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Ex-Colonial owners, brother, face new charges in Binghamton sex assault, drug case
The Broome County District Attorney’s Office rolled out a slate of new charges against three men charged in connection with an investigation into drug- and sex-related crimes by two former owners of the Colonial, a restaurant in downtown Binghamton.
Jordan Rindgen and Yaron Kweller, as well as Kweller’s older brother, Leor, who is not affiliated with the restaurant, appeared Thursday in Broome County Court and each pleaded not guilty to their share of a 12-count indictment.
Yaron Kweller, a 41-year-old Vestal resident, was charged with first-degree rape and the commission of a first-degree criminal sex act, both felonies.
Leor Kweller, a 42-year-old resident of Brooklyn, was charged with first-degree rape and first-degree sexual abuse, both for allegedly engaging in sexual intercourse with someone who was “incapable of consent by reason of being physically helpless,” according to court documents.
Jordan Rindgen, a 33-year-old Binghamton resident, was charged with two counts of third-degree criminal sale of a controlled substance for allegedly selling cocaine to two people. He was also charged with third-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance for his alleged possession of cocaine with the intent to sell it.
Jordan Rindgen was also charged with first-degree unlawfully dealing with a child, a misdemeanor, for allegedly giving alcohol to a person younger than 21; two counts of first-degree sexual abuse, one for each person he allegedly subjected to “sexual contact by forcible compulsion"; and with first-degree criminal sexual act for allegedly engaging in sexual conduct by forcible compulsion.
He was further charged with two misdemeanor counts of fourth-degree criminal facilitation, one count for each of his co-defendants he allegedly provided with “means and opportunity” to commit felonies of their own.
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All 12 charges stem from a Nov. 27 incident at 141 Washington St. in Binghamton, according to the Binghamton Police Department.
Initial investigations by Binghamton police yielded charges from a single complainant, a 21-year-old woman. A second complainant, a 19-year-old woman, emerged in connection with charges filed against Leor Kweller a few days after charges were brought against Jordan Rindgen and Yaron Kweller.
The Press & Sun-Bulletin / pressconnects.com does not name or identify victims of sexual crimes.
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Each of the victims was given six-month orders of protection, and County Judge Carol Cocchiola said Thursday she would consider extensions if necessary.
The District Attorney's Office did not request bail for the defendants.
Rindgen and Yaron Kweller were arrested Feb. 23. Ringden was initially charged with third- and fifth-degree criminal sale of a controlled substance, and Kweller was charged with third-degree rape.
Five days later, Leor Kweller was also charged with third-degree rape.
The initial charges are superseded by those brought under the indictment, which was filed March 24.
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SHANGHAI, March 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- 51job, Inc. (Nasdaq: JOBS) ("51job" or the "Company"), a leading provider of integrated human resource services in China, announced today its unaudited financial results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year of 2021 ended December 31, 2021.
Fourth Quarter 2021 Financial Highlights:
- Net revenues increased 15.7% over Q4 2020 to RMB1,345.2 million (US$211.1 million)
- Online recruitment services revenues increased 12.0%
- Other human resource related revenues increased 19.0%
- Income from operations was RMB304.6 million (US$47.8 million)
- Fully diluted earnings per share was RMB5.23 (US$0.82)
- Non-GAAP adjusted fully diluted earnings per share[1] was RMB5.99 (US$0.94)
Fiscal Year 2021 Financial Highlights:
- Net revenues increased 19.8% from 2020 to RMB4,420.4 million (US$693.7 million)
- Online recruitment services revenues increased 11.6%
- Other human resource related revenues increased 31.3%
- Income from operations was RMB551.3 million (US$86.5 million)
- Fully diluted earnings per share was RMB9.40 (US$1.47)
- Non-GAAP adjusted fully diluted earnings per share was RMB13.12 (US$2.06)
Fourth Quarter 2021 Unaudited Financial Results
Net revenues for the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2021 were RMB1,345.2 million (US$211.1 million), an increase of 15.7% from RMB1,163.1 million for the same quarter in 2020.
Online recruitment services revenues for the fourth quarter of 2021 increased 12.0% to RMB617.7 million (US$96.9 million) compared with RMB551.6 million for the same quarter in 2020, primarily due to an improvement in hiring sentiment, demand and activity from employers in 2021.
Other human resource related revenues for the fourth quarter of 2021 increased 19.0% to RMB727.5 million (US$114.2 million) from RMB611.5 million for the same quarter in 2020. The growth was primarily driven by robust employer demand for seasonal campus recruitment, business process outsourcing and training services in 2021.
Cost of services for the fourth quarter of 2021 increased 29.1% to RMB535.2 million (US$84.0 million) from RMB414.5 million for the same quarter in 2020, primarily due to higher employee compensation expenses, headcount additions and greater direct costs, such as venue rental, media production and technology support, incurred in providing campus recruitment services to employers. Gross profit for the fourth quarter of 2021 increased 8.2% to RMB810.0 million (US$127.1 million) from RMB748.6 million for the same quarter in 2020. Gross margin, which is gross profit as a percentage of net revenues, was 60.2% in the fourth quarter of 2021 compared with 64.4% for the same quarter in 2020.
Operating expenses for the fourth quarter of 2021 increased 28.9% to RMB505.4 million (US$79.3 million) from RMB392.0 million for the same quarter in 2020. Sales and marketing expenses for the fourth quarter of 2021 increased 34.3% to RMB403.6 million (US$63.3 million) from RMB300.6 million for the same quarter in 2020, primarily due to higher employee compensation expenses, staff additions and greater spending on advertising and brand awareness campaigns. Advertising and promotion expenses increased 27.7% to RMB90.0 million (US$14.1 million) for the fourth quarter of 2021 from RMB70.5 million for the same quarter in 2020.
General and administrative expenses for the fourth quarter of 2021 increased 11.3% to RMB101.8 million (US$16.0 million) from RMB91.4 million for the same quarter in 2020, primarily due to higher employee compensation expenses
Income from operations for the fourth quarter of 2021 was RMB304.6 million (US$47.8 million) compared with RMB356.6 million for the fourth quarter of 2020. Operating margin, which is income from operations as a percentage of net revenues, was 22.6% for the fourth quarter of 2021 compared with 30.7% for the same quarter in 2020. Excluding share-based compensation expense, operating margin would have been 24.9% for the fourth quarter of 2021 compared with 33.7% for the same quarter in 2020.
The Company recognized a loss from foreign currency translation of RMB10.9 million (US$1.7 million) in the fourth quarter of 2021 compared with RMB33.9 million in the fourth quarter of 2020, primarily due to the impact of the change in exchange rate between the Renminbi and the U.S. dollar on the Company's U.S. dollar cash deposits.
The Company recognized a mark-to-market, non-cash loss of RMB10.7 million (US$1.7 million) in the fourth quarter of 2021 compared with RMB9.4 million in the fourth quarter of 2020 associated with a change in fair value of listed equity securities investment in Huali University Group Limited, which is traded on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. The Company also recognized RMB3.4 million (US$0.5 million) in professional services fees and administrative expenses related to the proposed going-private transaction in the fourth quarter of 2021.
Other income in the fourth quarter of 2021 included local government financial subsidies of RMB98.6 million (US$15.5 million) compared with RMB14.9 million in the fourth quarter of 2020.
Net income attributable to 51job for the fourth quarter of 2021 was RMB355.2 million (US$55.7 million) compared with RMB342.0 million for the same quarter in 2020. Fully diluted earnings per share for the fourth quarter of 2021 was RMB5.23 (US$0.82) compared with RMB5.01 for the same quarter in 2020.
In the fourth quarter of 2021, total share-based compensation expense was RMB29.9 million (US$4.7 million) compared with RMB35.0 million in the fourth quarter of 2020.
Excluding share-based compensation expense, loss from foreign currency translation and change in fair value of listed equity securities investment, as well as the related tax effect of these items, non-GAAP adjusted net income attributable to 51job for the fourth quarter of 2021 was RMB406.7 million (US$63.8 million) compared with RMB420.1 million for the fourth quarter of 2020. Non-GAAP adjusted fully diluted earnings per share was RMB5.99 (US$0.94) in the fourth quarter of 2021 compared with RMB6.16 in the fourth quarter of 2020.
Fiscal Year 2021 Unaudited Financial Results
Net revenues in 2021 were RMB4,420.4 million (US$693.7 million), an increase of 19.8% from RMB3,689.0 million in 2020
Online recruitment services revenues in 2021 increased 11.6% to RMB2,396.2 million (US$376.0 million) from RMB2,147.3 million in 2020. The increase was primarily due to the improvement in business activity and more recruitment needs of employers in China in 2021.
Other human resource related revenues in 2021 increased 31.3% to RMB2,024.2 million (US$317.6 million) from RMB1,541.6 million in 2020, primarily due to resilient customer demand and usage of the Company's training, campus recruitment, placement and business process outsourcing services.
Cost of services in 2021 increased 32.9% to RMB1,676.7 million (US$263.1 million) from RMB1,261.7 million in 2020, primarily due to higher employee compensation expenses and headcount additions. Gross profit in 2021 increased 13.0% to RMB2,743.7 million (US$430.5 million) from RMB2,427.2 million in 2020. Gross margin was 62.1% in 2021 compared with 65.8% in 2020.
Income from operations in 2021 decreased 36.4% to RMB551.3 million (US$86.5 million) from RMB867.1 million in 2020, primarily due to the significant increase in sales and marketing expenses in 2021. Operating margin was 12.5% in 2021 compared with 23.5% in 2020. Excluding share-based compensation expense, operating margin would have been 15.9% in 2021 compared with 27.4% in 2020.
Net income attributable to 51job in 2021 was RMB640.7 million (US$100.5 million) compared with RMB1,097.3 million in 2020. Fully diluted earnings per share in 2021 was RMB9.40 (US$1.47) compared with RMB16.12 in 2020.
Excluding share-based compensation expense, loss from foreign currency translation, and changes in fair value of listed equity securities investment and long-term investment, as well as the related tax effect of these items, non-GAAP adjusted net income attributable to 51job in 2021 was RMB894.4 million (US$140.4 million) compared with RMB1,243.9 million in 2020. Non-GAAP adjusted fully diluted earnings per share was RMB13.12 (US$2.06) in 2021 compared with RMB18.28 in 2020.
As of December 31, 2021, cash and short-term investments totaled RMB10,587.0 million (US$1,661.3 million) compared with RMB10,761.9 million as of December 31, 2020.
Currency Convenience Translation
For the convenience of readers, certain Renminbi amounts have been translated into U.S. dollar amounts at the rate of RMB6.3726 to US$1.00, the noon buying rate on December 30, 2021 in New York for cable transfers of Renminbi as set forth in the H.10 weekly statistical release of the Federal Reserve Board.
Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures
To supplement the consolidated financial statements presented in accordance with United States Generally Accepted Accounting Principles ("GAAP"), 51job uses non-GAAP financial measures of income before income tax expense, income tax expense, adjusted net income, adjusted net income attributable to 51job and adjusted earnings per share, which are adjusted from results based on GAAP to exclude share-based compensation expense, loss from foreign currency translation and changes in fair value of listed equity securities investment and long-term investment, as well as the related tax effect of these items. The Company believes excluding share-based compensation expense and its related tax effect from its non-GAAP financial measures is useful for its management and investors to assess and analyze the Company's core operating results as such expense is not directly attributable to the underlying performance of the Company's business operations and do not impact its cash earnings. The Company believes excluding loss from foreign currency translation and changes in fair value of listed equity securities investment and long-term investment, as well as the related tax effect, from its non-GAAP financial measures is useful for its management and investors as such translation, mark-to-market gain or loss is not indicative of the Company's core business operations and will not result in cash settlement nor impact the Company's cash earnings. 51job also believes these non-GAAP financial measures excluding share-based compensation expense, loss from foreign currency translation and changes in fair value of listed equity securities investment and long-term investment, as well as the related tax effect of these items, are important in helping investors to understand the Company's current financial performance and future prospects and to compare business trends among different reporting periods on a consistent basis. The presentation of these additional measures should not be considered a substitute for or superior to GAAP results or as being comparable to results reported or forecasted by other companies. The non-GAAP measures have been reconciled to GAAP measures in the attached financial statements.
About 51job
Founded in 1998, 51job is a leading provider of integrated human resource services in China. With a comprehensive suite of HR solutions, 51job meets the needs of enterprises and job seekers through the entire talent management cycle, from initial recruitment to employee retention and career development. The Company's main online recruitment platforms (http://www.51job.com, http://www.yingjiesheng.com, http://www.51jingying.com, http://www.lagou.com, and http://www.51mdd.com), as well as mobile applications, connect millions of people with employment opportunities every day. 51job also provides a number of other value-added HR services, including business process outsourcing, training, professional assessment, campus recruitment, executive search and compensation analysis. 51job has a call center in Wuhan and a nationwide network of sales and service locations spanning more than 30 cities across China.
Safe Harbor Statement
This announcement contains forward-looking statements. These statements are made under the "safe harbor" provisions of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements can be identified by terminology such as "will," "expects," "anticipates," "future," "intends," "plans," "believes," "estimates," "targets," "confident" and similar statements. Among other things, statements that are not historical facts, including statements about 51job's beliefs and expectations, as well as 51job's strategic and operational plans, are or contain forward-looking statements. 51job may also make written or oral forward-looking statements in its periodic reports to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, in its annual report to shareholders, in press releases and other written materials and in oral statements made by its officers, directors or employees to third parties. All forward-looking statements are based upon management's expectations at the time of the statements and involve inherent risks and uncertainties. A number of factors could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statement, including but not limited to the following: execution of 51job's strategies and business plans; growth and trends of the human resource services industry in China; market acceptance of 51job's products and services; competition in the industry; 51job's ability to control costs and expenses; 51job's ability to retain key personnel and attract new talent; relevant government policies and regulations relating to 51job's industry, corporate structure and business operations; seasonality in the business; fluctuations in the value of the Renminbi against the U.S. dollar and other currencies; risks related to acquisitions or investments 51job has made or will make in the future; accounting adjustments that may occur during the quarterly or annual close or auditing process; and fluctuations in general economic and business conditions in China and globally, including the impact of the coronavirus or other pandemic. Further information regarding these and other risks are included in 51job's filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. All information provided in this press release and in the attachments is as of the date of the press release and based on assumptions that 51job believes to be reasonable as of this date, and 51job undertakes no obligation to update any forward-looking statement, except as required under applicable law.
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A Vancouver-based organization has collected data from the Canada Revenue Agency to find out where the most generous places in Canada are, and Lethbridge is near the top of those rankings.
According to the report, which was released on Tuesday, Lethbridge, Alta. sits in the top 10 in two categories.
“Lethbridge actually increased 0.4 per cent in charitable participation,” said director of research at Charitable Impact Ernesto Peña.
“Way to go, that’s fantastic.”
Charitable Impact’s first report was released in 2020, and detailed numbers from 2013-2017. The most recent report looks at numbers from 2015-2019.
When it comes to the top 10 most charitable places by number of donations per donor, Lethbridge ranks seventh behind Chilliwack, B.C., and ahead of Canmore, Alta.
“I’ve known for years that this is a very generous and giving community, which is why we’re so lucky to be here,” said executive director of the Community Foundation of Lethbridge and Southwestern Alberta Charleen Davidson.
Lethbridge sits eighth in the country in terms of percentage of income donated to registered charities, at 1.15 per cent. The national average is 0.62 per cent, while the top place in Canada is Steinbach, Man., at 4.28 per cent.
While the report details pre-pandemic numbers, over the last couple of years, Davidson said her organization saw a boost in support.
Last year, the Community Foundation gave away more than $1 million in grant money.
“We really saw this in the early days of the pandemic, where individuals who had the ability to come forward and help, did, and in an (extremely) generous manner.”
Areas that Davidson sees receiving continuous support include food banks and shelters, but each donor is different.
“There’s such a vast array of (charities) that they can choose from… and it really comes down to individual preference,” she said.
Janelle Marietta, executive director with United Way Lethbridge and Southwestern Alberta, is hoping to see the generosity continue, despite the rising cost of living.
“Obviously we’re seeing a huge increase coming out of the last two (to) three years in terms of need in the community and people looking for supports around food security and housing securities and mental health, addictions — those types of supports,” Marietta said.
“So really, now more than ever, it’s important for us to give.”
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SEVIER COUNTY, Tenn. — Dolly Parton is offering her thanks and praise for the many people who are fighting fires and offering help to wildfire victims in Sevier County.
“I’ve been keeping up with everything going on with the fires near my home area. It looks scary on TV, but I’m proud of how everyone in the area has pulled together like they always do," Dolly said. "I’m especially proud of the brave men and women who are working to contain the fire."
Dolly said she is staying in touch with her people at Dollywood to keep track of how people in the area are doing as crews continue to battle fires in Wears Valley and Seymour, saying they have assured her things are okay.
"I know there are some folks who have been affected, and I hope that you will join me in saying a prayer for them," she said.
Dolly was instrumental in providing direct help to the many victims of the November 2016 Sevier County wildfires through her "My People" fund.
As of 6 p.m. Thursday, more than 100 structures were affected by the Wears Valley fire. In Seymour, crews were fighting a 652-acre fire off Millstone Gap Road near the Blount-Sevier County line.
As many as 11,000 homes were evacuated in Sevier County.
If you would like to help people affected by the wildfires, we have a list of resources and ways to help at this link.
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Residents of eastern Shanghai who were hoping to emerge from a four-day Covid lockdown on Friday have been ordered to stay in their homes, with some facing another 10 days of isolation.
The new rules for Pudong, the half of Shanghai that sits on the east side of the Huangpu river, were announced late on Thursday night, just hours before the lockdown was supposed to end at 5am on Friday.
It is the latest sign that China’s largest city and economic powerhouse is struggling to eliminate an Omicron-driven outbreak which is the worst since the first one in early 2020 that devastated the city of Wuhan and other parts of Hubei province.
The city said on Friday morning that it had recorded 4,144 asymptomatic cases and 358 symptomatic cases on Thursday, compared with 5,298 and 355 the previous day.
It will fuel concerns about a slowdown in the Chinese economy already badly affected by a series of lockdowns across key industrial centres.
China’s manufacturing activity fell to a five-month low in March, a monthly survey showed on Thursday, as lockdowns and other restrictions forced factories to suspend production.
German automaker BMW’s plants in Shenyang, a north-eastern city in Liaoning province, has been closed for more than a week because of pandemic controls.
The slowdown in China’s economy has also caused the price of oil to fall as markets bet that the world’s number two economy will not require as much fuel.
Bill Bishop, the respected China observer, said on Thursday that the outbreak in Shanghai was causing concern amid reports in the Wall Street Journal that there had been deaths at a care facility in the city.
“The outbreak in Shanghai is getting worse, it looks likely lockdowns will be tightened and extended …” he wrote in his weekly newsletter.
“The case number data from Shanghai already look a little strange, if the officials are also covering up deaths then this could get really bad.”
The changes to the rules in Shanghai mean that anyone living in a building where a positive case has been found will be required to stay home for 10 more days. Residents of other buildings in the same residential compound will be confined for three more days.
People living in the surrounding neighbourhood of a positive case will face less restrictive limits. They may be allowed out to shop for necessities, but only for a limited time on certain days.
A lockdown of the western half of the city was due to begin as planned on Friday morning as Shanghai grapples with China’s strict zero-Covid policy of trying to eliminate the virus altogether.
About 16 million people will be tested during the lockdown in Puxi on the west side of the river in Shanghai. Residents are not allowed to leave their neighbourhoods or housing compounds during the four-day period, with groceries or meals delivered to their complexes.
Ma Chunlei, a senior Shanghai official, acknowledged shortcomings in the city’s response. Authorities have rushed to bolster food deliveries to the city after panic buying stripped store shelves of necessities.
“We didn’t prepare sufficiently enough,” Ma said. “We sincerely accept the criticisms from the public and are making efforts to improve it.”
There was some good news elsewhere in China when authorities announced the lifting of a citywide lockdown in the province that has been hardest hit.
Residents of Jilin will be able to move about freely starting Friday for the first time in more than three weeks, state broadcaster CCTV said, citing a city notice. They will be required to wear masks and, when indoors, stay 1 meter (3 feet) apart. Public gatherings in parks and squares are prohibited.
The spread of Covid-19 has been brought under control in Jilin but not in the rest of Jilin province, officials said at a news conference. Some progress has been made in Changchun, the provincial capital and an auto manufacturing hub that has been locked down since 11 March.
By far, most of the cases in the ongoing outbreak have been in Jilin province, which borders North Korea in China’s industrial northeast.
China on Thursday reported 8,559 new cases in the previous 24-hour period, of which 6,720 had no symptoms. The proportion of asymptomatic cases has been higher than in previous outbreaks, particularly in Shanghai. About 100 of the new cases were imported ones among people who had recently arrived from abroad.
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Entering NCAA Tournament play, Big Ten teams composed 13.2% of the NCAA men’s basketball tournament field.
But of the nine teams that made the 2022 NCAA Tournament, none will represent the conference in the Final Four in New Orleans this weekend.
Purdue and Michigan were both knocked out in the Sweet 16 last week, with No. 11 seed Michigan losing 63-55 to No. 2 seed Villanova and No. 3 seed Purdue suffering a 67-64 upset loss to No. 15 seed Saint Peter’s.
The last Big Ten team to reach the Final Four was Michigan State, which in 2019 lost to Texas Tech in the national semifinal in Minneapolis. Michigan State also is the last Big Ten team to win a national title in 2000.
Sporting News and Big Ten college basketball analyst Mike DeCourcy said it shouldn’t come as a shock no Big Ten teams made the Final Four this year, given the highest-seeded teams, Purdue and Wisconsin, were both No. 3 seeds.
“They didn’t have a single team on the top two lines, and they didn’t warrant it,” DeCourcy said on the Indiana Sports Beat with Jim Coyle. “What they had was a lot of good teams, some very good teams. Now should Purdue have beaten Saint Peter’s? Yes, but I’m just talking about the original perception that you get nine teams in you are supposed to do X.”
On the women’s side, one Big Ten team, third-seeded Michigan, reached the Elite Eight but lost 62-50 to No. 1 seed Louisville in the Wichita Regional Final. Michigan showed some jitters in its first Elite Eight appearance in program history, turning the ball over 22 times and going 0-for-8 from the field in the final five minutes.
It will likely mark the end of the brilliant career of Michigan All-American senior forward Naz Hillmon, who will likely declare for the WNBA draft rather than take her extra COVID season. Hillmon, who averaged 21 points and 9.6 rebounds, is projected as one of the top two picks in this year’s draft.
“Playing next to Naz, an All-American, she is a once-in-a-lifetime kind of player,” Michigan guard Danielle Rauch told the Ann Arbor News following the loss. “I got to play with the greatest player in Michigan women’s basketball history, and she is also my best friend.”
Three other Big Ten women’s teams -- Indiana, Maryland and Ohio State -- were knocked out of the tournament in the Sweet 16. It marked the second straight year the Big Ten had four teams reach the Sweet 16, but the league is still seeking its first final Final Four appearance since Maryland in 2014.
CURBELO ENTERS PORTAL
Illinois sophomore point guard Andre Curbelo announced he’s entering the transfer portal Monday, a surprise given the playing time he’s received the first two years at the school.
Curbelo had an up-and-down sophomore season in which he averaged 7.5 points and 3.1 assists. He appeared in just 19 of the 33 games Illinois played this season, missing close to two months from late November through late January with a concussion.
At times, Curbelo struggles with his decision-making at the point guard spot, posting an assist-to-turnover ratio of 60 to 53. His speed with the basketball is his biggest asset, but in shooting 32.9% from the field, his shot selection left much to be desired.
Curbelo should find plenty of suitors on the transfer market, but the next coach will need to reign him in when it comes to the balance of running offense and hunting for his own shots.
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PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago, March 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Shell Trinidad and Tobago (through BG International, a subsidiary of Shell plc), today announces that production has started on Block 22 and NCMA-4 in the North Coast Marine Area (NCMA) in Trinidad and Tobago.
The start-up of Colibri follows the amendment to the Block 6 Production Sharing Contract for the Manatee field, marking yet another significant milestone in Shell's growth strategy in country. This will allow for the delivery of gas both domestically and internationally through Atlantic LNG.
"I am proud of the team in Trinidad and Tobago for their commitment to safely delivering this project on time." said Wael Sawan, Director of Integrated Gas, Renewable and Energy Solutions. "This reinforces the delivery of Shell's Powering Progress strategy in country, as we seek to provide more and cleaner energy solutions, globally. Colibri, along with other development projects, will see natural gas going into both the domestic petrochemical markets and into LNG exports, in line with the energy ambitions of Trinidad and Tobago."
Project Colibri is a backfill project that is expected to add approximately 30,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day (boe/d) (174 mmscf/d) of sustained near-term gas production with peak production expected to be approximately 43,000 boe/d (250 mmscf/d) through a series of four subsea gas wells, tied back to the existing Poinsettia Platform located in the NCMA acreage.
Notes to editors
- First gas at Colibri was reached on March 30, 2022, and the estimated production for Colibri represents 100% total gross figures.
- The Shell-operated Colibri development is co-owned with the Trinidad and Tobago national oil company Heritage Petroleum Company Limited which has a working interest of 10% and 20% respectively in Block 22 and NCMA-4 in the North Coast Marine Area (NCMA).
- Colibri, when combined with Barracuda and existing developments, will deliver more gas to the Trinidad and Tobago domestic market and the LNG export markets.
- Shell is a major shareholder in Atlantic LNG, a significant global producer of LNG. Our equity in the Atlantic plant ranges from 46% to 57.5% in each of the four trains at the facility.
- Shell announced Final Investment Decision for Project Colibri in March 2020
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Your daily horoscope and more for today. Image: Adobe Stock
Wondering what the day has in store for your star sign? Here’s a quick glance at your daily horoscopes and more for today – completely free!
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Are you prepared for the day? Do you know what to look out for? See your daily Horoscopes for 01 April 2022 below to know exactly what the stars have planned for you!
What about your love life? Need to know more? See your daily Love Horoscope right here!
Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: The last of his freedoms — to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way.
Viktor E. Frankl, from Man’s Search for Meani
If the camel once get his nose in a tent, the body will soon follow.
Saudi Proverb
Preserve the old, but know the new.
Unknown
A positive vibe facilitating romance is likely to last throughout the day. You’ll be drawn to like-minded types and there is a good chance that you will meet someone who shares your interests before the day is through. A close friend may also have a surprising revelation!
Today’s Numbers: 3, 17, 24, 32, 37, 43
A sun/moon aspect could make today a rather interesting day for you. Fiery influences will have you digging beneath the surface with regard to an ongoing matter, but do pause before you share your findings with anyone, because the planets are urging you towards caution at the moment!
Today’s Numbers: 5, 14, 22, 28, 39, 41
It’s a day that may well just tick along nicely. There may even be some pleasant news with regards to a personal matter. That said; there is also likely to be an underlying current of discontent that you can’t quite identify. That something will be the fiery sun. Do avoid making rash decisions!
Today’s Numbers: 6, 13, 20, 27, 36, 41
Any simmering tensions are perhaps best left unexpressed for now, because after today the current influences will be offset and neutralized by more perceptive ones. Bite your tongue, count to ten and be as non-committal as you can. It’s not a day to be pushy or insistent!
