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WASHINGTON (AP) — Postmaster General Louis DeJoy said Thursday that the Justice Department has closed without criminal charges an investigation into political fundraising activity at his former business.
“As I said from the beginning and have maintained throughout this process, I was confident that after a thorough review the Justice Department would find all of my activities to be lawful,” DeJoy said in a statement provided to The Associated Press. “I have always adhered to the law in my personal and professional life.”
He added that he was “not surprised” that the department had concluded its investigation and that he was “pleased that this episode is over.”
The Justice Department declined to comment. But it is standard practice for department officials to reveal to defense lawyers that their investigations have concluded without charges rather than make that announcement themselves. A DeJoy spokesman said DeJoy’s lawyer had received that notification from the department.
DeJoy, a wealthy former logistics executive and GOP donor, was appointed postmaster general in 2020 by the Board of Governors controlled by then-President Donald Trump. He remains in the position in the Biden administration. He confirmed the existence of a Justice Department investigation last June when his spokesman said investigators were examining campaign contributions made by employees who worked for him when he was in the private sector.
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This story has been corrected to show that DeJoy was appointed by Trump-controlled Board of Governors, not Trump himself.
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Many highly sought-after defensive linemen recruits have chosen Clemson to be their home, and a top-25 recruit in the class of 2023 may be joining that group.
According to Hayes Fawcett of On3, five-star defensive lineman Peter Woods has narrowed down his potential school list to Clemson, Alabama, Florida and Oklahoma. Woods is ranked as the No. 22 recruit in the nation and the No. 4 defensive lineman, according to On3 Consensus.
Poised to be a defensive tackle in college, Woods is a 6-foot-4 265 pounder from Thompson High School in Alabaster, Ala. He finished his junior season with 11 sacks, 92 tackles and 26 tackles for loss while playing on the inside and the edge.
If Woods chooses Clemson as his school, the Tigers will gain a potential immediate-impact player along a defensive line that could lose all of its starters after next season. Both Bryan Bresee and Tyler Davis will likely move on to the NFL, creating an opening for Woods to become a wrecking ball for the Tigers’ defense.
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GB News: Ann Widdecombe calls for major NHS overhaul – ‘Set up on false premises’
ANN WIDDECOMBE has called for a major overhaul of the crumbling National Health Service (NHS) as she took a swipe at the repeated failings of the service and the large backlog of patients.
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Speaking on GB News, Ms Widdecombe spoke of the vision of Aneurin Bevan, the Labour politician who founded the NHS after becoming Health Secretary in Clement Attlee’s post-war Government. Speaking to Dan Wootton, Ann stated her belief that though Bevan chose to bring his vision to reality, that service is now outdated after “it was set up on false premises”, but the vision of free health care is still paramount.
Ms Widdecombe said: “First of all let us recognise that the NHS is never going to be able to meet every last demand that is made upon it.
“There were serious flaws in Bevan’s vision for the NHS which were perfectly understandable at the time, perfectly so, but which haven’t stood the test of time.”
She noted how Mr Beavan had assumed national insurance or ‘the stamp’ would make a big enough contribution, though 80 percent now comes from taxation.
She also noted his view that the demand on the health service would decline as a result of having free healthcare for all.
However, “he never foresaw the explosion of medical and surgical science which began in the 60s and just kept going.”
She said: “He did not foresee the rise in longevity. In the 1950s average women’s longevity was 69 years, by 2017 that had become 83 years. He didn’t foresee that; he couldn’t have done.”
In March, the Government addressed the impact of the pandemic on the health service, but also admitted that “even before the pandemic there were problems in the sector”.
The Government’s health and social care plan states: “5.5 million people in England are now waiting for non-emergency treatment, at least 900,000 more than before the pandemic, and average NHS waiting times are over ten weeks, up to 40 percent since before the pandemic.”
Ms Widdecombe proposed: “The first thing we have to do is to ask ourselves if we were starting again without a health service, we were starting afresh, knowing now what we didn’t know then, what would we do?”
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The politician suggested we look toward other countries for examples and decide what to take on board but warned “the really big question [is] how we get there from here.”
She declared that the root of “the problem is that…we’ve confused Bevan’s vision with the vehicle he chose to deliver the vision.
“His vision which we all surely still hold that nobody should ever be denied health in this country because they’re too poor to afford it.
“That vehicle now needs looking at and I think those of us who can afford to pay, should pay.
“I think it’s a moral obligation…the private sector rations by price, the public sector rations by queue.”
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Mr Wootton agreed and said: “It’s actually sick that I can go and see an NHS GP for free…I should have to pay to see my GP.”
He argued that with a new system that gives free health service to the vulnerable and leaves others to pay for what they can afford, we would “get much better service” from GPs, “and a lot of the tax money would go to what actually matters which is into the treatment of cancer for example.”
Ms Widdecombe concluded that a successful revival of the NHS would have to start with “practitioners, users, academics, statisticians, economists, [having] an open, mature debate with nothing ruled in, nothing ruled out and then see what we can do. I’ve been asking for that since 1998.”
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WASHINGTON — Sesame Workshop is introducing a new Muppet to shine a light on children with disabilities and those who are displaced from their homes due to conflict and crisis around the world.
Ameera is an eight-year-old Muppet who uses her wheelchair or forearm crutches to move around because of a spinal cord injury.
Sesame Workshop, the nonprofit group behind "Sesame Street" and the local adaptations shown all around the world, describe Ameera as funny, outgoing and a natural leader, with a passion for science and basketball.
Ameera will be formally introduced during the new season of "Ahlan Simsim," which means "Welcome Sesame" in Arabic. The show is the local version of "Sesame Street" that's shown in the Middle East and North Africa.
She will also appear in other Sesame Workshop educational videos including animated "Watch, Play, Learn" videos that focus on a variety of topics like social-emotional learning, science, health and safety.
“Thoughtfully designed to challenge stereotypes and reflect children’s lived experiences, Ameera brings visibility to the more than 12 million displaced persons and 240 million children worldwide estimated to have a disability as well as to the important role of girls in STEM,” Sherrie Westin, president of Sesame Workshop, said in a press release.
In recent years, "Sesame Street" and Sesame Workshop introduced a number of new characters to help expand the show's diversity and to address key topics. In 2017, Julia was introduced as the first Muppet with autism. The show welcomed Karli, a new character in foster care, in 2019. Last year, "Sesame Street" featured a gay couple for the first time, debuted a Asian American Muppet and introduced two new Black Muppets to tackle topics around race and racism.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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Fourth Quarter 2021 Highlights
- Total revenue increased to $44.3 million, up 617% year-over-year
- Cryptocurrency datacenter revenue increased to $33.7 million, up 676% year-over-year
- GAAP net loss was $41.4 million for the fourth quarter, including a $42.3 million noncash goodwill impairment charge related to the Support.com business, as compared to a net loss of $0.8 million in the prior year
- Adjusted EBITDA of $19.1 million – in line with February 2022 guidance of $18 million to $20 million
- Adjusted EBITDA margin of 43.2%, compared to 19.2% in the prior year
- Produced 609 bitcoins in the fourth quarter
- Mining capacity of approximately 1.4 EH/s from 17,300 miners as of December 31, 2021
- Adjusted net income of $7.6 million
- Completed acquisition of Spartanburg, SC site and commenced operations at the facility within one week
- Cash, short term investments and cryptocurrency holdings of $84.4 million as of December 31, 2021
Full Year 2021 Highlights
- Total revenue increased to $107.3 million, up 433% year-over-year
- Cryptocurrency datacenter revenue increased to $87.9 million, up 575% year-over-year
- GAAP Net Loss of $44.5 million, including the $42.3 million noncash goodwill impairment charge, as compared to a net loss of $3.3 million in the prior year
- Adjusted EBITDA of $52.9 million – consistent with $52 million estimate provided in March of 2021
- Adjusted net income of $26.8 million
- Produced 1,866 bitcoins during 2021
First Quarter 2022 Highlights
- Mining fleet as of March 31, 2022 consists of approximately 19,400 miners with approximately 1.6 EH/s of capacity
- 17% of hash rate capacity located at Spartanburg, SC less than four months after operations commenced at facility
- 29,600 additional miners contracted for delivery during the balance of 2022 from Bitmain representing approximately 3.1 EH/s of additional capacity
- Received and deployed approximately 11,800 miners in last twelve months with 97% deployed as scheduled
- Over $115 million of liquidity as of March 31, 2022 consisting of over $90 million in cash and fair value of crypto holdings and over $25 million in undrawn financing commitments
- Over $135 million of cash on deposit with Bitmain as of March 31, 2022
FAIRFIELD, Conn., March 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Greenidge Generation Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: GREE) ("Greenidge"), a vertically integrated cryptocurrency datacenter and power generation company, today announced financial and operating results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year ended December 31, 2021 and provided an update regarding the first quarter of 2022.
"Consistent with the estimates we released in February, Greenidge demonstrated another strong quarter of significant revenue growth and substantial Adjusted EBITDA generation," said Jeff Kirt, Chief Executive Officer of Greenidge. "During the quarter, in addition to commencing mining operations at our Spartanburg, SC facility within a week of its acquisition, our operations team continued to execute the deployment of our fleet as scheduled. After just four months of operations, our Spartanburg facility houses approximately 17% of our datacenter capacity."
"Since the end of the year, we have fortified our balance sheet with non-dilutive capital and ended the first quarter with over $115 million in liquidity. This puts us on solid footing to execute the deployment of the remaining fleet of over 29,000 miners we have delivering throughout the balance of 2022 from Bitmain, which will bring our total capacity to approximately 4.7 EH/s. Over the last twelve months, our in-house operations team has deployed almost 12,000 new miners and energized substantially all of the equipment into production within days or even hours of receipt. Despite the well-known challenges in the global air freight market, 97% of the machines were received and deployed as scheduled."
Fourth Quarter 2021 Financial Results
Greenidge's revenue for the fourth quarter was $44.3 million, up 617% compared to the prior year. Cryptocurrency Datacenter revenue was $33.7 million, up 676% versus the prior year, and Power and Capacity revenue was $2.2 million, up 19% compared to the prior year. The merger with Support.com on September 14, 2021 added approximately $8.4 million to fourth quarter revenue.
Net loss was $41.4 million for the fourth quarter as compared to a net loss of $0.8 million in the prior year. The fourth quarter included a $42.3 million noncash goodwill impairment charge relating to the Support.com business, a $3.6 million remeasurement adjustment associated with an environmental liability, $2.2 million of expansion costs and $1.2 million of merger and public company filing costs. Excluding these items, Adjusted net income was $7.6 million, compared to Adjusted net loss of $0.3 million in the fourth quarter of 2020.
Adjusted EBITDA for the fourth quarter was $19.1 million, or 43.2% of revenue, compared to the prior year fourth quarter of $1.2 million, or 19.2% of revenue. The significant and continuing expansion of cryptocurrency datacenter operations drove the growth in Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA margin.
As of December 31, 2021, Greenidge had cash, short term investments and fair value of cryptocurrency holdings of $84.4 million.
Note, Adjusted net income, adjusted EBITDA and adjusted EBITDA margin are non-GAAP measures. See the tables attached to this press release for a reconciliation from GAAP to non-GAAP measures and Use of Non-GAAP Information below for more details
Cryptocurrency Datacenter Commentary
Greenidge produced 609 bitcoins during the fourth quarter, compared to 228 bitcoins in the fourth quarter of the prior year. For the full year of 2021, Greenidge produced 1,866 bitcoins, which compared to 1,146 bitcoins in 2020.
As of December 31, 2021, Greenidge had approximately 17,300 miners with an aggregate hash rate capacity of approximately 1.4 EH/s and has additional purchase commitments that are expected to bring the company's total capacity to approximately 49,000 miners and 4.7 EH/s by the end of 2022.
Capital Discussion
During the fourth quarter of 2021, Greenidge successfully closed $72.2 million of public offerings of senior unsecured notes due in 2026, netting proceeds of $66.9 million after commissions, discounts and issuance costs.
During the fourth quarter of 2021, Greenidge also successfully raised $47.4 million in net proceeds through the sale of 2.13 million shares of its class A common stock, pursuant to the previously announced equity purchase agreement. Through March 31, 2022, the Greenidge has raised $51.4 million in net proceeds through the sale of 2.55 million shares of its class A common stock pursuant to the equity purchase agreement.
South Carolina Expansion
During the fourth quarter of 2021, Greenidge completed the acquisition of its facility in Spartanburg, SC, including over 750,000 square feet of buildings and 175 acres of land. The transaction closed on December 7, 2021 and Greenidge commenced operations at the site within a week of the acquisition.
First Quarter 2022 Update
Greenidge anticipates having approximately 19,400 miners at its datacenters in New York and South Carolina as of March 31, 2022 with approximately 1.6 EH/s of capacity. Approximately 17% of the hash rate capacity is located at Greenidge's second facility in Spartanburg, SC. The company has approximately 29,600 additional miners scheduled for delivery from Bitmain throughout the balance of 2022 representing approximately 3.1 EH/s in additional capacity and has over $135 million of cash on deposit with Bitmain associated with the purchase agreements for these miners.
In the twelve months ended March 31, 2022, Greenidge has taken delivery of approximately 11,800 miners, of which 97% arrived as scheduled, with only approximately 370 delayed due primarily to freight vendor performance and a brief Covid-related lockdown in Malaysia during 2021.
Greenidge has liquidity of over $115 million as of March 31, 2022 consisting of over $90 million in cash and fair value of cryptocurrency holdings and over $25 million in undrawn financing commitments.
In late March, at the request of the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (the "Department"), Greenidge agreed to extend, for a second time, the deadline for the Department to complete its review of the renewal application for the Title V Air Permit at the company's New York facility. The application was deemed complete by the Department in September 2021 and this second extension is to June 30, 2022. Greenidge continues to operate in New York without interruption during this period and intends to continue to work constructively with the Department to finalize a permit renewal. Greenidge notes that it is not uncommon for renewal applicants to operate for extended periods of time, sometimes years, prior to finalizing a permit renewal and additional future extensions may be requested.
About Greenidge Generation Holdings Inc.
Greenidge Generation Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: GREE) is a vertically integrated cryptocurrency datacenter and power generation company. Greenidge is committed to 100% carbon-neutral datacenter operations at all of its locations by utilizing low-carbon sources of energy and offsetting its carbon footprint.
Use of Non-GAAP Information
To provide investors and others with additional information regarding the financial results of Greenidge (the "Company"), the Company has disclosed in this press release certain non-GAAP operating performance measures of Adjusted EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA margin and Adjusted net income. Adjusted EBITDA is defined as earnings before interest, taxes and depreciation and amortization, which is then adjusted for stock-based compensation and other special items determined by management, including, but not limited to costs associated with the merger with Support.com, costs of becoming a public company (which included the costs of a corporate reorganization from an LLC, public registration of shares and associated costs), business expansion costs, impairment of goodwill and remeasurement of environmental liability. Adjusted EBITDA margin is the percentage of Adjusted EBITDA of revenue. Adjusted net income (loss) is net loss adjusted for the after-tax impacts of special items determined by management, including but not limited to costs associated with the merger with Support.com, costs of becoming a public company (which included the costs of a corporate reorganization from an LLC, public registration of shares and associated costs), business expansion costs, impairment of goodwill and remeasurement of environmental liability. These non-GAAP financial measures are a supplement to and not a substitute for or superior to, the Company's results presented in accordance with U.S. GAAP. The non-GAAP financial measures presented by the Company may be different from non-GAAP financial measures presented by other companies. Specifically, the Company believes the non-GAAP information provides useful measures to investors regarding the Company's financial performance by excluding certain costs and expenses that the Company believes are not indicative of its core operating results. The presentation of these non-GAAP financial measures is not meant to be considered in isolation or as a substitute for results or guidance prepared and presented in accordance with U.S. GAAP. A reconciliation of the non-GAAP financial measures to U.S. GAAP results is included herein.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release includes certain statements that may constitute "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. All statements other than statements of historical fact are forward-looking statements for purposes of federal and state securities laws. These forward-looking statements involve uncertainties that could significantly affect Greenidge's financial or operating results. These forward-looking statements may be identified by terms such as "anticipate," "believe," "continue," "foresee," "expect," "intend," "plan," "may," "will," "would," "could," and "should," and the negative of these terms or other similar expressions. Forward-looking statements are based on current beliefs and assumptions that are subject to risks and uncertainties and are not guarantees of future performance. Forward-looking statements in this press release include, among other things, statements regarding the business plan, business strategy and operations of Greenidge in the future. In addition, all statements that address operating performance and future performance, events or developments that are expected or anticipated to occur in the future, such as statements concerning (i) the delivery of miners currently on order with Bitmain, (ii) the development of facilities in South Carolina, (iii) future mining capacity, (iv) future electrical capacity, (v) the ability to offset carbon emissions, (vi) future liquidity, (vii) the ability to obtain future debt or equity financing and (viii) the Department Title V Air permit renewal process, are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are subject to a number of risks, uncertainties and assumptions. Matters and factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied in such forward-looking statements include but are not limited to the matters and factors described in Part II, Item 1A. "Risk Factors" of Greenidge's Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, and its other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Consequently, all of the forward-looking statements made in this press release are qualified by the information contained under this caption. No assurance can be given that these are all of the factors that could cause actual results to vary materially from the forward-looking statements in this press release. You should not put undue reliance on forward-looking statements. No assurances can be given that any of the events anticipated by the forward-looking statements will transpire or occur, or if any of them do occur, the actual results, performance, or achievements of Greenidge could differ materially from the results expressed in, or implied by, any forward-looking statements. All forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this press release and Greenidge does not assume any duty to update or revise any forward-looking statements included in this press release, whether as a result of new information, the occurrence of future events, uncertainties or otherwise, after the date of this press release.
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CLEVELAND (AP) _ The winning numbers in Thursday evening's drawing of the Ohio Lottery's "Pick 3 Evening" game were:
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SCAPPOOSE, Ore. (AP) — Authorities say a man was shot and killed Thursday by two police officers in Scappoose, Oregon.
Columbia County officials confirmed the officer-involved shooting on social media. In a tweet, officials said that “no officers were injured and the incident is currently under investigation.”
A witness told KOIN-TV that he was dropping his wife off at work when he saw a man show up to the towing facility next door. The witness, Erik Tyler, said the man appeared angry and a fight escalated between the man and employees until the workers told him they would call the police.
Police arrived and Tyler said he heard them yell at the man to drop his weapon and the man didn’t comply.
Detective Shannon Wilde with the Washington County Sheriff’s Office, which has taken over the investigation, told reporters police responded to the “disturbance” at Grumpy’s Towing just before 10 a.m. During the incident, Wilde said both a sheriff's deputy and an Oregon State Police trooper fired their weapons, killing the man.
Wilde did not identify the deceased man or specify whether he was armed at the time but said he was wanted for an unrelated “violent felony.”
Wilde also declined to comment on the circumstances that led up to the shooting.
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Minnesota would offer a tax credit to small employers for the costs of paid family leave for workers under a bill introduced Thursday in the state Senate.
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SCAPPOOSE, Ore. (AP) — Authorities say a man was shot and killed Thursday by two police officers in Scappoose, Oregon.
Columbia County officials confirmed the officer-involved shooting on social media. In a tweet, officials said that “no officers were injured and the incident is currently under investigation.”
A witness told KOIN-TV that he was dropping his wife off at work when he saw a man show up to the towing facility next door. The witness, Erik Tyler, said the man appeared angry and a fight escalated between the man and employees until the workers told him they would call the police.
Police arrived and Tyler said he heard them yell at the man to drop his weapon and the man didn’t comply.
Detective Shannon Wilde with the Washington County Sheriff’s Office, which has taken over the investigation, told reporters police responded to the “disturbance” at Grumpy’s Towing just before 10 a.m. During the incident, Wilde said both a sheriff's deputy and an Oregon State Police trooper fired their weapons, killing the man.
Wilde did not identify the deceased man or specify whether he was armed at the time but said he was wanted for an unrelated “violent felony.”
Wilde also declined to comment on the circumstances that led up to the shooting.
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ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — The Turkish prosecutor in the case against 26 Saudi nationals charged in the slaying of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi made a surprise request Thursday that their trial in absentia be suspended and the case transferred to Saudi Arabia, raising fears of a possible coverup.
The panel of judges made no ruling on the prosecutor’s request but said a letter would be sent to Turkey’s Justice Ministry seeking its opinion on the possible transfer of the file to Saudi judicial authorities, the state-run Anadolu Agency reported. Trial was adjourned until April 7.
The development comes as Turkey has been trying to normalize its relationship with Saudi Arabia, which hit an all-time low following Khashoggi’s grisly October 2018 killing. Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said in an interview on Thursday that Saudi authorities were more cooperative on judicial issues with Turkey, but did not elaborate.
In arguing for the transfer, the prosecutor told the court that the Saudi chief public prosecutor’s office requested the Turkish proceedings be transferred to the kingdom in a letter dated March 13, and that international warrants issued by Ankara against the defendants be lifted, according to the private DHA news agency.
The prosecutor said that because the arrest warrants cannot be executed and defense statements cannot be taken, the case would remain inconclusive in Turkey.
Amnesty International urged Turkey to press ahead with the trial, saying if it is transferred to Saudi Arabia, Turkey will be “knowingly and willingly sending the case to a place where it will be covered up.”
