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GRAMS Reserve in Rangeway gets a face lift
The Geraldton community is set to benefit from the impressive facilities unveiled this week as part of the GRAMS Reserve upgrade in Rangeway.
The unveiling was complete with a traditional smoking ceremony and a skate clinic for Champion Bay Senior High School students involved in the project.
The $625,000 project included the construction of a skate/scoot track and basketball half court, a water tank mural, entrance and misting sculptures and the installation of lighting.
It was joint funded with Lotterywest and the State Government contributing $530,000 to the works, while the City of Greater Geraldton provided additional funding.
City of Greater Geraldton Mayor Shane Van Styn said the project wouldn’t have been possible without the support of Lotterywest .
“I’d like to thank Lotterywest for supporting our inclusive approach and funding the works which has created a place that reflects and acknowledges the experiences of the people who use it,” he said.
“Over a series of workshops with local residents, organisations and school students it became clear to everyone involved that the upgrade needed to provide more than just safe and enjoyable space for young people.”
Geraldton MP Lara Dalton and Liberal Member for the Agricultural Region Steve Martin turned out to support the project.
The City originally identified this as a project in 2019 and collaborated with the local community throughout the process.
Ms Dalton said “there was a lot of collaboration between GRAMS, Champion Bay Senior High School, local artists, the skating community and skate park designers.”
“I think it’s great when people collaborate and talk about what they want and what they think something should look and feel like,” she said.
“Then it has more ownership and a sense of belonging, because it’s theirs, they had that opportunity to contribute to it, and what we genuinely see when things like that happen is there’s less vandalism.
“People have more pride in it and more respect.”
Mr Martin said: “I think it’s a wonderful example of what you can do if you build a relationship with the community.
“You don’t impose something on them. You ask them what they want, get them involved in the planning process, and you get something like this, which is great.”
“So money well spent, I’m sure the locals will use it and appreciate it for many years to come.”
The City of Greater Geraldton will now turn their attention to the AMC Park and Mitchell Street Community Centre redevelopment.
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https://thewest.com.au/news/regional/grams-reserve-in-rangeway-gets-a-face-lift--c-6248598
| 2022-04-01T00:13:50Z
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A sure sign of spring are wildflowers blooming, and these spring ephemerals bring some color to their habits that can be viewed within various habitats. Here’s where to see them across the United States.
Texas
Home to some 2,700 wildflower species, including the bluebonnet, Indian paintbrush and evening primrose, Texas’ springtime is covered in floral splendor from mid-March to mid-April.
One way to take in their beauty is while on the road. Noted as the “Official Texas Bluebonnet Trail,” Ennis has “Bluebonnet Trails” that are over 40 miles of mapped driving routes providing glimpses of this bluish flower. This year, it’s best to cruise along this small Texas town’s routes in April, with its website displaying a map or picking up one from Ennis’ visitor’s center.
This floral season in Ennis gets celebrated further with the Ennis Bluebonnet Trails Festival, happening in early April.
Texas Hill Country is a big wildflower destination, too. Start in Fredericksburg, where this visitor’s guide lists places linked to wildflowers in different ways. Among them, Wildseed Farms is the largest working wildflower farm in the United States. It is open to the public.
Similar to Ennis, a scenic drive within this Central and South Texas region is complete with rolling fields of flowers along your route. In addition to Fredericksburg, roads between destinations including Marble Falls, Burnet, Lampasas, San Saba, Mason, Llano and Johnson City also are adorned with wildflowers. Besides bluebonnets, varieties include daisies, winecups, prairie verbena and goldeneye phlox.
In Austin, the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center keeps the public informed about blooming via a Texas Wildflower Watch handle on Instagram. At this center named for the Presidential First Lady, you can purchase a wildflower guide and take in labeled displays amid various wildflower gardens.
Colorado
Colorado’s time for wildflowers is typically July through August.
The season is big in Crested Butte, which is referred to as the “Wildflower Capital of Colorado.” This Rocky Mountain town celebrates this species during their annual Crested Butte Wildflower Festival. It happens throughout July. The festival’s guide provides an overview of typical bloom times of specific types of wildflowers, as well as trails for both novice and experienced hikers.
Breckenridge is another wildflower destination. Every summer, this fellow Rocky Mountains destination sees its fields and meadows dotted with so many colorful blossoms that they’ve earned a wildflower guide on the town’s tourism board’s website.
Oregon
Oregon’s Mt. Hood Territory is also a destination for taking in wildflowers, especially with hiking. Among some viewing sites, the Camassia Nature Preserve is a 22.5-acre park located in West Linn, which across from the Willamette River from Oregon City. It’s managed and maintained by The Nature Conservancy.
The preserve gets its name from the common camas that blooms here in April and early May plus it hosts more than 300 plant species. During those months, the preserve is considered to be most beautiful wildflower walks in Oregon, with blooming shades of. Wildflowers in the park typically bloom between late April and early May, covering the hills in purples and pinks. The white rock larkspur is one of the rarer species of flower found in the park as well.
Arizona
Flowering season in Arizona started in late February and lasts until May.
First, Scottsdale's McDowell Sonoran Preserve is a desert habitat with more than 200 miles of hiking trails that are perfect for catching spring blossoms.
From the preserve’s Gateway Trailhead, it’s suggested that visitors can see them by trying the barrier-free Bajada Nature Trail or a more challenging Gateway Loop. Other hotspots for seeing wildflowers in the preserve include Ringtail, Taliesin Overlook trail, Marcus Landslide Trail, and Granite Mountain Loop.
Seventy-five miles southeast of Scottsdale, Picacho Peak State Park is home to 1,500-foot-high Picacho Peak, known for its abundance of spring poppies. Usually, the park has a color palette of yellow, orange, purple, and red wildflowers, but check the Arizona Parks’ website for information on this state park and others.
In Phoenix’s Desert Botanical Garden, the Desert Wildflower Loop Trail is considered to be the spot to see wildflowers. The trail encompasses nearly two acres of wildflower exhibits planted with year-round displays.
Minnesota
Wildflowers can be found all over the North Star State. The southern prairie lands offer pale purple pasqueflowers, pink plumes of prairie smoke and prickly pear cactus. Central Minnesota usually hits full bloom by midsummer with blazing star, purple prairie clover to wood lily, swamp milkweed and prairie onion.
In the northwest, Minnesota’s Lost 40 Scientific and Natural Area contains varieties of flowers like rose twisted stalks, pink lady’s slipper (the state flower) and wild sarsaparilla. State parks along the North Shore are a wealth of wildflowers. Trek along Gooseberry Falls State Park’s wooded trails and you’ll become a wildflower sleuth. Keep your eyes out for varieties including Bunchberry and Canada mayflower. Among the rocks, along the Lake Superior shore, you might spot the small but hardy bird’s-eye primrose and harebell.
Open three seasons of the year, the Eloise Butler Wildflower Garden and Bird Sanctuary in Minneapolis is a 15-acre native plant reserve and the oldest public wildflower garden in the United States.
California
Various parts of the Golden State are bright with wildflowers.
In the far northeast corner of Los Angeles County, the Antelope Valley Poppy Reserve in Lancaster welcomes orange California poppies usually in March and April. To celebrate California's iconic flower, Lancaster hosts the California Poppy Festival on April 22 through 24.
Outside of San Diego, The Flower Fields in Carlsbad open from March to early May, showcasing fields of ranunculus in every color. Enjoy not only 50-acres of colorful flowers but activities including guided tours, wagon rides, food trucks, a variety of artistic workshops and wine tasting experiences
For Visalia, in California’s Tulare County, the fields that surround the city become awash with color in springtime as the fruit and nut trees begin to blossom. Visit Visalia offers a free Blossom and Orchard Trail Map that can be downloaded from their website.
The Flower Fields at Carlsbad Ranch boasts over 70 million flowers across 50 acres, which the blooms usually come to life from early March 1 through early to mid-May.
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/micheleherrmann/2022/03/31/where-to-see-wildflowers-across-the-united-states/
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PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey refused to say Thursday if transgender people actually exist, twice dodging direct questions on the subject just a day after he signed legislation limiting transgender rights.
The Republican worked instead to defend his signatures on bills that bar transgender girls and women from playing on girls high school and women's college sports teams and barring gender affirming surgery for anyone under age 18.
When specifically asked if he believed that there “are really transgender people,” the governor paused for several seconds before answering.
“I’m going to ask you to read the legislation and to see that the legislation that we passed was in the spirit of fairness to protect girls sports in competitive situations,” Ducey said, referring to the new law that targets transgender girls who want to play on girls sports teams. “That’s what the legislation is intended to do, and that’s what it does.”
Asked again if he believed there are “actual transgender people,” he again answered slowly and carefully.
“I ... am going to respect everyone, and I’m going to respect everyone’s rights. And I’m going to protect female sports. And that’s what the legislation does,” Ducey said.
Ducey's response was “appalling,” according to the Arizona director of the Human Rights Campaign, a national civil rights group that advocates for equality for LGBTQ people. The organization worked to ensure families and transgender young people came to the Capitol to testify against the bills as the Republican-led House and Senate considered them this session.
“It's quite shocking that he can't even address trans people or even say that he thinks they exist,” Bridget Sharpe said.
Wednesday's signing of the two transgender bills and a third that bars abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy and is currently unconstitutional put Ducey right in the middle of two top issues national Republicans are highlighting in the runup to November's midterm elections.
Ducey also signed election legislation that minority Democrats said amounted to voter suppression by requiring longtime Arizonans to be thrown off the voter rolls if they did not prove their citizenship and residence location.
The governor leads the Republican Governors Association, which is charged with helping elect GOP chief executives in U.S. states. He in is the last year of his second term as Arizona governor and term limits bar him from seeking reelection.
The top Democrat in the state House, Rep. Reginald Bolding, called Wednesday “probably one of the darkest days we've seen in the history of Arizona."
“With the stroke of a pen, Gov. Ducey has hurled Arizona backwards to its ugliest past,” Bolding said Wednesday. “And today, he put in jeopardy pregnant people, transgender youth in danger and curtailed voting rights for people of color.”
Social conservative groups and the Arizona Republican Party praised Ducey's action. The Center for Arizona Policy, whose president shepherded the abortion and women's sports bills through the Legislature, called it a victory.
"Thank you, Governor Ducey, for taking a bold stand for women athletes, vulnerable children, and the unborn by putting your signature on (the bills) in the face of intense opposition from activists," Center for Arizona Policy president Cathi Herrod said in a news release she posted on Twitter.
She said the legislation protects the unborn, ensures a level playing field for female athletes and shows that “Arizona will do everything it can to protect vulnerable children struggling with gender confusion” by enacting the surgery ban.
Ducey said the surgery ban protects children from irreversible decisions.
“These are permanent surgeries of reassignment that are irreversible, and those discussions can happen once adulthood is reached,” he said.
The American Civil Liberties Association has vowed to sue over the surgery ban. U.S. Supreme Court precedent currently says women have a constitutional right to abortion until about 24 weeks of pregnancy, although it is considering whether to uphold a 15-week ban enacted in Mississippi and may overturn Roe v. Wade, the 1973 decision enshrining a woman's right to choose.
Arizona joins 13 other states in enacting laws preventing transgender girls and women from playing on girls teams. Utah Gov. Spencer Cox vetoed a transgender sports ban in his state, saying it would harm transgender girls, but the Legislature overrode the veto. Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb also vetoed a sports bill, but lawmakers hope to override his action as well.
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https://www.expressnews.com/news/article/Arizona-governor-won-t-say-transgender-people-17049806.php
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Umbrella Network (UMB) traded 8.4% lower against the dollar during the 24-hour period ending at 18:00 PM E.T. on March 31st. Over the last week, Umbrella Network has traded 16.1% higher against the dollar. Umbrella Network has a market capitalization of $9.64 million and approximately $953,712.00 worth of Umbrella Network was traded on exchanges in the last 24 hours. One Umbrella Network coin can currently be purchased for $0.13 or 0.00000284 BTC on popular cryptocurrency exchanges.
Here’s how similar cryptocurrencies have performed over the last 24 hours:
- Terra (LUNA) traded 2.1% lower against the dollar and now trades at $103.96 or 0.00226985 BTC.
- Tezos (XTZ) traded down 2.5% against the dollar and now trades at $3.74 or 0.00008163 BTC.
- Adshares (ADS) traded 4.2% higher against the dollar and now trades at $5.05 or 0.00011030 BTC.
- Dimension Chain (EON) traded flat against the dollar and now trades at $0.35 or 0.00001074 BTC.
- Apex (CPX) traded flat against the dollar and now trades at $0.0057 or 0.00000012 BTC.
- Golos Blockchain (GLS) traded down 2.4% against the dollar and now trades at $0.0034 or 0.00000007 BTC.
- Luna Coin (LUNA) traded 2.4% lower against the dollar and now trades at $0.0046 or 0.00000010 BTC.
- Glasscoin (GLS) traded up 8.6% against the dollar and now trades at $1.61 or 0.00003518 BTC.
- Elf Token (ELF) traded flat against the dollar and now trades at $0.0000 or 0.00000000 BTC.
- Decimal (DEL) traded down 24.2% against the dollar and now trades at $0.0748 or 0.00000163 BTC.
About Umbrella Network
According to CryptoCompare, “Umbrella Network is a scalable, cost-efficient, and community-owned oracle for the DeFi and blockchain community. Its Layer 2 technology uses the latest advances in Merkle tree technology to write multiple data points on a single on-chain transaction, so it allows for batching data to smart contracts accurately, securely, and inexpensively. Umbrella utilizes a Delegated Proof of Stake (DPoS) that benefits from the active participation of the community and token holders. UMB Utility Token holders will 1) select Validator Nodes, 2) participate in governance, 3) stake tokens in consensus rounds, and 4) generate rewards for staking tokens. “
Buying and Selling Umbrella Network
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https://theenterpriseleader.com/2022/03/31/umbrella-network-price-hits-0-13-on-top-exchanges-umb.html
| 2022-04-01T00:13:51Z
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Chicago officials will give away free gas and public transit cards to help struggling Windy City residents cope with the recent spike in gasoline prices.
Mayor Lori Lightfoot on Thursday announced the initiative, called Chicago Moves, which will see the city invest $12.5 million to issue 50,000 cards that will be distributed to residents through a lottery — each worth $150 at the pump.
Another 100,000 cards, each worth $50, will be distributed to residents to use the city’s public transportation system, WMAQ-TV reported.
The program will target lower-income residents.
“People have to be able to get to work, school, places of worship, medical offices, grocery stores,” Lightfoot said at a press conference.
“The goal of this program is to help make those moves easier,” she said.
“I know from talking to many residents that they are feeling the strain,” Lightfoot said. “There’s no ifs, ands, or buts about it. And many are unable to fill their tanks as much as they normally would because their dollars just don’t stretch that far.
“So, my administration’s been working through a variety of options to see how we can provide the greatest relief to as many residents as we can,” she said.
Gas prices at the pump have skyrocketed in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
According to the American Automobile Association, the current average price of a gallon of regular gas in the US is now $4.225 — up from $2.874 one year ago and $3.610 just one month ago.
According to WMAQ, the average price in Chicago is even higher, at $4.843 on Thursday.
Lightfoot said she would also ask Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul to look into the rising prices, adding that she is “very concerned about gas gouging” by service stations.
Chicagoans can start applying for the cards on April 27.
Applicants must be Chicago residents at least 18 years old, have a valid sticker on their vehicles, and have household incomes below or at 140 percent of the city’s area median income, officials said.
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https://www.thehamdenjournal.com/world/chicago-offering-free-gas-transit-cards-for-needy-residents-as-prices-spike/130406/
| 2022-04-01T00:13:52Z
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WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) – For some people, overdraft fees are a frustrating inconvenience. For others, they pose crippling costs. Some lawmakers now want to change how they’re charged altogether.
Rep. Carolyn Maloney introduced legislation called the “Overdraft Protection Act.” The bill includes provisions to cap the amount and number of fees a bank can charge.
“My bill tries to cut down on these unfair and deceptive practices,” the New York Democrat said.
Advocates like Elyse Crawford-Hicks with Americans for Financial Reform say overdraft fees hit low-income families and people of color the hardest.
“Overdraft fees are paid the most by people who can least afford them,” Crawford-Hicks said.
Others say over-drafting is a useful service because it can function like a short-term loan. Paul Kundert is the CEO of UW Credit Union, which recently reduced their overdraft fees and put more limits on how they charge them.
“When prices are fair, we believe consumers do benefit from access to the credit provided by overdraft fees,” Kundert said.
Recently, major banks like Wells Fargo, Citigroup and Bank of America have made changes themselves, by reducing their overdraft fees or eliminating them altogether.
Rep. Roger Williams, R-Texas, says that demonstrates the legislation is unnecessary.
“The market is naturally, naturally taking care of the issue without government intervention. And we do not need more rules from Washington,” Williams said.
Because banks make billions of dollars in revenue from overdraft fees, George Mason University Foundation Professor of Law Todd Zywicki argues the proposed changes would cost consumers.
“We’ll see higher bank fees, we’ll see higher minimum monthly deposits as basically insurance against over-drafting and we will see a loss of access to free checking,” Zywicki said.
Lawmakers like Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Mass., are promising to continue pushing for the reforms.
“How can we perform such an abusive and predatory practice that punishes people simply for being poor?” Pressley said.
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https://www.fox21news.com/news/national/bill-seeks-to-put-cap-on-overdraft-fees/
| 2022-04-01T00:13:52Z
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ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) — A Phase 2 clinical trial has been announced by researchers at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to evaluate COVID booster shots in adults. Researchers aim to better understand the ability of an expanded vaccine regimen to broaden the immune response beyond three shots.
The COVID-19 Variant Immunologic Landscape (COVAIL) trial combines the three-dose series with prototype and vaccines targeting variants. Researchers said they’re preparing for possible future COVID variants that could dodge protection provided by the current generation of available vaccines.
“We are looking beyond the omicron variant to determine the best strategy to protect against future variants,” said Dr. Anthony Fauci. “This trial will help us understand if we can use prototype and variant vaccines alone or together to shift immune responses to cover existing and emerging COVID-19 variants.”
They said the results of the trial will help the scientists making the vaccines adjust, similar to the process of updating seasonal flu vaccines to target circulating strains each year. Officials said an individual’s response to booster shots can be impacted either by their history of prior infection and vaccination, or a combination of both to what type of COVID-19 vaccines they received.
Studies conducted by researchers indicate that the omicron variant has a combination of mutations that makes it substantially different from prior SARS-CoV-2 variants. Officials said that if a new variant emerges that resembles the inherited SARS-CoV-2 strain—like the delta variant—an omicron-specific vaccine may not offer protection.
Predicting how new COVID variants emerge and affect the population, remains a challenge. That’s why the COVAIL trial will also document immune responses to prototypes like bivalent vaccines, which can target two SARS-CoV-2 variants simultaneously.
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https://www.wric.com/health/nih-launches-clinical-trials-of-second-covid-boosters/
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After just 0.2" snow accumulated this morning in Eau Claire, March's snow total will end at just 1.7". That's almost 8 inches below the month's average, and it was the third month in a row with below average snowfall in Eau Claire.
In fact, only December exceeded the monthly average so far this winter, though we're likely not done yet, at least historically. Eau Claire averages over 4 inches of snow in the month of April, and it's not uncommon to get snow in the first week of May, either.
There certainly will be snow chances during this coming first week of April. Highs today in the low to mid 30s were once again well below Eau Claire's average high of 49.
Once clouds clear overnight, temperatures will fall quickly. Expect morning lows in the low 20s or possibly even upper teens. Sunshine during the day will warm us up closer to that average high tomorrow.
Clouds return tomorrow night ahead of snow chances that could start as a wintry mix after midnight before turning to all snow by Saturday morning. This could last through midday and give us some accumulations.
Clouds may even clear and give us a sunny Saturday afternoon. Our next chance for April (rain/snow) showers arrives Sunday night through Monday morning. Following that, there will be more chances Tuesday through Thursday.
Temps will be warm enough during the days for precip to fall as rain, but any precip at night may fall as a mix or snow with lows expected to be near or below freezing through the next week.
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https://www.wqow.com/weather/small-snow-chances-continue-into-april-after-very-little-accumulated-in-march/article_00ad6308-b13d-11ec-b6ec-b7dc4232bf04.html
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Paul George was treated to a celebratory postgame shower live on TNT on Tuesday, when three of his teammates circled around and emptied water bottles on the Clippers’ All-Star wing moments after he returned to action with a resounding 34 points in a rousing comeback win over the Utah Jazz.
Two of the Clippers doing the soaking: Terance Mann and Amir Coffey, guys who have been Clippers for three seasons, as long as George.
The third: Newcomer Xavier Moon, a well-traveled 27-year-old rookie who on Saturday signed a two-way deal with the team.
In a sense, George’s triumphant return to NBA action after more than three months away coincided with Moon’s.
“I feel like this is where I’m supposed to be, it definitely feels great to be back,” Moon said Monday, when his presence at Honey Training Center gave the Clippers a second healthy, proven professional point guard for the first time since they traded Eric Bledsoe.
Moon has impressed this season, both in 21 games this season with the Agua Caliente Clippers and in a trio of 10-day hardship deals with the parent club in late December and January, when they were hit hard by the league’s COVID-19 health and safety protocols.
In the G League, the 6-foot-2 Moon averaged 18.7 points on 45.3% shooting, including 38.5% from deep. He also averaged 7 assists and just 2.2 turnovers, to go with 4.5 rebounds and 1.3 steals.
And in the first six NBA games of his career, the three-time Canadian Elite Basketball League MVP averaged 5.5 points and 1.7 assists in 13.8 minutes per game.
COOL HIM OFF!!!💦 pic.twitter.com/SiU0UgMH6k
— LA Clippers (@LAClippers) March 30, 2022
Moon – whose roundabout route to the NBA took him from Alabama to France, England, Canada and Israel – also was among the team leaders in good vibes while he was around.
That included counseling Reggie Jackson, the Clippers’ the resident high-energy hype man said, to “just smile, have fun!” and, importantly, to appreciate the opportunity to play the game.
“He’s just always positive, optimistic,” Jackson said of Moon in January. “Not B.S. It’s nothing overdone, you can just tell he’s very optimistic, he’s very confident in what he does.”
Looking back, Moon said his initial taste of the NBA fed that belief.
“The month that I had here was probably the best month of basketball I’ve ever played, even though I only played in six games,” Moon said. “I learned a lot. … I took that and that was able to get me that time that I needed to elevate my game even more, even though I went back to the G, I didn’t look at it as a downgrade or anything like that. I looked at it as an opportunity to work harder and get back here.”
“And while I was here the first time, I learned a lot from these guys, just how to lead a team, just being a good teammate, all the type of stuff,” Moon added. “And I took it back with me to the G and then just worked my tail off to get back here, so it definitely feels good to be back, seeing everybody again.”
COFFEY’S NEW ROLE
Moon filled the Clippers’ vacated two-way spot after they signed Coffey to a standard deal worth $153,488 for the rest of the season, per ESPN’s Bobby Marks. The deal makes the 6-7 wing a restricted free agent in the offseason, when the team will retain his Bird rights, meaning they can sign him for as much as 25% of the salary cap for a maximum of five seasons.
It was an expected reward for a dependable contributor who has started 28 of 63 games this season, with 25 of those starts coming after George was ruled out on Christmas with a torn ligament in his right elbow.
When George returned to the lineup Tuesday, Coffey came off the bench for the first time in eight contests and, a game after playing more than 37 minutes in a loss to Philadelphia, logged just 28 seconds against the Jazz.
Coffey still made an instant impact when he checked in late in the third quarter, yanked a rebound away from Donovan Mitchell and quickly delivered an outlet pass to George, who scored and drew a foul in transition to build on the brewing comeback. With that sequence, the Clippers trimmed what had been a 25-point deficit to 12 entering the fourth quarter.
In his postgame comments, Coach Tyronn Lue made sure to credit Coffey for his alertness off the bench.
“A big play for me was that rebound that Amir got at the end of the quarter and was able to score at the end of the quarter,” Lue said. “That was huge.”
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https://www.sgvtribune.com/2022/03/31/xavier-moon-gives-clippers-another-point-guard-and-good-vibes/
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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ The winning numbers in Thursday evening's drawing of the Texas Lottery's "Pick 3 Evening" game were:
3-8-4, FIREBALL: 5
(three, eight, four; FIREBALL: five)
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ The winning numbers in Thursday evening's drawing of the Texas Lottery's "Pick 3 Evening" game were:
3-8-4, FIREBALL: 5
(three, eight, four; FIREBALL: five)
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https://www.ctinsider.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Pick-3-Evening-game-17049719.php
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Grammysmight be missing stars like Drake, The Weeknd and Kanye West as a performer, but the biggest night in music could still shine bright on the Las Vegas Strip.
The ceremony relocated to Las Vegas for the first-time ever with several artists who could have epic nights including Billie Eilish, Olivia Rodrigo and Jon Batiste. The awards shifted from Los Angeles because of the rising COVID-19 cases and omicron variant in January. Sunday’s show will air live beginning at 8 p.m. Eastern on CBS and the Paramount+ streaming service.
Host Trevor Noah calls Las Vegas a “perfect place to have a celebration” with fans at the MGM Grand Garden Arena. Last year, the Grammys had a music festival vibe with parts of the show held outdoors in an intimate in-person setting with music artists mixed with pre-taped performances.
Noah expects an entertaining show with several performers set to hit the stage including Rodrigo, Eilish, Lil Nas X, Jack Harlow, Brandi Carlile, Batiste, Silk Sonic, H.E.R., Chris Stapleton, Leslie Odom Jr. and Brothers Osborne. He said the awards will be a celebration of the music industry coming back to life.
“There’s an element of this (show) that’s like a music camp,” Noah said. “I think it’s going to bring a different energy, and I’m excited to be a part of it.”
