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- Analysis
- Business
- The economy
- Inside China
The ‘China model’ is being put to the test
By Li Yuan
A year ago, while many countries were still reeling from COVID-19, China seemed to be one of few places prospering through the pandemic. It was also the only major economy that reported growth in 2020. Global investors were bullish on Chinese stocks even as Beijing’s regulatory crackdown on its private sector became more like a political campaign.
That led some people in China to argue that its one-party authoritarian rule offered a compelling alternative to traditional liberal democracy. The United States was declining politically and economically, they said, and the world was “gravitating toward China.” Many Chinese cheered the narrative online.
A year later, the tone within China is more one of anxiety, anger and despair. In the past month, hundreds of millions of people there have struggled under lockdowns as coronavirus outbreaks spread across the country. Foreign investors are dumping Chinese stocks over geopolitical, regulatory and pandemic uncertainties. And the government’s support of President Vladimir Putin of Russia as he wages war in Ukraine has risked the world’s criticism, and potentially sanctions.
It’s all leading to increasingly anxious questions about the country’s path — and even about whether too much power has been concentrated in the hands of the country’s leader, Xi Jinping, who is seeking a third five-year term at the Communist Party congress late in the year.
On social media, a growing number of citizens are accusing the Communist Party of breaching its social contract with the people. They had tolerated, and sometimes praised, one-party rule in exchange for economic growth and social stability. But its stringent lockdown measures, which are straining entire cities, and its regulatory crackdowns are costing many of them jobs and income and leaving their futures looking much more uncertain and gloomier than a few years ago.
In private, some academics and businesspeople are discussing growing concerns about Xi’s focus on rivalling the United States and proving the viability of the Chinese political model — a focus that some worry has become an obsession.
The competition between countries, Xi has said, is ultimately competition between political systems. The handling of the pandemic “made it evident which country’s leadership and political system is superior,” he told top cadres in January 2021. “Time and momentum are on our side.”
Chinese citizens have to be extremely careful in criticising Xi, some of whose critics have been sentenced to as long as 18 years in prison. So some are resorting to quoting former top leaders to express their frustration that Xi has stepped away from the proven path of reform and opening that provided the country with decades of prosperity.
The public’s pent-up anger is not likely to be enough to sway Beijing’s decision-making or to threaten the rule of the Communist Party, which is accustomed to keeping people in line by using indoctrination and intimidation. But it marks a departure from the heavy silence that has prevailed under Xi’s rule.
Two years ago, China celebrated the merits of its top-down ruling approach by pointing to its success in building a new hospital in just 10 days in Wuhan and containing the spread of the coronavirus in three months. Today, many people view the makeshift quarantine centres as a symbol of Beijing’s stubborn insistence on a costly coronavirus policy that seems to mainly serve the purpose of proving the superiority of its system.
The country’s unforgiving pandemic control measures are being called the “white terror,” a nod to the vast army of neighbourhood workers who wear white hazmat suits. People have shared videos and photos of protests in which demonstrators chanted, “We need to work!” and “We need to eat!”
Some commenters said Beijing wasted its early success in pandemic control because it believed that its political will alone would suffice to beat the virus. They questioned why the government had not spent the huge resources it deployed in mass testing and quarantines on a vaccination drive, especially among older people. They asked whether Beijing was irresponsible in not approving the more effective Western vaccines for the sake of national pride.
Many accused the government of failing to see the huge sacrifices that businesses and individuals had to make, or complained that people were struggling to get by and falling behind on mortgages and other personal loans. They were angry that some people died of heart attacks, asthma, cancer and other diseases because hospitals turned them away under COVID restriction guidelines.
“As long as you don’t die of COVID, you can die of any cause,” goes a viral online quip.
Beijing remains unwavering in the face of public resentment.
“In the past two years, China has fully demonstrated the significant advantage in its political system and its strong national capacity in containing the pandemic,” read a commentary in the state-run People’s Daily newspaper Monday. The zero-COVID policy is a “line of defence that a nation of 1.4 billion people will have to hold,” it said.
The only policy area that Beijing has relented on somewhat has been its regulatory crackdowns on the private sector. After a heavy sell-off of Chinese stocks in mid-March, China’s economic czar, Liu He, urged government agencies to roll out market-friendly policies and to show caution in introducing any measures that risked hurting the markets.
But China’s political-campaign style regulatory crackdown has done its damage. Mass job cutting, once rare in China, is happening in tech, real estate, education and online games, some of the industries that were hit the hardest by the crackdowns. Posts about unemployment are shared widely as a gloomy sentiment grips the educated middle class.
“Standing at this historic turning point, we look back to the Golden Age,” read an online post about China’s four decades of economic transformation and dreams of individual prosperity. “We all thought it would be our future,” it said. “It turned out to be an illusory dream.”
This article originally appeared in The New York Times.
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The government on Thursday more than doubled the price of domestically-produced natural gas in a move that could enable state-run ONGC and Reliance-BP combine to bolster their margins, but could have adverse implications for user industries and end consumers. The price of gas for regulated fields will be a record $6.1 per million British thermal unit (mmBtu), against the current $2.9 per mmBtu, according to the oil ministry’s Petroleum Planning and Analysis Cell (PPAC).
The new price, which could result in a hike in CNG and piped cooking gas rates, will be for six months beginning April 1. Domestic natural gas is mainly used by fertilisers units, power producers and city gas distribution companies.
The rate applicable to difficult fields such as deep-sea KG-D6 block operated by Reliance-BP will be $9.92 per mmBtu for April-September compared to current $6.13 per mmBtu, the PPAC said.
The government sets the price of gas every six months – on April 1 and October 1 – each year based on rates prevalent in gas surplus nations such as the US, Canada and Russia.
However, Mumbai’s city gas utility Mahanagar Gas on Thursday announced a steep reduction in the retail price of CNG by `6 per kg and piped gas by Rs 3.5 per scm, effective Friday, even as the Centre more than doubled the price of domestically-produced natural gas. In a statement, MGL said consequent to the reduction in VAT on natural gas from 13.5% to 3% from April 1 by the state government, MGL has decided to pass on the entire benefit to end-consumers.
Prashant Vasisht, vice president and co-head, corporate ratings, Icra, said the domestic gas price increase was driven by a significant run-up in the prices of gas at global gas hubs. “The increase provides relief to Indian upstream producers as at earlier prices, gas production was a loss-making proposition for them.”
Reliance Industries, Oil India and ONGC will benefit from the hike as they seek to ramp up production from both the existing and new fields. Reliance-BP, for instance, will start production at MJ fields in the KG-D6 block in the last quarter of 2022, which will nearly double the block’s output.
City gas distribution (CGD) companies like Mahanagar Gas, Indraprastha Gas and Gujarat Gas, being the main buyers of domestic gas, will find their costs going up. But analysts feel since they have been passing on cost increases to the consumers in a calibrated manner over the last few weeks, the impact of costlier gas on their margins would be moderate in the short term.
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https://www.financialexpress.com/market/commodities/ongc-ril-bp-to-gain-gas-price-hiked-to-a-record-6-1-mmbtu/2478128/
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MESA, AZ., March 31, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Iveda Solutions, Inc ( IVDA) (“Iveda” or the “Company”), the worldwide provider of IvedaAI™ intelligent video search technology, Sentir® video surveillance products, IvedaPinpoint™ and IvedaHome™ IoT (Internet of Things) platforms with smart devices, today announced the pricing of its underwritten public offering of 1,885,000 shares of common stock, and accompanying warrants to purchase 1,885,000 shares of common stock, at an aggregate offering price of $4.25 per share of common stock and accompanying Warrant. The Warrants will be immediately exercisable at a price of $4.25 per share of common stock and will expire five years from the date of issuance. The shares of common stock and the accompanying Warrants can only be purchased together in the offering, but will be issued separately and will be immediately separable upon issuance. The common stock and Warrants are expected to begin trading on the Nasdaq Capital Market on April 1, 2022, under the symbols “IVDA” & “IVDAW,” respectively. Iveda expects to receive gross proceeds of $8.0 million, before deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and other estimated offering expenses. In connection with the offering and to qualify for Nasdaq listing, the Company effectuated a reverse split of its issued and outstanding common stock at a ratio of 1-for-8. The reverse stock split became effective at 6:00 P.M., Eastern Time, on Thursday, March 31, 2022. The share numbers and pricing information in this release are adjusted to reflect the impact of the reverse stock split. The new CUSIP number for the common stock following the reverse split is 46583A204.
Iveda has granted the underwriters a 45-day option to purchase up to an additional 279,700 shares of common stock and/or up to an additional 279,700 Warrants at the public offering price to cover over-allotments, if any. The offering is expected to close on April 5, 2022, subject to customary closing conditions.
Maxim Group LLC is acting as sole book-running manager for the offering.
The offering is being conducted pursuant to the Company’s registration statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-261963), as amended, previously filed with, and subsequently declared effective by, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). A final prospectus relating to the offering will be filed with the SEC and will be available on the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov. Electronic copies of the final prospectus relating to this offering, when available, may be obtained from Maxim Group LLC, 300 Park Avenue, 16th Floor, New York, NY 10022, at (212) 895-3745.
This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy these securities, nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation, or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction.
About Iveda:
Iveda® (IVDA, Financial) specializes in IoT platforms that offer service providers a turn-key cloud video surveillance system, smart sensors and intelligent video search technology. Iveda utilizes proprietary command center, big data storage and deep-learning algorithms. Iveda received SAFETY Act protections from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security as a Qualified Anti-Terrorism Technology Provider. Headquartered in Mesa, Arizona, with a subsidiary in Taiwan, Iveda is publicly traded under the ticker symbol “IVDA.”
Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
This release includes forward-looking statements. Actual results may vary materially from those expected. Iveda’s business is subject to significant risks and uncertainties described more thoroughly in the Company’s SEC filings, including but not limited to its Registration Statement on Form S-1 and Form 10-K with audited financials for the year ended December 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020 and its subsequently filed quarterly reports on Form 10-Q. You should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements since they involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that are, in some cases, beyond Iveda's control and which could, and likely will, materially affect actual results, levels of activity, performance or achievements. All forward-looking statements made herein are qualified by such risk factors, and readers are advised to consider such factors carefully. Iveda undertakes no obligation to revise these forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date hereof or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.
Contact:
Iveda
Ty Young
Director of Communications
Tel: +1 (623) 565-9320
Email: [email protected]
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ATHENS, Greece (AP) — A 33-year-old woman from southern Greece has been charged with the murder of her 9-year-old daughter, and the deaths of her two other daughters in the past three years are being reviewed in a case that has drawn national attention.
Flanked by riot police and in handcuffs, she appeared in court in Athens Thursday for her arraignment. She was wearing a hood and a protective vest as authorities held back a crowd of onlookers and journalists.
The suspect, who was not formally identified in accordance with Greek law, was arrested a day after being detained for questioning Wednesday. It followed the results of tissue tests that showed the presence of an anesthetic drug that had not been administered by the girl’s doctors.
The 9-year-old died in January following an eight-month hospitalization.
Protesters also gathered outside the mother’s home in the port city of Patras, 200 kilometers (125 miles) west of Athens, where police again intervened to maintain order.
A panel of senior coroners is leading a review into the death of the suspect’s two other children: a 3-year-old girl from liver failure in 2019 and a 6-month-old girl in 2021 from a suspected heart defect.
Tissue samples retained from the two girls are now being re-examined, authorities said.
The suspect has denied any wrongdoing and is expected to formally respond to the charges on Monday.
In a private television interview last month, the suspect criticized news reports that described the three deaths as suspicious.
“I find myself in a position to defend myself against things that are unspeakable… this was a house that was filled with joy,” she said in the Feb. 17 appearance on private Star television. “How could I hurt my own children? I gave birth to them, raised them, and was always with them. It doesn’t make sense.”
In the same interview, the suspect’s husband described her as “a rock” for her children. Police investigators have been granted access to her private online communications.
“The emotional and moral burden of this event surpasses most if not all of us,” government spokesman Giannis Oikonomou said, congratulating the police on their work in the monthslong investigation.
“There are no words to express the pain this has caused. This requires considerable thought and reflection.” ___ Follow Gatopoulos at https://twitter.com/dgatopoulos
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Forest Hill football: Get to know new Falcons head coach Garret Necaise
Forest Hill High School didn't have to look far to find its next football coach.
The school announced Garret Necaise as the Falcons' new head football coach on Wednesday afternoon via the school's official Twitter account.
Necaise served as the Falcons' offensive line coach last season as Forest Hill finished 7-3 and won a district championship for the first time in more than three decades.
After starting the season 0-2, the Falcons won seven straight before losing to Vero Beach in the first round of the FHSAA state tournament.
"We have a great group of young men coming back this year," Necaise said of his returning roster. "My goal is to have our guys leave Forest Hill better men than when they arrived. I believe in being a man of great character.
"I can teach fundamentals, X’s and O’s all day. However, being a man of character and having respect, discipline, integrity, and all the things that make you a great person are going to help you go further in life."
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Former head coach Jim Basford, who left the program after one historically successful season to return to Texas, said he was pleased to see a staff member promoted as his successor.
"He’s a young, up and coming coach with a lot of energy and passion for the game," Basford said. "He’s a good coach and more importantly, a good person."
A Mississippi native, Necaise held various high school assistant positions before moving to Florida three years ago.
The Falcons' schedule currently includes a trip to Vicksburg, Mississippi on Aug. 27 to face Warren Central.
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https://www.palmbeachpost.com/story/sports/high-school/2022/03/31/forest-hill-football-hires-garret-necaise-next-head-coach/7237677001/
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WASHINGTON (Dow Jones)--The U.S. Treasury plans to auction $48 billion in reopened 6-month bills Monday.
The debt will settle on April 07, 2022 and will mature Oct. 06, 2022.
The debt is a reopening of an issue first sold on Oct. 07, 2021.
The Federal Reserve holds $14.421 billion of maturing securities for its own account. Amounts bid by the Federal Reserve banks for their own account will be in addition to the public offering amount.
Noncompetitive tenders for the 6-month bills, available in minimum denominations of $100, must be received by 11:00 AM Eastern Time Monday. Competitive tenders available in minimum denominations of $100, must be received by 11:30 AM Eastern Time.
The CUSIP number is 912796M89.
(Data provided by the U.S. Treasury Dept.)
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MORRIS PARK, the Bronx (PIX11) — To close out Women’s History Month, New Yorkers worked to address the needs of Ukrainians by shipping hygiene products overseas.
The effort was in collaboration with the Afya Foundation. Since the start of Russia’s war on Ukraine, the foundation has shipped almost $1.8 million worth of feminine hygiene products to women — nearly 160,000 pounds total.
Dr. Tracey Straker said she and three Albert Einstein College of Medicine students initially sought out to help locally with a drive. But when they learned of the women in need overseas, they decided to send their more than $17,000 donation to Ukraine instead.
“With everything that’s going on in Ukraine, that period poverty has really come to the forefront.
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https://pix11.com/news/local-news/bronx/nearly-1-8m-worth-of-feminine-products-shipped-to-ukraine/
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Care for your garden
Gardeners garden for many reasons. There are both similar and different purposes for growing edible and ornamental plants, but all gardening has the common goal of keeping plants alive.
That can be a challenge during prolonged periods of drought, which California’s gardeners are experiencing now.
For several months, we have received a series of local and statewide regulations on water conservation, including an emphasis on outdoor uses, which include garden irrigation and other activities that add to a large percentage of household water use. All gardeners should respect local water use regulations.
The most direct strategy for gardening during a drought is simply “use less water in the garden.’
We should, however, consider the broader purposes for our landscapes. A thoughtful advisor on this topic is entomologist Douglas Tallamy, who recommends four objectives for every landscape:
• Support the food web.• Manage the water shed.• Support pollinators by using a diversity of plants that the specialist pollinators need• Sequester carbon.
Each of these objectives has implications that deserve unpacking, but for today’s column we focus first on the objective to manage the water shed.
The first consideration should be to use water wisely. For plant management, this means providing water only where and when the plants need moisture. This can be accomplished by hand watering, at least for small numbers of plants. For larger gardens, the recommended strategy is to use drip irrigation, rather than wide spraying, to deliver water to each plant’s roots. The corollary for plant irrigation is mulching. Maintaining a three- or four-inch layer of mulch around plants reduces evaporation of precious water and discourages weed growth.
Managing a drip irrigation system includes scheduling and regulating uses to meet each plant’s moisture needs and checking periodically for leaks. The loss of a single emitter on a drip system can waste a lot of water during each scheduled irrigation session.
An important guideline for water conservation in the landscape is to minimize lawn irrigation. Lawns have been normalized as elements of the residential landscape. Still, environmentalists and water conservationists criticize lawns. From their perspectives, lawns require substantial uses of water, artificial fertilizers, and broadleaf herbicides to maintain a desirable appearance. They also fault lawns as monocultures that do not support the food web and support pollinators.
If your garden includes a lawn area, California’s drought and other considerations suggest either reducing the size of the lawn or eliminating it altogether.
The third water conservation guideline is to select drought-tolerant plants, rather than “water hogs.” Tropical plants, e.g., orchids, are attractive to some gardeners and can be enjoyed in a greenhouse environment where water use can be controlled with care but including water-dependent plants in the landscape requires substantial amounts of water.
In this column, we have often recommended “summer-dry plants,” which are plants that have are adapted to the annual rain pattern that are typical of California and the world’s other Mediterranean climate regions. This category still includes some plants that grow best with moderate irrigation levels during the rest of the year, so it’s worthwhile to know each plant’s overall water needs (see “Advance Your Knowledge,” below).
With Tallamy’s objectives in mind, the ideal plants for gardening during a drought are California natives. They thrive in California’s climate, they are integral to Nature’s food web, and they have evolved with specialist pollinators that depend on our native plants.
For more on the relationship of native plants and pollinators, read Tallamy’s popular books, including “Bringing Nature Home,” “Nature’s Best Hope,” and “The Nature of Oaks.” He has also shared his ideas online: browse to Youtube.com and search for “Tallamy.”
This brings us to the upcoming plant sale by the Santa Cruz Chapter of the California Native Plant Society on Saturday, April 9, at the University of California, Santa Cruz’s Arboretum & Botanical Garden. The sale begins with a members-only session from 10-11 a.m. (you could join at the sale, I believe), and opens for the public from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
The sale includes nine annual species and 141 perennial species. To study the lists of plants that will be available at the sale, visit cruzcnps.org/plant-sales/. There will be limited numbers of each plant species, so your early arrival will help you to acquire the plants you want.
This event provides an excellent opportunity for gardeners to prepare their gardens for drought conditions, support the food web, and support specialized pollinators.
Today’s column includes photos of California native plants, provided by the Society. These photos provide a mere glimpse of the Golden State’s extensive horticultural riches. Your selection of California native plants would be fine additions to your garden.
Advance your knowledge
To learn about California native plants, visit the Annual Wildflower Show presented by the Monterey Chapter of the California Native Plant Society on April 9 and April 10, at the Carmel Women’s Club, Ninth and San Carlos, Carmel-by-the-Sea. This show, which has a 60-year tradition, was suspended by COVID-19 in 2020 and 2021, and will have its glorious return in 2022. The event includes specimens of wildflowers that are blooming in Monterey County during the current drought period. It’s happening during the plant sale in Santa Cruz, so interested gardeners could make this a native plant weekend.
For plant-specific water needs information, discover WUCOLS IV, which the current version of the Water Use Classification of Landscape Species. The California Center for Urban Horticulture, University of California, Davis, developed the WUCOLS IV database, which includes 3,546 entries. Visit ucanr.edu/sites/WUCOLS/ to look up the water needs of any plant of your interest.
For assistance in plant selection, explore the Calscape Garden Planner (gardenplanner.calscape.org/). This is a very practical online tool for planning a garden of native plants. It is a resource within the California Native Plant Society’s online database of nearly 8,000 plants native to California (calscape.org/).
Garden-related webinar:
The Cactus & Succulent Society of America will present, “Growing Cacti and Succulents from Seed,” at 10 a.m. Saturday. Steven Brack, long-time owner of a plant nursery, now retired, will demonstrate ways to easily propagate plants from seed. His message includes seed propagation as an enjoyable form of gardening, a low-cost way to add plants to your garden, and access to acquiring rare species. To access info about this free event, and to register, browse to cactusandsucculentsociety.org/.
Enrich your gardening days
Reminder: The MontereyBay Dahlia Society’s Annual Tuber Sale happens is Saturday outside of the Red Apple Cafe in the Deer Park Shopping Center in Aptos, California.
The sale begins at 9 a.m. and concludes at 11 a.m.––just two hours! That’s an unusually short duration for a once-a-year plant sale for a reason: gardeners will line up well before the sale begins, and few (if any) tubers will remain on the tables after two hours.
Several causes inspire this “tuber rush” by local gardeners.
First, Dahlias are aesthetic attractions offering a wide variety of colors, sizes and blossom forms.
Second, these Mexican natives grow easily in the Monterey Bay area’s climate.
