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DALLAS — Charles Johnson joins planning, engineering and program management firm Lockwood, Andrews & Newnam Inc. (LAN) as a senior architectural project manager in the Dallas office. In his new role, Johnson will be involved in business development for LAN’s growing health care practice. With his vast knowledge of building design and project management, he will also be supporting the LAN architectural team.
Johnson has more than 30 years of experience in architectural services and managing health care construction projects. Throughout his career, he has worked on the design and construction of health facilities, higher education, K-12, civic, and residential projects. Prior to this position, Johnson served as project manager overseeing expansion and renovations at UT Southwestern Medical Center and Baylor Scott & White Health.
Johnson’s responsibilities with LAN include business development activities to support the growth of LAN’s healthcare clients in Texas. He will also assist the architectural team by using his vast knowledge of building design and project management.
“Charles’ experience working with and managing construction projects for health care institutions brings LAN a market advantage of being able to directly relate with our clients,” said Kristie Tiller, team leader, LAN Dallas. “This allows us to see a project from the client’s point of view, adding to the technical knowledge we’ve delivered to our clients for years.”
Johnson received a bachelor’s degree in architecture from Texas Tech University. He is on the Texas Board of Architectural Examiners and is certified by the National Council of Architectural Registration Board. For more information, visit www.lan-inc.com.
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MONTGOMERY — McGill-Toolen Catholic High School senior Barry Dunning Jr. and Hazel Green senior Samiya Steele earned the Alabama High School Athletic Association’s top basketball honor. Dunning was named “Mr. Basketball” for the just completed 2021-22 high school basketball season, and Steele was chosen “Miss Basketball.”
The announcement was made by Ben Thomas of the Alabama Media Group at the ASWA’s annual awards banquet held at the Montgomery Renaissance Hotel and Convention Center. The ASWA’s annual Player of the Year Banquet was sponsored by ALFA Insurance and the Alabama High School Athletic Directors and Coaches Association.
Dunning, an Arkansas signee and two-time Gatorade Alabama Player of the Year, was named the state’s 40th Mr. Basketball by the Alabama Sports Writers Association on Thursday in Montgomery. He became just the fifth player from the Mobile area to receive the honor, which annually recognizes the recipients as the top boys’ and girls’ high school basketball players in the state. Past Mobile recipients include Dazon Ingram of Theodore (2015); Kennedy Winston of Blount (2002); Sam Haginas of UMS-Wright (1998); and Queintonia Higgins, Fairhope (1989).
Calhoun’s J.D. Davison, who just finished his freshman season with the University of Alabama, won the Mr. Basketball honor in 2021 and 2020.
The 6-foot-6, 210-pound Dunning led McGill-Toolen to a 30-5 record and the Class 6A state semifinals this season. He was also named the Class 6A Player of the Year at the banquet, averaged 25.3 points and 12.9 rebounds this season. He also averaged 3.3 steals, 2.6 assists and 1.7 blocks for the Yellow Jackets.
Dunning was named the Alabama MVP in the 2022 Alabama-Mississippi All-Star Classic played earlier in March. He finished with 22 points, 12 rebounds and 7 assists in Alabama’s 96-89 victory.
Steele is the first Hazel Green player to be selected Miss Basketball and the 35th award winner since 1988.
Steele averaged 17.3 points, 4.8 rebounds and 5.5 assists with 65 steals for Class 6A champion Hazel Green, which finished undefeated with a 35-0 record while winning its fifth straight title. The Trojans also ended with the AHSAA’s current longest winning streak (59) still intact.
The Alabama State signee, who participated in the recent Alabama-Mississippi All-Star Game won by Alabama 89-81, finished her prep career with more than 1,000 points and 500 rebounds. She was selected the state’s Gatorade Player of the Year and earned Class 6A Final Four MVP for the second straight season. Hazel Green was 141-5 during her final four years in high school with four state titles.
She became the fifth Huntsville area player to earn Miss Basketball honors in the 35-year history of the award. Other past recipients include: Shaquera Wade, Huntsville (2015); Jasmine Jones, Bob Jones (2012); Jala Harris, Bob Jones (2009); Tasheika Morris, Butler (1999); and April Nance, Butler (1997).
Three boys and three girls from each of the AHSAA’s seven classifications and the AISA were recognized as finalists and were in attendance at Thursday’s banquet. A player of the year in each gender was selected by the ASWA All-State Committee comprised of member sportswriters from across the state.
The ASWA’s Boys’ Class Players of the Year included: (Class 7A) Labaron Philon, Baker; (Class 6A) Barry Dunning Jr., McGill-Toolen Catholic; (Class 5A) Martavious Russell, Sipsey Valley; (Class 4A) Antonio Kite, Anniston; (Class 3A) Cole Millican, Plainview; (Class 2A) Anthony Johnson, Midfield; (Class 1A) Will Bonner, Belgreen; (AISA) Robert Rose, Autauga Academy.
The ASWA Girls’ Class Players of the Year were: (Class 7A) Reniya Kelly, Hoover; (Class 6A) Samiya Steele, Hazel Green; (Class 5A) Olivia Vandergriff, Guntersville; (Class 4A) Emma Kate Tittle, Deshler; (Class 3A) Ella Jane Connell, Prattville Christian; (Class 2A) Molly Heard, Pisgah; (Class 1A) Timya Thurman, Linden; (AISA) Jasmyn Burts, Glenwood.
Kite also was named Class 4A Player of the Year last season. Pisgah’s Heard also earned Class 3A Player of the Year as a sophomore in 2020, and Prattville Christian’s Connell was the 2021 Class 3A Player of the Year.
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DUNEDIN, Fla. - Lourdes Gurriel Jr. hit a home run as the Toronto Blue Jays held on for a 5-3 win over the Detroit Tigers 5-3 on Thursday in Grapefruit League play.
Recently acquired third baseman Matt Chapman batted in a run as part of Toronto's (7-5) four-run fourth inning. Chapman was acquired in a trade with the Oakland Athletics on March 16.
George Springer had two hits and added an RBI for the Blue Jays.
Toronto starter Alex Manoah (1-0) pitched four scoreless innings, striking out three and allowing just one hit. Five pitchers came out of the Blue Jays' bullpen, with Joe Biagini getting the save.
Eric Haase had a home run in the sixth inning for Detroit (5-6). Matt Manning (0-1) took the loss, allowing three runs in three innings pitched. He struck out three and allowed four hits.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published March 31, 2022.
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Tasmanian tradies are going to be busy for quite a while, given the housing approvals "pipeline". Picture: Brodie Weeding.
Tasmania's home building plans look to be picking up again after a big slump in dwelling approvals in the second half of last year.
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Which basketball hoop is best?
Imagine playing basketball with your friends only to find that a group of kids has already taken over your favorite court. You’ll never face this dilemma again if you have a hoop at home.
If you want a high-quality basketball hoop for your driveway, the Silverback In-Ground Basketball Hoop is worth your attention. It’s an arena-style hoop made with durable steel and delivers elite performance thanks to its tempered glass backboard and breakaway rim.
What to know before you buy a basketball hoop
Location
You’re going to need ample space to work with if you want a basketball hoop for your home. Driveways are a popular location for hoops, and they’re also the safest since you can put one close to your house. It’s recommended to do so, especially if you have small children, as there’s less chance that the ball will roll or bounce onto the street.
Hoop type
There are three types of home basketball hoops: in-ground, portable and mounted.
In-ground hoops are placed into the ground with cement, so they’re more of a long-term or permanent option. Portable hoops are the most versatile since you can move them around easily, and they have bases that need to be filled with water or stand to stay in place. Both hoop types have mechanisms for adjusting height, so they’re both excellent options for young players who are still growing physically.
Mountable hoops are usually placed on walls or over garage doors. They’re the least expensive option, but unfortunately, they don’t have as many features as in-ground or portable hoops. For example, if you have the space to do so, you must remove a mounted hoop and relocate it to adjust the height.
Playability
If all you want to do is shoot around occasionally, you can save yourself a few dollars by going with a mountable hoop if you have somewhere to put it. However, if you want something that can last you for years and help you or your child develop as a player, a portable or in-ground hoop is the better option. They’re more durable and are engineered with advanced metrics to deliver a professional-level experience.
What to look for in a quality basketball hoop
Backboard size
Small backboards make for an easier target and are designed for children learning to play the game. Backboards with a width of 32 to 48 inches are considered youth sizes and are usually cheaper than hoops with larger backboards. 48 to 52 inches is considered regulation-size and the best option for adults and experienced players.
Backboard material
The backboard can be tempered glass, polycarbonate or acrylic. Tempered glass backboards are the most expensive as it delivers the best bounce and is used for backboards across all competitive levels. Polycarbonate and acrylic backboards are durable and less delicate than tempered glass, making them excellent options for portable hoops.
Height adjustability
The basketball hoops used in the National Basketball Association are 10 feet high, and while that’s the height teenagers and adults should be playing with, younger players need lower nets. As they grow and develop, you can adjust the hoop’s height based on your strength and skill level. Also, lowering the height on a portable hoop can make storage easier.
How much you can expect to spend on a basketball hoop
You can find youth portable and mountable basketball hoops for $100-$300, but if you’re looking for a regulation-size in-ground or portable hoop, it can cost you anywhere from $500-$2,000.
Basketball hoop FAQ
Can in-ground hoops be moved?
A. Some newer in-ground hoops come with goals that can change their orientation and detachable upper portions. However, removing an in-ground hoop can be complicated and requires professional assistance.
Is it better to use water or sand to fill a portable hoop base?
A. Water is more convenient, but sand is denser, so it’s more reliable and adds more weight. More weight means less shifting or shaking, which can be common once water leaks or evaporates from the base.
What’s the best basketball hoop to buy?
Top basketball hoop
Silverback In-Ground Basketball Hoop
What you need to know: This in-ground hoop has sturdy, powder-coated steel construction and offers gymnasium-style performance.
What you’ll love: It’s height adjustable between 7.5 and 10 feet and boasts a tinted tempered glass backboard. It can be unbolted to move around the net’s orientation and has a flexible breakaway rim. Also, it comes with a backboard pad and a five-year limited warranty.
What you should consider: Many customers report that it shakes too much on missed shots.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Top basketball hoop for the money
Lifetime 52-Inch MVP Portable Basketball Hoop
What you need to know: It’s an excellent driveway hoop for those who want something easy to maneuver and light on the wallet.
What you’ll love: The backboard isn’t as large as an arena-style basketball hoop, but it’s shatterproof, and at 52 inches, it’s enough for casual pick-up games. It’s adjustable between 7.5 and 10 feet and has a high-quality rim flexible rim.
What you should consider: Assembly isn’t complicated, but it can be time-consuming, even with quality tools.
Where to buy: Sold by Dick’s Sporting Goods
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Spalding The Beast Glass Portable Basketball Hoop
What you need to know: This is a high-quality hoop with premium features you wouldn’t find on other portable models.
What you’ll love: It has a sturdy alloy-steel frame, a 54-inch tempered glass backboard, and a screw jack lift for easy height-adjusting. The base has four wheels and can be filled with water or sand.
What you should consider: Some reported that the base leaks if filled with water and that sand works best to avoid this.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
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FAYETTEVILLE, W.Va. – Three former schools in a southern West Virginia tourist town are being transformed into a boutique hotel, apartments and town houses.
Gov. Jim Justice announced the $15 million project being undertaken by Mountain Shore Properties LLC in Fayetteville. The town of about 2,800 residents is located near the New River Gorge Bridge and the newest U.S. national park.
Mountain Shore founder Charlie Wendell is a Fayetteville native. The real estate company will convert the former Fayetteville High School and adjacent middle school into a 45- to 50-room boutique hotel, Justice’s office said in a news release.
A neighboring elementary school will be converted into about two dozen apartment units. The school’s former gymnasium will be maintained as a community facility for the town, according to the statement, which did not specify how many town houses are included in the plan.
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Emily Atack screamed as she almost flashed her private parts to Celebrity Juice viewers tonight.
The incident occurred during a bizarre challenge which saw guest Nick Grimshaw having to pick up two celebrities on his rickshaw.
After getting his instructions from host Keith Lemon, Nick took off outside the studio and drove around the lot outside where he quickly came across a waiting Emily.
Clad in a tiny green dress, Emily tried to clamber into the small rickshaw but quickly realised she might be giving viewers an eyeful.
Clutching the hem of her dress, she screamed: "Cover my vagina!"
The action then cut back to the studio, where host Keith laughed and mimicked her, saying: "You'll see my ham sandwich!"
As Nick tried in vain to cover Emily as the camera zoomed in on her attempting to climb in gracefully, Keith could be heard adding: "Cover yourself, woman!"
Emily screams continued to be heard when she finally settled into the seat, holding onto the bottom of her dress for dear life in fear of a flash.
The second celebrity to be picked up was Vernon Kay, who had a drama of his own.
The tall former model banged his head as the rickshaw returned to the studio, much to the delight of Keith and the panel.
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The stunt was part of the last episode of the current series.
Emily posted on her instagram yesterday, wearing another tiny minidress, to say she, Keith and Laura Whitmore were signing off for a while.
Emily will soon head to the Rocky mountains in the US, where she will film a travelogue show for the BBC.
She will be joined on her trip of a lifetime by Ruby Wax and Mel B.
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Recent break-in of Catholic church leaves members hurt, violated
The search is on for the person who stole several things from inside a Baltimore County Catholic church. One of the things stolen was the tabernacle. Members at St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church said in the 200 years since the church has existed, nothing has been quite as violating as...
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DETROIT (AP) _ The winning numbers in Thursday evening's drawing of the Michigan Lottery's "Keno" game were:
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DENVER, March 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Aphelion Aerospace, based in Denver, Colorado is establishing itself as a one-stop-shop for low-cost small satellite integration and on-demand launch operations from practically anywhere around the world. Aphelion announced today that it has received significant investment from strategic investors including The Mercury Group, Founder Advisors, and Richtr Financial Studio. These investments are part of Aphelion's Seed round which the company is running in parallel with their equity crowdfunding campaign on StartEngine.
Aphelion CEO Miguel Ayala and CTO Matthew Travis indicate that these investments will help them continue pushing forward with the development of their suborbital launch vehicle technology demonstrator. They plan to conduct low-altitude suborbital demonstration launches by the end of the year to prove out their green non-toxic, non-cryogenic propulsion technology in flight.
Based on the caliber and background of their board advisors and investors, it is clear that the Aphelion team is positioning to become a strong player in the space industry. Last year, Aphelion announced that Edward Mango, former Program Manager of the NASA Commercial Crew Transportation Program had joined their board of advisors. Mr. Mango is one of the key NASA leaders behind the success of SpaceX. Aphelion also announced that Kevin Rice, former Director of Business Management at NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory and Lockheed Martin Skunk Works had joined their board of advisors. Mr. Rice practically wrote the book on business management for NASA. In addition, Aphelion announced that Geoff Brim, former VP of Product Management at Deutsche Telekom had joined their board of advisors. Mr. Brim evangelized digital transformation, data science, artificial intelligence, and robotics at Deutsche Telekom.
Now come Aphelion's visionary investors. Ben West of The Mercury Group is a US Air Force veteran. Before his years in finance, Ben was an F117A and F16 Crew Chief. He is well aware that military fighter jets use hydrazine in their emergency power units. He knows very well that hydrazine is extremely toxic and thus costly and slow to deal with. He is also aware that other uses of hydrazine include spacecraft propulsion. Hearing that Aphelion had developed a propulsion technology that could essentially replace anything hydrazine powered was music to his ears. Ben feels excited to back Aphelion with investment and plans to continue supporting Aphelion along its journey to bring this new technology to market.
Steven Williams, of Founder Advisors advises Aphelion on market strategy. Along with Steven, the Founder Advisors team provides corporate and business strategy advisory to Aphelion. They are composed of accomplished aerospace and tech entrepreneurs and executives like Steven. Some have spent years in launch vehicle development at companies such as Lockheed Martin. These guys truly understand and value the business model that Aphelion is structuring for bundled small satellite integration and launch services.
James Graham, CEO of Richtr Financial Studio, is an ardent supporter of Aphelion's possibilities. Richtr Financial Studio supports Aphelion with financial and accounting services. They are a powerhouse for startups that are poised for exponential growth.
For more information about Aphelion Aerospace, please visit: https://aphelionaerospace.com
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Convicted serial killer Khalil Wheeler-Weaver charged in murder of missing Newark teenager Mawa Doumbia
NEWARK, N.J. -- A convicted serial killer is now charged in the murder of a Newark teenager.
Khalil Wheeler-Weaver is accused in the death of 15-year-old Mawa Doumbia.
The teen was last seen leaving her family home in Newark in 2016.
Police allege Wheeler-Weaver strangled Mawa after meeting her online and then arranging to meet in-person.
Last year, Wheeler-Weaver was sentenced to 160 years in jail in connection with the murder of three women and the attempted murder of a fourth.
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COLUMBIANA, Ohio (WKBN) – On Friday, the Columbiana Cultural Collective will hold a ribbon-cutting celebration at the Main Street Theater in Columbiana. It will start at 6 p.m.
They lease the theater from the Kufleitner family, who bought the theater during the pandemic.
The Cultural Collective is transforming it into a place where all types of art from music to plays to movies can find a home.
“It’s just a really great moment for the community and to bring folks into town from all walks of life is really kind of our goal, to provide a diverse amount of arts and culture here in town,” said Erich Offenburg, executive director of the Columbiana Cultural Collective.
After the ribbon-cutting, there will be food, music and a showing of Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory at 8 p.m. The movie is “pay what you can” to watch.
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DETROIT (AP) _ The winning numbers in Thursday evening's drawing of the Michigan Lottery's "Keno" game were:
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NEW YORK (AP) — Korean pop star Luna is ready to make her Broadway debut this fall in the musical “KPOP” and she’s already dreaming of who might be there on opening night — like BTS.
“I would be thankful if they showed up on opening night,” Luna told The Associated Press through her translator.
She also wants fans and other stars to show up, too.
“This is New York City, it’s got its own celebrities and also audiences who would enjoy this. So, I would love to see New York celebrities, as well as Hollywood celebrities,” Luna said.
Luna was introduced at a press event for the musical Wednesday at the Korean Cultural Center in New York.
Luna began her musical career as a member of the popular K-pop group f(x) before becoming a solo artist. Her latest single, “Madonna,” was released in September.
Her stage resume includes Korean productions of “In the Heights” and “Mamma Mia,” and she’s excited to take her talents to Broadway.
“I have always loved doing all those ever since I was a young child, and I even liked creating some routines,” Luna said.
She added: “For this musical, I get to dance while I sing while I act, that is so exciting, and I cannot wait to do this.”
“KPOP” tells the story of global superstars preparing for a special one-night only concert, when one singer’s inner struggle threatens to dismantle one of the biggest labels in the industry.
The multimedia experience explores the relentless discipline, raw talent, and commercial ambition behind the international phenomenon.
The musical has a story by Jason Kim and music by Helen Park, who has worked on the show for the past eight years. She said she is excited that audiences will finally get to experience her favorite music genre.
“I know recently a K-pop has been really blowing up and a lot of people love the genre. But when we started writing this musical in back in 2014, I was so eager for the world to see what I see. And I wanted to share it with the world in a language that everyone can understand,” she said.
“I think musical theater is that vessel for people to hear and witness other people’s stories and feel the emotions. I really wanted the show to be doing that with the genre that I love so much,” Park said.
“KPOP” begins previews Oct. 13 at the Circle in the Square Theatre, with an opening night scheduled for Nov. 20.
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The sensations and emotions of love and life, and the energies they create and expend, inhabit "Urs Fischer: Lovers," the Swiss-born artist's first individual show in Mexico.
"I was never thinking much about love when I was a kid. You know, you just assume you're gonna get it from your parents," Fischer said during a press conference Thursday at Mexico City's Museo Jumex.
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The mayor of one of Alabama's largest cities has put out a call for gender-neutral bathrooms.
Birmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin signed an order on Thursday.
It requires all single-stall restrooms on city property to have gender neutral signage.
Woodfin also encouraged private businesses in Birmingham to follow the city's example.
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Supreme Court sides with defendant in Armed Career Criminal Act case
The Supreme Court on Monday ruled in favor of a criminal defendant the justices found had been handed an overly harsh sentence based on lower courts’ mistaken application of a law.
The crux of the case turned on how many criminal “occasions” occurred one night in 1997 when William Dale Wooden and three others entered a single-building storage facility in Georgia, smashed through the drywall separating different storage areas within and stole from a total of 10 units.
The number of criminal “occasions” is critical because the Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA) slaps a mandatory 15-year minimum sentence on illegal gun possession for offenders with a record of three or more violent felony convictions committed “on occasions different from one another.”
Years later, when Wooden was charged with an unrelated gun possession offense, the lower courts determined Wooden’s 1997 burglary counted as 10 separate criminal occasions, with each storage unit Wooden entered being treated separately under the ACCA’s “occasions clause.”
Wooden was handed a nearly 16-year sentence for unlawful gun possession, largely as a result of the ACCA’s 15-year mandatory minimum sentence enhancement.
But in Monday’s unanimous judgment, the Supreme Court said Wooden’s 1997 burglary occurred in “a single criminal occasion,” not 10. In effect, the court ruled, the ACCA should not have applied to Wooden’s illegal gun possession charge.
“Here, every relevant consideration shows that Wooden burglarized ten storage units on a single occasion, even though his criminal activity resulted in double-digit convictions,” Justice Elena Kagan wrote for the majority.
