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The 2022 Arlington County Democratic Committee School Board caucus will be an in-person-only affair with the controversial party-loyalty oath retained, based on rules adopted by the party’s rank-and-file on April 6.
Democrats will select their School Board endorsee during four days of voting in June, using the instant-runoff format that has been a familiar feature of Democratic caucuses in recent years.
“This is going to be a big challenge. It’s going to take an awful lot of volunteers,” party chair Steve Baker said of the return to in-person caucus voting for the first time since 2019. In 2020, as the pandemic was raging, Democrats selected two School Board candidates by mail-in ballot; in 2021, voting was largely conducted online for the lone seat on the ballot.
Voting dates and places for 2022:
• Saturday, June 4 at Lubber Run Community Center. • Sunday, June 5 at Dr. Charles Drew Elementary School. • Tuesday, June 7 at Campbell Elementary School. • Saturday, June 11 at Washington-Liberty High School.
Results are expected the evening of June 11.
At the April 6 meeting, a proposal to include some form of absentee voting was rejected as being too logistically complex.
Among changes to previous procedures: The filing fee for candidates was eliminated and language was eliminated that had required that losers in the endorsement race agree not to run in the general election.
But several other provisions stayed intact.
Baker said the Democratic Party of Virginia had ruled that Arlington Democrats couldn’t remove the “loyalty oath” required of those who vote in the Democratic caucuses. Those taking part in those elections long have been required to sign a pledge that they are Democrats and will not support any non-Democrats in the subsequent general election. Those who won’t sign can’t vote.
The panel that looked over possible revisions also couldn’t find a way to address the question of whether federal-government employees covered by the Hatch Act are allowed to run. That issue became contentious in 2020, when a candidate was forced out of the Democratic caucus over a Hatch Act complaint.
Despite looking into the matter, “We were not able to come up with a solution” to Hatch Act concerns, Baker said.
Democrats are seeking an endorsee for the lone seat on the November ballot; incumbent Barbara Kanninen opted against running for a third four-year term.
Despite criticism of the process, Democrats in February voted overwhelmingly to retain the caucus process, which serves as a de-facto community election. No candidate has won a School Board seat without first winning the Democratic endorsement since independent David Foster won successive elections in 1999 and 2003.
The April 6 meeting saw the first candidates announcing plans to run: Brandon Clark, a teacher in the county school system, and Bethany Sutton, chair of the school system’s Advisory Council on Teaching and Learning. Democrats seeking the party endorsement for School Board have until April 27 to file.
Under state law, School Board seats officially are non-partisan, but political parties can “endorse” candidates rather than formally nominating them – largely a distinction without a difference. County Republicans largely have avoided fielding a candidate in recent years, ceding the field to Democrats and the occasional independent.
For those seeking to run in the general election as a true independent, the filing deadline is mid-June.
[Sun Gazette Newspapers provides content to, but otherwise is unaffiliated with, InsideNoVa or Rappahannock Media LLC.]
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The Arlington County Civic Federation’s task force on local governance is ready to deposit its recommendations into the court of public opinion.
Civic Federation officials aim to present the findings of the body to the organization’s delegates at the monthly meeting slated for April 12.
As has been the case since the start of the pandemic, the meeting will be held online, starting at 7 p.m., and those wishing to watch must register by noon the day before. For information, see the Website at www.civfed.org.
The study group, agreed to by Civic Federation delegates in late 2020, is dubbed “TiGER” (Task Force in Governance and Election Reform). Under the leadership of Chris Wimbush, it has been tasked with proffering changes to the county’s 90-year-old governance structure.
The panel has no statutory authority; Civic Federation delegates are not obligated to accept its recommendations, and whether the county government’s power structure (and the Democratic oligarchy behind it) will embrace any or all proposals is an open question. Some changes also would require General Assembly action, a matter that could be complicated (or, perhaps, aided) by the fact that there now is a Republican governor and Republican House of Delegates.
Among the issues that were considered during the study period:
• Are the five-member County Board and School Board the right size for a geographically small but very densely populated community?
• Should the current at-large voting for County Board and School Board seats be changed to a district-based approach?
• How much should elected officials be paid?
• Should there be term limits imposed on local elected officials?
• Should the county manager be made an elected official?
• Should Arlington consider becoming a city, and if so, what powers should be delegated to a mayor?
From Reconstruction in the 1870s until the early 1930s, Arlington – known until 1920 as “Alexandria County” – was governed by a three-member board of supervisors, elected by districts and serving in effect as laws unto themselves. In 1931, the General Assembly approved a request from Arlington residents to change the government structure to a five-member County Board and professional county manager. On Nov. 3, 1931, Arlington held its first County Board elections.
In both the 1931 and 1935 elections, all five seats were elected simultaneously, with all winners serving concurrent four-year terms. But as 1939 approached, some in the local civic arena thought a change was in order, and convinced the General Assembly to permit Arlington to elect its board members by staggered terms. That election cycle, with one board member elected three out of every four years and two board members elected during the fourth, has remained in place.
In 2010, a coalition that included public-safety unions launched a change-of-government petition drive that, if placed on the ballot and approved by voters, would have turned Arlington’s at-large County Board into a district-based body.
The effort, however, was strenuously opposed by the Arlington County Democratic Committee and failed to reach the electorate, with the petition drive falling about 4,000 signatures short of the 14,350 needed.
More recently, advocates have called for the county government to embrace “ranked-choice voting” for County Board elections. The local government has since 2020 had the power to switch from the current winner-take-all approach to the instant-runoff process, but has chosen not to do so, in part because of perceived splits among the five members on whether such a move should take place and how the technical complexities of doing so should be addressed.
County Board have used the ongoing Civic Federation deliberations as a reason to wait before moving forward on ranked-choice voting, making it unlikely it could be implemented for the November 2022 election, where the County Board seat of Matt de Ferranti is on the ballot.
(Whether ranked-choice voting would have any impact on general-election results is an open question; last year, Democratic Takis Karantonis won 60 percent of the vote in a four-way race, meaning the instant-runoff provision wouldn’t have been triggered even if it had been in place.)
Instant-runoff voting could, however, be put into practice for the November 2023 election, when two County Board seats will be on the ballot, theoretically giving non-Democrats more of a shot at victory. And it also could be applied to Democratic primaries, which – with rare exceptions – constitute the de-facto determination of who will win office the subsequent November.
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Across the street from the point where North Kansas Street intersects Fairfax Drive in Arlington can be found a giant empty hole in the earth where, decades before, a department store once stood.
Riding the rickety escalator and playing with the pet monkeys were familiar pastimes for those who stopped in to do their shopping in those long-ago times.
But over the coming three years, a new building – the product of a public-private partnership – is slated to fill that hole and keep rising toward the sky, heralding not just a new centerpiece of George Mason University’s Arlington campus, but a new way of connecting higher education with high tech.
Dubbed “Fuse at Mason Square,” the new project is the joint effort of the university and a development consortium that will include offices for Mason’s new School of Computing as well as the Institute for Digital Innovation plus private-sector space, totaling 345,000 square feet in all.
And as the Clark Construction signs on the fencing ringing the site attest, the planning phase has moved into the building phase.
“This is a really big day – it has been no small feat to get here,” said Carol Kissal, a senior vice president at Mason who is leading the university’s efforts on the project. Kissal and others spoke at a formal groundbreaking ceremony on April 6.
Her counterpart on the “private” side of the public-private partnership is James Martin, vice president and chief development officer of Edgemoor Infrastructure and Real Estate.
“We have built friendships, we have built trusts,” he said of the effort to formalize the relationship and then move forward.
Martin promised a facility where people could “intersect, collide and trade ideas,” a space that will “bring people together in ways we can’t even imagine today.”
The parcel in question fronts Fairfax Drive in the westernmost part of Mason’s Arlington campus, abutting the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. headquarters building. From the 1950s through the 1970s, it was occupied by a branch of the regional Kann’s Department Store.
Kann’s was an establishment James “Jimmy” Hazel knew well, as his grandparents lived right across the street. “That’s where my dad grew up,” he noted.
His father was the legendary developer John “Til” Hazel, who died last month at 91 and whose relationship with George Mason goes back to its beginnings, when he served as a member of its board of visitors.
Kann’s shuttered its Virginia Square outlet during the economic malaise of the 1970s, and Til Hazel later helped secure purchase of the parcel for an Arlington outpost of the young university. Its first occupant was the university’s nascent law school, leading to the famous – if perhaps apocryphal – comment from some students that they got both their shoes for the first day of kindergarten and their law degree in the same building.
Obtaining the Arlington land served as “a tremendous boost to Mason’s overall presence” in the region, said Jimmy Hazel, who earned a law degree at the university and today serves as Mason’s rector.
Ground-breaking ceremonies tend to bring out a parade of speakers, and the April 6 celebration, which drew about 250 people, was no exception. Virginia’s new secretary of education, Aimee Rogstad Guidera (whose husband attended Mason’s law school in the 1990s), said the new Fuse facility would cement the university’s role as “leading the tech revolution here in Northern Virginia.”
“Virginia must be the best place to learn” so students are “prepared for success in life,” she said.
Arlington County Board Chairman Katie Cristol said the turnout for the groundbreaking ceremony (moved indoors because of threatening skies) underscored “the depths of Mason’s relationships” with the Arlington community.
The new facility, Cristol said, “is going to shape our futures in ways we can only imagine.”
The April 6 event came the same week as the 50th anniversary of state legislation, signed by then-Gov. Linwood Holton in 1972, formally severing what was then known as George Mason College from its parent institution, the University of Virginia. From that point forward, Mason – rechristened a full-fledged university to acknowledge the evolution – stood on its own two feet.
Up through the 1980s, the university’s efforts were concentrated on its main campus, adjacent to the city of Fairfax, but in recent decades there has been significant work done to augment campuses in Prince William and Arlington.
In addition to land on which the new Fuse building will rise, the Arlington campus includes the Antonin Scalia Law School, the Schar School of Policy and Government, the Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter School for Peace and Conflict Resolution, programs in Arts Management and the School of Business, Mason Enterprise, and Continuing and Professional Education, as well as meeting and conference facilities.
A recently concluded “visioning” process on Mason’s physical facilities across Northern Virginia ended largely in agreement that the Arlington campus did not need more intense development than already in the works. But some tweaks were suggested, including better connectivity among buildings, better pedestrian crossings of Fairfax Drive and adding vibrancy to the large but often empty plaza that fronts Fairfax Drive.
Once construction hits its stride, upward of 300 workers will be on the site most days, aiming toward a completion date sometime by 2025.
“We’re going to have bumps. We’re going to have great days, we’re going to have tougher days,” Martin acknowledged.
Once up and running, “It will change the lives of our students, who will go out and change the world,” Kissal predicted.
[Sun Gazette Newspapers provides content to, but otherwise is unaffiliated with, InsideNoVa or Rappahannock Media LLC.]
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Joliet police officer shoots gunman who refused to drop weapon
JOLIET, Ill. - A Joliet police officer shot a gunman who refused to drop his weapon Wednesday night in the southwest suburb.
Police conducted a traffic stop around 11:12 p.m. in the 100 block of Linden Avenue when someone fled the vehicle while carrying a handgun, according to JPD Sgt. Dwayne English.
A police officer caught up to the gunman, who refused multiple orders to drop the handgun, police said.
The officer started shooting and struck the gunman who continued to run and was found hiding nearby, according to police.
Police began rendering aid and the gunman was taken to a local hospital. His condition is unknown.
Police officers were also transported to an area hospital in accordance with department policy, police said.
A handgun was recovered from the scene, police said.
Police said there is no thereat to the public.
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The National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) has recognized the Fairfax County Health Department’s Acute Communicable and Emerging Diseases Program team as an “Infection Prevention and Control Champion.”
The Fairfax program “is a model for building, maintaining and leveraging partnerships with critical facilities to respond swiftly and effectively to outbreaks, support implementation of infection prevention and control measures, and deliver education to local facilities,” said NACCHO CEO Lori Tremmel Freeman.
“It’s an honor to be nominated and to receive Infection Prevention and Control Champion recognition. I am incredibly proud of our team, partners and community to see our work over the past five years recognized,” said Barbara Downes, manager of the Acute Communicable and Emerging Diseases Program of the county government’s Division of Epidemiology and Population Health.
“Infection prevention and control save lives,” Downes said. “Our community is the reason we do what we do, we are fulfilling our Health Department’s mission to protect, promote, and improve quality of life. Every one of us has a role in infection prevention and control for a healthier, better-informed community.”
The Fairfax County Acute Communicable and Emerging Diseases Program team, established in 2017, is responsible for conducting surveillance, disease prevention and outbreak control for all reportable conditions (except tuberculosis, sexually transmitted infections and rabies), antimicrobial resistance, healthcare-associated infection prevention, and outbreak response.
During the COVID-19 era, the team’s interactions with health-care facilities have expanded to include surveillance and reporting, more frequent site visits with an emphasis on ensuring compliance with mitigation measures, assessment of personal protective equipment use and other infection-prevention measures, outbreak investigations, and testing and vaccination support.
NACCHO represents the nation’s nearly 3,000 local health departments at the city, county, metropolitan, district and tribal level. For information, see the Website at www.naccho.org.
[Sun Gazette Newspapers provides content to, but otherwise is unaffiliated with, InsideNoVa or Rappahannock Media LLC.]
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BRIAN TROMPETER Staff Writer Fairfax County’s general registrar has resigned after less than a year on the job and now the former election manager will serve as registrar until the term expires on June 30, 2023, county officials said.
Scott Konopasek announced his intention to resign as general registrar during a closed session of the Electoral Board on March 24. In a formal letter March 25, the day his resignation became effective, he did not indicate why he was stepping down.
“I regret that the Board declined my offer of, and openness to, a smooth transitional period and hand-off to a successor,” he wrote. Konopasek offered his best wishes for the continued success of the county’s Office of Elections.
“It has been my honor to serve the voters of Fairfax County and to work with the excellent staff of the Office of Elections,” he wrote.
The Electoral Board then appointed election manager Eric Spicer as general registrar and he began serving in that capacity March 28. His annual salary will be $159,000.
Spicer has served as election manager within the county registrar’s office for four and a half years and previously spent 21 years as the city of Alexandria’s election administrator. He said he already could tell he would have a collaborative relationship with the Fairfax County Electoral Board.
“It was a very smooth transition,” he said, adding, “It’s only been a week and it’s been long hours, but I’ve enjoyed every moment.”
Spicer’s main immediate priority will be adjusting to the new state and congressional boundaries following the recent redistricting. The county also has redistricted its magisterial-district boundaries for the Board of Supervisors and School Board, but those adjustments amounted to a mere seven precinct changes.
“We’re well ahead of many jurisdictions in Virginia,” Spicer said. “That’s very important, to give everybody the new precincts, particularly in time for absentee voting to start on May 6” for the June primary.
Spicer praised the office’s “hardworking, very dedicated staff” and said he would work to ensure all eligible voters would have a fair and equal opportunity to vote.
The registrar’s office has 38 full-time positions, about a dozen of which now are vacant, plus seasonal staff jobs that fluctuate depending on the time of year, Spicer said. Filling the vacant positions will be a high priority, he said.
Spicer began his career more than 30 years ago as a budget analyst for the city of Alexandria, then began working for the city’s recreation department before becoming election administrator.
“Public service is my life,” he said. “Once I got [into elections work], it gets in your blood. If you’re doing it right, you feel very strongly, as I do, about the opportunities in America and anything I can do to help in this field.”
The county general registrar’s post has been a revolving door for the past several years:
• Konopasek, who had more than 25 years’ election-management experience in the public and private sectors, began serving as registrar last April (at a salary of $150,000) following Gary Scott’s retirement after 24 years with the Office of Elections.
• The Electoral Board had hired former deputy registrar Scott subsequent to firing General Registrar Cameron Sasnett shortly before the June 2018 primary. Sasnett had been arrested on drug-possession charges.
• The Electoral Board in 2015 had appointed Sasnett – at salary of $110,000 – to succeed former General Registrar Cameron Quinn, who had asked not to be reappointed. After leaving her county job, Quinn served in multiple roles in the Trump administration, including officer for civil rights and civil liberties with the Department of Homeland Security.
[Sun Gazette Newspapers provides content to, but otherwise is unaffiliated with, InsideNoVa or Rappahannock Media LLC.]
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Man stabbed, robbed at CTA Green Line station in the South Loop
CHICAGO - A man was stabbed and robbed Wednesday night at a CTA Green Line station in the South Loop.
The 26-year-old was on the Cermak-McCormick Place platform around 10 p.m. when three people approached him and demanded his belongings, police said.
A fight broke out and the man was stabbed in the arm as the trio stole his property and ran away, police said.
The man went to Northwestern Memorial Hospital where he was listed in good condition.
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A year from right now – springtime 2023 – could potentially bring interesting political activity within the Democratic ranks of Arlington and Fairfax counties, when it comes to the holding to account the prosecutors who slipped into office in 2019 behind the money of out-of-state left-wing interest groups.
Steven Descano in Fairfax and Parisa Dehghani-Tafti in Arlington narrowly knocked off middle-of-the-road and generally well-regarded incumbents in Democratic primaries that year, pushing an agenda that seemed at the time, and seems even more so now, to be too far out there for most people: Criminals are perceived as victims; victims are perceived as annoyances; public-safety personnel are viewed with suspicion.
A bizarre state of affairs? Yep. But then, we live in bizarre times.
(Of the two, we’d have to say that Dehghani-Tafti at least seems to be pleasant and willing to hear out opposing points of view. From Descano, not so much.)
Back when Northern Virginia was more a two-party enclave, there would be a chance for centrists to run in the general election and have a shot at victory. But that ship has sailed; assuming the incumbents run next year, and we have no reason not to, they need to be challenged in the Democratic primary. Otherwise, why bother?
And we suspect “why bother?” will be the response of even those who have concern about the current state of affairs in local justice issues and the real-world impacts of having ideologues in office at the local level. We’d wager the incumbents merrily roll along to ultimate victory, breaking nary a bead of sweat, because credible alternatives will not present themselves.
One thing’s for sure: Descano, Dehghani-Tafti and the interest groups that secured the offices for them will not go down without a fight. Challengers better get started early and find ways to cobble together a whole lot of cash.
Local residents would benefit from such a challenge. Perhaps we are just too jaded, but we don’t see it on the horizon. Hope, however, springs eternal.
[Sun Gazette Newspapers provides content to, but otherwise is unaffiliated with, InsideNoVa or Rappahannock Media LLC.]
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Ukraine appeals for ‘weapons, weapons, weapons’ as fight looms on eastern front
KYIV, Ukraine - Ukraine told residents of its industrial heartland to leave while they still can and urged Western nations to send "weapons, weapons, weapons" Thursday after Russian forces withdrew from the shattered outskirts of Kyiv to regroup for an offensive in the country's east.
Russia’s six-week-old invasion failed to take Ukraine's capital quickly and achieve what Western countries say was President Vladimir Putin’s initial aim of ousting the Ukrainian government. Russia’s focus is now on the Donbas, a mostly Russian-speaking region in eastern Ukraine.
In Brussels, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba urged NATO to provide more weapons for his war-torn country to help prevent further atrocities like those reported on Kyiv's northern outskirts. Ukrainian authorities are working to identify hundreds of bodies they say were found in Bucha and other towns after Russian troops withdrew and to document what they say were war crimes.
"My agenda is very simple… it’s weapons, weapons and weapons," Kuleba said as he arrived at NATO headquarters for talks with the military organization’s foreign ministers.
"The more weapons we get and the sooner they arrive in Ukraine, the more human lives will be saved," he said.
A female civilian rides amid the destruction on a street in the town of Bucha, on the outskirts of Kyiv, after the Ukrainian army secured the area following the withdrawal of the Russian army from the Kyiv region on previous days, Bucha, Ukraine, on
Some NATO nations worry they may be Russia’s next target, but the alliance is striving to avoid actions that might pull any of its 30 members directly into the war. Still, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg urged member nations to send Ukraine more weapons, and not just defensive arms.
"Ukraine is fighting a defensive war, so this distinction between offensive and defensive weapons doesn’t actually have any real meaning," he said.
Western countries have provided Ukraine with portable anti-tank and anti-aircraft weapons, but they have been reluctant to supply aircraft, tanks or any equipment that Ukrainian troops would have to be trained to use.
Asked what more his country was seeking, Kuleba listed planes, land-based missiles, armored vehicles and air defense systems.
Since Moscow announced more than a week ago that it planned to concentrate its forces in the east, growing numbers of Putin’s troops, along with mercenaries, have been reported moving into the Donbas, where Russia-backed separatists have fought Ukrainian forces for eight years and control two areas.
Ahead of its Feb. 24 invasion, Moscow recognized the Luhansk and Donetsk areas as independent states. Military analysts have said Putin also could be seeking to expand into government-controlled territory.
Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk urged civilians to evacuate to safer regions before it was too late.
"Later, people will come under fire, and we won’t be able to do anything to help them," Vereshchuk said.
She said Ukraine and Russian officials agreed to establish 10 civilian evacuation routes from Donetsk, Luhansk and the Zaporizhzhia region. She said residents would be able to seek safety in the cities of Zaporizhzhia in southeast Ukraine and Bakhmut in the east.
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Britain’s defense ministry said Thursday that Russia was targeting the "line of control" between Ukrainian-held and rebel-controlled areas in the Donbas with artillery and airstrikes and hitting infrastructure targets around Ukraine to wear down the Ukrainian defense.
Donetsk Gov. Pavlo Kyrylenko said at least five civilians were killed and another eight were wounded by Russian shelling on Wednesday.
Russia’s Defense Ministry said it struck fuel storage sites around the cities of Mykolaiv, Zaporozhe, Kharkiv and Chuguev overnight using cruise missiles fired from ships in the Black Sea.
A Ukrainian naval vessel caught fire under unclear circumstances in the besieged port city of Mariupol, satellite photos analyzed Thursday by The Associated Press show. The images from Planet Labs PBC appear to show the Ukrainian command ship Donbas burning at the Sea of Azov port on Wednesday afternoon as a nearby building also burned.
A cause for the fire remained unclear. Russian forces are fighting to capture Mariupol, which would allow Russia to secure a continuous land corridor to the Crimean Peninsula, which Moscow seized from Ukraine in 2014.
Ukrainian forces in the city also could be trying to scuttle the vessel so it doesn’t fall into Russian hands. Russian-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine had accused Ukrainian forces of setting fire to the vessel as a "provocation" to "discredit the Russian military."
Mariupol Mayor Vadym Boichenko said more than 5,000 civilians have been killed during weeks of Russian bombardment and street fighting, including 210 children. The attacks have cut off food, water, fuel and medicine. British defense officials said 160,000 people remained trapped in the city, which had a prewar population of 430,000.
While a tentative state of calm returned to the capital following the Russian withdrawal, the possibility of a renewed attack around Kyiv and an escalation in western Ukraine remains. Air raid sirens were again heard Thursday in Lyiv and the relatively secure western city of Lviv, near the Polish border. There was no immediate report of any strikes hitting the cities.
Oleksandr Shputun, spokesman for the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, reported Thursday that Ukraine's second-largest city, Kharkiv, remained blockaded near the Donbas. He said Russian forces also were carrying out "brutal measures" in the southern Kherson region, which they hold.
The International Criminal Court has opened an investigation into possible war crimes in Ukraine. In areas north of the capital, Ukrainian officials gathered evidence of Russian atrocities amid signs Moscow’s troops killed people indiscriminately before retreating.
Ukrainian authorities said the bodies of least 410 civilians were found in towns around Kyiv, victims of what Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has portrayed as a Russian campaign of murder, rape, dismemberment and torture. Some victims had apparently been shot at close range. Some were found with their hands bound.
Western officials warned that similar atrocities were likely to have taken place in other areas occupied by Russian troops. Zelenskyy accused Russian forces of trying to cover up war crimes in areas still under their control, "afraid that the global anger over what was seen in Bucha would be repeated."
"We have information that the Russian troops have changed tactics and are trying to remove the dead people, the dead Ukrainians, from the streets and cellars of territory they occupied," he said in a nighttime video address. "This is only an attempt to hide the evidence and nothing more."
Switching from speaking Ukrainian to Russian, Zelenskyy urged ordinary Russians "to somehow confront the Russian repressive machine" instead of being "equated with the Nazis for the rest of your life."
The Kremlin insists its troops have committed no war crimes and alleged the images of brutality coming out of Bucha were staged by the Ukrainians.
Bodies were still being collected in the town. Cemetery workers on Wednesday began loading more than 60 bodies into a grocery shipping truck so they could be taken to a facility for further investigation.
Workers load civilian dead bodies onto a truck in the town of Bucha, on the outskirts of Kyiv, after the Ukrainian army secured the area following the withdrawal of the Russian army from the Kyiv region on previous days, Bucha, Ukraine, on April 6, 2
Police said they found at least 20 bodies in the Makariv area west of Kyiv. In the village of Andriivka, residents said the Russians arrived in early March, took locals’ phones and detained and then released some people. Others met unknown fates. Some described sheltering for weeks in cellars normally used for storing vegetables.
"First we were scared, now we are hysterical," resident Valentyna Klymenko, 64, said. She said she, her husband and two neighbors weathered the siege by sleeping on stacks of potatoes covered with a mattress and blankets. "We didn’t cry at first. Now we are crying."
In reaction to the alleged atrocities, the U.S. announced sanctions against Putin’s two adult daughters and said it is toughening penalties against Russian banks. Britain banned investment in Russia and pledged to end its dependence on Russian coal and oil by the end of the year.
The U.S. Senate planned to take up legislation Thursday to end normal trade relations with Russia, paving the way for higher tariffs on some imports, and to codify President Joe Biden’s executive action banning imports of Russian oil.
The European Union is also expected to take additional punitive measures, including an embargo on Russian coal.
Zelenskyy said the sanctions would not be effective unless they included a ban on Russian oil, on which Europe relies heavily. He said the West's sanctions on Russia so far "can’t be called commensurate to the evil the world saw in Bucha" and elsewhere.
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Oleksandr Stashevskyi and Cara Anna in Bucha, Ukraine, Yuras Karmanau in Lviv, Ukraine, and Associated Press journalists around the world contributed to this report.
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WASHINGTON (NewsNation) — The Senate is expected to confirm Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Supreme Court nomination Thursday, securing her place as the court’s first Black female justice.
With three Republicans supporting her in the 50-50 split Senate, Jackson is on a glide path to confirmation and on the brink of making history as the third Black justice and only the sixth woman in the court’s more than 200-year history. Republican Sens. Lisa Murkowski and Mitt Romney said Monday they would vote to confirm Jackson.
Supporters cite her deep experience in her nine years on the federal bench and the chance for her to become the first former public defender on the court.
President Joe Biden has sought bipartisan backing for his pick, making repeated calls to senators and inviting Republicans to the White House.
While the vote will be far from the overwhelming bipartisan confirmations for Breyer and other justices in decades past, it will still be a significant bipartisan accomplishment for Biden in the narrow 50-50 Senate after GOP senators aggressively worked to paint Jackson as too liberal and soft on crime.
“Judge Jackson will bring extraordinary qualifications, deep experience and intellect, and a rigorous judicial record to the Supreme Court,” Biden tweeted Monday. “She deserves to be confirmed as the next justice.”
It is expected that all 50 Democrats will support Jackson, though one notable moderate Democrat, Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, hasn’t yet said how she will vote.
Jackson faced a bruising 30 hours of hearings in which Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee aggressively interrogated her sentencing record.
Republicans spent the hearings defending her record on the federal bench, including the sentences she handed down in child pornography cases, which they argued were too light. Jackson pushed back on the GOP narrative, declaring that “nothing could be further from the truth” and explaining her reasoning in detail. Democrats said she was in line with other judges in her decisions.
Jackson would be the current court’s second Black justice — Justice Clarence Thomas, a conservative, is the other — and just the third in history. Jackson would replace the retiring Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer. Biden nominated Jackson in February.
The 51-year-old federal appeals court judge would join two other women, Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan, on the liberal side of the current 6-3 conservative court. With Justice Amy Coney Barrett sitting at the other end of the bench, four of the nine justices would be women for the first time in history.
Before the Senate Judiciary Committee last month, Jackson said her life was shaped by her parents’ experiences with racial segregation and civil rights laws that were enacted a decade before she was born.
With her parents and family sitting behind her, she told the panel that her “path was clearer” than theirs as a Black American. Jackson attended Harvard University, served as a public defender, worked at a private law firm and was appointed as a member of the U.S. Sentencing Commission in addition to her nine years on the federal bench.
