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It is hard to believe that it is only four months until the 2022-2023 kindergarten class starts school. Since September, monthly “Count Down to Kindergarten” articles have provided information and resources to help caregivers know what is expected of children entering kindergarten so the children can be prepared for the transition to school.
Due to COVID concerns, fewer children have attended early childhood education programs (Pre-K, Head Start, Day Cares) this year than in the past. With more children at home, it is an even greater hope of the Cocke County Cradle to Career Coalition (C-5) leadership team that this awareness program has been helpful and that parents/caregivers are incorporating the monthly kindergarten readiness skills into their children’s daily routines.
As a reminder, children who are five years old on or before August 15, 2022 are eligible to enroll in kindergarten for the 2022-2023 school year. Newport Grammar School will conduct kindergarten registration on April 12 and April 14 from 8:00 am to 4:30 pm each day. All Cocke County schools have already conducted registration.
Kindergarten registration is extremely important! It provides parents/caregivers with critical information about kindergarten and allows the school system to plan for the number of teachers needed for the upcoming year. All parents/caregivers are highly encouraged to register their children at this time. If your child will attend one of the Cocke County Schools and you missed the kindergarten registration, you should contact the school immediately.
The April “Count Down to Kindergarten” skill is matching quantities with numerals, such as count a set of five items and match it with the numeral 5. As with other numeracy activities, start small and build up; for example, start with 1-5, then add 6-10, and move to larger numbers such as 11-15 and 16-20.
To help children develop this skill, they must first be able to count the objects (December CDTK skill). They must also be able to recognize the numerals. Both of these should be reviewed before putting them together for the April skill.
Practice counting to twenty-five by counting steps, toys, crayons, socks or forks/spoons. Take a walk outside and count rocks, leaves, trees, or birds. You already have what it takes to practice this skill; just use items around the house.
Write the numbers one to ten individually on pieces of paper. Practice numeral recognition by saying a number and asking your child to point to that numeral. Continue this until the child can recognize and say all of the numerals from one to ten.
Now, your child is ready for the April skill, matching the quantity with the numeral. Lay 3 objects (such as crayons) on the floor. Also, lay your numerals one through five on the floor. The child should count the objects, say the quantity (“3 crayons”) and pick up the numeral (3) that matches the quantity. Continue this practice with different quantities. Remember to start with 1-5 and move to 1-10. Also, remember to always let the child count and say the quantity first and then select the written numeral that matches this quantity.
To extend this learning, select a numeral, such as the 4, and ask the child to say the numeral. The child can then count out enough of the objects to match the selected numeral. For example, the numeral 4 is selected and held up, the child says “4”, and then the child counts out 4 crayons to match the number of crayons with the numeral. This is a much more challenging skill and will require extra work and patience.
There are many resources on the internet to support this skill, from YouTube lessons to songs and games. The following are recommended:
https://www.abcya.com – try the Pre-K Birthday Candle game.
Counting and Matching Song | Number Songs for Preschool & Kindergarten | Kids Academy - Bing video – simply type this into your browser and get several songs and activities options.
Physical activity is extremely important for your child’s health and wellness. Therefore, gross and fine motor skills should also be included in your child’s daily routines. The gross motor skill for April is any type of physical activity combined with counting. Count steps between locations such as one tree to another, from the house to the mailbox, from the kitchen to the bedroom, or the stairs to the basement.
Each year, teachers say that children enter kindergarten unable to hold a pencil or crayon. These small muscles in the hands are slow to develop, and practice is very important to strengthen the muscles and help the child develop this skill. For April, your child should practice writing and drawing numbers from 1-20, upper case letters, lower case letters, and shapes.
As always, practicing kindergarten readiness skills should be fun for both the child and adult. Every parent/caregiver has what it takes to help a child be ready for kindergarten. It does not take expensive toys or products; it simply takes interaction between the adult and child, using what is already around the house to develop the child’s cognitive and motor skills. During this unprecedented time, enjoy time with your child and have fun as you both “count down to kindergarten.”
More information can be found at newportgrammar.org or cockecountyschools.org. For other questions, don’t hesitate to call Jennifer Ellison at 423-608-2845
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BOSTON (AP) — A bill aimed at banning discrimination based on natural and protective hairstyles in workplaces, school districts, and school-related organizations was unanimously approved Thursday by the Massachusetts Senate.
The vote comes two weeks after the Massachusetts House approved a similar bill.
Supporters say Black women in particular have faced pressure in school and the workplace to alter their hair to conform to policies biased against natural hairstyles.
The Senate added a provision to the House version of the bill that would include the Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association to the list of school entities banned from adopting and implementing restrictions on natural hairstyles.
Advocates say the change will ensure those participating in sports and extracurricular activities will not be asked to change their natural or protective hairstyles in order to participate.
The bill has its roots in the case of a Massachusetts charter school that came under fire in 2017 for a policy of banning hair braid extensions. After intense criticism, the school abandoned the policy.
The U.S. House also approved a bill earlier this month that would bar discrimination against Black people who wear hairstyles like Afros, cornrows or tightly coiled twists in society, school and the workplace. The federal bill would explicitly say that such discrimination is a violation of federal civil rights law.
President Joe Biden has said he would sign the bill into law. It now heads to the U.S. Senate.
Lawmakers in the Massachusetts House and Senate now have to come up with a single version of the bill before taking a final vote and shipping it to Republican Gov. Charlie Baker for his signature.
If signed into law, Massachusetts would become the fifteenth state to adopt the measure, known as the CROWN Act.
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FREMONT, Calif., March 31, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Lam Research Corp. (NASDAQ: LRCX) today announced that the company will host its quarterly financial conference call and webcast on Wednesday, April 20, 2022, beginning at 2:00 p.m. Pacific Time (5:00 p.m. Eastern Time).
About Lam Research
Lam Research Corporation (NASDAQ: LRCX) is a global supplier of innovative wafer fabrication equipment and services to the semiconductor industry. Lam’s equipment and services allow customers to build smaller and better performing devices. In fact, today, nearly every advanced chip is built with Lam technology. We combine superior systems engineering, technology leadership, and a strong values-based culture, with an unwavering commitment to our customers. Lam Research is a FORTUNE 500® company headquartered in Fremont, California, with operations around the globe. Learn more at www.lamresearch.com (LRCX-F).
Ram Ganesh
Investor Relations
(510) 572-1615
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WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) – For some people, overdraft fees are a frustrating inconvenience. For others, they pose crippling costs. Some lawmakers now want to change how they’re charged altogether.
Rep. Carolyn Maloney introduced legislation called the “Overdraft Protection Act.” The bill includes provisions to cap the amount and number of fees a bank can charge.
“My bill tries to cut down on these unfair and deceptive practices,” the New York Democrat said.
Advocates like Elyse Crawford-Hicks with Americans for Financial Reform say overdraft fees hit low-income families and people of color the hardest.
“Overdraft fees are paid the most by people who can least afford them,” Crawford-Hicks said.
Others say over-drafting is a useful service because it can function like a short-term loan. Paul Kundert is the CEO of UW Credit Union, which recently reduced their overdraft fees and put more limits on how they charge them.
“When prices are fair, we believe consumers do benefit from access to the credit provided by overdraft fees,” Kundert said.
Recently, major banks like Wells Fargo, Citigroup and Bank of America have made changes themselves, by reducing their overdraft fees or eliminating them altogether.
Rep. Roger Williams, R-Texas, says that demonstrates the legislation is unnecessary.
“The market is naturally, naturally taking care of the issue without government intervention. And we do not need more rules from Washington,” Williams said.
Because banks make billions of dollars in revenue from overdraft fees, George Mason University Foundation Professor of Law Todd Zywicki argues the proposed changes would cost consumers.
“We’ll see higher bank fees, we’ll see higher minimum monthly deposits as basically insurance against over-drafting and we will see a loss of access to free checking,” Zywicki said.
Lawmakers like Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Mass., are promising to continue pushing for the reforms.
“How can we perform such an abusive and predatory practice that punishes people simply for being poor?” Pressley said.
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Howard County boys and girls tennis teams are excited for a conventional 2022 season after the past two seasons.
The regional tournament is scheduled to begin May 13 with the state tournament quarterfinals and semifinals scheduled for May 26-27. The season concludes on May 28 with the state finals at Wilde Lake Tennis Club in Columbia.
Centennial, Howard, Marriotts Ridge and Mt. Hebron are in Class 3A East Region I. Atholton, Long Reach, Reservoir, River Hill and Wilde Lake are in also in Class 3A East, but Region II. Glenelg, Hammond and Oakland Mills represent the final three teams in Class 2A West Region II.
With the regular season underway, here is a preview of the tennis season ahead.
Atholton
Coach: Wendy Heger, second season
Top returning players: Jason Lilly and Jessica Zhou
On the court: Both Lilly and Zhou will be the Raiders’ No. 1 singles players for the boys and girls teams, respectively. Atholton also returns several other seniors in David Szympruch, Nico Taber, Rissah Remy and Steven Tzeng. Outside of the returners, the Raiders welcome in some young talented young players like freshmen Aryan Singh, Aiden Kwon and Sam Li.
Coach’s outlook: “We have a lot of new players this year. Looking to build a fun, strong, confident team that loves tennis and loves being on our team.”
Centennial
Coach: Erin Parisi, 10th season
Last season: Boys 8-3, Girls 9-2
Top returning boys: Seniors Eric Huang, Ryan Huang and Danny Ho; sophomore Vijay Jagarapu.
Top returning girls: Seniors Rose Huang and Sarah Blackman; sophomores Michelle Fradlin and Joanna Blackman
On the court: For the boys, Eric Huang and Ryan Ho are looking to build on strong junior seasons. They finished the regular season 9-0 as the No. 1 doubles pairing. The strong doubles tandem continued their success into the postseason rattling off three consecutive victories, before a loss in the regional final. For the girls, Fradlin is coming off a phenomenal first varsity season. She had a strong regular season as the No. 2 singles player, but found even more success in doubles. Fradlin and Rose Huang won the 3A state girls doubles championship, dominating many of their matches. Freshman Avy Ramreddy is a newcomer to watch this season.
Coach’s outlook: “Our girls team graduated a number of players last year and we have a young group ready to take the court and enjoy everything about high school varsity tennis. Our boys team has some stellar returners and some new returners eager to learn from their more experienced teammates.”
Glenelg
Coach: Jennifer Shepard, third season
Last season: Boys 6-5, girls 5-6
Top returning boys: Senior Mitchell Steinberg; sophomore Lukas Zakalskis
Top returning girls: Junior Ava Stamatakis.
On the court: Steinberg won seven doubles matches in the shortened 2021 season and will look to build on that this season. In his first varsity season, Zakalskis won five matches as a freshman, adjusting well to the varsity level. For the girls, Stamatakis enjoyed an impressive sophomore season tallying five wins, looking to further that success during the 2022 season.
Coach’s Outlook: “We are looking forward to a full season of play. Our young players will get the match experience this year to grow into strong technical players.”
Hammond
Coach: Timothy McCray, first season
Last season: Boys 0-9, Girls 2-9
Top returning boys: Senior Hussain Muhammad; junior Colin Ward; sophomores Sohan Modi, Brandon Nugyen and Huy Tran
Top returning girls: Juniors Ronia Agyeman, Megan Martin, Cingh Cing and Olivia Ametewee; sophomore Shivanni Selvan.
On the court: The Golden Bears are looking to improve their record from last season, with plenty of returning experience for both the boys and girls teams. Outside of the returners for the boys, both seniors Nathaniel Lamb and Russell Hong are looking to provide added depth. In addition, the boys team has four sophomores and a freshman that will enhance the competition within the program. For the girls, Selvan is coming off a terrific freshman season as the No. 1 singles player, finishing the regular season undefeated. Agyeman and Martin are looking to build on their rapport as a doubles tandem last season. Some of the newcomers with great potential include freshman Alison Bent, who has proven to be a heavy hitter.
Coach’s outlook: “Building upon last season successes under the tutelage of previous head coach Brian Gieselman and assistant coach Timothy McCray, the chemistry and competitiveness the girls are developing and showing gives reason for excitement this season.”
Howard
Coach: Chip Boling, 15th season
Last season: Boys 9-1-1, Girls 8-3
Top returning boys: Seniors Jeff Harvey and Tyson Nguyen; juniors Alex Brosseau and Savvas Bifsas.
Top returning girls: Seniors Presley Caroland, Marina Kim and Viola Yu; junior Corinne Chau,
On the court: Brosseau is coming off an impressive sophomore season where he was a 4A state semifinalist in mixed doubles. During the regular season, he finished with an 8-2 record playing doubles. Bifsas also enjoyed a strong sophomore campaign reaching the regional finals, competing in boys doubles. For the girls, Chau was Brosseau’s partner in mixed doubles capturing a regional championship and reaching the state semifinals. Caroland and Kim is looking to cap off their high school careers strongly after making the regional finals in girls doubles. Outside of the returners, a newcomer to watch is freshman Effie Bifsas.
Coach’s outlook: “For our boys we have a solid corps of players. Our newcomers are solid players but still have a lot to learn. The team should compete hard in all matches. For our girls, we return our entire team from last year. Players have been working hard in the offseason and we should be in every match throughout the year.”
Marriotts Ridge
Coach: Scott Dingman, 17th season
Last season: Boys and girls both 14-2
Top returning boys: Seniors Pedro Arantes Gabriel, Sai Charan Chodavarapu and Shreyas Rath
Top returning girls: Senior Anna Ottman; junior Charita Sandoze
On the court: For the boys, the Mustangs return several key experienced players and will look build on an impressive 2021 season. A newcomer to watch for the boys this season is sophomore Mukundh Boopathi. For the girls, they’ll miss Gabby Tseytlin who graduated and finished last season undefeated as the No. 2 singles player. However, her and Ottman also teamed up for several matches last season proving to be a formidable duo.
Coach’s outlook: “I believe we have two solid teams with good depth from top to bottom.”
Oakland Mills
Coach: Christina Hewitt, fifth season
Top returning players: Luke Carlsen, Noad Asres, Ella Kerechanin and Estella Brummell
On the court: The Scorpions are one of the youngest teams in the county. Outside of the returners, some newcomers to watch for both the boys and girls teams are Neloni Mcentire-Mfume, Ashlynn Ramrattan and Michael Mfume. With that combination of returning and newer players, Oakland Mills is looking to show sustained improvement.
Coach’s outlook: “Overall, we have a really young team with only three seniors. Several returners have made great improvements while working hard in the off-season. I am excited to see this team compete and improve every day.”
River Hill
Coach: Kelley Pfefferkorn, seventh
Last season: Boys and girls both 11-0
Top returning players: Junior Alex Artazov; sophomore Adelaide Houston.
On the court: Artazov is coming off a phenomenal 2021 season where he was named the Howard County Boys Tennis Player of the Year. He finished 7-0 during the regular season as the Hawks No. 1 singles player. The junior captured a regional title but saw his quest for perfection end in the state finals. For the girls, Houston enjoyed an impressive freshman campaign. She finished the regular season 7-2, losing in the regional final. A newcomer to watch for the girls team is freshman Adele Lair.
Coach’s outlook: “We are optimistic for the coming season. The players are working hard to be competitive in a tough Howard County league. We are fortunate to have several players who performed well at the region/state tournament last spring.”
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Lviv, Ukraine (CNN) — Russian forces have withdrawn from Chernobyl, the site of the world's worst nuclear disaster, the state enterprise overseeing Ukraine's nuclear power plants said on Thursday. "It was confirmed that the occupiers, who seized the Chernobyl nuclear power plant and other facilities in the Exclusion Zone,...
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TSX: WEF
VANCOUVER, BC, March 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Western Forest Products Inc. (TSX: WEF) ("Western" or the "Company") first quarter 2022 financial and operating results will be released on Wednesday, May 4, 2022.
Western will host its first quarter 2022 analyst conference call on Thursday, May 5, 2022 at 12:00 p.m. PDT (3:00 p.m. EDT).
Don Demens, President and Chief Executive Officer, and Stephen Williams, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, will discuss the Company's first quarter 2022 results followed by a question and answer session with the analyst community.
To join the conference call, dial:
Toll-free from Canada and the US: 1-800-952-5114
From Toronto: 416-340-2217
Passcode: 3466690#
To access the instant replay of the call, dial:
Toll-free from Canada and the US: 1-800-408-3053
From Toronto: 905-694-9451
Passcode: 1910899#
The instant replay will be available until June 5, 2022 at 8:59 p.m. PDT (11:59 p.m. EDT).
About Western Forest Products Inc.
Western is an integrated forest products company building a margin-focused log and lumber business to compete successfully in global softwood markets. With operations and employees located primarily on the coast of British Columbia and Washington State, Western is a premier supplier of high-value, specialty forest products to worldwide markets. Western has a lumber capacity in excess of 1.0 billion board feet from seven sawmills and four remanufacturing facilities. The Company sources timber from its private lands, long-term licenses, First Nations arrangements, and market purchases. Western supplements its production through a wholesale program providing customers with a comprehensive range of specialty products.
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BUFFALO, NY (WKBW) — Dominic Pennacchio is a manager at D&H paving, and he said the cost of repaving roads, driveways and parking lots has significantly increased this year.
“It’s at least 30-40 percent,” Pennacchio said. “Because it’s not only asphalt, but it’s also diesel, diesel fuel us over 5 dollars a gallon which is very expensive.”
He said if you had a job estimated for $10,000 last year, this year you’re looking at a $14,000 job.
“I am shocked, and the consumers are,” Pennacchio said. “If you priced a job last year and you’re asking me to hold the price this year, I can’t.”
City of Buffalo’s Department of Public Works also said it’s seeing a 30% increase in paving contracts this year.
Commissioner of Public Works, Michael Finn, said the price of asphalt itself is up by 15% but gasoline and diesel prices have doubled over the past year.
“Gasoline affects everything, all the machines that do the paving are gasoline powered or diesel, so that’s definitely adding to the cost of paving.”
Finn said the city did budget for paving cost increases, but prices exceeded what they estimated so now they’re relying on state funding.
“As the state budget is being finalized right now, we are hopeful additional dollars come through,” Finn said.
Finn said if funding does come through there should not be a delay in filling potholes and repaving roads.
“Labor issues is not something we have seen at this point,” Finn said, “Most of the cost increases have been related to material price increases.”
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The Pac-12 on Tuesday announced it would dissolve the conference office, move to a fully-remote work environment for most employees and rent a small content production studio — all before the lease on the downtown San Francisco rental space expires next summer.
Our reaction to the news:
1. The decision is so smart on so many levels, but above all, it makes financial sense.
Eliminating about $8 million in annual rent on Third Street should generate in excess of $500,000 in cash for each athletic department, with the exact figure depending on the occupancy cost of the production facility. (The location hasn’t been determined.)
2. Running a close second to cash flow considerations is the brainpower component.
The conference was leaving San Francisco next summer, one way or another. Commissioner George Kliavkoff could have maintained an office in the traditional sense — perhaps in the Bay Area exurbs or Las Vegas — but the relocation would have been a burden on the staff.
(The Pac-12 has about 200 employees across the conference and networks divisions.)
The move to a fully remote operation for the roughly 150 employees not directly tied to the content production studio will ensure retention and enable conference operations to maintain continuity.
And there’s this: The remote environment will help the Pac-12 attract new talent that would otherwise balk at moving to the Bay Area.
The only requirement is that employees must live in the Mountain or Pacific time zones.
3. The retention of current employees and the enhanced opportunity to hire new talent carry immense benefits for the campuses, which work closely with the conference office on numerous endeavors.
The more brainpower at HQ — even if there isn’t a physical HQ — the better for the schools.
And because the conference is saving millions in rent, it can afford to hold semi-annual or quarterly meetings on the campuses to further improve collaboration.
The move greatly reduces the physical and psychological space separating the conference from the athletic departments.
4. Kliavkoff’s decision, months in the making, was received “like a breath of fresh air” by the conference staff, according to an employee who lauded the shifting workplace culture that has taken root since the change in commissioners.
The past few years had been tense on Third Street. Everyone knew a massive change was coming; nobody was sure what shape it would take.
5. In one sense, Tuesday marked the start of the Kliavkoff era.
He has been in charge since July 1 and deftly navigated a series of challenges, from conference realignment and the formation of the alliance to the College Football Playoff debate.
He has rebuilt trust between the Pac-12 office and the campuses and created a more collaborative working environment.
He has impressed everyone with what he knows, what he’s willing to admit he doesn’t know, and what he’s willing to learn.
But Tuesday brought the first major decision that directly impacts the operation and organization of the conference and the campuses, not to mention the first that will materially alter the cash flow to the schools.
Steeped in both symbolism and real-world functionality, it was the first palpable break with the Larry Scott era.
6. Tellingly, the decision couldn’t have been more different than the move made a decade ago.
Transitioning to a fully remote work environment with a small, cheap production facility is the absolute antithesis of renting two floors of office space in downtown San Francisco.
Just as Kliavkoff is, in so many ways, the antithesis of Scott.
7. Now, let’s be clear: Neither existence — the free-spending ways of the Scott era or the sensibility of the Kliavkoff era — would have been possible without approval from the university presidents and chancellors.
They were disengaged and indifferent to expense management a decade ago and let Scott do as he pleased.
They are involved and deeply mindful of cash flow now and backed Kliavkoff’s decision.
One approach was wrong for the conference on every level, the other right in every regard.
8. We can close the books on the Scott era in two costly areas: The structure of his compensation and location of the conference and networks office.
The Hotline went deep into our collection of Pac-12 tax filings to determine Scott’s total salary over the course of his 13 years under contract.
We don’t have the 990s for every year, but there are more than enough to confidently state Scott will have received in excess of $45 million from his first day on the job (July 1, 2009) through his last day under contract (June 30, 2022).
That’s an absurd amount, but we don’t fault Scott for taking what the conference was willing to pay.
Nope, the fault lies with the presidents for agreeing to a plan that compensated Scott for being the commissioner of the conference and the chief executive of the wholly-owned media company (the Pac-12 Networks), along with any potential bonuses that came with the media rights deal he signed a decade ago.
Let’s say the contract terms had been more practical. Even a 50 percent reduction would have paid Scott an average of $2 million annually (approximately) over his tenure, which strikes us as reasonable.
That would have saved the conference at least $20 million.
9. Now, the occupancy issue.
What if the presidents had directed Scott to keep the conference office in Walnut Creek and plant the Pac-12 Networks operation on the outskirts of the Bay Area — somewhere, anywhere, that was markedly cheaper than downtown San Francisco?
Instead of paying $7 million or $8 million annually for 11 years for two floors of space on Third Street, imagine the conference paying one-third that amount to stay in Walnut Creek and housing a production facility in the East Bay.
That’s $50 million in savings. (Our estimates are conservative.)
Those two decisions — Scott’s compensation and the location of the office — result in the conference paying about $70 million more than necessary for the exact same results.
Scott was the same commissioner whether he made $2 million or $5 million annually.
The Pac-12 Networks gained no material benefit from being on Third Street as opposed to Walnut Creek.
10. The fiscal sins of the past have given way to a prudent present and encouraging future.
Pac-12 success starts at the top, the very top.
Only UCLA chancellor Gene Block and ASU president Michael Crow remain in place from the group that hired Scott and approved the move to San Francisco and the formation of the Pac-12 Networks.
For a bunch of smart people, they knew squat about college athletics and the media business.
Fans and athletic department officials alike should be encouraged that this group of presidents and chancellors is engaged and has hired the right commissioner to carve a new path forward.
The next step for them: Care as much about football success as they do about reducing rent.
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A New Jersey Public-Pension Executive Resigns Amid Conflict-of-Interest Review
Russell Niemie says he left the $31 billion New Jersey Police and Firemen’s Retirement System for health reasons
The head of investments for the New Jersey Police and Firemen’s Retirement System has resigned after a pension fund that previously employed him said he failed to disclose a conflict of interest.
Russell Niemie resigned as the New Jersey fund’s chief investment officer effective Tuesday, a spokesman for the Trenton-based pension system said. The Police and Firemen’s Retirement System, which manages some $31 billion in assets, is working to hire an executive-search firm to find a new chief investment officer, he added.
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Invite-only social audio platform Clubhouse will let users limit who can see their full profiles due to increased security threats related to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, according to a company blog post. Users can now change their profile settings to “protected”, which will only allow pre-approved followers to view the rooms and clubs they’ve visited, as well as replays. Unapproved followers won’t be able to see when a user is online. Clubhouse also won’t recommend protected profile holders to other users they don’t know.
“We're grateful we've become a meeting place for people around the world to connect during this time, but we also know that times of conflict and upheaval make it increasingly important to be mindful of your presence online and what you share,” wrote the platform in its post.