It’s still unclear whether the Foo Fighters will take the stage following the recent death of its drummer Taylor Hawkins. The rock band – nominated for three Grammys – is scheduled to perform during the ceremony, but they recently canceled all upcoming concert dates.
The Grammys will continue to move forward without West, known as Ye, after news surfaced earlier this month that he wouldn’t perform at the show because of his “concerning online behavior.” The Weeknd is still boycotting the awards and Drake said he wanted no part in competing for a Grammy, withdrawing his two nominations.
The three popular performers will be missed, but the show will certainly go on.
The multitalented Jon Batiste enters the Grammys as the leading nominee with 11in a variety of genres including R&B, jazz, American roots music, classical and music video. Justin Bieber, Doja Cat and H.E.R. are tied for the second-most nominations with eight apiece.
The awards will introduce its expanded 10 nominees in three major genres — record, album and song of the year. The growing categories will make the competition stronger but could make choosing a winner a lot tougher.
For album of the year, the Recording Academy expanded the category’s eligibility for any featured artists, producers, songwriters and engineers — even if the music creator co-wrote one song on the project. That means there could be a large amount of winners on stage, depending on who wins.
For example, if Bieber’s “Justice” wins at the show, more than 50 creators could pack the stage. The same could be said for Ye, Doja Cat and H.E.R., who have a plethora of contributors.
But Eilish’s “Happier Than Ever” features songs written by the young star and her brother Finneas, who produced all of her tracks. Tony Bennett, Lady Gaga and Rodrigo are sitting in the same boat.
Harvey Mason jr., the academy’s CEO, said the number of creators in a category won’t dictate the winner.
Either way, Noah said he doesn’t mind.
“It’ll be great to see that moment,” he said. “You get to be on stage and celebrated for your work. I’m excited for that. I want to see 25 people on stage celebrating and sharing the love and joy for something they’ve done.”
Before the awards, the academy will hold a couple events including a tribute to Joni Mitchell at the MusiCares Person of the Yearon Friday night. Chaka Khan, Cyndi Lauper, Billy Porter and Beck are among those expected to perform.
On Saturday, Grammy winner John Legend will be honored during the academy’s Black Music Collective. The singer will receive his first-ever Recording Academy Global Impact Award for his personal and professional achievements in the music industry.
Legend will be celebrated with a performance by Summer Walker, D-Nice and MC Lyte as the voice for the evening. Jimmy Jam will be making remarks.
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Although debated, most scholars agree that Mexican immigrants first introduced recreational marijuana use to the United States in the early 1900’s. As homage to the Mexican culture and their involvement in bringing marijuana use to popular culture, we decided to choose “Canamo” as the name of concentrate brand. Canada is an anglicized version of cáñamo, which is the Spanish word for hemp. However, many Chicanos in the United States and Latinos all across the world use cáñamo as slang for cannabis.
Our brand’s logo is an altered version of a Mexican sugar skull; it is only natural to choose a turquoise color to further represent our corner of the country and the history of its people. Looking at our name, chosen colors and logo, it’s easy to see that Canamo Concentrates radiates southwestern vibes.
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Scientists finally finish decoding entire human genome
Scientists say they have finally assembled the full genetic blueprint for human life, adding the missing pieces to a puzzle nearly completed two decades ago.
Related video above: How Your DNA Data Can Be Used Against You
An international team described the first-ever sequencing of a complete human genome – the set of instructions to build and sustain a human being – in research published Thursday in the journal Science. The previous effort, celebrated across the world, was incomplete because DNA sequencing technologies of the day weren't able to read certain parts of it. Even after updates, it was missing about 8% of the genome.
“Some of the genes that make us uniquely human were actually in this ‘dark matter of the genome’ and they were totally missed,” said Evan Eichler, a University of Washington researcher who participated in the current effort and the original Human Genome Project. “It took 20-plus years, but we finally got it done.”
Many — including Eichler's own students — thought it had been finished already. “I was teaching them, and they said, 'Wait a minute. Isn’t this like the sixth time you guys have declared victory? I said, ’No, this time we really, really did it!”
Scientists said this full picture of the genome will give humanity a greater understanding of our evolution and biology while also opening the door to medical discoveries in areas like aging, neurodegenerative conditions, cancer and heart disease.
“We’re just broadening our opportunities to understand human disease,” said Karen Miga, an author of one of the six studies published Thursday.
The research caps off decades of work. The first draft of the human genome was announced in a White House ceremony in 2000 by leaders of two competing entities: an international publicly funded project led by an agency of the U.S. National Institutes of Health and a private company, Maryland-based Celera Genomics.
The human genome is made up of about 3.1 billion DNA subunits, pairs of chemical bases known by the letters A, C, G and T. Genes are strings of these lettered pairs that contain instructions for making proteins, the building blocks of life. Humans have about 30,000 genes, organized in 23 groups called chromosomes that are found in the nucleus of every cell.
Before now, there were "large and persistent gaps that have been in our map, and these gaps fall in pretty important regions,” Miga said.
Miga, a genomics researcher at the University of California-Santa Cruz, worked with Adam Phillippy of the National Human Genome Research Institute to organize the team of scientists to start from scratch with a new genome with the aim of sequencing all of it, including previously missing pieces. The group, named after the sections at the very ends of chromosomes, called telomeres, is known as the Telomere-to-Telomere, or T2T, consortium.
Their work adds new genetic information to the human genome, corrects previous errors and reveals long stretches of DNA known to play important roles in both evolution and disease. A version of the research was published last year before being reviewed by scientific peers.
“This is a major improvement, I would say, of the Human Genome Project,” doubling its impact, said geneticist Ting Wang of the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, who was not involved in the research.
Eichler said some scientists used to think unknown areas contained “junk." Not him. "Some of us always believed there was gold in those hills," he said. Eichler is paid by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, which also supports The Associated Press's health and science department.
Turns out that gold includes many important genes, he said, such as ones integral to making a person's brain bigger than a chimp's, with more neurons and connections.
To find such genes, scientists needed new ways to read life's cryptic genetic language.
Reading genes requires cutting the strands of DNA into pieces hundreds to thousands of letters long. Sequencing machines read the letters in each piece and scientists try to put the pieces in the right order. That's especially tough in areas where letters repeat.
Scientists said some areas were illegible before improvements in gene sequencing machines that now allow them to, for example, accurately read a million letters of DNA at a time. That allows scientists to see genes with repeated areas as longer strings instead of snippets that they had to later piece together.
Researchers also had to overcome another challenge: Most cells contain genomes from both mother and father, confusing attempts to assemble the pieces correctly. T2T researchers got around this by using a cell line from one “complete hydatidiform mole," an abnormal fertilized egg containing no fetal tissue that has two copies of the father’s DNA and none of the mother’s.
The next step? Mapping more genomes, including ones that include collections of genes from both parents. This effort did not map one of the 23 chromosomes that is found in males, called the Y chromosome, because the mole contained only an X.
Wang said he’s working with the T2T group on the Human Pangenome Reference Consortium, which is trying to generate “reference," or template, genomes for 350 people representing the breadth of human diversity.
“Now we’ve gotten one genome right and we have to do many, many more,” Eichler said. “This is the beginning of something really fantastic for the field of human genetics.”
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We investigated inter-arm systolic blood pressure (sIAD) difference, reproducibility, and incident cardiovascular disease (CVD). We hypothesized that higher sIAD values have low prevalence and nonpersistence over years, but that CVD risk is higher starting from the time of first high absolute sIAD. In Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis participants (n"‰="‰6725, 53% female, 45"“84 years old), Doppler systolic blood pressure (SBP) measurements were made in both arms (10-minute interval) thrice over 9.5 years. Proportional hazards for CVD (coronary heart disease, heart failure, stroke, peripheral arterial disease (PAD)) over 16.4 years were tested according to time-varying absolute inter-arm difference with covariates: (1) age, gender, race, and clinic; (2) model 1 plus height, heart rate, BP, antihypertensives, BMI, smoking status, lipids, lipid lowering medication, and diabetes. High sIAD was not persistent across exams. Maximum absolute sIAD"‰â‰¥"‰15"‰mmHg was found at least once in 815 persons. Maximum absolute sIAD had a graded relationship with incident stroke or PAD: 6.2% events; model 2 hazard ratio per 10"‰mmHg 1.34 (95% CI, 1.15"“1.56) and this risk was approximately doubled for maximum absolute sIAD"‰â‰¥"‰15"‰mmHg vs 0"“4"‰mmHg. Total CVD risk (18.4% events) was increased only for maximum absolute sIAD"‰â‰¥25"‰mmHg. Associations with incident CVD did not differ for higher SBP in left vs right arm. A higher maximum absolute sIAD at any exam was associated with greater risk for stroke and PAD especially for values"‰â‰¥"‰15"‰mmHg, and"‰â‰¥25"‰mmHg for other CVD. Measuring SBP between arms may help identify individuals at risk for CVD.
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DETROIT (AP) _ The winning numbers in Thursday evening's drawing of the Michigan Lottery's "Keno" game were:
16-18-26-28-30-32-35-40-43-45-48-49-50-57-59-62-64-66-67-74-76-80
(sixteen, eighteen, twenty-six, twenty-eight, thirty, thirty-two, thirty-five, forty, forty-three, forty-five, forty-eight, forty-nine, fifty, fifty-seven, fifty-nine, sixty-two, sixty-four, sixty-six, sixty-seven, seventy-four, seventy-six, eighty)
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It sure has been a wild ride for investors over the past few weeks, with the benchmark S&P 500 rising 10% from March 8 through March 30. But the broader stock market is still down for 2022.
Below is a list of 10 stocks that have fallen at least 20% this year, but are expected by analysts to rise as much as 66% over the next 12 months.
Lackluster 2022 for most sectors
Here’s a summary of performance, excluding dividends, for the 11 sectors of the S&P 500
SPX,
-1.57%
for 2022 through March 30:
All sectors were down for 2022 through March 30, except for energy and utilities, while the broad-based S&P 500 Index was down 3.4%.
Seeing energy on top this and last year isn’t a surprise, as West Texas crude oil
CL.1,
-0.08%
surged 43% in 2022 through March 30, based on continuous forward-month contract prices
CL00,
-0.08%.
Energy was also the strongest sector in 2021, when WTI rose 55%.
Wall Street’s favorite stocks are among the biggest losers of 2022
Starting with the full S&P 500, 52 stocks were down at least 20% for 2022 through March 30. Among those 52, here are the 10 with majority “buy” ratings among analysts surveyed by FactSet, with the most upside potential for the next 12 months implied by consensus price targets:
Click on the tickers for more about each company. Click here for Tomi Kilgore’s detailed guide to the wealth of information available for free on the MarketWatch quote page.
Bath & Body Works Inc.
BBWI,
-4.21%
tops the list with 12-month upside potential of 66%, based on the consensus price target, and the company also has the highest percentage of “buy” ratings. The company has become more of a pure-play, following the spinoff of Victoria’s Secret in August.
Don’t miss: Why the main semiconductor stock index is a better bet than the S&P 500 right now
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Shea Matheson and Kristina Lowe both scored a hat trick for Cranford in its 13-4 victory against Mount St. Dominic in Cranford.
Cranford took control early as it led 9-2 in the first half before putting the game away in the second.
Anna Constable also scored two goals for Cranford while Kate Zambito, Sofia Lijo, Clare Roussey, Carly Lynch, and Lexi Kruk each had one.
Cranford’s Serena Barra recorded 12 saves on 16 shots.
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December 2021 IPO Provides Capital to Accelerate Growth Strategy
2021 Revenues Increase 681% While Fourth Quarter Revenues Grew 19% Sequentially Compared to the Third Quarter, Reflecting an Acceleration in Momentum and an Inflection Point in the Company's Growth Trajectory – With Most Growth Occurring Prior to IPO Funding
IPO Proceeds Deployed to Grow the Brand, Increase Awareness, and Procure Inventory to Sustain Strong Sequential Momentum in 2022
Over 1,000 New Points of Distribution Added in First Quarter, More Than All of Last Year
Celebrities Nina Dobrev and Julianne Hough, Initial and Ongoing Investors, Continue to Enthusiastically Endorse FVW Celebrating Partners and Product Launches Among Their More Than 30 Million Social Media Followers
MINNEAPOLIS, March 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Fresh Vine Wine, Inc. (NYSE American: VINE), the premier producer of premium lower carb, lower sugar, and lower calorie wines in the United States, today reported strong financial results for the three months and fiscal year ended December 31, 2021, including year-over-year annual revenue growth of 681% from $217 thousand in 2020 to $1.700 million in 2021.
Janelle Anderson, CEO of Fresh Vine Wine, Inc., said, "I am extremely proud of our team, which grew the business both for the year and sequentially in the fourth quarter by executing on extremely aggressive marketing and go-to-market strategy, while concurrently completing our IPO. This reflects an inflection in the company's growth trajectory and is indicative of the results we expect this year. We have already put the IPO proceeds to work building our brand, investing in our people, and procuring inventory. In the first quarter of 2022, we added over 1,000 new points of distribution (PODs), which is more than twice the 900 PODs we had at time of IPO. We believe that this leading indicator, coupled with our increased inventory levels, suggest accelerating revenue growth and strong first quarter results."
Ms. Anderson continued, "The speed of our expansion is remarkable, which speaks to the quality of our sales and marketing strategy and the pedigree of our organization. Our success reinforces the viability of consumer demand for our category-defining, premium tasting brand of lower carb, lower sugar, lower calorie wines. We plan to continue this positive trajectory in 2022 by introducing new product offerings and expanding our marketing efforts, in part by leveraging the 30 million-plus social media followers of our celebrity spokespeople and co-founders, Nina Dobrev and Julianne Hough. It is encouraging and rewarding to begin this year with significant positive momentum."
Recent Business Highlights
- In December 2021, the Company closed its Initial Public Offering, raising net proceeds of $19.2 million
- Added 1,000 Points of Distribution in the first quarter
Retail
- Launched in our first national "C-Store" where we have been authorized at their more than 1,600 California locations
- Securing a top national convenience store chain to carry our wines in the state of California is a true breakthrough for Fresh Vine Wine and further validates the demand for our lower carb, lower calorie, lower sugar premium wines
- Secured placement at the newest resort on the Famous Las Vegas Strip
- FVW wines premium Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay and other varietals will be featured at 22 various venues at the newly launched Resorts World Las Vegas
- Expanded partnership with retail grocer, Hy-Vee, for the distribution of our premium Limited Reserve Napa Cabernet
- To be featured at all Hy-Vee stores in the Upper Midwest
- Announced a partnership with CRAVE American Kitchen & Sushi Bar
- Featured as a premium wine pairing and frequently recommended as the perfect complement to their special lunch and dinner menus
Geographic Expansion
- Expanded into 6 new states in the first quarter of 2022, including Nevada coincident with the Resorts World launch
- FVW now available nationwide, one of the Company's key strategic priorities.
Direct to Consumer
- Experienced record-breaking single day sales on two separate occasions, reflecting the impact of our social media marketing strategy
- Record demand after major shareholders Nina Dobrev and Julianne Hough appeared across national media following VINE IPO day and then again after their appearance on The Ellen Show https://bit.ly/36VuRd4. Expect more exciting appearances representing Fresh Vine Wine by these highly influential celebrities
New Product Release
- Released a fifth varietal, a Limited Reserve Napa Cabernet Sauvignon
- The introduction of this premium wine represents further progress in our business objectives to leverage our presence at retail to increase distribution and fuel future growth.
- Announced the bottling of our 2021 Vintage Rosé at 21 times the quantity of 2020 Rosé bottled
- After selling out the entire 2020 Rosé Vintage within months of bottling, now bottling the 2021 Vintage Rosé at 21 times the amount of Rosé bottled for the 2020 vintage.
Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2021 Financial Results and Commentary
Net revenue in fiscal 2021 was $1.70 million, up from $217,000 in fiscal 2020. Growth was primarily attributable to our increased presence in the wholesale market, where we significantly expanded our distributor network and geographic presence, and the introduction of our wine club, which drove direct-to-consumer sales. Of total 2021 revenue, $773,000 was from our wholesale distribution channel and $774,000 was from our direct-to-consumer sales channel. As fourth quarter revenues were affected by an inventory drawdown precipitated by very strong demand, the Company used this period to accelerate the timing of the launch of its Strategic Services segment, which netted over $150,000 of revenue in the quarter, and is expected to continue quarterly in fiscal 2022. Selling, general and administrative expenses were $4.79 million for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021, compared to $1.33 million for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2020, largely driven by increases in Selling, Marketing and General & Administrative expenses. The year-over-year increase in Marketing expenses primarily resulted from our sports marketing partnerships while the increase in General & Administrative expenses is the result of increased salaries and wages needed to support the growth in sales. Selling expenses generally follow our sales volume growth. The Company reported a net loss of $9.97 million, or ($1.12) per share, for fiscal 2021, compared to a net loss of $1.29 million, or ($0.21) per share in fiscal 2020.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
- The Company's cash and cash equivalents balance as of December 31, 2021, was $16.1 million. The Company has no material debt.
About Fresh Vine Wine, Inc.
Fresh Vine Wine, Inc. (NYSE American: VINE) is a premier producer of lower carb, lower calorie premium wines in the United States, kicking off a 2022 growth plan following its IPO in mid-December 2021. Fresh Vine Wine's brand vision is to lead the emerging natural and accessible premium wine category, as health trends continue to accelerate in the US marketplace. The 2020 US wine market was a $69 billion category. Fresh Vine Wine plans to accelerate growth in 2022 by amplifying its marketing, expanding product offerings, and expanding its team. Fresh Vine Wine positions its core brand lineup as an affordable luxury, retailing between $14.99-$22.99. Fresh Vine Wine's varietals currently include its Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, and Rosé.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release includes forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements generally can be identified by the use of words such as "anticipate," "expect," "plan," "could," "may," "will," "believe," "estimate," "forecast," "goal," "project," and other words of similar meaning. These forward-looking statements address various matters including statements regarding the timing or nature of future operating or financial performance or other events. Each forward-looking statement contained in this press release is subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such statement. Applicable risks and uncertainties include, among others, the Company's ability to hire additional personnel and to manage the growth of its business; the Company's reliance on its brand name, reputation and product quality; the Company's ability to adequately address increased demands that may be placed on its management, operational and production capabilities; the effectiveness of the Company's advertising and promotional activities and investments; the Company's reliance on celebrities to endorse its wines and market its brand; general competitive conditions; fluctuations in consumer demand for wine; overall decline in the health of the economy and consumer discretionary spending; the occurrence of adverse weather events, natural disasters, public health emergencies, or other unforeseen circumstances that may cause delays to or interruptions in the Company's operations; risks associated with disruptions in the Company's supply chain for grapes and raw and processed materials; the impact of COVID-19 and its variants on the Company's customers, suppliers, business operations and financial results; disrupted or delayed service by the distributors the Company relies on for the distribution of its wines; the Company's ability to successfully execute its growth strategy; the Company's success in retaining or recruiting, or changes required in, its officers, key employees or directors; the Company's ability to protect its trademarks and other intellectual property rights; the Company's ability to comply with laws and regulations affecting its business, including those relating to the manufacture, sale and distribution of wine; claims, demands and lawsuits to which the Company may be subject and the risk that its insurance or indemnities coverage may not be sufficient; the Company's ability to operate, update or implement its IT systems; the Company's ability to successfully pursue strategic acquisitions and integrate acquired businesses; the Company's potential ability to obtain additional financing when and if needed; the Company's founders' significant influence over the Company; and the risks identified in the Company's other filings with the SEC. The Company cautions investors not to place considerable reliance on the forward-looking statements contained in this press release. You are encouraged to read the Company's filings with the SEC, available at www.sec.gov for a discussion of these and other risks and uncertainties. The forward-looking statements in this press release speak only as of the date of this document, and the Company undertakes no obligation to update or revise any of these statements. The Company's business is subject to substantial risks and uncertainties, including those referenced above. Investors, potential investors, and others should give careful consideration to these risks and uncertainties.
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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Jeff Walz has had a lot of success getting players to transfer to Louisville over the last few years, including three starters on his Final Four team this season.
He's not the only coach in the Final Four who has bolstered the roster by using the transfer portal as both South Carolina and UConn have found supplemental players from it.
Still Walz, Dawn Staley and Geno Auriemma think the amount of players looking to change schools is getting out of control.
“I always like to say, ‘The grass is greener on the other side because it’s fertilized with a bunch of bull,’” Louisville coach Jeff Walz said. “I think there are a lot of players that will jump into the portal after one year that don’t really have a good grasp of why they’re doing it.”
Staley likened the portal to Twitter, Instagram or TikTok.
“It’s a big ol’ fad that just keeps continuing,” she said. “Is it out of hand? It absolutely is. I don’t know how you control it. But it’s their way. It’s their way of controlling their own destinies.”
Both Staley and Auriemma noted that there were currently more players seeking to transfer than there were scholarships available across the country.
“You know those 850 people in the portal? Three hundred of them are not going to find a school to go to because they’re going to realize it’s not the school they just left,” Auriemma said.
Despite the reservations, they're still playing along. Emily Engstler (Syracuse), Kianna Smith (California) and Chelsie Hall (Vanderbilt) have been key for Louisville. Engstler and Hall just joined the program this season.
When Engstler was considering the Cardinals, Walz went to Mykasa Robinson to discuss how her role would likely shrink if Engstler were to come and gauge her comfort level.
“She looked at me, and she’s like, ‘I’m tired of guarding her. If we can get her, yes, because she likes to win, and she wants to play with other good players,’” Walz said.
SOUTH CAROLINA SUPPORT
The Gamecocks have led the nation in average attendance for seven straight years, buoyed by a base of more than 10,000 season tickets. Despite the 1,200-mile distance from campus to downtown Minneapolis, there will be plenty of garnet-and-black-clad South Carolina fans voicing their support on Friday night when the Gamecocks take on Louisville.
“They’ve been with us when we weren’t a popular team or we weren’t a whole lot to cheer about,” Staley said. “This is my 14th year being at South Carolina, but the last probably 10, the fans have given us a ride that’s kind of irreplaceable.”
One of the catalysts for the attendance boom was giving fans as much as access to the program as they could, to build relationships and let the locals get to know the players as people.
“You really feel the love in the community,” guard Brea Beal said. “You can go to the store and run into somebody and they’re like, oh my gosh, just freaking out. It’s like a family.”
FOND MEMORY
Walz spent one season at Minnesota on his climb up the coaching ladder, serving as an assistant under current Maryland coach Brenda Frese.
That was 20 years ago, when Hall of Fame finalist Lindsay Whalen was a sophomore for the Gophers on a breakthrough team that reached the Final Four two seasons later. The women's team at that time played in a smaller gym, the Pavilion, next door to Williams Arena where the Minnesota men's team has played since 1928.
A water pipe burst that winter, moving the women's team into the bigger venue. The Gophers were on a roll, and the first game in the building known as “The Barn” was packed to the rafters.
“From that point on, we continued the rest of the season playing in the Barn in front of unbelievable crowds,” Walz said.
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More AP coverage of March Madness: https://apnews.com/hub/march-madness and https://apnews.com/hub/womens-college-basketball and https://twitter.com/AP_Top25
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Putin says Russian gas must be paid for in roubles from April
Russian President Vladimir Putin says he has signed a decree saying international patrons should pay in roubles for Russian fuel from April 1, and contracts shall be halted if these funds are usually not made.
“In order to purchase Russian natural gas, they must open rouble accounts in Russian banks. It is from these accounts that payments will be made for gas delivered starting from tomorrow,” Putin mentioned on Friday (AEDT).
“If such payments are not made, we will consider this a default on the part of buyers, with all the ensuing consequences. Nobody sells us anything for free, and we are not going to do charity either – that is, existing contracts will be stopped.”
More to return
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https://thewall.fyi/putin-says-russian-gas-must-be-paid-for-in-roubles-from-april/
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Between balancing a successful modeling career, running an exclusive clothing line with her sister Kylie Jenner and launching her own business, Kendall Jenner wears many hats.
If you've ever found yourself wondering how the second youngest Kardashian sibling takes care of herself considering all the things she has on her plate, you're not alone.
Interestingly, despite being one of the world's most sought-after supermodels with access to top experts and the finest products at her fingertips, Jenner has a surprisingly relatable approach to self-care.
Here, the Keeping Up with the Kardashians star opens up about some of her go-to self-care habits that help her thrive:
Ice Facial
After having her morning cup of tea, Jenner likes to start her day with skin icing. "Something I've been doing a lot lately is an ice facial. I take a bowl of ice and dip my face into it first thing in the morning," she says. "It’s amazing for your skin but also really incredible for helping with anxiety," she adds.
This type of grounding technique can help jolt the system out of the "fight or flight" response, steering your mind away from the feelings of anxiety and panic—helping you refocus on what's happening in the present moment.
Rebalancing With Meditation
"I also make time to meditate," says Jenner. She practices transcendental meditation—a form of meditation that involves silently reciting a personalized mantra (typically a single word or sound) for 15-20 minutes to avoid distracting thoughts and promote a state of relaxed awareness.
Setting Daily Intentions
"Next, I write out my intentions for the day before I head out for my AM workout," Jenner shares.
Setting daily intentions is a simple yet profound way to purposely choose how you want to spend your day instead of allowing the day to happen to you. It helps you hold yourself accountable. Plus, it provides you the opportunity to align your daily tasks with your long-term goals and keeps you motivated to achieve them.
Sweating It Out
"Then I throw on an Alo Yoga set and head to my favorite reformer pilates class," she says.
Regular exercise is yet another powerful self-care tool that's backed by years of science and extensive clinical evidence. Being active not only pumps up your heart and improves overall physical health but also stimulates the production of endorphins aka the "feel good" hormones that enhance mood and positivity.
