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American Outdoor Brands, Inc. (NASDAQ:AOUT – Get Rating) CFO Hugh Andrew Fulmer bought 3,700 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Thursday, March 31st. The shares were acquired at an average price of $13.55 per share, for a total transaction of $50,135.00. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this hyperlink.
American Outdoor Brands stock traded down $0.38 during midday trading on Thursday, reaching $13.13. 97,864 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 135,806. The company has a market capitalization of $175.31 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 14.27 and a beta of 0.43. The firm’s 50-day simple moving average is $15.72 and its 200-day simple moving average is $19.93. American Outdoor Brands, Inc. has a 1 year low of $13.09 and a 1 year high of $36.62.
American Outdoor Brands (NASDAQ:AOUT – Get Rating) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, March 10th. The company reported $0.48 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the Zacks’ consensus estimate of $0.43 by $0.05. American Outdoor Brands had a return on equity of 8.77% and a net margin of 4.91%. The business had revenue of $70.10 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $72.54 million. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned $0.77 EPS. The business’s quarterly revenue was down 15.1% on a year-over-year basis. On average, sell-side analysts expect that American Outdoor Brands, Inc. will post 1.51 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.
A number of equities analysts have recently issued reports on AOUT shares. CL King lowered their target price on shares of American Outdoor Brands from $32.00 to $23.00 in a research report on Friday, March 11th. Lake Street Capital lowered their target price on shares of American Outdoor Brands from $32.00 to $26.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research report on Friday, March 11th. TheStreet lowered shares of American Outdoor Brands from a “c-” rating to a “d” rating in a research report on Monday, January 24th. Zacks Investment Research lowered shares of American Outdoor Brands from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a research report on Wednesday, March 16th. Finally, B. Riley decreased their price target on American Outdoor Brands from $37.00 to $25.00 in a report on Friday, March 11th.
American Outdoor Brands Company Profile (Get Rating)
American Outdoor Brands, Inc provides outdoor products and accessories for rugged outdoor enthusiasts in the United States and internationally. The company offers hunting, fishing, camping, shooting, and personal security and defense products. Its products include shooting supplies, rests, vaults, and other related accessories; premium sportsmen knives and tools for fishing and hunting; land management tools for hunting preparedness; harvesting products for post-hunt or post-fishing activities; electro-optical devices comprising hunting optics, firearm aiming devices, flashlights, and laser grips; reloading, gunsmithing, and firearm cleaning supplies; and survival, camping, and emergency preparedness products.
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Women are still missing in the music industry, especially behind the scenes
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The music trade is nowhere close to reaching gender parity. According to a brand new study from the USC Annenberg Inclusion Initiative, girls lag behind males as artists, however the issue is especially extreme relating to fields corresponding to songwriting, producing and engineering.
This is all regardless of the Recording Academy’s acknowledged makes an attempt at attempting to increase girls’s alternatives.
The research, which was funded by Spotify, examined the artists, songwriters and producers credited on songs that appeared on the Billboard Hot 100 Year-End Chart since 2012. According to their rely, lower than 1 / 4 of the artists on the chart in 2021 have been girls. Over the previous ten years, that quantity has been stagnant at 21%.
Over the previous decade, girls solely make up 12.7% of songwriters. The research additionally counted producers of choose years, and located that ladies made up a paltry 2.8%.
In 2019 the Recording Academy launched an initiative named Women in the Mix to attempt to fight the dearth of girls in manufacturing and engineering positions, asking collaborating artists, labels and managers to think about a minimum of two girls when hiring for a producer or engineer. According to the research, the trouble has to this point failed to provide any quantifiable enchancment.
“Industry solutions must do more than offer lip service to creating change,” stated USC Annenberg Inclusion Initiative founder Stacy Smith, in a press release. “They must take aim at the underlying reasons for exclusion and have robust evaluation and accountability metrics to ensure that they result in real progress.”
The research in contrast the progress of girls within the music trade to the developments made by folks of colour. In 2021, 57% of artists have been folks of colour, in comparison with 38.4% in 2012.
Women of colour particularly have made strides on the artist entrance — making up over half of the feminine artists in 2021, in addition to outpacing white girls as songwriters. But just one girl of colour was credited as a producer in 2021.
The report additionally continued its examination of the Grammys the place the share of girls nominated within the main classes fell for the primary time since 2019.
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https://thewall.fyi/women-are-still-missing-in-the-music-industry-especially-behind-the-scenes/
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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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https://www.thehour.com/news/article/Firm-paying-8M-to-Arkansas-feds-over-corruption-17049727.php
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NEW YORK (AP) — Major League Baseball finalized the rules change Thursday 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 expansion of the designated hitter and giving two-way players enhanced flexibility to showcase their talents will benefit the game for the foreseeable future,” union director of player services Kevin Slowey said in a statement. “The roster and extra-inning adjustments will also serve to protect the health and safety of players during what will be a unique 2022 season.”
The “zombie” runner modification was applied to the 2020 and 2021 regular seasons as part of adjustments due to COVID-19.
There were 78 extra-inning games during the pandemic-shortened 2020 season, and the longest by innings were a pair of 13-inning contests at Houston, won by the Los Angeles Dodgers on July 29 and by Oakland on Aug. 7. Every previous season since 1901 had at least one game of 15 innings or longer
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.
The modification for 2020 and 2021 that shortened doubleheaders to scheduled seven-inning games was not continued for 2022.
Active rosters will be 28 from opening day through May 1; 26 from May 2 through Aug. 31; and 28 for the rest of the regular season. Last season, the limit was 26 from opening day through Aug. 31, then 28.
Rookie qualifications going forward will remain the same as in 2021, when September days were not excluded toward the threshold of 45 days for the exhaustion of rookie status in future seasons.
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Freeze WARNING for Edwards, Wayne, & White Counties in Illinois Midnight to 9am Friday
EVENING: Mostly Cloudy with Scattered Light Rain Diminishing. Cold with Temps 45-40. Sunset 7:12
OVERNIGHT: Some Clearing. Cold with Lows 33-36. Sunrise 6:35
FRIDAY: Partly Cloudy. Chilly with Highs 51-53. Winds NW 5-15
FRI NIGHT: Partly Cloudy. Cold with Lows 32-36.
SATURDAY: Clouds Increasing with a Few Showers (Best Chances North – T’Shower Possible After Noon), then Some Clearing Late. Windy & Chilly with Highs 54-60 (Northwest to Southeast…58-59 in the Evansville Metro). Winds SE/W 15-25
Chief Meteorologist Wayne Hart
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The quality of crystalline two-dimensional (2D) polymers1,2,3,4,5,6 is intimately related to the elusive polymerization and crystallization processes. Understanding the mechanism of such processes at the (sub)molecular level is crucial to improve predictive synthesis and to tailor material properties for applications in catalysis7,8,9,10 and (opto)electronics11,12, among others13,14,15,16,17,18. We characterize a model boroxine 2D dynamic covalent polymer, by using in situ scanning tunnelling microscopy, to unveil both qualitative and quantitative details of the nucleation"“elongation processes in real time and under ambient conditions. Sequential data analysis enables observation of the amorphous-to-crystalline transition, the time-dependent evolution of nuclei, the existence of 'non-classical' crystallization pathways and, importantly, the experimental determination of essential crystallization parameters with excellent accuracy, including critical nucleus size, nucleation rate and growth rate. The experimental data have been further rationalized by atomistic computer models, which, taken together, provide a detailed picture of the dynamic on-surface polymerization process. Furthermore, we show how 2D crystal growth can be affected by abnormal grain growth. This finding provides support for the use of abnormal grain growth (a typical phenomenon in metallic and ceramic systems) to convert a polycrystalline structure into a single crystal in organic and 2D material systems.
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LabCorp (LH) Dips More Than Broader Markets: What You Should Know
LabCorp (LH) closed the most recent trading day at $263.66, moving -1.99% from the previous trading session. This move lagged the S&P 500's daily loss of 1.57%. At the same time, the Dow lost 1.56%, and the tech-heavy Nasdaq lost 0.09%.
Heading into today, shares of the medical laboratory operator had lost 0.53% over the past month, lagging the Medical sector's gain of 5.64% and the S&P 500's gain of 5.37% in that time.
Wall Street will be looking for positivity from LabCorp as it approaches its next earnings report date. This is expected to be April 28, 2022. On that day, LabCorp is projected to report earnings of $5.87 per share, which would represent a year-over-year decline of 33.22%. Our most recent consensus estimate is calling for quarterly revenue of $4.06 billion, down 2.48% from the year-ago period.
Looking at the full year, our Zacks Consensus Estimates suggest analysts are expecting earnings of $19.38 per share and revenue of $15.42 billion. These totals would mark changes of -32.05% and -4.37%, respectively, from last year.
It is also important to note the recent changes to analyst estimates for LabCorp. Recent revisions tend to reflect the latest near-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. Over the past month, the Zacks Consensus EPS estimate has moved 0.8% lower. LabCorp currently has a Zacks Rank of #3 (Hold).
Digging into valuation, LabCorp currently has a Forward P/E ratio of 13.88. This valuation marks a discount compared to its industry's average Forward P/E of 20.9.
The Medical - Dental Supplies industry is part of the Medical sector. This industry currently has a Zacks Industry Rank of 105, which puts it in the top 42% 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.
Be sure to follow all of these stock-moving metrics, and many more, on Zacks.com.
Zacks Names "Single Best Pick to Double"
From thousands of stocks, 5 Zacks experts each have chosen their favorite to skyrocket +100% or more in months to come. From those 5, Director of Research Sheraz Mian hand-picks one to have the most explosive upside of all.
It’s a little-known chemical company that’s up 65% over last year, yet still dirt cheap. With unrelenting demand, soaring 2022 earnings estimates, and $1.5 billion for repurchasing shares, retail investors could jump in at any time.
This company could rival or surpass other recent Zacks’ Stocks Set to Double like Boston Beer Company which shot up +143.0% in little more than 9 months and NVIDIA which boomed +175.9% in one year.
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By Jaime Llinares Taboada
Shares in Xeros Technology Group PLC plummeted Thursday morning after it said that it is no longer likely to reach Ebitda profitability and cash breakeven in the first quarter of 2023, and now expects this to be achieved in 2024.
Shares at 0705 GMT were down 38% at 55.0 pence.
The provider of water saving and filtration technologies said that the board's view of the overall prospects of the group remains unchanged.
Write to Jaime Llinares Taboada at jaime.llinares@wsj.com; @JaimeLlinaresT
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https://www.marketwatch.com/story/xeros-pushes-ebitda-profitability-cash-breakeven-targets-out-to-2024-shares-dive-271648710470
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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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https://www.myjournalcourier.com/news/article/Firm-paying-8M-to-Arkansas-feds-over-corruption-17049727.php
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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.
U.S. & World
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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https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/national-international/taraji-p-henson-chris-paul-named-to-black-colleges-board/2929387/
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Which Sony soundbar is best?
The best Sony soundbar for you depends on many factors, though it’s hard to go wrong with such a trusted brand. Sony offers a range of soundbars, so most buyers can find one to accommodate their budget and needs. Still, some find it daunting to sift through the various speaker options available, especially if they don’t know what they’re looking for.
The Sony HT-A5000 Soundbar offers superior audio, and it works great with voice-command systems like Alexa and Google Assistant.
What to know before you buy a Sony soundbar
Other audio and video devices
Soundbars are commonly used as the primary speaker for television audio or as central speakers for a complete home theater system. Those looking to buy a Sony soundbar will need to consider what other audio and video hardware they plan to use with the soundbar. Even if you aren’t adding your soundbar to a home theater system with other speakers, they’re compatible with nearly all Sony speakers, letting you upgrade later if you want.
Audio formats
Soundbars can vary in what audio formats they support. Support for high-resolution audio formats is a must if you’re hoping to get the best possible sound out of your speakers. The two most common and highest-resolution audio formats to look out for are Dolby Atmos and DTS: X. However, each of the companies also offers lower-quality versions of the formats.
Soundbar bundles with other speakers
Many buying a soundbar prefer to bundle it with other speakers to achieve surround sound. You can purchase soundbars with a full surround sound setup or find bundles with just a soundbar and a subwoofer.
What to look for in a quality Sony soundbar
Connectivity
When buying any soundbar, it’s crucial to make sure the one you choose has the connections you need for your TV or other audio hardware. Different connections on soundbars can vary, with some more common than others.
- HDMI: Many soundbars include HDMI ports with audio capabilities. Soundbars are commonly used with TVs, making HDMI ports the most common connection type.
- RCA component: If you’re using an older TV or device, you may require a soundbar with RCA component cables or analog video cables. These aren’t as common as HDMI outputs, though they’re not impossible to find.
- USB: Some soundbars may include USB ports for playing audio from flash drives, computers or other USB sources.
- Optical digital: Optical digital ports let users connect devices like TVs, Blu-ray players and more and are relatively common on soundbars.
- Bluetooth: The most common type of wireless connection included on soundbars is Bluetooth. Some soundbars feature Bluetooth connectivity, but not all of them — so it’s vital to double-check the product listing before you buy if you hope to listen to audio via Bluetooth.
- Wi-Fi: Some soundbars include Wi-Fi connectivity, making them easy to connect to with a wide range of wireless internet-compatible devices.
If you’ll use your soundbar with a specific device, you’ll need to ensure the soundbar supports the device’s connections.
Size
The size of your media stand may limit which soundbars you can use. Soundbars can vary in size, so it’s essential to measure the width of the surface you plan to put them on.
Modes and other features
Many soundbars include sound modes for optimizing audio quality based on the media you’re using. For example, many have sound modes like voice, game or movie modes, which will equalize audio to bring out the best in the given media. You can also find other audio features on soundbars, often including equalization, automatic room tuning and low-latency settings.
How much you can expect to spend on a Sony soundbar
Cheap Sony soundbars may cost as little as $100. You can expect to spend $130-$1,500 on mid-tier or high-end soundbars.
Sony soundbar FAQ
Are Sony soundbars compatible with Samsung TVs?
A. Sony’s soundbars are compatible with most Samsung TVs. Some buyers have reported issues using the Sony app with their Samsung TVs, though that doesn’t necessarily prevent them from using the two brands together.
Do Sony soundbars offer true surround sound without other speakers?
A. The only way to achieve true surround sound is through a 5.1- or 7.1-channel speaker setup. These speaker setups use several speakers to achieve surround sound, including a soundbar, subwoofer and other mid- and high-frequency speakers.
What’s the best Sony soundbar to buy?
Top Sony soundbar
Sony HT-A5000 5.1.2-Channel Surround Sound Soundbar With Dolby Atmos
What you need to know: This soundbar boasts an impressive simulated surround sound, and it includes support for high-resolution Dolby Atmos and DTS: X formats.
What you’ll love: This soundbar offers immersive sound and deep bass, even without subs or other speakers. It also upscales compressed audio and includes several fine-tuning features. This can also be purchased in bundles with Sony’s other home theater speakers.
What you should consider: Despite the high price, this only includes the soundbar.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Top Sony soundbar for the money
Sony HTX-8500 2.1-Channel Soundbar With Dolby Atmos
What you need to know: This is an excellent, affordable soundbar for smaller rooms, offering surround sound and support for Dolby Atmos and DTS: X high-resolution formats.
What you’ll love: This includes 4K audio with high dynamic range and impressive bass tones from the dual subwoofers. This soundbar’s easy to upgrade later with Sony’s other speakers, making it perfect for buyers who want to buy one speaker at a time.
What you should consider: Some buyers would have liked a “voice mode” to improve dialogue audio.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Worth checking out
Sony HT-G700 3.1-Channel Soundbar And Subwoofer With Dolby Atmos
What you need to know: This bundle includes both a soundbar and a subwoofer, producing incredibly immersive sound quality.
What you’ll love: This soundbar includes Dolby Atmos support and features multiple modes for easily tuning audio to the room and media type. It also supports Bluetooth and HDMI enhanced audio return channel connections and other audio input options.
What you should consider: This soundbar can’t connect to Wi-Fi like some of Sony’s other speakers.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
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DALLAS (AP) — President Joe Biden is again dipping into the nation’s petroleum stockpile to try to corral rising energy prices.
The White House announced Thursday that Biden ordered the daily release of 1 million barrels of oil from the strategic petroleum reserve for the next six months. Biden will also ask Congress to penalize oil and gas companies that lease public land but aren’t producing energy.
The administration hopes that tapping the petroleum reserve will buy time and tamp down gasoline prices long enough until domestic producers can boost output.
Global oil prices were rising even before Russia invaded Ukraine in February. When Biden announced a ban on Russian oil imports in early March, he acknowledged it would come at a cost to American consumers.
This is the third time Biden has turned to the strategic petroleum reserve in a little over four months. Back in November, he ordered the release of 50 million barrels of oil. Then, in his state of the union speech in March, Biden announced another 30 million barrels as part of a multi-nation effort to boost the oil supply.
Tapping the reserve among the few things a president can do alone to try to control inflation, which makes Americans poorer and often creates a political liability for the party in control of the White House.
Here is a look at what’s involved:
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WHAT IS THE PETROLEUM RESERVE?
America’s Strategic Petroleum Reserve is a collection of underground salt caverns in Texas and Louisiana that can hold more than 700 million barrels of oil, although it is not currently full. The reserve held about 568 million barrels last week, down from more than 650 million barrels in mid-2021, according to the U.S. Energy Department.
The reserve was created after the 1970s Arab oil embargo to give the United States a supply that could be used in an emergency.
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WHY IS IT USED?
The U.S. now exports more oil than it imports, but the reserve remains and has been tapped for various reasons, from offsetting the impact of hurricanes and ship-channel closings to raising money for deficit reduction.
In 1991, President George H.W. Bush authorized withdrawing nearly 34 million barrels during the Gulf War, although only 17 million barrels were used. In 2011, President Barack Obama approved the release of 30 million barrels to offset the disruption of supply from Libya.
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HOW DO THEY GET THE OIL OUT?
Oil is lighter than water — that’s why disasters like those caused by the Exxon Valdez tanker and the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig create slicks on the surface. To remove oil from the reserves, water is pumped into the salt caverns, making the crude float to the surface, where it is captured and sent through pipelines to refineries.
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WHY IS BIDEN TAPPING THE RESERVE?
Supply and demand. Biden is hoping that by releasing more oil on the market, prices will fall. Prices did dip for nearly two weeks after Biden’s initial announcement about tapping the reserve back in November but then resumed their steep climb. U.S. crude is up almost 40% this year and has grown even more volatile in the past month.
Whether Biden’s latest move works will depend on several factors. One factor to keep in mind: Even though 1 million barrels a day is a huge amount of oil, the U.S. consumed nearly 20 million barrels a day last year, and worldwide consumption topped 97 million barrels a day.
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WILL GASOLINE GET CHEAPER?
What most people want to know is what’s going to happen to prices at the pump. Many factors go into the price of gasoline. Refineries buy crude oil in advance, so they could still be working with more expensive oil. States have differing tax rates that affect the price that motorists pay.
On Thursday, the national average price for a gallon of regular was more than $4.22, down about a dime from the peak earlier in March, according to auto club AAA.
The average is still under $4 a gallon in many states in the middle of the country, but it’s higher in the Northeast and highest in the West. In California, it’s an eye-popping $5.90 a gallon.
Even if those prices don’t drop, Biden can argue that by tapping the reserve he tried to help.
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WHO GETS HURT MOST?
Gasoline prices are regressive — lower-income people are more likely to spend a higher percentage of their money on gasoline than are affluent Americans — so increases hurt the most price-sensitive consumers. Kevin Book, managing director at Clearview Energy Partners, says those consumers might not show up in measures of the nation’s economy, “but they show up in vote counts … if we get down to it, that’s really what this is about.”
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WHY DOES OIL MATTER?
The future of oil and gas in the U.S. is a political flashpoint and source of tension, especially as companies and government agencies grapple with climate change and the transition to cleaner sources of energy.
On one hand, the U.S. oil and gas industry has been praised by some political leaders for creating energy independence. Where the U.S. once relied heavily on imports, other nations now rely on the U.S. for oil. It’s also a job supplier: The oil and gas industry employs more than 10 million people in the U.S. and contributes about 8% of the nation’s gross domestic product, according to the American Petroleum Institute.
Companies that supply oil benefit from higher prices. But consumers don’t like it when those higher prices trickle down to the pump.
The institute has previously said that any release of oil from the strategic reserve should be paired with policy measures that encourage more U.S. energy production. That collides with Biden’s promise to reduce dependence on fossil fuels that contribute to climate change.
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https://www.wowktv.com/news/u-s-world/explainer-what-is-the-strategic-petroleum-reserve-2/
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Convicted Felon, Randy Grayson Sentenced to 10 Years for Illegal Possession of a Firearm
Memphis, TN (STL.News) Randy Grayson, 43, has been sentenced to 120 months in federal prison for being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm. Joseph C. Murphy Jr., United States Attorney, announced the sentence today.
According to information presented in court, on January 15, 2017, Memphis Police Officers noticed a silver Infiniti G35 with expired license plates, running. As Officers approached the vehicle, they observed Grayson sitting unconscious in the driver’s seat with a black pistol on his lap.
Officers quietly surrounded the vehicle and opened the unlocked driver’s side door. They were able to wake Grayson and retrieve the weapon without incident. The pistol was a Sig .40 caliber pistol with one round in the chamber and several in the magazine. In addition, Grayson had a knife clipped to his waist and a bag of marijuana in his front pocket which contained several individual bags of marijuana, totaling 26.8 grams.
On January 9, 2020, Grayson pled guilty.
Grayson failed to attend his sentencing hearing on June 8, 2020 and remained a fugitive for approximately a year and a half.
On March 25, 2022, United States District Judge Sheryl H. Lipman sentenced Grayson to 120 months in federal prison to be followed by three years’ supervised release. There is no parole in the federal system.
This case was investigated by the Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN) Task Force. The PSN initiative is a program bringing together all levels of law enforcement and the communities they serve to reduce violent crime and make our communities safer for everyone. In 2017, PSN was reinvigorated as part of the Department’s renewed focus on targeting violent criminals, directing all U.S. Attorney’s Offices to work in partnership with federal, state, local and tribal law enforcement.
Assistant United States Attorney Wendy K. Cornejo prosecuted this case on behalf of the government.
SOURCE: USDOJ.Today
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https://www.stl.news/randy-grayson-sentenced-for-illegal-possession-of-a-firearm/511847/
| 2022-04-01T00:24:38Z
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BRIGHTON, Colo. (AP) — A Colorado couple face felony charges in connection with the fentanyl death of their 1-year-old child, whom prosecutors say died after ingesting enough of the extremely lethal drug to kill an adult.
Alonzo Montoya, 31, and Nicole Casias, 30, of the Denver suburb of Brighton were charged with child abuse resulting in death and distribution of a controlled substance in connection with the girl's death on Jan. 2, the 17th Judicial District's Office said in a statement Thursday.
It said the Adams County Coroner had determined that the child died after ingesting fentanyl and that Montoya and Casias “participated in illicit drug activity” in the child's presence at home before and after her death.
Montoya was being held on $250,000 bail at the Adams County Jail. Bail was set at $100,000 for Casias. A status hearing for both was set for Monday.
Telephone and email messages seeking comment from Casias' attorney, Rachel Lanzen, were not immediately returned. Montoya was being represented by the public defender's office, which doesn't comment on pending cases.
Court records that would provide details on the accusations weren't immediately available from the county district court. Christopher Hopper, a district attorney's spokesman, said he could not provide additional information.