Today’s Numbers: 2, 9, 15, 26, 30, 47
The surge of fire energy will put you in a rather impulsive mood. However, it’s possible that you may react to certain incoming information in a rather surface way. It could be a question of you hearing what you want to hear and disregarding the more subtle, but equally crucial stuff!
Today’s Numbers: 3, 18, 24, 37, 42, 45
You’re likely to be in a rather spontaneous mood and work against the grain for most of the day. Lighter influences will certainly suggest that you can get away with it, but spur-of- the-moment decisions could actually backfire. Unfortunately there’s no middle-ground on this, either!
Today’s Numbers: 2, 19, 21, 25, 32, 43
It will be a relatively easy day for you, but it may be best not to try and correct whatever you see/hear, such as poor decisions or plans. Other people are more likely to resist guidance. Pay attention to what is said. Otherwise you could miss something of importance in a chance comment!
Today’s Numbers: 7, 13, 28, 33, 41, 47
This is a day that gets better as the hours progress, so if the morning starts on a hectic note, don’t worry, because by the evening you’ll feel more in control again. That said; you may be better off postponing an important course of action or decision just for the time being, because the planets suggest that errors are likely!
Today’s Numbers: 2, 5, 14, 26, 37, 45
After a few days of having to be thoughtful and/or sensible, today will bring back your usual feisty approach to the world. Perhaps someone has been less than friendly lately; maybe someone has been a little too critical. It’s certainly a day to broach lingering problems, but do it gently!
Today’s Numbers: 9, 15, 18, 21, 30, 46
The sensible aspects that have been responsible for your financial well-being will slip into slightly more reckless ones today. This suggests that you will need to be more careful when it comes to money matters. Plan any purchaseswith great care and do impose spending limits!
Today’s Numbers: 3, 11, 20, 27, 36, 43
It’s a day to be a little more sensitive and a little more accommodating. Being aware of other people’s needs may not be enough. You may need to visibly act or respond. Don’t assume that others will automatically pick up on a change of mind, either: you’ll need to actively communicate it!
Today’s Numbers: 1, 17, 19, 26, 35, 40
There could be a clash of interests between two separate key areas of your life. Both these areas will be under strong planetary influences, and it could be that some quick, creative thinking on your part will solve the dilemma, as long as you stay focused. A slip of the tongue might need to be corrected, though!
Today’s Numbers: 3, 14, 22, 27, 33, 47
Stay in tune with our daily free horoscope here!
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The NBA salary cap for the 2022-23 season has reportedly been set at $122 million.
According to Shams Charania of The Athletic, this comes in at $1 million higher than previous projections. The NBA luxury tax number is $2 million more than original projections ($149 million).
There’s three teams who will be most impacted by the latter figure. That list includes the Brooklyn Nets, Los Angeles Clippers and Golden State Warriors — all of whom are expected to pay a ton of cash into the luxury tax next season.
From a practical standpoint, the NBA salary cap increasing by a mere $1 million won’t have a major impact given very few teams have actual cap space to add NBA free agents outright.
Related: Top 2022 NBA free agents
What is the NBA salary cap?
It’s pretty much a soft cap unlike the NFL. That is to say, teams can go over the cap in order to retain their own free agents or sign bird-right players to contract extensions.
Those who are over the cap are limited in trades. The salaries have to pretty much match in said trade. They are also limited to signing players with mid-level or bi-annual cap exceptions.
As noted above, the NBA has this thing called the luxury tax. Once a team reaches that point, it must pay into said tax. Check out the NBA’s own FAQ when it comes to that.
Let’s start with the teams that are projected to be under the cap and then move on to those who will have no real cash to spend this summer.
2022 NBA salary cap: Teams with room to spend
Orlando Magic
- NBA salary cap space: $28.11 million
Orlando has a total of 10 players under contract for next season. Orlando’s top salary cap figures go to Jonathan Isaac ($17.4 million) and Markelle Fultz ($16.5 million) — both of whom have been injured plagued in their careers.
Boasting the worst record in the Eastern Conference, there’s a chance that Magic general manager Jeff Weltman will look to move off these contracts. With a talented young core group, we’re not necessarily expecting the Magic to use this cap room on an over-priced veteran. That’s not their MO right now.
Related: 2022 NBA mock draft
Detroit Pistons
- NBA salary cap space: $26.44 million
Detroit is in an interesting situation in that Jerami Grant was the subject of rumors leading up to the February 10 NBA trade deadline. He has a $20.96 million salary cap figure in 2022-23 and is set to hit free agency the following summer. There’s a darn good chance that Detroit will move Grant as the team looks to build around the likes of Cade Cunningham and Saddiq Bey moving forward.
We also wouldn’t be surprised if Pistons general manager Troy Weaver looked to attach Kelly Olynyk’s contract to any Grant deal. He’s set to count $12.8 million against the cap in 2022-23 with only $3 million guaranteed the following season. That’s almost like an expiring deal, which could come in handy.
Indiana Pacers
- NBA salary cap space: $23.1 million
Indiana’s decision to trade All-Star big man Domantas Sabonis to the Sacramento Kings for a package surrounding Tyrese Haliburton will have long-term ramifications for the team. However, we’re expecting more moves from the team’s front office after yet another disappointing season.
It would not be a surprise if the Pacers traded both Malcolm Brogdon and Myles Turner during the summer. They might also look to add Buddy Hield’s contract ($21.18 million cap hit in 2022-23) to any deal. Given the teams without cap room, contracts would likely have to match. However, Indiana might be able to add a top-end NBA free agent if it plays some cap gymanastics here.
Related: Top 50 players in the NBA right now
San Antonio Spurs
- NBA salary cap space: $23.26 million
The Spurs moved off both Thaddeus Young and Derrick White at the deadline. In addition to acquiring two first-round picks in the 2022 NBA Draft, this gave them more cap flexibility for the summer.
Right now, stud guard Dejounte Murray is the team’s highest-paid player with a cap hit of $16.57 million. Veterans Doug McDermott ($13.75 million) and Josh Richardson ($12.20 million) don’t necessarily fit into the Spurs’ long-term plans and could be flipped this summer.
Portland Trail Blazers
- NBA salary cap space: $18.62 million
Like San Antonio, the Blazers made cost-cutting moves ahead of the deadline. That included trading high-priced guard C.J. McCollum to the New Orleans Pelicans.
Primarily, the acquisition of Eric Bledsoe as a salary fill-in was interesting. Only $3.9 million of his $19.4 million cap hit for next season is guaranteed. Josh Hart’s $12.64 million cap figure is also non-guaranteed. We’re intrigued to see how this roster will be built behind Damian Lillard during the summer. There’s a ton of avenues for the Blazers to create a lot of NBA salary cap room when all is said and done.
Related: Updated NBA Playoff predictions
Oklahoma City Thunder
- NBA salary cap space: $5.16 million
Oklahoma City has a $27.43 million dead cap hit relating to Kemba Walker. That’s insane given that the next three highest-paid players on OKC’s current roster behind Shai Gilgeous-Alexander are set to count a combined $22 million against the cap in 2022-23.
It’s all about roster building for general manager Sam Presti. He’s collected a ton of draft picks. He has two cornerstone players in SGA and Josh Giddey. That is to say, Oklahoma City will likely be more active on the trade block than the free-agent market.
Related: Top NBA Rookie of the Year candidates
2022-23 NBA salary cap: Where the rest of the league stands
The NBA is different than other leagues in that there player options which will play a big role in the finances.
Someone like struggling Los Angeles Lakers guard Russell Westbrook is all but guaranteed to pick up his player option of $47.06 million for next season.
On the other hand, the expectation is that Washington Wizards guard Bradley Beal will decline his option and re-sign with the team. All of this is taken into account below.
- New York Knicks: -$3.84 million
- Houston Rockets: -$11.55 million
- Charlotte Hornets: -$18.20 million
- Miami Heat: -$18.28 million
- Boston Celtics: -$18.32 million
- Memphis Grizzlies: -$18.85 million
- Philadelphia 76ers: -$19.56 million
- Sacramento Kings: -$22.74 million
- Cleveland Cavaliers: -$24.04 million
- Toronto Raptors: -$27.34 million
- New Orleans Pelicans: -$28.17 million
- Utah Jazz: -$39.22 million
- Los Angeles Lakers: -$41.99 million
- Chicago Bulls: -$41.13 million
- Dallas Mavericks: -$46.35 million
- Washington Wizards: -$48.12 million
- Milwaukee Bucks: -$50.97 million
- Los Angeles Clippers: -$56.71 million
- Denver Nuggets: -$56.13 million
- Phoenix Suns: -$63.57 million
- Minnesota Timberwolves: -$68.31 million
- Brooklyn Nets: -$68.72 million
- Atlanta Hawks: -$80.20 million
- Golden State Warriors: -$83.59 million
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Angola
Angola announced on Thursday the suspension of salaries of striking doctors, who represent the vast majority of the profession in the country and have been demanding better working conditions for ten days.
"We will not pay the salaries of the strikers," said Labor Minister Teresa Dias at a press conference.
Most of the country's approximately 5,600 doctors joined the movement last week for the second time in four months, but some are providing essential services.
The doctors' union called the strike after 20 children died in a single day at a pediatric hospital in the capital Luanda. The deaths were caused by a shortage of medicines and medical equipment, according to the organization's president, Adriano Manuel, who was fired for raising the alarm.
The government has conceded a 6% increase in basic salaries, which is "insufficient", Miguel Sebastiao, the union's secretary general, told AFP.
Doctors denounce hospitals in lack of material, medicines, and accuse the government of building new establishments without providing staff.
"The emergencies, intensive care units, all these services continue to function," said Sebastiao.
Angola is rich in natural resources but a large part of its population lives below the poverty line despite the oil windfall.
The rate of doctors per capita is lower there than in Haiti or Afghanistan, according to the World Bank.
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CHICAGO , March 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Health Care Service Corporation (HCSC), the nation's largest customer-owned health insurer, announced today several changes to its senior leadership team.
The leadership transitions reflect a thoughtful and strategic approach to long-term growth and succession planning for the company.
Dr. Opella Ernest, chief operating officer, takes on a new role effective immediately as executive vice president, HCSC Commercial Markets, succeeding Jeff Tikkanen, who announced he will retire from HCSC in March 2023. Mike Frank, senior vice president, Pharmacy and Ancillary Business, will become senior vice president, chief operating officer. Dr. Ernest and Frank will report to Maurice Smith, president and CEO of HCSC.
Jeff Tikkanen, executive vice president, Commercial Markets, will transition to an advisory role focused on market initiatives including national account strategy and key client relationships until his retirement in March 2023.
"As our strategic priorities evolve, so does our organizational structure," said Maurice Smith president and CEO of HCSC. "Our continued focus on building our leadership bench strength allows us to continue to execute on our strategy -- to expand health care access, to deepen relationships in our communities and to advance our mission and commitments to remain the health coverage partner of choice for our stakeholders. HCSC has an action-oriented leadership team that is a result of a long-standing focus on attracting and growing top talent."
Dr. Opella Ernest will take on her new role, effective immediately, as executive vice president, HCSC Commercial Markets. As our former chief operating officer, Dr. Ernest helped reshaped our customer and provider experience through advancements in technology and innovation. In her new role, Dr. Ernest assumes responsibility for the company's five BCBS health plans in Illinois, Montana, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas as well as national account growth, clinical and pharmacy operations and analytics. She joined HCSC in 2012 and has had increasing responsibility leading the company's clinical strategy and operation as Senior Vice President, Chief Clinical Officer. She also served as Divisional Senior Vice President, Chief Medical Officer of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois. A board-certified family physician, she has a degree in medicine from The Ohio State University College of Medicine and a bachelor's degree from the University of Michigan
Mike Frank, senior vice president Pharmacy and Ancillary Business, will become senior vice president, chief operating officer, reporting to Dr. Ernest. In his new role, Mike will lead HCSC's IT and Customer Service organizations. Frank joined HCSC in 2013 when BCBSMT became part of the company. Since that time as SVP, Tri-State plans, he provided strategic oversight on how HCSC served members in our Blue Cross and Blue Shield Plans in Montana, New Mexico and Oklahoma as well as expanding our pharmacy solutions and better understanding of our customer service needs. Previously Frank was president of the Montana plan. Other roles at the plan included chief legal and operations officer, chief administrative officer, vice president of Corporate Integrity and Human Resources, and vice president of Compliance and Ethics. He earned his Bachelor of Science in psychology from Montana State University and his Juris Doctor from the University of Montana.
"These leadership changes will position the company for continued growth and demonstrate the strength of the HCSC management bench," said Smith. "Opella and Mike's leadership has been instrumental in both advancing and driving HCSC strategy over the last few years. In their new roles, we will see them have even greater impact on the company's success in the future."
About Health Care Service Corporation
Health Care Service Corporation is the country's largest customer-owned health insurer, with more than 17 million members in its health plans in Illinois, Montana, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas. A Mutual Legal Reserve Company, HCSC is an independent licensee of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association.
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There are 563 new Covid-19 cases in Northland today, the Northland District Health Board reports.
This is the total number of cases reported in the 24 hours to 6am on today. It includes 320 cases in Whangārei district, 210 cases in Far North district and 33 cases in Kaipara district.
There are 17 people in hospital with Covid-19 in the Northland region, down from 33 yesterday.
There are 3939 active cases in Northland, and 15,354 have recovered from the virus.
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North Carolina Professor Describes 'Breathtaking' Trip To Space
By Sarah Tate
March 31, 2022
A professor from North Carolina took a trip to space and has a lot to say about the "breathtaking" experience.
Jim Kitchen, a professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, was one of six who took part in the fourth manned crew on Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin flight to the edge of space, WRAL reports. After the initial flight was pushed back by a few days, the launch on Thursday (March 31) was delayed even further due to high winds before the rocket officially lifted off at 10 a.m.
"That was an out-of-body experience," Kitchen said when he touched back down to Earth. "This was pushing that final boundary, going to space. I was thinking on the way up, you're going 2,300 miles an hour and you feel every bit of that."
During the flight, the crew experienced about three minutes of weightlessness. Check out the video of the crew floating through the air as they look at Earth from above.
Views of a borderless Earth from space #NS20 pic.twitter.com/0FIHvvMs69
— Blue Origin (@blueorigin) March 31, 2022
Kitchen described the moment he breached space and saw the world from new angle.
"Time stops ... It's like this moment in time you see this beautiful earth and the blackness of the universe..." he said. "It is just breathtaking."
The professor spokes with WRAL about what the trip to space means to him, saying it allowed him to achieve something he has dreamed of since he was a child.
"This has been a dream for 50 years," he said. "Paying homage to that little boy who sat in his mom's lap watching the Apollo launch when I was a kid and to those professional astronauts that blazed the trail ... keep those dreams alive and realize anything is possible."
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Oscars producer Will Packer is unfolding details of the events that occurred at the 2022 Oscars. In a preview clip of an upcoming "Good Morning America" interview, which was obtained by Variety, the producer reportedly shared that the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) was there and ready to arrest Will Smith if Chris Rock chose to press charges after the "King Richard" star slapped him.
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Thursday ordered the release of 1 million barrels of oil per day from the nation’s strategic petroleum reserve for six months, a bid to control energy prices that have spiked after the United States and allies imposed steep sanctions on Russia over its invasion of Ukraine.
NEW YORK (AP) — An independent group formed by former and current Amazon workers is trying to organize a company warehouse in New York City, a David and Goliath scenario that could lead to the retail giant’s first unionized facility in the U.S. Workers at an Amazon fulfillment...
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Gay rights advocates sued Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday to block a new law that forbids classroom instruction on sexual orientation and gender identity in kindergarten through third grade. The law has catapulted Florida and DeSantis, a potential 2024 Republican presidential candidate, to the...
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said on Thursday that he will oppose Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s nomination to the Supreme Court, marking the first time the GOP senator will vote against a nominee for the high court since joining the Senate. “I will oppose her and I will vote no,”...
WASHINGTON, March 31 (Reuters) - Americans will be allowed to choose an X for gender on their passport applications and select their sex on Social Security cards, the Biden administration said on Thursday in announcing measures to support transgender Americans against wave of state laws targeting them. The State Department...
Well wishes are pouring in for Bruce Willis after his family revealed he was diagnosed with aphasia, a medical condition that can affect his cognitive abilities, and will be stepping away from acting. NBC’s Joe Fryer reports for TODAY.March 31, 2022.
(CNN) — Two people are dead and two others are hurt after a tornado struck in the Florida Panhandle on Thursday morning, authorities said -- part of a series of storms that have laid waste to buildings around the South since Wednesday. A tornado struck Washington County, north of...
Lviv, Ukraine (CNN) — Russian forces have withdrawn from Chernobyl, the site of the world's worst nuclear disaster, the state enterprise overseeing Ukraine's nuclear power plants said on Thursday. "It was confirmed that the occupiers, who seized the Chernobyl nuclear power plant and other facilities in the Exclusion Zone,...
A judge struck down New York’s new congressional and legislative maps on Thursday as an illegal gerrymander, dealing a setback to Democrats who were expected to benefit heavily from the new political lines. In a ruling, State Supreme Court Judge Patrick McAllister in Steuben County ordered state lawmakers to...
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CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Ethiopia’s Supreme Court has upheld the order to release on bail journalist Amir Aman Kiyaro, who has been imprisoned for four months without charges, rejecting a police effort to block his bail.
The Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed the appeal by police against bail that had been granted by a lower court earlier this week for Kiyaro, an Ethiopian video journalist accredited to The Associated Press. That ruling said Kiyaro should be freed on bailwhile prosecutors determine whether or not to press charges against him.
The bail of 60,000 Ethiopian birr, about $1,170, has been paid, but Kiyaro remained in custody Thursday while police processed the bail paperwork before his expected release, according to his lawyer.
Kiyaro, 30, was detained on Nov. 28 in Addis Ababa under the country’s war-related state of emergency powers.
Kiyaro is accused of “serving the purposes” of what the government has classified as a terrorist group by interviewing its officials, according to reports by Ethiopian state media, which cited federal police. Local journalist Thomas Engida was arrested at the same time and faces similar charges. Ethiopia’s Supreme Court also ruled that Engida should be released on bail.
If the journalists are found guilty of violating Ethiopia’s anti-terrorism law or the state of emergency law, they could face sentences of seven to 15 years behind bars, federal police inspector Tesfaye Olani has told state media.
Despite the granting of bail after four months of police investigation and detention, it still remains uncertain whether prosecutors will proceed to press charges against Kiyaro. The state of emergency was lifted in Februaryas the government cited changing conditions in the deadly conflict between Ethiopian forces and those of the northern Tigray region.
“We are relieved that journalist Amir Aman Kiyaro has again been granted bail,” Julie Pace, the AP’s executive editor, said. “However, Ethiopian authorities continue their investigation against him. We urge the Ethiopian authorities to drop their baseless investigation against Amir, an independent journalist targeted for his work.”
Press freedom group Reporters Without Borders urged Ethiopian authorities to immediately release Kiyaro and Engida and to not press any charges against them. “They should be freed with no further delay and the case be dropped!” said the group in a tweet.
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TOKYO -- Business sentiment among Japan's large manufacturers has receded for the first time in seven quarters, according to the Bank of Japan's latest Tankan survey, released on Friday, as the economy feels the impact of the Ukraine crisis and commodity inflation.
Economy
BOJ Tankan: Japan business sentiment takes 1st drop in 7 quarters
Ukraine crisis and commodity inflation impact nation's large manufacturers
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Los Angeles designer Autumn Adeigbo had Paris on her mind for fall 2022, specifically a Parisian party.
“I wanted to go to Paris to shoot the look book, but my team talked me off that ledge. I will do it sometime though,” she laughed.
Instead, she brought Paris to her lively collection, amping up her brand’s signature mix of fun, feminine prints informed by her Nigerian-American heritage on textured outerwear and midriff-baring tops, and ruched-at-the-waist dressed adding corset lacing details, polka dots, ruffled collars and other touches of French je ne sais quoi.
The designer’s flirty dresses and tops have garnered a major fan base in Hollywood, with Kelly Clarkson, Jessica Alba, Mila Kunis, Charli D’Amelio, Florence Pugh, Rachel Brosnahan, Regina Hall and Lupita Nyong’o wearing them in recent months. “Our direct-to-consumer sales are 100 percent organic, and it helps,” she said of celebrity dressing.
This season, she also worked hard to expand other categories, including knitwear — a black cable-knit cutout sweater and cable-knit bra top with and matching mini, all with hand-embroidered butterfly appliqués, were on point.
She also introduced denim for the first time, including whimsical floral jeans and a jean jacket, as well as a zip-front corset minidress with sheer sleeves. Wide-legged, elastic-waist “comfort pants” and lace-front leggings in vegan leather were also versatile styles.
Adeigbo recently released a Barbie collaboration, and she has secured additional investment for her nascent contemporary brand, for a total of $3 million raised. She’s moving from designing two collections a year to four, and she’s also been traveling with Neiman Marcus, getting out into the market for the first time since pre-COVID-19, and visiting the 16 Neiman Marcus stores where her collection is sold.
“I used to be a salesgirl, and I love telling that story. Not everyone has the on-the-ground experience I have, from buying to wholesale, retail to styling. So I’m proud as a founder I can share that foundational experience with our sales army and with customers,” she said.
The designer will also be the Fashion Designer on the Rise honoree at the Neiman Marcus-sponsored National Black Arts Fine Art + Fashion Awards in Atlanta on April 7, where artist Amy Sherald and the late Virgil Abloh are also being honored.
“I’m so excited, Neiman Marcus has been so supportive of me, and I get to go back to Atlanta where I got my B.A. at Spellman,” she said.
Springtime is also looking up.
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Infrastructure industries grew by 5.8% on year in February, largely benefiting from a low base as the core sector output had contracted 3.3% a year ago.
Except crude oil and fertiliser production, all other core sector segments — coal, natural gas, refinery products, steel, cement and electricity — registered a positive annual growth in February.
However, the production level of crude oil, refinery products and fertiliser are still lower than the pre-Covid level (February 2020). Production of other core segments are also just above the pre-Covid level.
“This shows that there is still a long way to go so far as the revival of core sector output is concerned and going forward, the disruption to the global supply chain may further impinge on the availability of key raw materials like natural gas, coal, etc, in the domestic market due to the Russia-Ukraine conflict,” said DK Pant, India Rating chief economist.
The growth rate of the eight infrastructure sectors — coal, crude oil, natural gas, refinery products, fertilisers, steel, cement and electricity — stood at 11% in April-February of this fiscal, against a decline of 8.1% during the same period last fiscal.
According to the data, the production of coal rose by 6.6%, natural gas by 12.5%, refinery products by 8.8% and cement by 5% in February.
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https://www.financialexpress.com/economy/core-sector-output-rises-5-8-in-february-on-low-base/2478123/
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Actress Tina Bursill, currently starring in Ensemble Theatre’s production of Love Letters, and next month as the ugly stepmother in Cinderella at Melbourne’s Regent Theatre, can sympathise with all NSW residents whose homes have been flooded.
The AACTA award-winning actress has been living in temporary accommodation in the Southern Highlands for the past six months since disaster struck her Bowral family home in the form of a burst water pipe.
“It wasn’t just the loss of the family home, but all the memories in my parents’ house,” says the former star of Prisoner, Doctor Doctor and Wentworth.
“Then having to go through everything and decipher what to keep – and what to discard – not to mention the smell of mould which no matter how much you wash never seems to go away.
“I have a huge place in my heart for all those people in northern NSW – I understand the heartache – even though the scale there is much worse,” she says.
Not only did she move from Bondi to the Southern Highlands last year, but she also had some health challenges recently and underwent breast surgery.
Bursill would be one of Australia’s best known female faces of the small screen. Which is why Denistone-based artist John Klein asked her to sit for his as a subject for this year’s Archibald Portrait Prize.
The two met at a Variety Club charity function at Chatswood Chase shopping centre, where Klein was working in marketing before he gave up his job to focus on his art. They spent several hours on a very hot Sydney day in his studio for the sitting, while he sketched her.
“I really wanted to show the blue of the sea that she loves and the sun and the sand from her time living in Bondi Beach before her move to Bowral,” says Klein.
“I also made her hair look windswept and wanted to include a piece of jewellery – a necklace that she has a special connection to and always wears,” he explains.
Bursill says:“The necklace was bestowed on me by one of Darlinghurst’s great characters who recently died. A woman called Elizabeth Burton who was a striptease artist who saw me at a time when I was undergoing a series of breast operations.”
“I met her at a wake and when she found out what I was going through she gave me the necklace with a turquoise stone from a Navajo Native American and including some crystals that belonged to her grandmother.
“She was aware of my vulnerability and took the necklace from around her neck and placed it on me. I always wear it now and treasure it,” she says.
“I tried to capture some of that vulnerability but also her strength in the painting,” says Klein, who admits he was nervous the first time he revealed the painting to Bursill.
“I was entranced by it straight away. I was able to see the brightness and my gaze – but I think he observed the longing in me,” Bursill says.
This week Klein was one of the hundreds of artists who personally delivered their entries in Australia’s best known portrait prize, which this year enters its 101st year.
As did Tony Costa, the 2019 winner for his portrait of Lindy Lee, who this year painted documentary photographer Roger Scott, in a sitting at Costa’s Strathfield studio.
“He’s a good friend and I was struck by his gentle, shy personality,” said Costa of his subject.
“I’m more interested in a person’s spirit and Roger has a strong spirit. He’s had some tragedy in his life and you can see it in his face, I tried to capture that.”
Costa, a 10-time Archibald finalist has been touring with the 2019 Archibald exhibition for the past two years, in between lockdowns, and one thing he learnt was how beloved the $100,000 art prize, named for the first editor of The Bulletin, J.F. Archibald, is.
“Everyone loves the Archibald. Artists usually choose to paint people who are special to them. It doesn’t have to be a celebrity, it can be your local garbo, as long as the person is special to the artist you will see it in the work,” he says.
‘It doesn’t have to be a celebrity, it can be your local garbo – as long as the person is special to the artist, you will see it in the work.’
2019 Archibald winner Tony Costa
Floods were a common theme among entrants this year, with artists such as Blak Douglas painting a picture of his friend Karla Dickens, from Lismore, wading in rainwater carrying leaky buckets.
For his entry in the Wynne Prize, Palm Beach photographer Paul Farrar painted an abstract painting of the Colo River, the area of the Hawkesbury along the Putty Road that regularly floods. Entitled Inner City Personal Landscape, Colo River Dawn #22, it recalled a flooded landscape, and even got wet from rain as he delivered it for judging.
The 2022 Archibald, Wynne and Sulman Prizes will be on display at the Art Gallery of NSW from May 14 until August 28, before touring to regional NSW and Victoria. The Archibald winner will be announced on May 13.
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CHICAGO, March 31, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Verano Holdings Corp. (CSE: VRNO) (OTCQX: VRNOF) (“Verano” or the “Company”), a leading multi-state cannabis company, today announced that it will release financial results for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2021, before the market opens on Thursday, April 7, 2022.
A conference call and audio webcast with analysts and investors will be held on April 7, 2022 at 8:30 a.m. ET / 7:30 a.m. CT to discuss the results and answer investor and participant questions.