“Wooden committed his burglaries on a single night, in a single uninterrupted course of conduct. The crimes all took place at one location, a one-building storage facility with one address. Each offense was essentially identical, and all were intertwined with the others,” Kagan continued. “The burglaries were part and parcel of the same scheme, actuated by the same motive, and accomplished by the same means. Indeed, each burglary in some sense facilitated the next, as Wooden moved from unit to unit to unit, all in a row.”
The justices were unanimous in their judgment, but separate concurring opinions were issued by Justices Sonia Sotomayor and Brett Kavanaugh, as well as Amy Coney Barrett, joined by Clarence Thomas, and Neil Gorsuch, joined by Sotomayor.
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In the five months since Pascale St-Onge was appointed Canada's Sport Minister, there have been allegations of either maltreatment, sexual abuse or misuse of funds levelled against at least eight national sport organizations.
St-Onge is certain there'll be more. Sport, she said, is in "crisis."
Two days after vowing to accelerate the independent mechanism for reporting maltreatment in sport, St-Onge and Parliamentary Secretary, Adam van Koeverden held a roundtable discussion of Canadian sport leaders and athlete representatives, and in an exclusive interview with The Canadian Press, she said there was a sense of urgency among everyone in attendance.
"We do believe that we are going to hear about more cases," she said.
"It just reinforces my mindset that we need to rethink about the whole system as athlete-centred, and athlete-oriented … I think that what's coming out right now in this crisis is that the athletes haven't felt heard, or sufficiently supported."
On Monday, 70 current and former gymnasts wrote an open letter to Sport Canada calling for an independent investigation into the toxic culture of their sport. The number of signatories has since grown to more than 150.
In a feeling of floodgates opening, the gymnasts were the latest in a growing chorus of complaints from athletes in bobsled and skeleton to rowing, rugby, synchronized swimming, women's soccer, among others. They're calling for a cleanup of the toxic culture in their sport, saying they've felt scared to speak out until now.
St-Onge had previously called for a financial audit into Bobsleigh Canada Skeleton after a similar open letter signed by more than 90 athletes called for the resignation of their national sport organization's acting CEO and high performance director.
The Sports Dispute Resolution Centre of Canada (SDRCC) won the contract last July to handle reports of maltreatment in sport, such as the complaints from gymnastics, bobsled and skeleton. St-Onge said it will be operational by late spring, and it will be mandatory for all federally-funded national sport organizations (NSOs) to work with the SDRCC.
Prior to last July, NSOs were required to have a safe sport officer, but there was grey area in some sports around whether they were truly a third party.
"I understand why athletes feel uncomfortable with that, because it can hardly be completely independent, if there's any kind of connection to the NSO," said Water Polo Canada's CEO Martin Goulet, who participated in Thursday's roundtable.
Goulet hopes the new safe sport mechanism will operate much like Canada's anti-doping program, through the Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport (CCES).
"The model that we have for anti- doping is a great model, because it's completely independent, it's completely separate from us," Goulet said. "As a CEO I cannot influence any of that, there's nothing I can do. Thank God it’s like that."
The COC Athletes Commission urged St-Onge to accelerate the implementation of the SDRCC's independent mechanism.
St-Onge applauded the athletes for their courage in speaking out, saying "it is because of their strength and courage that we're acting with an even greater sense of urgency."
She also commended the work done by her predecessors Steven Guilbeault and Kirsty Duncan. Duncan launched the Canadian Sports Help Line, a toll-free phone line for referrals, in 2019.
St-Onge said as of Friday, national-level athletes will have access to increased services offered by the SDRCC, and victims can access these services via the sport help line (1-888-83SPORT or www.abuse-free-sport.ca).
"But we are all aware that work needs to be done on prevention, education, on changing the culture of sport in Canada, looking at the governance of the organizations, so there is going to be no stone unturned," St-Onge said. "It's my priority. We're going to make sure that we change that culture of sport."
The crisis in culture is clear in sports such as gymnastics, which is made up mostly of athletes who are minors. And sports at the provincial and club level don't fall under the national sport organization umbrella.
"I know how much sport can contribute to someone’s life on different levels, whether it's mental health, physical health, building strong character and discipline, so it is very heartbreaking to see that sport is actually destroying people's lives," said St-Onge, a competitive swimmer for 11 years and university volleyball player. "It's certainly not what we want from sport.
"For sport to be sustainable, we need parents to feel that their children are well taken care of when they send them into clubs or the higher level. They need to know that there is a system in place to protect them and make sure that they can grow into beautiful adults. Right now, this crisis is shaking that confidence and that trust.
"Everybody who was at the roundtable today wants to make sure that kids and parents feel safe in the sport system. So, we need to do more."
The roundtable in Ottawa was either attended in-person or virtually by Erin Wilson, the president of AthletesCan; Paralympic athlete representative Tony Walby; Olympic athlete rep and two-time Olympic champion Rosie MacLennan; Canadian Olympic Committee CEO David Shoemaker and chief sport officer Eric Myles; Canadian Paralympic Committee CEO Karen O'Neill; Own the Podium CEO Anne Merklinger; Debra Gassewitz, president and CEO of the Sport Information Resource Centre; Coaching Association of Canada's CEO Lorraine Lafreniere; and Marie-Claude Asselin, the CEO and executive director of the SDRCC.
Goulet and Jasmine Northcott, the CEO of Water Ski & Wakeboard Canada, represented summer national sport organizations, while winter sports were represented by Skate Canada's CEO Debra Armstrong and Curling Canada CEO Katherine Henderson.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published March 31, 2022.
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Which backpack leaf blower is best?
If you have a yard or patch of land, you may have some difficulty dealing with leaves in the fall. Smaller yards with fewer trees usually clean up easily with a handheld leaf blower. But if you have a large plot that has plenty of foliage, you might want to consider investing in a backpack leaf blower. These handy devices can significantly cut your workload. And there are a number of worthwhile options in every price range.
The best backpack leaf blower for most consumers is the Echo PB-580T due to its budget-friendly price, performance, weight and reliability.
What to know before you buy a backpack leaf blower
They’re perfect for large jobs
Since backpack leaf blowers are considerably more powerful than handheld models, you won’t have to walk as much. They transfer the bulk of the weight to your back, hips and legs instead of your shoulders and arms.
Most importantly, they let you work on your entire property without being tethered to an electrical outlet. It’s this versatility that makes backpack leaf blowers the go-to choice for contractors and commercial lawn care outfits.
Noise factor
Backpack leaf blowers pack more power than handheld models because it has an internal combustion engine. One of the biggest issues with this is how much noise it makes. Four-cycle backpack leaf blowers are usually in the neighborhood of 70-80 decibels, and two-cycle models can easily exceed 90 decibels. Aside from wearing proper ear protection, you’ll need to consider noise level regulations. Some communities have laws prohibiting the use of lawn power tools that exceed 65 decibels.
Fuel blend
Most backpack leaf blowers have two-cycle engines, which use a combination of gasoline and motor oil. It’s extremely important to remember to use this blend since the wrong mixture could wreck your leaf blower. Most use a fuel-to-oil blend, but this can vary based on the model. Take time to review the manufacturer’s instructions carefully to ensure you use the right formula.
What to look for in a quality backpack leaf blower
Airspeed and cubic feet per minute
Both velocity and volume are important considerations. They’re related but not necessarily correlated. These factors vary depending on the design of the specific model and brand. If you want a truly effective backpack leaf blower that can handle a good amount of space, look for leaf blowers with a velocity of nearly 200 mph or more and at least 500 CFM in volume.
Throttle position
The leaf blower’s throttle control location is a subtle but important detail. Most users find that tube-mounted throttles are more convenient and comfortable to use. Leaf blowers with hip-mounted throttles tend to be slightly less expensive, but that depends on the brand. Ultimately, the choice will come down to your personal preference.
How much you can expect to spend on a backpack leaf blower
The most affordable backpack leaf blowers cost just over $200. The best options for private landowners are in the $500-$700 range. Those with landscaping businesses that do multiple jobs a week might want to invest in even more expensive models, some up in the thousands.
Backpack leaf blower FAQ
Are battery-powered backpack leaf blowers worth it?
A. Not really. If you have enough land and debris to need a backpack leaf blower, there aren’t battery-powered models that will last long enough to complete the job. To be clear, some systems allow you to strap high-powered, long-lasting batteries to your back for running specific leaf blowers, but they cost over $1,000.
What’s the best safety equipment for using a backpack leaf blower?
A. Wear work boots with plenty of traction as well as durable pants and long-sleeve shirts. These are important basics when working with any potentially hazardous tools. In addition, you should also use other safety equipment when using a commercial-grade leaf blower, such as protective glasses, earmuffs, earplugs and work gloves. All of these will keep you safe and ensure you’re protected while you’re using this heavy-duty equipment.
What’s the best backpack leaf blower to buy?
Top backpack leaf blower
What you need to know: It combines the performance of a commercial leaf blower with a consumer-friendly cost and lightweight design.
What you’ll love: It’s powerful enough to satisfy homeowners with large plots and plenty of brush. Echo is a well-respected manufacturer, so it’s an investment you can trust. It boasts a maximum airspeed of 215 mph and weighs just over 22 pounds.
What you should consider: One of its few drawbacks is that you can’t adjust or repair the carburetor.
Where to buy: Sold by Home Depot and Amazon
Top backpack leaf blower for the money
What you need to know: This relatively affordable option doesn’t sacrifice power or comfort.
What you’ll love: It’s one of the rare options that is less than $300 and still offers long-lasting effectiveness. It’s about as light as they come and significantly more powerful than a handheld mode.
What you should consider: It doesn’t quite have the same kind of power that many lawn care professionals need.
Where to buy: Sold by Home Depot
Worth checking out
What you need to know: Put simply, this four-cycle model is a beast of a leaf blower.
What you’ll love: It has more raw power and speed than just about any other option. Plus, since it uses a four-cycle motor, the sound it makes isn’t quite as painfully loud as others. If you need premium performance for professional jobs, this one is a great choice.
What you should consider: While it outperforms much of the competition, it may be too much power for the average homeowner.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon and Home Depot
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Warning as millions at risk of killer bowel cancer – the 5 red flags you must not ignore
MILLIONS are at risk of bowel cancer with almost half of the UK unable to name any symptoms of the killer disease.
Bowel cancer is the UK's fourth most common cancer and the second deadliest.
Today marks the start of Bowel Cancer Awareness Month, with Bowel Cancer UK keen to make sure Brits know the warning signs.
The five main symptoms of people who go on to be diagnosed with it are blood in your stools, a change of bowel habits, pain in your stomach, weight loss and unexplained fatigue.
Only a third of people surveyed knew that bloody stools are a sign of cancer.
Women proved better than men at recognising any symptoms of bowel cancer.
Loose Women anchor and Bowel Cancer UK patron Charlene White, said: “It’s been 20 years since I lost my mum to bowel cancer when she was just 47.
"There have been many advances in treatments in that time but it’s vital that people recognise the symptoms and act on them.
"People whose cancer is diagnosed at an early stage have a much higher chance of successful treatment than those whose cancer has become more widespread.
"If you have any symptoms, don’t be embarrassed and don’t ignore them.”
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Bowel cancer is treatable and curable, especially if diagnosed early.
Nearly everyone diagnosed at the earliest stage will survive bowel cancer but this drops significantly as the disease develops.
Knowing the key symptoms and visiting your GP if you have any of them, or if things don’t feel right, can help increase the chances of an early diagnosis.
Dr Philippa Kaye, GP, author and bowel cancer patient, added: "As both a GP and someone who has had bowel cancer, I completely understand it can be daunting visiting your GP with symptoms.
"However it is so important that you book an appointment as early as possible - please don't feel embarrassed, don't ignore any symptoms and don't put it off.
"As GPs we are used to seeing lots of people with bowel problems and if you are worried that something is wrong we want to see you. Early diagnosis could save your life."
Bowel cancer is the fourth most common cancer in the UK and the second biggest cancer killer, affecting both men and women.
Every 15 minutes someone is diagnosed with bowel cancer. That’s nearly 43,000 people every year, nearly 120 people every day.
Dr Lisa Wilde, Director of Research and External Affairs at Bowel Cancer UK says: “Bowel cancer remains the UK’s second biggest cancer killer, and it’s shocking that people aren’t aware of the symptoms to look out for.
"If you notice any signs of bowel cancer, or if things just don’t feel right for you, please visit your GP.
"While the disease largely affects people over the age of 50, more than 2,600 under 50s are diagnosed each year, so it’s really important people seek advice as soon as possible - whatever their age - if they’re worried."
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NEW YORK – Donald Trump’s luxury hotel near the White House, which drew diplomats, lobbyists and plenty of controversy while he was president, has received government approval to hand the keys to a Miami investment fund, a last hurdle to a sale that many industry experts doubted would ever go through.
The federal government agency overseeing the building said an “extensive and exhaustive” review found no problem with Trump Organization plans to sell to a fund led by CGI Merchant Group. The Associated Press has reported that investors include former New York Yankees slugger Alex Rodriguez. The $375 million price tag is far more than many expected for a hotel that lost tens of millions of dollars while Trump was president.
The deal is a significant victory for the ex-president’s company after business partners cut ties following the Jan. 6 Capitol riot by Trump supporters last year. The sprawling real estate company, owner of golf courses, clubs and office towers, had also been reeling from the impact of pandemic shutdowns.
The $375 million would more than make up for the $200 million Trump’s company put into renovating the historic, federally owned Old Post Office into a hotel, as well as the $70 million that a congressional oversight committee says the hotel lost during Trump’s four years in office.
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BlackRock Enhanced Global Dividend Trust (NYSE:BOE – Get Rating) saw a significant decrease in short interest in the month of March. As of March 15th, there was short interest totalling 30,900 shares, a decrease of 22.0% from the February 28th total of 39,600 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 189,200 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 0.2 days.
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The business also recently announced a monthly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, March 31st. Investors of record on Tuesday, March 15th will be paid a $0.063 dividend. This represents a $0.76 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 6.68%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, March 14th.
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Horoscope today, Friday April 1: Daily guide to what your star sign has in store for your zodiac dates
♈ ARIES
March 21 to April 20
Breaking a big personal goal down into smaller steps is the key to getting it started –and now the new moon refreshes your outlook, adding extra inspiration to every action.
Instead of rushing ahead in your mind, you can stay in the moment in love and really connect with a partner.
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♉ TAURUS
April 21 to May 21
You are in charge of every part of yourself today, and this helps secret doubts simply float away.
Anything you want to achieve is there within reach, but the best bonus is personal charisma, plus a chance to draw a feelgood, Jupiter-inspired team around you.
Luck can leap out at you from a list of past addresses.
♊ GEMINI
May 22 to June 21
You’re one of the best business prospects in the zodiac, as Mars and the moon team up to light up a positive future.
If you want to make a place for yourself in a high-flying world, start today.
Passion partners love your sizzling appeal too, and the way your adventurous self is so open.
♋ CANCER
June 22 to July 22
A success club you have been hoping to join may be opening up now with the new moon – but your reaction comes as a surprise.
Because starting your own group, on your own terms, is becoming such an attractive option.
The sun lines you up for a special role in a faraway country.
♌ LEO
July 23 to August 23
As the boldest of planets makes waves in your relationships zone, you are able to set out love rules you know you need – and this time, they can be followed.
In family and romance terms, your star mix of confidence and strength refreshes bonds in positive ways.
A face on a TV comedy can be your destiny date.
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♍ VIRGO
August 24 to September 22
You have a transformation moon at the core of your chart – and this cancels out any changes you know have not gripped your whole heart.
Yes, this can include a love that may seem settled on the outside, but inside feels the opposite.
Trust yourself to know what to do and say.
♎ LIBRA
September 23 to October 23
You’re first in a risk-taking race, as your zodiac mix of courage and confidence puts you ahead of almost every other competitor.
But you do need to value everything you have to offer, and feel proud of yourself.
If you’re single, the one person you assume is totally out of your league is the one to approach.
♏ SCORPIO
October 24 to November 22
Your work and wellbeing confidence levels are transformed by the new moon – you can get ready to share your skills more widely.
This is your moment to celebrate what makes you uniquely you.
Personal potential is so rich, and taking time to consider serious study options can turn back a career clock.
♐ SAGITTARIUS
November 23 to December 21
The new moon promotes creativity, and life-changing ideas flow thick and fast.
However many times you’ve tried before to make a point or reach a person, one more try can do the trick.
You really know your own inner strengths and weaknesses, and this makes you the best friend or partner possible.
♑ CAPRICORN
December 22 to January 20
A family-loving new moon encourages fresh starts, even between people who have been in different places for a while.
Set pride aside and focus on how you can break down barriers from both sides.
A Jupiter flash of second-chance magic can get a property deal back on the table, if that’s what you want.
♒ AQUARIUS
January 21 to February 18
Taking a stronger communication line asks you first to work out what you really want.
But when you honestly express your current needs, and listen to other people’s, positive changes begin.
A smokescreen of sarcasm or smart words hides a passionate heart that longs to open up – to you.
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♓ PISCES
February 19 to March 20
The sincerity and seriousness of love are what attract you – as you have a strong chart of emotional values.
But today, a purely physical attraction can hit you out of the blue when you meet a fellow Pisces.
Don’t try to fight this, let it sweep you away. At home, one hug can say much more than a million words.
Horoscopes - your latest astrology reading from Mystic Meg
Capricorn - Born between December 22 and January 20, Capricorns have a tendency to be practical, resourceful and patient, as well as dedicated and ambitious.
Aquarius - The free-spirited Aquarius is a water sign born between January 21 and February 18.
Pisces - Pisces is the last star sign in the Zodiac and its symbol is the fish.
Aries - Aries is the first of the 12 Zodiac signs and its symbol is the ram.
Taurus - Taurus is the second Zodiac sign and its symbol is the bull.
Gemini - Gemini is the third Zodiac sign and its symbol is said to depict the twins Castor and Pollox.
Cancer - Cancer is the fourth Zodiac sign and its symbol is the crab.
Leo - Leo is the fifth sign of the Zodiac, falling between July 23 and August 23.
Virgo - Virgo is the sixth sign in the Zodiac calendar and is represented by the maiden, or virgin, symbol.
Libra - Libras are an air sign, and are compatible with Geminis, Leo, Sagittarius and Aquarius.
Scorpio - Ruled by the planet Pluto, Scorpios are the most compatible with Cancer, Capricorn and Pisces.
Sagittarius - The symbol of Sagittarius is an archer, and they are most compatible with Aries, Aquarius and Leo.
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BRAINTREE, Mass. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Thursday evening's drawing of the Massachusetts Lottery's "Numbers Evening" game were:
4-7-3-9
(four, seven, three, nine)
BRAINTREE, Mass. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Thursday evening's drawing of the Massachusetts Lottery's "Numbers Evening" game were:
4-7-3-9
(four, seven, three, nine)
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Woman fatally shot in parking garage in New Hyde Park
NEW HYDE PARK, N.Y. -- A fatal shooting in a parking garage in New Hyde Park is under investigation.
As CBS2's Carolyn Gusoff reports, shots rang around 4:15 p.m. Thursday inside a parking garage underneath a busy medical building on Marcus Avenue.
Police say a woman was shot and a suspect has not yet been apprehended.
Northwell Health released the following statement:
"Late this afternoon, a Northwell employee was shot in the publicly-accessible parking garage of our facility at 1999 Marcus Avenue, a collection of physician offices and specialty care practices. Several team members rendered aid at the scene and the victim was transported to an area hospital and pronounced dead. We refer all further questions to Nassau County Police Department, which is actively investigating the incident. Northwell is providing counseling services to team members at the scene and mourns the heartbreaking loss of our colleague and team member."
Witness Susan Goldsmith says the victim worked in a lower-level medical office.
"I hear three pop pop pop, didn't think anything of it and then I said, 'That sounded like gunshots,' and then all of a sudden I see people running," Goldsmith said. "It's upsetting. I feel terrible, you know. I don't think anybody deserves to have to live in fear and go to work with people shooting each other in the garage. It's terrible."
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BOARDMAN, Ohio (WKBN) – Cardinal Mooney topped Warren Harding 3-2 in high school softball action at the Fields of Dreams in Boardman Thursday evening.
Cardinals’ senior Alaina Scavina blasted a tie-breaking solo home run in the bottom of the 5th inning to give Mooney the lead for good.
Freshman Samantha Rotunno led Mooney with 3 hits including a pair of doubles. Sophomore Delaney Savaet singled and scored on sophomore Parker Sheehan’s RBI single.
Alaina Francis (1-0) struck out six over five innings, and Scavina closed the door by striking out three over the final two frames.
For Harding, Kerrigan Riley, Ryan Gump, and Brooklyn Brown had two hits apiece.
Riley struck out seven in a complete game for the Raiders.
With the win, Cardinal Mooney improves to 1-0 on the season, while Warren Harding drops to 1-1.
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BRAINTREE, Mass. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Thursday evening's drawing of the Massachusetts Lottery's "Numbers Evening" game were:
4-7-3-9
(four, seven, three, nine)
BRAINTREE, Mass. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Thursday evening's drawing of the Massachusetts Lottery's "Numbers Evening" game were:
4-7-3-9
(four, seven, three, nine)
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One church in Lauderdale County, Cornerstone Church of Christ has started cleaning up after sustaining some significant storm damage to its property.
More than 50 people here gathered to help clean up and salvage the church.