“I have been a judge for nearly a decade now, and I take that responsibility and my duty to be independent very seriously,” Jackson said. “I decide cases from a neutral posture. I evaluate the facts, and I interpret and apply the law to the facts of the case before me, without fear or favor, consistent with my judicial oath.”
Once sworn in, Jackson would be the second-youngest member of the court after Barrett, 50. She would join a court on which no one is yet 75, the first time that has happened in nearly 30 years.
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Things come in order around here at Anonymous Eagle, which is why we talked about the 2022 Fort Myers Tip-Off yesterday and who Marquette men’s basketball will see when they travel to Florida this coming November.
NEXT November is different, though. Thanks to the enterprising work of Ben Steele at the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel back in the day, we already knew that Marquette would be back as part of the Maui Invitational in November of 2023. Up until this week, though, we didn’t know who would be in the tournament along with the Golden Eagles. Now we know. In addition to Marquette and Chaminade, the local regular in the tournament, here are the other six teams in the field:
Gonzaga Bulldogs
Current NCAA Tournament Streak: Every tournament since 1999, four straight Sweet 16s.
All-Time Series: Gonzaga leads, 2-1, haven’t played since November 2010
Head Coach: Mark Few, career record of 658-129
Kansas Jayhawks
Current NCAA Tournament Streak: Every tournament since 1990.
All-Time Series: Kansas leads, 7-1, haven’t played since November 2018
Head Coach: Bill Self, career record of 763-229
Purdue Boilermakers
Current NCAA Tournament Streak: Every tournament since 2015.
All-Time Series: Purdue leads, 9-1, haven’t played since November 2019
Head Coach: Matt Painter, career record of 409-197
Syracuse Orange
Current NCAA Tournament Streak: Missed the tournament in 2022 to snap a three tournament streak
All-Time Series: Syracuse leads, 9-5, haven’t played since March 2013
Head Coach: Jim Boeheim, career record of 998-426
Tennessee Volunteers
Current NCAA Tournament Streak: Every tournament since 2018
All-Time Series: Marquette leads, 5-3, haven’t played since November 2014
Head Coach: Rick Barnes, career record of 754-395
UCLA Bruins
Current NCAA Tournament Streak: Two straight, but also two straight Sweet 16s
All-Time Series: UCLA leads, 4-0, most recent game in December 2021
Head Coach: Mick Cronin, career record of 432-201
Yep, that’s right, Marquette is one of six 2022 NCAA tournament teams in the field, and the Golden Eagles are the only team that was seeded lower than #4. Feels like the competition here might be a little steep. On top of that, Tennessee is the only team that Marquette holds the advantage against in the history of the series between the teams, so that seems a little bit of a hill to climb as well.
The really wild part about it? If you wanted to take the optimistic view of Shaka Smart’s tenure as Marquette head coach, you could easily see a way that MU is the favorite to win the Big East when the 2023-24 season rolls around..... and it’s still possible that a 1-2 record in this tournament would still be viewed as a success. Think about it this way: It’s entirely possible and bordering on reasonable in fact that there will be five preseason favorites in their respective conferences out of the other six Division 1 teams participating in this tournament. Sorry Syracuse, but, y’know, [gestures broadly] you’ve got some things going on.
We’re obviously way too far away from games being played on Thanksgiving week in 2023 to make any serious kinds of comments about how Marquette stacks up against any of these teams or what their rosters look like. So, put a pin in this one for now, and if you’ve ever wanted to watch Marquette play with some palm trees as backdrop, start saving your nickels now.
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There are so many reasons to love living in Kent. From the bustling towns and communities to the rolling hills in the countryside, there really is something for everyone.
But perhaps one of the most underrated aspects of living in the county are the historical sites that we don't even know exist. One of those can be found in north Kent on the Hoo Peninsula.
Cliffe Fort was an artillery fort built back in the 1860s to protect the entrance to the Thames from seaborne attacks. It was constructed amid tension with France and was completed in 1870.
READ MORE: Plans for 24-hour truck stop off motorway refused
The fort is located on the south bank of the river at the entrance to Cliffe Creek in the Cliffe marshes. But the fact it has been built on marshy ground led to a number of issues and sparked changes to do with the design and structure.
At the time, the government-appointed Royal Commission recommended that a triangle of forts should be built on the lower Thames just east of Gravesend. The Cliffe Fort took nine years to build and cost an estimated £163,000.
When it was in use, the fort was equipped with an array of large-calibre artillery guns which were introduced to support two other forts along the Thames nearby. Despite only being active for a few years, a launcher for the Brennan torpedo - known as the world's first practical guided missile - was installed in the fort at the end of the 19th century.
The fort was then repurposed when World War II came along, in order to serve as an anti-aircraft battery covering the approaches to London. The 12 pdr. guns were replaced by two six-inch Mk. VII guns which were positioned on the roof of the fort. These were then replaced towards the end of the war by four QF guns.
The fort's military career came to an end around the 1960s when it was sold off to the owners of the aggregates works next to the structure. For a while, the fort was used as a headquarters for the Blue Circle Sailing Club but had to eventually be abandoned before falling into disuse.
Although the exterior of the structure is said to be accessible via the Saxon Shore Way coastal path running along the front of it, the fort is currently fenced off and is not open to members of the public. The fort appears on the 'Heritage at Risk' register compiled by English Heritage, as it has suffered from flooding inside and is now derelict and in a deteriorated condition.
What once was a key structure defending the county at a time of war, has now become overgrown and almost unrecognisable.
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Two lanes of the M25 are currently closed due to strong winds. The clockwise section of the M25 at the QE2 Bridge has seen two lanes closed since this morning (April 7).
Lanes one and three (of four) are believed to be closed for safety reasons. Considerable amounts of the congestion have been forming as a result of the closures with long queues continuing to grow.
Congestion is back to J29/A127 (Upminster) with queues also affecting J31 into Purfleet and past Lakeside into Essex. Delays of around one hour are being reported.
READ MORE: Operation Brock: Person airlifted to hospital after 'fall' on the M20 near Maidstone
Inrix have said: "Two lanes closed, severe delays and queueing traffic for six miles due to strong winds on M25 clockwise at the QE2 Bridge. Congestion to J29 / A127 (Upminster), and queues at J31 back into Purfleet and past Lakeside in Thurrock. With further delays along the A13. Travel time is 60 minutes."
It remains unknown how long these delays are expected to last. Updates will be provided as and when we receive them.
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With the kids off school and forecasts suggesting the sun could well make an appearance, there's no better way to spend your Easter holidays than by doing something with the family. We're lucky to have so many places dotted in all corners of the county for you to enjoy.
But in order to get there, you'll likely have to drive across a number of Kent's major roads. Some works have been deliberately scheduled to take place over the half-term break to soften the congestion with rush hour school traffic.
However, many significant works are still going ahead in two Kent towns and on two of the county's major motorways. Some of the closures will take place overnight and diversion routes will be in place.
READ MORE: Dramatic photos show extent of M20 traffic chaos as Dover brought to a standstill
Drivers have been urged to plan ahead with delays considered likely, so we've compiled a list of the key roadworks you should know about this half-term.
Dartford Crossing
Part of the Dartford Crossing will be closed most nights after work began at 10pm on Sunday (April 3). The east higher bore tunnel will be closed from 10pm through to 5am every weeknight and Sunday up until May 31.
Vehicles will be diverted via the west tunnel. Any high-sided vehicles above 4.8m in height can follow the alternative diversion route via the M25 clockwise.
In a Tweet, National Highways said: "Overnight closures of the Dartford Crossing east (higher bore) tunnel are planned between 10pm and 5am on weeknights and Sunday nights until the end of May. Diversion via west tunnel. Alternative diversion for high-sided vehicles over 4.8m (15' 9") in place via M25 clockwise."
The closure of the tunnel will allow electrical works to be completed.
M2
Resurfacing works are being carried out on the M2 over the next fortnight between junctions three and one. A diversion will direct drivers along the A278 before then joining the A289.
Works started yesterday (April 4) and the diversion will be in place up until April 14. The resurfacing will only be carried out overnight, with the road closed between 8pm and 6am. Access for emergency services on blue light calls will be maintained.
In a Tweet, National Highways said: "We're carrying out overnight resurfacing to the westbound M2 from junctions 3- 1. Pls use this diversion 8pm-6am from: Monday 4 -Friday 8 April, Monday 11-Wedsday 13 April.
"Works end Thursday 14 April, 6am. Access for emergency services on blue light calls maintained."
Watling Street roundabout
UK Power Networks started excavation work today (April 5) around the roundabout on Watling Street, near Darent Valley Hospital. The work will include four temporary traffic lights on the roundabout.
It's expected to take up to four weeks to complete. Anyone visiting the hospital during that time has been urged to plan ahead, with delays and disruption likely.
However, the news hasn't gone down well with locals. One person wrote: "That's a pain in the neck to be honest!"
Another said: "More like gridlock!"
A26 Quarry Hill roundabout
UK Power Networks are also completing works in Tonbridge at the roundabout between Brook Street and Quarry Hill Road. Traffic lights are currently in position at each exit of the roundabout, causing a line of congestion at the top of the High Street.
Kent County Council say that following recent renovation works at the Shell Garage on the A26, UK Power Networks are required to install a new substation to the site.
The Easter half-term period has intentionally been chosen to complete the work given the proximity of schools and colleges on Brook Street. Works began at 7pm on April 1 and the permit for them to be carried out ends on April 9.
Local businesses and residents have been told to expect disruption to their power supplies later this week.
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A man appeared in court yesterday (April 6) accused of stabbing a man at a Sevenoaks address, leaving him seriously injured
Officers were called to a property in Greatness Mill Court, Sevenoaks, at around 3pm on Monday, April 4. There they found a man in his 20s, injured and showing signs of stab wounds.
He received treatment at a London hospital but has since been allowed to leave. Kent Police later arrested a man, who they say is believed to be known to the victim, and took him into custody.
Read more Kent News: Latest on Operation Brock and other incidents on our region's roads
James Jackson, 24, of Greatness Mill Court, is charged with wounding with intent ahead of his appearance before Medway Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday (April 6). He was remanded ahead of a hearing at Maidstone Crown Court on May 4.
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With the cost of living continuing to rise, all of us are now taking notice of price increases in our day-to-day lives. April began with a price hike to gas and electricity bills across the UK, which saw rates rise by an eye-watering 54 per cent.
Alongside this, fuel, food and transport prices have also seen notable increases, putting further strain on bank accounts everywhere. While this is a crisis being battled the nation over, it is undeniable that some are to be worse affected than others.
River ward in Chatham has been determined as the most deprived area in Medway . The Index of Multiple Deprivation is the official measure for relative deprivation in England which uses numerous indicators, including income, employment, crime and disability, to calculate a result for every neighbourhood in the country.
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Chatham’s River Ward was found to be the most deprived area of Medway, taking the 144th spot out of 32,844 locations in England, where number 1 is the most deprived. KentLive recently visited the area to get a true sense of what life is like here.
As the cost of living continues to make life difficult for even those in comfortable financial situations, we took to this area of Chatham to see how the crisis has affected the people here.
‘I have to struggle every single day to make ends meet’
Tony Collins, 54, has lived in Chatham his entire life and has struggled greatly with the rising cost of living.
He said: “Everything like prices in the shop, fuel in your car, the bills hike, all of that. The government are helping but they’re doing nowhere near enough.”
He continued “I have to struggle every single day to make ends meet, I’ve got to pay council tax, rent, water rates, electricity, TV licence and still pay for all of my food and my clothing, I’ve got to pay for all my travel expenses, buses, trains, everything. I live on my own and it is exceptionally difficult.
“I want there to be an answer to the problem but I don’t know what it is”.
‘There’s not enough support’
Jennifer Davis, 71, has lived in the area for 44 years and currently lives with her husband. She says she has noticed the changing prices but is in a position to ‘weather’ the situation currently.
She said: “When I’m going around the supermarket we’ve noticed all the prices coming up. We’re in a position to probably weather it for a while, we’re not absolutely desperate.
“As it builds up everybody’s going to have to be a bit careful and look at their money. There’s not enough support, they’ve given £150 off your council tax but the rest of the energy has got to be paid back at some time.
“We’re on a fixed rate for energy so we haven’t noticed it yet but we’re going to.”
‘It was already very difficult but now it just seems impossible’
Cherie Jones, 27, works as a community carer in the area and worries for the people she looks after. She said: “Where I work in care, I go into homes with other people and all of them have said that it’s become very difficult for them to afford the accommodation that they’re in. They don’t know where to turn and I have no clue where to direct them either.
She went on to explain how the situation has affected her own life. She continued: “Me and my partner have tried to move out of our parents’ homes and it was already very difficult but now it just seems impossible. We both work full time and still can’t afford to do it now it just seems that goal is a lot harder.
“Ideally it would have already happened but we’ve tried moving out to shared accommodation and with it going up we just can’t afford it. Even though we work full time, it seems impossible to do.”
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A Ukrainian refugee and her two young children have fled their home in Kiev and are ready to start a new life in Kent. Irina Ivonova, 40, and her two children Maria, four, and Vlad, 13, has spoken about her dramatic flight from her home country following the outbreak of war.
Luckily they have found hosts in Northbourne, between Deal and Sandwich, and they are ready to start a new life over. They are currently still in Poland and are waiting for approval from the British Government to come to the UK.
But it is certainly not by choice that they are planning a completely new life in an alien country in which English is a second language. They were forced to flee after Russia launched their illegal, aggressive invasion.
READ MORE: Ukraine accuses Russia of massacre as bodies found in city
"We were happy in our previous life," said Irina, "we had no plans to immigrate anywhere. We had everything in our previous life.
"On the 24th of February, we woke up with alarms going off and the sound of explosions. We saw messages saying that the war had started."
Fortunately, Irina had a car and decided to flee with her children. She said other people she knew in Ukraine - who also had children - did not have a vehicle and were unable to escape.
"We had prepared for just in case to take my children and my mother to Poland. So we took some clothes and a small bag.
"It took us about five days to get to the Polish border. Usually, the journey would take a few hours."
Over four million people from Ukraine have crossed into neighbouring countries in the region, including Poland, Hungary, Moldova and others. When Irina made her flight for freedom, she found herself stuck in miles of traffic.
Pictures show her four-year-old daughter playing on the side of the road in the midst of the mammoth jam.
"It was complicated," said Irina, "the last 20 to 30 miles took three days. Normally you can do it in one day, this trip.
"We had to find other roads, going around towns and not staying on the motorway."
Once in Poland, Irina said people were friendly and welcomed them with "big hearts". Although they were safe from the horrors of war, her children - especially her young daughter - wanted to go back to their old life.
Irina continued: "My son is older so he understands that we will not return to our old life. But my daughter is young and doesn't quite understand.
"She is constantly asking, every day, 'Mama, can we go home? I don't want to stay here'."
Although Irina speaks five languages, she doesn't speak Polish. Her daughter has gone to kindergarten in the country but is unable to communicate with her teachers.
Her children are both studying English in preparation for their new life in the UK. When asked if her children were looking forward to their new life in England, Irina said her daughter only wants to live in Ukraine.
"She doesn't want to live in any country except Ukraine. My 13-year-old he will be able to at least understand something.
"He is a bit older and he knows what is going on."
The people of Kent have mobilised together to help support people fleeing the war in Ukraine. Several businesses are donating profits to help raise funds for food and other medical supplies.
One man in Dover even drove hundreds of miles to Poland to drop off donations himself. Everywhere you go in Deal and Dover you see the Ukrainian flag flying in support.
Today marks the 42nd day of the invasion. The war has escalated with reports of atrocities committed by the Russian army in Bucha.
Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelenskiy has demanded Russian leaders "be brought to justice for war crimes". He also blasted the ability of the UN security council to provide security.
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PALM BEACH, Fla. — People paying back federal student loans are set to get a few extra months of relief.
The president’s announcement to extend the federal student loan moratorium from May to the end of August is welcome news for Christine Sylvain.
“No one wants to start out in life with a huge amount of debt,” she said.
Sylvain is the executive director of Path to College.
The nonprofit organization's mission is to secure the acceptance of low-income, high-achieving students into top-tier universities.
The program connects students with scholarship and grant opportunities, so they can graduate from college debt-free.
“A lot of people with student loans have seen them balloon with interest rates or they had to put them in deferment and forbearance and whatnot,” said Sylvain.
Even though scholarships propelled Sylvain through her undergraduate career, financing the last year of her master’s program at NYU was met with challenges.
“That loan was about $55,000 and after I graduated, I had my baby in my arms and six months later, I get my first bill and it was $700,” she said.
It’s been 12 years since Sylvain graduated from NYU and she’s still paying off one year’s worth of student loans.
“Now the loan is at $100,000 and I've been paying it regularly for about six years,” Sylvain said.
President Joe Biden says the four-month delay will help millions of borrowers bounce back from the pandemic.
Balances on student loans have been effectively frozen for more than two years now, with no payments required.
“They're not letting the loan interest accrue, so I think that was a necessary step,” said Tammy Trenta, Founder and CEO of Family Financial.
Some financial advisors are wary that the extension foreshadows potential plans that President Biden may have to cancel some student loan debt altogether.
“In my opinion, it's a way for Biden to kick the can down the road another six months,” said Trenta. “It's more of a bandaid. It doesn't really solve the issue.”
This story was first reported by Linnie Supall at WPTV in West Palm Beach, Fla.
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Yakima County is accepting applications for 2022 American Rescue Plan Act funds.
The county plans to distribute a portion of its allocated federal funds through an annual grant process in 2022, 2023 and 2024, according to the county’s website. Projects will be ranked and approved by county commissioners. Commissioner LaDon Linde said priorities include public safety, public health and infrastructure.
Examples of possible projects include:
• Programs, services and capital expenditures for affordable housing, childcare facilities, schools and hospitals that support an eligible COVID-19 public health or economic response.
• Cybersecurity
• Investments in water, sewer, and broadband infrastructure to improve access to clean drinking water, to support vital wastewater and stormwater infrastructure, and to expand affordable access to broadband internet.
• Projects to restore and bolster public safety sector capacity such as law enforcement officers, dispatchers, firefighters and emergency medical responders which support government’s ability to deliver critical COVID-19 services.
Commissioner Amanda McKinney said county officials worked with officials in Clallam County and the city of Monroe on the process.
Applications must be submitted online by 4:30 p.m. June 24. Applications received after this date will not qualify for 2022 grant funding, according to the notice.
The county was allocated $48.8 million in ARPA funds in 2021 for pandemic response and economic recovery. It received $24.4 million in May 2021, and the remainder will be received in May 2022. The 2022 grants are expected to be awarded by Sept. 30.
The application, eligibility requirements and other resources are available at www.yakimacounty.us/2668/American-Rescue-Plan-ARPA-Act.
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A group of 10 violent muggers pummeled and stabbed a 16-year-old scooter rider in broad daylight before taking off with his ride in Queens, disturbing video shows.
The teen was riding the scooter – with two male passengers – at the corner of 37th Avenue and 82nd Street in Elmhurst around 3:45 p.m. March 29, when the crew of strangers approached and demanded his ride, police said.
Footage released late Wednesday shows the crew punching and kicking the teen and his passengers – pummeling one of them in the middle of the busy street as cars and pedestrians passed by.
They then stabbed the teen once in the back, cops said.
The suspects took off with the teen’s scooter valued at $1,300, his backpack, iPhone XR valued at $500 and $20, police said.
A good Samaritan drove the teen to Elmhurst Hospital, where he was listed in stable condition.
It was unclear whether the passengers were hospitalized.
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The fantasy drafts are over, but your work is far from done.
It’s time to see if your gamble on that under-the-radar outfielder you selected three rounds above his average draft position pays off. It’s time to see if that veteran pitcher you entrusted with a key spot in your rotation has one more stellar season left in his aging arm. Will that late-round sleeper have the breakout you were hoping for, or will he just become another name added to the waiver wire?
It’s time to get those answers. It’s time to play ball.
But before the season starts, it’s time for Roto Rage’s eighth annual Overrated/Underrated Fantasy Team. Here’s a look at this year’s squad:
First base
Overrated: Ryan Mountcastle, Orioles
Enters the season widely believed to be a top-10 fantasy first baseman, yet he finished 2021 with the 17th-worst strikeout rate (27.5 percent), the 15th-worst on-base percentage (.309) and second-lowest walk rate (7 percent) among qualified players at his position. Though Mountcastle proved he has power (33 homers), it’s hard to believe he will duplicate that performance — especially since 22 of those bombs came at Camden Yards where they just moved the fences back 30 feet. Take all of that and mix that with a mediocre supporting cast, and you are stuck with a player almost solely dependent on power production. No thanks.
Underrated: C.J. Cron, Rockies
After a lackluster first half (.254, 12 HR, 35 RBIs, .833 OPS), he finished with a strong second half (.307, 16 HR, 57 RBI, .974). There’s also the Coors Field factor, where he hit .326 with 19 homers, 68 RBIs and a 1.073 OPS.
Second base
Overrated: Brandon Lowe, Rays
Being drafted as the fifth-best second baseman was a stretch, especially since he offers little in stolen bases and is a career .222 hitter with a near 36 percent strikeout rate against lefties. Power is good, but there was plenty of that to be found throughout drafts.
Underrated: Brendan Rodgers, Rockies
He’ll play every day, has 20-plus homer potential and multiple position eligibility. His road numbers (.289, 12 HR, 30 RBIs, 25 R, .873 OPS in 51 games) were better than those at home (.280, 3 HR, 21 RBI, 24 R, .723 OPS in 51 games), so this is not a Coors Field-based decision.
Shortstop
Overrated: Trevor Story, Red Sox
While with the Rockies, he was a .241 hitter with a .752 OPS in 370 road games while hitting .303 with a .972 OPS in 375 games at Coors Field. Enough said.
Underrated: J.P. Crawford, Mariners
Double-digit homer and stolen-base potential, finished in the top 40 in runs last year and should be the leadoff hitter for an improved lineup.
Third base
Overrated: Adalberto Mondesi, Royals
Primarily a shortstop, he’s eligible at third base. Doesn’t make a difference. Has played more than 75 games in a season once in his six-year career.
Underrated: Jeimer Candelario, Tigers
Tied for league-lead in doubles while hitting .271 with 16 homers, 67 RBIs, 75 runs scored in 2021. Hit .282 with 11 homers, 43 RBIs and a .882 OPS in the second half. An improved lineup could help with a potential breakout.
Catcher
Overrated: J.T. Realmuto, Phillies
Did you know his batting average has declined every year since hitting .303 in 2016, while his strikeout rate has gone up? Well, now you know.
Underrated: Austin Nola, Padres
Injuries are to blame for a disappointing 2021, but the universal DH should help keep him on the field.
Outfield
Overrated: Byron Buxton, Twins
Having all the talent in the world means little when you can’t stay healthy.
Underrated: Bryan Reynolds, Pirates
Among NL hitters, he ranked sixth in OPS, seventh in average, ninth in walk rate, 12th in runs and 15th in RBIs. He also hit 24 homers and had the 22nd-lowest strikeout rate.
Starting pitcher
Overrated: Robbie Ray, Mariners
Not only did he allow a ton of hard contact and 33 homers, he had a 3.69 FIP. He also has a career 4.00 ERA. Expect the southpaw to come back down to earth after his Cy Young campaign in 2021.
Underrated: Charlie Morton, Braves
Yes, he’s 38 but he was 61-24 with a 3.34 ERA, 10.6 strikeouts per nine (11th-best in the majors) and a 1.13 WHIP from 2017-21. He’s also armed with one of the best curveballs in the game, limiting opponents to a .127 average and 40 percent whiff rate (127 Ks) last year. The broken fibula he suffered in the World Series last year is nothing to be concerned with.
Relief pitcher
Overrated: Aroldis Chapman, Yankees
The flame-throwing closer had the second-highest strikeouts per nine (15.5) among hurlers with a minimum of 50 innings pitched, but he had the fifth-highest walks per nine (6.07), and his xERA (3.87) and FIP (3.99) were quite higher than his ERA (3.36). Not a good sign.
Underrated: David Bednar, Pirates
Struck out 32.5 percent of the batters he faced while maintaining a 2.23 ERA and 0.97 WHIP over 60 ²/₃ innings.
Rankings
First base
- Vladimir Guerrero Jr., Tor
- Freddie Freeman, LAD
- Matt Olson, Atl
- Pete Alonso, NYM
- Paul Goldschmidt, Stl
Second base
- Trea Turner, LAD
- Ozzie Albies, Atl
- Marcus Semien, Tex
- Whit Merrifield, KC
- Ketel Marte, Ari
Shortstop
- Trea Turner, LAD
- Bo Bichette, Tor
- Xander Bogaerts, Bos
- Tim Anderson, CWS
- Francisco Lindor, NYM
Third base
- Jose Ramirez, Cle
- Rafael Devers, Bos
- Manny Machado, SD
- Wander Franco, TB
- Kris Bryant, Col
Catcher
- Salvador Perez, KC
- Will Smith, LAD
- Yasmani Grandal, CWS
- Willson Contreras, CHC
- J.T. Realmuto, Phi
Outfielders
- Juan Soto, Was
- Ronald Acuña, Atl
- Bryce Harper, Phi
- Kyle Tucker, Hou
- Mookie Betts, LAD
Starting pitchers
- Corbin Burnes, Mil
- Gerrit Cole, NYY
- Max Scherzer, NYM
- Walker Buehler, LAD
- Brandon Woodruff, Mil
Relief pitchers
- Josh Hader, Mil
- Liam Hendriks, CWS
- Raisel Igelesias, LAA
- Emmanuel Clase, Cle
- Ryan Pressly, Hou
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A gunman in Philadelphia shot two women and a transit police officer before being found dead from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound, police said.
The suspect barricaded himself in an apartment in the city’s Frankford section after two women were shot at about 7 p.m. Wednesday, the Philadelphia Inquirer reported.
Responding officers then spotted a man running into a building, where he started firing at cops from a window. Several cops returned fire and a SEPTA police officer was wounded in the chest in the intense exchange, police said.
The 28-year-old transit cop, a three-year veteran, later underwent surgery at a hospital and is expected to make a full recovery, WPVI reported.
The officer, who provided cover to a city cop who got pinned down during the shootout, connected with his colleagues over FaceTime following surgery — even giving a thumbs-up, according to the station.
“It doesn’t matter the patch they wear and the badge that’s on their chest,” SEPTA Transit Police Chief Thomas Nestel said. “Police officers do his stuff when their brothers and sisters are in danger.”
The two wounded women, ages 42 and 57, were shot in the hip and taken to a hospital in stable condition, WPVI reported.
A witness told the station he was standing at a bus stop when a man started shooting from about a block away.
“Here we are again … another night in our city,” Philadelphia police spokesman Sgt. Eric Gripp told the Inquirer. “Just this completely and totally unacceptable and reckless gun violence nearly took three innocent people’s lives, and we’re so grateful it wasn’t worse.”
The gunman, who wasn’t immediately identified, was later found dead inside an apartment building from a self-inflicted gunshot to the head after emptying a Glock that had 15 rounds, police told WPVI.
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Magic Johnson is one proud father to his son Earvin “EJ” Johnson.
The 29-year-old reality TV personality came out to the former basketball player, 62, in 2010 and at first, the latter wasn’t too keen about the decision.
EJ and his pops looked back on the experience with Variety and candidly opened up about their relationship following the news.
“The Rich Kids of Beverly Hills” star noted that while his friends knew of his sexuality at the time, his parents were “the last people” he told.
“It wasn’t new for me, but they had to really take that in and digest it,” EJ told the outlet.
“Especially my dad, because he was really the last person to talk to. I think it was just a lot for him to swallow in that conversation. A lot of just going back and forth. And he just was rattling off about things that weren’t particularly nice. But he’s not somebody who works great being cornered or surprised,” he continued.
EJ didn’t officially come out to the public until 2013 when TMZ posted a video of him holding hands with his partner at the time.
After the “EJ in NYC” star told his parents, he noted that his dad often had rules about the way he could dress. “He’d come up with stupid rules: ‘No scarves in the house,’” EJ said. “But it’s really not about scarves; it’s really about him seeing you be you.”
Despite familial tensions running a little high, it wasn’t until EJ left for college at New York University in 2013, that Johnson started to come around.
“I had only been gone for two months,” EJ added of the time Johnson came to visit him in the Big Apple.
“He picked me up at my dorm and I was like, ‘Oh, whatever, hey.’ And he hugged me so hard — he was, like, squeezing all the air out of me. That’s when I knew, there’s nothing but love here,” EJ said.
Of his son’s sexuality, the Michigan native revealed to the publication, “He changed me. He was so proud. This dude here is just so proud of who he is.”
Johnson previously discussed his son’s coming out on an episode of the “Ellen DeGeneres Show” back in 2017.