- Investors and participants can register in advance for the call by visiting: http://www.directeventreg.com/registration/event/5559704
- After registering, instructions will be shared on how to join the call for those who wish to dial in.
- On April 7, 2022, the live webcast can be accessed via the following link: https://event.on24.com/wcc/r/3721374/59C15043B63DBD5D363BA12B544A1029
- The live and archived webcast will be available on the Events and Presentations page of the Company’s investor relations website at investors.verano.com.
About Verano
Verano is a leading, vertically integrated, multi-state cannabis operator in the U.S., devoted to the ongoing improvement of communal wellness by providing responsible access to regulated cannabis products. With a mission to address vital health and wellness needs, Verano produces a comprehensive suite of premium, innovative cannabis products sold under its trusted portfolio of consumer brands, including Verano™, Avexia™, Encore™, and MÜV™. Verano’s portfolio encompasses 15 U.S. states, with active operations in 13, including 12 production facilities comprising over 1,000,000 square feet of cultivation capacity. Verano designs, builds, and operates dispensaries under retail brands including Zen Leaf™ and MÜV™, delivering a superior cannabis shopping experience in both medical and adult-use markets. Learn more at www.verano.com.
Contacts:
Investors
Verano
Julianna Paterra, CFA
Director, Investor Relations
[email protected]
Media
Verano
Steve Mazeika
Director, Communications
[email protected]
312-348-4430
Forward Looking Statements
This press release contains certain "forward-looking information" within the meaning of applicable Canadian securities legislation and may also contain statements that may constitute "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the safe harbor provisions of the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking information and forward-looking statements are not representative of historical facts or information or current condition, but instead represent only the Company’s beliefs regarding future events, plans or objectives, many of which, by their nature, are inherently uncertain and outside of the Company's control. Generally, such forward-looking information or forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as "plans", "expects" or "does not expect", "is expected", "budget", "scheduled", "estimates", "forecasts", "intends", "anticipates" or "does not anticipate", or "believes", or variations of such words and phrases or may contain statements that certain actions, events or results "may", "could", "would", "might" or "will be taken", "will continue", "will occur" or "will be achieved". The forward-looking information and forward-looking statements contained herein include, but are not limited to, statements or information with respect to the Company’s position in the marketplace, and the Company’s operations. Forward-looking information and statements involve and are subject to assumptions and known and unknown risks, uncertainties, and other factors which may cause actual events, results, performance, or achievements of the Company to be materially different from future events, results, performance, and achievements expressed or implied by forward-looking information and statements herein, including, without limitation, the risk factors discussed in the Company's filings on SEDAR at www.sedar.com. The forward-looking information and forward-looking statements contained in this press release are made as of the date of this press release, and the Company does not undertake to update any forward-looking information or forward-looking statements that are contained or referenced herein, except as may be required in accordance with applicable securities laws. All subsequent written and oral forward-looking information and statements attributable to the Company or persons acting on its behalf is expressly qualified in its entirety by this notice regarding forward-looking information and statements.
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HELLO WEED LOVERS! It's almost time for the stone-iest time of the year... the SPLIFF Film Festival—featuring short, hilarious, trippy, and thoughtful mini-movies about cannabis—all made by stoners just like YOU!
At SPLIFF, you’ll see films that will make you laugh, films that will make you think, and films that will make you ask, “What the fuck was that?! It's the world's only film festival made for stoners, by stoners!
The fourth installment of SPLIFF debuts at the Egyptian Theater for ONE DAY ONLY on Saturday, April 30—so a sell-out is possible. Don't be left out of the fun... GET YOUR TICKETS NOW AND HERE! BETTY FREAKING WETTER IS HOSTING!
Busy that day? Don't panic, you can also stream SPLIFF on April 20-24—snap up those streaming tix here.
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Dave (Buddy) T. Ryan, age 82, died March 26, 2022, at St. Michael hospital. He was born April 21, 1939 in Prescott, Ark., to the late Dave and Eunice Ryan.
Buddy was a member of the First United Methodist of Nashville. He married Louanna Floyd on June 19, 1959. He was an electrical superintendent for two electrical contractors in Little Rock for 40 years. Buddy enjoyed camping at Lake Greeson — especially taking everyone for a boat rides and volunteering with the Old Timers at Camp Pioneer to improve facilities. Papaw Buddy always enjoyed watching grandkids playing all sports. He retired and returned to Nashville in 2001.
He was preceded in death by his parents, his wife, and his sister, Thomasene Ryan Roberts.
Buddy is survived by: two sons, Dave T. Ryan IV (Kathy) of Little Rock, Eric Ryan (Laurie) of Marianna; daughter, Christi Spigner (Steve) of Nashville; one brother, Robert Ryan (Carol) of Texarkana, Ark., two sisters, Becky Greathouse (Joe) of Texarkana, Ark., Peggy Murphy of Mena; eight grandchildren, Ashley Ryan, Adam Childers (Anne), Kaitlin Griffin (James), Mallory King (Jaret), Cassidy Ryan, Natalie Ryan, Taylor Spigner, and Ellen Spigner and nine great-grandchildren. Also, a host of other relatives and friends.
Visitation will be from 6-8 Monday evening, March 28th at Latimer Funeral Home of Nashville.
Services will follow Tuesday morning there at 10 o’clock. Daniel Kirkpatrick officiating. Burial will follow at Biggs Chapel in Nathan.
Contributions may be made to Biggs Chapel, 11 Bacon Creek Farm Road, Nashville, AR 71852 or to your favorite charity.
You may send an online sympathy message at www.latimerfuneralhome.com
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Shares of Unum Group
UNM,
-0.03%
dropped 0.03% to $31.51 Thursday, on what proved to be an all-around dismal trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index
SPX,
-1.57%
falling 1.57% to 4,530.41 and Dow Jones Industrial Average
DJIA,
-1.56%
falling 1.56% to 34,678.35. This was the stock's second consecutive day of losses. Unum Group closed $0.74 below its 52-week high ($32.25), which the company reached on March 29th.
Despite its losses, the stock outperformed some of its competitors Thursday, as AFLAC Inc.
AFL,
-1.69%
fell 1.69% to $64.39, Principal Financial Group Inc.
PFG,
-1.54%
fell 1.54% to $73.41, and Assurant Inc.
AIZ,
-0.19%
fell 0.19% to $181.83.true Trading volume (2.3 M) remained 384,173 below its 50-day average volume of 2.7 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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Lawyers for woman accused in Wellington clown murder accuse state of hiding possible suspect
State prosecutors say the report wasn't credible, and a judge denied a request to delay Sheila Keen-Warren's murder trial past its June start date.
WEST PALM BEACH — In the latest twist in one of Palm Beach County’s most sensational murders, it was revealed Thursday that a jailhouse snitch claims a petty criminal confessed to donning a clown costume and gunning down a Wellington woman more than three decades ago.
The revelation, which comes two months before Sheila Keen-Warren is to be tried on charges that she murdered 40-year-old Marlene Warren so she could marry the Wellington woman’s husband, capped a tense hearing in Palm Beach County Circuit Court.
During the hearing, her defense team blasted a state prosecutor for withholding information that would have allowed them to interview Edward Bahr. The 59-year-old former county resident allegedly confessed to gunning down Warren when she answered her door to a clown bearing flowers.
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Defense attorney Greg Rosenfeld acknowledged that before Keen-Warren was arrested five years ago, many people confessed to the brazen daytime killing that snared national headlines.
But the lead detective, who was investigating the May 1990 murder, took the claims about Bahr’s involvement seriously. He traveled to a Maine prison to interview Bahr after a fellow inmate wrote a letter, saying the one-time Palm Springs resident confessed to the murder.
In a report, the detective said Bahr promised he would tell him “everything he knows” with one condition. He would talk only if the officer “could promise him he would not get the electric chair,” Rosenfeld said, reiterating the report in court papers.
When the detective said he couldn’t make that pledge, Bahr asked for an attorney and refused to talk.
Rosenfeld and Keen-Warren’s other attorneys said they were were aware that Bahr had been implicated in Warren’s murder. Documents they received from the State Attorney's Office showed that two prison guards overheard the alleged confession as well.
What they didn’t know, they told Circuit Judge Scott Suskauer, was that Bahr spent roughly four months in the Palm Beach County Jail last year. During his stay, Assistant State Attorney Reid Scott interviewed him about Warren’s murder.
But, the defense attorneys said, Scott didn't share that information with them.
“The fact that this evidence wasn’t disclosed to us is abhorrent,” defense attorney Richard Lubin said.
Assistant State Attorney: Information 'wasn't credible'
As chief of homicide for the State Attorney’s Office, Scott knows the rules of criminal procedure, Lubin told Suskauer.
And, he said, the rules are simple: “You have to give us information about any material witness.”
Instead, as recently as Wednesday, Scott made no mention of his talk with Bahr. It wasn’t until Keen-Warren’s defense team reviewed court records that they discovered it, Lubin said.
“Whether Edward Bahr did this murder or didn’t do this murder, I don’t know because I wasn’t there,” Lubin said.
But, he said, he knows that Scott should have told the defense team about the interview before Bahr returned to Texas.
Rosenfeld described a phone call the defense team had with Scott on Wednesday as “arguably the most deceitful conversation we’ve had with a prosecutor in our careers.“
Scott readily admitted that he interviewed Bahr last year after the former Palm Beach County resident was arrested on 2012 warrants for grand theft and forgery. Bahr was taken into custody as he was returning from a trip to the Bahamas.
When Bahr initially refused to answer questions about Warren’s slaying, Scott asked a judge to hold him in contempt. When Bahr still refused to talk, Circuit Judge Laura Johnson sentenced him to slightly less than six months in jail.
Eventually, after spending about four months behind bars, Bahr relented and met with Scott. But, Scott said, his information was worthless.
Bahr initially said he had decades-old photos of Keen-Warren and Marlene Warren’s husband, Michael, together at a strip club, Scott said. Later, Bahr admitted he lied about having any photos. But, Bahr continued to insist that he saw the two together at the club.
“He was very watery on the details,” Scott said. “I found the whole thing as a ploy to get out of trouble. I didn’t believe him. Frankly, he wasn’t credible.”
Sheila Keen-Warren's murder trial to begin in June
Scott disputed the defense lawyers’ claims that he had any obligation to tell them about the conversation.
Bahr’s claims wouldn’t help Keen-Warren’s defense. In fact, he said, it could hurt her.
For years, investigators suspected Keen-Warren and Michael Warren were having an affair and that’s why Marlene Warren was killed.
“I don’t believe I’ve violated any Florida statutes or any rule of criminal procedure,” Scott said.
Ultimately, Suskauer sidestepped the thorny question of whether rules were violated.
Instead, he urged the attorneys to “act like professionals” and meet to iron out their differences.
He also rejected a defense request to delay the trial until September. Unless new roadblocks surface, the trial will begin in June as planned, Suskauer said.
As Keen-Warren looked on nodding, Lubin said she is eager to have a jury hear her case. He described the evidence against her as “weak.”
“Ms. Keen-Warren doesn’t want to sit in jail any longer,” he said. “She wants to be tried and to get out of here.”
jmusgrave@pbpost.com
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WTXL) — Thursday morning storms rolled through counties across the Big Bend. Later in the day, residents are kept their eyes out for another weather hazard, coastal flooding.
"Well, it was very windy and we got quite a bit of rain, I think Tallahassee got more rain, but it was very windy, I have a pool and the pool has a lot of debris," said Patricia Renovitch who lives in Shell Point. "What floods is, personally for us is the road. For us, there's certain times you can hardly get through if the flooding gets bad."
Wakulla County hasn't seen any coastal flooding as of yet, however the county joined Jefferson, Franklin and Taylor counties in a flood warning until later Thursday night.
Although that warning focused on high tide events in those four counties, Taylor County Emergency Management Director John Louk says high winds can still present dangers with high tides.
"Well it's always a possibility with the wind coming in as strong as it is, but the watch was specific about the two high tide events at 2:00 earlier this morning and 2:00 this afternoon, so that was really the times we were watching closer," said Louk.
Earlier Thursday morning, Shell Point residents said that drivers were parking their cars further inland to prevent any flood damage.
Perry Morris said preparing for floods in coastal communities isn't a new practice...
"You have to get your vehicles out, you have to get anything ground level, and it needs to be brough tup onto your next level," said Morris
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NEW JERSEY (PIX11) — Pushing back school start times could be key to improving the mental health of teenagers.
That’s according to psychotherapist Heather Turgeon, the co-author of “Generation Sleepless,” a book that focuses on how teens are the most sleep-deprived population in history.
“Teen mental health right now is suffering. Teenage depression and anxiety have been going up for many years as sleep has been shrinking over the years. And that is not a coincidence,” Turgeon said. “Sleep loss raises stress levels. It causes the brain’s emotional pathways to not be as strong, so the emotional brain can become very overwhelmed, whereas the soothing parts of the brain are not as much online. As sleep time goes down, anxiety and depression go up.”
Although eight hours of sleep is considered adequate for teenagers, nine to ten hours is actually preferred, according to Turgeon.
“We tend to think of teenagers as needing less sleep than younger children, but they don’t necessarily because their brains are growing so much and they are going through such a massive amount of remodeling in the brain and transformation. They actually need more sleep than we think,” Turgeon said.
Legislation recently proposed in New Jersey could address this issue. Assembly Speaker Craig Coughlin, D-Middlesex, and state Sen. Vin Gopal, D-Monmouth, introduced a bill pushing back the start time for high schools. Schools would start no earlier than 8:30 a.m. beginning in the 2024-25 academic year.
In New Jersey, 85% of schools start before 8:30 p.m., according to the New Jersey Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics.
Gov. Phil Murphy told Politico he is “absolutely open minded” to the idea of a later school start time.
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https://pix11.com/news/how-later-school-start-times-can-help-teens/
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Oscars producer Will Packer said Los Angeles police were ready to arrest Will Smith after Smith slapped Chris Rock on the Academy Awards stage.
“They were saying, you know, this is battery, was a word they used in that moment,” Packer said in a clip released by ABC News Thursday night of an interview he gave to “Good Morning America.” “They said we will go get him. We are prepared. We’re prepared to get him right now. You can press charges, we can arrest him. They were laying out the options.”
But Packer said Rock was “very dismissive” of the idea.
“He was like, ‘No, no, no, I’m fine,” Packer said. “And even to the point where I said, ‘Rock, let them finish.’ The LAPD officers finished laying out what his options were and they said, ‘Would you like us to take any action?’ And he said no.”
The LAPD said in a statement after Sunday night’s ceremony that they were aware of the incident, and that Rock had declined to file a police report. The department declined comment Thursday on Packer’s interview, a longer version of which will air on Friday morning.
The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences met Wednesday to initiate disciplinary proceedings against Smith for violations against the group’s standards of conduct. Smith could be suspended, expelled or otherwise sanctioned.
The academy said in a statement that “Mr. Smith’s actions at the 94th Oscars were a deeply shocking, traumatic event to witness in-person and on television.”
Without giving specifics, the academy said Smith was asked to leave the ceremony at the Dolby Theatre, but refused to do so.
Smith strode from his front row seat on to the stage and slapped Rock after a joke Rock made about Smith’s wife, Jada Pinkett Smith, when he was on stage to present the Oscar for best documentary.
On Monday, Smith issued an apology to Rock, the academy and to viewers, saying “I was out of line and I was wrong.”
The academy said Smith has the opportunity to defend himself in a written response before the board meets again on April 18.
Rock publicly addressed the incident for the first time, but only briefly, at the beginning of a standup show Wednesday night in Boston, where he was greeted by a thunderous standing ovation. He said “I’m still kind of processing what happened.”
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Daily Horoscope, 01 April 2022: Today's Horoscope Predictions For All Zodiac Signs
Read about your daily horoscope and find out about the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead. Here you will get all the information about love, life, work, education and lots more. Knowing about your lucky colour, number and day will help you deal with your challenges and take charge of your life. Let's see what's in store for you.
Aries: 21 March - 19 April
Today will not be a good day for you from the point of view of work. The employed people may have to face some big challenges in the office. Negligence towards work can increase your problems today. Apart from this, you may have a rift with colleagues. Businessmen are advised to avoid making any big investments. Situations in your personal life will be full of ups and downs. Any dispute related to property is likely to increase. In such a situation, you have to control your anger. Your one wrong step taken in haste can cause trouble for you. Today will be a good day for you in terms of money. Do not be too careless about your health.
Lucky Colour: Light Yellow
Lucky Number: 9
Lucky Time: 4:40 am to 3:00 pm
Taurus: 20 April - 20 May
Today is going to be a very lucky day for the people doing jobs. You can get promotion, as well as there is a strong possibility of increase in your income. The people doing private jobs can also get good results of their hard work. Businessmen can get a chance to make big deals today. However, you are advised to be very careful while doing the paperwork. Today is likely to be a mixed day for you in terms of money. It is not right for you to spend more than your budget on hobbies. Home environment will be good. Today will be a very fun day with family. As far as your health is concerned, today you will feel very energetic.
Lucky Colour: Dark red
Lucky Number: 2
Lucky Time: 4:30 pm to 8:00 pm
Gemini: 21 May - 20 June
Today is going to be a special day for you with your life partner. You can get some good news from your beloved. To celebrate your happiness, you can also go for a walk to your favorite place. There are signs of improvement in the financial situation. Today, the sum of money is being made for you. Today you will also be successful in eliminating any old family debt. Talking about your work, the office environment will be very good. Today the mood of your boss is expected to be very good. Small businessmen can get good profits today. You are advised to strictly follow the government rules. Talking about your health, today you need to use sharp objects very carefully.
Lucky Colour: Purple
Lucky Number: 13
Lucky Time: 10:10 am to 12:25 pm
Cancer: 21 June - 22 July
Students are advised to work hard. At this time, a little carelessness towards studies can create problems for you. If your exams are coming soon, then make good use of your time. Keep distance from TV and mobile. Talking about work, there may be no progress for the employed people. At the same time, businessmen can also get results as expected. Situations in your personal life will be pleasant. You will get emotional support from your family members. There may be an improvement in the health of your spouse. Today you will also be able to spend extra time with your beloved. Your financial condition will be good. As far as your health is concerned, don't let your fatigue increase. Along with work, also focus on rest.
Lucky Colour: Sky Blue
Lucky Number: 20
Lucky Time: 7:55 am to 11:30 am
Leo: 23 July - 22 August
You are advised to take care of this day. Some jealous person may try to tarnish your image. In this case, you have to act very wisely. You may have to do extra work in the office. Maybe one of your co-workers is on vacation, due to which you have to work overtime. However, you should not shy away from taking any responsibility. Your hard work today can open new avenues of progress for you in the coming days. Today is going to be an average day for businessmen. If you want to organize any pooja recitation, havan etc., then today is a favourable day for this. There will be harmony in the relationship with your spouse. If you have a complaint of asthma, then do not do any kind of carelessness today.
Lucky Colour: Orange
Lucky Number: 9
Lucky Time: 11:30 am to 2:00 pm
Virgo: 23 August - 22 September
Today is going to be a very important day for the businessmen. Your rivals can give you tough competition. In such a situation, you have to take your small business decision very wisely, as well as you need to avoid haste. Employed people are advised not to talk too much with colleagues in the office, especially you should avoid sharing secret things related to yourself. Today will be a normal day for you in terms of money. Some tension is possible in your personal life. Your careless attitude can make your loved ones unhappy. Don't do anything that will hurt your loved ones. Today your health may deteriorate due to the wrong lifestyle.
Lucky Colour: White
Lucky Number:14
Lucky Time: 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm
Libra: 23 September - 22 October
If you are a businessman and soon going to start some new work but you have some doubts in your mind, then you should take advice from your close ones. May all your problems go away. Employed people will get full support of higher officials in the office. Today all your work will be completed fast. If you are unemployed then you can get good employment opportunity. Today is going to be very beneficial for the people doing business in partnership. You can be of great benefit. Conditions will be favorable in your personal life. Your relationship with the members of your family will be even stronger. If you take any important decision today, you will get your full support. To improve your financial situation, you need to control your extravagance. Your health will be fine.
Lucky Colour: Green
Lucky Number:39
Lucky Time: 4:00 pm to 8:00 pm
Scorpio: 23 October - 21 November
Today is going to be a very difficult day for the people doing jobs. If in spite of hard work you are not getting the expected results, then you do not need to worry too much. Your hard work will definitely be successful when the right time comes. Businessmen may have to face financial difficulties today. You may suffer a huge loss today due to any wrong decision taken in the past. Differences with spouse may deepen. Your loved one's misbehaviour can hurt your feelings. In such a situation, you have to control yourself. Today is going to be an expensive day in terms of money. You may spend a lot of money on the education of children etc. If you have high blood pressure, keep taking your medicines regularly.
Lucky Colour: Orange
Lucky Number:5
Lucky Time: 2:30 pm to 5:30 pm
Sagittarius: 22 November - 21 December
Today is going to be a very auspicious day for you from the point of view of work. If there is any problem in your job, then today your problem can end. On the other hand, businessmen can get a good opportunity to advance their business. Today you can deal with a big customer. The ambience of your home will be very good today. You may get a chance to participate in a social event with your family members. Your financial condition will be better than normal. Today you can get new clothes or jewellery. Your spouse can do something special for you. As far as your health is concerned, today you may have some bone-related problems.
Lucky Colour: Dark Blue
Lucky Number:37
Lucky Time: 12:30 pm to 7:55 pm
Capricorn: 22 December - 19 January
Work pressure in the office can increase significantly. With higher officials today, the eyes of your boss will remain on you. In such a situation, you are advised to avoid making small mistakes. Do not take much stress, if you try to complete your work with a calm mind then you will definitely get success. Businessmen are advised to avoid making any new deals today. If you take any decision in haste, then you may have to face the wrong result. The ambience of your house will not be good today. Relationships with the younger members of your family may deteriorate. You better treat them with love. Today can prove to be a better day for you in terms of money. You are likely to get a new source of income. To stay healthy, eat on time and avoid waking up till night.
Lucky Colour: Yellow
Lucky Number:29
Lucky Time: 7:00 am to 12:30 pm
Aquarius: 20 January - 18 February
Today is going to be a very busy day for you on the work front. Whether it is a job or business, you may have to work very hard. Apart from this, you may also have to travel unwanted today. If you are trying to increase your income, then today you can get success. However, you are advised to take your financial decisions very carefully. Sweetness will increase in your relationship with your spouse. Your trust in each other will grow stronger. In the second part of the day, you may get an opportunity to visit a beautiful place with your beloved. Today will be a mixed day for you in terms of health.
Lucky Colour: Blue
Lucky Number: 10
Lucky Time: 10:00 am to 1:20 pm
Pisces: 19 February - 20 March
The people working in the stock market are advised to be careful today. Avoid investing money without thinking, otherwise you may suffer a big loss. Apart from this, the people working related to sales and marketing may also have to face the opposite situation today. Talking about personal life, there can be sourness in the relationship with your spouse. Your angry nature can disturb the peace of your house today. The day will be better than usual in terms of money. You can get a chance to spend some time with friends in the evening. This will reduce your stress a lot. As far as your health is concerned, stay away from stress. Stay positive and work hard.
Lucky Colour: Brown
Lucky Number: 19
Lucky Time: 1:30 pm to 4:00 pm
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Looking ahead several months, water management is something to bring to our attention consistently. More often during the summer, California is headlining the news, dramatically showing our red sooty skies and parched earth during the vacation season. If we plan it well, summer can be a time of great peaceful gatherings and vibrant gardens. Water conservation is not an emergency behavior, it is an obvious habit to learn.
Remember, historic California is, at its roots, a land mostly consisting of hot valleys and desert. Our forests are relatively hot ones that endure a rise in temperature in the summer.
Somewhere inside us we know this, as we let the water run forever until it warms up on the tap. We say water is precious, but we can do more than just philosophize, when it comes to our homes and gardens.
Our backstory. When rainwater comes to us in California, we behave superstitiously, claiming good fortune and abundance. We always need it yet have trouble relying on its delivery. It all runs away from us, or so we think. We simply remain cozy because the tap still runs, yet it must be imported at an environmental cost to some other geographic location. Historical peoples were migratory for this reason; California has always been water-challenged since the first inhabitants. In modern times, we tend to stay in one place. Simple and high-end technology could help us cope with the worst case scenario. According to Aaron Fukuda, the manager of the Tulare Irrigation District in the San Joaquin Valley, groundwater recharge is becoming the solution. As an individual homeowner, this can be done on a smaller scale.
Depending on your lifestyle, some water saving technology can be a help or a challenge. Some require ongoing maintenance or higher funding to implement. Either way, the means exists to keep us in our comfort zone. Here are a few ideas to consider this year.
Rain barrel technology continues to evolve. Connecting or aligning one to your gutter has become less complicated with well-rated collapsible or recycled polyurethane barrels under $100. The other option is to create your own via kits or do your own plans. If aesthetically they are unappealing, one can go to a home improvement shop to find planter-disguised rain barrels to adorn your water collection efforts.
Something a homeowner can consider is graywater diversion systems. Typically, water from the clothes washer or shower is diverted to the garden, as needed. Looking at a YouTube video “How to Install a Graywater System” by This Old House, looks simple enough. A household would need to avoid using bleach products and stick to biodegradable detergents to avoid harming soil and plants. Hiring a plumber will help to adhere to building codes for plumbing. For either rain barrel capture or graywater systems, there are Bay Area rebates depending on your city or county. A good reference is greywaterlandscapedesign.com/rebates.
Very low tech. Personally, I use clay ollas and clay stakes to help manage a large lot. Clay ollas and stakes bring water closer to the roots of plants gradually, without evaporation on the surface. While drip irrigation or sprinkler systems are convenient, they can result in water loss through evaporation, leaks or not regulating water on timers. Outdoor planters dehydrate the quickest, using glass water globes work in a similar way as ollas and can take this issue off your hands. Plus they are attractive. With this system, you will not have to buy timers and tubing, unglazed clay ollas/stakes and glass globes react to a change in moisture pressure and releases water through its pores/opening, as the surrounding soil becomes dehydrated. A low cost option.
Then there is the obvious. Grow native plants. Native California plants are built to survive long spells without water. Many native grasses come in low bunches or tall and flowing, creating green all year long. Growing a conventional commercial lawn contrasts ecosystems. Unless we plan to eat our lawn for lunch, it only serves as water-guzzling endeavor. Plus, commercial lawns deplete our aquifers, invite the use of pesticides, and are high maintenance. To help the backyard, plant trees that provide shade to reduce watering times, as well. A percentage of native and nonnative plants can be a solution.
California homeowners can, collectively, protect the aquifers across the state. It’s a matter of adopting actual concern and taking new steps to help our communities. In the United States, California is the top producer of food with about 77,100 farms across the state. Now more than ever, ingenuity can reach every Californian household and business, with either low tech or high tech solutions. It’s not a crisis, it’s a reality. Adaptation is an intelligent response.
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The stats don’t lie: Black women are leading new business growth in this country. Even after a global pandemic, African American females are still the fastest-growing demographic of entrepreneurs in the U.S., with nearly 2.7 million businesses nationwide, according to Chase. Entrepreneurship is not for everyone, but as a successful serial entrepreneur, author, and speaker, Sharmeeka “Bawse Lady” Brooks knows that being your own boss can completely change your life. Whether you work a 9-5, already have your own business, or are looking to pursue entrepreneurship, Brooks is dedicated to helping those who want to be the boss of their own lives – especially when it comes to finances and mindset.
