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BOSTON (AP) — After a 15-year career in which he etched his name on the Stanley Cup and the Vezina Trophy, Tuukka Rask is focusing now on avoiding the rink.
“Don’t even go there. Not yet,” the retired Bruins goalie said Thursday night when asked if his daughters had taken up hockey. “They’re into dance and whatnot. If I have to go and spend my days at hockey rinks, so be it. But not really at the top of my list.”
A two-time All-Star, and the winner of the 2014 Vezina as the NHL’s top goalie, Rask announced his retirement last month after a setback in his attempt to come back from a torn labrum in his hip. The Bruins invited him back to drop the ceremonial first puck before Thursday night’s game against the New Jersey Devils, and again – perhaps for the last time – the chants of “Tuuuuk!” echoed through the TD Garden.
Rask took the ice with his wife, and their three daughters dressed for a ballet class. He bumped fists with the players on the Bruins bench while both teams tapped their sticks on the ice to salute him.
“I don’t know what the future holds,” Rask told reporters beforehand, saying that he would be showing up at games and golf outings as a team ambassador. “Maybe I’ll get into coaching. Maybe not, but for now, I’ll be hanging out with sponsors.”
The franchise’s all-time leader in wins, Rask helped the Bruins allow the fewest goals in the NHL in the pandemic-interrupted 2019-20 season, when Boston finished with the most points in the league. He injured his hip during the 2021 playoffs and worked his way back to the team midway through this season.
But after just four starts, he aggravated his injury on Jan. 24 against the Anaheim Ducks. Two weeks later, he announced he was through.
“It was kind of time to be honest with yourself,” he said. “I just figured it was better for everybody to call it. I had a great career. No regrets.”
While his hip still has some good days, Rask said no one could talk him out of retirement. His immediate future will involve as much golf as he can squeeze in between shuttling his daughters to dance class and school.
He may need a hip replacement at some point.
“It was at a point where it affected my everyday life,” Rask said. “I’m a guy who makes pretty quick decisions, anyway. So I wasn’t dwelling on it too long.”
Rask was 308-165-66 with a 2.28 goals-against average and .921 save percentage in a franchise-leading 564 games. He was the backup goalie for the Bruins team that won it all in 2011, and he led the team to Stanley Cup Final appearances in 2013 and ’19.
Although coaching is not in his plans, Rask said he would be available if Bruins goalie Jeremy Swayman wants him.
“I told him right after I retired: Tell me if you need anything,” Rask said. “Just make sure you don’t get too high or too low.”
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By Emmanuel Freeman
NASHVILLE, TN (TSU News Service) — Tennessee State University is continuing to bridge the digital divide through a dual enrollment partnership for underserved students in Africa. The university is expanding the program to include four new countries on the continent that have expressed interest.
TSU officials say Ghana, Malawi, Nigeria, and Zambia want to join Liberia and South Africa, where students are taking online courses in coding and creating concepts taught by TSU professors. The program is part of a STEM literacy partnership with the African Methodist Episcopal Church that gives students digital resources to develop their technology skills. All participating students receive an iPad, supplied by Apple, Inc.
“This program has been so successful in just the delivery and the opportunities that we are bringing that these four countries have asked us to duplicate our model to include them,” says Dr. Robbie Melton, vice president of the Smart Technology Innovation Center at TSU.
Melton says the programs for the new countries are in the works and will start this fall. “We have the capacity to handle those requests, because we have trained teachers on our side, but we are also using the train-the-trainer model, so the teachers over there are being trained to expand the program,” she says.
Initiated a year ago, the TSU digital literacy program is serving more than 300 high school and college students in three different locations in Liberia and South Africa: Monrovia College (high school); AME University in Monrovia, Liberia; and Wilberforce Community College in Evaton, South Africa.
The students are thankful for the opportunity. Here are few comments:
“I am very excited about the program. I have always had an interest in technology and am looking forward to advancing my knowledge. The teacher is very good and makes understanding very easy. My goal is to one day study in the US, expand my knowledge, and come back home and start my own firm.” Jacques Monbo, Senior, AME University
“I am very excited about this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. I am doing everything possible to do well in this program. It is my dream to come to the US and study, receive a master’s degree, come back to my country to give back and make my people proud.” Mohamed Sheriffi, Jr., Sophomore, AME University
“I love this program and I love the challenge. The professor is very encouraging. I want to go to college to gain more knowledge. I want to become an air hostess.” Jewel Paye, 12th Grade, Monrovia College
“Firstly, I am excited about learning new technology, as technology keeps changing and evolving. We are excited to have this opportunity firsthand and free of charge for us and our students. Apple coding has been more advanced in learning and designing App.” Sandile Maxwell Vilakazi, Lecturer, Wilberforce Community College
In the program, eligible high school sophomores, juniors, seniors, and college students can earn both university and high school graduation credits that will start them on the pathway to degrees in STEM. Other related courses will be available provided students’ desire to continue with their educational studies through TSU.
“With these three locations, we are able to provide coding and creativity skills – basically computational basic literacy,” says Melton. “This is a major empowerment for these countries. So, with the support of Apple in donating the iPad, and with our partners here, from the AME Church, Tennessee State University, and other community partners, we have been able to launch this program to enable these students to jumpstart their knowledge and skills in technology.”
Dr. Johnnie C. Smith, executive director of the Dual Credit/Dual Enrollment Partnership and head of the Africa project at TSU, says the addition of the four countries shows that there is certainly a great need abroad.
“I think it brings a whole lot of opportunities and energies for the institution and that we are definitely headed in the right direction,” says Smith, adding that nations in other parts of the world, including the Caribbean, have also expressed interest. “We have been having multiple conversations with all of these different groups, just to try to see what their interest is and what TSU can provide.”
Ramona Whitworth, a TSU adjunct professor, who’s one of the instructors in the program, says the students’ enthusiasm about learning the new technology makes teaching them “so much easier,” even with the six-hour time difference. For instance, she is up at 4:30 a.m. to teach her 10:30 a.m. Saturday class for students in Monrovia.
“I am teaching them coding and creating concepts, something that is new to them, but they are always ready for the challenge,” says Whitworth, who is also director of graduate admissions at TSU. “Our mission is to teach them these coding concepts, with the goal of them coming up with ideas to develop apps to benefit their community.”
For more information on TSU’s SMART Technology Innovation Center, visit https://tsu-smartinnovationtech.netlify.app/
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Antonio Brown and Bruce Arians had a good relationship during the receiver's first year in Tampa. The wide receiver played an integral part in the Tampa Bay Buccaneers' win against the Kansas City Chiefs during the Super Bowl. He was responsible for catching a touchdown pass during the game.
However, in year two, the wide receiver found himself in trouble. His fake vaccination card incident led many to think he was done in Tampa after Arians stated, when Brown signed for the franchise, that he was essentially on a one-strike policy.
But, as we know, Arians brought Brown back as he thought it was in the best interest of the team. After the NFL suspended the star receiver, Brown was then welcomed back into the fold.
Antonio Brown and the New York Jets incident
Against the New York Jets in Week 17, Arians and his star receiver argued on the sidelines in what is now an infamous incident. The receiver was asked to return to the field, but declined, due to his injured ankle, which prompted Arians to tell the 33-year-old to leave, which he did.
NFL insider Ian Rapoport gave insight the following day into exactly what happened on that fateful day for the former Buccaneers receiver.
Rapoport said:
"Midway through the game yesterday, Bruce Arians and the offensive staff told Antonio Brown to go into the game. They believed that he was healthy," Rapoport said on NFL Network's Good Morning Football. "Antonio Brown did not believe he was healthy. He had been battling an ankle injury for the last several weeks."
Rapoport continued:
"What he told the staff, from what I understand, is that he was not going into the game because, in his mind, he did not feel he was healthy."
"The response then from the offensive coaches and from Bruce Arians was, 'If you are not gonna go into the game when we tell you to go into the game, then you cannot be here.' At that point, they threw him off the sidelines and then cut him from the team."
The incident made headlines across the media landscape as the star receiver was seen tossing his helmet and pads onto the sideline bench before making his way down the tunnel while the game was still being played.
The Buccaneers would go on to win 28-24 against the Jets, and Arians stated, in his post-game press conference, that the receiver was "no longer a Buc." He was eventually cut from the roster.
The 33-year-old is now a free agent and is hoping to get another opportunity elsewhere in 2022. He has campaigned to play with Lamar Jackson and the Baltimore Ravens and has even said that Cowboys owner Jerry Jones could use his talents.
Whether or not another team takes a chance on him, we will never forget the infamous bust-up between him and Arians.
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Brock will be taking the court against an all-too-familiar foe in the semifinal round of the U Sports women’s basketball championships Saturday in Kingston.
A 3 p.m. tipoff pitting the No. 4 seed Badgers against the top-seeded Ryerson Rams is a rematch of last weekend’s Ontario University Athletics (OUA final in St. Catharines, a game the hosts lost in overtime after leading by as many as 22 points in the fourth quarter.
Will it be déjà vu all over again or will momentum from more recent history carry the Badgers in one of two final four matchups at Queen’s University?
Brock head coach Mike Rao is confident it will be the latter.
“I always like our chances. I’m not the most optimistic guy in the world, I’m not a cheerleader, I just try and define us defensively and movement with the ball offensively,” he said. “I think our girls are ready for the challenge. I think we’re ready for Ryerson.”
Buoying the retired educator’s confidence, and making the rematch with Ryerson possible in the first place, was Brock’s 85-74 victory over the No. 5 Acadia Axewomen in quarter-final action Thursday.
Brock was unable to handle Ryerson’s pressure defence in the provincial final, which was something Acadia knew and was all too willing to exploit.
“Obviously, Acadia knew that was our weak point. I knew other teams were going to come after us, and sure as heck Acadia went after us,” Rao said. “They did it, but they didn’t find much success.
“That’s all I can say, so mission accomplished.”
Ivana Twumasi, with 20 points; Madalyn Weinert, 18 points, 15 rebounds; Mackenzie Robinson, 16 points; and Victoria Lawrence, 15 points; led a well-balanced Brock scoring attack.
“We really shared the ball, and we did some really good things.”
Heading to nationals, Rao wasn’t worried about the Badgers having difficulty rebounding from their heartbreaking loss to Ryerson.
“I think we’re over that. It happened, and it is what it is, but now I think they know we’re pretty prepared for pressure,” he said. “We worked on it, we tried to plug the hole.
“I think we did a pretty good job.”
How does Acadia match up with Ryerson? To what extent, Rao was asked, could the quarter-final be considered a preview of Saturday’s game with the Rams?
“I think Ryerson is better defensively. I think they pressure the ball a little bit better,” he said. “In shooting, I think they’re similar, but defensively I think Ryerson is a little better.”
Standouts on the Badgers included Maddy McInnis who got her first start of the year, “and she played a tremendous game.”
“She got a lot of boards, scored a bit,” Rao said. “Defensively, her defensive matchup was excellent.”
Weinert, also a rookie, “played unbelievably well.”
“ She shot the ball well, she rebounded, she defended well,” Rao said of St. Catharines native and Eden High School graduate.
“She’s a real good all-around player.”
Brock took a 43-29 lead into halftime and outscored Acadia in points off turnovers, 20-12; second-chance points, 18-11; and points off the bench, 24-9.
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LVIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s nuclear operator company said Thursday that Russian troops were leaving the Chernobyl nuclear power plant and were heading towards the country’s border with Belarus.
The operator, Energoatom said that the Russian military are also preparing to leave Slavutych, a nearby city where power plant workers live.
It wasn’t immediately clear why the Russian troops decided to leave Chernobyl.
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Expel Russia from the WTO
To have maximum impact, the rapidly emerging separate and individual actions by NATO countries to add trade sanctions to the accumulation of other economic sanctions punishing the government of Russia for its invasion of Ukraine must be broadened. They must include multilateral action to kick Russian President Vladimir Putin and his kleptocratic government out of the World Trade Organization (WTO).
Canada has withdrawn equal and discriminatory treatment – “most-favored-nation” status – from Russian products and has slapped higher tariffs of 35 percent on Russian imports. The European Union (EU) has said it is considering suspending the same action, which would enable it, too, to raise tariffs and apply import bans, export restraints and other trade restrictions that are generally prohibited in trade relations among the 164 member countries of the WTO.
Several bills have been introduced in Congress that would do the same. These proposals and growing bipartisan sentiment for further isolating Putin and his regime economically should push the Biden administration toward emulating our NATO allies in the EU. For now, the office of the United States Trade Representative has said only that the administration is considering a “range of options.”
These actions and potential actions are legal under the WTO treaty. An exception in the treaty permits any WTO member to take “any action which it considers necessary for the protection of its essential security interests…taken in time of war or other emergency in international relations.” Former President Trump pushed way beyond the bounds of this exception when he claimed that imports of Mercedes Benz automobiles from Germany, a close American ally, were a threat to U.S. national security. But current events created by the Russian war on Ukraine certainly fit within the meaning of this exception.
But these actions alone are not enough to cripple Russian trade. One way to magnify the impact of the proposed actions by the U.S. and EU would be for other like-minded WTO members to take similar domestic actions. Over time, the cumulation of such actions would add to the overall economic impact of these trade sanctions and would thus impose considerably more pressure on the Russian aggressors.
A better way to magnify and maximize this impact would be for the U.S. and the EU to work together to encourage Russia’s many other trading partners worldwide to join them in taking multilateral action within the WTO to boot Putin and his corrupt and crony-ridden government out of the global trading system.
There is no specific provision in the WTO agreement relating to expelling a WTO member. Looking more closely at the agreement, however, it is possible for two-thirds of the WTO’s 164 members to alter the rights and obligations of members and – if a member refuses to agree – for three-fourths of the members to expel that member from the organization. (This option is set out in Article X of the agreement.)
Last week, 141 of the 193 members of the United Nations (UN) voted in favor of a resolution condemning Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Resolutions of the UN General Assembly are not legally binding in international law. They can have weight, but they are only symbolic and aspirational collective gestures.
WTO actions, however, are legally binding. A vote by WTO members that ejects the Putin regime from the multilateral trading system would have real consequences. For all WTO members would then be within their rights in international law to ramp up tariffs on Russian imports beyond the agreed WTO limits and otherwise discriminate against Russian products in any way they wished.
Trade accounts for about one-fourth of Russian GDP. In 2020, Russia ranked 16th in merchandise exports and 21st in merchandise imports in the world. Denying Russia the considerable benefits of WTO membership could, along with numerous additional and unprecedented economic sanctions, help squeeze the Russian economy to the point where Putin will feel increasing domestic pressure to pull back from Ukraine.
At the least, the exercise of such collective will by a sizable majority of WTO members would be a demonstration that not only the United States and our NATO allies are willing to stand with the courageous people of Ukraine in this global crisis. So, too, are many other countries that are equally appalled by the Russian invasion of a neighboring country that has done nothing whatsoever to justify such a brutal act. This will give them all an opportunity to prove it.
One approach would be for the amendment to deny all WTO benefits to a WTO member that violates Article 2.4 of the United Nations Charter by engaging in military aggression through “the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of any State, or in any other manner inconsistent with the Purposes of the United Nations.” This would address the current situation in Ukraine while also sending a strong message to any other WTO member that may contemplate military aggression in the future.
Although WTO law is a part of overall public international law, the WTO is not part of the United Nations. For this reason, some WTO members will no doubt balk on principle at importing a provision of the United Nations Charter into enforceable WTO law and action. Some may also be reluctant to take an action that would have implications extending beyond Russia and beyond the current international crisis.
Thus, a second approach would be to frame the amendment simply and solely as an ejection of the Russian Federation from the WTO. Putin would then either instruct his emissaries at the WTO to accept the amendment or refuse to accept it. Either way, if the vote tallies are sufficient, the Russian Federation would be expelled from the global trading system, with all the trade consequences that would follow for the Russian economy.
Without question, it will be a delicate diplomatic challenge to muster the sufficient votes for an amendment expelling Russia from the WTO. Although just telling Putin to leave would be best, to secure the required number of votes, it may be necessary to frame the amendment as a suspension instead of an outright expulsion. On the other hand, diplomatic challenges that seemed insurmountable a week ago are being met today all over the world in response to the plight of Ukraine.
Whatever approach is taken, it would be a mistake to frame the amendment in such a way that a Russian government led by Vladimir Putin would be able to return to the fold of the WTO if it stopped the bloodshed and left Ukraine. The NATO countries may not be seeking regime change in Russia, but, for as long as Putin leads Russia, the Russian Federation should not be welcomed back in the WTO.
There must be no place for aggressors in an international commercial institution devoted to the peaceful resolution of disputes. The WTO’s economic goals cannot be achieved in a world where powerful large countries feel free to impose their will without provocation on their peaceful smaller neighbors.
James Bacchus is a professor of global affairs at the University of Central Florida and an adjunct scholar at the Cato Institute. He is a founder and former chief judge of the Appellate Body of the WTO and a former member of the U.S. Congress. His latest book, “Trade Links: New Rules for a New World,” will be published by Cambridge University Press on March 10.
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By Daile Cross
An enraged father who drove 600 kilometres to confront his daughter’s alleged abuser before trying to cut the man’s penis off and setting a house fire that led to his death has been jailed.
The father, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was sentenced to nine years in prison after pleading guilty to the manslaughter of the man, who died in June 2020 after the home he was renting was set on fire.
The father stormed the house armed with a kitchen knife after learning about the abuse allegation and used his mobile phone to record the confrontation.
“I’m here to tell you that I know, and we’re going to sort it out tonight,” he told the man.
“I hope you have made good with everyone because this next bit and what goes on now depends on you. I drove 600 f***ing kilometres to see you.”
The attacker told the man “you took my daughter’s innocence” before instructing him to pull his pants down. He then inflicted two cuts either side of his groin.
The court was told the injuries were not life-threatening, however the attacker then doused the inside of the home with petrol and set it on fire.
The deceased man, who had heart disease, was found dead outside his back door with a garden hose near his body. A post-mortem found he died from smoke inhalation and possibly a heart attack.
The father pleaded guilty to manslaughter and arson and was sentenced in the Supreme Court of Western Australia on Tuesday to nine years in prison, and will be eligible for parole in seven.
Lawyer Simon Watters told the court his client accepted he had overreacted in an illegal way that ultimately led to the man’s death.
Justice Joe McGrath said the act of inflicting the knife injuries and setting fire to the house was premeditated and an act of vigilantism.
“You found out the day before you committed the offences about the allegations concerning the
deceased abusing your daughter,” he said.
“A number of persons told you not to take any action against the deceased.”
The wife and son of the deceased man provided references to the qualities of the offender and Justice McGrath said he accepted that he had taken responsibility for his actions and expressed remorse.
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WASHINGTON, Ill. (WMBD/WYZZ) — She in less than two months away from graduating from Washington High School with 12 varsity letters.
Georgia Duncan has been a four-year standout in volleyball, basketball and softball. And she hates to see her prep sports career come to an end.
“I don’t know if I’ve accepted the fact my high school career is almost over,” said Duncan. “I’ve had four successful years here and I’m hoping to end the softball season with a bang.”
Duncan’s sports exploits are fantastic, she helped the Panthers win difficult regionals in volleyball and basketball this year. But she’s more than just an athlete.
She’s a peer tutor helping fellow students who struggle with homework, a National Honor Society member and a student assistant with the school trainer. She also volunteers countless hours with summer camps.
“I love giving my knowledge to the next generation,” Duncan said. “Telling them what I know and try to help them be the best athlete and student they can be on and off the court.”
She’s headed to McKendree University to play college basketball next season.
“You can say all the great things about her from an athletic point of view but she’s an even better person,” said Washington softball coach Stephanie Lawson. “She’s a role model for our program, a positive leader, all the girls around her get better because of her.”
As busy as she’s been with sports, school clubs and leadership initiatives, Duncan still carries a 4.0 grade point average. And she’s very excited about that.
“I feel it’s a true definition of student-athlete,” said Duncan. “Being successful in the classroom and on the field as well.”
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WEEKLY UPDATE: 3100+ New Cases, Per-Capita Figure at 37.2
COLUMBUS, Ohio (News Talk 1480 WHBC) – The state continues to see coronavirus case numbers nearly as low as they were in June and early July of last year.
There were just over 3100 reported new cases across the state for the last week.
That averages out to about 440 a day.
Stark County had 62 new cases over the last week.
And the per-capita case figure has fallen further, down to 37.2 cases per 100,000 population for the last two weeks.
Here are your weekly numbers:
Thurs March 31
Ohio: 2,672,801 total cases (+3103), 38,042 deaths (+249)
Stark: 79,710 total cases (+62), 1686 deaths (decrease)
State cases per capita for last two weeks: 37.2
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California prison inmate death investigated as a homicide
DELANO, Calif. (AP) — Authorities say the death of an inmate at a central California prison is being investigated as a homicide. State prison officials say 26-year-old Juan Mendoza was found unresponsive in his cell at Kern Valley State Prison in Delano on Wednesday evening. He had visible injuries and died despite life-saving efforts. His cellmate, Jorge Mendoza, was segregated while the death is investigated. Juan Mendoza was serving a six-year sentence out of San Bernardino County for second-degree attempted murder. His cellmate was serving a life sentence with the chance of parole for second-degree murder in Monterey County.
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Chicago school district investigating after teacher hung stuffed Black doll on a string from a projector screen
By Caroll Alvarado and Rebekah Riess, CNN
An investigation is underway at Chicago Public Schools after a teacher hung a small stuffed Black football player doll on a string from a projector screen in their classroom, according to a letter sent to parents by the school’s principal and obtained by CNN.
The March 29 letter from Joyce D. Kenner, principal of Whitney Young Magnet High School, says the teacher “indicated” he had come across the doll in his room and “wanted the students to see if someone would claim it.” The letter went on to say that “a colleague approached the teacher about the doll and the conversation between the two became contentious.