The nearly two-year-old platform has been slow to roll out moderation and safety features for its many users, despite regular instances of harassment and abuse on the app. A number of Clubhouse users have faced targeted harassment on the platform, including doctors giving advice on the Covid-19 pandemic, Jews, Palestinians, women and people of color. It's also very hard to remain anonymous on the platform. Clubhouse requires a phone number to join, and (unless you opt out) will recommend other Clubhouse users in your phone’s contact list. It also requires you to use your real first and last name in order to create a profile.
Clubhouse remains one of the few Western tech companies that hasn’t temporarily restricted services for Russian users, or been banned in Russia. For many anti-war Russians, Clubhouse remains one of few viable options for relaying information to the outside world. Meanwhile, many users from Ukraine have flocked to Clubhouse to discuss the ongoing invasion. Given the app’s lack of anonymity, it’s likely such users would need an extra security measure.
But as far as privacy goes, Clubhouse only offers the bare minimum, even with protected profiles. Users will still be able to see the names, usernames, bios and any linked social media on protected profiles. The platform also turned off its “Replay” feature for all users in Ukraine, meaning that conversations will no longer be recorded by default. Besides that, Clubhouse users are left to use their best judgment when it comes to expressing views that could get them in trouble with their government or disclosing personal information.
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https://www.engadget.com/clubhouse-will-let-users-approve-followers-in-response-to-ukraine-invasion-223041029.html?src=rss
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College bursar jailed four years for N16.5m fraud in Taraba
Justice F.J. Agya of the Taraba State High Court, Jalingo, on Thursday sentenced a former bursar of Federal Government Girls’ College (FGGC), Ezekiel Oparinde, to four years imprisonment for N16.5 million fraud.
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) confirmed the development in a statement issued by its spokesperson, Azuka Ogugua.
The commission arraigned Oparinde on a three-count charge for allegedly misappropriating funds belonging to the college.
READ ALSO: Internet fraudster’s mother sentenced to five years in jail
The ICPC alleged that the bursar held private interests in two companies he awarded contracts running into millions of naira while in office.
The contracts were awarded between 2011 and 2014.
In his ruling, the judge sentenced the defendant to one-year imprisonment with an option of a N100,000 fine on counts one and two, and two years in jail or an option of N150,000 fine on count three.
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LANCASTER – The trauma center at Antelope Valley Medical Center has been verified as a Level II Trauma Center by the Verification Review Committee, an ad hoc committee of the Committee on Trauma of the American College of Surgeons. This achievement recognizes the trauma center’s dedication to providing optimal care for injured patients, according to AVMC.
“We are proud of our multi-disciplinary team, whom have worked diligently to achieve this certification,” said Edward Mirzabegian, Antelope Valley Medical Center, CEO.
“As the only trauma program serving the three counties in northeast Los Angeles, we are committed to providing high quality trauma care to our patients in their critical time of need,” said Dr. Pavel Petrik, Trauma Medical Director at Antelope Valley Medical Center,
Established by the American College of Surgeons in 1987, the Committee on Trauma’s Consultation/Verification Program for Hospitals promotes the development of trauma centers in which participants provide not only the hospital resources necessary for trauma care, but also the entire spectrum of care to address the needs of all injured patients. Verified trauma centers must meet the essential criteria that ensure trauma care capability and institutional performance, as outlined by the American College of Surgeons’ Committee on Trauma in its current Resources for Optimal Care of the Injured Patient manual.
The ACS Committee on Trauma’s verification program does not designate trauma centers. Rather, the program provides confirmation that a trauma center has demonstrated its commitment to providing the highest quality trauma care for all injured patients. The actual establishment and the designation of trauma centers is the function of local, regional, or state health care systems agencies, such as the local emergency medical services (EMS) authority.
There are five separate categories of verification in the Committee on Trauma’s program. Each category has specific criteria that must be met by a facility seeking that level of verification. Each hospital has an on-site review by a team of experienced site reviewers, who use the current Resources for the Optimal Care of the Injured Patient manual as a guideline in conducting the survey.
To learn more about the Antelope Valley Medical Center Level II Trauma Center, visit: www.avmc.org/trauma.
[Information via news release from Antelope Valley Medical Center.]
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Thousands evacuated in Florida amid massive wildfires
Wildfires in Florida forced the evacuation of more than 1,000 homes on Sunday, including veterans in a nursing home.
The Bertha Swamp Road fire engulfed 9,000 acres, while the Adkins Avenue fire covered just over 840 acres. Combined, the blazes have forced the evacuations of at least 1,100 homes in Florida’s Bay County, according to The Associated Press.
As of Sunday, the Bertha Swamp Road fire was 10 percent contained and the Adkins Avenue fire was 35 percent contained, according to the Florida Forest Service.
A third fire started on Sunday, prompting a 120-bed, state-operated nursing home to be evacuated in Panama City. Residents from that home were moved to the Clifford Chester Sims State Veterans’ Nursing Home, the AP reported.
“I know there has been frustration with people not being able to get back into their homes,” said Bay County Sheriff Tommy Ford, per the wire service. “But we have had things that have popped up on a minute’s notice and really caused problems. As soon as we can, we will let people go back.”
Buses were also ready in the event of a need to evacuate Bay County Jail’s 1,300 inmates, the AP added.
As the county faces the large fires, it is still recovering from Hurricane Michael, a devastating Category 5 storm that struck in 2018, killing 16 people and causing roughly $25 billion in damage.
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DETROIT (AP) _ The winning numbers in Thursday evening's drawing of the Michigan Lottery's "Keno" game were:
16-18-26-28-30-32-35-40-43-45-48-49-50-57-59-62-64-66-67-74-76-80
(sixteen, eighteen, twenty-six, twenty-eight, thirty, thirty-two, thirty-five, forty, forty-three, forty-five, forty-eight, forty-nine, fifty, fifty-seven, fifty-nine, sixty-two, sixty-four, sixty-six, sixty-seven, seventy-four, seventy-six, eighty)
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NEW YORK (AP) — Major League Baseball finalized the rules change Thursday to bring back automatic runners in extra innings for a third straight season.
Despite an easing of pandemic restrictions, MLB and the players’ association agreed to keep the controversial rule that starts each team with a runner on second base during extra innings for the 2022 regular season.
The agreement regarding on-field rules modifications also includes expanding active rosters from 26 players to 28 from opening day on April 7 through May 1 this year, due to the delayed start of spring training.
Another new rule benefits Angels two-way star Shohei Ohtani. With the designated hitter adopted in both leagues, pitchers who start games in the batting order can remain in the game as a DH after leaving the mound. A DH can also enter the game to pitch. That change will apply to multiple seasons.
“The expansion of the designated hitter and giving two-way players enhanced flexibility to showcase their talents will benefit the game for the foreseeable future,” union director of player services Kevin Slowey said in a statement. “The roster and extra-inning adjustments will also serve to protect the health and safety of players during what will be a unique 2022 season.”
The “zombie” runner modification was applied to the 2020 and 2021 regular seasons as part of adjustments due to COVID-19.
There were 78 extra-inning games during the pandemic-shortened 2020 season, and the longest by innings were a pair of 13-inning contests at Houston, won by the Los Angeles Dodgers on July 29 and by Oakland on Aug. 7. Every previous season since 1901 had at least one game of 15 innings or longer
There were 233 extra-inning games last year, and the longest was the Dodgers’ 16-inning win at the San Diego Padres on Aug. 25.
The modification for 2020 and 2021 that shortened doubleheaders to scheduled seven-inning games was not continued for 2022.
Active rosters will be 28 from opening day through May 1; 26 from May 2 through Aug. 31; and 28 for the rest of the regular season. Last season, the limit was 26 from opening day through Aug. 31, then 28.
Rookie qualifications going forward will remain the same as in 2021, when September days were not excluded toward the threshold of 45 days for the exhaustion of rookie status in future seasons.
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easyJet plc (OTCMKTS:ESYJY – Get Rating) was the target of a large decline in short interest in March. As of March 15th, there was short interest totalling 43,500 shares, a decline of 22.3% from the February 28th total of 56,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 115,600 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 0.4 days.
A number of research firms have commented on ESYJY. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft cut shares of easyJet from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Wednesday, January 12th. Morgan Stanley cut their price target on shares of easyJet from GBX 900 ($11.79) to GBX 800 ($10.48) in a research note on Tuesday. Stifel Nicolaus raised shares of easyJet from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, January 26th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted their price target on shares of easyJet from GBX 535 ($7.01) to GBX 620 ($8.12) in a research note on Friday, January 21st. Finally, Berenberg Bank reaffirmed a “buy” rating on shares of easyJet in a research note on Thursday, December 2nd. Three analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, three have assigned a hold rating and nine have given a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, easyJet has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $773.33.
OTCMKTS:ESYJY traded down $0.05 during midday trading on Thursday, reaching $7.36. 28,355 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 26,201. The company has a fifty day moving average of $8.01 and a 200 day moving average of $8.31. easyJet has a 12 month low of $5.73 and a 12 month high of $15.74.
easyJet Plc engages in the provision of passenger airline and carrier services. Its principal activities include airline operations and aircraft trading and leasing. The company was founded by Stelios Haji-Ioannou in March 1995 and is headquartered in Luton, the United Kingdom.
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(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.)
Scott L. Montgomery, University of Washington
(THE CONVERSATION) The Biden administration on March 31, 2022, said it plans to release an unprecedented 180 million barrels of oil from the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve to combat the recent spike in gas and diesel prices. About a million barrels of oil will be released every day for up to six months.
If all the oil is released, it would represent almost one-third of the current volume of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. It follows a release of 30 million barrels in early March, a large withdrawal until the latest one.
But what is the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, why was it created, and when has it been used? And does it still serve a purpose, given that the U.S. exports more oil and other petroleum products than it imports?
As an energy researcher, I believe considering the reserve’s history can help answer these questions.
Origins of the reserve
Congress created the Strategic Petroleum Reserve as part of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act of 1975 in response to a global oil crisis.
Arab oil-exporting states led by Saudi Arabia had cut supply to the world market because of Western support for Israel in the 1973 Yom Kippur War. Oil prices quadrupled, resulting in major economic damage to the U.S. and other countries. This also shook the average American, who had grown used to cheap oil.
The oil crisis caused the U.S., Japan and 15 other advanced countries to form the International Energy Agency in 1974 to recommend policies that would forestall such events in the future. One of the agency’s key ideas was to create emergency petroleum reserves that could be drawn on in case of a severe supply disruption.
The Energy Policy and Conservation Act originally stipulated the reserve should hold up to 1 billion barrels of crude and refined petroleum products. Though it has never reached that size, the U.S. reserve is the largest in the world, with a maximum volume of 714 million barrels. The cap was previously set at 727 million barrels.
As of March 25, 2022, the reserve contained about 568 million barrels.
Oil in the reserve is stored underground in a series of large underground salt domes in four locations along the Gulf Coast of Texas and Louisiana, and is linked to major supply pipelines in the region.
Salt domes, formed when a mass of salt is forced upward, are a good choice for storage since salt is impermeable and has low solubility in crude oil. Most of the storage sites were acquired by the federal government in 1977 and became fully operational in the 1980s.
History of drawdowns
In the 1975 act, Congress specified that the reserve was intended to prevent “severe supply interruptions” – that is, actual oil shortages.
Over time, as the oil market has changed, Congress expanded the list of reasons for which the Strategic Petroleum Reserve could be tapped, such as domestic supply interruptions due to extreme weather.
Prior to March 2022, about 280 million barrels of crude oil had been released since the reserve’s creation, including a 50 million release that began in November 2021.
There have only been three emergency releases in the reserve’s history. The first was in 1991 after Iraq invaded Kuwait the year before, which resulted in a sharp drop in oil supply to the world market. The U.S. released 34 million barrels.
The second release, of 30 million barrels, came in 2005 after Hurricanes Rita and Katrina knocked out Gulf of Mexico production, which then comprised about 25% of U.S. domestic supply.
The third was a coordinated release by the International Energy Agency in 2011 as a result of supply disruptions from several oil-producing countries, including Libya, then facing civil unrest during the Arab Spring. In all, the agency coordinated a release of 60 million barrels of crude, half of which came from the U.S.
In addition, there have been 11 planned sales of oil from the reserve, mainly to generate federal revenue. One of these – the 1996-1997 sale to reduce the federal budget deficit – seemed to serve political ends rather than supply-related ones.
A better way to avoid pain at the pump
President Joe Biden’s November decision to tap the reserve was also seen as political by Republicans because there was no emergency shortage of supply at that time.
Similarly, the latest historic release of 180 million barrels could also be seen as serving a political purpose – in an election year, no less. But I believe it also seems perfectly legitimate in terms of fulfilling the Strategic Petroleum Reserve’s original purpose: reducing the negative impacts of a major oil price shock.
Though the U.S. is today a net petroleum exporter, it continues to import as much as 8.2 million barrels of crude oil every day.
[Over 150,000 readers rely on The Conversation’s newsletters to understand the world. Sign up today.]
But in my view, the best way to avoid the pain of oil price shocks is to lower oil demand by reducing global carbon emissions – rather than mainly relying on releases from the reserve.
This is an updated version of an article originally published on Nov. 24, 2021.
This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article here: https://theconversation.com/biden-bets-a-million-barrels-a-day-will-drive-down-soaring-gas-prices-what-you-need-to-know-about-the-strategic-petroleum-reserve-180461.
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(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.)
Scott L. Montgomery, University of Washington
(THE CONVERSATION) The Biden administration on March 31, 2022, said it plans to release an unprecedented 180 million barrels of oil from the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve to combat the recent spike in gas and diesel prices. About a million barrels of oil will be released every day for up to six months.
If all the oil is released, it would represent almost one-third of the current volume of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. It follows a release of 30 million barrels in early March, a large withdrawal until the latest one.
But what is the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, why was it created, and when has it been used? And does it still serve a purpose, given that the U.S. exports more oil and other petroleum products than it imports?
As an energy researcher, I believe considering the reserve’s history can help answer these questions.
Origins of the reserve
Congress created the Strategic Petroleum Reserve as part of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act of 1975 in response to a global oil crisis.
Arab oil-exporting states led by Saudi Arabia had cut supply to the world market because of Western support for Israel in the 1973 Yom Kippur War. Oil prices quadrupled, resulting in major economic damage to the U.S. and other countries. This also shook the average American, who had grown used to cheap oil.
The oil crisis caused the U.S., Japan and 15 other advanced countries to form the International Energy Agency in 1974 to recommend policies that would forestall such events in the future. One of the agency’s key ideas was to create emergency petroleum reserves that could be drawn on in case of a severe supply disruption.
The Energy Policy and Conservation Act originally stipulated the reserve should hold up to 1 billion barrels of crude and refined petroleum products. Though it has never reached that size, the U.S. reserve is the largest in the world, with a maximum volume of 714 million barrels. The cap was previously set at 727 million barrels.
As of March 25, 2022, the reserve contained about 568 million barrels.
Oil in the reserve is stored underground in a series of large underground salt domes in four locations along the Gulf Coast of Texas and Louisiana, and is linked to major supply pipelines in the region.
Salt domes, formed when a mass of salt is forced upward, are a good choice for storage since salt is impermeable and has low solubility in crude oil. Most of the storage sites were acquired by the federal government in 1977 and became fully operational in the 1980s.
History of drawdowns
In the 1975 act, Congress specified that the reserve was intended to prevent “severe supply interruptions” – that is, actual oil shortages.
Over time, as the oil market has changed, Congress expanded the list of reasons for which the Strategic Petroleum Reserve could be tapped, such as domestic supply interruptions due to extreme weather.
Prior to March 2022, about 280 million barrels of crude oil had been released since the reserve’s creation, including a 50 million release that began in November 2021.
There have only been three emergency releases in the reserve’s history. The first was in 1991 after Iraq invaded Kuwait the year before, which resulted in a sharp drop in oil supply to the world market. The U.S. released 34 million barrels.
The second release, of 30 million barrels, came in 2005 after Hurricanes Rita and Katrina knocked out Gulf of Mexico production, which then comprised about 25% of U.S. domestic supply.
The third was a coordinated release by the International Energy Agency in 2011 as a result of supply disruptions from several oil-producing countries, including Libya, then facing civil unrest during the Arab Spring. In all, the agency coordinated a release of 60 million barrels of crude, half of which came from the U.S.
In addition, there have been 11 planned sales of oil from the reserve, mainly to generate federal revenue. One of these – the 1996-1997 sale to reduce the federal budget deficit – seemed to serve political ends rather than supply-related ones.
A better way to avoid pain at the pump
President Joe Biden’s November decision to tap the reserve was also seen as political by Republicans because there was no emergency shortage of supply at that time.
Similarly, the latest historic release of 180 million barrels could also be seen as serving a political purpose – in an election year, no less. But I believe it also seems perfectly legitimate in terms of fulfilling the Strategic Petroleum Reserve’s original purpose: reducing the negative impacts of a major oil price shock.
Though the U.S. is today a net petroleum exporter, it continues to import as much as 8.2 million barrels of crude oil every day.
[Over 150,000 readers rely on The Conversation’s newsletters to understand the world. Sign up today.]
But in my view, the best way to avoid the pain of oil price shocks is to lower oil demand by reducing global carbon emissions – rather than mainly relying on releases from the reserve.
This is an updated version of an article originally published on Nov. 24, 2021.
This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article here: https://theconversation.com/biden-bets-a-million-barrels-a-day-will-drive-down-soaring-gas-prices-what-you-need-to-know-about-the-strategic-petroleum-reserve-180461.
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https://www.thetelegraph.com/news/article/Biden-bets-a-million-barrels-a-day-will-drive-17049686.php
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LONDON (AP) — Climate activist Greta Thunberg has compiled a handbook for tackling the world’s interconnected environmental crises, with contributions from leading scientists and writers.
Penguin Random House announced Thursday that “The Climate Book” will be published in Britain in October.
It contains contributions from more than 100 academics, thinkers and campaigners, including novelists Margaret Atwood and Amitav Ghosh, climate scientist Saleemul Huq and World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.
The book aims to help readers connect the dots between threats to the climate, environment, sustainability and indigenous populations — among others — and is intended as a guide to understanding and activism.
Contributors including Kenyan environmentalist Wanjira Mathai, Brazilian indigenous activist Sonia Guajajara, French economist Thomas Piketty and Canadian journalist Naomi Klein offer “compelling stories of change, action and resilience,” the publisher said, alongside Thunberg’s own stories of “learning, demonstrating, and uncovering greenwashing around the world.”
“My hope is that this book might be some kind of go-to source for understanding these different, closely interconnected crises,” Thunberg said in a statement.
Chloe Currens, editor at Penguin Press, said it was “a unique book, alive with moral purpose, which aims to change the climate conversation forever.”
Thunberg began skipping classes once a week to protest climate change in 2018, when she was 15, sparking a series of school walkouts that grew into a global youth movement.
Now 19, the Swedish activist has already published a memoir, “Our House Is On Fire” and a collection of speeches, “No One Is Too Small to Make a Difference.”
“The Climate Book” is published Oct. 27 in the U.K. by Allen Lane and in the U.S. in early 2023 by Penguin Press, as well as in countries around the world.
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https://www.mystateline.com/entertainment-news/greta-thunberg-aims-to-drive-change-with-the-climate-book/
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4-H has an exciting contest and partnership this month they hope the public will play a part in. The in-school club lesson for February was about saving money. So this month 4-Her’s have been challenged with, and have been working hard to craft handmade piggy banks to enter in the annual Cocke County 4-H Piggy Bank Pageant.
The entries weren't restricted to just pigs, club members could create anything they wish and there are some very unique entries. They must have a way to get the money in and out without destroying it and had to meet size requirements. A total of 35 piggy banks from across the county are now on display at the Newport Federal Bank at 170 W Broadway Street from April 1-8.
Parrottsville, Centerview, Del Rio, Bridgeport, Smoky Mountain, Edgemont, and Cosby elementary schools are represented. Everyone is welcome to stop by the bank and vote on their favorite, most creative piggy bank entry. The bank will be awarding prizes to the top three winners.
You are more than welcome to stop by the bank and take pictures of the entries. They are on display past the secretaries desk in the lobby.
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VANCOUVER, British Columbia, March 31, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Novo Resources Corp. (“Novo” or the “Company”) (TSX: NVO, NVO.WT & NVO.WT.A) (OTCQX: NSRPF) is pleased to announce its financial results for the three and twelve-month periods ended December 31, 2021. All amounts are expressed in Canadian dollars, unless otherwise noted.
This news release should be read together with Novo’s management’s discussion and analysis (the “Annual MD&A”) and audited consolidated financial statements (the “Audited Financial Statements”) for the year ended December 31, 2021 (“Fiscal 2021”) and the eleven-month transitional period ended December 31, 2020 (“Fiscal 2020”) which are available under Novo’s profile on SEDAR (www.sedar.com). The fourth quarter of Fiscal 2021 is referred to as “Q4 2021” in this news release.
Highlights
- Revenue of $112.2 million from the sale of 49,232 ounces of gold from the Company’s Beatons Creek gold project (the “Beatons Creek Project”) in Fiscal 2021 ($29.9 million from the sale of 13,023 ounces in Q4 2021) at an average realized price1 of $2,281 / A$2,421/ US$1,819 per ounce ($2,294 / A$2,498 / US$1,821 per ounce for Q4 2021) subsequent to Novo’s inaugural gold pour on February 16, 20212
- Cash and cash equivalents of $32.5 million as at December 31, 2021
- Investment portfolio balance of $156.2 million3 as at December 31, 2021, including a 9.13% undiluted stake in New Found Gold Corp. (TSXV: NFG) (“New Found”)
- Continuing focus on high-priority exploration targets, with exploration spend of $12.1 million in Fiscal 2021 ($12.3 million in Fiscal 2020)
- Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (“EBITDA”)1 of $41.7 million in Fiscal 2021 ($(49.8) million for Q4 2021) and adjusted EBITDA1 of $(2.4) million in Fiscal 2021 ($(5.2) million for Q4 2021)
- Total cash costs1 of $1,865 / A$1,980 / US$1,488 per ounce sold in Fiscal 2021 ($2,296 / A$2,501 / US$1,822 in Q4 2021) and all-in sustaining costs (“AISC”)1 of $2,637 / A$2,799 / US$2,104 per ounce sold in Fiscal 2021 ($3,143 / A$3,423 / US$2,494 per ounce sold in Q4 2021)
- Recognition of a one-time non-cash gain of $85.6 million in Fiscal 2021 as a result of the accounting treatment (discontinuation of equity accounting; see below) for the Company’s investment in New Found
- Recognition of a non-cash impairment charge of $46.9 million in Q4 2021 due to uncertainty regarding the timing of the receipt of the Fresh mining approvals and Beatons Creek Project operational performance to date against forecast
- Completion of final payment of AUD$3 million for the Comet Well project near Karratha, Western Australia in February 20214
- Amendment of senior secured credit facility with Sprott Private Resource Lending II (Collector), LP (the “Sprott Facility”) and draw-down of additional USD$5 million in April 20215
- Completion of sale of part of the Company’s Blue Spec project near Nullagine, Western Australia to Calidus Resources Ltd. (ASX: CAI) (“Calidus”) in April 2021 for gross aggregate consideration of AUD$12.5 million cash (AUD$2.5 million received in Fiscal 2020) plus 13,333,333 ordinary shares of Calidus6, all of which were sold in Q4 2021 (along with some pre-existing Calidus shares) for gross proceeds of AUD$8.7 million
- Completion of $26.4 million brokered private placement of special warrants in May 20217
Also refer to the Company’s Q4 2021 operational update8 and comprehensive exploration update9. The Company will provide further operations and exploration updates during April 2022.
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1 Non-IFRS measure; the definitions and reconciliations of these measures are included under “Non-IFRS Measures” below.
2 Refer to the Company’s news release dated February 16, 2021.
3 Novo’s ability to dispose of its investments is subject to certain thresholds under the Sprott Facility. Please refer to the Annual MD&A which is available under Novo’s profile on SEDAR at www.sedar.com. Novo’s investment in New Found Gold Corp. is subject to escrow requirements pursuant to National Instrument 46-201 Escrow for Initial Public Offerings. The value of Novo’s holdings in Elementum 3D, Inc. (“E3D”) is based on E3D’s most recent financing price of US$8.00 per unit comprised of one common share and one-half of one common share purchase warrant. Except for its investment in E3D and warrant holdings, the fair value of Novo’s investments is based on closing prices of its investments and relevant foreign exchanges rate as at December 31, 2021.