The church sustained significant roof damage to the side of the building and the rear roof is completely destroyed.
The church also has water damage all throughout the building and they are without power.
One church member-who went to the church building the night of the storm with his wife and 10-year-old son as they typically do when bad weather approaches- says while his son was playing basketball in the gym he checked outside and immediately knew it was time for his family to head straight to the basement for safety.
He recalls the moment the storm made contact with the church.
"Everybody asks me did it sound like a hurricane or sound like a train running through, I said 'no man, it sounds like a roof coming off the building.' That’s what it sounds like. But, I’m thankful to be here, man it’s good you know, it’s all good that building can be replaced," said Jason Jones.
Jones and his family are okay. They were able to leave with no injuries. Jones also mentioned an awning fell on his truck damaging that as well.
Preacher at Cornerstone Greg Pollock optimistically says it's an exciting time for the community.
"We are actually excited to see how God is going to use this. Because, we believe that God is going to use this for his glory and we don’t know exactly how yet but he has already shown us the community support. I mean, we’ve had people here from early in the morning helping. I don’t even know who all they are. They’ve come from all over different churches, community folks," said Pollock.
Pollock says he's happy to see so many people throughout the Shoals come through and help cleanup his church. He says seeing the outpour of support from the community is something the people of this community enjoy doing.
"They know that if it happens somewhere else, some of our folks would be there helping them. So, it’s just really a testimony to the folks here in this community and how much they love each other and are willing to help out in times of need," said Pollock.
If you'd like updates on upcoming church services for the Cornerstone Church of Christ, or if you'd like to help them clean up, you can visit their Facebook page here.
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US President Joe Biden on Thursday ordered the release of 1 million barrels per day of government oil reserves over the next six months, a record drawdown aimed at lowering fuel prices that have skyrocketed due in part to Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
Biden made that announcement in remarks to reporters at the White House, linking high gasoline prices of more than $4 a gallon - and even higher on the United States West Coast - to Russia's military action.
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The NCAA's Final Four will feature a healthy helping of Canadian content when the women hit the hard court on Friday.
All four participating teams boast a Canadian basketball star with Laeticia Amihere, from Mississauga, Ont., on South Carolina, Ottawa's Merissah Russell on Louisville, Toronto's Alyssa Jerome with Stanford, and Aaliyah Edwards of Kingston, Ont., on Connecticut.
Beyond vying for the coveted U.S collegiate basketball championship, bragging rights are also at stake in a Canadian hoops group chat that includes good friends Amihere, Russell and Edwards.
Their normal congenial jabber has progressed to light chirping as the trio advances closer to college basketball’s ultimate prize.
“There’s a little trash talking but at the end of the day we’re all just proud of ourselves for coming to the Final Four and making it this far,” Edwards said.
The three players say they will have no problem putting the friendship on hold this weekend.
“We talk about it in the group chat,” said Amihere. “It’s 'good luck' until we play you, right? So, we want you to do the best as you can in every single game, and then when we play you it’s all business.”
The trio are all around the same age — Amihere and Russell are both 20, while Edwards is 19 — and have all played together on the Canadian national team. Edwards and Amihere both represented Canada at the Tokyo Olympics, while Russell served as an alternate.
Jerome, a fifth-year senior, has worked out and interacted with other three but is not part of their social group.
Amihere’s Gamecocks, who enter the weekend as the No. 1 ranked team in women's college basketball, will square off against Russell’s Cardinals in Friday's opening game.
Last year, South Carolina dropped a heartbreaking 66-65 semifinal decision to Jerome's Stanford squad.
Stanford later edged Arizona 54-53 to win the national championship.
Amihere knows the bitter taste of defeat that remains in her mouth will only go away if the Gamecocks can take care of some unfinished business in the Final Four.
“We’ve dreamt about this moment since exactly this time last year,” said Amihere. “As soon as we lost we were like, ‘Man, I can’t wait for next year this time.’ So, this has been a long process, but we’re finally here. So, I’m just excited.”
Last year’s Final Four was played at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas with less than 20 per cent capacity allowed in the venue. This year, the Final Four is being held at the Target Center in Minneapolis, Minn., with no restrictions on capacity.
“We’re definitely really excited to be back (in the Final Four),” Jerome told The Canadian Press. “I think our team is looking forward to more of a normal Final Four with fans and stuff like that. Although we had fans last year, it felt very different because of COVID.”
Of the four Canadians involved, only one of them can win the national championship, but, in a sense, Jerome says they've all already won in a different way.
“It’s just really exciting to see the development of Canada Basketball,” Jerome said. “It’s super exciting for all the young players, I think it’s really great for young players to be able to see all these Canadians having success in the NCAA.
“I’m super happy for them and for Canada Basketball.”
The national championship game will played Sunday at 8 p.m. ET.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published March 31, 2022.
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Gay rights advocates sued Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday to block a new law that forbids classroom instruction on sexual orientation and gender identity in kindergarten through third grade.
The law has catapulted Florida and DeSantis, a potential 2024 Republican presidential candidate, to the forefront of the country’s culture wars. Critics call it the “ Don’t Say Gay ” law and argue that its true intent is to marginalize LGBTQ people and their families.
The challenge filed in federal court in Tallahassee on behalf of Equality Florida and Family Equality alleges that the lawviolates the constitutionally protected rights of free speech, equal protection and due process of students and families.
“This effort to control young minds through state censorship — and to demean LGBTQ lives by denying their reality — is a grave abuse of power,” the lawsuit says.
“The United States Supreme Court has repeatedly affirmed that LGBTQ people and their families are at home in our constitutional order. The State of Florida has no right to declare them outcasts, or to treat their allies as outlaws, by punishing schools where someone dares to affirm their identity and dignity,” the lawsuit says.
The law deliberately employs broad terms and invites arbitrary and discriminatory enforcement, empowering parents to be roving censors who can sue school boards for damages based on any perceived violation, the lawsuit adds.
The law states: “Classroom instruction by school personnel or third parties on sexual orientation or gender identity may not occur in kindergarten through grade 3 or in a manner that is not age appropriate or developmentally appropriate for students in accordance with state standards.” Parents would be able to sue districts over violations.
U.S. Education Secretary Miguel Cardona met with LGBTQ students and their family members at a school in Orlando on Thursday, discussing privately how the legislation is affecting their lives. Cardona’s visit was one of several Biden administration events Thursday showing support for the queer community, including a presidential proclamation recognizing Transgender Day of Visibility.
“We know while many transgender students experience valuable support at school, many others face significant challenges because of hostility directed at them by others,” Cardona said. “This includes a growing number of state laws that bully and intimidate LGBTQI+ students and their families.”
DeSantis and other Republicans have repeatedly described the rules as reasonable, saying children should learn about sexual orientation and gender identity from their parents, not in schools.
“We will make sure that parents can send their kids to school to get an education, not an indoctrination,” the governor said when he signed it into law this week.
Many critics have said the law’s language, particularly the phrases “classroom instruction” and “age appropriate,” could be interpreted so broadly that discussion in any grade could trigger lawsuits, creating a classroom atmosphere where teachers would avoid the subjects entirely.
Intense public backlash followed the bill’s introduction in Florida’s Republican-controlled legislature this year, with the White House, Hollywood celebrities, students, Democrats and LGBTQ advocates condemning the policy. Legal challenges have been expected.
The filing by Kaplan Hecker & Fink LLP and the National Center for Lesbian Rights seeks to block the law from taking effect and also names Florida Education Commissioner Richard Corcoran and other education officials as defendants.
“Already, our children have told us that they are afraid that they will not be able to talk about their family at school,” Dan and Brent VanTice, parents of two first-grade students, said in the statement announcing the suit. “We are heartbroken that our children are already feeling isolated and stigmatized by this law.”
Andrew Spar, president of the Florida Education Association union, said the law is politically motivated because elementary schools, especially in kindergarten through third grade, do not teach about these subjects and have state curriculum standards guiding classroom lessons.
The law adds fuel to a persistent feud between DeSantis and Democratic President Joe Biden, who tweeted after DeSantis signed the bill this week that “My Administration will continue to fight for dignity and opportunity for every student and family — in Florida and around the country.” Cardona has said his agency will be monitoring for any federal civil rights violations that result.
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Awarded funding from the Gates Foundation to support development of inhaled formulation technology to deliver cost-effective monoclonal antibodies against influenza and COVID-19
LOS GATOS, Calif., March 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Aridis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: ARDS), a biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery and development of novel anti-infective therapies to treat life-threatening infections, today reported financial and corporate results for its fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2021.
Fourth Quarter Highlights
- Continued enrollment in the Company's Phase 2a study of AR-501 targeting cystic fibrosis (CF), conducted in collaboration with the funding support from the CF Foundation. Aridis is on track to report top-line data from this CF study in mid-2022.
- Continued enrollment in the Company's Phase 3 study evaluating AR-301 for the treatment of Ventilator Associated Pneumonia (VAP). Aridis is on track to report top-line data in the second half of 2022.
- The Company is on track to initiate the Phase 3 trial of AR-320 for the prevention of VAP in mid-2022 following regulatory feedback on the clinical development plans and Phase 3 study design received from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and European Medicines Agency (EMA). Clarity on the regulatory pathway to the registrational Phase 3 trial and licensure has been achieved. The Phase 3 SAATELLITE-2 study will be conducted in collaboration with the COMBACTE-Net consortium of HAP/VAP experts, funded up to 25 million Euros by the Innovative Medicines Initiative (IMI) program of the European Commission.
- Reported preclinical data demonstrating that AR-701, the Company's first fully human monoclonal antibody (mAb) cocktail, is broadly reactive against the Omicron and other SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) variants, SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome), MERS (Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus), and multiple seasonal ('common cold') human coronavirus strains.
- In January 2022, Aridis announced that it had received a $1.9 million grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (Gates Foundation) to evaluate the application of the Company's inhaled formulation technology to deliver cost-effective monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) against influenza and SARS-CoV-2 to people in low- and middle-income countries.
- Signed loan agreement for $10 million in non-dilutive financing with Streeterville Capital. Received first $5 million payment in November 2021 and the second $5 million payment in February 2022.
"I am proud of our team's work in 2021 as we strengthened our foundation and advanced key development programs," commented Vu Truong, Ph.D., Chief Executive Officer of Aridis Pharmaceuticals. "2022 will be a pivotal year for Aridis as we achieve important clinical milestones, including data readout from our AR-501 Phase 2a and AR-301 Phase 3 studies as well as the initiation of the AR-320 registrational Phase 3 study, and the anticipated launch of the first-in-human clinical study of AR-701. We look forward to sharing further updates on the progress of these programs in the coming months as we continue to build our leadership in the respiratory health space."
Clinical Program Update
AR-301 (tosatoxumab): AR-301 is being evaluated in a Phase 3 clinical study as an adjunctive treatment to standard of care antibiotics in S. aureus VAP patients. The ongoing AR-301 Phase 3 study remains blinded, and the independent Data Monitoring Committee with access to unblinded data continues to monitor study subjects for safety and has not expressed any safety concerns. The Company observed modest improvement in enrollment in recent months despite the continued pandemic. However, because a significant number of participating clinical sites in the study are in Eastern Europe, the escalating Ukraine-Russia conflict is expected to negatively impact enrollment. At the present time, the company anticipates reporting top-line data in the second half of 2022.
The trial represents the first ever Phase 3 superiority clinical study evaluating immunotherapy with a fully human mAb to treat acute pneumonia in the ICU setting. Details of the study can be viewed on www.clinicaltrials.gov using identifier NCT03816956.
AR-320 (suvratoxumab): The Company licensed this Phase 3-ready asset from AstraZeneca in July 2021. A multinational, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled Phase 2 study (n=196 patients) showed that mechanically ventilated ICU patients colonized with S. aureus who were treated with suvratoxumab, a fully human mAb, demonstrated a relative risk reduction in onset of pneumonia by 32% in the overall intent-to-treat (ITT) study population, and by a statistically significant 47% in the under 65-year-old population, which is the target population in the planned Phase 3 study. This statistically significant relative risk reduction in the target population was also associated with a substantial reduction in the duration of care needed in the ICU and hospital. The Company completed successful discussions with the EMA via the Scientific Advisory meeting and the FDA via an End-of-Phase 2 meeting, including obtaining agreement on the planned Phase 3 study serving as a single pivotal trial. The regulatory feedback from these agencies is incorporated in the Company's clinical study design. The Company expects to launch its Phase 3 SAATELLITE-2 study of AR-320 in the mid-2022 in collaboration with the public-private COMBACTE-Net consortium of HAP/VAP experts, funded by the Innovative Medicines Initiative (IMI) program of the European Commission in the amount of up to 25 million Euros.
AR-501 (gallium citrate): The Company initiated its Phase 2a study to evaluate the safety, pharmacokinetic (PK), and preliminary efficacy in cystic fibrosis (CF) patients in the first quarter of 2021. The Phase 2a study is actively enrolling patients with a goal of delivering full data readout in mid-2022. AR-501 is being developed in collaboration with the CF Foundation and has been granted Orphan Drug Designation (ODD), Fast Track and Qualified Infectious Disease Product (QIDP) designations by the FDA. In addition, the European Medicines Agency (EMA) granted ODD to AR-501. The Phase 1/2a clinical trial underway is a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial, utilizing single- and multiple-ascending dose and dose-ranging strategies, investigating the safety and PK of inhaled AR-501 in healthy volunteers and CF patients with chronic bacterial lung infections. Details of the Phase 1/2a clinical trial can be viewed on https://www.clinicaltrials.gov using identifier NCT03669614.
AR-701: AR-701 is a cocktail of two fully human immunoglobulin G1 (IgG1) mAbs discovered from screening the antibody secreting B-cells of convalescent SARS-CoV-2 infected (COVID-19) patients. Each mAb of the AR-701 cocktail neutralizes coronaviruses using a distinct mechanism of action, namely inhibition of viral fusion and entry into human cells (AR-703) or blockage of viral binding to the human 'ACE2' receptor (AR-720). The AR-701 mAbs are engineered to be half-life extended and potentially active for 6-12 months in the blood. AR-701 is being developed as a long-acting intramuscular prophylactic to prevent COVID-19 infections, as well as a self-administered inhaled formulation for the treatment of COVID-19 patients who are not yet hospitalized. In February 2022, Aridis reported that both of its fully human mAbs in the AR-701 cocktail neutralized the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant. Moreover, both mAbs conferred strong protection against Omicron infected animals when given either parenterally or by intranasal administration. The performance of the AR-701 cocktail is published in Biorxiv [see https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2022.03.05.483133v1]. We expect to initiate a Phase 1 clinical study in 2H2022.
Fiscal 2021 Financial Results:
- Cash: Total cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash as of December 31, 2021, were approximately $20.0 million.
- Revenues: Grant and licensing revenue increased to approximately $1.5 million for the year ended December 31, 2021 primarily due to the recognition of revenue from grants from the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation (CFF) and the Gates Foundation as well as from Kermode, an Apex technology licensee. Grant and licensing revenue earned during the year ended December 31, 2020 was approximately $1.0 million, all from CFF. Grant and licensing revenue was approximately $0.6 million and $0 for the three months ended December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively.
- Research and Development Expenses: Research and development expenses increased by approximately $21.0 million to $38.0 million for year ended December 31, 2021 from $17.0 million for the year ended December 31, 2020. The increase was due primarily to: an increase of approximately $11.5 million to in-license AR-320 rights from Medimmune; an increase of approximately $6.6 million for AR-320 drug manufacturing and clinical trial preparation costs; an increase of approximately $0.7 million for costs associated with the development of AR-701; an increase of approximately $0.5 million for the continuing conduct of the Phase 2a clinical trial evaluating AR-501 for the treatment of Cystic Fibrosis and an increase of approximately $0.6 million in personnel, consulting and other related costs.
Research and development expenses increased by approximately $4.4 million in the quarter ended December 31, 2021 to $8.6 million from $4.2 million in the same quarter in 2020. This is primarily due to increases in drug manufacturing for our AR-320 trial ($2.8 million), spending on the Gates Foundation funded project ($0.5 million) and spending on personnel, consulting and other related costs ($0.4 million). - General and Administrative Expenses: General and administrative expenses increased by approximately $0.9 million to $7.3 million for the year ended December 31, 2021 from $6.4 million for the year ended December 31, 2020. The increase was due primarily to increases in professional service fees, franchise tax and recruitment expense to attract talent. General and administrative expenses increased in Q4 2021 to $2.0 million from $1.6 million in Q4 2020 primarily due to increases in consulting, legal fees, insurance and recruitment offset by lower accounting, rent and repairs expense.
- Interest Income (Expense) net: Net interest expense, increased by approximately $322,000 to approximately $245,000 for the year ended December 31, 2021 from approximately $77,000 net interest income for the year ended December 31, 2020. The increased expense was primarily due to our debt servicing in 2021.
- Share of Loss in Equity Method Investment. Loss from our share of equity method investment in Shenzhen Arimab Biopharmaceuticals Co., Ltd. decreased by approximately $9,000 to zero for the year ended December 31, 2021. The loss was $9,000 for the year ended December 31, 2020. Our share of loss from our minority interest calculated under the equity method was limited to the reduction of the net book value of the investment to zero as of March 31, 2020.
- Other Income: Other income in the year ended December 31, 2021, increased by approximately $796,000 from zero during the year ended December 31, 2020, primarily due to forgiveness of the $722,000 Paycheck Protection Program loan by the U.S. Small Business Administration. Additionally, other income from a sublease agreement we entered into with a tenant in March 2021 to sublet a small portion of our Los Gatos facility increased by approximately $74,000 during the year ended December 31, 2021, from zero for the year ended December 31, 2020. Other income increased by approximately $22,000 in Q4 2021. There was no sublease agreement or related income during the three months ended December 30, 2020.
- Net Loss: The net loss available to common stockholders for the year ended December 31, 2021, was approximately $47.3 million, or $3.85 net loss per share, compared to a net loss available to common stockholders of approximately $22.3 million, or $2.44 net loss per share, for the year ended December 31, 2020. The weighted average common shares outstanding used in computing net loss per share available to common stockholders was 12,291,600 million and 9,168,744 million for the years ended December 31 of 2021 and 2020, respectively.
About Aridis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Aridis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. discovers and develops anti-infectives to be used as first-line treatments to combat antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and viral pandemics. The Company is utilizing its proprietary ʎPEX and MabIgX® technology platforms to rapidly identify rare, potent antibody-producing B-cells from patients who have successfully overcome an infection, and to rapidly manufacture mAbs for therapeutic treatment of critical infections. These mAbs are already of human origin and functionally optimized by the natural human immune system for high potency. Hence, they are already fit-for-purpose and do not require further engineering optimization to achieve full functionality.
The Company has generated multiple clinical stage mAbs targeting bacteria that cause life-threatening infections such as ventilator associated pneumonia (VAP) and hospital acquired pneumonia (HAP), in addition to preclinical stage antibacterial and antiviral mAbs. The use of mAbs as anti-infective treatments represents an innovative therapeutic approach that harnesses the human immune system to fight infections and is designed to overcome the deficiencies associated with the current standard of care, which is broad spectrum antibiotics. Such deficiencies include, but are not limited to, increasing drug resistance, short duration of efficacy, disruption of the normal flora of the human microbiome and lack of differentiation among current treatments. The mAb portfolio is complemented by a non-antibiotic novel mechanism small molecule anti-infective candidate being developed to treat lung infections in cystic fibrosis patients. The Company's pipeline is highlighted below:
Aridis' Pipeline
AR-301 (VAP). AR-301 is a fully human IgG1 mAb currently in Phase 3 clinical development targeting gram-positive Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) alpha-toxin in VAP patients.
AR-320 (nosocomial pneumonia). AR-320 is a fully human mAb targeting S. aureus alpha-toxin for prevention of nosocomial pneumonia. Statistically significant Phase 2 data in the target population of those ≤ 65 years of age, was recently published in Lancet Infectious Diseases journal. The Company has completed discussions with the EMA and FDA on study design and expects to launch its Phase 3 study of AR-320 in mid-2022.
AR-101 (HAP). AR-101 is a fully human immunoglobulin M (IgM) mAb in Phase 2 clinical development targeting Pseudomonas aeruginosa (P. aeruginosa) liposaccharides serotype O11, which accounts for approximately 22% of all P. aeruginosa hospital acquired pneumonia cases worldwide. This program is licensed to the Serum Institute of India and Shenzhen Arimab.
AR-501 (cystic fibrosis). AR-501 is an inhaled formulation of gallium citrate with broad-spectrum anti-infective activity being developed to treat chronic lung infections in cystic fibrosis patients. This program is currently in a Phase 2a clinical study in CF patients.
AR-701 (COVID-19). AR-701 is a cocktail of fully human mAbs discovered from convalescent COVID-19 patients that are directed at multiple envelope proteins of the SARS-CoV-2 virus.
AR-401 (blood stream infections). AR-401 is a fully human mAb preclinical program aimed at treating infections caused by gram-negative Acinetobacter baumannii.
AR-201 (RSV infection). AR-201 is a fully human IgG1 mAb directed against the F-protein of diverse clinical isolates of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV). This program is licensed exclusively to the Serum Institute of India.
For additional information on Aridis Pharmaceuticals, please visit https://aridispharma.com/.