Moving Khashoggi’s trial to Saudi Arabia would provide a diplomatic resolution to a dispute that represented the wider troubles between Ankara and the kingdom since the 2011 Arab Spring.
Turkey under Erdogan supported Islamists as the uprisings took hold, while Saudi Arabia and its ally the United Arab Emirates sought to suppress such movements for fear of facing challenges to their autocratic governments. Meanwhile, Turkey sided with Qatar in a diplomatic dispute that saw Doha boycotted by Bahrain, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and the UAE.
Since then-President Donald Trump lost the 2020 election, the Gulf Arab states have set aside — but not fully resolved — the Qatar dispute. Meanwhile, Turkey under Erdogan has faced a rapid devaluation of its lira currency over his refusal to hike interest rates. Bilateral trade to the kingdom and the UAE, a major transshipment point for the world economy, also collapsed.
Since the start of 2022, Erdogan has sought to improve those ties, including making his first visit to the UAE in nearly a decade. Saudi Arabia and the UAE, after fighting through the coronavirus pandemic’s economic effects, facing a grinding war in Yemen and struggling with renewed tensions with Iran, also want to resolve the outstanding feud.
Khashoggi disappeared on Oct. 2, 2018, after entering the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, seeking documents that would allow him to marry Hatice Cengiz, a Turkish national who was waiting outside the building. He never emerged.
Turkish officials allege that the Saudi national, who was a United States resident, was killed and then dismembered with a bone saw inside the consulate. His body has not been found. Prior to his killing, Khashoggi had written critically of Saudi Arabia’s crown prince in columns for the Washington Post.
Turkish authorities said he was killed by a team of Saudi agents. Those on trial in absentia include two former aides of the prince.
Saudi officials initially offered conflicting accounts concerning the killing, including claims that Khashoggi had left the consulate building unharmed. But amid mounting international pressure, they stated that Khashoggi’s death was a tragic accident, with the meeting unexpectedly turning violent.
Turkey decided to try the defendants in absentia after Saudi Arabia rejected Turkish demands for their extradition.
The slaying had sparked international condemnation and cast a cloud of suspicion over Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. Western intelligence agencies, as well as the U.S. Congress, have said that an operation of this magnitude could not have happened without his knowledge.
In urging Turkey to proceed with the trial, Amnesty International said Ankara would be complicit in a coverup if it grants the Saudi request for a transfer.
“If the prosecutor’s request is granted, then instead of prosecuting and shedding light on a murder that was committed on its territory … Turkey will be knowingly and willingly sending the case to a place where it will be covered up,” said Tarik Beyhan, Amnesty’s campaign director for Turkey.
Beyhan said he didn’t want to “think about the possibility” that the prosecutor’s request may be related to the improving ties between Riyadh and Ankara.
“Basic human rights … should not be made the subject of political negotiations,” he said. “A murder cannot be covered up to fix relations.”
Some of the men were put on trial in Riyadh behind closed doors. A Saudi court issued a final verdict in 2020 that sentenced five mid-level officials and operatives to 20-year jail terms. The court had originally ordered the death penalty, but reduced the punishment after Khashoggi’s son Salah, who lives in Saudi Arabia, announced that he forgave the defendants. Three others were sentenced to lesser jail terms.
On Thursday, Khashoggi’s fiancee, Cengiz, appeared to criticize the prosecutor’s request in a tweet in English. “It is an exemplary situation in terms of showing the dilemma facing humanity in the modern era,” she wrote. “Which of the two will we choose? To want to live like a virtuous human being or to build a life by holding material interests above all kinds of values.”
She did not respond to a request for comment.
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Associated Press Writer Jon Gambrell contributed from Dubai.
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BBC QT: Blackford blasts Sunak amid crippling cost of living crisis as people 'need cash'
IAN BLACKFORD has lambasted Rishi Sunak amid the crippling cost of living crisis as the leader of the SNP at Westminster feared people must make "difficult choices of heating or eating".
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While appearing on last night’s BBC Question Time, Ian Blackford commented on the energy price cap rising, which will see a significant jump in household bills for millions around Britain. The increase is expected to add an extra £700 to the average household’s annual gas and electricity bills.
The energy price cap will increase today, April 1, which is also when increases to payments, such as the state pension and universal credit, will come into effect.
It will rise from £1,277 to £1,971 per year, an increase of £693 or 54 percent.
Speaking from the Question Time panel, along with Maria Caulfield MP, Steve Reed MP, Zanny Minton Beddoes, and Julia Hartley-Brewer, Mr Blackford warned people could no longer afford the hiked prices.
He said: “This is a massive crisis and I guess most people have not lived through the kind of inflation that we are seeing, unless you were around in the 1970s as some of us were.
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“But, you know, you are talking about the price cap coming off tomorrow, you’re talking about people, on average, seeing a £700 increase in their energy cost tomorrow.
“You’re talking about, if you live off grid, which many people do in the north of Scotland, for example, they buy heating oil and I checked the price tonight, and the price is going up from 44p per litre one year ago to 118p.
“That means people are paying almost £1,200 to fill their tank. People cannot afford this.”
The SNP leader from Westminster then urged Tory MPs to push Rishi Sunak to aid people suffering most from the price cap increase.
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He told the audience: “I would appeal to Tory MPs to recognise that the Chancellor has got to change course.
“There is no point in the Chancellor saying there is a loan coming later this year, because people need it today and they need cash in their pockets.
“I would say, look, learn from some of the lessons from what we have done in Scotland because it is the poorest that are bearing the brunt of this.
“People are going to have to make difficult choices of heating or eating.”
The Chancellor has previously stated help of £350 per household would “ease” people's anxiety over the price surge.
However, the scheme has been criticised for not being aimed at those most in need.
Rishi Sunak has pledged to offer the majority of families a total of £350 to help them adjust to higher prices, but only £150 will arrive by the time energy bills rise today.
The remaining £200 will be deducted from energy bills from October, however, households will pay that back in instalments from 2023.
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WASHINGTON — Avocados lovers, rejoice! Eating a full avocado during a week could help you in the long run, a new study suggests.
According to new study published in the Journal of the American Heart Association, people who regularly ate avocados had a lower risk for heart disease than people who rarely ate the creamy, green fruit. Researchers found that substituting avocado for fat-containing foods such as butter, cheese and processed meats also was associated with a lower risk for cardiovascular disease.
“Our study provides further evidence that the intake of plant-sourced unsaturated fats can improve diet quality and is an important component in cardiovascular disease prevention,” said Lorena S. Pacheco, lead author of the study, in a press release from the American Heart Association.
Avocados contain dietary fiber and monounsaturated fat, which have been linked to cardiovascular health benefits. Previous research has shown they can help lower total cholesterol.
Using dietary questionnaires at the start of the study and then every four years, researchers measured weekly avocado consumption for 68,786 women, ages 30-55, in the Nurses Health Study and 41,701 men, ages 40-75, in the Health Professionals Follow-Up Study. They tracked the development of coronary heart disease events and strokes over three decades.
Participants who ate at least two servings of avocados each week had a 16% lower risk of cardiovascular disease and a 21% lower risk of coronary heart disease compared to those who rarely or never ate avocados.
The study indicated that one serving of avocado is equal to half an avocado.
Swapping avocado for half a serving each day of margarine, butter, eggs, yogurt, cheese or processed meats, such as bacon, reduced the risk for cardiovascular disease by 16% to 22%.
However, swapping avocado for the equivalent amount of olive oil, nuts and other plant oils did not reap heart health benefits. Neither was there any link between avocado consumption and stroke risk.
While avocados are high in monosaturated fat -- the hallmark behind the so-acclaimed "Mediterranean diet" -- it should be noted that everything should be consumed in moderation. According to the Cleveland Clinic, replacing avocados as the main source of monosaturated fats can limit you from other nutrients and benefits of other healthy-fat foods, like olives and legumes.
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Cambiar Investors LLC lessened its holdings in Envestnet, Inc. (NYSE:ENV – Get Rating) by 6.3% during the fourth quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 34,376 shares of the business services provider’s stock after selling 2,312 shares during the quarter. Cambiar Investors LLC owned 0.06% of Envestnet worth $2,727,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Other hedge funds also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Bessemer Group Inc. boosted its position in Envestnet by 60.8% during the 4th quarter. Bessemer Group Inc. now owns 5,591 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $443,000 after purchasing an additional 2,115 shares during the period. Janney Montgomery Scott LLC raised its stake in Envestnet by 10.7% during the fourth quarter. Janney Montgomery Scott LLC now owns 4,666 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $370,000 after acquiring an additional 452 shares during the period. New York State Teachers Retirement System grew its position in Envestnet by 203.0% in the 4th quarter. New York State Teachers Retirement System now owns 9,300 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $738,000 after purchasing an additional 6,231 shares during the last quarter. Strs Ohio grew its position in Envestnet by 13.2% in the 4th quarter. Strs Ohio now owns 4,300 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $341,000 after purchasing an additional 500 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Sciencast Management LP bought a new position in shares of Envestnet in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $296,000.
A number of analysts recently weighed in on the stock. Truist Financial reduced their target price on shares of Envestnet from $95.00 to $90.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a report on Monday, March 7th. DA Davidson upgraded shares of Envestnet from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and set a $86.00 price target on the stock in a research note on Friday, February 25th. Zacks Investment Research lowered shares of Envestnet from a “hold” rating to a “strong sell” rating and set a $60.00 price target on the stock. in a research note on Thursday, March 3rd. JMP Securities raised their target price on shares of Envestnet from $97.00 to $101.00 and gave the company a “market outperform” rating in a research note on Monday, January 10th. Finally, StockNews.com initiated coverage on shares of Envestnet in a research report on Thursday. They issued a “hold” rating on the stock. Two analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, two have assigned a hold rating, three have assigned a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $84.29.
Shares of ENV stock traded up $0.47 during trading on Thursday, reaching $74.44. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 871,120 shares, compared to its average volume of 422,745. The company has a quick ratio of 1.96, a current ratio of 1.96 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.88. The business has a fifty day moving average price of $72.21 and a 200-day moving average price of $76.92. Envestnet, Inc. has a one year low of $64.70 and a one year high of $85.99. The company has a market cap of $4.08 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 310.18 and a beta of 1.22.
Envestnet (NYSE:ENV – Get Rating) last released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, February 24th. The business services provider reported $0.26 EPS for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters’ consensus estimate of $0.31 by ($0.05). Envestnet had a net margin of 1.12% and a return on equity of 10.86%. The company had revenue of $319.60 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $311.62 million. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $0.49 earnings per share. Envestnet’s revenue for the quarter was up 21.1% on a year-over-year basis. Research analysts anticipate that Envestnet, Inc. will post 1.51 EPS for the current year.
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Envestnet, Inc engages in the provision of intelligent systems for wealth management and financial wellness. It operates through the following segments: Envestnet Wealth Solutions and Envestnet Data & Analytics. The Envestnet Wealth Solutions segment provides unified wealth management software and services to empower financial advisors and institutions.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military needs to adjust its planning, training, targeting and use of weapons in order to better avoid widespread civilian deaths and damage such as the devastating 2017 battle to liberate the Syrian city of Raqqa from Islamic State militants, a new RAND report said Thursday.
The report requested by the Pentagon reflects criticism of the military's airstrike campaign that, according to some estimates, killed more than 1,600 civilians in Raqqa, as the U.S.-led coalition worked to destroy the Islamic State caliphate that wrested control of large swaths of Iraq and Syria.
Pentagon press secretary John Kirby said the report, which lays out a series of recommendations to improve military procedures and strategy, will be used as the department develops its own broader plan to reduce civlian harm.
“No other military works as hard as we do to mitigate civilian harm, and yet we still cause it,” said Kirby. ”We're going to continue to try to learn from past issues.”
RAND concluded that the battle for Raqqa provided important lessons.
Michael McNerney, lead author of the RAND report, called Raqqa “a cautionary tale about civilian harm in urban combat.” He said it "should serve as an extra incentive to the DoD to strengthen its policies and procedures to mitigate, document and respond to civilian harm.”
The RAND report noted that there has been a wide range of estimated civilian casualties during the seige, but also said it believes that 60%-80% of Raqqa was left uninhabitable by the time the city was liberated in October 2017.
Initially the U.S.-led coalition estimted that it was responsible for 38 incidents involving 240 civilian casualties — including 178 who were killed. A consortium of local Syrian and international groups, including Amnesty International and Airwars, put the number of casualties at a “high estimate” of 1,600, but said that about 774 of them could specifically be “verified” by data as the result of coalition action.
The report makes it clear that several thousand more civilians likely died, based on the number of bodies uncovered by U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces, but many were probably killed by IS or other fighters on the ground.
“Our report focuses on U.S. actions in Raqqa, but the actions of the Syrian government and its Russian and Iranian partners undoubtedly contributed far more to civilian harm and suffering in Syria overall,” McNerney said.
The report noted that the challenges in Raqqa were compounded by limits on the number U.S. troops that could be there, as well as where they could be positioned. U.S. troops on the ground could have provided better targeting and civilian information, including on Islamic State militants' efforts to use civilians as human shields, the report said.
RAND recommended that the U.S. military provide more extensive training and guidance on the need to avoid civilian harm, and plan and execute operations in ways to achieve those goals. Changes could include improved planning, better assessments of potential collateral damage, increased mission rehearsals, improved intelligence gathering, and more selective use of air strikes and munitions that minimize bomb fragmentation.
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THE WOODLANDS, Texas, March 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Hallaron, a full-service advertising and branding agency in The Woodlands, Texas has begun using digital advertising platforms to serve smaller, local political advertisers. The advantage is using microtargeted geographic and behavioral factors to serve highly custom display and video ads to local voters. The results point to more efficient campaigns that can get better results even with monthly ad spends less than $10,000.
Through a collaborative partnership with Vici Media Inc., based in Philiadelphia, PA, Hallaron began using sophisticated digital platforms including precise targeting tools to serve ads among local county and even city elections in early 2022 primaries. Often reserved for larger business or political clients, Hallaron uses the same big-client ad tools to shape strategy for smaller local low budget campaigns. Often the focus is replacing older marketing thinking with smarter targeting that serves ads to local voters using cell phones and social media instead of billboards or direct mail.
"Our new political campaigns aim to serve voters with ads where they consume daily news and entertainment – that's through their mobile phones and the Internet," explains agency principal Mike Hallaron.
Statista reports that mobile media usage in the United States is set to increase to four hours and 29 minutes per day in 2022. Compare that time with traditional drive time and radio listening, print, or TV viewership.
Because of lengthy Covid-19 shutdowns, Hallaron says many Americans extended their digital and mobile reliance even further – turning to these devices for business, shopping, and reaching the world beyond their front door.
Direct mail is still popular in most small market political races where access to new digital techniques lags behind. Inexpensive yard signs are still widely used but limited. Digital and mobile ads include links to landing pages where voters can watch a candidates videos, read a bio, or review her platform positions on local issues. "When you add a well-executed social strategy on Facebook, the frequency and reach for a small campaign can be game-changing," Hallaron says.
Hallaron's digital partner Vici Media works with nearly 200 ad agencies and media companies in the U.S., serving 3 billion digital ad impressions annually. The company was named to Deloitte's Technology Fast 500 in 2020. Hallaron sees more clients educating themselves about creative digital media strategies, such as geofencing, mobile conquesting and social mirroring techniques, for example.
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Washington adopted a new law that will require its employers to disclose the salary range and hourly rates for jobs they advertise starting in January 2023.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military needs to adjust its planning, training, targeting and use of weapons in order to better avoid widespread civilian deaths and damage such as the devastating 2017 battle to liberate the Syrian city of Raqqa from Islamic State militants, a new RAND report said Thursday.
The report requested by the Pentagon reflects criticism of the military's airstrike campaign that, according to some estimates, killed more than 1,600 civilians in Raqqa, as the U.S.-led coalition worked to destroy the Islamic State caliphate that wrested control of large swaths of Iraq and Syria.
Pentagon press secretary John Kirby said the report, which lays out a series of recommendations to improve military procedures and strategy, will be used as the department develops its own broader plan to reduce civlian harm.
“No other military works as hard as we do to mitigate civilian harm, and yet we still cause it,” said Kirby. ”We're going to continue to try to learn from past issues.”
RAND concluded that the battle for Raqqa provided important lessons.
Michael McNerney, lead author of the RAND report, called Raqqa “a cautionary tale about civilian harm in urban combat.” He said it "should serve as an extra incentive to the DoD to strengthen its policies and procedures to mitigate, document and respond to civilian harm.”
The RAND report noted that there has been a wide range of estimated civilian casualties during the seige, but also said it believes that 60%-80% of Raqqa was left uninhabitable by the time the city was liberated in October 2017.
Initially the U.S.-led coalition estimted that it was responsible for 38 incidents involving 240 civilian casualties — including 178 who were killed. A consortium of local Syrian and international groups, including Amnesty International and Airwars, put the number of casualties at a “high estimate” of 1,600, but said that about 774 of them could specifically be “verified” by data as the result of coalition action.
The report makes it clear that several thousand more civilians likely died, based on the number of bodies uncovered by U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces, but many were probably killed by IS or other fighters on the ground.
“Our report focuses on U.S. actions in Raqqa, but the actions of the Syrian government and its Russian and Iranian partners undoubtedly contributed far more to civilian harm and suffering in Syria overall,” McNerney said.
The report noted that the challenges in Raqqa were compounded by limits on the number U.S. troops that could be there, as well as where they could be positioned. U.S. troops on the ground could have provided better targeting and civilian information, including on Islamic State militants' efforts to use civilians as human shields, the report said.
RAND recommended that the U.S. military provide more extensive training and guidance on the need to avoid civilian harm, and plan and execute operations in ways to achieve those goals. Changes could include improved planning, better assessments of potential collateral damage, increased mission rehearsals, improved intelligence gathering, and more selective use of air strikes and munitions that minimize bomb fragmentation.
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Outlander season 6: John Bell details Young Ian and Malva kiss cut from series
OUTLANDER season six is well underway and the latest instalment finally revealed why Young Ian left the Mohawk and what happened to his wife Emily.
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WARNING: The following article contains spoilers from Outlander season six.
Fans were surprised in the fifth series when Young Ian (played by John Bell) returned to Fraser’s Ridge not long after he joined the Mohawk. Ian kept his reason for returning under wraps but in the latest episode of the Starz series, it was revealed he had a wife who suffered two miscarriages. Ian was then cast out from the tribe and told to return to his own people. While he has been heartbroken, he seems to have chemistry with newcomer Malva Christie (Jessica Reynolds). Reflecting on their romance, actor John revealed a kiss between the two was cut from the show.
Most of the Fraser family have been suspicious of the Christies but Ian has shared a handful of touching moments with Malva.
Reflecting on a particular intense moment with his co-star, actor John explained the pair even shared a kiss.
“I don't think he trusts the Christies, but he does like Malva,” John explained.
“Who can blame him? She's so charismatic and enchanting. That's something I immediately felt from Jess too.
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“That scene in the reeds, me and Jess call that the day we became besties, because immediately we found this chemistry with each other that we were able to use with our characters.
“Actually a funny story, in one of the takes we were joking about, and we're like, ‘What if we just, like, kissed?’
“It was totally not in the script. It was so perfect, the sun was coming down, the art department were in the back throwing bits of cotton or something, some flowers were floating through the air.”
John added to Entertainment Weekly: “And we were like, ‘This so romantic.’
“So we just kissed. They never kept it in. Sadly. Maybe that gave the game away too much. But we were having fun.”
It’s not known if a relationship between Young Ian and Malva will be pursued or if Outlander will stick to the story in Diana Gabaldon’s novels.
In the books, Ian feels strong affection for Malva but it is later revealed she has been raped by her brother Allan (Alexander Vlahos).
When Malva falls pregnant, she claims the unborn baby is Jamie Fraser’s (Sam Heughan) leaving Claire (Caitriona Balfe) furious.
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Malva is later found dead and Claire tries to save the baby but it dies as it is too young.
Claire is blamed for Malva’s death but Allan later confesses it was he who killed his sister.
While Claire urges Allan to come clean, he doesn’t get the chance as Young Ian shoots him with an arrow.
However, the Starz series may deviate from the source material and the promo for episode five has hinted someone on Fraser’s Ridge will try a love charm.
In the teaser, Brianna Fraser (Sophie Skelton) comes across a pattern of stones with Marsali explaining it “looks like a love charm”.
Malva is pictured behind the pair listening intently - could it be she plans to put her own charm in place?
If so, will she attempt to seduce Jamie Fraser or look to strengthen her connection with Young Ian.
Outlander season six continues Sunday on Starz in the US and Starzplay in the UK.
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Remaining Coronavirus Grant Funding Approved For Sheriff's Office
Livingston County officials have approved a request from the Sheriff’s Office that will open up the remainder of unused funding from a pandemic-era grant. Towards the onset of the pandemic, the Livingston County Sheriff’s Office was awarded a...
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WASHINGTON — The House on Thursday passed a bill capping the monthly cost of insulin at $35 for insured patients, part of an election-year push by Democrats for price curbs on prescription drugs at a time of rising inflation.