4 Refer to the Company’s news release dated February 4, 2021.
5 Refer to the Company’s news release dated April 9, 2021.
6 Refer to the Company’s news release dated March 23, 2021.
7 Refer to the Company’s news release dated May 4, 2021.
8 Refer to the Company’s news release dated January 14, 2022.
9 Refer to the Company’s news release dated January 28, 2022.
Financial Highlights
The Company did not have any revenue-generating operations prior to its inaugural gold pour on February 16, 20212.
Novo generated revenue of $112.2 million from the sale of 49,232 ounces of gold at an average realized price1 of $2,281 / A$2,421/ US$1,819 per ounce in Fiscal 2021. Approximately 1,362,534 tonnes of mineralized material were processed through the Golden Eagle processing facility (the “Golden Eagle Plant”) in Fiscal 2021 subsequent to the Company’s inaugural gold pour2, equating to an annual processing rate of approximately 1.6 million tonnes per annum. Processed material had an average head grade of 1.25 g/t Au with average recovery of 93.0%8 resulting in 49,364 ounces of gold produced in Fiscal 20218.
Revenue for Q4 2021 was $29.9 million from the sale of 13,023 ounces of gold at an average realized price1 of $2,294 / A$2,498 / US$1,821 per ounce. Processing rates were affected by a number of unscheduled short-term mill shuts during Q4 2021, including a longer shut in early November 2021 which accompanied significant crusher maintenance10. Approximately 395,000 tonnes of mineralized material were processed through the Golden Eagle Plant in Q4 2021 at an average head grade of 1.16 g/t Au and average recovery of 91.5%8. The Company produced 12,833 ounces of gold and sold 13,023 ounces of gold in Q4 20218.
The Company generated a net loss of $(0.7) million or $(0.00) per share in Fiscal 2021, and a net loss of $(59.3) million or $(0.24) per share in Q4 2021.
EBITDA1 totaled $41.5 million in Fiscal 2021 ($(49.8) million in Q4 2021), and adjusted EBITDA1 totaled $(2.5) million in Fiscal 2021 ($(5.2) million in Q4 2021).
Total cash costs1 were $1,865 / A$1,980 / US$1,488 in Fiscal 2021 ($2,296 / A$2,501 / US$1,822 in Q4 2021). AISC1 was $2,637 / A$2,799 / US$2,104 in Fiscal 2021 ($3,143 / A$3,423 / US$2,494 in Q4 2021). Total cash costs1 and AISC1 are heavily influenced by the number of ounces of gold sold and are higher than anticipated due to, among other things, a lower production base than forecast.
Adjusted earnings (losses)1 were $(52.0) million or $(0.22) per share in Fiscal 2021, and $(16.1) million or $(0.07) per share in Q4 2021. Non-cash adjustments include a gain recognized on the discontinuation of equity accounting for the Company’s investment in New Found, impairment related to the Beatons Creek Project, and income tax expenses related to the movement in fair value of the Company’s investment portfolio.
The Company recognized a non-cash impairment expense of $46.9 million related to the Company’s Beatons Creek Project in Q4 2021 due to current uncertainty regarding the timing of the receipt of the Fresh mining approvals and Beatons Creek Project operational performance to December 31, 2021 against forecast.
The Company is committed to aggressively advancing its highly prospective exploration portfolio and devoted
$12.1 million to such efforts in Fiscal 2021.
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10 Refer to the Company’s news releases dated November 1, 2021, and November 5, 2021.
Financial Position
The Company held cash and cash equivalents of $32.5 million as at December 31, 2021, with a working capital1 balance of $3.9 million. The Company’s investment portfolio balance grew by 732% from December 31, 2020 to $156.2 million3 and includes the Company’s 9.13% undiluted investment in New Found (currently worth approximately $114.75 million) along with the Company’s undiluted 12.6% investment (pre-financing) in unlisted Elementum 3D Inc. (“E3D”). The Company revalued its holdings in E3D in Q4 2021 from $6.6 million to $16.5 million based on E3D’s ongoing financing at USD$8.00 per unit.
During Fiscal 2020, the Company determined that it exercised significant influence over New Found pursuant to IAS 28 Investment in Associates and Joint Ventures. On September 17, 2021, immediately subsequent to New Found’s most recent annual general meeting, Novo determined that it had ceased to exercise significant influence over New Found, discontinued equity accounting, and recognized its retained interest in New Found as a marketable security at fair value resulting in a non-cash one-time gain of $85.6 million based on the difference between New Found’s fair value using its share price on the date of derecognition ($7.15) and the carrying value of the investment using the equity accounting method, with certain adjustments.
The Sprott Facility remains fully drawn at USD$40 million. Interest accrues on the outstanding principal amount of the Sprott Facility at a rate of 8% per annum plus the greater of (i) US three-month LIBOR and (ii) 1.00%. All interest is payable in cash on a monthly basis. Principal is repayable commencing December 2022 and quarterly thereafter until September 2024 in eight equal instalments. The availability of the Sprott Facility is subject to certain conditions and covenants, including the maintenance of minimum unrestricted cash and working capital balances after certain adjustments. As at December 31, 2021 and the date of this news release, the Company is in compliance with Sprott Facility conditions and covenants, as amended or waived.
Outlook
The Company reiterates its previous production forecast for the first half of 2022 of 27 koz – 33 koz Au11, which remains influenced by close-spaced drilling and mine-to-mill reconciliation efforts and assumes receipt of requisite approvals. The Company will provide an operations performance and approvals update following completion of the first quarter of 2022.
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11 Refer to the Company’s news releases dated December 13, 2021, and January 14, 2022.
Non-IFRS Measures
Certain non-IFRS measures have been included in this news release. The Company believes that these measures, in addition to measures prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards (“IFRS”), provide readers with an improved ability to evaluate its underlying performance and to compare it to information reported by other companies. The non-IFRS measures are intended to provide additional information and should not be considered in isolation or as a substitute for measures of performance prepared in accordance with IFRS. These measures do not have any standardized meaning prescribed under IFRS, and therefore may not be comparable to similar measures presented by other companies.
Non-IFRS measures for Fiscal 2021 are not necessarily indicative of ongoing performance considering the Company was still ramping up operations through to September 30, 2021 and declared commercial production effective October 1, 202112.
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12 Refer to the Company’s news release dated October 12, 2021.
Average Realized Price
The Company uses the average realized price per ounce of gold sold to better understand the gold price and, once applicable, cash margin realized throughout a period.
Average realized price is calculated as revenue from contracts with customers plus treatment and refinery charges included in dore revenue less silver revenue divided by gold ounces sold.
The following table reconciles this non-IFRS measure to the most directly comparable IFRS measure disclosed in the Annual MD&A and Audited Financial Statements.
Total Cash Costs
The Company reports total cash costs on a per gold ounce sold basis. In addition to measures prepared in accordance with IFRS, such as revenue, the Company believes this information can be used to evaluate its performance and ability to generate operating earnings and cash flow from its mining operations. The Company uses this metric to monitor operating cost performance.
Total cash costs include cost of sales such as mining, processing, mine general and administrative costs, royalties, selling costs, and changes in inventories less non-cash depreciation and depletion, write-down of inventories and site share-based payments where applicable, and silver revenue divided by gold ounces sold to arrive at total cash costs per ounce of gold sold. Refer to the Annual MD&A for the treatment of depreciation and depletion costs prior and subsequent to the declaration of commercial production.
The following table reconciles this non-IFRS measure to the most directly comparable IFRS measure disclosed in the Annual MD&A and Audited Financial Statements.
*Depreciation and depletion are reconciled to aggregate depreciation and depletion in the operating adjustments in the consolidated statements of cash flows in the Audited Financial Statements.
All-in Sustaining Costs
The Company believes that AISC more fully defines the total costs associated with producing gold. AISC is calculated based on the definitions published by the World Gold Council (“WGC”). The WGC is not a regulatory organization. The Company calculates AISC as the sum of total cash costs (as described above), sustaining capital expenditures (excluding significant projects considered expansionary in nature), accretion on decommissioning and restoration provisions, treatment and refinery charges, payments on lease obligations, site share-based payments where applicable, and corporate administrative costs less any share-based payments directly attributable to exploration and non-operating payments on lease obligations, all divided by gold ounces sold during the period to arrive at a per ounce amount.
Other companies may calculate this measure differently as a result of differences in underlying principles and policies applied. Differences may also arise due to a different definition of sustaining versus expansion capital. Refer to the Annual MD&A for the treatment of depreciation and depletion costs prior and subsequent to the declaration of commercial production.
The following table reconciles this non-IFRS measure to the most directly comparable IFRS measure disclosed in the Annual MD&A and Audited Financial Statements.
*The non-operating payments on lease obligations adjustment includes lease amounts which are not directly related to the Company’s operations at the Beatons Creek Project. This figure is not separately disclosed in the Audited Financial Statements.
**Share-based payment expenses directly attributable to the Company’s exploration staff are excluded from the calculation of AISC. This figure is not separately disclosed in the Audited Financial Statements and is a subset of the share-based payments expense outlined in Note 20 of the Audited Financial Statements.
EBITDA
The Company uses EBITDA to better understand its ability to generate liquidity by producing operating cash flow to fund working capital needs, service debt obligations, and fund capital expenditures.
EBITDA is defined as net earnings before interest and finance expense, interest and finance income, current income tax expense, deferred income tax expense, depreciation and depletion. EBITDA is also adjusted for non-recurring transactions such as the change in fair value of derivative instruments, foreign exchanges gains and losses, gains and losses on the disposal of assets, impairment, and other income. Refer to the Annual MD&A for the treatment of depreciation and depletion costs prior and subsequent to the declaration of commercial production.
The following table reconciles this non-IFRS measure to the most directly comparable IFRS measure disclosed in the Annual MD&A and Audited Financial Statements.
*Depreciation and depletion is reconciled to aggregate depreciation and depletion in the operating adjustments in the consolidated statements of cash flows in the Audited Financial Statements.
Adjusted Earnings and Adjusted Basic and Diluted Earnings per Share
The Company uses adjusted earnings and adjusted basic and diluted earnings per share to measure its underlying operating and financial performance.
Adjusted earnings are defined as net earnings adjusted to exclude specific items that are significant, but not reflective of the Company’s underlying operations, including: foreign exchange (gain) loss, (gain) loss on financial instruments at fair value, impairment, and non-recurring gains and losses on treatment of marketable securities, sale of E&E assets, and associated tax impacts. Adjusted basic and diluted earnings per share are calculated using the weighted average number of shares outstanding under the basic and diluted method of earnings per share as determined under IFRS. Refer to the Annual MD&A for the treatment of depreciation and depletion costs prior and subsequent to the declaration of commercial production.
The following table reconciles this non-IFRS measure to the most directly comparable IFRS measure disclosed in the Annual MD&A and Audited Financial Statements.
Available Liquidity
The Company believes that available liquidity provides an accurate measure of the Company’s ability to liquidate assets in order to satisfy its liabilities. The Company uses this metric to help monitor its risk profile.
Available liquidity includes cash, short-term investments, and assets which are readily saleable within the next 12 months, including gold in circuit and stockpiles, receivables, marketable securities (to the extent that an established market exists for such marketable securities, they are free of any long-term trading restrictions, and sufficient historical volume exists to liquidate holdings within 12 months), and gold specimens. The market value of certain marketable securities has been used in the calculation of available liquidity which may not reconcile to the accounting treatment of such marketable securities. Refer to the Annual MD&A and Notes 5 and 11 of the Audited Financial Statements.
The following table reconciles this non-IFRS measure to the most directly comparable IFRS measure disclosed in the Annual MD&A and Audited Financial Statements.
*Some of the Company’s New Found shares remain subject to escrow restrictions pursuant to National Instrument 46-201 Escrow for Initial Public Offerings. As at December 31, 2021, 6,000,000 of the Company’s 15,000,000 New Found shares had been released from escrow. The Company’s remaining 9,000,000 New Found shares will be released from escrow semi-annually, with 2,250,000 New Found Shares being released in February and August of each year. As at March 31, 2022, 8,250,000 New Found Shares had been released from escrow.
*As at December 31, 2020, 1,500,000 of the Company’s 15,000,000 New Found shares had been released from escrow. Refer to the preceding table for further details.
Working Capital
Working capital is defined as current assets less current liabilities and is used to monitor the Company’s liquidity.
The following table reconciles this non-IFRS measure to the most directly comparable IFRS measure disclosed in the Annual MD&A and Audited Financial Statements.
Sprott Facility Adjusted Working Capital
Sprott Facility adjusted working capital is a derivation of working capital with a series of adjustments as permitted pursuant to the Sprott Facility. The Company uses Sprott Facility adjusted working capital to monitor its compliance against certain covenants within the Sprott Facility.
The following table reconciles this non-IFRS measure to the most directly comparable IFRS measure disclosed in the Annual MD&A and Audited Financial Statements.
CAUTIONARY STATEMENT
The decision by the Company to produce at the Beatons Creek Project was not based on a feasibility study of mineral reserves demonstrating economic and technical viability and, as a result, there is an increased uncertainty of achieving any particular level of recovery of minerals or the cost of such recovery, including increased risks associated with developing a commercially mineable deposit. Production has not achieved forecast to date. Historically, such projects have a much higher risk of economic and technical failure. There is no guarantee that anticipated production costs will be achieved. Failure to achieve the anticipated production costs would have a material adverse impact on the Company’s cash flow and future profitability.
The Company cautions that its declaration of commercial production effective October 1, 202112 only indicates that the Beatons Creek project was operating at anticipated and sustainable levels and it does not indicate that economic results will be realized.
QP STATEMENT
Dr. Quinton Hennigh (P.Geo.) is the qualified person, as defined under National Instrument 43-101 Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects, responsible for, and having reviewed and approved, the technical information contained in this news release. Dr. Hennigh is the non-executive co-chairman and a director of Novo.
ABOUT NOVO
Novo operates its flagship Beatons Creek Project while exploring and developing its prospective land package covering approximately 12,500 square kilometres in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. In addition to the Company’s primary focus, Novo seeks to leverage its internal geological expertise to deliver value-accretive opportunities to its shareholders. For more information, please contact Leo Karabelas at (416) 543-3120 or e-mail leo@novoresources.com.
On Behalf of the Board of Directors,
Novo Resources Corp.
“Michael Spreadborough”
Michael Spreadborough
Executive Co-Chairman
Forward-looking information
Some statements in this news release contain forward-looking information (within the meaning of Canadian securities legislation) including, without limitation, production forecast for the first half of 2022. These statements address future events and conditions and, as such, involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause the actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by the statements. Such factors include, without limitation, customary risks of the resource industry and the risk factors identified in the Annual MD&A which is available under Novo’s profile on SEDAR at www.sedar.com. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date those statements are made. Except as required by applicable law, Novo assumes no obligation to update or to publicly announce the results of any change to any forward-looking statement contained or incorporated by reference herein to reflect actual results, future events or developments, changes in assumptions or changes in other factors affecting the forward-looking statements. If Novo updates any forward-looking statement(s), no inference should be drawn that the Company will make additional updates with respect to those or other forward-looking statements.
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Hurricanes coach Mario Cristobal is a former Miami offensive lineman, so it is not surprising when he spends a lot of his time working with the players in the trenches.
“If you’re an offensive lineman and you come here, I’m just telling you the head coach is with you most of practice,” rising sixth-year offensive lineman Justice Oluwaseun said. “I’ve never seen it. I’ve never had a head coach who is literally doing individual drills, and he’s literally teaching me the technique I’m supposed to do. And it just shows you what type of coach he is.”
Assistant head coach Alex Mirabal is also the offensive line coach. The combination of the two experienced former linemen has the offensive line improving steadily as spring practice progresses.
“It’s nice having this many coaches out there and being able to get that individual coaching and development that you need, especially for the younger guys,” center Jakai Clark said. “I feel like in past years we didn’t really have that, and this year it’s just been a big improvement.”
Players have pointed to Cristobal’s and Mirabal’s teaching abilities as a major plus through the first eight spring practices.
“[Mirabal] does a good job of teaching,” Clark said. “To me, that’s the biggest difference is he’s a natural teacher. He takes the time to make sure that you understand concepts. His big emphasis is taking what you learn in the meeting room and taking it onto the field. To me, that’s made the entire group better.”
Miami does not have its full assortment of offensive linemen ready for spring ball, as rising fifth-year junior John Campbell Jr. and rising third-year sophomore Jalen Rivers are limited during practice due to injuries. Fourth-year junior tackle Zion Nelson has anchored the group, and Clark has been entrenched at center.
“I think Jakai Clark could be one of the upper-echelon centers in the ACC,” Mirabal said. “That’s my opinion on it. I think it’s my job to keep helping him get better, and he’s done a tremendous job. … He’s starting to display the leadership that you need when you have your hand on the football.”
Oluwaseun, fifth-year junior Ousman Traore, fifth-year senior DJ Scaife Jr., third-year sophomore Logan Sagapolu and redshirt freshman Laurance Seymore have been among those who have gotten into the rotation at different spots on the line, as well.
“I think that’s the strength of the whole O-line,” Oluwaseun said. “I feel like any O-lineman that we have can play anywhere. We’ve got a bunch of people who’s playing center who plays tackle, we’ve got guys who play guard who play tackle. That’s just how coach Mirabal is. He’s trying to make us get right everywhere, and I feel like just as a group that’s why I really like the group is how versatile we are.”
Clark said Sagapolu, a newcomer to the Hurricanes who transferred from Oregon, brings a lot of energy to the offensive line.
“Strength, power, explosiveness, everything,” Clark said. “Logan is a real dog. He’s obviously a very strong guy, good with his feet, good with his hands. He brings kind of like an energy piece to us, too. … If we have a big play, Logan’s the first guy to start hyping everybody up, put his hands up and start celebrating, so he brings a big energy piece.”
Now that UM is about halfway through spring practice, Oluwaseun said he’s getting excited thinking about the coming season and how the line will perform this year.
“We’re starting to jell and we’re starting to dominate, as an offense should,” Oluwaseun said, “and I’m real excited for that.”
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Softball: West Bladen 23, Red Springs 2
RED SPRINGS – Juniors Kylie Durden and Rylee Chadwick combined to pitch a 1-hitter, and West Bladen pounded out 16 hits en route to a 23-2 Southeastern Athletic Conference softball victory over Red Springs Tuesday night. Durden started and pitched 2 innings allowing an unearned run on a...
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Ever since he was a young man growing up in Long Island, New York, Wizard Lee always dreamed of becoming a major influence on the music culture. He was infatuated by the production side of music and when he was in high school, he bought his own equipment so he could teach himself the art form. He would later go on to graduate from university with a degree in sound recording. After graduation, Wizard Lee set up an at-home studio and began cultivating his craft in order to become a world-class producer. Currently, Wizard Lee is an independent artist. He just recently dropped the biggest project of his career, “No Matter the Weather”.
This project contains twenty-five songs and hits a variety of musical genres. Wizard Lee created a docu-series attached to the project that you can watch on his YouTube channel. He will be releasing a new episode every Friday until its completion, as well as a plethora of music videos. In the past, Wizard Lee has worked with world-renowned artists YE, Tory Lanez, Akon, and A Boogie. The first award he received was a gold placard for his production work on “Gummo” by 6ix9ine and has since gone on to create multiple platinum records as well. When listening to his music Wizard Lee intends for his fans to create their own meaning to his music.
He hopes he can help inspire others and gets great enjoyment out of releasing his music to the public. In the future, Wizard Lee looks to continue doing what he loves and expand his reach within the music industry. The artist he inspires to work with most is 2kBaby. He believes that 2kBaby’s unique sound and his production work would create timeless music for multiple generations to enjoy. You can stream “No Matter the Weather’’ on Spotify and be sure to follow Wizard Lee’s Instagram for all announcements regarding future projects.
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https://allhiphop.com/music/wizard-lee-elevates-all-artist-he-works-with/
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CARLSBAD — The Carlsbad City Council approved a change to the city’s inclusionary housing in-lieu fees during its March 22 meeting.
The city’s inclusionary housing regulations, created in 1993, require developers to build a certain number of affordable units (15%) in residential developments to provide more permanent housing opportunities for low-income households.
The city collects in-lieu fees when a residential development does not meet the threshold of affordable units. For example, for any project with six or fewer units, the developer pays a fee “in lieu” of building the mandatory affordable units. The fees are directed to the city’s Housing Trust Fund to support affordable housing units in projects throughout the city, according to Jeff Murphy, community development director.
To date, the city has received $1.7 million from in-lieu fees. Over the years, deposits to the Housing Trust Fund have totaled $39.5 million from a number of other sources, including housing credit purchases, impact fees, loan interest payments and federal and state grants.
The city’s original in-lieu fee, which was established “based on the difference between the cost of constructing a market-rate unit versus that of a lower-income affordable unit,” was $11,485 per market-rate unit, but was later reduced to $4,515.
During the March 22 meeting, the council adjusted the in-lieu fee for property owners building a single-family residence to $8,515 and other qualifying projects with two to six units at $15 per square foot. The fees will be adjusted annually based on the Consumer Price Index, or CPI.
Developers building residential projects with more than six affordable units can apply for housing credits to offset inclusionary requirements under the Housing Credit Purchase Program, Murphy said. Any project with seven to 50 units must include affordable housing or purchase credits.
“Over the past two years, the city has built 812 units with 116 as affordable under the program,” Murphy said.
In total, there are 2,300 affordable homes citywide. Between 1995 and 2020, 1,170 (or 13%) of 19,000 homes constructed in Carlsbad were affordable through the city’s inclusionary housing program, according to the staff report.
The Housing Credit Purchase Program policy allows the city to create a bank when a residential development project creates more affordable units than the city requires, however, any project over 50 units is not eligible to purchase credits and must actually build the affordable units.
“The rationale being is it is often easier for larger projects to incorporate affordable housing in their projects than it is for smaller developments,” Murphy said. “We’re also applying this logic to credit purchases where a sliding scale has been created.”
The Housing Credit program’s scale allows one credit for projects with 7 to 20 affordable units, 1.5 credits for 21 to 35 affordable units and two credits for 36 to 50 affordable units, however, Murphy said the program was never intended to act as an in-lieu fee. When the city contributes to an inclusionary housing project it’s in the form of a loan with interest, and if the city sells, the revenue is in addition to the loan repayment with interest.
“So, the city gets paid twice in the same investment,” Murphy said.
However, the Carlsbad Housing Commission differed from city staff in three areas. The commission recommended allowing residential projects with as many as 20 units the in-lieu fee payment option (instead of just six units or fewer), establishing a $20 per-square-foot flat rate for developments with at least two units and changing the housing credit purchase price to a flat rate of $177,000, according to Chairman John Nguyen-Cleary.
Nguyen-Cleary “encouraged” the council to adopt the housing commission’s recommendations, which was a compromise and more representative of cost increases, as opposed to the bare minimum presented by city staff.
“We think that it is important to pick something more than the bare minimum,” he said. “Choosing the bare minimum is a value statement by our city about affordable housing.”
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https://thecoastnews.com/carlsbad-adjusts-inclusionary-housing-in-lieu-fees/
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This month marks the 21st anniversary of the consequential words of Commander in Chief Fidel Castro Ruz in the Open Tribune of March 31, 2001 in Havana, where the leader of the Revolution stated key concepts on what he called the largest mass rally ever held in Cuba, sparked by the demands for the return to the country of the child Elián González.
The Battle of Ideas began on December 5, 1999, when Cuba denounced the violation of the rights of Juan Miguel Gonzalez, a humble Cuban father whose six-year-old son who had miraculously survived after he was kidnapped and secretly taken to the United States on a boat that eventually sank.
The child was rescued on November 25, 1999 and taken to Miami-based relatives who, in explicit agreement with the Cuban-American mafia, refused to send him back to his father.
It was around the turn of the century and, despite every bad omen, Cuba was reaching the first decade of successful resistance to the US following the collapse of the USSR and the socialist bloc in Eastern Europe.
The Cuban people got fully involved in the campaign for the return of the child Elián González, bound to be the first episode of a much intense struggle that would become reality in the Oath of Baraguá of February 19, 2000, which Fidel Castro read in the historic spot where Lieutenant General Antonio Maceo rejected the Pact of Zanjón.
Fidel said at the time: "What good would the simple return of this child bring if tomorrow, the day after tomorrow, any day of any week, any month or any year, another Elian, dozens of Elians, hundreds of Elians, thousands of Elians, can disappear in those turbulent waters, taken to the United States illegally, separated from one or both parents without their permission or any possibility of legally recovering them?"