She’s sharing the knowledge she wished she had when she was thrust into entrepreneurship in 2013. After a decade of working in retail full-time and on weekends for her employer, they surprised her with a lay-off and no safety net. With just $50 to her name, the mom of two at the time (she now has three children), Brooks—a self-professed introvert—stepped way out of her comfort zone. She created a brand that not only led to her seven-figure financial success but also helped her gain the emotional and spiritual victory she’s always wanted.
Here, the Miami-based female powerhouse and Instagram sensation chats with EBONY about her path to entrepreneurship, what’s next for her career and advice on becoming your own boss.
EBONY: How did your path to entrepreneurship begin?
Sharmeeka “Bawse Lady Meek” Brooks: I was working in retail for about 10 years and was fired out of the blue. At the time, I only had a high school education and I had no one to turn to, but I had ideas. I thought about jewelry. Women love jewelry. So I went to a store similar to Forever 21 and I bought little gold rings for $10. I spent $50. Then, I went to the strip club during the day shift because I knew those ladies had money. I would buy the jewelry for $10 and sold it to them for $20. In February 2013, I made $183 to pay my utility bills. I had a background in sales and I was so excited because I knew if I could make $100, $200, then I could make $1000. In April 2013, I came across a post on social media of a woman selling shapewear. It made me think, “I can sell shapewear too!” So I posted my transformation picture and started telling my story on social media.
How did you step out of your comfort zone to put yourself out there on social media?
Before I became an entrepreneur, I had low confidence, so when I became an entrepreneur I called myself “Bawse Lady.” I had to develop an alter ego so I could get the work done. Sharmeeka is still shy, but when I’m Bawse Lady I can step out of my comfort zone. I always tell people who are going through struggles to think positively because you attract what you think.
What happened after you launched your shapewear?
It changed my life. My financial status changed dramatically and I began making six figures. But as fast as I made it, I spent it. I’m a first-generation millionaire so there was no one in my family to help me figure out what to do; no one to help me invest or save my money. But there were people who told me how I could spend my money. And, I went along with it.
What was the turning point for you?
In January 2015, I did my taxes and realized how much money I was wasting. I made seven figures but didn’t have $100,000 in the bank. I was still living in the hood and had nothing to show for my money. My businesses were doing well but every month I was starting with a deficit, so I decided to make a change.
I needed a fresh start. I decided to give my life over to God and trust him with everything. Everything comes together for the greater good when you trust God. Sharing my personal story on Instagram caused people to reach out and say thank you for talking about being an entrepreneur—the hardships and all—in a real way.
You’ve been inspired to help others because you know how alone entrepreneurship can make people feel, especially if you’re an introvert. Is that why you started Foundation to Elevation?
Yes, I was mentoring people one-on-one and then I began touring around the country sharing my advice with larger groups. I was able to see first-hand how I was helping people and that helped launched Foundation 2 Elevation, my company about all things financial health, spiritual health and mental health.
What’s your best advice for those wanting to start their own business?
Entrepreneurship is not hard. What’s hard is the mental part of it—believing in yourself and not letting the naysayers negatively affect you. It’s critical to work on your self-development.
- My first tip would be to make sure you’re in a great space mentally and emotionally.
- My next piece of advice is that anything you would do for free is what you should do as an entrepreneur because money cannot be the motive. There are going to be hard times, but when the money slows down are you going to quit?
- You also need to understand branding, content and marketing. Some people start a business thinking because they have an LLC and a website, they’re going to just have customers coming through their doors or to their website. Marketing is key whether you want to pay for ads or build your brand on social media for no cost. You have to market your product or service and build an audience. People spend their money with who they like, so you have to ask yourself how are you going to stand out? The best way to stand out is to just be yourself.
- It’s necessary to have a mentor. I was a millionaire up until 2020, but I became a multi-millionaire when I learned from mentors; it sped up my success.
How do you stay motivated? What’s your daily routine?
I stay motivated daily by not getting too comfortable with my success. I stay hungry and that keeps a fire under me. I wake up and pray; I open my bible and ask God to lead me to the right passage at the moment. I get my daughters ready for school and next I’ll go for a 3-4 mile walk. While I walk I listen to some form of personal development on YouTube. Then I get to work.
What’s next for you?
My personal development ebook Foundation 2 Elevation is available now and comes with a 30-day workbook that you can print out. I also have a course called Building Your Business as an Introvert. I made it very inexpensive because most introverts overthink everything. Currently, I’m writing a book about my life story. And I’m on a new show called Million Dollar Hustle on Lifetime which focuses on the personal and professional endeavors of a group of women. Next, I’m working on investing and opening a restaurant. My dream is to open a Foundation 2 Elevation facility where women can come for spiritual, mental and financial help.
What is your best advice for anyone about making an entrepreneurial leap?
The only way to win is to take that risk; otherwise, you’ll live in regret forever. Every time you have some sort of ‘failure’ just think of it as a lesson that will strengthen you for the next level.
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The makeup world is mourning the loss of one of their very own.
Celebrity makeup artist and beauty mogul AJ Crimson died on March 30 at the age of 27, his family said in a statement to E! News.
"AJ Crimson was a makeup industry leader that set a standard of beauty that was elevated, beautiful, and accessible to people of all color," the message read. "We as a family are heartbroken and devastated by his passing, but thankful for the lessons that he laid on each of us with his truth, directness, and leadership."
Thanking fans for their kind words about Crimson, the family said he was an "inspiration to us as much as he was a bright light to the rest of the world. There are no words that can sum up his whole. Until we meet again!"
Michele Marie PR said in a statement to E! News that they are "devastated" and "absolutely loved AJ, truly one of the sweetest, most humble people we have ever had the pleasure of working with."
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Details surrounding Crimson's death have not been released to the public.
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The self-taught makeup artist founded his cosmetic brand in 2012.
After starting with just lipstick and glosses, his beauty products expanded into an inclusive line of powder and cream foundations, which are now being sold at Nordstrom and on Amazon.
His celebrity clientele included the likes of Angela Bassett, Brandy, Fergie, Regina King, Missy Elliott, Amerie, Hilary Duff and many more.
Following the news of Crimson's passing, several stars took to social media to mourn his loss, including actress Bresha Webb, who shared a touching post about her late friend on Instagram on March 31.
"I'm blessed to have been apart of your journey and I will keep your legacy alive," the A Fall From Grace actress wrote. "And wow did you leave a legacy. Praying for your spirit to be lifted up to the heavens and that the angels usher you in with all of the harmony and sweetness that you shared on this earth."
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Yet Putin and others around him no doubt see it differently. From their perspective, Russia is a global power surrounded by outright adversaries and frenemies like China. It has vast mineral wealth and a large military but also suffers from endemic economic and demographic weaknesses. The imperative to expand its borders as a means to defend them stretches back at least as far as Catherine the Great. Plus, Putin has faced few consequences for his prior adventurism. Throw in an erroneous assumption that all Russian speakers yearn for the motherland, and going for broke now may well seem like a viable political choice.
Clearly, the war isn’t going according to plan for the Kremlin. The West has also displayed more resolve than the reaction to Putin’s earlier excursions signaled.
These setbacks, combined with Putin’s worldview, help explain why he would risk even more damage to Russia by threatening to halt natural gas sales.
This week, the threat came in the guise of a reiterated demand that European buyers pay for gas in rubles rather than euros or dollars. There is a monetary angle to this, forcing buyers to sell hard currency and buy the battered ruble. But the main motivation is to remind those buyers who is heating their homes — and who controls the tap.
As it is, the Kremlin announced Thursday a convoluted plan whereby customers effectively keep paying in euros and dollars, but via designated accounts in Russia that convert that to rubles. Putin, it seems, wasn’t quite ready to follow through on his ultimatum.
Nor should he be. Like the nuclear weapons he has brandished rhetorically, an actual cutoff would entail some mutually assured destruction.
Putin’s war has pushed the European Union to radically rethink its long-term energy relationship with Russia, one that has endured for half a century, even during the Cold War. The incentive remains for both sides not to rock the boat too much. Europe still depends on Siberian gas, which is why it hasn’t sanctioned it. And Russia still relies on payments for it. Indeed, gas payments have risen in importance, according to Thane Gustafson, author of a history of the gas relationship with Europe. His rough math suggests that the share of gas in Russia’s hydrocarbon export revenue — which accounts for more than half of exports overall — has risen to half amid all this disruption, up from a typical level of one-fifth. He adds:
The irony is that one of the bigger investments under Putin has been the development of gas infrastructure to serve the European market for another generation. Yamal, Blue Stream, Nord Stream. All of that is now in ruins.
The economic and social impact in Europe of a prolonged cutoff, including the likelihood of a deep recession, would mark a big escalation of the conflict. Tempting as it may be to see a cutoff as just tit-for-tat following the sanctions on Russia, that ignores the fact that the original “tat” was the brutal and ongoing attack on Ukraine. In any case, if Putin does actually cut off supply, with all that entails, it perhaps should be read as a sign of desperation. Or that whatever method there may have been in his madness, madness has become the method.
More From Writers at Bloomberg Opinion:
• Russia’s Other War of Attrition Is Against Europe: John Authers
• Putin’s New Alter Ego Is Igor Strelkov: Leonid Bershidsky
• Chechen Wars Foreshadow Putin’s Next Move: Clara Ferreira Marques
This column does not necessarily reflect the opinion of the editorial board or Bloomberg LP and its owners.
Liam Denning is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering energy, mining and commodities. He previously was editor of the Wall Street Journal’s Heard on the Street column and wrote for the Financial Times’ Lex column. He was also an investment banker.
More stories like this are available on bloomberg.com/opinion
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Years ago, I knew nothing about human trafficking. I would say to myself, “That doesn’t happen here in Louisiana.”
Later, I heard about a high-profile case in my small hometown of Amite in Tangipahoa Parish. I knew then this issue would become a priority for me and my Louisiana First Foundation. Once you hear the stories and learn about this hideous crime, you cannot unhear it or unknow it.
Tragically, this egregious crime happens every day in plain sight. Traffickers prey on vulnerable women, men, girls, and boys of all races, backgrounds and communities. No neighborhood is immune.
Human trafficking is the use of force, fraud or coercion to compel a person into commercial sex acts or labor against their will. It doesn’t always look the way you might think, a child or teen sex trafficked by their family to help pay rent, or a young woman or girl forced to sell her body for a trafficker who pretends to be her “boyfriend.” Each crime is different — but all equally offensive to the dignity of humanity.
Twenty-five million victims have been identified worldwide, and over 900 were identified and receiving services in Louisiana last year. Sadly, we know that others trapped in trafficking have not yet been identified. Human trafficking is a multi-billion-dollar business that exploits our sisters and brothers, and our children. Traffickers often seek those who are vulnerable or are seeking love, whose necessities like food, clothing, and shelter aren’t met. Shockingly, other victims include persons with mental health challenges and disabilities.
Louisiana’s interstates include two of the worst corridors for trafficking. Fortunately, thanks to my husband, Gov. John Bel Edwards, and a bipartisan group of state lawmakers, we have some of the nation’s most rigid laws, making Louisiana a leader in prevention and awareness. Thanks to great partners, we are doing work that is recognized nationally and internationally.
This week, we are thrilled to welcome the NCAA Final Four Championship to New Orleans. Thousands of fans are here to cheer their favorite teams. Unfortunately, large sporting events also attract traffickers ready to prey on their next unsuspecting victims.
That is why we have chosen this major event to launch Louisiana’s first statewide anti-human trafficking public awareness campaign, called "Stop Trafficking LA: Human Trafficking is R.E.A.L." R.E.A.L stands for Recognizing the signs, Educating others, Acting immediately, and Listening to survivors. This campaign is sponsored by the Governor’s Office of Human Trafficking Prevention.
I’m thankful for support from the National Association of Basketball Coaches. I am also especially grateful to several first spouses who joined me to form the National Coalition for the Prevention of Human Sex Trafficking to raise public awareness during this championship weekend. They include Texas first lady Cecilia Abbott, Kentucky first lady Brittany Beshear, Delaware first lady Tracey Carney, Arkansas first lady Susan Hutchinson, Georgia first lady Marty Kemp, Tennessee first lady Maria Lee and Mississippi first lady Elee Reeves. Each is committed to raising awareness in their own communities and to putting an end to this cruelest of crimes.
But all of us have a role to play. We can help by educating ourselves about this crime, monitoring social media activities of our children, and reporting suspicious incidents when we see them. Getting involved could save someone’s life: See something — say something.
If you suspect someone is a victim of human trafficking, please call 911 or local law enforcement. For more information about the "Stop Trafficking La: Human Trafficking is R.E.A.L." campaign, please visit StopTraffickingLA.com, or visit HumanTrafficking.LA.Gov for more about Louisiana resources.
Donna Edwards is Louisiana’s first lady and founder of the National Coalition for the Prevention of Human Sex Trafficking.
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Google took aim at Microsoft on Thursday claiming there’s a growing “monoculture” of the rival company’s software used in government that makes federal agencies more vulnerable to cyberattacks.
In a blog post, Google published the results of a survey that presents that “84% of D.C. metro government employees primarily use Microsoft products at work” and that more than half of respondents, by a slight margin, feel the Microsoft stronghold makes the federal government more vulnerable to cyber threats.
Conducted by Public Opinion Strategies, the poll was completed by “600 workers from the D.C. metro area and 338 workers employed by federal, state, or local governments across the country,” per Google.
The Google blog post was written by someone who knows federal IT and cybersecurity quite well: Jeanette Manfra, the former assistant director for cybersecurity for the Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA). Manfra now is a senior director of global risk and compliance at Google.
Manfra posits that “one likely reason for such broad concern about cyberattacks is that many respondents reported experiencing a cyberattack at work. And while more than one-in-ten workers nationally have experienced disruptions from a cyberattack, the number increased to nearly one-in-three for D.C.-based government employees—nearly three times higher than the national average.”
“The SolarWinds breach in 2020, for example, may have cost governments and businesses more than $100 billion and the loss of vital national security information. Yet many government agencies continue to rely on the same legacy productivity software,” Manfra wrote, claiming that the results of the survey back that assertion.
Frank X. Shaw, Microsoft’s head of communications, called Google’s report “disappointing but not surprising.”
“It is also unhelpful to create divisions in the security community at a time when we should all be working together on heightened alert,” Shaw said. “We will continue to collaborate across the industry to jointly defend our customers and government agencies, and we will continue to support the U.S. government with our best software and security services.”
It’s no secret that Microsoft has a pervasive presence across the federal government — a market share that Google would certainly like to shift in its direction. And with the results of the survey, Google also tries to make a case that government employees want more choice — in some cases using unapproved products instead, which the tech industry refers to as “shadow IT.”
This survey isn’t the first to target Microsoft’s use in government. Last September, Google and the Computer & Communications Industry Association commissioned a separate poll that found a similar trend of Microsoft’s inflated usage across government, claiming it was “more than seven times the share of the next largest competitor.”
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TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) _ Ellomay Capital Ltd. (ELLO) on Thursday reported a loss of $15.7 million in its fourth quarter.
On a per-share basis, the Tel Aviv, Israel-based company said it had a loss of 75 cents.
The renewable energy provider posted revenue of $13.6 million in the period.
For the year, the company reported that its loss widened to $22.9 million, or $1.39 per share. Revenue was reported as $50.7 million.
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During their March 22 meeting, the Allen Township Board of Supervisors continued to hear the curative amendment case brought before them by Willow Brook Farms and the Fuller Family Trust, developers of a proposed mixed-use subdivision. This hearing was continued from February 22.
The original curative amendment was filed in 2018 by the developers. It requested an amendment to the township’s land development ordinance, allowing for the construction of the mixed-use subdivision. Earlier this year, the township’s planning commission recommended approval.
The first concern preventing supervisors from approving the ordinance was the height of the residential apartment buildings. Supervisor Dale Hassler did not want buildings over two stories due to fire safety concerns. Representatives from Willow Brook Farms returned to the board with a revised plan that includes two-story buildings with pitched roofs. Access for fire vehicles and ladders will be available from the road, as well as flat areas to the rear of the buildings.
Township solicitor Lincoln Treadwell worked these adjustments into a revised ordinance that would limit the height of buildings to two stories, or 45 feet from the finished grade.
“We are satisfied with that language,” Attorney Marc Kaplin, representing Willow Brook Farms, said. “We can make the project work in a very good manner.”
This updated ordinance was approved unanimously.
The second ordinance, updating the township’s Subdivision and Land Development Ordinance (SALDO) to allow for a mixed-use property of townhomes, single-family homes, and retail businesses was also unanimously approved.
Resident Gene Clater, former head of the township’s planning commission, asked supervisors to consider changes to their ordinance that would limit similar properties in other areas of the township, specifically to the north of Route 329.
He also asked supervisors to approach Northampton County about widening the Willowbrook Road bridge at Bullshead Road due to an influx of expected traffic from this new development. The bridge is slated for repair by the county, but as of now will remain a two-lane bridge. Clater said a three-lane bridge is necessary.
Nearly half of the traffic traveling north on Willowbrook Road, he explained, will turn left onto Bullshead. This will cause major delays and backups because there is no left-turn lane.
Supervisor Gary Behler agreed.
“A third lane is absolutely going to be needed,” he said. “Especially if this development goes through…so much more traffic there is going to be making a left-hand turn, it is going to be ridiculous.”
The township has $1 million in escrow from a previous developer for road improvements. Clater said supervisors should use this money to pay for the third lane.
Supervisors unanimously agreed and motioned to ask the county for a third, left-turn lane on Willowbrook Road with their $1 million contribution.
“It is going to be a big benefit, not only to our residents but to every [driver] who travels that road,” said Behler.
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HONOLULU (AP) — A man accused with his wife of trafficking a mother and teenaged girl to Hawaii from Guam pleaded not guilty Thursday.
Kevin Robert pleaded not guilty to labor trafficking charges, according to his attorney, Tim Rakieten. His wife, Pomerrine Robert, pleaded not guilty last week. Kevin Robert's arraignment was postponed then because he requested a Chuukese interpreter.
“I need sufficient time to review the case, and review with him, before I can comment any further,” Rakieten said.
State Public Defender James Tabe, whose office represents Pomerrine Robert, has previously declined to comment.
Police alleged in court documents that when the 15-year-old girl and her mother arrived in Honolulu, the Roberts took away their passports, forced them to work and beat them.
Court documents don't specify the country of the passports.
The girl and her mother lived in the couple's apartment, while the teen enrolled at a high school and the woman got a job at a deli where Pomerrine Robert also worked, the documents said.
The documents said Robert took away the mother’s money, the girl was expected to clean the apartment and Robert beat the girl and mother.
The couple locked the girl in a bedroom for several days and she reported it to a school counselor after she was let out, according to the documents.
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Spain allows supermarket rationing to avoid food shortages
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Spanish supermarkets can legally ration shopper purchases of sure merchandise below a brand new provision printed Wednesday within the state’s official bulletin.
Published: 31 March 2022 09:16 CEST
A buyer seems at milk cartons on the cabinets of a grocery store in Madrid on March 23, 2022. Spain has been gripped by unrest which started on March 14th when lorry drivers started an open-ended strike over mounting gasoline costs, staging roadblocks and picket traces and leaving supermarkets with empty cabinets and several other sectors struggling to manage. (Photo by OSCAR DEL POZO / AFP)
The textual content, which supplies authorized cowl, says the restrictions could be utilized “exceptionally and when there are extraordinary circumstances or force majeure that justify it”.
The transfer got here as empty cabinets appeared in lots of supermarkets because of the mixed impact of a truck drivers’ strike and the Ukraine struggle.
Most of the empty cabinets have been because of an ongoing lorry drivers’ strike over hovering diesel costs, which started on March 14 and has curbed provides of milk, flour, rice and different primary items.
Three weeks in the past, Spanish supermarkets started rationing the sale of sunflower oil to cease prospects from stockpiling over scarcity fears because of Russia’s invasion of key provider Ukraine.
The textual content was launched as a part of the federal government’s emergency plan to handle the financial impacts of the struggle.
“It provides legal certainty so they can limit the number of articles purchased and thus avoid hoarding but mostly so that there is enough for all consumers,” Reyes Maroto, minister for business, commerce and tourism, informed reporters.
“We are also responding to a need that distribution companies have flagged to us which has become apparent due to the transport strike.”
Spain has been fighting a wave of social unrest over runaway inflation and rising costs, with lorry drivers putting, manufacturing stoppages and mass protests by farmers and fishermen.
Soaring power costs have additionally pushed Spain’s inflation price to a 37-year excessive, leaping to 9.8 % in March up from 7.6 % in February.
Earlier this week, the federal government unveiled plans to supply €16 billion ($17.5 billion) in direct support and loans for households and corporations hit by the affect of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
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US, Spain join forces in cyberwarfare amid Russia-Ukraine war
The U.S. is partnering up with fellow NATO member Spain to fight cyberattacks in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman said on Monday that this is a critical moment for the U.S. and its allies to strengthen its cyber defenses and assist countries like Ukraine that have fallen victims to Russian aggression including cyberattacks.
“For anyone who may have been skeptical that cyber and tech issues are not major foreign policy issues for the 21st century, we need only to look at Ukraine and Russia right now,” she said. Sherman made her remarks at the first Spain-U.S. cybersecurity seminar, which was held in Madrid.
As part of its war strategy, Russia has launched several cyberattacks against the Ukrainian government, including targeting websites of the Parliament, the foreign affairs and defense ministries. Although Russia has denied any involvement, the Biden administration and U.S. intelligence suspect that Russian government hackers were behind those attacks.
Sherman said that since 2014, Russia-based cyber hackers have repeatedly targeted Ukraine’s critical infrastructure, including its electrical grid and financial system. For that reason, the U.S. has invested $40 million since 2017 in helping Ukraine grow its information technology sector.
“Our NATO Allies and European partners have also made significant contributions to help improve Ukraine’s cybersecurity,” Sherman said, adding that the investments have helped Ukraine “keep their internet on and information flowing, even in the midst of a brutal Russian invasion.”
Sherman also emphasized that the U.S. and its allies need to invest in building technological capacities that can withstand cyberattacks that are undermining national security and critical infrastructure.
“The internet and cyber technologies can be incredibly powerful enablers of truth, freedom, trust, and human connection,” Sherman said. “It’s up to us to build the future of cyberspace and technology that we want to see.”
So far, Russia has yet to launch a cyberattack against the West but is suspected to be weighing the risks of doing so, following harsh economic sanctions that caused the value of the ruble to plummet last week.
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https://thehill.com/policy/cybersecurity/597178-us-spain-joins-forces-in-cyberwarfare-amid-russia-ukraine-war/
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The one call, one appointment children’s hotline put in place last September in collaboration with the Montreal Children’s Hospital and Ste Justine’s is coming to an end.
It was brought into being in the fall as kids were heading back to school and emergency rooms across the city were becoming overwhelmed.
“This was a measure that was put in place temporarily as many COVID initiatives were put in place,” says To Nhu Nguyen with the Montreal’s Regional Department of General Medicine and the program’s associate director.
Read more: New phone service aims to help Montreal families quickly book medical appointments for kids
The hotline’s purpose was for parents of children 0-16 to be able to use one phone number to obtain a doctor’s appointment for non-emergency illnesses and to keep as many people out of the emergency rooms as possible.
According to Montreal’s regional department, 45,000 appointments were made since the hotline was introduced. It was a success in helping alleviate the pressure on the city’s pediatric emergency departments.
“Initially it was intended to be from September until February,” says Nguyen. “We recently got word that it would be terminated on March 31,” she adds.
Nguyen reassures parents that there are still plenty of ways to access a doctor. Info Santé’s 811 phone number and Clic Santé’s online portal to book appointments will continue to operate as usual.
In the meantime, the success of the hotline will be reviewed and could be reinstated if needed. It’s seen as another tool in the toolbox for Quebec’s health-care system.
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KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Knoxville police gave a person whose car broke down in the middle of Interstate 640 a lift straight to jail after officers said they discovered the car was stolen.
Knoxville police responded to a disabled car on I-640 West near the Washington Pike exit around 5:40 p.m. Shortly after responding, an officer could be seen on the Tennessee Department of Transportation's SmartWay camera at that location with what appeared to be their weapon drawn and pointed toward the vehicle.
Close to a dozen officers responded to the incident shortly after as traffic waited at a standstill, and the Knoxville Police Department said the suspect was taken into custody around 6 p.m.
All lanes of the interstate were reopened shortly after the arrest.
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VALDOSTA – The Lowndes girls golf team performed well this week, placing second at the Valdosta Invitational Monday at Valdosta Country Club and first at the Lee County Trojan Invitational at River Pointe Golf Course
The Viking girls finished second at the Valdosta Invitational with a team score of 234 Monday.
The team dropped a team score of 244 to win at the Lee County Trojan Invitational.
Ebby Somers was low medalist with a score of 72.
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Toffees eye Vestergaard
Everton are eyeing a summer move for Leicester defender Jannick Vestergaard, according to Football Insider.
The Toffees are keen to recruit a dominant centre-back this summer and have turned their attentions to the 29-year-old for Southampton player.
New Everton director of football Kevin Thelwell went to watch Vestergaard in action for Denmark against Serbia in midweek.
Cavani closing in on Boca move
Edinson Cavani is closing in on a move to Boca Juniors when his Manchester United contract expires at the end of the season, reports Todofichajes.
The Uruguyan is keen to move closer to his family in South America after spending more than a decade in Europe.
Cavani has been close to leaving United on several occasions over the last year but decided to see out his Red Devils contract instead.
Fernandes signs new Man Utd deal
Bruno Fernandes has signed a new contract at Manchester United until the summer of 2027 that will make him one of the club's highest-paid players, reports the Guardian.
Talks between the Portugal midfielder and the club have been going on since July and a breakthrough was made two weeks ago with an official announcement due imminently.
The new deal only adds one year onto his existing deal but includes an substantial pay rise.
Newcastle eye Coutinho (Sport)
The Magpies are ready to take the Brazilian to the north east
Newcastle are ready to hijack Aston Villa's bid to sign Philippe Coutinho permanently this summer, reports Sport.
Villa signed Coutinho on loan from Barcelona in January and have an agreement in place to sign him permanently for around €40 million (£33m/$44m).
However, that deal would also be dependant on the club taking on his full wages - currently subsidised by Barcelona - something Newcastle, with their new wealthy owners, would have no problem covering.
Leicester eye three signings
Leicester are eyeing three key signings this summer as Brendan Rodgers plans a mini rebuild of his squad, reports the Telegraph.
Foxes boss Brendan Rodgers is keen to recuit a winger, a No.8 and centre-back during the close season.
PSV Eindhoven winger Noni Madueke and Nottingham Forest’s Brennan Johnson are two players who have been scouted reguarly this campaign.
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NEW YORK, March 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- S&P Dow Jones Indices ("S&P DJI"), a leading provider of financial market indices, and MSCI Inc. (MSCI), a leading provider of research-based indices and analytics, have conducted their annual review of the Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS®) structure.
The annual GICS methodology review is intended to ensure that the GICS structure continues to appropriately represent the global equity markets and, thereby, enable asset owners, asset managers and investment research specialists to make consistent global comparisons by industry. The GICS structure revision is the result of a consultation with market participants.
