing in a heavyweight wrestling competition against a cisgender male opponent, such a scenario actually presents its own conundrums in terms of athlete safety, specifically that of the transgender athlete.
Which means that although questions as to how the binary nature of elite male/female sports competitions should, and can, be adapted are confused, they are also compulsory.
A core failing is there exists no overarching guidance, at least not at any detailed level. In late 2021, the International Olympic Committee released its Framework on Fairness, Inclusion and Non-Discrimination on the Basis of Gender Identity and Sex Variations. Good, you would think.
Disappointingly, but unsurprisingly, the IOC’s framework comprises six pages of high-falutin’ principles and waffle that any lawyer could drive a bus through. In one section, the IOC says the starting point is that an athlete should be allowed to compete in the category that best aligns with their self-determined gender identity.
In the following section, the IOC qualifies this ideal by stating that where sports organisations elect to organise competitions into men’s and women’s categories (and very few don’t), those organisations should do so with a view to ensuring that no athlete within a category has an unfair and disproportionate competitive advantage.
Now, back to Thomas. This isn’t at all about Thomas, but in another way this must be about Thomas.
How can it be fairly put that a trans female athlete in the position of Thomas, who was ranked so far down the pecking order as a NCAA male athlete that nobody ever uttered her name, now could be said to have no unfair and disproportionate competitive advantage?
But if Thomas does have a disproportionate athletic and competitive advantage, how can her sport offer her the opportunities there she should rightfully be afforded? Therein lies the conundrum.
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College of Coastal Georgia Sailing Club attends first in-conference competition
College of Coastal Georgia’s sailing team competed earlier this month in their first in-conference competition at the College of Charleston in Charleston, South Carolina.
The Mariners competed against 14 other colleges, including sailing powerhouses The Citadel, North Carolina State University and the University of South Carolina.
The field also included a non-region matchup with No. 2 nationally ranked Dartmouth.
Nellie Little, the team captain and club president, and crew member Julie Cieszeski battled 20 knot winds and 3-foot swells, as well as a field of seasoned and competitive sailors.
The team ended the day tied with University of Georgia for 14th place.
All felt they came away with a win at their first conference showing.
“I’m very proud of this group of young sailors,” said Coach Brian Weese. “They’ve persevered through many things since 2019. They work hard and practice constantly, and I look forward to seeing what challenges the team conquers next.”
The College of Coastal Georgia Sailing Team was founded in 2019, and competed in its first non-region regatta at Embry Riddle Aeronautical University in the fall of 2021.
They placed fourth overall at that event. | https://www.newsbreak.com/news/2556268151000/college-of-coastal-georgia-sailing-club-attends-first-in-conference-competition | 2022-04-01T02:02:22Z |
Businesses like Heartland Bank and Trust, Central City Pharmacy, and Station One Auto have pinwheels displayed outside. Keep an eye out next time you’re in downtown Central City!
Businesses like Heartland Bank and Trust, Central City Pharmacy, and Station One Auto have pinwheels displayed outside. Keep an eye out next time you’re in downtown Central City!
In the United States, at least 1 in 7 children experience child abuse/neglect. According to the CDC, 1,840 children died as a result of abuse and neglect in 2019. National Child Abuse Prevention Month aims to draw attention to this issue and prevent further abuse.
The Linn County Community Partnerships for Protecting Children (CPPC) provides community training and resources for families in need, including financial support to avoid eviction or cancellation of utilities. During Child Abuse Prevention Month, CPPC is “planting” pinwheel gardens around Linn County as a symbol of a safe and happy childhood. Central City residents may have already seen these pinwheels in front of businesses like Central City Pharmacy and Heartland Bank and Trust. On April 1, CPPC will begin planting at 8 a.m. at the Linn County Sheriff’s Office — volunteers are welcome!
Other ways community members can help bring the issue of child neglect to light include wearing blue on April 1 and supporting Shawnniecakes in NewBo Market while they’re selling cookies and cupcakes with blue frosting.
In Iowa, there were 30,151 child abuse or neglect assessments conducted in 2020. Of these assessments, 23,701 were specific to child abuse; 6,398 resulted in “founded” abuse involving 8,592 children. Nearly half of the victims were age 5 or younger, with the remaining age split evenly between 6-10 years and older than 11. The most common form of abuse was neglect, which the CDC defines as, “the failure to meet a child’s basic physical and emotional needs. These needs include housing, food, clothing, education, and access to medical care.”
Cases of child abuse in the U.S. in 2020 was primarily — and overwhelmingly — in the form of neglect. According to Statista, there were 470,297 cases of neglect across the country out of the total estimated 720,000 overall cases.
The CDC’s recommended ways to help prevent child abuse and neglect are:
• Strengthen economic supports to families,
• Change social norms to support parents and positive parenting,
• Provide quality care and education early in life,
• Enhance parenting skills to promote healthy child development,
• Intervene to lessen harms and prevent future risk. | https://www.eastcentraliowanews.com/linn/pinwheels-to-power-prevention/article_4f64ec72-cb3e-5b08-aa8d-4830e035b03d.html | 2022-04-01T02:02:25Z |
After a long-awaited return, two years to be exact, FX’s popular show Atlanta made its highly anticipated premiere with all of our favorite characters reprising their roles. Donald Glover, Lakeith Stanfield, Brian Tyree Henry, and Zazie Beetz pick up where we last left off, with some surprise stops along the way.
We caught up with the cast at the red carpet premiere of the season, where they each opened up about their personal style.
Donald Glover
Show creator Donald Glover and actor describe his personal style as “fanciful.” I think on the show we always try to show different aspects of Atlanta. I’ve seen people talk about how each character represents each side of Atlanta. My personality is a product of growing up there so I feel like it’s a very Atlanta perspective.
Lakeith Standfield
For Lakeith Stanfield, who isn’t afraid of pushing gender boundaries, “Style is just expression.” When responding to how his Replica Man Magazine cover sparked conversations about men’s fashion, he responded, “I don’t know what people talking about in terms of what they say other people can wear and what they can’t. You wear whatever you feel.
Brian Tyree Henry
Brian Tyree Henry, who plays Paper Boy in the series, likes to make “brave choices” and bold fashion statements. “I always want to do something that is unexpected,” he revealed. He added, “Anytime I get to dress like me, I want to have fun with. I want to go with it. Like, I want a cape today. Like, why not?! I want to feel heroic.”
Zazie Beetz
Actress Zazie Beetz opened up about coming into the game rocking her natural hair, and how she has seen more women who look like her on the big screen and behind the scenes. “It’s continuing to change significantly. I think people are realizing it’s imperative to understand Black texture and kinky and coily hair,” she said. “I came into the industry quite insecure like, do other people besides my mom know how to do my hair?” she joked.
She added, “In what I see on TV and what I see represented – I just see so much more natural texture and natural coils than I saw five and ten years ago; so that is encouraging to me and I’m proud to be a part of that narrative.”
Catch Atlanta on FX every Thursday night.
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Even with 10 games on the NBA schedule this Friday, there are absolutely no value plays. APRIL FOOLS! There are value plays everywhere you look at this time of year, as teams rest players, deal with injuries and give some younger players extended looks to help them plan for the future. On top of that, the Pistons, Lakers, Clippers and Bucks are playing for the second day in a row.
With pre-game player news making such a huge difference to how the slate players out, be sure to follow @dklive on Twitter, and get the DK Live app, so you get all the latest news and analysis leading up to roster lock on DraftKings. With so many places to bargain shop, let’s get right into the 20 teams taking the floor Friday. If there are any updates regarding these picks, I’ll post updates on Twitter @ZT_Sports, where you can also find my four to play under $4K each day of the NBA season.
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SG/SF Lindy Waters III, Oklahoma City Thunder vs. Detroit Pistons, $4,200
The Thunder are usually a great source of value, especially at this point of the season and in this tasty matchup vs. the Pistons. While Theo Maledon ($6,800) has taken over a huge part of the workload left behind by Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (ankle) and Josh Giddey (hip), his price has risen so much that he isn’t much of a value play. Waters is an undrafted rookie out of Oklahoma State, but so many players being lost to injury has opened a significant role for him.
Waters is a 3-point specialist who has hit multiple 3-pointers in five of his past six games, averaging 3.7 3-pointers and 12.2 points per game. He has at least 12 points in each of his past three games and had a career-high 25 points on Wednesday on his way to 36 DKFP. He has at least 19 DKFP in three straight games and in four of his past six. He usually chips in a few non-scoring stats, but his specialty is pouring in shots from long range, which gives him a high ceiling after posting a usage rate over 20% in each of his three most recent contests.
PF/C Brandon Clarke, Memphis Grizzlies vs. Phoenix Suns, $4,000
The Grizzlies appear ready to punt this game since Ja Morant (knee) will likely be joined on the sideline by Tyus Jones ($6,200; hand), Desmond Bane ($7,600; ankle), Jaren Jackson Jr. ($7,400; thigh) and Steven Adams ($5,700; calf), who are all doubtful. There should be some value from players moving into bigger roles, although it’s a little tricky to figure out exactly who it will be. De’Anthony Melton ($5,200) and Dillon Brooks ($5,900) will probably get a lot of work in the backcourt, and in the frontcourt, Clarke should be busy at this very affordable price, as well.
He missed two games with hip soreness but returned to produce 21 and 18.5 DKFP in an average of 21.5 minutes in his two games since returning. Dating back before that hip issue, he scored double-digit points in seven of nine games while averaging 10.7 points, 5.8 rebounds, 1.1 assists and 24.3 DKFP in 20.2 minutes per game. If he gets closer to 30 minutes in this game with increased usage, a double-double is not out of the question and solid multi-category production makes him a very safe pick.
C Bruno Fernando, Houston Rockets at Sacramento Kings, $3,500
With apologies to Lin-Manuel Miranda (and everyone who will have the song stuck in their head now), we have to talk about Bruno. Fernando was traded to the Rockets from the Celtics as part of the trade that send Daniel Theis ($4,300) back to Boston. He has only averaged 8.4 minutes per game in the nine games he has played for the Rockets while not appearing at all in 13 games. However, the situation has changed with Christian Wood (hamstring) shut down for the season and Alperen Sengun ($6,900; leg) questionable.
Without Wood and Sengun on Wednesday, Fernando produced 34.5 DKFP in 22 minutes on 17 points, 10 rebounds, two assists and a block. The only other time he played over 20 minutes for Houston was back on March 11, when he dropped a similar 34.75 DKFP in 23 minutes vs. the Mavericks finishing on 16 points, 11 rebounds and two blocks. Even if Sengun plays, Fernando should have earned enough time to deliver value in this rematch with an iffy Kings’ frontline.
SF Reggie Perry, Portland Trail Blazers at San Antonio Spurs, $3,400
I promise, Perry is not another April Fools joke. The Trail Blazers are beyond extremely short-handed and basically grabbing players off the street. They just added Perry from the G League on a 10-day hardship contract before Wednesday’s game, and he instantly looked like one of the better options on the team. He played 17 minutes off the bench and put up 15 points, six rebounds and 22 DKFP.
Before Portland called, Perry was putting up very good numbers for Raptors 905. In 22 games, he averaged 20.3 points, 11.5 rebounds, 2.6 assists and 1.4 steals on 31 minutes per contest. The 22-year-old from Mississippi State should continue to get enough work to bring nice upside in this matchup vs. the Spurs. His price hasn’t been adjusted up like the rest of the Blazers, so he could end up a great value.
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ATHENS, Greece (AP) — A 33-year-old woman from southern Greece has been charged with the murder of her 9-year-old daughter, and the deaths of her two other daughters in the past three years are being reviewed in a case that has drawn national attention.
Flanked by riot police and in handcuffs, she appeared in court in Athens Thursday for her arraignment. She was wearing a hood and a protective vest as authorities held back a crowd of onlookers and journalists.
The suspect, who was not formally identified in accordance with Greek law, was arrested a day after being detained for questioning Wednesday. It followed the results of tissue tests that showed the presence of an anesthetic drug that had not been administered by the girl’s doctors.
The 9-year-old died in January following an eight-month hospitalization.
Protesters also gathered outside the mother’s home in the port city of Patras, 200 kilometers (125 miles) west of Athens, where police again intervened to maintain order.
A panel of senior coroners is leading a review into the death of the suspect’s two other children: a 3-year-old girl from liver failure in 2019 and a 6-month-old girl in 2021 from a suspected heart defect.
Tissue samples retained from the two girls are now being re-examined, authorities said.
The suspect has denied any wrongdoing and is expected to formally respond to the charges on Monday.
In a private television interview last month, the suspect criticized news reports that described the three deaths as suspicious.
“I find myself in a position to defend myself against things that are unspeakable… this was a house that was filled with joy,” she said in the Feb. 17 appearance on private Star television. “How could I hurt my own children? I gave birth to them, raised them, and was always with them. It doesn’t make sense.”
In the same interview, the suspect’s husband described her as “a rock” for her children. Police investigators have been granted access to her private online communications.
“The emotional and moral burden of this event surpasses most if not all of us,” government spokesman Giannis Oikonomou said, congratulating the police on their work in the monthslong investigation.
“There are no words to express the pain this has caused. This requires considerable thought and reflection.” ___ Follow Gatopoulos at https://twitter.com/dgatopoulos | https://www.ketk.com/news/world/greek-woman-charged-with-murder-after-deaths-of-3-daughters/ | 2022-04-01T02:02:24Z |
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By RONALD BLUM AP Sports Writer
SAN JOSE, Costa Rica — Christian Pulisic and Tyler Adams had relief on their faces as they headed straight from the stadium for a charter jet to Europe and weekend club games.
“This is whatever I’ve always wanted to be, and right now emotions are a bit crazy,” Pulisic said, his voice quavering.
Coach Gregg Berhalter had rushed out for a red-eye to New York and a 12½-hour connecting flight to Friday’s World Cup draw (9 a.m. PT, FS1) in Doha, Qatar.
Recovering from the past and preparing for the future intertwined as the United States clinched a return to the World Cup.
For Pulisic, DeAndre Yedlin, Kellyn Acosta and Paul Arriola, all on that doomed American team at Trinidad 4½ years earlier, the pain had not gone away until now. The 2-0 loss to Costa Rica on Wednesday night was deflating, but by the time players entered the locker room of Estadio Nacional, focus turned to the accomplishment of clinching a return to soccer’s showcase for the first time since 2014.
Erik Palmer-Brown started popping open the Duet Mousseux Brut even as Berhalter was giving his speech. Then the new JBL Boombox 2 got to blare.
“We’re the youngest team to ever qualify for the World Cup, youngest U.S. team, and we’ll be the youngest team at the World Cup,” Berhalter said. ”That’s an accomplishment for these guys. It really is.”
They had traveled 25,042 miles on charters – circling the globe adds up to only 24,901 – making four trips to Central America, plus one each to Mexico, Canada and Jamaica, plus up to five trans-Atlantic round trips. Forty-four players were called in, of which 38 took the field. In all, 114 players have been used since Trinidad, 88 since Berhalter was hired in December 2018.
Pulisic had buried his face in his hands at Couva, wiping away tears.
“That was one of the toughest days of my life. I’ll never forget it,” he recalled. “Now to be in this position – qualified for a World Cup, we’re all extremely proud.”
Berhalter admitted the pressure was omnipresent.
“The public was on edge. They desperately wanted us to make it,” he said.
All of 23, Pulisic, Adams and Weston McKennie are the team leaders. Right back Sergiño Dest and left back Antonee Robinson became offensive threats. Gio Reyna, at 19, emerged as a budding star, just like his dad three decades earlier.
“Now we have to test ourselves against the best players in the world, the best teams in the world,” Adams said. “This was only the first stage in our development.”
Berhalter is among a 12-person U.S. Soccer Federation attending the draw, mapping out Qatar plans for a tournament that opens Nov. 21, in the middle of European club seasons.
Four games are likely in June, two in the CONCACAF Nations League and two exhibitions, followed by a pair of friendlies in September, possibly in Europe. Major League Soccer players may have a domestic training camp before the tournament.
And if the U.S. winds up in Groups E through G, which don’t start play until Nov. 24-25, the Americans might train in Europe for several days and have one more exhibition before heading to the Middle East.
“The starting point is getting out of the group,” Berhalter said.
USSF staff locked down hotel and training arrangements on Oct. 1, 2019, the day the portal opened, putting the team in an optimum logistical situation.
Berhalter presumes form will change between now and November, causing roster churn. He was impressed with the growth over 14 qualifiers in temperatures that ranged from minus-3 degrees in St. Paul, Minnesota, and 85 degrees in Austin, Texas.
“I think we improved our pressing,” he said. “But we’re going to continue to evolve and to continue to improve. The 4-3-3 system, as it’s been good for us, we might work with some other systems just to have some flexibility in the World Cup. I think it’s important to see who we are playing and start planning out how we can be successful there.”
For all the positive feelings, the U.S. dropped to third among eight nations in CONCACAF, behind Canada and Mexico. If not for last week’s 0-0 draw at Mexico, the Americans would have finished fourth and wound up in a June playoff against New Zealand.
“The easy part is over, and now we focus on this draw,” said defender Walker Zimmerman, who rose like a rocket from initially off the roster in October to starting nine of the past 11 games. “Ultimately just focus on staying fit, staying healthy, performing for our clubs.”
Forward remains a concern. After scoring three goals over two games last fall, Ricardo Pepi has gone scoreless in 19 games for club and country. Strikers produced just four of the Americans’ 21 goals, with Jesús Ferreira getting the other.
“We’re hoping that one of our 9s gets into a good form by the time the World Cup comes around,” Berhalter said Thursday during a layover at JFK International Airport.
Midfielders and wingers have been the engine, with Pulisic scoring five of the team’s 21 goals, and McKennie, Brenden Aaronson and Robinson two each.
“We can do a lot of damage, man,” Pulisic said. “We’re a confident bunch of guys and I think that country will get behind us and we’re going to give everything we got.”
“I just like the fight of his team and I think we have a lot of quality, as well,” he added. “I think we can be a force going into the World Cup.”
FIFA SETS DRAW SEEDINGS
The U.S. team received a boost for the World Cup draw and Canada took a hit in Thursday’s updated FIFA rankings.
The Americans, who failed to qualify for the last World Cup, will be in Pot 2 after being ranked 15th in the world.
Canada, which won the CONCACAF group and will play at the tournament for the first time in 36 years, missed a chance for a rankings boost by losing at Panama, 1-0, in its final qualifier.
Instead, Canada will be among the lowest-seeded teams in Pot 4.
The eight groups for the tournament in Qatar will be drawn Friday from four pots.
Qatar gets the top-seeded slot given to the World Cup host nation despite being ranked No. 51.
The other top-seeded teams are Brazil, Belgium, defending champion France, Argentina, England, Spain and Portugal.
Brazil took over as the No. 1 team from Belgium, the first change at the top in three years. Sixth-ranked Italy is the only team from the top 10 that failed to qualify.
Besides the United States, Pot 2 includes Mexico, Netherlands, Denmark, Germany, Uruguay, Switzerland and Croatia, while in Pot 3 it’s Senegal, Iran, Japan, Morocco, Serbia, Poland, South Korea and Tunisia.
Three of the 32 entries are still unknown because qualifying hasn’t been completed. Those three entries have all been placed in Pot 4 regardless of the rankings of the teams involved. No. 18 Wales is the highest-ranked of the eight teams left in the playoffs.
The rest of Pot 4 includes Cameroon Ecuador, Saudi Arabia and Ghana along with Canada.
Teams from the same continent will be placed in different groups, except for some Europeans.
Europe has 13 teams in the tournament and five of the eight groups will each get two teams from the continent. The other three groups each get one European team.
Qatar will kick off its home World Cup in the opening game of Group A on Nov. 21. The final is scheduled for Dec. 18 – the host’s National Day. | https://www.pe.com/2022/03/31/relieved-more-than-joyful-usmnt-turns-attention-to-world-cup-draw-preparation/ | 2022-04-01T02:02:27Z |
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Goalkicking godfather Peter Hudson sees no reason why a future Buddy Franklin can’t kick 100 goals in a season and 1000 goals in a career.