The Oath outlined what would be the people’s historic goals for generations to come: fight against the Cuban Adjustment, Helms-Burton and Torricelli Acts and for the end of the blockade, the criminal economic war and the terrorist acts, as well as for the return of the Guantanamo Naval Base.
On June 28, 2000, after a long battle, Elián González returned to his homeland, thanks to the united strength of his fellow countrymen and the goodwill of some people in the United States who helped justice prevail.
In the historic Open Tribune of March 31, 2001, as Fidel ratified the Oath of Baraguá, he warned that there were tasks for many years to come and called to reinforce Cuba’s cultural and educational effort through projects such as University for All, the Round Tables and the development of Art Instructors Schools, among other initiatives.
He referred to the heroic past of our people at a time when 40th anniversary of the imperialist defeat of Bay of Pigs was drawing near by saying that, “in the battle of ideas we dare to predict that nothing but a gigantic Bay of Pigs awaits the imperialists".
More than 20 years after those words, on top of the usual U.S. blockade and subversive policies, Cuba is under attack in the fields of culture and education, as well as on the Internet. Therefore, we must bear in mind the lessons of unity and integration of the revolutionary forces, our preparedness and our loyalty to the principles of the Battle of Ideas, conceived and launched by Commander in Chief Fidel Castro.
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Grinnell, the male half of a peregrine falcon pair that lived atop the UC Berkeley Campanile, was found dead Thursday afternoon.
Cal Falcons, the group that monitors the nest, announced the news on its Facebook page and Twitter.
“We are all deeply saddened to report that Grinnell was found dead in downtown Berkeley this afternoon. We are devastated and heartbroken.
The cause of death is not known, but early indications are that he was struck by a car. Peregrine falcons are among the fastest birds in the world, and they often are injured or killed in pursuit of prey.
Grinnell and his mate, Annie, have had a troubling few months starting last October, when Grinnell was injured while fending off a rival falcon. He was treated for almost three weeks at Lindsay Wildlife Hospital in Walnut Creek, before he was well enough to be released back on campus.
Meanwhile, Annie was courted by another suitor, but ultimately chose to stay with Grinnell when he returned. Watchers thought things were back to normal until last month, when Annie disappeared for more than a week and was presumed dead. Cal Falcon announced the news, but the next day, Annie turned up back at the roost.
Despite some hiccups, Annie has laid two eggs and was expected to lay a third sometime on Thursday, but Cal Falcon says it’s doubtful the nest will survive with Grinnell’s death. It takes both birds to tend the nest and later, the chicks. When one of a mated pair dies, the eggs are typically abandoned.
It’s also not known whether Annie will stay in the territory, or whether another pair will eventually take it over.
Officials with Cal Falcon said they will be investigating the cause of Grinnell’s death and watching to see what becomes of the nest.
Grinnell, who was 8 years old, first arrived on the Campanile with Annie in 2017, and the pair raised 12 chicks.
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Axis Bank has agreed to buy Citibank’s consumer business in India for ₹12,325 crore ($1.6 billion). Mint examines what the deal means for Citibank’s existing customers and if it makes sense for Axis to shell out this much money.
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Axis Bank has agreed to buy Citibank’s consumer business in India for ₹12,325 crore ($1.6 billion). Mint examines what the deal means for Citibank’s existing customers and if it makes sense for Axis to shell out this much money.
Axis Bank has agreed to buy Citibank’s consumer business in India for ₹12,325 crore ($1.6 billion). Mint examines what the deal means for Citibank’s existing customers and if it makes sense for Axis to shell out this much money.
In April 2021, Citi had decided to exit consumer businesses in 13 countries including India, to focus on four wealth centres: Singapore, Hong Kong, the UAE, and London. Since the announcement, it has lost over 56,000 credit card customers. Axis Bank will make all efforts to retain Citi’s customers, hoping to prop up its average card spends. Axis Bank said Citi’s customers would have even better offers and access to wider set of services than what they get at present. Citi’s customers also had access to its prompt customer service and since the Citi phone banking services are also part of the deal, they can hope to get similar benefits at Axis.
Where will the entity stand among peers?
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Even after this deal, Axis Bank would still remain the third-largest private sector bank with loans of ₹6.9 trillion, trailing HDFC Bank and ICICI Bank. The bank said it would be among the top three card players in terms of assets under management (AUM), although it would remain fourth if the number of cards are taken into account. As of February, Citibank had 2.5 million credit cards and Axis Bank 8.6 million, taking the total to 11.1 million after the consolidation. To be sure, the deal would close after 9-12 months from now, and these assumptions on standings are subject to changes.
Axis will get access to Citi’s 3 million customers, including 2.5 million credit card users with receivables of ₹8,900 crore. Deposits would rise by 50,200 crore and loans of ₹18,500 crore in mortgages and asset-backed finance would get added. Citi’s private banking and wealth management products with ₹1.1 trillion in AUM will also come under its fold.
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How much will Axis pay for the deal?
Apart from ₹12,325 crore to be paid to Citi after the regulatory nods are in place, Axis Bank will also bear ₹1,500 crore as integration costs, 80% of which will be paid to Citi. It will also need to invest capital worth ₹3,500 crore in lieu of the new assets it will add to the book. The acquisition will have a 250 basis points (bps) impact on the bank’s capital, comprising 180 bps from the acquisition, 50 bps from the additional capital requirement and 20 bps towards integration. While being seen as expensive, it’s expected to bolster Axis’ retail portfolio.
What are some of the risks involved?
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The primary risk is from the churn in Citi’s portfolio and staff. Axis has indicated that the deal has clawback arrangements if the churn is greater than what was factored into the pricing. According to analysts at Macquarie Research, over the last four years, Citi’s spends per card has shrunk to ₹14,000, from ₹16,000 earlier. Still, it is above the industry average of ₹12,000 and Axis Bank’s ₹9,000. There is also a fear that perception of Citi’s brand in comparison to Axis could lead to higher exit of customers, analysts at Kotak Institutional Equities said.
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Infowars host and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones has agreed to appear at a deposition in Connecticut to answer questions in a lawsuit by relatives of some of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victims.
That's according to new court filings by his lawyers on Thursday, which comes a day after a judge ordered fines against Jones for defying orders to attend a deposition last week despite his claim of illness.
Jones now says he can answer questions on April 11 and is asking the judge to put a hold on the fines. There was no immediate ruling on Jones' requests. The families are suing him for calling the school massacre a hoax.
Superior Court Judge Barbara Bellis said, “The court finds by clear and convincing evidence that the defendant Alex Jones willfully and in bad faith violated without justification several clear court orders requiring his attendance at his depositions on March 23 and March 24.”
Judge Bellis said in the decision on Wednesday, “It is clear…that the plaintiffs here simply want and are entitled to the deposition of Mr. Jones and that Mr. Jones has continued to attempt to deliberately disregard the court’s orders and attempts to manipulate the court process.”
“While paying the fees and court’s costs will reimburse the plaintiffs for costs incurred in attempting to procure Mr. Jones’ deposition, it is not a substitution for his testimony,” she said.
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Guggenheim Securities Hires Orcun Unlu Away From Citigroup
The executive will be in charge of establishing a private-funds advisory business
Guggenheim Securities, the investment banking and capital markets division of Guggenheim Partners, has tapped the global head of Citigroup Inc.’s private funds group to launch a new advisory service.
Chicago-based Guggenheim has hired Orcun Unlu to build out the secondary advisory capabilities of its securities arm in New York as a senior managing director and head of private capital advisory, according to a person familiar with the matter. The move comes after a record year for transactions involving secondhand stakes in...
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https://www.wsj.com/articles/guggenheim-securities-hires-orcun-unlu-away-from-citigroup-11648724400
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A training document used by Facebook’s content moderators raises questions about whether the social network is under-reporting images of potential child sexual abuse, The New York Times reports.The document reportedly tells moderators to “err on the side of an adult” when assessing images, a practice that moderators have taken issue with but company executives have defended.
At issue is how Facebook moderators should handle images in which the age of the subject is not immediately obvious. That decision can have significant implications, as suspected child abuse imagery is reported to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC), which refers images to law enforcement. Images that depict adults, on the other hand, may be removed from Facebook if they violate its rules, but aren’t reported to outside authorities.
But, as The NYT points out, there isn’t a reliable way to determine age based on a photograph. Moderators are reportedly trained to use a more than 50-year-old method to identify “the progressive phases of puberty,” but the methodology “was not designed to determine someone’s age.” And, since Facebook’s guidelines instruct moderators to assume photos they aren’t sure of are adults, moderators suspect many images of children may be slipping through.
This is further complicated by the fact that Facebook’s contract moderators, who work for outside firms and don’t get the same benefits as full-time employees, may only have a few seconds to make a determination, and may be penalized for making the wrong call.
Facebook, which reports more child sexual abuse material to NCMEC than any other company, says erring on the side of adults is meant to protect users’ and privacy and to avoid false reports that may hinder authorities’ ability to investigate actual cases of abuse. The company’s Head of Safety Antigone Davis told the paper that it may also be a legal liability for them to make false reports. Notably, not every company shares Facebook’s philosophy on this issue. Apple, Snap and TikTok all reportedly take “the opposite approach” and report images when they are unsure of an age.
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https://www.engadget.com/leaked-document-facebook-moderators-underreporting-child-abuse-225224402.html?src=rss
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Luxury NFT firm teams up with a world-leading photographer.
SINGAPORE, March 31, 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."
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2nd-generation KBO star thanks rookie phenom for bringing back father's memories
By Yoo Jee-ho
SEOUL, April 1 (Yonhap) -- Whenever Kiwoom Heroes outfielder Lee Jung-hoo sees Kia Tigers rookie sensation Kim Do-yeong play, he sees a bit of his father, the retired South Korean baseball legend Lee Jong-beom.
Perhaps comparisons aren't fair, but it is not difficult to notice similarities between Kim, an 18-year-old phenom with an enviable skill set, and Lee Jong-beom, the ultimate five-tool star in his heyday in the 1990s.
Kim is an athletic shortstop with power and speed just like Lee, who could flirt with the elusive .400 batting average, hit 30-plus home runs and steal 80 bases at his peak. Lee, the 1994 league MVP and 1997 Korean Series MVP, was the most famous Tiger in his playing days. Kim, a Gwangju native like Lee, is already being hailed as the second coming of Lee Jong-beom.
Lee Jong-beom, currently the LG Twins' minor league manager, was nicknamed the "Son of the Wind," which made Lee Jung-hoo the "Grandson of the Wind." Tigers fans have begun calling Kim the "Stepson of the Wind."
As the actual son of the icon, Lee Jung-hoo is grateful for the way Kim's early success brought his father's incredible career back into the spotlight.
Kim, drafted with the territorial pick by the Tigers out of high school last year, led the preseason with a .432 batting average. He also homered twice and stole three bags in 12 games.
"For a rookie out of high school, Do-yeong has shown so much poise," Lee said of Kim during the annual KBO media day Thursday, two days before the start of the 2022 regular season. "Given how fast he is and how aggressive he is, he reminds me a lot of my father. There are many fans who've never seen my father play or who don't know anything about him, and I think Do-yeong has given them a chance to learn more about what my father did. As his son, I am really thankful, and I hope Do-yeong continues to play well."
The junior Lee said the "Next Lee Jong-beom" tag puts too much pressure on Kim but quipped, "Do-yeong is far better looking than my father."
"My father came out of college, and Do-yeong began his pro career early as a high school grad. I think Do-yeong will be better than my father by age 25 or 30," Lee Jung-hoo said. "Do-yeong even has the same intensity in his eyes that I saw from my father. He resembles my father much more than I do."
Lee Jung-hoo himself is not too shabby. He is the reigning Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) batting champion and is a lifetime .341 hitter. The Lees are the first father-son duo to have each won a batting title in league history. Since his debut in 2017, Lee ranks second in the KBO with 883 hits.
But the junior Lee is a vastly different type of player than his father. The son is probably the better contact hitter, but he doesn't have quite the same speed or power. The son is an outfielder who bats left and throws right, while the father, a righty, was a shortstop who only moved to a corner outfield position in the twilight of his career.
"I've never once thought my style of play resembles my father's in any way," Jung-hoo said. "I obviously respect him as my father and a baseball player, but I am just going to go my way."
Just as Kim did this year, Lee burst onto the scene in the preseason as a rookie in 2017. He batted .455 with three doubles and a triple in 12 games, and hit the ground running in the regular season en route to capturing the Rookie of the Year award -- all the while trying to move out of his father's shadow.
Speaking from experience of having played under a ton of pressure as a rookie, Lee advised Kim not to get caught up in media hype and instead take a long view of his career.
"As the season progresses, Do-yeong will start drawing even more attention than now, and that will only add pressure on him," Lee said. "He will have some great days and some not so great days. But I hope he doesn't dwell on those bad moments. He is just starting out now, and he will still have to figure out how to survive each and every day at this level.
"He will certainly run into a wall at some point, but I'd like to tell him he shouldn't get too down on himself," Lee continued. "It's best to just go and play baseball, not think about anything else."
During the group interview portion of the media day, Kim said it was "an honor" to be spoken in the same breath as Lee Jong-beom. He added he didn't feel he had earned that nickname as the second coming of the legend.
"I have to play well and put up good numbers like Jung-hoo," Kim said. "I think I was fortunate to have hit as well as I did in the preseason. I think the regular season will be a completely different animal and so I have to be prepared for that."
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Politics
Fayose joins 2023 presidential race
The Former Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, on Thursday declared his 2023 presidential bid.
In a statement he personally signed, the former governor also dismissed reports on the endorsement of his Anambra State counterpart, Peter Obi, and the South-East for the presidency next year.
He said: “Report credited to me that I endorsed Peter Obi for President and zoning of the Presidency to the South-East is false.
“No doubt, I have great respect for Peter Obi as a leader and I respect his aspiration, but at no point did I endorse his presidential ambition or that the presidency be zoned to South-East.
“Rather, my take is that the presidency be zoned to the Southern part of Nigeria.
READ ALSO: Nigeria has lost direction under Buhari – Fayose
“May I also state clearly that I will be seeking the ticket of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to contest the next presidential election.”
The development has swelled the number of politicians eyeing the PDP presidential ticket ahead of next year’s election.
The aspirants include former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, ex-Senate President, Bukola Saraki, Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Tambuwal, and former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Anyim Pius Anyim, among others.
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Thursday, March 31, is the last day for people to apply for a state program providing assistance to income-eligible Californians with unpaid rent or utilities due to COVID-19.
The Housing Is Key Program may cover renters’ unpaid rent dating back to April 1, 2020, as well as future payments. The program also has funding available for owed utility payments and may cover 100% of owed payments for a total of 12 months, including for months dating back to April 1, 2020, as well.
Income-eligible renters are qualified regardless of immigration status if they have been impacted by COVID-19 and have unpaid rent. The state will determine if the applicant is income eligible after they apply.
Applicants must apply by 5 p.m. Thursday, March 31, at HousingIsKey.com or by calling 833-430-2122. People who need assistance applying can call 833-687-0967. People whose applications are successfully processed will be notified of next steps.
California committed $5.2 billion in rental relief funds for California residents.
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ROSEMOUNT — The Clay Panthers earned their first win of the season on Wednesday — defeating the visiting New Boston Tigers 17-5 in five innings in SOC I play.
It was a game of firsts on the Panthers’ home field — the first game for the Tigers’ varsity baseball program since 2015 and the first victory for Panthers first-year head coach Kylon Crabtree.
Clay jumped out to an 11-0 lead through two innings — thanks in large part to a nine-run bottom of the second.
New Boston scored five runs by game’s end, adding a pair of runs in the top of the third and fifth and a run in the fourth.
Needing at least four runs in the home-half of the fourth to enforce the OHSAA’s mercy rule, the Panthers plated six runs to take a 17-3 lead into the top of the fifth.
Senior Carson Porginski led Clay at the plate, going 2-of-4 with a pair of RBI and two runs scored.
NB junior Myles Beasley had a pair of hits for the Tigers in their debut, as well as an RBI.
Clay (1-1) hosts Green on Friday, while the Tigers (0-1) host Symmes Valley on Friday in their home opener at Millbrook Park.
Both are SOC I games.
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BOX SCORE
New Boston 0 0 2 1 2 — 5 4 5
Clay 2 9 0 6 X — 17 7 4
New Boston hitting
Brady Voiers 0-2, BB
Luke Henson 0-3
Myles Beasley 2-3, R, RBI
Dylan Scherer 1-3
Mark Rivers 0-1, R, BB
Seth Perry 0-1, BB
Ector Brady 0-1, BB
Josiah Bower 0-0, BB
Jayse Tabor 0-2, R
Brahdan Litteral 1-1, 2R, RBI, BB
Clay hitting
Carson Porginski 2-4, 2R, 2RBI, BB
Evan Balestra 1-1, 3R, 3BB
Mitchell King 0-3, R, 2RBI
Drew Zuefle 1-2, 3R, 2RBI
Breylen Holsinger 0-1
Malachi Loper 0-2, 2R, 2BB
Hayden Moore 1-1, R, 2BB
Charlie Swartz 0-1
Damone Sparks 0-2, R, RBI
Derrick Hammond 0-0, BB
Carson Holschuh 0-0, R, BB
Isaiah Whitt 0-0, R, RBI, BB
Gaige Shorter 1-2, 2RBI
Brandon Malone 0-1, R, BB
Dawson James 1-1, R, BB
Pitching
Josiah Bower (NB) 1IP, 2H, 5ER, 3BB (L)
Brahdan Litteral (NB) 1IP 2H, 2ER, 5BB
Ector Brady (NB) 1.2IP, 2H, 3ER, 3BB, 2K
Brady Voiers (NB) 0.1IP, 1H, 1ER, 2BB
Drew Zuefle (C) 2IP, 0H, 0ER, 4K (W)
Evan Balestra (C) 2IP, 2H, 2ER, 3BB, 3K
Malachi Loper (C) 1IP, 2H, 2ER, 3BB, 0K
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BRAINTREE, Mass. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Thursday evening's drawing of the Massachusetts Lottery's "Numbers Evening" game were:
4-7-3-9
(four, seven, three, nine)
BRAINTREE, Mass. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Thursday evening's drawing of the Massachusetts Lottery's "Numbers Evening" game were:
4-7-3-9
(four, seven, three, nine)
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https://www.mysanantonio.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Numbers-Evening-game-17049820.php
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Most Texas women were able to get abortions despite new law: studies
Two new studies suggest that abortions among Texas women fell by only 10 percent following the state’s restrictive abortion law, with many women traveling to nearby states or buying abortion pills online.
The modest decline in abortions was less than earlier measurements suggested. The new law prohibits abortions after fetal cardiac activity is detected, or around six weeks of pregnancy.
One of the studies published Sunday from the University of Texas at Austin showed an average of 1,400 women per month traveled to nearby states, a 12-fold increase on out-of-state abortions compared to before the law was enacted in September. Those states included New Mexico, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Arkansas, Kansas, Mississippi and Colorado.
The other study published in JAMA open network last week found that an average of 1,100 women ordered abortion pills online each month. However, the study could not conclude if every order resulted in an abortion.
“The numbers are way bigger than we expected. It’s pretty astounding,” Kari White, the principal investigator of the university’s Texas Policy Evaluation Project, said of the findings, The New York Times reported.
But advocates for the law say that they count any reduction as a win.
“There’s no hesitation from our side to declare this a victory for actually protecting pre-born children from elective abortion,” John Seago, the legislative director of Texas Right to Life, told the Times. “We’re realists around here, so the best we can do is incentivize women to have their children.”
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DOHA, Qatar (AP) — World Cup host Qatar and FIFA received scathing criticism from within soccer on Thursday, a day before the tournament’s draw.
On their own territory. In their own house. By a member of soccer’s extended family.
The president of Norwegian soccer — one of the few women ever to lead a FIFA member federation — stepped up on the stage at the governing body’s congress to air her concerns at the same venue that will host Friday’s draw.
Lise Klaveness, a judge and former national team player, spoke about Qatar’s record of protecting the rights of migrant workers — who have built tens of billion of dollars of projects needed for the World Cup — and its criminalization of homosexuality.
It was a rare show of dissent and tension in the typically tightly scripted annual meeting of soccer’s 211 member countries.
Klaveness targeted issues that have dogged Qatar and FIFA’s controversial choice of the Middle Eastern country for more than a decade only three weeks after she was elected in Norway with a mandate to pressure the World Cup organizers.
“In 2010, the World Cup was awarded by FIFA in unacceptable ways with unacceptable consequences,” Klaveness, who is gay, said in a six-minute speech. “There is no room for employers who do not secure the freedom and safety of World Cup workers. No room for hosts that cannot legally guarantee the safety and respect of LGBTQ+ people coming to this theater of dreams.”
FIFA had worked this week in Doha to keep the Norwegian’s speech off the main Congress agenda, and then gave the floor to rebuttals from a Latin American soccer official and the head of Qatar’s organizing committee.
“This is not the right forum and not the right moment,” Honduras soccer federation general secretary Jose Ernesto Mejia said in translated comments.
Still, there was some warm applause for Klaveness before she walked the length of the arena floor past the mostly-male delegates to return to the Norwegian delegation seats.
Klaveness was then chided by Hassan Al-Thawadi, who fronted Qatar’s bid more than 12 years ago and has led the organizing committee ever since.
“You did not attempt to contact us and did not attempt to engage in dialogue before addressing congress today,” he said, adding that Qatar’s door was open for people to “educate themselves before passing any judgement.”
Qatar and FIFA have consistently said taking the World Cup to the country, and to the Middle East for the first time, accelerated positive changes in the nation’s laws and society.
Al-Thawadi said the month-long tournament could be an antidote to “stereotypes and assumptions” about the region.
“We are acutely aware of the international spotlight that comes with the hosting rights for the greatest show on earth. We have embraced it,” he said.
Human rights and labor activists have also long been concerned that deaths on all Qatari construction projects, not just soccer stadiums, have not been accurately calculated nor investigated.
“The migrant workers injured or families of those who died in the buildup to the World Cup must be cared for,” Klaveness said. “FIFA must act as a role model.”
Qatar was later defended by FIFA President Gianni Infantino, who moved his home last year from Switzerland to live mostly in Doha.
“The work that has been done has been exemplary,” Infantino said. “Of course, not everything is perfect. But progress has been made.”
The war in Ukraine then took center stage as a three-minute video message was aired from the head of the country’s soccer federation, Andriy Pavelko.
Pavelko wore an armored vest as he spoke from Kyiv and talked of “resisting military aggression” from Russia while behind him people packed sandbags several meters high to protect a monument.
“Our children have suffered terrible psychological injuries and perhaps it is football that will help them forget all the horrors of war,” said Pavelko, who sits on the UEFA executive committee.
The Russian delegation watching in the room included Alexey Sorokin, a former FIFA Council member who led the organization of the 2018 World Cup in his country.
“I have worked with him for a very long time and we regret that he has these emotions,” Sorokin said of Pavelko’s film. “It is difficult for them, we understand that, but I’m here not to discuss politics or military activities.”
Although FIFA has banned Russian teams, including the men’s national team from World Cup qualifying, the soccer federation has not been suspended.
“We are not hiding,” Sorokin said before the meeting. “We have every right to be here.”
Infantino closed the three-hour congress by confirming he would run for re-election as FIFA president next year. No rival candidate is currently expected to challenge him at a congress that could be held in July 2023 in Australia or New Zealand on the eve of the Women’s World Cup in those countries.
Infantino earlier reminded member federations they were each due to receive $8 million in FIFA funds over the next four years — a seven-fold increase since he became president in 2016.
“The money has to go to our children all over the world, where it is most needed,” he said, citing soccer development projects.
FIFA expects to top $7 billion in revenue for the four-year commercial cycle ending with the World Cup in Qatar. That is a near-10% raise on total income of $6.4 billion tied to the World Cup in Russia.
The 2026 edition co-hosted by the United States, Canada and Mexico should set records for total and average game attendance and hugely increase FIFA revenue. It will be the first 48-team World Cup with 80 games instead of the current 64 and using several NFL stadiums.
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https://www.wowktv.com/sports/qatar-and-fifa-criticized-harshly-ahead-of-world-cup-draw/
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BOSTON (AP) — A bill aimed at banning discrimination based on natural and protective hairstyles in workplaces, school districts, and school-related organizations was unanimously approved Thursday by the Massachusetts Senate.
The vote comes two weeks after the Massachusetts House approved a similar bill.
Supporters say Black women in particular have faced pressure in school and the workplace to alter their hair to conform to policies biased against natural hairstyles.
The Senate added a provision to the House version of the bill that would include the Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association to the list of school entities banned from adopting and implementing restrictions on natural hairstyles.