Fentanyl is an unpredictable and powerful synthetic painkiller blamed for driving an increase in fatal drug overdoses. It’s 50 to 100 times stronger than morphine, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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https://www.mrt.com/news/article/Colorado-couple-charged-in-toddler-s-fentanyl-17049650.php
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How the 49ers Will Replace Arden Key
The 49ers lost a crucial member of their pass rush this week.
Arden Key signed a one-year deal worth up to $7 million with the Jacksonville Jaguars. The 49ers didn't have enough cap space to re-sign him.
Key became the 49ers' best interior rusher in 2021. He finished the season with 6.5 sacks -- second-most on the defense after Nick Bosa, which is impressive, considering Key recorded those 6.5 sacks in just 374 snaps, as opposed to Arik Armstead, who recorded 6 sacks in 820 snaps.
Make no mistake -- Key is a significant loss for the 49ers. And they lost him because they refuse to cut Jimmy Garoppolo and free up $17.5 million in cap space now and another $7.5 million when he passes a physical. They'd rather hold onto Jimmy Garoppolo and maybe get a third-round draft pick in 2023 for him than create cap space and re-sign impact players such as Key. So the 49ers will need someone on the roster to step up and replace him.
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Perhaps a defensive end can move to defensive tackle and become an interior third-down pass rusher the way Key did last season. Perhaps Charles Omenihu is that player.
Or, maybe the 49ers are counting on Maurice Hurst, who came to the 49ers from the Raiders last year, same as Key. Hurst was a more effective pass rusher on the Raiders than Key was. Perhaps Hurst will be a more effective pass rusher than Key on the 49ers, too.
Hurst missed almost all of last season with a calf injury, but if he can stay healthy this season, he could become a key contributor.
Sorry for the awful pun.
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| 2022-04-01T00:24:39Z
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VANCOUVER, BC, March 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Wheaton Precious Metals™ Corp. ("Wheaton" or the "Company") announces that its Form 40-F report has been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and is available on EDGAR. The Company's 2021 audited financial statements, along with its Form 40-F, are also available on the Company's website at www.wheatonpm.com.
Shareholders may also receive a copy of Wheaton's audited financial statements, without charge, upon request to Wheaton's Investor Relations Department, Suite 3500, 1021 West Hastings St., Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V6E 0C3 or to info@wheatonpm.com.
Annual and Special Meeting of Shareholders
Wheaton is scheduled to hold its Annual and Special Meeting of Shareholders (the "Meeting") at the offices of Cassels, Brock & Blackwell LLP, Suite 2200 HSBC Building, 885 West Georgia Street, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, on Friday, May 13, 2022, at 10:30 a.m. Pacific Time.
The Board recognizes the importance of in-person engagement with its shareholders, while also being mindful of the health and safety of Wheaton's shareholders, employees and community. As a result, for this year's Meeting, Wheaton will once again provide an online virtual Meeting platform and encourages shareholders to participate in the Meeting using this online platform.
All shareholders participating in our online virtual Meeting platform will be able to listen to the Meeting live, ask questions online, and for registered shareholders or proxyholders (including non-registered shareholders who have appointed themselves as proxyholder), submit votes in real time.
Registered shareholders and duly appointed proxyholders who wish to participate in the online virtual Meeting may do so:
- from their computer, by entering the following URL in their browser: https://web.lumiagm.com/285841977;
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- entering the following URL in their browser: https://web.lumiagm.com/285841977; or
- or by using the Lumi AGM app, which is available by downloading the app from the Apple App Store or Google Play Store.
- entering the following URL in their browser: https://web.lumiagm.com/285841977; or
If you choose to participate in the online virtual Meeting as a registered shareholder, you can log in to into the Meeting by:
- Entering the meeting ID for the Meeting, which is: 285841977
- Selecting "I am a shareholder/proxy"
- Clicking "I have a control number" and entering your valid control number
- Entering the password for the Meeting, which is: wheaton2022 (case sensitive)
Guests, including Beneficial Shareholders who have not duly appointed themselves as a proxyholder, can log in to into the Meeting by clicking "I am a guest" and completing the online form. Guests will be able to listen to the Meeting, but will not be able to ask questions or vote.
Important technical reminders for joining the meeting and voting instructions will be made available on the Company's website at www.wheatonpm.com, in the 'investors' section under the 'annual general meeting' tab.
While Wheaton is encouraging our shareholders to participate in our online virtual meeting platform, anyone who nevertheless wishes to attend the Meeting in person must pre-register via email to WheatonAGM2022@wheatonpm.com by 10:30am May 11, 2022 (PST) so that the Company can facilitate physical distancing and other precautions to ensure the health and safety of all attendees.
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World Cup draw: FIFA and Qatar slammed over LGBTQ and worker rights
World Cup host Qatar and FIFA obtained scathing criticism from inside soccer on Thursday, a day earlier than the match’s draw.
On their very own territory. In their very own home. By a member of soccer’s prolonged household.
The president of Norwegian soccer — one of many few ladies ever to guide a FIFA member federation — stepped up on the stage on the governing physique’s congress to air her issues on the identical venue that may host Friday’s draw.
Lise Klaveness, a choose and former nationwide staff participant, spoke about Qatar’s document of defending the rights of migrant employees — who’ve constructed tens of billion of {dollars} of initiatives wanted for the World Cup — and its criminalization of homosexuality.
It was a uncommon present of dissent and pressure within the usually tightly scripted annual assembly of soccer’s 211 member nations.
Klaveness focused points which have dogged Qatar and FIFA’s controversial alternative of the Middle Eastern nation for greater than a decade solely three weeks after she was elected in Norway with a mandate to stress the World Cup organizers.
“In 2010, the World Cup was awarded by FIFA in unacceptable ways with unacceptable consequences,” Klaveness, who’s homosexual, mentioned in a six-minute speech. “There isn’t any room for employers who don’t safe the liberty and security of World Cup employees. No room for hosts that can’t legally assure the protection and respect of LGBTQ+ individuals coming to this theater of desires.”
FIFA had worked this week in Doha to keep the Norwegian’s speech off the main Congress agenda, and then gave the floor to rebuttals from a Latin American soccer official and the head of Qatar’s organizing committee.
“This is not the right forum and not the right moment,” Honduras soccer federation general secretary Jose Ernesto Mejia said in translated comments.
Still, there was some warm applause for Klaveness before she walked the length of the arena floor past the mostly-male delegates to return to the Norwegian delegation seats.
Klaveness was then chided by Hassan Al-Thawadi, who fronted Qatar’s bid more than 12 years ago and has led the organizing committee ever since.
“You did not attempt to contact us and did not attempt to engage in dialogue before addressing congress today,” he said, adding that Qatar’s door was open for people to “educate themselves before passing any judgement.”
Qatar and FIFA have consistently said taking the World Cup to the country, and to the Middle East for the first time, accelerated positive changes in the nation’s laws and society.
Al-Thawadi said the month-long tournament could be an antidote to “stereotypes and assumptions” about the region.
“We are acutely aware of the international spotlight that comes with the hosting rights for the greatest show on earth. We have embraced it,” he said.
Human rights and labor activists have also long been concerned that deaths on all Qatari construction projects, not just soccer stadiums, have not been accurately calculated nor investigated.
“The migrant employees injured or households of those that died within the buildup to the World Cup should be cared for,” Klaveness said. “FIFA must act as a role model.”
Qatar was later defended by FIFA President Gianni Infantino, who moved his home last year from Switzerland to live mostly in Doha.
“The work that has been done has been exemplary,” Infantino said. “Of course, not the whole lot is ideal. But progress has been made.”
The struggle in Ukraine then took heart stage as a three-minute video message was aired from the pinnacle of the nation’s soccer federation, Andriy Pavelko.
Pavelko wore an armored vest as he spoke from Kyiv and talked of “resisting military aggression” from Russia whereas behind him individuals packed sandbags a number of meters excessive to guard a monument.
“Our children have suffered terrible psychological injuries and perhaps it is football that will help them forget all the horrors of war,” mentioned Pavelko, who sits on the UEFA government committee.
The Russian delegation watching within the room included Alexey Sorokin, a former FIFA Council member who led the group of the 2018 World Cup in his nation.
“I have worked with him for a very long time and we regret that he has these emotions,” Sorokin said of Pavelko’s film. “It is difficult for them, we understand that, but I’m here not to discuss politics or military activities.”
Although FIFA has banned Russian teams, including the men’s national team from World Cup qualifying, the soccer federation has not been suspended.
“We are not hiding,” Sorokin mentioned earlier than the assembly. “We have every right to be here.”
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https://thewall.fyi/world-cup-draw-fifa-and-qatar-slammed-over-lgbtq-and-worker-rights/
| 2022-04-01T00:24:39Z
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Zelensky posts video from his Kyiv office: ‘I am not hiding’
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky vowed to stay in the capital city of Kyiv on Monday as he sought to galvanize the Ukrainian people fighting back against Russia’s invasion.
“Now I will say one thing: I stay here. I stay in Kyiv. On Bankova Street. I’m not hiding. And I’m not afraid of anyone. As much as it takes to win this Patriotic War of ours,” Zelensky said in an address from his office.
The president added that although every day was a struggle with the war heading into its 12th day, victory against the Russian forces would “definitely be achieved.”
“You know, we used to say: Monday is a hard day. There is a war in the country. So every day is Monday. And now we are used to the fact that every day and every night are like that,” he said.
Zelensky commended Ukrainians who defended themselves so far, noting many cities currently lack weapons to protect themselves.
In particular, he pointed to a “powerful manifestation of Ukrainianness” that has grown in the country’s southern region, which Zelensky said was a “nightmare” for Russia.
He also harkened back to when he was elected in 2019. The comedian-turned-politician recalled how he dreamt of moving the government to a modern, transparent office and of creating a “progressive democratic European country.”
Zelensky also touched on the recent round of negotiations with Russia that took place in Belarus on Monday.
Earlier in the day, it was reported that progress had been made in negotiating the setup of humanitarian corridors for civilians seeking to escape the conflict.
“So we will talk. We will insist on negotiations until we find a way to tell our people: This is how we will come to peace. Exactly to peace,” said Zelensky.
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https://thehill.com/policy/international/597224-zelensky-posts-video-from-his-kyiv-office-i-am-not-hiding/
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HONOLULU (AP) — A man accused with his wife of trafficking a mother and teenaged girl to Hawaii from Guam pleaded not guilty Thursday.
Kevin Robert pleaded not guilty to labor trafficking charges, according to his attorney, Tim Rakieten. His wife, Pomerrine Robert, pleaded not guilty last week. Kevin Robert's arraignment was postponed then because he requested a Chuukese interpreter.
“I need sufficient time to review the case, and review with him, before I can comment any further,” Rakieten said.
State Public Defender James Tabe, whose office represents Pomerrine Robert, has previously declined to comment.
Police alleged in court documents that when the 15-year-old girl and her mother arrived in Honolulu, the Roberts took away their passports, forced them to work and beat them.
Court documents don't specify the country of the passports.
The girl and her mother lived in the couple's apartment, while the teen enrolled at a high school and the woman got a job at a deli where Pomerrine Robert also worked, the documents said.
The documents said Robert took away the mother’s money, the girl was expected to clean the apartment and Robert beat the girl and mother.
The couple locked the girl in a bedroom for several days and she reported it to a school counselor after she was let out, according to the documents.
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https://www.thehour.com/news/article/Husband-pleads-not-guilty-in-Hawaii-Guam-17049732.php
| 2022-04-01T00:24:40Z
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Being a key part of one of Johny Hendricks’ most important training camps made Kyle Crutchmer want to transition to MMA.
Hendricks sought out Oklahoma State University wrestling standout Crutchmer to help him prepare for his welterweight title fight against Georges St-Pierre at UFC 167 in November 2013. Hendricks lost the bout by split decision in one of the most controversial results in UFC history.
But it was hitting the mats with such a high-level fighter ahead of a pivotal title fight that inspired Crutchmer to try his hand at MMA.
“When he was training for ‘GSP,’ he did most of his camp at Oklahoma State, so we were wrestling and doing a bunch of different things with him,” Crutchmer told MMA Junkie Radio. “I didn’t do very much MMA stuff, but I just kind of did stuff on the wall with him and helped him out with some of that. And after that I kind of was like, ‘Man, I want to do that.’ So that’s kind of what got me started in the right direction with this MMA stuff.”
Like Crutchmer, Hendricks wrestled at Oklahoma State and was one of the athletes Crutchmer looked up to. Crutchmer helped Hendricks prepare for St-Pierre’s wrestling style.
“I was actually the main guy,” Crutchmer said. “So I would come in at 2 o’clock. Practice normally started at 3, so I would do an hour before I actually started my practice just to help and give him what I could give him. I didn’t know much about MMA. I didn’t really have any jiu-jitsu or anything, but we did a lot of wall work because my go-to takedown in college was a double leg, and that’s what ‘GSP’ was kind of known for. So I gave him that feel as much as I can, and we wrestled a lot of live (sessions) together.
“He’s such an amazing person, and I got to see and be around a guy who was training for a world title fight before I even knew what I was going to do with my life. So he brought me under his wing that whole time, and it was amazing getting to train with someone like that, especially just from the wrestling standpoint of looking up to a guy like that when I was even growing up. So it was a lot of fun. But we were on his head. We came after him for sure.”
No. 9 ranked Bellator welterweight Crutchmer (8-1 MMA, 4-1 BMMA) will look to make it three straight when he takes on Michael Lombardo (12-2 MMA, 0-0 BMMA) at Bellator 277, which takes place April 15 in San Jose, Calif.
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https://mmajunkie.usatoday.com/2022/03/bellator-277-video-kyle-crutchmer-inspired-by-johny-hendricks-to-transition-to-mma-oklahoma-state-wrestling
| 2022-04-01T00:24:41Z
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DOHA, Qatar (AP) — World Cup host Qatar and FIFA received scathing criticism from within soccer on Thursday, a day before the tournament’s draw.
On their own territory. In their own house. By a member of soccer’s extended family.
The president of Norwegian soccer — one of the few women ever to lead a FIFA member federation — stepped up on the stage at the governing body’s congress to air her concerns at the same venue that will host Friday’s draw.
Lise Klaveness, a judge and former national team player, spoke about Qatar’s record of protecting the rights of migrant workers — who have built tens of billion of dollars of projects needed for the World Cup — and its criminalization of homosexuality.
It was a rare show of dissent and tension in the typically tightly scripted annual meeting of soccer’s 211 member countries.
Klaveness targeted issues that have dogged Qatar and FIFA’s controversial choice of the Middle Eastern country for more than a decade only three weeks after she was elected in Norway with a mandate to pressure the World Cup organizers.
“In 2010, the World Cup was awarded by FIFA in unacceptable ways with unacceptable consequences,” Klaveness, who is gay, said in a six-minute speech. “There is no room for employers who do not secure the freedom and safety of World Cup workers. No room for hosts that cannot legally guarantee the safety and respect of LGBTQ+ people coming to this theater of dreams.”
FIFA had worked this week in Doha to keep the Norwegian’s speech off the main Congress agenda, and then gave the floor to rebuttals from a Latin American soccer official and the head of Qatar’s organizing committee.
“This is not the right forum and not the right moment,” Honduras soccer federation general secretary Jose Ernesto Mejia said in translated comments.
Still, there was some warm applause for Klaveness before she walked the length of the arena floor past the mostly-male delegates to return to the Norwegian delegation seats.
Klaveness was then chided by Hassan Al-Thawadi, who fronted Qatar’s bid more than 12 years ago and has led the organizing committee ever since.
“You did not attempt to contact us and did not attempt to engage in dialogue before addressing congress today,” he said, adding that Qatar’s door was open for people to “educate themselves before passing any judgement.”
Qatar and FIFA have consistently said taking the World Cup to the country, and to the Middle East for the first time, accelerated positive changes in the nation’s laws and society.
Al-Thawadi said the month-long tournament could be an antidote to “stereotypes and assumptions” about the region.
“We are acutely aware of the international spotlight that comes with the hosting rights for the greatest show on earth. We have embraced it,” he said.
Human rights and labor activists have also long been concerned that deaths on all Qatari construction projects, not just soccer stadiums, have not been accurately calculated nor investigated.
“The migrant workers injured or families of those who died in the buildup to the World Cup must be cared for,” Klaveness said. “FIFA must act as a role model.”
Qatar was later defended by FIFA President Gianni Infantino, who moved his home last year from Switzerland to live mostly in Doha.
“The work that has been done has been exemplary,” Infantino said. “Of course, not everything is perfect. But progress has been made.”
The war in Ukraine then took center stage as a three-minute video message was aired from the head of the country’s soccer federation, Andriy Pavelko.
Pavelko wore an armored vest as he spoke from Kyiv and talked of “resisting military aggression” from Russia while behind him people packed sandbags several meters high to protect a monument.
“Our children have suffered terrible psychological injuries and perhaps it is football that will help them forget all the horrors of war,” said Pavelko, who sits on the UEFA executive committee.
The Russian delegation watching in the room included Alexey Sorokin, a former FIFA Council member who led the organization of the 2018 World Cup in his country.
“I have worked with him for a very long time and we regret that he has these emotions,” Sorokin said of Pavelko’s film. “It is difficult for them, we understand that, but I’m here not to discuss politics or military activities.”
Although FIFA has banned Russian teams, including the men’s national team from World Cup qualifying, the soccer federation has not been suspended.
“We are not hiding,” Sorokin said before the meeting. “We have every right to be here.”
Infantino closed the three-hour congress by confirming he would run for re-election as FIFA president next year. No rival candidate is currently expected to challenge him at a congress that could be held in July 2023 in Australia or New Zealand on the eve of the Women’s World Cup in those countries.
Infantino earlier reminded member federations they were each due to receive $8 million in FIFA funds over the next four years — a seven-fold increase since he became president in 2016.
“The money has to go to our children all over the world, where it is most needed,” he said, citing soccer development projects.
FIFA expects to top $7 billion in revenue for the four-year commercial cycle ending with the World Cup in Qatar. That is a near-10% raise on total income of $6.4 billion tied to the World Cup in Russia.
The 2026 edition co-hosted by the United States, Canada and Mexico should set records for total and average game attendance and hugely increase FIFA revenue. It will be the first 48-team World Cup with 80 games instead of the current 64 and using several NFL stadiums.
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More AP soccer: https://apnews.com/hub/soccer and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports
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HONOLULU (AP) — A man accused with his wife of trafficking a mother and teenaged girl to Hawaii from Guam pleaded not guilty Thursday.
Kevin Robert pleaded not guilty to labor trafficking charges, according to his attorney, Tim Rakieten. His wife, Pomerrine Robert, pleaded not guilty last week. Kevin Robert's arraignment was postponed then because he requested a Chuukese interpreter.
“I need sufficient time to review the case, and review with him, before I can comment any further,” Rakieten said.
State Public Defender James Tabe, whose office represents Pomerrine Robert, has previously declined to comment.
Police alleged in court documents that when the 15-year-old girl and her mother arrived in Honolulu, the Roberts took away their passports, forced them to work and beat them.
Court documents don't specify the country of the passports.
The girl and her mother lived in the couple's apartment, while the teen enrolled at a high school and the woman got a job at a deli where Pomerrine Robert also worked, the documents said.
The documents said Robert took away the mother’s money, the girl was expected to clean the apartment and Robert beat the girl and mother.
The couple locked the girl in a bedroom for several days and she reported it to a school counselor after she was let out, according to the documents.
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https://www.myjournalcourier.com/news/article/Husband-pleads-not-guilty-in-Hawaii-Guam-17049732.php
| 2022-04-01T00:24:42Z
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Which telescope is best?
Staring up at the night sky, it’s hard not to get overwhelmed with the sheer size of the galaxy. There are millions of things to look at, but you need the right equipment. If you’ve already started to peer at objects with binoculars, it might be time to upgrade to a telescope.
The right telescope for you largely depends on what you want to study, but the Celestron AstroMaster 70AZ is an excellent gadget to get you going. It’s easy to use and powerful enough to see every little detail.
What to know before you buy a telescope
Kinds of telescopes
When most people think of a telescope, they imagine a long tube with an eyeglass at one end. These typical models are called refractor telescopes and are only one type of many. The other popular choice is a reflector telescope, which gathers light through a mirror. There are also compound telescopes, which are wider than others. No matter the telescope type, you’re going to need a telescope bag to safely store and carry it.
The aperture determines what you can see
A telescope’s aperture is one of the most important components. Simply put, the aperture is how large the mirror is on the inside, which is directly related to how much light it can gather. The more light it gathers, the better the details and you can see fainter objects. The aperture is measured in millimeters, and you typically need larger mirrors depending on the surrounding light.
More darkness increases your enjoyment
The best conditions for using a telescope are in an area that has very little light pollution. For example, in a suburban neighborhood, you won’t see as many stars and galaxies as you would in an open field far away from the city. The size of the aperture can only help you up to a point, after which you might need to go somewhere else for viewing — or invest in a bigger aperture.
What to look for in a quality telescope
Lens and magnification accessories
Looking through a telescope lens is exciting, but you often want to see things in greater detail. Look for a telescope that has a variety of eyepieces and accessories. The most common eyepiece you’ll find is the Barlow lens for three-times magnification and the Infinity eyepiece. There are also eyepiece adapters that increase the magnification of the Barlow lens to 120x.
Automated Go-To feature
It’s always a good idea to study the night sky where you live. Make sure that you know which galaxies are where and you can identify the brightest stars. Luckily, you don’t have to pore over maps to see planets and formations; a good-quality telescope should have an automated Go-To feature. Through a handheld remote, you tell the telescope what you want to look at, and after a short calibration, it will automatically turn to align itself with the object.
Phone attachment and Bluetooth remote
It’s a great experience to look at distant planets or even our moon, but it’s more fun if you can take pictures of it, and a quality telescope may have a mobile phone attachment. It looks similar to a car holder, where the device is held in place over the eyepiece. By using the device’s default camera (and to reduce shaking), a Bluetooth remote will trigger the camera to snap a photo of the celestial body.
How much you can expect to spend on a telescope
The average price of a telescope can vary wildly depending on its capabilities and functions. An entry-level or kids’ telescope can retail for $40-$50, while an amateur telescope can retail for $100-$200. Much larger professional telescopes retail for $1,000-$2,000.
Telescope FAQ
Do you need to know where the stars are before using a telescope?
A. Not necessarily, but it will certainly be advantageous. If your telescope can track objects or automatically point toward them, the work is done for you, but if your telescope doesn’t have the function, it’s helpful to at least know where the brightest and most popular objects are.
Do telescopes require batteries to operate?
A. For the most part, they don’t. There are no electronic parts inside the telescope tube or eyepiece. If you’re looking at a model that has auto-tracking and a remote, you’ll need to insert rechargeable batteries into the controller.
What’s the best telescope to buy?
Top telescope
What you need to know: This refractor telescope is the perfect gadget for gazing at nearby planets, faraway galaxies and bright stars.
What you’ll love: The AstroMaster 70AZ has a fully coated 2.7-inch glass optic, a height-adjustable tripod and comes with two eyepieces. It’s powerful enough to see Saturn’s rings and Jupiter’s moons and can easily be rotated with the azimuth mount and handle for panning. It has a magnification of 45x and 90x and comes with an erect image star diagonal and Starry Night Basic Edition astronomy software.
What you should consider: It doesn’t have an auto-alignment feature, so you must point it toward an object yourself.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Top telescope for the money
What you need to know: This telescope is perfect for beginners and kids, as it’s easy to operate and you can photograph what you see.