Third, they have moderate/medium water requirements, making them a suitable for our current sustained drought.
Fourth, the non-profit Society offers locally grown tubers at very reasonable prices as a community service.
Fifth, the event raises funds to support the Society’s educational activities, which include informative monthly in-person meetings. Visit http://www.mbdahlias.org/ to learn how to join the Society.
Dahlias bloom during the summer months, and peak in August. The Society has a history of annual shows when blooms are at their top form, to display their members best blooms. These shows present opportunities for gardeners to appreciate well-grown plants and see which varieties would please their senses and enhance their gardens.
The Society did not schedule their Dahlia shows in 2020 and 2021 because of COVID-19 restrictions. After this lengthy hiatus, the Society has announced its 2022 show for Aug. 27-28 at the Santa Cruz County Fairgrounds. Mark your calendar for this long-awaited special event.
Enjoy your garden!
Tom Karwin is past president of Friends of the UC Santa Cruz Arboretum, Monterey Bay Area Cactus & Succulent Society, and Monterey Bay Iris Society, and a Lifetime UC Master Gardener (Certified 1999–2009). He is now a board member and garden coach for the Santa Cruz Hostel Society. To view daily photos from his garden, https://www.facebook.com/ongardeningcom-566511763375123/. For garden coaching info and an archive of previous On Gardening columns, visit http://ongardening.com. Contact him with comments or questions at tom@karwin.com.
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https://www.montereyherald.com/2022/03/31/tom-karwin-on-gardening-gardening-during-a-drought/
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In honor of Women’s History Month, EBONY is highlighting dynamic Black women through the lens of our new archival series, Woman to Woman. In the fourth and final episode, we hear reflections about the importance of staying true to ourselves despite what others may think or say.
Black women are consistently urged to tone themselves down to be more desirable or likeable to others. However, most question the reason on why they should be anything less than authentically themselves to excel. Actress, director and producer Tasha Smith is no stranger to this experience. Whether it be through the roles she plays or taking lead behind the camera, she rejects the notion that she needs to be anyone other than who she was born to be.
“Why should I turn it off or turn it down? Why should I try to be something I’m not? Why should I try to be someone else other than myself?” said Tasha Smith in the video below.
Journalist Taylor Rooks has also been subjected to being counted out. Nevertheless, she bets on herself and leans into her own authenticity to allow her greatness to shine through.
“People can be so focused on what they see that they’re not focused on what I’m saying. But, the right people always do…The more you keep doing good work, it will be hard to ignore the fact that you’re doing good work,” said Rooks.
No matter what, you can count on Black women to show up, show out and never betray who they are at their core while being a light for all to follow.
Catch previous episode of the series on EBONY.com. Check out the fourth installment below:
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ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — A federal appeals court has granted a request from a northern Virginia school system to continue using a challenged admissions policy at a highly selective high school while it appeals a ruling that found the policy discriminates against Asian American students.
A three-judge panel of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said in a ruling Thursday that Fairfax County Public Schools can continue to use its new admissions policy at Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology.
U.S. District Judge Claude Hilton rejected the new policy in a February ruling, saying that impermissible “racial balancing” was at its core. Commonly known as “TJ,” the prestigious school near the nation’s capital is often ranked as one of the best public high schools in the country.
Earlier this month, Hilton also rejected a request from the school system to delay the implementation of his ruling. But the 4th Circuit, in a 3-2 ruling, said the school board had met the legal requirements for a suspension of Hilton's order while its appeal is pending.
The 4th Circuit panel agreed with school officials who argued that because the selection process for the incoming freshman class is well underway, implementing Hilton's ruling now would throw the process into chaos.
Judge Toby Heytens wrote that he has “grave doubts” about Hilton's conclusions "regarding both disparate impact and discriminatory purpose” of the new admissions policy.
“In my view, appellant Fairfax County School Board is likely to succeed in its appeal,” Heytens wrote.
In a dissenting opinion, Judge Allison Jones Rushing said putting Hilton's ruling on hold while the school board appeals his decision is not in the public interest. Jones said any logistical difficulties or inconvenience associated with changing the admissions policy at this late date “simply do not outweigh the infringement of constitutional rights.”
“And everyone — even temporarily frustrated applicants and their families — ultimately benefits from a public-school admissions process not tainted by unconstitutional discrimination,” Rushing wrote.
The case has been closely watched as courts continue to evaluate the role that racial considerations can play when deciding who should be admitted to a particular school. Earlier this year, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear a similar case alleging that Harvard University discriminates against Asian Americans in its admissions process.
Fairfield County Public Schools said the order from the 4th Circuit allows the school board to continue with the current application process to select the Class of 2026 this spring.
“For the 2,500+ students in this application pool, this means the race blind process set out by the School Board in October 2020 will remain in place as an appeal challenging the February court decision plays out,” the board said in a news release.
The parents’ group Coalition for TJ, which filed the lawsuit, said the 4th Circuit judges have made a “grave error” in allowing the school system to continue to use its new admissions process.
“If the judges’ decision stands, we would see Fairfax County Public Schools usher in a second class of students to America’s No. 1 public high school through an unconstitutional race-based admissions process,” the coalition said in a statement.
For decades, Black and Hispanic students have been woefully underrepresented in the student body. After criticism over its lack of diversity, the school board scrapped a standardized test that had been at the heart of the admissions process and opted instead for a process that sets aside slots at each of the county’s middle schools. It also includes “experience factors” like socioeconomic background.
The parents’ group argued in its lawsuit that Asian Americans, who constituted more than 70% of the student body, were unfairly targeted in the new policy.
The school’s current freshman class, which was admitted under the new policy, saw a significantly different racial makeup. Black students increased from 1% to 7%; Hispanic representation increased from 3% to 11%. Asian American representation decreased from 73% to 54%.
The school system has insisted that its new policies are race neutral, and the panel evaluating applicants is not even aware of applicants’ race as it conducts its reviews.
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Hung Van Nguyen, 70, formerly of Nashville died March 19, 2022, in Texarkana, Texas.
He was born Dec. 6, 1951, in Saigon, Vietnam, the son of the late Qui Van Nguyen and Lac Thi Nguyen.
He moved to the United States in 1975 after serving in the Vietnam war with American Special Forces.
Survivors include: his wife, Le Nguyen; his three children, Steven, Johnathan, and Stephanie; also grandchildren.
Funeral services were at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Texarkana, Texas, on Friday, March 25.
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The U.S. and its allies were swift to act after Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine. Washington led a coalition of more than 30 countries that halted the supply of U.S. goods and services, or those that use American technology or production equipment. A separate package of financial restrictions cut the nation off from global banking systems.
Russia can cope for a little while, but if its war in Ukraine drags on and sanctions remain in place then it’ll eventually run out of the components needed to not only build weapons and military vehicles, but run servers and networks used by the civilian population.
Chinese companies may be tempted to fill the void. Beijing and Moscow seem close — there is “no ceiling” for their cooperation, China said this week — and the two countries are united in their disdain for what they see as Western imperialism. Helping out a friend by shipping some U.S. chips, or computers that contain them, might seem like a friendly gesture and possibly even a lucrative one.
In addition to the aforementioned methods of masking its supply chain, a major Chinese corporation could also mislead its bankers, use external staffing companies to employ engineers in the target country, or simply claim that a subsidiary was no more than a business partner and thus not subject to U.S. embargoes.
We know about these various sanctions-busting schemes because they’re exactly how electronics companies ZTE Corp. and Huawei Technologies Inc. skirted restrictions on sales to Iran. But they got caught, and the punishments were severe. In March 2017, ZTE was hit with a $1.2 billion fine and cut off from buying the U.S. components necessary to make many of its products. The company was forced to suspend operations, fire its board, and replace its management team. Revenue plummeted and the company has struggled to recover ever since.
Huawei this week showed just how damaging sanctions can be.(1) Banned from buying the crucial communications and computing chips needed to power the latest 5G phones and networks, the Shenzhen-based company was forced to reduce production. The result was a 29% drop in sales last year. Even domestic revenue fell 31%, highlighting the simple reality that you cannot sell what you can’t make.
Any Chinese executive running the risk-return calculation on skirting the Russian sanctions needs to remember two things: The U.S. is getting very good at catching violators, and the punishment could hurt not only that company but China as a whole.
President Joe Biden was blunt when he reiterated a warning this week to President Xi Jinping that “he’d be putting himself at significant jeopardy” if he helped his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin. China has rejected suggestions that it would try to bypass the embargoes, but has made clear it’s opposed to them. “There has been unnecessary damage to the normal trade exchange with Russia, including between China and Russia,” Foreign Ministry Spokesman Wang Wenbin said at a regular news briefing in Beijing this week.
Notable about this round of sanctions is the large coalition Washington has built to enforce them. It now has dozens of governments that have been updated on the rules and what to look out for. They will in turn serve as its eyes and ears around the world. In Asia, briefings have been held with industry groups and chambers of commerce in Singapore, Malaysia, South Korea and China.
Even if it chooses not to be a willing informant, Beijing too knows the rules, with representatives of China’s Ministry of Commerce meeting their counterparts in Washington soon after the embargo was announced. The U.S. also has export-control attaches stationed in foreign countries, and companies themselves are likely to be snitches if they feel others in the supply chain are not following the rules, Deputy Assistant Commerce Secretary Matthew Borman said.
Thus, not only are the chances of getting caught higher than ever, but Beijing has a vested interest in ensuring no one breaks the rules.
Bans apply to components and hardware, as well as the software and equipment required to produce them. So while China is working hard to wean itself off chips made by Intel Corp., Qualcomm Inc. and Nvidia Corp., it still needs software from Synopsis Inc. and Cadence Design Systems Inc. as well as tools from Applied Materials Inc. and Lam Research Corp. Any product made using inputs from these companies is subject to the bans.(3)
It could be more than a decade before Beijing can completely replace the entire design and manufacturing supply chain; losing access now would be disastrous. And that’s a real possibility. Should anyone be found breaking Russian sanctions, and Beijing seen aiding and abetting them, Washington may be forced to broaden its punishments — instead of merely forbidding sales to Russia using U.S. technology, Chinese businesses could also be cut off.
That would set China’s drive for technology independence back a long way. The smart move for Beijing now is to comply with the sanctions and make sure its companies do, too. Helping out a friend, and making a quick buck, isn’t worth sacrificing the nation’s long-term plan to become a global technology superpower that can stand on its own two feet.
More From Bloomberg Opinion:
• Australia Sends a $7.5 Billion Cyber Signal to China: Tim Culpan
• China’s Ukraine Juggling Act Isn’t Over: Clara Ferreira Marques
• How China’s Cybersecurity Laws Could Backfire: Anjani Trivedi
(1) The reason for curbs on Huawei extend beyond Iran sanctions-busting to include Western bans against its networking equipment and claims by the U.S. that it’s a national-security threat.
(2) License exceptions apply to various categories, including consumer devices such as cellphones that are sold to individuals and NGOs, but not government or officials.
This column does not necessarily reflect the opinion of the editorial board or Bloomberg LP and its owners.
Tim Culpan is a technology columnist for Bloomberg Opinion. Based in Taipei, he writes about Asian and global businesses and trends. He previously covered the beat at Bloomberg News.
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The General Services Administration listed digital government as one of four strategic goals in its five-year strategic plan released Thursday.
Technology Transformation Services and the Office of IT Category, with support from the Office of Government-wide Policy, will be leaned on to deliver more trusted, accessible, user-centered technologies to federal agencies from fiscal 2022 to 2026.
The strategy is predicated on the view that GSA must help agencies rebuild public trust through digital services, after legacy systems and inequalities hindered government’s pandemic response.
“Technological advances offer unprecedented opportunities to deliver services more efficiently and effectively while saving taxpayer money,” writes GSA Administrator Robin Carnahan, in her letter of introduction. “In this moment of change, GSA is uniquely positioned to help our customer agencies deliver for the American people by providing critical tools, systems, solutions and expertise at the best value.”
TTS and OGP, together with the office of Customer Experience and GSA IT, are expected to implement equitable design practices in projects like improving vote.gov by increasing access to voting requirements and documents in many languages and formats.
GSA intends to request amendments to Federal Citizen Services Fund appropriation language so services are reimbursable and the spending cap increased for high-impact projects.
The agency is also developing a roadmap for its USA.gov redesign, which will improve users’ ability to navigate government benefits, services and programs by consolidating content like that found on Benefits.gov and Grants.gov. OCE and the internal Digital Executive Board will simultaneously improve the digital literacy of website managers, and more resources will be dedicated to the Digital Analytics Program to increase agencies’ understanding of how users’ are using their sites to access government services.
TTS will increase agencies’ use of shared technology solutions by spearheading the creation of a market development and partnerships capability featuring a market-sensing initiative, according to the strategy.
GSA plans to increase reuse of authorized cloud products, and reduce digital threats in the process, by expanding the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program.
The agency will also increase agencies’ adoption of Login.gov and modernize federal rule-making management systems by streamlining workflows and improving data analysis.
Together TTS and OGP will employ a venture studio-esque model within the former to scale reimagined innovations governmentwide.
“This approach would help to launch innovative offerings and sustain them by providing resources and creating a clear, repeatable model for growing new ventures,” reads the strategy. “It would focus on high-impact digital transformation projects spanning multiple agencies and/or the public.”
GSA also wants to deepen the technological acumen within innovation accelerators like 18F, the Centers of Excellence, Presidential Innovation Fellows and 10x.
Elsewhere in the strategy the Federal Acquisition Service is tasked with ensuring agencies’ full adoption of the $50 billion Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions contract for telecommunications and IT modernization, which has become a moving target for government, by fiscal 2024.
Insights from GSA’s Workplace 2030 project will be used to develop new telework offerings for agencies like Home Office in a Box.
FAS and OGP will also streamline acquisition systems through the modernization of the Contract Acquisition Life-cycle Management (CALM) system, create a single experience for all GSA-assisted acquisitions by merging Assisted Services Shared Information System (ASSIST) legacy applications, automate error-detection bots, and improve the management of data on more than 50 million products and services through Catalog Management. FAS delivered $84 billion in IT governmentwide in fiscal 2021, and will work with OGP to increase agencies’ adoption of IT modernization offerings the next five years.
Polaris awards are now on hold following BD Squared’s pre-award challenge of the $15 billion governmentwide acquisition contract — intended to increase agencies’ partnerships with small business IT service providers — but GSA plans to continue developing the vehicle.
The strategy directs OGP to build on the work of more than 30 Communities of Practice (CoPs), some geared toward innovation and emerging technologies, that GSA manages and six unnamed CoPs in particular.
“For FY 2022, GSA has identified six CoPs to achieve key milestones or quantitative performance outcomes,” reads the document.
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Harmonic (HLIT) Stock Moves -0.32%: What You Should Know
Harmonic (HLIT) closed at $9.29 in the latest trading session, marking a -0.32% move from the prior day. This change was narrower than the S&P 500's daily loss of 1.57%. Meanwhile, the Dow lost 1.56%, and the Nasdaq, a tech-heavy index, lost 0.09%.
Coming into today, shares of the video services provider had gained 0.65% in the past month. In that same time, the Computer and Technology sector gained 4.23%, while the S&P 500 gained 5.37%.
Wall Street will be looking for positivity from Harmonic as it approaches its next earnings report date. In that report, analysts expect Harmonic to post earnings of $0.04 per share. This would mark no growth from the prior-year quarter. Meanwhile, our latest consensus estimate is calling for revenue of $140.57 million, up 25.98% from the prior-year quarter.
For the full year, our Zacks Consensus Estimates are projecting earnings of $0.35 per share and revenue of $589.53 million, which would represent changes of +2.94% and +16.24%, respectively, from the prior year.
Investors should also note any recent changes to analyst estimates for Harmonic. These recent revisions tend to reflect the evolving nature of short-term business trends. With this in mind, we can consider positive estimate revisions a sign of optimism about the company's business outlook.
Our research shows that these estimate changes are directly correlated with near-term stock prices. Investors can capitalize on this by using the Zacks Rank. This model considers these estimate changes and provides a simple, actionable rating system.
The Zacks Rank system ranges from #1 (Strong Buy) to #5 (Strong Sell). It has a remarkable, outside-audited track record of success, with #1 stocks delivering an average annual return of +25% since 1988. Within the past 30 days, our consensus EPS projection remained stagnant. Harmonic currently has a Zacks Rank of #4 (Sell).
Looking at its valuation, Harmonic is holding a Forward P/E ratio of 27.01. This valuation marks a premium compared to its industry's average Forward P/E of 17.9.
Also, we should mention that HLIT has a PEG ratio of 1.8. This popular metric is similar to the widely-known P/E ratio, with the difference being that the PEG ratio also takes into account the company's expected earnings growth rate. Communication - Components stocks are, on average, holding a PEG ratio of 1.73 based on yesterday's closing prices.
The Communication - Components industry is part of the Computer and Technology sector. This group has a Zacks Industry Rank of 90, putting it in the top 36% of all 250+ industries.
The Zacks Industry Rank includes is listed in order from best to worst in terms of the average Zacks Rank of the individual companies within each of these sectors. Our research shows that the top 50% rated industries outperform the bottom half by a factor of 2 to 1.
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A new study released Thursday found that those who are pregnant and vaccinated against COVID-19 are twice as likely to get a breakthrough case of the virus than those who aren't pregnant.
Researchers from the Wisconsin-based company Epic said they analyzed the medical records of about 14 million patients that were stored in Cosmos, a HIPAA-defined data set of more than 140 million people from 960 hospitals and 20,814 clinics that serve patients in all 50 states.
According to the study, researchers honed in on what comorbidities could increase a patient's chances of getting a breakthrough COVID-19 case while vaccinated.
They found that pregnant individuals were 1.91 times more likely to get COVID while vaccinated. They also found that those with organ transplants were 1.83 times more likely to get COVID-19, and those with immune deficiency were 1.63 times more likely to get breakthrough COVID.
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TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) _ SuperCom Ltd. (SPCB) on Thursday reported a loss of $5.4 million in its fourth quarter.
The Tel Aviv, Israel-based company said it had a loss of 32 cents per share. Losses, adjusted for non-recurring costs, came to 1 cent per share.
The traditional and digital identity solutions provider posted revenue of $3 million in the period.
For the year, the company reported a loss of $10.1 million, or 38 cents per share. Revenue was reported as $12.3 million.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military needs to adjust its planning, training, targeting and use of weapons in order to better avoid widespread civilian deaths and damage such as the devastating 2017 battle to liberate the Syrian city of Raqqa from Islamic State militants, a new RAND report said Thursday.
The report requested by the Pentagon reflects criticism of the military's airstrike campaign that, according to some estimates, killed more than 1,600 civilians in Raqqa, as the U.S.-led coalition worked to destroy the Islamic State caliphate that wrested control of large swaths of Iraq and Syria.
Pentagon press secretary John Kirby said the report, which lays out a series of recommendations to improve military procedures and strategy, will be used as the department develops its own broader plan to reduce civlian harm.
“No other military works as hard as we do to mitigate civilian harm, and yet we still cause it,” said Kirby. ”We're going to continue to try to learn from past issues.”
RAND concluded that the battle for Raqqa provided important lessons.
Michael McNerney, lead author of the RAND report, called Raqqa “a cautionary tale about civilian harm in urban combat.” He said it "should serve as an extra incentive to the DoD to strengthen its policies and procedures to mitigate, document and respond to civilian harm.”
The RAND report noted that there has been a wide range of estimated civilian casualties during the seige, but also said it believes that 60%-80% of Raqqa was left uninhabitable by the time the city was liberated in October 2017.
Initially the U.S.-led coalition estimted that it was responsible for 38 incidents involving 240 civilian casualties — including 178 who were killed. A consortium of local Syrian and international groups, including Amnesty International and Airwars, put the number of casualties at a “high estimate” of 1,600, but said that about 774 of them could specifically be “verified” by data as the result of coalition action.
The report makes it clear that several thousand more civilians likely died, based on the number of bodies uncovered by U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces, but many were probably killed by IS or other fighters on the ground.
“Our report focuses on U.S. actions in Raqqa, but the actions of the Syrian government and its Russian and Iranian partners undoubtedly contributed far more to civilian harm and suffering in Syria overall,” McNerney said.
The report noted that the challenges in Raqqa were compounded by limits on the number U.S. troops that could be there, as well as where they could be positioned. U.S. troops on the ground could have provided better targeting and civilian information, including on Islamic State militants' efforts to use civilians as human shields, the report said.
RAND recommended that the U.S. military provide more extensive training and guidance on the need to avoid civilian harm, and plan and execute operations in ways to achieve those goals. Changes could include improved planning, better assessments of potential collateral damage, increased mission rehearsals, improved intelligence gathering, and more selective use of air strikes and munitions that minimize bomb fragmentation.
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VENICE, Fla. (AP) — Ten-year veteran Brock Holt ended his bid to win a bench spot with the Atlanta Braves on Thursday when he requested and was granted his release.
Holt, 33, signed with Atlanta on a minor league deal and was invited to the major league camp. He was competing with versatile veteran Phil Gosselin and Pat Valaika for a utility position.