Simple Skincare
"I find that a simple routine works best for my skin type," says Jenner. "The most important step for me is washing my face and removing any makeup. Especially during fashion month or shoot days when I’m wearing a full face of makeup all day long," says the supermodel who reveals that it's the number one skincare rule she swears by. "I usually double cleanse at the end of the night and even throughout the day to let my skin breathe and avoid breakouts," she adds. Her go-to face wash is Clean Natural Facial Cleanser created by her Beverly Hills-based dermatologist, Christie Kidd.
In addition, "I always make sure to include some sort of SPF in for the day," Jenner shares.
"As an extension of my skincare routine, I also place a huge emphasis on oral beauty," adds the 26-year-old. "I believe that taking care of your teeth is just as important as taking care of your skin so I have a little daily routine that gives some TLC to my smile," she says.
"Before going to bed, I read while doing my quick five-minute whitening routine with Moon's Dissolving 56CT Whitening strips. I also add a whitening boost treatment once or twice a week with the Moon Dust Advanced Whitening Paste Booster," she reveals.
When asked what's the best beauty advice she has ever received, Jenner replies, "[it's] definitely from my mom. She taught me from an early age that beauty comes from within and shines outward. If you’re not feeling great about yourself, it will show on the outside. So prioritizing self-care and wellness are most important."
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Senate Republicans set sights on blue state ‘sleeper’ races
Republicans are eyeing Senate races in a handful of blue states they believe have the potential to come into play ahead of the 2022 midterm elections, underscoring the confidence the party is feeling as it seeks to reclaim the upper chamber.
In an interview with The Hill last week, Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.), the chair of the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC), said that the GOP was poised to take back the Senate majority in November, and suggested that the party could eventually expand its prospects beyond the handful of already established battlegrounds and into states currently considered safe for Democrats.
“I think we’re going to have some sleepers, where people are going to say, boy, we didn’t anticipate that one,” Scott told The Hill.
Asked which states he believes could become competitive in the coming months, he pointed to Colorado, Washington and Vermont.
“You look at Colorado, I think we have an opportunity potentially in Colorado. We have a great candidate in the state of Washington,” he said.
To be sure, Democrats are still heavily favored to win the Senate contests in each of those states, which are all deep blue and have handed Democrats statewide victories for years. The fight for control of the upper chamber is far more likely to center on well-established battlegrounds like Georgia, Arizona, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.
Scott himself acknowledged that there was no guarantee of victory for Republicans, saying that the party still needs to “work your butt off to win.”
Still, President Biden’s sagging approval ratings, combined with the fact that the party in power tends to lose ground in Congress in midterm elections, has Republicans looking for new offensive opportunities.
“It’s dependent on Biden’s numbers essentially staying where they are or falling even further,” Doug Heye, a Republican strategist, said. “If 65 percent of voters going into Election Day feel the country is still on the wrong track, they’re going to blame the Democratic president, Democratic House and Democratic Senate.”
“The more that goes on, the more the map expands for Republicans,” he added. “It’s not necessarily about predicting victories, but as these numbers continue [for Democrats], opportunities for Republicans are only going to increase.”
Heye and other Republicans pointed to Colorado as the clearest example of a blue state with the potential to come into play for the GOP down the road. Sen. Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) is up for reelection this year, and while he remains the heavy favorite to win, Republicans say there’s reason to believe he could become vulnerable.
“As it stands right now, he’s not going anywhere,” one Republican operative with ties to Colorado said, noting that the GOP has yet to coalesce around a challenger to Bennet. “But I think you can imagine a scenario where we get a good candidate, Biden’s numbers keep tanking – then we would have a real race.”
The operative also pointed to a recent survey from the Republican polling firm Cygnal showing Bennet statistically tied in a head-to-head matchup with a generic GOP candidate. Democratic polling has painted a very different picture, with Bennet leading by double-digit margins.
Nevertheless, The Cook Political Report, a nonpartisan election handicapper, shifted the Senate race in Colorado from its “Solid Democrat” column into its “Likely Democrat” column last week, a relatively small move, but one that underscores the fluid nature of this year’s Senate map.
“Despite the uncertainties in the GOP field, it’s clear this race merits watching – and while this move doesn’t indicate it’s competitive just yet, it clearly has the potential to do so in what’s shaping up to be a difficult year for Democrats, and incumbents like Bennet – even in a state like Colorado – will not be immune,” Jessica Taylor, The Cook Political Report’s Senate and governors editor, wrote of the handicapper’s decision to shift the Colorado Senate race.
It’s likely to take quite a bit more to bring the Senate races in Washington and Vermont into play.
While former U.S. Attorney General Christina Nolan is the only Republican to have formally announced a bid for retiring Sen. Patrick Leahy’s (D) seat in Vermont, the state’s longtime at-large Rep. Peter Welch (D) is seen as the heavy favorite to succeed Leahy, given his high name ID, Vermont’s Democratic tilt and the fact that he has already won elections statewide before.
Still, Scott noted that Vermont has a Republican governor, arguing that it isn’t outside the realm of possibility for the Senate seat to come into play down the line.
“We’ve got … a brand-new candidate in Vermont — Christina Nolan,” Scott said. “And, you know, they have a Republican governor, so it’s not far-fetched to believe that a Republican can win in Vermont.”
In Washington, meanwhile, Sen. Patty Murray (D) is also likely to prove difficult to beat. The longtime Washington Democrat has already won five Senate races in her state, scoring an 18-point victory in 2016, the last time she was on the ballot. At the same time, Washington voters haven’t sent a Republican to the Senate since 1994.
Still, Republicans see some potential there. The party has largely coalesced around former triage nurse Tiffany Smiley as their candidate, and a recent survey from the Democratic-leaning firm Public Policy Polling found Murray with only a 9-point lead over her GOP rival.
Republicans need to flip only one seat in the Senate this year to regain their majority in the upper chamber. Nevertheless, Republicans are facing their own set of challenges.
While the GOP is playing offense in Georgia, Arizona, New Hampshire and Nevada, the party is also defending Senate seats in states like Pennsylvania, North Carolina and Wisconsin. At the same time, the party is riddled with internal disagreements over former President Trump and his baseless claim that the 2020 election was stolen from him.
And though they may be facing historical headwinds this year, Democrats aren’t ceding any races to Republicans.
“While Senate Democrats are fighting for working families, flawed Republican candidates are stuck in vicious primaries and running on a disastrous agenda: raising taxes on seniors, ending Medicare and Social Security and pushing the interests of big corporations that get rich by keeping prices high,” said David Bergstein, a spokesperson for the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee. “This is a dynamic that will lead their campaigns to defeat across the country.”
Still, one Republican strategist with deep experience in Senate campaigns said that by eyeing races in bluer states, the goal isn’t necessarily to flip those seats, but rather to put Democrats on notice. Even if the party falls short in those long-shot races, the strategist said, it could still force Democrats to shift some resources away from key battlegrounds as they look to bolster their incumbents.
“If it’s the week after Labor Day and Democrats now have to spend extra money in Colorado, that affects other races as well,” the strategist said. “If the NRSC and the DSCC in the six weeks before the election are reallocating resources, it’s most likely because Republicans see opportunities and Democrats see vulnerabilities. That’s the expanding map.”
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(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.)
Scott L. Montgomery, University of Washington
(THE CONVERSATION) The Biden administration on March 31, 2022, said it plans to release an unprecedented 180 million barrels of oil from the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve to combat the recent spike in gas and diesel prices. About a million barrels of oil will be released every day for up to six months.
If all the oil is released, it would represent almost one-third of the current volume of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. It follows a release of 30 million barrels in early March, a large withdrawal until the latest one.
But what is the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, why was it created, and when has it been used? And does it still serve a purpose, given that the U.S. exports more oil and other petroleum products than it imports?
As an energy researcher, I believe considering the reserve’s history can help answer these questions.
Origins of the reserve
Congress created the Strategic Petroleum Reserve as part of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act of 1975 in response to a global oil crisis.
Arab oil-exporting states led by Saudi Arabia had cut supply to the world market because of Western support for Israel in the 1973 Yom Kippur War. Oil prices quadrupled, resulting in major economic damage to the U.S. and other countries. This also shook the average American, who had grown used to cheap oil.
The oil crisis caused the U.S., Japan and 15 other advanced countries to form the International Energy Agency in 1974 to recommend policies that would forestall such events in the future. One of the agency’s key ideas was to create emergency petroleum reserves that could be drawn on in case of a severe supply disruption.
The Energy Policy and Conservation Act originally stipulated the reserve should hold up to 1 billion barrels of crude and refined petroleum products. Though it has never reached that size, the U.S. reserve is the largest in the world, with a maximum volume of 714 million barrels. The cap was previously set at 727 million barrels.
As of March 25, 2022, the reserve contained about 568 million barrels.
Oil in the reserve is stored underground in a series of large underground salt domes in four locations along the Gulf Coast of Texas and Louisiana, and is linked to major supply pipelines in the region.
Salt domes, formed when a mass of salt is forced upward, are a good choice for storage since salt is impermeable and has low solubility in crude oil. Most of the storage sites were acquired by the federal government in 1977 and became fully operational in the 1980s.
History of drawdowns
In the 1975 act, Congress specified that the reserve was intended to prevent “severe supply interruptions” – that is, actual oil shortages.
Over time, as the oil market has changed, Congress expanded the list of reasons for which the Strategic Petroleum Reserve could be tapped, such as domestic supply interruptions due to extreme weather.
Prior to March 2022, about 280 million barrels of crude oil had been released since the reserve’s creation, including a 50 million release that began in November 2021.
There have only been three emergency releases in the reserve’s history. The first was in 1991 after Iraq invaded Kuwait the year before, which resulted in a sharp drop in oil supply to the world market. The U.S. released 34 million barrels.
The second release, of 30 million barrels, came in 2005 after Hurricanes Rita and Katrina knocked out Gulf of Mexico production, which then comprised about 25% of U.S. domestic supply.
The third was a coordinated release by the International Energy Agency in 2011 as a result of supply disruptions from several oil-producing countries, including Libya, then facing civil unrest during the Arab Spring. In all, the agency coordinated a release of 60 million barrels of crude, half of which came from the U.S.
In addition, there have been 11 planned sales of oil from the reserve, mainly to generate federal revenue. One of these – the 1996-1997 sale to reduce the federal budget deficit – seemed to serve political ends rather than supply-related ones.
A better way to avoid pain at the pump
President Joe Biden’s November decision to tap the reserve was also seen as political by Republicans because there was no emergency shortage of supply at that time.
Similarly, the latest historic release of 180 million barrels could also be seen as serving a political purpose – in an election year, no less. But I believe it also seems perfectly legitimate in terms of fulfilling the Strategic Petroleum Reserve’s original purpose: reducing the negative impacts of a major oil price shock.
Though the U.S. is today a net petroleum exporter, it continues to import as much as 8.2 million barrels of crude oil every day.
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But in my view, the best way to avoid the pain of oil price shocks is to lower oil demand by reducing global carbon emissions – rather than mainly relying on releases from the reserve.
This is an updated version of an article originally published on Nov. 24, 2021.
This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article here: https://theconversation.com/biden-bets-a-million-barrels-a-day-will-drive-down-soaring-gas-prices-what-you-need-to-know-about-the-strategic-petroleum-reserve-180461.
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Popular Mamma Mia! spectacular gears up to wow Busselton audiences
The sounds of ABBA’s chart topping mega hits are set to take over Busselton as the cult classic jukebox musical Mamma Mia! moves into the High Street Hall.
Since it’s debut in London’s West End in 1999 more than 65 million people have seen the musical in more than 50 productions performed in 16 languages — and Busselton will be the latest.
The AABBA-inspired spectacular will be brought to town by Bare Naked Events, with Mamma Mia! producer Russell Chandler saying it will be the first of many high quality events to add the region to it’s tours.
Mamma Mia! tells the hilarious story of Sophie’s search for her birth father. On the eve of her wedding, her quest to discover the identity of her father brings three men from her mother’s past back to the Greek Islands they visited 20 years ago.
Mr Chandler said the performance would be an example of what more could come to Busselton once the Busselton Performing Arts and Convention Centre is built.
“We’re basically building the Hall up to be a temporary performing arts venue . . . blending the best of Busselton with the best of Perth with our set design and production to create a great show,” he said.
“It will showcase what the region and a performing arts centre is capable of doing and putting on, a forestaste of what you could expect for the South West.
“This is such an iconic show and we have some amazing performers from all corners of the region, it’s going to be an amazing experience for the audience.”
Depicting the musical’s duo Sophie and Sky will be the region’s own Breanna Redhead and Finn Happ with the support of Karen Gifford in the role of Donna.
Ms Redhead, a seasoned actress, said
“It’s just really fun, it’s hard not to sing and dance along with ABBA at the best of times, there’s something for everyone and we’re all working really hard to ensure the show will be memorable,” she said.
“We’ve got a great blend of local talent from Karen (Gifford) who has been a stalwart in the arts space here to Finn (Happ) who’s a fresh face on the scene, and we all have this great on-stage dynamic and chemistry.”
Tickets for the performance are now on sale for a May 11 opening night, and will run for two weeks. Tickets can be purchased at https://www.trybooking.com/events/882124/sessions.
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Shares of Heska Co. (NASDAQ:HSKA – Get Rating) have been assigned an average rating of “Hold” from the eight brokerages that are presently covering the stock, MarketBeat Ratings reports. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, two have issued a hold rating and three have issued a buy rating on the company. The average 1 year price objective among brokerages that have issued ratings on the stock in the last year is $224.20.
Several equities analysts have recently issued reports on HSKA shares. JPMorgan Chase & Co. reduced their target price on Heska from $300.00 to $250.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a report on Wednesday, February 23rd. Morgan Stanley reduced their price objective on Heska from $190.00 to $161.00 and set an “equal weight” rating for the company in a report on Tuesday, March 1st. TheStreet lowered Heska from a “c-” rating to a “d+” rating in a report on Friday, February 11th. Alliance Global Partners reduced their price objective on Heska from $310.00 to $240.00 in a report on Wednesday, March 2nd. Finally, Piper Sandler reduced their price objective on Heska from $210.00 to $190.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a report on Thursday, March 17th.
Several institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of HSKA. First Horizon Advisors Inc. boosted its holdings in shares of Heska by 1,944.4% in the fourth quarter. First Horizon Advisors Inc. now owns 184 shares of the medical research company’s stock worth $33,000 after acquiring an additional 175 shares during the period. Altshuler Shaham Ltd purchased a new stake in shares of Heska in the third quarter worth $49,000. Pinebridge Investments L.P. purchased a new stake in shares of Heska in the fourth quarter worth $55,000. Navigation Wealth Management Inc. purchased a new stake in shares of Heska in the fourth quarter worth $68,000. Finally, Sageworth Trust Co of South Dakota purchased a new stake in shares of Heska in the fourth quarter worth $81,000. 94.47% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.
Heska (NASDAQ:HSKA – Get Rating) last released its earnings results on Monday, February 28th. The medical research company reported $0.02 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.06 by ($0.04). The firm had revenue of $68.10 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $66.03 million. The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 5.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $0.46 earnings per share. Equities analysts anticipate that Heska will post 0.73 earnings per share for the current year.
About Heska (Get Rating)
Heska Corporation sells veterinary and animal health diagnostic and specialty products for canine and feline healthcare markets in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Australia, France, Germany, Italy, Malaysia, Spain, and Switzerland. The company offers Element DC, Element DCX, Element DC5x veterinary chemistry analyzers for blood chemistry and electrolyte analysis; Element RC, Element RCX, and Element RC3X chemistry systems for blood chemistry and electrolyte analysis; Element HT5 and scil Vet abc Plus veterinary hematology analyzers to measure blood cell and platelet count, and hemoglobin levels; Element POC blood gas and electrolyte analyzers; Element i immunodiagnostic analyzers; and Element COAG and Element AIM veterinary analyzers.
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“So many of the stories I’ve covered here, and the people I’ve met on assignments, have moved me in a myriad of ways,” said the veteran reporter.
Veteran reporter and longtime MSNBC anchor Craig Melvin is leaving the cable channel. He made the tearful announcement Thursday during the last live broadcast on his late-morning show.
“This nearly decade-long stretch of hosting a cable news program has been a tremendous honor, and I’m so very thankful for the opportunity to really have had a front-row seat to so much history. Tumultuous campaigns, elections, natural disasters, far too many mass shootings and of course a global pandemic,” Melvin, 42, said on Craig Melvin Reports, Mediaite reports.
“So many of the stories I’ve covered here, and the people I’ve met on assignments, have moved me in myriad of ways. Some days sad, angry, confused, but always hopeful,” he continued, per The Hill.
“I’ve tried to cover the news fairly and steer clear of inserting my opinion or perspective. We’ve tried to traffic in facts and truth and let you make up your mind every day, and I’m very proud of that. We’ve gone out of our way to highlight, not merely the death, doom, or destruction. We tried to introduce you to ordinary people doing the extraordinary,” Melvin said.
The New York-based broadcaster, who hails from Columbia, South Carolina, attended Wofford College in the state. In October 2018, he started hosting Today’s 3rd Hour. Melvin’s contract with the company is reportedly up at the end of the year.
Last year, he unpacked fatherhood and his relationship with his father in his book: Pops: Learning to be a Son and a Father.
“My dad was such an enigma to me for most of my life and I couldn’t figure him out. I didn’t really know where I stood with him for a good portion of my life,” he previously told Yahoo. “I became a naturally inquisitive person. I became very curious about my dad and our family. I think that it helped develop an empathy that a good journalist has. I try desperately not to judge.”
The anchor became more emotional on his daytime cable show on Thursday as he thanked his family, and his MSNBC producers and colleagues.
“And thank you for letting me into your homes, your businesses, and your vehicles for an hour every day,” Melvin said while concluding his broadcast. “I appreciate you seeing the value in journalism, showcasing the plight of the least among us, simply asking questions and waiting for answers. We need it now perhaps more than we ever have. Thank you.”
Melvin will now refocus his efforts on Today and Dateline NBC. The network will use a rotating lineup of anchors going forward.
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COLONIAL HEIGHTS, Va. (WRIC) — Colonial Heights Fire and Rescue recovered a body from the Appomattox River on Thursday during a search for a missing person.
The search was underway to locate Caleb Lubrun, a man who was last seen on March 22, 2022. The body that was found matches Lubrun’s description.
The body was located several hundred yards north of the boat ramp in Colonial Heights where the search was being conducted.
Chesterfield Police Department assisted in the retrieval of the body from the water. The deceased was transported to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, where they will attempt to identify the body and determine cause of death.
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https://www.wric.com/news/body-recovered-from-appomattox-river-matches-description-of-missing-person/
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The fight for Tradition in the Church, in particular her liturgy, is a long and arduous one that will not cease until the parousia, entering an acute phase in our own day, but all worth the effort. Few have taken up this battle with greater zeal than Dr. Peter Kwasnieski. A list of his essays, books and talks attests to this – even if one may not agree with all of his conclusions, one is moved to agree with many of them, and admire his erudition and industriousness.
One of his recent works, From Benedict’s Peace to Francis’ War, is a collection of essays from Catholics across the spectrum of what we may term ‘traditional’, from Ross Douthat to Joseph Shaw and various other supporters of the Latin Mass, to their eminences, Cardinals Brandmüller, Burke, Müller and Sarah. Hence, the essays vary in their focus and scope, even in how they may appeal to individual readers, but all worth reading.
Each author presents his response to Pope Francis’ July 16th, 2021 Motu Proprio Traditionis Custodes, severely limiting celebration of Mass and the sacraments in the usus antiquior, undoing the peace, so to speak, of Pope Benedict’s 2007 Summorum Pontificum, allowing universal permission for the pre-conciliar liturgy. The gauntlet has been thrown down, alea iacta – and here we see varied measured reactions of traditional Catholics.
What one might lose in the ‘thread’ of such a work, written by many authors, one gains in their variety and diversity, clarifying and solidifying in the reader’s mind why the Mass and Liturgy should be preserved and fostered, as well as the means by which we might do so.
The sacraments work primarily ex opere operato, by the work of Christ, so the usus antiquior and the novus ordo are both equally valid. But the sacraments, and the Mass especially, also work ex opere operantis, with grace received dependent on the devotion of the recipient. Kwasnieski and the authors herein argue persuasively that the devotion proper to the Mass is fostered more effectively, in the main, in the old order of Mass than the new. There is more emphasis on its primarily sacrificial nature, on the role of the priest as the one who sacrifices, on the continuity of the Old and New Testaments, and this before we get to the beauty of the chants, the vestments, the orations, the prayers at the foot of the altar, the Latin words, even the silence and meditative quality – the whole structure lends itself to ‘entering into’ the Mass with that interior participation of the mind and heart, which is what we should bring to the Offering first and foremost.
Some developments were called for by Vatican II, but not on the iconoclastic scope and extent that actually transpired in the post-conciliar years. Now war is being waged on the pre-conciliar liturgy, which may to some be a mystery, for the TLM is, proportionately, a small percentage of the Church. Could, and should, we not have maintained Benedict’s peace? What do the enemies of the old rite have to fear?
Read on, Macduff, and find out.
A blessed Lent, to one and all. +
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https://catholicinsight.com/from-benedicts-peace-to-francis-war-a-review/
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DETROIT (AP) _ The winning numbers in Thursday evening's drawing of the Michigan Lottery's "Poker Lotto" game were:
AD-7C-6D-8H-9H
(AD, 7C, 6D, 8H, 9H)
DETROIT (AP) _ The winning numbers in Thursday evening's drawing of the Michigan Lottery's "Poker Lotto" game were:
AD-7C-6D-8H-9H
(AD, 7C, 6D, 8H, 9H)
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https://www.ctinsider.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Poker-Lotto-game-17049789.php
| 2022-04-01T00:13:59Z
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Although debated, most scholars agree that Mexican immigrants first introduced recreational marijuana use to the United States in the early 1900’s. As homage to the Mexican culture and their involvement in bringing marijuana use to popular culture, we decided to choose “Canamo” as the name of concentrate brand. Canada is an anglicized version of cáñamo, which is the Spanish word for hemp. However, many Chicanos in the United States and Latinos all across the world use cáñamo as slang for cannabis.
Our brand’s logo is an altered version of a Mexican sugar skull; it is only natural to choose a turquoise color to further represent our corner of the country and the history of its people. Looking at our name, chosen colors and logo, it’s easy to see that Canamo Concentrates radiates southwestern vibes.
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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ The winning numbers in Thursday evening's drawing of the Texas Lottery's "Pick 3 Evening" game were:
3-8-4, FIREBALL: 5
(three, eight, four; FIREBALL: five)
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ The winning numbers in Thursday evening's drawing of the Texas Lottery's "Pick 3 Evening" game were:
3-8-4, FIREBALL: 5
(three, eight, four; FIREBALL: five)
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https://www.sfgate.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Pick-3-Evening-game-17049719.php
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Datadog (DDOG) Gains As Market Dips: What You Should Know
In the latest trading session, Datadog (DDOG) closed at $151.47, marking a +1.21% move from the previous day. This move outpaced the S&P 500's daily loss of 1.57%. Elsewhere, the Dow lost 1.56%, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq lost 0.09%.
Heading into today, shares of the data analytics and cloud monitoring company had lost 9.01% over the past month, lagging the Computer and Technology sector's gain of 4.23% and the S&P 500's gain of 5.37% in that time.
Datadog will be looking to display strength as it nears its next earnings release. In that report, analysts expect Datadog to post earnings of $0.11 per share. This would mark year-over-year growth of 83.33%. Meanwhile, the Zacks Consensus Estimate for revenue is projecting net sales of $337.3 million, up 69.88% from the year-ago period.
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LONDON (AP) — Climate activist Greta Thunberg has compiled a handbook for tackling the world’s interconnected environmental crises, with contributions from leading scientists and writers.
Penguin Random House announced Thursday that “The Climate Book” will be published in Britain in October.
It contains contributions from more than 100 academics, thinkers and campaigners, including novelists Margaret Atwood and Amitav Ghosh, climate scientist Saleemul Huq and World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.
The book aims to help readers connect the dots between threats to the climate, environment, sustainability and indigenous populations — among others — and is intended as a guide to understanding and activism.
Contributors including Kenyan environmentalist Wanjira Mathai, Brazilian indigenous activist Sonia Guajajara, French economist Thomas Piketty and Canadian journalist Naomi Klein offer “compelling stories of change, action and resilience,” the publisher said, alongside Thunberg’s own stories of “learning, demonstrating, and uncovering greenwashing around the world.”
“My hope is that this book might be some kind of go-to source for understanding these different, closely interconnected crises,” Thunberg said in a statement.
Chloe Currens, editor at Penguin Press, said it was “a unique book, alive with moral purpose, which aims to change the climate conversation forever.”
Thunberg began skipping classes once a week to protest climate change in 2018, when she was 15, sparking a series of school walkouts that grew into a global youth movement.
Now 19, the Swedish activist has already published a memoir, “Our House Is On Fire” and a collection of speeches, “No One Is Too Small to Make a Difference.”
“The Climate Book” is published Oct. 27 in the U.K. by Allen Lane and in the U.S. in early 2023 by Penguin Press, as well as in countries around the world.
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If someone asked you to name some lifetime sports, you’d probably list golf, tennis, hiking, nordic skiing or pickleball. What probably wouldn’t jump to mind, is the grueling swim-bike-run of triathlon. That’s why we were surprised to learn that a high percentage of triathletes — as many as half of participants in some races — are over 50.
The standard triathlon, referred to as an Olympic triathlon, is a 0.93-mile swim, a 24.8-mile bike ride and a 6.2-mile run. A Sprint triathlon features a half-mile swim, a 15-mile bike ride and a 3.1-mile run, or a 5K. There are Ironman versions with longer distances.