What you’ll love: The AZ70400 has a focal length of 15.7 inches and a 2.7-inch aperture, making it perfect for viewing all objects in the sky. It comes with two replaceable eyepieces and one Barlow lens that magnifies any eyepiece up to three times. To find specific objects, it has a 5 x 24 finderscope with crosshairs. The telescope comes with a smartphone adapter for photography.
What you should consider: It’s a basic telescope that won’t be powerful enough for serious astronomers.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Worth checking out
Celestron NexStar 8SE Telescope
What you need to know: A serious telescope, this model is fully automated and has a powerful lens to look at almost anything.
What you’ll love: The NexStar 8SE is one of the best telescopes for serious stargazers. It has an 8-inch primary mirror, a red dot StarPointer finderscope, 25-millimeter Plossl eyepiece, visual back and mirror star diagonal. It’s fully automated and will automatically point toward one of the 40,000 objects stored in its memory. It has a magnification of 81x, but also a theoretical magnification of 480x.
What you should consider: Some users have indicated that the battery life is short, and it’s not ideal for taking photos.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
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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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Channing Tatum has teased that 'Magic Mike's Last Dance' will be "wild."
The 41-year-old actor is gearing up to star as the titular stripper in the comedy-drama film series for a third time and has teased that the latest instalment will "go for the stars."
He said: "We’re gonna go big. I mean truly, we're not gonna leave anything on the bench. We're taking it out, we're putting it on stage, it's gonna be wild. .. I was like, 'Why are we going to make a third one if not just go really, really, really for the stars?'"
The 'Lost City' star went on to explain that returning to the franchise - which since its debut in 2012 has gone on to spawn a stage musical and a reality television series - has been "fun" because the project is so familiar.
He told ET Online: "It's been fun reuniting with the crew. ['Magic Mike'] is kind of like home."
While the release date and cast for the third and final installment in the series are yet to be announced Channing previously explained that he is keen to have a well-written female lead in the movie.in the new film.
He explained: "I want to have an equal, if not even more centralised female character for Mike to really play off of and almost to. I don't want to say, [to have her] take the baton, but really let the movie be about a female's experience and not Mike's experience, because it has been so much about Mike and the guys' experiences. These movies are very, very female-forward. At least that is our intention."
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WASHINGTON (AP) — America’s hiring boom of the past year has narrowed racial disparities in unemployment. Yet the Federal Reserve’s ongoing interest rate hikes — shaping up to be the steepest in 15 years — threaten to reverse that progress.
The Fed’s rate hikes will mean higher borrowing rates that could hobble the job market and undercut a goal the Fed unveiled two years ago: To keep rates ultra-low for as long as possible, to help less advantaged workers, who often don’t benefit much from job growth until late in an economic expansion.
Now, though, facing the worst inflation in four decades, the Fed has begun tightening credit and is expected to keep raising its benchmark short-term rate multiple times this year and next. Such rapid hikes typically slow borrowing and spending and can raise unemployment and even cause a recession. During such downturns, Black and Hispanic Americans commonly suffer higher jobless rates.
The Fed’s shift away from low rates comes as the African American unemployment rate has reached 6.6%, down sharply from its pandemic high of nearly 17% and a relatively low level historically. Yet it remains twice the 3.3% rate for whites. Hispanic unemployment is 4.4%.
“The reason why this matters in the Black community is because we are literally the last hired, and it’s only when you get to this point in a recovery where black workers really see their gains,” said William Spriggs, chief economist at the AFL-CIO. “When you slow the pace of hiring, then you cut off that path.”
On Friday, the government will issue the March jobs report, which could shine further light on racial disparities. Economists estimate that employers added a healthy 478,000 jobs last month and that the unemployment rate dipped from 3.8% to 3.7%, according to data provider FactSet. That would be near the 3.5% rate just before the pandemic struck, which was the lowest level in a half-century.
In August 2020, the Fed redefined its goal of maximum employment as being “broad-based and inclusive.” For the first time, it would look beyond the overall unemployment rate and also consider jobless rates for Black and Hispanic workers in setting interest rates. Fed officials hoped that by keeping rates down, they could help narrow the nation’s persistent racial unemployment gaps.
The policy represented “a significant shift,” said Stephanie Aaronson, director of economic studies at the Brookings Institution and a former Fed economist. “Prior to that, every Fed chair would have said something along the lines of, a rising tide lifts all boats. Now they were saying, a rising tide lifts all boats — but not to the same level, and not at the same pace.”
For Chair Jerome Powell and other Fed officials, the goal was to keep the economy running “hot” to reduce unemployment as much as possible. The Fed also wanted to raise too-low inflation, which had stayed stubbornly below its 2% annual target for roughly a decade.
In a so-called hot economy, businesses become so desperate for workers that they hire applicants they would otherwise have neglected. They are more likely, for example, to hire and train workers who lack certain skills or even people who have completed prison sentences.
But the pandemic has upended the Fed’s intentions. The combination of supply-chain snarls and robust consumer demand, fueled by government rescue aid and the Fed’s own low rates, fed an unexpectedly large and persistent spike in inflation. The result is that the central bank must raise rates to fight inflation.
Powell and other Fed officials say they hope that by doing so, they will prolong, rather than derail, economic growth and further narrow racial inequities. Among those officials is Raphael Bostic, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, who said last week that he expected the economy to keep growing even in the face of higher rates.
“And if that is in fact what happens, then it is possible that we can still see the narrowing of these (racial) gaps,” Bostic said.
With inflation chronically high, economists are in overwhelming agreement that the Fed has no choice but to tighten credit — perhaps aggressively — well into 2023.
“When inflation is not a problem, then it’s much easier to say, ‘We’re going to maximize employment and see how far we can take this,’ ” said Valerie Wilson, director of the Economic Policy Institute’s program on race, ethnicity and the economy. “But with inflation in the mix, they’re in a position now where they can’t really ignore that.”
The seeds of the Fed’s shift toward pursuing a more inclusive recovery were sown during the economic expansion that followed the 2008-2009 Great Recession, the longest in U.S. history. The Fed pinned its key rate at nearly zero in December 2008, where it remained for seven years. Over time, its policies helped shrink unemployment to its lowest point in a half-century. Black and Hispanic jobless rates reached record lows.
Black unemployment fell to 5.4% in 2019, the lowest on records dating to 1972. It was just 1.9 percentage points above the white rate of 3.5%, the smallest such gap on record.
Other racial gaps vanished altogether. The proportions of Black and white Americans who were either working or seeking work equaled each other in 2019, for example, after roughly four decades in which Black workers had trailed whites.
In part, that reflected an aging white population with comparatively more retirements. But it also resulted from a steady rise in Black Americans who either found jobs or had begun seeking one.
That progress bolstered a view among economists that the Fed’s rate policies could make a major difference. Research by Aaronsonfound that when the unemployment rate falls especially low, disadvantaged groups disproportionately benefit.
Still, the reality that racial unemployment gaps exist even during hot economies has fueled a perception among economists that there are limits to what the Fed’s low rates — and a strong economy — can achieve. Economists generally believe that federal spending and tax policies have a more significant impact on household finances.
Algernon Austin, who leads the race and economic justice program at the Center for Economic and Policy Research, suggested that while the central bank deserves credit for pursuing an inclusive recovery, “what the Fed does is not going to solve the problem.”
Likewise, Powell said last year that he believed Congress and other institutions would have to pursue policies, in education and other areas, to fully eliminate racial inequalities in jobs and incomes.
“We would all love to see no such gap,” he said. “I think eliminating inequality and racial discrimination … is really something that fiscal policy and other policies — frankly, education policies and that kind of thing — are better at focusing on.”
For now, Black Americans face higher unemployment than whites at every level of education, according to data compiled by the Economic Policy Institute. In 2019, Black workers with a four-year college degree had a higher jobless rate than whites with only some higher education did.
Spriggs suggested that stricter enforcement of civil rights laws to fight discrimination in hiring could help narrow the racial disparities. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s budget has stagnated for years, Spriggs noted, even while it has taken on additional tasks, including the enforcement of age bias laws.
Better enforcement by the EEOC might, for example, help address the fact that Black unemployment has remained roughly double the white rate for decades. At a conference last week held by the Brookings Institution, William Darity, an economist at Duke University, called that ratio “a powerful index of discrimination.”
Darity has called for a federal jobs guarantee that would give the unemployed the option of a public sector job. With that policy as a “cushion,” Darrity said, “the Fed could tackle inflation without fear of extreme adverse social consequences.”
In a speech last February, Powell acknowledged the limits of the Fed’s powers.
“Over the course of a long expansion, these persistent disparities can decline significantly,” he said. “But without policies to address their underlying causes, they may increase again when the economy ultimately turns down.”
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Three Wide Receivers the 49ers Could Target on Day 2 of the NFL Draft
The 49ers have needs all over their roster after mostly sitting out free agency, save signing a starting cornerback and a few special teams players.
One glaring need is wide receiver. The 49ers currently have just two proven wideouts on their roster -- Deebo Samuel, who plays running back half the time, and Brandon Aiyuk. That's it. There's also Jauan Jennings, who has had a few good games, and Ray-Ray McCloud, who fumbles a lot.
The 49ers desperately need another wide receiver, preferably one who can run fast. A deep threat, if you will. The 49ers currently don't have a wide receiver like that. They have yard-after-the-catch specialists, because Jimmy Garoppolo depends on YAC and seems scared to throw more than 15 yards downfield.
But Garoppolo theoretically isn't the starting quarterback anymore, even though he still is on the roster. Trey Lance theoretically is the starting quarterback, and he's not afraid to throw downfield. In fact, he's itching to sling it deep. Now, the 49ers just need a burner who can catch the long ball.
Here are three wide receivers they could target on Day 2 of the NFL Draft (they don't have a pick on Day 1):
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1. Alec Pierce, Cincinnati.
He's 6'3", 211 pounds, he runs a 4.33 40-yard dash, he has excellent hands and can jump. Think Cooper Kupp with speed. The 49ers could use him in the slot the way the Rams use Kupp. The 49ers would have to take him in Round 2, but he might be gone when they pick.
2. Calvin Austin III, Memphis.
He's only 5'8", but he runs a 4.32, he's a legit deep threat, plus he's one of the best return men in the draft. Think Tyreek Hill. The 49ers probably could get him in Round 3, but they might have to trade up a few spots to get him.
3. Tyquan Thornton, Baylor.
He's 6'2", 181 pounds and he runs a 4.28. Enough said. Plus, the 49ers might be able to get him with their compensatory pick in Round 3 -- No. 105.
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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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SEC Obtains Final Judgment Against Defendants Charged with Fraud Involving Sham Bottling Company – Tra Jay Scarlett – Chatfield PCS Ltd. – GO ECO Manufacturing, Inc
Securities and Exchange Commission v. Chatfield PCS Ltd. et al., No. 1:21-cv-00641-DDD-KMT (D. Colo. filed March 3, 2021)
Washington, DC (STL.News) On March 30, 2022, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) obtained a final judgment against Tra Jay Scarlett, Chatfield PCS Ltd., and GO ECO Manufacturing, Inc., who were charged for their roles in an offering fraud involving misappropriation of investor assets. The judgment requires the defendants to collectively pay more than $5 million in disgorgement, prejudgment interest, and civil penalties.
The SEC’s complaint, which was filed in the United States District Court for the District of Colorado on March 3, 2021, alleges that since approximately March 2016, Scarlett, through Chatfield, raised at least $3.2 million from investors in two securities offerings by GO ECO. The complaint alleges that Scarlett and Chatfield billed GO ECO as an environmentally-friendly drink bottling and manufacturing company and told investors that: GO ECO made or bottled “the number one protein shot beverage in the world;” that investments in GO ECO would be used to expand the company’s existing business; and that the investments were expected to generate annual returns of 20% to 25%. According to the complaint, however, GO ECO never operated in any way at all. Instead, the complaint alleges, Scarlett misappropriated hundreds of thousands of dollars of investor funds to buy, among other things, jewelry and precious metals, as well as to make various payments on his home. The complaint also alleges that the defendants made other false and misleading statements to GO ECO investors about its business operations, management team, and relationship with its supposed key customer.
The SEC’s complaint charged Scarlett, Chatfield, and GO ECO with violating various antifraud provisions of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Without admitting or denying the SEC’s allegations, the defendants consented to the entry of a judgment that permanently enjoins them from violating the charged provisions, imposes conduct-based injunctions, and orders payment on a joint and several bases of $3,217,568 in disgorgement together with prejudgment interest of $407,695. The judgment also orders Scarlett to pay a $1.5 million civil penalty.
The SEC’s litigation was conducted by Zachary T. Carlyle and Kenneth Stalzer and supervised by Gregory A. Kasper. The SEC’s investigation was conducted by Kenneth Stalzer, J. Lee Robinson, and Donna B. Walker and supervised by Ian S. Karpel, Jason J. Burt, and Kurt L. Gottschall.
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SÃO PAULO, March 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- ZENVIA Inc. ("ZENVIA" or "Company") (NASDAQ: ZENV), a customer experience communications platform that empowers businesses to create unique journeys for their end-customers along their life cycle, announced today that it filed its annual report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021 with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The annual report, the first one issued by Zenvia since the IPO in July 2021, can be accessed on the Company's investor relations website at http://investors.zenvia.com or at http://www.sec.gov.
The Company will provide shareholders a hard copy of its annual report containing the audited consolidated financial statements, free of charge, upon request. Requests should be directed to the Investor Relations Department through the email ir@zenvia.com.
About ZENVIA
ZENVIA is driven by the purpose of empowering companies to create unique experiences for customer communications through its unified end-to-end platform. ZENVIA empowers companies to transform their existing customer communications from non-scalable, physical, and impersonal interactions into highly scalable, digital first and hyper contextualized experiences across the customer journey. ZENVIA's unified end-to-end CX communications platform provides a combination of (i) SaaS focused on campaigns, sales teams, customer service and engagement, (ii) tools, such as software application programming interfaces, or APIs, chatbots, single customer view, journey designer, documents composer and authentication and (iii) channels, such as SMS, Voice, WhatsApp, Instagram and Webchat. Its comprehensive platform assists customers across multiple use cases, including marketing campaigns, customer acquisition, customer onboarding, warnings, customer services, fraud control, cross-selling and customer retention, among others. ZENVIA's shares are traded on Nasdaq, under the ticker ZENV.
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World Jewish Congress Condemns Terror Attack in Israel
Reacting to the terrorist killing spree in Bnei Brak, Israel,
that left 5 Israelis lifeless, together with an Israeli Arab police officer,
World Jewish Congress President Ronald S. Lauder mentioned:
“The photographs and movies of the act of terror carried out by a gunman in Bnei
Brak this night are completely horrifying. Fueled by hate, the
perpetrator methodically murdered 5 Israelis in chilly blood.
“Once once more, Israelis have been murdered by a Jihadist terrorist, with the
Bnei Brak slayings following on the heels of the killings of 4 Israelis
in Beersheba final week and of two border law enforcement officials in Hadera on
Sunday.
“This newest string of assaults, focusing on civilians, is proof that we
can’t afford to drop our guard. No one ought to should stroll down the
avenue, journey their bike, or drive their automotive realizing that the subsequent second
is perhaps their final.
“While Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas has condemned these
newest acts of homicide, Hamas has predictably praised them, demonstrating
as soon as once more that the final word aim of those Iran-backed extremists is the
destruction of Israel.
“I call on the international community, including those intent on attacking
Israel at every opportunity, to condemn these and all acts of violence
which underscore Israel’s need to protect and defend itself and its
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FIFA allowing foreign players to break contracts in Russia
World football’s governing body has announced it will allow foreign players to break their contracts with Russian clubs amid Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine.
Soccer players’ union FIFPRO and the World Leagues Forum (WLF), an organization that represents world soccer leagues, asked FIFA for permission for Russian-based players to leave their clubs.
“In order to facilitate the departure of foreign players and coaches from Russia,” FIFA wrote, “the foreign players and coaches will have the right to unilaterally suspend their employment contracts with the FUR-affiliated clubs in question until the end of the season in Russia (30 June 2022).”
FIFA’s decision will affect 100 players who currently compete for Russian clubs, according to The New York Times. Starting June 30, those players will set aside their contracts and sign with new clubs, unless they reach an agreement with their Russian clubs by March 10.
In its letter to FIFA, FIFPRO general secretary Jonas Baer-Hoffmann and his WLF counterpart Jerome Perlemuter wrote that foreign players are not comfortable playing in Russia amid its invasion of Ukraine, according to The Associated Press.
Russian clubs are allowed to have up to eight foreign players on their roster, also referred to as legionnaires.
“These foreign players may rightfully consider that they are not willing to represent any longer a Russian team and should be able to immediately terminate their contract with their employer without facing any sanction whatsoever from international bodies and to be registered in a new club without being restricted by transfer period regulations,” the representatives wrote in their letter.
Russian club FC Krasnodar announced last week that it would allow its foreign players and coaching staff to suspend their contracts, the Times reported.
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has led to escalating sanctions from foreign governments and a wide range of private firms pulling out of the country, from tech platforms to credit card companies and global consultancies.
FIFA announced last week that it has imposed an indefinite ban on Russia’s national team, preventing it from participating in all competitions, including the upcoming 2022 World Cup in Qatar.
Russia’s national team was set to compete against Poland for a World Cup qualifying match in March, but Poland’s national team refused to play Russia due to their invasion of Ukraine, which borders Poland.
Russian officials have argued that FIFA does not have legal standing to eject it from the competition.
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Kelvin Gastelum is in a rough spot in his career, yet he continues to take on tough challenges.
With Nassourdine Imavov unable to make UFC 273 on April 9 due to visa issues, the option of rescheduling his bout with Gastelum for UFC 274 on May 7 was floated, but Gastelum (16-8 MMA, 11-8 UFC) decided to stay on the card.
The former interim middleweight title challenger now will face another prospect in dangerous finisher Dricus Du Plessis (16-2 MMA, 2-0 UFC). But why take the risk of facing a hungry, short-notice opponent who’s looking to take his spot? The answer is simple for Gastelum.
“At this point, it doesn’t matter,” Gastelum told The Underground. “I’m so well prepared, it didn’t matter who steps in there. I just want to be able to fight April 9. It’s what’s been on my mind for freaking 12 weeks now so that’s what I had in my mind, that’s what I’m keeping in my mind, and that’s what I’m going to get.
“This was an amazing training camp. (I) put in a lot of effort, a lot of thought – not just me, but a group of people behind me. We are collectively putting in a lot of effort and work into this camp, so I wasn’t going to let it go to waste.”
Gastelum has lost five of his past six. His lone win in that stretch came against Ian Heinisch at UFC 258. But the 30-year-old Gastleum isn’t looking at his next fight as a crossroads bout. He’s looking to kickstart a fresh, new run after moving to Arizona to train with Henry Cejudo.
“It feels like a restart in my career,” Gastleum said. “I’m making a lot of changes. I moved out here in Arizona. We’re doing things differently out here, as you can see. ‘Triple C’ is bringing in all these people wanting to work with him, and it’s for a reason. There’s a system that they’ve created and we’re following, and it’s pretty awesome results that we’ve had during this camp and I’m excited. It feels like a restart in my career. It feels like a restart for me. I feel like I’m in a great place mentally, physically. It just feels like a whole new start for me.”
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By Joe Hoppe
Xtract Resources PLC said Thursday that assay results from two drill holes on its Bushranger copper-gold exploration project in Australia have returned successful results.
The U.K.-based mining company said laboratory results for drill holes BRDD-021-028 and BRDD-21-030 both returned copper mineralization, with the latter showing a wide interval of mineralization with enrichments of gold and a 170-meter intersection of ore grading 0.24% copper-equivalent from a depth of 161 meters.
"The MIMDAS [geophysical] survey is ongoing and we hope to report soon the successful approval of new drill pad locations to explore the extension of the Racecourse porphyry further towards the south," Executive Chairman Colin Bird said.
Shares at 1132 GMT were up 0.25 pence, or 4.1%, at 6.4 pence.
Write to Joe Hoppe at joseph.hoppe@wsj.com
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SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (AP) — Christian Pulisic and Tyler Adams had relief on their faces as they headed straight from the stadium for a charter jet to Europe and weekend club games.
“This is whatever I’ve always wanted to be, and right now emotions are a bit crazy,” Pulisic said, his voice quavering.
Coach Gregg Berhalter had rushed out for a red-eye to New York and a 12 1/2-hour connecting flight to Friday’s World Cup draw in Doha, Qatar.
Recovering from the past and preparing for the future intertwined as the United States clinched a return to the World Cup.
For Pulisic, DeAndre Yedlin, Kellyn Acosta and Paul Arriola, all on that doomed American team at Trinidad 4 1/2 years earlier, the pain had not gone away until now. The 2-0 loss to Costa Rica on Wednesday night was deflating, but by the time players entered the locker room of Estadio Nacional, focus turned to the accomplishment of clinching a return to soccer’s showcase for the first time since 2014.
Erik Palmer-Brown started popping open the Duet Mousseux Brut even as Berhalter was giving his speech. Then the new JBL Boombox 2 got to blare.
“We’re the youngest team to ever qualify for the World Cup, youngest U.S. team, and we’ll be the youngest team at the World Cup,” Berhalter said. ”That’s an accomplishment for these guys. It really is.”
They had traveled 25,042 miles (40,301 kilometers) on charters — circling the globe adds up to only 24,901 — making four trips to Central America, plus one each to Mexico, Canada and Jamaica, plus up to five trans-Atlantic round trips. Forty-four players were called in, of which 38 took the field. In all, 114 players have been used since Trinidad, 88 since Berhalter was hired in December 2018.
Pulisic had buried his face in his hands at Couva, wiping away tears.
“That was one of the toughest days of my life. I’ll never forget it,” he recalled. “Now to be in this position — qualified for a World Cup, we’re all extremely proud.”
Berhalter admitted the pressure was omnipresent.
“The public was on edge. They desperately wanted us to make it,” he said.
All of 23, Pulisic, Adams and Weston McKennie are the team leaders. Right back Sergiño Dest and left back Antonee Robinson became offensive threats. Gio Reyna, at 19, emerged as a budding star, just like his dad three decades earlier.
“Now we have to test ourselves against the best players in the world, the best teams in the world,” Adams said. “This was only the first stage in our development.”
Berhalter is among a 12-person U.S. Soccer Federation attending the draw, mapping out Qatar plans for a tournament that opens Nov. 21, in the middle of European club seasons.
Four games are likely in June, two in the CONCACAF Nations League and two exhibitions, followed by a pair of friendlies in September, possibly in Europe. Major League Soccer players may have a domestic training camp before the tournament.
And if the U.S. winds up in Groups E through G, which don’t start play until Nov. 24-25, the Americans might train in Europe for several days and have one more exhibition before heading to the Middle East.
“The starting point is getting out of the group,” Berhalter said.
USSF staff locked down hotel and training arrangements on Oct. 1, 2019, the day the portal opened, putting the team in an optimum logistical situation.
Berhalter presumes form will change between now and November, causing roster churn. He was impressed with the growth over 14 qualifiers in temperatures that ranged from minus 3 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 16 Celsius) in St. Paul, Minnesota, and 85 degrees Fahrenheit (29 Celsius) in Austin, Texas.
“I think we improved our pressing,” he said. “But we’re going to continue to evolve and to continue to improve. The 4-3-3 system, as it’s been good for us, we might work with some other systems just to have some flexibility in the World Cup. I think it’s important to see who we are playing and start planning out how we can be successful there.”
For all the positive feelings, the U.S. dropped to third among eight nations in North and Central America and the Caribbean, behind Canada and Mexico. If not for last week’s 0-0 draw at Mexico, the Americans would have finished fourth and wound up in a June playoff against New Zealand.