No one has kicked a century since Franklin for Hawthorn in 2008 and last week, when he became the fifth player to reach 1000 career goals, there was a consensus that it was a feat never to be repeated. Hudson asks ‘why not?’
“You’ve got a bloke playing at the moment who in one year kicked 100 goals and 70 or 80 behinds,” Hudson said. “He’s had 180 shots in a year, which to me says that when the next Buddy Franklin or Gary Ablett or Jason Dunstall comes along, who’s to say they can’t kick 150?”
“I’d give anything to see somebody (else) come along and kick 1000 goals in my lifetime. I don’t believe for one minute that nobody could ever do it again.”
Hudson thinks it’s cyclic. He notes that no one kicked a century between Essendon’s John Coleman in 1952 and himself in 1968. A free-scoring period followed almost until the end of the century. Since Tony Lockett in 1998, only Franklin has kicked 100.
“People say the game’s played differently today,” Hudson said. “But every so often a Ben Brown will bob up and kick a bagful. Buddy could kick 10 or 12 on a given day. The thing that makes me chuckle inwardly is that, while the game might have changed, the grounds are better than they used to be 40 or 50 years ago. Those sort of things count.”
Hudson disagrees that full-backs have more tricks now. “I don’t think so. I can remember driving home before mobile phones thinking there was a phone ringing.” he said. “I’d been hit in the back of the ear. You can’t hit blokes in the ear any more, and you can’t chop their arms.”
Statistically, the unorthodox Hudson was the best goalkicker of all, averaging 5.64 in 129 games for the Hawks. Coleman averaged 5.48 in his meagre 98 games for Essendon. Lockett, who leads the aggregate with 1360 goals, averaged 4.84.
Hudson is still an aficionado of goalkicking, but won’t rank the five 1000-plus men. “Lockett was technically almost perfect,” he said. “Jason Dunstall was the hardest worker. I loved watching Doug Wade play when I was at the other end of the ground. Gary Ablett was sensational. Everyone loved watching him.
“I was thrilled to bits when Buddy got his 1000. I like his presence on the field. He looks the part, and when he does something brilliant, it’s super brilliant. He’s got the score on the board. It’s hard to fault him, really.”
Hudson, 76, is an undying footy fan. “I love it. I often say I’d watch it eight nights a week if it was on television. The skills are so good,” he said.
“The only thing I didn’t like about the game was when they kicked backwards. We went through that period of a year or two when they kicked backwards. But they fixed that. You don’t see it so much any more.
“I always thought they should have paid a free kick if you got the ball and kicked it backwards at all.”
Remarkably, no-one had written a biography of Hudson until this week, when Dan Eddy’s A Football Genius was launched.
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NEW YORK, March 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The global security printing market size is expected to increase by USD 5.45 billion between 2021 and 2026, expanding at a CAGR of 4.5% during the forecast period. According to the report, the market will observe significant growth in APAC. The increasing counterfeit and forgery activities in countries such as China and India have resulted in a rise in the demand for secured document printing in the region. In addition, the high demand for documents such as ID cards, passports, and bank documents, coupled with the increasing population is creating a lot of growth opportunities for market players.
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The global security printing market is fragmented with the presence of a significant number of regional and global players. An increase in technological innovations and the expansion of operations by vendors have intensified the competition in the market. Established vendors are investing in designing, developing, planning, and expanding the existing security printing products to gain a competitive edge in the market.
Technavio identifies A1 Security Print Ltd., ANY Security Printing Plc, Authentix Inc., China Banknote Printing and Minting Corp., De La Rue Plc, Donggang Co.Ltd., DREWSEN SPEZIALPAPIERE GmbH & Co. KG, ELTRONIS UK Ltd., FNMT-RCM, Giesecke + Devrient GmbH, Integrity Print Ltd., Joint Stock Company Goznak, Madras Security Printers Pvt. Ltd., Orell Füssli Ltd., Oriental Holding Group, RAINBOW PRINTING LTD., Schwarz Druck GmbH, Security Papers Ltd., Security Printing & Minting Corporation of India Ltd., and Simpson Security Papers Inc. as key players in the market.
Factors such as the increased focus of countries to outsource the printing of currencies, countermeasures against forgery and counterfeiting practices, and rise in need for brand protection will offer immense growth opportunities for market players. However, the transition toward a cashless economy, digitization of identification cards, and strict certification related to security paper will challenge the growth of the market participants. To make the most of the opportunities, market vendors should focus more on the growth prospects in the fast-growing segments, while maintaining their positions in the slow-growing segments.
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Security Printing Market 2022-2026: Segmentation
Security Printing Market is segmented as below:
End-user
Geography
The banking and financial sector exhibits high demand for security printing in the market. Factors such as the rising global population and the increasing number of automated teller machines (ATMs) are increasing the demand for security printing in the banking and financial sector. However, the rising number of online transactions is expected to reduce the growth opportunity in the segment.
By geography, APAC will dominate the global security printing market. The region currently holds 49% of the global market share. The increasing demand for passports and visas led by the thriving tourism industry has been significant in driving the growth of the regional market. In addition, the high dependence on cash-based transactions in countries such as India and Indonesia is contributing to the growth of the security printing market in APAC.
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Security Printing Market 2022-2026: Vendor Analysis
We provide a detailed analysis of around 25 vendors operating in the security printing market. Backed with competitive intelligence and benchmarking, our research reports on the security printing market are designed to provide entry support, customer profile, and M&As as well as go-to-market strategy support.
Security Printing Market 2022-2026: Key Highlights
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Detailed information on factors that will assist security printing market growth during the next five years
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Table Of Contents :
1 Executive Summary
1.1 Market overview
2 Market Landscape
2.1 Market ecosystem
3 Market Sizing
3.1 Market definition
3.2 Market segment analysis
3.3 Market size 2021
3.4 Market outlook: Forecast for 2021-2026
4 Five Forces Analysis
4.1 Five forces summary
4.2 Bargaining power of buyers
4.3 Bargaining power of suppliers
4.4 Threat of new entrants
4.5 Threat of substitutes
4.6 Threat of rivalry
4.7 Market condition
5 Market Segmentation by End-user
5.1 Market segments
5.2 Comparison by End-user
5.3 Banking and financial sector - Market size and forecast 2021-2026
5.4 Government sector - Market size and forecast 2021-2026
5.5 Others - Market size and forecast 2021-2026
5.6 Market opportunity by End-user
6 Customer Landscape
6.1 Customer landscape overview
7 Geographic Landscape
7.1 Geographic segmentation
7.2 Geographic comparison
7.3 APAC - Market size and forecast 2021-2026
7.4 North America - Market size and forecast 2021-2026
7.5 Europe - Market size and forecast 2021-2026
7.6 Middle East and Africa - Market size and forecast 2021-2026
7.7 South America - Market size and forecast 2021-2026
7.8 US - Market size and forecast 2021-2026
7.9 China - Market size and forecast 2021-2026
7.10 Japan - Market size and forecast 2021-2026
7.11 Germany - Market size and forecast 2021-2026
7.12 UK - Market size and forecast 2021-2026
7.13 Market opportunity by geography
8 Drivers, Challenges, and Trends
8.1 Market drivers
8.2 Market challenges
8.3 Impact of drivers and challenges
8.4 Market trends
9 Vendor Landscape
9.1 Overview
9.2 Vendor landscape
9.3 Landscape disruption
9.4 Industry risks
10 Vendor Analysis
10.1 Vendors covered
10.2 Market positioning of vendors
10.3 ANY Security Printing Plc
10.4 Authentix Inc.
10.5 China Banknote Printing and Minting Corp.
10.6 De La Rue Plc
10.7 DREWSEN SPEZIALPAPIERE GmbH Co. KG
10.8 FNMT-RCM
10.9 Giesecke + Devrient GmbH
10.10 Joint Stock Company Goznak
10.11 Security Papers Ltd.
10.12 Security Printing Minting Corporation of India Ltd.
11 Appendix
11.1 Scope of the report
11.2 Inclusions and exclusions checklist
11.3 Currency conversion rates for US$
11.4 Research methodology
11.5 List of abbreviations
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GA senior gains firsthand experience to support love of history
On a recent trip to Gettysburg, Penn., Rachael Walters saw history come alive in front of her eyes as she walked through areas where troops once fought and later lay dying in one of the bloodiest battles of American history.
Walters, a senior at Glynn Academy, is a history buff who may already have more hands-on experience exploring American and local history than most residents in the area.
Her trip to Gettysburg coincided with a trip to Washington, D.C. for Youth Lobby Day, when high school students are invited to meet with their representatives and speak about issues they’re interested in.
Walters was there as part of the 14-member youth leadership team for the American Battlefield Protection Program, an organization that works to restore and protect historic properties outside of current National Park boundaries.
Walters met U.S. Congressman Buddy Carter and spoke with staff in U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff’s office.
“It was a great experience because going up to Washington D.C. and visiting the American Battlefield Protection headquarters really inspired me,” Walters said.
History has long been a passion for Walters, who also founded the Ethnology Club at Glynn Academy and who has volunteered and interned at Fort Frederica on St. Simons.
“I really, really love history,” she said. “I think learning about history is important because you can look back at the past and then you can see where people make mistakes. And then take that knowledge and use it for the future.”
At Fort Frederica, she and other students also participated in an archeological dig at the Sinclair site, where she said they had the chance to help excavate a colonial home. She’s also worked with a project on Cumberland Island excavating Native American settlements.
American history is among her favorite topics to study, but ancient civilizations also inspire a special interest for Walters.
“If I ever had the opportunity to go over perhaps to the Middle East or Northern Africa, that would be a great opportunity to invest my time,” she said.
Walters worked recently with a preservation project in Washington, Ga., that aimed to locate the site of Fort Washington of the Revolutionary War through archeological excavation.
She worked with the owners of the Lamar Institute in Savannah, who invited her to help with their research and to get hands-on experience searching for the site.
“We were trying to find structures of where fort was, so possibly a house or a wall foundation," Walters said. “We stumbled on pipes. We did find pottery and porcelain dating back to the 1750s.”
She’ll soon travel to Virginia to present her Fort Washington project to the American Battlefield Protection Program’s annual conference.
Walters will attend the University of Georgia in the fall and plans to major in geology and minor in archaeology. | https://www.newsbreak.com/news/2556268161927/ga-senior-gains-firsthand-experience-to-support-love-of-history | 2022-04-01T02:02:28Z |
March 25 saw all three area TRC track teams competing at their final indoor meet of the season at the University of Dubuque. Multiple area athletes, and teams took home some top honors. Listed below are the Top 10 finishes for each of our three schools.
ALBURNETTBoys
4x400m Relay – 2nd — 3:42.66; 1600m Sprint Medley – 4th — 4:01.49; 400m Dash – Mason Neighbor, 8th — 57.17; 4x200m Relay – 4th — 1:39.49; Long Jump – Gavin Soukup, 3rd — 20’ 2”; 1600m Run – Lucas Ahrendsen, 4th — 5:09.86; 55m Hurdles – Grayson Carolan, 7th — 9.11; High Jump – Brayden Osborn, 5th — 5’ 8”; 4x800m relay – 4th — 9:24.69.
Girls
55m Dash – Savannah Caves, 9th — 8.17; 4x400m Relay – 3rd — 4:32.58; 55m Hurdles – Lilly Winterowd, 4th — 9.94; High Jump – Hailey Carolan, 1st — 5’ 6”; 4x200m Relay – 2nd — 1:54.52; 4x800m Relay – 7th — 12:23.70; 1600m Sprint Medley – 5th — 5:02.85; Long Jump – Lacey Neighbor, 2nd — 15’ 11.5”, Savannah Caves, 5th — 14’ 10”, Alivia Miller, 7th — 14’ 5.5”.
CENTRAL CITYBoys
4x400m Relay – 10th — 4:21.75; 1600m Sprint Medley – 7th — 4:36.02; Long Jump – Matt Klostermann, 10th — 17’ 2”; Shot Put – Mekhi Benton, 7th — 39’ 2.5”, Daiton Price, 8th — 36’ 3”.
Girls
1500m Run – Ashley Flansburg, 3rd — 5:37.75; Katie Flitsch, 6th place — 6:16.77; Girls 4x400m Relay – 10th — 5:13.28; 4x200m Relay – 9th — 2:05.95; 400m Dash – Bretlyn Decker, 8th — 1:12.26.
NORTH LINNBoys
4x400m Relay – 5th — 3:54.47; 1600m Relay – 2nd — 3:59.14; 400m Dash – Mason Neighbor, 8th — 57.17; 4x200m Relay – 3rd — 1:38.45; 55m Dash – Brady Klendworth, 5th — 6.92; Long Jump – Tate Haughenbury, 5th — 19’ 5”, Mason Bechen, 6th — 19’ 2.5”; 1600m Run – Caleb Bildstein, 9th — 5:29.97; 55m Hurdles – Tate Haughenbury, 5th — 8.93, Josh Bean, 8th — 9.15; High Jump – Drew Ries, 8th, 5’ 2”, Hayden Schmidt, 8th, 5’ 2”; 4x800m Relay – 5th, 9:46.22; Shot Put – Corbin Woods, 1st — 45’ 1”, Mclane Rauch, 10th — 32’ 8”; 200m Dash – Tate Haughenbury, 2nd — 24.23.
Girls
1500m run – Carly Myers, 9th — 6:27.38; 55m Dash – Skylar Benesh, 3rd — 7.96, Kylee Schoop, 8th — 8.14; 800m Run – Bryn Collum, 5th — 2:52.82, Allie Haughenbury, 6th — 2:53.55; 4x400m Relay – 4th — 4:35.29; 55m Hurdles – Caitlin Benesh, 3rd — 9.78; Long Jump – Emilee Beuter, 4th, 1’ 6”; Shot Put – Elizabeth Kilburg, 8th, 30’ 0” Teagan Liebe, 10th, 27’ 10.5”; 4x200m Relay – 3rd — 1:56.45; 200m Dash – Kylee Schoop, 3rd — 29.07; 4x800m Relay – 1st, 10:48.59; 1600m Sprint Medley, 3rd — 4:41.18; Long Jump – Skylar Benesh, 6th — 14’ 5.5”; 400m Dash – Caitlyn Benesh, 4th — 1:09.78, Kamryn Kurt, 6th — 1:10.75. | https://www.eastcentraliowanews.com/linn/sports/tri-rivers-track-co-ed-teams-run-at-conference-indoor-meet-at-university-of-dubuque/article_cf430051-d213-541f-a26a-a12bb5afe714.html | 2022-04-01T02:02:31Z |
CANADA, March 31 - The Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (Bill 17), 2022, was introduced in the legislative assembly on Thursday, March 31, 2022.
If passed by the legislature, the amendments will affect the following provincial statutes:
Insurance (Vehicle) Act
The amendments to the Insurance (Vehicle) Act are technical amendments that have the effect of making permanent provisions that were temporarily provided for by the Insurance (Vehicle) Transitional Regulation.
There is no change to Basic Vehicle Damage Coverage as a result of these amendments and no change to the amount that will be paid by basic insurance for vehicle repairs for accidents occurring in B.C.
Ministry of Mines and Energy Act
Unneeded requirements around the certification of mineral assayers will be repealed to ensure responsible use of public resources and to maintain effective oversight of the mining sector in B.C. An assayer tests ores, metals and minerals and analyzes them to determine composition.
The assayer requirements were introduced in the late 1800s and have become redundant due to the regulation of professional geoscientists and growth in commercialized laboratories. Repealing these requirements will bring the Province in line with other jurisdictions.
Offence Act
The Offence Act establishes the framework on how violation tickets can be disputed and enforced in British Columbia. There are approximately 80,000 violation ticket disputes filed each year in B.C. and approximately 30% of those disputes proceed to a hearing.
Amendments to the Offence Act will provide British Columbians with options to resolve violation ticket disputes faster and with reduced need to appear in the courtroom.
The first proposed amendment will allow British Columbians to dispute their violation tickets online. The current dispute process is largely paper based.
The second proposed amendment would allow the court greater flexibility to set remote hearings where appropriate. The COVID-19 pandemic response resulted in increased use of remote appearance options and provided access to improved technology. Continuing this flexibility will help maintain better access to the courts.
The third proposed amendment will create a framework for development and testing of pre-hearing ticket dispute resolution options. These options will be tested through time-limited pilot projects. | https://www.einpresswire.com/article/567181024/introduction-of-miscellaneous-bill | 2022-04-01T02:02:31Z |
AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — Harris English has decided not to play in the Masters next week as he recovers from surgery to repair a torn labrum.
English was a two-time winner on the PGA Tour last year and finished third in the U.S. Open at Torrey Pines. He has not played since the Sony Open in Honolulu the second week of the year.
“I’m progressing very well from recent hip surgery, but have to exercise caution as I return to play,” English said on Twitter.
There are no alternates at the Masters, an invitation tournament. That puts the field at 90 players, with one spot available if the Texas Open winner this week is not eligible.
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The Ukrainian government said Russian forces blocked 45 buses that had been sent to evacuate civilians from the besieged port city of Mariupol, and only 631 people were able to get out of the city in private cars.
Twelve Ukrainian trucks were able to deliver humanitarian supplies to Mariupol, but the supplies were seized by Russian troops, Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk said late Thursday.
According to Ukrainian officials, tens of thousands of people have made it out of Mariupol in recent weeks along humanitarian corridors, reducing the prewar population of 430,000 to about 100,000 by last week.
Vereshchuk said about 45,000 Mariupol residents have been forcefully deported to Russia and areas of eastern Ukraine controlled by Russian-backed separatists.
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KEY DEVELOPMENTS IN THE RUSSIA-UKRAINE WAR:
— Heavy fighting rages near Kyiv as Russia appears to regroup
— Kremlin decree says foreign currency can still buy natural gas
— As Russia sees tech brain drain, other nations hope to gain
— Ukraine refugees encouraged to find work as exodus slows
— Ukrainians in US mobilize to help expected refugees
— Go to https://apnews.com/hub/russia-ukraine for more coverage
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OTHER DEVELOPMENTS:
LVIV, Ukraine — The last Russian troops left the Chernobyl nuclear plant early Friday, according to the Ukrainian government agency responsible for the exclusion zone around the plant.
Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk said Russian troops who dug trenches in the forest were exposed to radiation, but that could not be confirmed.
The Ukrainian nuclear operator company Energoatom said Thursday that Russian troops were headed toward Ukraine’s border with Belarus.
Energoatom said that the Russian military was also preparing to leave Slavutych, a nearby city where power plant workers live.
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LVIV, Ukraine — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said after Russian troops withdrew from the north and center of the country, the situation has been heating up in the southeast where Russian forces are building up for new powerful attacks.
In his nighttime video address to the nation Thursday, Zelenskyy said it was heartening for all Ukrainians to see Russian troops retreating from north of Kyiv, from around the northern town of Chernihiv and from Sumy in the northeast. By he urged Ukrainians not to let up, saying the withdrawal was just a Russian tactic.
Zelenskyy said he spoke Thursday with European Council President Charles Michel and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, while his adviser spoke with U.S. national security adviser Jake Sullivan.
“We need more support from our partners right now when Russian troops are concentrating additional forces in certain areas,” Zelenskyy said.
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WASHINGTON — The top-ranking Ukrainian Catholic cleric in the United States warned Thursday that religious minorities in the Eastern European country stand to be “crushed” if Moscow gains control, as fighting raged on more than a month after the Russian invasion began.
Archbishop Borys Gudziak said groups at risk include Catholics, Muslims and Orthodox who have broken away from the patriarch of Moscow.
Gudziak also cited reports that Russian forces have damaged two Holocaust memorials and Moscow’s false portrayal of Ukraine as a “Nazi” state although Ukraine overwhelmingly elected a Jewish president in Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
“What is at stake for the people of faith is their freedom to practice their faith,” Gudziak said during an online panel discussion on the war, hosted by the Initiative on Catholic Social Thought and Public Life at Georgetown University.