Based on the consultation feedback received, S&P DJI and MSCI have concluded that the proposed changes related to the reclassification of renewable energy companies and the consolidation of Diversified Banks and Regional Banks will not be implemented due to lack of market consensus. All other changes proposed in the consultation will be implemented.
The changes to the GICS structure will be implemented in GICS Direct and S&P DJI's indices after the close of business (ET) on Friday, March 17, 2023. A select list of large market capitalization companies affected by the changes will be announced no later than June 30, 2022. The full list of companies affected by these changes will be made available to clients no later than December 15, 2022. MSCI will consult with clients regarding implementation in their indexes.
The results of the consultation and changes to the GICS structure in 2023 are summarized below.
CLASSIFICATION OF RETAILERS
The retail landscape has evolved over the years as retailers are opting to pursue an omni-channel approach to sell their products rather than sticking with mainly brick-and-mortar retail or purely online channels. The demarcation between General Merchandise Stores and Department Stores has diminished as well, since both formats are comprised of retail spaces primarily selling consumer discretionary goods. Retailers that are generating a majority of revenue or earnings from consumable staple items such as food, household, and personal care products warrant a consolidation under the Consumer Staples Sector.
Market feedback concerning the proposals for retailers was generally favorable. S&P DJI and MSCI will discontinue Internet & Direct Marketing Retail and classify companies according to the nature of goods sold, merge General Merchandise Stores and Department Stores into a new Sub-Industry called Broadline Retail, shift consumable merchandise sellers to the Consumer Staples Sector, and update the GICS nomenclature for select Retail classifications by replacing the word "Stores" with "Retail".
CLASSIFICATION OF DATA PROCESSING & OUTSOURCED SERVICES
Companies classified as Data Processing & Outsourced Services offer services either customized for select industries such as human resources or travel or to diverse industries, as is the case with transaction and payment processing companies offering payment related transaction and payment processing services by connecting consumers, financial institutions, merchants, governments, digital partners, businesses, and other organizations. These support activities are closely aligned with the business support activities covered under the Industrials Sector rather than the Information Technology Sector, and with the Financials Sector in the case of payment processors.
Market feedback concerning the proposal for Data Processing & Outsourced Services was generally favorable. Data Processing & Outsourced Services Sub-Industry under the Information Technology Sector will be discontinued and will be moved to the Industrials Sector with an updated definition. In addition, transaction and payment processing companies will be reclassified to a newly created Sub-Industry called Transaction and Payment Processing Services under the Financials Sector. Payroll processing companies will be moved to the Industrials Sector under the Human Resource & Employment Services Sub-Industry with an updated definition. Companies offering travel related data processing and outsourced services will be moved to the Consumer Discretionary Sector under the Hotels, Resorts & Cruise Lines Sub-Industry.
CLASSIFICATION OF BANKS AND THRIFTS & MORTGAGE FINANCE
The Banks Industry Group comprised of Diversified Banks, Regional Banks, and Thrifts/Savings Banks has evolved over the years with respect to the geographic footprints of these businesses, the laws governing them, and the variety of services being offered. Further, Mortgage Finance, where revenue is more fee-based than interest income based, are distinct from Banks as they mainly offer mortgage finance related products & services for commercial & residential real estate properties. In order to capture these changes, it was proposed to merge Diversified Banks, Regional Banks, and Thrifts/Savings Banks into a single Sub-Industry. And it was proposed to discontinue the Thrifts & Mortgage Finance Sub-Industry under the Banks Industry Group and create a new Commercial & Residential Mortgage Finance Sub-Industry under the Diversified Financials Industry Group (to be renamed Financial Services).
Market feedback concerning the proposal for Banks was mixed, but favorable for the Thrifts & Mortgage Finance. Most clients expressed a desire to retain a distinction between Diversified Banks and Regional Banks, although they found merit in merging Thrifts and Savings Banks into an expanded Regional Banks Sub-Industry. In addition, feedback was in favor of discontinuing the Thrifts & Mortgage Finance Sub-Industry under the Banks Industry Group and creating a new Commercial & Residential Mortgage Finance Sub-Industry under the Diversified Financials Industry Group (to be renamed Financial Services). Hence, the proposal will be partially adopted. There will be no change to the Diversified Banks Sub-Industry, Thrifts/Savings banks will be merged with Regional Banks, and the change for Thrifts and Mortgage Finance Sub-Industry will be implemented as proposed.
CLASSIFICATION OF EQUITY REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS (REITs)
The companies structured as REITs generally focus on distinct property types such as retail properties, data centers, telecom towers, etc., and only a small percentage of these companies invest in diverse property types.
Market feedback concerning the proposal for Equity REITs was generally favorable. Clients confirmed that there is interest in creating additional granularity for REITs to help investors track the increased specialization in the REITs space. It was proposed that Residential REITs will be split into 2 distinct Sub-Industries and Specialized REITs will be split into 5 Sub-Industries. In addition, 8 Industries for REITs and a new Industry Group for Equity REITs will be created. A new Real Estate Management & Development Industry Group and Industry will also be created. Since the consultation feedback concerning the proposals for Equity REITs was largely favorable, the changes will be implemented as proposed.
CLASSIFICATION OF TRANSPORTATION
The Trucking Sub-Industry includes a mix of companies providing cargo/goods and passenger ground transportation services. The passenger ground transportation business has evolved over the years through the development of online apps and marketplaces for taxis and on-demand ride sharing, as well as consumer bicycle and scooter rental platforms. In addition, these companies are distinct from those offering cargo/goods ground transportation services.
Market feedback supported the reasoning behind separating passenger land transportation from cargo/goods land transportation. The Trucking Sub-Industry will be split into two new Sub-Industries to be called Passenger Ground Transportation and Cargo Ground Transportation. For additional clarity, the Airlines Industry and Sub-Industry will also be renamed as Passenger Airlines to better reflect the companies classified there.
CLASSIFICATION OF RENEWABLE ENERGY COMPANIES
The consultation proposals related to the classification of renewable energy companies will not be adopted at this time. Although there is a rapid growth in investment and capacity in the renewable energy generation space that is transforming the competitive landscape of both the Energy and Utilities Sectors, with renewable energy generation sources becoming significant competitors to traditional energy source providers, feedback from clients and additional internal analysis suggests that there is not a consensus yet on how to reflect these changes in the GICS structure. It is likely that this topic will be revisited in a future structure review by S&P DJI and MSCI.
UPDATE TO GICS DEFINITION: CLASSIFICATION OF CANNABIS
The cannabis industry has expanded rapidly in recent years due to an ease in regulations and increased discovery of uses for a variety of applications. The legality of recreational usage is still inconsistent globally, whereas legal medicinal use is more widespread. Additional uses are still in a nascent stage. In addition, market feedback was also mixed and hence, the Pharmaceuticals Sub-Industry definition will not be updated at this time.
ADDITIONAL UPDATES IN SELECT GICS INDUSTRY AND SUB-INDUSTRY NAMES
Various GICS Industry and Sub-Industry names will be updated to increase clarity and consistency across the GICS structure, in addition to above changes.
The new GICS structure will consist of 11 Sectors, 25 Industry Groups, 74 Industries and 163 Sub-Industries.
For a detailed document covering the upcoming changes, please visit S&P Dow Jones Indices' web site at www.spdji.com and MSCI's web site at www.msci.com.
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PUBLIC NOTICE FROM THE NC DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN DIVISION
Raleigh, NC
The North Carolina Department of Public Instruction Exceptional Children Division convened a stakeholder group to review two proposed class specifications for DeafBlind Interveners in compliance with General Statutes 115C-12(15), which authorizes the State Board of Education “…to develop position evaluation descriptions covering those positions in local school administrative units for which certification by the State Board of Education is not normally a prerequisite.” The proposed class specifications for DeafBlind Intervener are open for public comment until April 30, 2022, and may be found on the NCDPI Exceptional Children webpage under the Hot Topics section. Please submit all questions and comments to: ecspubliccomments@dpi.nc.gov.
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Sudan
A Sudanese protester was killed Thursday as thousands rallied against last year's military coup and worsening living conditions, medics and an AFP correspondent said.
"The military should go back to the barracks", protesters in the capital Khartoum chanted. "Down with the government of hunger", they added.
A 23-year-old protester was killed after he took "a live bullet to the chest by coup forces" in Khartoum during Thursday's demonstrations, according to the Central Committee of Sudan Doctors.
His death brings to 93 the number of people killed in a crackdown on mass protests since army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan led a military coup on October 25, according to a toll kept by this committee.
The military power grab drew wide international condemnation and upended a transition to civilian rule that had followed the 2019 ouster of longtime autocrat Omar al-Bashir.
Sudan's already ailing economy has taken severe blows since the coup, as Western donors cut crucial aid pending the restoration of a transition to civilian rule.
In recent weeks, the Sudanese pound has plummeted against the dollar as prices of food, fuel and basic commodities soared, driven higher by Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Both countries are major wheat producers.
On Monday, United Nations special representative Volker Perthes warned that Sudan was heading towards "an economic and security collapse" unless the civilian-led transition is restored.
He said the UN, along with the African Union and regional bloc IGAD, have agreed to join efforts to facilitate Sudanese-led political talks.
The Friends of Sudan, a grouping which includes the United States, United Kingdom and the European Union, warned on Wednesday of "the immense economic pressures" facing Sudanese citizens.
The group also said that the restoration of a civilian led transition "would pave the way to restore economic assistance and international debt relief."
This week, Burhan dismissed senior members and boards of some 30 public universities in Sudan in the latest sign that he is tightening his grip on power.
The move has prompted many professors to submit collective resignations, while others launched open ended strikes.
"This decision is a blatant infringement on the independence of universities," a union for Sudanese university and higher institution professors said in a statement.
Sudan has yet to appoint a prime minister since the January resignation of Abdalla Hamdok, who was ousted in the coup before briefly coming back to office.
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Selena Gomez Debuts Brand New Look: 'New Hair Who Dis'
By Sarah Tate
March 31, 2022
Selena Gomez just debuted a new look and it's one of her best yet.
The Rare Beauty is no stranger to shaking up her hair, having experimented with both bright blonde and dark brunette locks. On Thursday (March 31), she shared her newest look on Instagram, showing off her new curly bob with wispy bangs.
"New hair who dis?" she captioned the photo, which sees the Rare singer staring into the camera with simple and understated makeup, silver earrings, a black shirt and purple nails. Both makeup artist Hung Vanngo and hair stylist Orlando Pita were tagged in the pic.
Fans first got a look at her new hair style in a couple videos she posted on TikTok on Wednesday (March 30) during her last day on set filming season two of her hit Hulu show Only Murders in the Building, per E! News.
Another video, posted earlier on Thursday, saw the "Lose You to Love Me" singer explain why she's still single while lip synching to the viral King Nas audio which features a man complimenting a woman who doesn't believe anything he is saying.
"Maybe this is why I'm single," she captioned the TikTok. "Don't believe a damn word. 😭🤣"
@selenagomez Maybe this is why I’m single. Don’t believe a damn word. 😭🤣
♬ original sound - KING NAS
Despite the hilarious video, a source told E! that Gomez is "happily single right now." She sparked rumors earlier this month after she was spotted at a Dua Lipa concert with businessman Zen Matoshi, however the source said the pair are just friends.
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Daily Love Horoscope. Image credit: AdobeStock
Wondering what romance has in store for your star sign? Here’s a quick glance at your love horoscopes for today – completely free!
Daily Love Horoscope. Image credit: AdobeStock
Are you ready to plan your day for the infinite possibilities that could be coming your way? Make sure to prepare accordingly by viewing the daily love horoscope and more suitable information below!
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There are a lot of lucky influences surrounding you right now. You should make the most of this fortunate time and not let caution stop you.
Compatible Signs For Love: Cancer
Compatible Signs For Friendship: Capricorn
Star Rating: ♥ Love 4 Money 4 Mood 4 Style 4
Misgivings about a certain social event should be listened to today. You feel you should be focusing on your family, follow that instinct.
Compatible Signs For Love: Aquarius
Compatible Signs For Friendship: Libra
Star Rating: ♥ Love 3 Money 4 Mood 4 Style 2
Although you will have to work as part of a team today, you will find that it feels as though you are the only one trying. Keep smiling!
Compatible Signs For Love: Taurus
Compatible Signs For Friendship: Cancer
Star Rating: ♥ Love 3 Money 3 Mood 4 Style 3
It’s a long day today and you will be hugely relived when it’s time to relax. A phone call this evening will brighten your spirits hugely.
Compatible Signs For Love: Libra
Compatible Signs For Friendship: Aquarius
Star Rating: ♥ Love 3 Money 4 Mood 3 Style 3
You are not in the mood for parties right now and would rather spend the day curled up on the couch. However, excitement is waiting for you!
Compatible Signs For Love: Pisces
Compatible Signs For Friendship: Gemini
Star Rating: ♥ Love 4 Money 3 Mood 4 Style 3
You can increase your status within your immediate circle today by hosting a party to remember. You have the ability to shine in company
Compatible Signs For Love: Aries
Compatible Signs For Friendship: Aries
Star Rating: ♥ Love 3 Money 3 Mood 4 Style 2
You are in a typically generous mood today. It’s a great time to treat that special person in your life to a nice meal or a trip out.
Compatible Signs For Love: Cancer
Compatible Signs For Friendship: Pisces
Star Rating: ♥ Love 4 Money 4 Mood 4 Style 3
There is a fair amount of emotional tension in the air right now. You need to use your tact and diplomacy to keep things on an even keel!
Compatible Signs For Love: Sagittarius
Compatible Signs For Friendship: Scorpio
Star Rating: ♥ Love 3 Money 3 Mood 3 Style 4
You will be at your glamorous best today. Attention will definitely be coming your way and for once you can let it go to your head!
Compatible Signs For Love: Pisces
Compatible Signs For Friendship: Taurus
Star Rating: ♥ Love 4 Money 4 Mood 4 Style 3
It’s great to be helpful, but everyone also needs to keep an eye out for their own interests in life and that is what you need to do today.
Compatible Signs For Love: Cancer
Compatible Signs For Friendship: Leo
Star Rating: ♥ Love 4 Money 2 Mood 4 Style 2
Love is in the air for you today, but there is a danger that you will be too busy with a pet project to notice the attention that you are getting!
Compatible Signs For Love: Virgo
Compatible Signs For Friendship: Aries
Star Rating: ♥ Love 3 Money 4 Mood 4 Style 2
Everyone will love you today as your most altruistic side comes to the fore. Your reward from someone special may be more than you expected!
Compatible Signs For Love: Scorpio
Compatible Signs For Friendship: Cancer
Star Rating: ♥ Love 3 Money 3 Mood 4 Style 3
Do you want to read more than just the love horoscope? Take a look at the daily horoscope here.
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Mookie Cook, the No. 4 overall prospect in the Class of 2023 per the 247Sports composite rankings, committed to Oregon on Thursday.
Cook, a five-star small forward currently at Compass Prep in Chandler, Ariz., chose the Ducks over two other finalists: Gonzaga and Kentucky. He revealed his decision in an interview on ESPNU.
Cook’s older sister, Chaquinn Cook, was an All-American triple jump athlete at Oregon, which allowed Cook to become familiar with the Ducks’ athletic program.
The 6-foot-7 rising high school senior is the highest-ranked player of his class to make a verbal commitment thus far. He said he is aiming to move into the top overall spot in his class.
“Just gotta show more, get better on my handles and a better jump shot, and honestly I feel I can show that,” Cook said. “I can play 1 through 4, can guard 1 through 4. Not many people can do that at a high level.”
It is the third straight recruiting class with a five-star prospect for Oregon coach Dana Altman, according to ESPN. Altman already landed four-star point guard Jackson Shelstad for the Ducks’ 2023 class.
–Field Level Media
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OLYMPIA, Wash., March 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Heritage Financial Corporation ("Company" or "Heritage") (Nasdaq: HFWA) anticipates issuing its first quarter earnings release on Thursday, April 21, 2022 before the market opens. The Company has scheduled a telephone conference call to discuss the first quarter on Thursday, April 21, 2022 at 11:00 a.m. Pacific time (2:00 p.m. Eastern time).
To access the conference call, call the numbers listed below:
The conference call will be recorded and will be available following the live conference call for replay twenty-four hours a day ending April 28, 2022. Questions regarding the conference call may be directed to Kaylene Lahn at 360-943-1500.
About Heritage Financial
Heritage Financial Corporation is an Olympia-based bank holding company with Heritage Bank, a full-service commercial bank, as its sole wholly-owned banking subsidiary. Heritage Bank has a branching network of 49 banking offices in Washington and Oregon. Heritage Bank also does business under the Whidbey Island Bank name on Whidbey Island. Heritage's stock is traded on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the symbol "HFWA". More information about Heritage Financial Corporation can be found on its website at www.hf-wa.com and more information about Heritage Bank can be found on its website at www.heritagebanknw.com.
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There are 13,475 community Covid cases and 17 deaths today.
It takes the total number of publicly-reported deaths of people with Covid-19 to 355 and the seven-day rolling average to 17.
Seven of today's deaths were people from the Auckland region, two from Waikato, one from Bay of Plenty, one from Lakes DHB, one from the Hawke's Bay, one from the Wellington region, one from Canterbury, one from the West Coast, and two were from the Southern region.
Two were aged in their 50s, four were in their 60s, five were in their 70s, three in their 80s and three were over 90.
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Advertise with NZME."Our thoughts and condolences are with their whānau and friends at this sad time," the Ministry of Health said.
There are 764 people in hospital with an average age of 58. Thirty-one people are in intensive care.
The seven day rolling average of cases is continuing to decline; today's average is 14,171, compared to 17,197 last Friday.
The 17 deaths included people who had died over the past seven days, including 15 people who had died in the past two days.
Reporting delays could be due to people dying with, rather than from Covid, and the virus not being discovered until after they had died.
The locations of today's community cases are: Northland (563), Auckland (2,392), Waikato (1,182), Bay of Plenty (688), Lakes (355), Hawke's Bay (712), MidCentral (774), Whanganui (332), Taranaki (526), Tairāwhiti (172), Wairarapa (155), Capital and Coast (876), Hutt Valley (483), Nelson Marlborough (578), Canterbury (2,122), South Canterbury (267), Southern (1,243) and the West Coast (56).
The location of five of the cases is unknown.
The location of those in hospital is: Northland (28), North Shore (108), Middlemore (148), Auckland (111), Waikato (82), Bay of Plenty (27), Lakes (17), Tairāwhiti (three), Hawke's Bay (40), Taranaki (22), Whanganui (eight), MidCentral (25), Hutt Valley (20), Capital and Coast (20), Wairarapa (one), Nelson Marlborough (15), Canterbury (50), South Canterbury (eight), West Coast (one) and Southern (30).
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Advertise with NZME.Of the people in the Northern region (Auckland and Northland) hospitals, 51 cases or 13.5 per cent are either unvaccinated or not eligible for vaccination, eight cases or 2.1 per cent were partially immunised <7 days from the second dose or had only received one dose, 83 cases or 21.9 per cent were double vaccinated at least seven days before being reported as a case and 117 cases or 30.9 per cent had received their booster at least seven days before being reported as a case.
The vaccination status of 120 cases, or 31.7 per cent, was unknown.
The total number of active community cases is 99,185. The ministry classes active cases as cases that were identified in the past seven days but have not yet recovered.
Meanwhile, there are 49 cases at the border.
Iwi events
The ministry said a host of iwi-led Covid-19 vaccination events were taking place across the Bay of Plenty this weekend.
Tomorrow, there will be tamariki-focused events in Katikati, Tauranga, Te Puke, Kawerau, Ōpōtiki and Whakatāne.
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Advertise with NZME.Tauranga and Whakatāne will have events on Sunday as well.
Parents and whānau can also get vaccinated alongside the kids
"There will be kai, stress-free spaces, and activities for everyone."
More information on these events can be found on the Bay of Plenty DHB's website.
Deadly week
As a review of the country's Covid protection settings fast approaches, this week is shaping up to be the deadliest of the pandemic to date.
As of yesterday, there were 338 deaths since Covid hit our shores in 2020. The majority had occurred during the current Omicron outbreak and modelling and health experts expect more people to lose their lives from the virus this month.
According to Ministry of Health data, last week was the deadliest seven-day period of the outbreak with 84 deaths.
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Advertise with NZME.Since Monday, reported deaths had already hit 81 with the likelihood the grim tally would surpass this and record a new deadly weekly high.
Director general of health Dr Ashley Bloomfield said the number of deaths in New Zealand linked to Covid-19 was rising sadly - and the total number of deaths per million people was 59.
Of yesterday's 22 reported Covid-related deaths, one was from Northland, 10 were from the Auckland region, one was from Waikato, two were from Bay of Plenty, two were from the Lakes DHB, two were from the Wellington region and four were from Canterbury.
Two people who died were in their 50s, four people were in their 60s, three people were in their 70s, six in their 80s and seven were aged over 90.
Just over 101,500 people had Covid in the community, with the seven-day rolling average of new daily cases sitting at 14,515.
There were 830 people in hospital with 26 in intensive care.
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Bloomfield said it appeared there was a different pattern emerging this outbreak in the main metropolitan centres compared with the regions.
In Auckland, Capital and Coast and Hutt Valley DHBs, which are confined to the cities, the outbreak went up quite quickly, peaked and was coming down quite quickly, he said.
In the regions, the outbreak was developing more slowly and there was a more sustained peak.
There was also a pattern of lower hospitalisations rates in the regions. Tairāwhiti, for example, had the highest case rate in the country over the past two weeks, but had only ever had a handful of hospitalisations.
On Monday, Cabinet will be deciding whether to shift the country - or select regions - from red to orange settings, which will increase the number of people who can gather indoors.
In recent days Covid-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins indicated he was yet to have "a firm leaning" for Monday's review of traffic light settings.
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Advertise with NZME."We'll be following closely the public health advice we get over the weekend."
The main difference between red and orange was the size of indoor gatherings, he said. There is no limit under orange.
"The main thing we're all looking for is where we're at in terms of the overall peak."
In some parts of the country, case numbers were continuing to trend up, he said.
He wouldn't be drawn on Auckland's chances of moving to orange, having already passed its Omicron peak.
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KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa., March 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, SimiTree named Directors Erin Masterson and Mark Romano as Associate Principals. Masterson and Romano join a group of six managing principals and three principals who direct SimiTree in providing a wide range of proven solutions for compliance, growth, and profitability to home health, hospice, applied behavioral analysis, palliative care, and other post-acute organizations.
"Mark has worked in mergers and acquisitions for the past six years, performing financial due diligences of home health, hospice, behavioral health/ABA, and private duty companies, while Erin has a history of providing extensive revenue cycle and operations consulting to organizations of all sizes, exclusively in the homecare industry," said William Simione, SimiTree CEO and Managing Principal.
Masterson and Romano will collaboratively lead with SimiTree Managing Principals William J. Simione III, David Berman, Nick Seabrook, Mike Freytag, Eric Scharber, and Todd Montigney, as well as fellow Principals J'non Griffin, Jess Stover and Rob Simione.
"I'm honored and excited at the opportunity to join this group of truly innovative leaders, who have positioned SimiTree to provide solutions that help clients overcome challenges, grow and become more profitable," Masterson said.
"It is quite a privilege to join Erin in becoming a fellow member of this highly regarded group as we strive to further accelerate the success of our clients," Romano added.
Romano has nearly 20 years of industry experience, assuming multiple interim leadership roles ranging from billing manager to revenue cycle director and finance manager in home health, hospice, and private duty settings. He has extensive knowledge in revenue recognition and account receivable reconciliation, which allowed him to easily transition to Mergers and Acquisitions, where his primary focus is on financial due diligences, quality of earnings, and hospice cap. A member of the National Association for Home Care & Hospice, Romano is a graduate of Quinnipiac University with a Bachelor of Science in accounting.
Masterson has spent the past ten years consulting in operational and revenue cycle-focused engagements in the homecare industry with an emphasis on project management and leadership surrounding organizational structure redesigns, revenue cycle process efficiency and accounts receivable reductions. Masterson's accomplishments through interim management positions have led to increased revenue, improved processes and streamlined operations for home health and hospice agencies across the country. She is a graduate of Penn State University with a Bachelor of Science in finance and sits on several committees and task forces that promote mentorship, female empowerment, and philanthropic initiatives.
"Mark and Erin offer excellent examples of the caliber of leadership SimiTree strives to incorporate into its structure to ensure the ongoing quality and effectiveness of the resources, guidance and solutions we make available to our clients," Simione added.
About SimiTree
SimiTree, a consulting and outsourcing company serving the home health, hospice, applied behavioral analysis, palliative care, and other post-acute organizations, was created by the merger of Simione Healthcare Consultants and BlackTree Healthcare Consulting in May 2021.
In addition to clinical, financial, and operational consulting, SimiTree offers a robust suite of outsourced services, including billing, coding, OASIS, Review Choice Demonstration (RCD) and Quality Assessment and Performance Improvement (QAPI), and revenue cycle management; executive placement, interim management, retention consulting and other talent solutions; mergers and acquisitions support; compliance assessments and risk mitigation plans; sales and growth training; and benchmarking and data analytics.
SimiTree also prepares cost reports for Medicare-certified home health agencies and provides hospice cap reporting and hospice cap due diligence services.
For more information, visit www.SimiTreeHC.com.
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ROME (AP) — Drums pounded through the frescoed halls of the Apostolic Palace on Thursday and out into St. Peter’s Square as Pope Francis welcomed a First Nations delegation seeking an apology for the Catholic Church’s role in running Canada’s notorious residential schools.
Francis met privately for two hours with the representatives of the Assembly of First Nations, following his meetings earlier in the week with delegations from the Metis and Inuit communities of Canada.
“I feel the pope and the church have expressed a sentiment of working toward reconciliation,” said Grand Chief Mandy Gull-Masty of the Creen Nation, after the audience.
The trip was years in the making but gained momentum last year after the discovery of hundreds of unmarked graves outside some of the residential schools.
More than 150,000 native children in Canada were forced to attend state-funded Christian schools from the 19th century until the 1970s in an effort to isolate them from the influence of their homes and culture. The aim was to Christianize and assimilate them into mainstream society, which previous Canadian governments considered superior.
Even before the grave sites were discovered, Canada’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission specifically called for a papal apology to be delivered on Canadian soil for the church’s role in the abuses against the Indigenous.
Francis has committed to traveling to Canada, though no date for such a visit has been announced.
The Vatican said Thursday’s meeting was held “in a climate of listening and closeness” and would be followed by Francis’ audience with all three groups on Friday, when he is to deliver a public address.
“If you were to ask me am I optimistic leaving our discussion with the Holy Father, I am,” said Phil Fontaine, who was national chief of the Assembly of First Nations in 2009 when he led an Indigenous delegation to meet with Pope Benedict XVI.
At the time, Benedict only expressed his “sorrow at the anguish caused by the deplorable conduct of some members of the church.” But he did not apologize.
“It’s 2022, I’m back, for another shot at … convincing Pope Francis to apologize,” Fontaine told reporters in St. Peter’s Square, wearing a feathered headdress. “A full apology for all that he heard today and probably heard from the Metis and Inuit delegations about the horrible experience of too many of our people that attended residential schools.”