The Braves also optioned left-hander Dylan Lee, who made a surprise start as an opener in last season’s World Series Game 4 against Houston, a 3-2 comeback win, and outfielder Travis Demeritte to Triple-A Gwinnett. Lee, 27, made history as the first pitcher to make his first major league start in the World Series.
Holt hit .209 with two homers and 23 RBIs in 76 games with Texas in 2021. He made his major league debut with Pittsburgh in 2012 before playing seven seasons with the Boston Red Sox.
Holt played every infield and outfield position with the Red Sox but was primarily a third baseman with the Rangers. He has a .262 career batting average in 10 seasons.
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The Connecticut Department of Agriculture is investigating some Guida’s Dairy milk that they said could be contaminated with diluted sanitizer.
The state department said the 1% low-fat half-pint milk cartons had limited distribution in New Jersey, but all institutional customers with 1% low-fat half-pint milk cartons with a sell-by date of April 11 are urged to dispose of the product.
The Connecticut Department of Agriculture said the Bureau of Regulatory Services is investigating an incident involving Guida’s Dairy in New Britain regarding 1% low-fat half-pint milk cartons with a sell-by date of April 11 that contains diluted sanitizer.
The preliminary investigation report indicates that the actual issue is limited to milk within a specific time range of 4:30 and 7:30 and code stamped on the cartons, according to the department, and this milk had limited distribution in New Jersey, according to the department.
None of the students were ill, but they were taken to the hospital as a precaution, according to a Camden County spokesperson.
However, out of an abundance of caution, Guida’s Dairy is asking all institutional customers possessing 1% low-fat half-pint milk cartons with a sell-by date of APR 11 to dispose of the product.
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Guida's Dairy said they're disposing of their milk that meets this criteria. They said the milk has a chemical-like smell.
"Nothing is more important than the well-being and health of those we serve. Once we were made aware of this issue, we took immediate action and tested impacted product to verify there is no food safety risk associated with this product," Guida's Dairy said in a statement.
They said this guidance only applies to institutional customers and the affected product is not available at retail outlets for consumer purchase.
The state Department of Agriculture said Guida’s Dairy is cooperating fully, according to the Department of Agriculture.
"The quality of our products is deeply important to the Guida’s Dairy team. We are
working with all appropriate regulatory agencies to make them aware of this issue and taking the necessary corrective actions," Guida's Dairy said.
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A Texas man has been arrested by police after they discovered the skeletal remains of a person suspected to be his son being kept in the man’s kitchen, the New Boston Police Department announced.Police arrived at the home of David McMichael, 67, on Tuesday, as they’d received a call to perform a welfare check on a man residing in the 1200 block of South Merrill in New Boston, Texas.When Mr McMichael answered the door, the officers asked the man if he knew why they were there. The 67-year-old then replied, according to police, that “Mr McMichael advised them it was because he had a body in his kitchen”.The man, police said, later explained that the body was allegedly his son’s, who had died in May 2018, nearly four years earlier.The police have not confirmed if the human remains found in McMichael’s kitchen are in fact his son’s, Jason McMichael, but the body has since been taken to the Southwestern Institute of Forensic Sciences in Dallas for autopsy and further identification.The 67-year-old Texas man was charged with abuse of a corpse and is being held in Bi-State jail.
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Special Olympics Colorado Athlete Tania Wright Selected for USA Games in First Year Competing
Tania Wright was on the lookout for actions to do together with her finest pal, Kimberly Henry, when she stumbled upon Special Olympics. The 39-year-old needed a wholesome life-style and realized that sports activities and recreation could be her finest outlet. Henry had informed her about therapeutic recreation, one thing Wright had by no means heard of earlier than. When she did an internet search, she discovered Special Olympics Colorado. “Everyone is so nice and welcoming,” Wright says in regards to the group. “I like the sports, I like to compete, but I really like the sense of belonging.”
Up till that time, Wright had by no means performed sports activities. She tended to remain house however was now looking for an avenue to develop as a person. That avenue turned out to be Special Olympics and the game of powerlifting. With just one yr of expertise, she has been chosen to characterize Colorado on the 2022 Special Olympics USA Games in Orlando, Florida (June 5–12). “I’m just excited for the experience,” she says. “I get to meet new people and compete against athletes nationwide to see where I’m at [skill wise].”
Only a couple of months out from the competitors, Wright is coaching weekly and consuming as wholesome as she will be able to—that features getting a number of protein. The three fundamental lifts in powerlifting are squat, bench press and deadlift, and Wright will compete in all three. A latest foot damage has restricted her squat coaching, however she says she lifts 110 kilos in bench press and 275 kilos for the deadlift. A typical follow for her is about two hours as soon as per week, and he or she and her powerlifting coach, Tom Miller, give attention to fundamentals and method.
Miller says he depends on the tempo of his athletes to attain private bests. To have a good time these private bests, Miller provides the powerlifters a colourful stamp that goes on their arms. The stamps, which learn “Personal Best! Rude Dog Powerlifting”, inspire the athletes to maintain working. Last yr Wright obtained a “Personal Best” stamp in practically each follow.
That accomplishment highlights one thing particular about Wright: her need to be the very best she could be on a person foundation. Her exhausting work earned her the powerlifting state file for Special Olympics Colorado ultimately yr’s State Games. “It felt really good to do that, and now it gives me a goal to beat it,” says Wright.
Wright can have a possibility to beat that aim in Orlando. She’ll even have the prospect to compete towards the highest Special Olympics powerlifters within the United States—and he or she hopes it is going to take her ability to the following stage. Wright says it’s an honor to be chosen to compete. “I remember my coach telling me and I got a little speechless,” she says.
While she is keen about competing, she’s additionally nervous of the unknown. “Where are we going to stay, and what’s the day look like? That’s what I’m nervous about,” Wright says.
Nerves are an anticipated a part of competitors and touring, however Wright can have the assist of her teammates, Coach Miller and her USA Games coach, Jesse Branham. And maybe her largest assist? Kimberly Henry, who can be competing in soccer.
The USA Games can be a full-circle second for these two finest buddies.
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North Vancouver RCMP have released a sketch of a man accused of sexually assaulting a female youth on a Seymour Heights trail last month.
According to police, the girl was walking near a bridge in Trillium Park around 5:30 p.m. on Feb. 11 when the man approached and groped her. She was able to fight him off and flee, police said.
The man is described as Caucasian, five-foot-eight and in his 40s with greying hair, brown eyes and a slim build.
He was wearing blue jeans, a black baseball cap, a dark blue track jacket and a blue face mask, and was walking with a small white dog that was off-leash.
Anyone who recognizes the man in the sketch is asked to contact North Vancouver RCMP at 604-985-1311.
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On Monday, President Joe Biden unveiled his proposal for the next federal budget.
Though Congress has the final say in the annual budget, presidents create a proposal highlighting their fiscal priorities. Then, the president typically spends time advocating for their plan to the public, arguing for those priorities.
While promoting his latest proposal, Biden tweeted, “This year, my administration is on track to cut the deficit by more than $1.3 trillion… that would be the largest one-year reduction in the deficit in U.S. history.”
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Would a $1.3 trillion reduction in the deficit be the largest single-year reduction ever?
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Yes, if the deficit shrinks by $1.3 trillion this year, that will be the largest single-year reduction in history.
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Both the Federal Reserve and the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) track how much money the federal government takes in each year, and how much it spends. The Fed has records dating back to 1901, and the CBO dating to 1962.
If the government makes more than it spends, there’s a budget surplus. Since 1962, there have only been five years with a surplus, and none since 2001.
More commonly, the government spends more than it takes in. That’s a deficit, and it results in the U.S. borrowing money to make up the difference, which in turn adds to the federal debt.
According to the Fed and the CBO, the year in which the deficit shrank the most was 2013. In 2012, the budget was nearly $1.08 trillion in the hole, and in 2013, it was just under $679.8 billion. The deficit decreased by roughly $396.8 billion, more than in any other year in history.
If the deficit drops by $1.3 trillion in 2022 like Biden projected, it would indeed be the largest deficit reduction in American history, by a big margin.
The Fed and CBO track numbers on a fiscal-year basis, with the fiscal year ending on Sept. 30. So we won’t really know if Biden’s projections for 2022 are accurate until at least October.
But budget experts VERIFY spoke with agreed it’s likely the deficit reduction could wind up being more than a trillion dollars. However, they said that drop is mostly due to COVID-related spending programs expiring.
“It's not really due to any particularly aggressive policy action to, say, raise more revenue than we would have otherwise, or spend less. It's mostly just a factor of temporary things,” said Alex Muresianu, a federal policy analyst for the Tax Foundation.
“We had deficits that were over $3 trillion [in 2020], and one that was $2.8 trillion [in 2021]. That was as a result of a huge recession, and trillions of dollars that we were spending to fight COVID. So we will be dropping for sure. The deficit will be closer to a trillion dollars this year,” said Maya MacGuineas, president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, a non-profit group. “But that doesn't come from policies to reduce the deficit.”
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Five Below Q3 2021 Earnings Preview
- Five Below (NASDAQ:FIVE) is scheduled to announce Q3 earnings results on Wednesday, December 2nd, after market close.
- The consensus EPS Estimate is $0.20 (+11.1% Y/Y) and the consensus Revenue Estimate is $444.91M (+17.9% Y/Y).
- Analysts expects comps of +5.3%
- Over the last 2 years, FIVE has beaten EPS estimates 88% of the time and has beaten revenue estimates 63% of the time.
- Over the last 3 months, EPS estimates have seen 11 upward revisions and 6 downward. Revenue estimates have seen 16 upward revisions and 0 downward.
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Library to expand its hours in April
ROXBURY — Roxbury Library will be open more in April than it was previously.
According to a media release, the library, its Irma Mae Griffin History Room and Roxbury Library Association Thrift Shoppe will be open from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays.
The library is at 53742 State Highway 30, directly opposite the town’s United Methodist Church on Main Street.
Call 607-326-7901 for more information.
Blood drive to be held in Worcester
WORCESTER — The Worcester community will host a blood drive from noon until 6 p.m. Monday, April 4, at the municipal building at 19 Katie Lane in Worcester.
Call 800-733-2767 or visit redcrossblood.org to schedule an appointment.
Photographs to be shown, discussed
COOPERSTOWN — A show of photographs taken by visual artist Dmitri Kasterine of Richfield Springs over the last 60 years will be presented at 6 p.m. Tuesday, April 5, at the Village Library of Cooperstown at 22 Main St. in Cooperstown.
According to a media release, Kasterine will also discuss what it was like taking the photographs, how his subjects reacted to him and the ease or difficulty experienced while capturing the desired images.
Dmitri’s subjects include cultural figures of the 20th century, including Queen Elizabeth II, James Baldwin, Stanley Kubrick, Cindy Sherman, Spalding Gray, Francis Bacon, David Hockney, Germaine Greer, Liv Ullman and Mick Jagger.
Portraits of residents of Newburgh, published in the book “Newburgh: Portrait of a City” and a collection of life-going-on photographs taken in the United States and Europe will complete the show called “Dmitri Kasterine: Photographs and Encounters.”
Copies of Kasterine’s most recent book, “Who How When Where,” published in 2021, will be available as well.
Fuel relief fund has $2,000 goal
COOPERSTOWN — The Angel Network of Cooperstown received a $1,000 donation from a community member to be used for emergency fuel relief for local families struggling with the recent rise in fuel prices.
“These prices disproportionately affect low-income families and those who live paycheck to paycheck. We are moved by this generous donation and welcome the opportunity for the rest of the community to join in the supply of relief to those who are most affected at the pump,” Angel Network Co-President Miriam Murray stated in a media release.
The charitable organization has set a goal to match the $1,000 donation so that it has a greater reach in the community and has begun a campaign for contributions. Checks made out to The Angel Network of Cooperstown may be mailed to P.O. Box 1186, Cooperstown, NY 13326. Visit www.angelnetworkofcooperstown.org or find the group on Facebook for more information.
Book documents destruction by fire
SHARON SPRINGS — “The Many Fires of Sharon Springs,” published by the Sharon Historical Society, includes a tribute to the Sharon Springs Fire Department.
According to a media release, written by Sandra Manko, SHS vice president, the book documents the loss and destruction of historic buildings in the village caused by fire.
The book also gives credit to fire department volunteers, auxiliary and rescue squad members who continue to serve the community.
It is described as a grim reminder of the splendid hotels, bath and boarding houses that once lined the streets. Many fires reportedly broke out at a period in time when structures, made of wood, were heated with wood or coal and lighted by kerosene lamps and candles.
The book sells for $16 and is available at NBT Bank in Sharon Springs. Mail orders may be addressed to SHS at P.O. Box 363, Sharon Springs, NY 13459. A check for $20 per book should be included with orders to cover postage and handling.
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The Police's Stewart Copeland Recalls How He Found Out Taylor Hawkins Died
By Katrina Nattress
March 31, 2022
Taylor Hawkins met one of his idols, Stewart Copeland, in 2005. They were friends for the rest of his life.
The Police drummer penned an extensive tribute to Foo Fighters' late percussionist for Rolling Stone, in which he recounted how they met, the type of relationship they shared, and how he found out about Hawkins' untimely death.
"I had just finished playing a show with the Nashville Symphony [when I found out he died]," Copeland recalled. "It was just an amazing show. Came offstage, the hotel was a block and a half away, so I was in the shower before the audience was out of the building, with endorphins pumping out of every pore. I was heading down to the bar, and just as I’m walking out of my hotel room door, I get the text. 'Oh, for f**k’s sake, you’re kidding.' I get down to the bar, which is full of a throng of happy cheerful people all saying 'Good show.'”
"The natural endorphins are still going strong, and at the same time just overwhelmed with disbelief and shock," he continued. "Like I said, Neil [Peart] saw his train coming and he had a first-class ticket. Nobody saw Taylor coming. He was just a force of life that seemed unstoppable. He was a living thing, not a thing that will ever die. So the suddenness was profound."
Hawkins died unexpectedly last Friday night (March 25) in Colombia, during the Foos South American tour. He was found unresponsive in his hotel room and was declared dead at the scene. The band has since cancelled all remaining tour dates.
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SAN DIEGO , March 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Zalkin Law Firm has announced the selection of founding partner and attorney Irwin M. Zalkin to 2022 Super Lawyers®, a trusted legal ranking guide developed through a multiphase selection process. Attorney Zalkin has been long recognized in Super Lawyers®. In the 2022 edition, he was listed for his effective advocacy in San Diego, California in the practice area of "Personal Injury - General: Plaintiff."
Part of Thomson Reuters, Super Lawyers® lists no more than 5% of all private practice attorneys in the U.S. in its annual legal guide. It utilizes third-party nomination and two rigorous reviews to select listed lawyers. As such, its selection process is often regarded as a highly competitive, in-depth performance review.
The first review is conducted by the Super Lawyers® research team through independent research. Candidates are evaluated on a dozen categories of professional achievement, some of which include:
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The second review is the peer review, or the Blue Ribbon Review. In this step, a panel of top-rated lawyers reevaluates the candidates. Each panelist focuses on reevaluating candidates within their own areas of practice. This ensures that each listed lawyer is respected by their peers.
A staunch advocate for sexual abuse survivors, Attorney Zalkin has long been regarded for his groundbreaking representation. He has taken on and won complex sex abuse and assault cases against the Catholic Church, Boy Scouts of America, Jehovah's Witnesses, colleges and universities, and more.
Congratulations to Attorney Zalkin on earning a listing in 2022 Super Lawyers®! His first listing was all the way back in the 2008 edition. He was listed again in 2011 and 2012, then in every edition since 2014. He is also recognized by Martindale-Hubbell, The National Trial Lawyers: Top 100, and the Public Justice Foundation, among others.
As one of the nation's most trusted sexual abuse law firms, The Zalkin Law Firm has won millions of dollars in compensation for survivors in California, New York, and nationwide. It has secured historic global settlements in high-profile cases against the world's most powerful organizations and institutions, as well. No matter the complexity, no matter the scale of the coverup, its attorney team is equipped to uncover the truth and fight for accountability in single- and multi-victim cases. Learn more at https://www.zalkin.com/. To find out more about Super Lawyers®, visit https://www.superlawyers.com/.
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IMPACT-BASED WARNINGS:
1. Yellow Level 2 warning for severe thunderstorms with possible hail, damaging winds, excessive lightning and heavy downpours, leading to localised flooding of susceptible roads, bridges and settlements as well as dangerous driving conditions are expected over the Eastern Cape except over the northern and south western parts.
FIRE DANGER WARNINGS:
1.NIL
ADVISORIES:
1.NIL
Temperature: Fine and warm.
The expected UVB Sunburn Index: Very High
Temperature: Fine and warm but hot in the Lowveld, becoming partly cloudy in the afternoon.
Temperature: Fine and warm but partly cloudy in the south and east.
Temperature: Partly cloudy and warm with isolated showers and thundershowers in the west.
Temperature: Partly cloudy and cool to warm, with isolated to scattered showers and thundershowers except in the extreme east.
Temperature: Hot in the north west, otherwise partly cloudy and cool to warm with isolated showers and thundershowers except in the extreme west. It will be scattered in the south east.
Wind: The wind along the coast will be moderate southThe wind along the coast will be moderate southerly becoming strong in the afternoon.
Temperature: Cloudy along the south-coast, otherwise fine to partly cloudy and cool with isolated afternoon thundershowers in the north-eaPartly cloudy over the southern and north-eastern parts with isolated showers and rain, otherwise fine and cool to warm.
Wind: The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh south to south-easterly, but strong in places along the West Coast. It will be light to moderate south-westerly east of Stilbaai from late morning until the afternoon, while becoming north-westerly east of George in the evening.
The expected UVB Sunburn Index: High.
The Western half -Cloudy and cool with scattered showers and rain, but widespread thundershowers in places in the east
The Western half -Wind: The wind along the coast will be light to moderate south westerly, reaching fresh to strong in the afternoon.
The Eastern half -Partly cloudy in places, otherwise cloudy and cool with scattered showers and thundershowers.
The Eastern half – Wind: The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh south westerly, reaching strong in the afternoon.
Temperature: Partly cloudy and warm to hot with isolated showers and thundershowers but scattered in the south where it will cloudy and cool.
Wind: The wind along the coast will be Moderate north-easterly in the north otherwise southerly to south-westerly.
The expected UVB Sunburn Index: High
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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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Ten days ago, the Denver Nuggets were teetering on the edge of the play-in tournament in the Western Conference. Three straight wins have changed the landscape for Denver, and now the Nuggets have a chance to win the Northwest Division and possibly get a top-four spot in the conference.
The Nuggets (46-31) sit atop the division with five games remaining — and four of those are home games, starting with Friday’s matchup with the Minnesota Timberwolves. Minnesota (43-34) is in the midst of a revival and has a chance to make the playoffs for the first time since 2018.
While Denver has won three in a row, the Timberwolves have stumbled, losing four of their last five games to fall behind in the race for one of the top six seeds and a guaranteed postseason spot. Minnesota has a favorable schedule after Friday’s game, with its last road game at Houston and then three home games to end the season.
“These games ain’t going to get any easier,” Karl-Anthony Towns said after a 125-102 loss at Toronto on Wednesday night. “It’s going to get much, much harder.”
The Timberwolves had a 17-point lead over the Raptors in the second quarter but trailed at halftime. Towns attempted just 13 shots and scored just 16 points, well below his season average of 24.4 points.
He said he isn’t concerned with his stats, only winning.
“Just keep playing the best basketball of my career right now … keep worrying about winning,” he said. “Keep worrying about putting my team in the best position possible.”
The Nuggets blew a 31-point lead at Indiana on Wednesday night but recovered in time to get the win. Nikola Jokic had 12 of his 37 points in the fourth quarter to rescue Denver.
After Friday, the Nuggets play at the Los Angeles Lakers on Sunday afternoon and finish up with home games against San Antonio, Memphis and the Lakers. They have a chance to win 50 games despite not having their two best players besides Jokic this season.
It is still undecided if Jamal Murray (ACL) or Michael Porter Jr. (back surgery) will return this season, but Denver isn’t ruling them out yet. Murray is two weeks shy of a year from a left ACL tear and Porter is four months removed from surgery.
“I don’t think we need to paint ourselves into a corner and make any definitive decisions right now because this is not a mile race where it’s four laps and it’s over,” coach Michael Malone said. “We have no idea where the finish line is. Until we have a better idea of that, let’s leave all options on the table and see what happens on a day-to-day basis.”
Porter, whose back issues limited his one year of college basketball and dropped him in the 2018 draft, had a minor setback in his rehab from the third surgery on his back but could still return.
The Nuggets are hopeful JaMychal Green can return to action. He has missed the last two games with a wrist injury.
–Field Level Media
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Issuances of corporate bonds fell over 25% year-on-year in the current financial year due to a sharp rise in yields and heightened competition from banks. Yields on corporate bonds rose to 45 basis points during the year following the rise in yields on government securities.