Gudziak is head of the Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Philadelphia and president of Ukrainian Catholic University in Lviv, Ukraine. He also oversees external relations for the Kyiv-based Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church.
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WASHINGTON — The Pentagon says an initial half-dozen shipments of weapons and other security assistance have reached Ukraine as part of the $800 million package of aid that President Joe Biden approved on March 16.
Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said Thursday that the shipments included Javelin anti-tank weapons, Stinger anti-aircraft missile systems, body armor, medical supplies and other material. He said the 100 Switchblade armed drones that Biden approved as part of the package have not yet been delivered.
Kirby said the $800 million in assistance is likely to be fully delivered within about two weeks. It also includes Mi-17 helicopters, small arms, ammunition, vehicles, secure communications systems, and satellite imagery and analysis capability.
Separately, Kirby said U.S. troops are not training Ukrainian troops in Poland but are acting as liaisons with Ukrainian personnel who cross the border into Poland to take possession of U.S. security assistance. He noted that the standard U.S. military training mission that had existed in Ukraine for years was suspended shortly before Russia invaded.
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DOHA, Qatar — A video showing the head of Ukrainian soccer wearing an armored vest on the streets of Kyiv brought the impact of Russia’s war into the FIFA Congress.
Andriy Pavelko used a recorded message to the gathering in Qatar on Thursday to talk about the deaths of footballers even as the sport “has taken a back seat in our country.”
The gathering in Doha featured delegates from Russia, including Alexey Sorokin, the chief executive of Russia’s 2018 World Cup organizing committee.
Russia won’t be in the draw for the World Cup on Friday after being disqualified from playing internationally by FIFA over the war. Ukraine can still qualify but its playoff semifinal against Scotland has been postponed until June with the hope the team will be in a position to return to the field by then.
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LVIV, Ukraine — Ukraine’s ombudsperson says that at least one person has been killed and four others have been wounded in the Russian shelling of a humanitarian convoy.
Ukrainian Human Rights Commissioner Lyudmyla Denisova said those who came under the shelling on Thursday were volunteers accompanying a convoy of buses sent to the northern city of Chernihiv to evacuate residents.
She said that the Russian forces besieging Chernihiv have made it impossible to evacuate civilians from the city that has been cut from food, water and other supplies.
The Russian shelling continued two days after Moscow announced it would scale back military operations around Kyiv and Chernihiv.
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BERLIN — The International Atomic Energy Agency says it has been informed by Ukraine that the Russian forces which were in control of the Chernobyl nuclear plant have “in writing, transferred control” of the facility to Ukrainian personnel.
Ukraine said three convoys of Russian forces have already left the site toward Belarus, while the remaining troops were presumed to be preparing to leave, the agency said Thursday.
The IAEA added that it was in close consultations with Ukrainian authorities on sending a first assistance and support mission to Chernobyl in the next few days.
The agency said it has not been able to confirm reports of Russian forces receiving high doses of radiation while being inside the exclusion zone of the now-closed plant, but is seeking further information in order to provide an independent assessment of the situation.
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ANKARA, Turkey — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan renewed his offer to host a meeting between the Ukrainian and Russian leaders during a telephone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
A statement from Erdogan’s office said the Turkish president also told Zelenskyy Thursday that a meeting between Ukrainian and Russian negotiators who met in Istanbul earlier this week had given “a meaningful impetus” to efforts to end the fighting.
Earlier this week, Ukraine’s delegation laid out a framework under which the country would declare itself neutral and its security would be guaranteed by an array of nations, including Turkey.
Meanwhile, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said during a joint news conference with a top Turkish Cypriot official that Erdogan also is expected to speak with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
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WASHINGTON — U.S. President Joe Biden on Thursday said there’s “no clear evidence” that Vladimir Putin is scaling back military operations around Kyiv and suggested that the Russian president may have ordered some of his advisers fired or placed under house arrest.
Biden told reporters that “there’s some indication” that Putin has taken those steps against some of his advisers. He added, “But I don’t want to put too much stock in that at this time because we don’t have that much hard evidence.”
The White House on Wednesday released unclassified intelligence findings that Putin is being misinformed by his advisors about how badly the Russian military is performing.
The president made the comments after formally announcing that the U.S. would release 1 million barrels of oil per day from the nation’s strategic petroleum reserve in hopes of easing surging gasoline prices.
Biden also reiterated that his administration remains skeptical that Russia will scale back operations around Kyiv as Moscow announced earlier this week.
Russian forces continued to shell Kyiv suburbs Thursday, two days after the Kremlin announced it would significantly scale back operations near both the capital and the northern city of Chernihiv.
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UNITED NATIONS — The U.N. humanitarian coordinator in Ukraine says the United Nations and its partners have delivered supplies for thousands of people in the country’s northeast but have been unable to reach some encircled cities in the south.
Osnat Lubrani said Thursday that food rations from the humanitarian organization People in Need and the U.N. World Food Program will benefit nearly 6,000 people in Sumy and areas including Trostianets and Okhtyrka.
In addition, she said, basic household items including blankets and kettles from the U.N. refugee agency will support 1,500 people and sanitation kits will help 6,000 people with hygiene and drinking water.
Lubrani said medical supplies and trauma kits from the U.N. World Health Organization will treat 150 patients needing intensive care for serious injuries while other medical supplies will support 10,000 people for three months.
Shei said the U.N.-facilitated humanitarian notification system with Ukraine and Russia enabled safe passage for the convoy to Sumy on Thursday “but this is clearly not enough.” Efforts over the past month to reach Mauripol, Kherson and other encircled cities in the south have been unsuccessful because of safety concerns.
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BERLIN — The U.N. nuclear watchdog says its director-general has arrived in Russia’s Baltic Sea exclave of Kaliningrad for talks with senior Russian officials.
The International Atomic Energy Agency didn’t specify in a tweet whom exactly Rafael Mariano Grossi will meet on Friday or give further details of his agenda.
He arrived in Kaliningrad Thursday following a visit to Ukraine, where he visited a nuclear power plant and conferred with the energy minister and other officials on efforts to ensure the safety of Ukraine’s nuclear power plants.
Ukraine has 15 active nuclear reactors at four plants — one of which, at Zaporizhzhia, is under the Russian military’s control.
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GENEVA — A team with the International Committee of the Red Cross has arrived in a Ukraine-held city where staff are preparing to take civilians out of the beleaguered port city of Mariupol.
Julien Lerisson, deputy director of operations for the ICRC, said Thursday that the team assembling in the southeastern city of Zaporizhzhia, has medicines, food, water, hygiene items and other essentials.
He said the organization has high-level agreement for the mission but is focused on making sure “the order trickles down the chain of command,” allowing the team to enter and leave Mariupol safely.
The Russian military has said it committed to a cease-fire along the route from Mariupol to Zaporizhzhia. Ukrainian authorities have said 45 buses would be sent to collect citizens and provide resources to those who remain.
Lucile Marbeau, a staff member with the ICRC team hoping to enter Mariupol, said on Thursday: “We’re here because really, we hope to be able to facilitate safe passage for civilians desperately wanting to flee Mariupol.”
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LONDON — Britain’s defense minister says Ukraine’s international allies have agreed to send more military equipment, including artillery ammunition and armored vehicles.
U.K. Defence Secretary Ben Wallace held a conference call Thursday with defense ministers from more than 35 countries, including the United States, New Zealand, South Korea and Japan.
Wallace said that as a result “there will be more lethal aid going into Ukraine.” He said that would include “more long-range artillery, ammunition predominantly,” to help counter Russia’s bombardment of Ukraine’s cities.
Wallace said Ukraine was “also looking for armoured vehicles of some types, not tanks necessarily, but certainly protective vehicles.”
He said allies were also “looking to see what more we can do” to help Ukraine defend its coastline.
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WASHINGTON — The Biden administration has sanctioned an employee of a state-affiliated Russian defense firm that developed malicious software that was used to target the energy sector.
The Treasury Department on Thursday sanctioned Evgeny Viktorovich Gladkikh. He was one of four Russians charged in Justice Department indictments unsealed last week that alleged the hacking by Russia of critical infrastructure around the globe, including in the U.S. energy and aviation sectors.
Among the thousands of computers targeted in some 135 countries were of a Saudi petro-chemical plant where the hackers overrode safety controls.
That hack is singled out in a Treasury Department release announcing sanctions against Gladikh and several other employees of the research firm. In total, the Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control announced that it was designating 21 entities and 13 individuals, including in the aerospace, marine and electronics sectors.
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LVIV, Ukraine — Russian troops were leaving the Chernobyl nuclear power plant and heading towards Ukraine’s border with Belarus, the Ukrainian nuclear operator company said Thursday.
The operator, Energoatom, said that the Russian military was also preparing to leave Slavutych, a nearby city where power plant workers live.
Energoatom also said reports were confirmed that the Russians dug trenches in the Red Forest, the 10-square-kilometer (nearly four-square-mile) area surrounding the Chernobyl plant within the Exclusion Zone, and received “significant doses of radiation.”
The Russian troops “panicked at the first sign of illness,” which “showed up very quickly,” and began to prepare to leave, the operator said. The claim couldn’t be independently verified.
Energoatom said the Russians have signed a document confirming the handover of the Chernobyl plant and stating that the plant’s administration doesn’t have any complaints about the Russian troops who were “guarding” the facility.
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LONDON — The head of Britain’s military says Russian President Vladimir Putin has “already lost” in Ukraine and is weaker than he was before the invasion.
Adm. Tony Radakin at a think-tank seminar Thursday in London said Moscow’s aim to “take the whole of Ukraine” fell apart. He added that the coming weeks “will continue to be very difficult” for Ukraine.
“But in many ways, Putin has already lost,” he said. “Far from being the far-sighted manipulator of events that he would have us believe, Putin has damaged himself through a series of catastrophic misjudgements.”
Radakin also said there was “disquiet” at all levels of Russia’s military about the campaign, from troops who were not told they were invading Ukraine up to senior commanders.
Western officials say Putin’s small inner circle is not giving him the true picture of the war, and his isolation may have contributed to miscalculating the strength of resistance Russian troops would meet.
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BERLIN — The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe expressed regret Thursday at Russia’s decision to veto the extension of its observer mission in Ukraine.
The OSCE’s special monitoring mission has been present in Ukraine since 2014, when fighting between Ukrainians and Russia-backed separatists broke out in the country’s eastern regions after Russia’s annexation of Crimea.
Polish Foreign Minister Zbigniew Rau, who holds the OSCE rotating chair, said the observers had played a “crucial role by providing objective information on the security and humanitarian situation on the ground and relentlessly working to ease the effects of the conflict on the civilian population” in Ukraine for the past eight year.
The Vienna-based body’s secretary general, Helga Maria Schmid, expressed gratitude to the mission’s members, several of whom were wounded or killed over the years.
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BERLIN — Germany’s economy minister says Europe should impose additional sanctions on Russia to prevent what he described as a “barbaric” war in Ukraine.
Robert Habeck said he discussed what further measures could be taken with his French counterpart during a bilateral meeting in Berlin on Thursday.
“The last package (of sanctions) doesn’t need to be the final one, it should not be the final one,” he told reporters, adding that he and French Economy Minister Bruno Le Maire had “identified additional points that could be included in a (sanctions) package.”
Habeck declined to elaborate on what those points might be.
Speaking ahead of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s announcement on new rules requiring countries to pay for Russia’s natural gas sales in rubles, Habeck insisted that contracts would be adhered to. These stipulate payment in euros or dollars.
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BERLIN — The Austrian and German leaders have underlined their rejection of a halt to Russian energy deliveries at this point.
Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer noted that several central and eastern European countries depend to one extent or another on Russian gas deliveries.
He and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz argued that existing sanctions already are having a significant effect and said they need time to switch to new providers and renewable energy sources.
Nehammer said that “sanctions only make sense … when they hit those they are supposed to hit, and don’t weaken those who carry out sanctions.”
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ROME — A Kremlin decree says “unfriendly countries” can continue to pay for natural gas in foreign currency through a Russian bank that will convert the money into rubles.
The decree published Thursday by state media came a day after the leaders of Italy and Germany said they received assurances from President Vladimir Putin.
Putin talked tougher, saying Russia will start accepting ruble payments starting Friday for Western countries that imposed sanctions over its conflict with Ukraine. He said contracts will be stopped if buyers don’t sign up to the new conditions, including opening ruble accounts in Russian banks.
European leaders had rejected paying for deliveries in rubles, saying it would undermine sanctions imposed because of the war in Ukraine.
The decree Putin signed and published by state news agency RIA Novosti says a designated bank will open two accounts for each buyer, one in foreign currency and one in rubles. The buyers will pay in foreign currency and authorize the bank to sell that currency for rubles, which are placed in the second account, where the gas is formally purchased.
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ROME — Italy’s leader is urging Europe to “cultivate all available land” as a partial remedy to reductions in agricultural imports, especially of Russian grain, due to the war in Ukraine.
Premier Mario Draghi told reporters on Thursday that under existing agricultural practices in the European Union 10% of land is purposely left fallow, but that must now change as European countries search for ways to reduce dependency on farm imports.
It’s not clear whether Ukraine, one of the world’s largest exporters of wheat, maize and sunflower oil, might be able to salvage any of this planting season.
Meanwhile, Draghi noted that Western Europe will be looking to food producers like Canada, the United States and Argentina to help make up the shortfall of imports from Ukraine and Russia.
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STOCKHOLM — The deputy director of Sweden’s Military Intelligence and Security agency says Russia has made “a strategic miscalculation when invading Ukraine.”
Daniel Olsson said the invasion of Ukraine “has shown that the Russian leadership is ready to take great risks, larger than previously taken.”
The government agency’s analysis suggested a likely “a western containment of Russia,” including reducing trade in Russian energy.
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XPhyto Closes First Tranche of Financing
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VANCOUVER, BC and UTTENWEILER, GERMANY / ACCESSWIRE / March 31, 2022 / XPhyto Therapeutics Corp.(CSE:XPHY)(OTCQB:XPHYF)(FSE:4XT) ("XPhyto" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that further to its news release of March 25, 2022, it has closed the first tranche of its private placement. The Company issued 1,250,000 common shares at $1.00 per share for total gross proceeds of $1,250,000.
The Company paid $100,000 and issued 100,000 share purchase warrants in finder's fees with respect to the placement. Each finder's warrant is exercisable into one common share at a price of $1.00 per share for a period of two years from date of issue.
All securities issued under the placement will be subject to a regulatory hold period expiring four months from date of issue.
The Company will use net proceeds of the placement to facilitate development and commercialization of its oral and transdermal drug formulations, diagnostic test products, and psychedelic API and drug formulations as well as general working capital purposes.
About XPhyto Therapeutics Corp.
XPhyto Therapeutics Corp. is a bioscience accelerator focused on next-generation drug delivery, diagnostic, and new active pharmaceutical ingredient investment opportunities, including: precision transdermal and oral dissolvable drug formulations; rapid, low-cost infectious disease and oral health screening tests; and standardization of emerging active pharmaceutical ingredients for neurological applications, including psychedelic compounds and cannabinoids. The Company has research and development operations in North America and Europe, with an operational focus in Germany, and is currently focused on regulatory approval and commercialization of medical products for European markets.
XPhyto Therapeutics Corp.
Hugh Rogers, CEO and Director
Investor inquiries:
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This news release includes statements containing forward-looking information within the meaning of applicable Canadian securities law ("forward-looking statements"). Forward-looking statements are frequently characterized by words such as "develop", "plan", "continue", "expect", "project", "intend", "believe", "anticipate", "estimate", "potential", "propose" and other similar words, or statements that certain events or conditions "may" or "will" occur, and in this release include the statement regarding the Company's goal of building a successful diagnostic, drug delivery, and medical cannabis company. Forward-looking statements are only predictions based on the opinions and estimates of management at the date the statements are made and are subject to a variety of risks and uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual events or results to differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements, including: that the Company may not succeed in developing a commercial product; that the sale of products may not be a viable business; that the Company may be unable to scale its business; product liability risks; product regulatory risk; general economic conditions; adverse industry events; future legislative and regulatory developments; inability to access sufficient capital from internal and external sources, and/or inability to access sufficient capital on favourable terms; currency risks; competition; international risks; and other risks beyond the Company's control. The Company is under no obligation, and expressly disclaims any intention or obligation, to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as expressly required by applicable law. Neither the CSE nor its Market Regulator (as that term is defined in the policies of the CSE) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this news release.
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Notre Dame's West, Fairmont Senior's Dobbs, Grafton's Maier Earn Class AAA First-Team All-State Honors
Fairmont Senior has dealt with its fair share of heartache on the final Saturday of the boys high school basketball season. Prior to the induction of the four-class system, the Polar Bears played in six of the previous seven Class AA championship games from 2013-19. Although Fairmont Senior won...
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Mount Vernon and Lisbon’s Individual All-State nominated speakers performed their All-State pieces Sunday, March 27, at Lisbon Library’s Heritage Hall for the area student speeech showcase.
Lisbon library director Amy White noted the event held in Heritage Hall, one of the oldest buildings in downtown Lisbon, was being used as it was originally designed — to celebrate and elevate the arts and music.
Mount Vernon’s Natalie Spinsby was unable to attend, but performed her prose piece on Briar Rose via a recording of the presentation. Spinsby, a senior, has been in the speech program all four years and has been an All-State nominated speaker all the years in her individual speech events.
Mount Vernon coach Grant Freeman also recognized senior Aden Grudzinski for his dedication to speech. In his four years in speech, Grudzinski had competed in all 16 different speech events in his career.
“He’s the only person on the team who has competed in 16 different events,” Freeman said. “He finally made it to All-State as part of the one act play this year. He’s not the same student I knew as a freshman compared to who he is today.”
Juniors Lydia Benesh, Dallas Olberding, Milo Olinger and Michael Briesemeister each performed, and the event was concluded with Lisbon’s Ava Cossolotto performing her after-dinner speaking piece. | https://www.eastcentraliowanews.com/mvlsun/all-state-speakers-give-one-last-performance-before-big-event/article_0705cd19-039c-5452-9e34-72f27c7002ee.html | 2022-04-01T02:02:37Z |
NEW YORK (AP) — Whoa! It’s a Double Aho!
Both NHL players named Sebastian Aho — one a defenseman for the New York Islanders, the other a forward for the Carolina Hurricanes — scored goals for their teams Thursday night.
And at nearly the exact same time.
According to Sportsnet Stats, the Islanders’ Aho scored his first goal of the season at 7:14 p.m. EDT in New York against Columbus.
Just 34 seconds later — and more than 500 miles away — the Hurricanes’ Aho scored his 31st goal in Carolina against Montreal. Both gave their teams 1-0 leads in the first period.
It’s not the first time the two have combined on a statistical oddity. In 2018, New York’s Aho committed a hooking penalty on Carolina’s Aho, causing MSG Networks Islanders play-by-play broadcaster Brendan Burke to exclaim: “A little Sebastian Aho-on-Sebastian Aho crime.”
The two Ahos are not related, by the way. The Islanders’ Aho, Sebastian Johannes Aho, is 26 and from Sweden. He has three career NHL goals in limited action.
The Hurricanes’ Aho, Sebastian Antero Aho, is 24 and from Finland. He’s a two-time NHL All-Star and has 176 career goals.
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Australia’s Property Market Is Beginning to Cool, Led by Sydney
(Bloomberg) -- Sydney home prices fell for a second straight month and home lending eased, adding to signs that Australia’s property boom, fueled by ultra-low interest rates, is losing momentum.
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The nation’s most populous city recorded a 0.2% drop in March, while prices in Melbourne slipped 0.1%, CoreLogic Inc. said in a report Friday. Although prices are still advancing across the country, the 0.3% monthly gain for the country’s eight major cities was the equal lowest since October 2020.
Separate government data showed both the value and number of home loans slid in February, with new home loan commitments dropping 3.7% to A$32.3 billion ($24.2 billion), down from a record high the previous month.