Forward-Looking Statements
Certain statements in this press release are forward-looking statements that involve a number of risks and uncertainties. These statements may be identified by the use of words such as "anticipate," "believe," "forecast," "estimated" and "intend" or other similar terms or expressions that concern Aridis' expectations, strategy, plans or intentions. These forward-looking statements are based on Aridis' current expectations and actual results could differ materially. There are a number of factors that could cause actual events to differ materially from those indicated by such forward-looking statements. These factors include, but are not limited to, the need for additional financing, the timing of regulatory submissions, Aridis' ability to obtain and maintain regulatory approval of its existing product candidates and any other product candidates it may develop, approvals for clinical trials may be delayed or withheld by regulatory agencies, risks relating to the timing and costs of clinical trials, risks associated with obtaining funding from third parties, management and employee operations and execution risks, loss of key personnel, competition, risks related to market acceptance of products, intellectual property risks, risks related to business interruptions, including the outbreak of COVID-19 coronavirus, which could seriously harm our financial condition and increase our costs and expenses, risks associated with the uncertainty of future financial results, Aridis' ability to attract collaborators and partners and risks associated with Aridis' reliance on third party organizations. While the list of factors presented here is considered representative, no such list should be considered to be a complete statement of all potential risks and uncertainties. Unlisted factors may present significant additional obstacles to the realization of forward-looking statements. Actual results could differ materially from those described or implied by such forward-looking statements as a result of various important factors, including, without limitation, market conditions and the factors described under the caption "Risk Factors" in Aridis' 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2020, and Aridis' other filings made with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Forward-looking statements included herein are made as of the date hereof, and Aridis does not undertake any obligation to update publicly such statements to reflect subsequent events or circumstances.
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Supreme Court denies GOP requests to halt new maps in NC, Pennsylvania
The Supreme Court on Monday rebuffed Republicans who had asked the justices to block state court rulings that tossed GOP-drawn voting maps in North Carolina and Pennsylvania.
The two separate rulings left intact state court decisions in which judicially endorsed maps were substituted for those drawn by state legislatures, handing temporary wins to Democrats as court fights play out across the country over the once-per-decade process of drawing new congressional and legislative voting districts following the U.S. Census.
As is typical, the justices did not sign the orders. In the North Carolina case, Justice Brett Kavanaugh wrote an opinion concurring in the court’s decision to deny the request. Also in that case, the court’s three staunchest conservative justices — Samuel Alito, Clarence Thomas and Neil Gorsuch — wrote in dissent.
Top Republican lawmakers in North Carolina asked the Supreme Court last month to halt a state court ruling that struck down new GOP-drawn voting districts as “unlawful partisan gerrymanders” and replaced the Republican map with one drawn by outside experts.
The Republican challengers urged the justices to find that the Constitution’s “Elections Clause” gives state legislatures precedence over state courts and executive branch officials in determining the manner in which federal elections are carried out in their state.
Kavanaugh, in his concurrence, made clear that his vote against the GOP lawmakers’ request was guided by the fast-approaching midterm elections, not the underlying merits of their claim, which he said the court would need to address soon, perhaps as early as next term.
“The issue is almost certain to keep arising until the Court definitively resolves it. Therefore, if the Court receives petitions for certiorari raising the issue, I believe that the Court should grant certiorari in an appropriate case — either in this case from North Carolina or in a similar case from another State,” Kavanaugh wrote. “If the Court does so, the Court can carefully consider and decide the issue next Term after full briefing and oral argument.”
But Kavanaugh, in denying the GOP request, noted that “this Court has repeatedly ruled that federal courts ordinarily should not alter state election laws in the period close to an election.”
Alito, in a dissent that was joined by two fellow conservatives, made clear his view that the GOP challengers in the North Carolina case would “likely … prevail on the merits if review were granted.” He agreed with Kavanaugh that the issue would need to be resolved “sooner or later,” and bemoaned that “unfortunately the Court has again found the occasion inopportune.”
Like the North Carolina dispute, the Pennsylvania case raised a similar question of which branch of state government has final say over how federal elections are governed.
The challenge was brought by a group of Republican voters after the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, by a bare majority, voted to swap out the map crafted by the GOP-controlled legislature in favor of one drawn by a political scientist from Stanford that purported to be fairer.
The justices’ order in the Pennsylvania case was issued without comment or noted dissent. The order referred the case to a three-judge court and held open the possibility that parties could raise additional appeals in the dispute.
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What is the Sephora Savings Event?
Beauty deals are blooming this season, and starting April 1, you can pick up your favorite makeup, fragrance and skin care products at deep discounts during the Sephora Spring Savings Event.
As usual, the event is exclusive to Beauty Insiders. Depending on their status, they receive up to 20% off their purchases. That’s not all, either. The entire Sephora collection, which now consists of over 350 products, also will be 30% off for Beauty Insiders. And between these deals and other offers, it’s a good idea to brush up on the event’s details and start adding products to your cart so you can check out before they sell out.
What is the Sephora Spring Savings Event?
When is the Sephora Sales Event?
The Sephora Spring Savings Event kicks off April 1 at 11:59 p.m. PST and runs through April 11. It’s Sephora’s first major sales event following Valentine’s Day, and because it falls right before Easter and Mother’s Day, many Beauty Insiders are taking the opportunity to shop early and snag deals on gifts.
What is a Sephora Beauty Insider?
Like many other Sephora events, the Spring Savings Event is exclusive to Beauty Insiders. If you’re not sure what a Beauty Insider is, it refers to members of Sephora’s rewards program, which unlocks access to special promotions and deals. It also gives birthday perks, bonus points throughout the year and free shipping eligibility. And the more you spend at Sephora as a Beauty Insider, the more you’ll save — including during the Spring Savings Event.
How to become a Sephora Beauty Insider
It’s easy to become a Beauty Insider and take advantage of the Spring Savings Event. When you join today for free, you automatically earn Insider status. When you spend $350 annually, you’ll hit VIB, and when you spend $1,000 in a year, you’re promoted to Rouge.
The different levels also play a role in your access to Sephora’s Spring Sales Event, both in terms of how much you save and how early you can access deals:
- Rouge: Rouge members get 20% and get early access to the event starting April 1.
- VIB: VIB members get 15% off from April 5-11.
- Insider: Insiders receive 10% off from April 4-7.
What is on sale for the Sephora sales event?
Most products at Sephora are eligible for Spring Savings Event discounts, ranging from Drunk Elephant skin care to Dyson hair tools. The entire Sephora collection, which includes best-selling brushes and affordable eyeshadow palettes, is on sale for 30%. Other deals and promotions may go live during the event, but Sephora has yet to reveal what those are.
Best products to pick up during the Sephora Spring Savings Event
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The high-impact lip gloss is infused with shea butter that coats and protects lips, leaving them with a plump, silky texture.
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The day-to-night palette has a well-curated assortment of matte, metallic and duo chrome finishes that create sophisticated looks.
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Drivers who traveled the state’s 11 turnpikes in 2020 paid $302.6 million in tolls, Oklahoma State Auditor and Inspector Cindy Byrd wrote in her March newsletter.
COVID-19 is credited with a drop in travel and revenues in 2020, yet it still was the third-highest year for toll collections in the past decade, Byrd said.
Annual financial statement audits of the Oklahoma Turnpike Authority are among the tens of thousands of audit reports posted on the auditor’s website, www.sai.ok.gov.The most recent financial information available is for fiscal year 2020, which for OTA is the same as calendar year 2020.
The Turner Turnpike – the state’s first toll road, built in 1953 to connect Oklahoma City and Tulsa – accounts for almost one in every four dollars collected in tolls, Byrd noted. Turner and the Will Rogers Turnpike – built in 1957 from Tulsa to the Missouri state line – together collected 46% of all tolls collected in FY20.
On the other end of spectrum was the 21-mile Kickapoo Turnpike connecting Interstate 40 to the Turner on the northeast side of metro Oklahoma City. It opened Oct. 13, 2020, and collected $158,000 in tolls by Dec. 31.
OTA is planning a southeast spur of the Kickapoo connecting Interstate 35 to Interstate 44 to address growing traffic congestion and accidents and to improve travel time. The plan has ignited protests among Norman residents.
The spur is part of a 15-year, $5 billion turnpike expansion plan that also includes widening the Turner Turnpike to six lanes between Oklahoma City and Bristow.
Popular metro toll roads in Oklahoma City and Tulsa generated the third- and fourth-highest revenue in 2020.
“You’ve probably heard an argument over the years that a toll was supposed to disappear after the toll road was paid off,” Byrd said. “That may have been the original intent. The 1954 referendum approved by voters changed that concept.”
That vote committed the tolls collected on all turnpikes to pay the debt service, maintenance and expansion for the turnpike system, not each individual road. Today there are 626.7 miles of toll roads in Oklahoma or 2,537 lane miles.
OTA reports about 40% of toll revenue comes from out-of-state motorists (nearly $143 million in 2021) and 38% from commercial carriers.
The agency projects total revenue for 2022 will be $451.6 million, with tolls accounting for $353.4 million or about three-fourths of the total. Additional dollars come from carryover, interest, concessions and miscellaneous income.
OTA receives no state appropriations.
Byrd noted OTA had $1.721 billion in outstanding revenue bonds as of Dec. 31, 2020. It employed 634 Oklahomans including 138 toll operators and 123 state troopers. Employees of the concessionaire brought the total to 1,100 employees in FY20.
Oklahoma turnpikes in order of when they opened are: Turner, 86 miles; Will Rogers, 88.5 miles; H.E. Bailey, 94.6 miles; Indian Nation, 105.2 miles; Muskogee, 53.1 miles; Cimarron, 67.7 miles; John Kilpatrick, 30.3 miles; Cherokee, 32.8 miles; Chickasaw, 13.3 miles; Creek, 34.4 miles; and Kickapoo, 21 miles.
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A FUMING dad has made a fake speed camera van to slow down motorists driving along a 30mph road near his family's home.
Rob Adcock grew tired of cars racing past his house in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, so he decided to deter drivers by tricking them.
In a clip posted on TikTok, Rob is heard ranting: "I made a fake speed camera van to make n**heads slow down where I live - spoiler alert, some people really didn't like it."
He then explains about the road he lives on and how the speed limit is meant to be 30mph, but says there's always "some muppet" flying past.
Rob says: "It does my tree in".
The video than cuts to footage of a vehicle which had previously crashed into his front garden.
His four-year-old daughter Orla is also seen sharing a piece of her mind, telling speeding cars: "Slow down! It's 30 for a reason!"
After getting so fed up, Rob shared how he set up the speed camera sign on the van to make it look real - and then sat back and watched how drivers reacted.
He filmed from the back of the van as motorists slammed on the brakes and qu
He told MailOnline he was thinking of his daughter's safety and trying to take action that was effective.
Rob said: "Whenever Orla asks to go on a walk or to the wood, you’re thinking at the back of your mind, 'What am I going to do if a car comes flying down the hill?'"
He says Staffordshire Moorlands District Council have made attempts at slowing down the traffic but locals need to make a difference sooner rather than later.
A Staffordshire Police spokesman said no reports have been submitted by members of the public about the van and it doesn't appear Rob's actions have broken any laws.
He said: "The force, as part of the Staffordshire Safer Roads Partnership, welcomes and encourages feedback from communities in relation to matters surrounding road safety.
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"Local officers are working to reach out to the resident to discuss his concerns."
Rob's TikTok video has been viewed almost 900,000 times in a week.
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Russia-Ukraine live updates: Russia may 'single out and detain' Americans, US warns
(NEW YORK) -- Russian forces are continuing their attempted push through Ukraine from multiple directions, while Ukrainians, led by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, are putting up "stiff resistance," according to U.S. officials. The attack began Feb. 24, when Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a "special military operation." Heavy shelling and...
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New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy tests positive for COVID-19
TRENTON, N.J. -- New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy has tested positive for COVID-19.
The governor's office says as part of regularly scheduled testing, Murphy took rapid and PCR tests Thursday and both results were positive.
Officials say he's asymptomatic and feeling well.
Contact tracing is underway.
Murphy will not be attending any in-person events for the next five days as a result of the positive tests.
The governor's office released a statement that read in part, "The Governor has diligently taken precautions to limit the spread of COVID-19 and encourages everyone eligible to get vaccinated and boosted, as he has done, to protect themselves and their loved ones from the virus."
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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ The winning numbers in Thursday evening's drawing of the Texas Lottery's "Pick 3 Evening" game were:
3-8-4, FIREBALL: 5
(three, eight, four; FIREBALL: five)
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ The winning numbers in Thursday evening's drawing of the Texas Lottery's "Pick 3 Evening" game were:
3-8-4, FIREBALL: 5
(three, eight, four; FIREBALL: five)
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https://www.ctpost.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Pick-3-Evening-game-17049719.php
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Procession route announced for James Speedy's return
Gunnery Sgt. James Speedy, one of four Marines killed in a training accident in Norway on March 18, will make the final leg of his journey home on Friday.
The body of the Cambridge native will arrive at the Zanesville Airport at approximately 2 p.m. He will be escorted to Cambridge by the Cambridge Police Department, Guernsey County Sherriff's Office and the Ohio State Highway Patrol.
The procession will leave the Zanesville Airport at approximately 2:30 p.m., and head east on I-70. At approximately 3 p.m., the procession will exit I-70 at New Concord, travel north on South Friendship Drive and turn onto John Glenn Highway at 3:15 p.m. It is expected to makes its way left to Dewey Avenue at about 3:30 p.m., then onto Wheeling Avenue before arriving at the Thorn-Black Funeral Home around 3:45 p.m.
The family expects to announce the times for public visitation and services early next week.
Speedy will be laid to rest at North Woods Cemetery in Cambridge.
Anyone wishing to send cards to express their condolences to the family can send them to Charles Speedy, 2414 Eastmoor Drive, Cambridge, OH 43725.
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A Quincy man was arrested in Boston Wednesday for allegedly assaulting a police officer after being thrown out of comedian Chris Rock’s show at The Wilbur, The Boston Globe reported.
Kaleb Anthony Herd, 25, was arraigned in Boston Municipal Court Thursday on one misdemeanor count of assault and battery on a police officer, three misdemeanor counts of assault and battery, and sole misdemeanor counts of resisting arrest, disorderly conduct, and trespassing, the Globe reported.
A not guilty plea was entered for Herd, and his lawyer didn’t immediately return a call from the Globe seeking comment.
Initially, Herd and another man were asked to leave the venue for not wearing masks, according to the Globe.
The newspaper quoted the police report from the incident, which stated that Herd was acting aggressively, throwing his arms around, puffing his chest, pointing his finger, screaming, and threatening those trying to escort him out.
The report went on to say the police officer on scene tried to calm Herd, but eventually Herd threatened physical violence against the officer, the Globe reported.
The newspaper wrote that Herd was forced out of the main hall, but pushed back in an attempt to attack the officer until he was finally pepper sprayed and taken into custody.
Herd was released from jail on personal recognizance Thursday with orders to stay away from the theater, as well as any witnesses and victims in the case, The Globe reported.
His next hearing is scheduled for May 25.
The Globe reported that Rock addressed the conflict involving Herd during the show. When noise from the audience interrupted Rock’s set, he said, “Is this how the tour’s gonna be?”
Wednesday night’s shows at the Wilbur were sold out and highly anticipated, as they were Rock’s first shows since he was smacked in the face by actor Will Smith at the Oscars over a joke he made making fun of Smith’s wife, Jada Pinkett Smith.
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FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (WNCN) – A Fayetteville barbershop is getting in on the NCAA Final Four action.
Marquette Lock owns Game Day Kutz & Apparel in Downtown Fayetteville and he’s a huge Duke University basketball fan.
Lock has even painted and decorated his storefront windows to reflect the heated rivalry between Duke and the University of North Carolina.
“Well, this is a big rivalry and I know I got a lot of people who love the Tar Heels and love Duke,” Lock said. “(The painted windows) give them something to look at.”
Lock knows Saturday’s game could be one of the biggest Final Four games in history.
After the haircuts are finished up on Saturday, the guys in the shop will only be focused on one thing. Watching to see who wins and advances to the national title game Monday night.
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Architects: moad
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Text description provided by the architects. As the name suggests - a small site measuring 7 x 17m sandwiched between two existing houses (Tamil nandu housing board of yester years built these twin houses to promote the neighborhood) is to be developed as a private residence.
The shortest side being the one facing the street posed the below challenges.
- This is the only source of ventilation for every floor and room. Located in a hot and humid tropical climate it is essential we keep is as open as possible.
- Being a small site it’s imperative that circulation and services (lift, stair, toilets, store, utility etc.) are grouped together without losing space to access them and at the same time ensure they do not encroach on the exterior façade both in front and back.
Design of the house is a direct response to the above challenges. A staggered block of service along the depth holds the floor plates for maximum ventilation (ref image -) seasoned teak wood louvers express the porosity for ventilation.
On the inside the strategies for the site include double height dining in the center with a balcony on east, 10 feet high doors for rooms, toilets and wardrobes located along the depth of the site use skylights to perceptively increase the size of the spaces.
Material finishes include flooring in pre-polished kotah stone, mirror polished granite partition separates the kitchen to dining and natural wood veneer finish for wardrobes.
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Since the start of war in Ukraine on February 24, Russian authorities have tried to turn their country’s internet into an island, severing its ties with the global internet. Almost 400 news websites, 138 finance sites, 93 antiwar sites, and three social media platforms have been blocked, according to Top10VPN.com.
As the number of blocked sites grew, huge numbers of Russians turned to VPN companies—which connect users in one country’s censored internet to a server in another country, where there are less restrictions—as bridges out of Moscow’s shrinking internet. After Russia invaded Ukraine, VPN companies say the number of Russian users has spiked. The VPN company Windscribe told WIRED that almost a million people from Russia had signed up since the war started, 20 times the usual rate. Another provider called Psiphon said its number of daily active users in Russia jumped to more than 1.1 million immediately after Instagram was blocked, before settling at 650,000.
But VPN companies have not escaped Russian censorship. “[The internet regulator] Roskomnadzor is reacting very nervously to the rapid growth of the VPN market,” says Mikhail Klimarev, executive director of the Internet Protection Society, a Russian digital rights group. Roskomnadzor made more than 12,800 requests for Google to remove URLs under the country’s 2017 “VPN law” between March 13 and March 25, according to the Lumen database, an archive that documents legal requests for the removal of online content. The database does not detail what the URLs are, and Google did not reply to WIRED’s request for comment.
Life is getting more complicated for VPN companies that cater to Russian users. Around 20 VPN services have already been blocked in the country, and the authorities have plans to block more, according to politician Alexander Khinshtein, chairman of Russia’s Committee on Information Policy, Information Technologies, and Communication in the Duma, the country’s main legislative body. “VPNs get blocked daily. It's not an easy task, but it gets done,” he said on March 15 in a live broadcast on the VK social media platform.
“There has been large-scale disruption of VPN protocols in general over the last two weeks or so,” says Michael Hull, cofounder of Psiphon, adding that his company has always found a way to continue operating. “Typical protocols [technology which VPN companies use to bridge their users to the open internet] such as OpenVPN and other more or less trivial VPN protocols have been completely blocked.” OpenVPN’s CEO, Francis Dinha, says he has seen no indications that the company's protocol is blocked but adds “we have no way of confirming whether this is true at this point.”
Not only are VPN companies struggling with increased attention from the authorities, but sanctions mean Russian users are struggling to pay for their services. Russians “have no way of paying right now for any VPN service, because they can't pay using Visa or MasterCard, they can't use Google Play, they can't use Apple Pay,” says Yegor Sak, founder of Windscribe, referring to all the companies that have withdrawn their financial services from the country in the past few weeks. Sanctions also mean Windscribe has not been able to find a way of paying its Russian hosting companies, Sak adds.
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Marvel Cinematic Universe's latest superhero is not, in the conventional sense, either "super" or a "hero," but he does have an unorthodox ailment and a weird skill-set to separate him from mere mortals. His name is Morbius, and while watching his origin story, you may get the feeling that somewhere in the cinematic multiverse, wires got crossed.
The film begins with a helicopter, transporting a cage to the sort of mist-shrouded isle you half expect King Kong to be inhabiting. But Dr. Michael Morbius (Jared Leto) is looking to capture smaller game as he approaches the mouth of a cave, hobbling with difficulty on two crutch-like canes.
Positioning himself behind the wires of the cage, he slices open the palm of his hand and, as a roar of batwings echoes from inside the cave, murmurs to the copter pilot "if you're gonna run, do it now."
A rare blood disease treated with a bit o' bat
It's tempting to say "consider yourself warned," but the film's first hour or so, while unremarkable, is decently crafted.
Born with a rare blood disease, Michael Morbius has spent his entire life working on two things — a cure, and origami paper-folding. Natch, it occurs to him to fold together bat and human DNA.
Because the FDA would be unlikely to approve human trials, he and his beautiful co-researcher Martine (Adria Arjona) head in a cargo ship for international waters off the coast of Long Island in the company of eight thuggish mercenaries — think bloodbags — and once Morbius has been injected with bat DNA, it's just a matter of time before things go vampiric.
Let it be said that some side-effects from dabbling in "chiropter-y" are less ghastly than others. Bat DNA evidently gives you great cheekbones and abs to go with increased strength and speed.
Less salutary effects include new fangs that sprout from his gums with decades of decay baked in, and claws that erupt from his fingers pre-filthed. I mean, sure...why not? Except this is a man whose hair has the kind of sheen that comes from brushing it three times a day.