Advocates say the change will ensure those participating in sports and extracurricular activities will not be asked to change their natural or protective hairstyles in order to participate.
The bill has its roots in the case of a Massachusetts charter school that came under fire in 2017 for a policy of banning hair braid extensions. After intense criticism, the school abandoned the policy.
The U.S. House also approved a bill earlier this month that would bar discrimination against Black people who wear hairstyles like Afros, cornrows or tightly coiled twists in society, school and the workplace. The federal bill would explicitly say that such discrimination is a violation of federal civil rights law.
President Joe Biden has said he would sign the bill into law. It now heads to the U.S. Senate.
Lawmakers in the Massachusetts House and Senate now have to come up with a single version of the bill before taking a final vote and shipping it to Republican Gov. Charlie Baker for his signature.
If signed into law, Massachusetts would become the fifteenth state to adopt the measure, known as the CROWN Act.
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BOSTON (AP) — A bill aimed at banning discrimination based on natural and protective hairstyles in workplaces, school districts, and school-related organizations was unanimously approved Thursday by the Massachusetts Senate.
The vote comes two weeks after the Massachusetts House approved a similar bill.
Supporters say Black women in particular have faced pressure in school and the workplace to alter their hair to conform to policies biased against natural hairstyles.
The Senate added a provision to the House version of the bill that would include the Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association to the list of school entities banned from adopting and implementing restrictions on natural hairstyles.
Advocates say the change will ensure those participating in sports and extracurricular activities will not be asked to change their natural or protective hairstyles in order to participate.
The bill has its roots in the case of a Massachusetts charter school that came under fire in 2017 for a policy of banning hair braid extensions. After intense criticism, the school abandoned the policy.
The U.S. House also approved a bill earlier this month that would bar discrimination against Black people who wear hairstyles like Afros, cornrows or tightly coiled twists in society, school and the workplace. The federal bill would explicitly say that such discrimination is a violation of federal civil rights law.
President Joe Biden has said he would sign the bill into law. It now heads to the U.S. Senate.
Lawmakers in the Massachusetts House and Senate now have to come up with a single version of the bill before taking a final vote and shipping it to Republican Gov. Charlie Baker for his signature.
If signed into law, Massachusetts would become the fifteenth state to adopt the measure, known as the CROWN Act.
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DELANO, Calif. (AP) — The death of an inmate at a central California prison is being investigated as a homicide, officials said Thursday.
Juan E. Mendoza, 26, was found unresponsive in his cell at Kern Valley State Prison shortly before 5 p.m. on Wednesday, according to a statement from the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.
He had visible injuries and died a short time later despite life-saving efforts.
Mendoza shared his cell with another man, Jorge L. Mendoza, who was removed from the cell and placed in segregation while the death is investigated, authorities said.
Juan E. Mendoza went to prison in 2020 after receiving a six-year sentence in San Bernardino County for second-degree attempted murder and personal use of a dangerous weapon, officials said.
Jorge L. Mendoza was admitted from Monterey County in 2018 and was serving a sentence of life with the chance of parole for second-degree murder with the use of a firearm by a second-striker.
Kern Valley State Prison is located in Delano, northwest of Bakersfield. It has more than 3,200 inmates.
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Have you ever paused to consider how much food goes to waste in your household? The amount may surprise you. The USDA estimates that more than one-third of the food available in the United States is never eaten. This year, University of Tennessee Extension is partnering with the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (TDEC) and others to encourage Tennesseans to be better stewards of their food resources.
During the week of April 4-9, Tennessee’s inaugural Food Waste Awareness Week will take place across the state with both virtual and in-person opportunities to participate. This free event is available to everyone and the goal is to increase awareness about issues surrounding food waste and to inspire Tennesseans to take action.
“The United States Environmental Protection Agency states that more food is placed in landfills than any other material,” said Ashley Cabrera, creative services coordinator with TDEC’s Office of Sustainable Practices. “Reducing this waste requires action by all, including farmers, businesses, institutions and consumers. Throughout the week, we will provide opportunities for participants to learn best practices and take action to help end food waste in Tennessee.”
“We are excited to partner with TDEC for this inaugural event,” said Kristen Johnson, assistant professor and UT Extension nutrition specialist. “The USDA estimates that the average family of four spends about $1,500 on food that they never eat. We want to provide help to prevent this money loss and reduce food waste. Meal planning, buying a manageable amount of food and making sure to use the food before it spoils are all good practices.”
The week-long event will have daily themes and various opportunities to get involved, including a statewide food drive. For this, more than 40 county Extension offices across the state, with staff from both UT and Tennessee State University, will host food drives to ensure their neighbors are fed and food is kept out of landfills.
Cocke County's Extension Office will serve as a drop off location April 4-8. All donations will be sent to the Cocke County Schools Family Resource Center. The office will be posting activities, information and resources all week on https://www.facebook.com/cockecounty4hclub.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Korean pop star Luna is ready to make her Broadway debut this fall in the musical “KPOP” and she’s already dreaming of who might be there on opening night — like BTS.
“I would be thankful if they showed up on opening night,” Luna told The Associated Press through her translator.
She also wants fans and other stars to show up, too.
“This is New York City, it’s got its own celebrities and also audiences who would enjoy this. So, I would love to see New York celebrities, as well as Hollywood celebrities,” Luna said.
Luna was introduced at a press event for the musical Wednesday at the Korean Cultural Center in New York.
Luna began her musical career as a member of the popular K-pop group f(x) before becoming a solo artist. Her latest single, “Madonna,” was released in September.
Her stage resume includes Korean productions of “In the Heights” and “Mamma Mia,” and she’s excited to take her talents to Broadway.
“I have always loved doing all those ever since I was a young child, and I even liked creating some routines,” Luna said.
She added: “For this musical, I get to dance while I sing while I act, that is so exciting, and I cannot wait to do this.”
“KPOP” tells the story of global superstars preparing for a special one-night only concert, when one singer’s inner struggle threatens to dismantle one of the biggest labels in the industry.
The multimedia experience explores the relentless discipline, raw talent, and commercial ambition behind the international phenomenon.
The musical has a story by Jason Kim and music by Helen Park, who has worked on the show for the past eight years. She said she is excited that audiences will finally get to experience her favorite music genre.
“I know recently a K-pop has been really blowing up and a lot of people love the genre. But when we started writing this musical in back in 2014, I was so eager for the world to see what I see. And I wanted to share it with the world in a language that everyone can understand,” she said.
“I think musical theater is that vessel for people to hear and witness other people’s stories and feel the emotions. I really wanted the show to be doing that with the genre that I love so much,” Park said.
“KPOP” begins previews Oct. 13 at the Circle in the Square Theatre, with an opening night scheduled for Nov. 20.
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Planet Fitness (PLNT) Stock Moves -0.61%: What You Should Know
In the latest trading session, Planet Fitness (PLNT) closed at $84.48, marking a -0.61% move from the previous day. This move was narrower than the S&P 500's daily loss of 1.57%. At the same time, the Dow lost 1.56%, and the tech-heavy Nasdaq gained 0.1%.
Heading into today, shares of the fitness center operator had gained 0.07% over the past month, outpacing the Consumer Discretionary sector's loss of 0.54% and lagging the S&P 500's gain of 5.37% in that time.
Wall Street will be looking for positivity from Planet Fitness as it approaches its next earnings report date. The company is expected to report EPS of $0.27, up 170% from the prior-year quarter. Meanwhile, the Zacks Consensus Estimate for revenue is projecting net sales of $187.73 million, up 67.8% from the year-ago period.
Looking at the full year, our Zacks Consensus Estimates suggest analysts are expecting earnings of $1.52 per share and revenue of $915.22 million. These totals would mark changes of +85.37% and +55.91%, respectively, from last year.
Any recent changes to analyst estimates for Planet Fitness should also be noted by investors. These revisions typically reflect the latest short-term business trends, which can change frequently. As a result, we can interpret positive estimate revisions as a good sign for the company's business outlook.
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Also, we should mention that PLNT has a PEG ratio of 2.79. This metric is used similarly to the famous P/E ratio, but the PEG ratio also takes into account the stock's expected earnings growth rate. PLNT's industry had an average PEG ratio of 2.79 as of yesterday's close.
The Leisure and Recreation Services industry is part of the Consumer Discretionary sector. This group has a Zacks Industry Rank of 110, putting it in the top 44% of all 250+ industries.
The Zacks Industry Rank gauges the strength of our industry groups by measuring the average Zacks Rank of the individual stocks within the groups. Our research shows that the top 50% rated industries outperform the bottom half by a factor of 2 to 1.
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By The Associated Press
The last Russian troops left the Chernobyl nuclear plant early Friday, according to the Ukrainian government agency responsible for the exclusion zone around the plant.
Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk said the Russian troops who dug trenches in the forest “voluntarily received such doses of radiation that the consequences will be explained to them by doctors in special protective suits.”
“They totally deserve to be nominated for this year’s Darwin Awards,” she said on Facebook. “This is a case when the enemy inspires fear through the sawdust in his head.”
The website of the Darwin Awards says they “salute the improvement of the human genome by honoring those who accidentally remove themselves from it in a spectacular manner.”
The Ukrainian nuclear operator company Energoatom said Thursday that Russian troops were headed toward Ukraine’s border with Belarus.
Energoatom said that the Russian military was also preparing to leave Slavutych, a nearby city where power plant workers live.
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KEY DEVELOPMENTS IN THE RUSSIA-UKRAINE WAR:
— Heavy fighting rages near Kyiv as Russia appears to regroup
— Kremlin decree says foreign currency can still buy natural gas
— As Russia sees tech brain drain, other nations hope to gain
— Ukraine refugees encouraged to find work as exodus slows
— Ukrainians in US mobilize to help expected refugees
— Go to https://apnews.com/hub/russia-ukraine for more coverage
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OTHER DEVELOPMENTS:
LVIV, UKRAINE — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said after Russian troops withdrew from the north and center of the country, the situation has been heating up in the southeast where Russian forces are building up for new powerful attacks.
In his nighttime video address to the nation Thursday, Zelenskyy said it was heartening for all Ukrainians to see Russian troops retreating from north of Kyiv, from around the northern town of Chernihiv and from Sumy in the northeast. By he urged Ukrainians not to let up, saying the withdrawal was just a Russian tactic.
“We know their intentions. We know what they are planning and what they are doing,” Zelenskyy said. “We know that they are moving away from those areas where we hit them in order to focus on other, very important ones where it may be difficult for us.
“We all want to win,” Zelenskyy added. “But there will be battles ahead. We still have to go through a very difficult path ahead to get everything we are striving for.”
Zelenskyy said he spoke Thursday with European Council President Charles Michel and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, while his adviser spoke with U.S. national security adviser Jake Sullivan.
“We need more support from our partners right now when Russian troops are concentrating additional forces in certain areas,” Zelenskyy said.
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WASHINGTON — The top-ranking Ukrainian Catholic cleric in the United States warned Thursday that religious minorities in the Eastern European country stand to be “crushed” if Moscow gains control, as fighting raged on more than a month after the Russian invasion began.
Archbishop Borys Gudziak said groups at risk include Catholics, Muslims and Orthodox who have broken away from the patriarch of Moscow.
Gudziak also cited reports that Russian forces have damaged two Holocaust memorials and Moscow’s false portrayal of Ukraine as a “Nazi” state although Ukraine overwhelmingly elected a Jewish president in Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
“What is at stake for the people of faith is their freedom to practice their faith,” Gudziak said during an online panel discussion on the war, hosted by the Initiative on Catholic Social Thought and Public Life at Georgetown University.
Gudziak is head of the Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Philadelphia and president of Ukrainian Catholic University in Lviv, Ukraine. He also oversees external relations for the Kyiv-based Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church.
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WASHINGTON — The Pentagon says an initial half-dozen shipments of weapons and other security assistance have reached Ukraine as part of the $800 million package of aid that President Joe Biden approved on March 16.
Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said Thursday that the shipments included Javelin anti-tank weapons, Stinger anti-aircraft missile systems, body armor, medical supplies and other material. He said the 100 Switchblade armed drones that Biden approved as part of the package have not yet been delivered.
Kirby said the $800 million in assistance is likely to be fully delivered within about two weeks. It also includes Mi-17 helicopters, small arms, ammunition, vehicles, secure communications systems, and satellite imagery and analysis capability.
Separately, Kirby said U.S. troops are not training Ukrainian troops in Poland but are acting as liaisons with Ukrainian personnel who cross the border into Poland to take possession of U.S. security assistance. He noted that the standard U.S. military training mission that had existed in Ukraine for years was suspended shortly before Russia invaded.
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DOHA, Qatar — A video showing the head of Ukrainian soccer wearing an armored vest on the streets of Kyiv brought the impact of Russia’s war into the FIFA Congress.
Andriy Pavelko used a recorded message to the gathering in Qatar on Thursday to talk about the deaths of footballers even as the sport “has taken a back seat in our country.”
The gathering in Doha featured delegates from Russia, including Alexey Sorokin, the chief executive of Russia’s 2018 World Cup organizing committee.
Russia won’t be in the draw for the World Cup on Friday after being disqualified from playing internationally by FIFA over the war. Ukraine can still qualify but its playoff semifinal against Scotland has been postponed until June with the hope the team will be in a position to return to the field by then.
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LVIV, Ukraine — Ukraine’s ombudsperson says that at least one person has been killed and four others have been wounded in the Russian shelling of a humanitarian convoy.
Ukrainian Human Rights Commissioner Lyudmyla Denisova said those who came under the shelling on Thursday were volunteers accompanying a convoy of buses sent to the northern city of Chernihiv to evacuate residents.
She said that the Russian forces besieging Chernihiv have made it impossible to evacuate civilians from the city that has been cut from food, water and other supplies.
The Russian shelling continued two days after Moscow announced it would scale back military operations around Kyiv and Chernihiv.
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BERLIN — The International Atomic Energy Agency says it has been informed by Ukraine that the Russian forces which were in control of the Chernobyl nuclear plant have “in writing, transferred control” of the facility to Ukrainian personnel.
Ukraine said three convoys of Russian forces have already left the site toward Belarus, while the remaining troops were presumed to be preparing to leave, the agency said Thursday.
The IAEA added that it was in close consultations with Ukrainian authorities on sending a first assistance and support mission to Chernobyl in the next few days.
The agency said it has not been able to confirm reports of Russian forces receiving high doses of radiation while being inside the exclusion zone of the now-closed plant, but is seeking further information in order to provide an independent assessment of the situation.
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ANKARA, Turkey — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan renewed his offer to host a meeting between the Ukrainian and Russian leaders during a telephone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
A statement from Erdogan’s office said the Turkish president also told Zelenskyy Thursday that a meeting between Ukrainian and Russian negotiators who met in Istanbul earlier this week had given “a meaningful impetus” to efforts to end the fighting.
Earlier this week, Ukraine’s delegation laid out a framework under which the country would declare itself neutral and its security would be guaranteed by an array of nations, including Turkey.
Meanwhile, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said during a joint news conference with a top Turkish Cypriot official that Erdogan also is expected to speak with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
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WASHINGTON — U.S. President Joe Biden on Thursday said there’s “no clear evidence” that Vladimir Putin is scaling back military operations around Kyiv and suggested that the Russian president may have ordered some of his advisers fired or placed under house arrest.
Biden told reporters that “there’s some indication” that Putin has taken those steps against some of his advisers. He added, “But I don’t want to put too much stock in that at this time because we don’t have that much hard evidence.”
The White House on Wednesday released unclassified intelligence findings that Putin is being misinformed by his advisors about how badly the Russian military is performing.
The president made the comments after formally announcing that the U.S. would release 1 million barrels of oil per day from the nation’s strategic petroleum reserve in hopes of easing surging gasoline prices.
Biden also reiterated that his administration remains skeptical that Russia will scale back operations around Kyiv as Moscow announced earlier this week.
Russian forces continued to shell Kyiv suburbs Thursday, two days after the Kremlin announced it would significantly scale back operations near both the capital and the northern city of Chernihiv.
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UNITED NATIONS — The U.N. humanitarian coordinator in Ukraine says the United Nations and its partners have delivered supplies for thousands of people in the country’s northeast but have been unable to reach some encircled cities in the south.
Osnat Lubrani said Thursday that food rations from the humanitarian organization People in Need and the U.N. World Food Program will benefit nearly 6,000 people in Sumy and areas including Trostianets and Okhtyrka.
In addition, she said, basic household items including blankets and kettles from the U.N. refugee agency will support 1,500 people and sanitation kits will help 6,000 people with hygiene and drinking water.
Lubrani said medical supplies and trauma kits from the U.N. World Health Organization will treat 150 patients needing intensive care for serious injuries while other medical supplies will support 10,000 people for three months.
Shei said the U.N.-facilitated humanitarian notification system with Ukraine and Russia enabled safe passage for the convoy to Sumy on Thursday “but this is clearly not enough.” Efforts over the past month to reach Mauripol, Kherson and other encircled cities in the south have been unsuccessful because of safety concerns.
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BERLIN — The U.N. nuclear watchdog says its director-general has arrived in Russia’s Baltic Sea exclave of Kaliningrad for talks with senior Russian officials.
The International Atomic Energy Agency didn’t specify in a tweet whom exactly Rafael Mariano Grossi will meet on Friday or give further details of his agenda.
He arrived in Kaliningrad Thursday following a visit to Ukraine, where he visited a nuclear power plant and conferred with the energy minister and other officials on efforts to ensure the safety of Ukraine’s nuclear power plants.
Ukraine has 15 active nuclear reactors at four plants — one of which, at Zaporizhzhia, is under the Russian military’s control.
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GENEVA — A team with the International Committee of the Red Cross has arrived in a Ukraine-held city where staff are preparing to take civilians out of the beleaguered port city of Mariupol.
Julien Lerisson, deputy director of operations for the ICRC, said Thursday that the team assembling in the southeastern city of Zaporizhzhia, has medicines, food, water, hygiene items and other essentials.
He said the organization has high-level agreement for the mission but is focused on making sure “the order trickles down the chain of command,” allowing the team to enter and leave Mariupol safely.
The Russian military has said it committed to a cease-fire along the route from Mariupol to Zaporizhzhia. Ukrainian authorities have said 45 buses would be sent to collect citizens and provide resources to those who remain.
Lucile Marbeau, a staff member with the ICRC team hoping to enter Mariupol, said on Thursday: “We’re here because really, we hope to be able to facilitate safe passage for civilians desperately wanting to flee Mariupol.”
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LONDON — Britain’s defense minister says Ukraine’s international allies have agreed to send more military equipment, including artillery ammunition and armored vehicles.
U.K. Defence Secretary Ben Wallace held a conference call Thursday with defense ministers from more than 35 countries, including the United States, New Zealand, South Korea and Japan.
Wallace said that as a result “there will be more lethal aid going into Ukraine.” He said that would include “more long-range artillery, ammunition predominantly,” to help counter Russia’s bombardment of Ukraine’s cities.
Wallace said Ukraine was “also looking for armoured vehicles of some types, not tanks necessarily, but certainly protective vehicles.”
He said allies were also “looking to see what more we can do” to help Ukraine defend its coastline.
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WASHINGTON — The Biden administration has sanctioned an employee of a state-affiliated Russian defense firm that developed malicious software that was used to target the energy sector.
The Treasury Department on Thursday sanctioned Evgeny Viktorovich Gladkikh. He was one of four Russians charged in Justice Department indictments unsealed last week that alleged the hacking by Russia of critical infrastructure around the globe, including in the U.S. energy and aviation sectors.
Among the thousands of computers targeted in some 135 countries were of a Saudi petro-chemical plant where the hackers overrode safety controls.
That hack is singled out in a Treasury Department release announcing sanctions against Gladikh and several other employees of the research firm. In total, the Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control announced that it was designating 21 entities and 13 individuals, including in the aerospace, marine and electronics sectors.
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LVIV, Ukraine — Russian troops were leaving the Chernobyl nuclear power plant and heading towards Ukraine’s border with Belarus, the Ukrainian nuclear operator company said Thursday.
The operator, Energoatom, said that the Russian military was also preparing to leave Slavutych, a nearby city where power plant workers live.
Energoatom also said reports were confirmed that the Russians dug trenches in the Red Forest, the 10-square-kilometer (nearly four-square-mile) area surrounding the Chernobyl plant within the Exclusion Zone, and received “significant doses of radiation.”
The Russian troops “panicked at the first sign of illness,” which “showed up very quickly,” and began to prepare to leave, the operator said. The claim couldn’t be independently verified.
Energoatom said the Russians have signed a document confirming the handover of the Chernobyl plant and stating that the plant’s administration doesn’t have any complaints about the Russian troops who were “guarding” the facility.
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LONDON — The head of Britain’s military says Russian President Vladimir Putin has “already lost” in Ukraine and is weaker than he was before the invasion.
Adm. Tony Radakin at a think-tank seminar Thursday in London said Moscow’s aim to “take the whole of Ukraine” fell apart. He added that the coming weeks “will continue to be very difficult” for Ukraine.
“But in many ways, Putin has already lost,” he said. “Far from being the far-sighted manipulator of events that he would have us believe, Putin has damaged himself through a series of catastrophic misjudgements.”
Radakin also said there was “disquiet” at all levels of Russia’s military about the campaign, from troops who were not told they were invading Ukraine up to senior commanders.
Western officials say Putin’s small inner circle is not giving him the true picture of the war, and his isolation may have contributed to miscalculating the strength of resistance Russian troops would meet.
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BERLIN — The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe expressed regret Thursday at Russia’s decision to veto the extension of its observer mission in Ukraine.
The OSCE’s special monitoring mission has been present in Ukraine since 2014, when fighting between Ukrainians and Russia-backed separatists broke out in the country’s eastern regions after Russia’s annexation of Crimea.
Polish Foreign Minister Zbigniew Rau, who holds the OSCE rotating chair, said the observers had played a “crucial role by providing objective information on the security and humanitarian situation on the ground and relentlessly working to ease the effects of the conflict on the civilian population” in Ukraine for the past eight year.
The Vienna-based body’s secretary general, Helga Maria Schmid, expressed gratitude to the mission’s members, several of whom were wounded or killed over the years.
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BERLIN — Germany’s economy minister says Europe should impose additional sanctions on Russia to prevent what he described as a “barbaric” war in Ukraine.
Robert Habeck said he discussed what further measures could be taken with his French counterpart during a bilateral meeting in Berlin on Thursday.
“The last package (of sanctions) doesn’t need to be the final one, it should not be the final one,” he told reporters, adding that he and French Economy Minister Bruno Le Maire had “identified additional points that could be included in a (sanctions) package.”
Habeck declined to elaborate on what those points might be.
Speaking ahead of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s announcement on new rules requiring countries to pay for Russia’s natural gas sales in rubles, Habeck insisted that contracts would be adhered to. These stipulate payment in euros or dollars.
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BERLIN — The Austrian and German leaders have underlined their rejection of a halt to Russian energy deliveries at this point.
Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer noted that several central and eastern European countries depend to one extent or another on Russian gas deliveries.
He and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz argued that existing sanctions already are having a significant effect and said they need time to switch to new providers and renewable energy sources.
Nehammer said that “sanctions only make sense … when they hit those they are supposed to hit, and don’t weaken those who carry out sanctions.”
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ROME — A Kremlin decree says “unfriendly countries” can continue to pay for natural gas in foreign currency through a Russian bank that will convert the money into rubles.
The decree published Thursday by state media came a day after the leaders of Italy and Germany said they received assurances from President Vladimir Putin.
Putin talked tougher, saying Russia will start accepting ruble payments starting Friday for Western countries that imposed sanctions over its conflict with Ukraine. He said contracts will be stopped if buyers don’t sign up to the new conditions, including opening ruble accounts in Russian banks.
European leaders had rejected paying for deliveries in rubles, saying it would undermine sanctions imposed because of the war in Ukraine.
The decree Putin signed and published by state news agency RIA Novosti says a designated bank will open two accounts for each buyer, one in foreign currency and one in rubles. The buyers will pay in foreign currency and authorize the bank to sell that currency for rubles, which are placed in the second account, where the gas is formally purchased.
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ROME — Italy’s leader is urging Europe to “cultivate all available land” as a partial remedy to reductions in agricultural imports, especially of Russian grain, due to the war in Ukraine.
Premier Mario Draghi told reporters on Thursday that under existing agricultural practices in the European Union 10% of land is purposely left fallow, but that must now change as European countries search for ways to reduce dependency on farm imports.
It’s not clear whether Ukraine, one of the world’s largest exporters of wheat, maize and sunflower oil, might be able to salvage any of this planting season.