“Our administrative team investigated the incident and spoke with the teachers,” Kenner’s letter said. “An official incident report has been created and filed with CPS.”
“Chicago Public Schools (CPS) strives to foster safe and secure learning environments for our students, families, and colleagues. Our schools and the District investigate and address all complaints and allegations of wrongdoing in accordance with District policies and procedures,” CPS said in a statement to CNN.
The district said the teacher who hung the doll is suspended while the investigation is ongoing. CPS has not identified the teacher.
According to Kenner’s letter, school administrators also met with a group of students Tuesday morning to discuss the incident.
“We gave students an opportunity to voice any concerns and recommendations they had. We plan to follow the disciplinary protocol established by Chicago Public Schools,” the letter said.
Kimberley Henderson, whose daughter is a sophomore and one of three Black students in the teacher’s US history class at Whitney Young, spoke to CNN.
“When I saw the picture, that’s when I went over the edge. That was unbelievable to me,” Henderson said, referencing an image of the stuffed doll circulating on the internet. “I don’t believe that he should be in front of any children, but I want to make sure that he’s not in front of mine.”
The Chicago Teachers Union said in a statement about the incident that “practices that mitigate the harm of racial biases must be ongoing, and consistent” in the city’s schools.
“Mayor (Lori) Lightfoot has a responsibility to provide a safe space for every member of our school communities, which is especially important in a district that serves a student population that is 90 percent Black and Brown children,” the statement read. “Any definition of ‘safety’ must include creating and reinforcing an environment of equity and inclusion for all students, staff and faculty of color.”
CNN reached out to the mayor’s office Thursday for response to the union statement.
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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.”
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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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Former president Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner made a “valuable” appearance on Thursday before the US House of Representatives committee investigating the January 6, 2021, riot at the US Capitol, Elaine Luria, a member of the panel, said.
“It was really valuable for us to have the opportunity to speak to him,” Ms Luria told MSNBC.
The Democratic representative declined to provide specifics about Mr Kushner's appearance before the panel via video link, but said he commented on various reports about events of the day that have already been published.
“He was able to voluntarily provide information to us to verify, substantiate, provide his own take on this different reporting,” she said.
Mr Kushner is the first close relative of the former president known to have spoken to the committee. He also served as a senior adviser in the Trump White House.
A committee spokesman declined to comment.
The committee has conducted hundreds of interviews in its investigation of the attack on the Capitol last year by supporters of Mr Trump as Congress was poised to certify the Republican's defeat in the November 2020 presidential election by Democratic President Joe Biden.
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In their quest to defeat Giovanni in Pokemon GO, trainers will encounter his Team GO Rocket lieutenants, Sierra, Cliff, and Arlo, also called Team GO Rocket Leaders.
Battling the three Team GO Rocket Leaders requires a fair bit of strategy. This is due to the fact that they change their battle parties over time, unleashing new combinations for trainers to account for.
For Sierra, in particular, an upcoming Team GO Rocket event may affect the dynamics of her team in April 2022. The event is called All-Hands Rocket Retreat, and Team GO Rocket's appearance is expected to increase significantly.
However, until then, Sierra will sport the same team she has had since late January of this year.
Defeating Sierra's Pokemon team before the upcoming event in Pokemon GO
Until Niantic shifts Team GO Rocket's parties of Shadow Pokemon, trainers will have to deal with the same Sierra team they've encountered over the past few months.
However, new or returning players may not be exceptionally prepared for this team, so it doesn't hurt to take a look at Sierra's potential Pokemon in order to develop counter-strategies.
The current iteration of Sierra's team is particularly heavy on Grass and Water-type Pokemon. Of these Pokemon, only one is guaranteed to appear in each battle, leaving the others up to chance based on a hidden percentage.
Below, Pokemon GO trainers can find a list of all the Pokemon Sierra has at her disposal, as well as their chances of appearing:
Slot One
- Poliwag (100%)
Slot Two
- Lapras (36%)
- Exeggutor (34%)
- Sharpedo (30%)
Slot Three
- Houndoom (70%)
- Swampert (17%)
- Shiftry (13%)
With so many Water and Grass-type Pokemon at Sierra's disposal, trainers may be well-served using Electric and Fire-type Pokemon to deal with her team.
Below, Pokemon GO trainers can find a few recommended Pokemon to counter and defeat each of Sierra's Pokemon:
Poliwag
- Roserade
- Electivire
- Raikou
- Sceptile
- Manectric
- Magnezone
- Breloom
- Luxray
- Venusaur
- Tangrowth
Lapras
- Lucario
- Thundurus
- Conkeldurr
- Sirfetch'd
- Luxray
- Electivire
- Roserade
- Pirouette Meloetta
- Machamp
- Celebi
Exeggutor
- Genesect
- Yanmega
- Escavalier
- Scyther
- Scizor
- Durant
- Accelgor
- Pinsir
- Heracross
- Leavanny
Sharpedo
- Zarude
- Machamp
- Manectric
- Blaziken
- Mienshao
- Heracross
- Zacian
- Gardevoir
- Hariyama
- Tangrowth
Houndoom
- Rampardos
- Kyogre
- Rhyperior
- Garchomp
- Swampert
- Kingler
- Tyranitar
- Excadrill
- Samurott
- Feraligatr
Swampert
- Roserade
- Tangrowth
- Sceptile
- Torterra
- Exeggutor
- Alolan Exeggutor
- Venusaur
- Breloom
- Chesnaught
- Leafeon
Shiftry
- Yanmega
- Genesect
- Scyther
- Escavalier
- Scizor
- Heracross
- Pinsir
- Scolipede
- Galvantula
- Mothim
Pokemon GO trainers won't know for sure which Pokemon Sierra will use in each battle (Poliwag aside). However, finding a good mix of the Pokemon listed above or at least those of similar types should be enough to dispatch the Team GO Rocket Leader.
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SPRING CREEK – Elko County voters have a chance to meet local candidates in this year’s election at two candidate forums scheduled in April in Spring Creek.
The forums for Elko County sheriff, county commissioner, justice of the peace, and Nevada Assembly are scheduled from 6-9 p.m. April 12 at the Sage Elementary School gym. Candidates for school board will appear from 6-9 p.m. April 21 at the Spring Creek High School gym.
Both events will be preceded by a “meet and greet” from 5:30-6 p.m. All Elko County residents are welcome to attend the forums or to watch via the live feed on the Spring Creek Association’s Facebook page.
The April 12 forum begins with sheriff and county commission candidates from 6-7:30 p.m.
Sheriff Aitor Narvaiza is being challenged by Wells brothel owner Bella Cummins, former deputy John Gaylor, deputy Shawn Sherwood, and Sheriff’s Sgt. Mike Silva. The two candidates who receive the highest number of votes in the primary will appear on the November ballot, unless one candidate receives more than 50% of votes cast.
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Elko attorney Travis Gerber and Ryndon resident Steven Grimes are Republicans running for county commission. The candidate with the most votes in the primary will be the only candidate on the November ballot, and will replace Commissioner Cliff Eklund, who has termed out.
Candidates for justice of the peace and Nevada Assembly are scheduled from 7:30-9 p.m.
Elko Police Officer Bryan Drake, attorney David Loreman and Elko County Sheriff’s Lt. Adrienne Parry are vying for the Department B seat currently held by Elias “Choch” Goicoechea, who is not running for a second term. The top two vote-getters in the nonpartisan race will advance to the general election.
Three candidates are running for the Nevada Assembly seat currently held by John Ellison, who has termed out. Realtor Bert Gurr and licensed nurse and patient advocate Nicole Sirotek are running as Republicans. The winner of the primary will face military veteran John “Doc” Garrard, a Democrat.
The April 21 forum will feature candidates facing competition for five school board seats. The only candidate who will be on the primary ballot in Adriana Lara, who is running unchallenged for the District 5 seat. Other candidates will be on the general election ballot.
Running for District 1 are Misty Atkins and Susan Neal. District 2 candidates are Joshua Byers and Robert Leonhardt. Competing for District 3 are Lincoln Litchfield and Matthew McCarty. District 6 candidates are Jeff Durham and Brian Gale. And the candidates for District 7 are Brooke Ballard and Brent Kelly.
The public is invited to send questions for consideration in advance of the forums. More details are on the SCA Facebook page.
The 2022 Nevada Primary Election will be held on June 14. Early Voting begins May 28 and runs through June 10.
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Congress hears siren wail as Ukrainian legislators visit
WASHINGTON (AP) — As members of the Ukrainian parliament were pleading for aid on Capitol Hill, an air raid siren blared from one of their cell phones — a wrenching alert from the war-torn country back home.
One of the visitors reached into her bag, pulled out the phone and let the siren wail in the halls of Congress.
“Right now, you hear the sound?” said Anastasia Radina, a member of the Ukrainian Rada.
“This is the air raid alarm in the community where my son is staying right now,” she said at a press conference this week after meeting with members of Congress. “I need you all to hear that.”
The Ukrainian lawmakers met for a second day Wednesday with their counterparts in the U.S. Congress, urging American allies to more quickly provide additional military aid — fighter jets, tanks and other support — and to impose stiffer economic sanctions on the invading Russians they’re trying to push from their country.
The visiting legislators, all women, with family back home, were warning the U.S. that they do not trust negotiations underway with Russian President Vladimir Putin over ending the monthlong war. And they impressed on the Americans that their country is at a crucial juncture in the fight against his invasion.
“They desperately need more help both with military assistance and the tightening of sanctions,” said Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, emerging from Wednesday’s private meeting at the Capitol.
U.S. lawmakers have been pressing President Joe Biden’s administration to do more for Ukraine — providing their political support for sanctions on Russian leadership, a ban on Russian oil imports to the U.S., even declaring Putin should be investigated for war crimes.
Biden on Wednesday announced that the U.S. will send another $500 million in direct aid to Ukraine as the Russian invasion continues. At the same time, the Senate was working to pass legislation suspending Russia’s favored trade status — a measure that has been tangled over a related human rights provision, even though there is widespread support for suspending normal trade relations and halting Russian oil imports.
Lawmakers emerging from two days of meetings with the Ukrainian lawmakers kept up a largely unified front, with both Republicans and Democrats saying more funding would be needed, beyond the nearly $14 billion in military and humanitarian aid recently approved. Many are members of the Ukraine Caucus in the House and Senate, formed years ago to bolster the emerging democracy after it emerged from the former Soviet Union.
Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., described a sense of “buoyancy” in the room with the Ukrainian lawmakers Wednesday amid word of a possible Russian move away from Kyiv, even as he acknowledged the likely fighting still ahead.
“There’s a lot of support in Congress to continue to help them,” he said.
Yet there is concern in Congress that Biden’s administration is too timid in its response and too slow to send needed military equipment. Some speak of an administration “Afghanistan Syndrome.”
Republicans in particular, but also Democratic lawmakers, suggest there’s a hesitancy from the U.S. to push deeper into an overseas conflict with commitments of military aid after 20 years fighting the “forever war” in Afghanistan.
Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, said the Ukrainians she had met with in the past had used that term “Afghanistan Syndrome,” but on Wednesday the Ukrainian legislators instead spoke with urgency about the military aid they need — with fighter jets at the top of the list.
“If they’re going to win, they need more,” Ernst said. “And they know they can win. But they just need the support coming from the United States.”
The Ukrainians delivered a long list of specific military equipment they are requesting, and senators said at the top remain the fighter planes the Biden administration has been reluctant to transfer from NATO ally Poland.
The Ukrainians told reporters after meeting with House lawmakers a day earlier that they also want other air support systems as well as tanks to push the Russians back from their cities.
While Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has roused the world to his country’s side, speaking via video livestreams to legislative bodies around the world, the Ukrainian legislators provided their own compelling portrait this week in Washington — women fighting for their country abroad while their loved ones and families fight from home.
In the meetings on Capitol Hill and later with officials at Ukrainian embassy, the lawmakers said that while they are thankful for the U.S. help their country has received, they need more — especially now, as Russia’s strategy may be shifting.
But the Ukrainian lawmakers were apparently leaving Washington without firm commitments. Opposition lawmaker Ivanna Klympush-Tsintsadze said there is a “readiness” by members of Congress to act but nothing concrete.
“Unfortunately, we don’t have time,” she said at a later press conference at the Ukrainian Embassy in Washington.
Governing party lawmaker Radina expressed frustration that the U.S. was still distinguishing between defensive and offensive weapons, and said said Ukraine needs jets and air defense systems now.
“What we need is action,” she said.
The Ukrainians are wary of talks with Putin, and they framed the war not only as a fight for their country but for all of Western democracy. More than 4 million people have fled Ukraine since the start of the invasion.
“Putin cannot be trusted,” said Yevheniya Kravchuk, a member of the Ukrainian parliament, at Tuesday’s press conference.
Some lawmakers on Capitol Hill are making weekend trips to the Ukrainian border regions to understand the war first-hand. What they’ve seen is reminiscent of imagery many grew up with learning about World War II.
“It’s freezing cold. There’s like a little gust of snow, I mean, most folks didn’t have winter coats, they had like one bag,” said Rep. David Cicilline, D-R.I., recounting what he saw a few weeks ago on the Polish border.
“It was reminiscent of the Second World War,” he said. “You’re just like watching, you’re just seeing this mass exodus of people.”
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Associated Press writers Ben Fox and Aamer Madhani contributed to this report.
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WARSAW, Poland (AP) — As the number of people fleeing Ukraine slows, authorities in Poland and other neighboring nations are encouraging refugees from the war to find jobs, especially in health care and education.
The U.N. refugee agency UNHCR reported Thursday that the daily number of arrivals recorded by the countries that border Ukraine dropped below 40,000 on Wednesday, the fewest s ince Russian troops invaded five weeks ago.
Poland’s Border Guard registered more than half of the new arrivals, maintaining a pattern seen since the start of the war. Of the conflict’s more than 4 million refugees, almost 2.4 million went to Poland, according to the country’s border agency. It’s Europe’s worst refugee crisis since World War II.
Humanitarian organizations and other observers have attributed the slowing of the Ukrainian exodus in recent days to several possible factors, including residents of surrounded and besieged cities having no way to safely evacuate. Others may be reluctant to leave their homes and hoping to wait out the hostilities, observers say.
A spokesperson for Poland’s Border Guard, Anna Michalska, said the numbers could pick up again if Russian attacks continue.
Recent legislation passed in Poland allows refugees from Ukraine to obtain ID numbers that entitle them to free medical care, education, social benefits and the right to work for 18 months.
Many Poles are putting up refugees in their homes or volunteering in civic groups that bring all sorts of assistance.
Refugees in Warsaw have submitted about 700 applications and some 100 have been hired for jobs in the Polish capital’s medical centers and schools, according to city officials.
To boost the employment drive, Mayor Rafal Trzaskowski and Deputy Mayor Renata Kaznowska met Thursday with the director of the Bielanski Hospital and some Ukrainian and Polish staff members.
“Our guests are full of fortitude, they want to start to help us right away, they want to find jobs,” Trzaskowski told a news conference.
Kaznowska said employment and professional activity were the best way to integrate the adults who have fled Ukraine into Polish society.
Educators are also needed to help thousands of refugee children adjust to their new school environment, where lessons are taught in Polish and where the curriculum is largely different from the one in Ukraine. Adjusting the school system will cost over 440,000 zlotys ($105,000) in Warsaw alone, city authorities said.
Two nurses who are in the hiring process, speaking in Ukrainian mixed with Polish, said they appreciated the chance to continue their careers.
Olena Halych had to fight back tears as she spoke of fleeing home near shelled Bucha “to save my children.”
“I want to truly thank people in Poland for offering us shelter,” Halych said in Ukrainian. “I have found a job at the Bielanski Hospital, I want to really thank you for that.”
Hospital director Dorota Galczynska-Zych said the new recruits have provided valuable skills, and added that language has not been a barrier.
Some 570,000 refugees have reached Warsaw, a city of some 1.8 million, and some 300,000 remain in the capital for now, Trzaskowski said.
In Romania, which has received over 608,000 refugees, 35-year-old Uliana Polyakova from Odessa was busy Thursday registering at the Brasov city refugee center’s integration office that helps find accommodation, jobs and access to social assistance.
“Some people told me to arrive here at the center … in case we need medicine or something else,” she said, as her 7-year-old son enjoyed some screen-time nearby. “(A) Romanian family invited us to live with them. I did not expect that Romania is so kind to Ukrainians.”
“We’re not here because we want to leave Ukraine, me and my husband want to live with our relatives in Odessa,” she said. “I hope that the war is over in two weeks, one month, and we will go home.”
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Stephen McGrath in Brasov, Romania, contributed to this report.
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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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Quidel (QDEL) Stock Moves -0.3%: What You Should Know
Quidel (QDEL) closed the most recent trading day at $112.46, moving -0.3% from the previous trading session. This move was narrower than the S&P 500's daily loss of 1.57%. Elsewhere, the Dow lost 1.56%, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq lost 0.09%.
Prior to today's trading, shares of the medical diagnostics company had gained 8.64% over the past month. This has outpaced the Medical sector's gain of 5.64% and the S&P 500's gain of 5.37% in that time.
Wall Street will be looking for positivity from Quidel as it approaches its next earnings report date. In that report, analysts expect Quidel to post earnings of $9.28 per share. This would mark year-over-year growth of 111.87%. Meanwhile, our latest consensus estimate is calling for revenue of $823.07 million, up 119.29% from the prior-year quarter.
For the full year, our Zacks Consensus Estimates are projecting earnings of $15.75 per share and revenue of $2 billion, which would represent changes of -11.12% and +17.67%, respectively, from the prior year.
Investors might also notice recent changes to analyst estimates for Quidel. 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.
Based on our research, we believe these estimate revisions are directly related to near-team stock moves. Investors can capitalize on this by using the Zacks Rank. This model considers these estimate changes and provides a simple, actionable rating system.
The Zacks Rank system, which ranges from #1 (Strong Buy) to #5 (Strong Sell), has an impressive outside-audited track record of outperformance, with #1 stocks generating an average annual return of +25% since 1988. Over the past month, the Zacks Consensus EPS estimate remained stagnant. Quidel currently has a Zacks Rank of #1 (Strong Buy).
Looking at its valuation, Quidel is holding a Forward P/E ratio of 7.16. Its industry sports an average Forward P/E of 25.05, so we one might conclude that Quidel is trading at a discount comparatively.
The Medical - Products industry is part of the Medical sector. This group has a Zacks Industry Rank of 167, putting it in the bottom 35% of all 250+ industries.
The Zacks Industry Rank includes is listed in order from best to worst in terms of the average Zacks Rank of the individual companies within each of these sectors. Our research shows that the top 50% rated industries outperform the bottom half by a factor of 2 to 1.
You can find more information on all of these metrics, and much more, on Zacks.com.
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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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Vladimir Putin is desperate
The philosopher Henry David Thoreau wrote about the consequences of living an empty life devoid of any morality. “The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation,” he wrote. “From the desperate city you go into the desperate country and have to console yourself with the bravery of minks and muskrats.” Thoreau might have had Russian President Vladimir Putin in mind.
Desperation takes many forms in dictators. When despots get truly unhinged, they crush information, as Putin did last week with his draconian censorship laws and press restrictions, including blocking Facebook and foreign news outlets. His actions led the steadfast British Broadcasting Corporation to shutter its operations in Russia amid a historic crackdown on information.
Day by day, information sources in Russia have closed down as live broadcasts from Ukraine continue with heartbreaking images and news. We are bombarded with information from the battlefield, but Putin is trying to close hearts and minds inside his country.
Some news outlets inside Russia have tried to continue, but repression is hard.
RT America, the Russian state media outlet, laid off staff. The staff of an independent Russian media outlet Rain TV network resigned.
Independent radio in Russia has been silenced. The crackdown is so forceful that Russia’s Novaya Gazeta, a major independent newspaper, announced it would no longer cover news of the war in Ukraine. This is the same newspaper whose editor, Dmitry Muratov, shared a Nobel Peace Prize.
Information is the oxygen of life. It brings light to the darkest of corners. Putin has tried to quash information, but it tends to seep out and stream itself into human awareness. No crackdown will fully succeed in the modern world because propaganda has limitations.
As scholar Moisés Naím has written, “The explosion of information and media online has created opportunities for deception, manipulation and control that simply didn’t exist as recently as a decade ago. Declining trust in the traditional institutions that once served as gatekeepers to the public sphere has vastly lowered the reputational costs of bald-faced lying. And the globalization of polarization has created new opportunities for alliances with leaders who are using similar wedge issues in other countries. The result is a crisis in the sustainability of democratic government on a scale not seen since the rise of fascists across Europe in the 1930s.”
For decades, American nongovernmental organizations such as Internews have trained independent journalists in Russia in radio, television, print and online journalism. We should continue to train reporters even as this crackdown takes place. We need journalists now more than ever to cover stories and bring news of even the darkest kind.
Make no mistake. Russians know what is happening to Ukraine. Russians have learned about this outrageous assault on the life and people of Ukraine from their phones despite an ongoing propaganda campaign by Putin to build a rationale for stealing a country. Despite 22 years of being fed false information, Russians have learned about the world. They have traveled, studied, worked and lived in an information age. We should not underestimate their knowledge or their understanding of propaganda.
Many say that Putin’s propaganda is not new. But in the last few months, Putin has moved from propaganda to a new form of public diplomacy — obfuscation. He has sought to confuse the world with conflicting statements about war and peace. He has sought to use the fog of war as a fog machine, hoping to cloud hearts and minds.
But cutting off information has short-term benefits and long-term harm. Ultimately, people want to know what is happening around them, and with trust in public institutions low, even in Russia, especially among young people, information will travel to individuals. Those brave Russians who took to the streets and were swept off the streets by police will be followed by more and more courageous souls for whom freedom of information matter.