“The easy part is over, and now we focus on this draw,” said defender Walker Zimmerman, who rose like a rocket from initially off the roster in October to starting nine of the past 11 games. “Ultimately just focus on staying fit, staying healthy, performing for our clubs.”
Forward remains a concern. After scoring three goals over two games last fall, Ricardo Pepi has gone scoreless in 19 games for club and country. Strikers produced just four of the Americans’ 21 goals, with Jesús Ferreira getting the other.
“We’re hoping that one of our 9s gets into a good form by the time the World Cup comes around,” Berhalter said Thursday during a layover at JFK International Airport.
Midfielders and wingers have been the engine, with Pulisic scoring five of the team’s 21 goals, and McKennie, Brenden Aaronson and Robinson two each.
“We can do a lot of damage, man,” Pulisic said. “I think we’re a confident bunch of guys and I think that country will get behind us and we’re going to give everything we got.”
“I just like the fight of his team and I think we have a lot of quality, as well,” he added. “I think we can be a force going into the World Cup.”
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Which letterman jacket is best?
Letterman jackets, also known as varsity jackets, are a great addition to any closet and fit a range of styles, from classic American to streetwear. They’re also great protection against the cold, and in some cases can be worn while skiing or during other intense outdoor winter activities.
If you’re in the market for a well-made letterman jacket that promises to keep you warm, stylish and comfortable, check out the Stewart & Strauss Original Varsity Letterman.
What to know before you buy a letterman jacket
Fit and cut
Although letterman jackets feature the same general design, there are numerous fits and cuts. If you want something with a modern streetwear look, consider something with a boxy, oversized fit. If you want it to accentuate the width of your shoulders, opt for a cinched waist and a wider shoulder measurement. Or if you’re chasing the traditional look, consider something from a classic brand such as Ralph Lauren.
Level of warmth
Before you purchase a new letterman jacket, consider how much warmth you want it to provide. Although it’s not traditional, you can find puffer letterman jackets with down insulation, such as the quilted bomber from Tommy Hilfiger. If you want something you can wear during the milder months of fall and spring, consider one made from cotton or lightweight wool.
What to look for in a quality letterman jacket
Materials
Regardless of what type of letterman jacket you choose, premium materials are a hallmark of high-quality ones. If you choose a traditional varsity jacket such as the Pro Standard, keep an eye out for genuine leather sleeves and natural wool blends. If you want a puffer, consider jackets with certified animal-cruelty-free down or recycled synthetic insulation.
Quality buttons
Because letterman jackets tend to have buttons instead of a zipper, the quality of the buttons is important. High-quality letterman jackets have strong buttons that securely snap into place with a distinctive sound. Keep your eye out for bonuses, such as interesting contrasting colors or luxurious polished chrome buttons.
How much you can expect to spend on a letterman jacket
As with most clothing, there is a wide range of prices when it comes to letterman jackets. Expect to spend $50-$100 for high-quality affordable jackets and anywhere between $150-$400 for luxury ones.
Letterman jacket FAQ
Should I hang or fold my letterman jacket?
A. We’re often told to avoid hanging wool or folding leather, the two main materials in most varsity jackets — but avoid folding them at all costs. Because the leather is supple and the wool is thick, folding will create creases difficult to remove. To avoid hanger bumps at the end of the shoulder, where the leather starts, get a wooden hanger with large, smooth curves that won’t press against the leather.
What’s the origin of the letterman jacket?
A. They were first worn by Harvard University baseball players in 1865 and were popular with the athletes who wore them throughout the first half of the 20th century. They became a fashion trend in the 1950s, worn by such stars as James Dean and Elvis Presley, and later by Michael Jackson. Japanese fashion designer Nigo recently made the look trendy again.
What’s the best letterman jacket to buy?
Top letterman jacket
Stewart & Strauss Original Varsity Letterman
What you need to know: Boasting thick wool, genuine leather and a traditional slim-fit cut, this is ideal for anyone who wants a high-quality, versatile letterman jacket.
What you’ll love: There are 33 colorways to choose from, and a zip-out lining, lets you lighten the insulation. The cinched waist, which features the same contrasting cuff as the collar and sleeves, is ideal if you want to accentuate the contrast between the size of your waist and shoulders.
What you should consider: Although this jacket provides an excellent value for your money, some wearers felt it was too plain.
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Top letterman jacket for the money
Pro Club Fleece Varsity Jacket
What you need to know: If you’re looking for a slim varsity jacket with a regular fit and don’t want to shell out a lot of money, look no further than this.
What you’ll love: It features the classic design but uses a comfortable cotton and wool blend for the sleeves instead of the traditional leather. Nonetheless, it maintains the classic silhouette thanks to the ribbed cuffs and outsized seams in the shoulders.
What you should consider: Although it’s quite affordable, the fabric quality is slightly lacking.
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Worth checking out
Dress Club International Men’s Varsity Letterman Jacket
What you need to know: This jacket features a classic design with a modern fit and is made from the finest materials.
What you’ll love: With thick, soft wool and real leather, it’s durable and well-made, and the blue-and-white striped patches lend it a luxurious sense of classic design. Stylish contrasting cuffs match the collar and waist, and it’s also available for women and children.
What you should consider: Because it’s classic in design and style, there’s not a lot of differentiation.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
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How to Watch State Farm College Slam Dunk & 3-Point Championships: Live Stream, TV Channel, Start Time
For more than 30 years, this event has existed to highlight players, both men and women, from across the county who are great at what they do.
How to Watch State Farm College Slam Dunk & 3-Point Championships today:
Game Date: March 31, 2022
Game Time: 9:00 p.m. ET
TV: ESPN
Live stream State Farm College Slam Dunk & 3-Point Championships on fuboTV: Start with a 7-day free trial!
For this specific event, there will be four majors events involved: the Great Clips Slam Dunk Championship, the TaxAct Men's 3-Point Championship, the Rocket Mortgage Women's 3-Point Shooting Championship and the Applebee's Team Shootout.
The winners of the men's and women's three-point shootouts will then play each other in the State Farm Battle of the Champions.
One of the highlight men's basketball shooters is Wyoming's, Drake Jefferies. Jefferies made a total of 94 three-pointers this season and shot over 41% from behind the arc. In his entire collegiate career, Jefferies shoots 39% from three.
The women's three-point contest will be highlighted by Kentucky's Rhyne Howard. Howard is one of the Wildcat's most versatile players and most recently earned All-American honors.
New Orleans' own Derek St. Hilaire will highlight the slam dunk portion of the night. He is one of the most high-flying, prolific scorers in the Southland Conference averaging 20.8 points per game.
Regional restrictions may apply.
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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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National Security Agency Employee Indicted for Willful Transmission and Retention of National Defense Information
Defendant Allegedly Sent Highly Classified Information to an Individual Using His Personal Email
(STL.News) A Maryland man is charged with willful transmission and retention of National Defense Information (NDI) in an indictment unsealed today in the District of Maryland.
According to court documents, as an employee of the National Security Agency (NSA), Mark Robert Unkenholz, 60, of Hanover, held a Top Secret/SCI clearance and had lawful access to classified information relating to national defense that was closely held by the government (National Defense Information or NDI).
As detailed in the indictment, national security information is classified as Top Secret, Secret or Confidential. Only individuals with the appropriate security clearance could have authorized access to such classified national security information. All classified information can only be stored in an approved facility and container.
According to the 26-count indictment, on 13 occasions between Feb. 14, 2018 and June 1, 2020, Unkenholz, lawfully having possession of, access to, and control over NDI, which he had reason to believe could be used to the injury of the United States or to the advantage of any foreign nation, willfully transmitted that information to another person who was not entitled to receive it. The indictment alleges that the information Unkenholz transmitted was classified at the Secret and Top Secret/SCI levels and that Unkenholz transmitted the classified information using his personal email address to the other person’s private company email addresses.
The person receiving the information held a Top Secret/SCI clearance from April 2016 until approximately June 2019, while employed at a company referred to in the indictment as Company 1. From July 2019 until approximately January 2021, the person worked for a company referred to in the indictment as Company 2, and was not authorized to access, or receive, classified information.
The indictment alleges that Unkenholz’s personal email address, and the company email addresses of the person receiving the information were not authorized storage locations for classified NDI. Unkenholz allegedly retained the classified NDI within his personal email address.
Unkenholz was arrested this morning and will make his initial court appearance this afternoon in Baltimore. If convicted, Unkenholz faces a maximum sentence of 10 years’ imprisonment for each of the 13 counts of willful transmission of NDI and a maximum of 10 years’ imprisonment for each of the 13 counts of willful retention of NDI. A federal district court judge will determine any sentence after considering the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and other statutory factors.
Assistant Attorney General Matthew G. Olsen of the Justice Department’s National Security Division, U.S. Attorney Erek L. Barron for the District of Maryland and Special Agent in Charge Thomas J. Sobocinski of the FBI’s Baltimore Field Office made the announcement.
The FBI is investigating the case.
Assistant U.S. Attorneys Kathleen O. Gavin and P. Michael Cunningham for the District of Maryland and Trial Attorney S. Derek Shugert of the National Security Division’s Counterintelligence and Export Controls Section are prosecuting the case.
An indictment is merely an allegation, and all defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.
SOURCE: USDOJ.Today
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ROME (AP) — Drums pounded through the frescoed halls of the Apostolic Palace on Thursday and out into St. Peter’s Square as Pope Francis welcomed a First Nations delegation seeking an apology for the Catholic Church’s role in running Canada’s notorious residential schools.
Francis met privately for two hours with the representatives of the Assembly of First Nations, following his meetings earlier in the week with delegations from the Metis and Inuit communities of Canada.
“I feel the pope and the church have expressed a sentiment of working toward reconciliation,” said Grand Chief Mandy Gull-Masty of the Creen Nation, after the audience.
The trip was years in the making but gained momentum last year after the discovery of hundreds of unmarked graves outside some of the residential schools.
More than 150,000 native children in Canada were forced to attend state-funded Christian schools from the 19th century until the 1970s in an effort to isolate them from the influence of their homes and culture. The aim was to Christianize and assimilate them into mainstream society, which previous Canadian governments considered superior.
Even before the grave sites were discovered, Canada’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission specifically called for a papal apology to be delivered on Canadian soil for the church’s role in the abuses against the Indigenous.
Francis has committed to traveling to Canada, though no date for such a visit has been announced.
The Vatican said Thursday’s meeting was held “in a climate of listening and closeness” and would be followed by Francis’ audience with all three groups on Friday, when he is to deliver a public address.
“If you were to ask me am I optimistic leaving our discussion with the Holy Father, I am,” said Phil Fontaine, who was national chief of the Assembly of First Nations in 2009 when he led an Indigenous delegation to meet with Pope Benedict XVI.
At the time, Benedict only expressed his “sorrow at the anguish caused by the deplorable conduct of some members of the church.” But he did not apologize.
“It’s 2022, I’m back, for another shot at … convincing Pope Francis to apologize,” Fontaine told reporters in St. Peter’s Square, wearing a feathered headdress. “A full apology for all that he heard today and probably heard from the Metis and Inuit delegations about the horrible experience of too many of our people that attended residential schools.”
“Our preference is for the Holy Father to come to Canada and apologize on Canadian soil, and do it on one of our territories,” he added. “That is our hope and wish and we made that very clear to the Holy Father.”
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SHANGHAI, March 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- 51job, Inc. (Nasdaq: JOBS) ("51job" or the "Company"), a leading provider of integrated human resource services in China, announced today its unaudited financial results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year of 2021 ended December 31, 2021.
Fourth Quarter 2021 Financial Highlights:
- Net revenues increased 15.7% over Q4 2020 to RMB1,345.2 million (US$211.1 million)
- Online recruitment services revenues increased 12.0%
- Other human resource related revenues increased 19.0%
- Income from operations was RMB304.6 million (US$47.8 million)
- Fully diluted earnings per share was RMB5.23 (US$0.82)
- Non-GAAP adjusted fully diluted earnings per share[1] was RMB5.99 (US$0.94)
Fiscal Year 2021 Financial Highlights:
- Net revenues increased 19.8% from 2020 to RMB4,420.4 million (US$693.7 million)
- Online recruitment services revenues increased 11.6%
- Other human resource related revenues increased 31.3%
- Income from operations was RMB551.3 million (US$86.5 million)
- Fully diluted earnings per share was RMB9.40 (US$1.47)
- Non-GAAP adjusted fully diluted earnings per share was RMB13.12 (US$2.06)
Fourth Quarter 2021 Unaudited Financial Results
Net revenues for the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2021 were RMB1,345.2 million (US$211.1 million), an increase of 15.7% from RMB1,163.1 million for the same quarter in 2020.
Online recruitment services revenues for the fourth quarter of 2021 increased 12.0% to RMB617.7 million (US$96.9 million) compared with RMB551.6 million for the same quarter in 2020, primarily due to an improvement in hiring sentiment, demand and activity from employers in 2021.
Other human resource related revenues for the fourth quarter of 2021 increased 19.0% to RMB727.5 million (US$114.2 million) from RMB611.5 million for the same quarter in 2020. The growth was primarily driven by robust employer demand for seasonal campus recruitment, business process outsourcing and training services in 2021.
Cost of services for the fourth quarter of 2021 increased 29.1% to RMB535.2 million (US$84.0 million) from RMB414.5 million for the same quarter in 2020, primarily due to higher employee compensation expenses, headcount additions and greater direct costs, such as venue rental, media production and technology support, incurred in providing campus recruitment services to employers. Gross profit for the fourth quarter of 2021 increased 8.2% to RMB810.0 million (US$127.1 million) from RMB748.6 million for the same quarter in 2020. Gross margin, which is gross profit as a percentage of net revenues, was 60.2% in the fourth quarter of 2021 compared with 64.4% for the same quarter in 2020.
Operating expenses for the fourth quarter of 2021 increased 28.9% to RMB505.4 million (US$79.3 million) from RMB392.0 million for the same quarter in 2020. Sales and marketing expenses for the fourth quarter of 2021 increased 34.3% to RMB403.6 million (US$63.3 million) from RMB300.6 million for the same quarter in 2020, primarily due to higher employee compensation expenses, staff additions and greater spending on advertising and brand awareness campaigns. Advertising and promotion expenses increased 27.7% to RMB90.0 million (US$14.1 million) for the fourth quarter of 2021 from RMB70.5 million for the same quarter in 2020.
General and administrative expenses for the fourth quarter of 2021 increased 11.3% to RMB101.8 million (US$16.0 million) from RMB91.4 million for the same quarter in 2020, primarily due to higher employee compensation expenses
Income from operations for the fourth quarter of 2021 was RMB304.6 million (US$47.8 million) compared with RMB356.6 million for the fourth quarter of 2020. Operating margin, which is income from operations as a percentage of net revenues, was 22.6% for the fourth quarter of 2021 compared with 30.7% for the same quarter in 2020. Excluding share-based compensation expense, operating margin would have been 24.9% for the fourth quarter of 2021 compared with 33.7% for the same quarter in 2020.
The Company recognized a loss from foreign currency translation of RMB10.9 million (US$1.7 million) in the fourth quarter of 2021 compared with RMB33.9 million in the fourth quarter of 2020, primarily due to the impact of the change in exchange rate between the Renminbi and the U.S. dollar on the Company's U.S. dollar cash deposits.
The Company recognized a mark-to-market, non-cash loss of RMB10.7 million (US$1.7 million) in the fourth quarter of 2021 compared with RMB9.4 million in the fourth quarter of 2020 associated with a change in fair value of listed equity securities investment in Huali University Group Limited, which is traded on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. The Company also recognized RMB3.4 million (US$0.5 million) in professional services fees and administrative expenses related to the proposed going-private transaction in the fourth quarter of 2021.
Other income in the fourth quarter of 2021 included local government financial subsidies of RMB98.6 million (US$15.5 million) compared with RMB14.9 million in the fourth quarter of 2020.
Net income attributable to 51job for the fourth quarter of 2021 was RMB355.2 million (US$55.7 million) compared with RMB342.0 million for the same quarter in 2020. Fully diluted earnings per share for the fourth quarter of 2021 was RMB5.23 (US$0.82) compared with RMB5.01 for the same quarter in 2020.
In the fourth quarter of 2021, total share-based compensation expense was RMB29.9 million (US$4.7 million) compared with RMB35.0 million in the fourth quarter of 2020.
Excluding share-based compensation expense, loss from foreign currency translation and change in fair value of listed equity securities investment, as well as the related tax effect of these items, non-GAAP adjusted net income attributable to 51job for the fourth quarter of 2021 was RMB406.7 million (US$63.8 million) compared with RMB420.1 million for the fourth quarter of 2020. Non-GAAP adjusted fully diluted earnings per share was RMB5.99 (US$0.94) in the fourth quarter of 2021 compared with RMB6.16 in the fourth quarter of 2020.
Fiscal Year 2021 Unaudited Financial Results
Net revenues in 2021 were RMB4,420.4 million (US$693.7 million), an increase of 19.8% from RMB3,689.0 million in 2020
Online recruitment services revenues in 2021 increased 11.6% to RMB2,396.2 million (US$376.0 million) from RMB2,147.3 million in 2020. The increase was primarily due to the improvement in business activity and more recruitment needs of employers in China in 2021.
Other human resource related revenues in 2021 increased 31.3% to RMB2,024.2 million (US$317.6 million) from RMB1,541.6 million in 2020, primarily due to resilient customer demand and usage of the Company's training, campus recruitment, placement and business process outsourcing services.
Cost of services in 2021 increased 32.9% to RMB1,676.7 million (US$263.1 million) from RMB1,261.7 million in 2020, primarily due to higher employee compensation expenses and headcount additions. Gross profit in 2021 increased 13.0% to RMB2,743.7 million (US$430.5 million) from RMB2,427.2 million in 2020. Gross margin was 62.1% in 2021 compared with 65.8% in 2020.
Income from operations in 2021 decreased 36.4% to RMB551.3 million (US$86.5 million) from RMB867.1 million in 2020, primarily due to the significant increase in sales and marketing expenses in 2021. Operating margin was 12.5% in 2021 compared with 23.5% in 2020. Excluding share-based compensation expense, operating margin would have been 15.9% in 2021 compared with 27.4% in 2020.
Net income attributable to 51job in 2021 was RMB640.7 million (US$100.5 million) compared with RMB1,097.3 million in 2020. Fully diluted earnings per share in 2021 was RMB9.40 (US$1.47) compared with RMB16.12 in 2020.
Excluding share-based compensation expense, loss from foreign currency translation, and changes in fair value of listed equity securities investment and long-term investment, as well as the related tax effect of these items, non-GAAP adjusted net income attributable to 51job in 2021 was RMB894.4 million (US$140.4 million) compared with RMB1,243.9 million in 2020. Non-GAAP adjusted fully diluted earnings per share was RMB13.12 (US$2.06) in 2021 compared with RMB18.28 in 2020.
As of December 31, 2021, cash and short-term investments totaled RMB10,587.0 million (US$1,661.3 million) compared with RMB10,761.9 million as of December 31, 2020.
Currency Convenience Translation
For the convenience of readers, certain Renminbi amounts have been translated into U.S. dollar amounts at the rate of RMB6.3726 to US$1.00, the noon buying rate on December 30, 2021 in New York for cable transfers of Renminbi as set forth in the H.10 weekly statistical release of the Federal Reserve Board.
Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures
To supplement the consolidated financial statements presented in accordance with United States Generally Accepted Accounting Principles ("GAAP"), 51job uses non-GAAP financial measures of income before income tax expense, income tax expense, adjusted net income, adjusted net income attributable to 51job and adjusted earnings per share, which are adjusted from results based on GAAP to exclude share-based compensation expense, loss from foreign currency translation and changes in fair value of listed equity securities investment and long-term investment, as well as the related tax effect of these items. The Company believes excluding share-based compensation expense and its related tax effect from its non-GAAP financial measures is useful for its management and investors to assess and analyze the Company's core operating results as such expense is not directly attributable to the underlying performance of the Company's business operations and do not impact its cash earnings. The Company believes excluding loss from foreign currency translation and changes in fair value of listed equity securities investment and long-term investment, as well as the related tax effect, from its non-GAAP financial measures is useful for its management and investors as such translation, mark-to-market gain or loss is not indicative of the Company's core business operations and will not result in cash settlement nor impact the Company's cash earnings. 51job also believes these non-GAAP financial measures excluding share-based compensation expense, loss from foreign currency translation and changes in fair value of listed equity securities investment and long-term investment, as well as the related tax effect of these items, are important in helping investors to understand the Company's current financial performance and future prospects and to compare business trends among different reporting periods on a consistent basis. The presentation of these additional measures should not be considered a substitute for or superior to GAAP results or as being comparable to results reported or forecasted by other companies. The non-GAAP measures have been reconciled to GAAP measures in the attached financial statements.
About 51job
Founded in 1998, 51job is a leading provider of integrated human resource services in China. With a comprehensive suite of HR solutions, 51job meets the needs of enterprises and job seekers through the entire talent management cycle, from initial recruitment to employee retention and career development. The Company's main online recruitment platforms (http://www.51job.com, http://www.yingjiesheng.com, http://www.51jingying.com, http://www.lagou.com, and http://www.51mdd.com), as well as mobile applications, connect millions of people with employment opportunities every day. 51job also provides a number of other value-added HR services, including business process outsourcing, training, professional assessment, campus recruitment, executive search and compensation analysis. 51job has a call center in Wuhan and a nationwide network of sales and service locations spanning more than 30 cities across China.
Safe Harbor Statement
This announcement contains forward-looking statements. These statements are made under the "safe harbor" provisions of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements can be identified by terminology such as "will," "expects," "anticipates," "future," "intends," "plans," "believes," "estimates," "targets," "confident" and similar statements. Among other things, statements that are not historical facts, including statements about 51job's beliefs and expectations, as well as 51job's strategic and operational plans, are or contain forward-looking statements. 51job may also make written or oral forward-looking statements in its periodic reports to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, in its annual report to shareholders, in press releases and other written materials and in oral statements made by its officers, directors or employees to third parties. All forward-looking statements are based upon management's expectations at the time of the statements and involve inherent risks and uncertainties. A number of factors could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statement, including but not limited to the following: execution of 51job's strategies and business plans; growth and trends of the human resource services industry in China; market acceptance of 51job's products and services; competition in the industry; 51job's ability to control costs and expenses; 51job's ability to retain key personnel and attract new talent; relevant government policies and regulations relating to 51job's industry, corporate structure and business operations; seasonality in the business; fluctuations in the value of the Renminbi against the U.S. dollar and other currencies; risks related to acquisitions or investments 51job has made or will make in the future; accounting adjustments that may occur during the quarterly or annual close or auditing process; and fluctuations in general economic and business conditions in China and globally, including the impact of the coronavirus or other pandemic. Further information regarding these and other risks are included in 51job's filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. All information provided in this press release and in the attachments is as of the date of the press release and based on assumptions that 51job believes to be reasonable as of this date, and 51job undertakes no obligation to update any forward-looking statement, except as required under applicable law.
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World’s Largest Bounce House Coming To Metro Detroit In June
(CBS DETROIT) — The world’s largest bounce home is returning to Michigan this 12 months.
“The Big Bounce America,” standing at 32 ft tall, is returning on June 10-12 at Steffens Park in Fraser.
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The 16,000 sq. foot attraction features a custom-made sports activities area and a space-themed bounce home.
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ATI Physical Therapy (NYSE:ATIP – Get Rating) and CareMax (NASDAQ:CMAX – Get Rating) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, dividends, profitability, institutional ownership, risk and analyst recommendations.