Experts say the legislation, which passed 232-193, would provide significant relief for privately insured patients with skimpier plans and for Medicare enrollees facing rising out-of-pocket costs for their insulin. Some could save hundreds of dollars annually, and all insured patients would get the benefit of predictable monthly costs for insulin. The bill would not help the uninsured.
But the Affordable Insulin Now Act will serve as a political vehicle to rally Democrats and force Republicans who oppose it into uncomfortable votes ahead of the midterms. For the legislation to pass Congress, 10 Republican senators would have to vote in favor. Democrats acknowledge they don't have an answer for how that's going to happen.
“If 10 Republicans stand between the American people being able to get access to affordable insulin, that's a good question for 10 Republicans to answer,” said Rep. Dan Kildee, D-Mich., a cosponsor of the House bill. “Republicans get diabetes, too. Republicans die from diabetes.”
Public opinion polls have consistently shown support across party lines for congressional action to limit drug costs.
But Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., complained the legislation is only “a small piece of a larger package around government price controls for prescription drugs." Critics say the bill would raise premiums and fails to target pharmaceutical middlemen seen as contributing to high list prices for insulin.
Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, said Democrats could have a deal on prescription drugs if they drop their bid to authorize Medicare to negotiate prices. “Do Democrats really want to help seniors, or would they rather have the campaign issue?" Grassley said.
The insulin bill, which would take effect in 2023, represents just one provision of a much broader prescription drug package in President Joe Biden's social and climate legislation.
In addition to a similar $35 cap on insulin, the Biden bill would authorize Medicare to negotiate prices for a range of drugs, including insulin. It would penalize drugmakers who raise prices faster than inflation and overhaul the Medicare prescription drug benefit to limit out-of-pocket costs for enrollees.
Biden's agenda passed the House only to stall in the Senate because Democrats could not reach consensus. Party leaders haven't abandoned hope of getting the legislation moving again, and preserving its drug pricing curbs largely intact.
The idea of a $35 monthly cost cap for insulin actually has a bipartisan pedigree. The Trump administration had created a voluntary option for Medicare enrollees to get insulin for $35, and the Biden administration continued it.
In the Senate, Republican Susan Collins of Maine and Democrat Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire are working on a bipartisan insulin bill. Georgia Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock has introduced legislation similar to the House bill, with the support of Sen. Majority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York.
Stung by criticism that Biden's economic policies spur inflation, Democrats are redoubling efforts to show how they'd help people cope with costs. On Thursday, the Commerce Department reported a key inflation gauge jumped 6.4% in February compared with a year ago, the largest year-over-year rise since January 1982.
But experts say the House bill would not help uninsured people, who face the highest out-of-pocket costs for insulin. Also, people with diabetes often take other medications as well as insulin. That's done to treat the diabetes itself, along with other serious health conditions often associated with the disease. The House legislation would not help with those costs, either. Collins says she's looking for a way to help uninsured people through her bill.
About 37 million Americans have diabetes, and an estimated 6 million to 7 million use insulin to keep their blood sugars under control. It’s an old drug, refined and improved over the years, that has seen relentless price increases.
Steep list prices don't reflect the rates insurance plans negotiate with manufacturers. But those list prices are used to calculate cost-sharing amounts that patients owe. Patients who can’t afford their insulin reduce or skip doses, a strategy born of desperation, which can lead to serious complications and even death.
Economist Sherry Glied of New York University said the market for insulin is a “total disaster” for many patients, particularly those with skimpy insurance plans or no insurance.
“This will make private insurance for people with diabetes a much more attractive proposition,” said Glied.
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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — An external review of Minnesota’s response to days of civil unrest following theMay 2020 killing of George Floyd found several weaknesses, including a lack of clear leadership early on as businesses were being destroyed and set ablaze, and a failure to discern peaceful from unlawful protesters.
The report by Wilder Research, commissioned by the Department of Public Safety and made public Thursday, says Minnesota can do more to address tensions between law enforcement and communities, and must incorporate a deeper sense of humanity in the way it responds to civil unrest in the future.
“Further research and evaluation are needed to understand the role of racism and other forms of bias in law enforcement responses to civil unrest and determine additional steps to address community distrust in law enforcement and state government,” the report also found.
The report, which examined the state’s actions from May 26 through June 7, 2020, listed 20 recommendations to improve the state’s response and find ways to prevent such civil unrest from happening again.
Three “critical recommendations” include: strengthening coordination between multiple agencies; improving coordination and relationships with local jurisdictions and the media; and addressing tension between law enforcement and communities through trust-building efforts, police accountability and transformation, and education.
Public Safety Commissioner John Harrington said in a letter to Gov. Tim Walz that his agency has already made changes to improve communication and police accountability, including implementing some of the report’s recommendations.
Floyd, who was Black, was killed May 25, 2020, when former Officer Derek Chauvin pressed his knee against Floyd’s neck for about nine and a half minutes as Floyd was handcuffed and lying face-down on the pavement. Bystander video showed Floyd said multiple times that he couldn’t breathe, before he eventually went silent and stopped moving.
The killing sparked protests in Minneapolis and around the globe as part of a reckoning over racial injustice. In Minneapolis, some of the protests became violentas businesses, and even a police station, were ransacked and burned.
The report said that unrest was unprecedented, and left local and state agencies overextended.
Local police and emergency responders couldn’t respond to many calls for help. Several state agencies, as well as the National Guard, were called in — but the report noted they were not experienced in handling large-scale civil disturbances over such an extended period.
The report found that the state was too late in setting up a multi-agency command center to coordinate response, and that several local agencies were following different rules of engagement. There was also a lack of communication, leading some communities and businesses totake matters into their own hands. Some of the response by state agencies was also viewed as escalating by some.
The report also noted some strengths. Among them, it found the state acknowledged that the community had legitimate concerns after Floyd’s killing. It also noted that small mobile field force units were effective in addressing unrest in multiple locations. The report said that a curfew, when enforced, was also effective.
A reportissued earlier this month on the city’s response to the Minneapolis protests was sharply critical and included several recommendations, including improving police training on crowd control tactics.
Chauvin was convicted of murder and manslaughterand also pleaded guilty in federal court to violating Floyd’s civil rights. Three other former officers were also convicted of federal civil rights violations and are awaiting trial on state charges of aiding and abetting both murder and manslaughter.
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BRENTWOOD, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee woman convicted in the death of a police officer has been sentenced to 8 to 12 years in prison.
Ashley Kroese of Thompson's Station was 24 years old on June 18, 2020, when she drove on the wrong side of the road in Brentwood, killing Brentwood police officer Destin Legieza, 30, authorities said.
She was previously found guilty of four charges, including vehicular homicide by intoxication. She was sentenced Wednesday for charges in the crash that killed Legieza, The Tennessean reported.
A blood test after the crash found her blood alcohol content was 0.166%, which is twice the legal limit.
Members of Legieza's family spoke at the hearing.
“Ashley. I don’t think you intended to kill anyone that day,” said Heather Legieza, the officer’s widow. “But you moving forward with the trial when you know what you did was with intention, you should have just taken accountability for your actions."
Kroese, who did not testify at the February trial, read from a statement.
“I can’t pretend to understand what you have been going through. I’ve never lost a husband, a son or a brother, and nothing I can say is able to ease your pain, but I am truly and deeply sorry,” Kroese said.
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CHICAGO , March 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Health Care Service Corporation (HCSC), the nation's largest customer-owned health insurer, announced today several changes to its senior leadership team.
The leadership transitions reflect a thoughtful and strategic approach to long-term growth and succession planning for the company.
Dr. Opella Ernest, chief operating officer, takes on a new role effective immediately as executive vice president, HCSC Commercial Markets, succeeding Jeff Tikkanen, who announced he will retire from HCSC in March 2023. Mike Frank, senior vice president, Pharmacy and Ancillary Business, will become senior vice president, chief operating officer. Dr. Ernest and Frank will report to Maurice Smith, president and CEO of HCSC.
Jeff Tikkanen, executive vice president, Commercial Markets, will transition to an advisory role focused on market initiatives including national account strategy and key client relationships until his retirement in March 2023.
"As our strategic priorities evolve, so does our organizational structure," said Maurice Smith president and CEO of HCSC. "Our continued focus on building our leadership bench strength allows us to continue to execute on our strategy -- to expand health care access, to deepen relationships in our communities and to advance our mission and commitments to remain the health coverage partner of choice for our stakeholders. HCSC has an action-oriented leadership team that is a result of a long-standing focus on attracting and growing top talent."
Dr. Opella Ernest will take on her new role, effective immediately, as executive vice president, HCSC Commercial Markets. As our former chief operating officer, Dr. Ernest helped reshaped our customer and provider experience through advancements in technology and innovation. In her new role, Dr. Ernest assumes responsibility for the company's five BCBS health plans in Illinois, Montana, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas as well as national account growth, clinical and pharmacy operations and analytics. She joined HCSC in 2012 and has had increasing responsibility leading the company's clinical strategy and operation as Senior Vice President, Chief Clinical Officer. She also served as Divisional Senior Vice President, Chief Medical Officer of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois. A board-certified family physician, she has a degree in medicine from The Ohio State University College of Medicine and a bachelor's degree from the University of Michigan
Mike Frank, senior vice president Pharmacy and Ancillary Business, will become senior vice president, chief operating officer, reporting to Dr. Ernest. In his new role, Mike will lead HCSC's IT and Customer Service organizations. Frank joined HCSC in 2013 when BCBSMT became part of the company. Since that time as SVP, Tri-State plans, he provided strategic oversight on how HCSC served members in our Blue Cross and Blue Shield Plans in Montana, New Mexico and Oklahoma as well as expanding our pharmacy solutions and better understanding of our customer service needs. Previously Frank was president of the Montana plan. Other roles at the plan included chief legal and operations officer, chief administrative officer, vice president of Corporate Integrity and Human Resources, and vice president of Compliance and Ethics. He earned his Bachelor of Science in psychology from Montana State University and his Juris Doctor from the University of Montana.
"These leadership changes will position the company for continued growth and demonstrate the strength of the HCSC management bench," said Smith. "Opella and Mike's leadership has been instrumental in both advancing and driving HCSC strategy over the last few years. In their new roles, we will see them have even greater impact on the company's success in the future."
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Health Care Service Corporation is the country's largest customer-owned health insurer, with more than 17 million members in its health plans in Illinois, Montana, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas. A Mutual Legal Reserve Company, HCSC is an independent licensee of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association.
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BRENTWOOD, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee woman convicted in the death of a police officer has been sentenced to 8 to 12 years in prison.
Ashley Kroese of Thompson's Station was 24 years old on June 18, 2020, when she drove on the wrong side of the road in Brentwood, killing Brentwood police officer Destin Legieza, 30, authorities said.
She was previously found guilty of four charges, including vehicular homicide by intoxication. She was sentenced Wednesday for charges in the crash that killed Legieza, The Tennessean reported.
A blood test after the crash found her blood alcohol content was 0.166%, which is twice the legal limit.
Members of Legieza's family spoke at the hearing.
“Ashley. I don’t think you intended to kill anyone that day,” said Heather Legieza, the officer’s widow. “But you moving forward with the trial when you know what you did was with intention, you should have just taken accountability for your actions."
Kroese, who did not testify at the February trial, read from a statement.
“I can’t pretend to understand what you have been going through. I’ve never lost a husband, a son or a brother, and nothing I can say is able to ease your pain, but I am truly and deeply sorry,” Kroese said.
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NCino (NCNO) Reports Q4 Loss, Tops Revenue Estimates
NCino (NCNO) came out with a quarterly loss of $0.09 per share in line with the Zacks Consensus Estimate. This compares to loss of $0.10 per share a year ago. These figures are adjusted for non-recurring items.
A quarter ago, it was expected that this company would post a loss of $0.06 per share when it actually produced a loss of $0.04, delivering a surprise of 33.33%.
Over the last four quarters, the company has surpassed consensus EPS estimates three times.
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The sustainability of the stock's immediate price movement based on the recently-released numbers and future earnings expectations will mostly depend on management's commentary on the earnings call.
NCino shares have lost about 21.6% since the beginning of the year versus the S&P 500's decline of -3.4%.
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While nCino has underperformed the market so far this year, the question that comes to investors' minds is: what's next for the stock?
There are no easy answers to this key question, but one reliable measure that can help investors address this is the company's earnings outlook. Not only does this include current consensus earnings expectations for the coming quarter(s), but also how these expectations have changed lately.
Empirical research shows a strong correlation between near-term stock movements and trends in earnings estimate revisions. Investors can track such revisions by themselves or rely on a tried-and-tested rating tool like the Zacks Rank, which has an impressive track record of harnessing the power of earnings estimate revisions.
Ahead of this earnings release, the estimate revisions trend for nCino: mixed. While the magnitude and direction of estimate revisions could change following the company's just-released earnings report, the current status translates into a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold) for the stock. So, the shares are expected to perform in line with the market in the near future. You can see the complete list of today's Zacks #1 Rank (Strong Buy) stocks here.
It will be interesting to see how estimates for the coming quarters and current fiscal year change in the days ahead. The current consensus EPS estimate is -$0.04 on $75.56 million in revenues for the coming quarter and -$0.13 on $330.08 million in revenues for the current fiscal year.
Investors should be mindful of the fact that the outlook for the industry can have a material impact on the performance of the stock as well. In terms of the Zacks Industry Rank, Internet - Software is currently in the bottom 17% of the 250 plus Zacks industries. Our research shows that the top 50% of the Zacks-ranked industries outperform the bottom 50% by a factor of more than 2 to 1.
Another stock from the same industry, Pinterest (PINS), has yet to report results for the quarter ended March 2022.
This digital pinboard and shopping tool company is expected to post quarterly earnings of $0.05 per share in its upcoming report, which represents a year-over-year change of -54.6%. The consensus EPS estimate for the quarter has remained unchanged over the last 30 days.
Pinterest's revenues are expected to be $571.26 million, up 17.7% from the year-ago quarter.
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Cambiar Investors LLC acquired a new position in shares of HealthEquity, Inc. (NASDAQ:HQY – Get Rating) in the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The institutional investor acquired 62,533 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $2,766,000. Cambiar Investors LLC owned about 0.07% of HealthEquity as of its most recent filing with the SEC.
Several other large investors also recently bought and sold shares of the company. SG Americas Securities LLC grew its stake in HealthEquity by 51.3% in the 3rd quarter. SG Americas Securities LLC now owns 19,277 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,248,000 after acquiring an additional 6,536 shares during the last quarter. Man Group plc grew its stake in HealthEquity by 44.3% in the 3rd quarter. Man Group plc now owns 145,986 shares of the company’s stock valued at $9,454,000 after acquiring an additional 44,818 shares during the last quarter. Pallas Capital Advisors LLC grew its stake in HealthEquity by 70.8% in the 3rd quarter. Pallas Capital Advisors LLC now owns 10,280 shares of the company’s stock valued at $713,000 after acquiring an additional 4,262 shares during the last quarter. Brown Advisory Inc. grew its stake in HealthEquity by 7.2% in the 4th quarter. Brown Advisory Inc. now owns 1,708,630 shares of the company’s stock valued at $75,590,000 after acquiring an additional 114,437 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Peregrine Capital Management LLC grew its stake in HealthEquity by 2.8% in the 3rd quarter. Peregrine Capital Management LLC now owns 195,318 shares of the company’s stock valued at $12,649,000 after acquiring an additional 5,275 shares during the last quarter. 96.68% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.
HealthEquity stock traded up $0.19 during mid-day trading on Thursday, reaching $67.44. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 812,327 shares, compared to its average volume of 766,117. The firm has a market cap of $5.64 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -127.25, a PEG ratio of 3.74 and a beta of 1.06. The business has a 50 day moving average price of $55.26 and a 200-day moving average price of $56.75. The company has a current ratio of 2.29, a quick ratio of 7.14 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.50. HealthEquity, Inc. has a twelve month low of $36.81 and a twelve month high of $84.78.
HQY has been the topic of several analyst reports. Royal Bank of Canada decreased their price target on shares of HealthEquity from $87.00 to $70.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research note on Tuesday, December 7th. Barrington Research raised their price target on shares of HealthEquity from $55.00 to $70.00 in a research note on Wednesday, March 23rd. Zacks Investment Research raised shares of HealthEquity from a “strong sell” rating to a “buy” rating and set a $58.00 price target on the stock in a research note on Tuesday, February 8th. TheStreet cut shares of HealthEquity from a “c” rating to a “d+” rating in a research note on Tuesday, December 7th. Finally, Jefferies Financial Group raised their price target on shares of HealthEquity from $62.00 to $80.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Monday. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, one has issued a hold rating and eleven have issued a buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and a consensus target price of $75.08.
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Bull's Michael Weatherly jokes co-star was a 'tyrant' during CBS directorial debut
BULL's Michael Weatherly joked about Marissa Morgan star Geneva Carr ahead of her directorial debut.
Geneva Carr asks Bull colleagues about her directional debut
Although CBS’s hit legal drama Bull is coming to an end, the stars took time away from the screens to banter about an upcoming episode. As her directorial debut approaches, actress Geneva Carr, jokingly interviewed her co-stars about what it was like working with her.
Carr who stars as Marissa Morgan in the fan-favourite drama, took to Twitter and shared a behind the scenes video featuring her co-stars.
Ahead of her directorial debut, which airs this week Carr asked a number of familiar faces what it was like to work with her.
The leading man, Michael Weatherly who portrayed Dr Jason Bull was among those who featured in the clip and gave a funny response.
When asked, he joked: “You’re a taskmaster, some call you a tyrant behind your back, I thought you were terrific.”
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Carr also asked Christopher Jackson who starred as Chuck Palmer, who shared, “It was great, it was so great, it was really good and emotional.”
Bull’s Mackenzie Meehan complimented Carr, pointing to her co-star turned director she stated: “Genius, sheer genius.”
The actress also asked the crew, to which a team member answered: “Joyful, joyful, fountain of joy, every second filled with laughter.”
Carr’s directorial debut titled ‘With These Hands’ landed on screens on March 31st.
The episode saw Jason Bull try to overcome his personal emotions as the doctor, who saved his life after a heart attack, was sued for malpractice.
While this made it hard to represent the doctor, the case became personal for Bull after he learned the doctor was going to be sued.
Bull also didn’t see eye to eye with the lawyer who proceeded to remind him of the courtroom hierarchy.
To which Bull hit back: “I'll make it simpler: Attack the plaintiff, lose the case.”
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In an interview with ET online Carr revealed why she chose to take the directorial route after a successful run onscreen.
She disclosed: “This last season of Bull has been the most challenging and the most exciting.
“I’ve learned so much and grown as an actor and a person over these last six years.
“Throwing myself into a new chapter by directing felt like a way to honour the series, the characters and show what the whole experience has taught me.”
The actress added: “Being able to spread my wings with a team of people I respect, know inside and out and care about was a true gift.
“And joining a long list of super talented female directors that have worked on Bull is the sweetest send-off.”
At the beginning of the year, Weatherly took to Twitter and announced the sixth season of the series would also be the final instalment.
While fans were unsure whether the news was true or not, CBS later confirmed his tweets.
Bull is available on CBS. A UK release date is yet to be announced.
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Today’s highlights include Hades for $24, Doom Eternal for $9 and a Call of Duty: Vanguard/Battlefield 2042 bundle for $88.95.
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- Nintendo Switch OLED Model – now $489 (down from $539.95)
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Romelu Lukaku has struggled to fill the void left by Olivier Giroud at Chelsea despite the £95.8m disparity between either of their summer price tags. The latter swapped the Blues for the Rossoneri a month prior to the Belgium international returning to west London, in what was portrayed as a like-for-like upgrade.
Giroud, who cost AC Milan just £1.7m, enjoyed a tremendous vein of form during the twilight stages of his Chelsea tenure. The veteran striker's prominence in the first team unearthed the Blues' hunger for a target man.
But, having already fought against the tide of Marina Granovskaia's pressing over-30s contact policy and Thomas Tuchel looking to inject his side with new blood, the curtains were drawn on the 35-year-old's tenure. Lukaku was drafted for a record-breaking £97.5m; the Belgian was — in Tuchel's mind — a spritely heir to a fading Giroud.
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Lukaku guided Inter Milan to the club's first Scudetto in 11 years, directly contributing towards 34 goals in 36 Serie A games. The 28-year-old flourished under Antonio Conte, who had partnered him alongside Lautaro Martinez in a sensational two-man attack.
But, upon joining Chelsea, Lukaku was thrown into an alien system which didn't flaunt his best attributes. While he must take some responsibility for the misfortune in front of goal, Tuchel hasn't used enough of Conte's blueprint to gauge a true reflection of the Belgian's potential.
In the summer, the Blues boss specified that he was after a Giroud-esque back-to-goal striker. Speaking just days before the Belgian's arrival, Tuchel forecasted the magnitude of Chelsea's decision to offload the Frenchman.
"He is a fantastic player but a player from Inter and with all due respect I will not talk about him," the German said. “I think with the exit from Olivier Giroud from the type of players we could use, a player used to playing with their backs to goal, whose strength is to keep possession from long balls."
Though, Lukaku quickly rebuffed Tuchel's demands and outlined what he'll bring to Chelsea instead. The miscommunication raises questions regarding the club's scouting.