Meanwhile, Draghi noted that Western Europe will be looking to food producers like Canada, the United States and Argentina to help make up the shortfall of imports from Ukraine and Russia.
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STOCKHOLM — The deputy director of Sweden’s Military Intelligence and Security agency says Russia has made “a strategic miscalculation when invading Ukraine.”
Daniel Olsson said the invasion of Ukraine “has shown that the Russian leadership is ready to take great risks, larger than previously taken.”
The government agency’s analysis suggested a likely “a western containment of Russia,” including reducing trade in Russian energy.
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Newport Utilities Water construction crews will be extending a water line across Chemwood Drive beginning Monday, April 4, weather permitting. This construction work requires closing Chemwood Drive at Lisega Boulevard beginning Monday, April 4, through Tuesday, April 5.
Commuters in the area are advised to use an alternate route as vehicles will not be able to travel through the construction area. Access to businesses located along Chemwood Drive and Lisega Boulevard will not be blocked. If weather does not permit work to begin Monday, a new schedule will be set.
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Lauren London commemorated her boyfriend Nipsey Hussle on the third anniversary of his death.
The actress honored Nipsey Hussle in an Instagram post on Thursday (March 31). Lauren London declared she’d forever love the late rapper, who is the father of her son Kross.
“Loving You,” she wrote. “Here. There. Then. Now. Forever and After. Long Live The King Ermias Asghedom. Hussle Man.”
Lauren London also shared more Nipsey Hussle tributes on her Instagram Stories. One featured a heartfelt message about his presence remaining with her even in death.
“I may not see you but I feel you in the moon and the stars and the seasons always changing,” the message read. “Telling me though I may seem alone that you never really left.”
Last year, Lauren London opened up about losing Nipsey Hussle in an interview with the Los Angeles Times. Since his death, she’s been on a “quest for peace.”
“I lost what I would say is the love of my life, so I had to go so deep within myself,” she explained. “I was so in a dark space and it was just like, ‘What is this? Who am I? God, please show me.’ When you’re facing God face-on, you’re asking real questions and you want real answers. It wasn’t for play. I really wanted to know what was going on.”
Nipsey Hussle was shot and killed in 2019. His alleged killer Eric Holder is still awaiting trial for murder.
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https://allhiphop.com/news/lauren-london-pays-tribute-to-nipsey-hussle-on-anniversary-of-his-death/
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The House on Thursday passed a bill capping the monthly cost of insulin at $35 for insured patients, part of an election-year push by Democrats for price curbs on prescription drugs at a time of rising inflation.
Experts say the legislation, which passed 232-193, would provide significant relief for privately insured patients with skimpier plans and for Medicare enrollees facing rising out-of-pocket costs for their insulin. Some could save hundreds of dollars annually, and all insured patients would get the benefit of predictable monthly costs for insulin. The bill would not help the uninsured.
But the Affordable Insulin Now Act will serve as a political vehicle to rally Democrats and force Republicans who oppose it into uncomfortable votes ahead of the midterms. For the legislation to pass Congress, 10 Republican senators would have to vote in favor. Democrats acknowledge they don't have an answer for how that's going to happen.
"If 10 Republicans stand between the American people being able to get access to affordable insulin, that's a good question for 10 Republicans to answer," said Rep. Dan Kildee, D-Mich., a cosponsor of the House bill. "Republicans get diabetes, too. Republicans die from diabetes."
Public opinion polls have consistently shown support across party lines for congressional action to limit drug costs.
But Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., complained the legislation is only "a small piece of a larger package around government price controls for prescription drugs." Critics say the bill would raise premiums and fails to target pharmaceutical middlemen seen as contributing to high list prices for insulin.
Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, said Democrats could have a deal on prescription drugs if they drop their bid to authorize Medicare to negotiate prices. "Do Democrats really want to help seniors, or would they rather have the campaign issue?" Grassley said.
The insulin bill, which would take effect in 2023, represents just one provision of a much broader prescription drug package in President Joe Biden's social and climate legislation.
In addition to a similar $35 cap on insulin, the Biden bill would authorize Medicare to negotiate prices for a range of drugs, including insulin. It would penalize drugmakers who raise prices faster than inflation and overhaul the Medicare prescription drug benefit to limit out-of-pocket costs for enrollees.
Biden's agenda passed the House only to stall in the Senate because Democrats could not reach consensus. Party leaders haven't abandoned hope of getting the legislation moving again, and preserving its drug pricing curbs largely intact.
The idea of a $35 monthly cost cap for insulin actually has a bipartisan pedigree. The Trump administration had created a voluntary option for Medicare enrollees to get insulin for $35, and the Biden administration continued it.
In the Senate, Republican Susan Collins of Maine and Democrat Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire are working on a bipartisan insulin bill. Georgia Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock has introduced legislation similar to the House bill, with the support of Sen. Majority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York.
Stung by criticism that Biden's economic policies spur inflation, Democrats are redoubling efforts to show how they'd help people cope with costs. On Thursday, the Commerce Department reported a key inflation gauge jumped 6.4% in February compared with a year ago, the largest year-over-year rise since January 1982.
But experts say the House bill would not help uninsured people, who face the highest out-of-pocket costs for insulin. Also, people with diabetes often take other medications as well as insulin. That's done to treat the diabetes itself, along with other serious health conditions often associated with the disease. The House legislation would not help with those costs, either. Collins says she's looking for a way to help uninsured people through her bill.
About 37 million Americans have diabetes, and an estimated 6 million to 7 million use insulin to keep their blood sugars under control. It's an old drug, refined and improved over the years, that has seen relentless price increases.
Steep list prices don't reflect the rates insurance plans negotiate with manufacturers. But those list prices are used to calculate cost-sharing amounts that patients owe. Patients who can't afford their insulin reduce or skip doses, a strategy born of desperation, which can lead to serious complications and even death.
Economist Sherry Glied of New York University said the market for insulin is a "total disaster" for many patients, particularly those with skimpy insurance plans or no insurance.
"This will make private insurance for people with diabetes a much more attractive proposition," said Glied.
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https://www.wkbw.com/news/national/house-passes-35-a-month-insulin-cap-as-dems-seek-wider-bill
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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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India inks 62 advance pricing agreements
1 min read . Updated: 31 Mar 2022, 11:49 PM IST- With this, the total number of advance pricing agreements since the inception of the programme has gone up to 42
The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) entered into 62 advance pricing agreements (APA) in FY22 with Indian taxpayers, comprising 13 bilateral APAs - consequent to mutual agreements between India and its treaty partners - and 49 unilateral APAs.
With this, the total number of APAs since the inception of the APA programme has gone up to 421. APAs provide certainty to taxpayers in transfer pricing by specifying the methods of pricing and determining the arm’s length price of international transactions in advance for five years.
“Despite severe economic and social disruption caused by the CoVID-19 pandemic in first part of the financial year, the number of APAs signed compares very well with the APAs signed in the preceding two years (31 APAs in FY 2020-21 and 57 APAs in FY 2019-20)," the Board said on Thursday.
Further, the taxpayer has the option to roll back the APA for four preceding years, as a result of which nine years of tax certainty is provided.
The progress of the APA scheme strengthens the government’s resolve to foster a non-adversarial tax regime and increase the ease of doing business in India, the Board said.
Experts said that the progress of the APA regime was encouraging for foreign companies given the economic and social disruption caused by the pandemic.
“The APA programme has been welcomed by all stake holders as it appreciates the business realities and has been able to reduce cases of litigation, ensuring a win-win situation for the department as well as taxpayers," said Amit Agarwal, partner- transfer pricing at Nangia Andersen LLP.
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HAVANA, Cuba, Mar 31 (ACN) Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez described today as fraternal his meeting with the delegation of the Hostosian National Independence Movement (MINH) of Puerto Rico that is visiting the island these days, led by its president Julio Muriente.
Díaz-Canel stressed in a message on Twitter that he reasserted in the exchange Cuba’s commitment to Puerto Rican independence and its battle against colonialism, a concern among all those who love freedom and justice.
Established on May 6, 2004, MINH is a left-wing political organization in Puerto Rico and, as such, its members who can vote in Puerto Rican elections.
MINH has called for a unicameral legislature for their country, a Constituent Assembly on the political status of the island, and a role for Puerto Rico on the international stage, especially at the United Nations.
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http://www.cubanews.acn.cu/cuba/16951-diaz-canel-holds-fraternal-meeting-with-puerto-rican-delegation
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eCash (XEC) traded 2.1% lower against the dollar during the 1 day period ending at 19:00 PM E.T. on March 31st. eCash has a market capitalization of $1.77 billion and approximately $51.08 million worth of eCash was traded on exchanges in the last day. One eCash coin can currently be purchased for about $0.0001 or 0.00000000 BTC on popular exchanges. During the last week, eCash has traded up 11.2% against the dollar.
Here is how related cryptocurrencies have performed during the last day:
- Tether (USDT) traded down 0% against the dollar and now trades at $1.00 or 0.00002188 BTC.
- XRP (XRP) traded down 5% against the dollar and now trades at $0.82 or 0.00001791 BTC.
- Polkadot (DOT) traded 4.5% lower against the dollar and now trades at $21.50 or 0.00047011 BTC.
- Shiba Inu (SHIB) traded down 5.7% against the dollar and now trades at $0.0000 or 0.00000000 BTC.
- Wrapped TRON (WTRX) traded up 2% against the dollar and now trades at $0.0741 or 0.00000162 BTC.
- Lido stETH (STETH) traded down 3.4% against the dollar and now trades at $3,269.73 or 0.07150489 BTC.
- EarnX (EARNX) traded up 396,248.3% against the dollar and now trades at $0.0008 or 0.00000002 BTC.
- Bitcoin BEP2 (BTCB) traded down 2.7% against the dollar and now trades at $45,741.32 or 1.00030576 BTC.
- stETH (Lido) (STETH) traded flat against the dollar and now trades at $3,479.19 or 0.06807369 BTC.
- Internet Computer (ICP) traded down 4.1% against the dollar and now trades at $21.05 or 0.00046029 BTC.
eCash Profile
According to CryptoCompare, “XEC is a centralized coin unlike other coins in the market. Our core idea is to provide an “Equivalent Value Overseas Remittance” through our Eternal Wallet System. We can do any transactions like remittances, payment without any other coins involving hence having a very low transfer or processing fees. The XEC system also preventing hackers and fraudulent activities including tracing back the data, among others. XET refers to a token that can be exchanged with Eternal Coin (XEC) at 1:10 ratio. Eternal Coin (XEC) can be traded and acquired via authorized exchanges ONLY which leads to the disadvantage that XEC can’t be acquired via ANY unauthorized exchanges throughout the world. Therefore, Eternal Token (XET) is developed to be listed and tradable with various currencies on global exchanges. The issuance between two compatible virtual currencies is a new form of virtual currency to solve the disadvantage of XEC and other currencies with a similar situation. “
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https://www.americanbankingnews.com/2022/03/31/ecash-xec-one-day-trading-volume-hits-51-08-million.html
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LANCASTER – The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department will be conducting a DUI checkpoint at an undisclosed location in Lancaster this Friday, April 1, between the hours of 6 p.m. and 2 a.m., authorities announced.
The checkpoint’s location will be chosen based on data showing incidents of impaired driving-related crashes. The primary purpose of a DUI checkpoint is to promote public safety by taking suspected impaired drivers off the road.
“Impaired drivers put others on the road at significant risk,” Sgt. Robert Hill said. “Any prevention measures that reduce the number of impaired drivers on our roads significantly improves traffic safety.”
The Sheriff’s Department reminds the public that impaired driving is not just from alcohol. Some prescription medications and over-the-counter drugs may also interfere with driving. While medicinal and recreational marijuana are legal, driving under the influence of marijuana is illegal.
Drivers charged with a first-time DUI face an average of $13,500 in fines and penalties, as well as a suspended license, according to the Sheriff’s Department.
Funding for this DUI checkpoint is provided by a grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety, through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
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https://theavtimes.com/2022/03/31/dui-checkpoint-planned-for-lancaster-this-friday-8/
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Nigeria used borrowings as tool for economic recovery – DMO
The Debt Management Office (DMO) said on Thursday the Federal Government used loans secured from multilateral lenders as a tool for economic recovery.
The Director-General of the DMO, Patience Oniha, stated this in a keynote address at the fourth national budget roundtable and panel discussion at Covenant University, Ogun State.
She said Nigeria’s current debt profile to Gross Domestic Product (GDP) ratio was 22 percent, lower than the 40 percent stipulated for developing countries by the World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF).
She stressed that the critical infrastructures built by the Federal Government were funded with internal and external borrowings.
READ ALSO: DMO completes first round of 2022 borrowing plans
Borrowing, according to her, was not condemnable, especially when it is pumped into developmental projects and programmes.
The DMO chief listed some of the projects undertaken by the Federal Government to include the Lagos and Enugu airports, the Lagos-Ibadan expressway, and the Second Niger Bridge, among others.
Oniha said: “Government borrowing can also support other sectors of the economy that attract foreign investors and have multiplier effects on the country.
“The nation’s debt profile is fast growing as the country has a huge infrastructure deficit.
“However, the government is working tirelessly to diversify revenue sources to reduce pressure on crude oil, which is prone to volatility.
“The Nigerian government has successfully utilised borrowing as a tool for economic recovery, to bring the economy out of cycles of recessions, first in 2017 and second in 2021.”
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Australia to send armoured vehicles to Ukraine
Australia will send some of its Bushmaster armoured vehicles to Ukraine following a request from the war-torn nation’s president Volodymyr Zelensky in his address to Parliament.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison confirmed on Friday morning that some of the Australian-made four-wheel-drive armoured vehicles would be sent over to Ukraine, along with a further $25 million worth of military support announced on Thursday.
“We are not just sending our prayers, we are sending our guns, ammunitions, humanitarian aid, all of this, our body armour, all of these things,” he said.
“We will send our armoured vehicles, our Bushmasters, as well, and we will fly them over there in our C-17s to make sure they can be there to support.”
Defence officials separately told a Senate estimates hearing there had been discussions throughout the night about how the Bushmasters could be supplied after Mr Zelensky specifically asked for them in his address to Parliament on Thursday evening.
Foreign Minister Marise Payne said this included considering whether there were any in place in countries geographically closer to Ukraine which could be moved to the war zone faster than shipping them from Australia.
More to come.
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https://www.theage.com.au/politics/federal/australia-to-send-armoured-vehicles-to-ukraine-20220401-p5a9yl.html?ref=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss_politics_federal
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There’s a new Magneto coming to Easter Jeep Safari this year, and it’s not the one played by Sir Ian McKellan. It’s not Michael Fassbender, either. Last year Jeep showed off a battery-electric Wrangler with a 285 horsepower motor from Webasto and 70 kWh of battery shoved wherever it would fit. Interestingly, it still featured its factory manual gearbox and selectable range with available 2WD, 4-high, and 4-low. That’s unorthodox, because unlike typical four-wheel drive BEVs, it wasn’t accomplished with a motor at each end, but rather a transfer case and traditional axles.
On Thursday Jeep teased a Magneto 2.0 ahead of EJS this year, presumably meaning the company would be bringing a second version of the model. There’s no telling exactly how this one will be powered, but I’d jump to the easy conclusion that this will be a more well-rounded BEV that takes full advantage of electric propulsion. I’d expect something with more power output, and more motors. Whether that is accomplished with one motor at each axle, or one motor at each wheel as Rivian does, we can’t be sure until the vehicle is unveiled.
The teaser image, above, seems to show carbon fiber flat fenders, and a massive power bulge on the hood. It’s possible that this will be a more power-and-acceleration-oriented electric Wrangler. Trucks like the Rivian R1T and GMC Hummer are trying to claim proper electric off-road chops, as well as quick on-road acceleration, so if Jeep were to bring out something that was lighter, quicker, and more trail-rated than either of those, it could be a massive step in the EV direction that Stellantis has set out for its brands.
Surely such a Wrangler would not be cheap to produce for public consumption, but that doesn’t mean it can’t be made as a one-off for EJS fairly easily to drum up excitement and gauge consumer sentiment toward an electric Wrangler.
I, for one, already love the idea.
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https://jalopnik.com/jeep-teases-another-electric-wrangler-concept-ahead-of-1848735534
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It's fair to say that when it comes to barbecues, Americans do it bigger and better. Cooking outdoors is no casual affair, with the same care and attention as you would expect in the kitchen.
When it comes to the barbecues themselves – or grills, as they're known State-side – the Traeger name is known for being top dog. Unlike the gas grills of Weber, Char-Broil and Cuisinart, Traeger's models are all wood-pellet powered. This is no simple bonfire cookout though, these are state-of-the-art precision grills that can provide a range of cooking styles.
Traeger's premium offering is the Timberline and the original 2017 design has just had a major upgrade to make the whole experience even more impressive. If you're burning your burgers on one of these, you're doing something very wrong.
The Timberline comes in regular and XL sizes but even the regular is huge by normal sizes. The Timberline features 880 square inches (56cm squared) of cooking space across three levels. That's space for eight racks of ribs or 9 chickens. Plus an induction plate on the side, to place a pan or skillet and sear, fry or sauté. The XL cranks that up to 1320 square inches (0.85 square meters) or space for 16 racks of ribs or 12 chickens.
There's a full-color touchscreen display on both units to monitor the temperature and perform maintenance checks. The WiFIRE technology connects the Timberline to the Traeger app, to control it from anywhere and there's now a more powerful Wi-Fi antenna built-in. It even comes with MEATER wireless meat thermometers that you can place inside your chicken or steak to know exactly when it reaches the right temperature.
To improve the cooking it has a new fully stainless steel interior to allow for hotter temperatures and a smart combustion system using a series of sensors in the grill to ensure an even heat. Even cleaning it is made simple, thanks to a grease and ash keg to quickly dispose of the excess after cooking.
ModiFIRE accessories allow you to customize the cooking style and the Pop-And-Lock rail allows you to set up the layout as you want it, with storage bins, veg trays, hooks and shelves. It really is more of a complete outdoor kitchen than just a grill.
The Timberline and Timberline XL are priced $3499 (£2700 / AU$4700) and $3799 (£2900 / AU$5100) respectively and will be available later this spring in the US. UK and Australian prices and availability are to be confirmed.
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https://www.t3.com/us/news/traegers-ultimate-grilling-machine-gets-an-upgrade
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Springfield-Greene County Health Department updates COVID-19 response
With Gov. Mike Parson declaring the COVID-19 crisis over in Missouri, Springfield-Greene County Health Department has outlined its updated response in a press release.
As of Thursday afternoon, Greene County has seen 71,124 positive COVID-19 cases — 166 of which are currently active — and 737 deaths related to COVID-19. A little over half of the population — 54.4% — has been fully vaccinated.
The health department is now viewing the novel coronavirus as an endemic — or regularly present — disease, similar to influenza or HIV.
"As we move to an endemic response, Springfield-Greene County Health is committed to providing guidance and education so individuals and families can continue protecting themselves and others from this serious disease," the press release said.
More:'We are moving on': Gov. Parson declares end of COVID-19 crisis in Missouri
The health department will monitor the presence of new variants, and will continue testing and vaccination efforts.
Additionally, the department's epidemiology team "will provide guidance with a focus on vulnerable populations and monitoring potential outbreaks to reduce community spread in Greene County."
More:While COVID-19 may be quiet for now, 'a new swell coming,' health care leaders say
Though Greene County is a low community impact level for COVID-19, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, citizens should continue to get tested after exposure, stay home when they're experiencing symptoms and stay up to date with COVID-19 vaccines.
"Vaccination continues to be the best way for people to protect themselves and their families against these possible surges of COVID-19, so we urge everyone to get vaccinated and get their booster dose as soon as they are eligible," the press release said.
More information and vaccination opportunities can be found at vaccine417.com or at 417-874-1211
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https://www.news-leader.com/story/news/local/ozarks/2022/03/31/springfield-greene-co-health-updates-covid-19-response/7235737001/
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GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — The pain was sharp and familiar. It reminded David Price of where he has been. It also told him he still might be able to be the pitcher the Los Angeles Dodgers thought they had nearly 26 months ago.
Price’s quiet spring began the way others have in the five-time All-Star’s 13-year career: His left elbow hurt after his first live batting practice a couple of weeks ago, and he knew the resumption of an old routine was underway.
“Always the elbow,’’ Price said. “It happens every year, all the way back to 2010. Now, everything feels good – arm, elbow and shoulder.’’
It was good enough to impress Dodgers manager Dave Roberts and anybody else who watched Price make his first spring appearance against Cleveland on Wednesday night. The left-hander worked only an inning, but he had two strikeouts and was clocked at 93 mph.
In an abbreviated camp, it wasn’t enough to determine his role. It did remind the Dodgers that Price is still in the mix.
From starter to bullpen, Price’s role with the Dodgers has been uncertain since they acquired the 2012 American League Cy Young Award winner from the Boston Red Sox in a three-team deal that included right-fielder Mookie Betts in February 2020.
Price didn’t pitch at all that year, opting out because of concerns about COVID-19. In 2021, he bounced between the starting rotation and the bullpen with 11 starts and 28 appearances as a reliever. His overall ERA was 4.03.
He arrived at camp in mid-March ready to do anything. Then Roberts mentioned him as a possible starter.
“I’m preparing that way, yeah,” said Price, who is in the final year of a seven-year, $217 million contract. “I think it’d be silly of me to prepare to be a reliever if I’m asked to start. So, I’m preparing to be a starter until otherwise.”
Otherwise looks to be the case. Roberts projects his starting rotation will be Walker Buehler, Julio Urias, Clayton Kershaw, Andrew Heaney and Tony Gonsolin. He cautioned that nothing is set in stone, mostly because pitchers were limited in a camp cut short by major league baseball’s lockout.
The Dodgers signed career starter Tyler Anderson in mid-March, just in case. As for Price, Roberts said: “I just think that David, right now, is not an option in the sense of, he’s not built up. It just doesn’t seem feasible right now.”
The 36-year-old left-hander could still have an immediate role, like one inning in relief early in the season, Roberts said, and moving up to multiple innings as he gets stronger.
“I’m confident in David in any role,’’ Roberts said. “I like his versatility. The role doesn’t matter. It’s just knowing that he’s going to pitch valuable innings in whatever role.”
NOTES
Cody Bellinger took batting practice Thursday on the minor-league side of the Dodgers’ camp. The 2019 National League MVP is 4 for 27 with 17 strikeouts this spring.
“I wouldn’t say I’m alarmed,’’ Roberts said. “I think ‘progressing’ is the word. We’ve got to continue to log at-bats to make him feel as comfortable as possible when the season starts.’’
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https://www.thestar.com/sports/baseball/2022/03/31/david-price-waiting-to-see-how-dodgers-will-deploy-his-arm.html
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Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw and Slytherin, you choose where to go in the school of witchcraft and wizardry.
The extensive gameplay of Hogwarts Legacy published a few days ago has increased the hype of fans of the magical world of Harry Potter like never before in video games, to the point of imagining what themed editions of the PlayStation 5 cases with motifs of the game could be like. school of magic and sorcery.
This is the case of the fan-art work done by Geraltze, a Reddit user who has shared up to four designs for the PS5 exterior skin, one for each Hogwarts house: Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw y Slytherin. The decoration does not abuse the surface of the console and is consistent with the reasons of each founder.
Now all that remains is to choose our favourite. Mine, although I always end up in Ravenclaw, in this case it’s Gryffindor, although Hufflepuff isn’t bad.
Hogwarts Legacy will hit stores for PC, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch later this year, taking players back to the world’s most famous school of witchcraft and wizardry. world in a story set several decades before the events of Fantastic Beasts and, therefore, the original saga starring the boy who survived and Voldemort.
It is presented as an action and fantasy RPG in an open world with a large number of activities to develop. If you are interested in knowing more, do not hesitate to take a look at the impressions of Hogwarts Legacy, a dream for Harry Potter fans? as well as a special with 33 details on the gameplay of Hogwarts Legacy.
More about: Hogwarts Legacy, PlayStation 5, Fan Phenomenon and Harry Potter.
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https://thenewstrace.com/a-fan-designs-several-ps5s-with-hogwarts-legacy-motifs-one-for-each-harry-potter-school-house/226974/
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Chandler police searching for man who showed porn to children
PHOENIX (3TV/CBS 5) - The search is on for a man who Chandler police say showed two groups of kids an adult video. It happened near Alma School and Warner Roads in Chandler on March 17. When showing the pornographic video to the second group of kids, the man was also inappropriately touching himself, police said.