To find out why this sport is so popular among active middle-aged and older adults, we talked to a race director, two longtime triathletes and a triathlete-and-coach-turned-podcaster. After reading their inspirational tales, you might agree that after 50 is the perfect time to tri.
The wide appeal of triathlon
In 2016, the latest year in which USA Triathlon published its member survey, nearly one-third of responding members in the elite level organization were over 50. In fact, the age group with the highest membership was athletes aged 45 to 49, a jump of two age groups since the prior survey in 2009.
At the regional level, triathlon appeals to many recreational athletes over 50 as well, according to Judi Fluger, founder and director of Midwest Multisport Races, LLC, based out of White Bear Lake, Minn.
“I’ve been a race coordinator for close to 20 years,” Fluger said, “and as far as participation by people over 50, that’s where a big percentage of racers are.”
Fluger, who, at 61 not only coordinates races but still competes, points to a couple of reasons for this.
“The equipment can get pretty expensive, and people over 50 tend to be able to afford that better,” she said. Also, people over 50 generally have more time to train, once the kids have left the nest and careers are well-established.
That was the case for Michel Sanders, a 68-year-old retired biochemistry professor from St. Paul, Minn.
“When my daughter went off to college, I had more time on my hands, and a friend was doing triathlons,” she said.
Sanders went and watched one, then trained and competed the following year. “I got hooked,” she said. “I was 56 at the time.” Since then, Sanders estimates that she’s done about 150 triathlons.
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Up to the triathlon challenge
The fact that triathlon is such a tough sport is a big part of its appeal, according to the people we interviewed.
Helen Murray, a top-level age group triathlete, coach and host of the popular Inside Tri Show podcast out of Wrexham, Wales, has interviewed dozens of athletes and said, “One of the draws is that it is a challenge. It takes you out of your comfort zone and makes you question your boundaries and limits.”
Tom Couillard, of White Bear Lake, Minn., agrees. “The main reason I like doing triathlons is because of the challenge. I love the competition, and most races have five-year age groups, so they accommodate everyone.”
Couillard, who is 72, completed 38 races in 2021, nine of which were triathlons.
There is joy in shared suffering
Camaraderie is the other big reason these athletes keep going back to triathlon year after year. “Triathlon is a great way to meet people who you know are going to be active, and it’s a very friendly community,” Sanders said.
For Couillard, having a group to train with regularly is a big part of the draw. “There’s a group of us — we call ourselves the Rebels — who meet to run together every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday,” he said.
Related: New hobby, old runners: Aging folks take up jogging, turn to marathons and love it
Couillard particularly loves swapping stories of tough training workouts and race day adventures over the coffee break following a long weekend bike ride or run.
Sanders said it was tough to stay motivated during the COVID-19 pandemic because she did nearly all of her training alone. “It’s easiest to get into a group to train with, even if it’s a small group of two or three people. There’s that added accountability, but it makes you want to go, too. Training becomes a chance to see your friends,” she explained.
If you do find yourself training alone, listening to podcasts can be a good way to pass the time while gleaning both training tips and inspiration. In one of Murray’s favorite episodes, she interviews both Sister Madonna Buder, age 91, known in triathlon as “The Iron Nun,” and the legendary triathlon coach Joe Friel.
How to get started in triathlon after 50
Both of the triathletes we interviewed got into the sport after 50, and Sanders says, “The fun part is, you can just start with a shorter race — the Sprints — because then the training isn’t as difficult.”
Murray agreed that shorter races are more approachable, and she also recommends finding other people to train with. However, because triathlon involves three different disciplines, she says, “It’s important to seek guidance from a coach to set up training plans early on.”
How to keep training safely
When we asked how they’ve kept swimming, biking and running past middle age, our triathletes offered a few key tips.
“The main thing is to get sleep,” Couillard said, “because if you don’t get your sleep it’s really hard to train with any intensity.” Indeed, sleep may be the most important part of recovery, when the body rebuilds itself after the stress of exercise. But it’s equally important not to overtrain.
“It’s very easy to overtrain with three different events — it’s a lot of training,” Sanders said. She followed that up with a good point, however: “But because you’re doing different things, you don’t get injured as much as if you were only running, biking or swimming.”
Drawing on her own experience and the expertise of coaches she’s interviewed, Murray said, “Recovery is absolutely key. Joe Friel suggests that in a week of training, there should be five very easy days, and two days of hard workouts — so hard you’re dreading them.”
Everyone we spoke with also stressed the importance of strength training, especially during the off season, to maintain strength, muscle mass and bone density.
Read: This is one of the best exercises you can do for your health if you’re over 50
Triathlon may be tough, but for many people over 50, it has the ability to instill a sense of accomplishment and belonging unlike any other sport.
“Oh,” Couillard added, “it keeps you in pretty good shape, too.”
Rashelle Brown is a longtime fitness professional and freelance writer with hundreds of bylines in print and online. She is a regular contributor for NextAvenue and the Active Network, and is the author of “Reboot Your Body: Unlocking the Genetic Secrets to Permanent Weight Loss” (Turner Publishing). Connect with her on Twitter and Instagram @RashelleBrownMN.
This article is reprinted by permission from NextAvenue.org, © 2022 Twin Cities Public Television, Inc. All rights reserved.
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Uquid Coin (UQC) traded 2.5% lower against the US dollar during the 24 hour period ending at 17:00 PM E.T. on March 31st. One Uquid Coin coin can now be bought for approximately $7.88 or 0.00017193 BTC on major cryptocurrency exchanges. Over the last week, Uquid Coin has traded up 35.3% against the US dollar. Uquid Coin has a market cap of $78.82 million and approximately $5.77 million worth of Uquid Coin was traded on exchanges in the last day.
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LINCOLNSHIRE, Ill., March 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Frigo® Cheese Heads® announced the winning schools in its "Build a Bright Future" program, which is aimed at helping schools improve their learning experience and environment through funding for equipment, materials and renovations. Schools across the country had the opportunity to be nominated for the chance at a grand prize of $10,000, followed by 10 runner-up awards. The grand prize-winning school, Desert Star Elementary in Goodyear, Arizona, was revealed today during a morning student assembly that included a surprise visit and a check presentation from the Frigo® Cheese Heads® mascot.
During the period of August 2021 to October 2021, parents, teachers and other adults across the country were invited to submit a video or written nomination explaining why their school deserved to win. All entries were evaluated by a panel of judges for the overall quality of the nomination and the proposed benefit to the school's educational needs. A total of 945 nominations from K-8 schools nationwide were received this year. The judges then narrowed down the list to 11 finalists, and community members, school supporters and fans were invited to vote on social media to determine the grand prizewinner. Winning entries can be viewed at CheeseHeadsBrightFuture.com.
The runner-up schools receiving $2,000 each include:
- Angie Debo Elementary – Edmond, Oklahoma
- Atlantis Academy – Coral Springs, Florida
- Birdilee V. Bright Elementary School – Los Angeles
- Boulder Creek Elementary School – Boulder Creek, California
- Cambridge Elementary School – Jeffersonville, Vermont
- Dunham Elementary School – Petaluma, California
- Elmwood Elementary School – Baltimore
- Meadowlark Elementary School – Billings, Montana
- Valley Elementary School – Poway, California
- Woodland Hills Elementary – Woodland Hills, California
"Giving children the tools and environment to thrive in school starts with the little things like proper equipment, access to nutritious food and other needed supplies and upgrades to help the incredible teachers and school staff who guide their learning," said Saputo Dairy USA Vice President, Marketing and Innovation David Cherrie. "We are proud to support education through the Frigo® Cheese Heads® 'Build a Bright Future' program and look forward to seeing the impact this funding will have to benefit the schools, their teachers and their students."
"We are extremely proud of our community and the support we received during the voting period for the Frigo® Cheese Heads® Build a Bright Future program. Our students deserve the best and that is what we plan to do with our new lab — give them the best science experience so that they can grow as thinkers, problem-solvers and communicators," said Desert Star Principal Jessica Worthington.
Thank you to all who nominated their school or voted, and congratulations to the winning schools!
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Saputo Dairy USA is part of Saputo Inc., one of the top 10 dairy processors in the world. Through the Dairy Division (USA), Saputo produces, markets and distributes a vast assortment of cheeses. Furthermore, the company converts, markets and sells a broad range of specialty cheeses and holds an important portfolio of import licenses for specialty cheeses manufactured abroad. Saputo Dairy USA also produces a variety of dairy and non-dairy extended shelf-life products. Additionally, Saputo produces, markets and distributes dairy ingredients in the U.S. and on the international market. Products are sold under a variety of the company's brand names, as well as under customer brand names.
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As the Great Resignation gives way to the Great Renegotiation, new research shows what it takes to keep employees from leaving.
In the wake of the pandemic, employees around the world took time to rethink what “work” can, or should, mean. And many—47 million last year alone—chose to quit their jobs.
The trend continues. Even in Canada, a nation associated with being polite and reasonable, workers are politely (and reasonably) declining work they find meaningless and tedious—even if it pays well.
New research reveals that large numbers of Canadians are no longer prioritizing paycheck size. Many even express willingness to take a pay cut in exchange for improved flexibility, a greater sense of purpose and alignment, and a workplace that leads with respect, dignity and high morale.
Hours matter
To keep people engaged in our new hybrid world of work, you have to give them the flexibility to structure their lives in whatever way works best for them. Encourage people to switch off, take care of themselves, and not feel expected to Zoom themselves into early macular degeneration.
Frustration is a deal breaker
Canadian workers say they are done with jobs that come with a high frustration level or a sense that the work lacks purpose. Wise employers are taking steps to retire the myth that it doesn’t matter how you make your living as long as you’re “contributing.” People care what they are contributing to.
Enough with the monotony already
A majority of employees wish their employers would take steps to minimize the amount of time they have to spend on tedious repetitive tasks. Many boilerplate job functions can be automated, and, rather than eliminating jobs, automation can liberate employees to be more productive, in more meaningful ways.
Self trumps salary
Salary matters in the material world, but not more than our sense of self, or our need to feel we’re creating a better world in some small way—or hey, in a big way. Savvy employers understand that workers no longer want to separate “doing well” from “doing good,” for themselves, their families, and their society. With the right tools, the Great Renegotiation could even evolve into the Great Regeneration.
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PALM BEACH, Fla. — When Jimmy and Dee Haslam bought the Browns in 2012, their previous roles as minority owners of the Pittsburgh Steelers instilled confidence in much of Cleveland’s fan base.
Oops! Those black-and-gold ties turned out to be fool’s gold.
While the Haslams reflected Tuesday on their upcoming 10-year anniversary as Browns owners, they explained purchasing a stake in the AFC North rival Steelers in 2008 didn’t prepare them whatsoever to run an NFL franchise.
“No, no. You don’t know anything,” Dee Haslam said during the NFL owners meetings at The Breakers Palm Beach resort.
The Haslams actually described themselves as being lulled into a false sense of security because of their Steelers experience, which included Pittsburgh winning the Super Bowl to end the 2008 season.
“You go, ‘That’s a model franchise. Just do it like them,’” Jimmy Haslam said. “But you’re not the ones making the decisions, and the people were already in place. [General Manager] Kevin Colbert was already there. [Coach] Mike Tomlin was already there. [The late Dan] Rooney was still there. So you had he and Art [Rooney II leading the organization].
“It was smooth running. [Quarterback Ben] Roethlisberger was a young man. We joined in ’07. [Roethlisberger] was just coming into his own. With [Hall of Fame safety Troy] Polamalu, I mean, you go, ‘This doesn’t seem very hard.’
“We get Super Bowl rings before we even pay for our share. Listen, in business, the hiring cycle is different. There are usually people to train you. The NFL is great, but you’ve all heard us say this: There’s no primer.”
Jimmy Haslam laments lack of wins Cleveland Browns have compiled under his ownership with wife, Dee
The Haslams struck a deal to buy the Browns for about $1 billion in August 2012, and NFL owners unanimously approved their purchase a few months later in October.
The Browns have gone 52-108-1 in their 10 seasons during the Haslam era. They have earned one winning record and one playoff berth during the span (when they went 11-5 in 2020 and defeated the Steelers in the wild-card round). They finished in the fourth and final spot in the division from 2012-17 and placed third from 2018-21.
“We did a lousy job at first,” Jimmy Haslam said. “I mean, let’s just face it. It’s probably fair to say we didn’t know what we were doing. In some ways, I go, ’10 years, we haven’t won very many games.’ So I look at it that way.”
Of course, the team’s historically poor stretch of 1-31 in the 2016-17 seasons is part of the Haslams’ legacy.
“It’s been really hard,” Dee Haslam said. “I mean, it’s been a hard 10 years.”
“Has it been hard, way harder than we thought, a lot of bumps in the road?” Jimmy Haslam added. “Yeah, but I mean, it’s a privilege to be part of the NFL and own a team, particularly in a community like Cleveland. So we feel blessed and fortunate and excited about going forward.”
Controversial Deshaun Watson trade ‘the most consequential’ decision of the Haslam era in Cleveland
So what’s next for the Browns under the Haslams?
They believe the team, coming off an 8-9 record, is positioned to contend after the organization’s controversial March 18 trade with the Houston Texans for quarterback Deshaun Watson. Watson is an elite talent, but his off-field baggage and the Browns’ massive investment in him comes with risks.
Despite two dozen women accusing Watson of sexual misconduct or sexual assault during massage appointments, the Browns traded six draft picks, including three in the first round, to the Texans and gave the three-time Pro Bowl selection a five-year contract worth a record-setting $230 million fully guaranteed.
Watson has denied all wrongdoing, and two Texas grand juries declined on March 11 and March 24 to indict him on 10 criminal complaints. He faces 22 active civil lawsuits. Even without being charged, Watson could still be suspended under the NFL’s personal conduct policy.
“Of the decisions we’ve made with the Browns, this was the most consequential one,” Jimmy Haslam said, “and we spent more time working on it than anything else.”
More from the NFL owners meetings: Cleveland Browns brush off criticism over record-setting Deshaun Watson contract
Jimmy and Dee Haslam have made many changes since buying Cleveland Browns nearly 10 years ago
The Haslams acknowledge they have cycled through coaches and front-office executives at a stunning rate. They have fired two head coaches — Rob Chudzinski (2013) and Freddie Kitchens (2019) — after just one season on the job.
Kevin Stefanski is the sixth full-time head coach and General Manager Andrew Berry is the sixth head of football operations to work for the Haslams in Cleveland.
Stefanski and Berry will become the first head coach-GM tandem to enter a third season intact under the Haslams.
“That says a lot, doesn’t it?” Jimmy Haslam said. “It’s everything.”
The Haslams signed Chief Strategy Officer Paul DePodesta to a five-year contract extension in 2020, the same year Stefanski and Berry were hired and received deals of the same length.
“We just didn’t do a good job [hiring] here initially,” Jimmy Haslam said, “but I think we think with Kevin and Andrew and with Paul, we’ve got a really good group in place.
“They work great together. It makes it way easier on us.”
Added Dee Haslam: “I think that’s been fun. We’re having fun.”
Jimmy Haslam has high expectations for next season, but knows success in ‘stacked’ AFC isn’t guaranteed
Yet so much hinges on the sport’s most important position. Before the Watson deal, the last major splash the Browns made at quarterback was drafting Baker Mayfield first overall in 2018.
“We’re a better football team now than we were then,” Jimmy Haslam said. “Let me say we’re a better organization. OK? Andrew and Kevin help that tremendously — and our staff — so I feel better organizationally about where we are, and I feel better about the team.
“I feel better about the quarterback, but we’ve still got to produce. The AFC is stacked, and you all know how tough our division is.
“This is a challenging schedule, but I think directionally we’re heading in the right place, and we would say we feel better than we did in ’18.”
Cleveland Browns will likely look much different: With Deshaun Watson aboard, Kevin Stefanski doesn’t rule out wholesale changes to offense
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HENRICO COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) — A Henrico County man was sentenced to just over three years behind bars, and three years of supervised release Wednesday, on charges involving dogfighting and illegal possession of firearms.
The man, 41-year-old Raymond Johnson, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to participate in an animal fighting venture and illegal possession of a firearm and ammunition. He was sentenced on March 31 to 37 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, according to the Department of Justice.
Agents executed a search warrant for Johnson’s Henrico home in late 2020. According to the release, nine dogs were recovered from the home with scarring consistent with dog-fighting, as well as evidence of dogfighting including dog collars, medications, supplies and supplements, and a treadmill used to train dogs for fighting.
The release said that firearms and ammunition were also found in Johnson’s home. As a convicted felon, it was illegal for him to possess the items.
According to the Department of Justice, police had been investigating a criminal dog-fighting organization that extended from Richmond, Virginia to Baltimore, Maryland since 2019.
Search warrants were executed on three residences in Virginia, and one in Maryland in 2020. According to the DOJ, numerous dogs that were being used for organized dogfighting, together with dogfighting paraphernalia, firearms and ammunition were seized from the properties.
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Putin says Russian gas must be paid for in rubles from Friday
Russian President Vladimir Putin mentioned on Thursday that he had signed a decree saying international consumers should pay in rubles for Russian fuel from April 1, and contracts can be halted if these funds weren’t made.
“In order to purchase Russian natural gas, they must open ruble accounts in Russian banks. It is from these accounts that payments will be made for gas delivered starting from tomorrow,” Putin mentioned in televised remarks.
“If such payments are not made, we will consider this a default on the part of buyers, with all the ensuing consequences. Nobody sells us anything for free, and we are not going to do charity either – that is, existing contracts will be stopped.”
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Putin’s choice to implement ruble funds for fuel has boosted the Russian foreign money, which fell to historic lows when the West utilized sweeping sanctions after he despatched his military into Ukraine on February 24.
But Western corporations and governments have rejected the transfer as a breach of present contracts, that are set in euros or {dollars}.
Putin mentioned the change was meant to strengthen Russia’s sovereignty, and it might stick with its obligations on all contracts. Russia provides a couple of third of Europe’s fuel.
Read extra:
Russia’s gas supply to Europe at risk as ruble deadline nears
Turkey faces risks acting as sanctions ‘safe haven’ for Russians
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| 2022-04-01T00:14:02Z
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Barr suggests he would still vote for Trump
Former Attorney General William Barr on Monday said it is “inconceivable” that he would not vote for the Republican nominee in the 2024 presidential election, but said he does not think former President Trump should lead the ticket.
Asked by co-anchor Savannah Guthrie on NBC’s “Today” if he agrees with Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.), who has said Trump is not fit to serve and should never be near the Oval Office again, Barr did not give a direct answer, instead saying that he plans to support a different candidate for the GOP nomination.
“I certainly have made it clear, I don’t think he should be our nominee and I’m gonna support somebody else for the nomination,” Barr said.
Pressed by Guthrie on if he would support Trump should he receive the nod from the GOP, Barr said he could not imagine a scenario in which he did not support the Republican nominee. He said the progressive agenda is “the greatest threat” to the country.
“Because I believe that the greatest threat to the country is the progressive agenda being pushed by the Democratic Party, it’s inconceivable to me that I wouldn’t vote for the Republican nominee,” Barr said.
“So even if he lied about the election and threatened democracy as you write in your book, better than a Democrat,” Guthrie responded.
“It’s hard to project what the facts are gonna turn out to be three years hence, but as of now, it’s hard for me to conceive that I wouldn’t vote for the Republican nominee,” Barr added.
Barr served as attorney general during the Trump administration from February 2019 until his resignation in December 2020. He stepped down that month after breaking with Trump and announcing that the Department of Justice did not find any evidence of widespread voter fraud from the 2020 presidential election that would have altered the results of the race.
He also served as attorney general under former President George H.W. Bush.
Barr’s conversation with Guthrie — his first live interview since resigning from his post in the Trump administration — came the day before his book, “One Damn Thing After Another: Memoirs of an Attorney General,” is set to publish.
Trump has not yet announced if he will run for reelection in 2024, but he told Fox News’s Sean Hannity over the summer that he has made a decision. During a speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference last month, Trump appeared to suggest that another bid for the White House remains a possibility.
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AP PHOTOS on Day 36: Russian tanks destroyed outside Kyiv The Associated Press
March 31, 2022
1of 18 Destroyed Russian armored vehicles sit on the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, March 31, 2022. Rodrigo Abd/AP Show More Show Less
2of 18 People hide in a basement of a church which is used as a bomb shelter, after fleeing from nearby villages, that have been attacked by the Russian army, in the town of Bashtanka, Mykolaiv district, Ukraine, on Thursday, March 31, 2022. Petros Giannakouris/AP Show More Show Less
3of 18 Ukrainian soldiers carry a body of a civilian killed by the Russian forces over the destroyed bridge in Irpin close to Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, March 31, 2022. Efrem Lukatsky/AP Show More Show Less
4of 18 Ukrainian soldiers pass on top of armored vehicles next to a destroyed Russian tank in the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, March 31, 2022. Rodrigo Abd/AP Show More Show Less 5of 18
6of 18 A machine gun of a Ukrainian soldier rests next to condiments for lunch in the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, March 31, 2022. Rodrigo Abd/AP Show More Show Less
7of 18 The arm of a dead Russian soldier is seen next to a tank on the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, March 31, 2022. Rodrigo Abd/AP Show More Show Less
8of 18 People hide in a basement of a church which is used as a bomb shelter, after fleeing from nearby villages that have been attacked by the Russian army, in the town of Bashtanka, Mykolaiv district, Ukraine,on Thursday, March 31, 2022. Petros Giannakouris/AP Show More Show Less
9of 18 Ukrainian soldiers assist an elderly woman who has hidden from the Russian shelling in a shelter for weeks without food and water, in Irpin close to Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, March 31, 2022. Efrem Lukatsky/AP Show More Show Less 10of 18
11of 18 Oleksandr, 81, rides a bicycle next to a destroyed Russian tank in the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, March 31, 2022. Rodrigo Abd/AP Show More Show Less
12of 18 A Ukrainian serviceman takes a selfie standing on a destroyed Russian tank after Ukrainian forces overran a Russian position outside Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, March 31, 2022. Vadim Ghirda/AP Show More Show Less
13of 18 People take shelter inside a church after fleeing from nearby villages that have been attacked by the Russian army, in the town of Bashtanka, Mykolaiv district, Ukraine, on Thursday, March 31, 2022. Petros Giannakouris/AP Show More Show Less
14of 18 Ukrainian soldiers carry bodies of civilians killed by the Russian forces over the destroyed bridge in Irpin close to Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, March 31, 2022. Efrem Lukatsky/AP Show More Show Less 15of 18
16of 18 A damaged gas mask lies on the pavement at a Russian position which was overran by Ukrainian forces, outside Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, March 31, 2022. Vadim Ghirda/AP Show More Show Less
17of 18 Territorial Defense of the Armed Forces, 21-year-olds Svitlana, right, and Myroslava, pose for a photograph, in Lviv, western Ukraine, Thursday, March 31, 2022. Both Svitlana, and Myroslava, who studied at the same university in Kyiv, decided to leave academia and serve their country by joining the TDF only one month ago. Nariman El-Mofty/AP Show More Show Less 18of 18
Destroyed Russian tanks line a road on the outskirts of Ukraine's capital, where Ukrainian troops pose for selfies atop the shell of one vehicle after their forces overran a Russian position. An 81-year-old man bicycles alone past one burned-out tank on the muddy road.
Close to Kyiv, in Irpin, Ukrainian soldiers carry the bodies of civilians killed by Russian forces over a destroyed bridge. Other soldiers assist an elderly woman who has hidden from Russian shelling in a shelter for weeks without food and water.
In the town of Bashtanka, people who have fled nearby villages attacked by the Russian army shelter in a church among the pews and in the basement bomb shelter.
During a break for lunch, a Ukrainian soldier keeps a machine gun close at hand, next to pickles and condiments on the table.
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DETROIT (AP) _ The winning numbers in Thursday evening's drawing of the Michigan Lottery's "Poker Lotto" game were:
AD-7C-6D-8H-9H
(AD, 7C, 6D, 8H, 9H)
DETROIT (AP) _ The winning numbers in Thursday evening's drawing of the Michigan Lottery's "Poker Lotto" game were:
AD-7C-6D-8H-9H
(AD, 7C, 6D, 8H, 9H)
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https://www.sfgate.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Poker-Lotto-game-17049789.php
| 2022-04-01T00:14:06Z
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It might still be March, but we’re going to look all the way to June.
As part of our continuing preseason coverage, we’re going to predict who will be in contention for postseason awards and check out some other areas, such as breakout stars and more.
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Shares of Thomson Reuters Corp.
TRI,
-0.24%
dropped 0.24% to C$135.73 Thursday, in what proved to be an all-around poor trading session for the Canadian market, with the S&P/TSX Composite Index
GSPTSE,
-0.84%
falling 0.84% to 21,890.16. The stock's fall snapped a three-day winning streak. Thomson Reuters Corp. closed C$20.89 below its 52-week high (C$156.62), which the company reached on November 29th. Trading volume of 515,070 shares eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 441,881.
Editor's Note: This story was auto-generated by Automated Insights, an automation technology provider, using data from Dow Jones and FactSet. See our market data terms of use.