"I’m quite big, everybody thinks I’m a sort of target man," the Belgian said. "Just holding up the ball and being a goal poacher. But I’ve never played that way and I hate it.
"My biggest strength is that I’m dangerous when I’m facing the goal. That’s when I rarely make wrong choices."
Giroud's Jay-Jay Okocha-esque goal for France during the international break, which saw him tip-toe through South Africa's defence before finding the net, encapsulated everything that Tuchel has been demanding from Lukaku.
So, in hindsight and in light of Giroud's lavish goal that took social media by storm, Chelsea might have been better off keeping the Frenchman and spending their summer transfer allowance elsewhere — that's not ridiculous, that's not ridiculous to say that.
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The news that the Justice Department’s Jan. 6 investigation is reaching beyond the Capitol rioters has added fuel to a long-running debate about the pace of the investigation.
One side has criticized the Justice Department for not investigating Donald Trump and his inner circle for subverting the 2020 election. The lack of any public signs of a broader, more aggressive investigation for over a year, they say, shows a troubling lack of urgency.
On the other hand, a vocal and respected group of institutionalists has urged some perspective: Complex federal investigations take years, not months, and prosecutors are probably slowly working their way up from the rioters to bigger fish, following the facts where they lead. The relative lack of leaks from Garland’s DOJ, they contend, may actually be a sign of a serious, vigorous prosecutorial effort.
Team Where’s DOJ?
To Laurence Tribe, an emeritus professor at Harvard Law School, the recent reports of Trump-adjacent investigations brought welcome news — if slightly belated.
“It’s obviously better late than never,” he said, acknowledging that the grand jury’s activities may have started sooner than the reports let on.
“Memories can fade, people can adjust their testimony in light of interim discoveries,” Tribe said. “It would be ideal if this had not waited as long as it apparently has.”
Another critic is Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA), a member of the House Jan. 6 select committee. Reacting Wednesday night to The Washington Post’s reporting — that a grand jury has subpoenaed “officials in former president Donald Trump’s orbit” who helped with the rally that day — Schiff downplayed the development.
“It’s a little late, but I’m glad they’re doing it,” Schiff said. “But they also need to look at these multiple lines of effort to overturn the election, and they need to look at anyone who was involved. No one gets a pass. Not a former president, and not someone who’s never held office before.”
Former FBI agent Peter Strzok, himself the target of years of attacks from Trump and his supporters, said he didn’t doubt that the DOJ can handle the investigation. But time — particularly the approaching 2022 midterms — is a crucial factor, he said.
Strzok imagined a Republican-controlled Congress with committees led by figures like Reps. Jim Jordan (R-OH) and Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA), “whose entire existence is devoted to gumming up any DOJ and FBI investigation.”
“I don’t think anybody can predict what they might do,” he said. “What if they start bringing in people, and immunizing 40, 50, 60 people to have them testify? There are any number of creative, malicious ways that Congress traditionally would never do.”
Team Trust The Process
The reports of high-level activity in the Jan. 6 investigation might have been big news, but to some observers they were just confirmation of what they assume has been going on all along.
“I think that from Day 1 — from Jan. 7 — DOJ has been investigating anyone at any level,” said Barbara McQuade, the former U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan.
While developments like subpoenas aimed at high-level officials might find their way to newspaper reports, she said, Justice Department investigators can take lots of action — including securing search warrants for phone records and emails, and reviewing witnesses’ testimony to the Jan. 6 committee — without the public knowing.
“It’s probably been going on all along,” she said. “I think they’ve probably just done so covertly.”
Randall Eliason, a former assistant U.S. attorney in the District of Columbia, has pleaded publicly for “armchair quarterbacks” to stop questioning the pace at which Attorney General Merrick Garland’s Justice Department is handling the investigation.
In an email Thursday, he stressed that in a case like the Jan. 6 investigation, “you want to take the time to do it right.”
“Garland has said all along that they will start at the bottom, build any cases that are there, and work their way up. That appears to be exactly what they are doing. But that process is not quick,” Eliason said.
Plenty Of Decisions Left To Make
There’s plenty of middle ground in the debate: News reports, for example, are just peeks into what is largely a closed-door decision-making process among Justice Department officials. And just because they’ve taken investigative steps doesn’t mean indictments will follow.
“It still could be the case, as some critics have said, that they’re actually not going to do anything,” said Harry Sandick, a former assistant U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York.
He compared the current investigation to that of former Special Counsel Robert Mueller: “I think to some extent people are concerned that the institutional conservatism of the attorney general may parallel that of Mueller, and that they are not really fully digging in.”
Still, there are signs that the Justice Department is “getting really serious,” McQuade said — including a recent budget request for $34 million to hire more than 130 new lawyers to help with the investigation.
She also pointed to progress in the criminal cases that have been charged: Joshua James, for example, this month became the first Jan. 6 defendant to reach a plea deal for a seditious conspiracy charge. Now, he’s required to cooperate with investigators. James, a member of the Oath Keepers, was seen shepherding Trump confidante Roger Stone around D.C. in a golf cart the day before the attack.
In other words, McQuade said: “Let’s hear about what Joshua James has to say about Roger Stone, before we charge Roger Stone.”
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David Warner and Mitchell Marsh have been listed at the highest reserve price for the upcoming season of The Hundred, while a host of other Australian stars have signed up for the draft.
Taking place on April 4th, over 280 international players have made themselves available for the draft, with the outcomes to be announced the following day.
250 UK-based players have also put their names forward for the draft, including 21 England internationals.
But it will be Warner and Marsh who will be near the top of the pile for any of The Hundred franchises, with both Aussies alongside the likes of Chris Gayle, Kieron Pollard and Babar Azam in the £125,000 ($219,378 AUD) reserve price pool.
Jhye Richardson has been listed in the £100,000 reserve price pool, while fellow Aussie stars Aaron Finch, Nathan Coulter-Nile and Riley Meredith have been included in the £75,000 pool.
Director of Event Operations and Head of the Men’s Hundred Rob Hillman said it will be great to see so many elite international players partaking in the competition.
"It’s fantastic to see so many of the world’s top players wanting to play in The Hundred," he said.
"Despite the ongoing global challenges caused by the long-term impact of the Covid and the hectic international cricket calendar, the Draft list guarantees The Hundred will be serving up some thrilling cricket this summer."
See below for a full list of Australians listed in The Hundred draft.
- £125,000 reserve price ($219,378 AUD)
- David Warner
- Mitchell Marsh
- £100,000 reserve price ($175,500 AUD)
- Jhye Richardson
- £75,000 reserve price ($131,625 AUD)
- Aaron Finch
- Nathan Coulter-Nile
- Riley Meredith
- £60,000 reserve price ($105,300 AUD)
- Sean Abbott
- Kane Richardson
- Adam Zampa
- £50,000 reserve price ($87,750 AUD)
- Ashton Agar
- Jason Behrendoff
- Alex Carey
- Moises Henriques
- Usman Khawaja
- Marnus Labuschagne
- Ben McDermott
- James Pattinson
- Josh Philippe
- Daniel Sams
- D'arcy Short
- Matthew Wade
- £40,000 reserve price ($70,200 AUD)
- Nathan Ellis
- Josh Inglis
- Chris Lynn
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If a driver fails multiple breath tests his driving rights may immediately be arrested pending testing the vehicle which had probably given no further information until testing is achieved it is impossible tell then he been doing well during that 4 hour duration period or not but most would argue that a period of only half or at least nearly half the minimum drink- driving alcohol level required is sufficient basis the authorities of which decide further proceed it has therefore to decide, whether they believe in order a good cause exists arrest that it AUGUSTA, Ga. -- Harris English has decided not to play in the Masters next week as he recovers from surgery to repair a torn labrum.
English was a two-time winner on the PGA Tour last year and finished third in the U.S. Open at Torrey Pines. He has not played since the Sony Open in Honolulu the second week of the year.
"I'm progressing very well from recent hip surgery, but have to exercise caution as I return to play," English said on Twitter.
There are no alternates at the Masters, an invitation tournament. That puts the field at 90 players, with one spot available if the Texas Open winner this week is not eligible.
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As fans, celebs, news outlets around the world and even Will Smith have weighed in on the Oscars night smackdown, there’s one person who has been noticeably silent until now — Chris Rock.
On Wednesday night (March 30), Rock made his first public appearance since being physically assaulted by the Best Actor recipient at the 94th Academy Awards.
Rock had been scheduled for his “Ego Death World Tour” comedy shows before hosting the distinguished event and at his Boston stop on Wednesday night, he began by asking the crowd, “So, how was your weekend?”
In audio from the show, it’s clear that Rock received an extremely warm welcome from the crowd, most probably expecting the comedian to have a ton of material on the newsworthy topic, but Rock mentioned that he had written his material before the slap took place.
As the show continued, Rock went on to tell the audience, “I’m still kind of processing what happened.”
On March 27, while hosting the Oscars, Rock made an on-stage joke in which he essentially compared Jada Pinkett Smith to G.I. Jane in reference to her shaved head. Pinkett suffers from the hair loss disease alopecia and did not find his joke amusing, which prompted her husband Smith to take action. It is not yet clear if Rock knew that Pinkett suffered from the disease.
Since the incident, Rock has declined to press charges, but The Academy has opened a formal investigation and is prepared to take action.
“At the next board meeting on April 18, the Academy may take any disciplinary action, which may include suspension, expulsion, or other sanctions permitted by the Bylaws and Standards of Conduct,” The Academy said in a March 30 statement.
In addition to Rock’s current world tour, which has seen a significant increase in sales, Rock also has a series of dates with fellow actor and comedian Kevin Hart for their “Rock Hark: Only Headliners Allowed” tour, which kicks off July 21.
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Blue Wahoos Welcome Michelle Snow, Beth Barr, and Melissa Miller-Schubeck for Women in Sports Seminar
March 31, 2022 - Southern League (SL) - Pensacola Blue Wahoos News Release
PENSACOLA, FL - The Pensacola Blue Wahoos have joined with local athletic legends Michelle Snow, Beth Barr, and Melissa Miller-Schubeck to present Women In Sports Night on Friday, April 22 at Blue Wahoos Stadium. Prior to the Blue Wahoos game against the Montgomery Biscuits that evening, Snow, Barr, and Miller-Schubeck will lead a seminar for female high school and college students focused on inspiring young women in our community to pursue opportunities and careers in athletics.
"Today, more than ever before, women are empowered to create their own destiny, make substantive contributions, and leave our mark on the world of sports. And, while we're making our difference in real-time, we're also paving the way for women coming up behind us in this industry, so what an important role for us to play," Blue Wahoos Vice President of Fan Experience Donna Kirby, who will host the seminar, said. "Women are strong and powerful - we are creative thinkers and problem-solvers. It's gratifying to see our talents leveraged so that the impact we are having both now and in the future will leave lasting and positive impressions on the sports industry as a whole. Women in Sports Night is a great first step for those interested in learning more about where we are, where we're going, and the role that they can play in helping organizations across all sports, not just baseball, achieve greatness."
Tickets to Women In Sports Night are available to local students for $14 at BlueWahoos.com and include the leadership seminar and the Blue Wahoos game that evening. The seminar will begin at 4:30 PM in the Blue Wahoos Stadium Lounge. Gates at the ballpark will open at 5:30 PM for the game with first pitch scheduled for 6:30 PM.
A graduate of Pensacola High School, Snow was named Florida's "Miss Basketball" in 1998. After starring at the University of Tennessee, where she became the third woman in NCAA college basketball history to dunk during a game, she was a first-round selection in 2002 WNBA Draft and went on to a 13-year career in the WNBA, making two All-Star teams. Since, she's become a nationally-recognized speaker, investor, and business advisor.
As a 16-year-old at Booker T. Washington High School in Pensacola, Barr won a silver medal in the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, swimming the backstroke on Team U.S.A.'s women's 4x100-meter medley relay. She then attended the University of Texas, winning the 1991 National Championship in the 200-meter backstroke and being named All-America four times. After her swimming career she opened Barracuda Swimworks in Pensacola, using her expertise to help teach children in our community to swim.
Tate High graduate Miller-Schubeck starred nationally in gymnastics as a youth before attending the University of Florida. Named to six All-America teams during her collegiate career, Miller-Schubeck won the SEC All-Around championship in back-to-back years in 1988 and 1989 and was inducted into the University of Florida Hall of Fame. Today, she serves as a Youth Services Director at Heritage Baptist Church in Pensacola.
The Pensacola Blue Wahoos begin their 10th season by the Bay on Friday, April 8 as they welcome the Biloxi Shuckers to Blue Wahoos Stadium. Full-season memberships, mini plans, and single game tickets are available at BlueWahoos.com.
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A section of faculty of IIM-Ahmedabad has opposed a proposal to change its iconic logo, saying the move “will have far-reaching implications and long-term consequences” on the institute’s brand and stakeholders.
The proposal was approved at a recent meeting of the IIMA Board, according to a letter sent by the faculty members to the IIMA board of governors chairman Kumar Mangalam Birla. Former IIMA director Bakul Dholakia said, the proposal “defies logic and reason” and will “dilute the identity” of country’s foremost business school.
The existing logo, inspired by lattice work or jaalis of the Siddi Saiyyed Mosque in Ahmedabad, has a Sanskrit Shloka “Vidya Viniyogat Vikasa”. Dr Vikram Sarabhai played a key role in picking it, according to the website of IIMA.
Dholakia, who served as IIMA director between 2002 and 2007, said he was aware that at least 45 faculty members had signed the letter.
“The logo is our identity – the jaali and the Sanskrit verse define us and our Indian ethos. For us, it is a symbol of our Indianness, our connect with “vidya”, our link to the institute. It is our commitment to “vikas” of the country, industry, society, students and management discipline. It is our philosophy and mission statement. Any change in the same, either in artistic rendition or change in verse, is an assault on our identity. The change in logo is sure to have a long-lasting impact on the IIMA brand,” stated the letter.
It added that, as part of the proposal for change, two new logos had been proposed — one for international consumption and the other for domestic purposes. The faculty was informed of the proposed changes in the academic council meeting on March 4, it stated.
“The faculty members were never informed that there is a need to redesign the logo. Nor was a committee formed, that we are aware of, whose term of reference include logo redesign. No inputs were sought from faculty; no presentations were made to the Academic Council or any other faculty body,” added the letter.
Dholakia also described the move as violative of the “constitution, ethos and conventions” of IIMA.
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Christopher Ortiz has spent his entire career in education. For the past two weeks, he's been learning how to handle his new role on the Longview City Council.
The newest member of the City Council, Ortiz was appointed March 15 to fill a vacant seat. He was one of more than a dozen Longview residents who applied for the open position after Christine Schott announced in February she was stepping down.
Ortiz said he applied because he wants to get more involved in the community after moving to Longview in 2019. He believes his background in education will help him handle the bureaucratic side of the council meetings and will help him listen to what Longview's residents want from the city government.
"The very nature of public education is about including all students and staff in the environment," Ortiz said.
He is the assistant superintendent for the Reynolds School District across the Columbia River in Multnomah County. He oversees two large departments within the district, student and family services, and district operations.
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Before moving to Longview, he spent three years as the superintendent of Luther Burbank School District in San Jose and eight years as a principal for the Los Angeles Unified School District, among other jobs in public education.
Both Ortiz's full-time job and his work on the council will heavily revolve around meetings. He attends Reynolds' school board meetings two Wednesdays a month and will be at City Council meetings on a following Thursday. Ortiz plans to handle the demands of both roles with detailed planning, a habit he said he's been keeping up for years.
"I probably work too much. I don't take enough time off for myself, at least that's what my husband says. But I think that will help me balance this," Ortiz said.
Ortiz also hopes to help diversify the concerns that reach the City Council. Ortiz is Latino, like roughly 11% of Longview residents, and he speaks fluent Spanish. Over the past years, he has gotten to know a few Latino families through the city's community gardens program.
"I've usually talked to them about gardening, so we didn't really go into the challenges they were facing," Ortiz said. "Now that I'm on the council, and they know that, I can get more of their input."
Listening and getting ideas is Ortiz's main goal for the start of his term on the council. He plans to visit the Alabama Street homeless camp to prepare for discussions about the site's future. He wants to get ideas from fellow congregants at St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, from open houses for the various city committees and from public comment at City Council meetings.
Housing and other issues
Ortiz has seen the local housing market tighten significantly, even in the last three years. While he was able to find a home that had been on the market for months, Ortiz said another Reynolds School District employee just bought a house in Kelso after being outbid repeatedly for homes.
Ortiz said the city should do what it can with zoning changes and policy to ease housing concerns. He also wants to hear what Longview residents think about issues like accessory dwelling units, which are moving through the planning commission and could be up for a City Council vote in the next few months.
Walkability was a major selling point for the neighborhood Ortiz lives in, so Ortiz said he wants to expand sidewalks into other parts of Longview. He said the council has done a good job planning ahead for walkability and for the water system improvements being paid for by the American Rescue Plan Act funds.
Economically, Ortiz, who will serve on the council through November 2023 when the seat is up for election, said the city should support a diverse variety of businesses. He cited the Port of Longview as a vital piece of the local economy.
"We should be conscious that we are making decisions that have short-term, mid-term and long-term impacts," Ortiz said.
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On Monday, President Joe Biden unveiled his proposal for the next federal budget.
Though Congress has the final say in the annual budget, presidents create a proposal highlighting their fiscal priorities. Then, the president typically spends time advocating for their plan to the public, arguing for those priorities.
While promoting his latest proposal, Biden tweeted, “This year, my administration is on track to cut the deficit by more than $1.3 trillion… that would be the largest one-year reduction in the deficit in U.S. history.”
THE QUESTION
Would a $1.3 trillion reduction in the deficit be the largest single-year reduction ever?
THE SOURCES
THE ANSWER
Yes, if the deficit shrinks by $1.3 trillion this year, that will be the largest single-year reduction in history.
WHAT WE FOUND
Both the Federal Reserve and the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) track how much money the federal government takes in each year, and how much it spends. The Fed has records dating back to 1901, and the CBO dating to 1962.
If the government makes more than it spends, there’s a budget surplus. Since 1962, there have only been five years with a surplus, and none since 2001.
More commonly, the government spends more than it takes in. That’s a deficit, and it results in the U.S. borrowing money to make up the difference, which in turn adds to the federal debt.
According to the Fed and the CBO, the year in which the deficit shrank the most was 2013. In 2012, the budget was nearly $1.08 trillion in the hole, and in 2013, it was just under $679.8 billion. The deficit decreased by roughly $396.8 billion, more than in any other year in history.
If the deficit drops by $1.3 trillion in 2022 like Biden projected, it would indeed be the largest deficit reduction in American history, by a big margin.
The Fed and CBO track numbers on a fiscal-year basis, with the fiscal year ending on Sept. 30. So we won’t really know if Biden’s projections for 2022 are accurate until at least October.
But budget experts VERIFY spoke with agreed it’s likely the deficit reduction could wind up being more than a trillion dollars. However, they said that drop is mostly due to COVID-related spending programs expiring.
“It's not really due to any particularly aggressive policy action to, say, raise more revenue than we would have otherwise, or spend less. It's mostly just a factor of temporary things,” said Alex Muresianu, a federal policy analyst for the Tax Foundation.
“We had deficits that were over $3 trillion [in 2020], and one that was $2.8 trillion [in 2021]. That was as a result of a huge recession, and trillions of dollars that we were spending to fight COVID. So we will be dropping for sure. The deficit will be closer to a trillion dollars this year,” said Maya MacGuineas, president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, a non-profit group. “But that doesn't come from policies to reduce the deficit.”
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State To Report COVID Data Once Per Week As Cases Decline
The state plans to begin reporting Michigan’s COVID-19 data once per week as the numbers of cases and deaths decline. Michigan's Department of Health and Human Services says...
www.whmi.comThe state plans to begin reporting Michigan’s COVID-19 data once per week as the numbers of cases and deaths decline. Michigan's Department of Health and Human Services says...
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President Mohammed Bazoum of Niger Republic has expressed appreciation to President Muhammadu Buhari for approving the $1.96 billion Kano-Katsina-Maradi railway project.
The post President Bazoum thanks Nigeria over $1.96bn Kano-Katsina-Maradi railway project appeared first on The Guardian Nigeria News – Nigeria and World News.
Source: Guardian Newspaper
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Businesses in Swansea and Neath Port Talbot are being encouraged to get involved in an exciting initiative, launched to celebrate The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee, that will result in thousands of trees being planted in the Swansea Bay region.
On Thursday March 24, Louise Fleet, JP, HM Lord-Lieutenant of West Glamorgan, will attend a ceremony at Penllergare Valley Woods to mark the launch of a local initiative developed as part of The Queen’s Green Canopy, a unique tree planting initiative created to mark Her Majesty’s Platinum Jubilee in 2022.
In February 2022, Her Majesty The Queen became the first British Monarch to celebrate a Platinum Jubilee, marking 70 years of service to the people of the UK, the Realms and the Commonwealth. To celebrate this unprecedented anniversary, a number of events and initiatives are planned, one of which is the Queen’s Green Canopy.
Across Swansea and Neath Port Talbot the Lord-Lieutenant is promoting the intitaive by working with many schools, community groups, businesses and the two local authorities. While some groups have suitable land to plant trees, those that do not, can now participate in the creation of a ‘Jubilee Wood at Penllergare’ as a focal point for their efforts.