“A majority of state-owned issuers preferred bank credit over bonds as banks were aggressively lending at a cheaper rate than bonds,” said Ajay Manglunia, MD and head of institutional fixed income at JM Financial. Companies and banks raised around Rs 5.46 lakh crore in the current financial year, as against Rs 7.48 lakh crore raised in a previous financial year, according to the data compiled by the Prime database showed.
Among the issuers, Housing Development Finance Corp (HDFC), National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD), LIC Housing Finance, Piramal Capital & Housing Finance and Indian Railway Finance Corporation (IRFC), remained top issuers, raising 29% of the total amount raised in FY22.
Market participants expect cheaper bank credit to reverse to a large extent from the second quarter of the next financial year as rates start rising and liquidity is normalised. “We see at least 15% to 20% growth in issuances this year in FY23,” Manglunia added.
However, some issuers are likely to face problems in fundraising due to heavy fundraising by the government in the next fiscal. “A bigger problem for corporate bonds might be crowding out impact because of a huge supply of sovereign papers and state development loans,” said Sanjay Pawar, fund manager for fixed income, LIC Mutual Fund Asset Management.
Rates on these instruments are expected to rise nearly 40-50 basis points in the next financial year due to expected rate hikes by the central bank, and higher borrowing by the government. Usually, corporate bonds trade at a spread over government securities, but in the last two years, the spread has shrunk.
Currently, the yield on corporate bonds maturing in three-year is trading in the range of 5.85-88%, on five-year papers at 6.30-35%, and on 10-year papers at 7.10%. However, going ahead as liquidity tightens and supply increases, the spread of corporate bonds over G-Sec is expected to increase, Pawar added.
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WINNEMUCCA, Nev., March 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Hycroft Mining Holding Corporation (Nasdaq: HYMC) ("Hycroft" or the "Company"), a development company operating the Hycroft Mine in the prolific mining region of Northern Nevada, filed its Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021.
2021 Financial Highlights
- Production: As previously announced, gold production for the year ended December 31, 2021, of 57,668 ounces exceeded the high end of the guidance range as the process team continued to improve equipment, process control and costs. Silver production of 355,967 ounces was approximately 20% below guidance due to slower than planned leach kinetics. Processing of ore on leach pads is currently planned to proceed through the second quarter of 2022.
- Sales: Sales for the year ended December 31, 2021 were 56,045 ounces of gold (average realized price of $1,794 per ounce) and 397,546 ounces of silver (average realized price of $25.66 per ounce).
- Unrestricted Cash Position: The Company ended 2021 with $12.3 million of cash on hand and was in compliance with debt covenants
- Net Loss and Cash Used: Due to high operating costs relative to the associated gold equivalent production and sales volumes and ceasing of mining operations in November, 2021, the Company recorded a net loss of $88.6 million for the year ended December 31, 2022. Due to the losses from operations, the Company ceased mining activities and is now focused on completing its technical studies and exploration to develop the Hycroft mine through a milling and pressure oxidation process. The $44.0 million reduction in unrestricted cash since the beginning of the year was primarily due to cash used for operating activities of $37.0 million, cash used for investing activities of $6.9 million, cash used for financing activities of $5.5 million, and a $5.4 million reduction in restricted cash.
Subsequent Events:
- The Company completed several financing transactions to significantly strengthen its balance sheet, including:
- Nasdaq trading: With the recent improvement in the stock price, the Company has regained compliance with the Nasdaq minimum bid price for continued listing.
About Hycroft Mining Holding Corporation
Hycroft Mining Holding Corporation is a U.S.-based gold and silver development company that owns the Hycroft Mine, a well-established, world-class asset with a significant mineral endowment in Northern Nevada, a tier one mining jurisdiction. The company is focused on transforming Hycroft into a large-scale mining operation by developing a process for its large sulfide gold and silver mineral resources on site. Additional information is available at hycroftmining.com.
Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
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DrazCanna meets DrazCanna - Company announces Letter of Intent signed for reverse merger between DrazCanna, Inc. (OTCBB:SIBED) and DrazCanna, Inc. (a Michigan based corporation). Company discloses organization's Nutrient Optimizer Algorithm for Cannabis cultivation and Female to Female strain development process
DEARBORN HEIGHTS, MI / ACCESSWIRE / March 31, 2022 / Shareholder Record Date as of April 1st, 2022 for special shareholders meeting on May 6th, 2022
"The signing of the Letter of Intent is our next step in the entrepreneurial journey" stated Hussein Anani, President of DrazCanna, Inc. "Our efforts in the evolution of our R&D endeavors resulted in some fine achievements by our team and we are excited as we move toward shareholder vote on the proposed reverse merger."
Letter of Intent for Reverse Merger
The Letter of Intent, signed March 31st, 2022, is among DrazCanna, Inc., a Michigan corporation ("DRAZCANNA"), the shareholders of DRAZCANNA, DrazCanna, Inc., a Texas corporation (OTCBB:SIBED), Hussein Anani, the sole officer and director of SIBED and the Managing Member of The High Company, LLC ("THC"), a Michigan limited liability company, and an officer and director of DRAZCANNA, the controlling shareholder of SIBED and THC. The purpose of this LOI is to set forth the terms and conditions pursuant to the execution of a DEFINITIVE SHARE EXCHANGE AGREEMENT for approval of the Shareholders at an annual meeting to occur on May 6, 2022. DRAZCANNA owns two subsidiaries, Lybull, Inc. and Drazmatic, Inc.
The parties agreed to the following terms for presentation to shareholders for vote:
DrazCanna, Inc. (OTCBB:SIBED) will own 45,000,000 common shares of DRAZCANNA, representing all of the issued and outstanding equity of DRAZCANNA (Michigan);
The Shareholders, or their assignee(s), will be issued an aggregate of 90,000,000 shares of SIBED, $0.0001 par value per share the Common Stock, representing 90.39% of SIBED's outstanding shares of Common Stock (the "Share Exchange"), calculated post-issuance;
THC shall return and retire 27 of the 30 outstanding shares of Special 2021 Series A Preferred Stock, $0.0001 par value per share (the "Preferred Stock"), to SIBED, representing at least 540,000,000 shares of Common Stock if converted and
DRAZCANNA will hold no common shares of SIBED, as the wholly-owned subsidiary of SIBED.
"We believe the proposed reverse merger share structure could present existing shareholders an opportunity to move forward after sitting as a dormant shell since 2016," Anani stated. "As we move forward in our evolution of SIBED, our team accomplishments over the last six years deserve recognition. I would like to introduce a fellow founding team member, Gina Szpak."
Gina Szpak, President of i2bConsultants (data analytics and process improvement consulting firm) and a founding team member of DrazCanna (Michigan) added, "The evolution of Drazcanna is thanks to the dedicated work of our team members since our humble beginnings in 2015 where we produced a number of significant achievements with our approach to cannabis cultivation and extraction," stated Gina Szpak. "Our unique cannabis cultivation approach is based upon principles of the data-driven cultivation process coined by Dutch scientists ‘Growing by Plant Empowerment' coupled with DrazCanna's own Nutrient Optimizer Algorithm."
"Our Nutrient Optimizer Algorithm was about overcoming the conundrum of dichotomy between cannabis cultivation and empirical data needed as the basis of predictive data analytics. The resolution allowed us to see the "bell curve" within our data and the optimization of nutrients relative to changing dynamics within environmental variables." Gina Szpak continued - "Our approach to data-driven cultivation provides us with measurements of plant health four times per day enabling nutrient adjustment with the goal of maximizing plant health in indoor cultivation of cannabis without AC."
"Innovation was built into each facet of our development. As we explored plant physiology, we developed a process whereby female to female strain development can provide an additional basis for further research opportunities beyond traditional male/female strain development via seed," said Szpak. "Over our six year developmental history, our team of over thirty individuals achieved a number of innovations within strain development, data analytics, environmental responsibility, and cultivation processes and equipment."
DrazCanna's (Michigan) cultivation approach utilizes inert media so that it receives accurate data regarding plant health as well as appeal to requirements for medical development. DrazCanna intends to share additional information about its six-year Bio-Pharmaceutical development history in public announcements to come.
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Hussein Anani, President
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About DrazCanna, Inc.
DrazCanna, Inc. (OTCBB:SIBED) was operating in the educational sector until 2016 and was dormant until 2021 when the corporation filed its reports to achieve current status. For more information, visit www.siblinggroupholdings.com.
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High school baseball: Palm Beach Gardens snaps Jupiter's win streak
JUPITER — Palm Beach Gardens ended Jupiter baseball's seven-game win streak on Wednesday with a 4-3 road victory over the highly ranked Warriors.
The Warriors (11-2) entered the contest as a top 20 team in MaxPreps' Florida rankings, but stumbled against the Gators once again. Palm Beach Gardens ended Jupiter's season last year in the district semifinals.
First-year head coach Matt Judkins lauded his team's performance as well as the caliber of its opponent in the upset.
"These guys [Jupiter] are always really good. They're well-trained, well-coached and they were our rival forever," Judkins said. "They still are our rival even though they're in a different district, which is kind of weird."
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Gators junior Blake Mathews led the way at the plate with a solo home run and two runs scored. Seniors Jayden Hylton and Shawn Rapf also drove in runs.
On the mound for Gardens (9-5), freshman Luis Valencia allowed three runs, two earned, with two strikeouts in 4.2 innings pitched. Billy Reid enjoyed a strong showing in relief, striking out two and allowing no runs in 2.1 innings pitched.
Senior Bobby Fasulo and sophomore Andrew Todd paced Jupiter with multihit performances and RBIs. Starting pitcher Jaxon Inouye allowed four runs but only one earned while striking out six in five innings.
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WASHINGTON (Dow Jones)--The U.S. Treasury plans to auction $57 billion in reopened 3-month bills Monday.
The debt will settle on April 07, 2022 and will mature July 07, 2022.
The debt is a reopening of an issue first sold on Jan. 06, 2022.
The Federal Reserve holds $14.421 billion of maturing securities for its own account. Amounts bid by the Federal Reserve banks for their own account will be in addition to the public offering amount.
Noncompetitive tenders for the 3-month bills, available in minimum denominations of $100, must be received by 11:00 AM Eastern Time Monday. Competitive tenders available in minimum denominations of $100, must be received by 11:30 AM Eastern Time.
The CUSIP number is 912796R68.
(Data provided by the U.S. Treasury Dept.)
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BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — A driver who engaged Buffalo police in a lengthy gunfight, striking and injuring three officers during a haphazard chase that spanned the city, pleaded not guilty Thursday to attempted murder.
Kente Bell, 28, was arraigned from his hospital room, where he is recovering from several gunshot wounds sustained during Tuesday's chase and a final hail of gunfire as it ended in front of a police station at a Buffalo intersection.
Bell was shot in his neck, arm, leg and hand and underwent surgery at Erie County Medical Center, where he appeared before a judge after regaining consciousness, said Erie County District Attorney John Flynn, who offered dramatic new details of the events.
“You have a high-speed chase... you've got a guy firing out the driver's side window. You've got blockades, you've got speed on highways, a girl jumping out of the car,” he said at a news conference.
Bell is accused of fleeing two police officers who approached his parked vehicle after noticing its tinted windows around 6 p.m. Tuesday, Flynn said. He cooperated at first but did not get out of the car because he was partially paralyzed in a 2012 shooting and uses medical equipment to walk, the prosecutor said.
When it appeared there was an issue with his registration, Bell drove off. Armed with an illegal handgun with an extended magazine of ammunition, he fired on police as they pursued him through city neighborhoods and on highways for more than 20 minutes, Flynn said.
Early in the chase, before shots were fired, the passenger exited the moving vehicle.
“He was making a turn and had slowed down at some point. She opened the front passenger door and jumped out of the car while it was moving and ended up rolling on the ground and hit up against a pole of some kind,” he said, “like right out of a movie.”
“She was obviously freaking out probably, to say the least, and wanted to have nothing to do with this," Flynn said.
In the minutes that followed, Bell drove through a police barricade, entered and exited highways and drove wildly through several Buffalo neighborhoods, briefly entering the suburb of Cheektowaga, before turning back toward Buffalo with police officers radioing his route to each other and warning of the danger.
“They’re still shooting. Multiple officers hit!” an officer is heard shouting in a transmission captured by Broadcastify.com.
Three police officers were struck in separate vehicles. All are recovering.
By the time it was over, nine police vehicles were damaged by gunfire, Police Commissioner Joseph Gramaglia said.
Investigators have yet to determine how many shots were fired by Bell, or how many officers fired their weapons, Flynn said.
Bell is due to appear before a county judge at the hospital Friday for an alleged probation violation related to a 2020 illegal firearms charge in the town of Amherst. While on probation, he was prohibited from carrying a weapon.
The attorney who represented Bell at Thursday's arraignment did not return a call seeking comment on his behalf.
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The heated incident between Will Smith and Chris Rock during the recent Academy Awards awards showed that women’s hair loss is not something to joke about, especially for those close to the condition. After comedian Rock made a tasteless comment about Smith’s wife Jada Pinket Smith’s shaved head, she had an immediate reaction, appearing to be visibly upset and saddened. Unbeknownst to Rock, Pinkett Smith has had an ongoing struggle with alopecia and hair loss for years and his comment touched on an extremely sensitive topic.
According to the Mayo Clinic, alopecia is a chronic inflammatory condition that affects hair follicles, resulting in patches of hair loss. Diving deeper into the syndrome, certified dermatologist and Nioxin brand spokesperson Dr. Mona Gohara explains, “There are many different forms of alopecia. Some are related to genetics and age, others are autoimmune, some stem from blood abnormalities such as thyroid, hormonal, or vitamin imbalance. Other times hair loss can come from styling practices or stress. There are a broad range of reasons that someone may note thinning, broken, or falling out hair.”
For Pinkett Smith, 50, this condition developed later in life and caught her completely off guard. In 2018, she opened up on her show Red Table Talk saying “I was in the shower one day, and then just handfuls of hair just in my hands, and I was just like, ‘Oh my God, am I going bald?’ It was one of those times in my life where I was literally shaking with fear.” She went on to say that the experience was “terrifying when it first started.” Over time, she decided to shave her head completely and has rocked her new look beautifully. She’s also continued to bring awareness to the condition and even shared a video on Instagram in December 2021, lovingly rubbing her head and declaring, “Me and this alopecia are going to be friends … period!”
Her candid nature about her experience is important because it affects so many of us. Renowned actress Viola Davis has also opened up about being affected by the condition, starting in her late 20s. In fact, some reports say up to 45% of Black and Latinx women face some sort of hair loss, which can be distressing since their hair is already so scrutinized.
Psychologist Dr. Sabrina Romanoff says, “Unwarranted hair loss is so devastating because of the value our society places on hair health and its association to beauty, status, and overall physical health. For many people, hair is the essence of what makes them feel attractive, but it’s actually much more than that, because a lot of people who experience hair loss talk about how their identity is encapsulated in their hair, and when they begin to lose it, their sense of self feels unstable.”
As for remedies to treat hair loss, unfortunately there is no known cure; however some treatments have proven to be effective. Minoxidil, which can be obtained over the counter without a prescription, is the recommended standard for hair regrowth. In addition to topical formulas, there are also a range of other treatment options including hair implants, prescribed medicines, cortisone scalp injections, red light therapy and PRP treatments. Although there are a variety of options, each individual case is different and results are not guaranteed.
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The House on Thursday passed a bill capping the monthly cost of insulin at $35 for insured patients, part of an election-year push by Democrats for price curbs on prescription drugs at a time of rising inflation.
Experts say the legislation, which passed 232-193, would provide significant relief for privately insured patients with skimpier plans and for Medicare enrollees facing rising out-of-pocket costs for their insulin. Some could save hundreds of dollars annually, and all insured patients would get the benefit of predictable monthly costs for insulin. The bill would not help the uninsured.
But the Affordable Insulin Now Act will serve as a political vehicle to rally Democrats and force Republicans who oppose it into uncomfortable votes ahead of the midterms. For the legislation to pass Congress, 10 Republican senators would have to vote in favor. Democrats acknowledge they don't have an answer for how that's going to happen.
"If 10 Republicans stand between the American people being able to get access to affordable insulin, that's a good question for 10 Republicans to answer," said Rep. Dan Kildee, D-Mich., a cosponsor of the House bill. "Republicans get diabetes, too. Republicans die from diabetes."
Public opinion polls have consistently shown support across party lines for congressional action to limit drug costs.
But Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., complained the legislation is only "a small piece of a larger package around government price controls for prescription drugs." Critics say the bill would raise premiums and fails to target pharmaceutical middlemen seen as contributing to high list prices for insulin.
Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, said Democrats could have a deal on prescription drugs if they drop their bid to authorize Medicare to negotiate prices. "Do Democrats really want to help seniors, or would they rather have the campaign issue?" Grassley said.
The insulin bill, which would take effect in 2023, represents just one provision of a much broader prescription drug package in President Joe Biden's social and climate legislation.
In addition to a similar $35 cap on insulin, the Biden bill would authorize Medicare to negotiate prices for a range of drugs, including insulin. It would penalize drugmakers who raise prices faster than inflation and overhaul the Medicare prescription drug benefit to limit out-of-pocket costs for enrollees.
Biden's agenda passed the House only to stall in the Senate because Democrats could not reach consensus. Party leaders haven't abandoned hope of getting the legislation moving again, and preserving its drug pricing curbs largely intact.
The idea of a $35 monthly cost cap for insulin actually has a bipartisan pedigree. The Trump administration had created a voluntary option for Medicare enrollees to get insulin for $35, and the Biden administration continued it.
In the Senate, Republican Susan Collins of Maine and Democrat Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire are working on a bipartisan insulin bill. Georgia Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock has introduced legislation similar to the House bill, with the support of Sen. Majority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York.
Stung by criticism that Biden's economic policies spur inflation, Democrats are redoubling efforts to show how they'd help people cope with costs. On Thursday, the Commerce Department reported a key inflation gauge jumped 6.4% in February compared with a year ago, the largest year-over-year rise since January 1982.
But experts say the House bill would not help uninsured people, who face the highest out-of-pocket costs for insulin. Also, people with diabetes often take other medications as well as insulin. That's done to treat the diabetes itself, along with other serious health conditions often associated with the disease. The House legislation would not help with those costs, either. Collins says she's looking for a way to help uninsured people through her bill.
About 37 million Americans have diabetes, and an estimated 6 million to 7 million use insulin to keep their blood sugars under control. It's an old drug, refined and improved over the years, that has seen relentless price increases.
Steep list prices don't reflect the rates insurance plans negotiate with manufacturers. But those list prices are used to calculate cost-sharing amounts that patients owe. Patients who can't afford their insulin reduce or skip doses, a strategy born of desperation, which can lead to serious complications and even death.
Economist Sherry Glied of New York University said the market for insulin is a "total disaster" for many patients, particularly those with skimpy insurance plans or no insurance.
"This will make private insurance for people with diabetes a much more attractive proposition," said Glied.
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BERLIN (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin insisted Thursday that the country’s natural gas must be paid for with rubles, a demand apparently intended to help bolster the Russian currency but one that European leaders say they will not comply with because it violates the terms of contracts and sanctions.
Putin said Russia will start accepting ruble payments Friday and gas supplies will be cut off if buyers don’t agree to the new conditions, including opening ruble accounts in Russian banks, from which the gas payments will be made.
“If these payments are not made, we will consider it a failure of the buyer to fulfill its obligations, with all the ensuing consequences,” Putin said.
European leaders cautiously insisted they will continue to pay for natural gas in euros and dollars and want to see the fine print of how the Kremlin will implement its decree. It came a day after the leaders of Italy and Germany said they received assurances from Putin about gas supplies.
Putin announced last week the countries deemed “unfriendly” for imposing sanctions on Russia over its war in Ukraine must pay for natural gas only in Russian currency. His proposal has caused natural gas prices to gyrate and raised fears it could be a prelude to an interruption of supplies to Europe, which is heavily dependent on Russian natural gas and would struggle with a sudden cutoff. At the same time, Russia depends on oil and gas sales for much of its government revenue at a time its economy is under severe stress from Western sanctions.
Putin’s demand appeared to be part of Russia’s efforts to boost the ruble after the currency plunged under Western sanctions. After dropping as low as 143 rubles to the dollar in early March, on Thursday it took 82 rubles to buy a dollar, around the same level as the day Russia launched its invasion.
Economists say switching the gas payments to rubles would do little to support the Russian currency, since gas exporter Gazprom has to sell 80% of its foreign currency earnings for rubles anyway. The White House said Thursday that the ruble is no longer a reliable measure of Russia’s economy because it’s being artificially propped up.
Analysts at Evercore ISI said Putin’s primary motive seems to be “to prove he can bend EU leaders to his will.” They also said that even if Russia is able to force the EU to pay for gas in rubles, the European countries could retaliate by imposing more tariffs on Russian oil imports or banning them outright. While Russia could eventually sell the oil, the price would likely be at a steep discount, the analysts said.