Russian tanks will keep advancing, but so will truth. It always marches on and triumphs because it seeks neither friends nor enemies. Truth exists for truth’s sake.
At the end of Thoreau’s quote from “Walden,” he writes that “a characteristic of wisdom” is “not to do desperate things.” Putin is neither wise nor learned. The emptiness of his soul is all that is left, and history will remember him for his reckless desperation.
Tara D. Sonenshine is a former U.S. under-secretary of state for public diplomacy and public affairs.
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No jail for LA building owner over explosion that hurt 12
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The owner of a downtown Los Angeles building where an explosion injured 12 firefighters has been allowed to enter a judicial diversion program that allows him to avoid jail time. A court commissioner on Wednesday granted Steve Sungho Lee’s request to enter the two-year program. Lee owned a commercial building that caught fire in May 2020. Firefighters on the roof and inside the building had to run for their lives when a ball of flames erupted from a vaping supply warehouse. City prosecutors filed more than 160 charges against Lee and his companies over alleged safety violations. They’ll be dismissed if Lee follows the diversion requirements.
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Parents reach $250,000 settlement with Texas city after son, 3, dies after contracting brain-eating amoeba at splash pad
By Hannah Sarisohn, CNN
The parents of a 3-year-old boy who died last year after a contracting a rare brain-eating amoeba at a splash pad in Arlington, Texas, have reached a $250,000 settlement with the city.
Bakari Williams died last September after spending five days in the hospital with primary amoebic meningoencephalitis, a rare and often fatal infection caused by an amoeba called Naegleria fowleri, according to previous reporting from CNN and affiliate KTVT.
Williams contracted the infection from a splash pad that officials later determined was improperly tested and maintained.
At a news conference, attorneys for Williams’ parents said the child’s death was preventable.
Family attorney Brian Hargrove said the $250,000 is the maximum economic recovery allowed against a city under the Texas Tort Claims Act, according to KTVT.
Arlington, in a statement, said the settlement will include a “significant investment in the installation of health and safety equipment and other improvements for our public pools and splash pads.”
The city will distribute a new policy manual, the Bakari Williams Protocol, that will guide staff on water treatment, according to Hargrove and the city. “We plan to share this information with other agencies in the aquatics industry so they can learn from our hard lessons,” the city said.
New technology will automatically shut off any splash pads where water readings are not in the acceptable ranges and the addition of QR codes will allow visitors to see real-time information about water quality, the statement, obtained by KTVT, said.
“We want you to know that Bakari was a sweet, beautiful and innocent child who did not deserve to die in the manner that he did. For us, this case has been about public awareness,” Williams’ mother, Kayla Mitchell, said at the news conference, according to the affiliate.
“We want to make certain that nothing like this ever happens again. We want to make certain that what happened to our son, what happened to our family, does not happen to anybody else,” said Mitchell.
Naegleria fowleri is commonly found in soil and in fresh warm water such as lakes, rivers and hot springs, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). It can also be found in poorly maintained or unchlorinated pools.
The organism infects people when water containing the amoeba enters the body through the nose, according to the CDC. The Naegleria fowleri amoeba then travels up the nose to the brain, where it destroys the brain tissue, the CDC says.
Investigation into the source of infection
City and Tarrant County officials were notified by the hospital September 5 of the child’s condition, according to a joint news release issued that month. The county health department started an investigation and determined two possible sources for the exposure to the amoeba — the family’s home in Tarrant County and the Don Misenhimer Park splash pad in Arlington.
The city immediately closed that splash pad, the news release says, and out of an abundance of caution closed the other three public splash pads for the remainder of the year.
On September 24, the CDC, according to the news release, determined the child was likely exposed to the organism at the splash pad after tests confirmed the presence of active Naegleria fowleri amoeba in water samples from the park.
“It breaks my heart. I’m a father of four, a grandfather of five kids from 2 to 7 years old. I cannot imagine having to bury a child or a grandchild like that,” Arlington Mayor Jim Ross told KTVT at the time
Low chlorine levels likely a factor
The city of Arlington conducted an investigation into the splash pad’s maintenance, equipment and water testing procedures. Officials determined the water quality testing data needed improvement.
“We have identified gaps in our daily inspection program,” Deputy City Manager Lemuel Randolph said in the 2021 news release. “Those gaps resulted in us not meeting our maintenance standards at our splash pads. All of the splash pads will remain closed until we have assurance that our systems are operating as they should, and we have confirmed a maintenance protocol consistent with city, county and state standards.”
Records from two of the splash pads, including the one at Don Misenhimer Park, showed employees did not consistently record, or in some cases did not conduct, water quality testing that is required before the facilities open each day, according to the news release. The testing includes checking for chlorine, which is used as a disinfectant.
A review of the logs determined that water chlorination readings were not documented two of the three days that the child visited the park in late August and early September, the news release said.
“Documents show that chlorination levels two days before the child’s last visit were within acceptable ranges,” reads the release. “However, the next documented reading, which occurred the day after the child visited, shows that the chlorination level had fallen below the minimum requirement and that additional chlorine was added to the water system.”
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Dickey's Barbecue Signs Deal to Expand in Toronto
Dickey’s Barbecue Restaurants, Inc. CEO Laura Rea Dickeyannounced today that the world’s largest barbecue concept has signed a franchise agreement with operators Anand Desai and Sharmistha Ghosh to bring the brand’s Legit. Texas. Barbecue. to Toronto. With this addition, Dickey’s Barbecue continues to move Texas Style BBQ into the international cuisine...
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Ahead of the official release of Jared Leto's Morbius, the actor has been hit with much controversy over past allegations of targeting underage girls via text. Simultaneously, the Thirty Seconds to Mars frontman has also been receiving a lot of flak online as early reviews for Morbius come rushing in.
Over the years, numerous publications have accused Leto of having “predatory behavior” towards underage girls. However, this may be taken with a grain of salt as the reports of him s*xually assaulting minors came from unverified sources and have been in circulation for almost over two decades.
Previously, in 2018, Disney’s The Suite Life of Zack & Cody star Dylan Sprouse and Marvel director James Gunn hinted at Leto's creepy behavior, specifically about texting models online.
Exploring the accusations against Jared Leto’s alleged habit of pursuing minor girls
While allegations against Jared Leto targeting teens along with accusations of the actor s*xually assaulting had been spread by numerous less-established publications, the crux of the matter was revealed by former The New York Post reporter Chris Wilson. In 2005, the Blade Runner: 2049 star was accused of “aggressively pursuing teen models.”
As per The New York Post’s source and their claims,
“He’s been approaching all the girls and inviting them to his shows…He’s a serial texter. He is constantly texting these 16- and 17-year-old girls. It’s really kind of creepy.”
At the time, Leto was reportedly staying in New York during a tour of his band, Thirty Seconds to Mars.
2018 allegations by James Gunn and Dylan Sprouse
In May 2018, Sprouse called out Jared Leto in his tweet and alleged that the actor had “slid into the DMs of every female model aged 18-25.” He also enquired about Leto’s “success rate” in his alleged conversations. It was not clear why Sprouse may have accused Leto at the time.
Later, Guardians of the Galaxy director James Gunn replied to Sprouse’s tweet and wrote,
“He starts at 18 on the internet?”
The tweet insinuated that Jared Leto might have pursued underaged girls in the past. However, the director and screenwriter seems to have deleted the tweet as Gunn’s own past p*dophilic jokes on Twitter resurfaced in the same year. The director was also fired from Marvel as a result of that and proceeded to direct the sequel of WB’s Sucide Squad (2016).
Coincidentally, Jared Leto played a controversial take on the Joker in the prequel to Gunn’s The Suicide Squad (2021).
Recent reactions from netizens to Leto’s alleged pursuit of underaged girls
Following the abysmal early reviews of Leto’s recent film, Morbius, the actor’s past allegations were again brought to light. Numerous tweets referred to Gunn’s apparently deleted tweet to get further attention over to the accusations.
In addition to these accusations, Leto's Thirty Seconds to Mars admittedly created a self-proclaimed "cult" on their private Croatian island.
Moreover, Leto's alleged questionable behavior on the set of 2016's Suicide Squad further enabled these rumored speculations of predatory behavior. At the time, the actor allegedly sent used condoms to his co-stars, and reportedly sent a dead rat to Margot Robbie.
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UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council voted unanimously Thursday to endorse the African Union’s new transitional mission in Somalia and authorized it to take action against al-Qaida and Islamic State extremist groups and conduct a phased handover of security responsibilities to Somalia’s government.
The African Union Transitional Mission in Somalia, known as ATMIS, replaces the African Union Mission in Somalia, known as AMISOM, which has been in the Horn of Africa nation for 15 years trying to build lasting peace and security.
While the resolution adopted by the council recognizes significant changes in the security situation since it authorized AMISOM in February 2007 and improvements in Somalia’s capability to respond to security challenges, it also reaffirms “the need to combat terrorist threats by all means.”
Only in the past few years has Somalia begun to find its footing after three decades of chaos from warlords to the al-Qaida-linked al-Shabab extremist group and the emergence of Islamic State-linked extremist groups. Last year, a political crisis further postponed long-delayed elections and lower house elections which were to be completed on March 15 are still not complete, further delaying the vote for a new president.
The British-drafted resolution authorizes the new ATMIS mission to support the Somali forces “in providing security for the political process at all levels.”
The Security Council underscored that completing the electoral process without further delay and achieving “a peaceful transition of power” will help Somalia move ahead with its national priorities and support its 2021 transition plan which outlines steps toward the gradual handover of responsibilities for security from international forces to the government.
The council reiterated its objective “of enabling Somalia to take full responsibility for its own security, including through assuming the leading role in countering and addressing the threat posed by al-Shabab.”
The resolution authorizes ATMIS to conduct jointly planned operations with Somali security forces “to degrade al-Shabab and affiliates linked to ISIL,” an acronym for the Islamic State group.
The council authorized AU member nations to deploy up to 19,626 uniformed personnel, including a minimum of 1.040 police, until Dec. 31, and endorsed the AU Peace and Security Council’s decision to reduce the peacekeeping force by 2,000 by that date. It authorized a reduced force of 17,626 between Jan. 1 and March 31, 2023, and noted that a joint proposal including the AU and Somalia envisions further cuts to 14,626 in September 2023, 10,626 in June 2024 and “zero personnel” by the end of December 2024.
The resolution welcomes the Somali government’s intention to generate 3,850 new security forces by December 2022, 8,525 new forces by September 2023 and 10,450 new forces by June 2024.
AMISOM was funded by voluntary contributions, especially from the European Union, with logistical support from the United Nations. The Security Council urged U.N. member nations, including new donors, “to consider providing predictable, sustainable and multi-year support for ATMIS.”
After the vote, Britain’s deputy U.N. ambassador James Kariuki thanked council members for their support “in the adoption of this landmark resolution.”
U.S. deputy ambassador Richard Mills said the resolution “provides a vital opportunity to build on AMISOM’s efforts and take the next steps to roll back al-Shabaab, enabling Somalia to provide the security and stability required for the Somali people to achieve their aspirations.”
“Al-Shabab is a formidable and adaptable threat to Somalia, and to East Africa more broadly,” he said. “As al-Qaeda’s largest and best financed affiliate, al-Shabab represents a threat that requires a vigorous and broad-based response. The ATMIS mandate provides the opportunity to adapt and reinvigorate the African-led, international effort against al-Shabab.
Albania’s political coordinator Arian Spasse noted al-Shabab’s increased attacks on security forces and civilians in recent months and called on the government again to complete elections.
“It is crucial the newly elected government turn its focus to the deteriorating security situation, to the undertaking of reforms, and to the humanitarian crisis caused by the unprecedented droughts, which is plunging the population into another famine,” he said. “Further delays will give al-Shabaab more time to overshadow the government’s effort to provide peace and prosperity, and will fuel al-Shabab propaganda as an alternative to a democratically elected government.”
Somalia’s U.N. Ambassador Abukar Osman expressed disappointment that the council’s resolution didn’t provide more funding for its security forces, address the need for a unified and centralized command for ATMIS, and greater logistical support
Addressing these issues will ensure that the resolution is aligned with Somalia’s strategic document on security, he said.
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Consumer Crackdown: Hi-tech scam targets cellphone sim cards
Feds say losses totaled $68 million in 2021
InvestigateTV - Cellphones are the pipeline to personal information for many, but according to the FBI, hackers are tapping in through the sim card in mobile devices to steal critical data.
The scheme is called “sim card swapping” and experts say it’s the latest hi-tech scam.
“If I’m a crook who wants to rob you of money, instead of going into a bank, it’s a lot easier to get access to your information, by simply getting access to your phone,” Ira Rheingold of the National Association of Consumer Advocates said.
The FBI said the scam starts when someone contacts you by phone or email pretending to be a representative from your mobile phone carrier. Once the fraudster gets your personal information, they call your service provider and report a lost or stolen sim card.
According to the feds, the cybercriminals will tell the customer service representatives they “forgot their pin and need a new one”. The scammer will try to convince the phone provider to transfer the victim’s phone number over to a new sim card and device. In some cases, the FBI said mobile phone carrier employees have been tricked into giving up information.
“Customer service reps are generally overworked, underpaid and not terribly skilled in dealing with the possibility that someone’s talking to them, and that person could be a fraud,” Cybersecurity expert Adam Levin said.
The FBI said “sim swapping” cases skyrocketed in 2021 with consumers reporting $68 million in losses compared to just $12 million in losses in 2020, 2019 and 2018 combined.
In addition to the pandemic, Levin said one of the reasons for the uptick in “sim swap” scams is more people using multi-factor authentication and bad actors getting access to it.
“That’s where you log onto a site and then you’re sent a code to a trusted device which normally goes to your phone,” Levin said. “So, the bad guys know this as well as the good guys. So, they want to get in on the action”.
The FBI has these tips to prevent getting “swapped”:
- Avoid posting personal information like your phone number and address online.
- Use a variety of passwords to access online accounts.
- Don’t advertise information about financial assets and investments
Rheingold urged consumers to be vigilant. “The convenience you have while using your phone is great there are risks that come along with it and you need to take necessary precautions to mitigate those risks,” Rheingold said.
If you suspect you are a victim of “sim swapping”, call your mobile carrier, change your online account passwords, contact your financial institution to place an alert on your account, and report any suspicious activity to police or the FBI.
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‘Incorrect’: Minister mistaken on carbon farming endorsement, green group says
By Mike Foley
The Australian Conservation Foundation has rejected a claim made by Energy and Emissions Reduction Minister Angus Taylor that it had “backed away” from its warning about fake credits being issued under a taxpayer-funded scheme for carbon farming.
The designer of the Emissions Reduction Fund’s (ERF) carbon credit scheme, Professor Andrew Macintosh, last week alleged most of the money for carbon farming, such as protecting trees or planting vegetation, was being spent on fake carbon reductions.
The scheme has so far paid out about $1 billion for 100 million carbon credits, which are generated by farmers for protecting forests and replanting vegetation, and sold to polluting companies that want to offset their emissions and reduce their carbon footprint.
Professor Macintosh published studies that said up to 80 per cent of the funds were spent on carbon sequestration that was “devoid of integrity” and represented a “fraud on taxpayers”.
“I believe these criticisms are completely unfounded,” Mr Taylor told a forum hosted by the Carbon Market Institute on Friday.
“It is telling that groups like the ACF (Australian Conservation Foundation) have backed away from this latest round of attacks on the ERF and are no longer promoting the claims that have been refuted by the regulator.”
ACF chief executive Kelly O’Shanassy said on Friday that the organisation stood by its claims and endorsed Professor Macintosh’s findings.
“Any speech given by the Energy Minister that claims otherwise is incorrect,” Ms O’Shanassy said.
“Our own investigation are consistent with Professor Macintosh’s revelations about the scheme’s deep flaws.”
A study released in September by the Australia Institute and Australian Conservation Foundation analysed $300 million of credits issued for protecting forests, known as avoided deforestation. It found land clearing in far-western NSW would have needed to have been at least 750 per cent higher to justify the payments made to farmers not to remove trees.
“We found one in five carbon credits issued by the federal government’s $4.5 billion Emission Reduction Fund do not represent real abatement,” Ms O’Shanassy said.
Mr Taylor also told the forum that new ministerial powers had been created that allow the federal government to block new carbon projects to grow native vegetation on farmland if they are deemed damaging to the regional community.
Mr Taylor and Agriculture Minister David Littleproud issued a joint statement that said native vegetation projects that were either larger than 15 hectares, or occupied more than one third of a farm, required ministerial approval from April 8.
“We don’t want to see entire farms locked up, becoming havens for weeds and feral animals as families leave the land,” Mr Littleproud said.
“I support well planned projects that involve the farmer and manage the land, I hope that there will be many projects that present no risk to community.”
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Britney Spears was freed from her 13-year conservatorship in November and credits her lawyer, Mathew Rosengart, for making it happen. Now, the attorney is explaining why he wanted to represent the singer in the first place.
Speaking to The Hollywood Reporter, Rosengart revealed, “I was concerned, even before getting involved, about why this woman appeared to have some of her fundamental rights and civil liberties stripped away.”
“As a former federal prosecutor, I had experience with criminal defendants who were charged with committing heinous crimes, and they had the right to choose their own counsel, yet Britney did not have that right,” he continued, equating Britney’s treatment to “bullying.”
Said Rosengart, “It was troubling to me both personally and professionally, and I felt I could help stop it, as a lawyer and otherwise. That’s a pledge I made.”
He said he went in with a “strategic” plan of attack to get Britney out of the conservatorship quickly, explaining, “I knew we’d be able to get a much faster hearing if we tried to bifurcate this — first moving to suspend the father [Jamie Spears] and removing that impediment on the way to termination.”
Rosengart said it was “one of the best days I had” when he was able to call Britney on September 29 and tell her Mr. Spears was suspended as her conservator. “She was away at the time, and I told her she’d be able to wake up the next morning — for the first time in 13 years — without her father being conservator of the estate. That was what she wanted, and she was elated,” he said.
While the experience has been “an incredibly arduous yet exciting journey,” Rosengart says the case is ongoing because “We are still looking at everything, including following the money.”
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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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Smart Share Global (NYSE:EM – Get Rating) is one of 63 publicly-traded companies in the “Personal services” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its rivals? We will compare Smart Share Global to similar businesses based on the strength of its valuation, earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, profitability and analyst recommendations.
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Smart Share Global presently has a consensus target price of $10.07, indicating a potential upside of 680.36%. As a group, “Personal services” companies have a potential upside of 26.52%. Given Smart Share Global’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Smart Share Global is more favorable than its rivals.
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5.2% of Smart Share Global shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 56.4% of shares of all “Personal services” companies are held by institutional investors. 20.8% of shares of all “Personal services” companies are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
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Smart Share Global beats its rivals on 6 of the 11 factors compared.
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Smart Share Global Limited, a consumer tech company, provides mobile device charging services in the People's Republic of China. The company provides mobile device charging services through online and offline networks; and rents and sells power banks. It offers services through its power banks placed in points of interests (POIs) operated by its location partners, such as entertainment venues, restaurants, shopping centers, hotels, transportation hubs, and public spaces. As of June 30, 2021, the company had 6.0 million power banks in 771,000 POIs in 1,600 counties and county-level districts. Smart Share Global Limited was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Shanghai, the People's Republic of China.
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Amazon staff reject union in Alabama, lean toward it in NYC
By HALELUYA HADERO and ANNE D’INNOCENZIO
AP Business Writers
NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon workers in Alabama appear to have rejected a union bid in a tight race, according to early results on Thursday. But outstanding challenged votes could change the outcome. Warehouse workers in Bessemer, Alabama, voted 993 to 875 against forming a union. The National Labor Relations Board, which oversees the election, said that 416 challenged votes could potentially overturn that result. Hearing to go through the challenged ballots will occur in the next few days. In a separate election on Staten Island, New York, the nascent Amazon Labor Union is leading by more than 350 votes out of about 2,670 tallied. Counting is expected to continue Friday morning.
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Washington state creates nation’s first alert system for missing Indigenous people
By Paradise Afshar, CNN
Democratic Gov. Jay Inslee of Washington state signed a bill Thursday that creates the nation’s first alert system for missing Indigenous people.
The bill, which was passed unanimously in both the House and the Senate, highlights that “indigenous people experience disproportionate rates of violence in Washington state,” and calls for the creation of an advisory system, like the AMBER Alert system.
“Compared to the rest of the state’s population, indigenous women comprise a disproportionate number of missing people,” Inslee said during a signing ceremony. “In cases where an individual has died, this bill will help families recover the remains of their loved ones while also honoring and respecting indigenous cultural practices. For women who are found, this bill will provide treatment so that they can start to recover from the trauma of their experience.”
Inslee signed the bill, along with several other tribal-related bills, at the Tulalip Resort Casino.
Democratic Rep. Debra Lekanoff, a sponsor of the bill, spoke during the ceremony and said missing and murdered indigenous women and people “is not just an Indian issue, it’s not just an Indian responsibility. Our sisters, our aunties, our grandmothers are going missing every day.”
The bill “removes the hand so we can hear the unheard screams, it removes the hand from the Washington State Patrol. It brings together all of our governing bodies to collaborate, to take care (of) those who have been taken, those who’ve been lost, and those yet to come,” Lekanoff said.
For years, families and activists have demanded that authorities direct more attention and resources to cases involving missing and murdered Indigenous women, arguing their cases are often overlooked or dismissed.
Federal and state officials have recently publicly acknowledged that there is a crisis of violence against Native Americans, and have launched efforts to address it, but advocates say their response is not enough.
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The world after the war in Ukraine: Who or what will stop Putin?