One other thing: he now needs to drink human blood every six hours. Happily, on his way to declining a Nobel Prize, Dr. Morbius invented "artificial blood," though that only fools his system for a while.
Color coded smoke effects for a Jekyll and his Hyde
If you're expecting a conventional Marvel movie, you should be aware going in that what Director Daniel Espinoza and his writers have come up with is more a horror flick with Marvel bells and whistles.
That means Leto's Morbius gets purplish smoke effects to go with those fang-baring snarls as he's riding air currents in subway tunnels, while the similarly afflicted Hyde to his Jekyll – a schoolboy chum played as an adult by an amusingly hopped-up Matt Smith, gets blue-ish vapor trails and snappier lines.
But there isn't much tension to their story. Or logic. At one point, Morbius overhears some counterfeiters passing fake $100s, and commandeers their printing press to make what appears to be an artificial-blood machine — because the technologies for fake-bills and fake-blood match up? Maybe that works better in a comic book.
Bat guys everywhere you look
Speaking of which, when the DC Extended Universe first announced that Twilight star Robert Pattinson would play the lead in The Batman in their corner of the superhero multiverse, it seemed like a nice inside joke — from Vampire-teen to Bat-man. But now that the Marvelverse has Leto going full Dracula, it seems as if the casting maybe could've gone the other way 'round.
Leto is as persuasively haunted by the dark side of vigilantism as Pattinson was, and as a result of corporate positioning, is maybe more determined to avoid being a villain. Not unlike Venom, Morbius was a bad guy when he first appeared in The Amazing Spider-Man comics, back in the 1970's. He needs to be at least an anti-hero now, if a franchise is to be built around him.
But bad guy/bat guy...who's to say? As the trailers reveal, another DC bat-guy, Michael Keaton, shows up in his non-batty baddie Marvel persona Adrian Toomes, just to mess with the heads of anyone trying to keep cinematic universes straight.
But bloodlines will have to be clarified in more robust "Morbius" episodes to come, this origin story being merely adequate, and by Marvel standards, slightly anemic.
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State officials were in Flint Thursday touting a plan to spend $250 million upgrading Michigan’s state parks.
The funding is part of a nearly $5 billion infrastructure bill signed into law this week.
A big chunk of that money will be spent on creating Michigan’s newest state park in the heart of Flint.
Ron Olson is Michigan's chief of parks and recreation. He said the old Chevy in the Hole site, now called Chevy Commons, has a lot to offer.
“You can walk, you can run, you can bike, and soon you’ll be able to kayak down the river and have good access,” said Olson.
It would be only the third “urban” state park in Michigan and the first state park of any kind in Genesee County.
Olson said almost 35 million people visited Michigan’s state parks last year — a 30% increase over the year before.
The infrastructure spending package includes an additional $200 million for local parks and recreational facilities.
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https://www.michiganradio.org/arts-life/2022-03-31/flint-will-soon-be-home-to-michigans-newest-state-park
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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ The winning numbers in Thursday evening's drawing of the Texas Lottery's "Pick 3 Evening" game were:
3-8-4, FIREBALL: 5
(three, eight, four; FIREBALL: five)
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ The winning numbers in Thursday evening's drawing of the Texas Lottery's "Pick 3 Evening" game were:
3-8-4, FIREBALL: 5
(three, eight, four; FIREBALL: five)
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https://www.greenwichtime.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Pick-3-Evening-game-17049719.php
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4 Israeli Settlers Injured in Stabbing Attack with Screwdriver South of Bethlehem
Photo: M Shaaban/MINA
Jerusalem, MINA – 4 Israeli settlers were injured, Thursday morning, in a stabbing attack by a Palestinian youth near the “Gush Etzion” settlement, south of Bethlehem.
The Hebrew media reported, that a Palestinian youth stormed an Israeli bus and stabbed it with a “screwdriver”, wounding 4 settlers, including on serious injured.
The Hebrew Channel (14) announced the death of the perpetrator of the stabbing attack near the bus station in “Gush Etzion” immediately after an armed Israeli settler opened fire at him.
The perpetrator of the stabbing attack near the bus station in Gush Etzoun was the martyr Nidal Juma’a Ja’fara (30 years), a resident of south Bethlehem. (LKG/RE1)
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Why is being single considered to be a vulnerable state or a state of being dependent, weak, and unprotected? And more importantly, what do these men think what 'help' they are intending to offer?
Time is changing but slowly. The perspectives are shifting from the conservative approach to a more logical and practical approach. And that is where we are finding people taking things which were considered to be a taboo at some point of time, as a ‘possibility’ that can happen with anyone, or maybe a ‘right to choose’.
The shift in the approach and mindset is moving a sloth walk but yes, the changes are occurring. Needless to say, there are certain things which are yet to change specially for woman who are single; single by choice or single by circumstances.
Nobody know what anyone is destined for, and so is the concept of marriage. Marriage has always been an ultimate goal specially in Indian culture. People have started looking at it differently and have begun to develop a more subtle and fluid approach towards it. However, people specially on the work front, don’t leave a chance to say very hurtful things to single women which send out a crude and insensitive message.
Here are 3 of the most atrocious statements single women get to hear while at work. Such statements not only bring out the true mindset of people who are supposedly ‘happily married and settled’, but also reveals their resistance towards bringing about a change in the society.
“Why do you want promotions and increments? You have no responsibilities so why do you want more money?”
Raise your hand if you have heard this from your seniors who were burdened by doing your appraisal, and they joyfully took your marital status as a good reason of appraising you low despite your wonderful performance throughout the year.
My question is why does society or organizations feel that only married women have ‘real responsibilities’, and single women especially have such a princely life, that they can forgo all the acknowledgements and rewards, which they must leave for all those married people who may have a poor or average performance.
“Oh, so you are not married? If you need any kind of help, do let me know!”
Raise your hand if you had come across people specially men who build their muscles throughout their lives to say such rotten things with rotten intentions, and have then pat their own backs for showing off their ‘supportive nature’.
Why is being single considered to be a vulnerable state or a state of being dependent, weak, and unprotected? And more importantly, what do these men think what ‘help’ they are intending to offer?
“Why can’t you work late hours? Instead of doing same silly things, going home, watching all stupid serials, chatting unnecessarily with your friends you can actually devote more time to work and grow. Going home on time is understandable for people having families.”
Raise your hands if you have heard such mean statements from your seniors and often coming from female bosses. My question is who should dictate how a single woman wants to lead her life?
Such seniors should understand that life of single women after office hours is none of their business. If she is silent and is tolerating such statements, you are lucky, otherwise such mean statements can simply go against you and your leadership. They should understand that they are not supposed to define anyone’s life, or else the women who were strong enough to take such concerns to the management had the capability of defining the future of such seniors.
A lot has to change, a lot has to be absorbed, a lot has to be executed, a lot has to be revolutionized, and a lot has to be improved. I am sure speaking up, sharing such experiences, and questioning the foul practices, not once but every time, will surely bring in the change for good.
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We all know what has been the hottest news of this week.
American comedian, Chris Rock made a bald joke about American actor, Will Smith’s wife and got punched in the face.
This happened at the prestigious Academy Awards ceremony, known as the Oscars to most people.
“It is love that made me do it!” is the standard excuse used by every perpetrator of domestic violence. By saying it on a global stage, Will Smith provided it legitimacy, and that is something women do not need.
The Oscar Awards, 2022 will not be remembered for the Best Movie, the Best Actor(s) or the Best Director. It will go down in history as the ceremony where a Best Actor nominee slapped the person anchoring the show.
By now, we would have all heard about the sexist, ableist and distinctly unfunny “joke” that Chris Rock cracked about Jada Pinkett Smith and her struggle with Alopecia.
And we would certainly have seen Will Smith stride onto the stage, place a resounding slap on Rock and continue to utter profanities well after he returned to his seat.
"Are you married" is the question every single Indian woman needs to be prepared for. How do you react?
“Are you married?”
These three words framed in a question have caused more discomfort to me than even people asking me about my future plans with respect to career. I am a single woman and at the age of 26, being single is the start of the worst you can be while you live in a country like India. (Well, I know it’s pretty similar everywhere else, but Indians seemed to be too obsessed with marriage). This question is and has affected my personal as well as professional life. How? Let me try to raise few examples here for you; before that I think it’s good to have a background.
I come from an upper caste family settled since decades in Delhi; in fact my parents were also born and brought up in Delhi. Still, that didn’t create any strong open mindedness in my ancestral lineage. We all hail from a land (Haryana) where having daughters is a sin and so, giving them the best of education and letting them get married when they want to is beyond question. (more…)
Is it wrong if a girl chooses to remain single and enjoy her own company? It may be tough but shouldn't it be her choice - whether or not to marry?
Is it wrong if a girl chooses to remain single and enjoy her own company? It may be tough but shouldn’t it be her choice – whether or not to marry?
We have all probably witnessed or heard of cases of domestic violence and of unhappy marriages. And we probably also know of unhappy children due to the discrepancies between their parents or even of unhappy single parents.
After witnessing all this, almost everyone thinks they wouldn’t want any such relationship. One that only has sacrifice and nothing else. A relationship where one has to lose themselves. This relationship may be a marriage or becoming a parent.
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Oscars producer Will Packer is speaking out about what happened behind the scenes moments after actor Will Smith slapped comedian Chris Rock on stage for making a joke about Smith’s wife, Jada Pinkett Smith.
In an interview with "Good Morning America," Packer said that Los Angeles police were "prepared" to arrest Smith, but Rock was "dismissive" about pressing charges.
Read more of this story from ABC News HERE, and watch the full interview on "Good Morning America" starting at 7 a.m. Friday on WAAY 31.
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Blockzero Labs (XIO) traded 0.5% higher against the U.S. dollar during the 24 hour period ending at 19:00 PM Eastern on March 31st. One Blockzero Labs coin can currently be bought for approximately $0.0852 or 0.00000186 BTC on major cryptocurrency exchanges. Blockzero Labs has a market cap of $3.12 million and $332,728.00 worth of Blockzero Labs was traded on exchanges in the last day. In the last week, Blockzero Labs has traded up 21.5% against the U.S. dollar.
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The last Russian troops left the Chernobyl nuclear plant early Friday, according to the Ukrainian government agency responsible for the exclusion zone around the plant.
Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk said the Russian troops who dug trenches in the forest “voluntarily received such doses of radiation that the consequences will be explained to them by doctors in special protective suits.”
“They totally deserve to be nominated for this year’s Darwin Awards,” she said on Facebook. “This is a case when the enemy inspires fear through the sawdust in his head.”
The website of the Darwin Awards says they “salute the improvement of the human genome by honoring those who accidentally remove themselves from it in a spectacular manner.”
The Ukrainian nuclear operator company Energoatom said Thursday that Russian troops were headed toward Ukraine’s border with Belarus.
Energoatom said that the Russian military was also preparing to leave Slavutych, a nearby city where power plant workers live.
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KEY DEVELOPMENTS IN THE RUSSIA-UKRAINE WAR:
— Heavy fighting rages near Kyiv as Russia appears to regroup
— Kremlin decree says foreign currency can still buy natural gas
— As Russia sees tech brain drain, other nations hope to gain
— Ukraine refugees encouraged to find work as exodus slows
— Ukrainians in US mobilize to help expected refugees
— Go to https://apnews.com/hub/russia-ukraine for more coverage
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OTHER DEVELOPMENTS:
LVIV, UKRAINE — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said after Russian troops withdrew from the north and center of the country, the situation has been heating up in the southeast where Russian forces are building up for new powerful attacks.
In his nighttime video address to the nation Thursday, Zelenskyy said it was heartening for all Ukrainians to see Russian troops retreating from north of Kyiv, from around the northern town of Chernihiv and from Sumy in the northeast. By he urged Ukrainians not to let up, saying the withdrawal was just a Russian tactic.
“We know their intentions. We know what they are planning and what they are doing,” Zelenskyy said. ““We know that they are moving away from those areas where we hit them in order to focus on other, very important ones where it may be difficult for us.
“We all want to win,” Zelenskyy added. “But there will be battles ahead. We still have to go through a very difficult path ahead to get everything we are striving for.”
Zelenskyy said he spoke Thursday with European Council President Charles Michel and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, while his adviser spoke with U.S. national security adviser Jake Sullivan.
“We need more support from our partners right now when Russian troops are concentrating additional forces in certain areas,” Zelenskyy said.
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WASHINGTON — The top-ranking Ukrainian Catholic cleric in the United States warned Thursday that religious minorities in the Eastern European country stand to be “crushed” if Moscow gains control, as fighting raged on more than a month after the Russian invasion began.
Archbishop Borys Gudziak said groups at risk include Catholics, Muslims and Orthodox who have broken away from the patriarch of Moscow.
Gudziak also cited reports that Russian forces have damaged two Holocaust memorials and Moscow’s false portrayal of Ukraine as a “Nazi” state although Ukraine overwhelmingly elected a Jewish president in Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
“What is at stake for the people of faith is their freedom to practice their faith,” Gudziak said during an online panel discussion on the war, hosted by the Initiative on Catholic Social Thought and Public Life at Georgetown University.
Gudziak is head of the Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Philadelphia and president of Ukrainian Catholic University in Lviv, Ukraine. He also oversees external relations for the Kyiv-based Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church.
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WASHINGTON — The Pentagon says an initial half-dozen shipments of weapons and other security assistance have reached Ukraine as part of the $800 million package of aid that President Joe Biden approved on March 16.
Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said Thursday that the shipments included Javelin anti-tank weapons, Stinger anti-aircraft missile systems, body armor, medical supplies and other material. He said the 100 Switchblade armed drones that Biden approved as part of the package have not yet been delivered.
Kirby said the $800 million in assistance is likely to be fully delivered within about two weeks. It also includes Mi-17 helicopters, small arms, ammunition, vehicles, secure communications systems, and satellite imagery and analysis capability.
Separately, Kirby said U.S. troops are not training Ukrainian troops in Poland but are acting as liaisons with Ukrainian personnel who cross the border into Poland to take possession of U.S. security assistance. He noted that the standard U.S. military training mission that had existed in Ukraine for years was suspended shortly before Russia invaded.
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DOHA, Qatar — A video showing the head of Ukrainian soccer wearing an armored vest on the streets of Kyiv brought the impact of Russia’s war into the FIFA Congress.
Andriy Pavelko used a recorded message to the gathering in Qatar on Thursday to talk about the deaths of footballers even as the sport “has taken a back seat in our country.”
The gathering in Doha featured delegates from Russia, including Alexey Sorokin, the chief executive of Russia’s 2018 World Cup organizing committee.
Russia won’t be in the draw for the World Cup on Friday after being disqualified from playing internationally by FIFA over the war. Ukraine can still qualify but its playoff semifinal against Scotland has been postponed until June with the hope the team will be in a position to return to the field by then.
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LVIV, Ukraine — Ukraine’s ombudsperson says that at least one person has been killed and four others have been wounded in the Russian shelling of a humanitarian convoy.
Ukrainian Human Rights Commissioner Lyudmyla Denisova said those who came under the shelling on Thursday were volunteers accompanying a convoy of buses sent to the northern city of Chernihiv to evacuate residents.
She said that the Russian forces besieging Chernihiv have made it impossible to evacuate civilians from the city that has been cut from food, water and other supplies.
The Russian shelling continued two days after Moscow announced it would scale back military operations around Kyiv and Chernihiv.
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BERLIN — The International Atomic Energy Agency says it has been informed by Ukraine that the Russian forces which were in control of the Chernobyl nuclear plant have “in writing, transferred control” of the facility to Ukrainian personnel.
Ukraine said three convoys of Russian forces have already left the site toward Belarus, while the remaining troops were presumed to be preparing to leave, the agency said Thursday.
The IAEA added that it was in close consultations with Ukrainian authorities on sending a first assistance and support mission to Chernobyl in the next few days.
The agency said it has not been able to confirm reports of Russian forces receiving high doses of radiation while being inside the exclusion zone of the now-closed plant, but is seeking further information in order to provide an independent assessment of the situation.
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ANKARA, Turkey — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan renewed his offer to host a meeting between the Ukrainian and Russian leaders during a telephone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
A statement from Erdogan’s office said the Turkish president also told Zelenskyy Thursday that a meeting between Ukrainian and Russian negotiators who met in Istanbul earlier this week had given “a meaningful impetus” to efforts to end the fighting.
Earlier this week, Ukraine’s delegation laid out a framework under which the country would declare itself neutral and its security would be guaranteed by an array of nations, including Turkey.
Meanwhile, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said during a joint news conference with a top Turkish Cypriot official that Erdogan also is expected to speak with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
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WASHINGTON — U.S. President Joe Biden on Thursday said there’s “no clear evidence” that Vladimir Putin is scaling back military operations around Kyiv and suggested that the Russian president may have ordered some of his advisers fired or placed under house arrest.
Biden told reporters that “there’s some indication” that Putin has taken those steps against some of his advisers. He added, “But I don’t want to put too much stock in that at this time because we don’t have that much hard evidence.”
The White House on Wednesday released unclassified intelligence findings that Putin is being misinformed by his advisors about how badly the Russian military is performing.
The president made the comments after formally announcing that the U.S. would release 1 million barrels of oil per day from the nation’s strategic petroleum reserve in hopes of easing surging gasoline prices.
Biden also reiterated that his administration remains skeptical that Russia will scale back operations around Kyiv as Moscow announced earlier this week.
Russian forces continued to shell Kyiv suburbs Thursday, two days after the Kremlin announced it would significantly scale back operations near both the capital and the northern city of Chernihiv.
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UNITED NATIONS — The U.N. humanitarian coordinator in Ukraine says the United Nations and its partners have delivered supplies for thousands of people in the country’s northeast but have been unable to reach some encircled cities in the south.
Osnat Lubrani said Thursday that food rations from the humanitarian organization People in Need and the U.N. World Food Program will benefit nearly 6,000 people in Sumy and areas including Trostianets and Okhtyrka.
In addition, she said, basic household items including blankets and kettles from the U.N. refugee agency will support 1,500 people and sanitation kits will help 6,000 people with hygiene and drinking water.
Lubrani said medical supplies and trauma kits from the U.N. World Health Organization will treat 150 patients needing intensive care for serious injuries while other medical supplies will support 10,000 people for three months.
Shei said the U.N.-facilitated humanitarian notification system with Ukraine and Russia enabled safe passage for the convoy to Sumy on Thursday “but this is clearly not enough.” Efforts over the past month to reach Mauripol, Kherson and other encircled cities in the south have been unsuccessful because of safety concerns.
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BERLIN — The U.N. nuclear watchdog says its director-general has arrived in Russia’s Baltic Sea exclave of Kaliningrad for talks with senior Russian officials.
The International Atomic Energy Agency didn’t specify in a tweet whom exactly Rafael Mariano Grossi will meet on Friday or give further details of his agenda.
He arrived in Kaliningrad Thursday following a visit to Ukraine, where he visited a nuclear power plant and conferred with the energy minister and other officials on efforts to ensure the safety of Ukraine’s nuclear power plants.
Ukraine has 15 active nuclear reactors at four plants — one of which, at Zaporizhzhia, is under the Russian military’s control.
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GENEVA — A team with the International Committee of the Red Cross has arrived in a Ukraine-held city where staff are preparing to take civilians out of the beleaguered port city of Mariupol.
Julien Lerisson, deputy director of operations for the ICRC, said Thursday that the team assembling in the southeastern city of Zaporizhzhia, has medicines, food, water, hygiene items and other essentials.
He said the organization has high-level agreement for the mission but is focused on making sure “the order trickles down the chain of command,” allowing the team to enter and leave Mariupol safely.
The Russian military has said it committed to a cease-fire along the route from Mariupol to Zaporizhzhia. Ukrainian authorities have said 45 buses would be sent to collect citizens and provide resources to those who remain.
Lucile Marbeau, a staff member with the ICRC team hoping to enter Mariupol, said on Thursday: “We’re here because really, we hope to be able to facilitate safe passage for civilians desperately wanting to flee Mariupol.”
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LONDON — Britain’s defense minister says Ukraine’s international allies have agreed to send more military equipment, including artillery ammunition and armored vehicles.
U.K. Defence Secretary Ben Wallace held a conference call Thursday with defense ministers from more than 35 countries, including the United States, New Zealand, South Korea and Japan.
Wallace said that as a result “there will be more lethal aid going into Ukraine.” He said that would include “more long-range artillery, ammunition predominantly,” to help counter Russia’s bombardment of Ukraine’s cities.
Wallace said Ukraine was “also looking for armoured vehicles of some types, not tanks necessarily, but certainly protective vehicles.”
He said allies were also “looking to see what more we can do” to help Ukraine defend its coastline.
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WASHINGTON — The Biden administration has sanctioned an employee of a state-affiliated Russian defense firm that developed malicious software that was used to target the energy sector.
The Treasury Department on Thursday sanctioned Evgeny Viktorovich Gladkikh. He was one of four Russians charged in Justice Department indictments unsealed last week that alleged the hacking by Russia of critical infrastructure around the globe, including in the U.S. energy and aviation sectors.
Among the thousands of computers targeted in some 135 countries were of a Saudi petro-chemical plant where the hackers overrode safety controls.
That hack is singled out in a Treasury Department release announcing sanctions against Gladikh and several other employees of the research firm. In total, the Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control announced that it was designating 21 entities and 13 individuals, including in the aerospace, marine and electronics sectors.
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LVIV, Ukraine — Russian troops were leaving the Chernobyl nuclear power plant and heading towards Ukraine’s border with Belarus, the Ukrainian nuclear operator company said Thursday.