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From 1994 through 2021, The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) and the World Health Organization maintained a comprehensive database on variations in the tumor protein p53 gene (TP53), one of the most frequently mutated genes in human cancer. TP53 plays crucial roles in cell signaling, apoptosis, metabolism, DNA repair and transcription, earning it the moniker "guardian of the genome" (reviewed in [1]). Germline genetic variants in TP53 are the primary cause of Li-Fraumeni syndrome (LFS, OMIM 151623), a hereditary cancer predisposition disorder [2] associated with an approximately 24 times higher lifetime incidence of any cancer compared with the general population [3]. The database was initiated by Hollstein et al. [4] and, posteriorly, developed and curated at IARC by Pierre Hainaut and Magali Olivier from 1995 until 2021. During this period, the dataset grew from 2500 to over 50,000 annotated variations in the current database release [5], making it the largest single-locus cancer database. The database has served as an important resource for numerous TP53- and LFS-associated studies. Since 1997, the key publications describing and referencing the database have accumulated over 9000 citations in the scientific and medical literature (source: Google Scholar; selected significant papers include [5,6,7,8]). Data from the IARC TP53 database have been widely mined and analyzed to systematically explore functional and structural properties of p53 variants [9,10,11], genotype"“phenotype associations [12], temporal patterns of cancer penetrance [13], carcinogen-induced mutation signatures [14,15,16], and cancer prognosis and outcomes [17]. The most recent publication using this database, as of the writing of this commentary, focused on the germline dataset and investigated differences in variant distribution and cancer patterns to better refine the variable LFS-associated phenotypic spectrum [18].
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NEW YORK (AP) — Korean pop star Luna is ready to make her Broadway debut this fall in the musical “KPOP” and she’s already dreaming of who might be there on opening night — like BTS.
“I would be thankful if they showed up on opening night,” Luna told The Associated Press through her translator.
She also wants fans and other stars to show up, too.
“This is New York City, it’s got its own celebrities and also audiences who would enjoy this. So, I would love to see New York celebrities, as well as Hollywood celebrities,” Luna said.
Luna was introduced at a press event for the musical Wednesday at the Korean Cultural Center in New York.
Luna began her musical career as a member of the popular K-pop group f(x) before becoming a solo artist. Her latest single, “Madonna,” was released in September.
Her stage resume includes Korean productions of “In the Heights” and “Mamma Mia,” and she’s excited to take her talents to Broadway.
“I have always loved doing all those ever since I was a young child, and I even liked creating some routines,” Luna said.
She added: “For this musical, I get to dance while I sing while I act, that is so exciting, and I cannot wait to do this.”
“KPOP” tells the story of global superstars preparing for a special one-night only concert, when one singer’s inner struggle threatens to dismantle one of the biggest labels in the industry.
The multimedia experience explores the relentless discipline, raw talent, and commercial ambition behind the international phenomenon.
The musical has a story by Jason Kim and music by Helen Park, who has worked on the show for the past eight years. She said she is excited that audiences will finally get to experience her favorite music genre.
“I know recently a K-pop has been really blowing up and a lot of people love the genre. But when we started writing this musical in back in 2014, I was so eager for the world to see what I see. And I wanted to share it with the world in a language that everyone can understand,” she said.
“I think musical theater is that vessel for people to hear and witness other people’s stories and feel the emotions. I really wanted the show to be doing that with the genre that I love so much,” Park said.
“KPOP” begins previews Oct. 13 at the Circle in the Square Theatre, with an opening night scheduled for Nov. 20.
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https://www.kget.com/entertainment-news/korean-pop-star-luna-readies-for-broadway-debut-in-kpop/
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — NCAA President Mark Emmert said investigations into allegations of major violations against several high-profile men's college basketball programs — including 2022 Final Four participant Kansas — have taken “way too long.”
What solutions might be on the table to speed it up, Emmert did not say, but there appears to be increasing acknowledgement that the current process is broken.
“It’s just been really slow in getting through that new independent process that’s wound up reinvestigating the entire case,” Emmert said, referring to the Independent Accountability Resolution Process (IARP).
The IARP was created out of proposals from the commission led by former U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice in 2018 to reform the sport. It began looking into allegations against Kansas, Arizona, LSU, Louisville and North Carolina State on the heels of a federal investigation into corruption in college sports that resulted in convictions of shoe company executives, a middle man who worked with them and some assistant college coaches.
Of those FBI cases nearly five years ago, only one -- North Carolina State, tied to its recruitment of one-and-done star Dennis Smith Jr. -- has actually gone through the IARP system to completion and received a ruling that resulted in probation for one year, some vacated victories and penalties for previous coaches.
The four other cases are still pending in the IARP structure, while Auburn went through the more traditional process and received four years of probation in December from an NCAA infractions committee panel.
In the meantime, this year's NCAA Tournament could be tainted should Kansas win the national championship and subsequently have an unfavorable decision come down in a now half-decade-old investigation.
Created to handle complex cases, the IARP includes independent investigators and decision-makers with no direct ties to NCAA member schools, and rulings cannot be appealed.
Emmert said NCAA institutions need to come up with a process that has “got to be fair. It’s got to be swift. And it’s got to not punish the innocent. ... That’s where the membership’s got to be in all of this, as they shape a new process or rebuild the one that’s in place.”
The Kansas case hinges on whether Adidas representatives were considered boosters — the school contends they were not — when two of them arranged payments to prospective recruits. Kansas does not dispute the payments. Kansas asked for referral to the IARP instead of having the NCAA's infractions committee handle the matter.
While the lengthy IARP process has been going on, Self agreed to a new contract on April 2, 2021, that will keep him with the school until he retires.
The five-year deal adds one additional year after the conclusion of each season — in effect, making it a lifetime contract. It guarantees him $5.41 million per year with a base salary of $225,000, professional services contract of $2.75 million and an annual $2.435 million retention bonus.
The contact also includes a clause that says the school cannot terminate him for cause “due to any current infractions matter that involves conduct that occurred on or prior to” the signing of the new contract. Instead, he would forfeit half of his base salary and professional services pay while serving any Big 12 or NCAA suspension.
Emmert declined to weigh on on Kansas' decision to double down on Self.
“I’ll leave it to the school to make decisions about their coaches’ contracts,” said Emmert, who also spoke at the women's Final Four on Wednesday. “That’s their business, obviously. They can do that as they see fit.”
The infractions process has also come up with the Division I Transformation Committee, which is working to recommend ways to modernize and reform NCAA governance and regulatory policies.
Southeastern Conference Commissioner Greg Sankey, who chairs the committee along with Ohio athletics director Julie Cromer, said the group is looking at both the overall infractions process and the IARP structure as part of its work.
“I don’t know fully what was envisioned and what wasn’t envisioned,” said Sankey, who has served on the NCAA infractions committee. “But we have to have timely outcomes, both for those accused and for those competing against those who are accused. That has to be a point of emphasis.”
Later, Sankey added: “I was on an implementation working group, and I disagreed with elements of the approach. So I think some of these problems were foreseeable. We have an opportunity to correct and enhance the process. That doesn’t mean everybody will like the process.”
Among other topics Emmert addressed:
NATIONAL NIL RULES
Emmert offered an urgent plea to Congress to craft what he said was needed, uniform national legislation governing financial endorsements for athletes know known as name, image and likeness (NIL) deals.
“This tournament’s put on full display the beauty of college sport,” Emmert said. "People love it and enjoy it, and we’ve got to work with the schools and with Congress to make sure we can continue that.
“We’ve got again a relatively short window of time — in my estimate, one and two years,” Emmert continued. “These decisions have to be made because of the dynamics that are underway right now that are far beyond the control of schools, coaches, (athletic directors) or presidents.”
Currently, more than 30 states have been working on their own NIL laws.
TRANSGENDER LEGISLATION
With a number of states considering or passing legislation restricting participation of transgender athletes, Emmert was asked whether the NCAA would bar those states from hosting championship events.
The NCAA has largely followed the Olympic model that allows transgender athletes to compete if they've had certain biomedical treatments, including hormone therapies, meant to promote fairness.
Emmert said the NCAA currently requires communities which wish to host events “to explain how it is that they’re going to make sure that the participants in that sport will be allowed to do that in a nondiscriminatory way. ... If they can do that, then we’ll be in those states."
TRANFER RULES
Emmert said the current transfer rules continue to draw a lot of scrutiny and complaints from coaches and could be adjusted over time.
“The only thing that I can say right now is that it’s clear that students are getting more opportunities to play. They’re getting more freedom of movement in some respects,” Emmert said.
But he added that officials are keeping an eye on how the rules affect “students being able to finish their degrees in a timely fashion and go on and lead productive lives, because we know how few of them will be professional basketball players. It’s a constant point of discussion. I don’t anticipate it going away too soon.”
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AP Sports Writers Aaron Beard, Dave Skretta and John Marshall contributed to this report.
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Rhythm Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:RYTM – Get Rating) CAO William T. Roberts sold 1,023 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, March 29th. The shares were sold at an average price of $11.13, for a total transaction of $11,385.99. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link.
NASDAQ:RYTM traded up $0.17 on Thursday, hitting $11.52. The company had a trading volume of 277,247 shares, compared to its average volume of 572,183. The stock has a market capitalization of $579.80 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of -8.53 and a beta of 1.37. The firm has a 50 day moving average of $8.78 and a two-hundred day moving average of $10.36. Rhythm Pharmaceuticals, Inc. has a 52 week low of $6.01 and a 52 week high of $23.35.
Rhythm Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:RYTM – Get Rating) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, March 1st. The company reported ($0.85) EPS for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters’ consensus estimate of ($1.00) by $0.15. Rhythm Pharmaceuticals had a negative net margin of 2,207.13% and a negative return on equity of 20.80%. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted ($0.79) earnings per share. As a group, equities analysts expect that Rhythm Pharmaceuticals, Inc. will post -3.83 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.
A number of research analysts recently commented on RYTM shares. Stifel Nicolaus started coverage on shares of Rhythm Pharmaceuticals in a research note on Wednesday, March 2nd. They issued a “buy” rating on the stock. Zacks Investment Research upgraded shares of Rhythm Pharmaceuticals from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Friday, February 4th. Needham & Company LLC decreased their target price on shares of Rhythm Pharmaceuticals from $50.00 to $45.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research report on Friday, February 25th. Canaccord Genuity Group decreased their target price on shares of Rhythm Pharmaceuticals from $45.00 to $36.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research report on Monday, March 7th. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company initiated coverage on shares of Rhythm Pharmaceuticals in a research report on Wednesday, December 8th. They set an “overweight” rating and a $30.00 target price on the stock. One research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, three have issued a hold rating and five have given a buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Rhythm Pharmaceuticals currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $24.89.
Rhythm Pharmaceuticals Company Profile (Get Rating)
Rhythm Pharmaceuticals, Inc is a biopharmaceutical company, which engages in developing and commercializing peptide therapeutics for the treatment of gastrointestinal diseases and genetic deficiencies. The firm focuses on the treatment for Prader-Willi Syndrome and Pro-Opiomelanocortin deficiency obesity.
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SÃO PAULO, March 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- GERDAU S.A. (NYSE: GGB, B3: GGBR3, GGBR4) hereby announces that the Form 20-F related to the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021 was filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) at http://sec.gov and with the Securities and Exchange Commission of Brazil (CVM) at http://cvm.gov.br and it is also available at the Company's Investor Relations website at https://ri.gerdau.com/en/
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Topline
Los Angeles police officers were “prepared” to arrest Will Smith following his physical attack on comedian Chris Rock at Sunday’s Oscars ceremony, but Rock told police he did not want them to intervene, Oscars producer Will Packer said in excerpts from an interview scheduled to air in full Friday on Good Morning America.
Key Facts
LAPD officers said that Smith’s slapping of Rock was “battery” and indicated they were ready to “get him right now,” but Rock dismissed this course of action, saying that he was fine, Good Morning America quoted Packer as saying.
Rock was so quick to dismiss police officers’ suggestion of arresting Smith that Packer interjected, saying, “Rock, let them finish,” according to a quote from the Good Morning America interview published by Variety.
Following the incident, the LAPD announced that Rock had chosen not to file a police report or press charges, though the option would remain open to him if he changed his mind.
The interview excerpts published Thursday did not address dueling media accounts regarding Packer’s response to the incident and whether he had asked Smith not to leave.
Key Background
At Sunday’s awards ceremony, Smith struck Rock and shouted at him to “keep my wife’s name out your f***ing mouth” after the comedian delivered a joke referring to the shaved head of Smith’s wife Jada Pinkett Smith, who has alopecia, a condition that can cause hair loss. Smith stayed for the rest of the ceremony and accepted a best actor Oscar for his performance in the tennis biopic King Richard. Wednesday, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced it had launched a disciplinary review of Smith and claimed that Smith was asked to leave but refused. However, unnamed sources later told Deadline that Academy President David Rubin and CEO Dawn Hudson “suggested” via an intermediary that Smith leave, to which Smith responded that he wished to stay and apologize. Variety, also citing unnamed sources, confirmed that Smith was not formally asked to leave. One source told Variety that Packer urged Smith to stay until the conclusion of the event, while another source denied this. Monday, Packer tweeted, “Welp…I said it wouldn’t be boring #Oscars.” In response to criticism for this lighthearted remark, Packer added that the incident had been “a very painful moment” for him, but that Black people use laughter to deal with pain because “there has been so much of it.”
Tangent
Founder and operator of Atlanta-based WIll Packer Productions, Packer has produced 28 films and numerous TV series, miniseries and specials, which he says have collectively grossed over $1 billion worldwide. Packer’s credits range from the 2017 romcom Girls Trip, featuring Jada Pinkett Smith, which was lauded by Black film organizations, to History’s 2016 Roots miniseries, which garnered a Primetime Emmy nomination in the category of outstanding limited series, losing out to FX’s The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story. In a 2019 interview with Variety, Packer attributed his career success to identifying underserved audience demographics. Packer’s production team for Sunday’s Oscar ceremonies was the first all-Black team in the awards’ history.
What To Watch For
The Academy indicated in a statement that disciplinary action against Smith may take place at the next meeting of the organization’s board of governors, scheduled for April 18. Smith could face suspension, expulsion or other sanctions for his attack on Rock, which the Academy described as a “deeply shocking, traumatic event.” Expulsion from the Academy is principally a symbolic gesture—Academy membership isn’t required to win an Oscar or to attend the Oscars ceremony. However, expulsion would be a significant blemish on Smith’s career: the Academy has expelled only five members in its 94-year history, and has been willing to overlook criminal scandals like Mel Gibson’s 2006 DUI arrest. The Academy could also choose to take steps like banning Smith from future Oscars ceremonies and revoking his best actor Oscar.
Further Reading
“Will Smith Was Reportedly Not Explicitly Asked To Leave Oscars After Slapping Chris Rock” (Forbes)
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/zacharysmith/2022/03/31/lapd-was-prepared-to-immediately-arrest-will-smith-after-oscars-slap-says-producer-will-packer/
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Patriots Talk: Is Brady the bad guy for flexing muscles in Tampa? originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston
It’s been a wild offseason in Tampa Bay, to say the least.
The madness began in February when Tom Brady announced his retirement. That lasted only 39 days before the former New England Patriots quarterback had a change of heart.
It turns out Brady will resume his regular duties in 2022 and his head coach, Bruce Arians, will not. Arians retired from coaching on Thursday and will move into the Bucs front office.
Curran: Is Kraft playing a dangerous game with Belichick?
That surprising decision immediately led many to believe Brady was responsible for pushing Arians out as Bucs head coach. It’s a reasonable theory given the rumors of a Brady-Arians rift, though both sides deny there’s any sort of animosity between them.
What if Brady did rejoin the Bucs on the condition Arians forfeit his head coaching duties? Tom E. Curran and Phil Perry discussed on a new episode of the Patriots Talk Podcast.
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“I don’t have a problem with Brady doing this,” Curran said. “The upshot of all this is that Goldilocks is being a diva, and I think a lot of people are saying, ‘Tom changed. Tom’s different. Tom’s hard to work with. I don’t remember this guy. He’s all about himself and not the team.’ My contention is that Brady at 45, he just doesn’t give a (expletive) about the optics of getting what he wants and tiptoeing around the unwrittens of how to behave, because he did that for 20 years here. …
“So, that he’s going to do it exactly his way is jarring for people because that’s not the Brady we remember. We all evolve to a degree, and Brady has evolved into somebody who’s got this self-realization of, ‘Look, I’m going to do some stuff for Tom now. The way Tom wants to do it.’ “
Perry agrees that if Brady indeed pushed Arians into retirement, he doesn’t hold anything against the legendary QB for it.
“I’m with you on this,” he said. “This is pro sports, fair or not. It’s just how it works. This is cold, calculating. …If you’re Brady and you can flex like this, in a way that no other NFL player has been able to, and you have 15 minutes left in the league, you say ‘why not?’ Because coaches, we know, will at times ask a player to retire when he thinks that player’s time. Now, Brady has essentially — at least, it looks like — now done something similar.
“So, I don’t really feel bad. It is business and Brady is that important that even the most important business decisions a franchise can make can essentially be made by him.”
Also discussed in this episode: What caused the supposed rift between Tom Brady and Bruce Arians? And did Robert Kraft turn the heat up on Bill Belichick with his comments this week?
Check out the latest episode of the Patriots Talk Podcast on the NBC Sports Boston Podcast Network, or watch on YouTube.
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SILVER CREEK, N.Y. (WIVB) – Children from kindergarten to second grade were locked in what’s been described as an “isolation room” at an elementary school outside Buffalo, New York, a district administrator wrote in a letter to the school board earlier this week.
The letter states that at least five students at Silver Creek Elementary School, including a kindergartner, have been “inhumanely and illegally locked or barricaded in an isolation cell.”
“I have been fighting all year to keep children out of the isolation cell,” wrote Jay Hall, the assistant director of elementary programming on Monday.
Hall described the room as a “cold, cinder block jail-like cell,” and said, “It should never, even for one second, be used in any capacity to redirect or punish any child at any time.”
“Children as young as 5 years old are being blockaded and locked in the isolation cell, kicking the door, pounding on glass with their fists, banging their heads, crying profusely, pleading to be freed, all with complicit staff members standing by and watching,” Hall said.
Parents got wind of the letter and started posting complaints on Facebook this week. “You better pray we never find out that our son has ever been put in one of these so called cells!!” wrote one parent.
On Wednesday, the school district issued a statement, saying in part:
“The District is aware that this morning there were concerns raised on social media pertaining to our Elementary School. The District’s most important priority is the safety and security of all District students and staff. We take any concerns and allegations regarding student safety and their wellbeing as the top priority.”
The district said a law firm, which also acts as counsel for the school board, is investigating the allegations. Superintendent Todd A. Crandall said he hopes to have a report by the end of the week.
Kerry Vasquezmarte, a district parent, said the concerns aren’t new. She said her special-needs daughter was locked in a room several times as a pre-K student at the elementary school. She said a classmate witnessed her daughter being dragged by her arms through a hallway.
Vasquezmarte said her daughter cried when she confronted her about the incident and still has nightmares. She said she met with a teacher and Superintendent Crandall over a year ago to discuss the isolation techniques.
“And all he did was blame my child during the meeting,” Vasquezmarte said. “And I said numerous times to get my child, I was taking her home, she’s not being locked in a room. It took me threatening him for him to finally radio down to wherever to retrieve my kid.”
Vasquezmarte said she eventually pulled her child out of pre-K and homeschooled her during the kindergarten year. Her daughter is back at the elementary school for first grade with a “fantastic” teacher, Vasquezmarte said.
“I was only made aware of any concern on Friday, March 18,” Crandall said. “I can’t comment on something from years ago.”
Crandall said the law firm had an attorney on site Wednesday to conduct interviews. The attorney was also on school district property Thursday.
“We are not about hiding anything or trying to cover up anything,” Crandall said. “Student and staff safety is paramount, and we look forward to hearing the results so that if need be we can address any protocol or procedures as needed.”
The New York State Department of Education says it could not confirm or deny that the state was looking into these claims. The Chautauqua County Sheriff’s Office said it is not investigating the claims at the school because no one has made a formal complaint.
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https://www.wric.com/news/education/elementary-students-locked-in-isolation-room-as-discipline-administrator-says/
| 2022-04-01T00:14:11Z
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Vycor Medical, Inc. (OTCMKTS:VYCO – Get Rating) shares passed above its 50 day moving average during trading on Tuesday . The stock has a 50 day moving average of $0.08 and traded as high as $0.11. Vycor Medical shares last traded at $0.11, with a volume of 43,833 shares.
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Busselton and Dunsborough chambers of commerce knock back merger after member backlash
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PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey refused to say Thursday if transgender people actually exist, twice dodging direct questions on the subject just a day after he signed legislation limiting transgender rights.
The Republican worked instead to defend his signatures on bills that bar transgender girls and women from playing on girls high school and women's college sports teams and barring gender affirming surgery for anyone under age 18.
When specifically asked if he believed that there “are really transgender people,” the governor paused for several seconds before answering.
“I’m going to ask you to read the legislation and to see that the legislation that we passed was in the spirit of fairness to protect girls sports in competitive situations,” Ducey said, referring to the new law that targets transgender girls who want to play on girls sports teams. “That’s what the legislation is intended to do, and that’s what it does.”
Asked again if he believed there are “actual transgender people,” he again answered slowly and carefully.
“I ... am going to respect everyone, and I’m going to respect everyone’s rights. And I’m going to protect female sports. And that’s what the legislation does,” Ducey said.
Ducey's response was “appalling,” according to the Arizona director of the Human Rights Campaign, a national civil rights group that advocates for equality for LGBTQ people. The organization worked to ensure families and transgender young people came to the Capitol to testify against the bills as the Republican-led House and Senate considered them this session.
“It's quite shocking that he can't even address trans people or even say that he thinks they exist,” Bridget Sharpe said.
Wednesday's signing of the two transgender bills and a third that bars abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy and is currently unconstitutional put Ducey right in the middle of two top issues national Republicans are highlighting in the runup to November's midterm elections.
Ducey also signed election legislation that minority Democrats said amounted to voter suppression by requiring longtime Arizonans to be thrown off the voter rolls if they did not prove their citizenship and residence location.
The governor leads the Republican Governors Association, which is charged with helping elect GOP chief executives in U.S. states. He in is the last year of his second term as Arizona governor and term limits bar him from seeking reelection.
The top Democrat in the state House, Rep. Reginald Bolding, called Wednesday “probably one of the darkest days we've seen in the history of Arizona."
“With the stroke of a pen, Gov. Ducey has hurled Arizona backwards to its ugliest past,” Bolding said Wednesday. “And today, he put in jeopardy pregnant people, transgender youth in danger and curtailed voting rights for people of color.”
Social conservative groups and the Arizona Republican Party praised Ducey's action. The Center for Arizona Policy, whose president shepherded the abortion and women's sports bills through the Legislature, called it a victory.
"Thank you, Governor Ducey, for taking a bold stand for women athletes, vulnerable children, and the unborn by putting your signature on (the bills) in the face of intense opposition from activists," Center for Arizona Policy president Cathi Herrod said in a news release she posted on Twitter.
She said the legislation protects the unborn, ensures a level playing field for female athletes and shows that “Arizona will do everything it can to protect vulnerable children struggling with gender confusion” by enacting the surgery ban.
Ducey said the surgery ban protects children from irreversible decisions.
“These are permanent surgeries of reassignment that are irreversible, and those discussions can happen once adulthood is reached,” he said.
The American Civil Liberties Association has vowed to sue over the surgery ban. U.S. Supreme Court precedent currently says women have a constitutional right to abortion until about 24 weeks of pregnancy, although it is considering whether to uphold a 15-week ban enacted in Mississippi and may overturn Roe v. Wade, the 1973 decision enshrining a woman's right to choose.
Arizona joins 13 other states in enacting laws preventing transgender girls and women from playing on girls teams. Utah Gov. Spencer Cox vetoed a transgender sports ban in his state, saying it would harm transgender girls, but the Legislature overrode the veto. Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb also vetoed a sports bill, but lawmakers hope to override his action as well.
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https://www.ctinsider.com/news/article/Arizona-governor-won-t-say-transgender-people-17049806.php
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Ramadan prayers return to Istanbul’s Hagia Sophia mosque after 88 years
“Tarawih” prayers which Muslims carry out each evening in the course of the holy month of Ramadan, are returning to Istanbul’s Hagia Sophia mosque for the primary time in 88 years, the nation’s prime non secular physique introduced on Thursday.
“Thanks be to God. For the first time in 88 years, the mosque… will welcome believers for tarawih prayers this Ramadan,” stated Ali Erbas head of the Diyanet, the general public physique accountable for overseeing non secular worship.
“I will witness, God willing, this beautiful moment by leading the first tarawih prayer,” he added.
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The prayers will happen at Hagia Sophia on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays in the course of the holy month of Ramadan, starting this week, stated Diyanet.
Although the enduring constructing, beforehand used as a museum, was become a mosque in 2020, the coronavirus pandemic prevented the prayers going down there till now.
It’s not the primary time the constructing has modified its use.
The edifice was first constructed as a Christian cathedral between 532 and 537 AD beneath emperor Justinian I and is taken into account crucial Byzantine construction.
After the Ottoman conquest of Constantinople (now Istanbul) in 1453, it was transformed right into a mosque earlier than being opened as a museum in 1935 after the secular fashionable Turkish republic was established in 1923.
It was added to the checklist of UNESCO world heritage websites in 1985.
In June 2020, Turkish authorities transformed Hagia Sophia again right into a mosque, a transfer that triggered a global wave of criticism.
Last 12 months the World Heritage Committee of the UN’s cultural company UNESCO requested Turkey to submit a report in regards to the state of conservation of the Hagia Sophia, expressing “grave concern” over the implications of its conversion right into a mosque.
Turkey swiftly rejected the company’s criticism of the conversion of a revered Istanbul cathedral-turned-museum right into a mosque as “biased and political.”