We cannot seem to believe the raw, extreme realism by which Russia’s Vladimir Putin is acting against Ukraine. Raw realism is so abominable to American thinking that we would rather believe he is crazy.
Yet raw realism is what we are seeing in Ukraine: Putin has the might, so he is intent on making the right. He is sure that the West will not intervene militarily, which is not hard to conclude since the U.S. position has been stated, publicly, multiple times. He has made Russia resistant to sanctions in the near term and concluded that, by the time sanctions take full effect, Ukraine will be his. Further, he has judged that Europe is too dependent on Moscow to continue sanctions in the long term. Putin also knows that once force is used, only an equal or greater force will stop him. He knows that sanctions alone are not that equal-or-greater force. He has already escalated his use of force in Ukraine — and has very publicly put his nuclear deterrent forces on high alert — until he gets what he wants, because he’s convinced he can.
Like other raw realists, Putin has no intention of stopping with Ukraine. He’ll wait for the right conditions, or, better stated, he’ll work directly to create the right conditions elsewhere so that he can execute another “special military operation” after being “invited” to assist some future fig-leaf entity. Raw realists such as Putin take what they can, when they can, until someone stops them.
Putin has been working to replace the post-World War II, rules-based order for a long time. He made that clear 15 years ago at the Munich Security Conference. He began by falsely accusing Georgia of aggression to “justify” his August 2008 invasion of that country. He backed Ukraine’s Donbas separatists, who he helped generate, and then annexed Ukraine’s Crimea region in 2014. He also has been hard at work eroding Western democracies, trying to create a gap between the U.S. and Europe, trying to weaken NATO, rebuilding the Russian military and honing it in several operational areas, launching cyberattacks, and now brazenly and illegally invading a sovereign country. Putin’s idea of a replacement to the post-World War II world order is playing out before our eyes. But will we believe it?
We didn’t believe the reality before us when, on Aug. 23, 1996, Osama bin Laden published a declaration of war on the United States; we dismissed him and his declaration, believing it was meaningless because it came from a “thug,” “a terrorist hiding in a cave.” The bombing of two U.S. embassies in 1988, the failed attack on the USS The Sullivans, and the successful attack on the USS Cole, were insufficient to change the American position. Only the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, convinced American political leaders to take al Qaeda seriously.
We must not repeat this error with Putin.
Everyone hopes that Ukrainian resistance supported by U.S. and NATO military arms and equipment will be enough to stop Putin. But the sad reality is that Ukraine may be lost because, unless conditions change drastically, the U.S. and NATO won’t reverse their policy of no direct military support. That, of course, would risk a wider war — a risk Putin believes the West will not take. This reality is tragic for the people of Ukraine, a moral blow to what the West stands for, an insult to the political and military leaders who worked so hard to establish the order from which we and our allies have benefited so long, and an affront to the soldiers, sailors, airmen and marines whose sacrifices created the opportunity for those leaders.
As we watch the Russian bear devour an innocent country, the question now is what can the U.S. do next?
Concerning the trans-Atlantic alliance: Can the U.S. send military supplies to Ukraine and temporary reinforcements to Europe faster, and to more locations? When will the U.S. start discussions within NATO about a new, permanent force posture in Europe? Will the U.S. encourage other NATO nations to follow Germany’s lead by increasing defense spending? What portions of the NATO Charter or other governing documents should be modified to fit current realities? How will the U.S. and Europe work together to reinforce their economies so that they can weather the sanctions imposed on Russia and become stronger as a whole?
Concerning the broader strategic environment: What are the necessary diplomatic and informational actions that the U.S. must lead to prevent what some are already calling “a new normal” from becoming normal? How will the leaders of the West and our allies across the globe adapt to the multiple post-World War II organizations that make up the rules-based order? Will the U.S. try to re-engage China based upon Putin’s raw aggression? Will the U.S. lead an effort in the U.N. to challenge the legitimacy of a criminal aggressor, Russia, having a seat on the Security Council?
These and other questions won’t be asked or answered if we fail to see the reality unfolding before our eyes and understand its broader implications. To say “No one wants war” is to miss the obvious: Putin does. He has launched an aggressive war, and he won’t stop by himself or by sanctions alone. This is not the kind of world order conducive to American prosperity, or anyone else’s. To focus too narrowly on the Ukraine crisis misses the opportunity to address the larger geopolitical challenges that Ukraine represents.
James M. Dubik, Ph.D., a retired lieutenant general of the U.S. Army, is a senior fellow at the Institute for the Study of War. He served in military command and operational roles in Bosnia, Haiti and Iraq, and helped train forces in Afghanistan, Japan, South Korea, Thailand, Honduras, and many NATO countries.
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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Jeff Walz has had a lot of success getting players to transfer to Louisville over the last few years, including three starters on his Final Four team this season.
He's not the only coach in the Final Four who has bolstered the roster by using the transfer portal as both South Carolina and UConn have found supplemental players from it.
Still Walz, Dawn Staley and Geno Auriemma think the amount of players looking to change schools is getting out of control.
“I always like to say, ‘The grass is greener on the other side because it’s fertilized with a bunch of bull,’” Louisville coach Jeff Walz said. “I think there are a lot of players that will jump into the portal after one year that don’t really have a good grasp of why they’re doing it.”
Staley likened the portal to Twitter, Instagram or TikTok.
“It’s a big ol’ fad that just keeps continuing,” she said. “Is it out of hand? It absolutely is. I don’t know how you control it. But it’s their way. It’s their way of controlling their own destinies.”
Both Staley and Auriemma noted that there were currently more players seeking to transfer than there were scholarships available across the country.
“You know those 850 people in the portal? Three hundred of them are not going to find a school to go to because they’re going to realize it’s not the school they just left,” Auriemma said.
Despite the reservations, they're still playing along. Emily Engstler (Syracuse), Kianna Smith (California) and Chelsie Hall (Vanderbilt) have been key for Louisville. Engstler and Hall just joined the program this season.
When Engstler was considering the Cardinals, Walz went to Mykasa Robinson to discuss how her role would likely shrink if Engstler were to come and gauge her comfort level.
“She looked at me, and she’s like, ‘I’m tired of guarding her. If we can get her, yes, because she likes to win, and she wants to play with other good players,’” Walz said.
SOUTH CAROLINA SUPPORT
The Gamecocks have led the nation in average attendance for seven straight years, buoyed by a base of more than 10,000 season tickets. Despite the 1,200-mile distance from campus to downtown Minneapolis, there will be plenty of garnet-and-black-clad South Carolina fans voicing their support on Friday night when the Gamecocks take on Louisville.
“They’ve been with us when we weren’t a popular team or we weren’t a whole lot to cheer about,” Staley said. “This is my 14th year being at South Carolina, but the last probably 10, the fans have given us a ride that’s kind of irreplaceable.”
One of the catalysts for the attendance boom was giving fans as much as access to the program as they could, to build relationships and let the locals get to know the players as people.
“You really feel the love in the community,” guard Brea Beal said. “You can go to the store and run into somebody and they’re like, oh my gosh, just freaking out. It’s like a family.”
FOND MEMORY
Walz spent one season at Minnesota on his climb up the coaching ladder, serving as an assistant under current Maryland coach Brenda Frese.
That was 20 years ago, when Hall of Fame finalist Lindsay Whalen was a sophomore for the Gophers on a breakthrough team that reached the Final Four two seasons later. The women's team at that time played in a smaller gym, the Pavilion, next door to Williams Arena where the Minnesota men's team has played since 1928.
A water pipe burst that winter, moving the women's team into the bigger venue. The Gophers were on a roll, and the first game in the building known as “The Barn” was packed to the rafters.
“From that point on, we continued the rest of the season playing in the Barn in front of unbelievable crowds,” Walz said.
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On March 29, an Australian local, Alex Tan, chanced upon a most peculiar looking alien-like creature on a Queensland beach in Australia. The man was on a routine morning walk along the seaside when he noticed the organism was washed ashore.
He immediately took to Instagram in a bid to try and find out more about his mysterious discovery. The footage generated a great deal of buzz, with several chiming in with their theories about what it could possibly be.
Tan postulated that it was possibly a "de-haired possum," which was later corroborated by a professor from the University of Queensland.
What is this "extraterrestrial" creature?
Alex Tan's morning walk on Maroochydore Beach on the Sunshine Coast took a weird turn when he came across a bizarre looking creature that didn't resemble any recognizable animal.
In the Instagram video, the Christian pastor said,
“I’ve stumbled across something weird. This is like one of those things you see when people claim they’ve found aliens."
He then pans the camera to show the carcass of a sprawled-out creature with flappy limbs, a decaying skull, disturbingly human-like hands, and a long tail resembling that of a rat's.
He continues,
"Looks like a de-haired possum, but different to anything I've seen. Extraterrestrial.”
There have been many hues and cries about sightings of aliens and extraterrestrial beings over the years, but with the past three years' track record, an alien wouldn't be too far out of reach.
Many of Tan's Instagram comments suggested investigating the creature more closely instead of a cursory glance. However, Tan found out that it was removed from the site when he returned to the beach later in the day.
The unsettling discovery soon went viral, with several media organizations reaching out to the pastor in an attempt to unearth the creature's puzzling identity.
In an interview with the Australian broadcast channel 7NEWS, Tan elaborated on how the creature completely stumped him, saying,
“I thought it was a three-metre flatty or something but as I got closer, it looked like a cross between a dog, a possum, a kangaroo and some sort of giant rat. Maybe something had come along and had a little nibble of it. I just think it’s some sort of deformed possum."
The Aussie added,
“I’m pretty certain it’s not an alien."
Tan was so confident about his hypothesis of the animal being some form of a possum that he wagered a chicken parm on anyone who proved otherwise.
Upon his commenters' suggestion, he has been trying to get in touch with wildlife experts Bindi and Robert Irwin, but to no avail.
However, an associate professor at the University of Queensland, Stephen Johnston, concurred with Tan's possum theory. He told Courier Mail,
"After consultation with my colleague Heather Janetzki from the Queensland Museum we are pretty sure that it is a swollen, waterlogged brushtail possum who has lost its fur. The skull and hindlimb give the clues. The animal was probably washed down into the ocean during the floods."
Alex Tan has certainly gotten an answer to his question, but he doesn't believe it to be the only plausible explanation. He is still diligently working on his mission to uncover the species of this strange animal, who he's lovingly dubbed "little buddy."
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What is the endgame for the war in Ukraine? What will that country look like in the future?
A great many questions remain unanswered, but after a month of brutal battles, this much is clear: The two sides are essentially deadlocked. This war will be settled at the bargaining table, not on the battlefield.
Moscow's goal of subduing and occupying Ukraine has failed -- in stunning and embarrassing fashion. As peace talks began in Istanbul, Russian Deputy Defense Minister Alexander Fomin conceded that his forces had "fundamentally ... cut back military activity" around the capital of Kyiv in an attempt to "increase mutual trust and create conditions for further negotiations."
And Kyiv admits that while it has resisted and even rolled back Russian advances, it cannot drive the invaders completely out of the country. "I realize that it's impossible to force Russia to fully leave the territory," Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in a video address. "It could lead to World War III. I understand completely. I'm fully aware of it. That is why I'm saying, yes, this is a compromise."
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If "further negotiations" show progress -- a big if -- the shape of the compromise Zelenskyy envisions could start to emerge. A safe and stable Ukraine has to be a neutral country. It would not be part of Russia, but it would not belong to NATO, either. It could be European culturally, economically and even spiritually -- but not militarily.
There are plenty of models to follow. Six nations -- Austria, Cyprus, Finland, Ireland, Malta and Sweden -- already belong to the European Union, a political and economic compact, but not to the military alliance.
Unlike Ukraine, however, none of those countries have large Russian-speaking minorities, and only Finland shares a sizeable border with Russia. Accordingly, Kyiv rightly insists that any deal has to involve some form of international guarantee, a NATO-like umbrella that protects its sovereignty from Moscow's imperialistic impulses.
Zelenskyy has been very clear on the outlines of a deal, telling Russian news outlets in an interview, "Security guarantees and neutrality, non-nuclear status of our state -- we are ready to go for it."
Optimism is in short supply, however, and for good reason. Russia talks about increasing trust, but it keeps shelling civilian targets and denouncing its adversaries as Nazis, a totally unfounded allegation. Western leaders have been equally skeptical, with U.K. Foreign Secretary Liz Truss accusing Moscow of "wantonly bombing innocent citizens across Ukraine," adding, "Putin is not serious about talks."
If building trust is hard, changing mindsets is even harder. For peace talks to succeed, both sides have to give up longstanding aspirations. Putin has dreamed of absorbing Ukraine into a glorious Greater Russia ruled by a modern-day czar: Vlad the Violator. "Ukraine has never had its own authentic statehood," he's stated, and "true sovereignty of Ukraine is possible only in partnership with Russia."
That is patently false. Ukrainian refugees are fleeing west, not east; they're heading for Munich and Madrid, not Moscow.
"In his ideal world, Putin may have dreamed of a Ukraine united with Russia in a single overarching state form, but events of the last weeks have shown that is a highly unlikely outcome," Graeme Gill, professor emeritus at the University of Sydney, told Al Jazeera.
Ukraine has had to alter its own dreams, too. The country amended its constitution three years ago to facilitate joining NATO, and that hope is now gone.
"It is clear that Ukraine is not a member of NATO; we understand this," Zelenskyy has said. "For years we heard about the apparently open door, but have already also heard that we will not enter there, and these are truths and must be acknowledged."
Even if trust builds, dreams die and talks proceed, details -- devilish details -- remain to be settled. If Ukraine emerges as an independent, neutral country, protected by international guarantees, what does it look like? What happens to Crimea, annexed by Russia in 2014, or the Donbas region on Ukraine's eastern border, where Russian-backed separatists have been battling Kyiv for years?
Meanwhile, Western allies led by Washington have to maintain maximum pressure on Moscow with even tighter economic sanctions, greater military aid and unified resolve.
A free and nonaligned Ukraine is very much worth fighting for. Just ask the folks in Helsinki and Stockholm and Vienna.
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CLAVERIA, Philippines (AP) — With assault weapons ready, U.S. and Filipino marines sprang from amphibious vehicles and transport helicopters to defend an island from potential aggressors in a war exercise and show of American firepower staged on Thursday in the northern Philippines.
The exercise — held in far-flung Claveria town across the sea from China and Taiwan — fits into a strategy unveiled in February by the Biden administration to considerably broaden U.S. engagement in the Indo-Pacific region by strengthening a web of security alliances and partnerships, with an emphasis on addressing China’s growing influence and ambitions.
Watched by invited journalists, the mock combat ended with the allied forces successfully securing the island before it could be seized by invaders in a clear warning to would-be aggressors in a region with multiple trouble spots.
“We should indeed improve our preparation for external aggression,” said Philippine regional military commander Maj. Gen. Lawrence Mina, who spoke with reporters as the marines took combat positions on the sandy beach and a narrow trench under the scorching summer heat.
“It’s high time because we never know if we’ll get embroiled in the unfolding events that we’re hearing in the international scene,” he said. “At least we’re ready.”
The beach landing and coastal defense maneuvers were part of one of the largest combat exercises in years between the longtime treaty allies that began Monday and would include live-fire drills, aircraft assaults, urban warfare and civic projects mostly in northern and the western Philippines, which faces the disputed South China Sea.
Col. Timothy Brady Jr., who heads the U.S. 3rd Marine Littoral Regiment, said he was “very pleased” with the outcome of the mock beach maneuvers, which started in the nearby coastal town of Aparri.
“Certainly, the objective of what we’re doing is demonstrating the strength of the alliance as well as the commitment to regional security,” Brady said.
Called Balikatan — Tagalog for shoulder-to-shoulder — the annual exercises will run up to April 8 with nearly 9,000 navy, marines, air force and army troops, including 5,100 American military personnel, to strengthen their joint fighting capabilities and readiness “for real-world challenges,” according to U.S. and Philippine military officials.
First staged in 1991, the Balikatan exercises are anchored on the 1951 Mutual Defense Treaty, which commits the United States and the Philippines to come to each other’s aid in case of an attack.
When President Rodrigo Duterte took office in 2016, he threatened to scale back U.S. military activities in the country as he nurtured closer ties with China and Russia but walked back on many of his threats, including a move to abrogate a defense pact that would have restricted American forces from largescale combat exercises in the country.
China’s “coercion and aggression spans the globe, but it is most acute in the Indo-Pacific,” the strategy paper said, citing Beijing’s “economic coercion” of Australia, the intensifyingpressure on Taiwan, bullying of neighbors in the East and South China seas and theconflict along the Line of Actual Control with India.
“Integrated deterrence will be the cornerstone of our approach,” the strategy paper said. “We will more tightly integrate our efforts across warfighting domains and the spectrum of conflict to ensure that the United States, alongside our allies and partners, can dissuade or defeat aggression in any form or domain.”
Last week, U.S. Indo-Pacific commander Adm. John C. Aquilino said China has fully militarizedat least three of several islands it built in the South China Sea, arming them with anti-ship and anti-aircraft missile systems, laser and jamming equipment, and military aircraft in an increasingly aggressive move that threatens all nations operating in the disputed waters.
“I think over the past 20 years we’ve witnessed the largest military buildup since World War II by the PRC,” Aquilino, using the initials of China’s formal name, told The Associated Press in an interview on board a U.S. Navy reconnaissance aircraft that flew near Chinese-held outposts in the South China Sea’s Spratly archipelago, one of the most hotly contested regions in the world.
China has been staging threatening exercises and flying military planes near Taiwan’s airspace, including on Feb. 24, when Russia began its invasion of Ukraine, in what it calls a warning to Taiwan independence supporters and their foreign allies.
Chinese officials led by President Xi Jinping say they are committed to using peaceful means to bring Taiwan, which they claim as Chinese territory, under Beijing’s control. Chinese military action against the island in the short- to medium-term is generally considered a remote possibility.
While adhering to a One-China policy — recognizing Beijing as the government of China but allowing informal relations and defense ties with Taipei — the U.S. said in its strategy paper that it “will also work with partners inside and outside of the region to maintain peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait, including by supporting Taiwan’s self-defense capabilities, to ensure an environment in which Taiwan’s future is determined peacefully in accordance with the wishes and best interests of Taiwan’s people.”
The U.S. and its allies have been routinely sailing warships through the Taiwan Strait, between the island and mainland China, to visibly demonstrate that they are international waters, and conduct major naval exercises in the region.
Beijing maintains its military profile is purely defensive, aimed at protecting what it says are its sovereign rights. But after years of increased military spending, China now boasts the world’s second-largest defense budget after the U.S. and is rapidly modernizing its force with weapons systems.
China is also expanding its nuclear arsenal, with the Pentagon saying Beijing is on track to field at least 1,000 warheads by 2030 — five times the current number.
Philippine marine Col. Romulo Quemado said the Balikatan exercises were complementing crucial efforts to bolster his country’s coastal defense, including the acquisition of armored amphibious vehicles, but were not meant to antagonize any particular country.
“Deterrence is all about perception,” Quemado said.
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Associated Press journalists Aaron Favila and David Rising in Bangkok contributed to this report.
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By Greg Baum
Goalkicking godfather Peter Hudson sees no reason why a future Buddy Franklin can’t kick 100 goals in a season and 1000 goals in a career.
No one has kicked a century since Franklin for Hawthorn in 2008 and last week, when he became the fifth player to reach 1000 career goals, there was a consensus that it was a feat never to be repeated. Hudson asks ‘why not?’
“You’ve got a bloke playing at the moment who in one year kicked 100 goals and 70 or 80 behinds,” Hudson said. “He’s had 180 shots in a year, which to me says that when the next Buddy Franklin or Gary Ablett or Jason Dunstall comes along, who’s to say they can’t kick 150?”
“I’d give anything to see somebody (else) come along and kick 1000 goals in my lifetime. I don’t believe for one minute that nobody could ever do it again.”
Hudson thinks it’s cyclic. He notes that no one kicked a century between Essendon’s John Coleman in 1952 and himself in 1968. A free-scoring period followed almost until the end of the century. Since Tony Lockett in 1998, only Franklin has kicked 100.
“People say the game’s played differently today,” Hudson said. “But every so often a Ben Brown will bob up and kick a bagful. Buddy could kick 10 or 12 on a given day. The thing that makes me chuckle inwardly is that, while the game might have changed, the grounds are better than they used to be 40 or 50 years ago. Those sort of things count.”
Hudson disagrees that full-backs have more tricks now. “I don’t think so. I can remember driving home before mobile phones thinking there was a phone ringing.” he said. “I’d been hit in the back of the ear. You can’t hit blokes in the ear any more, and you can’t chop their arms.”
Statistically, the unorthodox Hudson was the best goalkicker of all, averaging 5.64 in 129 games for the Hawks. Coleman averaged 5.48 in his meagre 98 games for Essendon. Lockett, who leads the aggregate with 1360 goals, averaged 4.84.
Hudson is still an aficionado of goalkicking, but won’t rank the five 1000-plus men. “Lockett was technically almost perfect,” he said. “Jason Dunstall was the hardest worker. I loved watching Doug Wade play when I was at the other end of the ground. Gary Ablett was sensational. Everyone loved watching him.
“I was thrilled to bits when Buddy got his 1000. I like his presence on the field. He looks the part, and when he does something brilliant, it’s super brilliant. He’s got the score on the board. It’s hard to fault him, really.”
Hudson, 76, is an undying footy fan. “I love it. I often say I’d watch it eight nights a week if it was on television. The skills are so good,” he said.
“The only thing I didn’t like about the game was when they kicked backwards. We went through that period of a year or two when they kicked backwards. But they fixed that. You don’t see it so much any more.
“I always thought they should have paid a free kick if you got the ball and kicked it backwards at all.”