The operator, Energoatom, said that the Russian military was also preparing to leave Slavutych, a nearby city where power plant workers live.
Energoatom also said reports were confirmed that the Russians dug trenches in the Red Forest, the 10-square-kilometer (nearly four-square-mile) area surrounding the Chernobyl plant within the Exclusion Zone, and received “significant doses of radiation.”
The Russian troops “panicked at the first sign of illness,” which “showed up very quickly,” and began to prepare to leave, the operator said. The claim couldn’t be independently verified.
Energoatom said the Russians have signed a document confirming the handover of the Chernobyl plant and stating that the plant’s administration doesn’t have any complaints about the Russian troops who were “guarding” the facility.
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LONDON — The head of Britain’s military says Russian President Vladimir Putin has “already lost” in Ukraine and is weaker than he was before the invasion.
Adm. Tony Radakin at a think-tank seminar Thursday in London said Moscow’s aim to “take the whole of Ukraine” fell apart. He added that the coming weeks “will continue to be very difficult” for Ukraine.
“But in many ways, Putin has already lost,” he said. “Far from being the far-sighted manipulator of events that he would have us believe, Putin has damaged himself through a series of catastrophic misjudgements.”
Radakin also said there was “disquiet” at all levels of Russia’s military about the campaign, from troops who were not told they were invading Ukraine up to senior commanders.
Western officials say Putin’s small inner circle is not giving him the true picture of the war, and his isolation may have contributed to miscalculating the strength of resistance Russian troops would meet.
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BERLIN — The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe expressed regret Thursday at Russia’s decision to veto the extension of its observer mission in Ukraine.
The OSCE’s special monitoring mission has been present in Ukraine since 2014, when fighting between Ukrainians and Russia-backed separatists broke out in the country’s eastern regions after Russia’s annexation of Crimea.
Polish Foreign Minister Zbigniew Rau, who holds the OSCE rotating chair, said the observers had played a “crucial role by providing objective information on the security and humanitarian situation on the ground and relentlessly working to ease the effects of the conflict on the civilian population” in Ukraine for the past eight year.
The Vienna-based body’s secretary general, Helga Maria Schmid, expressed gratitude to the mission’s members, several of whom were wounded or killed over the years.
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BERLIN — Germany’s economy minister says Europe should impose additional sanctions on Russia to prevent what he described as a “barbaric” war in Ukraine.
Robert Habeck said he discussed what further measures could be taken with his French counterpart during a bilateral meeting in Berlin on Thursday.
“The last package (of sanctions) doesn’t need to be the final one, it should not be the final one,” he told reporters, adding that he and French Economy Minister Bruno Le Maire had “identified additional points that could be included in a (sanctions) package.”
Habeck declined to elaborate on what those points might be.
Speaking ahead of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s announcement on new rules requiring countries to pay for Russia’s natural gas sales in rubles, Habeck insisted that contracts would be adhered to. These stipulate payment in euros or dollars.
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BERLIN — The Austrian and German leaders have underlined their rejection of a halt to Russian energy deliveries at this point.
Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer noted that several central and eastern European countries depend to one extent or another on Russian gas deliveries.
He and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz argued that existing sanctions already are having a significant effect and said they need time to switch to new providers and renewable energy sources.
Nehammer said that “sanctions only make sense … when they hit those they are supposed to hit, and don’t weaken those who carry out sanctions.”
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ROME — A Kremlin decree says “unfriendly countries” can continue to pay for natural gas in foreign currency through a Russian bank that will convert the money into rubles.
The decree published Thursday by state media came a day after the leaders of Italy and Germany said they received assurances from President Vladimir Putin.
Putin talked tougher, saying Russia will start accepting ruble payments starting Friday for Western countries that imposed sanctions over its conflict with Ukraine. He said contracts will be stopped if buyers don’t sign up to the new conditions, including opening ruble accounts in Russian banks.
European leaders had rejected paying for deliveries in rubles, saying it would undermine sanctions imposed because of the war in Ukraine.
The decree Putin signed and published by state news agency RIA Novosti says a designated bank will open two accounts for each buyer, one in foreign currency and one in rubles. The buyers will pay in foreign currency and authorize the bank to sell that currency for rubles, which are placed in the second account, where the gas is formally purchased.
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ROME — Italy’s leader is urging Europe to “cultivate all available land” as a partial remedy to reductions in agricultural imports, especially of Russian grain, due to the war in Ukraine.
Premier Mario Draghi told reporters on Thursday that under existing agricultural practices in the European Union 10% of land is purposely left fallow, but that must now change as European countries search for ways to reduce dependency on farm imports.
It’s not clear whether Ukraine, one of the world’s largest exporters of wheat, maize and sunflower oil, might be able to salvage any of this planting season.
Meanwhile, Draghi noted that Western Europe will be looking to food producers like Canada, the United States and Argentina to help make up the shortfall of imports from Ukraine and Russia.
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STOCKHOLM — The deputy director of Sweden’s Military Intelligence and Security agency says Russia has made “a strategic miscalculation when invading Ukraine.”
Daniel Olsson said the invasion of Ukraine “has shown that the Russian leadership is ready to take great risks, larger than previously taken.”
The government agency’s analysis suggested a likely “a western containment of Russia,” including reducing trade in Russian energy.
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LOS ANGELES, March 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Arixa Capital Advisors, LLC is pleased to announce that Eric Cooper has joined the company as Vice President of Construction. In this role, Mr. Cooper is responsible for enhancing Arixa's construction risk management, through further development of Arixa's funds control program and construction underwriting, as well as building the scalable infrastructure that will allow Arixa to continue to grow its construction lending platform. Mr. Cooper comes to Arixa with over a decade of onsite construction project management experience and five years of construction lending experience.
Prior to joining Arixa, Mr. Cooper was the Vice President of Construction Operations at Genesis Capital. During his five years with that company, he oversaw the development of a nationwide residential construction underwriting program and was responsible for managing the in-house funds control team.
Eric Cooper shares, "As I suspected, Arixa Capital has an incredible culture, talented staff and a fantastic borrower base. I feel lucky and excited to further build out the construction department to best serve both borrowers and investors."
Earlier in his career, Mr. Cooper was the onsite supervisor and project manager for a two-year project, building an ultra-luxury custom home for a celebrity client in the Trousdale Estates neighborhood of Beverly Hills, with the highly regarded general contractor Corbin Reeves. From 2013 to 2015, Mr. Cooper was a project manager for ANR Industries, where he oversaw all aspects of luxury single-family residential construction projects in the Los Angeles area, from conceptual design through final sale. From 2010 to 2013, Mr. Cooper worked as a project manager for Anchor Loans where he oversaw all aspects of remodeling for single-family residential projects with resale values between $700,000 and $3,000,000.
Arixa Capital's Managing Director, Greg Hebner, said, "We are excited to bring someone like Eric onto the Arixa team. Eric's deep construction experience and his passion for client service is an ideal fit for our team. As Arixa continues to grow its lending business across larger construction projects and new geographies, Eric's extensive industry knowledge will allow us to execute on our growth plans and maintain the high level of service that our clients expect, while also mitigating risk for our fund investors."
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Arixa Capital is one of the premier private real estate lenders and credit fund managers in the Western U.S., providing small balance loan solutions to lower middle-market residential and commercial investors and developers. Visit www.arixacapital.com for more information on investing or borrowing.
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THE student killed in a shooting at a South Carolina middle school Thursday afternoon has been named as his family has released a statement.
Jamari Cortez Bonaparte Jackson, 12, died at the hospital after being shot at Tanglewood Middle School, according to deputies at the Greenville County Sheriff’s Office.
“We are all devastated by today’s tragedy,” read a statement by the Jackson family.
“We love Jamari dearly and we would ask that our privacy be respected as we grieve during this very difficult time.”
Deputies said the suspect was taken into custody just after 1:45pm. The suspect is also a 12-year-old.
He was detained near the school and the sheriff’s office said that authorities aren’t looking for any additional suspects.
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Police said the suspect shot Jackson before running from the property. He was found hiding under the deck of a home. A handgun was also recovered.
Due to the suspect’s age, his name has not been released. He is charged with murder, possession of a weapon during a violent crime, possession of a firearm on school property and unlawful possession of a weapon by a person under age 18.
"While the motive for the shooting and how the suspect was able to get possession of a firearm is still under investigation, we can confirm that the victim and suspect were familiar with each other and we are confident the incident was isolated," said the sheriff's office in a statement.
"This has been a very trying situation for sure," Greenville County Sheriff Hobart Lewis said at the scene.
"Our hearts go out to all the families involved."
The sheriff's office said over 100 deputies responded to the scene.
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Footage from the scene showed a heavy police presence at the school as officials closed entrance roads to the school.
Greenville County Schools said students have been taken to Brookwood Church, where parents will be able to reunite with their kids.
South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster thanks the sheriff's office and agents for their swift response.
"I ask that you join Peggy and me in praying for the families, students, and communities affected by this tragic situation," McMaster tweeted.
DRUG-LACED EDIBLES AT PA MIDDLE SCHOOL
The shooting comes after six other students were rushed to the hospital after consuming drug-laced edibles at a Pennsylvania middle school.
School officials at South Allegheny Middle School said the students became extremely sick within several minutes of one another.
Lisa Duval, the school's superintendent, said staff first alerted the school nurse of the students' conditions then decided to call medics to the location.
The school district said all the affected students' families had been notified, and all the middle schoolers' bookbags and belongings were searched for drug paraphernalia.
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From new video technology to "elevated" concessions, Citi Field is ready to welcome back Mets fans
NEW YORK -- Thursday, April 7, is opening day for Major League Baseball, and the New York Mets are ready for the season, which includes a special day honoring glory teams of the past.
CBS2's Jennifer McLogan got a preview Thursday of what fans can expect at Citi Field, including new food choices.
Opening day is almost here, and what a season it could be on this 60th anniversary.
"It's an absolute dream. I remember seeing the stadium growing up on drives with my parents coming to the games," said Jacob Hadigeorgis, of Jacob's Pickles.
There are brand new local culinary partnerships and ticket promotions.
"Starting at just $75 a month, fans can attend all games here at Citi Field," said Kenny Koperda, vice president of ticket sales for the Mets.
There will be bobblehead giveaways, facial ticketing for faster entry and triple the digital cameras around the stadium.
"From end to end, from foul pole to foul pole, 4K LED," said Mets vice president of technology Oscar Fernandez.
Visitors can head up escalators to see new Hall of Fame Museum additions. Curator Alicia Juillet says they will retire Keith Hernanez's number in July.
"We're bringing back Old-Timers' Day, that's what I'm most excited about," she said.
Amazin' Tom Terrific, the Cy Young ace and superstar, will be honored. The leader of the Miracle Mets of '69, sadly, died a year and a half ago. His family will be there opening day when a Tom Seaver statue is officially unveiled.
This season, the Mets are hoping to get the stands equally male and female.
"We're opening up a dedicated store, the Mets Dugout Shop for Women," Mets consumer strategy director James Benesh said.
As for food, forget peanuts, popcorn and Cracker Jack.
"It's crazy what we do here. We try to take your ballpark fare and elevate it," Mets senior executive chef Jason Eksterowicz said.
There's sushi, lobster, steak, pulled pork, Shake Shack, Murray's Mac and Cheese, Pig Beach barbecue, Wowfulls, Cookie Crumz, beer bars and more.
"What about the good, old-fashioned hot dog?" McLogan asked.
"The hot dog is still our staple," Eksterowicz said.
McLogan learned, a hot dog is $7.50 and a slice of pizza is $6 -- but who cares if the Mets are winning.
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With gas prices sky high right now, a free tank of gas sounds pretty great.
If you get to Irving Oil at Rojo’s Car Wash on Route 1 in Norwood early enough on Friday, that will be your reward.
Businessman Ernie Boch Jr. announced on Twitter Thursday that he’ll be giving out up to 7,000 gallons of gas at the station Friday starting at 7 a.m.
Boch said the offer is first come, first serve, and will be doled out one vehicle at a time. Drivers will be able to choose whatever type of gas they want that’s available.
“Gas prices are crazy and it’s the right thing to do. I’m in the automotive industry. It’s a cool thing to do,” Boch told WCVB.
Right now, the average gas price for Norfolk County is $4.283, according to AAA. At that price, if Boch were actually to pay for 7,000 gallons of regular fuel, he’d spend nearly $30,000.
And in case you were wondering, Boch insisted to WCVB that this is NOT an April Fool’s joke. In fact, according to the news channel, police are making preparations.
“There is potential for backup on Route 1, but its going to be managed by the traffic lights,” Norwood Police Chief Bill Brooks told WCVB. “There’s going to be hundreds of cars. We’re going to make sure they get moved through.”
The gas station is near the intersection of Route 1 and University Ave. in Norwood.
“We’re hoping people don’t get here too early and we’re gonna go until the fuel runs out,” Rojo Wash owner John Shalbey told WCVB.
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CHAPEL HILL N.C. (WNCN) – With the highly-anticipated Final Four matchup between Duke University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill less than two days away, law enforcement in Chapel Hill is not waiting to prepare for potentially rowdy crowds Saturday night.
Tar Heel fans hope to flood Franklin Street in the event of a Tar Heels win.
“We’d love to have a chance to be out there and celebrate,” UNC Vice Chancellor of Student Success Jonathan Sauls said. “It is a big tradition, but what we really want students to know is to celebrate safely.”
Chapel Hill fire and police departments have already coordinated traffic changes and contingency plans depending on how the game goes.
“We have plans,” Chapel Hill fire marshal Chris Wells said. “We have done this before, but we have never done it to this level. This is an unprecedented matchup.”
Sauls said that matchup could bring thousands to the area, like he has seen in previous Final Four runs.
“We have about 30-plus thousand students, but you may have 55,000 to 60,000 people out there celebrating,” Sauls said.
Officials want to warn people that illegal fireworks and bonfires, like those seen at previous celebrations, could have serious consequences.
In fact, UNC’s Jaycee Burn Center has treated multiple people for severe burns in the past after Tar Heel celebrations got out of hand.
“People get intoxicated, get too close to it (the bonfires) and they fall over,” Jaycee Burn Center Director Dr. Booker King said. “I have even seen a case where somebody tried to jump over, being very intoxicated, and unfortunately fell right into it.”
Win or lose, it will be a busy Final Four weekend for law enforcement as it also checks area businesses for capacity limits and watches for alcohol violations.
“We’re still preparing to be here whether Carolina loses,” Wells said. “We are going to be here Monday night regardless.”
Parking will be super tight on Saturday, as the town will start restricting spots on Franklin Street at 1 p.m. to get ready for a potential closure later that night.
The university is also putting on a watch party at the Dean Smith Center. Doors open at 5:45 p.m. Saturday.
“The fact that we are rivals just nine miles apart, and our schools collaborate on so many things, we have a lot of ways that we complement each other,” Sauls said. “But, on the court, my goodness, we are just the ultimate rivals.”
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DETROIT (AP) _ The winning numbers in Thursday evening's drawing of the Michigan Lottery's "Poker Lotto" game were:
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DETROIT (AP) _ The winning numbers in Thursday evening's drawing of the Michigan Lottery's "Poker Lotto" game were:
AD-7C-6D-8H-9H
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DETROIT (AP) _ The winning numbers in Thursday evening's drawing of the Michigan Lottery's "Poker Lotto" game were:
AD-7C-6D-8H-9H
(AD, 7C, 6D, 8H, 9H)
DETROIT (AP) _ The winning numbers in Thursday evening's drawing of the Michigan Lottery's "Poker Lotto" game were:
AD-7C-6D-8H-9H
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Another little round of showers moves through tonight, but they'll be gone by Friday. Temperatures will be closer to average by the weekend with highs near 70 and lows in the 40s.
A few spotty showers are possible Saturday, then we're dry through the start of the next workweek. It's looking like our next chance for heavier rain and storms will be Tuesday evening into Wednesday.
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International Organizations Provide Financial Support to IDPs in Ukraine
Kyiv, MINA – Ukraine’s deputy prime minister announced on Wednesday that international organizations have started providing financial support to internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Ukraine.
Irina Vereshchuk and UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi met to discuss the main areas of cooperation in providing shelter and direct cash assistance to IDPs.
Vereshchuk in a briefing said the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees has started paying 2,200 hryvnia ($75) per person through the Ukraine Post Office.
She also said that the International Organization for Migration Mission in Ukraine has also started a program to provide cash assistance of 2,200 hryvnia to pregnant women, orphans, families with two or more children, the disabled and the elderly, for now, in the Zakarpattia Oblast region.
Vereshchuk said that despite the agreements made with the Russian Federation, evacuation work was left to Thursday as evacuation buses and trucks carrying humanitarian aid were blocked in the city of Vasil’evka.
The Russia-Ukraine war, which started on Feb. 24, has been met with international outrage, with the European Union, US and the UK among others implementing tough financial sanctions on Moscow.
At least 1,189 civilians have been killed in Ukraine and 1,901 injured, according to estimates by the UN, which cautioned that the true figure is likely far higher.
More than 4 million Ukrainians have also fled to several European countries, with millions more displaced inside the country, according to the UN refugee agency.(T/R3/RE1)
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Medical Properties (MPW) Stock Moves -1.08%: What You Should Know
In the latest trading session, Medical Properties (MPW) closed at $21.14, marking a -1.08% move from the previous day. This change was narrower than the S&P 500's 1.57% loss on the day. Meanwhile, the Dow lost 1.56%, and the Nasdaq, a tech-heavy index, added 0.1%.
Heading into today, shares of the health care real estate investment trust had gained 4.6% over the past month, outpacing the Finance sector's gain of 3.25% and lagging the S&P 500's gain of 5.37% in that time.
Wall Street will be looking for positivity from Medical Properties as it approaches its next earnings report date. The company is expected to report EPS of $0.47, up 11.9% from the prior-year quarter. Our most recent consensus estimate is calling for quarterly revenue of $410.32 million, up 13.11% from the year-ago period.
For the full year, our Zacks Consensus Estimates are projecting earnings of $1.87 per share and revenue of $1.64 billion, which would represent changes of +6.86% and +6.27%, respectively, from the prior year.
Investors should also note any recent changes to analyst estimates for Medical Properties. Recent revisions tend to reflect the latest near-term business trends. As such, positive estimate revisions reflect analyst optimism about the company's business and profitability.
Research indicates that these estimate revisions are directly correlated with near-term share price momentum. To benefit from this, we have developed the Zacks Rank, a proprietary model which takes these estimate changes into account and provides an actionable rating system.
Ranging from #1 (Strong Buy) to #5 (Strong Sell), the Zacks Rank system has a proven, outside-audited track record of outperformance, with #1 stocks returning an average of +25% annually since 1988. Over the past month, the Zacks Consensus EPS estimate has moved 0.63% higher. Medical Properties is currently a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold).
In terms of valuation, Medical Properties is currently trading at a Forward P/E ratio of 11.43. This valuation marks a discount compared to its industry's average Forward P/E of 15.8.
We can also see that MPW currently has a PEG ratio of 1.74. This metric is used similarly to the famous P/E ratio, but the PEG ratio also takes into account the stock's expected earnings growth rate. The REIT and Equity Trust - Other industry currently had an average PEG ratio of 2.99 as of yesterday's close.
The REIT and Equity Trust - Other industry is part of the Finance sector. This group has a Zacks Industry Rank of 154, putting it in the bottom 40% of all 250+ industries.
The Zacks Industry Rank gauges the strength of our individual industry groups by measuring the average Zacks Rank of the individual stocks within the groups. Our research shows that the top 50% rated industries outperform the bottom half by a factor of 2 to 1.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawmakers moved to the brink Thursday of shaking hands on a scaled-back bipartisan compromise providing a fresh $10 billion to combat COVID-19, a deal that could set up final congressional approval next week.
The price tag was down from an earlier $15.6 billion agreement between the two parties that collapsed weeks ago after House Democrats rejected cutting unused pandemic aid to states to help pay for it. President Joe Biden requested $22.5 billion in early March. With leaders hoping to move the package through Congress quickly, the lowered cost seemed to reflect both parties’ calculations that agreeing soon to additional savings would be too hard.
The effort, which would finance steps like vaccines, treatments and tests, comes as Bidenand other Democrats have warned the government is running out of moneyto counter the pandemic. At the same time, the more transmissible omicron variant BA.2 has been spreading quickly in the U.S. and abroad.
“We’ve reached an agreement in principle on all the spending and all of the offsets,” Sen. Mitt Romney of Utah, the lead Republican bargainer, told reporters, using Washington-speak for savings. “It’s entirely balanced by offsets.”
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and others were more circumspect.
“We are getting close to a final agreement that would garner bipartisan support,” Schumer said on the Senate floor. He said lawmakers were still finalizing the bill’s components and language, and awaiting a cost estimate from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office.
Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., chair of the Senate health committee and another bargainer, said, “I’m hoping,” when asked about Romney’s assessment.
Once clinched, an agreement would represent a semblance of bipartisan cooperation in battling the pandemic that dissolved a year ago, when a far larger, $1.9 trillion measure proposed by the new president cleared Congress with only Democratic votes. That bill was laden with spending to help struggling families, businesses and communities, while this one would be aimed exclusively at public health.
Many Republicans have been willing to go along with the new expenditures but have insisted on paying for them with unspent funds from previous bills Congress has enacted to address the pandemic.