The decree Putin signed and state news agency RIA Novosti published says a designated bank will open two accounts for each buyer, one in foreign currency and one in rubles. Buyers will pay in foreign currency and authorize the bank to sell it for rubles on Moscow’s currency exchange. The rubles would then be placed in the second account, where the gas is formally purchased.
People are “wondering what Putin is up to,” said Tim Ash, senior emerging markets sovereign strategist at BlueBay Asset Management. Putin may have read the German government’s unwillingness to boycott Russian energy “as weakness and is now trying to engineer this energy crisis … the solution here is to call Putin’s bluff and say, sure, cut off energy supplies and see who breaks first.”
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D’Emilio contributed from Rome. AP reporter Colleen Barry in Milan contributed.
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The third member of the Warriors’ Run TMC trio will be inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame this summer.
Tim Hardaway has received the call from the Hall, joining Mitch Richmond and Chris Mullin to complete the Golden State trifecta.
NBC Sports Bay Area’s Monte Poole first reported the news. A source confirmed Hardaway’s induction to sports editor Bud Geracie. The official announcement is expected Saturday.
Hardaway played the first six-and-a-half years of his career with the Warriors, earning three All-Star nods and orchestrating Don Nelson’s entertaining, up-and-down style of basketball that energized Bay Area fans. He averaged 9.3 assists per game over five-plus seasons with the Warriors, along with 19.8 points.
The Warriors’ Run TMC era lasted just two seasons as it ended when Richmond was traded to Sacramento following Golden State’s exciting 1991 playoff run, which included a first-round upset over David Robinson’s Spurs.
Proving the phenomenon of the Warriors’ fast-paced play didn’t die down even after Richmond left, McDonald’s even began marketing a “Tim and Chris Burger” in the Bay Area in 1992. The fast food chain’s televised ad featured Hardaway and Mullin arguing over it was called a “Tim and Chris Burger” or a “Chris and Tim Burger.”
Their televised dilemma was nothing compared to what Warriors opponents faced each night back then.
“We called it controlled chaos,” Hardaway said when he was inducted into the Bay Area Sports Hall of Fame four years ago. “We knew how to move without the basketball, set back screens, and we knew how to create and take advantage of mismatches.”
Hardaway may be the last of the Run TMC stars to make it to the Hall of Fame, but there was no doubt which of the three made them go.
“He was the catalyst. He was the one who was driving the ship,” Richmond once told this news organization. “Right before training camp, I remember Nellie brought the whole team together and said, `Tim is the quarterback. Just run the floor and he’ll find you.’ ”
In just his second year in the league, Hardaway was already electrifying while averaging 22.9 points, 9.7 assists and 2.6 steals. Combined with Mullin’s 25.9 points per game and Richmond’s 23.9, the threesome averaged a whopping 72.5 points per game.
The Warriors were among the top three scoring teams in the NBA for the first five years of Hardaway’s career, including the 1993-94 season he missed with a knee injury while rookie Chris Webber emerged as another star.
The 1996 trade that sent Hardaway to Miami was one of several moves that plummeted the Warriors from the playoffs into the NBA’s basement.
Hardaway played parts of six seasons with the Heat, getting two more All-Star accolades, before finishing his career with two seasons split between Dallas, Denver and Indiana. His No. 10 jersey was retired by Miami.
Reports indicate Spurs star Manu Ginoblili and WNBA great Swin Cash will also be inducted, along with former Warriors coach George Karl and collegiate coach Bob Huggins.
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House lawmakers have introduced legislation to address the backlog of veterans’ record requests at the National Archives and Records Administration.
The Access for Veterans to Records Act was introduced Thursday, co-sponsored by Reps. Stephen Lynch, D-Mass., Gerry Connolly, D-Va., Cori Bush, D-Mo., and Jim Cooper, D-Tenn.
If It passes, the bill would authorize $60 million for NARA to directly address the backlog, and require the agency to include target timeframes for reducing the backlog as well as detailed steps to improve infrastructure and customer service.
The proposed legislation also would require NARA to submit a plan for eliminating the backlog to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform, as well as the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Currently, the backlog of requests for records from the National Personnel Records Center, which is a NARA sub-agency, stands at 600,000. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the delay in responding to requests from veterans for their service records swelled as staff struggled to telework. Among the difficulties faced by NPRC is that many records have yet to be digitized.
The records are crucial for veterans to receive service-related benefits, including medical treatment, unemployment assistance and emergency housing services.
In October, lawmakers on the House Committee on Oversight and Reform called on the inspector general of the National Archives and Records Administration to investigate a backlog of veterans’ records requests during the pandemic.
This came after lawmakers in July wrote to NARA suggesting the organization apply to the Technology Modernization Fund for assistance in clearing the records backlog.
Commenting on the new legislation, chair of the House Committee on Oversight and Reform Carolyn Maloney, D.N.Y., said: “It’s clear that our veterans’ records system is in desperate need of reform. With a global pandemic contributing to longer waits for thousands of veterans and their families to get the benefits they rightfully deserve, it’s time to ensure the federal government has the necessary resources to process records requests quickly,”
She added: “This commonsense bill will help provide the funding the National Personnel Records Center urgently needs to modernize its information technology and shore up its workforce to ensure records processing is just a click away.”
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Jerry Wade Conatser, age 75, of Mineral Springs, Ark., went to be with his Lord and Savior on Monday, March 7, 2022. He was born June 17, 1946, in Nashville, Ark., to the late Homer Junior Conatser and Vivian Modena Mobbs Conatser. Jerry was retired from Briar Gypsum Plant. He was of the Assembly of God Faith, devoting his life to being a Christian man. He had graduated from the Berean Bible School and was proud of it. He loved working on lawn mowers, gardening, was an avid reader, and loved his little partner, his dog Bella. Jerry was a family man loving all of them, especially his grandchildren, he also was a whiz at watching and playing Jeopardy.
Preceding him in death were his parents, a brother, Larry Conatser, two sisters- in law, Delois, and Brenda Conatser. Also, a son-in-law, Tracy Miller.
He is survived by: his best friend and the love of his life for over 56 years, his wife Glenda Deer Conatser of Mineral Springs; three children, Cindy and husband Rick Whitehouse of Atlanta, Texas, Debbie and husband Duke Brady of Nashville, and Becky and husband Billy Dallas of Nashville; eight siblings, Dianne, and husband Ronnie Gilbert of Dierks, Ark., Phyllis and husband Gary Goss of Nashville, Sheila, and husband Kermit Davis of Bivens, Texas, Brenda and husband Ray Steen of Nashville, Dewey, and wife Kimbra Conatser of Nashville, Jacala and husband Gary Lathrop of Nashville, Allen Conatser of Nashville, and Denise and husband Rick Dollison of Red Oak, Texas; six grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren; and a large host of other family and friends.
Services were Thursday, March 10, 2022, at 2 p.m. at Nashville Funeral Home with Bro. Kenny Martin and Bro. Kent Craft officiating. Interment followed in Sunshine Cemetery.
The family received friends at the funeral home on Wednesday night from 6 to 8 p.m.
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NEW YORK (AP) —The following list shows the Nasdaq stocks that have gone up the most and down the most based on percent of change for 2021. No securities trading below 1000 shares are included. Net and percentage change are the difference be- tween last year's closing price and this year's closing. Changes for issues added during the year are calcu- lated from closing prices on the first trading day. UPS Name PEHighLowLastChg.Pct. 1CiscoSys 19 46.74 44.15 46.25 +1.38 + 3.1 2AppleIncs 33 128.72 117.57 121.42 +.16 + .1 3Intel 12 63.14 57.91 60.74 — .04 — .1 4Microsoft 37 237.47 224.26 231.60 — .78 — .3 DOWNS Name PEHighLowLastChg.Pct. 1Microsoft 37 237.47 224.26 231.60 — .78 — .3 2Intel 12 63.14 57.91 60.74 — .04 — .1 3AppleIncs 33 128.72 117.57 121.42 +.16 + .1 4CiscoSys 19 46.74 44.15 46.25 +1.38 + 3.1 —————————
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Australia planning new base that could resupply, maintain US nuclear submarines
Australia is set to build a new naval base off of its east coast, which could provide American nuclear submarines with supplies and maintenance and bolster regional defenses against China.
Of the 19 sites reviewed for the new base’s location, officers narrowed it down to three possibilities including Brisbane, Newcastle and Port Kembla. All three possible sites are in the proximity of the infrastructure needed to support submarines and to accommodate a growing workforce, according to Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s Monday announcement.
Initial work on the project is expected to be completed by the end of next year.
Morrison announced that over $7.4 billion had been set aside for the infrastructure and facility which will be the country’s first full submarine base on the east coast, The Wall Street Journal reported.
“Establishing a second submarine base on our east coast will enhance our strategic deterrent capability, with significant advantages in operational, training, personnel and industrial terms,” Morrison said, according to the newspaper.
Anthony Albanese, who leads Australia’s center-left Labor Party and is set to oppose Morrison in the next election, was critical of the slow pace of actual progress, the Journal added.
“Today’s announcement is really an announcement about an announcement,” he said. “What we actually need is announcements that lead to actual infrastructure and announcements that lead to actual defense materiel being realized.”
The new base will eventually be home to the nuclear submarines the country plans to acquire via AUKUS, a military alliance between Australia, the U.S. and the United Kingdom.
Meanwhile, the U.S. has begun to make Australia a more central part of its strategy in the Indo-Pacific, especially as a result of increased concerns about the possible threat of China. Morrison has also staunchly opposed China, especially amid Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, which Beijing has yet to condemn.
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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Yu Darvish will make his second straight opening day start for the San Diego Padres when they open their season on the road against the Arizona Diamondbacks on April 7.
New manager Bob Melvin made the decision to go with the right-hander, who was 8-11 last season with a 4.22 ERA. His late-season fade in 2021 mirrored the rest of the Padres, who spent a lot of money during the offseason, started the season with high hopes but ended with a disappointing 79-83 record, far behind the Giants and Dodgers.
The 35-year-old Darvish hopes to return to his 2020 form, when he was 8-3 with a 2.01 ERA and finished second in the NL Cy Young Award voting. He's had a good start to the spring, striking out 10 batters over seven innings while giving up just one earned run in the Cactus League.
The five-time All-Star also started on opening day for the Rangers in 2017.
RULES FOR '22
MLB finalized a rules change to bring back automatic runners in extra innings for a third straight season.
Despite an easing of pandemic restrictions, MLB and the players’ association agreed to keep the controversial rule that starts each team with a runner on second base during extra innings for the 2022 regular season.
The agreement regarding on-field rules modifications also includes expanding active rosters from 26 players to 28 from opening day on April 7 through May 1 this year, due to the delayed start of spring training.
Another new rule benefits Angels two-way star Shohei Ohtani. With the designated hitter adopted in both leagues, pitchers who start games in the batting order can remain in the game as a DH after leaving the mound. A DH can also enter the game to pitch. That change will apply to multiple seasons.
The “zombie” runner modification was applied to the 2020 and 2021 regular seasons as part of adjustments due to COVID-19.
There were 233 extra-inning games last year, and the longest was the Dodgers’ 16-inning win at the San Diego Padres on Aug. 25.
BREWERS ADD URENA
Former Miami Marlins and Detroit Tigers pitcher José Ureña has signed a $1.25 million, one-year contract with the Milwaukee Brewers.
The NL Central champion Brewers announced the signing as a minor league contract and immediately selected him to the major league roster.
Ureña, 30, went 4-8 with a 5.81 ERA for the Tigers last season in 26 appearances, including 18 starts. The right-hander had 67 strikeouts and 42 walks in 100 2/3 innings.
Ureña pitched for the Marlins from 2015-20. His best seasons came in 2017 and 2018. He went 14-7 with a 3.82 ERA in 2017 and was 9-12 with a 3.98 ERA in 2018.
ROYALS, MATHENY AGREE THROUGH '23
The Kansas City Royals exercised their club option on Mike Matheny for the 2023 season on Thursday, eliminating any uncertainty over whether their manager will remain with the club after the coming season.
Matheny is entering his third season with the Royals, which includes the COVID-19-shortened 2020 season and his first 162-game run as the manager last season. He is 100-122 with Kansas City and 691-596 overall, including seven seasons as the manager of the St. Louis Cardinals.
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BRENTWOOD, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee woman convicted in the death of a police officer has been sentenced to 8 to 12 years in prison.
Ashley Kroese of Thompson's Station was 24 years old on June 18, 2020, when she drove on the wrong side of the road in Brentwood, killing Brentwood police officer Destin Legieza, 30, authorities said.
She was previously found guilty of four charges, including vehicular homicide by intoxication. She was sentenced Wednesday for charges in the crash that killed Legieza, The Tennessean reported.
A blood test after the crash found her blood alcohol content was 0.166%, which is twice the legal limit.
Members of Legieza's family spoke at the hearing.
“Ashley. I don’t think you intended to kill anyone that day,” said Heather Legieza, the officer’s widow. “But you moving forward with the trial when you know what you did was with intention, you should have just taken accountability for your actions."
Kroese, who did not testify at the February trial, read from a statement.
“I can’t pretend to understand what you have been going through. I’ve never lost a husband, a son or a brother, and nothing I can say is able to ease your pain, but I am truly and deeply sorry,” Kroese said.
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US Trade Representative Katherine Tai testifies at a Senate Finance Committee hearing on President Joe Biden’s trade agenda in Washington on Thursday. Photo: Reuters
US lawmakers push Washington’s trade envoy to bring market access into Biden’s Indo-Pacific strategy
- President Joe Biden’s Indo-Pacific Economic Framework aims to improve environmental and labour standards
- Indo-Pacific nations ‘are crying out for free trade negotiations with us’, said one senator
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Russia is redeploying elements of its forces from Georgia to reinforce its invasion of Ukraine, British military intelligence said on Thursday.
“Between 1,200 and 2,000 of these Russian troops are being reorganised into 3x Battalion Tactical Groups,” Britain’s Ministry of Defence said.
(Reporting by Bhargav Acharya in Bengaluru; Editing by Leslie Adler)
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With the National Alliance on Mental Health reporting that one in five people experience a mental illness, it's something that faculty and students at the University of Arizona is bringing awareness to in their latest production, Hamlet: Fine Revolution.
Visa launched a program to help creators navigate NFTs as part of the company's ongoing efforts to help small and micro businesses gain greater access to the digital economy. The one-year immersion...
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President Joe Biden is naming actor Taraji P. Henson and the NBA's Chris Paul to a presidential advisory board on historically Black colleges and universities.
They are among nine men and nine women Biden is appointing to the President's Board of Advisors on Historically Black Colleges and Universities, the White House announced Thursday.
Several HBCU presidents, the president of United Airlines and the first Black woman to become administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency are among Biden's selections.
They will join Tony Allen, the president of Delaware State University, and Glenda Glover, the president of Tennessee State University, who are serving, respectively, as chairperson and vice chairperson of the board, which was established during the Carter administration.
Henson is a Washington, D.C., native who studied acting at Howard University, a historically Black school and the alma mater of Vice President Kamala Harris. Paul is a 12-time NBA All-Star with the Phoenix Suns and two-time Olympic gold medalist.
Besides Allen and Glover, the presidents of five other HBCUs will also join the board. They are Virginia State University, Norfolk State University in Virginia, Alabama State University, Prairie View A&M University in Texas and Dillard University in New Orleans.
Lisa Jackson, who became the EPA's first Black administrator in the Obama administration, and United Airlines President Brett Hart will also join the board.
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Biden also intends to appoint Paige Blake, a 20-year-old junior at Bowie State University, an HBCU in Maryland.
The White House said the administration has committed $5.8 billion in support to these historically Black colleges and universities through a combination of pandemic relief funding, grants and forgiving capital improvement debt.
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Sri Lanka To Turn Off Street Lights In Deepening Economic Crisis
Colombo:
Sri Lanka is popping off road lights to save lots of electrical energy, a minister stated on Thursday, as its worst financial disaster in many years introduced extra energy cuts and halted buying and selling on its fundamental inventory market.
The island of twenty-two million individuals is fighting rolling blackouts for as much as 13 hours a day as a result of the federal government doesn’t have sufficient overseas alternate for gasoline imports.
“We have already instructed officials to shut off street lights around the country to help conserve power,” Power Minister Pavithra Wanniarachchi advised reporters.
The energy cuts add to the ache of Sri Lankans already coping with shortages of necessities and rocketing costs.
Retail inflation hit 18.7% in March over the identical interval a 12 months in the past, the statistics division stated on Thursday. Food inflation reached 30.2% in March, partly pushed by a foreign money devaluation and final 12 months’s ban on chemical fertilisers that was later reversed.
“This is the worst level of inflation Sri Lanka has experienced in over a decade,” stated Dimantha Mathew, head of analysis at First Capital Research.
A diesel cargo beneath a $500 million credit score line from India was anticipated on Saturday, Wanniarachchi stated, although she warned that might not repair the problem.
“Once that arrives we will be able to reduce load shedding hours but until we receive rains, probably some time in May, power cuts will have to continue,” the minister stated.
“There’s nothing else we can do.”
Water ranges at reservoirs feeding hydro-electric initiatives had fallen to file lows, whereas demand had hit file highs through the scorching, dry season, she stated.
STOCKS SLIDE
The Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE) lower every day buying and selling to 2 hours from the standard four-and-a-half due to the facility cuts for the remainder of this week on the request of brokers, the bourse stated in an announcement.
But shares slid after the market opened on Thursday and the CSE halted buying and selling for half-hour – the third time in two days – after an index monitoring main firms dropped by greater than 5%.
“Concerns on the macro side, together with news of shorter trading hours plus increased power cuts, is driving negative sentiment,” stated Roshini Gamage, an analyst at brokerage agency Lanka Securities.
The disaster is a results of badly-timed tax cuts and the affect of the coronavirus pandemic coupled with traditionally weak authorities funds, resulting in overseas alternate reserves dropping by 70% within the final two years.
Sri Lanka was left with reserves of $2.31 billion as of February, forcing the federal government to hunt assist from the International Monetary Fund and different nations, together with India and China.
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These 3 Texas Cities Are Among The Worst In The U.S. For Seasonal Allergies
By Dani Medina
March 31, 2022
Spring is finally here. Flowers are blooming and the weather is warming up, but that means seasonal allergies are acting up. A lot.
These seasonal allergies, also called hay fever and allergic rhinitis, are brought about by pollen from plants, according to the National Institutes of Health. USA TODAY reported allergy season might start earlier than usual this year and could end a little bit later, too — and it could potentially be more intense.
But what areas will be affected the most?
The Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America announced its annual Allergy Capitals list earlier this month. " The report identifies the most challenging cities for spring and fall allergies in the top 100 metropolitan areas in the continental United States. Cities are ranked based on spring and fall pollen scores, over-the-counter medicine use, and availability of board-certified allergists/immunologists," the organization said.
Scranton, Pennsylvania, tops the list for the second year in a row. Seattle, Washington, rounds out the list at No. 100. Here's a look at the top 20 Allergy Capitals:
- Scranton, Pennsylvania
- Wichita, Kansas
- McAllen, Texas
- Richmond, Virginia
- San Antonio, Texas
- Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
- Hartford, Connecticut
- Buffalo, New York
- New Haven, Connecticut
- Albany, New York
- Bridgeport, Connecticut
- Springfield, Massachusetts
- Dayton, Ohio
- Columbia, South Carolina
- El Paso, Texas
- Syracuse, New York
- Des Moines, Iowa
- Miami, Florida
- Memphis, Tennessee
- Las Vegas, Nevada
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NEW YORK, March 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Football Business Awards (FBA), considered the industry's foremost and prestigious accolade, has shortlisted TECNO's #AnnounceYourself Augmented Reality (AR) Campaign for the 2022 Best Brand Activation Involving Football. Blending the most advanced AR immersive technology, a storied club and the aspirations of football fans all over the world, the #AnnounceYourself campaign was a runaway success, catching the eyes of many football executives and professionals all around the world.
Into its 10th year, the FBA celebrates the vital role that clubs and businesses play shaping the football industry, and enabling every game to be a success, both on and off the pitch. It recognizes outstanding successes such as excellence in football media, marketing efficiency, as well as business and technology innovation. With an illustrious judging panel selected for their particular experience and expertise, the FBA has grown into a significant annual networking event in the industry.
In the capacity of being Manchester City's Global Official Handset Partner, TECNO created a metaverse-like experience for fans to interact with the club set in Man City. This AR experience saw fans journeying through the club, in a simulated reality akin to a football metaverse. From visiting the Etihad Stadium and Man City Football Academy training campus, to signing a new contract, selecting their squad number, and mingling with first-team players, the AR campaign accorded football fans a ticket to live out their dreams supporting their favorite club.
Users could also take part in the 3D penalty shootout games before showing off their skills and scores on social media. The AR experience campaign culminated in a grand lucky draw where lucky contestants won rare VIP matchday tickets and travel to a Manchester City home fixture during the season.
This campaign received recognition from the judging panel behind the FBA because it reflects a turning point in how technology can be integrated into our passions and to utilize platforms such as AR to unite fans and allow them to share common experiences, such as playing football or supporting a club.