Remarkably, no-one had written a biography of Hudson until this week, when Dan Eddy’s A Football Genius was launched.
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DOJ to hold community meetings into Lowndes County wastewater problems
Published: Mar. 31, 2022 at 7:27 PM CDT|Updated: 10 minutes ago
LOWNDES COUNTY, Ala. (WSFA) - The Department of Justice is inviting residents to a series of community meetings as it conducts a civil rights investigation into wastewater issues in Lowndes County.
The DOJ is looking into whether the state or county health departments’ policies make it so that Black residents have less access to working sanitation systems.
Four public meetings are now set, and the DOJ is urging residents to participate. The meetings are scheduled for:
- April 3 at First Missionary Baptist Church in Hayneville at 2:30 p.m.
- April 4 at Baptist Hill Missionary Baptist Church in Lowndesboro at 6 p.m.
- April 5 at Fort Deposit Town Hall at 6 p.m.
- April 6 at Mount Elam Missionary Baptist Church in Hayneville at 6 p.m.
For those who live in the county but can’t make the meetings, you can call the DOJ at 1-833-739-2103.
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Democrats grow worried about Biden immigration move as midterms loom
By Lauren Fox and Priscilla Alvarez, CNN
A number of Democratic senators are growing increasingly wary of the administration’s plan to repeal Trump-era pandemic restrictions on the US-Mexico border that effectively blocked migrants from entering the US, setting up a rare clash between President Joe Biden and some members in his own party.
Known as Title 42, the pandemic-era order allowed US border officials to turn migrants back to Mexico or their home countries immediately, citing a public health crisis. But, the authority — which has stayed in place throughout Biden’s presidency — has also been blasted by immigration advocates and progressive members who argue it has endangered immigrants who otherwise would have been able to remain in the US while their asylum cases were being processed.
The Biden administration is expected to rescind the rule in May, but many Democrats on Capitol Hill fear it is not enough time for the administration to establish an adequate plan to handle the uptick in migrant crossings that’s expected to come with it.
“Until there is a plan, you got to have secure borders,” Virginia Democratic Sen. Mark Warner said. “To do something that might invite a doubling, tripling, quadrupling of numbers at the border, that is not in the best interest of America, that is not in the best interest of the administration, or the people who are trying to go through the process.”
Sen. Joe Manchin, a moderate Democrat from West Virginia, told reporters Thursday that he thought the administration should rethink the decision entirely.
“I think we should reconsider” removing it, Manchin said, adding, “Maybe that would get us to spur us to get a good immigration policy that works for America, secure our borders. The borders have to be secure.”
Leading the charge, two border state senators — Arizona’s Sens. Kyrsten Sinema and Mark Kelly — sent a letter to the President last week, arguing that Title 42 needed to remain in place until the administration had demonstrated a clear plan to manage the number of migrants that would come across the border.
“Given the impacts that changes to Title 42 could have on border communities, border security and migrants, we urge your administration not to make any changes to title 42 implementation until you are completely ready to execute and coordinate a comprehensive plan that ensures a secure, orderly and humane process at the border,” they wrote.
The end of the Trump-era pandemic restrictions would mean a return to traditional protocols, which might include releasing migrants into the US while they go through their immigration proceedings, detaining migrants, or removing them if they don’t have an asylum claim.
The Department of Homeland Security has been actively planning for a potential surge of migrants when pandemic restrictions lift, DHS officials told reporters this week, including increasing capacity on the border, lining up contracts for transportation, and deploying hundreds of personnel to assist.
Kelly doubled down Thursday, telling CNN he still hadn’t seen enough evidence the administration had put a plan together.
“We need to make sure we don’t line up a situation that is unmanageable,” said Kelly, who’s facing a competitive reelection this year.
Republicans have already signaled they’ll make a repeal of Title 42 a cornerstone of their midterm campaign strategy especially if the numbers at the border surge and images of packed facilities and an unmitigated crises play out in the media. This week, the GOP conference circulated a series of talking points to their members on how to attack the administration’s history on immigration.
“I think everybody is justifiably freaked out about what’s going to happen at the border. Right now, Title 42 is holding back about 50% of the global flow. So if you take that away, and you have 50% more people coming in on a daily basis … how are they going to manage that? They have no idea,” Sen. John Thune, the GOP whip, told CNN. “I think it’s crazy. Crazy politically too.”
Kelly is staring down his own reelection in a state where immigration policy is front and center in a statewide campaign.
But, it’s not just border state Democrats who are carefully navigating the administration’s actions on Title 42.
“I’m not happy about it,” Rep. Elissa Slotkin, a Democrat from Michigan said. “We have no follow-on plan. We are sort of planning to be overwhelmed at the border.”
Slotkin said when she saw reports on plans to rescind Title 42, she swiftly put in a call to administration officials to figure out what the plan was going to be to ensure there wasn’t a surge.
Sen. Maggie Hassan, a Democrat from New Hampshire up for reelection, tweeted Wednesday she too was worried the administration hadn’t put in place an effective plan yet that would enable them to successfully repeal Title 42 without severe repercussions at the border.
“I am concerned that there is not a sufficient plan in place to address the steep increase in border crossings that could result from this reported decision,” Hassan said. “This preemptive repeal threatens border security at a time when the administration should be focused on strengthening it.”
Other Democratic senators facing elections in November declined to comment. Sen. Raphael Warnock of Georgia told CNN he had no comment on reported plans to repeal Title 42.
One moderate Democrat, who asked not to be named so they could freely discuss how the decision could affect the midterms, put it simply.
“I think it’s gonna be a problem,” the member said. “If there is a huge surge and mainstream (news) covers it, it’s a problem. It fits into the whole gestalt of how we are soft.”
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Democrats grow worried about Biden immigration move as midterms loom
By Lauren Fox and Priscilla Alvarez, CNN
A number of Democratic senators are growing increasingly wary of the administration’s plan to repeal Trump-era pandemic restrictions on the US-Mexico border that effectively blocked migrants from entering the US, setting up a rare clash between President Joe Biden and some members in his own party.
Known as Title 42, the pandemic-era order allowed US border officials to turn migrants back to Mexico or their home countries immediately, citing a public health crisis. But, the authority — which has stayed in place throughout Biden’s presidency — has also been blasted by immigration advocates and progressive members who argue it has endangered immigrants who otherwise would have been able to remain in the US while their asylum cases were being processed.
The Biden administration is expected to rescind the rule in May, but many Democrats on Capitol Hill fear it is not enough time for the administration to establish an adequate plan to handle the uptick in migrant crossings that’s expected to come with it.
“Until there is a plan, you got to have secure borders,” Virginia Democratic Sen. Mark Warner said. “To do something that might invite a doubling, tripling, quadrupling of numbers at the border, that is not in the best interest of America, that is not in the best interest of the administration, or the people who are trying to go through the process.”
Sen. Joe Manchin, a moderate Democrat from West Virginia, told reporters Thursday that he thought the administration should rethink the decision entirely.
“I think we should reconsider” removing it, Manchin said, adding, “Maybe that would get us to spur us to get a good immigration policy that works for America, secure our borders. The borders have to be secure.”
Leading the charge, two border state senators — Arizona’s Sens. Kyrsten Sinema and Mark Kelly — sent a letter to the President last week, arguing that Title 42 needed to remain in place until the administration had demonstrated a clear plan to manage the number of migrants that would come across the border.
“Given the impacts that changes to Title 42 could have on border communities, border security and migrants, we urge your administration not to make any changes to title 42 implementation until you are completely ready to execute and coordinate a comprehensive plan that ensures a secure, orderly and humane process at the border,” they wrote.
The end of the Trump-era pandemic restrictions would mean a return to traditional protocols, which might include releasing migrants into the US while they go through their immigration proceedings, detaining migrants, or removing them if they don’t have an asylum claim.
The Department of Homeland Security has been actively planning for a potential surge of migrants when pandemic restrictions lift, DHS officials told reporters this week, including increasing capacity on the border, lining up contracts for transportation, and deploying hundreds of personnel to assist.
Kelly doubled down Thursday, telling CNN he still hadn’t seen enough evidence the administration had put a plan together.
“We need to make sure we don’t line up a situation that is unmanageable,” said Kelly, who’s facing a competitive reelection this year.
Republicans have already signaled they’ll make a repeal of Title 42 a cornerstone of their midterm campaign strategy especially if the numbers at the border surge and images of packed facilities and an unmitigated crises play out in the media. This week, the GOP conference circulated a series of talking points to their members on how to attack the administration’s history on immigration.
“I think everybody is justifiably freaked out about what’s going to happen at the border. Right now, Title 42 is holding back about 50% of the global flow. So if you take that away, and you have 50% more people coming in on a daily basis … how are they going to manage that? They have no idea,” Sen. John Thune, the GOP whip, told CNN. “I think it’s crazy. Crazy politically too.”
Kelly is staring down his own reelection in a state where immigration policy is front and center in a statewide campaign.
But, it’s not just border state Democrats who are carefully navigating the administration’s actions on Title 42.
“I’m not happy about it,” Rep. Elissa Slotkin, a Democrat from Michigan said. “We have no follow-on plan. We are sort of planning to be overwhelmed at the border.”
Slotkin said when she saw reports on plans to rescind Title 42, she swiftly put in a call to administration officials to figure out what the plan was going to be to ensure there wasn’t a surge.
Sen. Maggie Hassan, a Democrat from New Hampshire up for reelection, tweeted Wednesday she too was worried the administration hadn’t put in place an effective plan yet that would enable them to successfully repeal Title 42 without severe repercussions at the border.
“I am concerned that there is not a sufficient plan in place to address the steep increase in border crossings that could result from this reported decision,” Hassan said. “This preemptive repeal threatens border security at a time when the administration should be focused on strengthening it.”
Other Democratic senators facing elections in November declined to comment. Sen. Raphael Warnock of Georgia told CNN he had no comment on reported plans to repeal Title 42.
One moderate Democrat, who asked not to be named so they could freely discuss how the decision could affect the midterms, put it simply.
“I think it’s gonna be a problem,” the member said. “If there is a huge surge and mainstream (news) covers it, it’s a problem. It fits into the whole gestalt of how we are soft.”
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Country star Eric Church cancels San Antonio concert amid Final Four matchup
(Gray News) - Some fans of country musician Eric Church are singing the blues.
Church’s San Antonio appearance Saturday, part of his “The Gather Again Tour,” has been canceled, Ticketmaster said.
The star is ditching this concert date to watch a Final Four game of the NCAA men’s basketball tournament, also known as “March Madness,” Variety and other outlets reported.
According to a letter sent to his fan club, The Church Choir, and reportedly also sent out to all who purchased tickets for the San Antonio show, Church is a huge Tar Heels men’s basketball fan.
In the letter, he admitted, “This is also the most selfish thing I’ve ever asked the Choir to do: to give up your Saturday night plans with us so that I can have this moment with my family and sports community.”
Carolina is playing Duke in the Final Four matchup, with the winner moving on to the championship game. The in-state rivals are two of the most decorated programs in the sport’s history, but they have never faced each other in the tournament.
Some fans on social media were predictably upset by the ruined concert plans, with one saying “Dude didn’t even reschedule. Just canceled it.”
Also, fans complained that they won’t be able to get refunds on the hotels they booked to be able to see the show and that the Ticketmaster refund will take a while to process.
Ticketmaster said fans should be able to get their refunds within 30 days.
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SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Russell Knox recorded four straight birdies on the back nine and fired a 7-under 65 on Thursday for a one-shot lead after the opening round of the Valero Texas Open.
Knox closed out his round with a seven-foot putt to save par at the par-5 18th at TPC San Antonio, and was one shot ahead of Rasmus Hojgaard.
Hojgaard fired a 66 despite a double bogey on his final hole. Matt Kuchar is another stroke back after an opening 5-under 67 and is among a group that includes Denny McCarthy, Aaron Rei and J.J. Spaun.
Defending champ Jordan Spieth and Rory McIlroy finished at even-par 72. They were outside the top 60 after one round and could flirt with the cut line on Friday.
Bryson DeChambeau had a 1-over 73. After holing a bunker shot for eagle on his 11th hole and following with a birdie on the next, he made bogey on four of his last six holes.
Knox, a 32-year-old Scotsman with two career PGA Tour wins, started his birdie streak at No. 12. All of his birdie putts were inside 10 feet. At the 15th, he was about 20 feet away from a back pin position following his approach and chipped in from the fringe. It was his second chip-in in the round.
“That was one of those kind of bonus birdies that you need when you’re going to have a good day,” Knox said. “Obviously thrilled with the round. It’s been more of the way I want to play.”
Hogjaard, a 21-year-old from Denmark and two-rime winner on the European Tour, had his sights on the first-round lead heading to his closing hole. But, his drive sailed well left of the fairway. It took him four shots to reach the green on the par-4 ninth.
“I had to chip sideways back into the fairway,” he said. “Just was a little too aggressive after that. Yeah, short-sided myself and I didn’t get up and down and suddenly you walk away with double-bogey. Yeah, that was a bit annoying, but it happens.”
Kuchar was 5 under after 11 holes. Thirty feet away from the pin on the next hole, he failed to get up and down and missed a seven-foot putt for par. He got a shot back with a birdie on his 14th hole, and parred out, falling short in a bid to match his season-best round of 64 at the Sony Open, where he finished in the top 10.
“A lot of good and bad that can happen here on this course,” Kuchar said. “I was kind of managing early on in the round and then found a little something on about the fifth or sixth hole. I started having some birdie chances and converted on a few late in my first nine.”
Kuchar has won nine times on the PGA Tour. McCarthy, Rai and Spaun are looking for their first.
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While America watches the war in Ukraine, Biden finalizes a dangerous Iran deal
While the world’s attention is fixated on Russia’s war in Ukraine, President Biden’s Iran envoy in Vienna, Robert Malley, reportedly is readying to finalize a deal that makes a number of worrying concessions to Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and his regime.
Gabriel Noronha, a former Senate Armed Services Committee aide to the late Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) and former State Department official, has tweeted specifics of some American concessions to Iran. Noronha says his former State Department, National Security Council, and European Union colleagues were so alarmed about compromises the Biden administration appears to be making with Iran that they allowed him to publish details to alert Congress to how the pending agreement could undermine America’s national security interests.
The agreement details are known to the governments of Russia, China and Iran, but evidently not to Congress, and certainly not to the American people. It’s possible that an agreement could be signed by early next week.
The Biden team’s desire to revive what they worked on during the Obama administration and to have the United States rejoin the nuclear agreement known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) is no surprise. What is shocking is the extent of sanctions relief that Malley, the lead negotiator, appears ready to offer. Earlier this year, Malley’s deputy, Richard Nephew, protested the lack of a harder approach by resigning.
Noronha tells me his former colleagues hold out hope that Congress “will act to stop the capitulation” by the Biden administration. Sanctions relief reportedly is being offered for some of Iran’s worst human rights abusers and terrorists, as well as the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), which the State Department designated as a Foreign Terrorist Organization in 2019. Among those who reportedly could be granted a reprieve from sanctions are IRGC Gen. Hossein Dehghan, who led forces that killed 241 U.S. soldiers in 1983 in Beirut, and Ayatollah Khamenei’s personal corporations, worth tens of billions of dollars.
This could be just the tip of the iceberg. The U.S. helped to restore Iran’s voting rights at the United Nations by releasing Iranian funds frozen in South Korean banks. And an exchange of U.S. and Iranian prisoners, with a release of funds, is reported to be part of the deal. As Noronha tweeted: “Every individual and entity that was de-sanctioned under the JCPOA’s Annex II Attachment 3 will have all sanctions stripped again, even though close to 100 of them were later sanctioned for terrorism, human rights violations, and participation in Iran’s WMD activities.”
The Biden team evidently intends to bypass the Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act (INARA) of 2015, which requires that any changes to the nuclear deal be given a 30-day hearing in Congress. The last thing that President Biden and Secretary of State Antony Blinken want is to shine a spotlight on their concessions to Iran. The claim that the world will be safer with this deal would be laughable if it were not so dangerous.
The tragedy in Ukraine has caused the U.S. media to stop scrutinizing a new nuclear deal with Iran, and the Biden administration’s sidestepping of any congressional review could undermine our security interests and those of our allies.
Biden and Blinken remain illogically married to a deal that inexplicably ignores all the lines Iran has crossed since the first agreement — from its missile development to human rights abuses to terrorism to a full-court press to achieve hegemonic domination of its neighbors. The U.S. and its allies are rightfully outraged at Russia’s aggressive expansionism, but this new Iran deal appears headed to give hundreds of billions of dollars in sanctions relief to a nation that has demonstrated its explicit raison d’etre is dominating the Middle East, spreading hatred and bringing down “the Great Satan.”
It seems incomprehensible that concessions to Iran would occur while their kindred spirit in Russia is lobbing explosives into residential neighborhoods of Kyiv to break civilian morale. One could make a strong case that the jihadist beliefs of Khamenei and his minions are just as dangerous as the brutal authoritarian in Moscow. Among its human rights abuses, Iran hangs journalists, LGBT people and others to reinforce the Islamic republic’s rules.
America should insist on a full display of any agreement with Iran, without its details being kept from the public eye as they were in 2015. Congress should thoroughly review what is negotiated and vote on the deal.
Dr. Eric R. Mandel is the director of MEPIN, the Middle East Political Information Network. He regularly briefs members of Congress and their foreign policy aides. He is the senior security editor for the Jerusalem Report/ Jerusalem Post. Follow him on Twitter @MepinOrg.
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House of Representatives has directed the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC), the Joint Admission Matriculation Board (JAMB), Stanbic IBTC and First Bank to N195.9 billion hanging funds to the government coffers.
The chairman, House Ad-hoc on the recovery of N1.2 trillion unclaimed funds of ministry, department and agencies (MDAs) in commercial banks, and the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Unyime Idem, gave the directive at an investigative hearing organised by the panel, yesterday, in Abuja.
The panel, on Wednesday, had said it has so far uncovered over N300 billion unclaimed fund lodged in different commercial banks in the country.
Idem noted after reconciling the documents presented to it by the affected organisations, it discovered the cumulative sum to be paid into the government account by the four organisations stood at N195.9 billion.
He said: “We have taken five organisation, banks and MDAs of government and we have directed them to ensure some of those infractions, those amounts sitting in their coffers should be transferred to government even though we still have some pending reconciliation between the secretariat and those organisations. We have the balances that need to be transferred to the Federal Government, starting with CAC, they have N25 billion not remitted allowances.
“Then we have JAMB N64 billion not remitted allowance, then Stanbic IBTC bank, they have N3.2 billion, also intervention funds, about N84 billion, though we are still going through reconciliation; but these amounts represents the outstanding that need to be transferred to the Federal Government.
“Then lastly, First Bank of Nigeria, we have about N14.7 billion that they need to remit to the Federal Government.”
House spokesman, Benjamin Kalu, while briefing newsmen on the activities of the panel, said the committee will resume sitting on Tuesday. He charged MDAs and banks invited by the panel to ensure they honour the invite, noting that the House has the power to ensure compliance to its summons.
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On March 30, Skippy Foods announced a recall of 161,692 pounds of peanut butter over possible stainless steel contamination.
A press release by the brand's owner, Hormel Foods, disclosed that the recall would affect certain batches of products manufactured within a specific set of "best before" dates.
Skippy Foods apologized to its consumers on its official website, saying:
"We apologize to our fans for this inconvenience. Our company is committed to product quality and will continue to invest in our processes to ensure the quality and wholesomeness of our products."
Hormel Foods' press release was also shared on the FDA's recall-related website and was classified as a Class II voluntary recall.
Which Skippy Peanut Butter products are being recalled?
According to Hormel Foods' press release, a certain number of jars containing their peanut butter may include "a small fragment of stainless steel from a piece of manufacturing equipment."
The peanut butter line affected by the recall consists of Reduced Fat Creamy Peanut Butter Spread, Reduced Fat Chunky Peanut Butter Spread, and Creamy Peanut Butter Blended With Plant Protein.
According to the press release, 9,353 cases of the products are being recalled by Skippy.
The details of the products being recalled are as follows:
Reduced Fat Creamy Peanut Butter:
Only the 40-ounce peanut butter packs that have the "best before date" of May 04, 2023, and May 05, 2023, are being recalled.
Reduced Fat Creamy Peanut Butter:
The product's club variant and the 20 or 40-pound packs are the only ones to be recalled. The recall for this product is exclusive to batches with the "best before date" of May 5, 2023.
Reduced Fat Chunky Peanut Butter:
This one includes only 16.3-ounce packs with "Best if Used By" dates of May 6 and May 7, 2023.
Creamy Peanut Butter Blended With Plant Protein:
This includes 14-ounce packs that were supposed to be consumed before May 10, 2023.
In the recall notice, Skippy Foods said:
"There have been no consumer complaints associated with this recall to date, and all retailers that received the affected product have been properly notified. Skippy Foods, LLC, out of an abundance of caution and with an emphasis on the quality of its products, is issuing the recall to ensure that consumers are made aware of the issue."
The firm mentioned that the contamination was detected by their internal systems, adding that no other batches or products were affected.
How to return the recalled product
In their official statement, Skippy stated that the recalled products could be exchanged at retailers. However, customers who have bought the recalled peanut butter may also call the firm's "Consumer Engagement team" at 1-866-475-4779.
The team will reportedly be available from 8 am to 4 pm Central Time on working weekdays. More information is available on their website.
In 2011, the brand also recalled its peanut butter products over potential Salmonella contamination.
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Hiblocks (HIBS) traded down 4% against the dollar during the 1-day period ending at 19:00 PM E.T. on March 31st. One Hiblocks coin can currently be purchased for $0.0027 or 0.00000006 BTC on major exchanges. During the last week, Hiblocks has traded up 6.4% against the dollar. Hiblocks has a market cap of $24.42 million and approximately $908,975.00 worth of Hiblocks was traded on exchanges in the last 24 hours.