Half the new measure’s $10 billion would be used for treatments, said Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., who has helped negotiate the agreement. He said top federal health officials would be given wide discretion on spending the rest of it but it would include research and other steps for battling the disease, which has killed around 975,000 Americans and millions across the world.
Romney and others said savings the two parties had agreed to for the new bill would not include the cuts in state assistance that House Democrats opposed. He said some unused funds would be culled from another pandemic program that gives state and local governments funds for grants to local businesses.
Blunt said both sides had also agreed to savings that include pulling back an unspent $2.2 billion for aiding entertainment venues closed during the pandemic and more than $2 billion still available for assisting aviation manufacturing.
Romney said the $10 billion might include $1 billion for vaccines, treatments and other support for countries overseas. Blunt said that figure seemed unresolved. One third of the earlier, $15.6 billion measure had been slated to go abroad.
The lowered figure for assisting other countries encountered opposition in the House, where some Democrats wanted to boost the figure. Epidemiologists have cited the need to vaccinate more people around the world and reduce the virus’ opportunities for spinning off new variants.
“It’s a problem,” House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., told reporters. “It’s a shame.”
Kate Bedingfield, White House communications director, said officials were “very hopeful” an agreement would be reached and prodded lawmakers to include funds to help other countries cope with the disease.
“We’re not going to be able to put this pandemic behind us until we stop the spread and proliferation of new variants globally,” Bedingfield said.
Leaders hope Congress can approve the legislation before lawmakers leave for a spring recess after next week.
Republicans have leverage in the Democratic-controlled, 50-50 Senate because 60 votes are needed to pass most major bills. Romney and Blunt both said they believed a finalized package they described would attract significantly more than the 10 GOP votes needed.
Since the pandemic began, Congress has approved more than $5 trillion to address the economic and health crises it produced. Only a small fraction of that has been for public health programs like vaccines.
In an interview earlier Thursday with Punchbowl News, Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said the measure’s price tag seemed to have fallen to $10 billion because Democrats weren’t agreeing to additional savings.
Minutes later, Schumer took to the Senate floor and mentioned no figures but suggested its size could fall.
“I’m pleading with my Republican colleagues, join us,” Schumer said. “We want more than you do, but we have to get something done. We have to get something done.”
Asked if he thought an agreement could be reached before lawmakers’ recess, McConnell said, “We’ll see. Hope so.”
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Associated Press writer Zeke Miller contributed to this report.
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BUCHAREST, Romania and SANTA CLARA, Calif., March 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Bitdefender, a global cybersecurity leader, today announced it achieved among the top scores of the 30 participating cybersecurity vendors in MITRE Engenuity's recent independent ATT&CK® Evaluations for Enterprise cybersecurity solutions. Bitdefender scored 97 percent in overall analytics insights and 95 percent in technique-level descriptions, the most in-depth detection metric identifying specific steps of how attackers breached the environment and moved laterally.
"This achievement, in identifying the precise techniques adversaries use to move through networks, validates Bitdefender's position as an industry leader in threat prevention and detection technology," said Dragos Gavrilut, director of cyber threat intelligence at Bitdefender. "Excelling in these capabilities is vital for enterprises to counter the sophisticated multi-stage attacks carried out by today's cybercriminal groups and nation-state actors. Independent tests like the MITRE ATT&CK Evaluations are essential for helping organizations evaluate the effectiveness of cybersecurity technologies against complex attacks."
The 2022 ATT&CK Evaluations tested cybersecurity vendors for their ability to detect techniques and tactics used by Wizard Spider and Sandworm, two advanced threat groups that employ ransomware and wiper malware targeting businesses and government organizations worldwide. Vendor participants were evaluated using emulations of the Data Encrypted For Impact technique used by Wizard Spider to deploy ransomware including Ryuk and Sandworm to encrypt and destroy data with their NotPetya malware. Each participant was evaluated based on detection rates across 19 total steps and 109 sub-steps in the framework's attack kill chain from initial compromise through final stage of execution.
MITRE Engenuity evaluated Bitdefender GravityZone Ultra, the company's unified security platform incorporating endpoint protection (EPP) and endpoint detection and response (EDR) including cross-endpoint threat correlation and advanced risk analytics. The platform delivers deep context to detections and offers a direct path to Bitdefender managed detection and response (MDR) services.
Bitdefender results include:
- Exceptional Detection of Attack Techniques -- Bitdefender GravityZone was among the leaders of vendor solutions tested at identifying 'Technique', the highest-level of context associated with the sub-steps on how the attack was performed. Scoring 95 percent, Bitdefender identified 103 of 109 sub-steps.
- Outstanding Analytics Performance -- Bitdefender was among the top vendors scoring 97 percent overall in total analytics coverage, providing deep analysis and rich context for 106 of 109 total sub-steps.
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"This latest round indicates significant product growth from our vendor participants. We are seeing greater emphasis in threat informed defense capabilities, which in turn has developed the infosec community's emphasis on prioritizing the ATT&CK Framework," said Ashwin Radhakrishnan, acting general manager of ATT&CK Evaluations at MITRE Engenuity.
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COPS were last night probing if a masked burglar who raided the Beckhams’ £40 million house got in by climbing up scaffolding on a neighbour’s mansion.
David, 46, Victoria, 47, and daughter Harper, ten, were at home when the thief broke into an upstairs bedroom in Holland Park, West London.
Officers have been trawling through CCTV from nearby houses after the raider allegedly stole thousands of pounds worth of designer and electric goods.
Building work is currently underway at the house next door to the Beckhams’, with scaffolding just feet away from their own windows.
A source told The Sun: “The scaffolding extends very near to the Beckham’s upstairs bedrooms. It would have been easy for a criminal to climb up and decide to break the glass.”
Workmen at the house next door, which is currently empty, confirmed to The Sun that CCTV had been handed to the cops.
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The burglary at the Beckham family’s London mansion was discovered by shocked son Cruz, 17, when he returned with pals after a night out.
He spotted a spare bedroom had been ransacked while his parents were in the house, with glass from the broken window lying on the floor.
Cruz then alerted dad David who rang 999 while they searched the £40million home. Victoria is thought to have remained with daughter Harper, ten.
By then it is believed that the intruder had fled the property.
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The family are said to have been “shaken up” by the “invasion” of their home in Holland Park, West London.
David, Victoria and their two younger children spend most of their time at the seven-bedroom West London house, which the couple bought for £31million in 2013.
The celebrity family are currently preparing for eldest son Brooklyn’s wedding to billionaire’s daughter Nicola Peltz on April 9 in the US.
One neighbouring property that was also broken into was empty. Another in the street was targeted too, but the burglar was unable to get in.
No arrests have been made and the Metropolitan Police confirmed investigations are still underway.
A Met spokesman said: “Police were called at 00.37 hours on Tuesday, March 1 to reports of a burglary at a residential address in the W11 area of Kensington.
“The burglary is believed to have taken place between 20.30 and 23.30 on Monday, February 28.
“A number of items were reported stolen. No arrests have been made. Inquiries continue.”
The Met said of the neighbouring crimes: “Inquiries are ongoing. Police believe entry was forced to a neighbouring property, and an attempt made to access another.”
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Snooze, you lose: Jersey Shore realtors say now is the time to book summer rentals
MANASQUAN, N.J. -- Thinking about summer? If you are planning to rent down at the Jersey Shore you may want to start planning now.
With prices going up and a lot of people looking to stay local, inventory could be limited, CBS2's Meg Baker reported Thursday.
It may only be the end of March, but now is the time to start thinking summer getaway.
"Demand has been really strong. We have a few new rentals to the market, so there is some availability, but probably about 90 percent are booked," said Justin Smith, realtor at Wood Agency Manasquan.
Smith says vacationer's love for the Jersey Shore remains and now is the time to book, especially if you want a prime July or August week.
"We have a very strong re-rental business as they check out, so sometimes a lot of our inventory is booked a year out," Smith said.
Last summer, the rental businesses at the Shore was at an all-time high, with many choosing to drive somewhere instead of flying due to COVID concerns, and many with a more flexible work-from-anywhere situation.
"Last summer, we were completely booked. We couldn't find anybody anything," said Jenifer Green Grigg, a broker manager at Jack Green Realty in Spring Lake.
Green Grigg says pandemic-driven long-term rentals have cooled a bit.
"Now we are finding that we have a little bit more inventory and people aren't reaching out as much because COVID mandates have lifted," Green Grigg said.
But that doesn't mean prices have dropped.
"We have summer rentals available, but I wouldn't say there's deals," Green Grigg said.
Some travel experts say with the rising costs of inflation and gas prices, vacationers may choose to stick closer to home.
"Definitely people have kind of changed their mentality of where they want to vacation. I think it's staying at the Shore for a while," Smith said.
The realtors say more people are booking for more than a week vacation -- two weeks to a month -- and that more homeowners are renting their homes out because it's so lucrative.
Both realtors say the sales market is still going strong and that now is the time to list your home for sale because there are so many buyers out there with very low inventory to choose from.
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Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey has counteroffered State Sen. Sonia Chang-Diaz’s three-debate challenge in the Democratic primary for governor, and it’s far different than what Chang-Diaz asked for.
On March 24, WBUR reported, Chang-Diaz challenged Healey to three live, televised debates before the Democratic Party convention in June when the party will gather in Worcester to decide on a possible endorsement as well as who will be on the ballot in September.
Such appearances would help the state senator counter Healey’s name recognition advantage, which has helped propel her to her spot as the frontrunner in this primary.
But on Thursday, WBUR reported, Healey made a counteroffer of just two live, televised debates, which would take place after the convention, but before the primary in September.
WBUR reported that earlier this week, Chang-Diaz accused Healey of avoiding voters and her challengers by not agreeing to meet before the convention.
“Democrats deserve to hear publicly from their candidates for governor on the important issues facing us,” Chang-Díaz wrote in her March 24 letter to Healey.
“This moment calls for leadership that is willing to answer the tough questions and provide fearless commitment to the residents we serve.”
But the stakes are higher for Chang-Diaz, who WBUR reports has lagged behind Healey in fundraising and in the polls, as she must secure at least 15 percent of Democratic delegates to get on the ballot in September.
Healey campaign manager Jason Burrell told WBUR that Healey has participated in more than 70 public caucuses since launching her campaign in January, as well as several forums.
In addition to upcoming debates, Healey told WBUR she would take part in two more candidate forums before the June 4 convention.
The first forum has been scheduled for the evening of April 19, which will be moderated by GBH’s Callie Crossley. The second forum will be hosted by WBUR and the Environmental League of Massachusetts at 6 p.m. on April 27.
Neither Chang-Diaz’s or Healey’s campaigns were immediately available for comment.
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RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) – Triangle Family Services offers therapy, housing support and supervised visitation for families.
“They come to us at the worst times in their lives. When they come in and there’s bars on the windows, there’s locks on doors. It really presents another opportunity for crisis and trauma,” said Alice Lutz, CEO of Triangle Family Services.
Lutz said an almost $400,000 award is changing that.
“It’s like Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory and winning that golden ticket,” she said.
A 25-year renovation plan is now down to one year. They’re installing real changing tables, improving lighting and resurfacing the parking lot.
“We’re not trying to jiggle a broken lamp to make sure we can turn on a light and literally during your therapy session, your therapist is moving a bucket around so that you can capture the water,” Lutz said.
The money comes they were awarded by the city of Raleigh came from am allotment from the American Rescue Plan. Raleigh recently awarded $10 million to nonprofits for capital improvement projects.
“It’s not everyday you get a $70 million pot of funds that lands on your lap to do something with,” said Evan Raleigh, assistant city manager for the city of Raleigh.
Out of the $73 million allotted to the city, $29 million has been used. It’s left $44 million for future projects. The city has until December 2026 to spend the rest of their American Rescue Plan funding.
“We want to be really thoughtful, make sure were being responsive to the needs that are out there immediately but make sure we’re being good stewards of those resources,” said Raleigh.
Of those $73 million:
- $10M went to address homeless
- $6.5M went to economic recovery
- $12M went to community health
- $650,000 went to infrastructure projects
While it is just a one-time payment, Lutz said it will have a lasting impact.
“For years of having a safe, secure, place they can come to and be treated as part of our family,” she said.
Triangle Family Services hopes to have most of their upgrades done before returning to in person services in May.
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BlueRiver Acquisition Corp. (NYSE:BLUA – Get Rating) saw a significant decline in short interest in March. As of March 15th, there was short interest totalling 7,900 shares, a decline of 22.5% from the February 28th total of 10,200 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 42,900 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 0.2 days. Approximately 0.0% of the shares of the stock are short sold.
BLUA traded up $0.01 during trading on Thursday, reaching $9.80. 34,933 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 52,149. The business’s 50 day moving average price is $9.76 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $9.75. BlueRiver Acquisition has a 1 year low of $9.60 and a 1 year high of $9.93.
Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the business. Bank of America Corp DE purchased a new stake in BlueRiver Acquisition during the second quarter worth $83,000. Easterly Investment Partners LLC purchased a new stake in shares of BlueRiver Acquisition in the third quarter valued at $98,000. Dark Forest Capital Management LP purchased a new stake in shares of BlueRiver Acquisition in the third quarter valued at $255,000. Omni Event Management Ltd purchased a new stake in shares of BlueRiver Acquisition in the fourth quarter valued at $761,000. Finally, Basso Capital Management L.P. lifted its position in shares of BlueRiver Acquisition by 21.3% in the third quarter. Basso Capital Management L.P. now owns 99,625 shares of the company’s stock valued at $971,000 after acquiring an additional 17,490 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 77.92% of the company’s stock.
Blueriver Acquisition Corp. is a blank check company. The company was founded in 2020 and is based in San Antonio, Texas.
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AP PHOTOS on Day 36: Russian tanks destroyed outside Kyiv The Associated Press
March 31, 2022
1of 21 Destroyed Russian armored vehicles sit on the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, March 31, 2022. Rodrigo Abd/AP Show More Show Less
2of 21 People hide in a basement of a church which is used as a bomb shelter, after fleeing from nearby villages, that have been attacked by the Russian army, in the town of Bashtanka, Mykolaiv district, Ukraine, on Thursday, March 31, 2022. Petros Giannakouris/AP Show More Show Less 3of 21
4of 21 Ukrainian soldiers carry a body of a civilian killed by the Russian forces over the destroyed bridge in Irpin close to Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, March 31, 2022. Efrem Lukatsky/AP Show More Show Less
5of 21 Ukrainian soldiers pass on top of armored vehicles next to a destroyed Russian tank in the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, March 31, 2022. Rodrigo Abd/AP Show More Show Less 6of 21
7of 21 A machine gun of a Ukrainian soldier rests next to condiments for lunch in the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, March 31, 2022. Rodrigo Abd/AP Show More Show Less
8of 21 The arm of a dead Russian soldier is seen next to a tank on the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, March 31, 2022. Rodrigo Abd/AP Show More Show Less 9of 21
10of 21 People hide in a basement of a church which is used as a bomb shelter, after fleeing from nearby villages that have been attacked by the Russian army, in the town of Bashtanka, Mykolaiv district, Ukraine,on Thursday, March 31, 2022. Petros Giannakouris/AP Show More Show Less
11of 21 Ukrainian soldiers assist an elderly woman who has hidden from the Russian shelling in a shelter for weeks without food and water, in Irpin close to Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, March 31, 2022. Efrem Lukatsky/AP Show More Show Less 12of 21
13of 21 Oleksandr, 81, rides a bicycle next to a destroyed Russian tank in the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, March 31, 2022. Rodrigo Abd/AP Show More Show Less
14of 21 A Ukrainian serviceman takes a selfie standing on a destroyed Russian tank after Ukrainian forces overran a Russian position outside Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, March 31, 2022. Vadim Ghirda/AP Show More Show Less 15of 21
16of 21 People take shelter inside a church after fleeing from nearby villages that have been attacked by the Russian army, in the town of Bashtanka, Mykolaiv district, Ukraine, on Thursday, March 31, 2022. Petros Giannakouris/AP Show More Show Less
17of 21 Ukrainian soldiers carry bodies of civilians killed by the Russian forces over the destroyed bridge in Irpin close to Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, March 31, 2022. Efrem Lukatsky/AP Show More Show Less 18of 21
19of 21 A damaged gas mask lies on the pavement at a Russian position which was overran by Ukrainian forces, outside Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, March 31, 2022. Vadim Ghirda/AP Show More Show Less
20of 21 Territorial Defense of the Armed Forces, 21-year-olds Svitlana, right, and Myroslava, pose for a photograph, in Lviv, western Ukraine, Thursday, March 31, 2022. Both Svitlana, and Myroslava, who studied at the same university in Kyiv, decided to leave academia and serve their country by joining the TDF only one month ago. Nariman El-Mofty/AP Show More Show Less 21of 21
Destroyed Russian tanks line a road on the outskirts of Ukraine's capital, where Ukrainian troops pose for selfies atop the shell of one vehicle after their forces overran a Russian position. An 81-year-old man bicycles alone past one burned-out tank on the muddy road.
Close to Kyiv, in Irpin, Ukrainian soldiers carry the bodies of civilians killed by Russian forces over a destroyed bridge. Other soldiers assist an elderly woman who has hidden from Russian shelling in a shelter for weeks without food and water.
In the town of Bashtanka, people who have fled nearby villages attacked by the Russian army shelter in a church among the pews and in the basement bomb shelter.
During a break for lunch, a Ukrainian soldier keeps a machine gun close at hand, next to pickles and condiments on the table.
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AP PHOTOS on Day 36: Russian tanks destroyed outside Kyiv The Associated Press
March 31, 2022
1of 21 Destroyed Russian armored vehicles sit on the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, March 31, 2022. Rodrigo Abd/AP Show More Show Less
2of 21 People hide in a basement of a church which is used as a bomb shelter, after fleeing from nearby villages, that have been attacked by the Russian army, in the town of Bashtanka, Mykolaiv district, Ukraine, on Thursday, March 31, 2022. Petros Giannakouris/AP Show More Show Less 3of 21
4of 21 Ukrainian soldiers carry a body of a civilian killed by the Russian forces over the destroyed bridge in Irpin close to Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, March 31, 2022. Efrem Lukatsky/AP Show More Show Less
5of 21 Ukrainian soldiers pass on top of armored vehicles next to a destroyed Russian tank in the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, March 31, 2022. Rodrigo Abd/AP Show More Show Less 6of 21
7of 21 A machine gun of a Ukrainian soldier rests next to condiments for lunch in the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, March 31, 2022. Rodrigo Abd/AP Show More Show Less
8of 21 The arm of a dead Russian soldier is seen next to a tank on the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, March 31, 2022. Rodrigo Abd/AP Show More Show Less 9of 21
10of 21 People hide in a basement of a church which is used as a bomb shelter, after fleeing from nearby villages that have been attacked by the Russian army, in the town of Bashtanka, Mykolaiv district, Ukraine,on Thursday, March 31, 2022. Petros Giannakouris/AP Show More Show Less
11of 21 Ukrainian soldiers assist an elderly woman who has hidden from the Russian shelling in a shelter for weeks without food and water, in Irpin close to Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, March 31, 2022. Efrem Lukatsky/AP Show More Show Less 12of 21
13of 21 Oleksandr, 81, rides a bicycle next to a destroyed Russian tank in the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, March 31, 2022. Rodrigo Abd/AP Show More Show Less
14of 21 A Ukrainian serviceman takes a selfie standing on a destroyed Russian tank after Ukrainian forces overran a Russian position outside Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, March 31, 2022. Vadim Ghirda/AP Show More Show Less 15of 21
16of 21 People take shelter inside a church after fleeing from nearby villages that have been attacked by the Russian army, in the town of Bashtanka, Mykolaiv district, Ukraine, on Thursday, March 31, 2022. Petros Giannakouris/AP Show More Show Less
17of 21 Ukrainian soldiers carry bodies of civilians killed by the Russian forces over the destroyed bridge in Irpin close to Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, March 31, 2022. Efrem Lukatsky/AP Show More Show Less 18of 21
19of 21 A damaged gas mask lies on the pavement at a Russian position which was overran by Ukrainian forces, outside Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, March 31, 2022. Vadim Ghirda/AP Show More Show Less
20of 21 Territorial Defense of the Armed Forces, 21-year-olds Svitlana, right, and Myroslava, pose for a photograph, in Lviv, western Ukraine, Thursday, March 31, 2022. Both Svitlana, and Myroslava, who studied at the same university in Kyiv, decided to leave academia and serve their country by joining the TDF only one month ago. Nariman El-Mofty/AP Show More Show Less 21of 21
Destroyed Russian tanks line a road on the outskirts of Ukraine's capital, where Ukrainian troops pose for selfies atop the shell of one vehicle after their forces overran a Russian position. An 81-year-old man bicycles alone past one burned-out tank on the muddy road.
Close to Kyiv, in Irpin, Ukrainian soldiers carry the bodies of civilians killed by Russian forces over a destroyed bridge. Other soldiers assist an elderly woman who has hidden from Russian shelling in a shelter for weeks without food and water.
In the town of Bashtanka, people who have fled nearby villages attacked by the Russian army shelter in a church among the pews and in the basement bomb shelter.
During a break for lunch, a Ukrainian soldier keeps a machine gun close at hand, next to pickles and condiments on the table.
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Several stores in Athens are closed for the next few weeks as they clean up some storm damage.
Strong winds blew the roof off some businesses at a strip mall off HWY 31 in Athens.
Some of the store owners were inside when it happened. They say they hear a loud boom, and then the roof was gone. It landed on one of the store owner's car.