Valuation & Earnings
This table compares ATI Physical Therapy and CareMax’s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
Insider & Institutional Ownership
90.4% of ATI Physical Therapy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.2% of CareMax shares are held by institutional investors. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for ATI Physical Therapy and CareMax, as provided by MarketBeat.com.
ATI Physical Therapy currently has a consensus price target of $3.81, indicating a potential upside of 102.53%. CareMax has a consensus price target of $14.25, indicating a potential upside of 90.76%. Given ATI Physical Therapy’s higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe ATI Physical Therapy is more favorable than CareMax.
Profitability
This table compares ATI Physical Therapy and CareMax’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
Volatility & Risk
ATI Physical Therapy has a beta of 0.54, suggesting that its stock price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CareMax has a beta of 1.27, suggesting that its stock price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
CareMax beats ATI Physical Therapy on 7 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.
ATI Physical Therapy Company Profile (Get Rating)
ATI Physical Therapy, Inc. provides outpatient physical therapy services in the United States. It offers physical therapy, workers' comp rehab, sports medicine, hand therapy, women's health, specialty therapies, home health, complimentary injury screenings, and fitness centers through its 900 locations. The company also offers online physical therapy via its CONNECT platform. ATI Physical Therapy, Inc. was founded in 1996 and is based in Bolingbrook, Illinois.
CareMax Company Profile (Get Rating)
CareMax, Inc. provides medical services through physicians and health care professionals. It offers a suite of health care and social services to its patients, including primary care, specialty care, telemedicine, health and wellness, optometry, dental, pharmacy, and transportation. The company also provides CareOptimize, a proprietary software and services platform that provides data, analytics, and rules-based decision tools/workflows for physicians in the United States. As of December 31, 2021, it operated 48 multi-specialty medical care centers in Florida, Tennessee, and New York. The company is headquartered in Miami, Florida.
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Shares of Xylem Inc.
XYL,
-3.22%
slipped 3.22% to $85.26 Thursday, on what proved to be an all-around grim trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index
SPX,
-1.57%
falling 1.57% to 4,530.41 and Dow Jones Industrial Average
DJIA,
-1.56%
falling 1.56% to 34,678.35. This was the stock's second consecutive day of losses. Xylem Inc. closed $53.52 below its 52-week high ($138.78), which the company achieved on September 2nd.
The stock underperformed when compared to some of its competitors Thursday, as Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.
TMO,
-0.76%
fell 0.76% to $590.65, IDEX Corp.
IEX,
-1.86%
fell 1.86% to $191.73, and Graco Inc.
GGG,
-1.76%
fell 1.76% to $69.72. Trading volume (1.4 M) remained 173,191 below its 50-day average volume of 1.6 M.
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A left-footed North African right winger with a clinical eye for goal could yet decide everything in the battle for Premier League and Champions League glory this season.
And we’re not talking about Mohamed Salah...
Manchester City have played the majority of the past two seasons without a recognised striker. It hasn’t done Pep Guardiola’s side a great deal of harm, given they cantered to the Premier League title last term and reached a maiden Champions League final.
Yet Guardiola himself has stated his team needs a centre-forward, and speculation linking Borussia Dortmund superstar Erling Haaland continues to mount. It would make for a frightening solution to those times when City occasionally run into goalscoring problems, but in the meantime they will have to keep sharing the burden between a highly-skilled collection of attackers.
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Heading into Tuesday’s Champions League quarter-final against Atletico Madrid, 17 players have scored for City this season and five are into double figures.
However, one has emerged from the pack: Riyad Mahrez is enjoying the most prolific campaign of his career.
How many goals has Mahrez scored this season?
The Algerian superstar’s strike to seal a 4-1 FA Cup win at Southampton prior to the international break was his 22nd of 2021/22. His previous best was 18 across all competitions, when his Leicester sensationally won the 2015/16 Premier League title.
Mahrez is now gunning for a fourth winners’ medal in England’s top flight, and any trophy City lift come May is likely to have his prints all over it. The 30-year-old’s goals have come from 78 attempts, giving him a shot conversion rate of 28% - the best in the City squad.
“We arrived many times…” is a familiar Guardiola lament when his players create and don’t take chances, but Mahrez doesn’t often need a second invitation.
On the biggest occasions, that cutting edge can prove decisive. Over a quarter of his 22 goals have come in the Champions League, while he's also netted against Arsenal and Manchester United (twice) in the Premier League.
Straight off the training ground! 💫
— Manchester City (@ManCity) March 6, 2022
A beautiful @Mahrez22 goal 🙌#ManCity pic.twitter.com/nKtNA8ZspC
What is Mahrez’s record in the Champions League?
Mahrez was City’s club-record signing when he joined from Leicester for £60 million prior to the 2018/19 season, but it took him some time to win fans over.
Part of the reason for this was the sense of him not being an entirely necessary purchase - see some of the criticism directed towards Jack Grealish this season - and the fact crowd favourite and fellow winger Leroy Sane appeared to be edging towards the exit door.
An excellent goal on the final day of the season as City beat Brighton 4-1 to pip Liverpool to the title was Mahrez’s 12th of the campaign and he has hit double figures every year he has been at Etihad Stadium.
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His breakout performances to finally stand above these solid returns arrived in last season’s Champions League. City would not have reached their first ever final without Mahrez.
In the second half of their quarter-final second leg against Borussia Dortmund - Haaland and all - City were 1-0 down on the night, behind in the tie on away goals and heading out. After an interminable VAR delay, Mahrez confidently strode forward to dispatch a nerveless penalty beyond Marwin Hitz before Phil Foden sealed the victory.
😎 Riyad Mahrez in the Champions League this campaign...
— UEFA Champions League (@ChampionsLeague) May 25, 2021
Describe him in 𝟏 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐝! 👇@Mahrez22 | @ManCity | #UCLfinal pic.twitter.com/FVJs0nQwHK
Better was to come in the semi-final against Paris Saint-Germain. Back in the city of his birth, the winger squeezed a free-kick through the wall to give Guardiola’s men a 2-1 away win and they rammed home that advantage with a 2-0 triumph back in Manchester.
Mahrez got them both. Those knockout-stage goals accounted for his Champions League total of four last season. He already has six this time around.
Is Mahrez Man City’s best penalty-taker?
The dead-eyed penalty against Dortmund might be the moment when Mahrez truly had lift-off at City, because one swipe of his left boot blew away a cloud that had been hanging over Guardiola’s squad.
In 2019/20, City missed six of 16 penalties won. The return was seven from 11 last time around, with Sergio Aguero, Kevin De Bruyne, Ilkay Gundogan and Raheem Sterling all failing from the spot.
By the time Mahrez stepped up at Signal Iduna Park, plenty of supporters had been calling for goalkeeper Ederson to be given the job.
Indeed, the sight of City’s No.26 standing over the ball did not exactly inspire confidence, with plenty of minds flashing back to him skying a penalty over the bar towards the end of a 0-0 draw with Liverpool at Anfield in 2018. His record with Leicester had also been patchy.
But the successful conversion in Dortmund set in motion a run of eight consecutive penalties buried in club colours, with seven of those coming this season.
Against an Atletico Madrid team who might spend long spells of the quarter-final defending inside their own box, don’t be surprised to see Mahrez’s expertise called upon again.
How does Mahrez compare to Salah this season?
Spot-kicks account for just under a third of Mahrez’s output this season, but he also strikes immaculately from distance and sets up plenty of chances for himself with that implausibly-velvet first touch.
So how does he stack up against the premier operator in his position? Pretty well, as it turns out.
Salah might be out in front with 28 goals this season to Mahrez’s 22, but if we examine their goals-per-90 minutes, there is little to choose between them, with the City man actually fractionally ahead (0.86 versus 0.83).
Let's enjoy every @Mahrez22 goal from this season! 🇩🇿
— Manchester City (@ManCity) January 10, 2022
Algeria begin their #AFCON2021 campaign tomorrow. Good luck Riyad! 🙌#ManCity pic.twitter.com/ZrrGt49RaT
Guardiola’s right-winger is showing his clinical touch by heavily outperforming his xG (expected goals, based on the quality of chances) of 12.7, with Salah’s haul closer to his 24.3 xG (via FB Ref).
Meanwhile, Mahrez is also more effective on the dribble, winning 51% of his take-ons in the league this term, to his rival's 42%.
It will be fascinating to see the two icons of North African football facing off against one another when City take on Liverpool on consecutive weekends - in the Premier League this Sunday, and the FA Cup semi-finals six days later.
If, of course, Guardiola decides to pick him.
Will Mahrez start City’s games against Atletico and Liverpool?
It feels obvious that Mahrez should be involved from kick-off when Diego Simeone’s men make their second trip to Manchester this season.
The Liverpool games are less of a cut-and-dried issue. Mahrez did not start the 2-2 draw at Anfield last October and only made a late cameo in the 1-0 win over Chelsea at Stamford Bridge a week earlier.
He was also summoned from the bench and scored a penalty in the shambolic 3-2 February defeat to Antonio Conte’s Tottenham. A conclusion can be drawn that when the opposition’s full-backs offer a sustained threat going forward, Guardiola believes his other wide attacking options are more suited to the task.
The ex-Barcelona boss’ demands with regards to defending from the front come more naturally to his colleagues. Sterling has attempted 31 tackles to Mahrez’s 17 this season, amounting to per-90 averages of 1.37 and 0.82.
Phil Foden averages 18.8 pressures on opposition players for each completed game, while Mahrez can only manage 12.2. Guardiola praises Gabriel Jesus’ high pressing, and Grealish’s capacity to make the extra pass in a way he does not when it comes to the Algerian.
That is not to say Guardiola isn't incredibly fond of his most reliable match-winner. "I try to push him a lot. We struggle together because I know the quality that he has," the Catalan said last month.
"He is a player that I admire for the way he handles the pressure. He likes to play on the biggest stages and it is difficult to find players like that in top clubs."
They don’t get much bigger than the boards Manchester City are preparing to tread over the next 11 days, making Mahrez the perfect man for the struggle ahead.
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Shares of Yum! Brands Inc.
YUM,
-1.91%
shed 1.91% to $118.53 Thursday, on what proved to be an all-around grim trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index
SPX,
-1.57%
falling 1.57% to 4,530.41 and Dow Jones Industrial Average
DJIA,
-1.56%
falling 1.56% to 34,678.35. This was the stock's second consecutive day of losses. Yum! Brands Inc. closed $21.32 short of its 52-week high ($139.85), which the company achieved on December 29th.
The stock underperformed when compared to some of its competitors Thursday, as McDonald's Corp.
MCD,
-0.70%
fell 0.70% to $247.28, Starbucks Corp.
SBUX,
-0.07%
fell 0.07% to $90.97, and Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc.
CMG,
+0.50%
rose 0.50% to $1,582.03. Trading volume (3.9 M) eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 2.2 M.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon workers in Alabama appear to have rejected a union bid in a tight race, according to early results on Thursday. But outstanding challenged votes could change the outcome.
In New York, union supporters have the edge in a count that will continue Friday morning.
Warehouse workers in Bessemer, Alabama, voted 993 to 875 against forming a union. The National Labor Relations Board, which oversees the election, said that 416 challenged votes could potentially overturn that result. A hearing has not yet been set to decide if any the challenged votes will be counted, but it is expected in the next few weeks.
"This is just the beginning and we will continue to fight," said Stuart Appelbaum, president of the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union, which is organizing the union drive in Bessemer, during a Thursday press conference.
The close election marks a sharp contrast to last year, when Amazon workers overwhelmingly rejected the union.
Meanwhile, in a separate union election in Staten Island, New York, the nascent Amazon Labor Union is leading by more than 350 votes out of about 2,670 counted. Counting is expected to continue Friday morning.
If a majority votes yes at either location, it would mark the first successful U.S. organizing effort in Amazon history. Organizers have faced an uphill battle against the nation's second-largest private employer, which is making every effort to keep unions out.
In New York, the ALU has led the charge to form a union along with Chris Smalls, a fired Amazon employee who now leads the fledging group. Turnout for the in-person election was unclear but Smalls was hopeful of victory.
"To be leading in Day One and be up a couple hundred against a trillion dollar company, this is the best feeling in the world," Smalls said after the conclusion of Thursday's counting.
While Smalls' attention has been focused on securing victory in New York, similar efforts in Alabama also weighed heavily.
"I'm not too sure what's going on Alabama right now, but I know that the sky's the limit if you can organize any warehouse," he said, noting that the vote in Alabama could well end up differently. "I hope that they're successful. I don't know what's going on yet, but we know we show our support and solidarity with them."
The warehouse in Staten Island employs more than 8,300 workers, who pack and ship supplies to customers based mostly in the Northeast. A labor win there was considered difficult, but organizers believe their grassroots approach is more relatable to workers and could help them overcome where established unions have failed in the past.
After a crushing defeat last year, when a majority of workers voted against forming a union, RWDSU is hoping for a different outcome in the Bessemer election, in which mail-in ballots were sent to 6,100 workers in early February. Federal labor officials scrapped the results of the first election there and ordered a re-do after ruling Amazon tainted the election process.
The RWDSU said election there had a turnout rate of about 39% this year, much smaller than last year's election.
Amazon has pushed back hard. The retail giant held mandatory meetings, where workers were told unions are a bad idea. The company also launched an anti-union website targeting workers and placed English and Spanish posters across the Staten Island facility urging them to reject the union. In Bessemer, Amazon has made some changes to but still kept a controversial U.S. Postal Service mailbox that was key in the NLRB's decision to invalidate last year's vote.
New York is more labor-friendly than Alabama, a right-to-work state that prohibits a company and a union from signing a contract that requires workers to pay dues to the union that represents them. But some experts believe that won't make much of a difference in the outcome of the Staten Island election, citing federal labor laws that favor employers, and Amazon's anti-union stance.
"The employer is the same, and that's the key thing," said Ruth Milkman, a sociologist of labor and labor movements at the City University of New York. "Amazon is resisting this with everything it's got."
The mostly Black workforce at the Alabama facility, which opened in 2020, mirrors the Bessemer population of more than 70% Black residents, according to the latest U.S. Census data. There's little public transportation, so many of the Amazon workers drive to the facility from as far away as metro Montgomery, nearly 100 miles to the south.
Pro-union workers say they want better working conditions, longer breaks and higher wages. Regular full-time employees at the Bessemer facility earn at least $15.80 an hour, higher than the estimated $14.55 per hour on average in the city. That figure is based on an analysis of the U.S. Census Bureau's annual median household income for Bessemer of $30,284, which could include more than one worker.
The ALU said they don't have a demographic breakdown of the warehouse workers in Staten Island and Amazon declined to provide the information to The Associated Press, citing the union vote. Internal records leaked to The New York Times from 2019 showed more than 60% of the hourly associates at the facility were Black or Latino, while most of managers were white or Asian. But it's unclear how the facility's high turnover rate may have shifted things.
Amazon workers often travel from across the New York metro area by subway and then take a 40-minute long public bus ride to get to the warehouse. At a nearby bus stop, organizers have put up signs encouraging workers to vote in favor of the union. "WE'RE NOT MACHINES WE'RE HUMAN BEINGS," one reads, a nod to worker complaints about long shifts and the company's "time off task" tool that dings employees for taking too many breaks.
Among other things, Staten Island workers are seeking longer breaks, paid time off for injured employees and an hourly wage of $30, up from a minimum of just over $18 per hour offered by the company. A spokesperson for Amazon said the company invests in wages and benefits, such as health care, 401(k) plans and a prepaid college tuition program to help grow workers' careers.
"As a company, we don't think unions are the best answer for our employees," the spokesperson said in an emailed statement. "Our focus remains on working directly with our team to continue making Amazon a great place to work."
In Staten Island, warehouse workers like 22-year-old Elijah Ramos said they planned to vote against the union, doubting the ALU can get Amazon to agree to higher wages and other benefits. Ramos said he believes organizers don't have enough experience to represent him.
Although he thinks a union could bring good things, Ramos said it also might constantly butt heads with the company and create more complications.
"It's better to deal with what we have now than to deal with something where we don't know what they're going to do," he said.
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Associated Press staff writers Tali Arbel and Bobby Caina Calvan in New York contributed to this report.
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A podcast that uncovers the covers — that is, the stories, meanings, and histories behind our most classic songs. How does a song take on a different connotation when a different artist approaches it, or “covers” it, across generations, cultures, and time? Each episode features host and musicologist Stephanie Shonekan and one guest. Together they take one classic song, two popular renditions, and discuss: Who did it better, and why? “Cover Story with Stephanie Shonekan” is a collaboration between KBIA and Vox Magazine, with funding from MU’s College of Arts & Science and the Missouri School of Journalism.
Missouri has had a curious history, with many iterations and incarnations powered by changes in its political, cultural and religious climate. Show Me The State explores Missouri’s strange and misunderstood past as it relates to the present. Each episode focuses on one particular piece of folklore and investigates what really happened, why did it happen and how has that shaped the state today? The Show Me The State team looks at ghost stories, legendary political maneuvers and hometown heroes across the state. Host Kristofor Husted sits down with the people who know the story best to get as close to a first-hand account as we can.
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Missouri On Mic is an oral history and journalism project from KBIA staff and students documenting stories of Missourians in the state's 200th year. Catch new episodes on KBIA 91.3 FM and KBIA.org every Monday at 8:45 AM during Morning Edition or at 4:45 PM during All Things Considered.Special thanks to Missouri Humanities for their support for the series. Thanks to the Burney Sisters for providing music for the project. You can follow the Burney sisters on https://www.facebook.com/TheBurneySisters or learn more at https://theburneysisters.com
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Commander, Submarine Squadron 15 (CSS 15) conducted a change of command ceremony aboard the Los Angeles-class fast-attack submarine USS Springfield (SSN 761), March 28.
Capt. Bret Grabbe, from Kansas City, Kansas, was relieved by Capt. Carl Trask, from Glendora, California, as commander, Submarine Squadron 15, during the ceremony, which was held at Naval Base Guam.
“To the squadron and the schoolhouse staff, you all do more than your individual job description states,” said Grabbe. “You all do more than you likely signed up to do, and you do it all without being asked or directed. This is really important because you enable a continuous presence at the adversary's doorstep, and you enable rapid response when needed.”
Under Grabbe’s leadership, CSS 15 deployed four combat ready submarines on six deployments conducting missions of vital importance to National Security. Grabbe and his team coordinated efforts for five unit home port changes, liaising with the ships’ ombudsmen and coordinating with the respective submarine squadrons and submarine readiness squadrons while the ships were deployed. CSS 15 also led the operational, logistical, and medical COVID-19 support efforts to deployed submarine commands.
Grabbe is going to Commander, Submarine Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, to serve as the Chief of Staff.
Rear Adm. Jeff Jablon, commander, Submarine Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet, was the guest speaker at the ceremony.
“Under Bret Grabbe’s leadership, Submarine Squadron 15 has epitomized the efforts required to ensure combat readiness of our submarines,” said Jablon. “Bret is not just a great leader, he is also an innovator and a coach who has mentored his submarine crews and his shore staff to improve war fighting readiness, maintenance performance, and support to our Sailors and their families.”
Trask comes to CSS 15 from Commander, Submarine Group 7, in Yokosuka, Japan, where he was the Commander, Task Force 74, Maritime Operations Center Director.
“Our nation’s best hope for peace is a force that can deter war and spare the world its horrors,” said Trask. “Through preparation, we will do our part to secure that peace. The submarines and Sailors of Squadron 15 will be ready.”
The Pacific Submarine Force provides anti-submarine warfare, anti-surface ship warfare, precision land strike, intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance and early warning and special warfare capabilities to U.S. Indo-Pacific Command and strategic deterrence capabilities to U.S. Strategic Command.
Commander, Submarine Squadron 15 is responsible for providing training, material and personnel readiness support to multiple Los Angeles-class fast-attack submarines and is located at Polaris Point, Naval Base Guam. Also based out of Naval Base Guam are submarine tenders USS Frank Cable (AS 40) and USS Emory S. Land (AS 39). The submarines and tenders are
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Last month, in the role of the escaped prisoner, Angelotti, in Puccini’s Tosca, Lucia Lucas, became the first openly trans singer to perform at the Met. Lucas was the first trans opera singer to come out, in 2014, and she has continued to perform traditional baritone roles in the years since. Lucas has the kind of rich, formidable, rumbling voice that the ears register as a force of nature: a hailstorm or an earthquake. Lucas is a Heldenbaritone, or a heroic baritone: a forceful, dramatic voice part with a high register, and a wide emotional range, generally associated with Wagner and with dark, masculine roles.
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Man arrested after driving truck through Russian Embassy gates in Ireland
Authorities have arrested a man who allegedly drove his truck through the gates of the Russian Embassy in Ireland, The Irish Times reported.
Numerous videos of the incident allegedly showed local businessman Desmond Wisley, of Leitrim County, reversing his vehicle into the gates of the embassy and forcing them to open as onlookers watched.
Wisley then got out of his vehicle and handed out photos to other protesters showing what Russian troops are doing in Ukraine, according to The Irish Times.
“I just done this to create a safe corridor for the Russian ambassador to leave Ireland,” Wisely told the crowd of protesters.
“I want the ambassador and his colleagues to leave this country, leave this free country,” Wisely added. “It’s about time we stood up.”
Some onlookers, who were protesting outside of the Russian Embassy, allegedly shouted “Bravo” and “Well done” after the truck crashed through the gates.
Protester Lukasz Ryz said that Wisley initially passed by the Russian Embassy when he started to reverse his vehicle, The Irish Times reported.
“He said to everyone: I want to destroy this gate. He made sure everyone was out of the way. He was conscious of safety,” Ryz told the media outlet.
Witness Katherine Condren also said that she thought Wisley drove the wrong way when he started to reverse his vehicle.
“I was shocked how quick [the gate] went down,” Condren added.
The protest comes as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has led to a series of international sanctions being leveled against Moscow. U.S. companies in a variety of sectors have also moved to end business with Russia.
In a statement, the Russian Embassy in Ireland said it “appreciates” authorities’ cooperation in the case, adding that the Garda, Ireland’s national police service, should implement more safety measures for the embassy and its personnel.
“We would like to inform that additional measures have been undertaken by the Garda to ensure safety and security of the embassy and its personnel. The embassy appreciates cooperation by the Irish authorities in this matter,” the embassy said in a statement.
According to a Garda spokesperson, Wisley was taken into custody by authorities as police are investigating “an incident of criminal damage” at the embassy.
Irish authorities said an investigation in the case is still ongoing, The Irish Times noted.
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DOHA, Qatar (AP) — The appearance by video of the head of Ukrainian soccer, wearing an armored vest from the streets of Kyiv, brought the impact of Russia’s war into the FIFA Congress on Thursday.
“We have regularly received sad news of the deaths of members of the Ukrainian football community,” Andriy Pavelko said in a recorded message to the gathering in Qatar including delegates from Russia.
“They have been killed by the aggressors’ rockets from one of the biggest army in the world. Football has taken a back seat in our country.”
Kyiv hosted the Champions League final only four years ago. Then the soccer world shifted to Russia in 2018 for a World Cup that FIFA President Gianni Infantino still celebrated Thursday as “a great success sportingly and culturally.”
“Obviously it did not solve the problems of the world,” Infantino said. “It did not even solve the problems in the region. It did not create a lasting peace.”
Infantino did not mention the man he was filmed juggling a ball with and praising in 2018: Russian President Vladimir Putin. Nor did Infantino blame or mention Russia in his speech.