“I think it’s all about you not trying to decide what your daughter or son should be or what you want them to become. It’s all about loving them no matter who they are, what they decide to do,” he said at the time.
Johnson went on, “And when my son came out, I was so happy for him and happy for us as parents. We love him. EJ is amazing. So you got to support your child, because there are so many people who try to discriminate against them, so they need you to support them. Because if you don’t support them, who is going to support them? And love them?”
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This is not LeBron James’ week.
Steph Curry might play wit h James in a “fantasy world,” but the Warriors star guard isn’t interested in teaming up with the King at the moment.
Curry joined 95.7 The Game’s Steiny & Guru Wednesday and was asked about James’ recent comments he made in an upcoming episode of “The Shop.”
“In today’s game, Steph Curry. Steph Curry’s the one that I want to play with,” James said in a preview for the episode, which airs on Friday.
“Oh shoot,” Curry said, laughing. “That is phenomenal. When did he say that, on ‘The Shop’?’ Well he got his wish. He was the [All-Star] captain. He’s picked me the last two All-Star games. I don’t know if that suffices, but I’m good right now.”
When asked how James’ comments make him feel, Curry said, “I mean whenever you get the interest or curiosity of what it would be like to play with arguably, an MVP-caliber dude like he is, one of the greatest of all time, cool. I guess I made it. We can all live in that fantasy world though.”
James and Curry have battled each other on the court for years, but they’ve never played on the same team — with the exception of the All-Star Game. The pair were prolific in this year’s game, combining for 74 points (50 from Curry) in a win over Team Durant.
The 37-year-old James remains undefeated as an All-Star captain over the last three years, having selected Curry twice in his top three picks. After last year’s All-Star game, James praised Curry after the pair shared the ball for the first time in their storied careers.
But Curry is focused right now on winning his fourth championship with the Warriors, alongside longtime teammates Klay Thompson, Draymond Green and Andre Iguodala. The Warriors are currently the No. 3 seed in the Western Conference. Last August, Curry signed a four-year, $215 million contract extension with Golden State.
James got an early start to the offseason after the Suns eliminated the Lakers from playoff contention in a 121-110 loss Tuesday. He’s up for a contract extension on Aug. 4.
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Heartbreaking images have emerged of two young Ukrainian brothers placing food and juice on their mother’s grave after she starved to death amid Russia’s deadly invasion.
Vlad Tanyuk, 6, and his 10-year-old brother, Vova, were pictured standing over their mother’s hastily dug grave in the courtyard of their home in Bucha, on the outskirts of Kyiv, earlier this week.
Their mother, Ira, is said to have passed away from starvation and stress from Russia’s ongoing atrocities.
It wasn’t immediately clear when Ira died.
Russia has been accused of war crimes in Bucha — the town where the boys live — after dozens of innocent civilians were slaughtered by Vladimir Putin’s troops.
Authorities have been collecting bodies — many with close-range gunshot wounds or severe burns — from the streets of Bucha and placing them in mass graves.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky visited the town on Monday to “show the world” the mass graves as he vowed to hold Russia accountable for treating Ukrainians “worse than animals.”
“We want you to show the world what happened here. What the Russian military did. What the Russian Federation did in peaceful Ukraine,” Zelensky said.
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“It was important for you to see that these were civilians.”
“What you see around, what they did to this modern town, is a characteristic of the Russian military, who treated people worse than animals. These are war crimes, and this will be recognized by the world as genocide.”
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Beyond Transfer
Building common ground and shared will for accelerated change
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Connecting Promise Programs to Community College Transfer
The importance of professional development for transfer practitioners.
Anyone keeping an eye on the U.S. Congress senses that free community college across the country looks increasingly unlikely. While that will disappoint many people, the good news is that community college already is free in many parts of the country.
The U.S. has 116 last-dollar and 15 first-dollar community college promise programs, and those often end up making college at least tuition-free. These figures come from the University of Pennsylvania Alliance for Higher Education and Democracy (PennAHEAD) database of promise programs, and that doesn’t include the 17 or so statewide free community college programs.
With so many of these programs already in place, my team at the Aspen Institute College Excellence Program wanted to know: Which four-year universities are creating pathways for Promise program students to attain bachelor’s degrees? What can we learn from these programs?
Our early field scan finds untapped potential. One emerging model may provide a roadmap for other institutions. It’s the Path to UW—a transfer partnership between the Seattle Colleges Seattle Promise program and the University of Washington Seattle Campus. We think it will inspire civic leaders and higher education leaders.
The Origin Story
This partnership traces its history to 2018, when Jenny Durken, then mayor of Seattle, launched the Seattle Promise. It covers tuition for any graduate of the Seattle public schools through a last-dollar scholarship, as well as supplementary financial aid to cover non-tuition expenses for the lowest-income students. It connects these scholars with retention coaches so they not only enroll, but thrive and complete associate degrees.
In 2021, with financing from the federal government’s American Rescue Plan, the mayor’s office and the UW transfer team took another step. They established the Path to UW, to give the Promise students greater educational and economic opportunity. Through the new program, the transfer team wants to reach “students furthest from educational justice, including first-generation, low-income and underrepresented students,” in the words of the transfer team members, Joslin Boroughs, Cynthia Caci and Michaelann Jundt. They add, “We aim to both increase and diversify UW’s transfer student population.”
The Model
Approximately 1,500 transfer students start at the UW-Seattle campus each year. The overwhelming majority—87 percent—graduate with a bachelor’s degree. By connecting the local Promise program to transfer pathways, UW can ensure that many more transfer students benefit. Path to UW includes three standout programmatic elements:
- Dedicated advising and admissions support for Promise students: The Path to UW employs a full-time advisor who works directly with Seattle Promise students through dedicated informational sessions, individualized advising and other direct communications. In addition, signature UW admissions events, such as a day-long series of seminars for prospective students, include tailored sessions for Promise students looking to transfer.
- Credit-bearing academic exploration course for prospective students: “The Path to UW Academic Introduction” is designed for students who have completed their first year of the Seattle Promise. This summer course is taught by UW faculty and allows students to explore majors, gain exposure to research opportunities at UW and identify classroom and extracurricular experiences that help prepare scholars for careers.
- Credit-bearing writing course for admitted students: The UW transfer team addressed a common barrier for their students: success in academic writing. The summer before transferring, Promise students admitted to UW have access to the “Path to UW Academic Transition” course. Faculty members from different disciplines tailor the course to their subject area, with each course designed to prepare students to meet the university’s writing expectations. At the same time, the experience builds relationships with faculty and other Promise students before the semester starts. (Promise students do not pay to enroll in either summer course, but UW does provide stipends for instructors.)
The Path to UW model uses faculty engagement to help transfer students succeed. For colleges interested in this approach, the UW transfer team shared an observation: “Faculty are really excited to engage with transfer students and are committed to the success of underrepresented, low income, and first-generation students,” the team said. Faculty “want to introduce these students to the wonder that is a big research university and help them see themselves here.”
Behind the Scenes of Innovation
The creation of Path to UW underscores the importance of professional development for transfer practitioners. Since 2018, the UW transfer team members have participated in the American Talent Initiative’s transfer community of practice. Through that group, they learned how UCLA’s Center for Community College Partnerships supports transfer students through pre-transfer advising and wrap-around support programming, such as the Summer Intensive Transfer Experience.
When the mayor’s office proposed closer connections between Seattle Promise and the university, the transfer team was ready with ideas. They were inspired by programming at UCLA, for example. In just a few months, they launched the Path to UW.
What does this mean for university leaders across the country who want to improve the transfer path for Promise students? They can provide resources for transfer teams to exchange ideas with peers at other institutions. The University of Washington invested in professional development, and that surely will benefit hundreds more transfer students in coming years.
We have retired comments and introduced Letters to the Editor. Letters may be sent to [email protected].
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Johns Hopkins University has strengthened COVID-19 rules following a rise in cases.
“Since Spring Break, we have received reports of COVID cases among undergraduates who have recently traveled or who were exposed to someone who has recently traveled,” said an email to students from Kevin Shollenberger, vice provost for student health and well-being. “Nearly 100 undergraduate students have reported a positive test since April 1, with cases evenly split among residential and non-residential students. Consistent with what we have seen this term, many students who tested positive are asymptomatic, and the rest are experiencing only mild symptoms.”
In response, Hopkins is temporarily instituting twice-weekly COVID-19 testing for undergraduates. The university is also reinstituting masking requirements for all persons in common areas of residence halls or in university dining facilities, except when actively eating or drinking.
This article is part of our COVID-19 LIVE Coverage »
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Ruth Negga “Liked, Loved, and Was Irritated” by Her ‘Passing’ Character
by Lynn Hirschberg
“I always wanted to play Clare,” Ruth Negga reveals about her character in the Rebecca Hall-directed film Passing. After reading the Nella Larsen book upon which the movie is based in her early ’20s, she was intrigued by Clare’s mystery. “I think she's a mystery even to herself,” Negga adds. “And I think that’s okay.” In this episode of Screen Tests with Lynn Hirschberg, Negga explains why she was embarrassed by Clare’s unfiltered mouth, and what it was like to attend the Oscars for the first time.
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GBPUSD up and down trading continues
The price action over the last two days in the GBPUSD
GBP/USD
The GBP/USD is the currency pair encompassing the United Kingdom’s currency, the British pound sterling (symbol £, code GBP), and the dollar of the United States of America (symbol $, code USD). The pair’s rate indicates how many US dollars are needed in order to purchase one British pound. For example, when the GBP/USD is trading at 1.5000, it means 1 pound is equivalent to 1.5 dollars. The GBP/USD is the fourth most traded currency pair on the forex exchange market, giving it ample liquidity and a low spread. Whilst the spreads of currency pairs vary from broker to broker, generally speaking, the GBP/USD often stays within the 1 pip to 3 pip spread range, making it a decent candidate for scalping. The GBP/USD pair, also informally known as “cable” (due to transatlantic cables being used to transmit its exchange rate via telegraph back in the 19th century) has a positive correlation with the EUR/USD, and a negative correlation with the USD/CHF. Trading the GBP/USDWhilst a lot of traders and even brokers will assert that the best time to trade the GBP/USD is during its most active hours during London and New York, doing so can be a double-edged sword due to the often-unpredictable nature of the pair. Its volatility also fluctuates often, and so what could be a profitable looking strategy one month, may not be so productive in later months. In addition, purely technical traders can really struggle to be consistent with this pair, (i.e. by ignoring fundamentals), due to the unique political nature of the United Kingdom. The recent drama surrounding Brexit has added another layer of uncertainty to this currency pair. With a smooth resolution not in the cards for the foreseeable future, it is clear the GBP/USD will be influenced by any developments and negotiations with the European Union.
The GBP/USD is the currency pair encompassing the United Kingdom’s currency, the British pound sterling (symbol £, code GBP), and the dollar of the United States of America (symbol $, code USD). The pair’s rate indicates how many US dollars are needed in order to purchase one British pound. For example, when the GBP/USD is trading at 1.5000, it means 1 pound is equivalent to 1.5 dollars. The GBP/USD is the fourth most traded currency pair on the forex exchange market, giving it ample liquidity and a low spread. Whilst the spreads of currency pairs vary from broker to broker, generally speaking, the GBP/USD often stays within the 1 pip to 3 pip spread range, making it a decent candidate for scalping. The GBP/USD pair, also informally known as “cable” (due to transatlantic cables being used to transmit its exchange rate via telegraph back in the 19th century) has a positive correlation with the EUR/USD, and a negative correlation with the USD/CHF. Trading the GBP/USDWhilst a lot of traders and even brokers will assert that the best time to trade the GBP/USD is during its most active hours during London and New York, doing so can be a double-edged sword due to the often-unpredictable nature of the pair. Its volatility also fluctuates often, and so what could be a profitable looking strategy one month, may not be so productive in later months. In addition, purely technical traders can really struggle to be consistent with this pair, (i.e. by ignoring fundamentals), due to the unique political nature of the United Kingdom. The recent drama surrounding Brexit has added another layer of uncertainty to this currency pair. With a smooth resolution not in the cards for the foreseeable future, it is clear the GBP/USD will be influenced by any developments and negotiations with the European Union.
Read this Term makes you want to lie down until the feeling goes away to trade. The price has moved up and down between 1.3107 on the topside and 1.3044 on the downside. Today's low reached 1.30495 in the first hour of the Asian session, and a high of 1.31058 in the early Europe session.
The move to the upside in the GBPUSD today, did briefly break above its 100 hour moving average (blue line currently at 1.30974), but the momentum could not be sustained as sellers leaned against the high from yesterday instead (see green numbered circles).
On the downside, swing lows from March 29 at 1.3059 and 1.3049 will now be eyed (the price currently trading at 1.3072) followed by a swing low going back to March 16 at 1.30419 (see red numbered circles).
Yesterday's low stalled just ahead of that level as did the post the FOMC volatility
Volatility
In terms of trading, volatility refers to the amount of change in the rate of an index or asset, such as forex, commodities, stocks, over a given time period. Trading volatility can be a means of describing an instrument’s fluctuation. For example, a highly volatile stock equates to large fluctuations in price, whereas a low volatile stock equates to tepid fluctuations in price. Overall, volatility is an important statistical indicator used by many parties, including financial traders, analysts, and brokers. Volatility can be an important determinant in developing trading systems, protocols, or regulations.In the retail space, traders can be successful in both low and high volatile environments, however the strategies employed are often different depending upon volatility. Is Volatility Good or Bad? In the forex space, lower levels of volatile across currency pairs offer less surprises, movements, and are suited to certain types of individuals such as position traders.By extension, high volatile pairs are attractive for many day traders. This is due to rapid and strong movements, which collectively offer the potential for higher profits.However, the risk associated with such volatile pairs are manifold. Of note, volatility with instruments or indices can and do change over time. There can be periods when even highly volatile instruments show signs of flatness, with price not really making headway in either direction. For example, certain months in the summer are associated with low trading volatility.Too little volatility is just as problematic for markets as too much. Too much volatility can instill panic and create its own issues, such as liquidity constraints.A famous example of this are considered Black Swan events, which have historically roiled currency and equity markets.
In terms of trading, volatility refers to the amount of change in the rate of an index or asset, such as forex, commodities, stocks, over a given time period. Trading volatility can be a means of describing an instrument’s fluctuation. For example, a highly volatile stock equates to large fluctuations in price, whereas a low volatile stock equates to tepid fluctuations in price. Overall, volatility is an important statistical indicator used by many parties, including financial traders, analysts, and brokers. Volatility can be an important determinant in developing trading systems, protocols, or regulations.In the retail space, traders can be successful in both low and high volatile environments, however the strategies employed are often different depending upon volatility. Is Volatility Good or Bad? In the forex space, lower levels of volatile across currency pairs offer less surprises, movements, and are suited to certain types of individuals such as position traders.By extension, high volatile pairs are attractive for many day traders. This is due to rapid and strong movements, which collectively offer the potential for higher profits.However, the risk associated with such volatile pairs are manifold. Of note, volatility with instruments or indices can and do change over time. There can be periods when even highly volatile instruments show signs of flatness, with price not really making headway in either direction. For example, certain months in the summer are associated with low trading volatility.Too little volatility is just as problematic for markets as too much. Too much volatility can instill panic and create its own issues, such as liquidity constraints.A famous example of this are considered Black Swan events, which have historically roiled currency and equity markets.
Read this Term low (at 1.30472).
The extremes are doing a good job at confining the pair in the GBPUSD with 1.3107 above and 1.3042 on the downside as the bookend resistance and support levels.
In between the bookend what you do?
The choppy price action makes you want to lie down until the feeling to trade goes away.
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USDCAD tests 38.2% retracement
The USDCAD
USD/CAD
The USD/CAD is the currency pair encompassing the dollar of the United States of America (symbol $, code USD), and the Canadian dollar of Canada (symbol $ code CAD). The pair’s exchange rate indicates how many Canadian dollars are needed in order to purchase one US dollar. For example, when the USD/CAD is trading at 1.3500, it means 1 US dollar is equivalent to 1.35 Canadian dollars. The US dollar (USD) is the world’s most traded currency, whilst the Canadian dollar (CAD) is the world’s seventh most traded currency. The United States and Canada are geographical neighbors, and as a result there is a lot of trade between the two countries. Thus, there is often decent volatility and low spreads for the USD/CAD, typically between 1 and 3 pips on most foreign exchange brokers. Factors Influencing the USD/CADThere are a number of important economic or news releases that can affect the USD/CAD. This includes among others, Non-Farm Payroll data for the US that are released on the first Friday of each month. Such metrics tell us whether employment is rising or falling, while the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for Canada or the US, measure the total value of all goods and services produced by the country. In addition, the USD/CAD is known as a “Commodity Pair”, as Canada possesses large amounts of natural resources, specifically oil, which is its most traded commodity. As a result, it’s important for long term speculators of USD/CAD to keep a close eye on crude oil developments due to the strong negative correlation.
The USD/CAD is the currency pair encompassing the dollar of the United States of America (symbol $, code USD), and the Canadian dollar of Canada (symbol $ code CAD). The pair’s exchange rate indicates how many Canadian dollars are needed in order to purchase one US dollar. For example, when the USD/CAD is trading at 1.3500, it means 1 US dollar is equivalent to 1.35 Canadian dollars. The US dollar (USD) is the world’s most traded currency, whilst the Canadian dollar (CAD) is the world’s seventh most traded currency. The United States and Canada are geographical neighbors, and as a result there is a lot of trade between the two countries. Thus, there is often decent volatility and low spreads for the USD/CAD, typically between 1 and 3 pips on most foreign exchange brokers. Factors Influencing the USD/CADThere are a number of important economic or news releases that can affect the USD/CAD. This includes among others, Non-Farm Payroll data for the US that are released on the first Friday of each month. Such metrics tell us whether employment is rising or falling, while the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for Canada or the US, measure the total value of all goods and services produced by the country. In addition, the USD/CAD is known as a “Commodity Pair”, as Canada possesses large amounts of natural resources, specifically oil, which is its most traded commodity. As a result, it’s important for long term speculators of USD/CAD to keep a close eye on crude oil developments due to the strong negative correlation.
Read this Term is trading to a new session high and in the process is testing the 38.2% retracement and swing highs from March 24 March 28 near 1.25853 and 1.25923. The price just to the above the 38.2% retracement. Buyers are making a play to the upside.
Earlier today, the USDCAD price did down but found support near the swing high from April 1. A swing low going back to March 23 also is in the area between 1.2536 and 1.25423. Holding that level on the dip not once but twice, gave the buyers the go-ahead to push higher.
Moving above a swing area at 1.2561 and 1.25696 (see blue numbered circles) was another bullish move in the last few hours of trading. That level is now a close risk level on the downside. Stay above and the buyers remain in control.
A move higher would next target the 200 day moving average of 1.2617. The USDCAD's price moved below the 200 day moving average back on March 22 and has not been above that moving average level since that time.
Later this afternoon, the national budget will be released. Yesterday, it was leaked that foreign buyers of real estate would be stopped for the next two years in an attempt to stop the surge in home prices. The market is selling the CAD ahead of the news/budget..
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Riverview Gardens School District named Kasia Landa as principal at Glasgow Elementary for the 2022-2023 school year. Landa has served as interim principal at Glasgow since January. She previously served as an instructional coach at Glasgow from 2017 until her appointment as interim principal in January 2022. Landa also served as a classroom teacher in the district from 2014-2017.Landa earned a Bachelor of Science in Educational Education from the University of Missouri - St. Louis. She also earned a master of education in education administration and an educational specialist degree in education administration from UMSL.
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I knew when President Joe Biden held true to his word and nominated a Black woman, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, to the Supreme Court, the confirmation hearing would be must-watch TV.
I knew there would be tough questions from Republicans. I knew there would be racist and sexist dog whistles. I knew it would be interesting.
I didn’t know it would be such a crap show. I didn’t know it would get downright embarrassing and uncomfortable to watch.
I wanted to learn more about Jackson and her legal expertise. I wanted tough questions. I wanted her to prove to those who questioned her credentials and asked if she’s the best person for the job that indeed she is. I expected softballs from the Democrats and hardballs from Republicans.
Again, I didn’t expect a crap show, but that’s what I, and everyone else, got. Forget about dog whistles. We got downright, blatant racist and misogynistic questions. We were treated to a red-faced Sen. Lindsey Graham as well as Sens. Ted Cruz and Josh Hawley questioning her ad nauseum about child pornography cases she’s adjudicated. Sen. Tom Cotton also got in a few potshots too.
Graham looked as if he had an axe to grind. He wanted retribution for past confirmation hearings, and he planned to take his anger out on Jackson. By the way, he didn’t have that energy when he confirmed Jackson as a federal appellate court judge about a year ago. What changed, Lindsey?
Questions were asked without giving Jackson a chance to answer before the next one came. The senators argued with the chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Dick Durbin. They went over their allotted time and seemed to forget all sense of propriety and decorum. Again, this was embarrassing.
This was nothing but a performance of posturing and grandstanding that made it difficult to take these senators seriously. Is this what America’s come to? Our elected officials do things just for show for their constituents. Quite frankly, it was a dereliction of duty as we got nothing of substance from the hearings.
God bless Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson.
Jackson withstood it all with a stoicism to which Will Smith can only aspire. She sat there day after day, listening to attacks on her character and knowing she had to choose her words carefully with each response. Being a Black woman, Jackson knew every facial expression and her body language would be scrutinized to the nth degree.
Talk about being under a microscope. She sat there knowing a daughter, her mother and husband were seated nearby and had to watch her endure this theatrical performance better known as a confirmation hearing. I can only imagine how her family felt at this misogynistic line of questioning. They all held their composure throughout the day only to return the next day and do it again. I was exhausted just watching on my computer. I couldn’t feel the tension in the room or look directly into the eyes of the people causing so much pain.
God bless Jackson and her family.
Not only was I exhausted with the line of questioning, but I was also frustrated since the senators, who are lawyers, wouldn’t acknowledge they are a big part of the problem when it comes to child pornography. Like most judges in this country, Jackson followed sentences guidelines established by Congress in 1987.
In the confirmation hearing of a Black female judge, privileged, mediocre white men became the focal point. I believe these senators wanted to steal the show from Jackson. I believe Jackson will have the last laugh, though, when she’s confirmed to the Supreme Court. She’ll be more than a footnote in history.
Oseye Boyd is editor of the Indianapolis Recorder
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Some of my most vivid childhood memories are of my mom and her sisters sitting around the kitchen table on hot summer nights, talking about everyone and everything.
They’d talk about people they’d grown up with and the latest news (and hairdos) in Ebony, Jet, and Essence magazines. They’d talk about the racism and sexism in the schools and at their jobs, and how I — and my knuckleheaded siblings and cousins — had been cutting up. But what I looked forward to most was when they’d get to reminiscing about their childhoods.
Sometimes when they talked about things that happened when they were kids, the conversation turned to the killing of Emmett Till.
On Tuesday, March 29, President Biden signed The Emmett Till Antilynching Act, named after the 14-year-old killed on August 28, 1955, in Mississippi, for supposedly whistling at and flirting with a white woman.
This historic moment comes after more than 200 failed attempts to pass antilynching legislation over the past 120-odd years. It is an understatement to say the legislation is long overdue. But, as Chicago native Rep. Bobby Rush (D-IL), told Vox, “Biden’s signing of the Emmett Till Antilynching Act sends a message that America will no longer continue to ignore this shameful chapter of our history and that the government engaged in legislative failure for far too long.”
Lynching is a clear example of one’s inhumanity toward another,” Rush said. “It’s a uniquely American act of terrorism that is motivated by hatred, and, before today, was never punished by our legal system.” A person convicted under the act can now be sentenced to up to 30 years in prison.
My mom was 10-years-old at the time of Till’s brutal killing. Like Till — and many other Black Chicagoland residents whose families had come to the shores of Lake Michigan during the Great Migration — my mom and her siblings regularly went down South during the summer to visit relatives. After his killing, their desire to go to Tennessee to see family was dampened by fear.
In the 1980s, sitting in that kitchen listening to my mom and her sisters talk, I could hear the pain in their voices as if Till had been killed that very same day. I’ve often thought about how traumatic it must have been for my mother and my aunts to find out that a child — a teenage boy not much older than they were, living not too far from where they lived — had been stripped naked, brutally beaten, had an eye gouged out, and been shot in the head before being tied to a 75-pound cotton gin with barbed wire and thrown into the Tallahatchie River.
My mom remembers what it was like to see the photos of Till’s battered decomposing body in his casket on the front page of the Chicago Defender. And every time I’ve heard her mention this, she’s gotten tears in her eyes, and used the same word to describe the moment: “Terrifying.”
She and my aunts were clear that what happened to Emmett Till could happen to them, too. Growing up, I also got the same message. My grandmother would sometimes tell me that a mob of white people could snatch me up, kill me, and nothing would happen to them.
Indeed, an all-white jury had an acquittal wrapped up with a bow for the men who snatched and killed Emmett Till. Roy Bryant, the husband of Carolyn Bryant — the white woman who Till supposedly whistled at — and J.W. Milam, Roy Bryant’s half-brother, literally got away with murder and told their story in Look magazine in 1956.
When I was a kid, I had no idea that when my grandma spoke of these things, she hinted at a family history that was too painful for her to share. It wouldn’t be until 1999, months before her death, that she finally talked about her older brother going out for a walk where they lived in Georgia and ending up lynched. My mom hadn’t known before that moment that my grandma even had a brother.
When the antilynching legislation was still on Biden’s desk, New York Amsterdam News Publisher Elinor Tatum, wrote “We have the modern-day lynching of James Byrd in Jasper, Texas, in 1998; Ahmaud Arbery in Brunswick, Georgia in 2020; and George Floyd in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in 2020. And who can forget the killing of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin in Sanford, Florida, in 2012?”
The lie of white supremacy would have America believe that if the Ku Klux Klan didn’t do it, it’s not a lynching. We’re supposed to believe that lynching is only hanging — it’s not — and that this violence is firmly in America’s past.
Who indeed? Every time Black parents have “the talk” with our children, we’re haunted by the horrors of what can happen to innocent Black folk who are just living life — like Emmett Till.
The legislation is not a magic wand that will transform the United States into racial Nirvana. It can’t change the reality that in some places across this country, due to so-called anti-Critical Race Theory laws, even teaching the truth in public schools about what happened to Emmett Till is no longer permitted. But this legislation is a step towards accountability and justice — and Emmett Till is owed that.
Liz Dwyer is managing director of Word In Black, a digital collaboration of the nation’s leading Black publishers managed by Local Media Foundation
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Tax exemptions of the Missouri legislature are based upon 1. profit— the underlying margin which the state stands to lose or gain and 2. principle— the notion that our state should not collect funds from certain essential purchases. We tax-exempt hospital beds, newspapers and textbooks, but also bingo cards and hotel shampoo.
Missouri legislators are currently considering Senate Bill 897, which aims to exempt femine hygiene products— medical and sanitary materials that most Missouri women need— from taxation. As this legislative session comes to a close, I ask of you to join the other 13 states which have lifted the tampon tax, and the other 31 which have introduced similar legislation this year. The profit unrighteously taken from this state’s women makes up roughly 0.017% of your $35 billion budget, and if you can’t let such a profit slip away, start with getting bingo sheets off the list. If the state still wants more, cash in some of the recent $3 billion budget surplus (which would still leave a whopping $2.94 billion of excess funds to play with). Missourians as a whole can surely agree that if the state has no will to tax tractor lubricant, then it has not the principle nor the profit incentive to tax maxipads.
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MUFG this week highlighted a sub-3% margin of victory for Macron as a potential euro risk. The top two vote-getters will head to a run-off.
This poll from Ipsos also puts Macron winning with 52% of the vote in the second round. That's perilously close.
Le Pen's anti-globalization, anti-EU and anti-immigration stance would be a big shakeup in Europe. The pair were in the run-off in the 2017 election but Macron eventually won with 66% of the vote.
She has campaigned on the high cost of living and French nationalism with rhetoric like this:
“What is at stake in this election is the continuity of France as a free nation, our existence as a people,” Le Pen told supporters in Lyon. “The French have been dispossessed of their patriotism. They are suffering in silence from not being allowed to love their country … The divide is no longer between the left and the right, but between the patriots and the globalists.”
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Is it time for a summer holiday yet? Given that it is April the answer is probably no, but that doesn't mean we can't all start planning where we want to get away in the warmer months.
To escape from the Garden of England then you of course can head to the UK's biggest airports just a short drive along the M25 in Gatwick and Heathrow, or you could head toward the coast and board a ferry or the Eurostar to our good friends over in Europe. Following two years of the coronavirus pandemic meaning many are yearning for a holiday, now may be the best time to try and get something before the rush!