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Brian Gale was born in Benton City, Washington. Following his graduation from high school he served a mission in the Southern Italian Mission. After returning from his mission he enrolled at BYU to study Engineering Manufacturing and Technology. While there he taught the Italian language at the Missionary Training Center to earn extra money.
It was there that he met his future wife Becky who had served in the Northern Italian Mission. She was working at the MTC for the same reason. They were married in the Dallas Texas Temple because the bride was from Texas. They were married in 1996 and had two children — DeMar in 1997 and Ruth in 2000. Sadly Becky died of cancer some time later. He met Julie Ann Smith who was working for the USDA at a rendering plant nearby collecting brain tissue samples to test for BSE.
They met in 2005 and were married in the Manti, Utah Temple, shortly afterward. DeMar was 8 at the time and Ruth was 5. They moved to Ruby Valley and lived on the Smith Brothers OX ranch. DeMar and Ruth attended the Ruby Valley School until DeMar graduated from the 8th grade and then they bought a house in Wells so DeMar could start High School and Ruth could finish her grammar school years there.
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Due to his hard work, scholarship and leadership at Wells High School DeMar received an appointment to West Point upon his graduation. DeMar graduated from West Point in the spring of 2020.
Bert Smith and Paul Smith both served in World War II in the Pacific theater of operations. Bert joined the Marines and served in the Combat Engineers Group because he was deaf in one ear. The Combat Engineers mission is to prepare the roads and landing strips before the main battle force arrives. Their main defense is a D-7 Caterpillar with a cable lift dozer blade, and a personal rifle and pistol. Paul joined the regular Army and served in the "Doggies" as he always called his outfit.
Due to their faith, heroism and perseverance Bert and Paul both returned home.
Following the war Bert opened the Smith and Edwards war surplus store in Ogden, Utah. Bert later bought Edwards out but still retained the name. The name Bert Smith is very familiar to anyone associated with the Nevada Cattlemen's Association or Nevada Farm Bureau. Preston Wright referred to Bert as "The Old War Horse". Bert made it his top priority to attend all of those meetings in speaking for the Constitution as well as many other state meetings. Paul always kept the home fires burning and OX ranch operating while Bert was away.
Bert was tireless in spending time and treasure in defending and teaching the Constitution all over the West. Bert has been a major influence and great example to me all of my life as well as everybody in Ruby Valley.
I'm so proud of our previous school board member, Candace Wines, Candace is well educated and a hard worker in preparing for school board meetings. She is always her own person and will speak for what she knows is right regardless of the consequences. Due to her speaking up against those who disagreed with her she decided to resign.
You can be assured that Brian Gale will always stand his ground. He will defend the Constitution at every chance he has. I know Brian to be a very humble man and whenever I see him there is a broad smile on his face. I know he will listen carefully and gather the facts of the issues at hand. He has always been a hard worker like all of the Smiths and will be well prepared for the meetings he attends.
For the reasons outlined in this letter I recommend Brian Gale as the best choice for the School Board in November.
John E. Neff
Ruby Valley
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LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — The mother of a newborn baby attempted to kill her child after a home birth, police said.
Police said they were called to the emergency room at Mountain View Hospital on Saturday for a report of a new mother who refused to enter the hospital and was “bleeding profusely,” they wrote in an arrest report.
Police said the newborn’s mother, Ashley Hollingsworth, 22, had tried to kill the child with a blanket.
Hollingsworth was located more than two hours later with severe injuries to her head, police said.
Investigators learned that Hollingsworth had given birth in a toilet about an hour before they were called to the hospital.
On the way to the hospital, police said “Ashley had wrapped [a] blanket around the baby’s head and was pushing the blanket against the baby’s face.” Doctors initially believed the newborn may have suffered a brain bleed, but staff later determined the child likely did not suffer any injuries.
While speaking with detectives the next day, a witness told police Hollingsworth reportedly said there was “something evil” in her stomach that was “trying to kill” the baby. Hollingsworth later told police in an interview that she believed the baby was “probably evil.”
“After seeing the baby’s eyes, smelling what she described as an abnormal scent, and the baby grunting at her, Ashley decided to wrap the blanket around the baby’s head,” police wrote in their report.
Hollingsworth was found with self-inflicted injuries to her face, police said.
Police arrested Hollingsworth on Wednesday. She faces charges of attempted murder and child abuse or neglect. She was being held without bail ahead of a court hearing next week.
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‘There’s a level of anxiety’: Ricciardo learns to cope with pressures of home grand prix
By Matthew Clayton
Daniel Ricciardo has read the news, scoured social media and heard enough anecdotes from friends to realise this year’s Australian Grand Prix could be the biggest of his Formula One career, but he believes the 2014 event in Melbourne will always stand as his defining home race.
With Albert Park ticket sales at record levels after a dramatic 2021 season, the “Netflix effect” on the sport’s fan base thanks to its Drive to Survive series opening up F1 to a new audience and a three-year gap between grands prix in Melbourne, Ricciardo is itching to take to the grid at a home race for McLaren for the first time, with Melbourne’s 2019 race doubling as his debut for Renault.
The 32-year-old feels the 2014 Melbourne race, where he qualified on the front row of the grid for the first time and finished a superb second before his Red Bull Racing machine was disqualified for breaching a fuel-flow regulation, was the first moment he was considered one of the sport’s premier drivers.
“From what everyone tells me, it feels like this year is going to be big – but for me, 2014 was always the race that felt biggest because I’d just joined Red Bull,” Ricciardo says.
“It was the first race of the season for me and I had a reigning four-time world champion (Sebastian Vettel) as my teammate. They were big stakes because people wanted to know ‘does this guy really have it?’ I wanted to show the team that it wasn’t too much for me, that I could really do this.
“But in terms of the build-up, because Australia hasn’t had a race in so long, they’ve re-done the track and it sounds like the crowd will be huge – 2022 has potential to be something pretty special.”
Ricciardo is well aware of the hoodoo that hangs over home drivers at Albert Park; since Melbourne came on to the grand prix calendar 26 years ago, no local driver has finished on the podium. While McLaren’s early-season struggles in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia before arriving in Melbourne don’t point to that drought ending, he’s learned to cope better with being the centre of attention.
“It’s extremes with Australia because everything is magnified,” he says. “When it’s great, it’s awesome … when it’s bad, it’s way more miserable. In 2019, my race was more or less over after five seconds (after he ran off track and broke his Renault’s front wing) and it wasn’t the most fun day I’ve had.”
Ricciardo admits the pressure of being the sole Australian on the grid for six of his eight grands prix at home has, at times, been difficult to deal with. “It can get to a point where there’s a level of anxiety because of the sheer scale of the attention,” he says.
“It’s quite foreign to get that level of attention, and it can easily get in your head a little bit. I’ve not always done the best job with that, and sometimes it’s best to roll with the punches so you don’t create tension that stops you performing at your best.
“Do you give too much of yourself to things that are outside of driving, or do you shelter yourself away and almost focus too hard on driving and try to shut down everything else? You can lose energy trying to push back and stay under the radar, which you can’t anyway because it’s your home GP.
“Neither is a natural way to go racing, so there’s a compromise you have to accept, and just do the best you can with what you have.”
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Oscars producer says police offered to arrest Will Smith
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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The mystery gap in Trump phone logs has many possible explanations
By Zachary Cohen, Katelyn Polantz, Ryan Nobles, Annie Grayer and Ashley Semler, CNN
In the seven hours during which White House records show no phone calls to or from then-President Donald Trump on January 6, 2021, among the calls that are conspicuously absent is one Trump made to then-Vice President Mike Pence that morning from the Oval Office.
While the call is not specifically noted in the presidential diary or the presidential call log, its existence has been corroborated by multiple sources who were with Trump and Pence that day, including former aides who testified before the House select committee investigating the US Capitol attack.
And it’s not the only call Trump is known to have made in that timeframe that is not reflected in the records.
The mystery of the seven-hour gap has fueled furious speculation as to why calls are missing. That includes allegations that Trump was using “burner phones” (which he has denied) or that the logs were purposely suppressed.
The missing calls underscore something more endemic: the imperfect and antiquated system of tracking a president’s communications.
The White House call log is generated by a switchboard system that dates back to the 1960s, according to the National Archives. The version installed in 1963 was already considered “somewhat outdated” just two decades later.
And it’s certainly not one suited for the era of cell phones and text messages or to a President well known for his efforts to circumvent official channels of communications.
Bypassing the call log
There could be various reasons that explain the gap in the call log itself.
One possibility is that Trump was speaking to people from a cell phone. As CNN has previously reported, Trump had a habit of using his and other people’s phones to make or receive calls.
Another explanation could be that Trump had aides place direct calls from the Oval Office, bypassing the switchboard.
A former White House staffer who served in the Obama Administration told CNN that if then-President Barrack Obama wanted to make a call to someone from the Oval Office, he would normally ask an aide seated nearby to dial the person. The aide would then call the number and hit transfer to connect the caller to the President.
That call would not go through the White House switchboard and therefore would not be recorded on the White House switchboard log, the former staffer said.
Another factor seems to be where Trump was when he made certain calls. All the calls noted from the January 6 log indicate they were made from the White House residence, suggesting Trump relied on the switchboard to put those calls through. The missing calls appear to start when the diary notes Trump has moved from the residence to the Oval Office.
Trump used the switchboard more often when he was in the private residence, according to multiple sources. But when he was in the Oval Office, the former President would often direct aides sitting outside his office to get certain lawmakers or allies of his on the phone.
Two former Trump officials believe this, plus the chaotic nature of the West Wing on January 6, is what led to the gaps in the call logs.
Calls also should have been documented in the Presidential Daily Diary, which is compiled by an Archives employee detailed to the White House. While it’s supposed to include “impromptu moments such as staff member drop-ins and telephone calls,” the diarist’s account is only as good as the information he or she receives from the President’s staff.
The former Obama staffer also acknowledged this process was more of an honor system and dependent on how meticulous aides serving in other administrations were or what instructions they were given.
No explanation has been given so far why calls known to have been made in the hours Trump was in the Oval Office are not documented in the presidential diary.
Chaotic record-keeping
Multiple sources have described the record-keeping during the Trump administration as generally chaotic. Those sources, as well as witnesses who have testified as part of previous congressional investigations related to the former President’s conduct described Trump as deeply suspicious of the White House switchboard and detailed various ways he sought to avoid having records of certain phone calls from being kept.
A Senate Intelligence report from 2020 includes witness testimony from former aides saying that Trump regularly used the cellphone of his body man, Keith Schiller, to place calls to Republican operative Roger Stone because he did not want his to advisers to know they were talking.
“Trump hated people knowing who he spoke to, including from the residence at night when they went through the switchboard,” one former Trump official told CNN.
When John Kelly was Trump’s chief of staff, he monitored the switchboard to see who Trump was talking to. Trump would often tell people to hang up and call him back on his cellphone if he didn’t want it showing up on the switchboard call log.
When Mark Meadows took over as chief of staff, sources said he restricted the number of White House officials who had access to the call logs, limiting the group to only a small number of top aides.
Filling in the gaps
Despite the gap in the call logs, the House select committee is relying on witness testimony, additional documents and phone records obtained via subpoena to begin piecing together who Trump spoke to that day.
This is especially true for the missing call to Pence. That call is a key point in the House’s argument that Trump was taking part in criminal activity, as he kept pressuring Pence to block Congress from certifying the election. Trump has not been charged with any crime.
Pence’s former national security adviser, Keith Kellogg, described the call in his testimony before the committee earlier this year, telling investigators that he and other top aides were in the Oval Office with Trump when it took place. He said he could only hear what Trump said, and not Pence’s responses.
Kellogg’s recounting of the conversation was cited in the committee’s letter in late January to Trump’s daughter, Ivanka, requesting that she too appear before the panel and cooperate in the probe.
“As January 6th approached, President Trump attempted on multiple occasions to persuade Vice President Pence to participate in his plan. One of the President’s discussions with the Vice President occurred by phone on the morning of January 6th,” the letter stated.
“You were present in the Oval Office and observed at least one side of that telephone conversation. General Keith Kellogg was also present in the Oval Office during that call, and has testified about that discussion,” it added.
CNN reported last month that Ivanka Trump was in discussions to voluntarily appear before the committee for an interview. Others who witnessed the call take place have already testified.
Committee members have said that witness testimony is not the only way they have been able to fill in some of the gaps in official records like the White House logs and daily diary.
“Whether it’s a witness who is unwilling to cooperate with us or whether there are gaps in documentation that we have received, we will get that information some other way,” Rep. Stephanie Murphy told CNN+’s Kasie Hunt on “The Source” on Wednesday. “Those conversations weren’t one-way conversations. There was somebody on the other side of those conversations and we’ll get the information that way.”
“We’re triangulating basically from a lot of different angles and we are getting a fulsome picture of what happened in the run up to and on the day of January 6th,” Murphy added.
Mississippi Democratic Rep. Bennie Thompson, the chairman of the select committee, told CNN on Wednesday the panel has not received any vice presidential phone log records from the National Archives.
But earlier this month, Thompson told CNN the committee had “started to receive” vice presidential records, without specifying which ones. The Archives has turned over a tranche of vice presidential records, as well as documents chronicling calls to the vice president that were White House records.
One call is noted in the presidential diary even though it is not in the call log that day.
A document obtained by the House is the President’s private schedule, and it shows handwritten notes appearing to capture phone calls with Sen. Kelly Loeffler from 11:17-11:20 a.m., and with “VPOTUS” at 11:20 a.m. on January 6, 2021.
The presidential daily diary handed over to the panel does show Trump placed “a phone call to an unidentified person” at 11:17 a.m. on the morning of January 6 but does not make reference to the 11:20 a.m. call. Neither conversation is reflected in the White House call log.
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Hillary Clinton campaign lawyer argues case brought by special counsel Durham against him should be dismissed
By Marshall Cohen, CNN
One of Hillary Clinton’s campaign lawyers argued in court Thursday that he never had any reason to doubt the accuracy of internet data he passed to the FBI in 2016 about strange cyber links between Donald Trump and Russia — and pointed out that the special counsel who charged him with lying notably hasn’t accused him of making up the information.
During a court hearing, special counsel John Durham’s prosecutors repeatedly sidestepped the question of whether the underlying data was fabricated. Clinton campaign attorney Michael Sussmann, who gave the material to the FBI’s top lawyer at a September 2016 meeting, has been charged with lying during that meeting about whether he was there on behalf of a client.
The data, which was compiled by cybersecurity experts, seemed to suggest that there might be a communications backchannel between the Trump Organization and Alfa Bank, the largest private bank in Russia. An FBI investigation ultimately concluded there weren’t any improper cyber links between the companies, according to a Justice Department inspector general report.
Sussmann pleaded not guilty and is fighting the case, which is set to go to trial later this year. He wants Judge Christopher Cooper of the DC District Court to dismiss the single count against him — and a key element of his defense is that the Justice Department historically only brings false-statement cases against FBI tipsters when the underlying material itself was made up.
“This is an unprecedented false-statement prosecution,” Sussmann attorney Michael Bosworth said during a virtual court hearing on Thursday. “Nobody who has ever provided a tip to the government been prosecuted for giving ancillary information, and not for giving a false tip.”
Trump has repeatedly claimed in public statements — and in a sprawling lawsuit he filed last week — that Clinton’s campaign, Sussmann, the Democratic National Committee, former senior FBI officials, and other operatives of concocting bogus information about his ties to Russia in hopes of triggering an FBI probe and stymieing his 2016 presidential campaign.
The Durham investigation into the origins of the Trump-Russia probe has been ongoing since 2018. Former special counsel Robert Mueller netted several convictions of top Trump advisers, but Mueller did not establish that there was a criminal conspiracy between Trump aides and Russia.
The judge asked Durham’s team a few times Thursday if the data Sussmann gave to the FBI was untrue. Prosecutor Andrew DeFilippis dodged the question and didn’t give a direct answer.
“We have FBI witnesses who will testify that their investigation found that it was unsupported,” DeFilippis said. Cooper replied, “That’s different than whether the data was accurate or not.”
Cooper also asked whether the FBI’s subsequent conclusions about the data were relevant to the charge pending against Sussmann, which revolves around the September 2016 meeting and whether Sussmann said he was there on behalf of a client. Prosecutors allege that he was there representing the Clinton campaign, and that his deception undermined the FBI’s work.
For his part, Sussmann maintains that he never had any reason to doubt the accuracy of the data, and that he brought the material to the FBI because he believed there were legitimate national security matters at play. The data scientists who did the underlying research have said they stand by their work and slammed Durham for cherry-picking their emails in court filings.
The data supposedly connecting servers belonging to the Trump Organization and Alfa Bank has never been fully explained. A bipartisan Senate report accepted the FBI’s conclusions but also pointed out that the companies gave contradictory explanations for the suspicious data.
Alfa Bank founder Petr Aven, who is one of the richest oligarchs in Russia, testified as part of Mueller’s investigation that Russian President Vladimir Putin indirectly instructed him to make contact with the Trump transition team after the 2016 election. Aven said he tried but failed to reach Trump aides through a former US diplomat and a think tank CEO.
Aven stepped down from the Alfa Bank board of directors earlier this month, shortly after the European Union sanctioned him and other oligarchs over Russia’s ongoing war in Ukraine.
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — NCAA President Mark Emmert said investigations into allegations of major violations against several high-profile men's college basketball programs — including 2022 Final Four participant Kansas — have taken “way too long.”
What solutions might be on the table to speed it up, Emmert did not say, but there appears to be increasing acknowledgement that the current process is broken.
“It’s just been really slow in getting through that new independent process that’s wound up reinvestigating the entire case,” Emmert said, referring to the Independent Accountability Resolution Process (IARP).
The IARP was created out of proposals from the commission led by former U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice in 2018 to reform the sport. It began looking into allegations against Kansas, Arizona, LSU, Louisville and North Carolina State on the heels of a federal investigation into corruption in college sports that resulted in convictions of shoe company executives, a middle man who worked with them and some assistant college coaches.
Of those FBI cases nearly five years ago, only one -- North Carolina State, tied to its recruitment of one-and-done star Dennis Smith Jr. -- has actually gone through the IARP system to completion and received a ruling that resulted in probation for one year, some vacated victories and penalties for previous coaches.
The four other cases are still pending in the IARP structure, while Auburn went through the more traditional process and received four years of probation in December from an NCAA infractions committee panel.
In the meantime, this year's NCAA Tournament could be tainted should Kansas win the national championship and subsequently have an unfavorable decision come down in a now half-decade-old investigation.
Created to handle complex cases, the IARP includes independent investigators and decision-makers with no direct ties to NCAA member schools, and rulings cannot be appealed.
Emmert said NCAA institutions need to come up with a process that has “got to be fair. It’s got to be swift. And it’s got to not punish the innocent. ... That’s where the membership’s got to be in all of this, as they shape a new process or rebuild the one that’s in place.”
The Kansas case hinges on whether Adidas representatives were considered boosters — the school contends they were not — when two of them arranged payments to prospective recruits. Kansas does not dispute the payments. Kansas asked for referral to the IARP instead of having the NCAA's infractions committee handle the matter.
While the lengthy IARP process has been going on, Self agreed to a new contract on April 2, 2021, that will keep him with the school until he retires.
The five-year deal adds one additional year after the conclusion of each season — in effect, making it a lifetime contract. It guarantees him $5.41 million per year with a base salary of $225,000, professional services contract of $2.75 million and an annual $2.435 million retention bonus.
The contact also includes a clause that says the school cannot terminate him for cause “due to any current infractions matter that involves conduct that occurred on or prior to” the signing of the new contract. Instead, he would forfeit half of his base salary and professional services pay while serving any Big 12 or NCAA suspension.
Emmert declined to weigh on on Kansas' decision to double down on Self.
“I’ll leave it to the school to make decisions about their coaches’ contracts,” said Emmert, who also spoke at the women's Final Four on Wednesday. “That’s their business, obviously. They can do that as they see fit.”
The infractions process has also come up with the Division I Transformation Committee, which is working to recommend ways to modernize and reform NCAA governance and regulatory policies.
Southeastern Conference Commissioner Greg Sankey, who chairs the committee along with Ohio athletics director Julie Cromer, said the group is looking at both the overall infractions process and the IARP structure as part of its work.
“I don’t know fully what was envisioned and what wasn’t envisioned,” said Sankey, who has served on the NCAA infractions committee. “But we have to have timely outcomes, both for those accused and for those competing against those who are accused. That has to be a point of emphasis.”
Later, Sankey added: “I was on an implementation working group, and I disagreed with elements of the approach. So I think some of these problems were foreseeable. We have an opportunity to correct and enhance the process. That doesn’t mean everybody will like the process.”
Among other topics Emmert addressed:
NATIONAL NIL RULES
Emmert offered an urgent plea to Congress to craft what he said was needed, uniform national legislation governing financial endorsements for athletes know known as name, image and likeness (NIL) deals.
“This tournament’s put on full display the beauty of college sport,” Emmert said. "People love it and enjoy it, and we’ve got to work with the schools and with Congress to make sure we can continue that.
“We’ve got again a relatively short window of time — in my estimate, one and two years,” Emmert continued. “These decisions have to be made because of the dynamics that are underway right now that are far beyond the control of schools, coaches, (athletic directors) or presidents.”
Currently, more than 30 states have been working on their own NIL laws.
TRANSGENDER LEGISLATION
With a number of states considering or passing legislation restricting participation of transgender athletes, Emmert was asked whether the NCAA would bar those states from hosting championship events.
The NCAA has largely followed the Olympic model that allows transgender athletes to compete if they've had certain biomedical treatments, including hormone therapies, meant to promote fairness.