“Our preference is for the Holy Father to come to Canada and apologize on Canadian soil, and do it on one of our territories,” he added. “That is our hope and wish and we made that very clear to the Holy Father.”
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BANGKOK -- Asia's newest celebrity chef does not concoct outlandish 12-course tasting menus at the hippest hotel in Tokyo, Singapore or Hong Kong. Instead, she cultivates cabbage, mushrooms and roots at a remote monastery in South Korea, where she has lived for nearly half a century, serving her celebrated temple cuisine mainly to monks.
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Asia's newest celebrity chef elevates Korean temple food
From her mountain haven, Jeong Kwan's vegetarian cuisine reaches across the world
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The Star Entertainment Group chairman John O’Neill will temporarily pick up the chief executive role after the casino group’s boss abruptly resigned this week amid an explosive inquiry into its operations.
The company said on Friday that it had started the search for a new managing director and CEO following Matt Bekier’s resignation on Monday, and that Mr O’Neill would lead the company in the interim.
As executive chairman, Mr O’Neill will be paid $1.5 million per year - or $125,000 per month - on top of his existing package, bringing his annual pay to $2 million.
The Star also said that it “acknowledges the need for accelerated board change” and that it would make new director appointments in due course.
More to come
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Business conglomerate Shapoorji Pallonji Group (SP Group) has repaid its lenders Rs 12,450 crore, exiting its One-Time-Resolution (OTR) plan that was approved by a committee last year.
The Mistry family infused Rs 5,100 crore in Shapoorji Pallonji and Company (SPCPL), the holding company of the group, last year. The group also raised Rs 3,750 crore through monetisation of its two assets including Sterling Wilson Renewable Energy and Eureka Forbes. The balance funds were raised from internal accruals of the group.
The SP Group — controlled by Mistry brothers Shapoor and Cyrus — also holds an 18.4% stake in Tata Sons, the holding company of the Tata group.
The real estate franchise of the SP Group posted more than Rs 4,000 crore of sales in financial year 2022, despite the sector being impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic and resultant lockdowns. A majority portion (internal accruals) of this was also used to settle the OTR.
SPCPL’s OTR, which was the largest in the country, was implemented on Thursday by a consortium of lenders led by the State Bank of India.
“We are happy to have repaid all our lenders ahead of plan. We expect this development to have a positive impact on the group’s credit outlook. We thank all our stakeholders including our business partners and bankers for their trust in us. We are confident that we will emerge stronger as a group,” an SP Group spokesperson said.
SPCPL is an engineering and construction company with interests in diverse sectors including real estate and oil & gas. Its construction business has an order book of over Rs 30,000 crore.
In April 2021, the KV Kamath committee approved the group’s OTR package after its businesses were hit by the Covid-19 pandemic. As part of the OTR, the group had agreed to sell assets and repay the debt by March 31, 2022.
Later, the group had also sought a two-year extension of the OTR deadline, but it repaid the entire debt, which had risen from Rs 10,900 crore to Rs 12,450 crore by March, on Thursday.
“The lenders did not have to take any haircut,” a banker close to the development said.
As of September, the 156-year-old business conglomerate had a net debt of Rs 10,900 crore, which it slashed to Rs 6,500 crore following a stake sale in its consumer durable firm Eureka Forbes.
The group had raised Rs 4,400 crore from the stake sale after it offloaded a 72.56% stake to American private equity fund Advent International.
Later in October, the Group raised another Rs 2,845 crore by selling a 40% stake in Sterling & Wilson Solar (SWSL) to Reliance New Energy Solar, a wholly-owned subsidiary of billionaire Mukesh Ambani-controlled Reliance Industries. This amount was also used to pare debt.
The entire stake in Eureka Forbes and SWSL was sold by the promoters and the funding was used to pare debt. Following this, the group’s debt was at about Rs 3,655 crore.
In November, sources had told FE that the Shapoorji Pallonji Group aims to become net debt free by March and start the new financial year with a clean slate.
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KITCHENER, ON / ACCESSWIRE / March 31, 2022 / Cloud DX (TSX.V:CDX) (OTCQX:CDXFF) a leading Canadian provider of virtual care and remote patient monitoring solutions is pleased to announce the extension of its remote patient monitoring and virtual care contract with a large Canadian Provincial Health Authority.1
This new agreement extends Cloud DX's original contract, from May 2021, with the Provincial Health Authority to provide remote patient monitoring to patients throughout the province until September 30, 2023.
The award-winning Cloud DX Connected Health platform monitors and reports on physiological data including heart and respiratory rate, blood pressure, oxygen saturation, weight, temperature and blood glucose levels, along with condition-specific surveys and connection to the patient via two-way messaging and video visits.
Remote patient monitoring and virtual care are used to better engage patients in their care. Cloud DX software issues notifications to a care team if a patient's vital signs, symptoms or adherence to scheduled readings changes. The care team can then trigger a telemedicine video visit to determine the best next step. Early intervention can result in reduced ER visits, avoided hospital admissions and better care outcomes, resulting in a lower overall cost to the healthcare system.
Under the terms of the contract and extension with the province, Cloud DX receives an upfront payment for each Connected Health Kit delivered to a patient, and then charges a monthly connectivity, software and service fee for each active patient account.
About Cloud DX
Accelerating virtual healthcare, Cloud DX is on a mission to make healthcare better for everyone. Our Connected Health TM remote patient monitoring platform is used by healthcare enterprises and care teams across North America to virtually manage chronic disease, enable aging in place, and deliver hospital-quality post-surgical care in the home. Our partners achieve better healthcare and patient outcomes, reduce the need for hospitalization or re-admission, and reduce healthcare delivery costs through more efficient use of resources. Cloud DX is the co-winner of the Qualcomm Tricorder XPRIZE, a 2021 Edison Award winner, a Fast Company "World Changing Idea" finalist, and was named a "New Innovator 2022" by Canadian Business magazine. Cloud DX is an exclusive virtual care partner to Medtronic Canada and Equitable Life.
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Grady “Rocky” Leon Stone Jr. , 66, of Delight died Sunday, March 20, 2022, in Nashville.
He was born May 25, 1955, in South Texas, the son of Melba Jean Hill Stone and the late Grady Stone, Sr.
He was a contractor and electrician. He was a member of the First Baptist Church in Delight.
He was preceded in death by his son, Derick Clark Stone, and a brother, Victor Stone.
Survivors include: two sons, Shawn Stone and wife Pearl of Hot Springs, Shea Stone and wife Constance of Arkadelphia; a daughter, Neeley Vance and husband Ben of Warren; three sisters, Jeanene DiMarzio of Hot Springs Village, Scarlett Henderson of Hot Springs, and Nona Woodall of Delight; also grandchildren and other relatives.
Graveside services were at 2 p.m., Friday, March 25, at Delight Cemetery under the direction of Latimer Funeral Home in Nashville.
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The U.S. is targeting Russia's technology sector in the latest round of sanctions aimed at punishing Moscow over its invasion of Ukraine. The Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control said Thursday it is targeting operators in the sector "to prevent it from evading unprecedented multilateral sanctions and procure critical western technology." Treasury is designating 21 entities and 13 individuals as part of its crackdown, it said in a news release. Among the tech companies sanctioned is Joint Stock Company Mikron, the largest Russian manufacturer and exporter of microelectronics.
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At the Table newsletter: Where to find the best local sourdough bread, plus a perfect croissant
Where to find the best local sourdough bread, plus a perfect croissant
As a kid, I would wake up to the same April Fool’s prank every year: “There’s a cockroach on your bed!” my little sister would shriek, and I’d fall for it every time. April 1 was never my day. Not until I realized it’s also National Sourdough Bread Day, which offers no early morning pranks, just really good breakfast toast.
I’ve been on a sourdough bread kick lately. I love a hand-cut slice, toasted and slathered with good butter. Or a hefty slice as the vessel for pan con tomate – griddled, rubbed with garlic and topped with grated fresh tomato and flaky salt. A good wedge of sourdough can be soup’s best friend, a canvas for your avocado toast fancies and the start of deliciously buttery croutons.
It’s good to know all the above can be made with fresh, locally crafted sourdough breads. What a wonderful thing it is to have not one but two successful sourdough bakeries in the county, not to mention the weekend green market breads.
Here’s the cheat sheet, for when the whim strikes:
Aioli
Chef Michael Hackman’s sourdough creations have earned him a loyal following in West Palm Beach, where his Aioli bakery offers fresh-baked sourdough breads by the loaf. So popular are his breads that he and his family are about to open a sourdough pizzeria called PIZZaioli in the same South Dixie Highway plaza. Tasty fact: Aioli’s sourdough bread is featured in select local restaurants, including Stage in Palm Beach Garden, where toasted slices are served with chef Pushkar Marathe’s addictive Indian-spiced chicken liver paté.
Aioli: 7434 S. Dixie Hwy, West Palm Beach, 561-366-7741, AioliWPB.com
Bread by Johnny
Jupiter bread-maker Johnny VanCora has built quite the local sourdough business, all before age 24. (He turns 25 next month.) He has a strictly sourdough bakery on Indiantown Road, Bread by Johnny, plus vendor stands at local green markets. He also runs a sourdough bread distribution service to some top local restaurants, Marcello’s La Sirena among them. At the bakery, he offers nine daily breads by the loaf and up to eight daily-special breads on retail days, Wednesday through Sunday.
Bread by Johnny: 1695 W. Indiantown Rd., Suite 6, Jupiter, 561-768-9423, BreadbyJohnny.com
Good Bite
The new Hive Bakery and Café was bustling when I visited for lunch last Saturday. Diners filled the stylish main room as well as the patio out back. And there was a line, sometimes a long one, at the grab-and-go counter, which sells a variety of sweets, breads and other take-away goods. Believe the line. The baked goods here truly are a treat.
I enjoyed a simple tarragon chicken salad tucked into a croissant with butter lettuce ($18). No disrespect to a tasty chicken salad but the star of this dish was the flaky, buttery croissant. Certainly it’s a croissant worth waiting in line for. (Believe the line!) I also loved Hive’s refreshing “Hivebiscus” tea ($9). Made with hibiscus flowers, honey and orange bitters, it’s decidedly my new favorite sip.
Hive is at 1603 S. Dixie Hwy, West Palm Beach, 561-360-2196. Reservations are accepted via the website HiveBakeryCafe.com, which connects to OpenTable.com, or by phone. It’s open Tuesday through Saturday from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Have a delicious weekend!
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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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LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — The mother of a newborn baby allegedly attempted to kill her child after a home birth, police said.
Police said they were called to the emergency room at Mountain View Hospital on Saturday for a report of a new mother who refused to enter the hospital and was “bleeding profusely,” they wrote in an arrest report.
Police said the newborn’s mother, Ashley Hollingsworth, 22, had allegedly tried to kill the child with a blanket.
Hollingsworth was located more than two hours later with severe injuries to her head, police said.
Investigators learned that Hollingsworth had given birth in a toilet about an hour before they were called to the hospital.
On the way to the hospital, police said “Ashley had wrapped [a] blanket around the baby’s head and was pushing the blanket against the baby’s face.” Doctors initially believed the newborn may have suffered a brain bleed, but staff later determined the child likely did not suffer any injuries.
While speaking with detectives the next day, a witness told police Hollingsworth reportedly said there was “something evil” in her stomach that was “trying to kill” the baby. Hollingsworth later told police in an interview that she believed the baby was “probably evil.”
“After seeing the baby’s eyes, smelling what she described as an abnormal scent, and the baby grunting at her, Ashley decided to wrap the blanket around the baby’s head,” police wrote in their report.
Hollingsworth was found with self-inflicted injuries to her face, police said.
Police arrested Hollingsworth on Wednesday. She faces charges of attempted murder and child abuse or neglect. She was being held without bail ahead of a court hearing next week.
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BOSTON (AP) — After a 15-year career in which he etched his name on the Stanley Cup and the Vezina Trophy, Tuukka Rask is focusing now on avoiding the rink.
“Don’t even go there. Not yet,” the retired Bruins goalie said Thursday night when asked if his daughters had taken up hockey. “They’re into dance and whatnot. If I have to go and spend my days at hockey rinks, so be it. But not really at the top of my list.”
A two-time All-Star, and the winner of the 2014 Vezina as the NHL’s top goalie, Rask announced his retirement last month after a setback in his attempt to come back from a torn labrum in his hip. The Bruins invited him back to drop the ceremonial first puck before Thursday night’s game against the New Jersey Devils, and again – perhaps for the last time – the chants of “Tuuuuk!” echoed through the TD Garden.
Rask took the ice with his wife, and their three daughters dressed for a ballet class. He bumped fists with the players on the Bruins bench while both teams tapped their sticks on the ice to salute him.
“I don’t know what the future holds,” Rask told reporters beforehand, saying that he would be showing up at games and golf outings as a team ambassador. “Maybe I’ll get into coaching. Maybe not, but for now, I’ll be hanging out with sponsors.”
The franchise’s all-time leader in wins, Rask helped the Bruins allow the fewest goals in the NHL in the pandemic-interrupted 2019-20 season, when Boston finished with the most points in the league. He injured his hip during the 2021 playoffs and worked his way back to the team midway through this season.
But after just four starts, he aggravated his injury on Jan. 24 against the Anaheim Ducks. Two weeks later, he announced he was through.
“It was kind of time to be honest with yourself,” he said. “I just figured it was better for everybody to call it. I had a great career. No regrets.”
While his hip still has some good days, Rask said no one could talk him out of retirement. His immediate future will involve as much golf as he can squeeze in between shuttling his daughters to dance class and school.
He may need a hip replacement at some point.
“It was at a point where it affected my everyday life,” Rask said. “I’m a guy who makes pretty quick decisions, anyway. So I wasn’t dwelling on it too long.”
Rask was 308-165-66 with a 2.28 goals-against average and .921 save percentage in a franchise-leading 564 games. He was the backup goalie for the Bruins team that won it all in 2011, and he led the team to Stanley Cup Final appearances in 2013 and ’19.
Although coaching is not in his plans, Rask said he would be available if Bruins goalie Jeremy Swayman wants him.
“I told him right after I retired: Tell me if you need anything,” Rask said. “Just make sure you don’t get too high or too low.”
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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Tommy La Stella still says being ready to play on Opening Day is up in the air for him.
“I wouldn’t say there’s a change in that yet,” La Stella said.
But through two games of spring action so far, he’s making quite the case for himself.
As he comes back from Achilles surgery, La Stella had another action-packed outing even though he only played three innings, going 2-for-2 with a homer and playing second base for the first time in the spring.
“He swung the bat really well, obviously — Tommy-style at-bats,” Kapler said.
After going 1-for-2 with a well-hit flyout, a three-run double and a walk on Tuesday, La Stella started off Thursday by pulling a homer to right, just coming a few feet short of hitting the Charro Lodge. He added a single in the first and advanced station-to-station to score a run in the second, the fifth run in the Giants’ 13-2 win over the Rockies at Scottsdale Stadium on Thursday.
Playing at second base for the first time in a spring game, La Stella got tested in every which way in the third inning alone: running in to track a pop up, going to his left for a ground ball (that just went under his glove) and going to his right to snag a grounder on the run (though his throw back across his body to first was not in time for an out).
“Didn’t get cheated on defensively,” La Stella quipped before adding, “It was good to be out there and go side-to-side. And be able to rebound and come back on the next play. Whenever I am ready, that’s the stuff I’ve got to be able to do.”
Giants shortstop Brandon Crawford added, “I think he’d probably be the first one to say he probably wasn’t at his quickest out there, but just to get him moving around, that’s great.”
But Kapler said he was actually impressed in how La Stella — and other Giants veterans, too — has been able to not push himself and try to do too much, saying La Stella “was measured on both defense and on the bases, by design.”
“One of the things that I find really impressive is when a player is able to put a governor on [themselves],” Kapler said. “It makes us trust that, in that sort of situation in the regular season, we can understand that he’s not going to be beating out a ground ball, he’s not going to make a diving play up the middle or to his right and get up and throw a runner out. But then we’re going to get the high-quality at-bats.
If we need to do something like replace them on the bases or on defense, we’re willing to do that to have his bat around in shorter periods of time. He’s plenty capable of playing good defense, running the bases well, all of those things. But I think it’s worth noting that there are ways that we can protect him and we have protected him in the past.”
Even with those breaks in place, the swings are still looking sharp, which doesn’t come as a surprise to Crawford.
“He’s always had a pretty simple swing, so it’s probably not going to take him a whole lot of time in spring to get going,” Crawford said. “He has great eye-hand coordination and can handle the bat and is a great contact guy. To have him in the lineup is definitely a good thing for us.”
And as for the roster spot on Opening Day? “Nothing’s off the table,” Kapler said. “We keep everything on the table.”
Crawford’s tweaks at plate give instant pay-off
Right after La Stella’s first inning homer, Crawford stepped up next and added one of his own with a shot to right-center — even though he joked he wouldn’t have cared if it went out or not, given the time of year.
“I don’t really want to waste them in spring,” Crawford said.
But this particular one was a welcomed sight for Crawford, who entered Thursday 0-for-the-spring in 10 at-bats with six strikeouts. He finished the day with a .214 batting average after going 3-for-4 with the first inning homer, an RBI single in the second and an RBI double in the seventh.
Crawford said he worked on his swing on Wednesday and started feeling better during a live batting practice session right after. Seeing the tweaks carry over into the game was welcomed.
“Even if I hit a few balls hard and got out, honestly, I would have felt a lot better about where my swing is at, as far as timing and approach and swinging at the right pitches,” Crawford said. “Obviously, anything I’ll take a hit, but I prefer to hit the ball hard and feel good about my swing, confident about my swing.”
Wood welcomes the traffic in third spring outing
It’s only Logan Webb and Alex Wood who have made three starts in games this spring, and Wood’s Thursday outing came with the rapid pace he’s become known for.
But while the Giants offense was working the Rockies for five runs, six hits and four walks in the first two innings, Wood was anxiously waiting to get back out on the mound, reaching the rubber seemingly seconds after the final out of the bottom-half of the innings were recorded.
He finished the day throwing around 65 pitches in 4.1 innings, allowing two runs on five hits and a walk and striking out four. He gave up both runs and all but one of his hits in the third, but he actually was just fine with having to deal with the traffic on the bases, a good check on his mechanics — and his rhythm — out of the stretch.
“I’ve made a conscious effort the last two seasons to make sure I’m looking at runners, whether they’re there or not,” Wood said. “I felt pretty comfortable with guys on, but it was definitely nice to have a little traffic out there and have to work a little bit harder than you would in a clean inning.”
But yet Wood was still able to get through the trouble and into the fifth and helped push the spring game’s time to under three hours, something that aligns with the Giants’ pitching philosophy of working fast and throwing strikes.
“Funny how that tends to correlate,” Kapler quipped postgame.
And why is Wood so quick to the plate?
“It’s probably my personality,” Wood said with a smile. “To be honest, I don’t like to wait around. I’m not a very patient person. That’s one of my faults as a human being.”
But what can be considered a fault in some aspects of life is a strength in others, and defenders absolutely love playing behind Wood, with La Stella saying Wood’s quickness is “on another level” compared to any other pitchers he’s played behind.
Wood is set to make one more start in Arizona before the season begins, aiming to get to around 80 pitches. But Wood wasn’t sure if he’d face the A’s on Tuesday, as the schedule currently lines him up to do.
Meanwhile, with Alex Cobb set to start on Friday, the rotation would typically indicate that Logan Webb would start Saturday, when the Giants have their lone spring game against the Dodgers.
But even with the abbreviated spring making the in-game repetitions more valued, there will be no rematch on Saturday. Kervin Castro was officially listed as the starter, with Webb instead pitching a simulated game. It’s a bit of gamesmanship that Kapler hinted was possible.
“I think there’s still time to play around with that a little bit, I just don’t think it can be the number one priority at this point,” Kapler said on Wednesday. “Number one priority is getting our pitchers the innings they need to be ready to go as deep into games as possible and to handle as many pitches as possible.
“Doesn’t mean that the competition element or the gamesmanship element goes out the window, but I think we just stay focused on the other side of that right now.”
The Giants didn’t shy away from starting Wood against the Rockies or Carlós Rodon against the Padres on Tuesday. But after their season-long battle last year, it shouldn’t surprise anyone that the Giants are treating the Dodgers differently.
Giants keep focus on mental health ahead of season opener
The Giants organization has continued its focus on mental health, designating Thursday as Mental Health Day in camp. It’s something that the manager strongly believes in.
“This is important because we believe that everybody in our player population is suffering with something,” Kapler said. “It could be something that’s going on at home, a family rift, it could be anxiety issues, it could be depressing issues. And those are elevated at different times for different players. And frankly, it’s not just our players – it’s also our staff, it’s also our front office.
“It’s every member of our organization.”
The team wore shirts with “Strength isn’t always mental” on the front and #EndTheStigma as part of their efforts to increase mental health awareness, and Drew Robinson and Dr. Shana Alexander both addressed the team earlier in the morning, reiterating that “everyone is suffering” message.
“It takes the edge off for the people that are listening,” Kapler said. “Because whatever it is that you’re dealing with from a mental health perspective, oftentimes you feel like you’re the only person — and especially in a historically competition-driven environment, showing any sort of weakness has always been seen as a lack of strength. In reality, we believe it is the direct opposite of that. It’s an indication of strength.”
Robinson, the former minor leaguer who lost an eye from a self-inflicted gunshot wound in 2020, is now in his capacity as a mental health advocate and Alexander — a clinical psychologist — as the Giants’ employee assistance program director. The Giants also have had Kellen Lee on staff since January 2020 as a minor league mental skills coach.
Kapler feels that the focus on mental health gives the Giants a leg up on the competition, but it’s one he’s happy to share with others.
“I think it’s definitely a competitive advantage, but also something we have to share because it’s the right thing to do,” Kapler said. “People are suffering, we can help them suffer less. There are some things that we want to keep quite proprietary. This is not one of them.”
Alexander was the one in charge of the t-shirts, which were initially just made for the team. But Kapler would be happy if the Giants decided to sell them: “No reason we wouldn’t want a lot of people wearing these shirts.”
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As we prepare to close out Women’s History Month, we want to continue to shine light on our commemorative HBCU STEM Queens issue. EBONY’s special edition issue, in partnership with Olay, is currently on stands at Target and Barnes and Noble stores, and spotlights our current roster of brilliant Black STEM queens, who are leading the way at HBCUs. The issue also highlights diverse arenas where we see others who look like us in these fields.
In the Apple TV+ sci-fi series Foundation, Lou Llobell stars as a math prodigy poised to save the world. The London-based actress caught up with EBONY to share what it was like portraying a Black woman in the STEM field on the show. In the video below, she answers questions about the importance of representation of women on color in science, technology engineering and mathematics; her views on playing Gaal Dornick, a character who was portrayed as a white male in the original book series that her streaming saga is based on; as well as being a role model for young women.
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There’s a warmth to Lou Llobell that makes you root for her. It’s in her eyes and definitely in her spirit. Wanting to put good out in the world is just how she flows. And it’s infectious!
In that way, she isn’t much different from her breakout role as Gaal Dornick in Apple TV+’s epic sci-fi series! Foundation. Much like the mathematician who is plucked out of obscurity when she wins a galaxy-wide math competition, Llobell herself has also seemingly come out of nowhere. When the show debuted back in September, she had just two other credits on her IMDb page.
Starring in the long-awaited adaptation of science fiction icon Isaac Asimov’s popular 1950s book series is a major coup for any actor—let alone one just starting out. Though the show centers on the fallout of mathematician
Hari Seldon’s prediction of the Galactic Empire’s demise, Llobell’s Gaal is a key to the events that follow. And so
is actor Leah Harvey’s character Salvor Hardin, who protects a remote settlement threatened by invasion.
Sadly, not everyone has celebrated this milestone. “There’s a lot of racist people out there who aren’t particularly happy that two characters who are white males in the books are now women of color,” Llobell says.
Rising above it all, the actress leans into praises like “my 12-year-old daughter is seeing someone like herself
on-screen and thank you so much.” As the child of a Zimbabwean mother and a Spanish father and raised largely
in South Africa, Llobell, now based in London, knows what it’s like not to see yourself.!“I don’t think I grew up seeing
a lot of women like me, that looked like me, in these kinds of roles,” she says.
To make it even more interesting, she’s been very vested in Gaal’s hair choices, insisting they reflect her evolution throughout the first season and now in filming the second. “I use my hair as an accessory because my journey with my hair has been so tough,” she says. Because her mother has locs and a texture that differs from hers, Llobell found her own empowerment through YouTube. “As soon as a young Black woman or a young mixed-race woman learns how to do their hair, it’s like a coming of age. I feel like you become a woman when you feel confident that you’re able to style your hair and take your time and love your hair,” she adds.
Experimenting with her wardrobe is another form of self-expression Llobell gleefully embraces. “I’m so obsessed with fashion. Like I cry at every fitting,” she confesses. Fortunately for us, she’s also obsessed with Foundation and Gaal. “I love the stories. And I love this character. I literally got a tattoo of Gaal. Its just so exciting,” she beams. “I really like her, and I’m excited to see what happens.”
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- Brandon Sanderson's Kickstarter campaign has topped $41.7 million from more than 181,000 backers and is the most-funded Kickstarter in the crowdfunding site's history.
- Those that backed the campaign will get access to four new novels as either digital e-books, audio books or physical copies in 2023.
- People who spent over a certain threshold will also receive eight monthly subscription boxes of items related to Sanderson's work.
Brandon Sanderson asked Kickstarter fans for $1 million to self-publish four novels he wrote during the pandemic. Thirty days later, his campaign has topped $41.7 million from more than 185,000 backers and is the most-funded Kickstarter in the crowdfunding site's history.
Sanderson's campaign surpassed the previous record holder in just three days, topping the $20.3 million in funds that smartwatch company Pebble Technology generated in 2015.
With the project successfully funded, Kickstarter will take a 5% fee from the funds collected, or more than $2 million.
A well-established figure in the sci-fi and fantasy novel space, Sanderson has published more than 50 books since 2005. He is best known, however, for creating the Cosmere fictional universe, in which most of his novels are set.
This is the second time Sanderson has turned to Kickstarter to publish his work. In 2020, he generated $6.7 million in funds from nearly 30,000 backers to produce a leather bound 10th anniversary edition of his novel "The Way of Kings."
The campaign acts as a pre-ordering platform, allowing Sanderson to get a better gauge on how many people are interested in purchasing his work so that he can have the proper amount printed.
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Those that backed the campaign will get access to these new titles as digital e-books, audio books or physical copies based on their donation level starting January 2023. People who spent over a certain threshold will also receive eight monthly subscription boxes of items related to Sanderson's work over the course of next year.
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Infowars host and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones has agreed to appear at a deposition in Connecticut to answer questions in a lawsuit by relatives of some of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victims.
That's according to new court filings by his lawyers on Thursday, which comes a day after a judge ordered fines against Jones for defying orders to attend a deposition last week despite his claim of illness.
Jones now says he can answer questions on April 11 and is asking the judge to put a hold on the fines. There was no immediate ruling on Jones' requests. The families are suing him for calling the school massacre a hoax.