But before you do so there's one little document that checking now may be more important than ever. Without that purple, or blue, passport getting away abroad simply does not happen. And at the moment it turns out that getting a new one after one is not as quick as before the pandemic.
READ MORE: Former Kent teacher struck off after touching pupil's thigh and asking if they 'fancied' her
Earlier this week the Government issued a passport warning to Brits who are set to travel soon but may be holding onto a passport that will expire beforehand. On Monday (April 4) the Passport Office took to social media to warn people that new passport applications are taking up to 10 weeks to be processed, the Liverpool Echo reports.
In a tweet, the Passport Office said: "Is your passport due to expire? You'll need to allow up to 10 weeks to process your passport application when applying from the UK." This period of time seems to be almost double that of the length of time just a few weeks ago.
According to the Gov.uk website, the wait time was actually much less a fortnight ago, with a standard online application taking between five to six weeks in the week ending March 20. This figure was even less prior to the coronavirus pandemic with wait times experienced by customers around the three week mark.
With the applications taken much longer than previously highlighted some travellers have taken to social media to say that they are worried about their passport situation with holidays fast approaching. Taking to Twitter, Katie Walsh said: "I have been waiting for a passport from original application date 16th January 2022 - I’ve allowed more than the 10 weeks. I am really starting to panic now that it has been lost in the process. Please can someone get back to me and HELP. Due to fly abroad in a few weeks time."
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Richard Jones also took to the social media platform to express his anger at not being able to speak to someone. He said: "You can't resolve queries over web or email so I'm now on hold for 15 minutes at 40p/minute. Why am I paying for your mistake?"
Kerry Ryan was also not impressed with the standard of customer service she is receiving. She said: "Absolutely dire customer service. Applied with plenty of time -stated 5 weeks at time of application. Had 10 weeks to travel. Looks like £4k holiday will be wasted. I will be seeking these from HM Passport. Can’t get through on phone."
Speaking to the Liverpool Echo, a spokesperson for Her Majesty's Passport Office said: "Due to Covid-19, over 5 million people delayed applying for a British passport throughout 2020 and 2021. In preparation for the demand for international travel returning, since April 2021 we have published clear guidance that our customers should allow up to ten weeks to get their passport.
“In busier periods, call waiting times will take longer. However, we continue to work with our supplier to further recruit and support the effort to return response times closer to normal levels.”
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Ashley Erling brings us “Eye on RI” featuring local events and attractions!
Newport Restaurant Week- Join us for another season of Newport Restaurant Week where area restaurants will offer an assortment of crave-worthy discounts and deals for you to choose from. Think: BOGO deals, prix-fixe offerings, gift cards promotions and more.
All About Eggs- Come learn about the natural history of bird eggs in this special program. After an overview of the basic biology of avian eggs, we will also have a quick look at the wide variety of egg decorating customs from around the world. Next you’ll have a chance to view a curated selection of our extensive egg collection not typically on view to the public. You can choose between two dates for this program.
Pictures with Easter Bunny- Hop on over to Roger Williams Park Zoo to visit with everyone’s favorite bunny! Say hello to the Easter Bunny and even pose for a sweet photo together – all socially distant, of course. Afterwards, feel free to adventure through the zoo’s exhibits, giving you the perfect day – and be sure to bring your own camera to capture the magic.
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Big business loses its political allies
Most political pundits expect at least one house of Congress to switch hands this fall, and there could be more power shifts in 2024.
- But one thing won't change, no matter which political party is in charge: antipathy toward big business, which often manifests as antitrust enforcement.
Republicans are no longer Corporate America's ally, with many GOP candidates viewing a Chamber of Commerce endorsement as akin to a scarlet letter. It's a massive transformation, driven by Donald Trump's particular brand of populism, and extends beyond the highest-profile punching bags in Silicon Valley.
Democrats have for decades given big business the side-eye, even when allying on some recent social issues, and the Biden administration has taken an increasingly tough line on corporate mergers.
- To be sure, most big businesses did well in the Trump era and also are thriving under Biden. But their ability to grow inorganically is increasingly being challenged.
The bottom line: There is bipartisan unity in reflexively opposing big business mergers. It's not on the list when CEOs gripe about uncertainties, even though they may wish it was.
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Curve DeFi app leads push on blockchains not called Ethereum
The Curve Finance app has been way out ahead of most similar DeFi applications in launching on blockchains other than Ethereum.
Why it matters: It is diversifying its bets, figuring that other blockchains will blow up and host a lot of trading. Curve is positioned to take some of that market share.
Details: Curve is, ostensibly, an app for trading tokens that tend to have the same price (think: stablecoins that track the U.S. dollar or bitcoin derivatives). But it can really be seen as a yield machine.
- To make those swaps, it needs users to deposit funds as "liquidity providers." Those deposits earn trading fees, but they also earn the platform's curve dao token (CRV) — basically free money.
- Hunger for that token is the true driver of Curve's market clout.
Context: Money entrusted is known as "total value locked," and in those terms, Curve Finance is the biggest DeFi app of them all.
- It has $21 billion in locked assets, but $18 billion of that is on the second-largest blockchain, Ethereum.
By jumping onto new chains, Curve has been able to find additional liquidity rewards for its users. Curve's liquidity providers quickly found $200 million to deposit after the Fantom blockchain announced extra incentives for the biggest apps on the chain.
The bottom line: Curve's size illustrates that DeFi is still fundamentally a game of seeking yield over utility.
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Earth's CO2 levels to hit alarming milestone
Monthly average carbon dioxide (CO2) levels are very likely to hit or even exceed 420 parts per million during the month of April, according to readings at the Mauna Loa Observatory in Hawaii.
Why it matters: This is a new record high for human history, and very likely the highest level seen in 4.1 million to 4.5 million years.
- Scientists tell Axios that the sustained year-to-year growth rates in CO2 concentrations are unprecedented.
Driving the news: The amount of CO2 in the air continues to increase as people burn fossil fuels and chop down rainforests for agriculture, among other activities.
- Observations made in the relatively pristine air atop Mauna Loa have taken place since 1958, starting out at 316 ppm.
Context: The data plotting the increase in CO2 is known as the Keeling Curve, named after Charles Keeling, who started and maintained the observations.
- Charles Keeling's son Ralph continues his father's legacy by extending the data.
- Ralph Keeling told Axios the first few days of April have shown CO2 levels at or above 420 ppm, and based on month-to-month growth rates, this will be the first month to eclipse this milestone.
- "I think it's virtually a done deal," he said of the monthly average, noting it will increase further in May.
What they're saying: "CO2 is still rocketing up. If you look at the record, it's just relentless. So as much as people have been working hard and need to be working hard to slow the growth rate, we have to be honest that we haven't done much yet to actually curb the build-up," Keeling said.
- Pieter Tans, who tracks greenhouse gases for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, said the speed of the CO2 increase is striking. Tans said CO2 will be "over 420 ppm" during April.
- Coming out of the last ice age, he said, CO2 went up by about 80 ppm during 6,000 years. Yet now it's increasing by more than 2 ppm "every single year."
- The 400 ppm milestone was eclipsed less than a decade ago, in 2013, and 440 ppm isn't far off, he warned. He described the growth rate as "an explosion" from a geological perspective.
The intrigue: The CO2 concentration numbers may seem abstract, but they correspond to huge upticks in the amount of heat being added to the oceans and atmosphere. This is melting ice caps and raising sea levels, as well as leading to increasingly destructive extreme weather events.
What's next: The typical annual peak in CO2 amounts at Mauna Loa occurs in May, before vegetation in the Northern Hemisphere soaks up the gas throughout the warm season.
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D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser tests positive for COVID
D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser said on Thursday morning she tested positive for COVID-19 and is experiencing "mild cold-like/allergy-like symptoms."
Why it matters: A mini COVID wave hitting some of the top names in the nation's capital is catching attention this week, as White House officials and members of Congress have tested positive after social gatherings like the Gridiron dinner.
What she's saying: "Friends - Yesterday, I tested positive for COVID," Bowser tweeted. "After experiencing allergy symptoms this week, I took an at-home test yesterday and a PCR test confirmed the positive result."
- Bowser added she is isolating and working from home.
Editor's note: This is a developing story. Please check back for updates.
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Private equity fights for Europe's highways
Global Infrastructure Partners and Brookfield Infrastructure offered to buy Italian road and airport operator Atlantia (Milan: ATL), in partnership with Spanish construction mogul and Real Madrid owner Florentino Pérez, but the controlling Benetton family may instead work with Blackstone to take the company private.
Why it matters: This could be the year's largest global acquisition, topping current leader Microsoft/Activision, and one of the all-time richest infrastructure deals. It also could become one of the nastiest, were Pérez and his PE pals to go hostile.
By the numbers: Atlantia's market cap closed up past €17 billion on the news, and its enterprise value is estimated to be well above €50 billion.
The bottom line: "Investors continue to pour money into infrastructure, drawn by the stable, recurring returns these assets can generate. GIP is in talks to raise the world’s biggest pool of capital dedicated to the sector ...while Blackstone last year reopened a flagship infrastructure fund to new money." — Bloomberg
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How to watch Arkansas baseball vs. Florida Gators on TV, live stream plus game times
Arkansas baseball is set to travel to Florida for a Southeastern Conference matchup starting Thursday, April 7.
Thursday's first pitch is scheduled for 5 p.m. CT.
The Arkansas Razorbacks enter the series 22-5 overall and 7-2 in the SEC. Most recently, the Razorbacks beat UCA 21-9 on Tuesday and beat Mississippi State last weekend (2-1 series).
Florida enters the series 19-10 overall and 3-6 in the SEC. The Gators are coming off a series defeat against the Georgia Bulldogs last weekend (3-0 sweep).
How to watch Arkansas baseball vs. Florida Gators on TV, live stream
Game 1
Game time: 5 p.m. CT on Thursday, April 7
TV: SEC Network
On DirecTV, SECN is channel 611. On Dish, SECN is channel 404 or 408, depending on the receiver.
Online live stream: ESPN.com/watch
Online radio: Arkansas radio broadcast | Florida radio broadcast
Game 2
Game time: 5:30 p.m. CT on Friday, April 8
Online live stream: ESPN.com/watch
Online radio: Arkansas radio broadcast | Florida radio broadcast
Game 3
Game time: Noon CT on Saturday, April 9
Online live stream: ESPN.com/watch
Online radio: Arkansas radio broadcast | Florida radio broadcast
More Arkansas baseball news:
- SCOUTING REPORT:Arkansas baseball vs Florida Gators
- LAST WEEKEND:Our top observations from No. 2 Arkansas baseball's series win against Mississippi State
Dave Van Horn is the head coach of the Arkansas Razorbacks baseball team. Kevin O'Sullivan is the head coach of the Florida Gators baseball team.
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Have we become a country of thieves?
Last week, Netflix announced plans to crack down on password sharing for users outside of the same household - at least in certain countries. But once it takes hold in Chile, Costa Rica, and Peru, can the United States be far behind?
An estimated 11% of subscribers share their passwords. It's so much a part of our streaming community that trading passwords or asking for a log-in are second nature. It never felt like a wild or unethical thing to do with an over-saturation of streaming services and no general bundled prices (i.e., cable).
As download sites like LimeWire and Kazaa exploded in the 2000's, piracy became a heated issue. Before every movie, in addition to the copyright laws flashed across the screen, there was almost always a piracy commercial where the thief was brought to justice. And while that might have merely discouraged certain do-gooders from illegally downloading movies, music, and TV, it has certainly affected how we approach sharing passwords on streaming sites.
We got caught, and Netflix wants us to know they're not mad, just disappointed.
It's Not a Bug, It's a Feature
"We've always made it easy for people who live together to share their Netflix account, with features like separate profiles and multiple streams," the company said in a statement on their website. This light scolding permeates the press release, which outlines two new plan add-ons.
Users can add an Extra Member for only $3, giving legitimacy to that user who has been leeching off of your profile. These extra members will not be counted in the overall subscriber count, which currently hovers over 220 million and is expected to rise gradually in the next few months.
A $3 upcharge is hardly the worst financial news to enjoy a streaming service that right now costs $10-20 a month, but it could feel like an unnecessary price gouge from a greedy company only interested in their bottom line.
An additional transfer feature allows users to share their account information to a new paid account without losing their viewing history, My List, and personalized recommendations.
Again, lest you start to panic - for the moment, this is not happening in the United States.
Where Netflix Goes…
Will the other streaming services follow suit? Or is Netflix's widely talked about financial situation a different beast altogether?
Netflix believes password sharing is "impacting our ability to invest in great new TV and films for our members," but wouldn't those same members rather sharing continue, and less new programming is produced?
Are we going to bankrupt Netflix by password sharing?
Netflix is trying to compete in a rapidly growing streaming market, with Amazon Prime, Disney+, and Paramount+ coming out swinging: offering popular original programming and an impressive catalog of classics. But, since losing TV series like Friends and The Office to their competitors, one has to ask what exactly are the benefits of a Netflix account?
In 2013, Netflix still had DVDs (believe it or not, they still do), a subscription cost less than $10, and Hulu was the only competitor. Around this time, the streaming service created a groundbreaking original series called Orange is the New Black which got everyone talking.
The success of that series changed forever the way people interacted with Netflix. Although it might have been their plan all along, users did not see the streaming and DVD mail service as anything other than a digital Blockbuster. But Netflix wanted to be a Hollywood studio.
Since then, they have produced hundreds of series, comedy specials, music documentaries, and movies, often competing with their own new releases. Last month alone saw premieres of Inventing Anna, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Love is Blind, Space Force, Tyler Perry's A Madea Homecoming, and Murderville.
Isn't that too much? Additionally, they've teased the final season of Stranger Things, perhaps their most successful show of all time.
If the lines between Netflix and network television have blurred considerably, what does that mean for Netflix's long term?
Streaming the Future
Business is good for the streaming giant, but it needs to be better if they want to survive. With fourth-quarter profits at $607-million and revenue up 16%, it's not enough growth to justify their spending habits and high debts.
These new changes will appear abroad first. As mentioned, Netflix is testing its new features in Chile, Costa Rica, and Peru before bringing them home. As a result, the company is expecting a largely negative reaction, like when they announced escalating prices in early 2022.
There is no confirmed date yet when these changes will make their way to the States, nor do we know if the Add a Member price will also be $3 here. It is too soon to tell if these new policies will hurt the fragile company or if users will simply concede to these new rules when confronted by the ethical dilemma of password sharing.
Perhaps the company would be better served with less original programming and a return to what made it so popular before: access to shows and movies people love, a Blockbuster of possibilities right from your home.
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Step into spring feeling relaxed and refreshed! The Morning Mix's executive producer, Andrea Shaner, joins Todd Chance in the studio to show off some trending products from all over the country that will help you spring into the new season.
- Created by a clinical hypnotherapist who specializes in stress reduction
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- Just created this palette – with 8 shades
- Created to last all day and for all skin types
- Can be applied as a highlighter and blush
- For every palette purchased – a lipstick is donated to the Endometriosis Foundation of America.
- Dress to impress
- Combines classic styles and vintage patterns with a bohemian twist
- Comfortable to go from day to night
- Signature fabric is a soft and breathable jersey woven with twisted yarn to increase stretch and durability
- Makes clothes wrinkle-resistant and great for travel
- Black swing dress – racerback design
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- Patented heel design so all you have to do is slip your toes into the shoe and the heel will compress so you can slide your foot in.
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- The Astro tote has waterproof canvas, roomy, and plenty of pockets, plus double short handle
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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — More than a million customers in Puerto Rico remain without electricity after a fire broke out at a main power plant.
An island-wide blackout forced the U.S. territory to cancel classes and shutter government offices Thursday.
Wednesday night's outage also left some 160,000 customers without water.
The fire at the plant is out, according to the Bureau of Puerto Rico Fire Departments. The cause of the fire is under investigation.
A private company that took over transmission and distribution from Puerto Rico’s Electric Power Authority last year said the blackout could have been caused by a circuit breaker failure at the Costa Sur generation plant.
It is one of four main plants on the island.
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MOODY AIR FORCE BASE, Ga.-- From parachutes and helmets to oxygen masks and survival kits, A-10 pilots wouldn’t be able to fly without the 23rd Operation Support Squadron aircrew flight equipment shop at Moody Air Force Base, Georgia.
These life-saving pieces of equipment require rigorous inspections and repair, and the AFE specialists also have the responsibility of ensuring flight crew are prepared for any situation.
These situations could range from losing an aircraft canopy -- causing aircrew to rely solely on their helmet, mask and visor for windshield protection -- to ejecting from the aircraft and landing in freezing water, said Master Sgt. Larry Lucas, 23rd OSS AFE superintendent.
To account for that vast range, AFE has to split its manpower.
The 23rd OSS AFE is broken down into two shops. The parachute shop packs and inspects parachutes and survival kits while the inspection shop works with the helmet, harness, g-suit and any other gear the pilot wears.
Fully functioning parachutes are an obvious safety requirement, and the survival kits can change depending on the location of the mission. Once this is complete, and before a pilot steps out to fly, they process through AFE for a pre-flight check to ensure their gear is properly working and no adjustments are needed.
Along with pre- and post-flight checks, 2,100 pieces of life-saving equipment are inspected monthly, and equipment is on a rotating cycle for a thorough inspection. Ranging from 30-365 days, each piece of equipment will be broken down and fully inspected to ensure safety.
“If a pilot doesn't have all of their readiness items or equipment, they're not going to be able to fly,” said Staff Sgt. Matthew Plunkett, 23rd OSS parachute shop noncommissioned officer in charge. “That doesn’t happen often here because we use a specific readiness schedule to maintain equipment.”
To ensure pilots are able to continue their mission, AFE Airmen go through extensive training to perfect their craft, as well as needing to fully understand how to use all of the equipment so they can properly train pilots.
“We have to teach our crew how to use this equipment,” Lucas said about his experts conducting hand-on training with pilots. “We have a training syllabus, we have slides, we have a whole classroom that we designated for aircrew training. In order for us to do that, we have to know what we’re talking about.”
It can take years of training to become an AFE expert. Follow-on courses become necessary as concepts evolve and new pieces of equipment are added to their inventory. For example, AFE Airmen can better explain the survival kits by attending advanced arctic, water or land survival school to learn how to use the equipment in a real emergency.
They put this knowledge to use by teaching classes a couple of times a month. Through this class, pilots can supplement their existing survival training with any updates to their equipment or mission set.
And as Moody transitions to the lean and expeditious Lead-Wing concept, it’s essential that AFE Airmen know exactly how to inspect their assigned equipment and make sure a pilot is prepared for any situation.
The commander of Air Combat Command has further clarified and officially designated Moody as one of five Lead Wings to be ready to “rapidly generate combat power as a deployed force.”
“It’s helpful for us to always try to stay a step ahead,” Plunkett said, “so they're always ready to go out the door at a moment's notice.”
Around the Air Force, AFE’s motto is ‘Your life is our business because we’re the last to let you down’ and thanks to AFE’s key role in the mission and their meticulous work, pilots are able to fly with confidence as they provide combat airpower across the globe.
“We give aircrew operators that confidence bump, we give them that security, we give them that knowledge that they can push themselves to the limit in their training, in combat scenarios,” Lucas said. “They can push to the limit knowing they have a safety net provided by aircrew flight equipment and the great work that we do.”
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A commotion of barking and laughter echoed through Fort Jackson’s Family Housing April 2 during the April Foolish Dog Show hosted by the Directorate of Family and Morale, Welfare and Recreation at the Fort Jackson Dog Park.
More than 30 fur-family members and their human Families attended the open-air event in celebration of Month of the Military Child to show off their fluffiest, softest, longest tail and ears and most misbehaved dogs to win a variety of prizes and gift cards to local pet supply store Pet Supplies Plus.
“We had a blast. We expected a wild crowd but the dogs were well behaved,” said Sgt. 1st Class Travis Swope, drill sergeant leader assigned to the U.S. Army Drill Sergeant Academy. “There was great competition out here.”
Swope, and his wife Hannah, both enjoyed competing with their dog Urbosa, a French Shepheard who competed in several categories and won Best Trick.
Sgt. 1st Class Swope even helped his com-paw-tition during the longest ears and tail competition by displaying ears and tails in his best gameshow presenter Vanna White impression. “You have to get involved. If you don’t come out and invest yourself, you are wasting your time,” Swope said between laughs.
Dogs weren’t the only winners during the show. Of the 15 categories, several were won by stuffed animals and a 15 month old girl dressed as a pink poodle showed attendees winning a category was paw-ssible with a little imagination.
“My mother found her costume,” said Rochele Grierson, mother of 15-month-old Kalani. “She loves dogs and I knew I had to dress her up and bring her down as soon I learned about this.”
Kalani walked in her poodle costume among the dogs, making friends with all she met. She wasn’t the only paw-sh pooch showing off their couture collections. Brownie, a 15-year-old Chihuahua, won Best Costume in addition to winning Best Senior.
“We had quite a good turn out and the weather was perfect,” said Kristin Wilcox, Outdoor Recreation manager and event coordinator. “I enjoyed the competitions a lot. My favorite category was Most Disobedient, it was hilarious.”
While Wilcox enjoyed her position of the event’s master of ceremonies, the panel of judges had a more difficult time.
“It was my first time judging. It was super fun but hard though,” said Mariah Lovick, Post Library interim director and event judge. “So many cute dogs and you want them all to win but you can only pick one. My two favorite events were Fluffiest and Most Loveable.”
“The judges had to get their hands in the fur,” Wilcox said jokingly. “They had to pet everyone and see who was the fluffiest.”
At the end of the event, category winners collected their prizes that included gift cards, golden dog bowls, treats and toys, stuffed animals, and sticker books. Some dogs and their owners stuck around after the competition ended to continue the romping good time with new friends they met during competition.
“Because of the great turn out and people seemed to really enjoy themselves, I would say we will host another dog event,” Wilcox said. “We may do another dog show or dog costume event. So keep on the lookout.”
The Fort Jackson Dog Park is a dual sided park for large and small breed dogs located at 6100 Chestnut Road. The park is open every day from dawn to dusk.
“It’s a really nice park,” Wilcox said. “It has two sides and running water so come out and visit us.”
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(WXIN) – Betty White’s estate is set to go to auction this year, and the 1,500-item collection will include her wedding ring and memorabilia from “The Golden Girls,” according to the auction house.
Julien’s Auctions confirmed that the auction, to be held in early fall, will feature items from both her personal and professional life.
Included will be White’s wedding band from her marriage to Allen Ludden and memorabilia from “The Golden Girls,” including the original director’s chair from the set, a script from the series’ pilot episode and a script signed by White and co-stars Rue McClanahan, Bea Arthur, and Estelle Getty.
Also available will be a gold watch engraved with her mother’s initials and a mahogany piano from White’s California home.
“On offer is an exclusive collection of over 1,500 lots featuring the Hollywood icon’s awards, scripts, wardrobe and memorabilia from her iconic television shows and films, as well as furnishings, artwork, fine jewelry, household and personal items from her beloved homes in Brentwood and Carmel, California,” Julien’s Auctions said in a statement.
Before the auction, the collection will be part of a traveling public exhibit making stops in Chile, Ireland, and the United States.
White died Dec. 31, 2021, at age 99. She would have turned 100 on Jan. 17, 2022. She was best known for playing Sue Ann Nivens on “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” and Rose Nylund on “The Golden Girls,” as well as being a dedicated animal advocate.
During her career, which spanned more than eight decades, White’s honors included 21 Primetime Emmy nominations with five wins, a Hall of Fame honor, a Grammy award, inductions into the Television Hall of Fame in 1988 and 1995, and a Guinness record in 2013 for the longest TV career for a female entertainer. She also created, produced and hosted the 1971 series “Pet Set.”
“She was never happier than when show business and animal business combined,” Julien’s Auctions said.
The auction, which has an estimated total of between $1 million and $2 million, will take place online and in-person in Beverly Hills on Sept. 23-25, according to Julien’s Auctions.
Visit Julien’s website to see a complete list of items featured in the auction.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — More than two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, U.S. health officials are beginning to grapple with how to keep the vaccines updated to best protect Americans from the ever-changing coronavirus.
On Wednesday, a panel of vaccine advisers to the Food and Drug Administration spent hours debating key questions for revamping the shots and conducting future booster campaigns. They didn’t reach any firm conclusions.
The questions facing the experts included: How often to update the vaccines against new strains, how effective they should be to warrant approval and whether updates should be coordinated with global health authorities.
Last week, the FDA authorized a fourth dose of the Pfizer or Moderna vaccines for anyone 50 or older and for some younger people with severely weakened immune systems. It’s an effort to get ahead of another possible surge.
But the FDA’s vaccine chief Dr. Peter Marks acknowledged at the meeting “we simply can’t be boosting people as frequently as we are.” He called the latest booster update a “stopgap” measure to protect vulnerable Americans while regulators decide whether and how to tweak the current vaccines.
Marks cautioned that waning vaccine protection, new variants and colder weather in the fall could raise the risk of more surges.
“Our goal here is to stay ahead of future variants and outbreaks and ensure we do our best to reduce the toll of disease and death due to COVID-19,” said Marks, adding that he expects more meetings of the vaccine panel in coming months.
Some of the key questions the panel discussed:
HOW SHOULD THE U.S. DECIDE WHEN TO LAUNCH FUTURE ROUNDS OF BOOSTER SHOTS?
One area where experts appeared to agree is that vaccines should be judged on their ability to prevent severe disease that leads to hospitalization and death.
“We need to focus on the worst case, which is severe disease, and we need to change strains when we’re losing that battle,” said Dr. Mark Sawyer of the University of California, San Diego.
By that measure, the current vaccines have held up remarkably well.
During the last omicron-driven surge, two vaccine doses were nearly 80% effective against needing a breathing machine or death — and a booster pushed that protection to 94%, federal scientists recently reported.
But only about half of Americans eligible for a third shot have gotten one. And many experts said it was unsustainable to continue asking Americans to get boosted every few months.
A panelist from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention suggested that the 80% protection from severe disease could become the standard for evaluating the vaccines.
“I think we may have to accept that level of protection and then use other alternative ways to protect individuals with therapeutics and other measures,” said Dr. Amanda Cohn, CDC’s chief medical officer.
Presentations at the meeting by government health officials and independent researchers underscored the challenges of predicting when the next major COVID-19 variant might appear.
Trevor Bedford, a disease modeler with the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, said a major new strain like omicron could emerge anywhere from every 1.5 years to once a decade, based on currently available data. Given that unpredictability, researchers will need methods to quickly determine whether current vaccines work against emerging variants.
WHAT’S THE PROCESS FOR UPDATING VACCINES TO ADDRESS NEW VARIANTS?
All three COVID-19 vaccines now used in the U.S. are based on the original coronavirus version that emerged in late 2019. Updating the vaccines will be a complex task, likely requiring coordination between the FDA, manufacturers and global health authorities.
To speed the vaccines to market, the FDA relied on research shortcuts to judge effectiveness, mainly looking at their early impact on the immune system’s antibody levels. A number of panelists said Wednesday they wanted more rigorous data from studies that track patients over time to see who gets sick or dies.
But that approach would likely be too time-consuming.
“We’re looking at a conundrum here in that it’s going to be hard to generate all the data we want in short order when a new variant emerges,” said Dr. Ofer Levy of Harvard Medical School.
A representative for the U.S. Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority laid out the narrow window that manufacturers could face to reformulate, study and mass produce an updated vaccine by September.
“If you’re not on your way to a clinical trial by the beginning of May, I think it’s going to be very difficult to have enough product across manufacturers to meet demand,” said Robert Johnson, deputy assistant secretary of BARDA.
The process for updating annual flu vaccines offers one possible model, as laid out by a representative from the World Health Organization.
Twice a year, WHO experts recommend updates to flu vaccines to target emerging strains. The FDA then brings those recommendations to its own vaccine panel, which votes on whether they make sense for the U.S., setting the stage for manufacturers to tweak their shots and begin mass production.
But COVID-19 hasn’t yet fallen into a predictable pattern like the flu. And as the coronavirus evolves, different strains may become dominant in different regions of the world.
Several experts said they would need more meetings with more data and proposals from the FDA to decide on a strategy.
“We’ve never been here before. We’re all working together to do the best we can and it’s very complex,” said Oveta Fuller of the University of Michigan’s Medical School.
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(The Hill) – Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) on Wednesday tweeted that she had reported late-night television host Jimmy Kimmel to Capitol Police after a joke he made about her in a monologue.