The ‘Jubilee Wood at Penllergare’ will be established on the 260-acre heritage site managed by Penllergare Trust. The scheme will enhance the ‘green lung’ in Swansea and be of long-term interest to the 120,000 visitors that the Penllergare Trust attracts from all over the UK every year. Renowned for its importance as a tourism, recreational, heritage and wildlife site, the area is managed in line with the Trust’s ethos and goals of improving and promoting biodiversity, history and community.
Local businesses can get involved in the project by ‘sponsoring’ the planting of trees to create a legacy for future generations and be a focal point for their environment objectives while also playing their part to mark the Platinum Jubilee.
While the initiative is being launched now, the majority of trees will be planted up to the end of March 2022 and from October 2022 to March 2023 – the best time to plant most varieties. Experts at the Penllergare Trust will determine the optimum mixture of types of trees that will be planted as well as their maturity. Businesses will have the option of sponsoring different types and sizes of trees from small saplings to more mature trees.
By supporting the scheme, businesses will be able to upload a photograph of their tree and name of their business to the official UK-wide map of the rapidly-growing Queen’s Green Canopy project. They will also be invited to attend future events related to the creation of the ‘Jubilee Wood at Penllergare’, use the photograph of their tree on their website and indicate they are supporting the Project.
The Penllergare Trust has an established track record of doing good work. It has previously received the Queens Award for Voluntary Services, the Lord Mayor of Swansea’s Regeneration Award, the WCVA Environmental Award 2017 and was a Horticulture Week National Custodian Awards Finalist 2018.
Louise Fleet, JP, HM Lord-Lieutenant of West Glamorgan, said:
We are very excited by this initiative that will enable businesses to both help celebrate the Platinum Jubilee and play an important part in The Queen’s Green Canopy, to create an important legacy and enhance the environment across the UK. Penllergare Trust are a fantastic partner to work with on this scheme.
Lee Turner, director, Penllergare Trust, added:
We are delighted to be part of this appealing scheme that will create a lasting legacy for future generations to enjoy. We look forward to working with businesses of all sizes to help them ensure they feel part of the creation of the ‘Jubilee Wood at Penllergare’ and ensure that something special is created that will stand the test of time.
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Scientists say they have finally assembled the full genetic blueprint for human life, adding the missing pieces to a puzzle nearly completed two decades ago.
An international team described the first-ever sequencing of a complete human genome – the set of instructions to build and sustain a human being – in research published Thursday in the journal Science. The previous effort, celebrated across the world, was incomplete because DNA sequencing technologies of the day weren’t able to read certain parts of it. Even after updates, it was missing about 8% of the genome.
“Some of the genes that make us uniquely human were actually in this ‘dark matter of the genome’ and they were totally missed,” said Evan Eichler, a University of Washington researcher who participated in the current effort and the original Human Genome Project. “It took 20-plus years, but we finally got it done.”
Many — including Eichler’s own students — thought it had been finished already. “I was teaching them, and they said, ‘Wait a minute. Isn’t this like the sixth time you guys have declared victory? I said, ’No, this time we really, really did it!”
Scientists said this full picture of the genome will give humanity a greater understanding of our evolution and biology while also opening the door to medical discoveries in areas like aging, neurodegenerative conditions, cancer and heart disease.
“We’re just broadening our opportunities to understand human disease,” said Karen Miga, an author of one of the six studies published Thursday.
The research caps off decades of work. The first draft of the human genome was announced in a White House ceremony in 2000 by leaders of two competing entities: an international publicly funded project led by an agency of the U.S. National Institutes of Health and a private company, Maryland-based Celera Genomics.
The human genome is made up of about 3.1 billion DNA subunits, pairs of chemical bases known by the letters A, C, G and T. Genes are strings of these lettered pairs that contain instructions for making proteins, the building blocks of life. Humans have about 30,000 genes, organized in 23 groups called chromosomes that are found in the nucleus of every cell.
Before now, there were “large and persistent gaps that have been in our map, and these gaps fall in pretty important regions,” Miga said.
Miga, a genomics researcher at the University of California-Santa Cruz, worked with Adam Phillippy of the National Human Genome Research Institute to organize the team of scientists to start from scratch with a new genome with the aim of sequencing all of it, including previously missing pieces. The group, named after the sections at the very ends of chromosomes, called telomeres, is known as the Telomere-to-Telomere, or T2T, consortium.
Their work adds new genetic information to the human genome, corrects previous errors and reveals long stretches of DNA known to play important roles in both evolution and disease. A version of the researchwas published last year before being reviewed by scientific peers.
“This is a major improvement, I would say, of the Human Genome Project,” doubling its impact, said geneticist Ting Wang of the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, who was not involved in the research.
Eichler said some scientists used to think unknown areas contained “junk.” Not him. “Some of us always believed there was gold in those hills,” he said. Eichler is paid by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, which also supports The Associated Press’s health and science department.
Turns out that gold includes many important genes, he said, such as ones integral to making a person’s brain bigger than a chimp’s, with more neurons and connections.
To find such genes, scientists needed new ways to read life’s cryptic genetic language.
Reading genes requires cutting the strands of DNA into pieces hundreds to thousands of letters long. Sequencing machines read the letters in each piece and scientists try to put the pieces in the right order. That’s especially tough in areas where letters repeat.
Scientists said some areas were illegible before improvements in gene sequencing machines that now allow them to, for example, accurately read a million letters of DNA at a time. That allows scientists to see genes with repeated areas as longer strings instead of snippets that they had to later piece together.
Researchers also had to overcome another challenge: Most cells contain genomes from both mother and father, confusing attempts to assemble the pieces correctly. T2T researchers got around this by using a cell line from one “complete hydatidiform mole,” an abnormal fertilized egg containing no fetal tissue that has two copies of the father’s DNA and none of the mother’s.
The next step? Mapping more genomes, including ones that include collections of genes from both parents. This effort did not map one of the 23 chromosomes that is found in males, called the Y chromosome, because the mole contained only an X.
Wang said he’s working with the T2T group on the Human Pangenome Reference Consortium, which is trying to generate “reference,” or template, genomes for 350 people representing the breadth of human diversity.
“Now we’ve gotten one genome right and we have to do many, many more,” Eichler said. “This is the beginning of something really fantastic for the field of human genetics.”
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Minecraft really said, ‘Sorry, sorry, I’m trying to delete it.’
Minecraft is one of those games that I truly believe will never stop being updated and added to. The game has been around for 10 years and continues to be talked about to this day, not to mention it still regularly tops the digital charts on multiple platforms to this day. That being said, some platforms have a lot more range than others. It’s well known that the PC version of Minecraft has the most content and features out of all of them, as well as the unfiltered access to mods. One of the biggest official features that Minecraft on PC has had since June 2020 is ray-tracing.
For the uninitiated, Techradar quite neatly explains what ray-tracing is.
It’s an advanced and lifelike way of rendering light and shadows in a scene. It’s what movies and TV shows use to create and blend in amazing CG work with real-life scenes. However, because ray tracing works by simulating and tracking every ray of light produced by a source of lighting, it kind of takes a lot of horsepower to actually render.
So ray-tracing makes the lights pretty. In a game like Minecraft, this is very cool to see. The realistic lighting mixed with the blocky design of the game makes for quite the spectacle.
On the 29th of March, it looked like the console edition of Minecraft (notably the Xbox version) would be getting raytracing. According to The Verge, a new Minecraft Preview build was made available to Xbox Insiders and included ‘limited ray-tracing support’ in said build. The Verge also notes that the latest test build was ‘marked as optimised for Xbox Series X/S’, which made many come to the rational conclusion that a next-gen patch would probably be coming soon.
And then all of a sudden, Minecraft said sike.
It may feel like an April Fool’s prank, but it’s still March 31st over in America. Therefore, it is probably not an April Fool’s prank. Early this morning, the official Minecraft Twitter account basically stated that the inclusion of ray-tracing in the Xbox Insider’s Minecraft Preview build was a certified Big Oopsie-Daisy and that it doesn’t mean shit.
The previous Minecraft Preview build available to Xbox Insiders inadvertently included prototype code for raytracing support on Xbox consoles. This early prototype code has been removed from Preview and doesn’t signal near future plans to bring raytracing support to consoles.
— Minecraft (@Minecraft) March 31, 2022
The replies to this tweet are packed to the brim with tweets like, ‘Are you kidding?’, ‘Why not?’, and ‘What?’. To which I say, fair enough. According to those that had the chance to play with build with the ray-tracing code, it worked. It looked great. The Xbox consoles can clearly handle it, leaving many confused as to why they’ve decided to backpedal on this addition.
I think Minecraft will continue to thrive for years to come. It’s already come this far, still consistently remaining relevant over 10 years after its release. On the other hand, what has helped Minecraft keep its relevancy is the fact that it’s been updated regularly over time. If you keep giving the people what they want, they’ll keep playing your game. And the people clearly want ray-tracing.
However, it is April Fool’s Day. So who knows.
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https://www.kotaku.com.au/2022/04/minecraft-ray-tracing-sike/
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Dust Devils Announce 2022 Promotional Schedule
March 31, 2022 - Northwest League (NWL) - Tri-City Dust Devils News Release
The Tri-City Dust Devils are excited to release the 2022 promotional schedule and bring you another season of fun and affordable family entertainment at Gesa Stadium!
The Dust Devils celebrate the earliest Opening Night yet, on Tuesday, April 12th versus the Vancouver Canadians, and will feature a Magnet Schedule Giveaway presented by Tri-Cities Community Health and a Post-Game Fireworks Show thanks to CO-Energy! Some of our most popular promotions will be returning this year, while exciting new promotions and giveaways will make their debuts. Here are some highlights of the upcoming schedule:
Fireworks: There will be 14 fireworks nights this season, with Post-Game Fireworks after every Saturday home game. In addition to Saturday nights, fans can catch Post-Game Fireworks on Opening Night, April 12th, our Independence Day celebration on July 3rd, and the Season Finale on September 11th.
Giveaways: Join us on Friday, July 29th where the first 500 fans will receive a Beach Bag courtesy of Gesa Credit Union. Then in August fans can look forward to the Baseball Card Team Set Giveaway presented by Zuroff Orthodontic Care on Thursday the 11th and our annual Hat Giveaway on Thursday, August 25th. Then our final giveaway of the year comes on Thursday, September 8th, when we'll be handing out a Team Photo thanks to AutoZone.
MARVEL: We're excited to announce a handful of new promotions this year, including the introduction of Marvel's Defenders of the Diamond! Friday, July 15th the Dust Devils will don special Captain America inspired uniforms, which will be auctioned off online during the game. Then on August 26th we celebrate Super Hero Night thanks to Gesa Credit Union. Come out for a special guest appearance from the Hulk himself, and bid on a game worn Hulk specialty jersey.
Other Great Nights: Returning to Gesa Stadium this season are some of our most popular promotions: May 12th is Dollars in Your Dog presented by Big 5 Sporting Goods, then Thursday, June 9th lucky fans will Dash for Cash thanks to Wildhorse Resort and Casino, and on Thursday, July 14th come out for a chance to win $21 CASH during $21 An Out Night thanks to Andrea Gathwright with Century 21.
Food & Beverage Promotions: The Dust Devils welcome back Family Feast Nights on every Friday, when hot dogs are on sale for two dollars and 12-ounce Coca-Cola products, ice cream sandwiches, and bags of potato chips will be on sale for one dollar. Coca-Cola Tuesdays will also return, when 21-ounce Coca-Cola products will be just two dollars for every Tuesday home game starting April 26th. Come out Wednesday, July 13th and Wednesday, July 26th for Weenie Wednesday presented by Vern's Food Service.
Single game tickets go on sale TOMORROW, Friday, April 1st! Ticket packages are also available, and start at just $99. And special ticket rates are available for groups of 20 or more. For more information on Dust Devils single game, season, mini-plan (11, 22, 33) and group tickets, visit dustdevilsbaseball.com or call 509-544-8789.
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White House chief of staff Ron Klain on Thursday took aim at former President Trump’s vocal praise of Russian President Vladimir Putin amid Russia’s unprovoked and deadly invasion of Ukraine, following the former president’s demand for Putin to help him dig up dirt on Hunter Biden.
Appearing on MSNBC, Klain was asked about what he makes of Trump’s open support of Putin, who Secretary of State Antony Blinken accused of war crimes against Ukraine, following the former president’s request for the Russian president.
Klain slammed Trump’s latest rehashing of his age-old grievances against the Biden family as “disgusting.”
“We have Vladimir Putin, who everyday we wake up and see him dropping bombs on hospitals, on schools, on children,” Klain said. “And we have the former president who thinks that’s a great person to try to engage in a political scheme with. It’s absolutely disgusting.”
Klain added the Biden administration is “grateful” for most Republicans on Capitol Hill who are working closely with them to try to confront Putin.
“We’ve had strong bipartisan support for aid, to provide economic aid, lethal aid, military assistance to the Ukrainians fighting President Putin,” Klain said.
The White House chief of staff then criticized the former president for openly insisting that Putin should help him in his efforts to dig up dirt on the Biden family amid Russia’s ongoing and deadly invasion of Ukraine.
“But if Donald Trump thinks some kind of crack pot scheme, conducted in conjunction with Vladimir Putin, can serve his political interests, that will fail. As it has failed every time,” Klain said. “And it says a lot about who Donald Trump is and how much he cares about our country’s security.”
Klain’s remarks were issued two days after the former president asked the Kremlin for dirt on the Bidens during an interview with the far-right outlet “Just the News.” In the interview, Trump raised baseless claims that Russian oligarch Yelena Baturina, the wife of former Moscow mayor Yury Luzhkov, gave $3.5 million to a foreign business founded by Hunter Biden.
Trump then called on Putin to help him revive his efforts to dig up dirt on the Biden family. The former president’s demand to the Russian president is similar to what got him impeached the first time as president — that foreign governments help him find damaging information about his political rivals.
“How is it that the mayor of Moscow, his wife gave the Biden family three and a half million dollars?” Trump said during the interview. “I think Putin now would be willing to probably give that answer. I’m sure he knows.”
Days after Trump made his demand for Putin, the Kremlin pushed a bizarre conspiracy theory about the Bidens. The conspiracy differs from what the former president asked Putin for, however. During a briefing on Thursday, Russia’s Ministry of Defense revived an earlier, bird-related Ukraine biolab conspiracy theory that it had spread — and baselessly alleged that Hunter Biden sought investments for the bird scheme.
Watch Klain’s remarks below:
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Although the COVID-19 variant driving increases in other countries is spreading in Washington, it has not caused an uptick in cases or hospitalizations statewide or in Cowlitz County, according to health officials.
"It's true now that BA.2 has become the dominant strain for COVID-19 positive cases in the state of Washington," said Secretary of Health Dr. Umair Shah at a press briefing Wednesday. "While overall the cases and hospitalizations continue to decrease, the proportionally of BA.2 (among) the cases has increased."
Washington recorded about 40 new cases per 100,000 people from March 15 to March 21, down from 145 per 100,000 the month before.
Cowlitz County recorded 26.2 new cases per 100,000 people from March 15 to March 21, the lowest rate since fall 2020. The county recorded 4.5 new hospitalizations per 100,000 the same week, up slightly from earlier this month but well below levels recorded earlier this year.
The omicron subvariant BA.2 made up about 51.2% of sequenced cases from tests collected March 13 to March 19, up from 34.2% the previous week, according to the state Department of Health's most recent variant report.
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Nationwide, BA.2 accounted for about 55% of cases as of Saturday, according to a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention model that estimates more recent proportions of circulating variants.
While other countries have seen a rise in cases driven by the highly transmissible variant, cases in Washington and Cowlitz County have not risen.
"What that means for case rates overall is hard to say," said Dr. Steve Krager, county deputy health officer. "Every country is different, has different vaccination rates, and — probably even more important with omicron — the population that has been infected and has immunity from that, maybe that's higher in the United States."
Krager said he is concerned Cowlitz County could be more susceptible to a surge because of its lower vaccination rates and because it was not hit as hard by omicron.
"We don't know for sure," he said. "A bump in cases, or another spike, is a possibility and something we should be planning for, but I don't think it's a certainty."
The county or state could see a slow rise in cases instead of a quick spike, Krager said. Regardless, preparing for a wave makes sense, he said.
Krager encouraged people to get vaccinated, get a booster dose and a second booster if eligible, especially if they are at higher risk from COVID-19.
Earlier this week, federal and state health officials approved a second booster for people 50 years old and older or moderately or severely immunocompromised four months after their first booster. People who received both a Johnson & Johnson vaccine and booster can get a second booster of either the Moderna or the Pfizer vaccine.
Immunity from the original round of vaccines, some received a year ago, and from infection wanes over time, Krager said. A booster dose increases protection from severe illness, especially among those older or at high risk, he said.
State health officials also encouraged masking when appropriate in indoor, crowded settings, when sick or when around someone at high risk from COVID-19.
County and state health officials encouraged people to get tested as soon as they notice symptoms to help prevent spread but also to get medication if needed.
The Food and Drug Administration has authorized pills to treat mild-to-moderate disease in people at high risk of severe illness. The treatments are available by prescription at several Cowlitz County pharmacies, according to a federal COVID-19 Therapeutics Locator.
Pfizer's Paxlovid and Merck's molnupiravir should be started as soon as possible after diagnosis and within five days of when symptoms begin, according to the FDA. Monoclonal antibody treatments have a slightly longer window but are less effective the longer the wait, Krager said.
The preventative monoclonal antibody treatment Evusheld also is available at local pharmacies for eligible people 12 years old and older who are moderately to severely immunocompromised or allergic to the COVID-19 vaccines.
"We know transmission continues," Krager said. "We're celebrating having low case rates, hospital rates, death rates. Those of us in public health are happy about that ... it's very refreshing, but we're obviously watching closely."
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Don't lose a bet with Josh Green.
Ahead of the Dallas Mavericks' game against the Los Angeles Lakers on Wednesday, Doncic arrived at American Airlines Center rocking Josh Green's Australian Boomers national team jersey with a beanie pulled down over his face.
It's unclear why the Mavs star was rocking the green and gold, but it's safe to assume it's punishment for a lost bet with Green, who walked into the arena ahead of Doncic with a big smile on his face.
Luka Doncic with a @JoshBGreen jersey and a mask 😂
— Mavs DJⓇ (@MavsDJR) March 29, 2022
This guy @luka7doncic 😂😂😂#MFFL | via @dallasmavs pic.twitter.com/yS90XsfH3g
Doncic led Slovenia to an impressive run at the Tokyo Olympics this past off-season, before going down to Green and the Boomers in the bronze medal game.
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It's safe to say the banter hasn't died down since Tokyo with Green telling ESPN earlier this year he's been having fun at Doncic's expense.
"I bring it up a lot actually. It's not off limits, I go there all the time," Green said.
It's all smiles for the Mavs right now as they continue their climb up the standings, sitting third in the Western Conference at 48-29.
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S2 E11 | Pinky Cole & D Hayes
Co-hosts Big Bank, DJ Scream and Baby Jade delivered an extra delicious episode of the “Big Facts” podcast with special guest Aisha Cole (a.k.a Pinky), the founder and CEO of popular vegan restaurant chain Slutty Vegan. She was joined by the CEO of Big Dave’s Cheesesteaks, D. Hayes. During their interview, the foodie couple talked about running successful businesses and what it’s like living in a household with only one partner who subscribes to a vegan lifestyle.
Pinky revealed that before meeting Hayes, she vowed to never get involved with someone who didn’t share her dietary values as a strict vegan. However, the 34-year-old said that after their encounter, that plan went out the window. “In the household, it’s really cool because I know how to cook for a vegan and a non-vegan, and he don’t impede on my lifestyle. He don’t be like, ‘Why you eating that?’ I eat what I eat, and he eats what he eats, and we respect each other,” Pinky explained.
Hayes highlighted his lady’s exceptional cooking skills, noting that his health has benefitted from their differing eating habits. “Honestly, since we’ve been together, I’ve been eating a lot different,” he admitted. “But, I’m putting my swag and my seasoning on it and all that just to give it that taste, so it’s not just, you know, vegetables. We’re able to help each other out.”
He continued, “I don’t eat beef as much I used to. I’m more seafood. I love seafood. Anybody that knows me knows I ate seafood my whole life. And, I’m able to give everybody everything they want, whether it’s beef, chicken or salmon. I’m catering to everything.”
Later, the couple opened up about their humble beginnings as entrepreneurs. Pinky reflected on her full-circle moment, noting that her first-ever radio interview was on the “Big Facts” podcast. She admitted that things weren’t always easy. “I’ve always been an entrepreneur and a hustler. For those that don’t know my story, my father did 22 years in prison. So, I grew up in the prison system. Obviously, I wasn’t behind bars, but I had to go to prison and get swaddled down every single time we went to go see my dad. You only got two hours. So, my mindset was like, ‘This ain’t my life. I ain’t gon’ do this.’”
Elsewhere in the interview, Pinky shared a piece of advice while reflecting on her initial restaurant Pinky’s, in which she sold meat options while maintaining a vegan lifestyle. “I wasn’t being authentic with who I was. I was not living in my truth,” she began. “And this is such a serious conversation for people to understand — especially entrepreneurs that are listening to this. You have literally got to walk in your truth because if you don’t, shit will fall apart, and that’s what happened to it.”