With this AR campaign, TECNO has not only demonstrated the far-reaching effects of utilizing sports marketing but also worked to cement the brand's presence on the global stage. This reflects TECNO's mission as a technology company to bring to consumers, an innovative brand experience through cutting-edge technology and marketing.
The FBAs were designed to celebrate excellence and acknowledge success in the business of football. The Awards recognize the essential role that business plays in football, the positive impact of football on the community and the vital role played by the businesses which serve the game. This is the event at which all the achievements off the pitch are celebrated at the end of each year. With an illustrious judging panel selected for their particular experience and expertise, the FBA has grown into a significant annual networking event in the industry.
With "Stop At Nothing" as its brand essence, TECNO is committed to unlocking the best contemporary technologies for progressive individuals across global emerging markets, giving them elegantly designed intelligent products that inspire consumers to uncover a world of possibilities. This recognition by the FBA marks an important milestone for TECNO, and the global smartphone manufacturer looks forward to bringing forth even more innovations in the coming years.
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Taylor Hawkins died with a heavy heart, but what does that mean?
By Sarah Berry
People can die of a broken heart, but what about a heavy heart?
A toxicology report following the death of Foo Fighters drummer, Taylor Hawkins, last Friday, revealed that the 50-year-old had at least 10 different substances in his body including THC (marijuana), tricyclic antidepressants, benzodiazepines and opioids.
An autopsy also found Hawkins’ heart was about double the size of a normal healthy heart and weighed at least 600 grams, as reported by Colombian publication, Semana.
A heavy heart is “not out of the ordinary” says Professor Tom Marwick, the director of Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute.
Athletes can have enlarged hearts which is a healthy adaptation to increased blood circulation during exercise. But a heavy heart is typically not a good thing.
Just about anything that damages the heart muscles can enlarge the heart as it gets bigger to compensate for impaired function, says Heart Foundation chief executive Garry Jennings: “People can get fat hearts too. There is a relationship between body size and heart size.”
And although high blood pressure is a common cause and COVID-19 can also increase the size of the heart, illicit drugs and some prescription drugs carry a significant cardiac risk.
“Cocaine, for example, can cause the arteries of the heart to spasm and that can produce scarring and cause blood pressure to increase. That can increase load on the heart,” Marwick says, pointing out that “old-style” antidepressants like tricyclics also carry a risk.
“Stimulants at high doses can kill heart muscle cells,” adds Jennings. “Or injecting [any type of drug] can introduce bacteria into circulation which can settle on the valves and damage the heart valves - that’s a common cause of heart problems too.”
Heart attacks are increasingly common in people aged under 50 and experts believe substance use may be contributing to the problem.
People who smoke cigarettes are nearly twice as likely to have premature heart disease; cocaine or cannabis users are about 2.5 times as likely to have premature heart disease, while those who use amphetamines increase their risk three-fold. The more substances a person uses the greater the risk.
And while Jennings explains that the heart has “a great reserve” and can cope with a lot of damage before giving out, meaning people are not always symptomatic before a heart attack, if someone has a heart as heavy as Hawkins’, there is likely to be a sign.
“They may have exercise intolerance or shortness of breath,” Marwick says, explaining that a heavy heart can be a symptom of problems, or exacerbate existing problems.
“An enlarged heart carries with it a risk of heart rhythm disorders because the electrical impulses that drive the heart become disrupted as the heart is damaged and scarred,” he explains, “so it can be a cause of death.”
About 20 per cent of people with a coronary blockage die before they get to the hospital and, Jennings estimates, for half of those who know they have high blood pressure or another heart issue there’s another one who doesn’t.
“There is a problem with unrecognised heart problems out in the community,” he says.
Marwick agrees: “These prominent people who have died in the last month or so have been a reminder to the Australian community that as much as we have appropriately focused on COVID over the last two years… probably 100 times the number of people who got into trouble with COVID have been getting into trouble with cardiovascular disease.”
An echo test or an ultrasound of the heart can show the size of the heart, but the first step is a cardiac check-up.
“This is a disease of women as much as men and once people get to the age of 40 they should have blood tests for cholesterol, they should have a blood pressure check and somebody should listen to their heart,” Marwick says.
Some people may require further testing and possibly medication. For many, however, addressing lifestyle is enough to prevent the development of heart problems and can help even those with a genetic predisposition.
“No matter how bad your genes are, there is always a benefit of lifestyle - healthy nutrition, physical activity, not smoking tobacco, not getting diabetes,” Jennings says. “You should never give up on the possibilities that lifestyle can put off the problems.
“The earlier you find out about it the less damage will be there and therefore the better the outcome in the longer term.”
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The government on Thursday decided to retain the interest rates for various small savings schemes for the June quarter, having already held the rates for two years now.
Analysts said the idea is to prevent any potential drop in mop-up under the schemes, which can be tapped for funding a part of its wide fiscal gap, in times of a rising interest rate environment globally.
Later in the day, the government also cut the size of its gross market borrowing for FY23 by close to Rs 64,000 crore from the budgetted level of Rs 14.95 trillion, citing a switch operation conducted on January 28. A robust collection under the National Small Savings Fund (NSSF) reduces the government’s reliance on market borrowing to finance the fiscal deficit.
The government has budgetted its offtake from the NSSF to drop to Rs 4.25 trillion in FY23 from a record Rs 5.92 trillion in FY22.
Analysts, however, now expect its offtake from the NSSF to rise in FY23 from the budgetted level.
Interest rates are typically pegged to the yields on comparable government securities, which have hardened in recent months. Still, thanks to the high premium earlier, the interest rate on small securities in certain categories are still very lucrative, said a government official.
The interest rates on Public Provident Fund (PPF), Kisan Vikas Patra Scheme and the Sukanya Samriddhi Account Scheme have been retained at 7.1%, 6.9% and 7.6%, respectively, for the April-June period, according to a notification by the finance ministry. Similarly, the interest rate on one-year, two-year, and three-year time deposits have also been maintained at 5.5%.
Interests on the five-year term deposit, recurring deposit, senior citizens savings scheme have been kept at 6.7%, 5.8% and 7.4%, respectively.
The government had last cut the small savings rates (in the range of 70-140 basis points) in the first quarter of FY21. These rates are notified every quarter.
FE had reported the conflicting opinions of sections of government officials, policy-makers and analysts on the possibility of a rate cut. Some had viewed that keeping the interest rates on small savings elevated artificially for a long time distorts the broader interest rate culture. However, others had opined that, given the rising interest rate scenario and income losses following the pandemic, the rates should be kept unchanged. Plus, the National Small Savings Fund can be tapped up more vigourously in such cases to fund the fiscal deficit.
Last year, the Centre was forced to reverse swiftly a proposed cut in interest rates on small savings schemes, ostensibly to not upset middle-class voters amid Assembly polls in states like West Bengal and Assam.
Icra chief economist Aditi Nayar said: “We expect a shallow rate hike cycle to commence in mid-2022, with 50 basis points of repo hikes over August-October 2022, which may subsequently be mirrored in small savings rates being hiked.”
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LEAWOOD, KS / ACCESSWIRE / March 31, 2022 / This notice provides stockholders of Tortoise Power and Energy Infrastructure Fund, Inc. (NYSE:TPZ, Financial) with information regarding the distribution paid on March 31, 2022 and cumulative distribution paid fiscal year-to-date.
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Connor McDavid already has become the first NHL player this season to reach the 100-point mark — for the fifth time in his career — and Leon Draisaitl needs one more goal to earn his second career 50-goal season.
But the Edmonton Oilers head into Friday’s home date with the St. Louis Blues looking for to continue a more important run of rarified air.
Having won eight straight games at home, the latest a 4-3 shootout win over the Los Angeles Kings on Wednesday, another victory would tie for the longest home-ice run in franchise history and loom large in Edmonton’s push up the Pacific Division standings. The Oilers head into the clash sitting third in the division, but division leading-Calgary Flames and the second-place Kings are not out of reach.
“That is something that needed to improve from over the last couple of years. So far this season we have done that,” Draisaitl said. “We want to make this building a tough building for other teams to come in to and a hard building to play in. I think we have done a good job of that lately.”
To no surprise, Draisaitl and McDavid have been leading the way. McDavid has collected eight goals and 13 assists during an 11-game point streak. Draisaitl, who has collected eight goals during a five-game goal streak and 11 in his last 10 outings, is in the chase for the goal-scoring title.
“The rate that both are scoring at, and the consistency that they bring every single night putting up points is impressive,” defenseman Cody Ceci said. “That is what kind of drew me here in the summertime (as a free agent), the chance to play with these guys and see how far we can go.”
The Blues arrive in Edmonton on the heels of claiming both halves of a home-and-home series with the Vancouver Canucks. St. Louis claimed a 4-3 road victory on Wednesday to kick off a three-game road swing that ends with a clash against the Flames on Saturday.
The Blues have an impressive 13-3-2 record against Pacific Division teams this season, but they are happier about drumming up consecutive wins after posting a 3-6-3 run prior to meeting the Canucks. Vancouver appears to be fading from the playoff picture, but positive momentum is important.
“And it’s a good time to be doing it,” said defenseman Nick Leddy, whose goal in Vancouver was his first since being acquired from the Detroit Red Wings at the trade deadline. “But we have some very good teams up ahead, and looking forward to the challenges.”
Wednesday’s win was tighter than it should have been, with Vancouver’s Elias Pettersson scoring a late goal to bring the hosts within one and setting up a frantic finish. Nonetheless, the Blues believe they are putting their game back in order after a difficult few weeks and are back in the hunt for home-ice advantage in the opening round of the Stanley Cup playoffs.
“Something to build on for sure,” forward David Perron said. “We got to (win) like four or five in a row before we start thinking that we got something going here.”
Blues forward Jordan Kyrou returned to practice Thursday after he missed Wednesday’s game due to illness, but there is no word on whether he will play Friday. Kyrou leads St. Louis with 62 points.
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By Kirk Maltais
U.S. farmers are expected to plant more soybeans than corn in the 2022 spring season, the first time since 2018 they've done so due in part to record-high input costs squeezing profit margins for grains.
In its annual Prospective Planting report, the U.S. Department of Agriculture forecasts that farmers would plant 89.5 million acres of corn in the 2022 planting season, down from 93.4 million acres planted last year. It's also down from the average estimate of 92 million acres from analysts surveyed by The Wall Street Journal.
While corn planting is expected to decline, soybean planting is seen as increasing as rising. The USDA forecast that farmers would plant a record 91 million acres this year, which is up from 87.2 million acres planted last year. Analysts had forecast 88.8 million acres of soybeans to be planted this year.
It would be the first time since 2018 soybean acreage has exceeded corn, and may be only the third time the USDA has recorded higher soybean acreage than corn, as farmers struggle with a surge in fertilizer prices over the last year.
"We have heard that some farmers have balked at buying at the high prices and have not filled their needs, hoping prices will go down," said John Dittrich, a farmer who grows corn and soybeans outside of Tilden, Neb., who speculates many of the farmers are switching over to planting soybeans.
Corn is more fertilizer-intensive than other crops. Other higher costs, such as seeds and farming equipment, are further squeezing profit margins for farmers who would otherwise enjoy nearly record-high prices for grains.
According to the latest price assessment from research firm DTN, prices for some types of fertilizer hit new records in late March. Anhydrous ammonia prices rose to $1,520 a ton through March 18, a new record and up 127% from the same time last year.
Following the release of the report, most-active corn futures on the Chicago Board of Trade jumped. After trading down 0.3% before the release of the Prospective Planting report, the contract is now up 3.9%, to nearly $7.67 per bushel.
Write to Kirk Maltais at kirk.maltais@wsj.com
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Clark Atlanta University announced that it has received a grant of $11.8 million to establish a “Knowledge Metaverse” hub and to train faculty and students in digital information, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports.
According to the university’s release, the Knowledge Metaverse “amplifies access and engagement in learning by combining the real world with digital information and extended reality (XR) similar to immersive experiences that have become increasingly popular in arts, gaming, and entertainment.”
Dan Lejerskar, a spokesperson for the California-based EON Reality, expressed his excitement about partnering with Clark Atlanta.
“The university brings its rich social justice history and research-intensive instruction to the Knowledge Metaverse,” Lejerskar said. “When a university with their commitment to social justice and deep focus on digital learning can utilize and add to the Knowledge Metaverse, the possibilities for reshaping our society are endless.”
In a statement, school President George T. French Jr. said, “As we accelerate our momentum, these essential partnerships support our efforts to step into the future of interactive teaching and learning through relevant and future-focused innovations.”
A growing trend in the technology sector is large companies fostering partnerships with colleges to train students for careers with their business and in the industry in general.
Clark Atlanta is the first HBCU to receive such an award, and the school said it would allow them to “offer training to their faculty and students augmenting traditional in-person and online instruction.”
The grant from EON Reality is one of the university’s largest private gifts.
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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Tony Evers filed a motion Thursday with the state Supreme Court urging the justices to affirm his legislative district boundary map that the U.S. Supreme Court rejected.
The state Supreme Court adopted Evers’ map in March, choosing his plan over Republican lawmakers’ proposal. But the U.S. Supreme Court rejected Evers’ map on March 23 after the GOP complained it increased the number of Assembly districts with a majority of Black and Hispanic voters from six to seven in Milwaukee in violation of the federal Voting Rights Act. The federal justices kicked the case back to the Wisconsin Supreme Court.
Evers argued in his motion Thursday that the state justices should affirm their earlier decision. He maintained that seven minority districts are justified because six would improperly dilute their votes under the Voting Rights Act. He included with the motion a report from Lisa Handley, an elections consultant who has served in a number of redistricting and voting rights cases, backing up his claim.
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The last Russian troops left the Chernobyl nuclear plant early Friday, according to the Ukrainian government agency responsible for the exclusion zone around the plant.
Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk said the Russian troops who dug trenches in the forest “voluntarily received such doses of radiation that the consequences will be explained to them by doctors in special protective suits.”
“They totally deserve to be nominated for this year’s Darwin Awards,” she said on Facebook. “This is a case when the enemy inspires fear through the sawdust in his head.”
The website of the Darwin Awards says they “salute the improvement of the human genome by honoring those who accidentally remove themselves from it in a spectacular manner.”
The Ukrainian nuclear operator company Energoatom said Thursday that Russian troops were headed toward Ukraine’s border with Belarus.
Energoatom said that the Russian military was also preparing to leave Slavutych, a nearby city where power plant workers live.
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KEY DEVELOPMENTS IN THE RUSSIA-UKRAINE WAR:
— Heavy fighting rages near Kyiv as Russia appears to regroup
— Kremlin decree says foreign currency can still buy natural gas
— As Russia sees tech brain drain, other nations hope to gain
— Ukraine refugees encouraged to find work as exodus slows
— Ukrainians in US mobilize to help expected refugees
— Go to https://apnews.com/hub/russia-ukraine for more coverage
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LVIV, UKRAINE — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said after Russian troops withdrew from the north and center of the country, the situation has been heating up in the southeast where Russian forces are building up for new powerful attacks.
In his nighttime video address to the nation Thursday, Zelenskyy said it was heartening for all Ukrainians to see Russian troops retreating from north of Kyiv, from around the northern town of Chernihiv and from Sumy in the northeast. By he urged Ukrainians not to let up, saying the withdrawal was just a Russian tactic.
“We know their intentions. We know what they are planning and what they are doing,” Zelenskyy said. ““We know that they are moving away from those areas where we hit them in order to focus on other, very important ones where it may be difficult for us.
“We all want to win,” Zelenskyy added. “But there will be battles ahead. We still have to go through a very difficult path ahead to get everything we are striving for.”
Zelenskyy said he spoke Thursday with European Council President Charles Michel and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, while his adviser spoke with U.S. national security adviser Jake Sullivan.
“We need more support from our partners right now when Russian troops are concentrating additional forces in certain areas,” Zelenskyy said.
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WASHINGTON — The top-ranking Ukrainian Catholic cleric in the United States warned Thursday that religious minorities in the Eastern European country stand to be “crushed” if Moscow gains control, as fighting raged on more than a month after the Russian invasion began.
Archbishop Borys Gudziak said groups at risk include Catholics, Muslims and Orthodox who have broken away from the patriarch of Moscow.
Gudziak also cited reports that Russian forces have damaged two Holocaust memorials and Moscow’s false portrayal of Ukraine as a “Nazi” state although Ukraine overwhelmingly elected a Jewish president in Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
“What is at stake for the people of faith is their freedom to practice their faith,” Gudziak said during an online panel discussion on the war, hosted by the Initiative on Catholic Social Thought and Public Life at Georgetown University.
Gudziak is head of the Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Philadelphia and president of Ukrainian Catholic University in Lviv, Ukraine. He also oversees external relations for the Kyiv-based Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church.
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WASHINGTON — The Pentagon says an initial half-dozen shipments of weapons and other security assistance have reached Ukraine as part of the $800 million package of aid that President Joe Biden approved on March 16.
Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said Thursday that the shipments included Javelin anti-tank weapons, Stinger anti-aircraft missile systems, body armor, medical supplies and other material. He said the 100 Switchblade armed drones that Biden approved as part of the package have not yet been delivered.
Kirby said the $800 million in assistance is likely to be fully delivered within about two weeks. It also includes Mi-17 helicopters, small arms, ammunition, vehicles, secure communications systems, and satellite imagery and analysis capability.
Separately, Kirby said U.S. troops are not training Ukrainian troops in Poland but are acting as liaisons with Ukrainian personnel who cross the border into Poland to take possession of U.S. security assistance. He noted that the standard U.S. military training mission that had existed in Ukraine for years was suspended shortly before Russia invaded.
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DOHA, Qatar — A video showing the head of Ukrainian soccer wearing an armored vest on the streets of Kyiv brought the impact of Russia’s war into the FIFA Congress.
Andriy Pavelko used a recorded message to the gathering in Qatar on Thursday to talk about the deaths of footballers even as the sport “has taken a back seat in our country.”
The gathering in Doha featured delegates from Russia, including Alexey Sorokin, the chief executive of Russia’s 2018 World Cup organizing committee.
Russia won’t be in the draw for the World Cup on Friday after being disqualified from playing internationally by FIFA over the war. Ukraine can still qualify but its playoff semifinal against Scotland has been postponed until June with the hope the team will be in a position to return to the field by then.
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LVIV, Ukraine — Ukraine’s ombudsperson says that at least one person has been killed and four others have been wounded in the Russian shelling of a humanitarian convoy.
Ukrainian Human Rights Commissioner Lyudmyla Denisova said those who came under the shelling on Thursday were volunteers accompanying a convoy of buses sent to the northern city of Chernihiv to evacuate residents.
She said that the Russian forces besieging Chernihiv have made it impossible to evacuate civilians from the city that has been cut from food, water and other supplies.
The Russian shelling continued two days after Moscow announced it would scale back military operations around Kyiv and Chernihiv.
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BERLIN — The International Atomic Energy Agency says it has been informed by Ukraine that the Russian forces which were in control of the Chernobyl nuclear plant have “in writing, transferred control” of the facility to Ukrainian personnel.
Ukraine said three convoys of Russian forces have already left the site toward Belarus, while the remaining troops were presumed to be preparing to leave, the agency said Thursday.
The IAEA added that it was in close consultations with Ukrainian authorities on sending a first assistance and support mission to Chernobyl in the next few days.
The agency said it has not been able to confirm reports of Russian forces receiving high doses of radiation while being inside the exclusion zone of the now-closed plant, but is seeking further information in order to provide an independent assessment of the situation.
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ANKARA, Turkey — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan renewed his offer to host a meeting between the Ukrainian and Russian leaders during a telephone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
A statement from Erdogan’s office said the Turkish president also told Zelenskyy Thursday that a meeting between Ukrainian and Russian negotiators who met in Istanbul earlier this week had given “a meaningful impetus” to efforts to end the fighting.
Earlier this week, Ukraine’s delegation laid out a framework under which the country would declare itself neutral and its security would be guaranteed by an array of nations, including Turkey.
Meanwhile, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said during a joint news conference with a top Turkish Cypriot official that Erdogan also is expected to speak with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
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WASHINGTON — U.S. President Joe Biden on Thursday said there’s “no clear evidence” that Vladimir Putin is scaling back military operations around Kyiv and suggested that the Russian president may have ordered some of his advisers fired or placed under house arrest.
Biden told reporters that “there’s some indication” that Putin has taken those steps against some of his advisers. He added, “But I don’t want to put too much stock in that at this time because we don’t have that much hard evidence.”
The White House on Wednesday released unclassified intelligence findings that Putin is being misinformed by his advisors about how badly the Russian military is performing.
The president made the comments after formally announcing that the U.S. would release 1 million barrels of oil per day from the nation’s strategic petroleum reserve in hopes of easing surging gasoline prices.
Biden also reiterated that his administration remains skeptical that Russia will scale back operations around Kyiv as Moscow announced earlier this week.
Russian forces continued to shell Kyiv suburbs Thursday, two days after the Kremlin announced it would significantly scale back operations near both the capital and the northern city of Chernihiv.