Emmert said the NCAA currently requires communities which wish to host events “to explain how it is that they’re going to make sure that the participants in that sport will be allowed to do that in a nondiscriminatory way. ... If they can do that, then we’ll be in those states."
TRANFER RULES
Emmert said the current transfer rules continue to draw a lot of scrutiny and complaints from coaches and could be adjusted over time.
“The only thing that I can say right now is that it’s clear that students are getting more opportunities to play. They’re getting more freedom of movement in some respects,” Emmert said.
But he added that officials are keeping an eye on how the rules affect “students being able to finish their degrees in a timely fashion and go on and lead productive lives, because we know how few of them will be professional basketball players. It’s a constant point of discussion. I don’t anticipate it going away too soon.”
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AP Sports Writers Aaron Beard, Dave Skretta and John Marshall contributed to this report.
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Even as inflation bites, corporate profits remain flush
NEW YORK (AP) — What’s immune to high inflation? So far, the profits at big U.S. companies.
Businesses are facing higher gasoline and heating bills, just like consumers, in addition to higher expenses for labor and raw materials. But unlike many middle- and lower-income Americans, they’ve been making more than enough extra income to cover the additional costs.
Big companies have successfully raised prices for their products, from cups of coffee to auto parts to cans of paint, because their customers have kept lining up regardless. The result: record profits at the end of 2021 as revenue rose and a good chunk of each $1 of that revenue made it to the bottom line.
“A lot of the price pressures are just getting passed along” from companies to their customers, said Alex Arnon, associate director of policy analysis at the Penn Wharton Budget Model, a research initiative.
What’s uncertain is how much longer the trend may last, before customers sharply cut back on their purchases. A U.S. government report on Thursday will show how much buying consumers did in February after taking higher prices into account. In April, more clues will arrive as companies line up to tell Wall Street how much profit they made during the first three months of 2022.
The last such round of conference calls for CEOs was a rousing success for the companies. With customers itching to spend, and many sitting on savings built up with help from U.S. government stimulus programs, CEOs often pointed to “low elasticities of demand.” That’s an economist’s way of saying customers continued to buy even when prices were rising, and it means companies have less incentive to keep prices low.
“The overwhelming message from most companies in this earnings season is still that demand remains strong and continues to exceed their ability to meet it,” Deutsche Bank Chief Strategist Binky Chadha wrote in a recent report about the fourth-quarter results.
The coffee giant Starbucks raised prices once in October and then again in January, for example. Executives recently told Wall Street it was planning more increases to help “mitigate cost pressures.”
Those past price bumps didn’t discourage Starbucks customers, John Culver, group president, North America and chief operating officer, told analysts during a call last month. “To the contrary, our customer demand continues to grow.”
He made the comments after Starbucks reported a 31% jump in profit for the latest quarter from the prior year. Wall Street expected even stronger growth.
Companies aren’t able to blindly raise prices across the board. At Amphenol, which sells fiber optic connectors, antennas and other products to manufacturers, CEO Adam Norwitt said prices are easier to raise in some markets than others.
“We were there for our customers through the pandemic,” he said in a call with analysts. “We were there for them when maybe others were not through the supply-chain crisis. And so that, all things being equal, should position us well to be able to ask nicely of our customers that they should share in that.”
Amphenol reported record earnings per share and record revenue for the last three months of 2021.
Earnings across S&P 500 companies jumped a little more than 30% in the latest quarter. Margins, which show how much profit companies make off every $1 in revenue, remained near record levels, even as expenses sometimes rose by hundreds of millions of dollars.
In the last three months of 2021, companies in the S&P 500 held onto $12.40 of every $100 in revenue as profit, according to FactSet. That’s down a bit from previous quarters, but still above the average of $11 over the last five years.
For the first three months of 2022, analysts expect a further dip to $12.20, partly because costs continue to rise.
The story for many U.S. households has been more painful, with the least wealthy Americans hit hardest by the price increases coming from companies. Even though many workers got raises last year, they often weren’t enough to cover higher bills.
The typical working household making $40,000 to $60,000 earned $2,193 more in 2021 than the year before, according to an analysis by Penn Wharton Budget Model. That fell short of the $2,712 in additional costs due to inflation, leaving that household $519 in the hole.
And the pressure may crank even higher after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, which caused extreme price swings for oil, wheat and other commodities the region produces.
“The consumer has been able to accept higher prices, so far,” said Nate Thooft, chief investment officer of multi-asset solutions at Manulife Investment Management. “I say so far because the game is being ramped up again with gas prices at all-time highs.”
The war’s exact effect on inflation is unclear. Oil prices have been nearly as quick to plunge as to surge recently, for example, given all the uncertainties.
Economists aren’t surprised corporate profit margins have remained so high, which they say is a result of the economy roaring out of its coronavirus-caused shutdown. Buyers are increasing their purchases faster than businesses can increase the amount of stuff on shelves to sell.
“There’s so much capital out there, it’s so easy to get and almost free” with interest rates near record lows, said Ann Miletti, head of active equity at Allspring Global Investments. “It’s not surprising that growth rates have stayed higher, margins have been more sustainable and consumers have had more in their pockets to spend.”
Now the Federal Reserve has begun raising interest rates off record lows, which should slow purchases. U.S. households may also be set to return to more “normal” buying activity, no longer fueled by as much government stimulus. They may also exhaust the pent-up demand from the pandemic.
The hope among economists is that capitalism will also do what it does, and the high profit margins signal to companies they should ramp up production to maximize their sales. New competitors should also be attracted after seeing the big profits available. All that should lead to slowdowns in price increases and a steady erosion of margins.
That’s the optimistic scenario in the eyes of Arnon at the Penn Wharton Budget Model. But he acknowledges worse-case scenarios that could lead corporate profit margins and inflation to stay high. They chiefly center around an economy that’s no longer well-functioning or competitive.
“If two years from now, we’re talking about margins going up from here,” he said, “that would be the clearest signal.”
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Can SpaceX save NASA’s International Space Station?
The recent invasion of Ukraine by Russia has strained relations between the Russian Federation and the rest of the world. That tension has spilled over into the realm of space cooperation.
According to Ars Technica, NASA expects that the Russian participation in the International Space Station (ISS) will continue. The theory is that the ISS is slated for another eight years of operational life. The Ukraine War will likely be resolved much sooner than that. Russian President Vladimir Putin, the source of so much tension on the world scene, may no longer be in power long before the ISS is slated to end.
Besides, Russia and the other ISS partners need each other. Without Russia and their Soyuz rockets to provide reboost and altitude control, the space station could undergo an uncontrolled reentry into the Earth’s atmosphere. Without the ISS, though, Russia doesn’t have much of a space program. Talk of Russia building its own space station is just talk, considering the state of that nation’s finances.
Nevertheless, Russian Federation space corporation Roscosmos head Dimitry Rogozin took to Twitter, according to Space.Com, with the following threat, “If you block cooperation with us, who will save the ISS from an unguided de-orbit to impact on the territory of the US or Europe? There’s also the chance of impact of the 500-ton construction in India or China. Do you want to threaten them with such a prospect? The ISS doesn’t fly over Russia, so all the risk is yours. Are you ready for it?”
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk responded to Rogozin’s question by posting the logo of his company, suggesting that he would step in and save the ISS from being crashed into the Earth. How that could happen has been a matter of some discussion.
Exactly how SpaceX would ride to the rescue of ISS is unclear. A thread has been posted on Twitter that shows a truncated ISS, without the Russian modules, with two Cargo Dragons and a Cygnus cargo spacecraft attached to provide both reboost and altitude control capabilities. The idea is that NASA and the other partners can maintain the ISS without Russian help.
At least one member of Congress has stated his enthusiastic support for booting the Russians from the ISS. Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-Texas) tweeted, “Time to replace the Russians on the International Space Station. Kick them out of the program, train up some Ukrainian cosmonauts, and see if @elonmusk can replace the Russian half of the station with something that’s not falling apart.”
The question of both time and expense arises for any attempt to adjust for the absence of both Russian cosmonauts and Russian modules, which include service, lab and habitation space, on the ISS. The process might take months or even years and billions of dollars. A better option might be to terminate the ISS early and pour the money saved to stand up the commercial space stations NASA is helping to fund to eventually replace the ISS. A years-long “space station” gap that the space agency has endeavored to avoid would ensue, but it might be unavoidable.
If Russia were to be booted from the ISS or, as Rogozin suggested, leave in a huff, the Russian space program would have few if any good options. A few guest cosmonauts on the Chinese Tiangong space station would be a poor substitute for having been a full partner on the ISS.
If the invasion of Ukraine causes a total rift between Russia and the West, one more option exists for NASA to tighten the screws. Unlike Russia, Ukraine is a party to the Artemis Accords, the agreement signed by many nations governing activities on the moon and other worlds. NASA could, as Crenshaw suggests, recruit some Ukrainian astronauts, either representing a nation that has been liberated from the Russian invader or a government in exile. Then, one of these Ukrainians could be part of an early Artemis expedition to the moon.
Imagine the abject humiliation that Putin, if he is still alive and in power at the time, would feel at the sight of a Ukrainian walking on the moon. The Ukrainian moonwalker would unfurl the blue and yellow flag of his or her homeland, next to the Stars and Stripes, declaring, “Slava Ukraini! (Glory to Ukraine!), while 50 years after the Apollo race to the moon, no Russian has ever walked on the lunar surface. A Ukrainian moonwalker would be part of a delicious albeit symbolic revenge for the lives and treasure lost in the invasion of Ukraine.
Mark R. Whittington is the author of space exploration studies “Why is It So Hard to Go Back to the Moon?” as well as “The Moon, Mars and Beyond,” and “Why is America Going Back to the Moon?” He blogs at Curmudgeons Corner.
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – No. 14 Florida delivered an 11-hit effort backed by errorless defense to defeat No. 5 Florida State by a final score of 6-3 in front of 8,122 fans at 121 Financial Ballpark on Tuesday night. Shortstop Josh Rivera paced the Orange & Blue offensively, going...
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A few former and current WWE Superstars are now elected politicians in the United States and Canada.
Several superstars have turned to politics over the past few years. For example, WWE Hall of Famer Jesse Ventura pursued a career in politics after retiring from in-ring action in the mid-1980s. In 1991, he was elected Mayor of Brooklyn Park and remained in office for four years. Five years after leaving office, Ventura was elected Governor of Minnesota. He served for four years before leaving office in 2003.
Meanwhile, a few other superstars currently hold governmental positions in the United States and Canada after getting elected in the past few years. Two of these wrestlers are now mayors.
Here are four former WWE Superstars who are currently elected politicians.
#4. Matt Morgan
Matt Morgan joined WWE in 2002 after participating in Tough Enough that same year. He spent nearly three years in Vince McMahon's company, during which he shared the ring with superstars like John Cena, Brock Lesnar and The Big Show.
Morgan left WWE in 2005. He then competed in several other promotions, including IMPACT Wrestling (FKA Total Nonstop Action Wrestling), before retiring from in-ring competition in 2014.
Three years after his retirement, Morgan pursued a career in politics. In November of that same year, he defeated Mark Weller to become the newly-elected District 4 City Commissioner of Longwood, Florida. The former WWE Superstar served as Deputy Mayor from November 2018 until May 2019. The City Commission then elected him as Mayor of Longwood, where he served until September 2020.
In an interview with TV Insider in 2020, Morgan disclosed why he decided to pursue a career in politics:
"I hated politics and politicians to be clear. I would argue I maybe still do. You pull back that curtain and see who makes these decisions in your city and community. That’s when I started to really see what could happen if I was an elected official. At the same time that was happening I hit up all my neighbors telling me I should run for county commission. I didn't even know at the time. I'd been on the road for 15 years away from my family. Now that I’m at home and paying close attention to who makes the decisions — the commissioners making the decisions in Longwood, I needed to put my hat in that. That’s how it all started," he said.
Although he is no longer the city's mayor, Morgan is still the elected District 4 City Commissioner.
#3. Rick Steiner
Rick Steiner (AKA Robert Rechsteiner) spent only two years in WWE, alongside his brother Scott, between 1992 and 1994, during which they won the Tag Team Championships twice. The 61-year-old also competed in several other promotions, including WCW, ECW, and IMPACT Wrestling.
Steiner was an active in-ring performer until 2019. He last competed when he teamed up with Kazushi Miyamoto to defeat Heatseekers at a Tokyo Championship Wrestling event in September 2019.
Meanwhile, the former WWE Superstar is a member of the Republican Party. He is currently an elected member of the Cherokee County Board of Education in Georgia, representing District 4. He also serves as the Board's Vice-Chair.
Steiner's son, Bron Breakker, is currently an active competitor on NXT. The Vice-Chair of the Cherokee County Board of Education recently appeared in WWE for the first time since 1994 to celebrate his son's first NXT Title win last January. The former Tag Team Champion will now enter the WWE Hall of Fame this year, alongside his brother.
#2. WWE Hall of Famer Kane
Kane (AKA Glenn Jacobs) is one of the greatest superstars in WWE history. He joined Vince McMahon's company in the mid-1990s and performed regularly for nearly two decades, during which he won several titles, including the WWE Championship and the World Heavyweight Championship.
However, the 54-year-old has become a part-timer in the past few years after deciding to pursue a career in politics. In March 2017, he announced that he would be running for the mayoral seat of Knox County, Tennessee, representing the Republican Party. The Big Red Monster then won the Republican primary election and the general election to become the current mayor of Knox County.
In an interview with USA Today, the WWE Hall of Famer disclosed why he decided to get into politics.
"I've always been somewhat interested in government and politics. As I got older, I realized how much influence and power government has over us. And that’s true not only of federal governments – when people think about running for office, they always, first thing, [think] congress – but how much control state and local governments has. We can see that in our own lives. I've had some tremendous opportunities in my life, and I think the reason for that is, growing up in America, this is the land of opportunity. I would think 'what can I do to ensure that my kids and my grandkids, and everybody else's, would have those kind of opportunities?' Really that’s kind of why I got into this whole deal with politics, and again, I think a lot can be accomplished at the state and local levels," Kane said.
The Big Red Machine also revealed that working in WWE has helped him in his new career, stating that he has learned several lessons from being in show business.
"Treat people like they matter. Because they do. That's the view I took in WWE. The fans are the people paying my bills. My wife put it in perspective for me one day over lunch. I'd just gotten off the road, and I was tired, and people kept coming up and wanting pictures, and I was starting to get frustrated, like 'Why can't these people just leave me alone?' Crystal, my wife, said, 'What you have to understand is that because you're on TV, meeting you is a pretty exciting thing for a lot of people.' I realized that it's not about me—it's about them. And I could put on a smile and be nice for two minutes, and give those folks a good experience. Politics is the same way. People are important and all too often, they aren't treated that way," he told Esquire in 2020.
Kane last competed in WWE in January 2021, when he participated in the Men's Royal Rumble Match. He entered the bout at number 18 and lasted for almost two minutes before getting eliminated by Damian Priest.
#1. Raymond Rougeau
After competing for nearly a decade and a half in different promotions, Raymond Rougeau joined Vince McMahon's company in 1986. He regularly competed for about four years before stepping away from in-ring action in 1990 to become a French-language color commentator.
Rougeau left the company in 2002. Since then, the Canadian has become an active politician in Rawdon, Quebec. A few months ago, the 67-year-old was elected mayor of Rawdon.
In an interview with As It Happens, the former WWE Superstar spoke about the similarities between professional wrestling and politics.
"There are some parallels. I mean, the wrestling ring was a lot of wear and tear on the body. In politics, your body is OK, but you get attacked on different levels, you know? You have to have a layer of protection," he said.
Rougeau returned to Vince McMahon's company in 2017, becoming a French-language color commentator once again. Nevertheless, he left the company in 2021.
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SPRING CREEK — Despite the fact that all 3A North games will have postseason implications, the stakes are raised a little bit in league play.
The Spring Creek baseball team (6-5 overall) will open its 3A North-East schedule at home, hosting Dayton (4-7 overall) at 3 p.m. Friday — starting the slate of three-game series.
The Dust Devils are 3-3 in crossover contests against 3A North-West opponents; beating Sparks 12-2, defeating Wooster 11-1 and blanking Hug 15-0 — narrowly falling to Truckee 6-5, edged out by South Tahoe 12-11 and dropping a 5-4 contest to North Valleys.
Dayton’s three losses to 3A North squads have come by a grand total of three runs.
As for common opponents, the Spartans (4-2 against 3A North-West) blasted Hug 25-0, barely beat North Valleys 14-13, snuck past Wooster 6-4 and shut out Sparks 15-0 — losing 10-0 versus South Tahoe and 6-2 to Truckee.
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As for the Spartans, junior Riley Smith tops the roster with a .538 batting average with a triple — scoring five runs and driving in three.
Sophomore PJ Zubiria is hitting .500 with three doubles and two triples, racking up a team-high 12 RBI and scoring 11 runs.
In only two at-bats, senior Austin Huerta has gone .500 at the plate with two RBI and two runs scored.
Senior Connor Clarke has batted .424 with four doubles, scored 12 runs and driven in 10 runs.
Sophomore Logan Lopez is .423 with 11 runs and eight RBI, while senior Ian Russell has dipped to .387 after a red-hot start with a team-best six doubles, 11 runs and 10 RBI.
Sophomore Slayde Jones — in eight ABs — has hit .375 with four runs and two RBI; sophomore Caleb Culp going .286 with two runs and two RBI through seven ABs.
In four ABs, senior Blake Taylor has one hit for a .250 average with two runs and an RBI.
Despite a .208 average, senior Garrison Bylund has tallied the Spartans’ lone homer and scored a team-high 15 runs — driving in seven more.
On the bases, Zubiria leads Spring Creek with a pair of steals.
Senior Kade Luzier leads the pitching rotation with two wins (2-2) and has a 3.50 ERA with 19 strikeouts against six walks across 12 innings.
Junior Ayden Harp is 1-0 with a team-low 1.17 ERA, allowing one run on five hits with a walk through six frames.
Culp is also 1-0 with a 5.25 ERA, allowing 10 runs — just four earned — on 10 hits with eight Ks and five free passes over 5-1/3.
Jones (1-1) has notched a 6.42 ERA with 13 punchouts and 11 walks in 12 innings.
Bylund tops the rotation with 15-2/3 innings of work, going 1-2 with a 4.47 ERA and a team-best 23 Ks versus 10 free passes.
Game Time
The Spartans (6-5 overall) will open league play against Dayton (4-7 overall) at 3 p.m. Friday, in Spring Creek, closing the three-game set with an 11 a.m. Saturday doubleheader.
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FREEPORT, Ill. (WTVO) — Freeport’s Children’s Hands-on Museum has partnered with RAMP’s “I Belong” program to bring awareness to children with disabilities.
Organizers say they want kids to learn about disabilities since they interact with different children in their own lives.
They say this will improve acceptance and inclusion.
“Learning about different disabilities does help reduce bullying, and it helps kids learn that even though someone might be different from them, they might have something in common as well. So, you can be friends with people even if they have a disability,” said RAMP’s Stephenson County manager, Megan Howard.
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Australia's central bank gets first female deputy governor
SYDNEY :The Australian government on Friday appointed a woman as second in command at the country's central bank, the first female to hold the position in the bank's 62-year history and a likely contender for the top job in time.
Treasurer Josh Frydenberg named Michele Bullock as Deputy Governor of the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA), elevating her from her current position of Assistant Governor responsible for financial stability.
Bullock starts her five-year term immediately following the surprise resignation of former Deputy Governor Guy Debelle in early March. Debelle left to join a green energy group founded by Australia's richest man, billionaire miner Andrew Forrest.
Bullock joined the central bank straight out of university in 1985 and has served in the economic and international units, business services and currency departments.
In her new role, she will sit on the nine-member policy making Board of the RBA which sets interest rates. The next monthly meeting is due on April 5 when analysts assume rates will be kept at a record low of 0.1per cent.
RBA Governor Philip Lowe has said it was plausible a hike could come later this year as the economy is growing strongly and inflation is accelerating sharply.
Lowe's seven-year term as governor ends next year and he has said he would be happy to take a second term if the government offers it.
(Reporting by Renju Jose; Editing by Muralikumar Anantharaman)
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By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar | Associated Press
WASHINGTON — When the end of the COVID-19 pandemic comes, it could create major disruptions for a cumbersome U.S. health care system made more generous, flexible and up-to-date technologically through a raft of temporary emergency measures.
Winding down those policies could begin as early as the summer. That could force an estimated 15 million Medicaid recipients to find new sources of coverage, require congressional action to preserve broad telehealth access for Medicare enrollees, and scramble special COVID-19 rules and payment policies for hospitals, doctors and insurers. There are also questions about how emergency use approvals for COVID-19 treatments will be handled.
The array of issues is tied to the coronavirus public health emergency first declared more than two years ago and periodically renewed since then. It’s set to end April 16 and the expectation is that the Biden administration will extend it through mid-July. Some would like a longer off-ramp.
Transitions don’t bode well for the complex U.S. health care system, with its mix of private and government insurance and its labyrinth of policies and procedures. Health care chaos, if it breaks out, could create midterm election headaches for Democrats and Republicans alike.
“The flexibilities granted through the public health emergency have helped people stay covered and get access to care, so moving forward the key question is how to build on what has been a success and not lose ground,” said Juliette Cubanski, a Medicare expert with the nonpartisan Kaiser Family Foundation, who has been researching potential consequences of winding down the pandemic emergency.
MEDICAID CHURN
Medicaid, the state-federal health insurance program for low-income people, is covering about 79 million people, a record partly due to the pandemic.
But the nonpartisan Urban Institute think tank estimates that about 15 million people could lose Medicaid when the public health emergency ends, at a rate of at least 1 million per month.