She says she's just grateful no one was hurt and is focusing on rebuilding.
The panels were moved off the road Thursday afternoon. It's still unclear when some stores may reopen.
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St. John Neumann Takes Silver in Hershey
Though the Golden Knights of St. John Neumann Regional Academy ended their season with a loss of 64-47 to the Bishop Canevin Crusaders of Pittsburgh, they will always be champions in the eyes of the community. Getting a police escort into town, the players and coaches were greeted by hundreds of...
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NORTH Carolina Representative Madison Cawthorn is no stranger to controversy when he speaks his mind.
The now-26-year-old became one of the youngest people ever elected to serve in the US Congress in 2020 at the age of 25.
Cawthorn notably travels everywhere via a wheelchair due to a 2014 car crash that left him partially paralyzed from the waist down. Cawthorn was 18 at the time.
The incident hasn’t stopped him from working towards his political career and he has claimed that the wheelchair itself became a source of inspiration to him.
“At 20, I thought about giving up. However, I knew I could still make a difference.
"My accident gave me new eyes to see, and new ears to hear,” he said during a speech at the Republican National Convention.”
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ACCUSED OF LYING
However, Cawthorn was later accused of lying about the circumstances of the crash, claiming that he was “left to die” in the horror smash.
Cawthorn made the claim in 2017, saying that his friend Bradley Ledford had left him “to die in a fiery tomb.”
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Ledford was driving a BMW X3 SUV in Daytona Beach, Florida with Cawthorn as his passenger. Ledford had reportedly fallen asleep behind the wheel, crashing the vehicle into a concrete barrier while Cawthorn’s feet were on the dashboard.
In 2021, Ledford publicly stated that he pulled Cawthorn from the wreck once he escaped the car.
In their depositions, Cawthorn stated that he had "no memory from the accident," while Ledford said that he had helped rescue an unconscious Cawthorn.
In an interview with People, Ledford expanded on what happened immediately after the crash - and how he and Cawthorn have repaired their bond.
"Him and I have been through so much together," Ledford told the outlet.
Cawthorn suffered "incapacitating" and "life-threatening" injuries, as the vehicle erupted into flames almost immediately after impact.
Ledford said he quickly "recognized that Maddy [Cawthorn] was unconscious and [I] was realizing that the situation was getting worse and worse."
Ledford explained how he moved toward Cawthorn and felt an intense heat on his right arm, then realized flames were engulfing the back half of the SUV.
He tried to open the driver-side door to escape, but it was jammed. He tried to kick out the windshield, but it wouldn't budge.
Instead, Ledford said, he reached over Cawthorn and punched out the passenger window.
He climbed out, landed on the concrete and immediately turned around to unbuckle Cawthorn, with whom he pleaded to wake up, he says.
"While I was pulling him out of the window, a bystander came by and helped me carry him away from the car," Ledford said.
"I remember his leg was pretty badly cut from the accident and we were sitting on the side of the interstate," Ledford recalled.
"So I took my shirt off and wrapped it around his leg and then just kind of stayed with him until the paramedics got there."
On election night in November 2020, Cawthorn gathered his family and friends in anticipation of a victory, and joining him was Ledford.
"This is the guy who saved my life," Cawthorn said of Ledford.
ORGY COMMENTS
Just recently, Cawthorn has received heat after suggesting that some of his colleagues had invited him to orgies and used cocaine in front of him.
During a closed-door conference meeting on Tuesday, Cawthorn had made the comments, according to reports. As a result, multiple Republicans in the room said lawmakers expressed anger at Cawthorn’s words.
Arkansas Rep Steve Womack stood up and argued that it was inappropriate for Cawthorn to paint lawmakers with such a broad brush, saying that many of them go to bed at 9m and still use fax machines and flip phones, reported Politico.
Cawthorn made the comments about “sexual perversion” in Washington in response to a podcast interviewer’s question about if the show House of Cards was unrealistic or if as some truth about the DC political scene.
Cawthorn suggested that the latter was more accurate.
He said that he’s received invitations along the lines of: “‘Well, hey, we’re going to have kind of a sexual get-together at one of our homes, you should come’.”
While on the Warrior Poet Society podcast, Cawthorn recited his response: “I’m like, ‘What did you just ask me to come to?’ And then you realize they are asking you to come to an orgy.”
He also claimed to have seen other people using cocaine in front of him, particularly those who are “leading” efforts to eradicate drug addiction.
SPLIT FROM WIFE
In December Cawthorn announced he was divorcing his wife of less than a year, Cristina Bayardelle, and blamed his role in Congress for the split.
He said in a statement that "overnight their lives changed" following his election win.
He added: "When my wife Cristina and I were engaged, I was not a member of Congress.
"I felt called to serve and we both agreed that I should run. Our victory was unprecedented.
"But overnight, our lives changed.
"That change has been both hectic and difficult. It's neither the pace nor the lifestyle we had planned for."
He cited "irreconcilable differences" as the reason for their split and added: "While it was an enormously difficult decision, Cristina and I have mutually decided to divorce.
"We ask for privacy as we work through this privately."
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Israeli Forces Launch Massive Arrest Campaign in West Bank
Jerusalem, MINA – Today, Thursday, the Israeli occupation forces launched a campaign of arrests and raids, targeting 25 Palestinian citizens of the occupied West Bank.
In the city of Bethlehem, the occupation forces arrested six citizens: Muhammad Daajneh, 19, Obada Quneis, 21, Ezz Shusha, 16, Younis Hasasna, 32, Milad Hasasna, 27, and Muhammad Obayat, 42.
From Nablus, the occupation army arrested five citizens from Salem village and Al Fara’a camp, they are: Murad Issa, Hamdi Issa, Nour Issa, Rashid Rashidat and Sanad Sawalma, MINA’s Contributor in Palestine reports.
From Hebron, the occupation forces arrested four citizens: Imran Shawar Al-Tamimi, Mujahid Haitham Al-Qawasmeh, Suleiman Nawaf Al-Zagarna, and Musa Jihad Faqusa.
From Jerusalem, the occupation forces arrested the two young men, Ahmed Akram Al-Sara’awi and Bilal Yousef Manasra, after raiding their homes and tampering with their contents in Qalandia refugee camp, north of Jerusalem.
From Jenin, the occupation forces arrested the young man, Ali Anwar Marzouk, and Islam Bajawi, from the town of Ya’bad, west of Jenin.
From Qalqilya, the two young men, Mufid Abdullah Suleiman and Ihab Jamal Odeh, were arrested, in addition to the arrest of the freed prisoner, Muawiyah Sufyan Abu Laila. (LKG/RE1)
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Delivers another record quarter for design-related revenue for IoT, both sequential and year over year billings growth for Cybersecurity, as well as positive operating cash flow and net profit
Fourth Quarter Fiscal 2022:
- Total company revenue of $185 million.
- IoT revenue of $52 million.
- Cybersecurity revenue of $122 million.
- Licensing & Other revenue of $11 million.
- Net cash generated from operations of $10 million.
- Non-GAAP basic earnings per share of $0.01, GAAP basic earnings per share of $0.25 and GAAP diluted loss per share of $0.03.
Fiscal Year 2022:
- Total company revenue of $718 million.
- Non-GAAP basic loss per share of $0.10, GAAP basic earnings per share of $0.02 and GAAP diluted loss per share of $0.31.
WATERLOO, ON, March 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- BlackBerry Limited (NYSE: BB; TSX: BB) today reported financial results for the three months and fiscal year ended February 28, 2022 (all figures in U.S. dollars and U.S. GAAP, except where otherwise indicated).
"We're pleased with the progress that BlackBerry made this quarter. The IoT business recorded its first $50m-plus revenue quarter since the start of the pandemic. In addition to overcoming a number of industry-wide challenges, such as supply chain constraints and the war in Ukraine, the QNX business set another record for quarterly design-related revenue, demonstrating both strong fundamentals and momentum for the business," said John Chen, Executive Chairman & CEO, BlackBerry. "We're also excited about the prospects for the Cybersecurity business given another quarter of billings growth and further strengthening of the team with industry expertise in both sales and product development. The key components are in place, and we expect continued billings momentum this year. Following the demonstration of our BlackBerry IVY edge-to-cloud data platform on auto-grade hardware at CES, we have secured a number of Proof-of-Concept trials."
Fourth Quarter Fiscal 2022 Financial Highlights
- Total company revenue was $185 million.
- Total company non-GAAP gross margin was 68% and GAAP gross margin was 67%.
- IoT revenue was $52 million, with gross margin of 85% and ARR of $93 million, an 11% increase year-over-year.
- Cybersecurity revenue was $122 million, with gross margin of 61% and ARR of $347 million.
- Licensing and Other revenue was $11 million, with gross margin of 55%.
- Non-GAAP operating profit was $8 million. GAAP operating profit was $146 million.
- Total cash, cash equivalents, short-term and long-term investments were $770 million.
- Total net cash position was $405 million.
- Net cash generated from operating activities was $10 million.
Business Highlights & Strategic Announcements
IoT:
- BlackBerry QNX records a record number of new design wins in a quarter: 17 in Auto and 28 in the General Embedded Market (GEM).
- BlackBerry announces first BlackBerry IVY™ proof-of-concept, or POC, trial with PATEO, a leading Chinese tier 1 supplier, and a Chinese electric vehicle automaker to integrate IVY into a digital cockpit.
- BlackBerry and Marelli expand collaboration in China with BlackBerry QNX® Neutrino® RTOS and BlackBerry QNX® Hypervisor selected to power next generation cockpit technology.
- BlackBerry® QNX® real time operating system selected by Critical Software as the foundation for a railway protection system for Portugal's national rail network.
- BlackBerry® Jarvis® enhanced to include standardized reporting that enables compliance with the U.S. government's recent Executive Order relating to the software bill of materials.
Cybersecurity:
- BlackBerry receives maximum AAA rating from SE Labs following their Enterprise Advanced Security Test that used real-world hacking tactics against BlackBerry® Protect and BlackBerry® Optics.
- BlackBerry® SecuSUITE® encrypted communication solution endorsed for NATO use by the NSAB.
- BlackBerry® AtHoc® is being deployed, in partnership with TELUS, by all municipalities and the regional police in Niagara, Canada, displacing a key competitor's solution.
- BlackBerry releases annual threat report, highlighting a cybercriminal underground which has been optimized to better target small local businesses.
Outlook
BlackBerry will provide fiscal year 2023 outlook in connection with the quarterly earnings announcement on its earnings conference call. The earnings call transcript will be made available on our website and on SEDAR.
Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures
The tables at the end of this press release include a reconciliation of the non-GAAP financial measures and non-GAAP financial ratios used by the company to comparable U.S. GAAP measures and an explanation of why the company uses them.
Conference Call and Webcast
A conference call and live webcast will be held today beginning at 5:30 p.m. ET, which can be accessed by dialing +1 (877) 761-5600 or by logging on at BlackBerry.com/Investors.
A replay of the conference call will also be available at approximately 8:30 p.m. ET by dialing +1 (800) 770-2030 and entering Conference ID #1566649 and at the link above.
About BlackBerry
BlackBerry (NYSE: BB; TSX: BB) provides intelligent security software and services to enterprises and governments around the world. The company secures more than 500M endpoints including more than 195M vehicles. Based in Waterloo, Ontario, the company leverages AI and machine learning to deliver innovative solutions in the areas of cybersecurity, safety and data privacy, and is a leader in the areas of endpoint security, endpoint management, encryption, and embedded systems. BlackBerry's vision is clear - to secure a connected future you can trust.
BlackBerry. Intelligent Security. Everywhere.
For more information, visit BlackBerry.com and follow @BlackBerry.
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This news release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of certain securities laws, including under the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and applicable Canadian securities laws, including statements regarding BlackBerry's plans, strategies and objectives including its expectations with respect to increasing and enhancing its product and service offerings.
The words "expect", "anticipate", "estimate", "may", "will", "should", "could", "intend", "believe", "target", "plan" and similar expressions are intended to identify these forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are based on estimates and assumptions made by BlackBerry in light of its experience and its perception of historical trends, current conditions and expected future developments, as well as other factors that BlackBerry believes are appropriate in the circumstances, including but not limited to, BlackBerry's expectations regarding its business, strategy, opportunities and prospects, the launch of new products and services, general economic conditions, the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the Russia Ukraine conflict, competition, and BlackBerry's expectations regarding its financial performance. Many factors could cause BlackBerry's actual results, performance or achievements to differ materially from those expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements, including, without limitation, risks related to the following factors: BlackBerry's ability to enhance, develop, introduce or monetize products and services for the enterprise market in a timely manner with competitive pricing, features and performance; BlackBerry's ability to maintain or expand its customer base for its software and services offerings to grow revenue or achieve sustained profitability; the intense competition faced by BlackBerry; the occurrence or perception of a breach of BlackBerry's network cybersecurity measures, or an inappropriate disclosure of confidential or personal information; the failure or perceived failure of BlackBerry's solutions to detect or prevent security vulnerabilities; BlackBerry's continuing ability to attract new personnel, retain existing key personnel and manage its staffing effectively; litigation against BlackBerry; BlackBerry's dependence on its relationships with resellers and channel partners; acquisitions, divestitures and other business initiatives; the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic; network disruptions or other business interruptions; BlackBerry's ability to foster an ecosystem of third-party application developers; BlackBerry's products and services being dependent upon interoperability with rapidly changing systems provided by third parties; BlackBerry's ability to obtain rights to use third-party software and its use of open source software; failure to protect BlackBerry's intellectual property and to earn expected revenues from intellectual property rights; BlackBerry being found to have infringed on the intellectual property rights of others; the substantial asset risk faced by BlackBerry, including the potential for charges related to its long-lived assets and goodwill; BlackBerry's indebtedness; tax provision changes, the adoption of new tax legislation or exposure to additional tax liabilities; the use and management of user data and personal information; government regulations applicable to BlackBerry's products and services, including products containing encryption capabilities; environmental, social and governance expectations and standards; the failure of BlackBerry's suppliers, subcontractors, channel partners and representatives to use acceptable ethical business practices or comply with applicable laws; regulations regarding health and safety, hazardous materials usage and conflict minerals; foreign operations, including fluctuations in foreign currencies; adverse economic, geopolitical and environmental conditions; the fluctuation of BlackBerry's quarterly revenue and operating results; the volatility of the market price of BlackBerry's common shares; and rising inflation.
These risk factors and others relating to BlackBerry are discussed in greater detail in BlackBerry's Annual Report on Form 10-K and the "Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements" section of BlackBerry's MD&A (copies of which filings may be obtained at www.sedar.com or www.sec.gov). All of these factors should be considered carefully, and readers should not place undue reliance on BlackBerry's forward-looking statements. Any statements that are forward-looking statements are intended to enable BlackBerry's shareholders to view the anticipated performance and prospects of BlackBerry from management's perspective at the time such statements are made, and they are subject to the risks that are inherent in all forward-looking statements, as described above, as well as difficulties in forecasting BlackBerry's financial results and performance for future periods, particularly over longer periods, given changes in technology and BlackBerry's business strategy, evolving industry standards, intense competition and short product life cycles that characterize the industries in which BlackBerry operates. Any forward-looking statements are made only as of today and the company has no intention and undertakes no obligation to update or revise any of them, except as required by law.
Reconciliations of the Company's Segment Results to the Consolidated Results
The following table shows information by operating segment for the three months ended February 28, 2022 and February 28, 2021. The Company reports segment information in accordance with U.S. GAAP Accounting Standards Codification Section 280 based on the "management" approach. The management approach designates the internal reporting used by the Chief Operating Decision Maker for making decisions and assessing performance of the Company's reportable operating segments.
The following table reconciles the Company's segment results for the three months ended February 28, 2022 to consolidated U.S. GAAP results:
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The following table reconciles the Company's segment results for the three months ended February 28, 2021 to consolidated U.S. GAAP results:
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Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Measures with the Nearest Comparable U.S. GAAP Measures
In the Company's internal reports, management evaluates the performance of the Company's business on a non-GAAP basis by excluding the impact of certain items below from the Company's U.S. GAAP financial results. The Company believes that these non-GAAP financial measures and non-GAAP ratios provide management, as well as readers of the Company's financial statements with a consistent basis for comparison across accounting periods and is useful in helping management and readers understand the Company's operating results and underlying operational trends. In the first quarter of fiscal 2022, the Company discontinued its use of software deferred revenue acquired and software deferred commission expense acquired adjustments in its non-GAAP financial measures due to the quantitative decline in the adjustments over time. For purposes of comparability, the Company's non-GAAP financial measures for the three months ended and year ended February 28, 2021 have been updated to conform to the current year's presentation.
Readers are cautioned that adjusted gross margin, adjusted gross margin percentage, adjusted operating expense, adjusted net income (loss), adjusted income (loss) per share, adjusted research and development expense, adjusted selling, marketing and administrative expense, adjusted amortization expense, adjusted operating income (loss), adjusted EBITDA, adjusted operating income (loss) margin percentage, adjusted EBITDA margin percentage and free cash flow (usage) and similar measures do not have any standardized meaning prescribed by U.S. GAAP and are therefore unlikely to be comparable to similarly titled measures reported by other companies. These non-GAAP financial measures should be considered in the context of the U.S. GAAP results.
Reconciliation of non-GAAP based measures with most directly comparable U.S. GAAP based measures for the three months ended February 28, 2022 and February 28, 2021
A reconciliation of the most directly comparable U.S. GAAP financial measures for the three months ended February 28, 2022 and February 28, 2021 to adjusted financial measures is reflected in the table below:
Reconciliation of U.S. GAAP operating expense (income) for the three months ended February 28, 2022 and February 28, 2021 to adjusted operating expense is reflected in the table below:
Reconciliation of U.S. GAAP net income (loss) and U.S. GAAP basic earnings (loss) per share for the three months ended February 28, 2022 and February 28, 2021 to adjusted net income and adjusted basic earnings per share is reflected in the table below:
Reconciliation of U.S. GAAP research and development, selling, marketing and administration, and amortization expense for the three months ended February 28, 2022 and February 28, 2021 to adjusted research and development, selling, marketing and administration, and amortization expense is reflected in the table below:
Adjusted operating income, adjusted EBITDA, adjusted operating income margin percentage and adjusted EBITDA margin percentage for the three months ended February 28, 2022 and February 28, 2021 are reflected in the table below. These are non-GAAP financial measures and non-GAAP ratios that do not have any standardized meaning as prescribed by U.S. GAAP and are therefore unlikely to be comparable to similar measures presented by other companies.
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Reconciliation of non-GAAP based measures with most directly comparable U.S. GAAP based measures for the years ended February 28, 2022 and February 28, 2021
A reconciliation of the most directly comparable U.S. GAAP financial measures for the years ended February 28, 2022 and February 28, 2021 to adjusted financial measures is reflected in the table below:
Reconciliation of U.S. GAAP net income (loss) and U.S. GAAP basic earnings (loss) per share for the years ended February 28, 2022 and February 28, 2021 to adjusted net income (loss) and adjusted basic earnings (loss) per share is reflected in the table below:
Reconciliation of U.S. GAAP research and development, selling, marketing and administration, and amortization expense for the years ended February 28, 2022 and February 28, 2021 to adjusted research and development, selling, marketing and administration, and amortization expense is reflected in the table below:
Adjusted operating income (loss), adjusted EBITDA, adjusted operating income (loss) margin percentage and adjusted EBITDA margin percentage for the years ended February 28, 2022 and February 28, 2021 are reflected in the table below.
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The Company uses free cash flow when assessing its sources of liquidity, capital resources, and quality of earnings. The Company believes that free cash flow is helpful in understanding the Company's capital requirements and provides an additional means to reflect the cash flow trends in the Company's business.
Reconciliation of U.S. GAAP net cash provided by operating activities for the three months ended February 28, 2022 and February 28, 2021 to free cash flow is reflected in the table below:
Reconciliation of U.S. GAAP net cash provided by (used in) operating activities for the years ended February 28, 2022 and February 28, 2021 to free cash flow (usage) is reflected in the table below:
Key Metrics
The Company regularly monitors a number of financial and operating metrics, including the following key metrics, in order to measure the Company's current performance and estimate future performance. Readers are cautioned that annual recurring revenue ("ARR"), dollar-based net retention rate ("DBNRR"), and recurring revenue percentage do not have any standardized meaning and are unlikely to be comparable to similarly titled measures reported by other companies.
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DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — The French medical charity Doctors Without Borders, or MSF, says that five of its employees have been released in Nigeria after being kidnapped last month in neighboring Cameroon.
Armed men kidnapped the MSF employees on Feb. 24 from the group’s base in Cameroon’s Far North region in Fotokol, which is near Nigeria and Chad. Those kidnapped and subsequently released include a Senegalese, Chadian and Franco-Ivorian along with their two Cameroon security guards.
The organization said the workers were released Wednesday in Nigeria and have been “taken to a safe place.”
“We are happy to find our colleagues safe and sound,” said the director general of the organization, Stephen Cornish. “We share the deep relief of their parents and loved ones, who were impatiently awaiting this news.”
The organization did not give details on the condition of the release.
Cheikh Ndiaye, the uncle of the Senegalese humanitarian who was taking hostages expressed his family’s relief.
”They are free. We were told they are in Nigeria. We rejoice and look forward with great relief to his return among us,” he said.
Islamic extremist groups Boko Haram and the Islamic State West Africa Province are known to carry out attacks in this region.
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