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UNITED NATIONS — The U.N. humanitarian coordinator in Ukraine says the United Nations and its partners have delivered supplies for thousands of people in the country’s northeast but have been unable to reach some encircled cities in the south.
Osnat Lubrani said Thursday that food rations from the humanitarian organization People in Need and the U.N. World Food Program will benefit nearly 6,000 people in Sumy and areas including Trostianets and Okhtyrka.
In addition, she said, basic household items including blankets and kettles from the U.N. refugee agency will support 1,500 people and sanitation kits will help 6,000 people with hygiene and drinking water.
Lubrani said medical supplies and trauma kits from the U.N. World Health Organization will treat 150 patients needing intensive care for serious injuries while other medical supplies will support 10,000 people for three months.
Shei said the U.N.-facilitated humanitarian notification system with Ukraine and Russia enabled safe passage for the convoy to Sumy on Thursday “but this is clearly not enough.” Efforts over the past month to reach Mauripol, Kherson and other encircled cities in the south have been unsuccessful because of safety concerns.
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BERLIN — The U.N. nuclear watchdog says its director-general has arrived in Russia’s Baltic Sea exclave of Kaliningrad for talks with senior Russian officials.
The International Atomic Energy Agency didn’t specify in a tweet whom exactly Rafael Mariano Grossi will meet on Friday or give further details of his agenda.
He arrived in Kaliningrad Thursday following a visit to Ukraine, where he visited a nuclear power plant and conferred with the energy minister and other officials on efforts to ensure the safety of Ukraine’s nuclear power plants.
Ukraine has 15 active nuclear reactors at four plants — one of which, at Zaporizhzhia, is under the Russian military’s control.
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GENEVA — A team with the International Committee of the Red Cross has arrived in a Ukraine-held city where staff are preparing to take civilians out of the beleaguered port city of Mariupol.
Julien Lerisson, deputy director of operations for the ICRC, said Thursday that the team assembling in the southeastern city of Zaporizhzhia, has medicines, food, water, hygiene items and other essentials.
He said the organization has high-level agreement for the mission but is focused on making sure “the order trickles down the chain of command,” allowing the team to enter and leave Mariupol safely.
The Russian military has said it committed to a cease-fire along the route from Mariupol to Zaporizhzhia. Ukrainian authorities have said 45 buses would be sent to collect citizens and provide resources to those who remain.
Lucile Marbeau, a staff member with the ICRC team hoping to enter Mariupol, said on Thursday: “We’re here because really, we hope to be able to facilitate safe passage for civilians desperately wanting to flee Mariupol.”
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LONDON — Britain’s defense minister says Ukraine’s international allies have agreed to send more military equipment, including artillery ammunition and armored vehicles.
U.K. Defence Secretary Ben Wallace held a conference call Thursday with defense ministers from more than 35 countries, including the United States, New Zealand, South Korea and Japan.
Wallace said that as a result “there will be more lethal aid going into Ukraine.” He said that would include “more long-range artillery, ammunition predominantly,” to help counter Russia’s bombardment of Ukraine’s cities.
Wallace said Ukraine was “also looking for armoured vehicles of some types, not tanks necessarily, but certainly protective vehicles.”
He said allies were also “looking to see what more we can do” to help Ukraine defend its coastline.
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WASHINGTON — The Biden administration has sanctioned an employee of a state-affiliated Russian defense firm that developed malicious software that was used to target the energy sector.
The Treasury Department on Thursday sanctioned Evgeny Viktorovich Gladkikh. He was one of four Russians charged in Justice Department indictments unsealed last week that alleged the hacking by Russia of critical infrastructure around the globe, including in the U.S. energy and aviation sectors.
Among the thousands of computers targeted in some 135 countries were of a Saudi petro-chemical plant where the hackers overrode safety controls.
That hack is singled out in a Treasury Department release announcing sanctions against Gladikh and several other employees of the research firm. In total, the Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control announced that it was designating 21 entities and 13 individuals, including in the aerospace, marine and electronics sectors.
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LVIV, Ukraine — Russian troops were leaving the Chernobyl nuclear power plant and heading towards Ukraine’s border with Belarus, the Ukrainian nuclear operator company said Thursday.
The operator, Energoatom, said that the Russian military was also preparing to leave Slavutych, a nearby city where power plant workers live.
Energoatom also said reports were confirmed that the Russians dug trenches in the Red Forest, the 10-square-kilometer (nearly four-square-mile) area surrounding the Chernobyl plant within the Exclusion Zone, and received “significant doses of radiation.”
The Russian troops “panicked at the first sign of illness,” which “showed up very quickly,” and began to prepare to leave, the operator said. The claim couldn’t be independently verified.
Energoatom said the Russians have signed a document confirming the handover of the Chernobyl plant and stating that the plant’s administration doesn’t have any complaints about the Russian troops who were “guarding” the facility.
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LONDON — The head of Britain’s military says Russian President Vladimir Putin has “already lost” in Ukraine and is weaker than he was before the invasion.
Adm. Tony Radakin at a think-tank seminar Thursday in London said Moscow’s aim to “take the whole of Ukraine” fell apart. He added that the coming weeks “will continue to be very difficult” for Ukraine.
“But in many ways, Putin has already lost,” he said. “Far from being the far-sighted manipulator of events that he would have us believe, Putin has damaged himself through a series of catastrophic misjudgements.”
Radakin also said there was “disquiet” at all levels of Russia’s military about the campaign, from troops who were not told they were invading Ukraine up to senior commanders.
Western officials say Putin’s small inner circle is not giving him the true picture of the war, and his isolation may have contributed to miscalculating the strength of resistance Russian troops would meet.
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BERLIN — The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe expressed regret Thursday at Russia’s decision to veto the extension of its observer mission in Ukraine.
The OSCE’s special monitoring mission has been present in Ukraine since 2014, when fighting between Ukrainians and Russia-backed separatists broke out in the country’s eastern regions after Russia’s annexation of Crimea.
Polish Foreign Minister Zbigniew Rau, who holds the OSCE rotating chair, said the observers had played a “crucial role by providing objective information on the security and humanitarian situation on the ground and relentlessly working to ease the effects of the conflict on the civilian population” in Ukraine for the past eight year.
The Vienna-based body’s secretary general, Helga Maria Schmid, expressed gratitude to the mission’s members, several of whom were wounded or killed over the years.
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BERLIN — Germany’s economy minister says Europe should impose additional sanctions on Russia to prevent what he described as a “barbaric” war in Ukraine.
Robert Habeck said he discussed what further measures could be taken with his French counterpart during a bilateral meeting in Berlin on Thursday.
“The last package (of sanctions) doesn’t need to be the final one, it should not be the final one,” he told reporters, adding that he and French Economy Minister Bruno Le Maire had “identified additional points that could be included in a (sanctions) package.”
Habeck declined to elaborate on what those points might be.
Speaking ahead of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s announcement on new rules requiring countries to pay for Russia’s natural gas sales in rubles, Habeck insisted that contracts would be adhered to. These stipulate payment in euros or dollars.
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BERLIN — The Austrian and German leaders have underlined their rejection of a halt to Russian energy deliveries at this point.
Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer noted that several central and eastern European countries depend to one extent or another on Russian gas deliveries.
He and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz argued that existing sanctions already are having a significant effect and said they need time to switch to new providers and renewable energy sources.
Nehammer said that “sanctions only make sense … when they hit those they are supposed to hit, and don’t weaken those who carry out sanctions.”
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ROME — A Kremlin decree says “unfriendly countries” can continue to pay for natural gas in foreign currency through a Russian bank that will convert the money into rubles.
The decree published Thursday by state media came a day after the leaders of Italy and Germany said they received assurances from President Vladimir Putin.
Putin talked tougher, saying Russia will start accepting ruble payments starting Friday for Western countries that imposed sanctions over its conflict with Ukraine. He said contracts will be stopped if buyers don’t sign up to the new conditions, including opening ruble accounts in Russian banks.
European leaders had rejected paying for deliveries in rubles, saying it would undermine sanctions imposed because of the war in Ukraine.
The decree Putin signed and published by state news agency RIA Novosti says a designated bank will open two accounts for each buyer, one in foreign currency and one in rubles. The buyers will pay in foreign currency and authorize the bank to sell that currency for rubles, which are placed in the second account, where the gas is formally purchased.
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ROME — Italy’s leader is urging Europe to “cultivate all available land” as a partial remedy to reductions in agricultural imports, especially of Russian grain, due to the war in Ukraine.
Premier Mario Draghi told reporters on Thursday that under existing agricultural practices in the European Union 10% of land is purposely left fallow, but that must now change as European countries search for ways to reduce dependency on farm imports.
It’s not clear whether Ukraine, one of the world’s largest exporters of wheat, maize and sunflower oil, might be able to salvage any of this planting season.
Meanwhile, Draghi noted that Western Europe will be looking to food producers like Canada, the United States and Argentina to help make up the shortfall of imports from Ukraine and Russia.
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STOCKHOLM — The deputy director of Sweden’s Military Intelligence and Security agency says Russia has made “a strategic miscalculation when invading Ukraine.”
Daniel Olsson said the invasion of Ukraine “has shown that the Russian leadership is ready to take great risks, larger than previously taken.”
The government agency’s analysis suggested a likely “a western containment of Russia,” including reducing trade in Russian energy.
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The Army’s newest Multi-Domain Task Force will be located somewhere in the Pacific region, the service’s top officer revealed Thursday.
“It’s going to be tied to U.S. Army Pacific [but] the final stationing decision is still to be made,” Army Chief of Staff Gen. James McConville told the Defense Writers Group Thursday. “It really depends on what it looks like.”
The first MDTF was stood up in 2017 to support the Pacific theater. A second was established in 2021 for the European theater.
The Department of Defense’s fiscal 2023 budget request, released Monday, would resource the creation of a third unit.
It is expected to conduct electronic warfare and cyber operations and support exercises and experimentation.
McConville mentioned Hawaii as one location where it might be stood up initially.
The U.S. military is looking to beef up its warfighting capabilities in the Indo-Pacific region to compete with China, which the Pentagon has labeled its “pacing challenge.”
The Army is aiming to have five MDTFs, but reaching that goal will “take some time,” McConville said. He did not say where a fourth or fifth multi-domain task force might be stationed in the future.
The concept of multi-domain operations is central to the service’s transformation efforts, Secretary of the Army Christine Wormuth said earlier this week at a defense conference hosted by The Hill.
“It’s not just about the traditional warfighting domains of air, land and sea. You now have space, you have cyber, you have information” operations, she explained. “The Multi-Domain Task Force … is designed to be able to bring together not just the traditional kinetic effects, but also to be able to leverage information, cyber and space.”
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KNOXVILLE, Tenn., March 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Institute for Advanced Composites Manufacturing Innovation® (IACMI) today announced Dale Brosius has been appointed interim chief executive officer effective April 1, 2022. Brosius will lead IACMI as it identifies a permanent CEO to succeed Dr. John Hopkins, who is stepping down after leading the organization for more than four years. IACMI is one of 16 Manufacturing USA innovation institutes created to secure U.S. global leadership in advanced manufacturing through large scale public-private collaboration on technology, supply chain and workforce development.
"Dale has been a foundational part of IACMI since its origins and brings proven experience, expertise, and stability to the IACMI leadership role," said Dr. Stacey S. Patterson, president of the University of Tennessee Research Foundation (UTRF). UTRF is the sole corporate member of Collaborative Composite Solutions Corporation, the non-profit organization which operates IACMI. "From our inception, and even prior to his being named chief commercialization officer in February 2015, Dale has played a key role establishing IACMI, growing and serving our consortium membership, and ensuring success in meeting our Department of Energy objectives."
As interim CEO, Dale will become responsible for the full scale of day-to-day operations of the institute. He will also continue in his roles as Chief Commercialization Officer, Executive Director of the IACMI Consortium, and chair of the IACMI Consortium Council.
With more than 30 years of industrial experience in the composites industry, Brosius' career has included positions at U.S.-based firms Dow Chemical Co., Fiberite and successor Cytec Industries Inc. At Fiberite and Cytec, he led key activities related to high performance carbon fiber prepreg-based components for aerospace and industrial markets, and managed thermoset molding compound businesses in the U.S. and France. Prior to joining IACMI, he led the establishment of European and U.S. operations for Australian-based composites manufacturer Quickstep Technologies. Brosius has a BS in chemical engineering from Texas A&M University and an MBA from the University of Phoenix.
Since 2015, IACMI has managed over 50 collaborative and industry led technical projects with greater than $150 million in research and development value. More than 15 new products are now commercially available and $400 million-plus has been invested in a broad system of open access facilities for demonstration at scale in eight states. IACMI has engaged more than 9,000 people in composites training and STEM outreach and placed more than 100 university interns with industry collaboration.
Through collaboration with industry, academia, and national laboratories, IACMI projects have demonstrated faster cycle times and lower costs for composite materials and structures, decreased carbon intensity, and increased recyclability of composites.
About IACMI – The Composites Institute
IACMI – The Composites Institute is a 130-plus member community of industry, universities, national laboratories, and federal, state, and local government agencies working together to accelerate advanced composites design, manufacturing, technical innovation, and workforce solutions to enable a cleaner and more sustainable, more secure, and more competitive U.S. economy. IACMI is managed by the Collaborative Composite Solutions Corporation (CCS), a not-for-profit organization established by The University of Tennessee Research Foundation. A Manufacturing USA institute, IACMI is supported by the U.S. Department of Energy's Advanced Manufacturing Office, as well as key state and industry partners. Visit www.iacmi.org and follow IACMI on LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook.
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Cloud-based data warehouse Snowflake Q3 2021 Earnings Preview
- Snowflake (NYSE:SNOW) is scheduled to announce Q3 earnings results on Wednesday, December 2nd, after market close.
- The consensus EPS Estimate is -$0.26 and the consensus Revenue Estimate is $147.65M.
- The company made its debut on Sept. 16 at a premium at $245 against $120 IPO price. The company sold 28M shares, raising nearly $3.4B on the IPO at a $33B valuation. At the $245 opening price, that valuation now tops $66B.
- As of July 31, 2020, the company had 3,117 customers, increasing from 1,547 customers as of July 31, 2019.
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PEORIA, Ariz. — Yu Darvish will be the Padres' starting pitcher on opening day for the second straight season.
Manager Bob Melvin made the announcement Thursday. And while he declined to lay out the rest of the rotation, he again hinted at having Joe Musgrove start the Padres' home opener.
"(Having Darvish start opening day) is not a difficult call," Melvin said. "The difficult part is what Joe accomplished last year, but I'm hoping there's a good reward for him as we go along as well."
Musgrove, who led Padres starters in virtually every statistical category in 2021, starting the third game of the season at Arizona would line him up to start the first game at Petco Park, April 14 against the Braves.
Splitting up Darvish and Musgrove also allows the Padres to slot in Mike Clevinger between them, as Clevinger will be limited in how much he throws early while working back from Tommy John surgery.
Based on the spring training pitching schedule and Melvin's stated desire to spread out pitchers who are built up as they normally would be so as not to tax the bullpen, it appears likely left-hander Blake Snell would start after Musgrove with Nick Martinez starting the series opener in San Francisco on April 11.
Melvin prefers a five-man rotation but has not ruled out using six starters early. More likely is his "piggybacking" a would-be starter in at least the first couple games started by Clevinger and/or Snell, who is behind other starting pitchers in his progression. Snell will make his first Cactus League start Thursday and is expected to work no more than three innings or around 40 pitches. His next start would likely be the Padres' spring training finale on Tuesday.
Chris Paddack, who is scheduled to pitch after Snell on Thursday, and left-hander Ryan Weathers are the most likely candidates to provide that long relief.
The Padres have fielded trade interest in both young starters, though it is unclear the extent of the team's willingness to part with pitching depth after the staff was severely impacted by injuries last season.
Darvish joins 12 other multiple-time opening day starters for the Padres. Randy Jones, Jake Peavy and Eric Show all started four opening days. Andy Benes started three. Eight others started two.
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GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — The pain was sharp and familiar. It reminded David Price of where he has been. It also told him he still might be able to be the pitcher the Los Angeles Dodgers thought they had nearly 26 months ago.
Price’s quiet spring began the way others have in the five-time All-Star’s 13-year career: His left elbow hurt after his first live batting practice a couple of weeks ago, and he knew the resumption of an old routine was underway.
“Always the elbow,’’ Price said. “It happens every year, all the way back to 2010. Now, everything feels good – arm, elbow and shoulder.’’
It was good enough to impress Dodgers manager Dave Roberts and anybody else who watched Price make his first spring appearance against Cleveland on Wednesday night. The left-hander worked only an inning, but he had two strikeouts and was clocked at 93 mph.
In an abbreviated camp, it wasn’t enough to determine his role. It did remind the Dodgers that Price is still in the mix.
From starter to bullpen, Price’s role with the Dodgers has been uncertain since they acquired the 2012 American League Cy Young Award winner from the Boston Red Sox in a three-team deal that included right-fielder Mookie Betts in February 2020.
Price didn’t pitch at all that year, opting out because of concerns about COVID-19. In 2021, he bounced between the starting rotation and the bullpen with 11 starts and 28 appearances as a reliever. His overall ERA was 4.03.
He arrived at camp in mid-March ready to do anything. Then Roberts mentioned him as a possible starter.
“I’m preparing that way, yeah,” said Price, who is in the final year of a seven-year, $217 million contract. “I think it’d be silly of me to prepare to be a reliever if I’m asked to start. So, I’m preparing to be a starter until otherwise.”
Otherwise looks to be the case. Roberts projects his starting rotation will be Walker Buehler, Julio Urias, Clayton Kershaw, Andrew Heaney and Tony Gonsolin. He cautioned that nothing is set in stone, mostly because pitchers were limited in a camp cut short by major league baseball’s lockout.
The Dodgers signed career starter Tyler Anderson in mid-March, just in case. As for Price, Roberts said: “I just think that David, right now, is not an option in the sense of, he’s not built up. It just doesn’t seem feasible right now.”
The 36-year-old left-hander could still have an immediate role, like one inning in relief early in the season, Roberts said, and moving up to multiple innings as he gets stronger.
“I’m confident in David in any role,’’ Roberts said. “I like his versatility. The role doesn’t matter. It’s just knowing that he’s going to pitch valuable innings in whatever role.”
NOTES
Cody Bellinger took batting practice Thursday on the minor-league side of the Dodgers’ camp. The 2019 National League MVP is 4 for 27 with 17 strikeouts this spring.
“I wouldn’t say I’m alarmed,’’ Roberts said. “I think ‘progressing’ is the word. We’ve got to continue to log at-bats to make him feel as comfortable as possible when the season starts.’’
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Johnny V. White, 63, of Lapel, Ind., died March 22, 2022.
He was born in Nashville, the son of the late Doyle White and Queen Waldon Bright.
He was a surgical technologist at a veteran’s hospital.
Survivors include: his wife, Jennifer White of Lapel; and his children, Rachel Rhoton (Ben) of Montpelier, Amanda Kopsho (Brittany) of Indianapolis, T. J., Stephanie Valentin of Michigan and John Mitchell (Ashley) of Mississippi; also two brothers, four sisters and grandchildren.
Visitation will be Saturday, April 2, from 11-2 at the Hersberger-Bozell Funeral Home in Lapel. The funeral service will follow at the same location.
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Pentagon asks Supreme Court to let it curb unvaccinated Navy SEAL deployments
The Defense Department filed an emergency request to the Supreme Court on Monday asking the justices to restore the department’s authority over the deployment of unvaccinated Navy SEALs.
The request follows a January ruling by a federal judge in Texas who temporarily blocked the department from halting the deployment of SEALs who refuse to comply with the military’s COVID-19 vaccination mandate, and after an appeals court last month declined to put the judge’s order on hold.
According to the Biden administration’s filing, the lower court rulings have tied commanders’ hands and already have eroded health and safety protocols for the armed forces, including by forcing the Navy to deploy an unvaccinated SEAL to Hawaii “for duty on a submarine against its military judgment.”
“The Navy has an extraordinarily compelling interest in ensuring that the servicemembers who perform those missions are as physically and medically prepared as possible,” read the Biden administration’s court filing. “That includes vaccinating them against COVID-19, which is the least restrictive means of achieving that interest.”
The dispute arose after roughly three dozen service members assigned to the Naval Special Warfare Command, including 26 Navy SEALs, challenged the Pentagon’s coronavirus vaccine mandate on religious grounds.
In January, Texas-based U.S. District Judge Reed O’Connor, a George W. Bush appointee, temporarily blocked the military from taking any “adverse action” against the legal challengers, including making changes to training or deployment based on their unvaccinated status.
Last month, a unanimous three-judge panel on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit declined to grant the Defense Department’s request to halt O’Connor’s order.
Within an hour of receiving the department’s emergency request, the Supreme Court asked the challengers to file a response by next Monday.
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Canada is extending its military mission in Iraq and the Middle East for another year.
Defence Minister Anita Anand announced the 12-month extension on Thursday evening, only hours before the current mandate was set to expire.