Greene tweeted a clip of Kimmel making the joke, which ended with the comedian asking “Wow, where is Will Smith when you really need him?,” stating, “This threat of violence against me by @jimmykimmel has been filed with the @CapitolPolice.”
Kimmel made the joke during a monologue this week on his ABC show “Jimmy Kimmel Live!,” criticizing Greene for a tweet in which she called three GOP senators “pro-pedophile.”
“Marjorie Taylor Greene, this Klan mom, is especially upset with the three Republican senators who said they’ll vote ‘yes’ on Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, who’s nominated for the Supreme Court. She tweeted, ‘Murkowski, Collins, and Romney are pro-pedophile. They just voted for KBJ,” Kimmel said on his program, quoting Greene’s Monday tweet.
“Wow, where is Will Smith when you really need him?” Kimmel added, in reference to the incident at the Oscars where actor Smith slapped comedian Chris Rock after a joke made about Smith’s wife.
Kimmel fired back at Greene after her tweet saying she reported him to Capitol Police.
“Officer? I would like to report a joke,” Kimmel tweeted.
Jackson faced intense questioning from Republican senators over her record on sentencing child pornography offenders during her Senate confirmation hearings in late March.
During the confirmation hearing, Sen. John Hawley (R-Mo.) focused on the case United States v. Hawkins, where Jackson gave the defendant a three-month prison sentence, below the government’s recommendation of two years in prison and far below the federal advisory guideline of a minimum of eight years of incarceration.
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Capitol Police told The Hill that they cannot comment on any potential investigations.
The Hill has reached out to Kimmel and Greene for comment.
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GRAND FORKS AIR FORCE BASE, N.D. -- Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics have taken root at Nathan Twining Elementary and Middle School on Grand Forks AFB, and the program’s popularity is growing more than anticipated.
To highlight its esteem amongst the students, teachers held an entire day devoted to STEM activities.
Events ranged from building robots, boats, and circuit boards to forensic analysis and ice cream making. The day gave students an up-close look at each element of STEM to find where their interests lie.
According to event staff, peaking student interest was quite simple; to do so, they strayed from conventional teaching methods and focused on projects and concepts that resonated on a personal level.
“We find that students who struggle within the traditional learning environment excel through the different strategies the STEM program puts in place,” said Cathy Cute, the STEM specialist at Twining. “They are able to build skills and confidence through projects, activities, and problem-based education. The program truly brings learning to life.”
Take the forensic lab for example.
Students looked into the science behind fingerprints, how each person has their own unique identity, and how a single print can be traced back to an individual. Then, they broke down how thermal imaging works, highlighting areas the naked eye is unable to process.
The Robotics lab, on the other hand, gave students a physical approach to learning.
Students were taught how a series of parts can come together to function as a whole; in this case to create a robot. With their newfound understanding, they were given the opportunity to demonstrate their build in front of their entire class.
“I love doing this, it’s so much fun,” said Ryder, a 7th grade STEM Day participant. “I want to be an engineer when I’m older, so everything that I’m learning now is going to play a big role for me in the future.”
Enjoying in the children’s delight were Airmen volunteers from around the base. Given that the vast majority of the children are military dependents, this was an opportunity to correlate military jobs with STEM activities.
“We’re very fortunate to have the support of the military and the community as a whole,” said Shari Bilden, principal of Nathan Twining Elementary and Middle School. “Grand Forks Air Force Base is an opportune place to integrate STEM; it fits in perfectly with the experience many of the parents may have.”
The day concluded with a group photo, including base leadership, to highlight STEM and kickoff of the Month of the Military Child.
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AMHERST, Mass (WWLP) – A UMass research team has been developing both a smartwatch sensor and an app for the detection of opioid cravings.
UMass researchers began working on smartwatch sensors in October 2021, after being granted $1.1 million, to detect opioid cravings and provide mindful interventions for the reduction of opioid misuse and overdoses. The National Science Foundation’s Smart and Connected Health Program is to fund the grant research for four years.
In the last four months, researchers have been focused on prototyping a model, medical collaborations, deploying devices, and creating new data sets.
The following are in-progress developments for the smartwatch sensor:
- Prototyping a smartwatch that captures multiple heart rate visibility
- Capture a signal and connected response
- Temperature and motion data
- Leveraging smartwatch
- Generating content and logical signals
The UMass research team focuses on a downward spiral shift seen in those who misuse opioids. Individuals lose control of their bodies when too much medication is consumed. “Opioid is an addictive drug that binds to receptors in the brain and gives relief to temporary remediation on pain,” said Tauhidur Rahman a mobile sensor expert and assistant professor at the Manning College of Information and Computer Sciences.
UMass research team anticipates having smartwatch sensors collect data and sense high craving moments in individuals. Along with, intervening opioid oral drugs such as oxycodone and hydrocodone. According to Rahman, there is a plan in motion to have the smartwatch detect a craving in a short amount of time, approximately 10 to 15 minutes, but still needs to be proven.
A smartwatch sensor will have similarity to an Apple Watch or Fitbit Watch today by detecting heart rate visibility.
The smartwatch sensor will capture high-level signals and transmit them to a smartphone app. The app will then tell the user that’s wearing the smartwatch breathing techniques to improve mindfulness to allow the heart rate to increase after an opioid craving has been detected.
Since opioids will make heartbeats irregular and slower, raising the heart rate is to help an individual recover quicker. “Heart rate visibility will boost heart improvement, if not enough mechanism then the system would be low,” said Rahman.
The UMass research team’s goal for the smartwatch sensor and app project is to first slowly reduce and then break opioid addictions. The app will keep track of history and help individuals discover coping mechanisms.
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — Rhode Island’s new license plate design was unveiled on Wednesday, leading to mixed reactions from residents.
State leaders say the design earned more than half of the 300,000 votes cast in the contest, but some feel it’s too similar to the plates we’ve had since 1996.
So, we want to know – what do you think of the design? Weigh in with our poll below, and we’ll have the results and new reaction to the design on 12 News at 5.
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By holding on for a 4-3 victory over the host Bishop O’Connell Knights, the Yorktown Patriots (4-3) improved to 3-0 against Arlington County rivals in high-school baseball this season.
Yorktown previously downed Arlington rivals Wakefield, 10-5, and Washington-Liberty, 6-1, this spring.
O’Connell (7-3) had the bases loaded with two outs in the bottom of the seventh inning when the non-league game ended with Yorktown second baseman Jonah Carlson snaring a line drive on a nice play.
“That was close, but Jonah made a nice play on that ball to save the game,” Yorktown coach John Skaggs said. “That was a big win for us.”
Thomas Koomey pitched the final two innings for Yorktown. John Sharkey started and went four innings with five strikeouts.
Arlington resident Bobby McDonough started and worked five innings for O’Connell, striking out eight.
Yorktown had nine hits, with Trevor McAndrews (two RBI) having two, including a two-run home run in the third inning. Ketz Murray (game-winning RBI) and J.J. Foti also had two hits. Ryan Powers had a hit and one RBI, with Bradley Labant and Sharkey having hits.
“Trevor’s homer was real big for us in that situation,” Skaggs said.
For O’Connell, Jaden Groome had two hits. McDonough, Michael Lavanga and Carson Mayfield all had doubles. Mayfield and Lavanga each had an RBI.
Yorktown is scheduled to play Wakefield again sometime this week, weather permitting.
NOTE: Bishop O'Connell has a 5-0 record in the Washington Catholic Athletic Conference.
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Retirement marks the end of a chapter in your career and the start of a new lifestyle. This unique transition can bring a myriad of emotions, most commonly ones of excitement and apprehension. If you’re pondering retiring in the next year or so, here are five tips to help you transition smoothly.
1. Know the transition could take weeks – or months. You likely spent decades forming a routine around your work schedule. Establishing your new normal of volunteer work, an encore career or helping family will take time.
2. Communicate your retirement plans with family members. Your parents, kids or other family members will likely be interested in how you intend to spend your retirement days. Will you be visiting the grandkids more often? Continuing to host family get-togethers? Do you plan to purchase a retirement home?
3. Maintain healthy habits. Staying diligent with the activities that help you feel your best is important as you shift into retirement. Prioritize eating healthy, sleeping well, staying fit and maintaining friendships in your new routine.
4. Evaluate your finances. Prior to retirement, you likely outlined how you will manage your cash flow. (If not, today is the day to put a plan in place.) As you enter retirement, review your expenses to ensure they’re aligned with your plan. Consult a financial advisor for guidance.
5. Reset your attitude. Retirement is not the ultimate finish line. Experiencing a lot of emotions is common but try to focus on what you’re excited about in this next chapter. And, remember you’re not alone. Talk to friends, family and professionals in your life for support along the way.
Bennett C. Whitlock III, CRPC®, is a Private Wealth Advisor and CEO with Whitlock Wealth Management, a private wealth advisory practice with Ameriprise Financial Services, LLC. He specializes in fee-based financial planning and asset management strategies and has been in practice for 27 years. To contact him visit whitlockwealth.com, call 877-WHITLOCK or email whitlockwealthmanagement@ampf.com. Offices are located at 12848 Harbor Dr, Ste 101, Lake Ridge, VA 22192 and in Downtown Historic Manassas at 9073 Center Street, Manassas VA 20110.
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Glasgow woman charged with human trafficking, prostitution at massage parlor
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (WBKO) - A Glasgow woman is in jail charged with human trafficking, among other charges.
The Glasgow Police Department served a search warrant Wednesday, April 6 at the Summer Spa Massage Parlor located on S L Rogers Wells Blvd.
Police had received complaints and tips related to illegal human trafficking, promoting prostitution, providing sexual services for compensation and operating without a license.
Detective Guy Turcotten began an investigation for the Summer Spa Massage Parlor located at 509-C S L Rogers Wells Blvd.
After the search warrant operations were conducted, police located over $22,000 cash and arrested one female for promoting prostitution.
Jing Jing Zheng, of Glasgow Ky., was arrested and charged with Promoting Prostitution, Practice Massage Therapy Without License.
The arrest was made by Detective Guy Turcotte, assisted by Officers with the Glasgow Police Department, Federal Bureau Investigations and Western Kentucky University (Translator).
If you have information to report for these locations or others, please contact the Glasgow Police Department at 270-651-6165 or 270-651-5151.
This case is still under investigation.
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"Understanding the American Plant-based Consumer" shows adoption of plant-based behaviors across a wide range of industries
Highlights
- California, New York and Florida lead the plant-based wave in the US with female millennials and Gen Zs at the forefront of the vegan movement.
- The reducetarian lifestyle dominates for now, which is helping to move more American youth to transition towards veganism in the coming years.
- 47% of alternative meat consumers are motivated by health factors, higher than the 33% share that indicated ethical reasons.
NEW YORK, April 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- abillion, a rapidly growing social media and e-commerce platform designed to help people and businesses worldwide become more sustainable, has released a deep-dive report looking at American Plant-based Consumers behavior within this high-growth industry.
Analyzing close to 1.4 million consumer reviews over a three year period, abillion's report shows five key shifts in consumer behavior within the US market.
- Strongest plant-based consumer interest stems from California, New York and Florida, with female millennials and Gen Zs at the forefront. They make up 65% of users within abillion's US database.
- Key motivators for the shift to plant-based products are centered around greater awareness for the environment and health.
- Reducetarian lifestyle dominates American youth as they reduce their meat and dairy intake.
- Increase in consumer preference for plant-based snacking presents a unique growth opportunity for large retailers and food manufacturers as they develop new food labels and products to address this gap. Expected CAGR of 8.7% from the current value of $32b.
- Sustainable skincare, in particular, sun care shows a growth of around 35% with high brand concentration.
Full report here: https://tinyurl.com/american-plant-based-consumer
In addition to changes in behavior, we see plant-based products steadily gaining interest among the younger crowd. A recent online survey conducted by researchers from Oklahoma State University indicates that about 10% of Americans over the age of 18 consider themselves vegan or vegetarian as of January 2022. Within the app, abillion has seen an increase in the number of American members showing more interest in plant-based foods from flexitarians and omnivores, fueling the growing reducetarian movement. These people make up 51% of the American members.
Amid COVID-19 pandemic lockdown regulations, US vegan demand skyrocketed by 6X, in particular, plant-based retail shopping, as consumers became more health-conscious. Retailers and grocers saw this as an opportunity to tap into a new and burgeoning market. Kraft Heinz partnered with Chile's NotCo, while forward-thinking companies like Calbee America and Campbell revamped their vegan products for better household penetration; sending signals to the rest of the industry that these trends are on the uptick. Traditional supermarkets and groceries are also capitalizing on this movement by launching their own plant-based private labels. Trader Joe's takes the lead in this race.
"The US is one of our key markets, making up 22% of our global community. It's exciting for us to share insights into the preferences of our American community. We're sharing such insights in order to drive consumer adoption, consumer advocacy and help make vegan options loved by people and businesses around the world." Vikas Garg founder and CEO of abillion shares. "Above all, the work that we do here has a direct positive impact on the environment and animals. I see abillion as a catalyst for meaningful and intentional change for the future."
The report also points out other lifestyle changes and preferences within the US market. In particular, the personal care and beauty category with sun care emerging as the fastest-growing segment at 35%. Other fast-growing segments in the app are reviews for chips, cookies, crackers, and chocolate, these categories rose by 83%, 74% and 63% respectively as healthier snacking habits become more widespread.
Across the country, there is a strong indication that businesses should prioritize product innovation and conscious marketing to target the overlap across health, environmental and ethical factors.
- To see more insights from abillion, visit https://www.data.abillion.com/.
- To see abillion's consumer awards, visit http://awards.abillion.com.
- Download the PDF report here: https://tinyurl.com/american-plant-based-consumer
- Check out the report here: https://www.data.abillion.com/post/understanding-the-american-plant-based-consumer
- For images of abillion in use and a portrait of CEO & Founder Vikas Garg, here.
About abillion
At abillion, we're working to drive a global movement for plant-based food and earth-friendly products. abillion is a digital platform that assists people that want to make sustainable choices. abillion, launched in 2018 by CEO Vikas Garg, is unique in harnessing social media for social good. Whenever a member chooses sustainability and shares a review, the member is rewarded with a donation that can feed a hungry child, educate a child for a day, plant a tree or save an animal life.
The abillion app has been downloaded by over one million people around the world and through its giving program, the company has donated over US$1.4 million to life-saving causes around the world. abillion members from over 162 countries have contributed more than a million reviews of vegan dishes and vegan and cruelty-free products. Consumer reviews, along with consumer insights, are shared with business owners, influencing more than 150,000 brands worldwide to offer more sustainable options.
Our Mission: Through technology, we are connecting and helping people live, shop and eat more sustainably.
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AceVolt Launches Campower Specifically Made for Camping
Safe and portable LiFePO4 battery cell technology provides 2,500-time charge cycles
CARSON CITY, Nev., April 7, 2022 AceVolt today announced its launch as a new leader in portable power stations. The company is also pleased to debut its Campower (camp & power) portable power station that is specially designed for camping.
AceVolt Campower portable power stations provide the safest power and a 5-time longer lifecycle due to the efficiency of LiFePO4 battery cells, which deliver over 2,500 charge cycles compared to only 500 charge cycles from other brands. The LiFePO4 battery cells are ultra-stable and designed with advanced internal protection control and durability. These cells are also much safer than Li-ion batteries which have a reputation for overheating, accidental fires, and explosions.
"For life on the go, we developed the Campower portable power stations to give campers a long-lasting and safer electricity source for camping," said the founder of AceVolt. "The COVID-19 pandemic has completely changed travel and vacationing, and we see so many more people exploring their 'backyards,' visiting family and friends, and camping in national parks. Campers and travelers need a strong power source that is safe and reliable for cooking, lights, and connectivity. This is why we created AceVolt Campower Solar Generators. Other portable power stations can be used during camping or for home emergencies, but AceVolt's safe and powerful solar-powered generators are specifically designed for camping and are also perfect for RV travel, tailgating, and more."
AceVolt invited more than 100 camping enthusiasts who wanted the best and most dependable camping power source to participate in the product R&D. The AceVolt Campower portable power station is monitored by a state-of-the-art battery management system(BMS) that prevents overheat, overload, short circuit, and other battery issues. Its battery pack is watertight and completely protected from the elements.
To learn more about AceVolt portable power stations and to sign up for their newsletter for pre-sale prices, visit acevolt.com.
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If you’re looking to add some ambiance to your yard, one of the best ways is with strategic lighting. If you don’t have an outlet near where you want to add the light, however, it can be a bit tricky.
Luckily, there are dozens of solar lights on the market that can add to the atmosphere and mood of your backyard or create some estra security in the front of your house or by the pool. You’ll find a plethora of solar lights that are perfect for all of your outdoor adventures in Amazon’s outdoor lighting section.
Most are priced at under $50 for a set and all are waterproof and designed to withstand the elements. They work by charging up during the day when the sun is shining and then turning on automatically at dusk. We’ve rounded up a handful of the lights you’ll find on Amazon that have a rating of 4 out of 5 stars or higher by customers who have used them in their own yards.
JSOT Waterproof Solar Powered Steps Light
These waterproof solar-powered steps lights can be used on porch steps or a fence. Priced at $39 for an eight-pack, you can save 15% by clipping the coupon on the product’s page, which takes the price down to $33.14. They come with a 365-day guarantee, which means you can replace or return them for free for an entire year. Installation is easy, as you simply stick them where you want with double-sided tape. If you’re installing these on a surface like wood, drill two holes.
Over more than 4,000 reviews, 69% of customers gave the lights 5 out of 5 stars. They say the products are easy to install and that their motion detection works well. One reviewer even said they’re brighter than she thought they would be — after six months, they haven’t lost any of their luster and stay on all night.
Brightech Ambience Pro Solar Powered String Lights
Priced at $47.99, these Brightech Ambience Pro Solar Powered String Lights are currently 27% off, which makes them just $34.99. The string of 12 lights is 27 feet long and has a detachable solar panel with an on/off switch. The LED bulbs are made to last 20,000 hours and the solar panel has a 1,000-charge lifespan, which is around 2.5 years.
The bulbs are shatterproof and can withstand 50-mph winds plus rain and snow. The lights come with a full 2-year warranty. With 18,000+ reviews, they have a rating of 4.5 out of 5 stars.
Kooper 4-Pack Color Changing Solar Garden Lily Flowers Lights
These gorgeous Lily Flowers Color Changing Solar Garden Lights come in a four-pack with two purple, one pink and one white, but cycle through seven different colors when lit up. They’re priced at $30, but you can save 6% by checking the coupon box on the product page.
The products are made of processed fabric and plastic with poseable stems and leaves. They are designed to hold up in outdoor weather, so even though they look delicate, you do not need to remove them in the wind or rain.
The flower lights have close to 8,000 reviews, with 73% of customers giving them a full five stars. Reviewers say they are easy to assemble, last a long time and look like real flowers. One reviewer called them “delightful,” writing, “They look whimsical during the day and make me smile, but at night they come on and are mesmerizing. The color changes are dramatic, fun to watch, and they are quite vibrant.”
Solpex 12-Pack Solar Ground Lights
This 12-pack of Solar Ground Lights is priced at $39, but if you don’t need 12, you can instead get an eight-pack for $28. While charging time will vary depending on the weather each day, the lights stay on for 8-10 hours at night. They are made of stainless steel and have six fixed screws, so they will hold up in heavy rain, snow, frost or sleet. They are also installed flush to the ground, so no one will trip over them. To install, simply turn on the switch and push the stake into the soil.
With more than 5,000 reviews, they have a rating of 4.4 out of five stars. Customers say they are easy to assemble and place, are worth the money and stay put.
4-Pack Aootek Solar Lights With 120 LEDs
This four-pack of Solar Lights 120 LEDs with Lights Reflector is priced at $36, but you can save $5 by checking the coupon box. That takes the price to $30.99, or about $7.75 per light.
They have three optional modes, including a security light mode that turns them on for 15 seconds when motion is detected; a permanent one that keeps them all night; and a smart brightness mode so they are on all night, but get brighter when they detect motion. With a whopping 28,545 reviews at press time, they have 4.5 out of 5 stars. About 73% of customers give them a full 5 stars.
Maggift 12-Pack Solar Pathway Lights
With nearly 6,000 5-star reviews, this 12-pack of Solar Pathway Lights is priced at $24.64, which breaks down to just $2.05 per light. Suitable for outdoor use, the lights work in all kinds of weather and are waterproof, so you don’t need to remove them once winter hits.
The light is meant to be warm and gentle and they are designed for decoration, so they will not be overly bright. To install them, switch the power on, place the plastic cap onto the light section, and simply push the stake into soft soil.
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Is it ever too late to find true love? One sweet newlywed couple would say, “Never.”
About two years ago, Otto Ewers met Janice (Jan) Matamoros at a weekly Bible study class. Ewers and Matamoros both lived at Belmont Village Senior Living Lakeway in Lakeway, Texas, not far from Austin.
Although Matamoros wasn’t looking for love, Ewers, a widower, was more hopeful.
“After my wife passed away, I prayed for God to send me a woman who loved the Lord, could teach me about the word of God and who likes to watch football,” Ewers, who is now 82 years old, told Southern Living. “Jan checks every box!”
Although their courtship lasted a couple of years, the smitten pair decided to tie the knot in the community where they live and met. Belmont Village shared a congratulatory post on Facebook.
“Please join us in congratulating Belmont Village Lakeway residents Jan & Otto on their recent nuptials! The couple met at Belmont Village during their weekly Bible study classes and have been inseparable ever since,” Belmont Village Senior Living wrote. “On Saturday, April 2, the two were married in a beautiful ceremony at our community surrounded by friends, family, fellow residents and staff.”
Pastor Brent Graham of Lakeway Church, who also leads the Bible study class where the newlyweds first met, officiated the ceremony. Belmont Village assisted in organizing a lovely outdoor wedding and a patio reception, which was attended by about 60 guests, including residents and staff members.
Matamoros, 89, said that she has learned that love is timeless.
“I didn’t think I’d ever want to find love or be married again,” the Baton Rouge, Louisiana native said in Southern Living. “But life is full of surprises!”
Join us in offering congratulations and wishing many years of wedded bliss to the new Mr. and Mrs. Ewers!
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FORD PERFORMANCE NASCAR: MARTINSVILLE
All three of NASCAR’s top touring series will be competing under the lights this week at Martinsville Speedway, beginning with Thursday’s NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race and continued the next two nights with the NASCAR Xfinity and NASCAR Cup Series.
This Week’s Schedule:
Thursday, April 7 – NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, 8 p.m. ET (FS1)
Friday, April 8 – NASCAR Xfinity Series, 7:30 p.m. ET (FS1)
Saturday, April 9 – NASCAR Cup Series, 7:30 p.m. ET (FS1)
FORD IN THE NASCAR CUP SERIES AT MARTINSVILLE
- Ford has 30 series wins at Martinsville Speedway.
- Ford has won four of the last 10 series events at Martinsville.
- Brad Keselowski has two of those wins while Joey Logano has one.
FORD IN THE NASCAR XFINITY SERIES AT MARTINSVILLE
- Ford has 1 series win at Martinsville Speedway.
- Kenny Wallace has that lone series win (1994).
FORD IN THE NASCAR CAMPING WORLD TRUCK SERIES AT MARTINSVILLE
- Ford has five all-time NCWTS wins at Martinsville Speedway.
- Todd Gilliland recorded his first series victory at Martinsville Speedway.
F-150 LIGHTNING SET TO PACE AT MARTINSVILLE
The all-electric 2022 F-150 Lightning will be the official pace vehicle for this weekend’s NASCAR event at Martinsville Speedway. This marks the first time an electric truck will pace a NASCAR race and follows the Mustang Mach-E, which handled pace car duties at Talladega Superspeedway last year. Lightning is scheduled to pace the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series event Thursday and then the NASCAR Cup Series race two nights later. Lightning received nearly 200,000 reservations since being unveiled last May and is part of a growing EV portfolio for Ford that includes the Mustang Mach-E and E-Transit. The vehicle is on track for customer deliveries this spring.
LOGANO LIKES MARTINSVILLE
No track on the NASCAR Cup Series circuit has been better for Joey Logano when it comes to qualifying than Martinsville Speedway. Logano enters this weekend with an average starting position of 7.5, which is his best among all tracks in which he has more than five starts. He has five poles, including three in a row in 2015-16, and has an active streak of 18 straight top-10 starts (including races where qualifying was rained out). In 26 career races at the half-mile short track, Logano has an average finishing position of 12.0 and has been running at the finish of every event.
BLANEY ON QUALIFYING HOT STREAK
Ryan Blaney, who leads the current point standings, goes into this weekend at Martinsville having won the pole in each of the last three NASCAR Cup Series qualifying sessions. His streak started at Phoenix and continued at Circuit of the Americas and Richmond. Qualifying was rained out at Atlanta Motor Speedway three weeks ago, but Blaney still started on the front row as NASCAR’s formula placed him second. Blaney now has nine career poles.
Martinsville Highlights
BOWYER NETS FIRST FORD WIN
Clint Bowyer snapped a 190-race winless stretch by leading the final 114 laps to win the weather-delayed STP 500 in 2018. The win was Bowyer’s first with Ford and ninth of his career. He passed Ryan Blaney on lap 285 to gain the lead for the first time, and when Jamie McMurray brought out the caution 100 laps later after hitting the wall, Bowyer’s pit crew got him back out with the lead and that proved to be the difference. That capped a big day for Ford, which had five drivers finish in the Top 10 and saw Blaney win Stage 2.
KESELOWSKI WINS FIRST CLOCK
Brad Keselowski outdueled Kyle Busch down the stretch to win his first grandfather clock after capturing the STP 500 on Apr. 2, 2017. The two drivers waged a memorable battle that saw them swap the lead five times in the last 160 laps, but Keselowski ended up making the decisive pass on lap 458 and led the final 43 circuits to become the first repeat winner in 2017. Prior to winning at Martinsville, Keselowski took the checkered flag at Atlanta in the second race of the season.
A FIRST FOR FRED
The first time Ford won a NASCAR Cup Series race at Martinsville Speedway also marked the first career victory for 2015 NASCAR Hall of Famer Fred Lorenzen. The date was April 9, 1961 and Lorenzen battled Rex White, who led the first 118 laps after starting on the pole. Lorenzen, driving for Holman-Moody at the time, grabbed the lead on lap 119 and held it until rain came ending the race prematurely after 149 circuits. Little did anyone know that 54 years later both men would be enshrined into the NASCAR Hall of Fame as part of the same induction class. Martinsville was a place Lorenzen dominated, winning six times, including four straight from 1963-65. He was absolutely unbeatable in 1964 as he led 990 out of a possible 1,000 laps (487 in the first and 493 in the second) in winning both races.
CRAVEN WINS FIRST CUP RACE
Ricky Craven outlasted Dale Jarrett over the final laps to post the first victory of his NASCAR Cup Series career on Oct. 15, 2001 at Martinsville Speedway. Pit strategy played a key role in this race as Jarrett opted for four tires on his final stop while Craven just got two. That enabled Craven to build a lead following the ensuing restart with 17 to go, but Jarrett gained ground and found himself in position to win on the final lap. That’s when Jarrett went to the outside going into turn one and got side-by-side with Craven coming off turn two. Both Fords made contact door-to-door entering turn three, but Craven emerged off four with the advantage and took the checkered flag.
RUDD ROUGHS IT OUT
No driver displayed more toughness during his career than Ricky Rudd and that was evident again in 1998 when the Virginia native endured burns on his backside to win the NAPA Autocare 500 on Sept. 27. On a day that saw temperatures in the mid-nineties, Rudd found himself in a bad way just five laps into the race when his cooling unit failed. As the cockpit got hotter he asked to have a relief driver standing by, so Hut Stricklin was in the pit area ready to takeover. Ice packs helped momentarily, but his back was blistering so the team tried to cool him off with a hose. Unfortunately, the hose they used had been lying in the sun, so when they doused him the first time the water was hot. That method worked better on later stops, but in the end it was Rudd who toughed it out and led the final 96 laps to win and extend his streak to 16 consecutive seasons with at least one NASCAR Cup Series win.