Australia, like a number of developed economies, recorded significant property market gains through the pandemic as the central bank cut rates to near zero to prop up the economy. But rising expectations of policy tightening in the months ahead is beginning to cool buyer ardor.
Housing affordability has also become a significant issue, with income growth trailing well behind property-price gains: between March 2020 and December 2021, wages increased 3.3% compared with a 22.6% lift in dwelling values.
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“Virtually every capital city and major rest-of-state region has moved through a peak in the trend rate of growth,” said Tim Lawless, CoreLogic’s director of research. “The sharpest slowdown has been in Sydney, where housing prices are the most unaffordable, advertised supply is trending higher and sales activity is down over the year.”
The median home value in Sydney is now more than 17 times the median salary in the country.
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Sydney’s growth rate eased to 0.3% in the first quarter of 2022 from a peak of 9.3% in the three months through May 2021, the data showed. One bright spot was regional Australia, where values rose 1.7% in March.
Overall, national home values have climbed 18.2% over the past 12 months, after reaching a “cyclical high” of 22.4% in January 2021, the report showed.
National housing turnover is also cooling, with preliminary transaction estimates for the first quarter tracking 14.3% below the same period last year.
(Adds home loans data, economist comment.)
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DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — The French medical charity Doctors Without Borders, or MSF, says that five of its employees have been released in Nigeria after being kidnapped last month in neighboring Cameroon.
Armed men kidnapped the MSF employees on Feb. 24 from the group’s base in Cameroon’s Far North region in Fotokol, which is near Nigeria and Chad. Those kidnapped and subsequently released include a Senegalese, Chadian and Franco-Ivorian along with their two Cameroon security guards.
The organization said the workers were released Wednesday in Nigeria and have been “taken to a safe place.”
“We are happy to find our colleagues safe and sound,” said the director general of the organization, Stephen Cornish. “We share the deep relief of their parents and loved ones, who were impatiently awaiting this news.”
The organization did not give details on the condition of the release.
Cheikh Ndiaye, the uncle of the Senegalese humanitarian who was taking hostages expressed his family’s relief.
”They are free. We were told they are in Nigeria. We rejoice and look forward with great relief to his return among us,” he said.
Islamic extremist groups Boko Haram and the Islamic State West Africa Province are known to carry out attacks in this region. | https://www.ketk.com/news/world/medical-charity-says-5-abducted-workers-are-freed-in-nigeria/ | 2022-04-01T02:02:39Z |
Civic show delights fans of musical theater
Parodies of songs from big musicals get lots of laughs. The cast of the Civic Theatre’s production of Forbidden Broadway’s Greatest Hits, from left, Capri Parrish Williams, A.J. Lorenzini, Jessica Butler Garrison, Gavin Thomas Drew, Darren Harrison, and Stephanie Longbrake shine. Courtesy photo. Whatzup Features Writer. March...
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Australia Names RBA’s First Female No. 2, Likely Lowe Successor
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(Bloomberg) -- Australia named Michele Bullock as the Reserve Bank’s first female deputy governor, propelling her to the front of the queue to succeed Philip Lowe in the top job.
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Bullock was appointed to a five-year term as the central bank’s No. 2 official and will take up her role immediately, according to statements from the treasurer and the RBA Friday. The announcement is a further step in efforts to redress generations of male dominance at the upper echelons of the institution.
“Bullock will become the first female deputy governor of the RBA in their 62-year history,” Treasurer Josh Frydenberg said in announcing her appointment. Bullock replaces Guy Debelle who resigned last month for a job in the private sector.
Bullock is the most experienced of the RBA’s five assistant governors and was widely seen as a front-runner for the role. She was assistant governor for currency and business services between 2010 and 2016, before taking on her most recent position overseeing the financial system.
Her appointment comes as global central banks and the private sector take firmer strides towards gender equality. The U.S. Federal Reserve had been headed up by Janet Yellen and the European Central Bank is currently led by Christine Lagarde. In some parts of Asia, women dominate central banking and financial supervision, despite being in traditionally more patriarchal societies.
“Bullock’s fairly quick appointment suggests that the RBA did not look externally, continuing a long-established tradition of promoting from within,” said Su-Lin Ong, head of Australian economic and fixed-income strategy at Royal Bank of Canada. Ong pointed out that unlike previous deputy governors Bullock, has not spent time overseeing economics.
“From a markets perspective, we note that financial stability falls under her remit which will be particularly important as the rate cycle gets underway,” Ong said.
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Shadow Treasurer Jim Chalmers welcomed Bullock’s appointment, noting her “distinguished career” at the RBA.
“The departure of Guy Debelle has provided an opportunity for renewal in the most senior echelons of the RBA and it’s pleasing to see a woman appointed as deputy for the first time,” Chalmers said in a statement.
Under Governor Lowe, the RBA has a longer term goal of 40% women in managerial positions, from 34.4% now. But it faces stiff competition from major banks and other financial institutions also striving to boost their female numbers.
Lowe pledged to improve gender equality shortly after taking the helm at the RBA in late 2016, after being challenged by his then 15-year-old daughter about the dearth of females in senior roles. While women hold four of five assistant governor posts -- up from zero -- the top two roles have remained the preserve of men, until now.
“I warmly congratulate Michele on her appointment,” Lowe said in a statement. “Michele brings a wealth of experience to the position. She has played a leading role in the bank’s work on financial stability and has a well-deserved international reputation for her work on payments systems.”
The Australian central bank’s gender struggles mirror those in the nation’s private sector. While company boards are steadily moving toward gender balance, there’s still a dearth of women in CEO roles.
Australia’s gender pay gap is currently 22.8%, while at the RBA under Lowe, the gap between the average salaries of men and women has declined from 16% to 14.5%.
The paradox is that Australia is a global leader in women’s educational attainment, according to the World Economic Forum. Yet when it comes to women’s participation in the economy, it ranks 70th on the WEF’s list — behind Kazakhstan, Serbia and Zimbabwe.
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The RBA has shown progress under Lowe.
Following Lowe’s elevation to governor in September 2016, Luci Ellis was appointed an assistant governor, overseeing economic analysis and research and acting as Lowe’s chief economic adviser. Bullock was named assistant governor for the financial system.
At the departmental level, Alexandra Heath is head of economic analysis, which advises on monetary policy, and Marion Kohler was named head of domestic markets, which implements policy.
Almost 10 years ago, Bloomberg interviewed Ellis, Bullock and Heath for a story on Australian women in economics. Asked at the time how far Australia was from having a woman run its central bank, Bullock concluded in her deadpan country style: “probably a while.”
It’s certainly getting closer.
(Updates with comment from economist, shadow treasurer)
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CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico (AP) — More than a dozen migrants excitedly ran out of their dormitory at the Good Samaritan shelter here at the mere mention that the Biden administration may lift a rule that expels people at the border before they can request a chance at humanitarian protection in the United States.
They quizzed a reporter they’d overheard speak of the expected change in a rule that for the past two years has forced asylum seekers to wait at shelters in in Mexican border cities terrorized by organized crime.
At times the wait has seemed interminable. They struggle to find work, worry about debts accumulated to just reach the border and live in fear that they or their children could be snatched by drug cartels preying on the most vulnerable.
Migrants have been expelled more than 1.7 million times from the U.S. under public health powers invoked in March 2020 that are designed to prevent spread of Covid-19. The Biden administration plans to lift Title 42 authority – named for a 1944 public health law – by May 23, according to people familiar with the matter, with an official announcement expected as early as Friday. Near the height of the omicron variant in late January, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention had extended the order to this week.
Reaction at migrant shelters in Ciudad Juarez shows the determination of many migrants to settle in the United States as soon as possible.
Most of the 63 people staying at Good Samaritan, across the border from El Paso, Texas, were women and their children from Mexico and Central America. The Rev. Juan Fierro, the shelter’s director, said the vast majority had either been expelled under Title 42 authority or were still waiting to try for asylum.
A group of women said that if Title 42 ended they would run to the bridge at the border to request asylum, because returning to their homes was not an option.
Melida Castro, a 32-year-old from Honduras, has been at the shelter for four months with her children, ages 3 and 8. “There’s nothing more for us to do but wait,” she said, explaining she had fled Honduras after a gang killed her uncle.
“I saw him die in my arms,” she said. Her family crossed the border once and turned themselves over to Border Patrol agents, but they were flown to El Paso and pushed back to Mexico. She said the agents mentioned Title 42, but didn’t explain what it meant.
While word of lifting the asylum limits provided a glimmer of hope, the possibility was also met with suspicion.
Delaying the lifting until late May, when the Biden administration has had more than a year in office to prepare, struck some as a way to buy time until the U.S. government can come up with another obstacle.
“Suddenly they’re going to say, ‘We’re not going to lift it,’” said Victor Sanchez, who fled Honduras with his wife and her three younger siblings. They have been staying at another shelter in Ciudad Juarez for a month.
The nine-bedroom concrete Oscar Romero House shelter clusters around a small courtyard with a pomegranate tree where children play after returning from school. The parents sit on the second floor terrace, fearful to go outside, sharing care of the youngest children and looking across the dusty desert cityscape to the mountains of El Paso less than 10 miles away.
Katherine, Sanchez’s wife, had a baby while in Mexico. “If we have to wait, we wait,” she said. “Now that there are organizations that can help us, we’ll wait for a legal way.”
There have been signs that the Biden administration has been preparing for an expected surge of asylum seekers trying to make their way to the border.
Two weeks ago, U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas visited Mexico and Costa Rica to discuss managing migration flows. Without providing details, Mayorkas said he had reached a “migration arrangement” with Costa Rica.
In his State of the Union Address this month, President Joe Biden had said, “We’re securing commitments and supporting partners in South and Central America to host more refugees and secure their own borders.”
Both Mexico and Costa Rica are taking in substantial numbers of asylum seekers that in many cases would otherwise try to enter the United States. They could also be critical in trying to control the flow of migrants to the U.S. border.
Last month, Costa Rica started requiring visas for Venezuelans and Cubans, a step toward slowing their migration north. Mexico already required visas of Cubans and added Venezuelans in January.
Still, large numbers of migrants have been reaching the border. The Department of Homeland Security said Tuesday that about 7,100 migrants were coming daily, compared with an average of about 5,900 a day in February and on pace to match or exceed highs from last year, 2019 and other peak periods.
Camilo Cruz, a spokesman with the United Nations International Organization for Migration, said this week that every U.S. move on immigration affects migration flows in the region.
“It moves people, generates hope or some kind of speculation by the traffickers,” Cruz said. “That motivates people to come to try to cross the border.” He said the IOM supports a network of shelters along the border and has worked in recent years to build their capacity.
Immigration advocacy groups applauded the decision, which they universally viewed as long overdue. Like the migrants, some questioned the delay until late May when the Biden administration has had months to prepare.
“A phased wind-down strategy just further proves this was never about public health,” Erin Mazursky, interim director of Families Belong Together, a coalition of groups opposed to Trump-era immigration policies, said in a statement. “This policy was in place for two years too long and the reported decision to extend Title 42 until May 23rd is simply another excuse to expel more people. If the intent is to stop upending people’s lives and hold true to America’s commitment to asylum and due process, the expulsions must end now.”
U.S. Rep. Judy Chu, a Los Angeles-area Democrat, told reporters in a conference call Thursday that administration officials visited congressional offices this week to brief lawmakers and their staffs on plans for accommodating larger numbers of migrants — up to about three times the current flow under one scenario.
The administration is “working very hard at finding a way to process migrants lawfully, humanely and efficiently,” she said.
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Associated Press writer Elliot Spagat in San Diego contributed to this report. | https://www.ketk.com/news/world/migrants-hopeful-suspicious-at-us-reopening-to-asylum/ | 2022-04-01T02:02:47Z |
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Washington softball coach Amanda Orkoskey is not afraid to expose her team to top-notch competition early in the season. Even after dropping two games earlier this month to Oak Glen, last year’s Class AA runner-up, Orkoskey knows it’s the right approach. “They have a lot of pressure...
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Betty Reid Soskin, Oldest National Park Service Ranger, Retires At 100
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- Betty Reid SoskinAmerican entrepreneur, activist, park ranger
The National Park Service’s oldest active ranger has announced her retirement at the age of 100.
Betty Reid Soskin’s last day was Thursday at the Rosie the Riveter/WWII Home Front National Historical Park in Richmond, California, where she led programs with the public and shared her own experiences from the war with visitors.
“Being a primary source in the sharing of that history — my history — and giving shape to a new national park has been exciting and fulfilling,” Soskin said in a statement from the National Park Service. “It has proven to bring meaning to my final years.”
Soskin was born in Detroit in 1921, and her Cajun-Creole family moved to Louisiana when she was a child. They moved again, to California, after being displaced along with hundreds of thousands of others by the Great Mississippi Flood of 1927.
During World War II, she faced discrimination working for the U.S. Air Force before going on to work as a file clerk in a segregated union auxiliary. In 1945, she and then-husband Mel Reid opened Reid’s Records, a Berkeley music store that became an institution and, when it closed in 2019, was the oldest record store in the state.
She was a political staffer at the local and state levels, and in the early 2000s, started helping develop plans for the Rosie the Riveter/WWII Home Front National Historical Park, which opened in 2001 to honor the working women of World War II. She got more and more involved with the park, and by 2011, she was a permanent NPS employee.
Soskin has been a devoted advocate for making sure that Black women’s experiences are included in the history the park commemorates. She’s also said she hoped that seeing her could inspire girls of color.
“I still love this uniform,” she told the “Today Show” in 2015. “Partly because there’s a silent message to every little girl of color that I pass on the street or in an elevator or on an escalator ... that there’s a career choice she may have never thought of.”
The park plans to hold a celebration of Soskin’s retirement in April.
This article originally appeared on HuffPost and has been updated. | https://news.yahoo.com/betty-reid-soskin-oldest-national-010206186.html | 2022-04-01T02:02:53Z |
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LVIV, Ukraine — Russian troops were leaving the Chernobyl nuclear power plant and heading towards Ukraine’s border with Belarus, the Ukrainian nuclear operator company said Thursday. The operator, Energoatom, said that the Russian military was also preparing to leave Slavutych, a nearby city where power plant workers live. | https://www.newsbreak.com/news/2556268207003/loretta-finney | 2022-04-01T02:02:55Z |
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — The Turkish prosecutor in the case against 26 Saudi nationals charged in the slaying of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi made a surprise request Thursday that their trial in absentia be suspended and the case transferred to Saudi Arabia, raising fears of a possible coverup.
The panel of judges made no ruling on the prosecutor’s request but said a letter would be sent to Turkey’s Justice Ministry seeking its opinion on the possible transfer of the file to Saudi judicial authorities, the state-run Anadolu Agency reported. Trial was adjourned until April 7.
The development comes as Turkey has been trying to normalize its relationship with Saudi Arabia, which hit an all-time low following Khashoggi’s grisly October 2018 killing. Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said in an interview on Thursday that Saudi authorities were more cooperative on judicial issues with Turkey, but did not elaborate.
In arguing for the transfer, the prosecutor told the court that the Saudi chief public prosecutor’s office requested the Turkish proceedings be transferred to the kingdom in a letter dated March 13, and that international warrants issued by Ankara against the defendants be lifted, according to the private DHA news agency.
The prosecutor said that because the arrest warrants cannot be executed and defense statements cannot be taken, the case would remain inconclusive in Turkey.
Amnesty International urged Turkey to press ahead with the trial, saying if it is transferred to Saudi Arabia, Turkey will be “knowingly and willingly sending the case to a place where it will be covered up.”
Moving Khashoggi’s trial to Saudi Arabia would provide a diplomatic resolution to a dispute that represented the wider troubles between Ankara and the kingdom since the 2011 Arab Spring.
Turkey under Erdogan supported Islamists as the uprisings took hold, while Saudi Arabia and its ally the United Arab Emirates sought to suppress such movements for fear of facing challenges to their autocratic governments. Meanwhile, Turkey sided with Qatar in a diplomatic dispute that saw Doha boycotted by Bahrain, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and the UAE.
Since then-President Donald Trump lost the 2020 election, the Gulf Arab states have set aside — but not fully resolved — the Qatar dispute. Meanwhile, Turkey under Erdogan has faced a rapid devaluation of its lira currency over his refusal to hike interest rates. Bilateral trade to the kingdom and the UAE, a major transshipment point for the world economy, also collapsed.
Since the start of 2022, Erdogan has sought to improve those ties, including making his first visit to the UAE in nearly a decade. Saudi Arabia and the UAE, after fighting through the coronavirus pandemic’s economic effects, facing a grinding war in Yemen and struggling with renewed tensions with Iran, also want to resolve the outstanding feud.
Khashoggi disappeared on Oct. 2, 2018, after entering the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, seeking documents that would allow him to marry Hatice Cengiz, a Turkish national who was waiting outside the building. He never emerged.
Turkish officials allege that the Saudi national, who was a United States resident, was killed and then dismembered with a bone saw inside the consulate. His body has not been found. Prior to his killing, Khashoggi had written critically of Saudi Arabia’s crown prince in columns for the Washington Post.
Turkish authorities said he was killed by a team of Saudi agents. Those on trial in absentia include two former aides of the prince.
Saudi officials initially offered conflicting accounts concerning the killing, including claims that Khashoggi had left the consulate building unharmed. But amid mounting international pressure, they stated that Khashoggi’s death was a tragic accident, with the meeting unexpectedly turning violent.
Turkey decided to try the defendants in absentia after Saudi Arabia rejected Turkish demands for their extradition.
The slaying had sparked international condemnation and cast a cloud of suspicion over Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. Western intelligence agencies, as well as the U.S. Congress, have said that an operation of this magnitude could not have happened without his knowledge.
In urging Turkey to proceed with the trial, Amnesty International said Ankara would be complicit in a coverup if it grants the Saudi request for a transfer.
“If the prosecutor’s request is granted, then instead of prosecuting and shedding light on a murder that was committed on its territory … Turkey will be knowingly and willingly sending the case to a place where it will be covered up,” said Tarik Beyhan, Amnesty’s campaign director for Turkey.
Beyhan said he didn’t want to “think about the possibility” that the prosecutor’s request may be related to the improving ties between Riyadh and Ankara.
“Basic human rights … should not be made the subject of political negotiations,” he said. “A murder cannot be covered up to fix relations.”
Some of the men were put on trial in Riyadh behind closed doors. A Saudi court issued a final verdict in 2020 that sentenced five mid-level officials and operatives to 20-year jail terms. The court had originally ordered the death penalty, but reduced the punishment after Khashoggi’s son Salah, who lives in Saudi Arabia, announced that he forgave the defendants. Three others were sentenced to lesser jail terms.
On Thursday, Khashoggi’s fiancee, Cengiz, appeared to criticize the prosecutor’s request in a tweet in English. “It is an exemplary situation in terms of showing the dilemma facing humanity in the modern era,” she wrote. “Which of the two will we choose? To want to live like a virtuous human being or to build a life by holding material interests above all kinds of values.”
She did not respond to a request for comment.
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Associated Press Writer Jon Gambrell contributed from Dubai. | https://www.ketk.com/news/world/prosecutor-seeks-end-to-khashoggi-murder-trial-in-turkey/ | 2022-04-01T02:02:55Z |
AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — Anna Davis was little more than a silhouette from right of the ninth green as darkness fell quickly at the end of a long day at the Augusta National Women’s Amateur. The only light came from a video board and headlights from carts making their way in.
Not the least bit rattled, the 16-year-old from San Diego pitched with perfect pace to 2 feet to save par and post a 4-over 76 at Champions Retreat, one of only nine players to finish the second round.
What started as lingering thunderstorms turned into a heavy rain that delayed the start of the second round for for seven-and-a-half hours. That led to what should be a longer day, but far more fun on Friday.
Fifty-one players will finish the second round in the morning — some with only one hole to play, others with nine holes — before heading over to Augusta National for a practice round.