There was a plea to “stop conflicts and wars” generally rather than specifically issuing a direct message to Putin, who awarded Infantino Russia’s Order of Friendship medal after the World Cup. And in the Doha audience was Alexey Sorokin, the chief executive of Russia’s 2018 organizing committee and former member of the FIFA Council.
There was an expression of regret from Sorokin but only that Pavelko “has these emotions” in the video address.
“It is difficult for them, we understand that,” Sorokin said. “But I’m here not to discuss politics or military activities or anything, I am here in the FIFA Congress.”
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.
For now, the priority for Ukraine is protecting the country from Russia as Pavelko told the FIFA Congress.
“Our children have suffered terrible psychological injuries. Perhaps football will help them forget the horrors of war,” he said as sandbags were being placed around a statue behind him in Kyiv. “I believe every word, prayer and action in support of Ukraine and against the war can stop it.
“We have no right to remain silent. Let there be no air-raid alarms in our cities, instead the songs of fans. Let the battles take place not in the streets with weapons but in crowded stadiums in fair football duel and let the spectators in the stands explode when their favorite team scores a goal, not the bombs.”
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Super Eagles forward Josh Maja has been named Bordeaux’s highest goalscorer for the 2019-20 campaign after football in France was cancelled due to the...
Aston Villa's record-breaking forward Kevin Oghenetega Tamaraebi Bakumo-Abraham, known as Tammy Abraham has been named in the Professional Footballers' Association (PFA) Championship Team of...
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How to Watch Chicago White Sox at Cincinnati Reds: Live Stream, TV Channel, Start Time
Right-hander Michael Kopech, once the shining star of the White Sox (7-6) farm system, makes his delayed Cactus League debut on Thursday night when Chicago visits the Reds (6-5) in Goodyear.
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Kopech missed the 2019 season after Tommy John surgery and opted out in 2020 during the pandemic. He returned last season and made 44 appearances, four of them starts, with a 3.50 ERA and 1.125 WHIP in 69.1 innings. His stuff was still there, evidenced by his 103 strikeouts, a rate of 13.4 per nine innings.
The White Sox blanked the Rangers on Wednesday, 7-0. Dylan Cease worked four innings and allowed only two hits, combining with four relievers on a four-hit shutout. Chicago broke the game open with five runs in the seventh, with home runs from Remy Gonzalez, Seby Zavala and Zach Remillard.
The Reds lost to the A's on Wednesday 5-4 as they couldn't recover from Oakland's four-run first inning. Joey Votto cracked a two-run triple in the third and Max Schrock added an RBI single for Cincinnati.
Hunter Greene, a 22-year-old right-hander, will start for the Reds on Thursday. He learned this week he's earned a spot in the rotation for Cincinnati to open the season. He hasn't allowed a run in three innings this spring and worked two innings against the Giants in his first Cactus League start on Saturday.
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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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Saying that тАЬFlorida has a grotesque history of racial discrimination,тАЭ a federal district judge struck down most of a controversial election law passed in the state last year, and said the state canтАЩt make any major changes to election regulations for the next 10 years unless a judge clears them first.
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Which women’s shapewear is best?
Whether you have a special event coming up or just want to look your best for work, you’ll likely feel even more confident with the right women’s shapewear. Shapewear can help you achieve a perfectly smooth silhouette in dresses, skirts, pants and more.
Women’s shapewear features a snug, stretchy material that streamlines your figure. It’s available in many different styles, with some that slim your entire body, while others target specific areas. If you’re looking for shapewear to smooth your stomach, thighs and hips with light control, the Spanx Lightweight Layer Mid-Thigh Shaping Short is a perfect choice.
What to know before you buy women’s shapewear
Style
Women’s shapewear comes in many types and styles. You should pick one that smooths your silhouette while still feeling comfortable. Depending on the design, they can support your chest and buttock while smoothing your stomach, hips and thighs.
- Shaping bodysuits: These bodysuits are the most widely used shapewear. They resemble a one-piece swimsuit and usually have a closure in the crotch, making it easier to use the bathroom. A bodysuit works well underneath shirts, dresses, skirts, pants and more.
- Shaping slips/dresses: These dresses or slips are like a shaping bodysuit, but they feature a hem that hits around the knees. Shaping slips and dresses are only suitable for use under a dress or skirt.
- Shaping tanks/camisoles: These tops look just like a regular tank top or camisole but support your chest and smooth your stomach. They work well under most tops.
- Shaping underwear: These underwear come in many styles, including briefs. They work under nearly any type of bottom, including tight-fitting pants or skirts.
- Shaping shorts and leggings: These shorts or pants help smooth your stomach, hips and thighs. Some shorts-style shapewear end at the knees, while others go all the way to your calves or ankles.
Sizing
Your shapewear won’t have the right effect you want if you don’t get the right size. Wearing a piece that’s too tight can be uncomfortable and cause an uneven line in your clothing. Consult the shapewear sizing chart to determine your proper size. You’ll likely need to measure key areas of your body to determine your sizing, like your bust, waist and hips.
Material
Shapewear material is usually a combination of nylon and spandex. Pieces with more nylon typically offer the most slimming effect. You can find lightweight pieces with nylon/spandex blends, but you may prefer cotton or microfiber shapewear in hot weather.
What to look for in quality women’s shapewear
Control level
Some women’s shapewear pieces offer more control than others, so their slimming or smoothing effect is more obvious.
The most common control level options are:
- Light control: Light control shapewear doesn’t offer as much compression, so it works well for a general slimming effect. It’s also the most comfortable option if you wear shapewear every day.
- Firm control: Firm control shapewear provides more compression, so it’s ideal for smoothing out specific areas of the body.
- Extra-firm control: Extra-firm control shapewear offers the most compression and has pretty dramatic results. It tends to be more uncomfortable than other shapewear, though, so you may want to save it for special occasions.
Color
Most women’s shapewear comes in white, black and nude options. White and nude shapewear is perfect under light clothing because it won’t show through the material. Nude pieces are usually the most invisible option, though. You can find shapewear in some other colors, too, including pink, blue and red.
How much you can expect to spend on women’s shapewear
Women’s shapewear has a wide price range, costing $6-$100. You can usually find shaping underwear and tanks or camisoles for $6-$20, while shaping bodysuits, slips and dresses can cost $20-$60. For extra-firm control or full-body pieces, you will likely pay $60-$100.
Women’s shapewear FAQ
Is shapewear meant for everyday wear?
A. Some people like to wear light control shapewear every day to help them feel more confident in their clothing. If your shapewear is the correct size, you can wear it every day. However, firm- and extra-firm pieces may not be comfortable enough to wear daily.
What’s the best way to clean shapewear?
A. It depends on your shapewear’s materials, so always consult the care label to determine how to wash it. Most pieces require hand-washing and air-drying, but you may find some machine-washable shapewear.
What’s the best women’s shapewear to buy?
Top women’s shapewear
Spanx Lightweight Layer Mid-Thigh Shaping Short
What you need to know: Made by a respected brand in shapewear, these shorts are incredibly comfortable while providing even control.
What you’ll love: They offer light control that feels comfortable for daily wear. They feature compression in the thighs and hips for noticeable smoothing. The material is stretchy, so it moves easily with the body.
What you should consider: If you want a dramatic smoothing effect, these shorts likely won’t offer enough support.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Top women’s shapewear for the money
Maidenform Women’s Shapewear Hi-Waist Brief Firm Control
What you need to know: The attractive price tag and comfortable design make this shapewear brief an excellent option. It’s ideal for those who want concentrated support in the stomach and hips.
What you’ll love: It has a two-ply nylon/mesh liner to help smooth and support. It features soft, flexible microfiber that moves with the body. The crotch is made of cotton, so it’s highly breathable and comfortable.
What you should consider: Some users noticed the waistband rolls down on occasion.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Worth checking out
Diane & Geordi Fajas Colombiana Reductora Postparto Postpartum Body Shaper
What you need to know: The braless design of this shapewear makes it highly versatile while still providing plenty of control and support for the lower body.
What you’ll love: It features Powernet, a fabric with a highly durable weave. It lifts the butt, smooths the hips and slims the waist. The seams, zipper and lining are undetectable under clothing. It works well for everyday wear and is ideal for postpartum, post-C-section and post-liposuction use.
What you should consider: The sizes can run somewhat small, so it may be challenging to find the right fit.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
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McALESTER, Okla. (AP) — Anti-death penalty advocate Lea Rodger says she is keenly aware of the realities facing her and Richard Glossip, who she married this week inside the Oklahoma State Penitentiary where he sits on death row.
Glossip, 59, already has narrowly escaped execution three times and could be the next man Oklahoma puts to death now that the state has lifted a nearly seven-year moratorium on executions put in place due to mishaps in his case and others.
Rodger, 32, a paralegal who has spent more than a decade advocating for an end to capital punishment, says that's one of the reasons she didn't want to waste time marrying her new husband.
"For Rich, surviving three execution attempts, possibly facing a fourth, the one thing he's really taken away from that is: Don't take anything for granted ... really live in the moment," Rodger told The Associated Press before they wed Tuesday in a small ceremony inside the Oklahoma State Penitentiary.
"I think both of us do a good job at that, and that's why it was important to us that we do this now while we know we can make this commitment with each other," said Rodger, of Lutz, Florida, who is now a law student.
In a statement provided to the AP, Glossip said: "After all I have been through, losing so much of my life and everyone in it, I have been blessed beyond all imagination."
Although marriages of death row inmates don't happen often, they aren't completely unusual either, said Robert Dunham, executive director of the Death Penalty Information Center. He said the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling in Loving v. Virginia, which prohibits bans on interracial marriages, has since been applied to people in prison.
"Marriage is among the fundamental personal rights that prisoners retain," Dunham said.
Some of the most notorious inmates in the country have married after being imprisoned. Convicted serial killer Ted Bundy married his fiancee while on death row in Florida. Erik Menendez and his brother, Lyle Menendez, serving life sentences for murdering their parents in 1989 in their Beverly Hills mansion, both were married in prison. Richard Ramirez, the demonic serial killer known as the Night Stalker who left satanic signs at murder scenes and mutilated victims' bodies during a reign of terror in the 1980s, wed while on death row in California.
In Oklahoma, marriage ceremonies for people who are incarcerated are conducted twice a year, in March and September. The inmate or fiancee is responsible for all costs associated with the marriage, including court fees and, if necessary, transportation costs if the county requires the couple to sign the county's marriage record book. Oklahoma does not allow conjugal visits, even for newly married inmates, but Rodger said they were able to hold hands and kiss during Tuesday's ceremony.
It is the second prison marriage for Glossip, who filed for divorce from his first wife, Leigha Joy Jurasik, of New Jersey, who he married in 2018 when Jurasik was 21. They divorced last year, and court records show Jurasik didn't show up to a hearing last year in which a judge ordered her to pay Glossip $100 per week for 85 weeks to cover a $5,000 alimony award and $3,500 for Glossip's legal fees. Jurasik didn't respond to a voicemail and messages seeking comment on her marriage to Glossip.
Glossip is perhaps best known for the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case that bears his name. In 2015, a split court found constitutional the use of the sedative midazolam in lethal injections.
Glossip's case attracted international attention after actress Susan Sarandon — who won an Academy Award for her portrayal of death penalty opponent Sister Helen Prejean's fight to save a man on Louisiana's death row in the 1995 movie "Dead Man Walking" — took up his cause in real life. Prejean herself has served as Glossip's spiritual adviser and frequently visited him in prison.
Glossip was twice convicted and sentenced to die for ordering the January 1997 killing of Barry Van Treese, who owned the Oklahoma City motel where Glossip worked. Prosecutors said Justin Sneed, a motel handyman, admitted robbing and beating Van Treese, but said he did so only after Glossip promised to pay him $10,000. Sneed, who was the key witness against Glossip at both of his trials, is currently serving a life sentence without parole.
Glossip has twice been within hours of receiving a lethal injection when his execution was called off. He got a two-week reprieve in September 2015 to allow his lawyer time to pursue an innocence claim. Two weeks later, after a court rejected that, he was about to be escorted to the execution chamber when prison officials realized they had received the wrong drug for his execution. That led to a nearly seven-year moratorium on the death penalty in Oklahoma that ended last fall. Now, he is the lead plaintiff in a federal lawsuit again challenging the state's lethal injection method as unconstitutional. Another lawyer, Don Knight, is seeking to overturn his conviction based on a claim of innocence.
Sheila Isenberg, who recently finished a second edition of her 1991 book, "Women Who Love Men Who Kill," and has extensively interviewed women who seek relationships with convicted killers, as well as psychiatrists, social workers and prison officials, said some women are attracted to men who commit particularly heinous crimes, such as serial killers or mass murderers.
"In Richard Glossip's case, he is neither a serial killer nor a mass murderer, but he is nevertheless notorious," Isenberg said.
Rodger bristled at the suggestion that Glossip's notoriety is what attracted her to him. She said she never even considered marriage when she added Glossip to a list of prisoners she sends Christmas cards to each year.
Ultimately, correspondence via letters gave way to phone calls, and Rodger said she and Glossip quickly developed a deep connection.
"We had that instant comfort with each other, like you've known someone your whole life," she recalled.
"This isn't about attention," she continued. "I'm a very private person. It just happens to be the circumstances that we're in. I believe the attention should be focused on his innocence. He has already lost 25 years of his life."
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Shares of Zebra Technologies Corp. Cl A
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slid 3.70% to $413.70 Thursday, on what proved to be an all-around grim trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index
SPX,
-1.57%
falling 1.57% to 4,530.41 and Dow Jones Industrial Average
DJIA,
-1.56%
falling 1.56% to 34,678.35. This was the stock's second consecutive day of losses. Zebra Technologies Corp. Cl A closed $201.30 below its 52-week high ($615.00), which the company achieved on December 10th.
The stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors Thursday, as Danaher Corp.
DHR,
-1.36%
fell 1.36% to $293.33, Hitachi Ltd. ADR
HTHIY,
-1.79%
fell 1.79% to $100.13, and HP Inc.
HPQ,
-6.54%
fell 6.54% to $36.30. Trading volume (575,615) eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 487,984.
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The process to create a digital twin of B-1 tail #85-0092 is already showing promise to predict and control sustainment processes in a way that will keep this limited resource in the air.
Lt. Col. Joseph Lay, B-1 Program Manager, explained on a recent episode of AFLCMC's Leadership Log podcast how his office at Tinker AFB, Oklahoma is partnering with Wichita State University's National Institute of Aviation Research in Kansas to bring this retired bomber into the digital age.
"The simple answer is we needed to figure out a way to do things smarter, cheaper and better - the holy trinity for acquisitions -- that we're trying to achieve," Lay said.
Among the issues, repairs were taking too long, original manufacturers were out of business making parts scarce and expensive, upgrades and inspections were keeping aircraft grounded.
"Being reactive means we wait for something to happen, and then we try to figure out what to do," Lay said. "We don't want to be in that position. We want to be where we understand what's going to happen, we already have the repair on the shelf and we go out and put it on the aircraft ahead of time, so that we keep that aircraft availability very high. Especially with a smaller fleet, that's very important."
Once the aircraft was pulled from the Boneyard (309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group at Davis-Monthan AFB, Arizona) and trucked 1,000 miles to the WSU campus, workers began to dissemble and scan each part.
"The mechanics are actually going out and they're taking parts off the aircraft. Those parts are then scanned using a laser scanner that creates a 3D image of that part," Lay said. "Simultaneously, we have engineers that are taking the old 2D drawings and they're converting those into 3D drawings. Then we do a side-by-side comparison to look for differences and that's actually one of the biggest benefits because a lot of these aircraft were kind of hand-built."
The small variance in parts due to the unique ways they were built has always led to challenges getting parts to fit. Another challenge is finding manufacturers willing and capable of using old 2D drawings to produce single items. The new digital records will help solve these issues.
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Bergen County Man, Seth Levine Sentenced To 97 Months In Prison For Decade-Long $60 Million Fraud Scheme
NEWARK, N.J (STL.News) A Bergen County, New Jersey, man was sentenced to 97 months in prison on March 30, 2022 for orchestrating a long-running bank and securities fraud scheme, which led to large-scale losses for financial institutions and investors, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced.
Seth Levine, 53, of Teaneck, New Jersey, previously pleaded guilty by videoconference before U.S. District Judge Madeline Cox Arleo to an information charging him with one count of conspiracy to commit bank fraud and one count of securities fraud. U.S. District Judge Susan D. Wigenton imposed the sentence today in Newark federal court.
According to documents filed in this case and statements made in court:
Levine was the founding partner, owner, and managing member of Norse Holdings, which was the parent company to more than 70 subsidiary companies. Each of the subsidiary companies owned one or more multifamily buildings, located primarily in New Jersey. From 2009 through August 2019, Levine directed a scheme to fraudulently refinance the multifamily properties by providing materially false information to financial institutions about the rents collected, the number of apartments leased, the expenses, and the true owners of the properties.
Levine and others provided lenders fake documents, including falsified leases that created the appearance that vacant spaces were occupied and that overstated the rent paid by tenants; fake personal financial statements; fake expense documents; and fake operating agreements that misrepresented ownership interests in the multifamily properties. Levine also forged signatures on some of the fraudulent documents submitted to lenders. As a result of the fraudulent refinances, Levine received cash payouts from the lenders, which Levine and others used for their own enrichment and to continue the fraud scheme.
Many of the lenders who approved mortgages based on the false statements of Levine and others in turn sold those mortgages to the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac) and the Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae). Because the refinances were obtained with fraudulent data regarding the properties’ income and expenses, the multifamily properties were overvalued and rents and other income from the properties did not cover the mortgage payments and other expenses associated with the properties.
To cover the shortfalls, Levine obtained additional cash-out refinances, thereby increasing his total debt incurred. In total, Levine controlled at least 70 multifamily properties, comprising approximately 2,500 apartments. At the time the fraud was discovered, the outstanding balance of the fraudulently obtained mortgages on the multifamily properties was more than $150 million, including 40 mortgages held by Freddie Mac with an outstanding loan balance of approximately $103 million. At the time of sentencing, the bank fraud conspiracy resulted in losses to victim lenders of at least $47 million.
While defrauding the lending financial institutions, Levine also carried out a securities fraud scheme to defraud investors in the multifamily properties. He solicited investors to invest in the multifamily properties based on materially false statements and promises about the condition of the properties and the use of investor funds. Levine represented to investors that his conduct would be limited by an operating agreement. However, after Levine acquired the multifamily properties, he violated representations made to the investors, including by selling off portions of Levine’s ownership interest in the properties without investor consent, bringing on additional investors without consent, and refinancing the multifamily properties without investor consent.
Levine provided fraudulent documents to investors, such as operating agreements that overstated Levine’s personal investment in the multifamily properties and documents bearing signatures forged by Levine. He also co-mingled investor funds and used the funds in violation of representations to investors, by using investor money to support other multifamily properties, make payments to other investors, and further the fraud. At the time of sentencing, the securities fraud victims lost more than $13 million.
In addition to the prison term, Judge Wigenton sentenced Levine to five years of supervised release.
U.S. Attorney Sellinger credited special agents of the FBI, under the direction of Special Agent in Charge George M. Crouch Jr. in Newark, and special agents of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, Office of Inspector General, under the direction of Special Agent in Charge, Robert Manchak, with the investigation leading to the sentencing. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has filed a civil complaint against Levine based on allegations underlying the securities fraud charge.
The government is represented by Assistant U.S. Attorney Heather Suchorsky of the Economic Crimes Unit and Special Assistant U.S. Attorney Charlie L. Divine of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, Office of Inspector General.
SOURCE: USDOJ.Today
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NEW YORK (AP) — Fox News Channel says it has hired Caitlyn Jenner as a contributor, with her first appearance set for Thursday on Sean Hannity’s program.
Jenner, the former Olympic decathlete, ran an unsuccessful campaign for California governor last year. The network said she’ll offer commentary and analysis across various Fox News Media platforms.
“Caitlyn’s story is an inspiration to us all,” said Suzanne Scott, Fox News Media CEO. “She is a trailblazer in the LGBTQ+ community and her illustrious career spans a variety of fields that will be a tremendous asset for our audience.”
Jenner won the Olympic gold medal in the decathlon in 1976. She later came out as a transgender and identifies as a female.
She said in a statement she was “humbled by this unique opportunity” to speak directly to Fox’s audience.
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Yorkshire board restructure approved as members back Lord Patel proposals
Yorkshire members have delivered an enormous vote in help of Lord Kamlesh Patel’s proposals to restructure the membership to handle the fallout from Azeem Rafiq’s allegations of mistreatment, which introduced accusations that the membership was institutionally racist and in addition risked the potential lack of worldwide fixtures at Headingley.
More than 80% of members voted in favour of reform on all three resolutions – though a disturbingly low turnout means that Yorkshire have suffered each from a flood of member resignations or non-renewals, whereas Covid could have been one other affect – and that there’s appreciable disillusionment over the entire affair.
That being so, “a plague on both your houses” seems at the very least an undercurrent among the many Yorkshire membership – though Yorkshire have but to discover a present-day Romeo and Juliet to point out them a brand new route. That actually can be a change within the age profile.
After the results of the Extraordinary Annual assembly, held within the Long Room at Heaingley, was recognized, Lord Patel reacted: “We welcome the outcome of this EGM and thank the Members for their full and proper consideration, an open exchange of views, and their votes. It is an overwhelming vote for positive change.
“This help will assist Yorkshire County Cricket Club to be an inclusive and welcoming place and offers us the readability and certainty we have to maintain constructing this nice membership.
“Yorkshire has now met the ECB’s conditions for the return of international cricket and, working with them, we’ll deliver some great events here at Headingley this summer. We’re looking forward to the start of the season, for all our teams and for cricket at all levels right across this County.”
Three proposals had been voted by means of. Lord Patel’s ratification as Yorkshire’s chairman was authorized by 932 votes in favour to 155 towards, with 22 abstentions. A second decision, releasing Lord Patel and others from private legal responsibility on choices taken, after threats of authorized motion, handed by 897 to 182 (28 abstentions); and the restructuring of the board to incorporate unbiased members went by means of by 927 to 159 (19 abstentions).
Latest indications are that with official membership figures standing at round 6,000 (a determine but to be clarified) turnout can be round 20%. Such a low response should fill Yorkshire with trepidation, a as soon as highly effective county delivered to its knees.
Lord Patel, Yorkshire’s chair and de facto chief government (a incontrovertible fact that defends his reported wage of round £200,000), had warned that failure to win the vote would make it nearly inconceivable for the membership to pay gamers’ wages and full the home cricket season, which begins subsequent week.
Key sponsors have additionally turned on the county following Rafiq’s testimony that “institutional racism” had left him near taking his personal life.
The ECB wasted no time in expressing its help. A spokesperson stated: “We are pleased that Yorkshire members have given their overwhelming support to these reforms. This is an important step forward in bringing about real change and setting the club on course for a more inclusive future.
“We welcome the progress made by Lord Patel to this point, in addition to his dedication to creating the membership one which everybody, from all backgrounds, will be pleased with. With these governance reforms now having been handed, we’re happy that worldwide cricket can now be staged at Headingley this summer time. However, there’s a lot work nonetheless to be finished at Yorkshire and it’s important that the plans set out to this point at the moment are delivered. We will proceed to watch progress intently.
“Our regulatory investigation into the complaints brought by Azeem Rafiq, which is separate to this process, remains ongoing and we will update on this in due course.”
But their monetary plight stays horrendous. Debts are round £20m and their opponents have predicted potential severance and unfair dismissal funds approaching £3m.