FORD NASCAR CUP SERIES WINNERS AT MARTINSVILLE
1961 – Fred Lorenzen (1)
1962 – Nelson Stacy (2)
1963 – Fred Lorenzen (2)
1964 – Fred Lorenzen (Sweep)
1965 – Fred Lorenzen and Junior Johnson
1966 – Fred Lorenzen (2)
1969 – Richard Petty (Sweep)
1986 – Ricky Rudd (1)
1990 – Geoffrey Bodine (Sweep)
1992 – Mark Martin and Geoffrey Bodine
1993 – Ernie Irvan (2)
1994 – Rusty Wallace (Sweep)
1995 – Rusty Wallace (1)
1996 – Rusty Wallace (1)
1997 – Jeff Burton (1)
1998 – Ricky Rudd (2)
2000 – Mark Martin (1)
2001 – Dale Jarrett and Ricky Craven
2002 – Kurt Busch (2)
2017 – Brad Keselowski (1)
2018 – Clint Bowyer and Joey Logano
2019 – Brad Keselowski (1)
FORD NASCAR XFINITY SERIES WINNERS AT MARTINSVILLE
1994 – Kenny Wallace
FORD NASCAR CAMPING WORLD TRUCK SERIES WINNERS AT MARTINSVILLE
1995 – Joe Ruttman
2003 – Jon Wood
2004 – Rick Crawford
2005 – Ricky Craven (2)
2015 – Joey Logano (1)
2020 – Grant Enfinger
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A Lafayette man has been convicted on child sex and pornography charges.
The trial took place in Lafourche Parish, where the crimes occurred.
Eli Charpentier, 35, was convicted of aggravated crime against nature, indecent behavior with a juvenile and pornography involving juveniles.
According to a release from Lafourche Parish District Attorney Kristine Russell, the investigation began in 2019 when a pre-teen victim came forward and told their story of being abused by Charpentier on multiple occasions. Charpentier was in possession of pornographic images involving himself and the victim, Lafourche Parish Sheriff's detectives alleged, and they were able to match him to the pictures using a distinctive tattoo he has.
Charpentier will be sentenced at a later date. He faces 10 to 40 years on the pornography charge, 25 to 99 years for the crime against nature charge, and zero to 25 years for the indecent behavior charge.
“Since April is Child Abuse Awareness month, I would like to take this opportunity to highlight the amazing work that Forensic Interviewer Shannan Gros does at the Children’s Advocacy Center of Lafourche,” said Jason Chatagnier, who prosecuted the case. “Without the hard work done at the center, we would not be able to hold child abusers like Eli Charpentier accountable for their crimes.”Chatagnier continued, “It’s important that the citizens of Lafourche parish continue supporting the center now more than ever. There are many children who need the services that the center provides. Our children must be protected, because without them we have no future.”
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The half-mile Martinsville Speedway is little in comparison to some of NASCAR’s superspeedways, but it’s big in the hearts of many racers and fans.
That’s especially true for those from the southern part of Virginia, where the venerable track is located.
It’s the home track for the Wood Brothers, from nearby Stuart, Va., and it’s also the home track for the Burton family from South Boston, Va., which is about an hour’s drive east.
Harrison Burton, the driver of the No. 21 Motorcraft/Quick Lane Mustang fielded by the Wood Brothers, grew up in the suburbs of Charlotte, but his mom and dad, plus numerous other relatives are from South Boston.
For the Woods and the Burtons Martinsville Speedway has produced many a memorable moment.
Glenn Wood, the late founder of the Wood Brothers Racing Team, made his Cup Series debut at Martinsville and scored four poles and three top-three finishes in just 14 starts. While a Cup win eluded him there, he scored a big win in a Modified race there in 1960.
His grandson Jon Wood, now a co-owner of the No. 21 team, won a truck series race there in 2003.
Harrison Burton’s dad Jeff made his NASCAR debut at Martinsville in the series now known as Xfinity in 1988 and scored his first series win there two years later. Jeff Burton also won a Cup Series race there in 1997. Ward Burton, Harrison’s uncle, won an Xfinity race there in 1993.
In 2020, Harrison Burton carried on the family’s Martinsville legacy with a win in the Xfinity Series.
In that race, he led a race-high 81 laps including the final 53 in a row to get his fourth win of the season.
“What stands out the most from that afternoon is just how fun it was to have my family there to see it,” he said.
So it’s no surprise that he’s looking forward to making his first Martinsville appearance in a Cup car this Saturday night in the Blue-Emu 400.
“I’m excited for Martinsville,” Burton said. “In the past it’s been a great track to me and my family.
“I feel confident going there, so I’m excited to get to work.”
Practice for the Blue-Emu 400 is set for Friday at 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time followed at 5:05 by qualifying.
The 400-lap race is set to start just after 7:30 p.m. on Saturday with TV coverage on FOX Sports 1.
Stage breaks are planned for Laps 80 and 180.
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Forecasters at Colorado State University are expecting a total of 19 storms this hurricane season.
Experts released their hurricane season forecast on Thursday.
19 named storms are expected in 2022, 2 fewer than last year.
Of those storms, 9 are expected to become hurricanes, 4 of them will likely be major.
CSU experts estimate there will be 90 storm days this year, exceeding the average by 20 days.
The entire American coastline is 71% likely to see one major hurricane make landfall, nearly 20% higher than the average for the past 100 years, scientists said.
A major hurricane is 47% likely to make landfall on the East Coast, and 46% likely to touch down on the Gulf Coast spanning from the Florida Panhandle to the Rio Grande Valley of Texas.
While there are more hurricanes than normal expected this year, scientists say seasons like this one are becoming more common.
2021 was the third most active hurricane season on record, according to data.
2022 also marks one of the years with the most named storms in CSU’s forecast history.
Experts tell CNN they have more named storms now due to “technological improvements” that can now detect weak storms that may have been missed decades ago.
The list of named storms of 2022 from the National Hurricane Center are:
- Alex
- Bonnie
- Colin
- Danielle
- Earl
- Fiona
- Gaston
- Hermine
- Ian
- Julia
- Karl
- Lisa
- Martin
- Nicole
- Owen
- Paula
- Richard
- Shary
- Tobias
- Virginie
- Walter
Hurricane season begins on June 1 and ends on November 30.
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Yahoo and Toyota Racing Development (TRD) are pleased to announce a multi-year agreement. Yahoo has been named an Official Partner of TRD and will receive several assets as part of the agreement, including primary schemes with Toyota-backed teams of Joe Gibbs Racing (JGR), Kyle Busch Motorsports (KBM), Venturini Motorsports (VMS), and Keith Kunz Motorsports (KKM).
“At Yahoo, we connect people to their passions with the content and experiences that fuel their day,” said Iván Markman, Chief Business Officer at Yahoo. “We’re excited to work with TRD this year, and look forward to seeing the Yahoo brand at high speed.”
Yahoo is no stranger to motorsports, partnering with teams that compete in international organizations like Formula 1, MotoGP, and Extreme E. Now the brand’s iconic purple will be seen across multiple NASCAR series this season. Christopher Bell will debut the No. 20 Yahoo Toyota Camry TRD this weekend at Martinsville Speedway. Bell will also fly the Yahoo colors at several iconic events on the NASCAR schedule, including the 600-mile event in Charlotte on Memorial Day weekend, the Southern 500 classic at Darlington Raceway, and the annual Bristol night race, along with Road America’s second-ever Cup Series race on July 3rd, which Bell nearly drove to victory one year ago. Yahoo will also get primary placement on Kyle Busch’s final Truck Series start of the season at Sonoma Raceway in June.
Additionally, Yahoo will support the Toyota Driver Development (TD2) program and drivers John Hunter Nemechek, Jesse Love, and Kaylee Bryson. Truck Series championship contender Nemechek will feature the Yahoo colors in back-to-back races at Pocono Raceway and Indianapolis Raceway Park in July, while 17-year-old Love will run the Yahoo livery in five ARCA events for Venturini Motorsports. Chili Bowl history-maker Bryson will be in the Yahoo midget in dirt competition for 18 events.
“Yahoo is an iconic brand, and we are thrilled to align TRD with them,” said Jack Irving, group manager, commercial, TRD. “Yahoo and TRD are very excited about the future of this program, and we are ready to showcase them across several of Toyota’s racing disciplines this season.”
This is the second official partnership announcement for TRD this year, which continues to boast of long-time partners such as Mobil 1, JBL and Safelite Auto Glass.
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More than 8 million Cash App users could be impacted by a data breach.
In a report filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Block, the company that owns Cash App, said a former employee downloaded reports that included names and brokerage account numbers.
The reports from Cash App Investing did not include usernames, passwords, social security numbers or payment card information, Block said.
The employee reportedly had access to the reports prior to his employment ending.
Block said it is contacting all current and former users who may have been impacted. The company says it has also informed law enforcement about the breach.
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Tejano singer Selena died in 1995. NPR's A Martinez talks to Maria Garcia, creator and host of the podcast, Anything for Selena, about projects that will keep Selena's music alive for new generations.
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Tejano singer Selena died in 1995. NPR's A Martinez talks to Maria Garcia, creator and host of the podcast, Anything for Selena, about projects that will keep Selena's music alive for new generations.
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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi tested positive for COVID-19, according to her deputy chief of staff.
After testing negative this week, Speaker Pelosi received a positive test result for COVID-19 and is currently asymptomatic. The Speaker is fully vaccinated and boosted, and is thankful for the robust protection the vaccine has provided. (1/2)
— Drew Hammill (@Drew_Hammill) April 7, 2022
The aide said Pelosi is currently asymptomatic but will quarantine per CDC guidelines.
Pelosi, 82, is fully vaccinated and boosted.
She was at the White House on Wednesday and stood beside President Joe Biden as he signed the Postal Service Reform Act of 2022.
It's unclear whether Biden has been tested for the virus since Pelosi's positive test result.
Pelosi was scheduled to lead a congressional delegation trip to Asia this weekend, but that has been postponed, her aide said.
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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — More than a million customers in Puerto Rico remain without electricity after a fire broke out at a main power plant.
An island-wide blackout forced the U.S. territory to cancel classes and shutter government offices Thursday.
Wednesday night's outage also left some 160,000 customers without water.
The fire at the plant is out, according to the Bureau of Puerto Rico Fire Departments. The cause of the fire is under investigation.
A private company that took over transmission and distribution from Puerto Rico’s Electric Power Authority last year said the blackout could have been caused by a circuit breaker failure at the Costa Sur generation plant.
It is one of four main plants on the island.
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Leading Fast-Casual Concept Set to Bring Four New Restaurants to Myrtle Beach Area
WICHITA, Kan., April 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Leading fast-casual restaurant concept Freddy's Frozen Custard & Steakburgers announced today it has signed a multi-unit development agreement to expand its footprint in South Carolina. With nine locations currently operating throughout the state, the chain is set to build four new restaurants in the Greater Myrtle Beach region, with development being led by veteran franchisee Rob Tanner of Custard & Steakburger Holdings. After reporting significant growth in 2021, Freddy's has maintained its strong momentum in the first quarter of the new year, with the brand's ongoing success continuing to attract established multi-unit operators.
"Our team is proud of what we've been able to accomplish thus far in 2022, and we are excited to build on our recent development success by welcoming Custard & Steakburger Holdings to the Freddy's family. They have extensive knowledge of the foodservice industry, and we know that their franchising background will position them for success with our brand," says Andrew Thengvall, Chief Development Officer at Freddy's. "Our ongoing growth in South Carolina and throughout the Southeast is a direct reflection of our strong unit economics and leadership in the fast-casual space. Myrtle Beach has been a target market for Freddy's, and we look forward to opening new locations in the area as we continue to expand the brand's national footprint."
Beginning his franchising career in 2012, Rob Tanner quickly acquired a deep understanding of the foodservice industry and later founded Custard & Steakburger Holdings to pursue an agreement with Freddy's. Partnering with his uncle Jeffery Postal, Amit Sehgal and former National Basketball Association (NBA) star Carlos Boozer, Tanner and his team currently own and operate eight quick-service restaurants throughout Myrtle Beach and South Florida, with 25 in development. Concepts that the group currently invests in includes Popeye's, Haagen Daz and Tropical Smoothie Cafe.
"When my partners and I began looking at concepts to diversify our portfolio, we wanted to find something unique that would allow us to continue operating our existing locations without conflict. When we came across Freddy's, we knew it would complement our other brands well," says Rob Tanner, Custard & Steakburger Holdings franchisee. "Freddy's shows immense growth potential, and their team has developed a best-in-class support infrastructure that has made the entire process seamless. We are excited to be a part of the brand's continued growth in the South Carolina."
In addition to its latest agreement in South Carolina, Freddy's has achieved strong development success in the first quarter. Adding 35 new units to its development pipeline since the start of the year, the brand is projected to open over 50 total locations throughout 2022 with new restaurants across the country in states like Arizona, Ohio and Virginia. Furthermore, to continue its growth with non-traditional formats, Freddy's opened its first airport location in the Will Rogers World Airport in Oklahoma City. These efforts, coupled with the brand's exceptional commitment to its franchisees, Team Members and one-of-a-kind Freddy's Guest experience, help to support its greater development goal to double its footprint within the next four years, bringing the total unit count to 800 by 2026.
Franchise opportunities remain in areas across the U.S., including the Northeast, Upper Midwest, California, Florida, Oregon, and Washington and large metro areas such as Pittsburgh and many of its surrounding markets.
For more information about development opportunities, contact Mary Coots, Director of Franchise Development, at maryc@freddysusa.com or 316-719-7854, or visit https://freddysfranchising.com.
About Freddy's
Freddy's Frozen Custard & Steakburgers is a leading fast-casual franchise concept with more than 400 locations across 34 states nationwide. Founded in Wichita, Kansas, in 2002, the brand offers a unique combination of cooked-to-order steakburgers, all-beef hot dogs, shoestring fries and other savory items along with freshly churned frozen custard treats. Known for operating the Freddy's Way, Guests experience genuine hospitality and food prepared fresh with premium ingredients. This signature approach has fueled Freddy's ongoing growth throughout the U.S. and garnered national recognition from industry-leading rankings, including being named No. 1 on Forbes Best Franchises to Buy and No. 34 on Entrepreneur's Franchise 500. For more on Freddy's, visit the newsroom and follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. For more information about development opportunities, visit https://freddysfranchising.com/.
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TAMPA, Fla. (WFTS) —The FDA is warning restaurants, retailers and consumers about a multi-state norovirus outbreak linked to raw oysters from Canada.
The FDA confirmed the potentially contaminated oysters were distributed in several states. The states include California, Colorado, Florida, Hawaii, Illinois, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, Nevada, Oregon, Texas and Washington.
There could be additional states that received the oysters, the FDA added.
Retails are advised not to serve or sell oysters harvested from the following locations:
- Baynes Sound: #1407063, #1411206, #278737 in BC 14-8 and #1400036, in BC 14-15.
- “Baynes Sound” will show on product tags as “14-8” and/or “DEEP BAY”, or “14-15.”
According to Food Safety News, health officials have reported the following number of illnesses:
- Canada – 279
- California – 34
- Minnesota – 29
- Washington – 18
Norovirus symptoms
- Diarrhea
- Vomiting
- Nausea
- Stomach pain
- Fever
- Headache
- Body ache
"A person usually develops symptoms 12 to 48 hours after being exposed to norovirus. Most people with norovirus illness get better within 1 to 3 days," the FDA said.
People with norovirus can feel extremely ill, the FDA said and can vomit or have diarrhea many times a day. That can lead to dehydration, especially in young children, older adults or people with other illnesses.
Anyone is at risk but children under five, the elderly and those with weakened immune systems are more likely to have severe infections, the FDA said.
What do restaurants and retailers need to do?
The FDA said restaurants and retailers should dispose of any product by throwing them out or returning them to their distributor for destruction.
Restaurants and retailers should also be aware that the oysters may be a source of pathogens and should control the potential for cross-contamination of food processing equipment and the food processing environment. They should follow the steps below:
- Wash hands with warm water and soap following the cleaning and sanitation process.
- Retailers, restaurants, and other food service operators who have processed and packaged any potentially contaminated products need to be concerned about cross-contamination of cutting surfaces and utensils through contact with the potentially contaminated products.
- Retailers that have sold bulk product should clean and sanitize the containers used to hold the product.
- Regular frequent cleaning and sanitizing of food contact surfaces and utensils used in food preparation may help to minimize the likelihood of cross-contamination.
Consumers
- To protect yourself and others from norovirus:
- Wash your hands thoroughly with soap and water often.
- Carefully wash fruits and vegetables before preparing and eating them.
- Cook oysters and other shellfish thoroughly before eating them.
- Do not prepare food or care for others when you are sick, and for at least two days after symptoms stop.
- Clean and disinfect contaminated surfaces.
- Wash contaminated laundry thoroughly.
The FDA said consumers should always practice safe food handling and preparation measures. Wash hands, utensils and surfaces with hot, soapy water before and after handling food.
The FDA added that noroviruses are relatively resistant to heat and can survive temperatures as high as 145°F. Quick steaming processes that are often used for cooking shellfish may not heat foods enough to kill noroviruses.
This story was originally reported by Emily McCain on abcactionnews.com.
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NEW YORK, April 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The following is expert analysis from CM&F Group, a leading medical malpractice insurance company:
In March, healthcare professionals were hit with a harsh reality - their livelihood and career are at risk. A former nurse, Radonda Vaught, was convicted of negligent homicide and gross neglect of an impaired adult after a three-day trial in Tennessee. Radonda has been sentenced to one-to-two years in prison for negligent homicide and three-to-six years concurrently for gross neglect.
"Although we cannot comment on the case of Ms. Vaught, it reminds us of the genesis of the Institute of Medicine's 'To Err is Human' from 1999," said William G. F. Sullivan, EVP and Chief Underwriting Officer at CM&F Group. "Stakeholders in healthcare have fought to improve patient care by reducing human error and systemic flaws for the last two decades. The pandemic increased the potential for errors due to burnout and staffing shortages. This conviction could place providers on an "island" when there is an error, dampening provider's desire for transparency, undercutting improvement of patient care. It is a pivotal moment for patients and providers alike."
Instead of administering Versed prior to an MRI, Vaught accidentally administered vecuronium, known to cause paralysis. The medication was distributed from an automatic drug dispensing cabinet using an override when Vaught searched the medication list, typing in "VE". What followed were several deviations in care by Vaught and Vanderbilt University Medical Center.
"Criminalizing medical errors instead of trying them in front of licensing boards is setting a strong precedent for healthcare workers," said Jay Sullivan, Executive Vice President & CEO, CM&F Group. "It is a tragic situation for all those involved, and our hearts go out them."
An employer's liability policy is usually aimed at protecting the employer and business, leaving individual employees at risk after an incident. With a personal liability policy through a trusted carrier, healthcare providers can ensure that they are protecting their assets, license, and reputation. Healthcare providers should have the right to choose whether they go to court and have a legal team defending them and should not have to stand before a board or judge before seeking counsel.
CM&F Group, a division of Specialty Program Group, LLC., is a medical malpractice insurance company. CM&F insures over 110,000 healthcare providers across the country by partnering with the strongest and most committed insurance carriers. CM&F has taken innovative pathways to provide easy access to products through enhanced technology, education, strategic partnerships, and expert service.
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NASCAR Cup Series
Next Race: Blu-Emu Maximum Pain Relief 400
The Place: Martinsville Speedway
The Date: Saturday, April 9
The Time: 7:30 p.m. ET
The Purse: $6,917,073
TV: FS1, 7 p.m. ET
Radio: MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio
Distance: 210.4 miles (400 laps); Stage 1 (Ends on Lap 80),
Stage 2 (Ends on Lap 180), Final Stage (Ends on Lap 400)
NASCAR Xfinity Series
Next Race: Call 811 Before You Dig 250 Powered by Call811.com
The Place: Martinsville Speedway
The Date: Friday, April 8
The Time: 7:30 p.m. ET
The Purse: $1,501,956
TV: FS1, 6:30 p.m. ET
Radio: MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio
Distance: 131.5 miles (250 Laps); Stage 1 (Ends on Lap 60),
Stage 2 (Ends on Lap 120), Final Stage (Ends on Lap 250)
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series
Next Race: Blue-Emu Maximum Pain Relief 200
The Place: Martinsville Speedway
The Date: Thursday, April 7
The Time: 8 p.m. ET
The Purse: $693,842
TV: FS1, 7 p.m. ET
Radio: MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio
Distance: 105.2 miles (200 Laps); Stage 1 (Ends on Lap 50),
Stage 2 (Ends on Lap 100), Final Stage (Ends on Lap 200)
NASCAR Cup Series
Short Track Swing: Martinsville Speedway welcomes the NASCAR Cup Series
The NASCAR Cup Series finds itself amid a short track swing on the 2021 season schedule, tasking the teams to find the best setups for the Next Gen cars on three similar tracks in length (less than a mile) but vastly different competitive arenas. From last week’s 0.75-mile asphalt paved Richmond Raceway, to this weekend’s historic Martinsville Speedway that stretches 0.526-mile in length with asphalt paved straights and concrete corners, to next weekend’s 0.5-mile Bristol Motor Speedway dirt track, the challenge through this portion of the schedule is immense.
Martinsville Speedway is the longest continuously running track on the NASCAR Cup Series schedule, and the only currently active track that was a part of the inaugural NASCAR Cup Series season in 1949. Martinsville Speedway was originally a dirt track and the facility hosted 12 NASCAR Cup Series races on the then dirt surface before paving the track in the late summer months of 1955, between the track’s two Cup races of that season. In total, there have been 146 NASCAR Cup Series races at Martinsville Speedway, one in the inaugural year (1949) and two races per year since 1950. The first 500-lap event at Martinsville Speedway was in 1956 and the concrete corners were added atop asphalt in 1976.
The 146 NASCAR Cup Series races at Martinsville Speedway are the second-most points-paying series events run at a facility behind Daytona International Speedway’s 150 races.
Martinsville’s 146 races have produced 61 different pole winners and 55 different race winners; nine of the Cup Series Martinsville Speedway race winners are entered this weekend.
The first NASCAR Cup Series race at Martinsville Speedway was on Sept. 25, 1949 and won by NASCAR Hall of Famer Red Byron driving an Oldsmobile for car owner Raymond Parks. NASCAR Hall of Famer Richard Petty leads the NASCAR Cup Series in wins at Martinsville Speedway with 15 victories (1960, 1962, 1963, 1967 sweep, 1968, 1969 sweep, 1970, 1971, 1972 sweep, 1973, 1975, 1979) – the most any driver in the series has won at a single track; he also won 15 races at North Wilkesboro. Joe Gibbs Racing’s Denny Hamlin leads the NASCAR Cup Series among active drivers in wins at Martinsville Speedway with five victories (2008, 2009, 2010 sweep, 2015).
This weekend’s Blue-Emu Maximum Pain Relief 400 on Saturday night, April 9, at 7:30 p.m. ET on FS1, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio (Channel 90) will be 400 laps (210.4 miles) and broken up into the three stages. The first stage is 80 laps, the second stage is 100 laps, and the final stage is 220 laps.
All the NASCAR Cup Series action at Martinsville Speedway begins this Friday, April 8 at 4:30 p.m. ET followed directly by Busch Light Pole Qualifying at 5:05 p.m. ET both will be televised on FS1.
Hot Streak: Trend of different winners to start the season could reach eight
Joe Gibbs Racing’s Denny Hamlin gave Toyota its first win of the 2022 NASCAR Cup Series season and in the process kept the streak of different winners to start the season alive making the 2022 season the sixth different year in the NASCAR Cup Series’ Modern Era (1972-2022) to start with seven different drivers in Victory Lane; joining 2021, 2014, 2003, 2000 and 1991.
Now the NASCAR Cup Series is heading to the historic Martinsville Speedway to see if the streak can make it to eight different winners. If the 2022 season sees an eighth different victor this weekend it will become just the third different season in the NASCAR Cup Series Modern Era (1972-Present) to start with eight different winners in the first eight races; joining 2003 and 2000. Last season, Martin Truex Jr. snapped the different winners streak to start the year by winning his second race of the 2021 season at Martinsville (Race No. 8).
2022 NASCAR Cup Series Season Recap:
The Modern Era record of different winners to start a NASCAR Cup Series season is 10 set back in 2000. NASCAR Hall of Famer Dale Earnhardt Jr. snapped the different winners streak by winning his second race of the 2000 season at Richmond (Race No. 11).
The next longest streak of different winners to start a season in the NASCAR Cup Series Modern Era belongs to 2003 with nine consecutive different winners. Kurt Busch snapped the streak of different winners by winning his second race of the 2003 season at Auto Club Speedway (Race No. 10).
In the Modern Era (1972-2021), the record for the most different NASCAR Cup Series winners in a single season in its entirety is 19 set back in 2001. The series has also seen a total of 18 different winners (second-most) in a single season twice – in 2002 and 2011. Last season, the series produced 16 different winners.
Short Track Showmen
Since the first NASCAR Cup Series season in 1949, short tracks – a track less than a mile in length – have graced the competitive schedule and been part of the fabric that makes up the sport.
NASCAR Hall of Famer aptly nicknamed ‘The King,’ Richard Petty scored 138 of his record 200 NASCAR Cup Series victories on short tracks – the series-most short-track wins all-time. He also holds the record for the most wins at a single NASCAR Cup Series track posting 15 victories at this weekend’s venue – Martinsville Speedway and North Wilkesboro.
Among the active drivers this weekend, 10 have posted wins on short tracks in the NASCAR Cup Series, led by Joe Gibbs Racing’s Kyle Busch with 16 short-track Cup victories. Team Penske’s Joey Logano is the only driver to win at all four of the currently active short tracks on the NASCAR Cup Series schedule with his victory last season at Bristol Dirt.
Seven of the 10 active NASCAR Cup Series short track winners entered this weekend are looking for their first victory of 2022, and all seven are former winners at Martinsville – Kyle Busch, Kurt Busch, Brad Keselowski, Kevin Harvick, Joey Logano, Chase Elliott and the track’s defending spring race winner Martin Truex Jr.
Additionally, Stewart-Haas Racing’s Kevin Harvick is the only NASCAR Cup Series driver to win in all three NASCAR national series at Martinsville Speedway (NCS: 2011, NXS: 2006, NCWTS: 2009, 2010, 2012) and the only active driver with an Xfinity win at the track. Five other drivers entered this weekend have won in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series at Martinsville Speedway - 23XI Racing’s Bubba Wallace has two wins (2013, 2014), Joe Gibbs Racing’s Denny Hamlin (2011, 2012) and Kyle Busch (2016, 2019) each have two wins, Hendrick Motorsport’s driver Chase Elliott has one Truck win (2017) and Team Penske’s Joey Logano also has one win (2015).
Joe Gibbs Racing’s Martin Truex Jr. has won the last two consecutive Martinsville Speedway NACAR Cup Series spring races. In total, Truex has made 32 series starts at Martinsville posting one pole, three wins (2019, 2020, 2021), nine top fives and 15 top 10s. He has also led 1,016 laps at the Paperclip shaped track.
Virginia native Denny Hamlin returns to one of his favorite tracks - Martinsville Speedway
Joe Gibbs Racing’s Denny Hamlin returns to Martinsville Speedway, one of his most successful tracks, just after securing his first win of the 2022 season at Richmond Raceway.
The Chesterfield, Virginia, native leads the NASCAR Cup Series in victories at the historic Martinsville Speedway with five wins (2008, 2009, 2010 sweep, 2015) and has all the intentions of making it six in Saturday night’s Blue-Emu Maximum Pain Relief 400 (April 9 at 7:30 p.m. ET on FS1, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio).
Among active drivers, Hamlin is one of the most prolific active short track competitors in the series. He is ranked second in short track Cup wins with 11 victories.
At Martinsville, Hamlin has made 32 series starts posting four poles, five wins, 16 top fives and 22 top 10s. But his Martinsville Speedway accolades don’t stop there. The NASCAR Cup Series pre-race Loop Data has him leading every category among active drivers heading into Saturday night – Average Finish of 10.156 (series-best), Average Running Position of 9.375 (series-best), Driver Rating of 105.7 (series-best), 1,101 Fastest Laps Run (series-best), 12,917 Laps in the Top 15 (80.5%) (series-most), 1,084 Quality Passes (series-most).
Next Gen car performance is worth noting
The 2022 NASCAR Cup Series season schedule and the debut of the Next Gen have combined for some outstanding on-track performance and the metric are here to back up what the fans are raving about through the first seven races of the year.
Lots of competition parity this season and most notably is the seven different winners in the first seven races; with three of them being first-time winners. The 2022 season is only the sixth season in the Modern Era (1972-Present) the NASCAR Cup Series has started with seven different winners in as many races; joining 1991, 2000, 2003, 2014, 2021. It is also just the second time in the Modern Era and the first-time since 2001 the series has had three first-time winners in the first seven races of a season.
But what is even more impressive is the 2022 season has produced the closest finishes through seven races to start a season since the advent electronic scoring in 1993. The average Margin of Victory of the first seven races of the 2022 NASCAR Cup Series season is 0.458-second; the closest average Margin of Victory through the first seven races of a season since advent of electronic scoring in 1993; next closest was 2001 with 0.486-second. The 2022 season has six of the first seven races concluding with a Margin of Victory of less than a second – just the second time since 1993 it has occurred joining 2001.