It starts with an elite competition. It ends for so many of them with a dream come true.
Of the nine players who finished, Davis was at 2-over 146 and in a tie for eighth, virtually assured of being among the 30 players from a field of 60 who advance to the final round at the home of the Masters.
No one was under par.
Beatrice Wallin of Sweden was 1 under for the round through 16 holes and even par for the tournament, tied with Amari Avery, who also was 1 under for the day through 16.
Joining them at even par was Hailey Borjas, the Californian who plays at Michigan. Her day ended on a sour note with consecutive bogeys. Even so, she was excited for Friday.
She was at Augusta National earlier in the week, driving down Magnolia Lane and having a group dinner hosted by the club chairman.
“Seeing Augusta for the first time, it was like a dream come true,” Borjas said.
She was more excited about her first chance to play it than her position in the Augusta National Women’s Amateur, in its third year but already considered elite among amateur events because of where it’s at.
“I don’t really like to think about golf when I’m playing golf, if that makes any sense,” Borjas said. “I like to talk about other things, like shoes. So to think about Augusta National tomorrow will keep me going.”
U.S. Women’s Amateur champion Jensen Castle had the best round going at 2 under through 16 holes, leaving her one shot out of the lead.
The course was just as difficult as the opening round, when strong wind allowed only five players to break par. The wind subsided after the rain, though it left the course soggy and longer, even as the greens were slightly more receptive.
Rose Zhang, the No. 1 amateur in the world, made progress by not really going anywhere. She put together one bogey and 13 pars and improved from a tie for 39th to a tie for 26th.
Rachel Heck of Stanford, the No. 3 player in women’s amateur golf who won six times in one semester last year as a freshman, was going the other direction. Heck had a pair of double bogeys in her opening four holes and was 5 over through 10 holes, leaving her outside the projected cut line at 6 over.
The cut is a hard 30. Any ties lead to a sudden-death playoff to see who advances, although everyone gets to play a practice round at Augusta National on Friday.
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Bullish Complii FinTech Solutions Ltd (ASX:CF1) insiders filled their treasuries with AU$850k worth of stock over last year
Generally, when a single insider buys stock, it is usually not a big deal. However, when several insiders are buying, like in the case of Complii FinTech Solutions Ltd (ASX:CF1), it sends a favourable message to the company's shareholders.
While insider transactions are not the most important thing when it comes to long-term investing, we do think it is perfectly logical to keep tabs on what insiders are doing.
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The Last 12 Months Of Insider Transactions At Complii FinTech Solutions
The insider, Jason Peterson, made the biggest insider sale in the last 12 months. That single transaction was for AU$240k worth of shares at a price of AU$0.04 each. That means that even when the share price was below the current price of AU$0.10, an insider wanted to cash in some shares. As a general rule we consider it to be discouraging when insiders are selling below the current price, because it suggests they were happy with a lower valuation. Please do note, however, that sellers may have a variety of reasons for selling, so we don't know for sure what they think of the stock price. It is worth noting that this sale was only 27% of Jason Peterson's holding. The only individual insider seller over the last year was Jason Peterson.
In the last twelve months insiders purchased 16.41m shares for AU$850k. On the other hand they divested 8.41m shares, for AU$361k. In the last twelve months there was more buying than selling by Complii FinTech Solutions insiders. Their average price was about AU$0.052. It is certainly positive to see that insiders have invested their own money in the company. However, we do note that they were buying at significantly lower prices than today's share price. The chart below shows insider transactions (by companies and individuals) over the last year. If you click on the chart, you can see all the individual transactions, including the share price, individual, and the date!
There are plenty of other companies that have insiders buying up shares. You probably do not want to miss this free list of growing companies that insiders are buying.
Insider Ownership
For a common shareholder, it is worth checking how many shares are held by company insiders. I reckon it's a good sign if insiders own a significant number of shares in the company. It's great to see that Complii FinTech Solutions insiders own 41% of the company, worth about AU$17m. This kind of significant ownership by insiders does generally increase the chance that the company is run in the interest of all shareholders.
So What Do The Complii FinTech Solutions Insider Transactions Indicate?
The fact that there have been no Complii FinTech Solutions insider transactions recently certainly doesn't bother us. But insiders have shown more of an appetite for the stock, over the last year. With high insider ownership and encouraging transactions, it seems like Complii FinTech Solutions insiders think the business has merit. So while it's helpful to know what insiders are doing in terms of buying or selling, it's also helpful to know the risks that a particular company is facing. At Simply Wall St, we've found that Complii FinTech Solutions has 5 warning signs (1 can't be ignored!) that deserve your attention before going any further with your analysis.
Of course, you might find a fantastic investment by looking elsewhere. So take a peek at this free list of interesting companies.
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Honey Pot is proud to offer great-tasting and easy ways to consume cannabis. Our goal is to provide remedies from natural resources to help patients get through their days in comfort and wellness. Honey Pot offers cannabis paired with other natural ingredients to maximize the benefits while eliciting a sweet and delectable flavor. Californians can stir a little sunshine into their life, with Honey Pot cannabis-infused wildflower honey.
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Cannabis products by cannabis people, Honey Pot brings natural relief from our family to yours. For thousands of years, honey has been used medicinally for its anti-bacterial properties and high levels of antioxidants. Sourced from local California apiaries (honey farms), the bees collect their nectar from wildflowers. Combined with cannabis the two come together to create powerful and delicious cannabis honey.
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Honey Pot not only offers our infused Honey Pot but we also craft cannabis-infused topicals and teas. Honey Pot's original THC infused honey is available in a 4 fl oz bottle. Honey Pot has created a CBD line of Honey Pot for patients in need of cannabis without any psychoactive effects. Honey Pot's topicals are made with natural ingredients to make your bare skin feel great while providing relieving cannabis. The Topical Balm is available in two ratios and two sizes and has won multiple best topical in the High Times Cannabis Cup. Other Cannabis Cup winners are the infused Body Lotion, a cannabis lotion containing lavender, wildflower honey, aloe vera, and a host of other beneficial essential oils. Honey Pot's mission is to provide widespread relief and are committed to creating products that meet the needs of everyone in the cannabis community.
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Honey Pot has been involved in multiple areas of the cannabis industry and is eager to continue collaborating with other cannabis enthusiasts. Honey Pot has won 14 Cannabis Cups and featured on Viceland’s Bong Appetit, Newsweek, Netflix's Disjointed, and many more. Honey Pot offers its cannabis-infused line of products for Adults over 21 in California.
Honey Pot is proud to offer great-tasting and easy ways to consume cannabis. Our goal is to provide remedies from natural resources to help patients get through their days in comfort and wellness. Honey Pot offers cannabis paired with other natural ingredients to maximize the benefits while eliciting a sweet and delectable flavor. Californians can stir a little sunshine into their life, with Honey Pot cannabis-infused wildflower honey.
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Cannabis products by cannabis people, Honey Pot brings natural relief from our family to yours. For thousands of years, honey has been used medicinally for its anti-bacterial properties and high levels of antioxidants. Sourced from local California apiaries (honey farms), the bees collect their nectar from wildflowers. Combined with cannabis the two come together to create powerful and delicious cannabis honey.
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Honey Pot not only offers our infused Honey Pot but we also craft cannabis-infused topicals and teas. Honey Pot's original THC infused honey is available in a 4 fl oz bottle. Honey Pot has created a CBD line of Honey Pot for patients in need of cannabis without any psychoactive effects. Honey Pot's topicals are made with natural ingredients to make your bare skin feel great while providing relieving cannabis. The Topical Balm is available in two ratios and two sizes and has won multiple best topical in the High Times Cannabis Cup. Other Cannabis Cup winners are the infused Body Lotion, a cannabis lotion containing lavender, wildflower honey, aloe vera, and a host of other beneficial essential oils. Honey Pot's mission is to provide widespread relief and are committed to creating products that meet the needs of everyone in the cannabis community.
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Honey Pot has been involved in multiple areas of the cannabis industry and is eager to continue collaborating with other cannabis enthusiasts. Honey Pot has won 14 Cannabis Cups and featured on Viceland’s Bong Appetit, Newsweek, Netflix's Disjointed, and many more. Honey Pot offers its cannabis-infused line of products for Adults over 21 in California. | https://www.leafly.com/brands/honey-pot/products/honey-pot-honey-pot-11-body-lotion-2-fl-oz | 2022-04-01T02:03:00Z |
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In April, Cole Library and Lisbon Library will join together to host a new series of classes offered by Linn County Master Gardeners. Four Master Gardeners will present a garden program on four consecutive Tuesday evenings from 6:30 – 7:30 p.m. in Heritage Hall, on the second floor of the Lisbon Public Library at 101 East Main Street.
Who are the master gardeners? They are your friends and neighbors who have a passion for gardening. To become a Master Gardener you must take 40 hours of horticulture class training, complete a 40 hour internship, and then continue to take courses and volunteer so that you are up to date on the latest best practices for gardeners in Iowa.
The classes are free and open to everyone in our communities and do not require pre-registration. The subjects and teachers are as follows:
April 5 For the Love of Monarchs — Carol Elliott LCMG - Want to make a difference for the monarchs? Something we can do is to grow milkweed or plant a pollinator-friendly garden. Gardeners can also raise monarchs inside their homes or start a Monarch Zone on their property. Come and learn how you can make a difference for the monarchs and raise your own generation of monarchs or swallowtails. It’s great fun and educational for both kids and adults.
April 12 Public Gardens of Iowa — Cindy Fagan LCMG - This presentation will highlight the many must-see gardens that we have in our state. It will contain the logistics about visiting the garden, their points of interest, and many photos of their garden delights.
April 19 Successful Hanging Baskets and Containers — Deb Walser LCMG - Why don’t my baskets and containers look nice all summer? Deb will share with you the tricks to keeping your plants looking nice. We’ll talk through planting, watering, fertilizing, and pruning during the summer months. Deb will also share many before, during, and after photos of baskets and containers from this past summer with both good and bad experiences.
April 26 Common Insects & Diseases — Phil Pfister LCMG - There are many insects and diseases that can reduce the overall production of your vegetable garden. This discussion will address some of the more common insects and diseases as well as methods for managing these pests in an earth-friendly way.
All are welcome at these informative sessions. Please call librarians Cathy Boggs at 319-895-4262 or Amy White at 319-455-2800 with questions.
Mark your calendars, come to Heritage Hall in the Lisbon Library, and think Spring. | https://www.eastcentraliowanews.com/mvlsun/cole-corner-cole-lisbon-hosting-master-gardener-talks-in-april/article_6a1036e6-8dd5-5137-aa7d-7e75fd236238.html | 2022-04-01T02:03:02Z |
Big Red battles, fends off John Marshall for season-opening victory
GLEN DALE — Both John Marshall and Steubenville were faced with challenges on Tuesday but it was Big Red who walked away with an 8-6 victory on Monarch Field. First, John Marshall trailed 4-0, only to rally to pull even at 5-5. Then, it was Steubenville’s turn to...
www.heraldstaronline.com | https://www.newsbreak.com/news/2556268224952/big-red-battles-fends-off-john-marshall-for-season-opening-victory | 2022-04-01T02:03:02Z |
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Seeking to counter international fears over its new security alliance with China, the Solomon Islands said Friday it won’t allow China to build a military base there.
But that insistence will do little to ease concerns about the pact from the nation’s traditional partners that include New Zealand, Australia and the United States.
The leader of neighboring Micronesia added his voice to those expressing trepidation by invoking the bloody battles of World War II and warning that the pact could again see the South Pacific region become a battleground for much larger powers.
The Solomon Islands government said Thursday a draft agreement of the new security pact had been initialed by representatives from the Solomons and China and would be “cleaned up” and signed.
In a statement Friday, the Solomon Islands government said that “contrary to the misinformation promoted by anti-government commentators” the agreement did not invite China to establish a military base.
“Government is conscious of the security ramification of hosting a military base, and it will not be careless to allow such initiative to take place under its watch,” the statement said.
The statement seemed to more emphatically rule out the possibility of a base after Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare had earlier told parliament it had no intention of asking China to build a base.
Sogavare said his nation sought only peace and prosperity, citing its foreign policy mantra: “We are friends to all and enemies to none.” He said it wasn’t a secret deal but a sovereign issue.
Under the terms of the draft agreement, China could send police, military personnel and other armed forces to the Solomon Islands “to assist in maintaining social order” and for a variety of other reasons. It could also send warships to the islands for stopovers and to replenish supplies, which had led to speculation about the possibility of China establishing a naval base on the South Pacific islands.
Micronesia President David Panuelo wrote a letter to Sogavare saying Micronesia had “grave security concerns” about the “novel and unprecedented” arrangement.
He said the two small nations had become battle grounds during World War II and that it could happen again as China, the U.S. and Australia asserted themselves in the region.
“And is it plausible that, once the spheres have been carved out, that our concerns about climate change — today’s problem — would manifest into all-too-real concerns about a war in our backyards, with our people, our islands, as the playground for children playing as adults?” Panuelo wrote to Sogavare.
Australian Defense Minister Peter Dutton said Friday that while it respected the Solomons’ sovereignty, the deal showed that China was acting aggressively in the region.
“We need to be very cautious here because the Chinese are incredibly aggressive, the tactics that they’re deploying into small island nations are quite remarkable,” he told Sky News.
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern this week described the possibility of Chinese military forces stationed on the Solomon Islands as “the potential militarization of the region.” And the U.S. State Department said Washington did not believe China’s security forces and methods needed to be exported.
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin said Thursday that “relevant parties should see the China-Solomon Islands security cooperation objectively and rationally and stop making irresponsible remarks.”
“Attempts to provoke, obstruct and undermine China’s friendly relations with the island countries is not popular and will not succeed,” Wang told reporters at a daily briefing.
“China-Solomon Islands cooperation does not target any third party and is not in conflict with Solomon Islands’ cooperation with other countries. Instead, it complements the existing regional cooperation mechanisms in a positive way,” he added.
The Solomon Islands, home to about 700,000 people, switched its diplomatic allegiance from Taiwan to Beijing in 2019 — a contributing factor to riots in November last year between residents of different islands within the country.
Australian police have been in the capital, Honiara, maintaining peace since then under a bilateral security treaty established in 2017. It provides a legal basis for the rapid deployment of Australian police, troops and associated civilians in the event of a major security challenge.
Chinese police are already on the islands conducting a training mission.
The Federated States of Micronesia is home to about 100,000 people. It has diplomatic relations and considers itself a “friend” of China, as well as having a close relationship with the U.S. under a compact of free association. | https://www.ketk.com/news/world/solomon-islands-says-china-deal-wont-include-military-base/ | 2022-04-01T02:03:02Z |
HENRICO, Va. — A Virginia police officer who had recently completed his training was killed and another officer was critically injured in a three-vehicle crash.
A third person was also critically hurt and a fourth person was treated and released from a hospital following the crash late Wednesday along U.S. 301.
The Richmond Times-Dispatch reports that 24-year-old Trey Marshall Sutton was killed.
Sutton was hired by the Henrico County Police Division last June and graduated from the basic police academy in February.
He was assigned to the Patrol Bureau and was in field training with his partner.
Copyright © 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, written or redistributed. | https://wtop.com/virginia/2022/03/virginia-police-officer-killed-second-critical-after-crash/ | 2022-04-01T02:03:03Z |
CANADA, March 31 - The Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (Bill 17), 2022, was introduced in the legislative assembly on Thursday, March 31, 2022.
If passed by the legislature, the amendments will affect the following provincial statutes:
Insurance (Vehicle) Act
The amendments to the Insurance (Vehicle) Act are technical amendments that have the effect of making permanent provisions that were temporarily provided for by the Insurance (Vehicle) Transitional Regulation.
There is no change to Basic Vehicle Damage Coverage as a result of these amendments and no change to the amount that will be paid by basic insurance for vehicle repairs for accidents occurring in B.C.
Ministry of Mines and Energy Act
Unneeded requirements around the certification of mineral assayers will be repealed to ensure responsible use of public resources and to maintain effective oversight of the mining sector in B.C. An assayer tests ores, metals and minerals and analyzes them to determine composition.
The assayer requirements were introduced in the late 1800s and have become redundant due to the regulation of professional geoscientists and growth in commercialized laboratories. Repealing these requirements will bring the Province in line with other jurisdictions.
Offence Act
The Offence Act establishes the framework on how violation tickets can be disputed and enforced in British Columbia. There are approximately 80,000 violation ticket disputes filed each year in B.C. and approximately 30% of those disputes proceed to a hearing.
Amendments to the Offence Act will provide British Columbians with options to resolve violation ticket disputes faster and with reduced need to appear in the courtroom.
The first proposed amendment will allow British Columbians to dispute their violation tickets online. The current dispute process is largely paper based.
The second proposed amendment would allow the court greater flexibility to set remote hearings where appropriate. The COVID-19 pandemic response resulted in increased use of remote appearance options and provided access to improved technology. Continuing this flexibility will help maintain better access to the courts.
The third proposed amendment will create a framework for development and testing of pre-hearing ticket dispute resolution options. These options will be tested through time-limited pilot projects. | https://www.einpresswire.com/article/567181031/introduction-of-miscellaneous-bill | 2022-04-01T02:03:03Z |
NEW YORK (AP) — Kyle Palmieri scored the go-ahead goal early in the third period to lift the New York Islanders to a 5-2 victory over the Columbus Blue Jackets on Thursday night.
Mathew Barzal had a goal and an assist, and Sebastian Aho, Oliver Wahlstrom and Ryan Pulock also scored as New York improved to 7-1 in their last eight home games dating to a 6-0 win against the Blue Jackets on March 10.
Semyon Varlamov made 30 saves in his second consecutive start and third straight appearance with Ilya Sorokin sidelined with an upper-body injury.
Emil Bemstrom and Justin Danforth scored for Columbus, which lost its fifth straight. Elvis Merzlikins made 31 saves.
Palmieri broke a 2-2 tie at 3:16 of the third period with his 12th goal of the season. The 31-year-old winger breezed by Blue Jackets forward Patrik Laine and roofed a wrist shot to give New York a one-goal advantage. Merlikins was unable to close off the short side and Palmieri took advantage of the opening.
Barzal stretched the Islanders' lead to 4-2 with a pretty breakaway deke after he blew by two Blue Jackets defenders in the neutral zone at 9:52 of the third period.
Pulock added an empty-net goal in the final minute.
The Blue Jackets erased a two-goal deficit in a span of 1:39 midway through the second period. The Islanders left Bemstrom all alone at the top of the crease and he finished a pass from Eric Robinson at 8:47. Jake Bean also assisted on the play.
Danforth tied it at 2 with his fifth goal of the season. Yegor Chinakov skated into the offensive zone and found Vladislav Gavrikov in the slot after Islanders defenseman Zdeno Chara prevented the forward from getting behind him. Varlamov stopped the initial shot from Gavrikov, but was unable to hold onto the rebound and Danforth was able to capitalize.
The Islanders took a 2-0 lead with two goals in 11 seconds midway through the first period.
Aho opened the scoring when he stopped short and wired a wrist shot over the glove of Merzlikins at 8:39. Brock Nelson extended his point streak to six games with an assist on the play.
Wahlstrom extended the Islanders lead to 2-0 after he buried a feed from Zach Parise at 8:50. Barzal started the sequence with a floating backhand that Parise was able to corral in the offensive zone.
New York outshot Columbus 10-0 in the first half of the opening frame.
90 YEARS YOUNG
The Islanders honored hockey historian and veteran journalist Stan Fischler at the game to celebrate his 90th birthday. "The Hockey Maven” has been a hockey television personality in the northeast since the early 1970s and has authored over 100 books. He began his career with the New York Rangers in the 1950s, working in the team’s public relations department.
COVID IN COLUMBUS
Blue Jackets coach Brad Larsen and assistant coach Steve McCarthy were placed in the COVID-19 protocols and each missed their second straight game. Associate coach Pascal Vincent led the team behind the bench. ... D Zach Weresnki missed his second straight game after he sustained a hit to the head late in the late first period of Saturday night’s 3-2 overtime loss against Minnesota.