Superior Court Judge Barbara Bellis said, “The court finds by clear and convincing evidence that the defendant Alex Jones willfully and in bad faith violated without justification several clear court orders requiring his attendance at his depositions on March 23 and March 24.”
Judge Bellis said in the decision on Wednesday, “It is clear…that the plaintiffs here simply want and are entitled to the deposition of Mr. Jones and that Mr. Jones has continued to attempt to deliberately disregard the court’s orders and attempts to manipulate the court process.”
“While paying the fees and court’s costs will reimburse the plaintiffs for costs incurred in attempting to procure Mr. Jones’ deposition, it is not a substitution for his testimony,” she said.
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The LSU gymnastics team's bus ride back from the Reynolds Coliseum in Raleigh, North Carolina, was dead silent, save for a few sobs.
The gymnasts' eyes first welled up after the Tigers concluded their balance beam rotation, their last of the day. Their tears started to flow in earnest when they realized the event also would be the last of their season, which ended Thursday afternoon in the regional round of the NCAA tournament.
After two rotations, the Tigers earned a sizable lead and looked as though they’d advance to the next round with ease. But they gave it all away with three falls on the final two events — by Haleigh Bryant, Christina Desiderio and Aleah Finnegan.
The Tigers ended the day with a season-low 196.575 score, finishing third behind Missouri’s 197.150 and Iowa’s 196.900. The meet was a fitting end to LSU's roller-coaster 2022 season: The Tigers showed a fleeting glimpse of their potential, followed by a quick series of puzzling errors.
LSU’s season had too many twists and turns to count. It ended in Raleigh, North Carolina, far earlier than most expected.
“We’re all hurt, devastated and disappointed,” LSU coach Jay Clark said. “I just hurt for the kids. It’s painful for all of us. To have it end this way is as disappointing a moment in my 32-year career as I can remember.”
LSU opened the meet with a strong 49.500 on floor and a comfortable lead over second-place Missouri. KJ Johnson, Finnegan and Olivia Dunne scored three consecutive 9.9s, and Kiya Johnson punctuated the event with a 9.95. The Tigers dropped Alyona Shchennikova’s 9.8, her second-lowest floor score of the season.
Shchennikova rebounded in the second rotation with a season-high 9.9 on vault. Kiya Johnson and Bryant capped the event by turning in a pair of 9.95s, and LSU’s 49.475 score widened their lead over Iowa, which found itself battling with Missouri for second place.
That’s when things fell apart for LSU.
On the uneven bars, Elena Arenas notched a 9.7 score. Judges then penalized Bryant with a 9.05 after the star sophomore whiffed on a grab of the high bar and face-planted on the mat. Sami Durante anchored the lineup, and after her toe scraped the floor during her routine, she scored a 9.65, forcing LSU to count both her and Arenas’ scores.
Clark then stepped in front of a camera for an interview with the meet’s broadcast crew. He put on a headset, flashed a nervous smile and looked at the ground. LSU, Missouri and Iowa were tightly packed with one rotation left, and his team’s lead over third place had shrunk to just three tenths of a point. Clark seemed calm.
But the pressure was too great for his team.
“They’re mental mistakes,” Clark said. “They’re not physical mistakes, trying to get the right mentality.”
Desiderio wobbled and fell off the balance beam in the leadoff spot. Kai Rivers, Bridget Dean and Shchennikova followed with solid scores, a 9.8 and a pair of 9.875s. But Finnegan then landed off balance on the second of her two back aerials, flailed her arms and dropped off the beam. Judges slapped her with a 9.1, forcing LSU to count Desiderio’s 9.3 and knocking the Tigers out of contention.
“The mistakes that we saw today, just like in SECs, are not things that we see in the gym,” Clark said. “I told them in the end, ‘I feel like I failed you.' ”
The meet was the third consecutive postseason meet in which LSU put up a disappointing performance, dating back to last season’s premature departure. Missouri, who had a significantly lower season NQS score than LSU, defeated the Tigers of Baton Rouge three times this season, once in the regular season, once in the SEC meet and once in the NCAA meet.
Bryant was limited to two events Thursday because she was battling a rough case of the norovirus, a stomach bug. Clark said she was “weak and disoriented” in warmups after vomiting throughout the week. Others had cases too, but not to the extent of Bryant’s.
But Clark was quick to take the blame without making excuses.
“Look, there’s not a bad thing I’ll say about any of these kids, and I’ve got to be able to prepare them, and when they feel weak, I’ve got to help them feel strong," he said. "It’s on me.
“We will figure it out. We will be back, and we’re not going anywhere.”
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Meanwhile, your rental income may soon not be enough to cover your mortgage payments. Almost all of the city’s new loans are benchmarked against Hibor, which has been creeping up. Hong Kong pegs its currency to the U.S. dollar, so when the Federal Reserve starts hiking rates, borrowing costs in the city rise too.
You will have to stretch your math. The rental yield stood at 2.4% at 2021 year-end, according to realtor Centaline Property Agency Ltd. That should cover the 1.6% mortgage rate you could get from, say, HSBC Holdings Plc’s local subsidiary, Hang Seng Bank Ltd, which charges a 1.3 percentage-point premium over one-month Hibor.
But not for much longer. Fed fund futures are pricing in about 2 percentage points in rate hikes by year-end, so expect your cost of borrowing to rise in near lockstep. The average 30-year mortgage rate in the U.S. has reached almost 4.7%, the highest since December 2018.
If the futures market is correct on the Fed, by year-end, you will most likely earn negative carry for the first time since the collapse of Lehman Brothers in 2008. It will be a seismic mental adjustment for the city’s new generation of landlords.
To make matters worse, this is a renters’ market now. Owners are slashing rent to attract and retain good tenants, as the city enters its third month of soft lockdown. Expats are grumpy. Many have left the city for good. Meanwhile, young people, who make up a big portion of rental demand, may be struggling to find jobs right now. Last year, unemployment rate among those aged 20 to 29 averaged at 8.7%, well above the economy’s overall 5.5% rate. They might just move home and sleep on their parents’ couches.
What’s left is the prospect of rising home prices, which seems unlikely. The last time the Fed raised rates, in 2018, home prices fell by about 10% — and that was with economic growth at 2.8%. Now, Hong Kong is poised to enter a recession. Home prices may fall by 20% by 2025, estimates Goldman Sachs Group Inc.
For over two decades, Hong Kong’s real estate market has been pretty predictable — on the way up. So in the last two years, whenever the city lifted its social-distancing restrictions, home prices saw a mini-rebound. Some investors might be tempted again, as social life gradually comes back. Weekly transaction volumes at 35 housing estates reached a 45-week high, according to Midland Realty.
But think very carefully this time. If we look further back in history, Hong Kong property is by no means a sure bet. It was in a bear market for years, and many owners were deep under water. Home prices tumbled by two-thirds from their peak before the Asian Financial Crisis in 1997 to the SARS outbreak in 2003.
So don’t fight the Fed, and learn to live with a recession. Hong Kong property’s got an infection it can’t shake.
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The General Services Administration plans to take SAM.gov and other systems down this weekend as it completes its transition to a new unique entity identifier for those doing business with the federal government.
SAM.gov will be down from 8 p.m. ET April 1 to 9 a.m. ET April 4 — with all traces of the proprietary, nine-digit Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS) number being removed from the site, in favor of the automatically generated, 12-character unique entity identifier (UEI) — as will the five other Integrated Award Environment (IAE) systems at scheduled intervals.
The transition began in 2016 with GSA competing backend entity validation services, which moved from Dun & Bradstreet to Ernst & Young, but the move to the UEI started in 2019 has taken longer than the anticipated 18 months due to pandemic delays.
“Obviously this is a big change supported by new processes, and there’s going to be an adjustment period,” Meredith “Memi” Whitehead, deputy assistant commissioner of the IAE, told FedScoop. “Any transition of this magnitude will have glitches, but I’m confident that our systems are ready, and I’m confident that we’ve brought together the team that will help identify and triage them as they arise afterward.”
Every agency is responsible for meeting the Office of Management and Budget‘s deadline for transitioning their systems and business processes to using the UEI by April 4, and users have all the information they need to prepare, Whitehead added.
GSA spent the last two-and-a-half years providing agencies with the necessary interfaces, technical specifications and supporting materials, and all have been operating in a parallel transition environment for more than six months — allowing each to time their move from DUNS to UEI. More than 3,000 users signed into its third and final stakeholder forum on the transition last week.
Information for users has been compiled and made available via a big, green button on the Federal Service Desk homepage or the top of SAM.gov.
Transitioning IAE systems first made sense because they’re “upstream” from the rest of government, Whitehead said.
“We actually have had some agencies already make the transition and been reporting and sending data and exchanging data using the unique entity identifier as the identifier,” she added.
Bringing the identification process in house makes doing business with the government more convenient because SAM.gov already assigned UEIs to registered entities and will automatically generate them for new registrants — with more than 2.5 million already issued.
Some users need to update their saved searches and ad hoc reports in SAM.gov, as well as ensure sub-awardees have UEIs, for ease of reporting on FSRS.gov, before April 4.
The UEI transition is part of GSA’s larger strategy to make it easier for contractors to work with government through IT modernization and digital service delivery.
“It’s probably one of the most, if not the most, complex governmentwide IT transitions in decades,” Whitehead said.
An even bigger modernization effort will be merging the five remaining IAE systems into SAM.gov, she added.
But that doesn’t mean work on the UEI will end.
“After this really we’re looking to iterate and continue to improve the user experience,” Whitehead said.
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TORONTO (AP) _ Loncor Gold Inc. (LONCF) on Thursday reported a loss of $1.6 million in its fourth quarter.
The Toronto-based company said it had a loss of 1 cent per share.
For the year, the company reported that its loss widened to $3.7 million, or 3 cents per share.
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- Will Packer, who produced the 2022 Academy Awards ceremony said the Los Angeles Police Department was ready to arrest Will Smith until Chris Rock declined to press charges.
- Packer's full interview with "Good Morning America" is set to air on Friday morning.
Will Packer, who produced the 2022 Academy Awards ceremony, has spoken out about Sunday's incident in which Will Smith slapped Chris Rock on stage.
In a preview clip of ABC's Good Morning America interview with Packer, which is set to air in its entirety on Friday, the producer said the Los Angeles Police Department was ready to arrest the Oscar-winning actor until Rock declined to press charges.
"They were saying, you know, this is battery was the word they use in that moment," Packer said in the clip. "They said we will go get him; we are prepared. We're prepared to get him right now. You can press charges. We can arrest him. They were laying out the options, and as they were talking, Chris was being very dismissive of those options. He was like, 'No, I'm fine.' He was like, 'No, no, no.'"
Packer told "GMA" he did not speak with Smith during the night of the Oscars.
On Wednesday, the organization behind the Oscars said its board of governors have initiated a disciplinary proceeding against Smith for violating the group's standards of conduct. During the board's next meeting on April 18 it will decide what action it will take, if any, including suspension or expulsion.
According to the Academy, Smith was asked to leave the ceremony, but refused. However, the Hollywood Reporter reported that Smith was not formally asked to leave, citing several sources.
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Smith apologized to the Academy and his fellow nominees during his acceptance speech on Sunday and publicly apologized to Rock via social media on Monday.
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The conservative media organization The Daily Wire announced plans to invest $100 million to create programming for children to counter "woke media companies."
The move follows Disney's opposition to Florida’s Parental Rights in Education act — which critics have dubbed the “Don’t Say Gay” bill — which was signed into Florida law this week. The law restricts discussion about sexual orientation or gender identity in classrooms. A group of over a dozen students, parents, educators and advocates filed a federal lawsuit Thursday against Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and the state’s Board of Education.
The Daily Wire said Wednesday it plans to roll out live-action and animated children's entertainment. It also will spend another $100 million on similar content for adults. The programming is scheduled to launch on The Daily Wire's subscription streaming service in spring 2023.
"Americans are tired of giving their money to woke media companies who hate them," Daily Wire CEO Jeremy Boreing said in a statement. "They're tired of giving their money to woke media companies who want to indoctrinate their children with radical race and gender theory. They want to do more than just cancel them. They want alternatives."
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MIAMI (AP) — A Florida police officer fatally shot a man who was able to arm himself after being arrested Thursday, officials said.
The shooting occurred shortly before noon at a western Miami-Dade home, according to a police news release.
Miami-Dade police officers had been assisting Homeland Security Investigations and the U.S. Marshals Service when they took a 53-year-old man into custody, police said. The man complained of feeling ill, and Miami-Dade Fire Rescue responded to evaluate him. During the evaluation, the man somehow armed himself, and shots were fired, officials said.
The man died at the scene. No other injuries were reported.
The shooting is being investigated by state police officials.
Police didn't immediately release the names or races of the dead man or the officer who shot him.
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Spain’s €400 culture voucher for young people: What you need to know
This query will in all probability have triggered some complications. Fortunately a brand new non-public pension product meant to make issues simpler ought to quickly turn into accessible below a brand new EU regulation that got here into impact this week.
The new pan-European private pension product (PEPP) will enable savers to take their non-public pension with them in the event that they transfer inside the European Union.
EU guidelines thus far allowed the aggregation of state pensions and the chance to hold throughout borders occupational pensions, that are paid by employers. But the market of personal pensions remained fragmented.
The new product is predicted to learn particularly younger individuals, who have a tendency to maneuver extra regularly throughout borders, and the self-employed, who won’t be lined by different pension schemes.
According to a survey carried out in 16 international locations by Insurance Europe, the organisation representing insurers in Brussels, 38 p.c of Europeans don’t save for retirement, with a proportion as excessive as 60 p.c in Finland, 57 p.c in Spain, 56 p.c in France and 55 p.c in Italy.
The teams least more likely to have a pension plan are girls (42% versus 34% of males), unemployed individuals (67%), self-employed and part-time employees within the non-public sector (38%), divorced and singles (44% and 43% respectively), and 18-35 12 months olds (40%).
“As a complement to public pensions, PEPP caters for the needs of today’s younger generation and allows people to better plan and make provisions for the future,” EU Commissioner for Financial Services Mairead McGuinness stated on March twenty second, when new EU guidelines got here into impact.
The scheme will even enable savers to enroll to a private pension plan supplied by a supplier based mostly in one other EU nation.
Who can enroll?
Under the EU regulation, anybody can signal as much as a pan-European private pension, no matter their nationality or employment standing.
The scheme is open to people who find themselves employed part-time or full-time, self-employed, in any type of “modern employment”, unemployed or in schooling.
The situation is that they’re resident in a rustic of the European Union, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein (the European Economic Area). The PEPP won’t be accessible exterior these international locations, as an illustration in Switzerland.
How does it work?
PEPP suppliers can supply a most of six funding choices, together with a primary one that’s low-risk and safeguards the quantity invested. The primary PEPP is the default possibility. Its charges are capped at 1 p.c of the amassed capital per 12 months.
People who transfer to a different EU nation can proceed to contribute to the identical PEPP. Whenever a client adjustments the nation of residence, the supplier will open a brand new sub-account for that nation. If the supplier can not supply such possibility, savers have the correct to change supplier freed from cost.
As pension merchandise are taxed in another way in every state, the relevant taxation will likely be that of the nation of residence and attainable tax incentives will solely apply to the related sub-account.
Savers who transfer residence exterior the EU can not proceed saving on their PEPP, however they will resume contributions in the event that they return. They would additionally must ask recommendation concerning the penalties of the transfer on the best way their financial savings are taxed.
Pensions can then be paid out in a special location from the place the product was bought.
Where to begin?
Pan-European private pension merchandise may be supplied by authorised banks, insurance coverage firms, pension funds and wealth administration companies.
They are regulated merchandise that may be offered to shoppers solely after being accepted by supervisory authorities.
As the laws got here into impact this week, solely now eligible suppliers can submit the appliance for the authorisation of their merchandise. National authorities have then three months to decide. So it’s going to nonetheless take a while earlier than PEPPs turn into accessible in the marketplace.
When this may occur, the merchandise and their options will likely be listed within the public register of the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA).
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Former Alberta provincial politician-turned-radio talk personality Danielle Smith is looking to get back under the dome in Edmonton.
Smith said Thursday she will be seeking the nomination candidacy for the United Conservative Party in the riding of Livingstone-Macleod for next year’s general election, set for May 29, 2023.
The current UCP MLA for the riding is Roger Reid, an area businessman. Smith will speak to reporters more about the move on Friday.
Party leader and Premier Jason Kenney is set to face a leadership review next month —the results of which have the potential to upset the political apple cart in the province.
There has been open discontent by a segment of Kenney’s caucus and party over his leadership and COVID-19 policies. Several polls have indicated that a Kenney-led UCP would lose to the Opposition NDP in next spring’s election.
Kenney, in an attempt to quell growing dissatisfaction, agreed months ago to move up the leadership vote from this fall to April.
Last week, the party cancelled a plan to have an in-person vote in Red Deer — where thousands of members were to cast their vote on Kenney’s future — and replaced it with the mail-in ballot.
The party said there were too many people registered to vote for the size of the space that was booked.
“We were headed for over 20,000 delegates for a hotel that could accommodate 2,300 in Red Deer — clearly, physically impossible to do that,” Kenney said in a news conference on Monday.
“We’d have people standing outside for hours on end, perhaps in snowy weather, with protesters shouting at them from all sides.
“It would have been a disaster and everybody knows that.”
The decision to move to mail-in votes has drawn harsh criticism from some members of Kenney’s caucus, two of whom broke ranks last week to call for his resignation.
The rules require Kenney to receive 50 per cent, plus one, of the vote. Otherwise a leadership race is triggered.
While Smith is currently only seeking to become an MLA once again, last fall she said if the leadership of the UCP is open, she feels she would have to run.
“I believe in unity,” she said in a roundtable discussion livestreamed to the Western Standard‘s YouTube on Nov. 20, 2021 at the UCP annual general meeting in Calgary.
Smith has been involved in Alberta’s political scene for decades.
She became the leader of the now-defunct Wildrose Party in 2009, and was the leader of the official Opposition after the 2012 provincial election.
After former premier Alison Redford resigned in a cloud of scandal and former federal cabinet minister Jim Prentice became Progressive Conservative Party leader and premier, Smith and eight other Wildrose MLAs then crossed the floor to join the PCs in December 2014.
However, she lost her seat in the legislature to Carrie Fischer, who won the PC nomination over Smith in the riding of Calgary-Highwood.
The move made national headlines and gutted the Wildrose. None of the floor-crossers retained their seats after the 2015 provincial election that saw Rachel Notley and the NDP win power.
Brian Jean, who has also returned to Alberta politics as the UCP MLA for Fort McMurray-Lac La Biche following a byelection earlier this month, took over the Wildrose leadership after the mass exodus.
The party rallied under Jean to win 21 seats in the 2015 election to retain official Opposition status.
Jean’s Wildrose merged with the PCs under Jason Kenney, to create what is now the governing United Conservative Party.
In recent years, Smith hosted a talk radio show on 770 CHQR in Calgary, a radio station owned by Corus, which is also the parent company of Global News.
After six years on the airwaves, Smith quit her radio job last January.
— With files from Dean Bennett, The Canadian Press
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WASHINGTON — The House on Thursday passed a bill capping the monthly cost of insulin at $35 for insured patients, part of an election-year push by Democrats for price curbs on prescription drugs at a time of rising inflation.
Experts say the legislation, which passed 232-193, would provide significant relief for privately insured patients with skimpier plans and for Medicare enrollees facing rising out-of-pocket costs for their insulin. Some could save hundreds of dollars annually, and all insured patients would get the benefit of predictable monthly costs for insulin. The bill would not help the uninsured.
But the Affordable Insulin Now Act will serve as a political vehicle to rally Democrats and force Republicans who oppose it into uncomfortable votes ahead of the midterms. For the legislation to pass Congress, 10 Republican senators would have to vote in favor. Democrats acknowledge they don't have an answer for how that's going to happen.
“If 10 Republicans stand between the American people being able to get access to affordable insulin, that's a good question for 10 Republicans to answer,” said Rep. Dan Kildee, D-Mich., a cosponsor of the House bill. “Republicans get diabetes, too. Republicans die from diabetes.”
Public opinion polls have consistently shown support across party lines for congressional action to limit drug costs.
But Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., complained the legislation is only “a small piece of a larger package around government price controls for prescription drugs." Critics say the bill would raise premiums and fails to target pharmaceutical middlemen seen as contributing to high list prices for insulin.
Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, said Democrats could have a deal on prescription drugs if they drop their bid to authorize Medicare to negotiate prices. “Do Democrats really want to help seniors, or would they rather have the campaign issue?" Grassley said.
The insulin bill, which would take effect in 2023, represents just one provision of a much broader prescription drug package in President Joe Biden's social and climate legislation.
In addition to a similar $35 cap on insulin, the Biden bill would authorize Medicare to negotiate prices for a range of drugs, including insulin. It would penalize drugmakers who raise prices faster than inflation and overhaul the Medicare prescription drug benefit to limit out-of-pocket costs for enrollees.
Biden's agenda passed the House only to stall in the Senate because Democrats could not reach consensus. Party leaders haven't abandoned hope of getting the legislation moving again, and preserving its drug pricing curbs largely intact.
The idea of a $35 monthly cost cap for insulin actually has a bipartisan pedigree. The Trump administration had created a voluntary option for Medicare enrollees to get insulin for $35, and the Biden administration continued it.
In the Senate, Republican Susan Collins of Maine and Democrat Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire are working on a bipartisan insulin bill. Georgia Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock has introduced legislation similar to the House bill, with the support of Sen. Majority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York.
Stung by criticism that Biden's economic policies spur inflation, Democrats are redoubling efforts to show how they'd help people cope with costs. On Thursday, the Commerce Department reported a key inflation gauge jumped 6.4% in February compared with a year ago, the largest year-over-year rise since January 1982.
But experts say the House bill would not help uninsured people, who face the highest out-of-pocket costs for insulin. Also, people with diabetes often take other medications as well as insulin. That's done to treat the diabetes itself, along with other serious health conditions often associated with the disease. The House legislation would not help with those costs, either. Collins says she's looking for a way to help uninsured people through her bill.
About 37 million Americans have diabetes, and an estimated 6 million to 7 million use insulin to keep their blood sugars under control. It’s an old drug, refined and improved over the years, that has seen relentless price increases.
Steep list prices don't reflect the rates insurance plans negotiate with manufacturers. But those list prices are used to calculate cost-sharing amounts that patients owe. Patients who can’t afford their insulin reduce or skip doses, a strategy born of desperation, which can lead to serious complications and even death.
Economist Sherry Glied of New York University said the market for insulin is a “total disaster” for many patients, particularly those with skimpy insurance plans or no insurance.
“This will make private insurance for people with diabetes a much more attractive proposition,” said Glied.
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https://www.wbir.com/article/news/nation-world/insulin-cap-35-dollars-month-bill/507-855508ee-6b9d-4ce8-9937-22fa115af232
| 2022-04-01T00:18:58Z
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Municipality: Lower Nazareth Township
Road name: PA 33/PA 248 Interchange and PA 33/Hecktown Road Interchange
Between: – and –
Type of work: Construction
Work being done by: PennDOT Contractor
Type of restriction: Nighttime
Restriction: Ramps will be closed and detoured at both interchanges for pavement rehabilitation work. Detours will be 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. Closure and detour are as follows.
April 3-6 – PA 33/PA 248 Interchange Ramps
April 7 – PA 33/Hecktown Road Interchange Ramps
Detours –
PA 33/PA 248 Interchange
PA 248 to PA 33 South – Use PA 248 North to Main Street (Tatamy) Exit to PA 248 South
PA 33 North to PA 248 – Continue on PA 248 North to Main Street (Tatamy) to PA 33 South to PA 248
PA 33 South to PA 248 – Continue on PA 33 South to Hecktown Road Exit to PA 33 North to PA 248
PA 248 to PA 33 North – Use PA 248 Ramp to PA 33 South to Hecktown Road Exit to PA 33 North
PA 33/Hecktown Road Interchange
Hecktown Road to PA 33 South – Use Hecktown Ramp to PA 33 North to PA 248 Exit to PA 33 South
PA 33 South to Hecktown Road – Continue on PA 33 South to US 22 Interchange to PA 33 North Exit to Hecktown Road
PA 33 North to Hecktown Road – Continue on PA 33 North to PA 248 Exit to PA 33 South to Hecktown Road
Hecktown Road to PA 33 North – Use Hecktown Road Ramp to PA 33 South to US 22 Interchange to PA 33 North Exit
Start date: April 3
Est completion date: April 7
Restrictions in effect (time of day): 8 p.m. to 6 a.m.
Will rain cause delays? No
Municipality: Bushkill Township
Road name: PA 512
Between: Professional Drive and Mountain Road
Type of work: Shoulder Work/Widening
Work being done by: Local Permittee
Type of restriction: Daytime
Restriction: Roadwork being performed under a Highway Occupancy Permit. Work includes drainage work, shoulder work, curbing installation, milling and paving. Lane shifting for majority of work but lane restriction will be required for milling and paving.
Start date: April 4
Est completion date: May 6
Restrictions in effect (time of day): 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Will rain cause delays? No
Municipality: Williams Township
Road name: Cedarville Road
Between: PA 611 and Morgan Hill Road
Type of work: Other
Work being done by: PennDOT Maintenance Forces
Type of restriction: Daytime
Restriction: No restriction. Shoulder work.
Start date: April 8
Est completion date: April 8
Restrictions in effect (time of day): 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Will rain cause delays? Yes
Municipality: Lower Saucon / Bethlehem and Williams townships
Road name: Interstate 78
Between: Exit 60 (PA 309) and Exit 75 (To PA 611)
Type of work: Other
Work being done by: PennDOT Maintenance Forces
Type of restriction: Daytime
Restriction: No restriction for shoulder work eastbound.
Start date: April 4
Est completion date: April 7
Restrictions in effect (time of day): 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Will rain cause delays? Yes
Municipality: Williams Township
Road name: Interstate 78
Between: Exit 67 (PA 412) and Exit 75 (To PA 611)
Type of work: Other
Work being done by: PennDOT Maintenance Forces
Type of restriction: Daytime
Restriction: Shoulder restriction eastbound.
Start date: April 4
Est completion date: April 4
Restrictions in effect (time of day): 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Will rain cause delays? Yes
Municipality: Various
Road name: PA 33
Between: Interstate 78 and US 22
Type of work: Other
Work being done by: PennDOT Maintenance Forces
Type of restriction: Daytime
Restriction: Shoulder work northbound.
Start date: April 6
Est completion date: April 6
Restrictions in effect (time of day): 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Will rain cause delays? Yes
Municipality: Various
Road name: PA 33
Between: US 22 and Belfast Exit
Type of work: Other
Work being done by: PennDOT Maintenance Forces
Type of restriction: Daytime
Restriction: Shoulder work northbound.
Start date: April 7
Est completion date: April 7
Restrictions in effect (time of day): 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Will rain cause delays? Yes
Municipality: Belfast
Road name: PA 33
Between: Belfast Exit and PA 512
Type of work: Other
Work being done by: PennDOT Maintenance Forces
Type of restriction: Daytime
Restriction: Shoulder/Median work.
Start date: April 8
Est completion date: April 8
Restrictions in effect (time of day): 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Will rain cause delays? Yes
Municipality: Lower Nazareth Township
Road name: PA 248
Between: Hollo Road and Jandy Boulevard
Type of work: Shoulder Work/Widening
Work being done by: Local Permittee
Type of restriction: Nighttime
Restriction: Lane restriction with flagging for Highway Occupancy Permit work. Please use caution.