The essential life lessons didn’t stop there. In 2016, Pinky’s Jamaican-American-style eatery in New York City’s Harlem neighborhood went up in flames due to a grease fire. The Baltimore native explained how her lack of experience led to some costly mistakes. She failed to acquire proper insurance for the eatery and when the fire settled, the first-time business owner was left with nothing.
Pink insisted, “But I’m so glad it happened. I lost my car; it got repoed. I got kicked out of my apartment. I went flat broke, and everything that I touched that used to turn to gold was nothing now. But, I needed all those things to happen because all it was, was very expensive ass school. That expensive school taught me how to be a better entrepreneur, how to be a better leader so that when I created Slutty Vegan, I’m like, ‘I been here. I know what this feels like. I know what to do different.’”
Veganism is still a new concept to many. However, The Vegan Society reported that the lifestyle has been around for thousands of years, with evidence of people choosing to avoid animal products as far back as 2,000 years ago.
“I wanted to positively manipulate my situation by putting food in areas that they probably otherwise would not see them. So, when you think about vegan food, you think about them in rich, white neighborhoods. We putting vegan food in the hood. We putting vegan food in areas that are historic. We making people think about vegan food in ways that they never thought about it before,” Pinky explained.
The businesswoman continued, “Funny enough, 97 percent of the people that come to Slutty Vegan are not even vegan. They’re meat-eaters. So I’m like, ‘OK, the intention is met.’ Not only do I do that, I have a 70 percent to 30 percent portfolio ratio where I purchase most of my properties, and then I rent the 30 percent of them. The reason I purchase them is because it’s not just about food — I’m building an ecosystem where I’m showing people that you can literally go into these communities and raise the value of these communities just with your presence alone.”
Hayes inserted that their main goal is to lead by example. “They see two other people that look just like them do it, and they got some cash lying around — ‘Let’s go buy some blocks. Let’s go put some money in together and do the same thing.’” He also spoke on the couple’s latest initiative to provide life insurance to 25,000 Black men by December 2023. “If you’re a Black male and your household is making less than $30,000 in income, we [have] $50,000 life insurance policies through Prudential; it’s not a gimmick,” Hayes said. “We got the ball in our hands. Why not do it? We got the voice.”
Still, balancing multiple businesses in various industries is often stressful. Hayes shared some of the ways he and Pinky balance their personal and professional lives. “The other person gotta be on the same page that you’re on. That’s the only way shit going to work,” he explained. Through supporting each other, Hayes said they have established a system that works for them.
“If I had an opportunity — and I’m pretty sure if she has an opportunity — if it don’t make sense for the both of us, we don’t move on it because we understand we pushing together. And yeah, we do have our own separate situations and entities, but we know together we are much more powerful,” he insisted.
Pinky said being a billionaire is a goal she aspires to, “but it don’t have nothing to do with money.” She elaborated, “It’s the idea of impact and creating something that has never been done before from where I’m from. Every single little boy and girl can see me — this regular degular girl from around the way — and say, ‘I can because Pinky Cole did.’”
Hayes and Pinky didn’t hesitate to stress the hard work and dedication it took to reach their level of success. However, Pinky admitted, “Everybody ain’t designed to be an entrepreneur, and that’s OK.”
She added, “There are some people in the world that are better support systems than being an entrepreneur. How could I be as successful as I am if I didn’t have my assistant, who just makes sure that my life is in order? She knows how to support people. That’s how the world go ’round. You need people that are soldiers — and not everybody wants to be an entrepreneur, and that’s OK. But, as Pinky Cole, that is my life’s desire: to create the opportunity and to show the world what you can do.”
As always, if liked what you heard, be sure to stay tuned every week for new episodes of “Big Facts.” Also, don’t forget to watch the latest show above.
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https://www.revolt.tv/article/2022-03-31/160344/pinky-cole-d-hayes-discuss-relationship-entrepreneurship-slutty-vegan-daves-cheesesteaks/
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A day after the BJP’s “fact-finding” committee alleged that ruling Anubrata Mondal played a role in the Bogtui killings, the TMC’s Birbhum unit president on Thursday claimed that his party colleague and Deputy Speaker Ashish Banerjee backed Anarul Hossain, arrested for the killing of nine people. Mondal said that while he was “ready to remove” Hussain as TMC’s Rampurhat block president, local MLA and Deputy Speaker Ashish Banerjee requested him “not to remove Hussain”.
“After receiving several complaints against Hussain, I wanted to remove him from the post. I had to retain him at the request of Ashish Banerjee, who wanted Hussain to be there till the panchayat elections as the party did not perform well in Rampurhat in the Assembly elections,” claimed Mondal.
The murder of Bhadu Sheikh, the deputy pradhan of Barshol Gram Panchayat under Rampurhat block of Birbhum district, on the evening of March 21 sparked off a chain of events. At least eight houses were set on fire at Bogtui village leading to the death of nine people, including women and children.
Banerjee, however, said, “The letter (referred by Mondal) is dated 10.06.2021, while the Assembly election results were announced in May. Hussain was the block president at that time. It (his role) was discussed in a meeting, and everyone agreed. Nothing was said separately. It (asking Hossain to stay) was a collective organisational decision.”
TMC spokesperson Kunal Ghosh, however, declined to comment on the issue, saying, “It is a district organisational matter, so I should not comment on this.”
Reacting to Mondol’s statement, BJP spokesperson Samik Bhattacharya said, “The Chief Minister is saying that CBI will arrest Mondol. But Mondol is trying to pass the buck to Banerjee and Hussain. Everything is clear, why they are doing these things?”
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who had visited Bogtui to meet the families of the victims, had directed Director General of Police Monoj Malabya to arrest Hussain and he was arrested within 24 hours.
Criticising the BJP’s fact-finding committee’s report on Wednesday, Mamata alleged that the saffron party was trying to influence the ongoing CBI probe.
“The state government is helping the CBI in the Bogtui investigation. Even the man who was arrested yesterday was arrested by the state police. So, we are fully cooperating, but the BJP is trying to influence the CBI investigation with its report. The report is vindictive and will further weaken the CBI investigation. The behaviour of the BJP is highly reprehensible. I have seen their report. How can they name Mondal without any investigation? They want him to be arrested.”
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Stephen Tse and his family have moved 6000 miles from Hong Kong to Cardiff, 20 years after he finished studying in Wales’ capital city.
The excellent schooling and surrounding countryside ticked all the boxes for Stephen and his wife Shirley when they chose their new Redrow home at Plasdwr’s Cae St Fagans. The four-bedroom Cambridge style house features an impressive open-plan kitchen and family area, marvellous en-suite to the master bedroom, generous garage, and separate utility room making it ideal for family living.
As Cardiff’s garden city for the 21st Century and combining the very best of town and country, Plasdwr has been designed around resident’s well-being and offers a great place to live, work, learn and play just ten minutes from Cardiff city centre. It was the perfect choice for company Director Stephen, his wife Shirley and their two daughters Scarlett and Sofia who wanted good schools and easy access to the city centre.
Stephen said:
This was our first house purchase in the UK and Redrow couldn’t have made it any easier for us. They were so helpful throughout the buying process, advising us every step of the way and keeping us up to date with progress.
It was a really big move for us as a family but we knew that Cardiff would offer us a brilliant quality of life and great schooling for our daughters. We love the design and lay-out of our new house, particularly the open-plan kitchen and family area which just works so well for us. The build quality is excellent and we’ve benefited from superb aftercare from the Redrow team who, from start to finish, have done everything they can to help us.
Danielle Richards is area sales manager for Redrow in South Wales. She said:
Plasdwr is a thriving and welcoming community with a lovely selection of new homes and a choice of excellent schools. It really does offer a better way to live and we’re delighted that the Tse family have settled so well in their beautiful new home.
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https://businessnewswales.com/tse-family-return-to-live-in-cardiff-after-20-years-in-hong-kong/
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Over 60 teams across different tertiary institutions in Nigeria will contest for honours in the 2022 Higher Institutions Football League (HiFL) which kicks off in April with team registration while the qualifiers begin in May.
According to Pace Sports and Entertainment Marketing who are the organisers of the game, this year’s edition promises to be “more than a game” with other exciting activities which have been concluded for this 5thedition of the games.
Speaking at the international press conference to unveil programs for the 2022 edition, Chairman of the Higher Institution Football League (HiFL) Dr Onyekachi Onubogu said preparations are in top gear to ensure that lovers of football in the country enjoy the best of collegiate football this season.
Building on the successes recorded in previous seasons, Onubogu said the projection is to make HiFL the biggest tertiary institutions competition in Africa with the support of all relevant stakeholders.
Group Innovations…
Source: Complete Sports
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Tommy Thompson, just weeks removed from leading the University of Wisconsin System, met with former President Donald Trump on Thursday for a talk about “Wisconsin politics,” a former aide said.
Thompson was elected to four terms as Wisconsin's governor, and earlier this year declined to rule out another bid. Thompson, 80, spent almost two years atop the university system before leaving earlier this month.
Bill McCoshen, a former chief of staff to Thompson when he served as governor, said the two met at Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort.
“The primary topic was Wisconsin politics," McCoshen said. “They talked about the gubernatorial race, the Senate race and what it will take to win in Wisconsin. The topic of running for governor may have come up, but the purpose was to talk about Wisonsin politics more broadly.”
A Trump spokesman did not respond to a request for comment.
McCoshen said he expected Thompson to make a decision in April. The primary is in August. Former Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch, businessman Kevin Nicholson and state Rep. Timothy Ramthun are Republicans vying to take on Democratic Gov. Tony Evers.
Thompson was first elected to the Legislature in 1966 and was first elected governor in 1986. He resigned midway through his fourth term to serve as Health and Human Services secretary under then-President George W. Bush, and ran briefly for president in 2008.
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https://www.ctpost.com/news/article/Thompson-and-Trump-meet-to-talk-politics-17049815.php
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Luxury NFT firm teams up with a world-leading photographer.
SINGAPORE, April 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- World-renowned photographer Nicolas Gerardin has partnered with pioneering platform 1of1 and ARTM Technologies to produce luxury NFTs based on his photography.
The NFTs will include rare and famous images by the French photographer who works with the world's top celebrities, including Cristiano Ronaldo, Jonas Brothers, Priyanka Chopra, Donatella Versace, James Franco, Daniel Radcliffe, Kendall Jenner, Lewis Hamilton, Karim Benzema, Paulo Dybala, Sofia Carson, and many more.
Gerardin's photographs have appeared on the front covers of leading international magazines and were recently hailed by Georgina Rodríguez in the Netflix special 'I am Georgina.' as "the best photographer in Europe."
1of1 is the first official luxury NFT platform for pioneering tech firm ARTM Technologies. It has already established numerous global partnerships with international luxury brands. ARTM is an ERC-20 token used to unlock NFTs, video streaming, metaverse, and gaming add-ons.
Co-Founder Craig Allard shared,
"We are very excited to be linking up with such an internationally-acclaimed photographer. His client list speaks for itself, and we can't wait to see what can be achieved in partnership with our 1of1 luxury NFTs. These will be based on his photographs, including some of his rare work and his more famous pieces. Some will involve experiences and special access to events and celebrities. Our pioneering technology is already changing the world of NFTs, leveraging blockchain technology with new use cases. This latest partnership will add another element to our work, and we look forward to announcing more details in due course."
Notes to editors:
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https://www.instagram.com/nicolasgerardin/
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L3Harris Beats FCA Suit Over Australian Navy Software Work
By Bill Wichert · March 31, 2022, 5:01 PM EDT
A New Jersey federal judge has tossed a False Claims Act suit alleging defense contractor L3Harris Technologies Inc. improperly billed the U.S. for work performed for the Australian government, finding an...
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Tommy Thompson, just weeks removed from leading the University of Wisconsin System, met with former President Donald Trump on Thursday for a talk about “Wisconsin politics,” a former aide said.
Thompson was elected to four terms as Wisconsin's governor, and earlier this year declined to rule out another bid. Thompson, 80, spent almost two years atop the university system before leaving earlier this month.
Bill McCoshen, a former chief of staff to Thompson when he served as governor, said the two met at Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort.
“The primary topic was Wisconsin politics," McCoshen said. “They talked about the gubernatorial race, the Senate race and what it will take to win in Wisconsin. The topic of running for governor may have come up, but the purpose was to talk about Wisonsin politics more broadly.”
A Trump spokesman did not respond to a request for comment.
McCoshen said he expected Thompson to make a decision in April. The primary is in August. Former Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch, businessman Kevin Nicholson and state Rep. Timothy Ramthun are Republicans vying to take on Democratic Gov. Tony Evers.
Thompson was first elected to the Legislature in 1966 and was first elected governor in 1986. He resigned midway through his fourth term to serve as Health and Human Services secretary under then-President George W. Bush, and ran briefly for president in 2008.
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https://www.greenwichtime.com/news/article/Thompson-and-Trump-meet-to-talk-politics-17049815.php
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CLEVELAND (AP) _ The winning numbers in Thursday evening's drawing of the Ohio Lottery's "Rolling Cash 5" game were:
23-25-26-35-39
(twenty-three, twenty-five, twenty-six, thirty-five, thirty-nine)
Estimated jackpot: $245,000
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Let’s imagine it’s Saturday morning. You drive up to your local Aldi parking lot, you get out of your car, you walk inside. Mostly to get some cheap groceries, but also partially so you can saunter up and down the middle aisles, perusing the special buys that are currently on rotation. Maybe you’ll see some house paint, or outdoor furniture. There might be some South African spices, or a ramen kit.
Or there might be some terrible sneakers. Which could look like these:
Or these:
Or these:
OK so no, you can’t buy those last ones from Aldi, but as my overly-elaborate setup suggests, they have very much the same energy. These are actually the $US115 ($160), official Sonic the Hedgehog 2 sneakers, from zombie sportswear brand Fila, who have taken over the licence from Puma — who had some troubles with the first movie — and released something that looks like my aunt would buy them from the orthotic section of an outlet centre shoe store because she has a bad back.
What’s funniest about their basic construction and tired design is that, while they cut kinda close to the overall look of the character’s footwear, these don’t even appear in the movie! The shoes Sonic actually wears in the sequel (which Fila are displaying prominently on the company’s website) are the same he wore last time, which were based on Puma’s budget “Dare Slip-On Sneakers”. So as bad and as cheap as these look (though at $US115 ($160) they’re hardly discount shoes) they don’t even have the excuse that they’re “replicas”, having had to make changes to avoid looking too much like another company’s shoe.
Note that for the first movie Puma did have plans to sell a direct replica of Sonic’s original shoe design, but when it was changed along with the rest of him, they had to go for some “inspired by” sneakers instead (though the Shoe Surgeon did recreate a handful of pairs of the final design for a promo). And for the record, just so you know I’m not shitting on Fila for the sake of it, this line of Pokémon sneakers from 2018 were great, so it’s a shame they couldn’t come up with something as tasteful this time around (though who knows, maybe they’ll release follow-up shoes in the months to come).
This being 2022 and these being licensed sneakers they of course sold out regardless, so I wish everyone among them who bought a pair of them hoping to make a long-term profit the best of luck.
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https://www.kotaku.com.au/2022/04/sonic-the-hedgehog-2s-official-sneaker-collab-is-not-great/
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OLYMPIA, Wash., March 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Heritage Financial Corporation ("Company" or "Heritage") (Nasdaq: HFWA) anticipates issuing its first quarter earnings release on Thursday, April 21, 2022 before the market opens. The Company has scheduled a telephone conference call to discuss the first quarter on Thursday, April 21, 2022 at 11:00 a.m. Pacific time (2:00 p.m. Eastern time).
To access the conference call, call the numbers listed below:
The conference call will be recorded and will be available following the live conference call for replay twenty-four hours a day ending April 28, 2022. Questions regarding the conference call may be directed to Kaylene Lahn at 360-943-1500.
About Heritage Financial
Heritage Financial Corporation is an Olympia-based bank holding company with Heritage Bank, a full-service commercial bank, as its sole wholly-owned banking subsidiary. Heritage Bank has a branching network of 49 banking offices in Washington and Oregon. Heritage Bank also does business under the Whidbey Island Bank name on Whidbey Island. Heritage's stock is traded on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the symbol "HFWA". More information about Heritage Financial Corporation can be found on its website at www.hf-wa.com and more information about Heritage Bank can be found on its website at www.heritagebanknw.com.
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“No Hands” rapper Waka Flocka stopped by the “It’s Tricky with Raquel Harper” podcast this week and was asked about his current relationship with Tammy Rivera.
Waka and the “All These Kisses” singer — who also has a swimsuit line, T. Rivera — have been linked since 2014, but their relationship gained more attention after the pair signed on to be cast members of the Love & Hip Hop franchise.
While speaking with Harper, Waka posed the question, “Why is it that … when people evolve for the better, why do it gotta be something attached to it that’s slimy as spit? You know what I’m saying? Just disgusting? People like ‘No, something happened. I know. You’re glowing girl, fuck him,’ or ‘Fuck her Waka, she ain’t shit.’ Like why it gotta be so nasty if we ain’t nasty?”
The “Round of Applause” hitmaker also made sure to let listeners know that the two are still on great terms, “That’s my best friend, that’s my dog,” he said of Rivera.
Although Rivera and Waka have ended their romantic relationship, they continue to co-parent their daughter, Charlie, who Rivera has from a previous relationship.
“Biggest blessing I have in my life, I always say, was Charlie. I got the blessing to raise another human being. Especially a young woman at that and just see all the challenges women go through and just — it’s deep. And that’s actually what just made me feel like a role model, a hero, number one. That’s when I started [feeling] like, ‘Damn, I’m actually number one in somebody’s life.’”
In addition to past episodes of Love & Hip Hop, Waka and Charlie’s close bond can be seen on the We TV series, “Waka and Tammy.”
In an Instagram Live from earlier this week, Rivera spoke on continuing to film the show despite them no longer being a couple. “It’s been pretty good this season, though you know? It’s been really good. Even though me and Waka not together, we still have the show and it’s been cool.” Rivera kept things positive throughout her conversation when asked by users how things were going.
“Waka and Tammy” airs Thursday nights on We TV at 9 pm/8 pm central.
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https://www.revolt.tv/article/2022-03-31/160376/waka-flocka-confirms-tammy-rivera-separation/
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If there’s one thing fans already know, it’s that Final Fantasy XIV Online is one of the most beautiful MMORPGs ever made. From beautiful player characters to intricate monster designs, gorgeous environments and sprawling, detailed dungeons, everywhere you look is a feast for the eyes.
Raid bosses are where these design sensibilities collide. These powerful foes encompass every part of Final Fantasy XIV‘s art design, from their individual looks to the complex lairs they inhabit.
Below are just a few examples of this fine work, all from artists within the Final Fantasy XIV Online concept art team. They depict the Primals, the bosses for the Eden raid series from the Shadowbringers expansion. Each reimagines famous gods and monsters in the vein of beloved Final Fantasy summons.
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https://www.kotaku.com.au/2022/04/the-art-of-final-fantasy-xiv-online/
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Pratto and Pasquantino Recognized with Royals Organizational Awards
March 31, 2022 - Texas League (TL) - Northwest Arkansas Naturals News Release
2021 Northwest Arkansas Naturals first basemen Nick Pratto and Vinnie Pasquantino were among several individuals honored by the Kansas City Royals with organization awards earlier today at the team's complex in Surprise, Arizona.
Pratto is the fourth Naturals player to receive the Frank White Award, recognizing the organization's top defensive player. The 23-year-old earned a Minor League Rawlings Gold Glove Award at first base in 2021 and was previously recognized with the Frank White award in 2018. Pratto began the 2021 season in Northwest Arkansas, before a mid-July promotion to Triple-A Omaha, appearing in 113 combined games. He recorded 813 putouts and 64 assists in 879 total chances at first base, committing just two errors in 955.2 innings for a .998 fielding percentage. Pratto was Kansas City's first round (14th overall) selection in the 2017 First-Year Player Draft.
Pasquantino is the sixth Naturals player to be recognized with the Mike Sweeney Award, which honors a player who best represents the organization on and off the field. The 24-year-old began the 2021 season with the Quad Cities River Bandits in High-A and was named the Quad Cities Player of the Year, before joining the Naturals in Mid-July as he helped the Naturals capture the Double-A Central Championship. He slashed .300/.394/.563 (131-for-437) between Quad Cities and Northwest Arkansas and finished the year tied for second among all minor league hitters in doubles (37), sixth in extra-base hits (64) and 11th in total bases (246). His .300 batting average (131-for-437) was the best among Royals minor league hitters with at least 150 plate appearances, while he finished second in the system in hits (131), fifth in home runs (24) and sixth in runs batted in (84), while working a 1.00 strikeout-to-walk ratio (64/64).
Additionally, 2014 Naturals coach Mitch Stetter was the recipient of the Dick Howser Award, which recognizes a player development employee for outstanding contributions to the organization. Currently, Stetter is the Royals' Manager of Pitching Performance, a position he has held since 2020.
On top of the organization awards, catcher MJ Melendez was also presented with the 2021 Joe Bauman Award, which is awarded each year to the home run king in Minor League Baseball. He led all of the minor leagues with 41 home runs last season between Northwest Arkansas and Triple-A Omaha.