Congress increased federal Medicaid payments to states because of COVID-19, but it also required states to keep people on the rolls during the health emergency. In normal times states routinely disenroll Medicaid recipients whose incomes rise beyond certain levels, or for other life changes affecting eligibility. That process will switch on again when the emergency ends, and some states are eager to move forward.
Virtually all of those losing Medicaid are expected to be eligible for some other source of coverage, either through employers, the Affordable Care Act or — for kids — the Children’s Health Insurance Program.
But that’s not going to happen automatically, said Matthew Buettgens, lead researcher on the Urban Institute study. Cost and lack of awareness about options could get in the way.
People dropped from Medicaid may not realize they can pick up taxpayer-subsidized ACA coverage. Medicaid is usually free, so people offered workplace insurance could find the premiums too high.
“This is an unprecedented situation,” said Buettgens. “The uncertainty is real.”
The federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, or CMS, is advising states to take it slow and connect Medicaid recipients who are disenrolled with other potential coverage. The agency will keep an eye on states’ accuracy in making eligibility decisions. Biden officials want coverage shifts, not losses.
“We are focused on making sure we hold on to the gains in coverage we have made under the Biden-Harris administration,” said CMS Administrator Chiquita Brooks-LaSure. “We are at the strongest point in our history and we are going make sure that we hold on to the coverage gains.”
ACA coverage — or “Obamacare” — is an option for many who would lose Medicaid. But it will be less affordable if congressional Democrats fail to extend generous financial assistance called for in President Joe Biden’s social legislation. Democrats stalling the bill would face blame.
Republicans in mostly Southern states that have refused to expand Medicaid are also vulnerable. In those states, it can be very difficult for low-income adults to get coverage and more people could wind up uninsured.
State Medicaid officials don’t want to be the scapegoats. “Medicaid has done its job,” said Matt Salo, head of the National Association of Medicaid Directors. “We have looked out for physical, mental and behavioral health needs. As we come out of this emergency, we are supposed to right-size the program.”
TELEHEALTH STATIC
Millions of Americans discovered telehealth in 2020 when coronavirus shutdowns led to the suspension of routine medical consultations. In-person visits are again the norm, but telehealth has shown its usefulness and gained broader acceptance.
The end of the public health emergency would jeopardize telehealth access for millions enrolled in traditional Medicare. Restrictions predating COVID-19 limit telehealth mainly to rural residents, in part to mitigate against health care fraud. Congress has given itself 151 days after the end of the public health emergency to come up with new rules.
“If there are no changes to the law after that, most Medicare beneficiaries will lose access to coverage for telehealth,” the Kaiser Foundation’s Cubanski said.
A major exception applies to enrollees in private Medicare Advantage plans, which generally do cover telehealth. However, nearly 6 in 10 Medicare enrollees are in the traditional fee-for-service program.
TESTS, VACCINES, TREATMENTS, PAYMENTS & PROCEDURES
Widespread access to COVID-19 vaccines, tests and treatments rests on legal authority connected to the public health emergency.
One example is the Biden administration’s requirement for insurers to cover up to eight free at-home COVID-19 tests per month.
An area that’s particularly murky is what happens to tests, treatments and vaccines covered under emergency use authorization from the Food and Drug Administration.
Some experts say emergency use approvals last only through the duration of the public health emergency. Others say it’s not as simple as that, because a different federal emergency statute also applies to vaccines, tests and treatments. There’s no clear direction yet from health officials.
The FDA has granted full approval to Pfizer-BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine for those 16 and older and Moderna’s for those 18 and older, so their continued use would not be affected.
But hospitals could take a financial hit. Currently Medicare pays them 20% more for the care of COVID-19 patients. That’s only for the duration of the emergency.
And Medicare enrollees would have more hoops to jump through to be approved for rehab in a nursing home. A suspended Medicare rule requiring a prior three-day hospital stay would come back into effect.
Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra recently told The Associated Press that his department is committed to giving “ample notice” when it ends the public health emergency.
“We want to make sure we’re not putting in a detrimental position Americans who still need our help,” Becerra said. “The one that people are really worried about is Medicaid.”
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After Will Smith slapped comedian Chris Rock on stage Sunday at the Academy Awards ceremony, Los Angeles police officers were prepared to arrest Smith, according to an interview with the award show's producer, but the comedian was adamant he did not want to press charges.
In an excerpt of an interview with ABC News, aired Thursday on "World News Tonight," producer Will Packer said LAPD officers told Rock, "This is battery" and that he could press charges, and they were prepared to arrest Smith that night.
"They said, we will go get him. We are prepared. We are prepared to get him right now. You can press charges. We can arrest him. They were laying out the options," Packer told ABC. "And as they were talking, Chris was ... being very dismissive of those options. He was like, no, I'm fine. He was, like, no, no, no."
The LAPD put out a statement on the night of the Oscars, saying, "The individual involved has declined to file a police report."
Rock made a brief reference to the incident Wednesday at a stand-up show in Boston, his first public appearance since the Oscars. He told the audience he was "still processing what happened" and would have more to say at a later date.
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Rangers could face legal action after Sydney Super Cup snub
By Vince Rugari
The organisers of the Sydney Super Cup have hit back at Rangers, who could face legal action for pulling out of the NSW government-backed tournament and a planned Old Firm derby against Ange Postecoglou’s Celtic.
Following weeks of speculation over their involvement, the Scottish champions have confirmed they will not take part in the four-team event in November, for which tickets have already gone on sale.
In a statement released overnight, the club accused tournament organisers of being “unwilling to fulfil their commitments to Rangers” and said they’d terminated their agreement to play in the Sydney Super Cup with immediate effect. According to Sky Sports News, those commitments involved the non-use of the term ‘Old Firm’ in official communications, which Celtic avoids in deference to parts of their fanbase who believe the ‘Old Firm’ ceased to exist when Rangers went bust in 2012.
But TEG and Left Field Live, the co-promoters of the event, have returned serve, accusing Rangers of bowing to fan pressure and letting down their Australian-based supporters, and rejecting any claim they had gone back on their commitments to the club.
“We were disappointed to wake up this morning to Rangers FC’s statement that it will not be participating in the Sydney Super Cup,” the promoters said in a statement.
“The Rangers Board committed to these matches following extensive negotiations over eight months. Seemingly in response to negative fan reaction, they have pulled out of their contracted commitment.
“We have worked closely with all stakeholders to bring this exciting event to Sydney, and we refute any suggestion that we were unwilling to fulfill our commitments to Rangers. We have acted in good faith and have put the event on sale with a great response from fans here.
“In changing their minds, the Rangers Board has let down many, many fans in Australia and the Asian region. We will now consult with our stakeholders before determining our response.”
The decision to withdraw from the Sydney Super Cup will come at a hefty cost for Rangers, with overseas reports indicating they would be hit with a legal bill for breach of contract in the event of a withdrawal.
It does, however, end any fears of fan violence in Sydney between Celtic and Rangers supporters. Representatives of the Sydney-based fan clubs of both teams had expressed serious concern over policing, logistics and the lack of segregation at not only Accor Stadium but pubs, trains and buses across the city during the week leading up to the November 20 fixture.
Never before have Celtic and Rangers played a match against each other on foreign soil, and it may be some years before such a plan is revisited after this false start.
It’s unclear whether organisers will seek a replacement team for the Sydney Super Cup - which is also slated to involve A-League teams Sydney FC and Western Sydney Wanderers - or if Rangers’ withdrawal puts the entire project in jeopardy. TEG Live was contacted for further comment.
The tournament, announced only last month, was not well-received by Celtic and Rangers fans, some of whom believed the venture would cheapen their age-old rivalry - even though an executive from Rangers said the trip to Sydney would earn them more money in eight days than they would through an entire Scottish Premiership season.
Rangers fans have been staging protests at games to make their displeasure clear to the club’s board, throwing tennis balls and toilet rolls onto the pitch at an away fixture a fortnight ago to express their angst against the Sydney Super Cup, as well as the positioning of their club as a ‘foil’ for Celtic and Postecoglou on his planned homecoming tour.
Celtic, who are three points clear on top of the Scottish Premiership ladder, travel to Ibrox to face Rangers on Sunday night (AEDT) in a match that could be decisive in the title race.
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Commodities Do Not Cause Inflation: Money Printing Does – OpEd
By MISES
By Daniel Lacalle*
In this world of monetary insanity, defenders of central bank constant easing try every day to convince you that inflation is caused by numerous factors, not by currency printing.
Many blame inflation on cost-push factors or even speculation, but ultimately all those are consequences, not causes. Rising prices are always caused by more units of currency being directed to scarce or tangible assets.
Commodities exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are a clear example. In 2022, investors have been purchasing these products to protect themselves from inflation and generate real returns. These purchases are not a cause; they are a consequence. With increased inflationary concerns, the likelihood of rising interest rates, and elevated geopolitical concerns, commodity-focused funds have seen record inflows in 2022. Year to date through February 25, commodities ETFs gathered $8.5 billion of net ETF inflows, according to Wealthmanagement.com. This is not the full picture, though. According to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), the total value of various commodity index-related instruments purchased by institutional investors has increased from an estimated $15 billion in 2003 to an estimated $200 billion. The global commodity-services market size is estimated at $4 trillion in 2020, according to Market Research.
In 2020, most investors were very underweight in energy and commodities. The surge in socially responsible investment as well as the recent history of underperformance of commodities relative to bonds and equities had created an enormous underweight. As concerns about inflation and geopolitical events unraveled, funds reallocated capital from underweight to equal weight and now, in 2022, to overweight.
This happened at the same time as central banks injected unprecedented quantities of money into the economy. Between 2020 and 2021, the assets of the major central banks rose by more than $10 trillion. Furthermore, broad money supply (M3) growth rose at a double-digit rate in 2020 and 2021 in the major economies.
Obviously one or two prices may rise independently due to particular events. A war can cause that, but not a generalized and widespread increase in all prices. Furthermore, commodity and food prices were already rising to multiyear highs even before the Ukraine invasion was a rumor.
Readers may believe that all this is due to trader speculation, but trader actions work both ways. Traders do not create prices; they trade on them. Furthermore, traders cannot influence the marginal price of a commodity for long if the fundamentals, inflation, and money reality are not there. There are numerous reports from the CFTC proving that investing does not impact commodity prices. Between 2013 and 2019, commodity prices were not rising. Why? Because broad money growth was not rising above real demand for money.
Oil and gas have risen equally everywhere, yet Consumer Price Index (CPI) inflation is vastly different in the euro area and the United States compared to countries where energy imports are much higher, like Japan and Korea. Why is CPI inflation twice as high in the euro area and the US relative to those Asian countries? Much higher broad money growth in 2020–21.
The Ukraine war has created another excuse to blame inflation on oil and natural gas. However, it seems that all those who blame inflationary pressures on commodities continue to ignore the massive price increases in housing, healthcare, and education, as well as in goods and services where there was evident overcapacity. Global food prices show a similar problem. The United Nations and Food and Agriculture Organization Food Price Index has been rising steadily and reached all-time highs even before the covid crisis.
Oil and gas will be used as an excuse for inflation as long as low interest rates and massive currency creation remain. But the reality is that when both deflate somehow, the problem of currency debasement will remain.
Inflation was already higher than the CPI measure suggested before the covid-19 crisis. The rise in the prices of nonreplicable goods and services, shelter, healthcare, fresh food, and education was significantly higher than the CPI percentage. According to Deutsche Bank, these were rising up to five times faster than the CPI. There was high inflation in the things that we consume every day even in the days when some said there was “no inflation.”
Now the increase in broad money has translated to an explosion in all prices, energy-related or not. Some will blame wages, others will blame the Ukraine war, and others will blame the weak recovery. The fact is that currency destruction is at the heart of generalized price rises everywhere. Everything else is anecdotes or consequences, not causes.
More units of currency are going to scarce assets as investors look for protection against inflation. This is not speculation; it is protection from currency debasement.
*About the author: Daniel Lacalle, PhD, economist and fund manager, is the author of the bestselling books Freedom or Equality (2020), Escape from the Central Bank Trap (2017), The Energy World Is Flat (2015), and Life in the Financial Markets (2014). He is a professor of global economy at IE Business School in Madrid.
Source: This article was published by the MISES Institute
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As Women's History Month comes to a close, it's a signal that we shouldn't stop recognizing and highlighting women and their achievements as we turn the calendar to April. Over the last month, the Bengals have shown their appreciation for women inside and outside of the organization.
Senior writer Geoff Hobson wrote this great piece on how Bengals Executive Vice President Katie Blackburn is a pioneer in the industry.
For International Women's Day, held Tuesday, March 8th, the team hosted members of the Who Dey Ladies Club for an exclusive panel event featuring women leaders in the front office. The panel was hosted by Team Reporter Marisa Contipelli and included Caroline Blackburn, Senior Manager of Digital Strategy, Johanna Kappner, Chief Financial Officer, Emily Parker, Director of Communications, and Alex Simons, Director of Community Engagement. Over 90 women were in attendance that evening.
The panel discussion lasted just under 45 minutes, as fully engaged Who Dey Ladies members listened closely to hear their pre-submitted questions ahead of the event. The conversation began with each panelist detailing their day-to-day responsibilities with the team and what a typical day looks like for them.
Contipelli, entering season five, and Parker, set to begin season seven, both spoke about overcoming obstacles in a male-dominated field. "One of the best pieces of advice I received early on in my career was to always be the most prepared person in the room, and that's something I think about every day" shared Contipelli. "I'm not a former player or coach, so I have always felt the added pressure in proving myself and my knowledge about the sport. So others in the room have zero doubts that I belong. The acceptance of women in the sports industry has grown leaps and bounds and continues to every year. As more women hold leadership positions within sports, the closer we become to bridging the gap."
The conversation naturally shifted to (Katie) Blackburn. (Caroline) Blackburn was asked, "your mom (Katie) is someone who has set a great example and has shown why it's valuable to have women in leadership positions in sports. What have you learned from her over the years?" To which Blackburn replied, "So much, truly so much. She has been an incredible role model for both my sister and me throughout our lives. What has stuck with me the most and what I've always tried to replicate is how she is completely true to herself – and she's been so successful this way. In a male-dominated sports world, she has found a way to be an absolute powerhouse who is so highly regarded and respected without changing any part of who she is every day."
As the topic of family and work-life balance began, Kappner who is entering her 26th season with the team, choked up when sharing her experience raising a family while building her career: "I'm most proud of having a family and a career. Sometimes that takes tough decisions in both areas. You need to prioritize what is most important to you and be upfront with your employer. If they don't understand what your priorities are or if they are not willing to work with those priorities, then maybe that's not the right place to be. One of my priorities was to be home and have dinner as a family. Mealtime together is very important."
Blackburn may only be entering her second season full-time with the club, but she has witnessed firsthand how the NFL has changed since having more women in positions of leadership, media, coaching, and refereeing. Her response when asked how women in those positions have brought positive change; "I am a big believer that diversity of background and ideas makes anything better, so including more women in every part of the game is a great thing. I joke that when I was in kindergarten, I wrote a book 'The First Female Coach in the NFL' and while I don't think that will quite come true for me, I'm proud to see that there are female coaches out there. I'm lucky to have always had the example set by my mom & by all the incredible women in the Bengals organization that women belong in the NFL, but I am happy to see that spread across all the teams & the NFL League Office."
Giving back to the community has always been an important area for the organization, and the team has increased community support set for 2022. Simons was asked what some of those initiatives may include this year, "We are most looking forward to getting back into the community in-person in 2022! We have a lot of great community partnerships in place this year. Among many other planned initiatives, we will look to expand some of our most successful programs such as our Flag Football In-Schools program, and continue our long-time programming around Play 60, High School Coach of the Week, and Friday Night Stripes."
Those were just a few of numerous questions and topics related to football, women in sports, and life in the NFL discussed throughout the evening. Women's History Month is a small reminder that these discussions and conversations shouldn't be confined to the month of March. We should encourage, support, and highlight women and their achievements 365 days a year.
The Who Dey Ladies were invited to Paul Brown Stadium to hear from and ask questions to our all female panel of Bengals employees in celebration of International Women's Day.
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DOJ to investigate convicted kidnapper Palparan's interview
MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Justice will look into how convicted kidnapper retired general Jovito Palparan was interviewed by Presidential Communications Undersecretary on SMNI Network, and was also carried by the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict official Facebook page.
“Undersecretary Deo Marco will conduct an investigation tomorrow. Let’s wait,” Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra told reporters on Thursday night.
Marco is the DOJ’s undersecretary for the Bureau of Corrections. The bureau is under the Department of Justice and supervises the New Bilibid Prison.
The DOJ and the court that convicted Palparan did not receive any request or permission for the interview, Guevarra added.
In 2018, the Malolos Regional Trial Court found Palparan guilty of kidnapping and serious illegal detention in the disappearance of University of the Philippines students Sherlyn Cadapan and Karen Empeño in 2006.
Guevarra said they will check if Palparan’s case is under appeal as it may “have bearing on jurisdiction.”
He explained that the grant of interviews is “not clear,” but he said they will verify with the existing BuCor manual.
“The court still has jurisdiction, but granting interviews may be considered an operational matter that BuCor may resolve by itself,” he added.
'Vindication' for the convicted kidnapper?
More than three years after Palparan was convicted and moved to Bilibid to serve his sentence, Palparan got air time at the SMNI Network, owned by the self-styled pastor Apollo Quiboloy, through an interview with Badoy, who also faces a slew of complaints for her continuous red-tagging.
In the interview, which was also shared by the NTF-ELCAC’s official Facebook page, Badoy said the program was conducted to “vindicate” Palparan, claiming that he was convicted “on trumped-up charges.”
Concepcion Empeño, mother of disappeared UP student Karen, slammed the interview. She said: “It is nauseating, to say the least, to see Palparan and this Badoy trying so hard to salvage the face of the berdugo for two hours, when Palparan is now a convicted criminal. The courts have convicted him, with overwhelming evidence and witness testimonies, for taking away our daughters. What a travesty of justice!”
SMNI is owned by Apollo Quiboloy, the spiritual adviser of President Rodrigo Duterte who has been indicted for conspiracy to engage in sex trafficking by force, fraud and coercion, and sex trafficking of children; conspiracy; and bulk cash smuggling.
The so-called media outlet regularly reports misleading and false claims, gives platforms to politicians who make unfounded remarks, and red-tags government critics and activists despite lack of substantial evidence. — with report from Franco Luna
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USDA forecasting higher food, grocery costs in 2022
(Gray News) - It looks like elevated food prices are going to continue this year, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
The USDA released its Food Price Outlook for 2022 and predicted the cost of groceries would continue to increase to as much as 4%.
According to the Consumer Price Index, grocery and supermarket food prices were already 8.6% higher in February than last year and up nearly 1.5% from January to February in 2022.
As reported by the Associated Press, prices for U.S. consumers have continued to jump recently, leaving families facing the highest inflation rate since 1990.
“We’re getting into this situation where we have spiraling inflation,” said Jay Hatfield, CEO of Infrastructure Capital Advisors. “Inflation in one area drives inflation in another.”
Currently, the CPI reports all food categories are increasing in price other than fresh vegetables. Last year, the beef and veal categories had the most significant price increase of 9.3%, and the fresh vegetable category had the smallest at 1.1%. However, no food categories decreased in price in 2021.
Poultry prices are also expected to increase up to 7%, with egg prices predicted to increase up to 3.5% in 2022.
Overall, grocery store and supermarket food purchases are expected to increase up to 4%, with restaurant purchases or food away from home forecasted to increase up to 6.5%, according to the USDA.
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Mar 30, 2022
Billionaire Family Cashes In on 83% Rally by Aluminum Producer
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,(Bloomberg) -- Votorantim SA, the industrial conglomerate owned by the billionaire Ermirio de Moraes family, is planning to pocket some of the profits of an 83% rally in an aluminum producer in which it owns a majority stake.
The Sao Paulo-based conglomerate is seeking to sell 750 million reais ($158 million) of shares of Cia Brasileira de Aluminio, or CBA, according to a filing, which confirmed an earlier Bloomberg News report. Votorantim, which currently owns about three-quarters of CBA, would unload a stake of around 6% in the company.
Shares of CBA fell 5.1% to at 11:43 a.m. in Sao Paulo following the announcement.
Still, the company’s stock is on a tear since going public in July, boosted by a record-breaking rally in aluminum prices as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine added to supply disruptions. The surge has made CBA one of the best performers in Brazil’s record wave of initial public offerings last year.
Read more: IPO Winner Minted in Brazil as Aluminum Rally Propels CBA
It’s also a boon to the Ermirio de Moraes family, one of Brazil’s richest. Their conglomerate, Votorantim, was created more than a century ago and, along with CBA, owns one of the world’s largest cement makers and also has interests in zinc mining, finance, renewable energy, real estate and orange juice businesses.
The group has been looking to expand across North America as it seeks to reduce volatility in its portfolio, Chief Financial Officer Sergio Malacrida said last year.
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Dove Cameron drops steamy “Boyfriend” music video
Dove Cameron‘s queer anthem “Boyfriend” has been given the music video treatment, and fans are fanning themselves over how steamy it is.
The song is about Dove falling in love with a girl already attached to someone else, so she lists all the ways she would make a better boyfriend. Now, the Descendants star turned up the heat with her stunning visualizer, which starts with her locking eyes with a girl, played by TikTok star Charlene Lefever, on a dance floor filled with faceless partygoers.
The two ladies seductively size each other up from opposite sides of the room before fantasizing about what would happen should they meet in the middle. Steamy scenarios include them making out in a phone booth, to locking lips on top of a car racing through a tunnel.
“Boyfriend” has been blowing up the streaming charts, amassing more than 100 million listens on Spotify. It’s also climbing the Billboard charts and is currently at number 20 on the Pop Airplay chart.
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