MARCH MAYHEM
The Islanders closed out a hectic March schedule with a 10-6-1 record. The 17 games New York played in March are the most the franchise has played in a single month in franchise history.
DIVISION FOES
Nine of the final 16 games remaining in the Islanders' regular season are against division opponents. The Islanders are 8-2-1 against Metropolitan teams since returning from the holiday break.
UP NEXT
Blue Jackets: Visit the Boston Bruins on Saturday night.
Islanders: Visit the New York Rangers on Friday night.
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More AP NHL: https://apnews.com/hub/nhl and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports | https://www.seattlepi.com/sports/article/Islanders-use-strong-third-period-to-top-Blue-17049940.php | 2022-04-01T02:03:04Z |
China: Peeking into the private lives of livestreamers
From a pigeon expert to a professor, a new photo series seeks to shed light on one of China's fastest growing communities - livestreamers.
Chinese photographer Huang Qingjun is no stranger to capturing the intimate personal lives of ordinary Chinese. In 2003, he embarked on a unique project - documenting the possessions that people across China own.
The project series - called Jia Dang, or Family Stuff - has taken him across a multitude of provinces for nearly two decades, snapping families as they lay out all their worldly possessions.
In the latest instalment of his project, Mr Huang has turned his lens on people who make their living from livestreaming.
Livestreaming exploded in popularity during the pandemic, providing hours of entertainment as millions were confined to their homes for weeks on end.
It was not just viewers who were hooked. More digitally-savvy entrepreneurs also went online to peddle goods. In February 2020 at the height of China's Covid-19 epidemic, Taobao, the Chinese platform which sees the largest number of livestreaming sales, saw an increase of 719% in new sellers across the country.
And as lockdowns continue to be imposed across provinces and cities, the appetite for livestreaming content has remained strong.
"In the past two years, people's daily life and consumption habits have changed a lot," Mr Huang tells the BBC.
"Now people in the post-pandemic era perceive society through smartphones, and short broadcasts and livestreaming have become a window for individuals to showcase their talents."
Perhaps more importantly, livestreamers have presented some respite from loneliness, especially at a time when restrictions and quarantine have left many starved of human connection and company.
"The 'iron friendships' between the audience and the livestreamer, forged in the livestream broadcast room, is also part of what sustains the spirit of people,'" says Mr Huang.
In his earlier photo series, Mr Huang had to travel to some of the remotest parts of China to persuade people to pose for him. Some of them had never even been photographed in their lives, much less owned a camera.
They often displayed their meagre yet prized possessions: a television, a few pots and pans, and several pairs of worn shoes.
But he has now focused on a group of technology-savvy people from diverse backgrounds, ranging from a chemistry professor and a food deliveryman to a pigeon aficionado and a noodle seller.
Many of his subjects this time are pictured turning their own lenses on themselves, surrounded by professional filming equipment, electronic appliances and sporting goods.
"By focusing on [the livestreamers'] belongings … and the tools they rely on for their livelihood, we can see the changes of an era," says Mr Huang.
"With the rapid development of Chinese society, the living standards of Chinese people have also undergone great changes, and more families enjoy the dividends brought by this development."
The World Bank estimates China's gross national income per capita has grown more than tenfold in two decades, from $940 (£714) in 2000 to $10,550 in 2020, creating a swelling middle class with disposable income.
But the photographer adds that living through a pandemic has forced many to re-think their patterns of consumption.
"Now people have recognised the importance of the environment, and every household has begun to sort their rubbish [for recycling]," he says. "Because the pandemic has too many uncertainties, it also has had a great impact on people's incomes and household consumption patterns."
Mr Huang hopes this gradual orientation away from excessive consumerism will serve as inspiration for his next instalment of the series.
"I hope that I can do a minimalist lifestyle in the future," he says. "And the last work of my Family Stuff series will be of my own belongings." | https://news.yahoo.com/china-peeking-private-lives-livestreamers-002138953.html | 2022-04-01T02:03:06Z |
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When we think of people or organizations overflowing with tastefulness and tact, the Razzies usually only come up via contrast. (As in, “Sure, that guy barfed in the punch bowl, but at least he was better than the Razzies.”) So some small measure of kudos are in order—we guess—to the bad movie award group this week, after they eventually ceded that giving Bruce Willis an “award” for making bad movies the same week he was revealed to be retiring from acting due to an aphasia diagnosis was in poor taste, even for them.
(And here’s where we note, not for the first time, that our major beef with the Razzies is not so much their general mean-spiritedness, but the sheer lack of creativity with which they express it; Willis’ recent acting career is the lowest-hanging of fruit, i.e., the Razzies’ favorite and typically only harvest.)
Per The Wrap, Razzies organizers John J.B. Wilson and Mo Murphy initially resisted calls to pull Willis’ “Worst Performance by Bruce Willis in 2021" award, going so far as to acknowledge his retirement news by saying he had wanted to “go out with a bang” in 2021. (Willis appeared in eight or so low-budget action films last year; the Los Angeles Times and other outlets have carried reports in recent days in which co-stars and co-workers reported that the actor suffered from memory issues and other cognitive problems on the films’ sets.)
Today, though, Murphy and Mo have walked back that decision, saying in a statement that, “If someone’s medical condition is a factor in their decision making and/or their performance, we acknowledge that it is not appropriate to give them a Razzie.” The duo also took the opportunity to rescind their nomination of Shelley Duvall for The Shining, from the very first Razzies, in 1980; Murphy has previously said that he felt bad for nominating Duvall for the film after learning how director Stanley Kubrick treated her on its set.
Anyway: We welcome this turn toward introspection and bridge-building for the Razzies, and can only expect it to continue into all their future efforts. | https://www.avclub.com/razzies-bruce-willis-award-retract-aphasia-1848735945 | 2022-04-01T02:03:08Z |
Manly chief executive Stephen Humphreys will front the Sea Eagles board next week over alleged corporate governance issues.
The Sea Eagles have informed the NRL of the development on Friday.
Humphreys is currently unwell after recently contracting COVID-19, while several Sea Eagles directors are also isolating after testing positive.
Humphreys - the son of former NSWRL boss Kevin - took charge of the club three years ago. The Herald has attempted to reach him for comment.
“I can’t make any public comment at this time due to the private nature of this matter,” said Manly chairman Scott Penn.
“We’ll release something more in due course.”
The Sea Eagles will face the Raiders at Mudgee on Saturday afternoon.
More to come. | https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/sport/nrl/manly-boss-humphreys-to-front-board-over-corporate-governance-issues-20220401-p5aa1p.html?ref=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss_sport_nrl | 2022-04-01T02:03:08Z |
- The Van Ness BRT grand opening is finally tomorrow morning — Are you feelin’ it? I’m feelin’ it! — and tonight they are lighting up those wild and crazy bus shelter sculptures in a ceremony that will be livestreamed. The lighting ceremony will be at 7:30 p.m. Thursday night, and can be viewed live or on demand afterward on the SFMTA Muni Instagram and Twitter pages. [@sfmta_muni]
- The oldest national park ranger in America, dearly beloved East Bay icon Betty Reid Soskin, has retired at age 100. Soskin was not a lifer at the National Park Service, she was hired at age 84 at the Rosie the Riveter/WWII Home Front National Historical Park, but her perspectives on Black women’s experiences in World War II were invaluable. [Chronicle]
- The post office branch at SFO closed permanently today, likely because the airport feels they can use the space more productively. No one will lose their job, because it's the US Postal Service obviously, but some San Bruno and Millbrae residents are pretty bummed. [KGO]
- Facebook hired a Republican consulting firm to launch a nationwide campaign to turn public sentiment against TikTok, and deflect antitrust talk about itself. [The Hill]
- The widely anticipated plant-based, casual spinoff of Michelin three-star SingleThread in Healdsburg, Little Saint, now has an opening date of April 22. [EATER SF]
- Wow you’ll never believe this, but Nancy Tung, who got creamed by Chesa Boudin in the 2019 DA race, is interested in the job if he gets recalled! Boy I just didn’t see that coming at all. [SF Standard]
Image: @themcny via Unsplash | https://sfist.com/2022/03/31/bay-around-the-bay-farewell-sfo-post-office-we-hardly-knew-ye/ | 2022-04-01T02:03:08Z |
Cornell held on for a 13-11 Game 1 victory and managed to split Sunday’s baseball doubleheader against Midwest Conference preseason favorite Illinois College at Joe Brooks Field.
The Blueboys won the second game, 13-5, and claimed the opening MWC weekend series, 2-1. Illinois College prevailed 3-2 in 11 innings on Saturday.
The Rams (4-10 overall, 1-2 MWC) got going offensively to the tune of 13 hits in Game 1, which saw junior right-hander Jake Schope (1-1) deliver seven strong innings on the mound for his first win of the season.
Cornell struck for eight runs in the top of the eighth to build a seemingly comfortable 13-2 lead. The Blueboys (7-11, 2-1 MWC) countered with nine runs in their final two at-bats before Ram reliever Aiden Rosenthal was able to stall the comeback.
With the Rams ahead 13-11 in the bottom of the ninth, Rosenthal wriggled out of a bases-loaded, no-out jam and ended the game without further damage. Rosenthal induced a 1-2-3 double play and retired the final batter on a groundout to shortstop James Kent.
Drew Logel went 2-for-5 with a two-run homer in Cornell’s big eighth inning. Kent doubled and drove in a pair. Kale Rose, Tony Neuman, Darren Mancke, Colin Konicek and Colin Gierula all had multi-hit games for the Rams.
The Rams accounted for 10 hits in Game 2, although couldn’t overcome a 10-3 deficit through four innings.
Paxon Wright came off the bench to collect two hits and two RBIs. Gierula also went 2-for-3 and scored a run. Seth Beals and Kent both had a double.
Kent reached base safely for the 14th consecutive game this season.
The Rams used six pitchers in the nightcap. Freshman Vince Zipperer and Bobby Petersen both tossed one scoreless inning in relief.
Earlier in the week, the Rams lost a 11 inning baseball game against Illinois College 3-2.
The Rams gave up a one-out single with the bases loaded in the bottom of the 11th inning, giving Illinois College a hard-fought 3-2 victory. The walk-off hit to left field was the only lead of the day for the Blueboys, picked to win the MWC this season.
Gierula bunted home Josiah Shaw to push the Rams ahead 2-0 in the top of the seventh inning. Illinois College struck twice in the bottom of the seventh and the scored remained locked at 2-2 into the 11th.
Illinois College put the winning run on base with a leadoff walk in the bottom of the 11th. The runner moved to second on a wild pitch and took third on an errant pickoff attempt at second. After a strikeout, the Rams intentionally walked the next two batters after falling behind in the count, setting up Illinois College’s winning hit.
Cornell starter Kole Hinrichsen tossed seven impressive innings, scattering only four singles and striking out seven.
Both teams finished with five hits apiece. Cornell’s Alec Boldt doubled for the lone extra-base hit of the game. Gierula had two RBIs for Cornell, including a single that plated Mancke in the fifth. | https://www.eastcentraliowanews.com/mvlsun/cornell-splits-with-illinois-in-sunday-doubleheader/article_9b00cbf9-65d9-593b-b880-45f5dd04c9cb.html | 2022-04-01T02:03:08Z |
Costs top Americans' health care concerns, new poll finds
Americans' biggest health care priorities revolve largely around affordability, according to a new Kaiser Family Foundation poll, with most wanting to see Congress tackle drug prices. More broadly, inflation and rising costs dominate the public's concerns.
The findings, released Thursday, show that 55% of Americans call inflation and rising prices the biggest problem facing the U.S., far ahead of the Russian invasion of Ukraine (18%), climate change (6%), the COVID-19 pandemic (6%) or crime (6%).
That's true across party lines, although the sentiment is most pronounced within the GOP: About 70% of Republicans call inflation the country's biggest issue, compared with 53% of independents and 46% of Democrats.
Similarly, other recent polls have found the rising cost of living dominating Americans' minds. In a new Quinnipiac poll, 30% of Americans picked inflation as the most urgent issue facing the U.S., with the Russia/Ukraine crisis following at just 14%. NBC polling also found Americans more focused on economic concerns than foreign policy or other issues. And a new Gallup survey said 17% of Americans cited inflation as the nation's top problem, the highest level in its polling since 1985.
The focus on costs remains even when Americans are asked specifically about their priorities for possible health care legislation, the KFF poll finds. Most U.S. adults (61%) say it should be a priority for Congress to limit how much drug companies can raise prescription drug prices each year to no more than the rate of inflation. About half (53%) say Congress should make it a priority to cap out-of-pocket costs for insulin at $35 monthly and to place a limit on out-of-pocket health care costs for seniors (52%).
Fewer, 42%, call it a priority to expand government-provided health insurance in states that have not expanded Medicaid access or to increase funding for access to mental health services and training for mental health providers. Only 25% say that providing more COVID-19 pandemic response funding should be a priority.
"The public's priorities in health reflect deep concern about prices of everything right now, including drug prices," KFF President and CEO Drew Altman said in a news release. "That doesn't mean other things that have long been popular do not have public support too; they do. It just means prices are the preeminent concern."
In their personal finances, most Americans express at least some worry about being able to afford gasoline or other transportation costs (71%) and unexpected medical bills (58%), with many concerned about paying for monthly utility bills (50%) and food (47%). In February 2020, just 40% worried about paying for gas, 38% about monthly utilities and 34% about food, KFF found.
Concerns are magnified for lower-income Americans. Nearly 8 in 10 Americans in households making less than $40,000 a year say they worry about affording as or transportation costs, with more than 6 in 10 also concerned about affording unexpected medical bills (66%), monthly utilities (65%), rent or mortgage payments (63%) and food (62%).
About half of Americans, 51%, say they've put off or gone without some form of medical service in the past year because of its costs.
Twelve years after its passage, the Affordable Care Act remains popular, the KFF poll finds, with 55% of the public viewing it favorably. About one-quarter, 24%, say the law has directly helped them and their family, with 20% saying it hurt them and the rest that it's had no direct effect.
Of those who say they've seen a positive personal impact, about half say the ACA mainly helped by letting someone in their family get or keep health coverage, with 30% saying the ACA mainly made it easier to get needed health care and 20% that it mainly lowered health care or health insurance costs.
Views of both the ACA and its effects are also sharply divided along partisan lines, with 43% of Democrats and just 7% of Republicans saying the ACA has helped them.
Among Americans under 65 who have private health insurance, 56% say they know nothing about the No Surprises Act, a law taking effect this year that protects people with private health insurance from getting large medical bills when they accidentally receive out-of-network health care. Only about 21% say they know even something about the legislation. | https://www.wesh.com/article/americans-health-care-concerns/39593902 | 2022-04-01T02:03:08Z |
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RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia’s U.S. senators are calling on a federal agency to immediately suspend the license of a dog breeding facility where recent inspections found repeated animal welfare violations.
Sens. Tim Kaine and Mark Warner issued a joint letter Thursday calling on the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service to suspend Envigo’s license for its Cumberland facility for 21 days, move to revoke its license outright and consider civil penalties of up to $730,000.
They wrote that it was clear the company had been “derelict in its duty” to provide humane care to the dogs there.
The company breeds dogs for research and didn’t immediately respond to a request from The Associated Press for comment.
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Starting off on the right foot
STEUBENVILLE — The Toronto softball team went from thinking it may not get to play its first game of the season, to starting its season on fire. The Red Knights plated eight runs in a first inning fury on their way to a 13-5 season-opening win over Catholic Central at the...
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This season on Fox Sports Southwest's "Texans Huddle" show, various Texans players
will be showcasing their favorite recipes for a segement called "What's Cookin'."
Next up is guard Fred Weary, who dished out his "famous roast." We're not sure what the fame standard is
for roasts but Fred insists you give it a try. Last week, Moran Norris cooked up his special steak.
Ingredients:
ADOLPH'S meat tenderizer
Salt
Pepper
Vegetable oil
Water
1 packet MCCORMICK'S roast seasoning
1 cup DALE'S liquid seasoning
1 onion
Minced garlic
4-5 potatoes
Carrots
Directions:
Preheat oven to 375 degrees
Using a fork, poke holes throughout the roast, on both sides
Sprinkle both sides of roast generously with meat tenderizer
Sprinkle roast lightly with salt and pepper
Add a small amount of vegetable oil to skillet, and heat on stovetop
Add roast to skillet, and cook each side until both are lightly browned
Place roast in a roasting pan
Add water to the roasting pan, until it covers the top of the roast
Sprinkle packet of McCORMICK'S seasoning in water
Pour 1 cup of DALE'S liquid seasoning over roast
Slice onion into rings, and place on top of roast
If desired, more seasonings can be sprinkled on roast to taste
Add desired amount of minced garlic to roast
Cover roast, and place in pre-heated oven for 20 minutes
While roast cooks, slice potatoes and carrots
After 20 minutes is up, remove roast from oven and add carrots and potatoes to pan
Re-cover and return pan to oven, and continue cooking for 10 minutes
Remove cover, and finish cooking for approximately 20 minutes- or until meat is cooked as desired
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BERLIN (AP) — Investigators said Thursday they have identified a 32-year-old student as the suspect in the poisoning of seven people at a university in western Germany last year.
In August, prosecutors opened an investigation after employees and students at the Technical University in Darmstadt, south of Frankfurt, received medical treatment for symptoms of possible poisoning. Police said at the time that milk cartons and water containers in a building on the campus appeared to have been contaminated.
On Thursday, they said the 32-year-old from the German city of Mainz, a materials science student at the university since 2017, has been sent to a psychiatric hospital. She is suspected of attempted murder, but officials believe she can’t be held criminally responsible because of a psychiatric illness. Police said the suspect hasn’t yet responded to the allegations.
They said information from over 1,000 witnesses helped firm up their case against the suspect, and that forensic analysis pointed to her having been in the building the night before the victims’ symptoms appeared.
Some of the affected employees were mentioned in notes written by the woman, and the investigation found indications that she felt persecuted by them, police said. They didn’t identify the “harmful substances” that were used. | https://www.ketk.com/news/world/student-identified-as-suspect-in-german-university-poisoning/ | 2022-04-01T02:03:09Z |
NEW YORK (AP) — Whoa! It's a Double Aho!
Both NHL players named Sebastian Aho — one a defenseman for the New York Islanders, the other a forward for the Carolina Hurricanes — scored goals for their teams Thursday night.
And at nearly the exact same time.
According to Sportsnet Stats, the Islanders' Aho scored his first goal of the season at 7:14 p.m. EDT in New York against Columbus.
Just 34 seconds later — and more than 500 miles away — the Hurricanes' Aho scored his 31st goal in Carolina against Montreal. Both gave their teams 1-0 leads in the first period.
It's not the first time the two have combined on a statistical oddity. In 2018, New York's Aho committed a hooking penalty on Carolina's Aho, causing MSG Networks Islanders play-by-play broadcaster Brendan Burke to exclaim: "A little Sebastian Aho-on-Sebastian Aho crime.”
The two Ahos are not related, by the way. The Islanders' Aho, Sebastian Johannes Aho, is 26 and from Sweden. He has three career NHL goals in limited action.
The Hurricanes' Aho, Sebastian Antero Aho, is 24 and from Finland. He's a two-time NHL All-Star and has 176 career goals.
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In this episode, Shrey Khanna joins Aarthi Ratnam to talk about Chinese Foreign Minister, Wang Yi’s visit to Nepal. They raise two main questions: Why did Yi visit Nepal and more importantly what are the geopolitical implications of this visit? They look at the implications for Nepal, China, the US and India.
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Chip shortage: Has Europe's plan arrived too late?
All his customer wants is a white, standard model, manual transmission VW Golf. But Umesh Samani, a car salesman in Stoke-on-Trent, can't say when it will arrive.
It could be many months, or he fears even a year until delivery.
Extraordinary delays have hit car dealerships up and down the country during the pandemic.