It comes even as Canada has steadily reduced its military footprint in the region as the focus in Iraq, in particular, has shifted from defeating the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant to countering Iran’s growing influence.
The Canadian Armed Forces, which first deployed troops to Iraq in October 2014 as ISIL threatened to take over the country and neighbouring Syria, previously had a high of more than 800 soldiers in the region.
The Canadian mission at different times included fighter jets, transport and surveillance aircraft, helicopters as well as military trainers and special forces troops working alongside Kurdish and Iraqi forces as they fought ISIL.
But the mission has since shrunk in size and prominence as concerns about ISIL have been replaced with fears about Iran‘s growing influence in Iraq and the region, and as other crises and threats such as Russia, China and the COVID-19 pandemic have emerged.
Canada in February had only about 300 Armed Forces members assigned to what is known as Operation Impact, with about 250 intelligence, logistics and command staff in Kuwait, 50 trainers in Jordan and Lebanon, and only a handful of troops in Iraq.
“The Canadian Armed Forces have been working with partners and allies since 2014 to improve Iraqi security forces’ capabilities,” Anand said in a statement.
“The Canadian Armed Forces have also been providing training and capacity-building assistance to the Jordanian Armed Forces and the Lebanese Armed Forces.”
The decision to extend Canada’s military mission in Iraq comes as the Armed Forces is being asked to contribute additional troops and equipment in eastern Europe in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and as it struggles with personnel shortfall.
It also coincides with a political deadlock in Baghdad over repeated failures to elect a new president and escalating tensions between the United States and Iran, with the latter having launched ballistic missile attacks in the region in recent weeks.
Bessma Momani, one of Canada’s top Middle East experts at the University of Waterloo, said the decision to extend the mission comes at a critical time for Iraq as the country teeters toward collapse amid a proxy war between the United States and Iran.
While Canada’s contribution is largely symbolic at this point, Momani said, “this is not a time to pull out. It just sends all the wrong messages. Iraq’s just way too fragile to pull out at the moment.”
Canada’s mission has largely slipped from public view, but it has seen its share of controversies over the years. Those include questions about whether Canadian troops were in combat, and concerns about the screening of Iraq troops trained by Canada.
The Liberals were also criticized for withdrawing Canadian fighter jets after taking power in 2015, while Canada’s partnership with Iraq’s Kurdish minority put this country into an awkward position when faced with Kurdish calls for independence from Iraq.
One Canadian soldier was killed while serving on Operation Impact. Sgt. Andrew Doiron died after Kurdish forces mistakenly shot the Canadian special forces member. Three other Canadians were injured in the “friendly fire” incident.
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LUFKIN, Texas (KTRE) - There was no shortage of runs at the Angelina College softball field Wednesday afternoon. The Lady Roadrunners picked up a sweep of conference opponent Lamar State College-Port Arthur to push their overall record to 23-9 and their conference record to 6-4. AC won game 1, 12-4 and game 2, 19-2. Bayley Frenzel and Madi Baker both had home runs in the second game of the double header. Haley Primrose also had a grand slam in the second inning of game 2.
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President Joe Biden is naming actor Taraji P. Henson and the NBA's Chris Paul to a presidential advisory board on historically Black colleges and universities.
They are among nine men and nine women Biden is appointing to the President's Board of Advisors on Historically Black Colleges and Universities, the White House announced Thursday.
Several HBCU presidents, the president of United Airlines and the first Black woman to become administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency are among Biden's selections.
They will join Tony Allen, the president of Delaware State University, and Glenda Glover, the president of Tennessee State University, who are serving, respectively, as chairperson and vice chairperson of the board, which was established during the Carter administration.
Henson is a Washington, D.C., native who studied acting at Howard University, a historically Black school and the alma mater of Vice President Kamala Harris. Paul is a 12-time NBA All-Star with the Phoenix Suns and two-time Olympic gold medalist.
Besides Allen and Glover, the presidents of five other HBCUs will also join the board. They are Virginia State University, Norfolk State University in Virginia, Alabama State University, Prairie View A&M University in Texas and Dillard University in New Orleans.
Lisa Jackson, who became the EPA's first Black administrator in the Obama administration, and United Airlines President Brett Hart will also join the board.
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Biden also intends to appoint Paige Blake, a 20-year-old junior at Bowie State University, an HBCU in Maryland.
The White House said the administration has committed $5.8 billion in support to these historically Black colleges and universities through a combination of pandemic relief funding, grants and forgiving capital improvement debt.
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President Joe Biden marked Transgender Day of Visibility on Thursday by denouncing “hateful bills” being passed at the state level as the White House played host to “Jeopardy!” champion Amy Schneider, the first openly transgender winner on the popular quiz show.
Schneider met with second gentleman Doug Emhoff, who joined Rachel Levine, the assistant health secretary and the first openly transgender federal official to be confirmed by the Senate, for a conversation with transgender kids and their parents.
Schneider used the moment in the Washington spotlight to speak out against bills affecting transgender people.
“They’re really scary and some of them in particular that are denying medical services to trans youth, those are, those are lifesaving medical treatments," Schneider told reporters. "These bills will cause the deaths of children and that’s really sad to me and it’s really frightening.”
“Jeopardy!” star Schneider spoke of “being a trans person out there that isn’t monstrous and isn’t threatening and is just a normal person, like we all are,” and said "the more that people like me can be seen, the harder it is to sustain the myths that are ... kind of driving a lot of this hate and fear.”
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These Are The Richest Billionaires In Indiana
By Dani Medina
March 31, 2022
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In 2021, 660 billionaires were added to the worldwide roster. Interestingly enough, the United States is home to the most billionaires compared to any other country.
But how many of them live near you? Stacker compiled a list of the richest billionaires in every state. Here's what what they said about it:
The U.S.’s wealthiest billionaires are mostly concentrated within just a couple of industries: finance and investments, and technology. Other wealthy sectors include food and drink, fashion and retail, and media and entertainment. In order to determine who the most affluent Americans are, as well as how they reached their billionaire status, Stacker compiled a list of the richest billionaires that are residents of Utah, using data from Forbes. Billionaires are ranked by net worth as of March 31.
Here's a look at the three billionaires in Indiana:
1) Carl Cook
- Net worth: $12.2 billion (#171 wealthiest in the world)
- Residence: Bloomington, Indiana
- Source of wealth: Medical devices
2) Herb Simon
- Net worth: $3.5 billion (#868 wealthiest in the world)
- Residence: Indianapolis, Indiana
- Source of wealth: Real estate
3) James Irsay
- Net worth: $3.5 billion (#884 wealthiest in the world)
- Residence: Carmel, Indiana
- Source of wealth: Indianapolis Colts
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AUSTIN, Texas, March 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Texas, the ninth largest economy in the world according to Gross Domestic Product (GDP), saw a 10.1% increase in the annual rate growth of real GDP in the last quarter of 2021 — compared to the national average of 6.9% — according to data from the Bureau of Economic Analysis released today, March 31.
GDP is a measure of the size and strength of an economy.
"Thanks to the hardworking people of Texas, the Lone Star State leads the nation with the largest increase in fourth quarter GDP," said Gov. Greg Abbott. "This achievement is yet another testament to the prosperous economic climate we have cultivated by developing a highly skilled workforce, cutting red tape, and investing in our robust infrastructure."
This increase in GDP for Texas is consistent with other economic indicators that prove Texas is the best state in the nation to do business, said Robert Allen, President and CEO of the Texas Economic Development Corporation, based in Austin.
"Texas has a long track record of economic strength and stability as well as a business-friendly climate, a large skilled workforce, low tax burden, the availability of affordable land, robust transportation network and deepwater seaports — and elected leadership that enthusiastically welcomes new, expanding and relocating businesses," Allen said.
In addition to the GDP increase, Texas was the No. 1 exporting state in the nation for 2021 — for the 20th consecutive year, according to data released by BEA in February 2022. Texas's exports exceeded the exports of the next largest states, California, New York and Louisiana combined.
Texas overtook Brazil to become the ninth largest economy in the world — if Texas were a country — according to 2019 GDP data from the International Monetary Fund. Texas sustained its position in the rankings of global economies by GDP through the pandemic.
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The Texas Economic Development Corporation (TxEDC) is an independently funded and operated 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to economic development, business recruitment and job creation in the state of Texas. The public-private partnership of TxEDC and Texas Economic Development and Tourism Office in the Office of the Governor, markets Texas as a premier business destination to let corporate decision- makers and site selection consultants know that they can Go Big in Texas. For more information about TxEDC, visit www.GoBigInTexas.com.
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By Daile Cross
An enraged father who drove 600 kilometres to confront his daughter’s alleged abuser before trying to cut the man’s penis off and setting a house fire that led to his death has been jailed.
The father, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was sentenced to nine years in prison after pleading guilty to the manslaughter of the man, who died in June 2020 after the home he was renting was set on fire.
The father stormed the house armed with a kitchen knife after learning about the abuse allegation and used his mobile phone to record the confrontation.
“I’m here to tell you that I know, and we’re going to sort it out tonight,” he told the man.
“I hope you have made good with everyone because this next bit and what goes on now depends on you. I drove 600 f***ing kilometres to see you.”
The attacker told the man “you took my daughter’s innocence” before instructing him to pull his pants down. He then inflicted two cuts either side of his groin.
The court was told the injuries were not life-threatening, however the attacker then doused the inside of the home with petrol and set it on fire.
The deceased man, who had heart disease, was found dead outside his back door with a garden hose near his body. A post-mortem found he died from smoke inhalation and possibly a heart attack.
The father pleaded guilty to manslaughter and arson and was sentenced in the Supreme Court of Western Australia on Tuesday to nine years in prison, and will be eligible for parole in seven.
Lawyer Simon Watters told the court his client accepted he had overreacted in an illegal way that ultimately led to the man’s death.
Justice Joe McGrath said the act of inflicting the knife injuries and setting fire to the house was premeditated and an act of vigilantism.
“You found out the day before you committed the offences about the allegations concerning the
deceased abusing your daughter,” he said.
“A number of persons told you not to take any action against the deceased.”
The wife and son of the deceased man provided references to the qualities of the offender and Justice McGrath said he accepted that he had taken responsibility for his actions and expressed remorse.
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PHILADELPHIA, PA / ACCESSWIRE / March 31, 2022 / Aberdeen Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund, Inc. (the "Fund") (NYSE American:AEF)held its Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the "Meeting") on March 31, 2022. At the Meeting, shareholders of the Fund voted to re-elect one Class II Director to the Board of Directors and to approve the continuation of the term of one Director under the Fund's Corporate Governance Polices.
As of the record date, February 15, 2022, there were 50,751,778 outstanding shares of the Fund. 83.4% of the outstanding shares were voted at the Meeting representing a quorum.
The description of the proposal and number of shares voted at the Meeting are as follows:
To re-elect one Class II Director to the Board of Directors:
To approve the continuation of Term for Director under the Corporate Governance Policies:
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Shares of Valero Energy Corp.
VLO,
+1.03%
advanced 1.03% to $101.54 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
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falling 1.56% to 34,678.35. This was the stock's third consecutive day of gains. Valero Energy Corp. hit a new 52-week high, surpassing its previous peak of $101.37, which the company achieved on March 30th.
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fell 1.20% to $86.39 and Marathon Petroleum Corp.
MPC,
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rose 0.18% to $85.50. Trading volume (5.2 M) eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 4.7 M.
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For the better part of a century, lawmakers in the United States have been pushing for an anti-lynching bill that would make this torturous form of killing a federal hate crime. This week the fruit of those efforts was reaped as President Joe Biden signed the Emmett Till Anti-lynching Act into law.
“To the members of Congress here today… and the civil rights leaders here today—most of all the families of Emmett Till and Ida B. Wells, thank you for never giving up,” Biden said during the historic occasion. “For never ever giving up.”
Till’s story has long been used to underscore the unfair treatment of Blacks throughout the nation’s history. As Biden orated to attendees, Till was just 14-years-old when a trip to Mississippi turned fatal. Roy Bryant and J.W. Milam tortured and killed the Chicago native following an accusation that he flirted with a white woman. The story, that has long been disputed, remains a cautious tale of the lengths some will go in the name of hate. “My cousin was a bright, promising 14-year-old from Chicago,” Rev. Wheeler Parker Jr. recalled on Tuesday. “My family was devastated that no one was held responsible for the abduction, torture, and murder of Emmett.”
Nearly seven decades after his homicide, family members, like Parker, are encouraged that this new law will ensure racist crimes like Till’s will not go unpunished. “This new law shows that Emmett still speaks in powerful ways,” Parker asserts. “The wheels of justice grind so slowly, but I and the Till Institute appreciate Congressman Rush and President Biden for their leadership to continue to grind, and to enshrine in law that lynching is a federal hate crime.”
From 1882 to 1968, 4,743 lynchings occurred in the U.S., according to records maintained by the NAACP. Of those, 72 percent were Black. Investigative journalist Ida B. Wells was at the forefront of bringing these atrocities to light and was among those who led the crusade for a federal anti-lynching law. Her protests for reform led to the White House doors, and spanned and reported seven presidential administrations. While Tuesday’s signing is indicative of the strides that Washington has made in acknowledging the plight of Black Americans, those close to the Till family are decidedly clear that the work is not over.
“This law is an important step in the right direction. But there is more work to be done,” says Dr. Marvel Parker, Executive Director of the Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley Institute. As a torch bearer of Emmett and his mother Mamie Till-Mobley’s legacy, Parker is determined to erect a national memorial to forever inscribe Emmett and Mamie’s story. “Interpretive sites in Chicago and in the Mississippi Delta, would solidify Mamie Till-Mobley’s desire to make sure her son did not die in vain,” says Dr. Parker. “We look forward to continuing to work with our partners at the National Trust for Historic Preservation and National Park Conservation Association to preserve this American story, reckon with the past, and create a path toward understanding, reconciliation, and healing.”
Healing for Black Americans has often felt like a transient experience. Society has evolved, racial tolerance has amplified, but modern-day killings still evoke Till’s story. “Emmett Till’s 1955 lynching is the first Black Lives Matter story,” says Christopher Benson, President of the Till Institute board. “For people of color, lynching has been a ubiquitous part of American life following Reconstruction, as an act of racial power to enforce place in our society.” Benson notes that Till’s death galvanized the Civil Rights Movement.
Before cell phone videos began capturing these atrocities, the pages of JET published the untouched images of a bludgeoned and unrecognizable Till in his casket upon the request of his mother. Times have changed, but Blacks are still victims of these public executions.
“Lynchings such as Ahmaud Arbery’s, Breonna Taylor’s and George Floyd’s are very much reflective of what happened to my cousin,” Deborah Watts, Cousin and Founder of the Emmett Till Legacy Foundation, said in a USA Today op-ed late last year. “We continue to see a through line from the past injustices in 1955 and the injustices that continue today. They are all reflective of the criminal, civil and human rights movements that place Black, brown and Indigenous bodies in the forefront of the struggle for justice and reform.”
Benson is hopeful that the newly signed Emmett Till Anti-lynching law forces the nation to face its history recognize the need for systemic change to advance the values of a truly multicultural society. “We will keep telling Emmet’s story, and tell the stories of countless others who have stood up to injustice,” says Benson, “and inspire visitors to continue the struggle for racial justice today.”
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SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) — The Missouri nonprofit that was at the center of a corruption probe that involved several legislators is paying more than $8 million to the federal government and the state of Arkansas under an agreement with prosecutors announced Thursday.
Federal prosecutors announced the non-prosecution agreement with Preferred Family Healthcare, which agreed to forfeit more than $6.9 million to the federal government and pay more than $1.1 million in restitution to Arkansas.
The Missouri-based mental health care provider operated 50 clinics throughout Arkansas until October 2018 and no longer operates in the state. Prosecutors on Thursday said under the agreement, PFH admitted that its former officers and employees conspired to embezzle funds from the charity and bribe Arkansas legislators.
Several former executives from the charity, former Arkansas legislators and other have pleaded guilty in federal court as part of the corruption probe.
A lobbyist pleaded guilty in 2019 to bribing three Arkansas lawmakers, including the governor’s nephew, to benefit PFH. The lobbyist, Rusty Cranford, was sentenced to seven years in prison and in August was released to serve the remainder of his sentence from home.
Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge in 2020 announced the firm had reached $6.5 million in federal and state settlements following an investigation by Rutledge's office into false Medicaid claims made by former PFH employees.
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Former National League MVP Jimmy Rollins will get a chance to make his mark on both the on-field and off-field product after he was added to the Philadelphia Phillies’ front office Thursday.
Rollins, who played 15 of his 17 major league seasons with the Phillies and won the 2007 MVP, will assist as an on-field instructor and also will be an advisor to the front-office staff under general manager Dave Dombrowski.
Those duties will be added to his existing role as an occasional Phillies’ television analyst for NBC Sports Philadelphia.
“The addition of Jimmy Rollins to our baseball operations department is a significant gain for the Phillies,” Dombrowski said in a release. “As one of the franchise’s all-time greats, Jimmy brings tremendous baseball instincts and an institutional knowledge of what it takes to win in Philadelphia. We look forward to his continued contributions to the Phillies.”
A three-time All-Star, Rollins led the National League in runs (139) and triples (20) during his 2007 MVP season. The Oakland, Calif., native was a four-time Gold Glove winner at shortstop and batted .264 with a .743 OPS over 2,275 career games, ending his career with the Los Angeles Dodgers (2015) and Chicago White Sox (2016).
“I’m honored to move into baseball operations and assist Dave and his staff,” Rollins said in a release. “The Phillies mean a great deal to me, and I’ll do whatever I can to help get this team back to where it belongs, and that’s deep in October.”
–Field Level Media
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The Transportation Security Administration plans to upgrade screening technology at airport checkpoints to be gender neutral, starting with algorithmic testing over the coming months.
Replacing gender-based algorithms currently enabling Advanced Imaging Technology (AIT) units at airport checkpoints with more accurate, efficient gender-neutral ones will protect the civil rights and improve the experience of travelers, who’d otherwise trigger alarms prompting pat-down screenings of sensitive parts of their bodies.
TSA received $18.6 million in the fiscal 2022 budget to develop, test and deploy enhanced AIT algorithms nationwide, a process the agency announced — along with new screening standards for transgender, nonbinary and gender-nonconforming airline passengers — on International Transgender Day of Visibility this Thursday.
“Today’s announcement acknowledges the input received from coalition partners and recognizes the transgender, non-binary and gender nonconforming community,” a TSA spokesperson told FedScoop. “The AIT system updates represent a change in the screening algorithm that is currently being tested.”
TSA expects those updates to begin at airports in 2023, pending the results of testing this year, the spokesperson said.
Standard operating procedures (SOPs) for transportation security officers will also be updated to limit invasive screenings for certain passengers, who trigger AIT scanner alarms, without compromising security.
TSA already updated checkpoint SOPs in February to make gender information on forms of identification irrelevant in determining whether a traveler may proceed to the screening area. But the agency is also updating its TSA PreCheck program to include an X gender marker on its application.
Applicants will be able to select the X alternative gender category, once a software update is complete, and TSA PreCheck enrollees will be able to self-attest their gender irrespective of identification documents starting in early April.
Current TSA PreCheck members can change the gender associated with their account by calling customer service at (855) 347-8371 between 8 a.m. and 10 p.m. ET on weekdays, which will have no effect on their expedited screening.
The agency is working with airlines to promote the use and acceptance of the X gender marker, which two major, domestic carriers already accept, along with a U marker for undisclosed, in their travel reservation systems. A third airline plans to do so later this year, and most accommodate gender changes upon request.
TSA has a webpage announcing all its gender-related updates.
The Inclusion Action Committee the agency launched in August 2020 expedited its most recent efforts.
“On this internationally recognized day for the transgender community, TSA is proud to announce significant initiatives as a direct result of close partnership with community stakeholders,” said TSA Administrator David Pekoske in the announcement. “Over the coming months, TSA will move swiftly to implement more secure and efficient screening processes that are gender neutral, as well as technological updates that will enhance security and make TSA PreCheck enrollment more inclusive.”
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DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — The French medical charity Doctors Without Borders, or MSF, says that five of its employees have been released in Nigeria after being kidnapped last month in neighboring Cameroon.
Armed men kidnapped the MSF employees on Feb. 24 from the group’s base in Cameroon’s Far North region in Fotokol, which is near Nigeria and Chad. Those kidnapped and subsequently released include a Senegalese, Chadian and Franco-Ivorian along with their two Cameroon security guards.
The organization said the workers were released Wednesday in Nigeria and have been “taken to a safe place.”
“We are happy to find our colleagues safe and sound,” said the director general of the organization, Stephen Cornish. “We share the deep relief of their parents and loved ones, who were impatiently awaiting this news.”
The organization did not give details on the condition of the release.
Cheikh Ndiaye, the uncle of the Senegalese humanitarian who was taking hostages expressed his family’s relief.
”They are free. We were told they are in Nigeria. We rejoice and look forward with great relief to his return among us,” he said.
Islamic extremist groups Boko Haram and the Islamic State West Africa Province are known to carry out attacks in this region.
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