Read extra:
Pope Francis calls for healing in split Cyprus, Orthodox archbishop attacks Turkey
Palestinians hope for a calm Ramadan in Jerusalem amid tensions
Saudi Arabia calls on Muslims to sight Ramadan crescent moon on Friday evening
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https://thewall.fyi/ramadan-prayers-return-to-istanbuls-hagia-sophia-mosque-after-88-years/
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AP PHOTOS on Day 36: Russian tanks destroyed outside Kyiv The Associated Press
March 31, 2022
1of 21 Destroyed Russian armored vehicles sit on the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, March 31, 2022. Rodrigo Abd/AP Show More Show Less
2of 21 People hide in a basement of a church which is used as a bomb shelter, after fleeing from nearby villages, that have been attacked by the Russian army, in the town of Bashtanka, Mykolaiv district, Ukraine, on Thursday, March 31, 2022. Petros Giannakouris/AP Show More Show Less 3of 21
4of 21 Ukrainian soldiers carry a body of a civilian killed by the Russian forces over the destroyed bridge in Irpin close to Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, March 31, 2022. Efrem Lukatsky/AP Show More Show Less
5of 21 Ukrainian soldiers pass on top of armored vehicles next to a destroyed Russian tank in the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, March 31, 2022. Rodrigo Abd/AP Show More Show Less 6of 21
7of 21 A machine gun of a Ukrainian soldier rests next to condiments for lunch in the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, March 31, 2022. Rodrigo Abd/AP Show More Show Less
8of 21 The arm of a dead Russian soldier is seen next to a tank on the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, March 31, 2022. Rodrigo Abd/AP Show More Show Less 9of 21
10of 21 People hide in a basement of a church which is used as a bomb shelter, after fleeing from nearby villages that have been attacked by the Russian army, in the town of Bashtanka, Mykolaiv district, Ukraine,on Thursday, March 31, 2022. Petros Giannakouris/AP Show More Show Less
11of 21 Ukrainian soldiers assist an elderly woman who has hidden from the Russian shelling in a shelter for weeks without food and water, in Irpin close to Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, March 31, 2022. Efrem Lukatsky/AP Show More Show Less 12of 21
13of 21 Oleksandr, 81, rides a bicycle next to a destroyed Russian tank in the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, March 31, 2022. Rodrigo Abd/AP Show More Show Less
14of 21 A Ukrainian serviceman takes a selfie standing on a destroyed Russian tank after Ukrainian forces overran a Russian position outside Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, March 31, 2022. Vadim Ghirda/AP Show More Show Less 15of 21
16of 21 People take shelter inside a church after fleeing from nearby villages that have been attacked by the Russian army, in the town of Bashtanka, Mykolaiv district, Ukraine, on Thursday, March 31, 2022. Petros Giannakouris/AP Show More Show Less
17of 21 Ukrainian soldiers carry bodies of civilians killed by the Russian forces over the destroyed bridge in Irpin close to Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, March 31, 2022. Efrem Lukatsky/AP Show More Show Less 18of 21
19of 21 A damaged gas mask lies on the pavement at a Russian position which was overran by Ukrainian forces, outside Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, March 31, 2022. Vadim Ghirda/AP Show More Show Less
20of 21 Territorial Defense of the Armed Forces, 21-year-olds Svitlana, right, and Myroslava, pose for a photograph, in Lviv, western Ukraine, Thursday, March 31, 2022. Both Svitlana, and Myroslava, who studied at the same university in Kyiv, decided to leave academia and serve their country by joining the TDF only one month ago. Nariman El-Mofty/AP Show More Show Less 21of 21
Destroyed Russian tanks line a road on the outskirts of Ukraine's capital, where Ukrainian troops pose for selfies atop the shell of one vehicle after their forces overran a Russian position. An 81-year-old man bicycles alone past one burned-out tank on the muddy road.
Close to Kyiv, in Irpin, Ukrainian soldiers carry the bodies of civilians killed by Russian forces over a destroyed bridge. Other soldiers assist an elderly woman who has hidden from Russian shelling in a shelter for weeks without food and water.
In the town of Bashtanka, people who have fled nearby villages attacked by the Russian army shelter in a church among the pews and in the basement bomb shelter.
During a break for lunch, a Ukrainian soldier keeps a machine gun close at hand, next to pickles and condiments on the table.
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Connor Moore led the way for Wall, No. 13 in NJ.com’s Top 20, with a hat-trick and an assist as it defeated St. Joseph (Met.) 10-3 in Wall.
Matt Dollive also tallied a hat-trick and an assist with John McCurry adding two goals as well. Patrick Donohue and William Madden also had a goal each with Dominick Giglio, Jack Belko, Michael Hoarle and Jack Meyer tallying an assist apiece.
Wall (2-0) led 8-3 at the end of the third quarter after outscoring St. Joseph 4-1.
Jonathan Slusser led St. Joseph (0-1) with two goals with Daniel Bachenski also adding a goal.
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Pence group launches early $10M ad buy
An outside group headed by former Vice President Mike Pence will spend $10 million on new advertisements tying potentially vulnerable House Democrats to the Biden administration.
The advertisements, airing in 11 states, urge incumbent Democrats to support American energy production rather than relying on Russian oil.
“Before Russian bombs began to rain on Ukraine, before hundreds of innocent Ukrainians lost their lives, a horrific decision had already been made,” a narrator intones. “Joe Biden caved to the radical environmentalists and stopped America’s Keystone Pipeline and dramatically increased Americans’ dependence on Russian oil, endangering America’s security and helping Russia fund their invasion.”
Pence himself does not appear in the ad, paid for by Advancing American Freedom, the outside issue advocacy group he founded.
A bipartisan group of lawmakers have backed bans on Russian oil in recent days, after the Feb. 24 invasion of Ukraine. Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said last week she would entertain a ban.
The Pence-funded ad blitz targets four Texas Democrats, Reps. Colin Allred, Henry Cuellar, Lizzie Fletcher and Vicente Gonzalez. It will air in Iowa, against Rep. Cindy Axne (D), and in Maine, Oregon, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Ohio, Arizona, Virginia, Kansas and New Mexico, all states where Republicans hope to win House seats currently held by Democrats.
“In order to set the United States back on a path of energy independence, we need Congress to stand up to Putin and stand up for American energy,” Pence said in a statement announcing the ad buy.
Pence has slowly raised his profile in recent months as he considers his own political future. In an address to members of the Republican National Committee this weekend, Pence seemed to draw a contrast with his former boss, ex-President Trump, who has offered glowing assessments of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
“There is no room in this party for apologists for Putin,” Pence told donors. “There is only room for champions of freedom.”
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https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/597122-pence-group-launches-early-10m-ad-buy/
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Shares of Tilray Brands Inc. Cl 2
TLRY,
-4.55%
slipped 4.55% to $7.77 Thursday, on what proved to be an all-around poor trading session for the stock market, with the NASDAQ Composite Index
COMP,
-1.54%
falling 1.54% to 14,220.52 and Dow Jones Industrial Average
DJIA,
-1.56%
falling 1.56% to 34,678.35. This was the stock's second consecutive day of losses. Tilray Brands Inc. Cl 2 closed $15.86 below its 52-week high ($23.63), which the company achieved on April 1st.
The stock underperformed when compared to some of its competitors Thursday, as Cronos Group Inc.
CRON,
-4.42%
fell 4.42% to $3.89 and Aurora Cannabis Inc.
ACB,
-3.85%
fell 3.85% to $4.00. Trading volume (44.4 M) eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 31.0 M.
Editor's Note: This story was auto-generated by Automated Insights, an automation technology provider, using data from Dow Jones and FactSet. See our market data terms of use.
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https://www.marketwatch.com/story/tilray-brands-inc-cl-2-stock-falls-thursday-underperforms-market-01648761819-d8ec583d5a87
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Millions of Brits are putting themselves at risk by ignoring warnings that bank account details do not match when making a transfer, according to research from Lloyds Bank.
In 2019, the UK banking industry introduced Confirmation of Payee (CoP), which ensures that when sending money online to someone that hasn’t been paid before there is a check on whether the details entered match the account of the person or organisation being paid.
However, three years on, a YouGov survey of just over 2000 people shows that eight per cent admit to proceeding with a payment without making any further checks when CoP tells them the details aren’t an exact match.
Less than half say they would carry out further checks before proceeding with a transaction when presented with a 'CoP unavailable’ message, which usually means the recipient bank or payment services provider isn’t signed up to the service, so the account details can’t be automatically checked.
Just 41% say they are unfamiliar with CoP and understand how it works, while only 24% would recognise that a 'No match' message means they could be getting scammed.
Lloyds' own analysis of outbound transfers made to all major banks and payment service providers last year shows that transactions involving firms not using CoP were up to 100 times more likely to be reported as fraudulent by customers at a later date.
Liz Ziegler, fraud prevention director, Lloyds Bank, says: “Fraudsters are trying to steal people’s money all the time, they never stop. We’re talking about organised crime gangs, constantly inventing new scams to dupe victims out of their hard earned cash.
"So when you’re making a bank transfer and a warning flashes up to say that the account details don’t match, or can’t be checked at all, that should set alarm bells ringing straight away. Stop, take notice and think about why that could possibly be the case. There’s a big chance it’s because you’re being scammed."
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https://www.finextra.com/newsarticle/39985/millions-of-brits-risking-fraud-by-ignoring-confirmation-of-payee-warnings
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Title IX has been a passionate subject for Candace Parker ever since she learned of its impact while doing a paper on it in the eighth grade.
So, it is no surprise her first documentary as an executive producer is about the landmark legislation. On Saturday, “Title IX: 37 Words That Changed America,” will open coverage of the men’s Final Four on TBS at 1 p.m. EDT.
“I sit here because of Title IX. Although we have so many wins, we have so much further to go. That’s why we went with having the Title IX story told through my eyes so that you can see if Title IX didn’t exist, I wouldn’t exist,” Parker said.
Parker considers herself a first-generation benefactor of Title IX, which is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. It states: “No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance.”
Parker’s mother, Sara, attended Iowa before Title IX became law. Candace’s 12-year old daughter, Lailaa Nicole Williams, will have more opportunities.
“It means a lot to be able to have my mom and my daughter be a part of this,” Parker said. “I have inspiration from my mom and her story. And then as well for my daughter, I want to continue to open up doors, and I don’t want her to see limitations.”
The documentary also comes as inequities between the NCAA men’s and women’s basketball tournaments are coming under intense scrutiny.
“Something as simple as March Madness, right? Like, now women can use that. That’s unbelievable. It’s 2022,” Parker said. “But things are changing. But it still doesn’t take away that we still have so much farther to go. I think that’s the whole point of doing this documentary is if you invest, it’s not a charity, it’s an investment. And it’s an honest investment of trying to make it work. And I think for so long, we just existed; women’s sports existed as something that had to be there. And now we look at it as an investment, and then I think we can start moving things forward."
Parker won a pair of NCAA championships at Tennessee while being coached by one of the pioneers of Title IX, the late Pat Summitt. Parker has parlayed that experience into a successful career as a two-time WNBA champion and MVP and two gold medals in the Olympics.
Parker is also an accomplished analyst for Turner Sports on its NBA and NCAA Tournament coverage since 2018. During discussions about a contract extension at Turner, Parker and her representatives first pitched the idea of a documentary. It got the green light for production last November.
The documentary includes interviews with Billie Jean King, Peyton Manning, Lisa Leslie, NBA Commissioner Adam Silver, and former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.
“There’s a number of influential voices that I think I have to pinch myself to realize that they’re a part of it,” Parker said. “To have Billie Jean King, like the 10-year-old girl that did a biography project on her, I just think it’s just so special.
“Title IX doesn’t just impact women. To watch Peyton Manning talk about how Pat really influenced his life, as a competitor and just as an individual. To see somebody that is an icon to say that I think speaks to how valuable women in leadership positions are.”
Having the documentary tip-off Turner’s Final Four coverage on Saturday should give it a broader audience. “The Arena” will air following the documentary and focus on the impact of Title IX on sports and society.
This is also the first project for Parker’s production company — Baby Hair Productions — and was also produced with Scout Productions.
“Having a diverse audience, that’s not just the women and girls, we want everyone to see how impactful and powerful women are in society,” Parker said. “To have this be something that we talk about, especially after with ‘The Arena' show, I think it speaks to just how important it is.”
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More AP coverage of March Madness: https://apnews.com/hub/march-madness and https://apnews.com/hub/womens-college-basketball and https://twitter.com/AP_Top25
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https://www.lmtonline.com/sports/article/Parker-hopes-Title-IX-documentary-serves-as-17049750.php
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Claudins, the integral tight junction proteins that regulate paracellular permeability and cell polarity, are frequently dysregulated in cancer; however, their roles in regulating EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitors (EGFR-TKIs) resistance in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) are unknown. To this end, we performed GEO dataset analysis and identified that claudin1 was a critical regulator of EGFR-TKI resistance in NSCLC cells. We also found that claudin1, which was highly induced by continuous gefitinib treatment, was significantly upregulated in EGFR-TKI-resistant NSCLC cells. By knocking down claudin1 in cell lines and xenograft models, we established that gefitinib resistance was decreased. Moreover, claudin1 knockdown suppressed the expression levels of pluripotency markers (Oct4, Nanog, Sox2, CD133, and ALDH1A1). Claudin1 loss inhibited phosphorylated AKT (p-AKT) expression and reduced cancer cell stemness by suppressing AKT activation. Furthermore, SKL2001, a β-catenin agonist, upregulated the expression levels of claudin1, p-AKT, and pluripotency markers, and 1,25-dihydroxy-vitamin D3 (1,25(OH)2D3) reduced claudin1 expression, AKT activation, and cancer cell stemness by inhibiting β-catenin, and suppressed claudin1/AKT pathway mediated cancer stem-like properties and gefitinib resistance. Collectively, inhibition of claudin1-mediated cancer stem-like properties by 1,25(OH)2D3 may decrease gefitinib resistance through the AKT pathway, which may be a promising therapeutic strategy for inhibiting gefitinib resistance in EGFR-mutant lung adenocarcinoma.
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https://www.newsbreak.com/news/2556413842413/irisin-protects-against-vascular-calcification-by-activating-autophagy-and-inhibiting-nlrp3-mediated-vascular-smooth-muscle-cell-pyroptosis-in-chronic-kidney-disease
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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The world’s fair in Dubai, a tech-saturated site teeming with talking robots and solar canopies, sought to be the future.
Now, it’s history.
The pandemic-delayed Expo 2020 in the United Arab Emirates closed on Thursday after eight years of anticipation, over $7 billion in investment, 240 million hours of labor and six months of festivities.
The fate of the fairgrounds is clear. Some national pavilions will be demolished. A few will remain, like an enormous lacework dome and the UAE’s soaring falcon-shaped pavilion. Other buildings will be rebranded for a new business district soon to rise from the site.
But the deeper legacy of the event proves more elusive.
When Dubai won the bid to host Expo back in 2013, it felt like a rebirth. Just four years earlier, the glitzy city-state suffered a real-estate crash in the Great Recession, rescued by a $20 billion bailout from oil-rich Abu Dhabi.
As property prices roared back, the Expo — the first world’s fair in the Middle East — appeared to signal Dubai’s troubles were behind it. Officials offered bright predictions. The “world’s greatest show” would draw 25 million visitors. It would generate $33.4 billion in investment until 2031. It would help Dubai push into the top tier of global financial centers.
But, in the end, the billions of dollars, frenzy of fantastical construction projects and barrage of publicity proved powerless against the coronavirus pandemic, which forced Dubai to postpone the event for a year.
“It definitely fell short of what officials would have wanted,” said James Swanston, an economist at Capital Economics. “There were extremely optimistic assessments about Expo driving the next five to 10 years of growth in real estate and business, and COVID disrupted that.”
Dubai raced to widespread vaccination so it could open its borders and relax virus restrictions — earning it a reputation as a party haven for tourists escaping lockdowns back home.
The fair has since logged a staggering, albeit murky, total of 23 million visits — fueled by repeated stops by those already living in the city. Public sector employees got six days paid leave to visit. Schoolchildren regularly descended on Expo for field trips.
While concert lineups included just a few starry names, such as Coldplay and Alicia Keys, culturally specific crowd-pleasers succeeded in drawing diverse and rabid fan bases. K-pop stars, Bollywood singers and a beloved Iranian pop diva lured thousands.
“It’s a once-in-a-lifetime experience for all of us,” said 37-year-old Samiya Awan, a Pakistani resident of Dubai and Expo fanatic who volunteered at three national pavilions. “I am coming here every day, even if I’m not volunteering, I’m coming with my kids.”
But the event brought scrutiny as well.
As the FIFA World Cup has for host Qatar, Expo has shined a light on the troubles of migrant laborers. Many low-paid Expo workers have told of plunging into debt to cover recruitment fees, having their passports confiscated and struggling to afford food while toiling at the multibillion-dollar fair.
However, no companies or countries ultimately heeded calls by the European Parliament to withdraw their involvement in Expo over human rights concerns. Dubai has counted on the event to raise its international profile and offer a jolt toits economy as it bounces backfrom the pandemic.
“Bringing the world to Dubai and showcasing Dubai to the world has been one of the successes of this event,” said Tarek Fadlallah, chief executive at Nomura Asset Management Middle East.
Other analysts note that while Dubai increasingly has elbowed its way onto the world stage in recent months, that may have less to do with Expo’s allure than the government’s pandemic response and major reforms.
The UAE has changed its weekend to align with the West, allowed unmarried couples to legally live together and eased visa restrictions and foreign investment rules. Gambling appears to be next. As hordes of well-heeled foreigners flock to the emirate, the prices of luxury properties and villas have surged.
“I wouldn’t give Expo all the credit for residential property price increases,” said Sapna Jagtiani, a director at S&P Global Ratings. “It was mostly driven by how the UAE managed the pandemic and high net-worth individuals moving to the country.”
Dubai may no longer have a major global event but observers say the city’s business-friendly rules and absence of sanctions and politics will buoy the emirate in its Expo comedown. That’s especially true as Russia’s war on Ukraine has pushed oil prices to multi-year highs and stirred economic turmoil in the region.
“We have a lot of oil money that finds its way to Dubai real estate,” Jagtiani added. “It’s considered a safe haven where investment flows whenever there’s conflict.”
However, concerns linger that the end of Expo could aggravate Dubai’s debt and oversupply problems if demand fails to materialize for the expected flood of new hotel and housing construction. Rising interest rates loom as well.
“It may not blow up in the same way as 2009, but it could raise concerns about debt repayments where Abu Dhabi has to step in again,” Swanston said.
But while uncompleted white elephant projects still litter Dubai, others more successful have propelled growth and transformed swaths of its vast deserts into gleaming new developments.
Whether the Expo site has a lasting impact remains to be seen, even as crowds rushed in for the final few hours of the party.
“I’ve heard a lot of mixed feedback about how good or how bad the Expo was, how it didn’t meet certain expectations,” said Khaled Iskandar, a Palestinian architect visiting the site for the fourth time this week. “Personally … I was in awe.”
At a razzle-dazzle closing ceremony, Expo’s dome gleamed with hypnotic scenes of swirling water and orange-yellow light.
“When the Expo ends and this site evolves … the enduring spirit of Expo 2020 Dubai will persist,” proclaimed Jai-chul Choi, president of the General Assembly of the Paris-based Bureau International des Expositions that oversees Expos.
Renowned cellist Yo-Yo Ma performed a slow and mournful solo. The dark sky lit up with fireworks.
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Associated Press writer Malak Harb in Dubai contributed to this report.
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Follow Isabel DeBre on twitter at www.twitter.com/isabeldebre.
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Fourth Quarter 2021 Highlights
- Total revenue increased to $44.3 million, up 617% year-over-year
- Cryptocurrency datacenter revenue increased to $33.7 million, up 676% year-over-year
- GAAP net loss was $41.4 million for the fourth quarter, including a $42.3 million noncash goodwill impairment charge related to the Support.com business, as compared to a net loss of $0.8 million in the prior year
- Adjusted EBITDA of $19.1 million – in line with February 2022 guidance of $18 million to $20 million
- Adjusted EBITDA margin of 43.2%, compared to 19.2% in the prior year
- Produced 609 bitcoins in the fourth quarter
- Mining capacity of approximately 1.4 EH/s from 17,300 miners as of December 31, 2021
- Adjusted net income of $7.6 million
- Completed acquisition of Spartanburg, SC site and commenced operations at the facility within one week
- Cash, short term investments and cryptocurrency holdings of $84.4 million as of December 31, 2021
Full Year 2021 Highlights
- Total revenue increased to $107.3 million, up 433% year-over-year
- Cryptocurrency datacenter revenue increased to $87.9 million, up 575% year-over-year
- GAAP Net Loss of $44.5 million, including the $42.3 million noncash goodwill impairment charge, as compared to a net loss of $3.3 million in the prior year
- Adjusted EBITDA of $52.9 million – consistent with $52 million estimate provided in March of 2021
- Adjusted net income of $26.8 million
- Produced 1,866 bitcoins during 2021
First Quarter 2022 Highlights
- Mining fleet as of March 31, 2022 consists of approximately 19,400 miners with approximately 1.6 EH/s of capacity
- 17% of hash rate capacity located at Spartanburg, SC less than four months after operations commenced at facility
- 29,600 additional miners contracted for delivery during the balance of 2022 from Bitmain representing approximately 3.1 EH/s of additional capacity
- Received and deployed approximately 11,800 miners in last twelve months with 97% deployed as scheduled
- Over $115 million of liquidity as of March 31, 2022 consisting of over $90 million in cash and fair value of crypto holdings and over $25 million in undrawn financing commitments
- Over $135 million of cash on deposit with Bitmain as of March 31, 2022
FAIRFIELD, Conn., March 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Greenidge Generation Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: GREE) ("Greenidge"), a vertically integrated cryptocurrency datacenter and power generation company, today announced financial and operating results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year ended December 31, 2021 and provided an update regarding the first quarter of 2022.
"Consistent with the estimates we released in February, Greenidge demonstrated another strong quarter of significant revenue growth and substantial Adjusted EBITDA generation," said Jeff Kirt, Chief Executive Officer of Greenidge. "During the quarter, in addition to commencing mining operations at our Spartanburg, SC facility within a week of its acquisition, our operations team continued to execute the deployment of our fleet as scheduled. After just four months of operations, our Spartanburg facility houses approximately 17% of our datacenter capacity."
"Since the end of the year, we have fortified our balance sheet with non-dilutive capital and ended the first quarter with over $115 million in liquidity. This puts us on solid footing to execute the deployment of the remaining fleet of over 29,000 miners we have delivering throughout the balance of 2022 from Bitmain, which will bring our total capacity to approximately 4.7 EH/s. Over the last twelve months, our in-house operations team has deployed almost 12,000 new miners and energized substantially all of the equipment into production within days or even hours of receipt. Despite the well-known challenges in the global air freight market, 97% of the machines were received and deployed as scheduled."
Fourth Quarter 2021 Financial Results
Greenidge's revenue for the fourth quarter was $44.3 million, up 617% compared to the prior year. Cryptocurrency Datacenter revenue was $33.7 million, up 676% versus the prior year, and Power and Capacity revenue was $2.2 million, up 19% compared to the prior year. The merger with Support.com on September 14, 2021 added approximately $8.4 million to fourth quarter revenue.
Net loss was $41.4 million for the fourth quarter as compared to a net loss of $0.8 million in the prior year. The fourth quarter included a $42.3 million noncash goodwill impairment charge relating to the Support.com business, a $3.6 million remeasurement adjustment associated with an environmental liability, $2.2 million of expansion costs and $1.2 million of merger and public company filing costs. Excluding these items, Adjusted net income was $7.6 million, compared to Adjusted net loss of $0.3 million in the fourth quarter of 2020.
Adjusted EBITDA for the fourth quarter was $19.1 million, or 43.2% of revenue, compared to the prior year fourth quarter of $1.2 million, or 19.2% of revenue. The significant and continuing expansion of cryptocurrency datacenter operations drove the growth in Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA margin.
As of December 31, 2021, Greenidge had cash, short term investments and fair value of cryptocurrency holdings of $84.4 million.
Note, Adjusted net income, adjusted EBITDA and adjusted EBITDA margin are non-GAAP measures. See the tables attached to this press release for a reconciliation from GAAP to non-GAAP measures and Use of Non-GAAP Information below for more details
Cryptocurrency Datacenter Commentary
Greenidge produced 609 bitcoins during the fourth quarter, compared to 228 bitcoins in the fourth quarter of the prior year. For the full year of 2021, Greenidge produced 1,866 bitcoins, which compared to 1,146 bitcoins in 2020.
As of December 31, 2021, Greenidge had approximately 17,300 miners with an aggregate hash rate capacity of approximately 1.4 EH/s and has additional purchase commitments that are expected to bring the company's total capacity to approximately 49,000 miners and 4.7 EH/s by the end of 2022.
Capital Discussion
During the fourth quarter of 2021, Greenidge successfully closed $72.2 million of public offerings of senior unsecured notes due in 2026, netting proceeds of $66.9 million after commissions, discounts and issuance costs.
During the fourth quarter of 2021, Greenidge also successfully raised $47.4 million in net proceeds through the sale of 2.13 million shares of its class A common stock, pursuant to the previously announced equity purchase agreement. Through March 31, 2022, the Greenidge has raised $51.4 million in net proceeds through the sale of 2.55 million shares of its class A common stock pursuant to the equity purchase agreement.
South Carolina Expansion
During the fourth quarter of 2021, Greenidge completed the acquisition of its facility in Spartanburg, SC, including over 750,000 square feet of buildings and 175 acres of land. The transaction closed on December 7, 2021 and Greenidge commenced operations at the site within a week of the acquisition.
First Quarter 2022 Update
Greenidge anticipates having approximately 19,400 miners at its datacenters in New York and South Carolina as of March 31, 2022 with approximately 1.6 EH/s of capacity. Approximately 17% of the hash rate capacity is located at Greenidge's second facility in Spartanburg, SC. The company has approximately 29,600 additional miners scheduled for delivery from Bitmain throughout the balance of 2022 representing approximately 3.1 EH/s in additional capacity and has over $135 million of cash on deposit with Bitmain associated with the purchase agreements for these miners.
In the twelve months ended March 31, 2022, Greenidge has taken delivery of approximately 11,800 miners, of which 97% arrived as scheduled, with only approximately 370 delayed due primarily to freight vendor performance and a brief Covid-related lockdown in Malaysia during 2021.