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Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay of the Calcutta High Court on Thursday ordered a probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) into the alleged irregularities in the appointment of Group-D (non-teaching staff) in state-sponsored secondary and higher secondary schools under the West Bengal Board of Secondary Education (WBBSE) on the purported recommendation by the West Bengal School Service Commission (WBSSC).
Justice Gangopadhyay directed the regional head of the CBI to question SP Sinha, former WBSSC advisor by Thursday midnight.
“I direct the regional head of the Central Bureau of Investigation to call Mr SP Sinha in course of the day and start questioning him. The CBI is directed to initiate the said interrogation in course of the day — I mean by 12 midnight today. With this action, the CBI investigation will start. This matter will appear tomorrow for further hearing,” Gangopadhyay said. In 2016, the Bengal government had recommended the appointment of nearly 13,000 non-teaching staff in different government-aided schools, following which the WBSSC conducted examinations and interviews periodically, and a panel was constituted, too. The term of the panel expired in 2019.
Ever since, however, there have been widespread allegations that the Commission made several “irregular recruitment close to 500 even after the panel seized to exist”. The court observed that the petitioners had given a list of 98 persons for the appointment in Group D posts. The WBBSE in an affidavit submitted on February 22, 2022, had stated that on the basis of the recommendations received from the WBSSC, both through hard copy and soft copy, between December 2019 and February 2020, the appointment letters were issued by them.
Indicting SP Sinha as “one of the kingpins of this corruption”, Justice Gangopadhyay ordered, “A thorough probe is required to bust the racket of giving illegal appointments. I have found from other similar matters that the said Dr Santi Prasad Sinha as one of the kingpins of this corruption of giving an illegal public appointment.”
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A two-run blast by Dossen Morrow in the top half of the opening frame helped drive Mark Morris to a 9-3 win over rival R.A. Long in 2A Greater St. Helens League play at the Lumberyard on Wednesday.
After Kellen Debiens reached base after getting hit by a pitch, Morrow dug into the box and gave one a jolt that carried over the wall and put the Monarchs up 2-0 before the Lumberjacks even had a look at the dish.
The dinger was Morrow’s first of the year and helps get him back to his All-League form from 2021.
“Dossen Morrow finally hit a ball over the fence, we’ve been waiting for that,” MM coach Brock Myklebust said. “It’s nice for him to finally get back to where he left off last year.”
A single from Carson Ness added another run for the Monarchs to put them up 3-0 after the first frame.
Desbiens singled home a run in the top of the second to give the Monarchs a quick 4-0 lead and swing much of the momentum their way, but that’s where things turned in Myklebust’s eyes.
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“(Our) approach was good for about one and a half innings,” he said. “I don’t want to sound sour about that, but we tried to pull a baseball that we have no reason pulling. The wind definitely knocked down a couple extra base hits today, but that’s Longview.”
Although their approach may not have been to their coach’s liking the Monarchs still managed to add three runs to the lead in the top of the fourth in three consecutive at-bats. Morrow grounded out but knocked in a run, then Stephen Hammergren brought in another on a single up the middle before Ness snuck a single into the outfield between the shortstop and third basemen to put MM up 7-0.
The Lumberjacks managed to break through and bring a run home in the fourth. Jared Childers pulled a double into the right-center gap to wake up the Jacks’ dugout, then came in to score on a single from Logan Bodily to put a run on the board for the red and black side.
But the Jacks gave the run back in the fifth when a mishandled bunt allowed an aggressive Carson Allen to score from second. Allen’s aggressive base running was just one of many heady plays by the Monarchs on the base paths.
“I felt like base running was our key today,” Myklebust said. “I like to play the game in motion myself personally and these guys buy into it. Even if it looks like a circus half the time, every 90 (feet) we get, whether it’s ugly or not, it’s 90.”
Hammergren exemplified that philosophy later in the game, turning a pickoff attempt at first into a stolen base. Then with nobody covering third, Hammergren decided he’d take that base too and wound up standing just 90 feet from home plate.
“We have enough speed and power in our lineup,” Myklebust said. “We’ll be smart. I only get to run us out of innings, they don’t get to.”
The aggressive base running flustered the Jacks throughout the game, further adding to the hole the Jacks’ would have to try to climb out of.
“We didn’t do a great job of controlling the run game in addition to those free 90s as well,” Littlefield said. “When you compound free base runners and they can get off and running it’s hard to limit offense regardless of how a team’s hitting.”
Myklebust made special mention of Seth Beres on the base paths, who singled in the seventh and stole second and third before scoring.
“(He’s) an ideal team player,” Myklebust said. “He got in there and he got a knock and went first to home and was an insurance run.”
The Jacks had their chances throughout the day to even the score, but they couldn’t put the at-bats together to do so. After Hunter Brewer knocked in a run in the bottom of the fifth, the Jacks loaded the bases but left them all stranded, showcasing a plate approach that wasn’t in line with what Littlefield was expecting.
“Honestly really disappointed in our offensive approach,” Littlefield said. “I felt like we could’ve done a lot more today especially with our game plan coming in…You’ve got to have competitive at-bats when you’re playing from behind early on.”
The Jacks were stifled in the early innings by Langston Bartell on the mound. Bartell would eventually go the distance and tossed all seven innings for MM, allowing seven hits and tallying eight strikeouts.
“We didn’t even make Bartell establish a secondary pitch,” Littlefield said. “He kind of just threw the fastball the entire game and instead of getting in there and being ready for inning number one, it took us three or four innings to actually get timing down when we should’ve been ready to go before we even got in the box.”
Myklebust said that Bartell was on an extended pitch count of 85 with plenty of rest time looming over spring break, but Bartell found the zone often enough to go the distance and finish just above his target number.
“He threw strikes early and often and as long as he does that he’ll be fine,” Myklebust said.
Morrow was the leader at the dish for MM, finishing 1-for-3 with three RBI’s.
Childers was the most consistent hitter for RAL, finishing 2-for-3 with a run scored in the effort.
Longview’s two teams won’t have to wait long to renew their rivalry. R.A. Long (3-2, 2-1 league) was set to take its trip across town to play at Mark Morris (4-4, 3-0 league) on Thursday in a back-to-back scenario for the Squirrel City Slam.
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By Ehi Braimah
It is so difficult to write about good people in the past tense but it is a reality we must find the courage to accept. Good people will always die and depart this sinful world.
Yet, every death is painful but when good people die, their stories stay with us to constantly remind us of their goodness, essence and humanity. We remember the remarkable things they did as a treasure trove; things they were known for that made them significant and special.
Usually, they have strong personal brand equity that pulls people easily to them like a magnet because they lived a life of impact — touching and changing other people’s lives. It is an individual choice but it is better to stand up and be counted among those who use their time, talent and treasure to create everlasting legacies.
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Producer BoogzDaBeast has been in and out of Kanye West’s creative circle for most of West’s life and has been a key producer in the careers of numerous Chicago hip hop legends. He knew how great West would be when he was just a teenager.
“He was already advanced, almost like Kobe and LeBron in high school or something. You know what I mean? You just knew he was ready. This was in 1996,” BoogzDaBeast told REVOLT.
In this installment of “Studio Sessions,” the Grammy award-winning producer talks West recording 99 ideas in one night, working with Lupe Fiasco before Food & Liquor, and how the “Hurricane” beat was originally for Chance the Rapper.
How did you first connect with Kanye West?
I’d always see him around. We had a bunch of hip hop parties in Chicago. A group I’m still in called Euphonics used to throw a lot of big hip hop parties in the city, and we would have open mic night with freestyles and that type of stuff. So, he was not going to miss an opportunity to perform. He would come and battle all types of people, anybody that stepped up. People like Rhymefest would host some. Common would be there. It would be the who’s who of Chicago at the time. Kanye was also recording at his house as a little side hustle — doing demos for money. So, we decided we would record a song, and my friends in the crew went over to Kanye’s house. I played some beats of mine that I had on the way there and he was like, ‘I mess with them.’ He played me some of his, and I couldn’t believe it. I thought he was, like, playing somebody else’s beats (laughs). He was already advanced, almost like Kobe and LeBron in high school or something. You know what I mean? You just knew he was ready. This was in 1996.
Walk us through the early recording set up for a young Kanye West in the 90s.
It was well-documented in the Jeen-Yuhs documentary by Coodie and Chike. It was in Hazel Crest, Illinois at his mother’s house in his bedroom. There weren’t any giant speakers on the walls or diffusers and padding on the walls. No, this was a real bedroom … his actual bedroom. That’s where a lot of hits were made.
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What would you say your creative chemistry is like in the studio with Ye these days? How do you all work together now?
He gets in his zone, bro, and he just wants to create. So, that could be several things. That could be an idea he has on the top of his head that he wants to construct or bring to life. He can just feel like freestyling where it’s like we’re going to make a bunch of beats, and he’s going to freestyle to them. Or, he has a specific idea that he may be trying to finish and it’s like, ‘Yo, let’s bring this home.’ So, you never know. You just always have to be prepared. If you think you’re going to step into a Kanye session knowing exactly what to do, you should just leave.
As a producer, tell us about the creation of a song that really sticks out to you.
It’s going to have to be ‘Hurricane.’ I have to say ‘Hurricane,’ initially, was a beat that we had made for Chance the Rapper. We were doing a project with Chance The Rapper, and I don’t know, for some reason, Chance didn’t want it. Now mind you, we weren’t working on any project at the time. We had just finished up with the Ye album. He had just put out the ‘I Love It’ song with Lil Pump. So, he wasn’t really working on an album. So, we flew in to work with Chance. There were a couple of other projects we were going to work on. So, after he heard that beat, and then Chance passed on it for some reason, it just sparked something in him — and he posted it on Instagram the next day. I saw him the next day, and he said Yandhi was coming out two weeks later. So, I was like, ‘What’s up, G?’ He was like, ‘Let’s do it. We’re coming out in two weeks.’ So that track spawned the whole Yandhi process. Now, Yandhi ultimately turned into Jesus Is King. But, aspects of Yandhi remained when we did DONDA, and one of ’em was ‘Hurricane.’ So, ‘Hurricane’ was a song that we had worked on off and on for three years.
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What is unique about what you bring to the songs you work on?
I can answer this probably in two parts, and the first is to describe my sound. I’m rough. I’m from Chicago, bro. I’m really from Chicago, like out south. I wasn’t sheltered from anything. We can get into that whole story, and you’d be amazed at all the people I worked with and interacted with coming up. My sound is hip hop. Everything I do is hip hop. It’s rough. I try to make the drums hard, but I’m not dark. I’m not a dark person. So, you’re not going to hear dark on my record. No ops have been killed on my records (laughs). What I bring is a hip hop rough edge to whatever I’m working on — even if it’s a pop or R&B record. I also bring that balance where it’s like Secret — strong enough for a man, pH-balanced for a woman (laughs). The ladies are going to like it. I’m never alienating the ladies. That’s not hip hop. I’ve never thought something strictly for the guys was hip hop. LL [Cool J] was who I wanted to be. That’s how my beats are. So you’ll hear a ‘Hurricane,’ but then you’ll hear a ‘New God Flow.’ You’ll hear ‘Have Mercy’ from Chloe, and you’ll hear Pusha T’s ‘Hear Me Clearly.’
You once went to Wyoming with 166 beats, which laid the foundation for DONDA.
Yeah, Kanye laid 99 ideas. We call it ‘That One Night in Wyoming.’ At least, that’s what Free and I call it. There were no other producers there. It was me, him, Free, and Fonzworth Bentley. He was in the zone that night. It was like Jordan zone. Everything we kept playing, he just kept knocking them out. That’s where ‘Wash Us in the Blood’ came from and so many others like ‘Lord I Need You.’ He kept going, but that’s not to say you all won’t ever hear the rest of those ideas. You know him. We worked on ‘Hurricane’ for three years. You might hear some more of that stuff. It all depends on what the boss wants.
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How did DONDA 2 come about?
Remember I said at the beginning of the interview you have to be prepared when working with Ye? You never know. You just never know. DONDA 2 was another one of those situations. So, one day he just called and was like, ‘Yo, let’s go. We’re doing DONDA 2. Let’s get it.’ Now, mind you, there was no release date. All I know is he was like, ‘February 22nd. 2/22/22, DONDA 2 gonna have 22 songs.’ So, it was a whole 22 thing, and that’s when we got our release date. Then, you all saw the burning house picture he posted — and that was it. I think that was around Jan. 20 or Jan. 21. So, we had 19 or 20 days to get busy and do a whole album — and we did it.
So, in those 20 days, you all made DONDA 2. Did you use any of the hundreds of songs you had from over the years?
No, these were all new.
Wow. Besides Kanye, who is an artist you feel you have the best creative chemistry with?
It would have to be Bump J, and I’m going to have to add Pusha T in there, too. The reason I say that is because with Bump, it’s still that raw chemistry from before he got signed after he got signed. After he came home from prison … it’s still there. I would say Push because I got that rough side that Push just brings out so crazy. And, we haven’t had that many collabs that you all have heard. You’re going to hear some on his new album. But, if you just look at ‘Only You Can tell It’ with me, him and Wale, ‘New God Flow’ with me, him, Kanye and Ghostface, and then ‘Hear Me Clearly,’ what you heard is a bar fest, bro. You know what I mean? He’s just going crazy. So, I’d do a whole album with Push.
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What is it like to make music with Pusha in the studio? What’s his creative process?
Push is a scientist, man. He’s very meticulous. Every word has meaning, and it all connects to the previous line. But, as far as being in a studio and creating with him, it’s just a joy to watch.
You and Lupe Fiasco were roommates. What did you two work on?
Food and Liquor. We were part of 1st & 15th [Entertainment]. It initially consisted of Lupe, [Charles “Chilly” Patton], Stack Bundles — rest in peace — and me. That was my guy.
Food & Liquor was made off of food and liquor, and Lupe can attest to that. Lupe’s an amazing cook, by the way. I don’t know if y’all know. He used to get down. For Food & Liquor, my tracks didn’t make the album because there were a lot of contractual dealings and misunderstandings. But, everybody remembers the leak. We call it the original Food & Liquor. I did the ‘Hustlaz Song.’ I did ‘Ghetto Story.’ I did ‘Hey Lupe.’
Some people say the leaked version of that album is better than the original.
Yeah, because I’m on it. If you had kept the tracks I had and the ones that made the project, it would’ve been more classic. It’s a classic regardless.
How did Lupe put his songs together?
You have to remember, we didn’t have studios yet. We were paying for studio time. So, in the beginning, he would write all the raps. I remember him and Stack used to be in the apartment writing all the raps and so when we went to the studio, Lupe would lay nine records. I’m talking about all three verses, hooks, everything. We’d come home with nine songs, man. Later on, it would be different. He’d write a few lines, maybe freestyle a few, stop, think about it and then connect where he left off. He’s one of the best rappers ever to live.
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Who are some of the newer artists that you like to be in the studio with?
Being in the studio with YNW Melly was really fun. He was fun. His personality was just bubbly. He just goes off the top with ideas. He was really cool, man. I still pray he gets released. He was funny as fuck, bro. I have to be honest — I haven’t been in the studio with a lot of these artists because of the pandemic. Instead, there was a lot of remote type of working going on. Sometimes there were Zoom situations. One-on-one sessions just started back in L.A. — not to say we weren’t doing sessions last year, but it was more camp-based. Of course, we’d have to test for COVID. Kanye had the doctor, the nurse, or whoever comes in and tests everybody. But, as far as the camps in L.A., they’re now doing 20, 30 people in the studio.
What do you have coming in 2022?
Pusha T, more Kanye, Latto. This is stuff I can mention. Some of the stuff I cannot mention. I want to be a part of the new artists, but I also have nothing against the current artists. I wish I was a part of Chris Brown’s first album. You know what I mean? So, all the new people getting signed can hit me up. If y’all read this, hit me up.
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The Trinamool Congress (TMC) has fielded yesteryear Bollywood star and former BJP MP and Union Minister, Shatrughan Sinha, from the Asansol Lok Sabha constituency in West Bengal’s Paschim Bardhaman district, where byelections are scheduled on April 12. The BJP candidate is fashion designer turned politician Agnimitra Paul, who is currently MLA from the Asansol Dakshin seat.
The CPM has fielded its local leader Partha Mukherjee, while the Congress, after days of deliberation, has decided to enter the fight with its candidate Prasenjit Puitandy.
The contest, however, is mainly between the TMC and BJP. The Asansol seat fell vacant in October last year after former Union Minister and BJP MP Babul Supriyo resigned. Supriyo had won the seat in 2014 and 2019, but had contested the West Bengal Assembly election of March-April 2021 as the BJP candidate for the Tollygunge seat in Kolkata. He lost the Assembly election, and in September 2021 joined the TMC.
Supriyo is now the TMC candidate from the Ballygunge Assembly constituency in Kolkata. The seat fell vacant after the demise of former state minister and veteran TMC leader Subrata Mukherjee in November last year.
Besides the Asansol Lok Sabha seat and Ballygunge Assembly seat, byelections will be held on April 12 for three other Assembly constituencies — Kolhapur North in Maharashtra, Khairagarh in Chhattisgarh, and Bochaha in Bihar.
Asansol constituency
The city of Asansol, which is part of the Asansol Lok Sabha constituency, is a tier-II city and important railway junction close to West Bengal’s border with Jharkhand. It is the second largest and second most populated city in West Bengal after Kolkata. As per the 2011 Census, over 12 lakh people reside in the city.
The Asansol Lok Sabha constituency consists of seven Assembly segments, and has about 15 lakh eligible voters. The electorate is a mix of coal mine workers, factory workers, scrap dealers, and minorities. About 50 per cent of the electorate are Hindi-speaking, tracing their roots to neighbouring Jharkhand and Bihar. Due to its demography, and the presence of a large number of factory workers, the constituency has always been a stronghold of the Left. The CPM won the seat in 1971 and 1977, and then eight times in a row from 1989 to 2014.
Stakes for the BJP
In the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, Asansol was one of the two seats that the BJP won in West Bengal — the other being Darjeeling, a seat that the party had won in 2009 as well. In 2014, the BJP candidate in Darjeeling, S S Ahluwalia, received support from the party’s then alliance partner Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM); the victory in Asansol was, however, largely on the BJP’s own strength.
In 2019, the BJP turned in a spectacular performance in West Bengal, winning 18 seats, including Asansol. The party failed to unseat Mamata Banerjee in the 2021 Assembly election, but won two of the seven Assembly segments in Asansol.With Supriyo having walked out on the BJP, Asansol is a prestige battle for the saffron camp. The BJP haemorrhaged MLAs to the TMC after the Assembly elections, and winning back Asansol will be a shot in the arm for the party. It will also boost the morale of party cadres and supporters, who have suffered repeated setbacks since the Assembly election defeat.
Stakes for the TMC
The Asansol byelection is a prestige battle for the TMC as well. The party hopes Shatrughan’s star power and his appeal among Hindi speakers of the constituency will help it snatch the seat from the BJP. The party has been winning every election since the Assembly polls — bypolls, civic polls, and the elections to the Kolkata Municipal Corporation — and would like to continue its victory march. For Mamata Banerjee’s national ambitions, it is important to reduce the BJP’s footprint in the state. A victory in Asansol will be important as the TMC bids to challenge to the BJP.
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Chloe Bailey has been on a roll since transitioning from member of the sister duo Chloe x Halle to solo artist and on Thursday (March 31), Bailey announced the release date for her next single, “Treat Me.”
Bailey had been building the hype behind her next single for a minute, casually teasing fans with snippets of the song before sending them into a full-on frenzy when she posted a TikTok of herself dancing in a bathrobe to the tune.
In the clip posted on March 20, the “grown-ish” actress is seen getting ready in a bathroom — brushing her teeth, shaving and wearing a mud mask with her hair neatly secured with a bonnet — before ripping the robe off to reveal a sexy red mini dress, glam makeup and perfectly done hair.
With a black and white photo of the “Have Mercy” singer in lingerie and an oversized, floor-length coat, Bailey let her followers know to expect the single on April 8.
“TREAT ME DROPS 4/8 y’all ready? make sure you pre-save, link in bio,” she captioned the photo.
The “Treat Me” songstress has been coming into her own as of late, after experiencing backlash in the past.
Bailey, 23, has spent most of her life in the spotlight as her first major role was playing a young version of Beyonce in the 2003 film, The Fighting Temptations. Bailey’s connection with Beyonce was reestablished in recent years when Chloe and Halle became her proteges.
A young Bailey was also seen in Tyler Perry’s 2008 movie, Meet the Browns.
It’s a fair assumption that because of Bailey’s start as a child actor, most had a hard time seeing her grow into a woman and find her unique style, as she often faced harsh reactions for either trying “too hard” to be the next Beyonce or not having an “innocent” image similar to her younger sister Halle — who was recently cast for the role of Ariel in the upcoming The Little Mermaid.
One thing is for certain, as people continue to talk, Bailey continues to make bank and solidify herself as someone worth paying attention to. Hit after hit, show-stopping performances and vocal ability that is undeniable have become her forte.
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In line with Maharashtra and Delhi, the West Bengal government has also announced to relax most of the Covid-19 restrictions in the state from Friday. However, the wearing of a face mask and other health and hygiene protocols will be in place till further order.