Mr Samani, who is also chairman of the Independent Motor Dealers Association, says manufacturers often tell him the computer chip shortage is to blame. Europe's car makers did not stockpile enough chips from their suppliers - mostly based in Asia - at a time of booming global demand.
This and other factors have led to shuttered car factories and fewer new cars entering the market.
"Used car prices have just gone unbelievable - almost a 30% increase on some of the models," says Mr Samani, while recounting stories of Range Rovers that have added £6,000 to their price tags in just 12 months. There are also people selling used cars for a higher price than they paid for them.
The chip shortage has exposed just how dependent the world is on semiconductor manufacturers in Asia, with the vast majority of chips produced by TSMC in Taiwan alone.
Among those who want to wrestle back some of that market share is the European Commission (EC), which in February announced a Chips Act.
The EC will plough 43bn euros (£36bn) of public and private investment into Europe's semiconductor industry. The Commission hopes to, among other things, increase the region's share of global chip manufacturing - from less than 10% to 20%.
But can Europe really catch-up with the rest of the world? And could this mean the European Union's (EU) car industry - the second largest in the world - will be shielded from future supply shocks in the long-run?
First of all, it is worth noting that not only is the EU currently well behind on chip production, it must also compete with big investment elsewhere.
China poured $33bn (£25bn), purely in subsidies, into its own chip manufacturing industry in 2020. South Korea, also plans to spend almost half a trillion dollars via support packages, tax incentives and other measures over the next decade.
In order for Europe and the US - which also has ambitions to increase its market share in this sector - to truly compete, huge sums of money are required from both public and private sources, says Anisha Bhatia, an analyst at GlobalData.
But spending it is important, she argues, for geopolitical and business reasons, since Asia currently totally dominates the semiconductor industry.
"There needs to be a little more balance," she argues.
The trouble is that Europe is behind on multiple fronts, not just the manufacturing of chips.
There are also relatively few firms within the EU that design new chips for use in technology products. That is in stark contrast to the US, which already has a sizeable semiconductor design industry. US firms lead the way in determining which chips actually get made.
There is little sense in spending huge sums of money on manufacturing capabilities in a region as expensive for that sort of thing as Europe, without having more control over chip design, explains Alicia Garcia-Herrero, chief economist for Asia-Pacific at Natixis, an investment bank.
"I'm not sure this is the right strategy, to be frank," she says, referring to the Chips Act, "We should spend more money on design."
This sentiment is backed up by a report from German think tank, Stiftung Neue Verantwortung (SNV), which published a policy brief last year on the lack of semiconductor manufacturing in Europe. The report suggests that with few Europe-designed chips, any new chip factories, or "fabs", in the region would need to seek orders from elsewhere, such as the US.
"Why would [US firms without semiconductor-manufacturing capabilities] choose to manufacture their chips not in South Korea, Taiwan or the United States but in Europe?" the brief asked.
There are other problems, too. Thanks to improvements in technology, chips have been getting smaller and smaller for years. The latest are just a few nanometres (nm) across. This is referred to as "node size". But Europe makes hardly any of these most advanced chips, meaning the region has little experience in this area.
Also, semiconductors are manufactured on large discs called wafers, which are then split into thousands of smaller pieces - the individual chips themselves.
Over time, the size of these wafers has increased to allow more chips to be made at once. Cutting-edge chips are generally made on 300mm wafers today, says Koray Köse, an analyst at Gartner.
While Europe does have some production capacity for 300mm wafers, it is very far behind the US and Asia.
That leads to the question - what sort of chips Europe should be aiming to produce and why - as Europe is currently behind on everything and must choose its battles.
"There is no Apple, or Foxconn, manufacturing location in Spain that would consume gazillions of 300mm wafer products," says Mr Köse.
European industry, in general, does not require many of the cutting edge, sub-10mm chips, says Julia Hess at SNV, who adds, "The demand in Europe is basically focused on industrial and automotive demands and these kind of chips do not rely on cutting edge fabrication."
In theory, Europe could try to improve its capacity for producing the older, larger chips.
But this strategy wouldn't be easy to do either, because of equipment constraints and the fact that many countries around the world - including those with much lower costs - are trying to do this right now.
It is also worth noting that current headaches with chip production, although still ongoing, are beginning to clear up. Analysis from Gartner suggests that there will actually be a global surplus of chips again in around two years' time.
It's not that Europe can't improve its position in the semiconductor industry, but these analysts tend to agree that reacting to the recent shortage by attempting to boost manufacturing alone would not be a straightforward, or wise, decision.
And as Jan-Peter Kleinhans, also of SNV, says, trying to shore-up production of chips in Europe to shield the car industry from future supply shocks will likely not be effective, since the industry will still, inevitably, rely on global supply chains.
"A modern car needs hundreds of different chips sourced from countless fabs worldwide," he says. "How does it increase your resilience against supply disruptions if you source [a percentage] of those chips domestically?
Instead, he suggests, car makers and other industries in Europe should make their supply chains more resilient by making them more transparent - and stockpiling chips in advance of the next crisis. | https://news.yahoo.com/chip-shortage-europes-plan-arrived-003000055.html | 2022-04-01T02:03:12Z |
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Thailand’s Number One pop star is set to perform the halftime show at the Warriors’ regular season home finale against the Lakers, and the Dubs need whatever help they can get after losing four straight.
Your Golden State Warriors will play their final regular season game at the Chase Center next Thursday against the LeBron and the Los Angeles Lakers. And haha, the Lakers are so terrible! They’re in 11th place in the Western Conference might not even make the play-in game, let alone the playoffs!
But don’t look now, the Warriors are suddenly hitting the skids themselves. After last night’s 107-103 loss to the Phoenix Suns, the Dubs have lost four straight, they’ve dropped to fourth place in the Western Conference standings, and Steph Curry is still out “indefinitely” with that foot injury.
With five games and eleven days left in the regular season, the Warriors have still not actually clinched a playoff spot.
At least that Thursday, April 7 home regular season finale is spiced up a bit, as KRON-4 reports that K-Pop star BamBam will perform at the halftime show. If you’re not familiar, BamBam’s latest video is above, the Thailand born star hit it big with a K-Pop boy band called Got7, and his Chase halftime show will be the debut of his new single “Wheels Up” with Oakland vocalist MAYZIN.
Should it matter to you, KRON-4 adds that “BamBam and the Warriors will drop an exclusive, co-branded merchandise line at the Thrive City Warriors shop at 10:00 a.m., and host a meet and greet in Thrive City for 50 fans. The fans will be randomly selected from among those who purchase the new merchandise at the event.”
The Warriors-Lakers game is next Thursday, April 7 at 7 p.m., and the game will be on TNT. The Warriors close their regular season on the road against the Spurs (Saturday, April 9) and Pelicans (Sunday, April 10).
Related: Will Ferrell's 'Jackie Moon' Brings Unexpected Fun in Warriors' Win [SFist]
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Senior Nina Deer established two single-game school records Sunday as Cornell’s women’s lacrosse team cruised to an 18-3 Senior Day win against Marian University at Van Metre Field at Ash Park.
Deer led Cornell’s explosive offensive attack, scoring five goals while adding six assists, making her the new record holder with 11 points in the game. The previous record was nine points, shared by Emily Beehler (‘21) and Barbie Becker (‘19). With six total assists, Deer also set the school mark for assists in a game, topping the record of five by Shannen Van Alstine in 2015.
Cece Zanoni and senior Raquel Gassmann combined for nine goals between the pair, adding fuel to the fire for the Rams (4-4). Gassman ended with five goals and an assist, while Zanoni scored four times and assisted twice.
The Rams dominated on defense as well, with seniors Seanne Bialo and Ellie Nestingen collecting 10 ground balls and eight caused turnovers between them. India Smith also made her presence felt, adding six ground balls and four caused turnovers.
Cornell quickly overwhelmed the Sabres (0-7), sprinting to a 9-0 lead after the first quarter. After Marian struck back early in the second quarter with two straight goals, senior Sydney Swift shut down hopes of a rally with a goal of her own. Swift ended the day with two goals, firing seven total shots on net.
Marian quickly got on the board to start the third quarter, but Swift again shut it down with a goal shortly after, sparking seven unanswered goals for Cornell to end the game.
Senior goalie Maddie Althoff was in the net for the entire 60 minutes today, gathering seven total saves and moving to 2-2 on the season. | https://www.eastcentraliowanews.com/mvlsun/cornell-womens-lacrosse-breaks-two-school-records-in-18-3-rout/article_95faf8d1-84fd-58cd-bf0b-f69d0424a032.html | 2022-04-01T02:03:14Z |
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It’s a year of celebration for Osiris Shrine Center
WHEELING — It is a year of celebration for the Osiris Shrine Center in Wheeling with three significant anniversaries being marked. Shriners International celebrates 150 years since its incorporation in 1872. The Osiris Shriners mark 135 years since its founding in 1887, and Shriners Children’s Hospitals will celebrate the 100th anniversary...
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Cameron Brink was 8 years old when she whispered in the ear of Stephen Curry, a star college basketball player at the time and a close family friend she considered a “god-brother.”
A decade away from becoming a college basketball star herself at Stanford — which will compete Friday in the NCAA women’s Final Four — Brink was mainly interested back then in drawing pictures and wearing dresses.
Their mothers were best friends since college, and her family was in Detroit to cheer on Curry in his burst-onto-the-national-stage NCAA tournament run as a player for Davidson College.
Before the team left the hotel for its Sweet 16 game, Cameron’s mother witnessed the earnest, intimate moment. She gets choked up remembering it.
“What did she say to you?” Shelly Bain-Brink asked Curry.
“She said, ‘If you believe in yourself, you can be somebody,’ ” he responded.
They laugh about it now. Curry is one of the NBA’s all-time greats who has led the Golden State Warriors to three NBA championships.
But he never won an NCAA title, his family reminds him.
Cameron Brink could win her second this weekend.
“That’s an accolade that Stephen and (his NBA brother) Seth can’t brag about,” their mother, Sonya Curry, said in an interview Thursday.
Cameron didn’t even want to play sports until fifth or sixth grade. And when the Currys would bring it up, “she would say, ‘I’m an artist,’ ” Sonya Curry said. “So to see what she’s doing now is totally incredible.”
Stephen, who is nursing a foot injury, plans to watch the game with his family from home. But Sonya Curry will be in the stands with the Brinks in Minneapolis on Friday when the Cardinal take on the legendary Connecticut women’s basketball team for a chance to move on to Sunday’s national title game. Sonya is godmother to the Brinks’ two children, and Shelly is godmother to the Curry boys.
“We laugh because we put these monikers like godsister, godbrother, which are not real, but to us, it’s our way of explaining how connected we are to them,” Bain-Brink said. The three Curry children — Steph, Seth and sister, Sydel — have “always been like big brothers and sisters.”
The families are so close that for every Stanford home game, the Brinks travel from their home in the Portland area to stay as houseguests of Steph and Ayesha Curry on the Peninsula. (“We call it ‘Spa Curry,’” Brink says.) Cameron and her boyfriend, Stanford rower Ben Felter, are frequent dinner guests there as well.
The bond between the families started at Virginia Tech, where Shelly played basketball and Sonya played volleyball and they became roommates. Their future husbands, Dell Curry and Greg Brink, both basketball players, lived in the men’s wing of their dorm.
Steph’s and Cameron’s close relationship is captured in scores of photos that Bain-Brink keeps on her phone and taped to her refrigerator. There’s 13-year-old Steph holding baby Cameron in her white baptismal gown. There he is again five years later, giving Cameron and her pink purse a piggyback ride across the Davidson campus.
Image after image follows the two families at graduations and bridal showers and basketball games.
Cameron wasn’t available for an interview Thursday. But her mother said there’s the photo she hates, when she was 10 with glasses and braces as Steph taught her how to hold a basketball and the mechanics of a jump shot. And there are the ones she loves, of Steph and her back to back, when she was 12 and just shy of his 6-foot-3 height, and the one two years later, when she eclipsed him at 6-foot-4 — and Steph stood on a chair next to her for laughs.
The Currys started their family a decade before the Brinks, and all three Curry children were in the Brinks’ wedding. They’ve lived in different states and countries over the past 20 years — especially as Dell Curry’s own NBA career took him to five teams and the Brinks pursued their careers with Nike — but they always visited each other. When the photo of the bespectacled Cameron was taken, she was on summer vacation from Amsterdam, where the Brinks were living at the time, and was cajoled into joining Dell Curry’s annual basketball camp in Charlotte, N.C.
“We didn’t really think this was going to be about changing her mind or making her like basketball anymore. It was just something to do,” Sonya Curry said. “So she went the first day and she came back bruised up, hair all over the place and was like, ‘I don’t want to do this.’ ”
But the Currys encouraged her. “Just go back. One more day. Half a day. And then if you don’t like it, we’ll come pick you up and no big deal. And she was like, ‘OK.’ And she never looked back after that.”
The summer after seventh grade, when the Brink family had settled in Beaverton, Ore., and Cameron was nearing Stephen’s height, she was offered a scholarship to Stanford after a summer basketball camp, a shock to the Brinks.
“We thought perhaps she had potential,” said Shelly, who is 6-foot-3 to her husband’s 6-foot-7 and whose son, Cy, is 6-foot-9, “but never at this level, especially that early on.”
When Cameron was in high school, Stephen invited her to his elite summer basketball camp, one of only two girls to play. And last summer, between Cameron’s freshman and sophomore years, Stephen asked her to train with him at the Woodside Priory gym — a privilege that her mother says was both exciting and nerve racking.
“He’s a mega basketball star and he’s incredibly authentic. What you see is what you get off the court with Stephen,” Shelly said. But with her daughter, “there’s still that level of, ‘I’m not worthy.’ She feels that she is in the presence of greatness and she doesn’t want to disappoint him.”
But for the Cardinal, Cameron is more than proving herself. This season, she was named the media’s Pac-12 player of the year and a finalist for the Naismith trophy as the nation’s top defensive player. After a particularly rough game earlier this season, where she struggled with fouls, she sought advice from Stephen.
Shelly was in the kitchen of the Curry’s house “with one ear open,” she said, while Stephen and Cameron sat at the kitchen table.
“He talked to her about how he’s even struggled with that and how to keep your head in the game and stay positive and stay consistent with your work ethic,” Shelly said. “It’s really authentic and subtle, and she soaks it all in.”
But something else special is happening at the Curry house when Cameron visits. She’s bonding with the Currys’ three children the way Steph and his siblings bonded with her and her brother. And like Cameron in her early years, Riley, 9, Ryan, 7 and Canon, 3, seem less interested in the basketball court than the trampoline.
On Friday night in Minneapolis, Sonya and Shelly — the enduring friends who have raised their children together from miles apart — will be there rooting on Cameron and the Cardinal women. They will look for the right moment to flash an “I love you” hand signal down to the court — the same one Cameron has tattooed on her ribcage.
Then they will hope, like they always do, that Cameron will look up and flash one back. | https://www.montereyherald.com/2022/03/31/when-she-was-8-she-told-steph-curry-believe-in-yourself-now-shes-starring-for-stanford-in-the-final-four/ | 2022-04-01T02:03:16Z |
Agnes Scott College announces new vice president for academic affairs
Agnes Scott College has named Dr. Rachel A. Bowser vice president for academic affairs and dean of the college. Photo courtesy of Agnes Scott College.Decatur, GA — Rachel Bowser has been named as the vice president for academic affairs and dean of Agnes Scott College, effective July 1.
Bowser will succeed Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of the College and Charles A. Dana Professor of English Christine S. Cozzens, who is retiring at the end of the 2021-22 academic year after 40 years at the college, according to a press release.
She was previously the associate provost for strategic initiatives and professor of English at Georgia Gwinnett College. She served in that role for 10 years.
“Agnes Scott is a community that has proven its commitment to and success at enabling social mobility, shaping global leadership and elevating the liberal arts,” Bowser said. “To be involved in any one of these initiatives is good fortune. To join a community that succeeds at them all is an opportunity few get and for which I am grateful.”
In her current position at Georgia Gwinnett College, Bowser focuses on closing equity gaps, leading retention initiatives and overseeing curricular and co-curricular interventions centered on students’ sense of belonging and professional purpose.
She has coordinated efforts focused on integrated coursework in learning communities, credit recovery for students, effective frameworks for advising and mentoring, and career readiness as a curriculum component.
In this work, she concentrates on supporting and communicating with faculty about the opportunities and obstacles they face.
Bowser is a graduate of Grove City College. She holds a Ph.D. from Emory University and an MA from West Virginia University, both in English.
A former Aspen Institute Fellow, she was an American Council on Education Leadership Fellow. She further honed her leadership skills as an Anchor Institution Task Force Leadership Fellow in a program designed to facilitate leadership development in higher education for individuals vested in community engagement.
As the vice president for academic affairs and dean, Bowser will be a partner in providing vision, leadership and direction to maintain the quality and vitality of the academic programs of the college.
“Agnes Scott College is incredibly fortunate to have someone of Dr. Bowser’s background and academic experience to assume this essential role. With her creativity and innovative thinking, we will continue to build on the college’s many successes and guide the college into the future,” Agnes Scott College President Leocadia I. Zak said.
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The omicron variant of COVID-19 is hitting the world's second-largest economy hard. Amid efforts at containment, China's official Purchasing Managers' Index for the manufacturing sector dropped below 50 on the 100-point scale in March, the National Bureau of Statistics said Thursday, meaning activity contracted after four straight months of expansion. The FMI for non-manufacturing sectors, including services and construction, also fell from 51.6 in February to 48.4 in March, reports the Wall Street Journal. According to CNN, this marks the first time that activity in Chinese manufacturing and services has "simultaneously contracted" since the height of China's COVID-19 outbreak in February 2020.
This coincides with lockdowns in industrial hubs including Changchun in the northeast, Shanghai in the east, and Shenzhen in the south. "Recently, clusters of epidemic outbreaks have occurred in many places in China, and coupled with a significant increase in global geopolitical instability, production and operation of Chinese enterprises have been affected," says senior NBS statistician Zhao Qinghe, per CNN. Zhiwei Zhang, chief economist at Pinpoint Asset Management, says economic activity "will likely slow further in April" as extensive lockdowns in Shanghai, China's financial capital, began only Monday. The AP describes the two-part citywide lockdown as "China's most extensive" since Wuhan's 11 million residents were forced to stay home for 76 days in early 2020.
Half of the city is locked down through Friday, when the other half will begin its own five-day lockdown, requiring residents to stay home and non-essential businesses to close. Volkswagen and Tesla are among companies suspending or scaling back production at their factories, per the BBC and CNN. Though Premier Li Keqiang reiterated the government's 2022 growth target of 5.5% on Wednesday, many economists say that goal "increasingly appears to be out of reach," per the Journal. Mainland China reported its first deaths from COVID-19 in a year on March 20. The country has reported more than 56,000 symptomatic cases this month, most out of northeastern Jilin. (Read more China stories.) | https://www.newser.com/story/318762/covid-outbreaks-throttle-chinas-economy.html | 2022-04-01T02:03:16Z |
People who suffered from even mild cases of COVID-19 face an increased risk of being diagnosed with diabetes within a year of recovering from the illness, a new study reports.
Researchers found that people who had COVID-19 were about 40% more likely to develop diabetes within a year after recovering, compared to participants in a control group. The likelihood of developing diabetes grew if the patient suffered from a serious infection that led to hospitalization or a stay in intensive care.
"What's surprising is that it is happening in people with no prior risk factors for diabetes" before becoming infected with COVID-19, said Ziyad Al-Aly, the lead author of the study.
These latest findings add to a growing list of studies showing that people who suffered from COVID-19 are at risk of facing other long-term health problems. Those include heart and kidney ailments and chronic fatigue.
Al-Aly also helped lead the study that showed the prevalence of cardiac issues in people who survived COVID-19 infections.
This newest study, published Monday in the Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology journal, analyzed data from more than 180,000 patients from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.