Start date: April 4
Est completion date: May 6
Restrictions in effect (time of day): 6 p.m. to 6 a.m.
Will rain cause delays? No
Municipality: Moore Township
Road name: Hoch Road
Between: Mountain View Drive and Scenic Road
Type of work: Other
Work being done by: PennDOT Maintenance Forces
Type of restriction: Daytime
Restriction: Lane restriction with flagging.
Start date: April 4
Est completion date: April 4
Restrictions in effect (time of day): 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Will rain cause delays? Yes
Municipality: Moore Township
Road name: Moser Road
Between: Scenic Road and Delps
Type of work: Other
Work being done by: PennDOT Maintenance Forces
Type of restriction: Daytime
Restriction: Lane restriction with flagging.
Start date: April 5
Est completion date: April 5
Restrictions in effect (time of day): 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Will rain cause delays? Yes
Municipality: Moore Township
Road name: Yost Road
Between: Moorestown Drive and Main Street
Type of work: Other
Work being done by: PennDOT Maintenance Forces
Type of restriction: Daytime
Restriction: Lane restriction with flagging.
Start date: April 6
Est completion date: April 6
Restrictions in effect (time of day): 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Will rain cause delays? Yes
Municipality: Moore Township
Road name: Delps Road
Between: Scenic Road and Point Phillips
Type of work: Other
Work being done by: PennDOT Maintenance Forces
Type of restriction: Daytime
Restriction: Lane restriction with flagging.
Start date: April 7
Est completion date: April 7
Restrictions in effect (time of day): 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Will rain cause delays? Yes
Municipality: Moore Township
Road name: Whitetail Deer
Between: Monocacy Drive and Valley View Drive
Type of work: Other
Work being done by: PennDOT Maintenance Forces
Type of restriction: Daytime
Restriction: Lane restriction with flagging.
Start date: April 8
Est completion date: April 8
Restrictions in effect (time of day): 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Will rain cause delays? Yes
Municipality: Easton / Forks / Lower Mt. Bethel
Road name: PA 611
Between: Bushkill Drive and Uhler Road
Type of work: Other
Work being done by: PennDOT Maintenance Forces
Type of restriction: Daytime
Restriction: Lane restriction with flagging.
Start date: April 4
Est completion date: April 8
Restrictions in effect (time of day): 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Will rain cause delays? Yes
Municipality: Palmer / Plainfield townships
Road name: PA 33
Between: US 22 and PA 512
Type of work: Other
Work being done by: PennDOT Maintenance Forces
Type of restriction: Daytime
Restriction: No restriction.
Start date: April 4
Est completion date: April 7
Restrictions in effect (time of day): 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Will rain cause delays? Yes
Municipality: Plainfield Township
Road name: PA 33 Ramps at Belfast Exit
Between: – and –
Type of work: Other
Work being done by: PennDOT Maintenance Forces
Type of restriction: Daytime
Restriction: No restriction.
Start date: April 8
Est completion date: April 8
Restrictions in effect (time of day): 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Will rain cause delays? Yes
Municipality: Palmer / Plainfield
Road name: PA 33
Between: US 22 and PA 512
Type of work: Other
Work being done by: PennDOT Maintenance Forces
Type of restriction: Daytime
Restriction: No restriction.
Start date: April 4
Est completion date: April 7
Restrictions in effect (time of day): 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Will rain cause delays? Yes
Municipality: Palmer / Plainfield
Road name: PA 33
Between: US 22 and PA 512
Type of work: Other
Work being done by: PennDOT Maintenance Forces
Type of restriction: Daytime
Restriction: No restriction.
Start date: April 4
Est completion date: April 7
Restrictions in effect (time of day): 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Will rain cause delays? Yes
Municipality: Lower Saucon Township
Road name: Interstate 78 East
Between: Exit 67 (PA 412) and Exit 71 (PA 33)
Type of work: Inspection
Work being done by: PennDOT Bridge Inspection Forces
Type of restriction: Daytime
Restriction: Eastbound lane restriction.
Start date: April 13
Est completion date: April 13
Restrictions in effect (time of day): 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Will rain cause delays? Yes
Municipality: Lower Saucon Township
Road name: Interstate 78 West
Between: Exit 67 (PA 412) and Exit 71 (PA 33)
Type of work: Inspection
Work being done by: PennDOT Bridge Inspection Forces
Type of restriction: Daytime
Restriction: Westbound lane restriction.
Start date: April 11
Est completion date: April 11
Restrictions in effect (time of day): 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Will rain cause delays? Yes
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511PA is also available through a smartphone application for iPhone and Android devices, by calling 5-1-1, or by following regional Twitter alerts accessible on the 511PA website.
Follow regional PennDOT information on Twitter at www.twitter.com/511PAAllentown.
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| 2022-04-01T00:18:57Z
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VALDOSTA – Behind the strength of three home runs from junior outfielder Drew Burress, the Houston County Bears (14-4, 1-0 Region 1-6A) surged past the Valdosta Wildcats (14-4, 3-1) 14-6 Tuesday night.
Valdosta head coach Brad Porter was ejected after the first inning after arguing a close call at first base. With Porter banished to the locker room, the 'Cats fell into a hole they couldn't quite climb out of.
Porter's ejection left many fans in attendance in a sour mood most of the night. Their displeasure with the officiating crew came to a head in the bottom of the seventh.
Trailing 14-6 and looking to cut further into the Bears' lead, senior Eli Batts came to the plate for Valdosta with Cole Porter on base with one out.
Batts pulled a fly ball to deep left field as Bears left fielder Elijah Smith sprawled out to make a diving catch. It appeared Smith wasn't able to make the catch and after a slight delay in the live action, Smith fired to second base and Porter was tagged out in a rundown.
A chorus of boos rang out as Valdosta assistant coach Jonathan Oliver came out to vehemently protest the call. After several moments of contentious dialogue, the play was ruled a catch and the subsequent double play ended the game.
Burress shined for the Bears, going 4 for 5 with three home runs, a double and eight RBIs. Gage Harrelson also went 4 for 5 with four runs scored in the game. Andrew Dunford, Hunter Chiapetta and Blaydn Alaniz each had two hits in the win with Alaniz adding three RBIs on the night.
As a team, the Bears finished with 17 hits for their first region win of the season.
A two-run shot by Burress put the Bears ahead 4-1 in the top of the third inning. The lead quickly ballooned in the top of the fourth as Alaniz got a two-run RBI single, followed by a base hit by Harrelson to put two men on with one out.
Burress came to the plate and tattooed a three-run blast out of Bazemore Field to make it 9-1 in favor of the visitors.
The 'Cats found a fleeting spark in the bottom of the fourth as Max Newbern drew a one-out walk, senior catcher Nyk Emerson made contact on a chopper into the infield and beat the throw to first base and Jordan Caraway put a run on the board with a double to make it 9-2. The 'Cats nearly had a second run on the board but pinch runner Sam Houston fell down after rounding third and was thrown out on the play. A fly out by Isaiah Haygood ended the inning for the 'Cats on the next at-bat.
The Bears continued to pad the lead in the top of the fifth as Eli Stephens and Chiapetta led off with consecutive base hits before third baseman Kai Decker delivered an RBI single to make it 10-2.
After Valdosta starter JD Smith struck out Elijah Smith for the first out of the fifth, Alaniz came up with an RBI single on a 3-2 count to give the Bears an 11-2 lead on their 12th hit of the night.
The RBI spelled the end for Smith, who had a disastrous night on the mound for Valdosta. The Georgia State commit went 4 1/3 innings and allowed 13 hits, two homers, 11 earned runs and a walk along with four strikeouts on the night.
Houston came on to pitch in relief and promptly got Harrelson to ground out and Burress to fly out to end the top half of the inning.
Desperately searching for some semblance of momentum at the plate, Valdosta began to make things happen in the bottom of the fifth.
Cohen Smith led off with a single up the middle. Two batters later, JD Smith had a base hit of his own before Cole Porter made it safe to first on an RBI to make it 11-3.
Batts singled to left field for Valdosta's eighth hit of the night before Newbern drew a two-out walk to load the bases.
Emerson delivered a clutch, bases-clearing double to pull the 'Cats within an 11-6 reach of the Bears.
Emerson's big hit led to a pitching change as starter Ryker Chavis was pulled in favor of sophomore reliever Landon Tankersley.
Chavis went 4 2/3 innings, allowing eight hits and five earned runs with five strikeouts and two walks. Tankersley struck out three with a walk in 2 1/3 innings.
Though the 'Cats were able to threaten another potential run as pinch runner EJ Miley stole third, Caraway struck out looking to end the inning.
Two walks in the top of the sixth aside, the Bears did no damage. The 'Cats returned the favor with a ground out by Haygood and strikeouts by Cohen Smith and third baseman D.D. Donaldson in the bottom half of the sixth.
With the 'Cats showing signs of life after the fifth inning, the Bears had a chance to separate in the top of the seventh.
And they did just that.
Following a ground out by Elijah Smith and Alaniz striking out, it appeared the 'Cats would give themselves a chance to draw closer, but Harrelson singled to set up a two-run shot by Burress to make it 13-6. A base hit from Dunford paved the way for an RBI single from Garrett Hortman for the final margin.
Emerson led the way for Valdosta, going 3 for 3 with three RBIs. Caraway went 1 for 3 with a double while Porter and Newbern scored two runs each in the loss.
UP NEXT
The 'Cats travel to Warner Robins Friday to face the Bears in a region doubleheader. As a result of his ejection Tuesday, head coach Brad Porter will be unavailable to coach in the doubleheader. First pitch is scheduled for 4:30 p.m.
Shane Thomas is the sports editor at the Valdosta Daily Times.
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https://www.valdostadailytimes.com/sports/local_sports/vhs-baseball-drops-first-region-game-porter-ejected/article_14142030-36b4-572f-97f3-e8a5ecf49479.html
| 2022-04-01T00:18:59Z
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South Africa
South Africa's judiciary has rejected former President Jacob Zuma's appeals to further delay his corruption trial due to resume in April, the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) said Thursday.
"The NPA welcomes this ruling and will now work to ensure that the trial resumes on April 11, 2022," it said in a statement.
The 79-year-old former head of state is accused of taking bribes from French defense group Thales in a case that is more than 20 years old. He is charged with 16 counts of fraud, corruption and racketeering. Thales is also charged with bribery and money laundering.
Mr. Zuma's corruption trial began last year in May, after numerous postponements and delays due to a number of appeals.
In an unreviewable decision, of which AFP has a copy, the Supreme Court of Appeal ruled that Zuma's claims have "no reasonable prospect of success on appeal and that there are no other compelling reasons for an appeal to be heard".
In October, the court rejected the former president's request that the attorney general, Billy Downer, whom he accuses of bias, be removed from the case. Jacob Zuma asked the Supreme Court of Appeal to rule on his ability to appeal the decision and filed four appeals. All were dismissed.
In another development, Jacob Zuma was sentenced to 15 months in prison for stubbornly refusing to appear before a commission investigating state corruption under his presidency (2009-2018).
His imprisonment in July triggered an unprecedented wave of violence and looting in South Africa. He was released on health grounds two months into his sentence.
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https://www.africanews.com/2022/03/31/zuma-court-rejects-plea-to-delay-corruption-trial/
| 2022-04-01T00:18:59Z
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Snoop Dogg Gives An Update On Status Of Dr. Dre's 'The Chronic' Album
By Tony M. Centeno
March 31, 2022
Snoop Dogg has been busy working on revitalizing Death Row Records, which includes making sure it's classic catalog stays intact. After some fans wondered about the future of Dr. Dre's The Chronic album on Death Row, the founding member of the iconic label has provided an update.
On Wednesday night, March 30, Snoop uploaded a photo of him and Dre rocking out in the studio. In his caption, the BODR rapper bluntly said that Aftermath founder's debut solo album was "bac home."
"The chronic is bac home," Snoop wrote with a gang of emojis starting from the house to the lock.
When Snoop acquired Death Row in February, there were a few albums that weren't automatically included in the deal like Dr. Dre's first album as well as projects from 2Pac. However, at the top of March, Snoop revealed in a recent interview that he was able to grab The Chronic, Doggystyle, the Above The Rim soundtrack, which was also released via Death Row, and more.
“It’s all mine," Snoop said. "I’m able to move it around and do what I need to do with it. As far as 2Pac’s masters, 2Pac’s masters came back to him last year. But I got a great relationship with his estate, and I’m pretty sure we’re going to be able to work something out … to continue some Death Row 2Pac business now that Snoop Dogg is in control of Death Row. Same with Dr. Dre and The Chronic. I got The Chronic album. I got Doggystyle, Tha Doggfather, Murder Was the Case, Dogg Food, Above the Rim. I got all those records.”
At the moment, The Chronic isn't back on every streaming service just yet, but Snoop's Doggystyle is making its way back so clearly there's progress being made.
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https://www.iheart.com/content/2022-03-31-snoop-dogg-gives-an-update-on-status-of-dr-dres-the-chronic-album/
| 2022-04-01T00:18:59Z
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| 2022-04-01T00:19:00Z
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VANCOUVER, BC, March 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Western Forest Products Inc. (TSX: WEF) ("Western" or the "Company") first quarter 2022 financial and operating results will be released on Wednesday, May 4, 2022.
Western will host its first quarter 2022 analyst conference call on Thursday, May 5, 2022 at 12:00 p.m. PDT (3:00 p.m. EDT).
Don Demens, President and Chief Executive Officer, and Stephen Williams, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, will discuss the Company's first quarter 2022 results followed by a question and answer session with the analyst community.
To join the conference call, dial:
Toll-free from Canada and the US: 1-800-952-5114
From Toronto: 416-340-2217
Passcode: 3466690#
To access the instant replay of the call, dial:
Toll-free from Canada and the US: 1-800-408-3053
From Toronto: 905-694-9451
Passcode: 1910899#
The instant replay will be available until June 5, 2022 at 8:59 p.m. PDT (11:59 p.m. EDT).
About Western Forest Products Inc.
Western is an integrated forest products company building a margin-focused log and lumber business to compete successfully in global softwood markets. With operations and employees located primarily on the coast of British Columbia and Washington State, Western is a premier supplier of high-value, specialty forest products to worldwide markets. Western has a lumber capacity in excess of 1.0 billion board feet from seven sawmills and four remanufacturing facilities. The Company sources timber from its private lands, long-term licenses, First Nations arrangements, and market purchases. Western supplements its production through a wholesale program providing customers with a comprehensive range of specialty products.
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https://www.kold.com/prnewswire/2022/04/01/western-forest-products-inc-announces-release-date-first-quarter-2022-results-conference-call-details/
| 2022-04-01T00:18:59Z
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Residential buildings at a Zhenro Properties Group development in the Jinshan district of Shanghai on February 24, 2022. Photo: Bloomberg
Vanke, Zhenro and China Overseas post falling profits as clampdown adds to dimming economic prospects in driving homebuyers to the sidelines
- China Vanke said its core net profit halved to 22.5 billion yuan while sales fell 10 per cent to 628.78 billion yuan
- Zhenro Properties said its core profit slid 30.9 per cent to 2.28 billion yuan while China Overseas Land & Investment posted a 4.3 per cent profit dip to 36.38 billion yuan
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China property
Residential buildings at a Zhenro Properties Group development in the Jinshan district of Shanghai on February 24, 2022. Photo: Bloomberg
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https://www.scmp.com/business/article/3172623/vanke-zhenro-and-china-overseas-post-falling-profits-clampdown-adds?utm_source=rss_feed
| 2022-04-01T00:19:00Z
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American-Australian singer-songwriter and producer, John Butler celebrates his birthday. Image: Wikimedia Commons
We look back on this day in history and remember the people and events that shaped the world we live in today.
American-Australian singer-songwriter and producer, John Butler celebrates his birthday. Image: Wikimedia Commons
Here’s a look at what happened on this day, 01 April, throughout history. We remember the news, events, and people that influenced the course of history forever.
2016 | The Nagorno-Karabakh Battle: The Four Days of War or the April War, began on the Nagorno-Karabakh of contact on April 1.
2011 | After protests against the burning of the Quran turned violent, a mob stormed a UN camp in Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan, killing 13 people, including eight foreign workers.
2006 | The Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA) of the Government of the United Kingdom was enforced but later merged into the National Crime Agency on 7 October 2013.
2001 | Former President of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Slobodan MiloševiĿ surrendered to a special police force, charged with war crimes.
2004 | Eighteen years ago, Google announced Gmail to the public on this day.
2001 | Same-sex marriage was legalized in the Netherlands, the first contemporary country to allow it.
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1981 | Greek basketball player, Antonis Fotsis.
1975 | American-Australian singer-songwriter and producer, John Butler.
1973 | American journalist and author, Rachel Maddow.
1929 | American actor, producer, screenwriter, and production manager, Jonathan Haze.
2012 | Mexican banker, academic, and politician, 52nd President of Mexico, 1982-1988, Miguel de la Madrid, 78.
1999 | American pianist, songwriter, and producer, Jesse Stone, 98.
2012 | Australian soldier, lawyer, and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Australia, Lionel Bowen, 90.
1984 | American singer-songwriter, Marvin Gaye, 45.
1922 | Emperor of Austria, Charles I, 35.
1995 | On this day, Bryan Roy and Stan Collymore scored twice each in Nottingham Forest’s 7-1 Premier League victory against Sheffield Wednesday at Hillsborough.
2016 | “Bruno & Boots: Go Jump in the Pool” was released on this day in Canada on this day.
After massive inflation in 2008, Zimbabwe abandoned its currency and is currently using others’. Since 2009, Zimbabwe has been using the South African Rand, the U.S. Dollar, and the Botswana Pula.
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https://www.thesouthafrican.com/news/on-this-day-in-history-what-happened-on-01-april/
| 2022-04-01T00:19:00Z
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Pentagon extends National Guard support in DC after trucker convoy arrives
The Pentagon on Monday extended National Guard support to Washington, D.C., law enforcement after the Capitol Police Board over the weekend issued an emergency declaration due to truck drivers protesting COVID-19 policies in the area.
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin approved requests from the U.S. Capitol Police and the D.C. Homeland Security and Emergency Management Agency “to extend previously approved National Guard support in the District, including around the U.S. Capitol area,” according to a statement from press secretary John Kirby.
The guardsmen will provide support at traffic control points for two additional days through Wednesday, Kirby said.
Austin last month approved 700 unarmed National Guard troops to be deployed in Washington from Feb. 26 through March 7 to help with traffic ahead of the truck convoy.
The Pentagon extended the guardsmen’s time in the Beltway region after the convoy protests began Sunday and slowed traffic outside the capital. The gathering, dubbed the “People’s Convoy,” is expected to last several days.
Capitol Police leaders are reportedly worried about the possibility of the trucks and other vehicles causing shutdowns of various roads and highways and creating a situation similar to the “Freedom Convoy” that shut down parts of Canadian capital Ottawa.
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https://thehill.com/policy/defense/597162-pentagon-extends-national-guard-support-in-dc/
| 2022-04-01T00:18:58Z
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HAMILTON, Bermuda, March 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- White Mountains Insurance Group, Ltd. (NYSE: WTM) announced today that HG Global Ltd. ("HG") closed a new $150 million, 10-year term loan credit facility with Hudson Structured Capital Management Ltd, (conducting its re/insurance business as HSCM Bermuda) and Security Benefit Life Insurance Company. HG expects to receive the proceeds of the loan on or prior to May 31, 2022. A portion of the proceeds of the loan will be used to pay a $120 million dividend to White Mountains Insurance Group, Ltd. and the other equity holders of HG. The facility received an investment grade rating of BBB from Kroll Bond Rating Agency, LLC. The facility does not impact the reinsurance obligations of HG Re Ltd.
White Mountains is a Bermuda-domiciled financial services holding company traded on the New York Stock Exchange and the Bermuda Stock Exchange under the symbol WTM.
Hudson Structured Capital Management Ltd., conducting its re/insurance investment management business as HSCM Bermuda ("HSCM"), is an asset manager focused on alternative investments seeking mezzanine level returns. HSCM focuses on the Re/Insurance and Transportation sectors. HSCM launched in 2016, and as of January 1, 2022 had more than $3 billion in assets under management and committed capital. HSCM focuses on core economic sectors that are likely to outgrow global GDP, offer low correlations with broader markets, and are experiencing a shift from balance sheet to market financing. For more information, please visit www.hscm.com.
Security Benefit Corporation ("Security Benefit"), through its subsidiary Security Benefit Life Insurance Company (SBL), a Kansas-based insurance company that has been in business for 130 years, is a leader in the U.S. retirement market. Security Benefit together with its affiliates offers products in a full range of retirement markets and wealth segments for employers and individuals and reached $50.5 billion in assets under management as of September 30, 2021. Security Benefit, an Eldridge business, is one of the fastest growing U.S. retirement companies and continues its mission of helping Americans To and Through Retirement®. Learn more at www.securitybenefit.com or www.eldridge.com.
This press release contains "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. All statements, other than statements of historical facts, included or referenced in this release which address activities, events or developments which White Mountains expects or anticipates will or may occur in the future are forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements include statements with respect to the funding of, or receipt of proceeds from, a loan and HG's payment of a dividend from the proceeds of such loan.
These statements are based on certain assumptions and analyses made by White Mountains in light of current conditions and expected future developments, as well as other factors believed to be appropriate in the circumstances. However, whether actual developments will conform to its expectations is subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from expectations, including actions taken by ratings agencies, such as financial strength or credit ratings downgrades or placing ratings on negative watch; the continued availability of capital and financing; deterioration of general economic; changes in domestic or foreign laws or regulations, or their interpretation, applicable to White Mountains or HG, its competitors or its customers; and other factors, most of which are beyond White Mountains's control.
Consequently, all of the forward-looking statements made in this press release are qualified by these cautionary statements, and there can be no assurance that the developments anticipated by White Mountains will be realized or, even if substantially realized, that they will have the expected consequences to, or effects on, White Mountains or its business or operations. White Mountains assumes no obligation to publicly update any such forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
CONTACT: Rob Seelig
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Logan Thompson’s confidence is soaring. But his days as the Vegas Golden Knights’ starting goaltender likely are coming to a close.
Robin Lehner was removed from the team’s injured reserve list and served as the backup Wednesday as Thompson posted his first NHL shutout, a 3-0 victory at Seattle.
It’s possible Lehner, who had been out with a lower-body injury, will be in the net when the teams meet again Friday night in the Pacific Northwest.
“This is really exciting hockey, and we’re in must-win games,” Thompson said after the Golden Knights moved past Dallas and into the second and final wild-card playoff position in the Western Conference. “I’m really thankful for the opportunity.
“It’s a lot of fun for me, and I’m soaking it all in. I just want to keep building and keep getting two points and helping the team as much as I can.”
Making his 12th career appearance, the 25-year-old Thompson made 22 saves against the expansion Kraken to improve his record to 6-4-0 as a starter.
“Injuries have put (Thompson) front and center, and that’s how NHL careers are made,” Vegas coach Pete DeBoer said. “You either sink or swim in those moments, and he’s really risen to the occasion.
“We know how good Robin can be. What it does is it takes some pressure off us having to rush Robin back, which is something we don’t want to do.”
Credit DeBoer with an assist on Thompson’s shutout.
Seattle’s Jordan Eberle appeared to cut Vegas’ lead to 2-1 with 2:22 remaining, but DeBoer issued a coach’s challenge and a video review determined Eberle was offside as the puck entered the offensive zone, nullifying the goal.
“It’s getting better every day. I feel really confident in the net, and it’s something I want to keep building off of,” Thompson said. “The guys did a really good job today (in front of me), and that made it easy.”
Thompson noted the recent returns of defensemen Alec Martinez and Brayden McNabb.
Martinez came back Saturday from a 53-game absence after taking a skate to the face. McNabb returned Wednesday after being out 13 games with an upper-body injury. McNabb was a plus-2 with four hits and three blocked shots and Martinez was plus-1 with one hit and four blocks.
“Getting (McNabb and Martinez) back is huge for us,” Thompson said. “They were awesome, and a lot of credit goes to them. They’ve been out for a while, and they played great.”
The Kraken were officially eliminated from playoff contention with Wednesday’s loss.
The game was scoreless into the second period when Vegas’ Shea Theodore, who played his junior hockey in Seattle and had family in attendance, jumped out of the penalty box and was sent in on a breakaway, beating Chris Driedger with backhander.
“We can be better,” Kraken coach Dave Hakstol said. “We had some guys that will look at their games and want to be a little bit better, handle situations a little bit better. We had some really good efforts, we gave ourselves a chance to be in the heart of that game midway through.
“I believe the first goal of the game was going to be a big one and a very important one. Our reaction to that goal against, if you’re looking at the next 10 minutes of the hockey game, we can be a little bit better there.”
–Field Level Media
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https://sportsnaut.com/in-a-playoff-push-golden-knights-meet-kraken-again/
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Succeeds Steve Hamman at States' Largest Health Plan
CHICAGO, March 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Blue Cross and Shield of Illinois (BCBSIL), a division of Health Care Service Corporation (HCSC), today announced Stephen Harris has been named the new Illinois president. Stephen will succeed Steve Hamman, who has left the company to pursue new endeavors. He will begin this new position immediately.
"Stephen has been instrumental in the company's ambitious growth strategy and has done tremendous work in stabilizing and growing our Medicaid business," said Maurice Smith, HCSC president and CEO. "He is an exceptional leader and will be outstanding in his new role working to improve the quality of life for Illinoisans by working with key partners in aligning the health care system around our members' and customers' varying needs."
Stephen has over 20 years of experience spearheading business development and performance improvement initiatives for top health care organizations. During his time at HCSC, he led the company's Medicaid line of business; responsible for driving growth, operational excellence, and financial performance. Prior to joining HCSC, Stephen was Regional Vice President of Health Plan Operations at Molina Healthcare. In his new role, he will lead a team that manages the Plan's commercial markets sales including group and individual, provider relations and network contracting, care management, regulatory and customer relationships and BCBSIL's hyperlocal community engagement initiatives.
"HCSC has an outstanding leadership team that is a result of a long-standing focus on attracting and growing top talent," said Smith. "Our continued focus on building our leadership bench strength allows us to capitalize on our position as a leader in the health care industry and to continue to deliver outstanding value to our customers, communities, and key partners."
"It is an exciting time to lead an organization that is well positioned to drive significant change in health care and continue to expand access to health care by strengthening relationships and working in close collaboration with providers, employers and other partners," said Harris. "I am both honored and excited to continue to work with the talented leaders at BCBSIL to build on its strong foundation to innovate and make the healthcare system work better for everyone."
Stephen is a certified public accountant and holds an MBA from the University of North Carolina's Kenan-Flagler Business School and a BA from Michigan State University.
About Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois (BCBSIL) is committed to expanding access to quality, cost-effective health care to as many people as possible in Illinois. Covering nearly 9 million people, BCBSIL is dedicated to innovation and exploring, nurturing, and activating future possibilities to make the health care system work better for our members and our communities. BCBSIL is a division of Health Care Service Corporation, a Mutual Legal Reserve Company and an Independent Licensee of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association.
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