Chandler police say the suspect is in his 20s or 30s, is a white or light-skinned Hispanic man with face tattoos on both sides of his face, and drives a 2010-2016 white Hyundai Elantra. Police believe the car has damage to the driver’s side rear door and quarter panel from a hit-and-run crash after both incidences.
If you have information about the suspect or the incident, call the Chandler Police Department at 480-782-4130 or Silent Witness at 480-WITNESS. You may be eligible for a reward.
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https://www.azfamily.com/2022/03/31/chandler-police-searching-man-who-showed-porn-children/
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From Fred Ezeh, Abuja
National Agency for Food And Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has declared that about 15 per cent of drugs in Nigeria are substandard, as against 70 per cent recently reported in sections of the media.
It, however, confirmed that measures were in place to mitigate the situation and end the era of fake and substandard drugs and products in Nigeria.
Director General of NAFDAC, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, who spoke to journalists at the sidelines of an event to present operational vehicles to officials of the agency in Abuja, yesterday, said digital tools and devices worth $2,280, 000 have been deployed to easily detect fake and substandard products across the country.
She said the agency was better prepared and equipped to fight fake and unwholesome products in Nigeria.
“The way the new device which has improved technology works is that you place it on the tablet or capsule and it instantly shows the content, pharmaceutical ingredients and other details of the drug. We are also using bar coding track and trace system to monitor supply chain of drugs and other products. We deployed that strategy on COVID-19 vaccines, and that made us to know the location of every COVID-19 vaccine across the country. These are some of the measures taken against substandard products.”
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MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) – Alabama lawmakers were poised to approve the largest pay raise in a generation for experienced public school teachers.
The Alabama Senate voted 32-0 Thursday for the budget that would raise minimum salaries for teachers with nine or more years experience.
The raises would range from 5% to nearly 21% depending on years of experience. Sen. Arthur Orr, the chairman of the budget writing committee, says the goal is to attract and retain teachers.
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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ The winning numbers in Thursday evening's drawing of the Texas Lottery's "Pick 3 Evening" game were:
3-8-4, FIREBALL: 5
(three, eight, four; FIREBALL: five)
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ The winning numbers in Thursday evening's drawing of the Texas Lottery's "Pick 3 Evening" game were:
3-8-4, FIREBALL: 5
(three, eight, four; FIREBALL: five)
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TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) _ SuperCom Ltd. (SPCB) on Thursday reported a loss of $5.4 million in its fourth quarter.
The Tel Aviv, Israel-based company said it had a loss of 32 cents per share. Losses, adjusted for non-recurring costs, came to 1 cent per share.
The traditional and digital identity solutions provider posted revenue of $3 million in the period.
For the year, the company reported a loss of $10.1 million, or 38 cents per share. Revenue was reported as $12.3 million.
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The makeup world is mourning the loss of one of their very own.
Celebrity makeup artist and beauty mogul AJ Crimson died on March 30 at the age of 27, his family said in a statement to E! News.
"AJ Crimson was a makeup industry leader that set a standard of beauty that was elevated, beautiful, and accessible to people of all color," the message read. "We as a family are heartbroken and devastated by his passing, but thankful for the lessons that he laid on each of us with his truth, directness, and leadership."
Thanking fans for their kind words about Crimson, the family said he was an "inspiration to us as much as he was a bright light to the rest of the world. There are no words that can sum up his whole. Until we meet again!"
Michele Marie PR said in a statement to E! News that they are "devastated" and "absolutely loved AJ, truly one of the sweetest, most humble people we have ever had the pleasure of working with."
Celebrity Deaths: 2022's Fallen Stars
Details surrounding Crimson's death have not been released to the public.
Entertainment News
The self-taught makeup artist founded his cosmetic brand in 2012.
After starting with just lipstick and glosses, his beauty products expanded into an inclusive line of powder and cream foundations, which are now being sold at Nordstrom and on Amazon.
His celebrity clientele included the likes of Angela Bassett, Brandy, Fergie, Regina King, Missy Elliott, Amerie, Hilary Duff and many more.
Following the news of Crimson's passing, several stars took to social media to mourn his loss, including actress Bresha Webb, who shared a touching post about her late friend on Instagram on March 31.
"I'm blessed to have been apart of your journey and I will keep your legacy alive," the A Fall From Grace actress wrote. "And wow did you leave a legacy. Praying for your spirit to be lifted up to the heavens and that the angels usher you in with all of the harmony and sweetness that you shared on this earth."
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Arrests pending in Louisiana dog hoarding situation
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SPRING HILL, Louisiana (KTBS) — More than two dozen dogs that were living in a Springhill home layered in urine and feces left for New Orleans Thursday and eventual new homes.
Springhill police, the Humane Society of Louisiana and a local rescuer removed the 19 adult dogs and 10 puppies last week from a hoarding situation.
Police Chief Will Lynd said a man and woman are pending arrest. The case file has been given to the Webster District Attorney’s Office for review. Once done, Lynd anticipates arrest warrants to be signed by a judge.
The couple rented the house but didn’t live in it. Instead, they were living in a pickup truck outside, Lynd said.
“They turned the house over to the dogs,” Lynd said.
Springhill police discovered the hoarding situation by acting on a hunch, Humane Society of Louisiana Executive Director Jeff Dorson said in a Facebook post. He said the female who rented the house never let the dogs outside.
Dorson said the urine and feces was 8 to 10 inches deep throughout the house.
Rescuer Kristy Nix and Dorson worked with police to load and transport the dogs to a veterinarian for treatment of an assortment of ailments, including scabies and ringworm.
The Humane Society of Louisiana covered the costs. However, donations are being accepted to cover their continued care and future placement in forever homes.
“We are so happy that they are headed to live the good life now,” Dorson said Thursday in an update post.
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Crews repairing water main break on Avocado Street in Springfield
Published: Mar. 31, 2022 at 7:46 PM EDT|Updated: 48 minutes ago
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WGGB/WSHM) -Springfield Water and Sewer Commission Crews are repairing a water main break on Avocado Street. According to SWSC, water service is currently out for ten customers, including the Pride truck stop.
SWSC officials said water should be restored by midnight and road restoration is expected to be completed by noon Friday.
Officials ask people to avoid the area if possible, to allow crews to work safely.
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"Jeopardy!" champion Amy Schneider visited the White House on Thursday to mark the International Transgender Day of Visibility as the Biden administration rolled out a series of measures in support of transgender Americans.
"The more that people like me can be seen, the harder it is to sustain the myths that are kind of driving a lot of this hate and fear," Schneider, the first trans woman to qualify for the "Jeopardy!" Tournament of Champions, said from the White House briefing room.
Her visit -- which included a discussion about transgender visibility with second gentleman Doug Emhoff -- capped a busy day in Washington that saw the administration announce a slew of actions aimed at supporting the mental health of transgender children, removing barriers to entry for government services for trans Americans and improving data representation for transgender people.
"Transgender people are some of the bravest Americans I know, and our Nation and the world are stronger, more vibrant, and more prosperous because of them. To transgender Americans of all ages, I want you to know that you are so brave. You belong. I have your back," the President said in a presidential proclamation Wednesday evening.
International Transgender Day of Visibility aims to celebrate the achievements of transgender rights activists and to increase awareness of ongoing challenges transgender and gender-nonconforming people face.
NEW SUPPORT
U.S. citizens will have the option to select "X" when identifying their gender on U.S. passport applications starting in April and on other documents, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Thursday.
"Starting on April 11, U.S. citizens will be able to select an X as their gender marker on their U.S. passport application, and the option will become available for other forms of documentation next year," Blinken said in a statement.
"After thoughtful consideration of the research conducted and feedback from community members, we concluded that the definition of the X gender marker on State Department public forms will be 'Unspecified or another gender identity.' This definition is respectful of individuals' privacy while advancing inclusion."
The administration also announced it would partner with airlines, the Transportation Security Administration and the Department of Homeland Security to add "X" gender markers to their systems.
Additionally, the Social Security Administration will remove the requirement that transgender people show proof of identity or doctor's notes to update their gender information starting in 2022, and new steps from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid) will allow trans individuals to indicate their gender identity -- removing barriers to self-identification they may face in the employment and student loan process.
The administration also announced new steps to ensure equality in data, including US$10 million in funding to research best practices for the Census Bureau's American Community Survey.
And the Department of Health and Human Services, the Department of Education and The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration will release new materials aimed at addressing challenges transgender youth may face in schools and in mental health care.
"On this Transgender Day of Visibility, we honor transgender people who are fighting for freedom, equality, dignity, and respect," Biden said in his proclamation Wednesday. "We also celebrate the parents, teachers, coaches, doctors, and other allies who affirm the identities of their transgender children and help these young people reach their potential."
WHITE HOUSE EVENTS
Transgender Day of Visibility, or TDOV, was founded in 2009 by Rachel Crandall, a Michigan-based transgender activist and the executive director of Transgender Michigan. It was started as a day of awareness to celebrate the successes of transgender and gender-nonconforming people and is an important day for the LGBTQ community.
While the Transgender Day of Remembrance is held every year on November 20 to memorialize the transgender people who have lost their lives as a result of anti-transgender violence, TDOV is a day dedicated to honor and empower the lives of transgender and nonbinary people.
Beyond Schneider's visit, the White House held a series of events, including a conversation with transgender youth and advocates from throughout the country hosted by the second gentleman and Assistant Secretary for Health Rachel Levine. And Education Secretary Miguel Cardona traveled to Orlando, Florida, to discuss the state's controversial legislation that opponents have dubbed the "Don't Say Gay" law with LGBTQ students.
The Department of Health and Human Services also flew a transgender pride flag to mark the day -- the first time in history a federal agency has done so.
The administration's efforts come against the backdrop of a larger movement by conservative lawmakers to impose restrictions on the lives of transgender youth in the U.S.
This month, Republican Gov. Doug Ducey of Arizona signed two bills into law targeting transgender youth in the state, including one that restricts access to gender-affirming health care for minors, while a controversial order in Texas sought to investigate gender-affirming care of minors as "child abuse."
"In the past year, hundreds of anti-transgender bills in States were proposed across America, most of them targeting transgender kids. The onslaught has continued this year. These bills are wrong," Biden's proclamation said.
"Efforts to criminalize supportive medical care for transgender kids, to ban transgender children from playing sports, and to outlaw discussing LGBTQI+ people in schools undermine their humanity and corrode our Nation's values."
This headline and story have been updated with additional information Thursday.
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2022 NFL draft: Jermaine Johnson II scouting report
A Georgia transfer who put up impressive numbers at Florida State last year, Jermaine Johnson will bring his production and potential to the next level as one of the top edge defenders in the 2022 NFL draft.
Here is everything you need to know about FSU’s dynamic defender:
Vitals
Height: 6-5
Weight: 254
Class: Redshirt Senior
40 time: 4.58
Strengths
A productive, active, and lengthy edge defender, Johnson possesses all the tools to be an elite pass rusher at the next level. He uses his long arms to smack defenders away before reaching out and wrapping up the quarterback. He has enough strength to push through lineman who manage to put hands on him, extending his arms and powering through, shifting all the leverage to his side.
Johnson plays every down with intensity, acting as a heat-seeking missile to the quarterback or ball carrier. He excels at slamming his hands into linemen over and over again, and it becomes a lot for blockers to bear. He can also hook inside lineman and push them upwards, exploding through them with his hips and creating an edge for himself. Johnson plays with excellent strength and persistence.
Johnson is patient in the run game, leveraging his position with that long reach before finding the ball carrier and exploding through blocks to wrap him up. He’s persistent in his pursuit, always active in finding the tackle and looking to make plays on the football.
Weaknesses
Johnson could always learn more finesse moves off the edge, as he consistently played with the same attacking styles. While that worked for him at the college level, he will face more physical blockers in the NFL, and will need to use his athleticism and speed to adapt.
While his hand usage definitely works for him, he could learn to use them better and in different ways. Hooking inside of opposing lineman more consistently will benefit Johnson greatly at the next level.
Projection
A highly productive edge defender with outstanding measurables and room to grow, Johnson will surely be near the top of every draft board, as one of the top edge rushers in a loaded class. Don’t be surprised if he hears his name called early on the first night of the draft.
Projection: Top 20
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Gov't to raise gathering size limit to 10, relax biz hour curfew to midnight
08:36 April 01, 2022
SEOUL, April 1 (Yonhap) -- The government has decided to raise the private gathering size limit to 10 people and relax the business hour curfew on restaurants and cafes to midnight, Prime Minister Kim Boo-kyum said Friday.
The new social distancing rules will go into effect Monday for two weeks.
The decision to further relax antivirus curbs came as the country began to see a downward trend in new infections amid the omicron-fueled wave of the pandemic. The number of daily COVID-19 cases soared to as high as 621,197 on March 17.
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India's coronavirus tally rose to 4,30,24,440 on Thursday after country reported at least 1,225 fresh COVID-19 cases. India country also recorded 28 Covid-related deaths in the last 24 hours, bringing the death count to 5,21,129, according to the Health Ministry.
The Union health ministry data showed active cases declined to 14,704, comprising 0.03 per cent of the total infections.
The recovery rate is currently at 98.75 per cent, the ministry said, adding that the daily positivity rate was at 0.22 per cent.
Over 183.73 crore vaccine doses have been administered so far in the country, according to the Co-WIN dashboard.
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Maharashtra Covid Curbs: Maharashtra Drops All Covid Restrictions From Saturday, Including Masks
Maharashtra will say goodbye to all Covid-related restrictions from Saturday as the state ushers in the Marathi New Year. The use of masks will be advised, but it will not be compulsory, the state government said.
Maharashtra will say goodbye to all Covid-related restrictions from Saturday as the state ushers in the Marathi New Year. The use of masks will be advised, but it will not be compulsory, the state government said.
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Kendrick High School holds college, career day for senior week in Columbus
COLUMBUS, Ga. (WTVM) - It’s Senior Week at Kendrick High School, and today the 2022 graduating class showcased their post-graduate plans.
The Columbus high school held its 1st Annual College/Career Decision Day.
Students came together to talk about their future college and career paths after graduating.
Faculty, staff, parents and alumni all were welcome to celebrate with the students.
“We want the staff, faculty, parents and the community to know the students here at Kendrick High School, especially the graduating class of 2022, have plans that they prepared for graduation in May,’ said teacher Alexis Jones.
Dr. Stefan Lawrence, assistant principal at Aaron Cohn Middle School, was the keynote speaker and told the students it was all about education and pushing themselves.
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Police: 13-year-old runaway girl dies at hospital after found unresponsive at motel
D’IBERVILLE, Miss. (WALA/Gray News) - A 13-year-old girl has died in a Mississippi-area hospital after being reported as a runaway from Alabama earlier this month.
WALA reports the Mobile Police Department first reported Keyanna Sylvester as a runaway on March 21. She was then found unresponsive in a motel room in D’Iberville, Mississippi, on March 24, according to D’Iberville Police Capt. Jason King.
Sylvester was taken to the hospital but later died, according to police.
The 13-year-old spent time in Ocean Springs and Moss Point, Mississippi, according to reports.
King said it was too early in the investigation to decide whether foul play was involved in the girl’s death.
“We’re making sure we’re careful about not saying whether it’s criminal or not criminal,” he said.
King also said police are waiting for a report by the medical examiner.
“This hurts me real bad because Keyanna was my baby,” said neighbor Alexie Thames. “You all need to help find whoever did this to my baby. "
Anyone with further information on this case was urged to contact the D’Iberville Police Department at 228-396-4252.
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NEW BOSTON — Needing offensive production to overcome a late deficit, the Clay Lady Panthers found their bats in the top of the seventh inning.
Trailing host New Boston 5-2 entering the seventh, Clay (3-0, 1-0 SOC I) scored six runs in the top of the frame to secure an 8-5 road win in SOC I play.
Sophomore Shea Edgington led the Lady Panthers at the plate with a team-high three hits.
Senior Jacy Gearhart had a seventh-inning triple as part of her two-hit day, and senior Preslee Lutz delivered a seventh-inning solo home run.
Lutz was the winning pitcher for Clay, going the distance and allowing three earned runs and four hits, while striking out 13 hitters.
Senior Kailey Ware and freshman Sarah Cassidy both had a triple in the midst of Clay’s seventh-inning rally.
New Boston junior Dylan O’Rourke led the Lady Tigers with two hits and a pair of RBI.
Senior Kenzie Whitley and sophomore Jadelyn Lawson both had a hit in the contest.
Clay hosts Green on Friday in SOC I play, while New Boston (1-1, 0-1 SOC I) prepares to host Symmes Valley.
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BOX SCORE
Clay 0 1 0 1 0 0 6 — 8 12 4
New Boston 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 — 5 4 3
Clay hitting
Shea Edgington 3-4, R, RBI
Jacy Gearhart 2-3, 3B, R, RBI
Jordyn Mathias 0-3, RBI
Preslee Lutz 2-4, HR, R, RBI
Morgan McCoy 1-4, R
Kyleigh Oliver 1-4, R
Kailey Ware 2-4, 2R, RBI
Sarah Cassidy 1-4, R
New Boston hitting
Kenzie Whitley 1-4, 2R
Jadelyn Lawson 1-4, R
Dylan O’Rourke 2-4, R, 2RBI
Cassie Williams 0-3, RBI
Maci Seibert 0-2, BB, R
Pitching
Preslee Lutz (C) 7IP, 13K, 2BB, 3ER (W)
Kenzie Whitley (NB) 6.1IP, 4K, BB, 4ER (L)
Cassie Williams (NB) 0.2IP, 2H. ER
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SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (AP) — Christian Pulisic and Tyler Adams had relief on their faces as they headed straight from the stadium for a charter jet to Europe and weekend club games.
“This is whatever I’ve always wanted to be, and right now emotions are a bit crazy,” Pulisic said, his voice quavering.
Coach Gregg Berhalter had rushed out for a red-eye to New York and a 12 1/2-hour connecting flight to Friday’s World Cup draw in Doha, Qatar.
Recovering from the past and preparing for the future intertwined as the United States clinched a return to the World Cup.
For Pulisic, DeAndre Yedlin, Kellyn Acosta and Paul Arriola, all on that doomed American team at Trinidad 4 1/2 years earlier, the pain had not gone away until now. The 2-0 loss to Costa Rica on Wednesday night was deflating, but by the time players entered the locker room of Estadio Nacional, focus turned to the accomplishment of clinching a return to soccer’s showcase for the first time since 2014.
Erik Palmer-Brown started popping open the Duet Mousseux Brut even as Berhalter was giving his speech. Then the new JBL Boombox 2 got to blare.
“We’re the youngest team to ever qualify for the World Cup, youngest U.S. team, and we’ll be the youngest team at the World Cup,” Berhalter said. ”That’s an accomplishment for these guys. It really is.”
They had traveled 25,042 miles (40,301 kilometers) on charters — circling the globe adds up to only 24,901 — making four trips to Central America, plus one each to Mexico, Canada and Jamaica, plus up to five trans-Atlantic round trips. Forty-four players were called in, of which 38 took the field. In all, 114 players have been used since Trinidad, 88 since Berhalter was hired in December 2018.
Pulisic had buried his face in his hands at Couva, wiping away tears.
“That was one of the toughest days of my life. I’ll never forget it,” he recalled. “Now to be in this position — qualified for a World Cup, we’re all extremely proud.”
Berhalter admitted the pressure was omnipresent.
“The public was on edge. They desperately wanted us to make it,” he said.
All of 23, Pulisic, Adams and Weston McKennie are the team leaders. Right back Sergiño Dest and left back Antonee Robinson became offensive threats. Gio Reyna, at 19, emerged as a budding star, just like his dad three decades earlier.
“Now we have to test ourselves against the best players in the world, the best teams in the world,” Adams said. “This was only the first stage in our development.”
Berhalter is among a 12-person U.S. Soccer Federation attending the draw, mapping out Qatar plans for a tournament that opens Nov. 21, in the middle of European club seasons.
Four games are likely in June, two in the CONCACAF Nations League and two exhibitions, followed by a pair of friendlies in September, possibly in Europe. Major League Soccer players may have a domestic training camp before the tournament.
And if the U.S. winds up in Groups E through G, which don’t start play until Nov. 24-25, the Americans might train in Europe for several days and have one more exhibition before heading to the Middle East.
“The starting point is getting out of the group,” Berhalter said.
USSF staff locked down hotel and training arrangements on Oct. 1, 2019, the day the portal opened, putting the team in an optimum logistical situation.
Berhalter presumes form will change between now and November, causing roster churn. He was impressed with the growth over 14 qualifiers in temperatures that ranged from minus 3 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 16 Celsius) in St. Paul, Minnesota, and 85 degrees Fahrenheit (29 Celsius) in Austin, Texas.
“I think we improved our pressing,” he said. “But we’re going to continue to evolve and to continue to improve. The 4-3-3 system, as it’s been good for us, we might work with some other systems just to have some flexibility in the World Cup. I think it’s important to see who we are playing and start planning out how we can be successful there.”
For all the positive feelings, the U.S. dropped to third among eight nations in North and Central America and the Caribbean, behind Canada and Mexico. If not for last week’s 0-0 draw at Mexico, the Americans would have finished fourth and wound up in a June playoff against New Zealand.
“The easy part is over, and now we focus on this draw,” said defender Walker Zimmerman, who rose like a rocket from initially off the roster in October to starting nine of the past 11 games. “Ultimately just focus on staying fit, staying healthy, performing for our clubs.”
Forward remains a concern. After scoring three goals over two games last fall, Ricardo Pepi has gone scoreless in 19 games for club and country. Strikers produced just four of the Americans’ 21 goals, with Jesús Ferreira getting the other.
“We’re hoping that one of our 9s gets into a good form by the time the World Cup comes around,” Berhalter said Thursday during a layover at JFK International Airport.
Midfielders and wingers have been the engine, with Pulisic scoring five of the team’s 21 goals, and McKennie, Brenden Aaronson and Robinson two each.
“We can do a lot of damage, man,” Pulisic said. “I think we’re a confident bunch of guys and I think that country will get behind us and we’re going to give everything we got.”
“I just like the fight of his team and I think we have a lot of quality, as well,” he added. “I think we can be a force going into the World Cup.”
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Oscars producer Will Packer said Los Angeles police were ready to arrest Will Smith after Smith slapped Chris Rock on the Academy Awards stage.
“They were saying, you know, this is battery, was a word they used in that moment,” Packer said in a clip released by ABC News Thursday night of an interview he gave to “Good Morning America.” “They said we will go get him. We are prepared. We’re prepared to get him right now. You can press charges, we can arrest him. They were laying out the options.”
But Packer said Rock was “very dismissive” of the idea.
“He was like, ‘No, no, no, I’m fine,” Packer said. “And even to the point where I said, ‘Rock, let them finish.’ The LAPD officers finished laying out what his options were and they said, ‘Would you like us to take any action?’ And he said no.”
The LAPD said in a statement after Sunday night’s ceremony that they were aware of the incident, and that Rock had declined to file a police report. The department declined comment Thursday on Packer’s interview, a longer version of which will air on Friday morning.
The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences met Wednesday to initiate disciplinary proceedings against Smith for violations against the group’s standards of conduct. Smith could be suspended, expelled or otherwise sanctioned.
The academy said in a statement that “Mr. Smith’s actions at the 94th Oscars were a deeply shocking, traumatic event to witness in-person and on television.”
Without giving specifics, the academy said Smith was asked to leave the ceremony at the Dolby Theatre, but refused to do so.
Smith strode from his front row seat on to the stage and slapped Rock after a joke Rock made about Smith’s wife, Jada Pinkett Smith, when he was on stage to present the Oscar for best documentary.
On Monday, Smith issued an apology to Rock, the academy and to viewers, saying “I was out of line and I was wrong.”
The academy said Smith has the opportunity to defend himself in a written response before the board meets again on April 18.
Rock publicly addressed the incident for the first time, but only briefly, at the beginning of a standup show Wednesday night in Boston, where he was greeted by a thunderous standing ovation. He said “I’m still kind of processing what happened.”
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Sunday shows preview: Russian invasion of Ukraine intensifies
Russia’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine is expected to dominate this Sunday’s talk show circuit as the conflict intensifies.
Russia launched a full-scale assault on the neighboring country last week and on Wednesday took control of its first Ukrainian city. Meanwhile, more than a million Ukrainians have fled the country as refugees and Western allies have slapped Russia with numerous sanctions.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky had pleaded for NATO countries to establish a no-fly zone over Ukraine, but the call has so far been rebuffed over concerns it could spark a large-scale war between Russia and the west.
Secretary of State Antony Blinken, who is set to appear on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” CBS’s “Face the Nation” and CNN’s “State of the Union,” has traveled to Europe to meet with leaders in Poland, Belgium, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia through March 8 to discuss humanitarian aid for Ukrainians and a bolstering of security forces.