The study's authors compared patients who tested positive for COVID-19 and survived the illness for more than a month with more than 4 million other people who didn't contract COVID in the same period. This data was also compared with another 4.28 million patients who were treated at the VA in 2018 and 2019.
The paper states that around 1% to 2% of people who have been infected with COVID will develop diabetes as a result. That may seem like a small number, but nearly 80 million people in the U.S. have had COVID, Al-Aly told NPR — meaning 800,000 to 1.6 million people developing diabetes who might not have otherwise.
"That translates to a really significant number of people with new onset diabetes in the U.S. and many, many more around the world," Al-Aly said.
Nationwide, approximately 34 million people had diabetes pre-COVID, according to Jorge Moreno, an internal medicine physician at Yale University who didn't work on Al-Aly's study. Doctors expect roughly 1.5 million new people to be newly diagnosed with diabetes each year during normal times, he told NPR.
What to look out for
This study shows that as a nation, more attention needs to be paid to the long-term effects of COVID-19, Al-Aly said. More vigilance can start at the doctor's office.
"We need to start treating COVID as a risk factor for diabetes," Al-Aly said, adding that each person who has come down with the virus needs to be screened.
Moreno told NPR he believes this study will create more awareness among general practitioners and endocrinologists, like himself, to screen patients who have had COVID for diabetes and other complications.
Those who've had COVID should also be closely monitoring their health and changes in their body, Moreno said, and should seek help at the first sign of an issue. Major symptoms for diabetes include increased thirst, frequent urination (which is not influenced by how much liquid consumed) and blurry vision. Major weight fluctuations are also a sign.
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Atlanta Police Department car shortage affects response times
ATLANTA - It is well known the Atlanta Police Department has a shortage of manpower.
The city also is coping with a shortage of patrol cars that are capable of running 24 hours a day.
"It's the perfect storm," said Kevin Knapp, a lieutenant and the president of the police union.
ATLANTA POLICE PLAN TO MOVE MORE OFFICERS TO AIRPORT AFTER GATE ASSAULT
There is a combination of issues that have led to the shortage from a backlog of vehicles delivered for service at the city garage, to a backup with city vendors who handle many of the cars to cruisers wrecked in accidents.
The situation, in some cases, has forced supervisors to double up officers in a single car for a shift.
When that happens, some neighborhoods will not have a customary designated patrol car close by to answer a call.
Minutes can tick away as the car with two officers rushes to cover a larger zone location than normal.
Chief Rodney Bryant's office said adjustments are constantly being made to get vehicles "to those areas that need" a response.
Atlanta has ordered 54 new patrol cars. But with the backup in production for new vehicles, APD does not expect those vehicles will be added to the fleet this year.
Meanwhile, even very old vehicles closing in on two hundred thousand miles on the odometer are being used. The officers are not comfortable using old equipment for what could be an emergency.
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We keep receiving amazing deals courtesy of Amazon.com, where you can currently purchase Apple’s most powerful laptops in the market for less. First up, you will be able to save some bucks on buying the 16-inch MacBook Pro that comes with an Apple M1 Pro chip with a 10-core CPU and a 10-core GPU, 16GB RAM, and 1TB SSD. This model usually sells for $2,650, but you can get yours for $2,599 after seeing a $50 price cut on its Space Gray color option. The same $50 price cut is being applied to the same model with 512GB of storage space, meaning that you can get your new 16-inch MacBook Pro for $2,399.
And we have great news for those interested in the smaller 14-inch MacBook Pro, as it is currently receiving up to $250 savings on select models. This will let you get a new 14-inch model with a 10‑core CPU and 16‑core GPU M1 Pro chip, 16GB RAM, and 1TB storage for $2,249 on its Silver color variant. The same model in Space Gray sells for $2,399, which means you would still be able to score $100 savings.
Suppose you’re looking for other, more budget-friendly laptops. In that case, you can also consider picking up the ASUS Chromebook CX1 that is now available for $225 after scoring a $45 discount that represents 17 percent savings. This laptop features a 14-inch Full HD NanoEdge display, and you also get an Intel Celeron N3350 Processor, 64GB storage, 4GB RAM, and more. You will also find the ASUS TUF Dash 15 with a 15.6-inch FHD display with 144Hz refresh rates, an Intel Core i7 processor, 512GB storage, 8GB RAM, and 512GB PCIe NVMe SSD graphics for $850 after receiving a $100 discount. However, ASUS deals will be gone at midnight, so you may want to check them out fast. | https://pocketnow.com/click-here-save-apples-latest-14-and-16-inch-macbook-pro-models | 2022-04-01T02:03:16Z |
The Lone Star Republican Club of Henderson County in Athens announced the recipients of this year’s $1,000 First Responder Scholarships. This year’s recipients are Katelynn Helm, Athens ISD; Cearra Warren, Malakoff ISD; Riley Jackson, Athens Christian Preparatory Academy ACPA, and Emily Mahmoud, Athens ISD.
The funds were generated from the LSRC First Responder Golf Tournament this past year. The mission of the scholarship is to provide financial assistance to high school seniors of Henderson County who seek higher education in the area of law enforcement, fire services, or medical support.
The scholarship also supports our first responder community by providing scholarships to assist with continuing education. This year the scholarship fund will go to training to support the Crimes against Children Task Force. The recipients are Sgt. Cody Speak of Malakoff and Investigator Joshua Steptoe of Gun Barrel City.
The second annual LSRC First Responder Tournament will be Monday, April 25 at Athens Country Club. The tournament will benefit the LSRC First Responder Scholarship fund. If you would like tournament information or to make a donation, please contact our Tournament Chairperson Bob Ostransky at 903-253-7672. | https://www.athensreview.com/news/republican-club-awards-scholarships/article_73b7cf5c-aeca-11ec-bf7d-6713408afaa2.html | 2022-04-01T02:03:16Z |
World Premiere at Cyrano’s! NO MORE HARVEYS follows the migration of females – both human and animal – against a backdrop of climate change. It’s a world in flux where women emerge not as victims but as survivors. Whether hurricanes or Hollywood producers, “Harveys are fed and fatten by money and power and prey on vulnerable people. Especially women.” Or so says the woman in NO MORE HARVEYS who has “migrated” from her abusive husband, also named Harvey. On her way to Alaska to reunite with two of her friends, she looks to the evolutionary path of whales to try to sort herself out and see a way forward.
This one-woman play, starring Danielle Rabinovitch, is inclusive and representative of the many people who live in Alaska, sparking conversations about social and environmental disruptions, and giving voice to women on the frontline of climate change. Playwright Bilodeau offers this 3rd play of her Arctic Climate Change series (her first play the Canadian SILA was at Cyrano’s in 2016) with the American installment and world premiere, at Cyrano’s Theatre.
PERFORMANCE INFORMATION:
Opening Performance: Friday, April 1, 2022
Rest of Performances: April 2 — 17, 2022. Thursdays — Saturdays at 7pm and Sundays at 3pm.
Location: All shows are located at 3800 Debarr Road.
Tickets are $30 or $27 for seniors/students/military and are available at CenterTix by calling 263-ARTS or online at www.cyranos.org. | https://www.anchoragepress.com/arts_and_entertainment/world-premiere-of-no-more-harveys/article_7e762f3e-aee7-11ec-82ef-dfcb0ae1eda3.html | 2022-04-01T02:03:16Z |
Betty Reid Soskin, nation's oldest park ranger, retires at 100 years old
RICHMOND, Calif. - Betty Reid Soskin, the oldest active National Park Service ranger, retired Thursday following more than 15 years sharing stories of her life and those of other working women during World War II at Rosie the Riveter/World War II Home Front National Historic Park in Richmond.
Soskin, who turned 100 years old in September, provided an interpretive program to park visitors Thursday and visited with co-workers. A public celebration for her is scheduled for April 16.
Soskin's work as a ranger has influenced the way the park service across the U.S. conveys history.
"To be a part of helping to mark the place where that dramatic trajectory of my own life, combined with others of my generation, will influence the future by the footprints we've left behind has been incredible," Soskin said in a statement.
Soskin worked as a file clerk in a segregated Union hall during World War II. Later, she and her husband Mel Reid founded a record store called Reid's Records, which closed in 2019.
Soskin became a permanent National Park Service employee in 2011. Since then, she has led public programs and recounted her memories and thoughts at the park visitor center.
"Betty has made a profound impact on the National Park Service and the way we carry out our mission," said NPS Director Chuck Sams in a statement. "Her efforts remind us that we must seek out and give space for all perspectives so that we can tell a more full and inclusive history of our nation."
Soskin participated in meetings with the National Park Service and the city of Richmond to prepare the general management plan for Rosie the Riveter/WWII Home Front National Historical Park.
She worked on a park service grant to tell yet untold stories of Black Americans who worked in the U.S. during the war. That led to a temporary job with the park service when she was 84 years old.
"Being a primary source in the sharing of that history - my history - and giving shape to a new national park has been exciting and fulfilling," Soskin said. "It has proven to bring meaning to my final years."
Rosie the Riveter/WWII Home Front National Historical Park was established in 2000.
"The National Park Service is grateful to Ranger Betty for sharing her thoughts and first-person accounts in ways that span across generations," said Naomi Torres, acting superintendent of Rosie the Riveter/WWII Home Front National Historical Park, in a statement.
"She has used stories of her life on the Home Front, drawing meaning from those experiences in ways that make that history truly impactful for those of us living today," Torres said.
A free ceremony to recognize Soskin has been scheduled for Saturday, April 16 from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. at Craneway Pavilion at 1414 Harbour Way South in Richmond. All ages are invited, and reservations are not required.
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WARSAW, Poland (AP) — As the number of people fleeing Ukraine slows, authorities in Poland and other neighboring nations are encouraging refugees from the war to find jobs, especially in health care and education.
The U.N. refugee agency UNHCR reported Thursday that the daily number of arrivals recorded by the countries that border Ukraine dropped below 40,000 on Wednesday, the fewest s ince Russian troops invaded five weeks ago.
Poland’s Border Guard registered more than half of the new arrivals, maintaining a pattern seen since the start of the war. Of the conflict’s more than 4 million refugees, almost 2.4 million went to Poland, according to the country’s border agency. It’s Europe’s worst refugee crisis since World War II.
Humanitarian organizations and other observers have attributed the slowing of the Ukrainian exodus in recent days to several possible factors, including residents of surrounded and besieged cities having no way to safely evacuate. Others may be reluctant to leave their homes and hoping to wait out the hostilities, observers say.
A spokesperson for Poland’s Border Guard, Anna Michalska, said the numbers could pick up again if Russian attacks continue.
Recent legislation passed in Poland allows refugees from Ukraine to obtain ID numbers that entitle them to free medical care, education, social benefits and the right to work for 18 months.
Many Poles are putting up refugees in their homes or volunteering in civic groups that bring all sorts of assistance.
Refugees in Warsaw have submitted about 700 applications and some 100 have been hired for jobs in the Polish capital’s medical centers and schools, according to city officials.
To boost the employment drive, Mayor Rafal Trzaskowski and Deputy Mayor Renata Kaznowska met Thursday with the director of the Bielanski Hospital and some Ukrainian and Polish staff members.
“Our guests are full of fortitude, they want to start to help us right away, they want to find jobs,” Trzaskowski told a news conference.
Kaznowska said employment and professional activity were the best way to integrate the adults who have fled Ukraine into Polish society.
Educators are also needed to help thousands of refugee children adjust to their new school environment, where lessons are taught in Polish and where the curriculum is largely different from the one in Ukraine. Adjusting the school system will cost over 440,000 zlotys ($105,000) in Warsaw alone, city authorities said.
Two nurses who are in the hiring process, speaking in Ukrainian mixed with Polish, said they appreciated the chance to continue their careers.
Olena Halych had to fight back tears as she spoke of fleeing home near shelled Bucha “to save my children.”
“I want to truly thank people in Poland for offering us shelter,” Halych said in Ukrainian. “I have found a job at the Bielanski Hospital, I want to really thank you for that.”
Hospital director Dorota Galczynska-Zych said the new recruits have provided valuable skills, and added that language has not been a barrier.
Some 570,000 refugees have reached Warsaw, a city of some 1.8 million, and some 300,000 remain in the capital for now, Trzaskowski said.
In Romania, which has received over 608,000 refugees, 35-year-old Uliana Polyakova from Odessa was busy Thursday registering at the Brasov city refugee center’s integration office that helps find accommodation, jobs and access to social assistance.
“Some people told me to arrive here at the center … in case we need medicine or something else,” she said, as her 7-year-old son enjoyed some screen-time nearby. “(A) Romanian family invited us to live with them. I did not expect that Romania is so kind to Ukrainians.”
“We’re not here because we want to leave Ukraine, me and my husband want to live with our relatives in Odessa,” she said. “I hope that the war is over in two weeks, one month, and we will go home.”
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Stephen McGrath in Brasov, Romania, contributed to this report.
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Elizabeth Warren Calls for US to Create a CBDC
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U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass) says it's time for the U.S. to create its own central bank digital currency Warren spoke with Chuck Todd on his show Meet the Press Reports, scheduled to air at 10:30 p.m. Thursday. NBCUniversal shared a partial transcript of the conversation with CoinDesk.
"So a lot that banks do wrong, if you think, 'We could improve that in a digital world,' the answer is, Sure you could. But in that case, let’s do a central bank digital currency," Warren told Todd. "Yes, I think it’s time for us to move in that direction."
Responding to Todd's question on whether Bitcoin will face at minimum being regulated like a commodity, Warren responded, "I think it's going to end up getting regulated," using the subprime mortgage financial crisis that started in 2007 as of an example why it's needed. She didn't say what form regulations might take.
Warren in March announced a new bill to block cryptocurrency companies from conducting business with sanctioned companies. The Digital Assets Sanctions Compliance Enhancement Act, introduced with Sens. Jack Reed (D-R.I.), Mark Warner (D-Va.), Jon Tester (D-Mont.) and others, would allow the U.S. president to add non-U.S.-based crypto companies to sanctions list if they support sanctions evasion.
On whether the senator saw cryptocurrency as "this decade's real estate bubble," Warren replied, “The whole digital world has worked very much like a bubble works. What is it moved up on? It's moved up on the fact that people all tell each other that it's going to be great, just again like it was on that real estate market. How many times did people say, 'Real Estate always goes up. It never goes down?' They said it decades ago before the last real estate bubble. They said it in the 2000s, before the crash in 2008."
Read more Warren Targets 6 More Crypto Miners for Their Energy Use | https://news.yahoo.com/elizabeth-warren-calls-us-create-010924766.html | 2022-04-01T02:03:18Z |
Oscars producer says police offered to arrest Will Smith
Oscars producer Will Packer said Los Angeles police were ready to arrest Will Smith after Smith slapped Chris Rock on the Academy Awards stage.
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"They were saying, you know, this is battery, was a word they used in that moment," Packer said in a clip released by ABC News Thursday night of an interview he gave to "Good Morning America." "They said 'we will go get him. We are prepared. We're prepared to get him right now. You can press charges, we can arrest him.' They were laying out the options."
But Packer said Rock was "very dismissive" of the idea.
"He was like, 'No, no, no, I'm fine,'" Packer said. "And even to the point where I said, 'Rock, let them finish.' The LAPD officers finished laying out what his options were and they said, 'Would you like us to take any action?' And he said no."
The LAPD said in a statement after Sunday night's ceremony that they were aware of the incident, and that Rock had declined to file a police report. The department declined to comment Thursday on Packer's interview, a longer version of which will air on Friday morning.
The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences met Wednesday to initiate disciplinary proceedings against Smith for violations against the group's standards of conduct. Smith could be suspended, expelled or otherwise sanctioned.
The academy said in a statement that "Mr. Smith's actions at the 94th Oscars were a deeply shocking, traumatic event to witness in-person and on television."
Without giving specifics, the academy said Smith was asked to leave the ceremony at the Dolby Theatre, but refused to do so.
Smith strode from his front row seat on to the stage and slapped Rock after a joke Rock made about Smith's wife, Jada Pinkett Smith, when he was on stage to present the Oscar for best documentary.
On Monday, Smith issued an apology to Rock, the academy and to viewers, saying "I was out of line and I was wrong."
The academy said Smith has the opportunity to defend himself in a written response before the board meets again on April 18.
Rock publicly addressed the incident for the first time, but only briefly, at the beginning of a standup show Wednesday night in Boston, where he was greeted by a thunderous standing ovation. He said "I'm still kind of processing what happened." | https://www.wesh.com/article/oscars-producer-police-offered-arrest-will-smith/39603725 | 2022-04-01T02:03:18Z |
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FREMONT — A 14-year-old girl was walking home from high school last February, when a man allegedly called out to her. Later that day, a neighbor found a note next to a tree near her home.
“I’m the handsome Latino guy who said hi in the car,” the note read. “Here is my hook up, followed by a phone number.”
The neighbor eventually turned the note over to police, who hatched a ruse: Pose as the girl and talk to the man, and see what his intentions were.
When police identified the note’s writer as 49-year-old Ruben Ramos, of San Jose, they discovered he was labeled a “high risk” sex offender with a 2018 indecent exposure conviction. In conversations with the undercover officer who texted him, Ramos allegedly asked to meet up for various sexual acts and sent the “girl” a picture of his genitals after she told him she was 16 years old.
“I want u to kick it in the car with me for 10 min. but whenever u feel that is good (sic),” one text message allegedly said.
As their conversations progressed, Ramos discussed renting a hotel in Fremont for them, asked for naked pictures of her several times, and told the girl to cut class so they could meet up. He was arrested Feb. 24, after leaving his San Jose home and heading to Fremont for their planned rendezvous, according to Fremont police.
During a police interview, Ramos allegedly told police that a friend named “Drew” had actually hacked and/or stolen his phone and was responsible for talking to the girl. But then investigators informed him that he’d been under police surveillance during some of the conversations.
After that, Ramos allegedly said, “partially it is me, but there was somebody involved, but I’m gonna take the blame for it,” a Fremont police investigator said in court records.
Ramos was charged Feb. 28 with contacting a minor to commit a sex crime and sending harmful material to a minor, both felonies. Fremont police announced the arrest Thursday in a news release. He is in Santa Rita Jail in Dublin in lieu of $325,000 bail and his next court date has been set for Monday, records show. | https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2022/03/31/a-san-jose-man-allegedly-followed-a-girl-home-from-school-and-left-a-note-near-her-house-undercover-cops-took-it-from-there/ | 2022-04-01T02:03:21Z |
5 fetuses found inside DC home of anti-abortion activist
WASHINGTON (AP) — Police found five fetuses in the home of a self-proclaimed “anti-abortion activist” who was indicted this week on federal charges alleging that she was part of a group of people who blocked access to a Washington, D.C. reproductive health center.
The Metropolitan Police Department says officers were responding to a tip about “potential bio-hazard material” at a home in Southeast Washington on Wednesday when they located the five fetuses inside.
A local television station, WUSA9, captured video of police searching the home and reported that the home belonged to Lauren Handy. The 28-year-old was one of nine people charged in an indictment that was made public on Wednesday that accused the group of traveling to Washington, blocking access to the reproductive health center and streaming it on Facebook.
The station, which first reported the discovery, said Handy told a reporter that “people will freak out when they hear” what detectives found inside her house. Handy did not respond to a message sent to her Facebook profile seeking comment.
Police said the five fetuses were collected by Washington’s medical examiner and the investigation is ongoing.
In the indictment, prosecutors said Handy had called the clinic pretending to be a prospective patient and scheduling an appointment. Once there, on Oct. 22, 2020, eight of the suspects pushed their way inside and began blocking the doors, according to the indictment. Five of them chained themselves together on chairs to block the treatment area as others blocked the employee entrance to stop other patients from coming inside, the indictment alleges. Another suspect blocked people from coming into the waiting room, prosecutors charge.
Handy and the eight others were charged with conspiracy against rights and violating the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act. The federal law, more commonly known as the FACE Act, prohibits physically obstructing or using the threat of force to intimidate or interfere with a person seeking reproductive health services.
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