2022 has also produced the most passes for the lead during green flag racing since the statistic was invented in 2007; up 136% year-over-year through seven races. Through the first seven races the 2022 NASCAR Cup Series season has produced a total of 387 green flag passes for the lead; the most through the first seven races since the Loop Data statistic was initially tabulated in 2007 (the last 16 seasons). Plus, the 2022 season is up 136% in a year-over-year comparison in green flag passes for the lead - 2021 (164) and 2022 (387).
And on top of all that, the Next Gen car keeps setting new track records in passing providing more action for fans during races. The 2022 NASCAR Cup Series season has set three track records in green flag passes for the lead - producing more green flag passes for the lead than ever before at Las Vegas (57), Atlanta (141) and Circuit of the Americas (30).
Circuit of The Americas also produced a NASCAR Cup Series record for green flag passes for the lead on road course-type tracks with 30 green flag passes for the lead. The previous record for total green flag passes for the lead on a road course in the NASCAR Cup Series was held by Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road Course with 22 green flag passes for the lead in 2021.
Atlanta Motor Speedway produced a NASCAR Cup Series record for green flag passes for the lead on 1.5-mile tracks with 141 green flag passes for the lead. The previous record for green flag passes for the lead on a 1.5-mile track in the NASCAR Cup Series was held by Texas Motor Speedway with 57 green flag passes for the lead in 2019.
Then this past week the NASCAR Cup Series set the all-time track record for the most total green flag passes throughout the field during a race at Richmond Raceway with 3,072 total passes throughout the field during green flag conditions. It was also the most total green flag passes on a short track since the stat has been tabulated in 2007.
NASCAR Cup Series, Etc.
NASCAR Cup Series Featured Matchups: 2022 Martinsville Speedway – Below is a close look at the featured matchups fans can bet on heading into this weekend’s event.
- 9 – Chase Elliott vs. 11 – Denny Hamlin
o Two of NASCAR’s very best short track racers square off in a rematch of their infamous dustup in the 2017 Martinsville Playoff race, in which Hamlin wrecked Elliott on a late restart, costing Elliott a shot at advancing to the Championship 4 Round of the ’17 Playoffs.
o Hamlin has the best all-time stat line at Martinsville among active drivers, with a 10.16 average finish and a stout five wins to his credit at the facility.
o Elliott is no slouch at Martinsville either. Elliott won the 2020 Fall Martinsville race in dramatic fashion – a win which cashed him a ticket to the 2020 Championship 4 Round. Since 2019, Elliott has led the second- most laps at Martinsville (575) among active drivers.
o Elliott enters the weekend as one of the most consistent drivers in NASCAR in 2022, as he is currently tied for the points lead with Ryan Blaney. Hamlin sits 20th in points and is coming off a short track win this past weekend in Richmond.
- 1 – Ross Chastain vs. 12 – Ryan Blaney
o This past weekend in Richmond, Blaney and Chastain, two of the hottest drivers in the sport entering the weekend, feuded throughout the race, making contact numerous times with each other battling in the top five throughout the race. With another short track race on deck in Martinsville this weekend, will these two find each other on track again?
o In the matchup, Blaney would appear to have the early edge, as he has the best average finish among active drivers at the track since 2019 (5.83).
o Chastain however continues to buck statistics and has run well in nearly every race this season. His limited stat profile for Martinsville shows a 26.75 average finish since 2019, but recent stats have not been a good indicator of results for Chastain in 2022.
- 19 – Martin Truex, Jr. vs. 24 – William Byron
o Truex and Byron went toe-to-toe over the course of the final stage of last week’s race in Richmond in a battle of tire strategy, with both drivers coming up just short of a victory after Denny Hamlin shocked the field in the closing laps and passed the leaders via a tire gamble.
o Both drivers figure to be in the mix for the win on Sunday, as both have shown recent speed at Martinsville.
o Truex in particular is among the best in the series at The Paperclip, having won three of the last five Cup races at the track.
o Byron has three top-five finishes at Martinsville in his last six starts at the track
- 18 – Kyle Busch vs. 5 - Kyle Larson
o It’s the Kyle and Kyle Show in the final matchup of the week, in a battle between two drivers who, despite having great records at short tracks, have not seen much success in recent events at Martinsville.
o Larson has oft-described Martinsville as one of his weakest tracks, but his 11.50 average finish since 2019 at the facility suggests he has a better handle on the track than he gives himself credit for.
o Busch has two Martinsville wins to his name in his career, but none have come in the last 4 years. He’ll look to change that after a disappointing showing in Richmond in which a strong run was undone by a pit penalty late in the race.
Brief history of the unique NASCAR trophy at Martinsville Speedway – There is nothing else out there like it and that’s what makes it so unique, the Martinsville Speedway trophy that is. The seven-foot-tall trophy is known as the ‘Grandfather Clock’ or the Ridgeway Clock. It was presented for the first time in 1964 to NASCAR Hall of Famer Fred Lorenzen. Back then, and for many years, the trophy was manufactured just down the road from the iconic short track. Clockmakers Howard Miller then bought Ridgeway, who were the manufacturers of the clock, and started making them in their unit in Zeeland, Michigan.
NASCAR Xfinity Series
Joe Gibbs Racing’s Ty Gibbs willing to win at all cost
After a battle in the last lap with Joe Gibbs Racing teammate John Hunter Nemechek, 19-year-old Ty Gibbs took home his third checkered flag of the season, remaining the only driver in the NASCAR Xfinity Series with multiple wins this season thus far.
This win marked the seventh in his Xfinity Series career after posting four wins in his 18 starts last season (Daytona Road Course, Charlotte, Watkins Glen and Kansas). After winning the pole for the ToyotaCare 250 at Richmond last weekend, he became the 13th different Xfinity Series driver at Richmond Raceway to win from the first starting position.
With two back-to-back poles under his belt (Austin and Richmond), Gibbs will look to make it three next weekend at Martinsville Speedway where he started on the front row the last time the Xfinity Series was there in October 2021.
With his win at Richmond, Gibbs racked-up another 56 points to bring his total to 283 in the series driver standings, just 20 points behind veteran AJ Allmendinger in the standings lead. Noah Gragson, who had been leading the standings up until this past weekend, is now tied with Gibbs with 283 – Gibbs owns the tiebreaker of most wins on the season.
NASCAR Xfinity Series heads to the ‘Paperclip’ of short tracks
The NASCAR Xfinity Series will be back in action this Friday, April 8 at 7:30 p.m. ET on FS1, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR radio for the Call 811 Before You Dig 250 Powered by Call811.com.
The track has produced 23 different race winners and 18 different pole winners in 37 races since its Xfinity Series inception in 1982. Sam Ard won the inaugural race and went on to win four more times (1982 sweep, 1983 sweep), holding the record for most Xfinity Series wins at the track.
The most recent winner at Martinsville Speedway is driver of the No. 9 JR Motorsports Chevrolet, Noah Gragson, who has only gotten better every time he has gone out on the short track. In his first Xfinity Series stint at the track in 2020, he placed third and led for 23 of 250 laps. In the 2021 spring race, he placed second and in the fall race of that same year, he led 153 laps and finally made his way to Victory Lane.
With the success Gragson has had thus far in the 2022 season (one win, five top fives and five top 10s) and with his history competing in Martinsville, he is a good contender to take home the checkered flag this weekend but there might be some tough competition.
His JR Motorsport’s teammate, Sam Mayer, had a rough start to the season but seems to have found his groove. In the last two races, he has posted top five finishes and even beat Gragson, AJ Allmendinger and Austin Hill for the Dash 4 Cash $100,000 bonus at Richmond Raceway. Last season at Martinsville, he posted a top-five finish, proving he can find his way around a short track. With another $100,000 on the line for him at Martinsville and a hunger to post his first Xfinity Series win, he just may inch his way to a first-place finish.
AJ Allmendinger has been on his A-game all season long, posting one win (COTA), four top fives and seven top 10s. Although he doesn’t have too much history in Martinsville, he did post a top-15 finish in the 2021 spring race and a top-10 finish in the fall race.
Josh Berry might be on track to post his first win of the season (third of his Xfinity Series career) at Martinsville Speedway this weekend. Although he struggled some in Atlanta and Austin, he came back to finish seventh in Richmond this past weekend and had three consecutive top-five finishes at Auto Club, Las Vegas and Phoenix earlier this season. Not only that, but he also worked his way to the checkered flag at Martinsville’s spring race last year after starting in the 29th position. With 227 points, he’s fighting to make his way to the top.
Xfinity’s Dash 4 Cash continues at Martinsville
The NASCAR Xfinity Series Dash 4 Cash program was designed to add elements of unpredictability and drama leading up to and during four designated races, increase on-track competition, engage fans and reward / recognize NASCAR Xfinity Series regular competitors.
The first qualifier was at Circuit of the Americas (COTA) where we saw AJ Allmendinger, Austin Hill, Noah Gragson and Sam Mayer secure their spots for a chance to win the $100,000 at Richmond Raceway. Ultimately, it was Mayer who took home the prize with his third-place finish, just barely squeezing by Allmendinger who finished fourth.
At Martinsville, we will once again see Mayer and Allmendinger dash for their chance to win, joined by Ty Gibbs and Riley Herbst.
All drivers have taken their shot at the Martinsville short track and have placed at least once in the top 10.
Sam Mayer: Competed last year and posted a fourth-place finish
AJ Allmendinger: Ran in both Martinsville races in 2021, posting a 13th-place and a seventh-place finish.
Ty Gibbs: Worked his way up to a fourth-place finish after starting in the 16th position in the 2021 spring race
Riley Herbst: Friday’s race will be his fourth in Martinsville. He has posted two top-10 finishes in his three previous races.
The next Dash 4 Cash race will be at Talladega Superspeedway on April 23 followed by Dover Motor Speedway on April 30.
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Sunoco Rookie of the Year Update – Current Sunoco Rookie of the Year leader Austin Hill didn’t quite have the race he was hoping for at the ToyotaCare 250 after finishing 18th but is still leading the pack with one win, three top fives, three top 10s and 193 points.
Sheldon Creed also didn’t have his best race at Richmond Raceway but with four top 10s and 164 points on the season, he’s still fighting for his chance to make it to the Playoffs and to be named the 2022 Sunoco Rookie of the Year.
Kyle Sieg is looking to post first Xfinity Series top-10 finish. He comes in behind Hill and Creed with 75 points.
Jesse Iwuji has not competed in the last two races (Austin and Richmond) so he remains with 24 points.
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Camping World Truck Series is looking to mix it up at Martinsville Speedway
After a one week break to regroup, the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series returns to Martinsville Speedway this Thursday, April 7 for the Blu-Emu Maximum Pain Relief 200 at 8 p.m. ET on FS1, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio, the fifth race of the 2022 season.
Martinsville Speedway has hosted 44 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series races dating back to the inaugural event on September 25, 1995. The race was won by Joe Ruttman driving a Ford for car owner Mark Simo. Ruttman led just the final two laps to take the win.
The 44 Truck Series races at Martinsville Speedway have produced 29 different pole winners and 31 different race winners. Five of the 31 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Martinsville Speedway race winners are entered this weekend – Johnny Sauter (four wins), Kyle Busch (two wins), Matt Crafton (two wins), Grant Enfinger (one win), John H. Nemechek (one win).
All the on-track activity for the NACAR Camping World Truck Series starts with practice on Thursday, April 7 at 3 p.m. ET directly followed by Cometic Gaskets Pole Qualifying at 3:30 p.m. ET and both events will be televised on FS1.
Eight different winners in last eight races at Martinsville
Martinsville Speedway is currently riding a streak of eight different NASCAR Camping World Truck Series winners that dates back to 2017 (4/1/2017 – 10/30/2021). The streak is tied with Phoenix Raceway (11/7/2014-11/5/2021) and Bristol Motor Speedway (8/21/2014 – 9/16/2021) for the longest active streaks in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series. Now the series returns to paperclip-shaped track to see if the streak will stay alive.
Four of the five former NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Martinsville Speedway winners entered this weekend – Johnny Sauter, Kyle Busch, John H. Nemechek, and Grant Enfinger - are also included in the streak and could be the ones that end it.
The different winners streak started in 2017 with Chase Elliott winning the spring race of that season, then Noah Gragson won in the fall, followed by John H. Nemechek (2018 spring), Johnny Sauter (2018 fall), Kyle Busch (2019 spring), Todd Gilliland (2019 fall), Grant Enfinger (2020) and Zane Smith (2021).
2022 Camping World Truck Series season is off to a fast start
The first four races of the 2022 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series season have passed the eye-test producing side-by-side, action-packed competition, and it’s no surprise because the stats are backing up what the fans are seeing.
The first four NASCAR Camping World Truck Series races of the 2022 season have produced an average of 16.75 lead changes per race – the most through the first four races of a Truck season since the inception of the series in 1995. Plus, the final lead change of each of the first four races this season have occurred with two laps or less in each event. With two of the four races this season concluding with a Margin of Victory of less than a second.
The NASCAR Camping World Truck Series has seen 21 different drivers lead laps this season - the most through the first four races since 2005 (24). The first four races of the 2022 season have produced an average of nine different leaders per race – the most through four races since the inception of the series in 1995.
This week the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series readies for Thursday’s (April 7) Blue-Emu Maximum Pain Relief 200 on the historically famous half-mile Martinsville Speedway at 8 p.m. ET on FS1, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio. Last season, the Truck Series only visited Martinsville Speedway once (October 30, 2021) and the race was won by Zane Smith, the series’ most recent winner (COTA).
Front Row Motorsport’s Zane Smith heads into off-week after a rallying win at COTA
Just when they needed a rallying win, Front Row Motorsport’s driver Zane Smith delivered.
After opening the season with a massive win at Daytona International Speedway, Zane Smith and the No. 38 Front Row Motorsports Ford team thought the wind was at their backs for the 2022 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series season. Smith had locked the team into the Playoffs with the win in Daytona and he was atop the series driver point standings. But then the very next week, after another strong run that saw Smith cross the finish line in second at Las Vegas, the truck failed post-race inspection and the result was disqualified relegating him to a 36th-place finish.
The 36th at Las Vegas dropped Smith from the standings lead to 12th in points. Though it was a skid in the early season momentum, Smith was determined to rebound, and he did just that. At Atlanta the following weekend, he managed a fifth-place finish and then last weekend in the final restart he made a pass for the lead to take the win, becoming the first multiple winner of the 2022 season (Daytona, COTA).
It was Smith’s fifth career NASCAR Camping World Truck Series victory and Front Row Motorsport’s second consecutive team win at Circuit of The Americas (Todd Gilliland, 2021). Smith is now back up to fourth in the driver points standings just 31 points behind Chandler Smith in the standings lead.
Smith not only gets an extra week to soak in the spoils of his win at COTA, but he also is the latest series winner of next week’s track - Martinsville Speedway. Smith won the Playoff race at the historic half-mile last season to earn his spot in the Championship 4 Round of the Playoffs.
Youth Movement: Average age of Truck Series winners this season is 20.5
The NASCAR Camping World Truck Series is known for being a mix of young, up-and-coming stars and steely veterans battling it out each week, but this season the youngsters of the series have been stealing the spotlight early with the average age of the three different winners in the first four races of the year at 20.5.
Front Row Motorsport’s 22-year-old, Zane Smith, has two Camping World Truck Series wins this season at Daytona and at the Circuit of The Americas. The other two Truck Series races this year have been won by a pair of 19-year-olds – Kyle Busch Motorsport’s teammates Chandler Smith at Las Vegas and Corey Heim at Atlanta.
In fact, this current streak of drivers under the age of 30 winning consecutive NASCAR Camping World Truck Series races dates back to Nashville Superspeedway of last season – a total of 14 consecutive races since a driver the age of 30 or older last won in the series – Ryan Preece at 30 years, seven months, 24 days.
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Sunoco Rookie Update: Lawless Alan jumps to rookie standings lead – Niece Motorsport’s driver Lawless Alan’s 11th-place finish at Circuit of The Americas catapulted him to the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Sunoco Rookie of the Year standings lead.
Alan, from Van Nuys, California, is in first full season in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series and his 11th-place finish at COTA was the best of his series career.
Alan is now eight points up on Kyle Busch Motorsport’s Corey Heim in second in the rookie standings; followed by Jack Wood (-15), Dean Thompson (-18) and Blaine Perkins (-42).
Of the rookies entered this Thursday at Martinsville Speedway, Jack Wood is the only one with a previous starts at the half-mile track. Last season, Wood started 34th and finished 27th. Alan, Thompson and Perkins will all be making their series track debuts at Martinsville on Thursday night.
Several Camping World Truck Series debuts at Martinsville – Several new faces will be in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series garage this weekend at Martinsville Speedway as five different drivers will be making their series debut in the Blu-Emu Maximum Pain Relief 200 on Thursday, April 9.
Young’s Motorsports has tapped Dillon Steuer to drive the No. 20 Chevrolet this Thursday.
Reaume Brothers Racing will have two drivers this Thursday making their first starts in the series. Chase Janes will pilot the No. 33 Toyota and Blake Lothian will drive the No. 43 Toyota.
McAnally-Hilgemann Racing will also have a new driver this Thursday. Jake Garcia will drive the No. 35 Chevrolet making his first start in the series.
Justin S. Carroll will also be making his series debut with his family-owned team Terry Carroll Motorsports. Carroll will be in the No. 90 Toyota this Thursday.
A total of 134 drivers have made their first NASCAR Camping World Truck Series career start at Martinsville Speedway. The best finish by a driver in their Truck Series career debut at Martinsville was runner-up by Kyle Benjamin in 2018.
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It’s time to go short-track racing under the lights for the first time this season as NASCAR heads to the track affectionally known as the ‘paperclip,’ Martinsville Speedway.
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Busch and Toyota turn 500… Kyle Busch will become the second driver to make 500 Cup Series starts in a Camry, joining Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Denny Hamlin, at this Saturday’s race at Martinsville Speedway. The two-time Cup Series champion scored Toyota’s first Cup Series win in 2008 and has earned 55 of his 59 career Cup Series wins aboard a Camry.
Hamlin ready to deliver back-to-back wins… Denny Hamlin drove back to victory lane for the first time this season on Sunday evening at Richmond Raceway. Hamlin is looking for another Martinsville win. He earned Toyota’s first five victories at the track (March 2008, October 2009, March 2010, October 2010, March 2015).
Truex longest top-10 streak… Martin Truex Jr. is tied for the longest top-10 streak with three straight strong runs as he heads into Martinsville Speedway. Truex is up to a season-high third in the point standings and is coming to a track he has won three of the last five races at, including this event one season ago.
Gibbs continues to lead the way… Ty Gibbs won the pole and drove to his third Xfinity Series victory of the season in the ToyotaCare 250 on Saturday. The 19-year-old now has seven wins in 25 career starts. He is back up to second in the point standings, just 20 points out of the lead.
Smith continues to lead… Chandler Smith continues to lead the Truck Series point standings after another strong performance at Atlanta. The 19-year-old leads fellow Toyota driver and reigning champion Ben Rhodes by 15 points heading into Martinsville Speedway. Smith finished fourth at his lone start at Martinsville last season.
Friesen looks for a return to victory lane… Halmar Friesen Racing and driver Stewart Friesen continue to get stronger with three top-10 finishes in the first four events this season. Friesen currently sits third in the point standings, and looks for redemption after a last lap wreck while battling for the lead one season ago.
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CHRISTOPHER BELL, No. 20 Yahoo Toyota Camry TRD, Joe Gibbs Racing
Did you notice anything with the Bristol test with Stewart Friesen?
“The track conditions look really good. Hopefully we are able to continue that, and I think we will see a dirt race. The thing about dirt racing is track conditions dictate a lot of it.”
Are you familiar with the changes that are going to be made to the car for the dirt race?
“So, I’m not really familiar with the changes that they are doing at all. I know they are doing a lot of underbody stuff, but I’m not sure what they are doing with that. I know that dirt build up has always been a problem with last year’s car and is very concerning with this too. I’m glad they are taking action and going out there with Stewart (Friesen) this week to do the test and learn some more about it before we go there for racing.”
How important was it to you to have two strong runs?
“It’s very important for sure and it’s just nice to be able to get some good solid races in. Looking back at last week in Richmond, we capable of a lot more than sixth and was ultimately disappointed with a sixth-place finish, but all-in-all, after the season started, it’s been rewarding to be able to get two good runs in a row. I think we have the capability of doing that week-in and week-out – having good finishes, having strong runs. Hopefully we can build on that and go to Martinsville and run strong again.”
How cool is it to have Yahoo on your car this weekend and this season?
“You want to talk about a dream come true – that’s pretty much it. I remember as a kid I would always watch Yahoo Sports and that’s pretty much how I got updated, so to be able to carry the Yahoo colors is really cool. We’re going to have a car that stands out, that is for sure. The purple car is going to look really good on track and glad we get to debut it this weekend in Martinsville.”
How was your Kansas test?
“Yeah, the Kansas test was a good test. We really didn’t have any issues. I think we learned a lot. Goodyear brought a couple of different tires and all of them performed really well. I was really happy either way – whatever decision they did on tires, but the top was fast for sure and that is one thing that we expected or learned to expect and know from the last couple of Kansas races. Very similar to Las Vegas, I think the cars are going to race really well there.”
When do you start worry about making the Playoffs?
“To be honest with you, it has definitely crossed my mind, especially with how the season started. I think we were – we might have been last in points after the first three or so races, so that was not ideal at all. I was really nervous about it, and we looked like we were headed towards an upward trend at Atlanta and got a good finish, looked like we had a good points day and that was taken away, so the situation has not been good. We’ve been able to help ourselves out the last couple of weeks, but we know that we are definitely in a really big hole in points, and we are focused on performing every single stage, and every week, and getting a good finish. But we need to perform in every stage to capitalize on getting as many points back as we can. Making the Playoffs is a big deal, and we are certainly focused on that.”
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Zane Smith, driver of the No. 38 Ford F-150 for Front Row Motorsports, is the only one in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series with two victories after coming away with a win two weeks ago at Circuit of the Americas. Smith also won the last time the series headed to this week’s stop – Martinsville Speedway. He was a guest today on a Ford-hosted media call and spoke with reporters about his season.
ZANE SMITH, No. 38 Front Row Motorsports F-150 – WHAT IS IT ABOUT MARTINSVILLE THAT SUITS YOUR STYLE? “I feel like Martinsville is probably, if not the biggest rhythm track that we go to, and I feel like ever since I was a little kid on short tracks and that’s really at the end of the day what it is, they’ve just suited me. I really enjoy going to those places. The racing is always hectic, but it’s always a thrill of a finish and fortunately, I’ve been on the good side of those recently. Hopefully, we can continue that wave.”
HOW CONFIDENT ARE YOU ABOUT YOUR CHAMPIONSHIP CHANCES WITH FORD? “It’s so early to talk about championship stuff just because of the format that we go through. You’ve seen guys that dominate the regular season and then when the playoffs come around they struggle to have things go their way, so I’m trying not to get caught up in the too high of highs and enjoy the amount of fun that we’re having each and every weekend so far. Going back to Ford and being underneath that banner now has been awesome. The simulation tools and everyone I’ve been able to meet over the past few weeks or a couple months now have been awesome to lean on and work with, so the simulator time is still extremely valuable even in the normal world and now we’re kind of coming out of the COVID world, but I think typically we’re only getting 30 minutes or an hour of practice, so if you don’t have that you really lean on your simulation tools and they give us that, so a huge thank you to them and we’ll continue getting those Blue Ovals in victory lane.”
HOW DO YOU MANAGE THE CHAOS AT MARTINSVILLE? “I don’t know how it will be this year. Martinsville is always crazy, but I feel like we’ve seen the past few years it’s been the transfer race to get to the final four, so I feel like that really made the aggression level really high there at times. Going back and watching film of the night race in 2020 it was ugly how aggressive it got, and that was my first time ever at Martinsville so I was a little gun shy, but I was in a must-win situation last year and we pulled it off. I just feel like that place has been good to me and it fits me and I always look forward to Martinsville week.”
WHAT DOES HAVING TWO WINS AT THIS POINT DO FOR YOU AND YOUR TEAM AS FAR AS YOUR APPROACH TO RACES AND STRATEGY? “I wish we had a few more stage wins and more stage points in general and then I feel like we’d be able to really approach these races a lot differently, but being locked in, and I think I have more wins than anyone this year, has been awesome. It not only boost my confidence, but really my whole team. It’s a lot of fun we’re having each and every week, so we’re just trying to enjoy that. I feel like I stole a clock from this team last year, so hopefully I can get them one this year.”
HOW HAVE YOU BEEN ABLE TO ADJUST TO A NEW TEAM SO QUICKLY AND HIT THE GROUND RUNNING LIKE YOU HAVE? “I feel like if you finish Daytona rolling, it’s gonna be a good year, so we finished Daytona winning. Once that happened, it was kind of a different ballgame of we got to focus forward on all the next steps, already locked in the playoffs and just getting to go have fun and chase trophies. I know that word keeps coming up of having fun, but that’s just simplifying it of what we’re doing and it’s been working.”
THIS WILL BE THE FIRST SPRING RACE AT MARTINSVILLE IN THREE YEARS AND THERE’S NO FALL RACE TO FOLLOW IT FOR THE FIRST TIME. HOW MUCH DOES THAT CHANGE THE DYNAMIC OF THIS RACE? “I see what NASCAR is trying to do putting it still right after a road course where we all get into each other so we all go into it pissed off. I feel like the past couple years you spend all year and the guys that haven’t won are extremely aggressive. The guys that are in a must-win are extremely aggressive and then there are just the normal guys that are always aggressive. I feel like you could possibly see a three-truck breakaway maybe in this one and those guys duke it out. I don’t see it being such a caution fest as its been in the past couple years, but, like I said, now that I say that I’ll probably get proved wrong, but you would think they wouldn’t be as aggressive. I don’t know. I’ll race however it is.”
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- About Champion Power Equipment: Since 2003 Champion Power Equipment has earned a reputation for designing and producing the market’s finest power equipment. From our original headquarters in Santa Fe Springs, California, Champion has expanded its North American footprint to include facilities in Jackson, Tennessee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin and Toronto Canada. Today, Champion’s product line has expanded to include portable generators, home standby generators, inverter generators, engines, winches and log splitters. With over 2.5 million generators sold in North America, Champion is a market leader in the power equipment field. Visit ChampionPowerEquipment.com for more information.
- Chassis History/Info: Grant Enfinger will bring GMS Racing chassis no. 329 to compete at Martinsville Speedway. This Silverado RST was originally built in 2020 and was in the No. 26 team's rotation over the past two seasons. The chassis has been raced five times previously, posting a best result of third place at Richmond last year.
- Turning the Page: A tough start to the season can't keep the No. 23 team down. Enfinger, Denike, and crew have scratched and clawed their way through the opening four races of the season, and appear to be bouncing back from some early misfortunes. Last time out at COTA, they were able to earn their first top-10 finish of the season, and currently have made their way up to 14th in the points standings.
- Previous Race Winner: Enfinger is one of only six previous Martinsville truck race winners entered in Thursday night's Blue Emu Maximum Pain Relief 200. The veteran won in spectacular fashion in the penultimate race of 2020, forcing his way into the Championship 4 despite entering the race essentially out of contention. Grant led 49 laps and made a daring pass for the win on an exciting green-white-checkered finish.
- GE Quote: "Martinsville is always an intense race from all angles. As a driver, you have to manage your brakes, tires, fenders, and emotions. GMS Racing has shown some great success at that track in years past, and I personally love the short tracks, so I am really looking forward to this race. My No. 23 Champion Power Equipment team has made some great strides and we are ready to take it to the next level this weekend."
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PITTSBURGH, April 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- "I work in construction and I needed a better way to access and load materials and tools into my pickup truck," said an inventor, from Marysville, Wash., "so I invented the CANOPY. My design offers an improved alternative to struggling with traditional truck caps."
The patent-pending invention provides an improved cap or topper for pickup trucks. In doing so, it facilitates the loading and unloading of items from the truck bed. As a result, it reduces discomfort, strain and frustration and it provides added protection. The invention features a versatile design that is convenient and easy to use so it is ideal for the owners of pickup trucks. Additionally, it is producible in design variations and a prototype is available.
The original design was submitted to the Seattle sales office of InventHelp. It is currently available for licensing or sale to manufacturers or marketers. For more information, write Dept. 20-FED-2353, InventHelp, 217 Ninth Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222, or call (412) 288-1300 ext. 1368. Learn more about InventHelp's Invention Submission Services at http://www.InventHelp.com.