Greenidge has liquidity of over $115 million as of March 31, 2022 consisting of over $90 million in cash and fair value of cryptocurrency holdings and over $25 million in undrawn financing commitments.
In late March, at the request of the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (the "Department"), Greenidge agreed to extend, for a second time, the deadline for the Department to complete its review of the renewal application for the Title V Air Permit at the company's New York facility. The application was deemed complete by the Department in September 2021 and this second extension is to June 30, 2022. Greenidge continues to operate in New York without interruption during this period and intends to continue to work constructively with the Department to finalize a permit renewal. Greenidge notes that it is not uncommon for renewal applicants to operate for extended periods of time, sometimes years, prior to finalizing a permit renewal and additional future extensions may be requested.
About Greenidge Generation Holdings Inc.
Greenidge Generation Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: GREE) is a vertically integrated cryptocurrency datacenter and power generation company. Greenidge is committed to 100% carbon-neutral datacenter operations at all of its locations by utilizing low-carbon sources of energy and offsetting its carbon footprint.
Use of Non-GAAP Information
To provide investors and others with additional information regarding the financial results of Greenidge (the "Company"), the Company has disclosed in this press release certain non-GAAP operating performance measures of Adjusted EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA margin and Adjusted net income. Adjusted EBITDA is defined as earnings before interest, taxes and depreciation and amortization, which is then adjusted for stock-based compensation and other special items determined by management, including, but not limited to costs associated with the merger with Support.com, costs of becoming a public company (which included the costs of a corporate reorganization from an LLC, public registration of shares and associated costs), business expansion costs, impairment of goodwill and remeasurement of environmental liability. Adjusted EBITDA margin is the percentage of Adjusted EBITDA of revenue. Adjusted net income (loss) is net loss adjusted for the after-tax impacts of special items determined by management, including but not limited to costs associated with the merger with Support.com, costs of becoming a public company (which included the costs of a corporate reorganization from an LLC, public registration of shares and associated costs), business expansion costs, impairment of goodwill and remeasurement of environmental liability. These non-GAAP financial measures are a supplement to and not a substitute for or superior to, the Company's results presented in accordance with U.S. GAAP. The non-GAAP financial measures presented by the Company may be different from non-GAAP financial measures presented by other companies. Specifically, the Company believes the non-GAAP information provides useful measures to investors regarding the Company's financial performance by excluding certain costs and expenses that the Company believes are not indicative of its core operating results. The presentation of these non-GAAP financial measures is not meant to be considered in isolation or as a substitute for results or guidance prepared and presented in accordance with U.S. GAAP. A reconciliation of the non-GAAP financial measures to U.S. GAAP results is included herein.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release includes certain statements that may constitute "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. All statements other than statements of historical fact are forward-looking statements for purposes of federal and state securities laws. These forward-looking statements involve uncertainties that could significantly affect Greenidge's financial or operating results. These forward-looking statements may be identified by terms such as "anticipate," "believe," "continue," "foresee," "expect," "intend," "plan," "may," "will," "would," "could," and "should," and the negative of these terms or other similar expressions. Forward-looking statements are based on current beliefs and assumptions that are subject to risks and uncertainties and are not guarantees of future performance. Forward-looking statements in this press release include, among other things, statements regarding the business plan, business strategy and operations of Greenidge in the future. In addition, all statements that address operating performance and future performance, events or developments that are expected or anticipated to occur in the future, such as statements concerning (i) the delivery of miners currently on order with Bitmain, (ii) the development of facilities in South Carolina, (iii) future mining capacity, (iv) future electrical capacity, (v) the ability to offset carbon emissions, (vi) future liquidity, (vii) the ability to obtain future debt or equity financing and (viii) the Department Title V Air permit renewal process, are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are subject to a number of risks, uncertainties and assumptions. Matters and factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied in such forward-looking statements include but are not limited to the matters and factors described in Part II, Item 1A. "Risk Factors" of Greenidge's Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, and its other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Consequently, all of the forward-looking statements made in this press release are qualified by the information contained under this caption. No assurance can be given that these are all of the factors that could cause actual results to vary materially from the forward-looking statements in this press release. You should not put undue reliance on forward-looking statements. No assurances can be given that any of the events anticipated by the forward-looking statements will transpire or occur, or if any of them do occur, the actual results, performance, or achievements of Greenidge could differ materially from the results expressed in, or implied by, any forward-looking statements. All forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this press release and Greenidge does not assume any duty to update or revise any forward-looking statements included in this press release, whether as a result of new information, the occurrence of future events, uncertainties or otherwise, after the date of this press release.
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BRIGHTON, Colo. (AP) — A Colorado couple face felony charges in connection with the fentanyl death of their 1-year-old child, whom prosecutors say died after ingesting enough of the extremely lethal drug to kill an adult.
Alonzo Montoya, 31, and Nicole Casias, 30, of the Denver suburb of Brighton were charged with child abuse resulting in death and distribution of a controlled substance in connection with the girl's death on Jan. 2, the 17th Judicial District's Office said in a statement Thursday.
It said the Adams County Coroner had determined that the child died after ingesting fentanyl and that Montoya and Casias “participated in illicit drug activity” in the child's presence at home before and after her death.
Montoya was being held on $250,000 bail at the Adams County Jail. Bail was set at $100,000 for Casias. A status hearing for both was set for Monday.
Telephone and email messages seeking comment from Casias' attorney, Rachel Lanzen, were not immediately returned. Montoya was being represented by the public defender's office, which doesn't comment on pending cases.
Court records that would provide details on the accusations weren't immediately available from the county district court. Christopher Hopper, a district attorney's spokesman, said he could not provide additional information.
Fentanyl is an unpredictable and powerful synthetic painkiller blamed for driving an increase in fatal drug overdoses. It’s 50 to 100 times stronger than morphine, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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https://www.expressnews.com/news/article/Colorado-couple-charged-in-toddler-s-fentanyl-17049650.php
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One key to market success is learning to recognize trends, overall directions that stocks are taking, and then riding those trends towards profitable returns. Sometimes, that task is easy; for instance, the five years from 2017 through the end of 2021 saw a prolonged run on generally increasing values. Sometimes, it’s more difficult; take a look at the charts for 2022 year-to-date and you’ll quickly see that there is no long-term direction of movement here.
CNBC’s Jim Cramer, however, believes that this year’s volatility will ease, and markets will move back toward a secular growth trend. This won’t necessarily affect all stocks – some will remain highly cyclical, and Cramer recommends avoiding those.
Cramer recommends to focus on stocks showing signs of a long-term overarching bullish trend. These are the secular growth stories, stocks that are relatively immune to economic cycles, and will likely not be impeded as the Fed move onward with interest rates hikes.
Cramer’s not alone in his conviction on secular growth. Wall Street’s analysts have picked out a number of equities that are poised to benefit from a secular shift into growth. Using the data tools at TipRanks, we’ve pulled up the details on two of these picks – each gets a Strong Buy from the Street’s analysts, and shows a hefty potential upside. Let’s take a closer look.
AvidXchange Holdings (AVDX)
We’ll start with AvidXchange. This company offers AI-automated accounts payable software and payment solutions to mid-market enterprise customers. AvidXchange boasts over 8,000 such customers, who have used the platform to transfer payments to more than 825,000 suppliers. In 2021, the company processed over 62.5 million transactions, totaling more than $180 billion.
These are remarkable totals for the Charlotte-based company. AvidXchange got its start back in 2000, and has grown steadily since then. It went public in 2021, with an IPO that saw 26.5 million shares made available to the public. The opening price, $25 per share, was above the originally expected $21 to $23, and the total shares sold was 4.5 million higher than had been forecast. In all, the IPO raised $660 million in gross proceeds.
Since going public, the company has released two sets of quarterly financial results, for Q3 and Q4 of 2021. In that time, the company recorded a revenue increase from $65.2 million to $69.3 million. Year-over-year, the Q4 number was reported to be 31% higher than 4Q20. For all of 2021, the company showed total revenues of $248.4 million, up 33% from 2020.
These revenue gains were fueled by increases in several important metrics. In Q4, the total transactions processed grew 15% year-over-year, while the payment volume grew 37%. The company registered 62.5 million transactions in 2021, up 18% from 2020, and showed an annual total payment volume of $52.1 billion, up 37% y/y.
Covering AvidXchange for equity research firm Wolfe Research, 5-star analyst Darrin Peller sees this company poised to take advantage of a business sector that has plenty of room for expansion – in short, AvidXchange is ready for a secular growth run.
“Considering commercial checks still comprise approximately 40%-50% of B2B payments among mid-market businesses, we believe AVDX is optimally positioned to participate in the long-term secular growth theme of B2B payment digitization. Substantial opportunity remains to capture incremental volume within its existing customer base, add new customers and payment rails, and expand its proprietary AvidPay network (8,000+ buyers/825,000suppliers). Despite industry high digital payment adoption rates across its supplier network, we argue there are several misunderstood nuances, leading us to believe that monetization rates and TPV captured from existing buyers are well below their potential,” Peller opined.
This, in addition to a founder-led team comprised of B2B payment and SaaS veterans, gives us conviction that AVDX will remain a LT leader in its mid-market niche,” the analyst summed up.
In line with these bullish comments, Peller rates AVDX an Outperform (i.e. Buy), and his $14 price target suggests it has room for ~76% growth in the coming year. (To watch Peller’s track record, click here)
Overall, all 8 of AVDX’s recent analyst reviews are positive, giving this stock a unanimous Strong Buy consensus rating. The stock is selling for $7.94, and its $14.25 average price target implies it has ~79% upside ahead of it. (See ADVX stock forecast on TipRanks)
Doximity (DOCS)
The second secular growth stock we’ll look at here, Doximity, provides a physician-oriented professional networking platform and tools in the healthcare industry. Users can connect and network with their colleagues, catch up on medical news, send message via a HIPAA-secure app, and even accept video phone calls from patients. The platform works through a smartphone app, and Doximity boasts that 80% of US physicians are on the network, along with 50% of nurse practitioners and physician assistants.
Doximity went public last year in a blockbuster IPO. On June 24, the company put 23.3 million shares on the market, at $26 each, and saw its share value pop up 58% in the first day’s trading, to close at $53. The event brought in approximately $606 million in gross capital for Doximity.
Early in February, Doximity released financial results for its Q3 of fiscal year 2022 – the quarter ending this past December 31. For the quarter, the company reported net revenue retention of 171%, which supported total quarterly revenue growth of 67% year-over-year. The top line reached $97.9 million. Doximity’s non-GAAP diluted EPS came in at 29 cents per share, up from 19 cents in fiscal Q2 – which in its turn was up from 11 cents in fiscal Q1. In its first three quarterly reports as a public entity, Doximity has seen EPS grow 163%.
Leerink analyst Stephanie Davis, who recently spoke with company management on Doximity’s path forward, writes: “DOCS outlined a sustainable, multi-year shift towards digital ad spend that is fueling the company’s secular story. While the digitization of the pharma ad wallet has been many years in the making, the pandemic served as a much-needed push for the industry, with no turning back—DOCS believes the market will double in the coming decade… DOCS remains one of our top picks for the year due to this dependable growth trajectory…”
Davis uses these comments to support her Outperform (i.e. Buy) rating on the stock, while her $72 price target implies that DOCS has room to run ~39% in the next 12 months. (To watch Davis’ track record, click here)
Davis in no outlier on this stock. The Street’s analysts have put 9 reviews of DOCS on record, and those include 8 Buy against just 1 Hold – giving this tech firm its Strong Buy consensus rating. Share are priced at $51.93, and their $69 average price target suggests a one-year upside of 33%. (See DOCS stock forecast on TipRanks)
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CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, Va. (WRIC)–The Chesterfield County Council of PTAs says the school district will face over 700 teacher vacancies before next school year.
Ben Pearson-Nelson, the president of the Council, said the association has 8,000 members.
Most of the teachers he spoke with aren’t sure if they want to return next school year. “A lot of them are talking about leaving and not just for another teaching job, but for a private sector job,” said Pearson-Nelson.
Teacher morale is low, because their pay hasn’t improved, he said. The teacher shortage has impacted schools before the pandemic, and it has only gotten worse.
“The problem is Virginia doesn’t produce enough teachers. Before COVID, we didn’t have enough teachers and we don’t have enough teachers now, so we don’t have a pool to draw from,” he said. “Every school district needs teachers.
“We need a lot of teachers in Chesterfield County, and we don’t have the pipeline to supply these teachers.”
A spokesperson for Chesterfield County Public Schools (CCPS) said that, right now, they have about 200 teacher openings for next school year and that number will likely increase.
To hire and retain more teachers, the district said it’s holding a series of job fairs, including an April 26 event focused on high-needs schools. CCPS is also offering stipends to teachers at high-needs schools in 2022-23.
The school system said they’re prioritizing teacher pay in its current budget process and they’re recruiting more minority teachers through its diversity initiative called “Mirror Me.”
“They’re in fact the heroes. I mean they’re the ones investing their lives and investing themselves in our children, in our community,” said Pearson-Nelson.
“We could lose upwards of 700, 800 teachers,” said Pearson-Nelson.
They want the Chesterfield County Board of Supervisors to consider giving schools more funding from the county’s tax revenue increase. So far, the Citizens of Chesterfield County’s petition for more school funding has over one thousand signatures, said Pearson-Nelson.
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| 2022-04-01T00:14:17Z
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BRIGHTON, Colo. (AP) — A Colorado couple face felony charges in connection with the fentanyl death of their 1-year-old child, whom prosecutors say died after ingesting enough of the extremely lethal drug to kill an adult.
Thirty-one-year-old Alonzo Montoya and 30-year-old Nicole Casias of the Denver suburb of Brighton were charged with child abuse resulting in death and distribution of a controlled substance in connection with the girl's death on Jan. 2, the 17th Judicial District's Office said in a statement Thursday.
It said the Adams County Coroner had determined that the child died after ingesting fentanyl and that Montoya and Casias allegedly “participated in illicit drug activity” in the child's presence at home before and after her death.
Montoya was being held on $250,000 bail at the Adams County Jail. Bail was set at $100,000 for Casias. A status hearing for both was set for Monday.
Telephone and email messages seeking comment from Casias' attorney, Rachel Lanzen, were not immediately returned. Montoya was being represented by the public defender's office, which doesn't comment on pending cases.
Court records that would provide details on the accusations weren't immediately available from the county district court. Christopher Hopper, a district attorney's spokesman, said he could not provide additional information.
Fentanyl is an unpredictable and powerful synthetic painkiller blamed for driving an increase in fatal drug overdoses. It’s 50 to 100 times stronger than morphine, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says.
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Busselton hockey season makes a splash with rainy opening weekend
Busselton Hockey Association made a splash at the start of their 2022 season, with teams taking to the turf on a rainy weekend.
The season started with the masters league on Thursday night, with the three games stadium manager Robyn McNeil described as “great competition and quality hockey”.
The Centrals took out the Wests 3-0, and the Jets defeated Capel 2-0. The highlight of the night was the contest between Cougars and Margaret River Hockey Club, who won with a slim 5-4 result.
Tim Jones proved a weapon for the side, shooting three of the side’s five goals.
The women took the turf of Friday night for their season-opener, again proving the high-calibre of the season to come.
The Robins charged ahead of the Wests 3-2, and MRHC made a bold season entry taking out Capel 4-2.
The premier men’s competition took place on Saturday.
The Cavaliers won over the Jets 2-1, and reigning premiers the Wests proved they were the ones to watch, obliterating Capel, 7-1.
Nayton Colombera was the man of the match, making a notable four goals for his side, with another two from Sam Carter and one from Bengamin Payne.
Ms McNeil said the large margin did not reflect the level of gameplay.
“It was a really good game, it was really hard-fought and the scoreline really didn’t reflect the quality of the game,” she said.
Despite the miserable weather, she said it was an excellent start to the new season.
“Being opening games there was a very good standard of play and nice to see everyone back on the turf,” she said.
“It’s great for players and spectators as it allows them to see who is play for who this year.
“We’ve got many returning players back again but also some new faces which is lovely to see.”
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| 2022-04-01T00:14:18Z
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SSR Mining Inc. (NASDAQ:SSRM – Get Rating) (TSE:SSO) CFO Alison Lynn White sold 4,223 shares of the stock in a transaction on Thursday, March 31st. The stock was sold at an average price of $22.07, for a total value of $93,201.61. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website.
Shares of SSR Mining stock traded down $0.09 during trading on Thursday, hitting $21.75. 1,215,876 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 1,941,176. The stock has a market cap of $4.62 billion, a P/E ratio of 16.49, a PEG ratio of 5.59 and a beta of 0.97. The company has a fifty day moving average price of $19.32 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $17.67. SSR Mining Inc. has a twelve month low of $13.68 and a twelve month high of $22.73. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.07, a quick ratio of 4.27 and a current ratio of 5.64.
SSR Mining (NASDAQ:SSRM – Get Rating) (TSE:SSO) last released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, February 23rd. The basic materials company reported $0.44 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.45 by ($0.01). The business had revenue of $407.92 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $387.62 million. SSR Mining had a net margin of 19.78% and a return on equity of 9.75%. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted $0.50 EPS. On average, equities research analysts expect that SSR Mining Inc. will post 1.27 EPS for the current fiscal year.
Several research analysts have commented on the stock. StockNews.com initiated coverage on shares of SSR Mining in a report on Thursday. They issued a “hold” rating for the company. Zacks Investment Research upgraded SSR Mining from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Friday, February 4th. Canaccord Genuity Group increased their price objective on SSR Mining from C$27.00 to C$29.00 in a research note on Friday, February 25th. National Bank Financial cut SSR Mining from an “outperform” rating to a “sector perform” rating in a research note on Wednesday, March 16th. Finally, TD Securities upped their target price on SSR Mining from C$29.00 to C$33.00 in a report on Thursday, February 24th. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and two have given a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company presently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $27.79.
A number of institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in SSRM. Norges Bank bought a new stake in SSR Mining in the 4th quarter valued at $44,132,000. Paulson & CO. Inc. raised its position in SSR Mining by 138.1% in the 4th quarter. Paulson & CO. Inc. now owns 3,120,242 shares of the basic materials company’s stock valued at $55,228,000 after purchasing an additional 1,810,000 shares during the last quarter. Mackenzie Financial Corp raised its position in SSR Mining by 33.7% in the 4th quarter. Mackenzie Financial Corp now owns 5,249,813 shares of the basic materials company’s stock valued at $92,927,000 after purchasing an additional 1,324,571 shares during the last quarter. Capital World Investors raised its position in SSR Mining by 100.4% in the 3rd quarter. Capital World Investors now owns 2,445,000 shares of the basic materials company’s stock worth $35,575,000 after purchasing an additional 1,225,000 shares during the last quarter. Finally, American Century Companies Inc. raised its position in SSR Mining by 129.5% in the 4th quarter. American Century Companies Inc. now owns 855,231 shares of the basic materials company’s stock worth $15,138,000 after purchasing an additional 482,626 shares during the last quarter. 62.65% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.
About SSR Mining (Get Rating)
SSR Mining Inc, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the acquisition, exploration, development, and operation of precious metal resource properties in Turkey and the Americas. The company explores for gold, silver, copper, lead, and zinc deposits. Its projects include the Ãöpler Gold mine located in Erzincan, Turkey; the Marigold mine located in Humboldt County, Nevada, the United States; the Seabee Gold Operation located in Saskatchewan, Canada; and the Puna Operations in Jujuy, Argentina.
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PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey refused to say Thursday if transgender people actually exist, twice dodging direct questions on the subject just a day after he signed legislation limiting transgender rights.
The Republican worked instead to defend his signatures on bills that bar transgender girls and women from playing on girls high school and women's college sports teams and barring gender affirming surgery for anyone under age 18.
When specifically asked if he believed that there “are really transgender people,” the governor paused for several seconds before answering.
“I’m going to ask you to read the legislation and to see that the legislation that we passed was in the spirit of fairness to protect girls sports in competitive situations,” Ducey said, referring to the new law that targets transgender girls who want to play on girls sports teams. “That’s what the legislation is intended to do, and that’s what it does.”
Asked again if he believed there are “actual transgender people,” he again answered slowly and carefully.
“I ... am going to respect everyone, and I’m going to respect everyone’s rights. And I’m going to protect female sports. And that’s what the legislation does,” Ducey said.
Ducey's response was “appalling,” according to the Arizona director of the Human Rights Campaign, a national civil rights group that advocates for equality for LGBTQ people. The organization worked to ensure families and transgender young people came to the Capitol to testify against the bills as the Republican-led House and Senate considered them this session.
“It's quite shocking that he can't even address trans people or even say that he thinks they exist,” Bridget Sharpe said.
Wednesday's signing of the two transgender bills and a third that bars abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy and is currently unconstitutional put Ducey right in the middle of two top issues national Republicans are highlighting in the runup to November's midterm elections.
Ducey also signed election legislation that minority Democrats said amounted to voter suppression by requiring longtime Arizonans to be thrown off the voter rolls if they did not prove their citizenship and residence location.
The governor leads the Republican Governors Association, which is charged with helping elect GOP chief executives in U.S. states. He in is the last year of his second term as Arizona governor and term limits bar him from seeking reelection.
The top Democrat in the state House, Rep. Reginald Bolding, called Wednesday “probably one of the darkest days we've seen in the history of Arizona."
“With the stroke of a pen, Gov. Ducey has hurled Arizona backwards to its ugliest past,” Bolding said Wednesday. “And today, he put in jeopardy pregnant people, transgender youth in danger and curtailed voting rights for people of color.”
Social conservative groups and the Arizona Republican Party praised Ducey's action. The Center for Arizona Policy, whose president shepherded the abortion and women's sports bills through the Legislature, called it a victory.
"Thank you, Governor Ducey, for taking a bold stand for women athletes, vulnerable children, and the unborn by putting your signature on (the bills) in the face of intense opposition from activists," Center for Arizona Policy president Cathi Herrod said in a news release she posted on Twitter.
She said the legislation protects the unborn, ensures a level playing field for female athletes and shows that “Arizona will do everything it can to protect vulnerable children struggling with gender confusion” by enacting the surgery ban.
Ducey said the surgery ban protects children from irreversible decisions.
“These are permanent surgeries of reassignment that are irreversible, and those discussions can happen once adulthood is reached,” he said.
The American Civil Liberties Association has vowed to sue over the surgery ban. U.S. Supreme Court precedent currently says women have a constitutional right to abortion until about 24 weeks of pregnancy, although it is considering whether to uphold a 15-week ban enacted in Mississippi and may overturn Roe v. Wade, the 1973 decision enshrining a woman's right to choose.
Arizona joins 13 other states in enacting laws preventing transgender girls and women from playing on girls teams. Utah Gov. Spencer Cox vetoed a transgender sports ban in his state, saying it would harm transgender girls, but the Legislature overrode the veto. Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb also vetoed a sports bill, but lawmakers hope to override his action as well.
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Trump not invited to conservative AEI event
When a group of conservative leaders and donors meet for the American Enterprise Institute’s annual World Forum this week, there will be one notable absence: former President Trump.
The former president wasn’t invited to the gathering in Sea Island, Ga., a Republican source confirmed to The Hill. The absence was first reported on Sunday by CBS News.
The forum is expected to feature appearances by a handful of Republican critics of Trump, like Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan, as well as several Democrats, including Brian Deese, the director of the National Economic Council.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), who has sought to move the GOP past Trump, is also slated to speak at the gathering.
While the conservative-leaning AEI previously backed some of Trump’s policies during his tenure in the White House, several of the think tank’s fellows have spoken out against the former president.
Among them is Jonah Goldberg, who resigned from his role as a conservative analyst for Fox News and eventually joined CNN as a contributor. He’s also expected to appear at the gathering.
While Trump himself won’t appear at the World Forum this week, some of his allies will. According to CBS News, National Republican Senatorial Committee Chair Rick Scott (Fla.) is set to attend, as is House Republican Conference Chair Elise Stefanik (N.Y.).
Of course, Trump already has an engagement of his own over the weekend. He’s scheduled to hold a rally in Florence, S.C., on Saturday.
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The past week has been a whirlwind for Elouise McDaniel, an 82-year-old Irvington resident sued by the township for various reasons, including filing over 75 requests to the township for information within three years via New Jersey’s Open Public Records Act.
On Thursday evening, she learned the township’s intentions to drop the lawsuit — just a day after McDaniel had secured an attorney.
“We look forward to Irvington dismissing this case, but it shouldn’t have taken national press coverage and the ACLU stepping in for them to back down,” McDaniel’s attorney, CJ Griffin, who took the case on pro-bono Wednesday, said in a statement sent to NJ Advance Media. “This law(suit) should never have been filed in the first place — it was clearly an attempt to keep Ms. McDaniel from being civically engaged and ‘checking under the hood’ of her local government to make sure everything was operating correctly.
“Instead of treating civic engagement as a nuisance, towns should welcome the public’s desire to participate in government and improve their communities.”
McDaniel declined to comment, referring questions to her attorney. In addition to Griffin’s help free of charge, the American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey said Wednesday it was also providing assistance in the case.
Responding to the “voluminous OPRA requests has been unduly burdensome, time consuming and expensive,” the township said in the Sept. 17 civil suit, first reported by NBC.
The township also accused McDaniel of filing “frivolous” complaints about Irvington Mayor Tony Vauss’ administration with the Office of the Attorney General and other state agencies. The complaints were submitted “with the sole purpose and intent to harass, abuse and harm plaintiffs and employees of the township, including its mayor,” according to the suit.
McDaniel, who was accused of several counts including defamation, harassment and malicious abuse of process, said Monday that she had a “legal right” to know the information she has requested from the town. Her history of filing OPRA requests and the lawsuit gained national attention, with many online users praising McDaniel’s tenacity.