In a communique issued on Thursday evening, West Bengal Chief Secretary Harikrishna Dwivedi said, “The State Executive Committee of the West Bengal State Disaster Management Authority, after reviewing the current situation of the Covid-19 pandemic, has observed that in view of the overall decline in the total caseload and positivity rate and overall improvement of the situation, the restrictions imposed under the Disaster Management Act, 2005, read with West Bengal Epidemic Disease and Covid-19 regulations 2020, can now be revoked. The SEC further recommended that the health and hygiene protocols, however, must continue to remain in force.”
The order further said, “Accordingly, it is hereby notified that restrictions as currently in force by aforesaid orders are withdrawn. However, the advisory in respect to health and hygiene protocols, including wearing of a mask at all times, hand hygiene and sanitisation of public places, shall continue and should be strictly observed until further orders.”
State administration sources said for the past one month the positive cases remained under one hundred per day and the death toll became almost zero in the past two weeks. After seeing this development, the state government decided to relax the Covid protocols and restrictions.
A senior official of the state government said, “The health and hygiene protocols will remain in force because the expert committee thinks that the Covid cases have decreased but the threat of the pandemic is not yet over. So, the continuing health and hygiene protocols will help the government take necessary precautionary measures swiftly if the cases rise again.”
However, a section of administrative officers said that after the relaxation, maintaining health and hygiene protocols would be difficult.
The Chief Secretary’s communique also said that the district administration should monitor whether the health and hygiene protocols were being followed or not.
In the past 24 hours, the state recorded 33 new cases, taking the tally of total cases to 20,17,348, the health department bulletin said.
The state recorded 57 Covid-19 recoveries in the past 24 hours, while no death was reported.
On Wednesday, 12,895 samples were tested.
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OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — A $64.1 billion supplemental state budget that spends on statewide programs ranging from homelessness and behavioral health to the ongoing COVID-19 response was signed Thursday by Washington Gov. Jay Inslee.
The supplemental plan builds off of the $59 billion, two-year spending plan adopted by the Legislature last year, and benefited from the significant influx of revenues the state has seen over the past year. Additionally, lawmakers used more than $1 billion in remaining pandemic-related federal relief funds in the budget.
While there are no general tax increases in the plan, there are also no across-the-board tax cuts, something Republicans had argued for throughout the legislative session that ended March 10.
A small business tax credit was included that would affect about 125,000 small businesses in the state, and was among the bills signed by Inslee Thursday.
Starting in January, businesses making less than $125,000 a year would pay no state business taxes, and those making up to $250,000 a year, business taxes will be cut in half.
The supplemental operating budget also spends state or federal money on things like adding more social supports like nurses and counselors for students, increasing rates to vendors providing services to people with developmental disabilities or long-term care needs and shoring up the state’s paid family leave program, which officials warned was nearing a deficit.
It also allots funding for raises for state workers. According to the Office of Financial Management, about 63,800 general government employees will get a 3.25% general wage increase, about 6,700 state corrections workers will get a 4% general wage increase and about 1,200 state patrol officers will get a 10% general wage increase. The last general wage increase for represented employees was July 1, 2020.
The operating budget also transfers more than $2 billion to the nearly $17 billion, 16-year transportation revenue package that Inslee signed last week. The plan leaves about $3 billion in total reserves.
Inslee had several full or partial vetoes of bills, including a section of a bill that would have expanded the state’s existing warehouse sales and use tax to include smaller warehouses of at least 100,000 square feet. In his veto notice, Inslee said that while he understood the importance of manufacturing and warehousing to rural economies, he said the tax incentives in the bill were overly broad.
Inslee on Thursday also signed a $1.5 billion state construction budget that spends on areas ranging from housing, homelessness, behavioral health facilities, and seismic upgrades at public schools.
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A line of severe storms packing isolated tornadoes and high winds ripped across the Deep South overnight — killing at least two in the Florida Panhandle, toppling trees and power lines and leaving homes and businesses damaged as the vast weather front raced across several states.
In Florida, the Washington County Sheriff’s Office said Thursday morning that two were killed and two injured when a tornado touched down in the western Florida Panhandle.
Two homes were destroyed and powerlines were knocked down, according to Washington Country Emergency Management spokeswoman Cheryl Frankenfield. The county’s Facebook page showed at least one home that was obliterated, as well as trees down on another home. No other details were immediately available.
The Florida Division of Emergency Management has employees in the area to help, spokesperson Samantha Bequer said. She said neighboring Jackson County also had property damage.
“It’s a nasty day, but thankfully these storms are moving quickly,” she said.
At least two confirmed tornadoes injured several people Wednesday, damaged homes and businesses and downed power lines in Mississippi and Tennessee after earlier storm caused damage in Arkansas, Missouri and Texas.
About 185,000 customers were without electricity Thursday morning in the wake of the storm along a band of states: Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee, Kentucky, Indiana, Ohio and Michigan, according to poweroutage.us, which tracks utilities.
The worst of the weather Thursday morning appeared to be at the southern end of the storm front, which was expected to bring heavy rain and high winds all along the U.S. East Coast later in the day. Much of the Florida Panhandle was under a tornado watch, according to the National Weather Service in Tallahassee.
Widespread damage was reported in the Jackson, Tennessee, area as a tornado warning was in effect. “Significant damage” occurred to a nursing home near Jackson-Madison County General Hospital and the Madison County Sheriff’s Office in Jackson, said Madison County Emergency Management Director Jason Moore.
In Nashville, Tennessee, paneling fell five stories from the side of a downtown hotel Wednesday evening and onto the roof of a building below. The fire department warned that debris could become airborne as high winds continued, and some hotel guests were moved to other parts of the building due to concerns the roof would become unstable. No injuries were immediately associated with the collapse.
Daylight revealed widespread wind damage across Alabama.
One person suffered minor injuries when a storm hit the University of Montevallo campus south of Birmingham, damaging three buildings, officials said, and a woman was injured when a manufactured home rolled over in rural Bibb County. A school bus was flipped at a high school in south Alabama, and part of the roof was missing from a church in northwest Alabama.
Elsewhere, a warehouse roof collapsed as the storms moved through Southaven, Mississippi, near Memphis, police said. The building had been evacuated and no injuries were reported.
The Mississippi Senate suspended its work Wednesday as weather sirens blared during a tornado watch in downtown Jackson. Some employees took shelter in the Capitol basement.
Rander P. Adams said he and his wife, Janice Delores Adams, were in their home near downtown Jackson when severe weather blew through during a tornado warning Wednesday afternoon. He said their lights flashed and a large window exploded just feet from his wife as she tried to open their front door.
“The glass broke just as if someone threw a brick through it,” he said. “I advised her then, ‘Let’s go to the back of the house.’”
Adams said the storm toppled trees in a nearby park, and a large tree across the street from their house split in half. “We were blessed,” he said. “Instead of falling toward the house, it fell the other way.”
Earlier Wednesday, a tornado that struck Springdale, Arkansas, and the adjoining town of Johnson, about 145 miles (235 kilometers) northwest of Little Rock, shortly after 4 a.m. injured seven people, two critically, according to Springdale Mayor Doug Sprouse.
Sprouse said in a statement that one of those critically injured had improved and was in stable condition and the other five were released from a hospital.
“Our first responders have completed door-to-door searches, and we believe everyone has been accounted for,” Sprouse said.
The National Weather Service in Tulsa said Thursday that the tornado has been rated an EF-3, up from an initial assessment of EF-2, with wind speeds between 136-165 mph (219-265 kph). The tornado reached a peak speed of about 145 mph (233 kph) and 5 miles (8 kilometers) while on the ground for about eight minutes, according to the weather service.
In northwest Missouri, an EF-1 tornado with wind speeds around 90 mph (145 kph) struck St. Joseph on Tuesday night, damaging two homes.
A small tornado also touched down briefly on the eastern edge of Dallas, according to the National Weather Service in Fort Worth. The tornado struck just after 4:30 a.m. Wednesday near McClendon-Chisolm with top winds of about 100 mph (161 kph) and damaged homes, but no injuries were reported, according to the weather service.
The storms come a week after a tornado in a New Orleans-area neighborhood carved a path of destruction during the overnight hoursand killed a man.
Strong winds in Louisiana overturned semitrailers, peeled the roof from a mobile home, sent a tree crashing into a home and knocked down power lines, according to weather service forecasters, who did not immediately confirm any tornadoes in the state.
The National Weather Service office in New Orleans said Thursday that teams would be out in Tangipahoa and St. Tammany Parishes in southeastern Louisiana and in Jackson County in southeastern Mississippi surveying damage. They said the highest wind speed recorded in the office’ coverage area was 67 mph (108 kph) at the New Orleans Lakefront airport with winds in Baton Rouge reaching into the high 50 mph (80 kph) range.
Firefighters, meanwhile, have been trying to get handle on a wildfire spreading near Great Smoky Mountains National Park in Tennessee, amid mandatory evacuations as winds whipped up ahead of the approaching storm front.
The fire, which was not contained, had expanded to about 250 acres (more than 100 hectares) as of Wednesday afternoon. One person was injured, and a plume of smoke rose above one community not far from where 2016 wildfires ravaged the tourism town of Gatlinburg, killing 14 people and damaging or destroying about 2,500 buildings.
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Wagster Pettus reported from Jackson, Mississippi; Farrington reported from Tallahassee, Florida; and Mattise from Nashville, Tennessee; many other Associated Press journalists contributed to this report.
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The Seventh Circuit suggested Thursday that Walmart seemed legally justified in giving lighter-duty options to workers with on-the-job injuries but not to pregnant employees, a policy the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity...
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OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — A $64.1 billion supplemental state budget that spends on statewide programs ranging from homelessness and behavioral health to the ongoing COVID-19 response was signed Thursday by Washington Gov. Jay Inslee.
The supplemental plan builds off of the $59 billion, two-year spending plan adopted by the Legislature last year, and benefited from the significant influx of revenues the state has seen over the past year. Additionally, lawmakers used more than $1 billion in remaining pandemic-related federal relief funds in the budget.
While there are no general tax increases in the plan, there are also no across-the-board tax cuts, something Republicans had argued for throughout the legislative session that ended March 10.
A small business tax credit was included that would affect about 125,000 small businesses in the state, and was among the bills signed by Inslee Thursday.
Starting in January, businesses making less than $125,000 a year would pay no state business taxes, and those making up to $250,000 a year, business taxes will be cut in half.
The supplemental operating budget also spends state or federal money on things like adding more social supports like nurses and counselors for students, increasing rates to vendors providing services to people with developmental disabilities or long-term care needs and shoring up the state’s paid family leave program, which officials warned was nearing a deficit.
It also allots funding for raises for state workers. According to the Office of Financial Management, about 63,800 general government employees will get a 3.25% general wage increase, about 6,700 state corrections workers will get a 4% general wage increase and about 1,200 state patrol officers will get a 10% general wage increase. The last general wage increase for represented employees was July 1, 2020.
The operating budget also transfers more than $2 billion to the nearly $17 billion, 16-year transportation revenue package that Inslee signed last week. The plan leaves about $3 billion in total reserves.
Inslee had several full or partial vetoes of bills, including a section of a bill that would have expanded the state’s existing warehouse sales and use tax to include smaller warehouses of at least 100,000 square feet. In his veto notice, Inslee said that while he understood the importance of manufacturing and warehousing to rural economies, he said the tax incentives in the bill were overly broad.
Inslee on Thursday also signed a $1.5 billion state construction budget that spends on areas ranging from housing, homelessness, behavioral health facilities, and seismic upgrades at public schools.
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Cambiar Investors LLC increased its position in Healthcare Services Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:HCSG – Get Rating) by 72.1% in the fourth quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 150,113 shares of the business services provider’s stock after acquiring an additional 62,890 shares during the quarter. Cambiar Investors LLC owned about 0.20% of Healthcare Services Group worth $2,671,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.
Other hedge funds have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Point72 Hong Kong Ltd lifted its position in Healthcare Services Group by 275.0% during the third quarter. Point72 Hong Kong Ltd now owns 1,560 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $39,000 after purchasing an additional 1,144 shares during the last quarter. Profund Advisors LLC lifted its position in Healthcare Services Group by 25.5% during the third quarter. Profund Advisors LLC now owns 8,007 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $200,000 after purchasing an additional 1,629 shares during the last quarter. CIBC Asset Management Inc bought a new stake in Healthcare Services Group during the third quarter valued at approximately $223,000. Bridgefront Capital LLC bought a new stake in Healthcare Services Group during the third quarter valued at approximately $241,000. Finally, Hsbc Holdings PLC purchased a new position in shares of Healthcare Services Group during the third quarter worth approximately $257,000.
HCSG has been the topic of several research reports. Jefferies Financial Group downgraded shares of Healthcare Services Group from a “hold” rating to an “underperform” rating and decreased their price target for the stock from $19.00 to $13.50 in a research note on Thursday, February 10th. StockNews.com initiated coverage on shares of Healthcare Services Group in a research note on Thursday. They set a “hold” rating on the stock. Finally, Zacks Investment Research downgraded shares of Healthcare Services Group from a “hold” rating to a “strong sell” rating in a research note on Wednesday, January 26th. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating and six have given a hold rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $22.38.
Healthcare Services Group (NASDAQ:HCSG – Get Rating) last issued its earnings results on Wednesday, February 9th. The business services provider reported $0.03 EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.13 by ($0.10). Healthcare Services Group had a return on equity of 9.58% and a net margin of 2.79%. The firm had revenue of $420.45 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $419.01 million. On average, sell-side analysts predict that Healthcare Services Group, Inc. will post 0.43 EPS for the current fiscal year.
The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, March 25th. Investors of record on Friday, February 25th were paid a $0.2113 dividend. This represents a $0.85 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 4.55%. This is an increase from Healthcare Services Group’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.21. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, February 24th. Healthcare Services Group’s payout ratio is presently 137.10%.
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Healthcare Services Group, Inc provides management, administrative, and operating services to the housekeeping, laundry, linen, facility maintenance, and dietary service departments of nursing homes, retirement complexes, rehabilitation centers, and hospitals in the United States. It operates through two segments, Housekeeping and Dietary.
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Sounds Begin 2022 Season with Six-Game Homestand on Tuesday, April 5
March 31, 2022 - International League (IL) - Nashville Sounds News Release
NASHVILLE - The Nashville Sounds Baseball Club opens its 2022 season with a six-game homestand scheduled to begin Tuesday, April 5 at First Horizon Park. The six-game set welcomes the Durham Bulls, the Triple-A affiliate of the Tampa Bay Rays. The Bulls are visiting Nashville and First Horizon Park for the first time in team history.
Listed below are the festivities and promotions for the homestand.
Tuesday, April 5 vs. Durham - 6:35 p.m.
Gates open at 5:30 p.m.
Pregame Block Party on Junior Gilliam Way - The Opening Day festivities begin with a free to attend block party from 4:00 - 6:00 p.m. Fans can enjoy live music, activities for kids, food trucks and beverages.
Tito's Tail Waggin' Tuesday - Bring your favorite four-legged friend to First Horizon Park. Tickets start at $30 ($25 for humans; $5 for dog). Proceeds from all dog tickets will benefit Agape Animal Rescue. Limit of one dog per human. Please note all dogs must enter through the Right Field Gate on Rep. John Lewis Way. The Vanderbilt Health Picnic Place will be reserved for all dogs and owners in attendance. All dog owners are required to sign a waiver and present proof of updated rabies vaccination.
Opening Day Club Level Cookout - A unique all-you-can-eat-and-drink option beginning at $75. For more information visit www.milb.com/nashville/tickets/cookout.
2022 Schedule Cling Giveaway presented by FOX 17 News (first 1,000 fans).
Music City Creative pop-up shop on the First Horizon Park concourse.
Wednesday, April 6 vs. Durham - 6:35 p.m.
Gates open at 5:30 p.m.
Kroger Wednesday - Fans can purchase four (4) Select Section tickets, four (4) hot dogs (4) and four (4) Pepsi fountain sodas for just $44. Kroger Wednesday tickets must be purchased at the Nashville Sounds Ticket Office by showing proof of the Kroger mobile app.
Winning Wednesday presented by Pepsi - Fans can win select prizes throughout the night and earn the opportunity to run the bases postgame with a Sounds win.
Thursday, April 7 vs. Durham - 6:35 p.m.
Gates open at 5:30 p.m.
Throwback Thursday presented by Budweiser - the Sounds will wear throwback uniforms to commemorate the team's original uniform style from 1978. Fans can purchase Pepsi fountain soda and Budweiser products at a discounted rate.
Friday, April 8 vs. Durham - 6:35 p.m.
Gates open at 5:30 p.m.
2022 Schedule Cling Giveaway presented by FOX 17 News (first 1,000 fans).
FOX 17 News Friday - Mom's Night Out - Mom's can purchase a package consisting of a Club Level ticket with two glasses of wine beginning at $54.
Music City Creative pop-up shop on the First Horizon Park concourse.
Saturday, April 9 vs. Durham - 6:35 p.m.
Gates open at 5:30 p.m.
Pregame Black Hawk Helicopter flyover by the Tennessee Army National Guard.
Hit City Saturday with a pregame concert by Reaux Marquez under the guitar scoreboard from 5:30-6:00 p.m.
Clear Fanny Pack Giveaway presented by First Horizon (first 1,000 fans).
Music City Creative pop-up shop on the First Horizon Park concourse.
Sunday, April 10 vs. Durham - 2:05 p.m.
Gates open at 1:00 p.m.
Youth Sports Day pregame parade presented by Delta Dental.
Postgame Kids Run the Bases presented by First Horizon.
Seniors and Military families can enjoy a $2.00 discount on single-game ticket prices at First Horizon Park. The offer is valid for four (4) tickets per I.D. (Seniors 55+ and government-issued military I.D. required at the Ticket Office). The senior discount is available for Sunday-Wednesday games only. Subject to availability; no phone orders.
The Nashville Sounds media partners include Midwest Communications, Cumulus Media Nashville, FOX 17 News and Cromwell Media Nashville.
The Nashville Sounds are the Triple-A affiliate of the Milwaukee Brewers and play at First Horizon Park. Season ticket memberships for the 2022 season are on sale now. For more information call 615-690-4487 or e-mail tickets@nashvillesounds.com.
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HAMILTON, Bermuda, March 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- White Mountains Insurance Group, Ltd. (NYSE: WTM) announced today that HG Global Ltd. ("HG") closed a new $150 million, 10-year term loan credit facility with Hudson Structured Capital Management Ltd, (conducting its re/insurance business as HSCM Bermuda) and Security Benefit Life Insurance Company. HG expects to receive the proceeds of the loan on or prior to May 31, 2022. A portion of the proceeds of the loan will be used to pay a $120 million dividend to White Mountains Insurance Group, Ltd. and the other equity holders of HG. The facility received an investment grade rating of BBB from Kroll Bond Rating Agency, LLC. The facility does not impact the reinsurance obligations of HG Re Ltd.
White Mountains is a Bermuda-domiciled financial services holding company traded on the New York Stock Exchange and the Bermuda Stock Exchange under the symbol WTM.
Hudson Structured Capital Management Ltd., conducting its re/insurance investment management business as HSCM Bermuda ("HSCM"), is an asset manager focused on alternative investments seeking mezzanine level returns. HSCM focuses on the Re/Insurance and Transportation sectors. HSCM launched in 2016, and as of January 1, 2022 had more than $3 billion in assets under management and committed capital. HSCM focuses on core economic sectors that are likely to outgrow global GDP, offer low correlations with broader markets, and are experiencing a shift from balance sheet to market financing. For more information, please visit www.hscm.com.
Security Benefit Corporation ("Security Benefit"), through its subsidiary Security Benefit Life Insurance Company (SBL), a Kansas-based insurance company that has been in business for 130 years, is a leader in the U.S. retirement market. Security Benefit together with its affiliates offers products in a full range of retirement markets and wealth segments for employers and individuals and reached $50.5 billion in assets under management as of September 30, 2021. Security Benefit, an Eldridge business, is one of the fastest growing U.S. retirement companies and continues its mission of helping Americans To and Through Retirement®. Learn more at www.securitybenefit.com or www.eldridge.com.
This press release contains "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. All statements, other than statements of historical facts, included or referenced in this release which address activities, events or developments which White Mountains expects or anticipates will or may occur in the future are forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements include statements with respect to the funding of, or receipt of proceeds from, a loan and HG's payment of a dividend from the proceeds of such loan.
These statements are based on certain assumptions and analyses made by White Mountains in light of current conditions and expected future developments, as well as other factors believed to be appropriate in the circumstances. However, whether actual developments will conform to its expectations is subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from expectations, including actions taken by ratings agencies, such as financial strength or credit ratings downgrades or placing ratings on negative watch; the continued availability of capital and financing; deterioration of general economic; changes in domestic or foreign laws or regulations, or their interpretation, applicable to White Mountains or HG, its competitors or its customers; and other factors, most of which are beyond White Mountains's control.
Consequently, all of the forward-looking statements made in this press release are qualified by these cautionary statements, and there can be no assurance that the developments anticipated by White Mountains will be realized or, even if substantially realized, that they will have the expected consequences to, or effects on, White Mountains or its business or operations. White Mountains assumes no obligation to publicly update any such forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
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