That choice nonetheless divides the county. Nevertheless, the primary main vote of the membership is an emphatic rejection of the rise up from a rump of Yorkshire members, led by former chairman Robin Smith, a retired 79-year-old Leeds-based lawyer, who has threatened to withstand change with a long-running marketing campaign of authorized motion.
That risk to the White Rose has not but been withdrawn, and he would possibly regard it as a preferable occupation in previous age to pruning his personal roses, though it might take a substantial dollop of self-entitlement for Smith to pursue it when the members, in addition to the ECB and politicians, have now spoken so loudly.
Smith and his acolytes, a few of them Yorkshire members for half a century or extra, imagine that Yorkshire’s independence is now underneath risk due to ECB interference and that Lord Patel has taken management in an undemocratic method.
They notably recoil at the truth that a brand new Board will likely be shaped with eight unbiased members – not Yorkshire members – who will serve alongside two Board members drawn from the membership, the chief government and director of cricket. Opponents have argued that Yorkshire is a co-operative society in regulation and so this us illegal.
Smith had additionally claimed in a leaked letter to Lord Patel that Yorkshire would now primarily develop into a subsidiary of the ECB, ceaselessly dancing to its tune, and that the shift of energy to the centre would have an effect on another recalcitrant counties in flip.
“A four to one ratio of outsiders to members as non-executives on the club’s board would so change the character of the club as to render it unrecognisable as a Yorkshire institution,” he wrote.
That battle cry for independence would as soon as have carried appreciable weight throughout the Broad Acres, and it’s some achievement for the county to have mismanaged its enquiry into Rafiq’s racism allegations so markedly that Yorkshire members have simply shrugged off the danger and accepted that change is not only inevitable however fascinating.
But county cricket is altering, albeit slowly, memberships are falling, and the introduction of independently-minded figures with many abilities would possibly lastly break the cosy coterie that has run Yorkshire cricket for the previous era with out a lot to point out of their favour.
The clear message from Yorkshire members is that, regardless of the danger, they’ve had sufficient and that it’s time to transfer on.
Some can also recognise the irony that when Yorkshire ran right into a monetary disaster 20 years in the past, Smith, then chairman, compelled by means of his personal energy recreation – as he proudly informed the Yorkshire Post when he retired as chairman in 2020.
“The club was under real threat,” he stated. “We had a big and unwieldy committee and very committed cricket people who didn’t necessarily know anything about how to run a business.
“It was a chance to modernise the entire construction of the membership and… I made a decision that the easiest way to do this was to get the committee to comply with delegate all its powers [via a change in the club constitution] to a small group of people that knew what they had been doing.”
If change has been embraced (however grudgingly in some households) within a largely aged membership then the likelihood is that the view across Yorkshire cricket as a whole – younger followers who are less likely to be members, but who still follow the county and who fill the cricket grounds every weekend – will be even more enthusiastic.
Smith has also lambasted in writing the chair of parliament’s Department for Culture, Media and Sport select committee, Julian Knight, after the body heard emotional evidence from Rafiq about his treatment at Yorkshire, suggesting that their conclusion was pre-judged and that the committee was guilty of “illegal interference” against the committee.
Smith wrote: “My data is that the DCMS pressured the ECB to sanction YCCC within the wake of Azeem Rafiq’s allegations by threatening to find out that the ECB was not a match and correct governing physique for cricket.”
David Hopps writes on county cricket for ESPNcricinfo @davidkhopps
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ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland lawmakers passed a measure on Thursday to create a paid family leave program, sending the legislation to Gov. Larry Hogan.
The bill, approved by supermajority votes by Democrats who control the legislature, would enable workers to take up to 12 weeks of partially paid leave for specified personal family circumstances such as caring for a sick relative or having a baby. It would provide up to 24 weeks for a parent, if he or she has a serious health issue in the year of a child's birth.
“This has been a long time coming,” said Sen. Antonio Hayes, a Baltimore Democrat. He thanked supporters who have “come together and really advocated on behalf of Maryland families."
Republicans criticized the measure for failing to spell out how much employees and employers would have to contribute, leaving that for the state's labor department to define later. They said Democrats were rushing to get the bill to the Republican governor just to meet a deadline so lawmakers will still be in session if the bill is vetoed.
“We're pushing this bill as quick as we can to get it upstairs,” said Sen. J.B. Jennings, a Republican, who added: “We don't know the numbers ... this bill is a hot mess.”
Because lawmakers are in the last session of the four-year term, they would not have a chance to override the veto next year if they adjourn before the governor acts on legislation.
The measure would create an insurance pool. Employees and employers would contribute to fund the program. Under the bill, the state’s labor department would set contribution rates to pay for the program. Employers with fewer than 15 employees would not be required to contribute.
The measure also includes job protections to protect employees from retaliation or termination for using the leave.
Seven states and the District of Columbia have paid family and medical leave insurance programs, including California, Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island and Washington. Colorado and Oregon have approved programs that have not started yet.
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By Chris Wack
Zenvia Inc. shares were up 6% to $6.10 after the company said Tencent Holdings Ltd. has bought 10.2% of its class A common shares in the market.
The Latin America internet company said Tencent now indirectly owns 1.8 million class A shares of Zenvia, representing a 10.2% Class A shares, or 4.3% of total common shares, and a 0.7% voting power.
"We are delighted to welcome Tencent as a Zenvia investor, which attests for the correct path we are taking in terms of growth moving forward, said Zenvia Chief Executive Cassio Bobsin. "Having the support of strong shareholders is key for us to deliver value in the long term."
Zenvia shares closed Wednesday down 6%, and hit their 52-week low of $3.73 on March 17.
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CHARDON, Ohio (AP) — A defense attorney during an opening statement Thursday in the trial of a woman accused of killing and then dumping her newborn son outside Cleveland in 1993 said his client is not guilty of murder because the infant was stillborn.
Gail Ritchey, 51, faces aggravated murder and murder charges in Geauga County. Newspaper carriers found the body of the newborn on a rural road in March 1993, about a month after the child was born. Authorities have said the infant was dumped in woods in a garbage bag and that animals had mutilated the body and dragged it onto the roadway.
Ritchey was identified as the child's mother after a Geauga County sheriff's detective submitted DNA to a public genealogical website, created a family tree of 1,400 relatives and finally narrowed the search to Ritchey, who told investigators it was her baby. She was arrested in June 2019.
Community members paid for a funeral, burial and a headstone marked "Geauga's Child."
Defense attorney Steven Bradley in his opening statement disputed a Cuyahoga County coroner's conclusion the baby was born alive and was breathing when Ritchey gave birth in the bathroom of a Shaker Heights home where she worked as a nanny.
Bradley said Ritchey put the newborn in a garbage bag that she put in the trunk of her car. Days later, she drove a group of girls from the church where she was a youth leader to a weekend retreat and left the bag in a wooded area in Geauga County.
Bradley said the assistant coroner, who is now deceased, concluded the child was born alive based on three microscope slides of lung tissue that he said showed the infant had drawn a breath.
Ritchey never told anyone she was pregnant, Bradley said, and did not realize when she sat down on a toilet at her employers' home that she was about to give birth.
"She was isolated and alone," Bradley said. "There was no one to confide with. She was alone with a group of people in her world that never saw her as pregnant. Neither did Gail."
The three slides show tiny sacs in the lung called alveoli had inflated, which Bradley said could have been caused by decomposition of the body.
Ritchey later married the newborn's father. They have three adult children.
She told investigators at the time of her arrest that she had disposed of another infant's body two years prior to the birth of her son, authorities said at the time.
Bradley said Ritchey would testify at trial.
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NEW YORK, March 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- S&P Dow Jones Indices ("S&P DJI"), a leading provider of financial market indices, and MSCI Inc. (MSCI), a leading provider of research-based indices and analytics, have conducted their annual review of the Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS®) structure.
The annual GICS methodology review is intended to ensure that the GICS structure continues to appropriately represent the global equity markets and, thereby, enable asset owners, asset managers and investment research specialists to make consistent global comparisons by industry. The GICS structure revision is the result of a consultation with market participants.
Based on the consultation feedback received, S&P DJI and MSCI have concluded that the proposed changes related to the reclassification of renewable energy companies and the consolidation of Diversified Banks and Regional Banks will not be implemented due to lack of market consensus. All other changes proposed in the consultation will be implemented.
The changes to the GICS structure will be implemented in GICS Direct and S&P DJI's indices after the close of business (ET) on Friday, March 17, 2023. A select list of large market capitalization companies affected by the changes will be announced no later than June 30, 2022. The full list of companies affected by these changes will be made available to clients no later than December 15, 2022. MSCI will consult with clients regarding implementation in their indexes.
The results of the consultation and changes to the GICS structure in 2023 are summarized below.
CLASSIFICATION OF RETAILERS
The retail landscape has evolved over the years as retailers are opting to pursue an omni-channel approach to sell their products rather than sticking with mainly brick-and-mortar retail or purely online channels. The demarcation between General Merchandise Stores and Department Stores has diminished as well, since both formats are comprised of retail spaces primarily selling consumer discretionary goods. Retailers that are generating a majority of revenue or earnings from consumable staple items such as food, household, and personal care products warrant a consolidation under the Consumer Staples Sector.
Market feedback concerning the proposals for retailers was generally favorable. S&P DJI and MSCI will discontinue Internet & Direct Marketing Retail and classify companies according to the nature of goods sold, merge General Merchandise Stores and Department Stores into a new Sub-Industry called Broadline Retail, shift consumable merchandise sellers to the Consumer Staples Sector, and update the GICS nomenclature for select Retail classifications by replacing the word "Stores" with "Retail".
CLASSIFICATION OF DATA PROCESSING & OUTSOURCED SERVICES
Companies classified as Data Processing & Outsourced Services offer services either customized for select industries such as human resources or travel or to diverse industries, as is the case with transaction and payment processing companies offering payment related transaction and payment processing services by connecting consumers, financial institutions, merchants, governments, digital partners, businesses, and other organizations. These support activities are closely aligned with the business support activities covered under the Industrials Sector rather than the Information Technology Sector, and with the Financials Sector in the case of payment processors.
Market feedback concerning the proposal for Data Processing & Outsourced Services was generally favorable. Data Processing & Outsourced Services Sub-Industry under the Information Technology Sector will be discontinued and will be moved to the Industrials Sector with an updated definition. In addition, transaction and payment processing companies will be reclassified to a newly created Sub-Industry called Transaction and Payment Processing Services under the Financials Sector. Payroll processing companies will be moved to the Industrials Sector under the Human Resource & Employment Services Sub-Industry with an updated definition. Companies offering travel related data processing and outsourced services will be moved to the Consumer Discretionary Sector under the Hotels, Resorts & Cruise Lines Sub-Industry.
CLASSIFICATION OF BANKS AND THRIFTS & MORTGAGE FINANCE
The Banks Industry Group comprised of Diversified Banks, Regional Banks, and Thrifts/Savings Banks has evolved over the years with respect to the geographic footprints of these businesses, the laws governing them, and the variety of services being offered. Further, Mortgage Finance, where revenue is more fee-based than interest income based, are distinct from Banks as they mainly offer mortgage finance related products & services for commercial & residential real estate properties. In order to capture these changes, it was proposed to merge Diversified Banks, Regional Banks, and Thrifts/Savings Banks into a single Sub-Industry. And it was proposed to discontinue the Thrifts & Mortgage Finance Sub-Industry under the Banks Industry Group and create a new Commercial & Residential Mortgage Finance Sub-Industry under the Diversified Financials Industry Group (to be renamed Financial Services).
Market feedback concerning the proposal for Banks was mixed, but favorable for the Thrifts & Mortgage Finance. Most clients expressed a desire to retain a distinction between Diversified Banks and Regional Banks, although they found merit in merging Thrifts and Savings Banks into an expanded Regional Banks Sub-Industry. In addition, feedback was in favor of discontinuing the Thrifts & Mortgage Finance Sub-Industry under the Banks Industry Group and creating a new Commercial & Residential Mortgage Finance Sub-Industry under the Diversified Financials Industry Group (to be renamed Financial Services). Hence, the proposal will be partially adopted. There will be no change to the Diversified Banks Sub-Industry, Thrifts/Savings banks will be merged with Regional Banks, and the change for Thrifts and Mortgage Finance Sub-Industry will be implemented as proposed.
CLASSIFICATION OF EQUITY REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS (REITs)
The companies structured as REITs generally focus on distinct property types such as retail properties, data centers, telecom towers, etc., and only a small percentage of these companies invest in diverse property types.
Market feedback concerning the proposal for Equity REITs was generally favorable. Clients confirmed that there is interest in creating additional granularity for REITs to help investors track the increased specialization in the REITs space. It was proposed that Residential REITs will be split into 2 distinct Sub-Industries and Specialized REITs will be split into 5 Sub-Industries. In addition, 8 Industries for REITs and a new Industry Group for Equity REITs will be created. A new Real Estate Management & Development Industry Group and Industry will also be created. Since the consultation feedback concerning the proposals for Equity REITs was largely favorable, the changes will be implemented as proposed.
CLASSIFICATION OF TRANSPORTATION
The Trucking Sub-Industry includes a mix of companies providing cargo/goods and passenger ground transportation services. The passenger ground transportation business has evolved over the years through the development of online apps and marketplaces for taxis and on-demand ride sharing, as well as consumer bicycle and scooter rental platforms. In addition, these companies are distinct from those offering cargo/goods ground transportation services.
Market feedback supported the reasoning behind separating passenger land transportation from cargo/goods land transportation. The Trucking Sub-Industry will be split into two new Sub-Industries to be called Passenger Ground Transportation and Cargo Ground Transportation. For additional clarity, the Airlines Industry and Sub-Industry will also be renamed as Passenger Airlines to better reflect the companies classified there.
CLASSIFICATION OF RENEWABLE ENERGY COMPANIES
The consultation proposals related to the classification of renewable energy companies will not be adopted at this time. Although there is a rapid growth in investment and capacity in the renewable energy generation space that is transforming the competitive landscape of both the Energy and Utilities Sectors, with renewable energy generation sources becoming significant competitors to traditional energy source providers, feedback from clients and additional internal analysis suggests that there is not a consensus yet on how to reflect these changes in the GICS structure. It is likely that this topic will be revisited in a future structure review by S&P DJI and MSCI.
UPDATE TO GICS DEFINITION: CLASSIFICATION OF CANNABIS
The cannabis industry has expanded rapidly in recent years due to an ease in regulations and increased discovery of uses for a variety of applications. The legality of recreational usage is still inconsistent globally, whereas legal medicinal use is more widespread. Additional uses are still in a nascent stage. In addition, market feedback was also mixed and hence, the Pharmaceuticals Sub-Industry definition will not be updated at this time.
ADDITIONAL UPDATES IN SELECT GICS INDUSTRY AND SUB-INDUSTRY NAMES
Various GICS Industry and Sub-Industry names will be updated to increase clarity and consistency across the GICS structure, in addition to above changes.
The new GICS structure will consist of 11 Sectors, 25 Industry Groups, 74 Industries and 163 Sub-Industries.
For a detailed document covering the upcoming changes, please visit S&P Dow Jones Indices' web site at www.spdji.com and MSCI's web site at www.msci.com.
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Shares of Zimmer Biomet Holdings Inc.
ZBH,
-0.61%
sank 0.61% to $127.90 Thursday, on what proved to be an all-around poor trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index
SPX,
-1.57%
falling 1.57% to 4,530.41 and Dow Jones Industrial Average
DJIA,
-1.56%
falling 1.56% to 34,678.35. This was the stock's second consecutive day of losses. Zimmer Biomet Holdings Inc. closed $47.07 below its 52-week high ($174.97), which the company reached on April 29th.
Despite its losses, the stock outperformed some of its competitors Thursday, as Johnson & Johnson
JNJ,
-1.31%
fell 1.31% to $177.23, Stryker Corp.
SYK,
-0.67%
fell 0.67% to $267.35, and Smith & Nephew PLC ADR
SNN,
-1.05%
fell 1.05% to $31.90.true Trading volume (1.4 M) remained 680,883 below its 50-day average volume of 2.0 M.
Editor's Note: This story was auto-generated by Automated Insights, an automation technology provider, using data from Dow Jones and FactSet. See our market data terms of use.
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Bowling Green State University has permanently expelled a sorority due to “severe hazing,” the university said in a Thursday news release.
“Bowling Green State University has expelled Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority due to severe hazing activity that includes six policy violations of the Code of Student Conduct, which jeopardized the health and safety of students and our community and caused a substantial risk of serious physical harm to those involved,” said Alex Solis, deputy chief of staff and university spokesperson.
“BGSU also discovered a history of deception in this chapter, with many steps taken to actively hide the hazing and threats made to maintain the secrecy of the acts. This expulsion is a permanent loss of recognition for Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority at BGSU.”
BGSU has continued to work to serve and better support our students of color, and we recognize the seriousness and impact of expelling a historically Black sorority, Solis said.
However, after community reports in late 2021, a thorough and fair investigation, and careful consideration of the evidence presented during the conduct hearing, BGSU cannot and will not support any group that has caused a substantial risk of serious physical harm to members of the campus community from hazing, he said.
Even with clearly communicated anti-hazing policies and education in place, the chapter knowingly and intentionally engaged in activities that were unsafe, high-risk and strictly prohibited by the university and the law.
“Hazing has no place at BGSU. We are grateful for the individuals who leveraged reporting systems already in place to ensure a tragedy like the death of student Stone Foltz never happens again," Solis said.
Foltz died in March 2021 after a fraternity hazing incident off campus.
"Our campus community is stronger when we work together to eradicate this dangerous and concerning behavior,” Solis said.
BGSU has referred this matter to the city of Bowling Green Police Division for further investigation.
In late 2021, it was reported that members of Sigma Gamma Rho were engaged in hazing of potential members throughout fall 2020 and spring 2021.
Shortly after this was reported, BGSU placed Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority on interim suspension of recognition. During that time, a thorough and fair investigation and hearing by the BGSU Office of the Dean of Students found that members of Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority:
Performed hazing acts that jeopardized the health and safety of the campus community and caused substantial risk of serious physical harm to specific individuals
Provided locations and atmospheres for high-risk drinking without appropriate monitoring
Required potential members to purchase alcohol and marijuana and told the potential members to steal items if they could not afford them
Physically struck potential members repeatedly in the face
Required potential members to inflict harm on themselves until seriously bruised
Required potential members to consume alcohol, causing one potential member to vomit
Took potential members cell phones and deleted evidence of harmful acts
Threatened potential members if they reported concerning behavior and told potential members they would be “jumped” for doing so
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An international team of scientists has proved that Mercury, our solar system's smallest planet, has geomagnetic storms similar to those on Earth. Their finding, a first, answers the question of whether other planets, including those outside our solar system, can have geomagnetic storms regardless of the size of their magnetosphere or whether they have an Earth-like ionosphere.
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ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland lawmakers passed a measure on Thursday to create a paid family leave program, sending the legislation to Gov. Larry Hogan.
The bill, approved by supermajority votes by Democrats who control the legislature, would enable workers to take up to 12 weeks of partially paid leave for specified personal family circumstances such as caring for a sick relative or having a baby. It would provide up to 24 weeks for a parent, if he or she has a serious health issue in the year of a child's birth.
“This has been a long time coming,” said Sen. Antonio Hayes, a Baltimore Democrat. He thanked supporters who have “come together and really advocated on behalf of Maryland families."
Republicans criticized the measure for failing to spell out how much employees and employers would have to contribute, leaving that for the state's labor department to define later. They said Democrats were rushing to get the bill to the Republican governor just to meet a deadline so lawmakers will still be in session if the bill is vetoed.
“We're pushing this bill as quick as we can to get it upstairs,” said Sen. J.B. Jennings, a Republican, who added: “We don't know the numbers ... this bill is a hot mess.”
Because lawmakers are in the last session of the four-year term, they would not have a chance to override the veto next year if they adjourn before the governor acts on legislation.
The measure would create an insurance pool. Employees and employers would contribute to fund the program. Under the bill, the state’s labor department would set contribution rates to pay for the program. Employers with fewer than 15 employees would not be required to contribute.
The measure also includes job protections to protect employees from retaliation or termination for using the leave.
Seven states and the District of Columbia have paid family and medical leave insurance programs, including California, Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island and Washington. Colorado and Oregon have approved programs that have not started yet.
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For the second year in a row, Assistance League of Amador Valley is inviting everyone to participate in the Tea Party in a Box Fundraiser.
Last year it proved to be so successful that this year two pick up days are being offered on two consecutive Saturdays, April 23, 2022 and April 30, 2022, with the possibility of delivery for six or more purchased tea boxes. The boxes, catered by Crown & Crumpet in San Francisco, are beautifully presented and contain delicious sweet and savory items and of course, the (regular and decaffeinated) tea. It is the perfect way to celebrate spring or any other occasion with friends and / or family.
Proceeds will greatly help those in need in our community through Assistance League’s many philanthropic and community programs. $37.50, half of the total purchase, is tax deductible. Assistance League of Amador Valley greatly appreciates your support!
Get more information here.
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EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) – The City is now providing second COVID-19 booster doses to individuals 50 years and older and certain immunocompromised individuals.
Immunocompromised individuals include people with a range of conditions, such as recipients of organ or stem cell transplants, people with advanced or untreated HIV infection, recipients of active treatment for cancer, people who are taking some medications that weaken the immune system, and others.
A second booster dose of the Pfizer or Moderna COVID-19 vaccine may be administered to individuals 50 years of age and older at least 4 months after receiving the first booster dose.
Additionally:
- A second booster dose of the Pfizer vaccine may be administered to certain immunocompromised individuals 12 years of age and older at least 4 months after receiving the first booster dose
- A second booster dose of the Moderna vaccine may be administered to certain immunocompromised individuals 18 years of age and older at least 4 months after the first booster dose
- Adults who received a primary vaccine and booster dose of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine at least 4 months ago may now receive a second booster dose using an mRNA vaccine.
Appointments are not required for vaccines or boosters; however, they are recommended to help reduce potential wait times.
Appointments can be made by calling the COVID Hotline at 915-212-6843 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday, or online at EPCovidVaccine.com.
Anyone experiencing any difficulties registering for their second booster can call (915) 212-6843.
Individuals can also obtain a vaccine or booster from any of the City’s vaccine partners that are listed on the City’s website at EPCovidVaccine.com.
The Ysleta Clinic will close on Sunday, April 3 and Monday, April 4, and relocate to 9341 Alameda. COVID-19 vaccinations, testing and flu shots will be available at the Alameda Clinic beginning Tuesday, April 5.
The City continues to provide testing and vaccines at the City’s COVID-19 Clinics at the following times, dates, and locations listed below:
Hours of Operation: LOCATIONS:
8 a.m. to 5 p.m. 220 S. Stanton (Corner of First and Stanton) (Vaccines Only)
Monday through Saturday 7380 Remcon (Testing and Vaccines)
9566 Railroad (Testing and Vaccines)
9341 Alameda (Testing and Vaccines) New Location
Appointments are required for testing and can be made by calling the COVID Hotline at 915-212-6843 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday; or online.
Individuals can also get tested by any of the City’s testing partners that are listed on the City’s website at EPStrong.org.
Residents are also still able to request at-home testing kits from the federal government via this link and are reminded to please report positive test results at EPStrong.org/.
For more information about COVID-19 including testing sites, data, and prevention, visit EPStrong.org/.
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EU to cut dependence on Russian gas by 80 percent this year: report
The European Union’s executive arm is reportedly planning to scale back the bloc’s reliance on Russian oil imports by up to 80 percent this year, as Western governments continue to mull a possible ban on Russian oil and energy products.
Sources close to the matter told Bloomberg that the European Commission is revising its energy strategy in an effort to reduce Moscow’s leverage over the West. The plan is expected to be presented on Tuesday.