“While the township maintains that the litigation is meritorious and not filed for malicious reasons, the township shall take steps to withdraw the litigation,” according to a statement provided by the mayor’s office on Thursday. “The primary reason is to avoid the appearance that the township is discriminating or retaliating against any resident.”
Mayor Vauss did not immediately respond to questions seeking clarity on who exactly filed the lawsuit and why the township had decided to withdraw it. Both Vauss and Harold Wiener, municipal clerk in Irvington whom — along with the township — are listed as a plaintiffs in the suit, told NBC they did not file or request the lawsuit. McDaniel said she also did not know who filed it.
Thursday’s statement said Vauss, Wiener, the township’s attorney and outside counsel met earlier in the day and agreed to dismiss the litigation.
“(To) date, there have been no determinations from the Government Records Council that resulted in affirmative relief for Ms. McDaniel,” township officials said. “The GRC has determined that the Custodian of Records did not knowingly or willfully deny any requests for information. In addition, there are numerous other factual allegations in the litigation that do not pertain to OPRA requests; such as frivolous letters and defamatory statements about the township and its employees.”
The mayor’s office also said the township wanted to “avoid unnecessary expenses and legal fees associated with continuation of this matter.”
Vauss’ office noted that despite the withdrawal, the claims in the suit remain “valid.” It also said the township “will continue to provide” responses to OPRA requests “to the best of its ability.”
McDaniel, the president of the Irvington Block Association Coalition, previously said she has long feuded with Irvington township officials and Vauss, who was elected as mayor in May 2014. McDaniel said it culminated with her attempted run against Vauss for mayor in 2018.
“I think that in some ways (this suit) is political … this has been going on for a long time and I’m just tired at this point. I’m tired, this is ridiculous. I want to live out my final years … in peace,” McDaniel said earlier this week.
Both Griffin and McDaniel said that a dangerous precedent could be set were townships be allowed to sue residents for seeking public records.
OPRA requests are intended in part to expand residents’ access to government records, the state’s Government Records Council says on its website. People are not restricted on the number of OPRA requests they can submit to an agency.
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Ranbir Kapoor and Alia Bhatt perform puja after wrapping the shoot of Brahmastra : Bollywood News – Bollywood Hungama
Ayan Mukerji’s Brahmastra has wrapped the shoot of the movie which stars Ranbir Kapoor and Alia Bhatt within the lead. The taking pictures for the film started in 2018. Announcing the wrap, Alia shared how a lot she wished to say it for therefore long- “Its a wrap!”. The movie is about to be launched on September 9, 2022.
Ranbir Kapoor and Alia Bhatt carry out puja after wrapping the shoot of Brahmastra
Alia, whereas taking pictures in Varanasi, took a while out to go to Kashi Vishwanath Temple. On March 29, Alia and Ayan shared photographs on their Instagram to announce the movie taking pictures being accomplished. The picture featured the director together with Alia and Ranbir. Behind them, the Kashi Vishwanath temple will be seen.
Pictures of the trio visiting the temple have surfaced on social media after fan pages began circulating them.
Ayan Mukerji sharing the photographs on his Instagram, captioned it, “Some hand of destiny that we finished the shoot of ‘Part One: Shiva’ in Varanasi – a city infused with the spirit of Shiv Bhagwan, and that too at the most sacred Kashi Vishwanath Mandir, allowing us to finish in an atmosphere of purity, joy and blessings.”
Brahmastra is a fantasy trilogy film additionally starring Nagarjuna, Amitabh Bachchan, Dimple Kapadia and Mouni Roy. The movie will likely be launched in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu and Kannada.
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TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Todd Bowles earned his way in the NFL on the defensive side of the ball.
He’s not afraid to talk offense.
The new head coach of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers won’t be shy about sharing his ideas with offensive coordinator Byron Leftwich and quarterback Tom Brady.
“I’m the head coach. I get to do whatever I want,” Bowles said Thursday, a day after taking over because Bruce Arians moved into a front-office role. “I’m not going to call plays. I understand that. But I have input on how defenses are trying to attack them. I have input on certain situations going into the half, two-minute or third downs or going for it or not going for it and those types of things. That’s my job and I have the freedom to do that. At the same time, I understand and respect Byron and Tom a great deal and they know that. I think we’re off to a good start from a communication standpoint and we just have to keep building.”
Bowles gets a second opportunity after going 24-40 in four seasons with the New York Jets from 2015 through 2018. He also was an interim head coach in Miami for three games in 2011. He becomes only the 12th minority to get a second head coaching opportunity since 1963, according to data in the NFL’s 2022 Diversity and Inclusion Report.
“When I first started in New York, you try to do things the right way and you don’t do it your way, you end up having regret. So I’m going to do it my way,” Bowles said.
Arians joined Bowles at his introductory news conference and learned the Buccaneers will induct him into the team’s Ring of Honor this season. Brady also was in attendance.
Arians, who turns 70 this year, said his decision to step down as coach was about “succession” and making sure he turned the team over to Bowles with an opportunity to succeed. When Brady unretired on March 13, Arians realized the time was right.
“Succession is way important to me,” Arians said. “This has been my dream for a long time. Guys that know me, they knew I wanted one of my guys to take over.”
Arians dismissed reports of friction with Brady, saying it “couldn’t be further from the truth.”
Bowles and Arians have a relationship that dates more than 40 years. Bowles played safety for Arians at Temple in the 1980s and was defensive coordinator on Arians’ staff in Arizona before joining him in Tampa.
“He is the most influential coaching figure and father figure that I have ever had in this league,” Bowles said, adding that it was a bittersweet feeling when he got the news from Arians.
Bowles made it clear he has a different personality than Arians.
“The only thing we have in common is our bald heads,” Bowles said. “He smokes, I don’t. He drinks, I don’t. So, we never got in each other’s way.”
Arians led the Buccaneers to their second Super Bowl title in 2020 and an NFC South title in 2021. With Brady back, Bowles takes over a team that has championship aspirations.
“Good players make good coaches so you always want to have good players,” Bowles said. “I’m not going to apologize for inheriting a talented team. I’ve had less success with a team. It’s different to the fact that I don’t think I can go into this trying to be Bruce. I would fail miserably if I tried. ... I can be me.
"I understand a lot of things I’ve learned from my coaching experience, especially from him so I’m going to take that approach. The one thing I know is I know I can coach football players regardless if you’re an All-Pro or a rookie. All of your players want to be coached and help them get better. I can help people get better and I’m going to use my approach.”
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Shares of Wallbridge Mining Company Limited (TSE:WM – Get Rating) passed below its 50 day moving average during trading on Tuesday . The stock has a 50 day moving average of C$0.35 and traded as low as C$0.33. Wallbridge Mining shares last traded at C$0.33, with a volume of 961,165 shares changing hands.
The business has a fifty day simple moving average of C$0.35 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of C$0.43. The company has a quick ratio of 5.15, a current ratio of 5.15 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.03. The company has a market cap of C$291.19 million and a P/E ratio of -33.00.
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| 2022-04-01T00:14:21Z
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TOKYO (AP) — Starting out with funny videos and chat over Mario Kart racing games, two Ukrainian brothers have added a somber tone to their YouTube channel popular with young Japanese with updates from their country that bring the harsh realities of war closer to Japan.
The Russian invasion of Ukraine began just after the duo, Sava Tkachov, 26, and his younger brother Yan, 20, celebrated the second anniversary of their YouTube debut with subscribers exceeding 2 million for their Sawayan Channel and Sawayan Gamesthat Sava hosts.
The first word of war came from their father, a business consultant who had returned to Kyiv two months ago just before Russian troops rolled in and has stayed since to help defend his country. The siblings’ YouTube content, which used to be full of pranks, jokes and action videos, has become more serious.
Worried about their 53-year-old father and friends in Ukraine, the brothers in early March announced on their channel that they planned to volunteer as defenders too. It triggered a wave of reactions, some supporting and others criticizing them.
The father objected and the Tkachovs, who have no military training, abandoned the idea, especially when Sava said he received long and serious messages from some of his teenage fans showing their willingness to follow the brothers to Ukraine.
“By sending out messages through our channel, I made kids want to go to war and I cannot say if it was good or bad,” Sava said at a news conference Thursday. “But at least it was meaningful that they became interested in the issue. Fighting the war on the front-line is not the only way.”
Sava, who uses the handle “No War,” instead turned his gaming channel into a driver for donations and charity game events. He collected some 3.6 million yen ($29,500) in three hours, and donated entirely to the Ukrainian Embassy.
The siblings said they also started receiving messages from parents saying their children started thinking about peace and others thanking them for raising important social issues.
“I believe the merit of YouTube is I can convey the real information from the ground that my father is sharing with us about the situation that is very up to date, and I can stream that online almost immediately, so in that sense it could be much faster and accurate than news provided by traditional news media,” Sava said.
He said that his father would send videos of bombardment and bodies “as in war movies,” but he couldn’t use them because they were too graphic. In a recent appearance on a YouTube talk show hosted by popular former vaccine minister Taro Kono, Sava said the brothers were in regular communication with their father from an undisclosed location.
Japan was quick to join other industrialized nations in imposing sanctions against Russia and providing support for Ukraine.
Tokyo has also sent bulletproof vests, helmets, tents, medical supplies and other nonlethal defense equipment to Ukraine as an exception to Japan’s ban on military equipment transfer to countries in conflict.
Japan has taken tougher measures against Russia, worried about the impact of Moscow’s war on East Asia where Tokyo has faced threats from North Korea and China. In response to sanctions, Russia suspended peace treaty talks with Japan over the disputed Kuril Islands, which Moscow has held since 1945.
Sava Tkachov, who arrived with his family in Japan when he was 4 and studied at a top Japanese university, thanked his adopted country for its support but says Tokyo should stick to its pacifist role.
“Japan is the world’s top-class peaceful nation … and what the country is doing right now is very appropriate,” he said. “As to the question of whether Japan should send weapons, I do not think it’s the kind of role Japan should be playing.”
Instead, he said, Japan can better contribute by continuing to appeal for peace and take a leadership role within Asia.
He also said Japan can provide home to many war-displaced Ukrainians. Some may face challenges of language or unfamiliar food, “but I’m sure they can overcome the difficulties with the empathy of the Japanese people and the spirits of the Ukrainians.”
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https://www.kget.com/entertainment-news/ukrainian-youtube-brothers-reach-out-to-japanese-to-end-war/
| 2022-04-01T00:14:20Z
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ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — A federal appeals court has granted a request from a northern Virginia school system to continue using a challenged admissions policy at a highly selective high school while it appeals a ruling that found the policy discriminates against Asian American students.
A three-judge panel of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said in a ruling Thursday that Fairfax County Public Schools can continue to use its new admissions policy at Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology.
U.S. District Judge Claude Hilton rejected the new policy in a February ruling, saying that impermissible “racial balancing” was at its core. Commonly known as “TJ,” the prestigious school near the nation’s capital is often ranked as one of the best public high schools in the country.
Earlier this month, Hilton also rejected a request from the school system to delay the implementation of his ruling. But the 4th Circuit, in a 3-2 ruling, said the school board had met the legal requirements for a suspension of Hilton's order while its appeal is pending.
The 4th Circuit panel agreed with school officials who argued that because the selection process for the incoming freshman class is well underway, implementing Hilton's ruling now would throw the process into chaos.
Judge Toby Heytens wrote that he has “grave doubts” about Hilton's conclusions "regarding both disparate impact and discriminatory purpose” of the new admissions policy.
“In my view, appellant Fairfax County School Board is likely to succeed in its appeal,” Heytens wrote.
In a dissenting opinion, Judge Allison Jones Rushing said putting Hilton's ruling on hold while the school board appeals his decision is not in the public interest. Jones said any logistical difficulties or inconvenience associated with changing the admissions policy at this late date “simply do not outweigh the infringement of constitutional rights.”
“And everyone — even temporarily frustrated applicants and their families — ultimately benefits from a public-school admissions process not tainted by unconstitutional discrimination,” Rushing wrote.
The case has been closely watched as courts continue to evaluate the role that racial considerations can play when deciding who should be admitted to a particular school. Earlier this year, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear a similar case alleging that Harvard University discriminates against Asian Americans in its admissions process.
Fairfield County Public Schools said the order from the 4th Circuit allows the school board to continue with the current application process to select the Class of 2026 this spring.
“For the 2,500+ students in this application pool, this means the race blind process set out by the School Board in October 2020 will remain in place as an appeal challenging the February court decision plays out,” the board said in a news release.
The parents’ group Coalition for TJ, which filed the lawsuit, said the 4th Circuit judges have made a “grave error” in allowing the school system to continue to use its new admissions process.
“If the judges’ decision stands, we would see Fairfax County Public Schools usher in a second class of students to America’s No. 1 public high school through an unconstitutional race-based admissions process,” the coalition said in a statement.
For decades, Black and Hispanic students have been woefully underrepresented in the student body. After criticism over its lack of diversity, the school board scrapped a standardized test that had been at the heart of the admissions process and opted instead for a process that sets aside slots at each of the county’s middle schools. It also includes “experience factors” like socioeconomic background.
The parents’ group argued in its lawsuit that Asian Americans, who constituted more than 70% of the student body, were unfairly targeted in the new policy.
The school’s current freshman class, which was admitted under the new policy, saw a significantly different racial makeup. Black students increased from 1% to 7%; Hispanic representation increased from 3% to 11%. Asian American representation decreased from 73% to 54%.
The school system has insisted that its new policies are race neutral, and the panel evaluating applicants is not even aware of applicants’ race as it conducts its reviews.
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https://www.expressnews.com/news/article/Disputed-school-admissions-policy-OK-d-pending-17049659.php
| 2022-04-01T00:14:22Z
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Police in Los Angeles were “prepared” to arrest Will Smith on battery charges moments after he slapped Chris Rock at Sunday’s Oscar ceremony, the award show’s producer revealed in a new interview.
Producer Will Packer shared the stunning behind-the-scenes details in an interview with ABC that’s set to air in full Friday on “Good Morning America.”
Packer said Rock was in his office shortly after the primetime smackdown when LAPD officers showed up and offered to take action against Smith.
“They were saying, ‘This is battery,’ was the word they used in that moment,” Packer said, according to a clip of the interview that aired Thursday on ABC’s “World News Tonight.”
“[The officers] said ‘we will go get him, we are prepared to get him right now,’” he recalled, referring to Smith. “’You can press charges and we can arrest him,’” the cops reportedly added.
But Packer said Rock was “dismissive” of the options and refused to press charges.
Packer’s comments on the incident come a day after reports emerged that Smith was never asked to leave the awards ceremony.
Packer reportedly told the “King Richard” star that he could stay at the Oscars after slapping Rock in the face Sunday night — contrary to the statement from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences that said it asked Smith to leave.
AMPAS has launched an investigation into the incident that will take several weeks to complete, according to Academy President David Rubin and CEO Dawn Hudson.
Packer drew heat for tweeting immediately after the slap heard ’round the world — prompted by Rock’s ill-received joke about Jada Pinkett Smith’s bald head.
“Welp … I said it wouldn’t be boring,” Packer, who produced the 94th Academy Awards, tweeted Sunday night.
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https://www.thehamdenjournal.com/world/lapd-was-prepared-to-arrest-will-smith-for-battery-oscars-producer-reveals/130432/
| 2022-04-01T00:14:23Z
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GREENVILLE, N.C. (WNCT) — One young girl in Greenville has found a unique way to help out those in war-torn Ukraine.
Nola Kelly, 5, and her mother run a business selling sweet treats. When Nola learned about the war, she wanted to find a way to help.
Nola’s mother said they started the business as a way to teach entrepreneurship. Now, they are using the business to also raise funds for the Ukrainian people.
“There is a part in a world that we play in this big scheme of things in this big, gigantic world, and to know that, you know, we can make an impact even as one person,” said Nola’s mother, April Kelly.
She said they began the business, Nola’s Twisted Apple Pops, in December of 2021, and the idea came about because of Nola’s huge sweet tooth.
April Kelly said they felt a connection to Ukraine because of their friend Kate Ker, a Greenville local and entrepreneur originally from Ukraine, who has been finding ways to send donations and money to Ukraine since the conflict began.
“This is very touching for me because the war, it’s difficult to explain to kids, and it’s a sensitive topic, and when a child wants to help other kids, other families, this is very, very touching,” said Ker.
With Ker’s help, the Kellys are donating $5 to Ukraine for every item they sell.
“I contacted my friends, my classmates who are volunteering now in Ukraine, and I asked if we can send money directly to them. So they will purchase food and necessities and send it or distribute to people in villages and cities that need help,” said Ker.
Nola said she hopes it helps them to buy anything they need.
You can help out and buy some of Nola’s treats by visiting their Facebook page.
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https://www.wric.com/news/u-s-world/5-year-old-helps-ukrainians-with-her-own-business/
| 2022-04-01T00:14:23Z
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THE WOODLANDS, Texas, March 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Hallaron, a full-service advertising and branding agency in The Woodlands, Texas has begun using digital advertising platforms to serve smaller, local political advertisers. The advantage is using microtargeted geographic and behavioral factors to serve highly custom display and video ads to local voters. The results point to more efficient campaigns that can get better results even with monthly ad spends less than $10,000.
Through a collaborative partnership with Vici Media Inc., based in Philiadelphia, PA, Hallaron began using sophisticated digital platforms including precise targeting tools to serve ads among local county and even city elections in early 2022 primaries. Often reserved for larger business or political clients, Hallaron uses the same big-client ad tools to shape strategy for smaller local low budget campaigns. Often the focus is replacing older marketing thinking with smarter targeting that serves ads to local voters using cell phones and social media instead of billboards or direct mail.
"Our new political campaigns aim to serve voters with ads where they consume daily news and entertainment – that's through their mobile phones and the Internet," explains agency principal Mike Hallaron.
Statista reports that mobile media usage in the United States is set to increase to four hours and 29 minutes per day in 2022. Compare that time with traditional drive time and radio listening, print, or TV viewership.
Because of lengthy Covid-19 shutdowns, Hallaron says many Americans extended their digital and mobile reliance even further – turning to these devices for business, shopping, and reaching the world beyond their front door.
Direct mail is still popular in most small market political races where access to new digital techniques lags behind. Inexpensive yard signs are still widely used but limited. Digital and mobile ads include links to landing pages where voters can watch a candidates videos, read a bio, or review her platform positions on local issues. "When you add a well-executed social strategy on Facebook, the frequency and reach for a small campaign can be game-changing," Hallaron says.
Hallaron's digital partner Vici Media works with nearly 200 ad agencies and media companies in the U.S., serving 3 billion digital ad impressions annually. The company was named to Deloitte's Technology Fast 500 in 2020. Hallaron sees more clients educating themselves about creative digital media strategies, such as geofencing, mobile conquesting and social mirroring techniques, for example.
Hallaron Advertising Agency is an award-winning full-service ad agency in The Woodlands, Texas. Since 2003, Hallaron has helped reshape winning brands and mastered creative advertising campaigns that lead to better sales and business growth for their clients. Visit www.hallaron.com to learn more.
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| 2022-04-01T00:14:22Z
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ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — A federal appeals court has granted a request from a northern Virginia school system to continue using a challenged admissions policy at a highly selective high school while it appeals a ruling that found the policy discriminates against Asian American students.
A three-judge panel of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said in a ruling Thursday that Fairfax County Public Schools can continue to use its new admissions policy at Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology.
U.S. District Judge Claude Hilton rejected the new policy in a February ruling, saying that impermissible “racial balancing” was at its core. Commonly known as “TJ,” the prestigious school near the nation’s capital is often ranked as one of the best public high schools in the country.
Earlier this month, Hilton also rejected a request from the school system to delay the implementation of his ruling. But the 4th Circuit, in a 3-2 ruling, said the school board had met the legal requirements for a suspension of Hilton's order while its appeal is pending.
The 4th Circuit panel agreed with school officials who argued that because the selection process for the incoming freshman class is well underway, implementing Hilton's ruling now would throw the process into chaos.
Judge Toby Heytens wrote that he has “grave doubts” about Hilton's conclusions "regarding both disparate impact and discriminatory purpose” of the new admissions policy.
“In my view, appellant Fairfax County School Board is likely to succeed in its appeal,” Heytens wrote.
In a dissenting opinion, Judge Allison Jones Rushing said putting Hilton's ruling on hold while the school board appeals his decision is not in the public interest. Jones said any logistical difficulties or inconvenience associated with changing the admissions policy at this late date “simply do not outweigh the infringement of constitutional rights.”
“And everyone — even temporarily frustrated applicants and their families — ultimately benefits from a public-school admissions process not tainted by unconstitutional discrimination,” Rushing wrote.
The case has been closely watched as courts continue to evaluate the role that racial considerations can play when deciding who should be admitted to a particular school. Earlier this year, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear a similar case alleging that Harvard University discriminates against Asian Americans in its admissions process.
Fairfield County Public Schools said the order from the 4th Circuit allows the school board to continue with the current application process to select the Class of 2026 this spring.
“For the 2,500+ students in this application pool, this means the race blind process set out by the School Board in October 2020 will remain in place as an appeal challenging the February court decision plays out,” the board said in a news release.
The parents’ group Coalition for TJ, which filed the lawsuit, said the 4th Circuit judges have made a “grave error” in allowing the school system to continue to use its new admissions process.
“If the judges’ decision stands, we would see Fairfax County Public Schools usher in a second class of students to America’s No. 1 public high school through an unconstitutional race-based admissions process,” the coalition said in a statement.
For decades, Black and Hispanic students have been woefully underrepresented in the student body. After criticism over its lack of diversity, the school board scrapped a standardized test that had been at the heart of the admissions process and opted instead for a process that sets aside slots at each of the county’s middle schools. It also includes “experience factors” like socioeconomic background.
The parents’ group argued in its lawsuit that Asian Americans, who constituted more than 70% of the student body, were unfairly targeted in the new policy.
The school’s current freshman class, which was admitted under the new policy, saw a significantly different racial makeup. Black students increased from 1% to 7%; Hispanic representation increased from 3% to 11%. Asian American representation decreased from 73% to 54%.
The school system has insisted that its new policies are race neutral, and the panel evaluating applicants is not even aware of applicants’ race as it conducts its reviews.
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https://www.ctinsider.com/news/article/Disputed-school-admissions-policy-OK-d-pending-17049659.php
| 2022-04-01T00:14:24Z
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What just happened? The Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) has been in turmoil ever since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic. With the Entertainment Software Association (ESA) now telling its partners that this year's event has been canceled, the future of the expo appears bleak.
The first report of E3 2022's cancellation came in a tweet from Razer PR lead Will Powers, who said he received an email confirming it. Soon after, the ESA notified Axios's Stephen Totilo and Variety that it axed this year's show. The organization plans to use the extra time to organize an in-person and digital E3 in the summer of 2023.
In January, the ESA canceled this year's in-person event due to the emergence of the Omicron variant of Covid-19. Reports also suggested that a digital-only event hadn't been set in stone. Typically, E3 announces the date of next year's event immediately upon the close of the current year's expo. However, the ESA never revealed a date for E3 2022. The event hasn't been held in person since 2019. The onset of the pandemic led to the first-ever cancellation of E3 in 2020, and E3 2021 was an online-only event.
The official Twitter account of the 2022 Super Game Fest — a similar industry event — tweeted a link to its website immediately after Powers's tweet. The show's host, Geoff Keighley, reacted with a winking emoji. The website for this year's Summer Game Fest went live in January, at nearly the same time the ESA canceled E3 2022's in-person event.
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https://www.techspot.com/news/94010-esa-officially-announced-e3-2022-completely-canceled.html
| 2022-04-01T00:14:25Z
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Councillor Ryan fails motion to defund BPACC claiming to be kept hidden from council discussions
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| 2022-04-01T00:14:24Z
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DOJ warns states over blocking access to gender-affirming treatment
The Justice Department sent a letter to state officials on Transgender Day of Visibility, advising them that blocking transgender and non-binary youth from receiving gender-affirming treatment could violate U.S. law.
Why it matters: Thursday's announcement comes as a wave of anti-trans laws targeting transgender youth has been introduced and passed in a number of Republican states around the country.
- The letter, which was sent to all state attorneys general, was intended to remind them of the "federal constitutional and statutory provisions that protect transgender youth against discrimination."
What they're saying: "Intentionally erecting discriminatory barriers to prevent individuals from receiving gender-affirming care implicates a number of federal legal guarantees," Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke wrote in the letter.
- Federal prosecutors noted that policies preventing anyone from receiving gender-affirming medical care, could be in direct violation of constitutional protections.
- “Today’s letter reaffirms state and local officials’ obligation to ensure that their laws and policies do not undermine or harm the health and safety of children, regardless of a child’s gender identity,” Clarke added.
The big picture: The DOJ's letter comes after Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) passed legislation allowing state agencies to investigate parents for child abuse if they seek gender-affirming care for their children.
- Idaho Gov. Brad Little (R) also signed two anti-transgender bills on Monday, one of which limits the ability of transgender youth to play school sports.
- Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey (R) signed a law last year banning transgender youth from participating in school sports teams inconsistent with their sex assigned at birth.
Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.) penned a Teen Vogue op-ed on Thursday urging Congress to enshrine federal protections for transgender youth, stating such legislation "cannot wait any longer."
- Jayapal, a mother of a trans child, described the series of Republican-led efforts targeting trans youth as being "fueled by a cocktail of ignorance, transphobia, and malice for trans kids, their parents, and the doctors and the communities who want to help them."
- "These attacks on our children are precisely why we cannot wait any longer to enshrine protections for trans kids into federal law," she added.
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https://www.axios.com/doj-warns-states-blocking-gender-affirming-care-194213a6-a215-4a10-82ac-1d7a6cfef8cf.html
| 2022-04-01T00:14:25Z
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