Blinken on Saturday said that “the entire world stands with Ukraine” amid the Russian assault.
Ukrainian Ambassador to the U.S. Oksana Markarova is set to appear on NBC’s “Meet the Press” and “Fox News Sunday.”
Markarova has pleaded for more assistance and weapons for Ukraine, and called for American businesses to cut ties with Russia, which many have done in recent days.
“It’s time to take sides and it’s time to take [the] Ukrainian side because we are defending our home,” the ambassador said on Sunday. “We were peaceful, we never planned any offenses, we didn’t attack anyone and we were attacked.”
The World Bank announced this week it was ending programs in Russia and Belarus and was rolling out assistance for Ukraine along with the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva, who is set to appear on CBS’s “Face the Nation,” announced support for Ukraine amid the invasion in a joint statement with World Bank Group President David Malpass on Tuesday.
A number of Republican lawmakers, who appear to be growing increasingly hawkish against Russia, will also appear on this Sunday’s talk show circuit, including Florida GOP Sens. Rick Scott and Marco Rubio.
“I hope everybody looks at this as a wakeup call to say countries like Russia, countries like China, countries like Iran, and Cuba, and Venezuela, they’re not our friends,” Scott said in an interview with The Hill this week. “The only way we’re going to get change there is if they don’t have the resources to be able to create havoc around the world.”
Scott will appear on Fox News “Sunday Morning Futures,” while Rubio is set to appear on ABC’s “This Week” and CNN’s “State of the Union.”
Below is the full list of guests scheduled to appear on this week’s Sunday talk shows:
ABC’s “This Week” — U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield; Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla).
NBC’s “Meet the Press” — Secretary of State Antony Blinken; former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley; Fiona Hill, former senior director for European and Russian affairs on the National Security Council.
CBS’s “Face the Nation” — Blinken; Rep. Adam Schiff, (D-Calif).; Ukrainian Ambassador to the U.S. Oksana Markarova; International Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva.
CNN’s “State of the Union” — Blinken; Rubio; Ursula von der Leyen, president of the European Commission; Rep. Michael McCaul (R-Texas); Nadezhda Tolokonnikova of the Russian punk group Pussy Riot.
“Fox News Sunday” — Markarova; Sens. Chris Murphy, (D-Conn.), and Joni Ernst, (R-Iowa).
Fox News “Sunday Morning Futures” — Petro Poroshenko, former president of Ukraine; Nikki Haley, former U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. and former Gov of South Carolina; Rep. August Pfluger (R-Texas); Rep. Jake Ellzey (R-Texas); Sen Rick Scott (R-Fla.)
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Three weeks ago, I found myself lying half-naked on a table surrounded by a lot of people wearing masks intent on plunging sharp knives into me. Even by Baltimore standards, this is considered a somewhat atypical circumstance, at least for a Monday afternoon in March. But there I was having spent the previous weekend on Maryland’s Eastern Shore, hanging out with friends at their brand new home only to gradually realize I’d lost all appetite for food and my midsection had become increasingly tender. It had seemed prudent to return to Baltimore early Sunday and, as things did not improve, to show up at the local hospital emergency room with a suspected case of appendicitis.
Now, my always-skeptical spouse, a seen-it-all medical professional, has a long-standing rule about any family member going to the ER. You must say “yes” to the following question: Is there a bone sticking out? There was not. Still, in an uncharacteristic moment of empathy (or perhaps to get me to stop moaning), she drove me to the Greater Baltimore Medical Center at 6:30 a.m. The timing proved fortuitous. At that early hour, they could take me immediately, evaluate my circumstances, give me a CT scan and conclude the following: First, that I had acceptable health insurance coverage and second, that I had an unacceptable appendix, and it would have to be removed as soon as possible or things could get dicey in there.
I knew a little bit about my unfortunate condition. In the human digestive system, the appendix is roughly the equivalent of the U.S. Senate minority leader. Sure, it probably played a useful role at one time (rounding up good bacteria votes, perhaps) but now it’s just causes disruptive bellyaches in Mitch McConnell fashion. Mine had become infected and would be removed through laparoscopic surgery which involves narrow tubes stuffed into your gut which is also inflated with carbon dioxide gas to make it as spacious as possible. I can only speculate on how amusing this procedure may have been for onlookers. For the 90-minute procedure, I was mercifully knocked out cold. When I awoke in the recovery room, I was assured that I had survived and that the insurance billing was going wonderfully (well, they didn’t say that exactly, but I was a little groggy).
This is where the going got tough. I won’t bore you with symptoms but suffice to say they are all unpleasant in their own disruptive ways. I was sent home with a small quantity of pain medication and a much larger bottle of antibiotics. I was encouraged to move around but spent much of the day lying on a couch trying to find a comfortable position and a decent news program. Both proved elusive. The Russia-Ukraine war was a misery — as was much of the cable news commentary, particularly at a certain network that was just months earlier toasting Vladimir Putin as a genius and now, amazingly, saw him as the evil result of Joe Biden’s lax approach to foreign policy. Talking heads who would have struggled to find Ukraine on a map months earlier were suddenly claiming to have a better understanding of how best how to combat Russia’s air superiority than the Pentagon.
Later, when the confirmation hearings for Kentanji Brown Jackson broke out, it was just as painful to see such an impressive nominee tagged by certain Republicans (unrestrained by their clearly limited understanding of the legal system), as soft on crime despite precious little evidence to back that up. Now, I know what you are thinking here, dear reader. Someone predisposed to retching should never voluntarily watch Sen. Ted Cruz for an extended period of time. Point taken. It was, I’ll admit, the equivalent of the seasick sampling a few choice morsels from the rotting sardine tray. But when you are appendix-free, you think you might have developed some immunity to the contents of the large intestines. I can faithfully report that no “-ectomy,” short of a brain-ectomy, prepares you for the junior senator from Texas.
Light reading was an option, I suppose, but it’s difficult to keep focused on the written word as your insides roil around. And that would have prevented me from making an important discovery. There is respectable journalism taking place on cable television. It’s just not on the traditional news channels. Turn on ESPN, and you will see well-informed journalists who have built entire careers developing expertise in their field and who continue to closely monitor events, interviewing newsmakers and asking tough questions. Seriously. I bet the average sports talk show host knows far more about the NFL salary cap than any news anchor equivalent knows about the S-400 (Hint: Built in Russia, it’s a surface-to-air missile system). Why is cable sports coverage so good when news commentary is so lame?
So, in review, here’s what I learned from my ordeal. First, get yourself to the hospital when you are sick to your stomach with pain near your navel or perhaps in the lower right part of your belly. Second, don’t watch anything on television that produces that exact same symptoms.
Peter Jensen is an editorial writer at The Sun; he can be reached at pejensen@baltsun.com.
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The Cocke County Election Commission office announces the Early Voting Site for all 2022 Elections and Early Voting Hours for the May County Primary.
Early Voting in Cocke County will occur at 157 Western Plaza Dr., Newport, which is two doors down from where Early Voting occurred in 2020. Signs will be posted soon. The Early Voting Site will be beside H&R Block. There are no plans to have Early Voting at the Courthouse Annex this year.
The May Primary Early Voting Dates and Times at 157 Western Plaza Dr. are as follows:
Wednesday, April 13, 2022 9 a.m. – 5 p.m., Thursday, April 14, 2022 9 a.m. – 3 p.m., Friday, April 15, 2022 CLOSED, Saturday, April 16, 2022 9 a.m. – 12 Noon, Monday, April 18, 2022 9 a.m. – 5 p.m., Tuesday, April 19, 2022 9 a.m. – 5 p.m., Wednesday, April 20, 2022 9 a.m. – 5 p.m., Thursday, April 21, 2022 9 a.m. – 5 p.m., Friday, April 22, 2022 9 a.m. – 5 p.m., Saturday, April 23, 2022 9 a.m. – 12 Noon, Monday, April 25, 2022 9 a.m. – 5 p.m., Tuesday, April 26, 2022 9 a.m. – 5 p.m., Wednesday, April 27, 2022 9 a.m. – 5 p.m., Thursday, April 28, 2022 9 a.m. – 6 p.m.
All Cocke County registered voters may vote early during the Early Voting period at the Early Voting Site. Voters must show a photo ID issued by the Tennessee or federal government when voting in-person. Examples are a Tennessee Driver License with name and photo, a Passport, or VA Card with photo.
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A&E greenlighted a documentary about the Wu-Tang Clan’s Ol’ Dirty Bastard.
The network announced a two-hour documentary tentatively titled Biography: Ol’ Dirty Bastard on Thursday (March 31). A&E’s upcoming project includes never-before-seen shots from the personal archive of the late rapper’s widow Icelene Jones.
“I am thrilled to tell the full story of my husband,” Jones said in a press release. “With this documentary, the world will learn about the son, the husband, the father, and the artist. I’m proud of the team that we built, including Pulse, my producing partners Nicole Beckett and Messiah Jacobs at Four Screens, and our directing team, the Pollards.”
Emmy Award winner Sam Pollard and his son Jason Pollard will direct the documentary. Ol’ Dirty Bastard’s estate and Four Screens serve as producers alongside Pulse Films. Pulse previously produced Spike Jonze’s Beastie Boys Story and Beyoncé’s Lemonade.
“At Pulse Films, we are passionate about making music documentaries that tell intimate, and unique stories about the world’s most iconic artists,” Pulse’s Sam Bridger said. “ODB completely redefined what it meant to be an MC. A genius who lived and breathed his art. We are thrilled to have Sam and Jason Pollard on board, who are the perfect filmmakers to tell this amazing story for the first time. There will never be anyone quite like ODB and we are so grateful to his family and friends of for inviting us into his world.”
Ol’ Dirty Bastard, whose real name was Russell Jones, passed away from a drug overdose in 2004. The legendary artist released two solo LPs during his lifetime in addition to his work with the Wu-Tang Clan.
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Softball: East Bladen 15, Fairmont 13
FAIRMONT – East Bladen built leads of 10-0, 12-2 and 15-6 then survived a furious Fairmont rally in the final 2 innings to claim a 15-13 Southeastern Athletic Conference softball victory over the Lady Tornadoes Tuesday night. Junior Laura Davisson batted 4-for-5 with 4 runs scored to lead...
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HAVANA, Cuba, Mar 31 (ACN) “It is always a good time to enjoy the literary adventure that a book gives us, so let’s read, learn and feel the pleasure of reading,” Prime Minister Manuel Marrero Cruz wrote on Twitter today on the occasion of Cuban Book Day.
Cuban Book Day is celebrated every year on March 31in memory of the National Printing House established on that date in 1959 and whose first director was the writer Alejo Carpentier.
Various magazines were published there, as were the primers, brochures and manuals of the 1961 National Literacy Campaign.
At the suggestion of Commander in Chief Fidel Castro Ruz, the first book published there was Miguel de Cervantes y Saavedra’s El Ingenioso Hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha (The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha), a masterpiece of Spanish literature, which had a print run of 100,000 copies.
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It's fair to say that when it comes to barbecues, Americans do it bigger and better. Cooking outdoors is no casual affair, with the same care and attention as you would expect in the kitchen.
When it comes to the barbecues themselves – or grills, as they're known State-side – the Traeger name is known for being top dog. Unlike the gas grills of Weber, Char-Broil and Cuisinart, Traeger's models are all wood-pellet powered. This is no simple bonfire cookout though, these are state-of-the-art precision grills that can provide a range of cooking styles.
Traeger's premium offering is the Timberline and the original 2017 design has just had a major upgrade to make the whole experience even more impressive. If you're burning your burgers on one of these, you're doing something very wrong.
The Timberline comes in regular and XL sizes but even the regular is huge by normal sizes. The Timberline features 880 square inches (56cm squared) of cooking space across three levels. That's space for eight racks of ribs or 9 chickens. Plus an induction plate on the side, to place a pan or skillet and sear, fry or sauté. The XL cranks that up to 1320 square inches (0.85 square meters) or space for 16 racks of ribs or 12 chickens.
There's a full-color touchscreen display on both units to monitor the temperature and perform maintenance checks. The WiFIRE technology connects the Timberline to the Traeger app, to control it from anywhere and there's now a more powerful Wi-Fi antenna built-in. It even comes with MEATER wireless meat thermometers that you can place inside your chicken or steak to know exactly when it reaches the right temperature.
To improve the cooking it has a new fully stainless steel interior to allow for hotter temperatures and a smart combustion system using a series of sensors in the grill to ensure an even heat. Even cleaning it is made simple, thanks to a grease and ash keg to quickly dispose of the excess after cooking.
ModiFIRE accessories allow you to customize the cooking style and the Pop-And-Lock rail allows you to set up the layout as you want it, with storage bins, veg trays, hooks and shelves. It really is more of a complete outdoor kitchen than just a grill.
The Timberline and Timberline XL are priced $3499 (£2700 / AU$4700) and $3799 (£2900 / AU$5100) respectively and will be available later this spring in the US. UK and Australian prices and availability are to be confirmed.
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Former Greenwood star Aminu Mohammed to declare for the NBA Draft
After a standout freshman year at Georgetown, one of the best players in southwest Missouri basketball history is declaring for the NBA Draft.
Former Greenwood star Aminu Mohammed will declare for the 2022 NBA Draft, according to a report by Stockrisers' Jake Weingarten. Mohammed's guardian re-shared the news on his personal social media account.
Mohammed just completed a freshman season in which he was unanimously chosen to the Big East's All-Freshman team. He started all 31 games for the Hoyas and averaged 13.7 points and 8.2 rebounds per game.
Mohammed's name has appeared on numerous NBA Draft mocks and big boards by national media outlets since he was in high school. He's praised for the same high motor that he displayed as a five-star recruit in the Ozarks.
The report said that Mohammed is "100 percent committed to the pre-draft process" while also leaving the door open to return to Georgetown. By entering the draft, he will get feedback from numerous coaches and scouts to best decide his future moving forward.
In three seasons in Springfield, Mohammed put together one of the greatest resumes the area has ever seen. He was named the 2021 Missouri Gatorade Player of the Year and was selected to the McDonald's All-American Game.
During his senior year, he averaged 23.3 points and 10 rebounds per game. He led Greenwood to a state championship during his sophomore season.
He concluded his prep career with 3,219 points and 1,478 rebounds.
Wyatt D. Wheeler is a reporter and columnist with the Springfield News-Leader. You can contact him at 417-371-6987, by email at wwheeler@news-leader.com or Twitter at @WyattWheeler_NL. He's also the co-host of Sports Talk on Jock Radio weekdays from 4-6 p.m.
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India inks 62 advance pricing agreements
1 min read . 31 Mar 2022- With this, the total number of advance pricing agreements since the inception of the programme has gone up to 42
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The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) entered into 62 advance pricing agreements (APA) in FY22 with Indian taxpayers, comprising 13 bilateral APAs - consequent to mutual agreements between India and its treaty partners - and 49 unilateral APAs.
The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) entered into 62 advance pricing agreements (APA) in FY22 with Indian taxpayers, comprising 13 bilateral APAs - consequent to mutual agreements between India and its treaty partners - and 49 unilateral APAs.
With this, the total number of APAs since the inception of the APA programme has gone up to 421. APAs provide certainty to taxpayers in transfer pricing by specifying the methods of pricing and determining the arm’s length price of international transactions in advance for five years.
With this, the total number of APAs since the inception of the APA programme has gone up to 421. APAs provide certainty to taxpayers in transfer pricing by specifying the methods of pricing and determining the arm’s length price of international transactions in advance for five years.
“Despite severe economic and social disruption caused by the CoVID-19 pandemic in first part of the financial year, the number of APAs signed compares very well with the APAs signed in the preceding two years (31 APAs in FY 2020-21 and 57 APAs in FY 2019-20)," the Board said on Thursday.
“Despite severe economic and social disruption caused by the CoVID-19 pandemic in first part of the financial year, the number of APAs signed compares very well with the APAs signed in the preceding two years (31 APAs in FY 2020-21 and 57 APAs in FY 2019-20)," the Board said on Thursday.
Further, the taxpayer has the option to roll back the APA for four preceding years, as a result of which nine years of tax certainty is provided.
Further, the taxpayer has the option to roll back the APA for four preceding years, as a result of which nine years of tax certainty is provided.
The progress of the APA scheme strengthens the government’s resolve to foster a non-adversarial tax regime and increase the ease of doing business in India, the Board said.
The progress of the APA scheme strengthens the government’s resolve to foster a non-adversarial tax regime and increase the ease of doing business in India, the Board said.
Experts said that the progress of the APA regime was encouraging for foreign companies given the economic and social disruption caused by the pandemic.
Experts said that the progress of the APA regime was encouraging for foreign companies given the economic and social disruption caused by the pandemic.
“The APA programme has been welcomed by all stake holders as it appreciates the business realities and has been able to reduce cases of litigation, ensuring a win-win situation for the department as well as taxpayers," said Amit Agarwal, partner- transfer pricing at Nangia Andersen LLP.
“The APA programme has been welcomed by all stake holders as it appreciates the business realities and has been able to reduce cases of litigation, ensuring a win-win situation for the department as well as taxpayers," said Amit Agarwal, partner- transfer pricing at Nangia Andersen LLP.
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GOODYEAR, Arizona (AP) — Shane Bieber will throw the first pitch for the Cleveland Guardians.
As expected, Bieber will start the season opener on April 7 at the Kansas City Royals. Manager Terry Francona made the formal announcement Thursday after speaking to the right-hander, who missed three months last season with a shoulder strain.
Bieber will be the 12th pitcher in franchise history to make three consecutive opening-day starts.
The 26-year-old went 7-4 with a 3.17 ERA last season, but made only 16 starts because of the shoulder injury. He’s back to 100% now, but Francona wanted to double check Bieber was set given the accelerated, abbreviated spring training due to the lockout.
“We just wanted to make sure that he was ready and if we needed to alter it, because the way we’re coming into the season isn’t the way guys pitched,” Francona said. “It’s just because it’s a short spring and we need to give them the best chance to be as ready as they can be.”
Bieber has split his two previous opening-day starts. He struck out 14 in a win over the Royals in 2020 on his way to winning the Cy Young. Last year, he struck out 12 in a loss to the Detroit Tigers.
Francona hasn’t set his rotation for the season’s first week.
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Doha is already breathing the World Cup atmosphere eight months before the ecumenical event. This Friday, April 1, the draw for the Qatar World Cup 2022 at the Doha Exhibition and Convention Center (DECC), a huge venue with modern architecture that will draw the attention of the world of football.
In fact, the emotion skyrocketed with the arrival of the representatives of the different countries qualified for the tournament, the FIFA Congress and the legends party that brought together great stars and summoned nostalgia. One of the largest delegations was Argentina, led by Lionel Scalloni and his entire coaching staff, the president of the AFA Chiqui Tapia, other managers and administrators, such as Omar Souto, manager of national teams. The reason for the large delegation is that they are going to make an exhaustive tour of the Qatar Universitythe bunker chosen by the Albiceleste for the event, located near the Lusail stadium, which will host the final of the competition.
Congress, for its part, had its high point when Lise Klaveness, a judge and former player of the Norwegian national team, today president of the federation, expressed solidarity with the workers who died in the works of the Qatar stadiums and called for gender equality within football structures. “It is not the forum or the time,” said the secretary general of the Honduran federation Jose Ernesto Mejia.
Far from the leadership environment, the legends game played at the Aspire Academy was won by the team that had among its ranks Gianni Infantino, head of FIFA, who put Javier Mascherano, Andrea Pirlo and Marco Materazzi among his ranks. There also stood out Gonzalo Belloso, who until recently was part of the Conmebol fine.
Amidst good weather, the stars spoke to the media after the event. One of them, the Colombian Faryd Mondragón, was lapidary for the non-classification of his team to the World Cup. “Reinaldo Rueda is infamous, he should have given the people a joy, in a very easy Qualifiers to qualify,” said the former goalkeeper.
Kun Agüero did not participate, but not because he lacked desire. He chose to take care of himself after the cardiac event that forced him to retire. “I didn’t go to the Legends Match because I even got to play with the shoes, ha. The reality is that I have to wait a while, I have to do some checkups these months. I want to see that first, to go back to training and at least be able to play with friends or be able to say goodbye, ”he told TNT Sports.
Mascherano’s hard mark in the match of the legends
The Doha afternoon suffocated with its 33 degrees in spring, although with the sunset a pleasant breeze helped alleviate the heat. It was a brief sample of why the World Cup changed its month of dispute. In the final stretch of the World Cup and with all its stadiums ready, the streets showed constructions on every corner, 40-story skyscrapers side by side, a lot of luxury and impact. In addition, with a more westernized culture within the Arab world, with some peculiarities.
For example, the subway: with stations that look like shopping malls. And the formations have wagons divided by category. The standard ones, where the men go, the relatives, where the women, their husbands and children go, and the gold ones, which have more comfortable seats and the guard usually passes by often.
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Police: 13-year-old runaway girl dies at hospital after found unresponsive at motel
D’IBERVILLE, Miss. (WALA/Gray News) - A 13-year-old girl has died in a Mississippi-area hospital after being reported as a runaway from Alabama earlier this month.
WALA reports the Mobile Police Department first reported Keyanna Sylvester as a runaway on March 21. She was then found unresponsive in a motel room in D’Iberville, Mississippi, on March 24, according to D’Iberville Police Capt. Jason King.
Sylvester was taken to the hospital but later died, according to police.
The 13-year-old spent time in Ocean Springs and Moss Point, Mississippi, according to reports.
King said it was too early in the investigation to decide whether foul play was involved in the girl’s death.
“We’re making sure we’re careful about not saying whether it’s criminal or not criminal,” he said.
King also said police are waiting for a report by the medical examiner.
“This hurts me real bad because Keyanna was my baby,” said neighbor Alexie Thames. “You all need to help find whoever did this to my baby. "
Anyone with further information on this case was urged to contact the D’Iberville Police Department at 228-396-4252.
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By WVUA 23 News Reporter A’Leeyah Ponder
Severe weather can mean many things: tornados, flash flooding, thunderstorms or damaging straight-line winds.
Regardless of the type, preparing an all-hazards kit is one of the best defenses you can take to ensure you stay safe in dangerous weather.
An all-hazards kit, also known as go-bag or emergency kit, should include the following items:
- weather radio
- portable charger
- flashlight
- batteries
- helmet
- air horn or whistle
- several days’ worth of medications
- nonperishable food and a can opener
- water (1 gallon a day per person)
- tarp
- cash (mainly small bills)
- an extra pair of close-toed shoes
- a change of clothes
- games and activities for children
Your all-hazard kit supplies should be enough to last 72 hours. These emergency kits are a great addition to your severe weather plan.
Anders Hardware of Northport Manager Rich Anders said the supplies you add to your hazard kit could be the difference between life and death.
“We should take it seriously every time, and these are things that can save your life,” said Anders.
Anders lived in Tuscaloosa during the April 27, 2011, tornado that was a major wake-up call for so many in the area. Residents should listen to their local meteorologists and take severe weather alerts seriously, especially during spring’s severe weather season.
Don’t be caught off guard by swift weather changes, check to see if you’re receiving weather alerts before the storms start, and know where your nearest storm shelter is.
“You need to make sure you can receive alerts,” said Tuscaloosa County Emergency Management Agency Deputy Director Tamara Crooms. “I tell my kids all the time, any time there is severe weather get off TikTok, Netflix. You need to know if the storm is coming to your area.”
All hazards kit supply items can be found in hardware or sporting goods stores. A duffel bag or large backpack serves as a perfect container for your kit.
If you know you must leave your home in the event of severe weather, it’s a good idea to keep a packet of important documents in a secure place like a safety deposit box or a weatherproof safe. Consider making copies of documents including social security cards, driver’s licenses, birth certificates and titles so you can store them together and grab if you must flee your home.
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PALMDALE – The city of Palmdale will host a Family Field Day on Thursday, April 7, from 1 to 3 p.m. at Legacy Commons Park, located at 930 E. Avenue Q-9.
Admission is free and all ages are welcome.
Palmdale parks and recreation staff will provide board games, an obstacle course, carrom boards, croquet, checkers, cornhole and bocci ball.
For more information, call 661-267-5611.
About Legacy Commons
Legacy Commons provides adults age 55+ the opportunity to foster self-reliance through our fitness and exercise classes, visual and performing arts programs, informational seminars, and special interest groups. Adjacent Legacy Park features walking paths and picnic tables, bocce ball courts, horseshoe pits and a croquet lawn. No membership is required.
[Information via news release from the city of Palmdale.]
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