According to one source, the proposed plan will include looking into new gas supplies and increasing energy efficiency.
The bloc is also reportedly planning to call for acceleration of its Green Deal, which aims to reach climate neutrality by 2050.
The proposed plan would also call for higher liquified natural gas imports from outside of Russia, more renewable gases and a shift to electrification.
The E.U., the U.K. and the U.S. have issued a wave of economic sanctions against Russia in response to its invasion of Ukraine. However, Russian energy imports have so far been left out of punitive actions made against Russia due to concerns over how the energy gap would impact energy supplies in Europe.
The White House has said that a ban on Russian energy, which has received bipartisan support in Congress, is still on the table. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Sunday that the U.S. was looking at a potential ban in a “coordinated way” with European allies.
However, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Monday pushed back against calls for bans on Russian oil and gas imports, warning that such a move could put Europe’s energy security at risk.
“At the moment, Europe’s supply of energy for heat generation, mobility, power supply and industry cannot be secured in any other way. It is therefore of essential importance for the provision of public services and the daily lives of our citizens,” Scholz said.
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HALIFAX - In the seconds after a Mountie sped past a gunman wanted for a murderous rampage in Nova Scotia two years ago, the officer hesitated about whether to give chase, and by the time he did the suspect was gone.
Public inquiry documents released Thursday describe in detail for the first time an encounter between Cpl. Rodney Peterson and the killer on April 19, 2020. The two men — one a real Mountie and the other an impostor in a police uniform driving a replica RCMP vehicle — passed in opposite directions just before 9:48 a.m. on Highway 4 hear the community of Glenholme.
Peterson radioed to other RCMP members that the driver was wearing a reflective vest and "smiled as he went by," prompting another officer to say, "That's him. That's got to be him."
The corporal had come on shift that morning with instructions to look for the killer's fake patrol car and to wear his body armour. Originally bound for Portapique, N.S., where the first 13 murders occurred on April 18, he had been diverted to the roadside scene where Lillian Campbell — the killer's 17th victim — had been murdered that morning in Wentworth, N.S.
Moments after the killer went by him, fleeing the scene, Peterson struggled to determine his next move.
"I'm trying to decide, should I stop, slow down, talk to this person, or keep going?" Peterson would recall in an interview with lawyers representing the commission of inquiry.
"So, I said, 'If I stop and this is the bad guy, I'm going to get shot here, I'm going to get killed. If I continue on, that will give me a chance to turn around and pursue him, or to do something,'" he told the interviewer.
However, in the seconds that followed, the officer found the road too narrow for a quick U-turn. He said he was worried that if he was too long in making the turn, the killer might return to shoot him. According to the commission's summary, Peterson turned around to give chase about 1.2 kilometres past where he and the gunman had crossed paths.
“At this point, I’m thinking, I’m going to get shot if I don’t do this correctly," the officer said in the interview with the commission, explaining his decision to delay the turn.
Meanwhile, another tense drama was unfolding for a couple who lived along the highway — which would throw the officer off the chase.
According to the commission's summary, the killer, Gabriel Wortman, turned into the driveway of Carole and Adam Fisher less than a minute after Peterson passed him.
Wortman knew Adam Fisher, an excavator, from a quote the contractor had provided at his residence in Portapique. The killer had also been at the Fishers' Glenholme house once before, according to the summary.
He pulled up his replica RCMP vehicle at the end of their long driveway, behind the couple's two vehicles where it was not easily visible from the highway. A grainy image captured by the couple's video surveillance system shows him standing near the car, carrying what appears to be a rifle.
The killer knocked at the Fishers' door and rang the doorbell, but they had both seen a warning on social media identifying Wortman and knew the danger he posed, a document tabled at the inquiry says.
Adam Fisher grabbed his 12-gauge shotgun, loaded it and he and his wife — both on the phone with 911 — found hiding places at around 9:49 a.m. "If he comes up to my house, I'm going to blow his ... head off," Adam Fisher told the 911 operator.
The commission hasn't provided an exact time for how long Wortman stayed around the house, but estimated — based on the travel time to the next destinations — it was about two minutes.
As this was occurring, the commission's narrative indicates Peterson drove by the Fishers' residence, not realizing Wortman was there.
The officer continued on to Highway 4's intersection with the Trans-Canada Highway, arriving around 9:50 a.m., when he heard from police dispatchers that Wortman had turned off to the Fishers' house.
Meanwhile, the inquiry's narrative suggests the killer got back in his replica RCMP car, drove north on Highway 4 and turned onto Plains Road, towards the small community of Debert, again eluding officers and emergency response teams racing toward the Fishers' house.
At the time, Kristen Beaton was on her way to work as a continuing care assistant with the Victoria Order of Nurses, and Heather O'Brien, a licensed practical nurse with the VON, was on her day off. Both were parked beside Plains Road, not far from each other.
The inquiry heard that Beaton, who was pregnant with her second child, had texted her husband shortly before 9 a.m., and she had posted a link to her co-workers' Facebook page, suggesting they be careful, given the killings the night before in Portapique.
Her husband told her the killer was still at large and sent a photo of the shooter to his wife, which included a warning that he was armed and dangerous. And at 10:01 a.m., he followed up with a text suggesting the gunman had been spotted in Wentworth, about 30 kilometres away.
After that text, Nick Beaton received no other responses from his wife.
“She died senselessly that morning,” inquiry lawyer Roger Burrill told the hearing on Thursday. “She was shot from outside of the driver’s side of her vehicle as she was seated in her car.”
The inquiry heard that O’Brien was shot multiple times as she was speaking on her cellphone with a friend.
O’Brien had the day off, but she was concerned about the incident in Portapique and the welfare of her co-workers and friends. She was talking to co-worker Leona Allen when she was killed.
“Allen experienced the horror of listening to the murder and the last minutes of the life of her friend,” Burrill said, pausing to maintain his composure.
The inquiry has adjourned until April 11.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published March 31, 2022.
— With files from Michael MacDonald.
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If you’ve ever been to a shelter to adopt a cat, you might have noticed that some of the cats’ kennels and information cards were marked “FIV Positive.” For many years, FIV was seen as a virus that limited a cat’s lifespan and that could be transmitted to other cats in the home. It was therefore difficult to find adopters for cats who were infected with FIV. But what we know about FIV is changing. Thanks to additional studies, we’ve learned that this virus isn’t the life-limiting diagnosis it once was. Understanding the facts about FIV cats can help you to decide if bringing one home is right for you.
What is FIV?
FIV, or feline immunodeficiency virus, is an infectious disease that’s present in cats all over the world, according to Cornell University. The virus attacks a cat’s immune system, causing the cat to more easily contract other types of infections. Sometimes called feline AIDS, FIV can weaken a cat’s immune system to the point that relatively harmless bacteria and viruses can make your cat very sick. There’s no cure for FIV, though cats who have the virus can appear to be healthy and have no symptoms for years.
There are three different phases of FIV. The acute phase occurs as the virus travels to your cat’s lymph nodes. Your cat might experience fever and lack of appetite, but this phase can be very mild and is often overlooked.
Next, your cat will experience an asymptomatic phase, during which the virus replicates slowly. Your cat will likely show no symptoms at all, and this stage can last months to years.
The immunocompromised state occurs last. Your cat will be at increased risk of illness and infections, including eye, skin, and urinary track infections. Some cats experience weight loss, seizures, and neurological issues. There is no cure for FIV, and your vet will work to treat and manage the ailments that result from your cat’s reduced immunity.
How is FIV diagnosed?
According to VCA Hospitals, blood tests can detect FIV antibodies. An ELISA test is often used to determine whether a cat has FIV. Because it can take up to eight weeks for antibodies to develop once a cat has been infected, your vet may recommend testing your cat multiple times.
How is FIV transmitted?
FIV cats typically shed the virus through their saliva. The virus can be passed along when a cat who is shedding FIV bites another cat and his saliva enters the bite wound. It’s also possible for FIV to be transmitted sexually.
Since FIV is mainly transmitted through bites that break the skin, it’s unlikely that cats who live together peaceably in your home will pass along the virus. However, an FIV-positive cat still does present a risk of transmitting FIV to other cats in your home.
How can I care for a cat with FIV?
You can best care for a cat with FIV by making sure he lives a healthy lifestyle. VCA Hospitals recommends feeding your cat a high-quality diet and taking him to the vet at least twice a year. Your vet will be able to test and monitor your cat’s health. Your vet can also recommend appropriate vaccines and advise you in promptly addressing any illnesses or infections that occur as a result of the FIV. It’s important to keep your cat indoors to help to prevent him from spreading FIV to neighborhood cats.
FIV isn’t a death sentence, and many cats live with FIV for years. However, the virus acts differently depending on the individual cat, so it’s important to understand the additional care required for FIV-positive felines. If you have other cats in your home, you’ll want to consider what’s best for their health, too, though that doesn’t mean you have to avoid adopting an FIV-positive cat. Instead, talk with your vet. Your vet is the best person to help you to evaluate your home situation, your current cats’ health, and any risk factors that bringing an FIV-positive cat into your home could create.
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God of Hellfire, Arthur Brown, has released a video for brand new song Long Long Road, which you can watch in full below. Long Long Road is also the title track of Brown's brand new studio album, which will be released on his 80th birthday, June 24, through Magnetic Eye Records. The new album features Brown on vocals, guitar and piano alongside multi-instrumentalist Rik Patten, who also worked with Brown on 2012's The Magician's Hat album.
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Kansas Fisheries Staff Allay Fears With 25-lake Study on Largemouth Bass Virus
For Immediate Release: March 31, 2022
Contact: Nadia Reimer CMP®, Chief of Public Affairs (785) 338-3036 nadia.reimer@ks.gov
EMPORIA – Though it’s been 15 years since Largemouth Bass Virus (LMBV) was first identified in a Kansas lake, Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks (KDWP) Fisheries Division staff remain committed to fully understanding the effects of this disease on one of Kansas’ most popular sportfish.
Beginning in 2018, Fisheries staff from KDWP’s Research and Survey Office in Emporia systematically examined 25 waterbodies across Kansas that had presumably healthy, popular largemouth bass fisheries; populations with declining relative abundance or size structure; and, populations that were previously identified as being positive for LMBV. While the study brought to light the presence of LMBV at eight waterbodies not previously known to harbor the virus, what may be most surprising is the data that wasn’t there.
Largemouth Bass Virus Study Highlights
- A total of 1,260 largemouth bass were examined throughout the three-year study.
- Of the 25 waterbodies tested, 14 of those waterbodies tested positive for LMBV, six of which were already known to have LMBV.
- There was no evidence of LMBV effects on body condition, relative abundance of quality-length fish, or growth rates.
Staff were surprised, but relieved, to learn that there was no evidence of LMBV having long-term effects on body condition, relative abundance of quality-length fish, or growth rates in the Kansas populations.
“It’s very possible that the acute effects of LMBV have already occurred in some of these impoundments,” said Jeff Koch, KDWP Fisheries research supervisor. “If that’s the case, that likely means many of these populations have already rebounded and have perhaps even developed some degree of immunity to the virus. In fact, some of our best largemouth bass fisheries tested positive for LMBV and have not shown evidence of any substantial population-level effects. Either way you look at it, the data is promising.”
Symptoms of LMBV typically occur in waterbodies during the heat of summer or other periods when fish are stressed. Though not all infected fish exhibit outward symptoms, LMBV can cause buoyancy and swim bladder issues, causing infected fish to lose equilibrium and become lethargic, ultimately resulting in death. Currently, LMBV has been found in the eastern and southern United States, though more research is still needed to understand the full extent of its range.
“Largemouth bass virus is a relatively new disease, so it’s all the more important that we continue to study its range and effects, and add to the scientific community’s body of knowledge,” added Vanessa Salazar, KDWP Fisheries biologist. “Thanks to the hard work and expertise of many biologists in our division, we’ve been able to accomplish just that.”
Similar to most aquatic pathogens, LMBV is transmitted in water or even damp livewells. Anglers are encouraged to clean, drain, and dry their boats and equipment before moving to a new waterbody to help prevent the spread of aquatic pathogens and nuisance species.
To learn more about KDWP’s study, visit https://afspubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/aah.10133 to access the March 2022 issue of Journal of Aquatic Animal Health’s, “The Effect of Largemouth Bass Virus on Bass Populations in Kansas Impoundments.”
To learn more about largemouth bass in Kansas, visit https://ksoutdoors.com/Fishing/Fish-Species/LARGEMOUTH-BASS.
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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Aliyah Boston dominated women’s college basketball on both ends of the court this season.
The junior forward helped South Carolina go wire-to-wire as the No. 1 team in the country, putting up an SEC-record 27 consecutive double-doubles, andshe has helped put the Gamecocks two wins away from the program’s second national championship.
Boston was honored as The Associated Press women’s basketball player of the year on Thursday. She is the second player from South Carolina to be recognized with the award, joining former Gamecocks great A’ja Wilson.
“Not often do you get the complete package. I think this recognition is for what she was able to do on both sides of the ball,” South Carolina coach Dawn Staley said. “The player of the year is usually for offensive-minded people who think that when you put the ball in the hole, you should be bestowed the player of the year. She’s the full package. Every single day.”
Boston’s parents and aunt as well as the entire South Carolina team were in the audience of the ceremony that also honored AP Coach of the Year Kim Mulkey.
“Coming into this year I said in the back of my mind I wanted to change the narrative this year about women’s basketball,” Boston said. “To get this award means a lot and I can’t wait to do more in the future.”
Boston received 23 votes from the 30-member national media panel that votes weekly for the AP Top 25. Iowa’s Caitlin Clark received six votes and Baylor’s NaLyssa Smith got one.
Boston averaged 16.8 points, 12 rebounds and 2.6 blocks this year.
“I think Aliyah is so unselfish that she’s not very comfortable taking over basketball games,” Staley said. “She doesn’t want to be seen by her teammates as selfish and chasing numbers.”
Boston’s parents surprised the unanimous first-team AP All-American with the news on Zoomthat she had won the award.
“I’m in shock, I got the chills,” Boston said to her parents on the call.
Staley said that Boston is one of the hardest workers on the team.
“Young people will follow anyone, good or bad,” the coach said. “Aliyah has tbe personality where you’d follow her because of how hard she works, how unselfish she is, how giving she is. When it’s time to make plays she delivers. She’s a leader to follow for all the right reasons.”
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More AP coverage of March Madness: https://apnews.com/hub/march-madness and https://apnews.com/hub/womens-college-basketball and https://twitter.com/AP_Top25
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How to Watch Cleveland Guardians at Seattle Mariners: Live Stream, TV Channel, Start Time
The rebranded Guardians (6-6) will try to shake off a blowout loss when they visit Peoria on Thursday night for a Cactus League matchup with the Mariners (5-5).
How to Watch Cleveland Guardians at Seattle Mariners Today:
Game Date: March 31, 2022
Game Time: 9:30 p.m. ET
TV: ATT ROOT Sports Northwest Alt 1
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Cleveland is still trying to get an extension finalized with third baseman José Ramirez, who earned his third All-Star bid last season and slashed .266/.355/.538 with 36 homers and 103 RBI. The Guardians hold a $13 million option on the 29-year-old but would like to lock their franchise player up for the next several years.
The Dodgers rocked Cleveland on Wednesday 12-1, with Ernie Clement providing the only offense when he hit a solo homer in the fifth inning. L.A. blew the game open with an eight-run ninth inning.
The Mariners, meanwhile, fell to the Cubs 8-5 on Wednesday. Jarred Kelenic had two hits, including an RBI single in the fifth, for Seattle.
Aaron Civale starts for the Guardians on Thursday. The 26-year-old right-hander made his first spring start on Friday, allowing two runs on three hits in three innings against the Giants. Civale started 21 games last season with a 3.84 ERA and 1.18 WHIP in 124.1 innings.
Chris Flexen, a 27-year-old right-hander, takes the ball for the Mariners. This will be his third start of the spring and he has allowed five runs in seven innings. He worked four frames against the Brewers on Saturday. Flexen made 31 starts in 2021 with a 3.61 ERA and 1.252 WHIP in 179.2 innings.
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Coupang (NYSE:CPNG – Get Rating) is one of 49 public companies in the “Catalog & mail-order houses” industry, but how does it contrast to its rivals? We will compare Coupang to similar companies based on the strength of its analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, valuation and dividends.
Analyst Ratings
This is a summary of recent ratings and price targets for Coupang and its rivals, as provided by MarketBeat.
Earnings and Valuation
This table compares Coupang and its rivals top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
Coupang has higher revenue, but lower earnings than its rivals. Coupang is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its rivals, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.
Institutional & Insider Ownership
71.7% of Coupang shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 64.0% of shares of all “Catalog & mail-order houses” companies are owned by institutional investors. 28.9% of shares of all “Catalog & mail-order houses” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Profitability
This table compares Coupang and its rivals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
Summary
Coupang rivals beat Coupang on 9 of the 12 factors compared.
About Coupang (Get Rating)
Coupang, Inc. owns and operates in e-commerce business through its mobile applications and Internet websites primarily in South Korea. It sells various products and services in the categories of home goods and décor products, apparel, beauty products, fresh food and groceries, sporting goods, electronics, and everyday consumables, as well as travel, and restaurant order and delivery services. The company was founded in 2010 and is based in Seoul, South Korea.
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HONOLULU (AP) — A man accused with his wife of trafficking a mother and teenaged girl to Hawaii from Guam pleaded not guilty Thursday.
Kevin Robert pleaded not guilty to labor trafficking charges, according to his attorney, Tim Rakieten. His wife, Pomerrine Robert, pleaded not guilty last week. Kevin Robert's arraignment was postponed then because he requested a Chuukese interpreter.
“I need sufficient time to review the case, and review with him, before I can comment any further,” Rakieten said.
State Public Defender James Tabe, whose office represents Pomerrine Robert, has previously declined to comment.
Police alleged in court documents that when the 15-year-old girl and her mother arrived in Honolulu, the Roberts took away their passports, forced them to work and beat them.
Court documents don't specify the country of the passports.
The girl and her mother lived in the couple's apartment, while the teen enrolled at a high school and the woman got a job at a deli where Pomerrine Robert also worked, the documents said.
The documents said Robert took away the mother’s money, the girl was expected to clean the apartment and Robert beat the girl and mother.
The couple locked the girl in a bedroom for several days and she reported it to a school counselor after she was let out, according to the documents.
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https://www.mrt.com/news/article/Husband-pleads-not-guilty-in-Hawaii-Guam-17049732.php
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Which Maytag top-load washer is best?
Everyone needs to wash their clothes and no one likes doing it by hand. Maytag top-load washers have all the features you want and need, and its prices are difficult to beat. And the best Maytag top-load washer is the Maytag 5.3-Cubic-Foot Smart-Capable Top-Load Washing Machine. It has plenty of space for handling large loads, and it’s Energy Star certified.
What to know before you buy a Maytag top-load washer
Pros and cons of a Maytag top-load washer
Maytag top-load washers have several pros and cons.
- Pros: Top-load washers are more affordable than front-loaders, and Maytag is an affordable mid-range brand. They are easier to load and unload and tend to have larger capacities and quicker cycles than front-loaders. They also have a lower leak risk.
- Cons: Top-load washers tend to make more noise as the wash basket knocks against the walls. They use more energy and water than front-loaders, even if they’re high-efficiency. They can’t be stacked, either, which may leave you with too little space in your laundry room.
Size and capacity
Maytag top-load washers have an external size and an internal capacity. The two rarely directly correlate.
- Size determines how much space your washer will take up. As top-loaders can’t be stacked, size is of greater importance with them than with a front-loader. You need to leave room for your dryer, after all.
- Capacity determines how many clothes can be washed at once and is given in cubic feet. Small households can comfortably get by with less than 4 cubic feet while large households will likely need 5 cubic feet or more.
High efficiency
High-efficiency Maytag top-load washers use less energy and water but clean just as effectively. They usually have larger capacities, but you can still find small-capacity models. The only downside is the need to use specialized HE detergent. Using non-HE detergent will break your HE washer.
Impeller vs. agitator mixers
Maytag top-load washers use either impeller or agitator mixers.
- Impeller mixers use a no-post disk that rotates, causing clothes to gently rub against each other to scrub out stains. There’s no risk of tearing but the clothes may not get as clean.
- Agitator mixers use a center post with fins that twists back and forth, forcing clothes to sharply rub against each other to scrub out stains. Clothes tend to get cleaner but there’s a risk of damage.
What to look for in a quality Maytag top-load washer
Cycle options
Most Maytag top-load washers have multiple cycle options outside of the standards such as delicate and large load. Some of the more common cycles include deep-water rinse, extra power and a customizable cycle that can be saved.
Energy Star certification
When a Maytag top-load washer is listed as Energy Star certified, it has been independently examined and observed to meet the minimum requirements for energy efficiency. This means it will have less impact on the environment and your bank account. It’s important to point out “minimum” here, as you’ll need an Energy Star-certified high-efficiency washer for maximum efficiency.
How much you can expect to spend on a Maytag top-load washer
Maytag is an excellent mid-range brand and its prices reflect that. Its best and biggest options rarely exceed $1,000 with most washers costing $800-$1,000. Its cheapest cost around $600.
Maytag top-load washer FAQ
How do I fix a Maytag top-load washer that isn’t draining?
A. There are two likely causes. The first is simply that you overfilled your washing machine. However, if that isn’t the case, the issue is likely with your plumbing — most probably some kind of clog in the line. You’ll need to hire a plumber.
What kind of Maytag top-load washer is quietest?
A. No washing machine will ever be quiet, but there are a few aspects you can prioritize that lead to quieter operation. Look for high-efficiency washers and those with impeller mixers. Also, consider placing your Maytag washer as far from common spaces as possible.
What’s the best Maytag top-load washer to buy?
Top Maytag top-load washer
Maytag 5.3-Cubic-Foot Smart-Capable Top-Load Washing Machine
What you need to know: This has plenty of space for big households.
What you’ll love: It comes in white or silver finishes with impeller or agitator mixers. It offers multiple cycle types — including quick wash and a custom cycle — and has an extra power button to fight the toughest stains. The glass lid lets you check on your clothes without disturbing the wash cycle.
What you should consider: Some consumers had issues with imbalanced washers, while others had troubles with washers that didn’t register the door as closed — and thus wouldn’t clean.
Where to buy: Sold by Home Depot
Top Maytag top-load washer for the money
Maytag 3.8-Cubic-Foot High-Efficiency Top-Load Washing Machine
What you need to know: This is perfect for the space- and energy-conscious.
What you’ll love: The 3.8-cubic-foot capacity is perfectly sized to a full laundry basket and the special wash cycles — including quick wash, power wash and deep-water wash — provide a deep and effective clean. It has a 10-year limited parts warranty that covers the motor and wash basket.
What you should consider: The small capacity isn’t enough for households larger than two. Some consumers were unhappy with the amount of noise generated by most cycles.
Where to buy: Sold by Home Depot
Worth checking out
Maytag 4.7-Cubic-Foot Smart-Capable Top-Load Washing Machine
What you need to know: It’s a heavy-duty washer with an “extra power” button that boosts stain-fighting ability by varying wash temperatures during a single cycle.
What you’ll love: Connecting to the Maytag app lets you start and stop any cycle, troubleshoot any problems and get notifications as soon as a cycle ends. Cycle memory lets you store the details of a custom cycle to save time in the future.
What you should consider: Some consumers were unhappy with the noise levels. Others had issues with the agitator snaring and tearing delicates.
Where to buy: Sold by Home Depot
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