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PITTSBURGH, April 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- "I wanted to create a portable, hand-held torch that can be adjusted to meet the ever-changing requirements of the user," said an inventor, from Fort Worth, Texas, "so I invented the OXY-HYDROGEN TORCH. My versatile design can be used for a variety of tasks like cutting metal, repairing jewelry and even searing meats when cooking."
The patent-pending invention provides a multi-purpose portable torch for consumer and commercial applications. In doing so, it eliminates the need for multiple torches to perform different types of work. As a result, it can be used for cutting, cooking and jewelry repair. The invention features an adjustable and versatile design that is safe and easy to use with no hazardous fumes. Additionally, it is ideal for hobbyists, do-it-yourselfers, tradesmen, chefs and people needing to cut metal, fuse glass, etc.
The original design was submitted to the Dallas sales office of InventHelp. It is currently available for licensing or sale to manufacturers or marketers. For more information, write Dept. 20-DAL-132, InventHelp, 217 Ninth Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222, or call (412) 288-1300 ext. 1368. Learn more about InventHelp's Invention Submission Services at http://www.InventHelp.com.
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The Club Motorsport announced today that veteran Italian driver Riccardo Romagnoli will join the team in 2022 to make his NASCAR Whelen Euro Series debut. The Italian driver will evaluate with the team which of the two main EuroNASCAR championships he will compete in.
With a car racing career spanning over 42 years in a wide variety of championships, 59-year-old Romagnoli finished 4th in the Italian Super Touring Cars championship in 2006, 10th in the 2012 Trofeo Maserati World Series and third in the 2020 TCR DSG category in the Italian Touring Car Championship. He also boasts starts in the World Touring Car Championship and in IMSA.
The Rome-native is looking forward to putting his vast experience to good use in the NASCAR Whelen Euro Series.
“I want to gain experience on the car because I think we have to put plenty of miles under our belt to be able to use all the potential,” said Romagnoli. “We are testing to learn more and more about the car and its reactions and we hope to be in the first half of the field in Spain. The NASCAR Whelen Euro Series is a very competitive championship and the level is very high. Drivers with lots of experience have an advantage and I hope to be able to reach the front runners’ performances soon. It will be fundamental to have plenty of seat time and experience.”
Team Owner Fabrizio Armetta is sure Romagnoli will find himself at ease in the European NASCAR series.
“In the first couple of test days Riccardo already showed he has a high potential and quickly improved his feeling with the car. I’m really happy to have him with us, he’s a very consistent driver with a lot of competitive experience. I’m sure he’ll love the EuroNASCAR races and he will earn very good results on track.” declared Armetta.
The NASCAR GP Spain will open the NASCAR Whelen Euro Series season on May 14-15 at Valencia’s Circuit Ricardo Tormo. Qualifying and all races will be streamed live on the EuroNASCAR social media profiles – Youtube, Facebook and Twitch – as well as on Motorsport.tv.
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CHEYENNE – Central High School graduates from the early 1970s who happened to tune into C-SPAN last month may have noticed a familiar name and face.
On March 24, Cheyenne native Jean Veta testified before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee during the Supreme Court nomination hearing of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson. As the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit representative for the American Bar Association Standing Committee on the Federal Judiciary, Veta served as a principal evaluator for Jackson in ABA's review of the judge's professional qualifications.
Veta spoke with the Wyoming Tribune Eagle this week about the experience and how she reached this point in her career.
Jackson, who was nominated for the Supreme Court by President Joe Biden, would become the first Black woman named to the high court. Jackson is expected to be confirmed soon, following announcements by three Republican U.S. senators that they would vote for her confirmation.
Veta and Federal Circuit representative Joseph M. Drayton were the lead evaluators in the ABA Standing Committee's assessment of Jackson. The full committee is made up of 18 attorneys, with at least one representative for each federal circuit court of appeals.
While members of the Standing Committee are appointed by the ABA's president, the committee is independent of the ABA. Veta was appointed to the committee a year ago.
"We are a nonpartisan group where we take an oath, I can't make any political contributions while I'm on the committee, can't engage in any political activities. And we're the only peer-based review that focuses on a nominee's professional qualifications," Veta told the WTE.
Following an unanimous vote by members of the ABA Standing Committee, Judge Jackson received the highest-possible "well qualified" rating, according to testimony and a report on the committee's review.
About 250 judges and lawyers were interviewed, with a focus on those who had firsthand knowledge of Jackson's capabilities.
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In assessing federal judicial candidates, the Standing Committee looks at three factors, Veta testified: integrity, professional competence and judicial temperament.
"Reviewers describe (Jackson's) integrity as 'beyond reproach,' 'impeccable,' and 'of the highest caliber,'" Veta testified. "As one reviewer put it, 'You write the word 'integrity,' and then you put (Jackson's) initials next to it.' Another reviewer said: 'Judge Jackson has a well-deserved reputation for the highest level of ethics and integrity.'"
When it comes to professional competence, Veta testified that "a nominee for the Supreme Court must possess exceptional professional qualifications, including an especially high degree of legal scholarship, strong analytical and writing abilities and overall excellence."
And in considering judicial temperament, the Standing Committee set out to assess Jackson's "compassion, decisiveness, open-mindedness, freedom from bias and commitment to equal justice under the law," Veta testified.
"As part of our evaluation, we considered whether Judge Jackson demonstrated any bias that favored criminal defendants. Notably, no judge, defense counsel or prosecutor expressed any concern in this regard, and they uniformly rejected any accusations of bias," she continued. "Instead, prosecutors, like the other lawyers we interviewed, praised Judge Jackson as a judge who considers all arguments before coming to a decision."
Most recently, Jackson was confirmed to the D.C. Circuit in 2021, with bipartisan support. She served as a U.S. District Court judge in Washington.
Jackson also spent time as a federal public defender, and would be the first justice with this background. She also served as a law clerk for Justice Stephen Breyer, whom she would replace on the high court following his retirement.
Veta said she was very aware of continued allegations that Jackson was "soft on crime." In surveying Jackson's peers and those familiar with her career, Veta said she took care to speak with both defense attorneys and prosecutors who had had cases before Jackson during her time as a judge.
"They were uniformly of the view that she was in no way biased toward the defense or the prosecution," Veta told the WTE.
Just being before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Veta said, facing a panel of well-known politicians seated in front of a grand white marble wall, was "thrilling and humbling."
"Also, to be there testifying in connection with the nomination of the first Black woman to the Supreme Court and realizing how important our job is – to really, you know, call it like we see it," she added.
Cheyenne roots
Born and raised in Cheyenne, Veta graduated in 1973 as Central High's valedictorian. Her father's family came to Wyoming in the early 1900s, and her father, John, and mother, Margaret, were born and raised in Cheyenne. They ran the Western Ranchman Outfitters store here.
The Vetas and her mother's family, the Pasternacks, helped form the Jewish community in Cheyenne, she said.
Veta graduated with a bachelor's degree in 1977 from Tulane University in New Orleans, later graduating from the school's law program in 1981.
When looking for a job post-law school, Veta eyed Washington, D.C.
"I wanted to work at kind of the big-time, name-brand, corporate law firm, so that's what I did," she said.
She was a partner at D.C. law firm Covington & Burling for more than 30 years before earning the title "senior counsel." Veta said she represents banks and their leadership when they "get in trouble with the government, and/or advise them on compliance issues to help them stay out of trouble with their regulators."
From 1998 to 2000, Veta served as deputy general counsel for the U.S. Department of Education under former President Bill Clinton, and from 2000 to 2001 as the deputy associate attorney general in the U.S. Department of Justice. She returned to Covington & Burling as a partner following her departure from the Clinton administration.
Veta credits her education in Cheyenne's schools with setting her up for later endeavors. She said she was active in speech and debate in high school, even making it twice to the national tournament. She loved the "analytical, logical thinking" it involved, and said she likes having to think on her feet.
These skills may have contributed to her interest in attending law school and, ultimately, a successful career in law.
"(My public education), without question, prepared me for additional steps I took academically and professionally," she said. "The ability to think and to understand how to learn was something that was clearly taught to me in the Cheyenne public schools.
"Growing up in Cheyenne taught me the importance of learning how we need to treat each other respectfully, even if we don't agree," Veta continued, "and to be open to hearing and listening to differing views."
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CHEYENNE – A leading wind farm operator has agreed to pay fines and other fees totaling just over $8 million, plus potentially spending millions of additional dollars, because its operations were linked to the deaths of at least 150 eagles over about a decade.
Partly at issue was whether the energy producer should have applied for permits before its operations killed the birds, or if the business should have taken other actions. The legal case points up the fact that responsible wind farm owners take additional steps to ensure their operations – including wind turbines, which can extend hundreds of feet into the air while also sweeping lower to the ground – do not kill many birds and other wildlife, a conservation expert told the Wyoming Tribune Eagle.
The federal government contends that ESI Energy Inc., which is affiliated with NextEra Energy, had not heeded federal recommendations regarding its wind farm operations in Wyoming's Carbon and Laramie counties and in New Mexico. ESI had agreed to plead guilty to killing and wounding eagles in its wind energy operations, violating the Migratory Bird Treaty Act. It pleaded guilty to three counts of violating the MBTA, "each based on the documented deaths of golden eagles due to blunt force trauma from being struck by a wind turbine blade" at the operations lacking necessary federal permits.
On Tuesday, the company was sentenced in Cheyenne for those violations, the U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. attorney for Wyoming announced, via a DOJ news release sent by email Wednesday. ESI faces a fine of $1.86 million, $6.21 million in restitution and a five-year period of probation in which it must adhere to an eagle management plan.
This plan requires up to $27 million in steps "intended to minimize additional eagle deaths and injuries, and payment of compensatory mitigation for future eagle deaths and injuries of $29,623 per bald or golden eagle," DOJ said. "ESI also must over the next 36 months apply for permits for any unavoidable take of eagles at each of 50 of its facilities where take is documented or, in the case of four facilities not yet operational, predicted."
The MBTA bars the “taking” of migratory birds without a permit from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. “Taking” includes killing such wildlife.
NextEra disagreed with how the government interpreted the law here, even though it said it signed on to the settlement to "resolve this dispute and focus our attention on continuing to develop, build, and operate emissions-free wind energy centers for a lower carbon America built by good-paying American jobs." The company noted that the violations it pleaded guilty to are misdemeanors.
In the company's legal reasoning, MBTA "does not require a permit to cover unintentional collisions that occur when eagles fly into properly developed wind energy facilities."
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"Unfortunately, the federal government, at odds with many states and a number of federal court decisions, has sought to criminalize unavoidable accidents related to collisions of birds into wind turbines while at the same time failing to address other activities that result in far greater numbers of accidental eagle and other bird mortalities," the energy firm said. Its statement was issued by NextEra Energy CEO Rebecca Kujawa.
In a video on its website, NextEra calls itself "the nation’s leader in energy storage" and "the world’s largest generator of wind and solar energy."
The company would not answer most questions for this story, beyond confirming the location of its operations that were cited by the U.S. Nor would industry groups provide information about steps U.S. companies in general take to avoid inadvertently killing any species of birds.
In Wyoming, NextEra operations mentioned by the DOJ are its Cedar Springs Transmission multi-facility commercial wind power project in Converse County and, closer to Cheyenne, Roundhouse Renewable Energy facility in Laramie County. According to NextEra's website, it has made $729 million in capital investments in Wyoming and it has about 10 employees (or possibly 51, depending on which figure is used) in the state, where it has a 4.6% market share of electricity sold.
The company has a few hundred turbines at those two areas, and their total rated capacity is several hundred megawatts, according to the U.S. Wind Turbine Database, which is patly affiliated with the U.S. Department of the Interior. At the high end of that power range, that is more electricity than is used in Cheyenne. Throughout the country, according to the federal database, there are more than 70,000 turbines in 44 states, as well as Guam and Puerto Rico.
The other site involved in the settlement with the government involves ESI's FPL Energy New Mexico Wind, which DOJ said has wind power facilities in De Baca and Quay counties in that state. At around the end of December 2020, "two golden eagle carcasses were found near a wind turbine" at this facility, the federal agency said.
Back at the two wind farm sites in Wyoming, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service had told ESI that, by building the turbine operations, it ran the risk of killing golden and bald eagles. Nonetheless, the company did not seek any of the take permits from FWS nor did it take cautionary actions, the government said. In some instances for some of the facilities, the agency had recommended that there not be any such development.
Killing birds
Some wind farms do take precautions so that they avoid killing birds, which can fly into their turbines, according to the government and an expert who spoke with the WTE.
In fact, the government said that ESI by not taking these measures got a leg up on rival energy producers that follow the rules.
"ESI and its affiliates received hundreds of millions of dollars in federal tax credits for generating electricity from wind power at facilities that it operated, knowing that multiple eagles would be killed and wounded without legal authorization, and without, in most instances, paying restitution or compensatory mitigation," the DOJ said.
FWS and other organizations like the conservancy have guidelines and such that wind farm operators can follow so they avoid killing birds, said the American Bird Conservancy's Joel Merriman. Such tools help identify areas where wind farm development would risk harming birds and areas where it is OK.
"There are good resources out there to steer wind energy developers toward the right locations," said Merriman, director of the bird conservancy's Bird-Smart Wind Energy Campaign. "We can have wind energy without undue impacts to wildlife."
Although there are a range of estimates researchers have reached over the years, the bird group estimates that more than half a million birds are killed each year in the U.S. due to wind turbines.
Eagles, for animal-developmental, migration and other reasons, are among the more vulnerable bird and raptor species to getting killed by turbines, Merriman said by phone.
"Eagles are particularly vulnerable to collisions with wind turbines," he said. "A lot of that is due to the fact that they spend a lot of time on the wing and they are essentially distracted fliers. They hunt while they are flying."
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The March 25-27 race weekend at Circuit of The Americas (COTA) may have been NASCAR’s second visit to Austin, Texas, but it was a weekend full of firsts. On the track, NASCAR Cup Series (NCS) driver Ryan Blaney and NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) driver Sheldon Creed earned their first career poles on a road course in their respective series; Zane Smith earned his first career NCWTS road course win and Ross Chastain captured the first career NCS win, not only for himself, but for his Trackhouse Racing team as well. Off the track, race fans had, for the first time, the opportunity to make a difference in the lives of Austin-area children, raising more than $15,000 for Speedway Children’s Charities (SCC), the official charity of Speedway Motorsports.
Prior to the event weekend, Speedway Motorsports launched a limited number of track tokens on RaceDayNFT.com, Speedway Motorsports’ fan-focused digital collectible marketplace, that sold for a donation to SCC. During the three-day weekend, fans experienced a thrilling ride-of-a-lifetime around the 3.41-mile, 20-turn road course in an official NASCAR at COTA Toyota pace car during Hot Laps, bid on unique memorabilia and one-of-a-kind experiences during the Live Auction and made SCC donations on fan assistance golf carts.
“We are so grateful for the generosity of race fans who took part in our fundraising events during the NASCAR at COTA event weekend,” said Speedway Children’s Charities National Executive Director Lisa Starnes. “The more than $15,000 that was raised will return to the Austin area in the form of grants to deserving nonprofits helping children in need. This is an amazing accomplishment for the first time we’ve activated at COTA. We thank every fan who participated in an event to support SCC and look forward to doing more in 2023!”
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Years ago when my husband and I were dating I learned a powerful lesson. He would occasionally say something like, “I need a couple of days.”
What? I immediately took it personally and thought something was wrong. What did I do? What did I say? He must be angry at me. I would call him and stop by his house to see if he was OK. After all, I must have said or done something to upset him.
He would assure me I hadn’t and that it didn’t have anything to do with me or “us.”
I soon realized he was right. It didn’t have anything to do with me. It didn’t have anything to do with us. He was not angry. He was not upset. We just have different ways of recharging. He needs downtime, a quiet respite to rest, relax and regenerate. He needs to do this alone.
When I need recharging, however, being alone makes it worse. I feed on the energy of being with people. Talking, laughing and companionship regenerates me, so of course when he would tell me he needed time to himself I felt pushed away. I thought there must be a problem.
I took it personally.
How many times in life do we take things personally and the reality is that it has nothing to do with us? Whenever a stressful situation happens, many of us default immediately to the negative. We blame ourselves.
Let’s look at it differently. Let go of the immediate assumption and realize it isn’t always about us. It could always be something else that causes someone to be cranky, in a hurry or snap at another. It can always be another reason that someone needs time alone. It isn’t always about us.
Here is a trick to help with this self-inflicted internalization of blame and stress. Use this with your family, spouse, children and coworkers. Q-TIP it! Yes, Q-TIP it! Quit Taking It Personally!
As a reminder, take a couple of Q-tips and tape them to your computer, bathroom mirror or car visor. Look at them often and when something happens in life that sets off your internal blame game, remember to Q-TIP.
The lesson I learned from my now husband all those years ago has saved me from many hours of needless worry. It isn’t always about me. And guess what? Now we recharge using what works for both of us. We recharge together, laughing, talking and in the quiet space of each other’s companionship.
We practice of the art of Q-tipping it.
Pennie’s Life Lesson: “When the stress of life sets off your internal blame game, Q-TIP it! Quit Taking It Personally!”
Pennie Hunt is a Wyoming-based author, blogger and speaker. Contact her atpenniehunt@gmail.com.
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Chris Browning, former president of Darlington Raceway, died Sunday, his family has announced.
Browning served as track president of Darlington from 2004 to 2013 before resigning to pursue other career opportunities. Under Browning’s tenure, the historic track underwent numerous changes, such as installing lights, putting in a new and larger tunnel for infield access and repaving.
Browning was also an ally to the NMPA, looking over the NMPA Hall of Fame located in the Darlington Raceway Museum. In 2009, Browning was selected as the Joe LittleJohn Award winner for his commitment to the organization.
Before becoming president of Darlington Raceway, Browning was in charge of Rockingham Speedway. First working in the PR department beginning in 1992, Browning was named the track’s general manager from 1994 until it was taken off the NASCAR Cup Series schedule after the 2003 season.
Browning also worked at Michigan International Speedway and Martinsville Speedway.
A Celebration of Life service will be held Friday at 1 p.m. at Wilmington Funeral and Cremation Chapel on 41st Street in Wilmington. The family will receive friends after the service.
Browning is survived by his wife Lindsay Browning, daughters Ainsley Browning and Mary Beth Jones, parents Joe and Marianne Browning and brother Todd Browning.
Those who would like to send a card to the family, please use 7697 Dunewalk Court, Wilmington, NC 28409. In lieu of flowers, the family asks that donations be made to Rockfish Speedway at 2950 Lindsay Rd, Raeford, NC where Chris Browning sponsored the Junior Sprint class.
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ROCK SPRINGS – The songs of Twisted Sister, Van Halen, Whitesnake and other artists from the 80s scream out a story about rock star dreams in the Rock Springs High School production of “Rock of Ages.”
The tale takes place in Hollywood when neon colors and big hair took over the world.
Sherrie Christian, played by RSHS junior Emma Zanetti, left home to follow her dreams and meets Wolfgang Von Colt, played by RSHS junior Karson Hansen. Everything started out smoothly until a misunderstanding involving a famous rock star got in their way.
The stage in the theater at RSHS is turned into a mini rock arena as cast members play crazed fans for the four-member band playing rock anthems Generation X grew up with.
Mixing it up with energy, comedy and style, characters would express confusion, frustration and affection between songs.
Director Jacob Webb said he and Technical Director Rick Matlock wanted to bring a new style of music to the audience.
“It’s going to be a positive thing for the community because most of these folks are familiar with these songs and they’ll be really excited,” said Webb. “We just wanted to put on a real cool rock concert with the fog, cool lights and live music.”
This is Matlock’s second year at RSHS.
“I think I made it bigger than it should have been!” he chuckled. “I’m going to have to figure out how to build a bigger stage for next year!”
According to Matlock, having a live band on the stage was challenging for the directing crew at first since it has been over 20 years since they blended live music with a theater production.
“It’s 80s rock!” he exclaimed. “It will be a fun show.”
Webb officially became the RSHS drama instructor in January. He was the assistant director for “Little Shop of Horrors” last year. This is his first year directing a musical.
“The cast has been amazing,” he mentioned. “To have a cast that offers so much professionalism and heart - it’s just been a pleasure working with them.”
RSHS junior Jakob Burdette plays Lonny, the narrator. He has been acting since the seventh grade.
“I’m hoping the audience will feel nostalgic in a way,” Burdette shared. “And I hope this production just makes them happy.”
RSHS senior Cadence Ranger plays the laid-back bar owner, Dennis Dupree.
“I’m not used to playing a character from a totally different era but it’s been a lot of fun,” said Ranger. “I hope the audience will think it’s funny and enjoyable.”
“This is my first year as a drama student,” Hansen admitted. “I don’t want to say it’s overwhelming because I do practice some pressure management.
“It’s a lot of fun in a lot of ways.”
Zanetti says that it “feels really good” to be on the stage.
“I’ve been singing before I could talk,” she revealed. “Singing and acting is the perfect combination.
“I’ve been performing ever since I can remember.”
Brian Redmond, RSHS band instructor, coaches the drummer and three guitarists on stage.
“I was hesitantly excited to do it at first,” Redmond admitted. “It’s something I haven’t done since I’ve started teaching here and from what I heard it had been many years since they’ve worked a live band in a production.
“So I said, ‘Well, it will either go really, really well or it will go badly!’”
He added, “The kids are doing very well. They already have the experience for it from being in my guitar class and jazz band so I knew they can do it.”
At first, his students didn’t know how to react around the cast members as they started playing.
“It was a big shift for them,” he explained. “Seeing that kind of awakening from them as they realize they can have fun with it was amazing to see.
“At first, they were wondering if they can rock out to this. Now they’re having fun with it.”
The Rock Springs High School theater department will present “Rock of Ages” from Wednesday, April 13th to Friday, April 15th. The show starts at 7 p.m. The last two performances will take place on Saturday, April 16 at 1 p.m. and 7 p.m. Admission is $5 for students and seniors. Admission for adults is $10. Tickets will be available at the door.
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Another new partner is set to join the Stafford Speedway contingency program for the 2022 season. McKinney Construction will provide both a weekly $150 bonus to the winner of the SK Modified® feature and a $125 weekly bonus to the winner of the Late Model feature. The bonuses boost the winners weekly payout to $1,975 for the SK Modifieds® and $1,075 for the Late Models.
“We are very excited to get involved with Stafford Speedway,” explained Larry McKinney of McKinney Construction. "I’ve been involved with racing my whole life and actually sold programs at Stafford as a kid. My uncle Joe Paradiso has supported Stafford speedway in various ways over the years, he and my cousin Chris Paradiso have instilled in me to give back to the community. The Arute family has given the town of Stafford a lot over the years and McKinney Construction is happy to follow in their footsteps to keep Stafford speedway as one of the premier short tracks in America. We look forward to a long relationship moving forward.”
Owned and operated by Larry McKinney, McKinney Construction is located on Main Street in Stafford Springs, CT. Specializing in a variety of projects for municipalities, hospitals, chain stores, supermarkets, and more, McKinney can tackle your construction needs.
“We have 16 employees working on various projects from full time painting to all scopes of interior work,” continued Larry. “Our crews often work while the location stays open and are highly conscious of public work, cleanliness, and safety. Contact us to learn more about our services.”
“We really appreciate when local businesses get involved and take interest in what we are doing at the track,” explained Stafford Speedway CEO Mark Arute. “It’s great to have Larry and McKinney Construction on board to support the SK Modified® and Late Model divisions. Larry has been involved with racing for many years and we hope to continue the relationship into the future.”
Stafford’s SK Modified® and Late Model divisions are two of the most competitive weekly divisions in the country with 10 different drivers grabbing wins in both divisions in 2021. Expectations will be no different in 2022 with nearly all of the 20 winners returning to compete weekly including both champions, Todd Owen (SK Modified) and Michael Bennett (Late Model).
For more information on McKinney Construction contact them at 860-680-2757
The 2022 Stafford Speedway begins with the 50th running of the NAPA Auto Parts Spring Sizzler® April 23rd & 24th. Tickets for the 50th NAPA Spring Sizzler® are available at staffordspeedway.com/tickets. For more information on Stafford Speedway visit staffordspeedway.com, checkout Stafford Speedway on Facebook or Twitter, or contact the track office at 860-684-2783
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CHICAGO, April 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Landmarks Illinois is now accepting nominations for the 2022 Landmarks Illinois Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Preservation Awards. Nominations for the annual awards program are due June 1, 2022, and can be submitted using Landmarks Illinois' online nomination form found here.
The annual awards program, generously supported since 1994 through a grant from the Richard H. Driehaus Foundation, honors outstanding preservation projects in Illinois and/or individuals, organizations and advocacy efforts that demonstrate a strong commitment to protecting the places that are important to the people and communities of Illinois.
A jury of preservation professionals will review all nominations submitted and determine the winners of this year's awards. Those selected for awards will be honored at a public ceremony in Chicago held in the fall and receive a cash prize as well as a custom-designed trophy. Details on the event will be announced at a later date.
Nomination requirements
Nominations submitted for the 2022 Landmarks Illinois Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Preservation Awards must be projects or people located in Illinois. Projects must have been completed within the last five years. Phased projects may be considered if the nominated phase is complete and can stand on its own merits. Nominations may be submitted in someone's honor and/or without the knowledge of the nominee. Self-nominations are also accepted. Previous year submissions not selected for awards may be revised and resubmitted for consideration, as well.
There is no fee to submit a nomination. Full nomination guidelines can be downloaded here.
Award details
Winners of the 2022 Landmarks Illinois Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Preservation Awards will be selected from the following general categories:
- Advocacy: An effective local or statewide campaign to preserve and protect a historic resource.
- Leadership: Individual, municipality, private organization or joint partnership that has championed historic preservation, planning or public policy.
- Preservation: Projects that make possible the continued use of historic commercial/industrial buildings, multi-family/affordable housing residences, public/institutional structures or preserves a cultural heritage site.
- Environmental Sustainability: Mitigation of climate change through preservation technologies.
In addition, one of the 2022 selected winners will receive the Richard H. Driehaus Legacy Award, which honors the memory of the late Richard H. Driehaus. The recipient of this esteemed award must demonstrate the immense power of preservation, following in the footsteps of Driehaus who believed reusing places of our past creates positive change and motivates others to save important places.
Judging process & criteria
The 2022 Landmarks Illinois Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Preservation Awards jury will select winners based on the following:
- Impact a project or person has had on an Illinois community
- Quality and degree of difficulty of the project
- Degree to which the project serves as an example of excellence in historic preservation and influences others
- Degree to which the project aligns with Landmarks Illinois' mission "to preserve, protect and promote architectural and historic resources in Illinois through advocacy and education"
- How closely the project emulates Landmarks Illinois' values and Guiding Principles
- Degree to which the project or person supports diversity, equity, inclusion, justice, and/or environmental sustainability
- Innovative solutions to preservation, including but not exclusive to: Creative partnerships or community engagement efforts, original programming, job creation or economic development, innovative adaptive reuse, best practices in sustainability or technologies that mitigate climate change, cultural sustainability or heritage conservation and/or creative financing or funding sources
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The Speedway Club is ringing in spring with a brand-new menu and visitors to this weekend’s Charlotte AutoFair can be among the first to try the array of new offerings.
The Speedway Club will not only feature a variety of new mouth-watering appetizers, entrées and desserts, it will now offer premium select cuts of grass-fed beef from North Carolina-based Brasstown Beef, out of Brasstown, NC.
What can I find on the Spring Speedway Club menu?
- A wide variety of delicious appetizers from seared duck served with a spicy mustard glaze to fried green tomatoes and deviled eggs covered in jalapeño pepper and bacon;
- Newly crafted, signature entrees such a shrimp and grits, mango-glazed salmon and baked lobster mac n’ cheese;
- Mouth-watering proteins like 16-ounce dry-aged, bone-in Kansas City strip steak, certified-Angus beef filet mignon, lobster tails and scallops;
- Delectable desserts including a creamy Key Lime pie, rich red velvet cake and caramel apple pie.
Who can dine at the Speedway Club?
The Speedway Club is open to the public for lunch Tuesday through Friday from 11:30 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. Dinner hours are Tuesday through Saturday from 5:30 until 9:00 p.m. While a club membership is not required to dine, members receive a 10 percent discount on food and beverage purchases in the restaurant, among other perks.
Where is the Speedway Club Located?
The Speedway Club is located on the 6th floor of Smith Tower at Charlotte Motor Speedway, overlooking the legendary 1.5-mile superspeedway. For directions, use 5555 Concord Parkway S, Concord, NC.
What hours does the Speedway Club serve?
The Speedway Club is open year-round for lunch, dinner and special events. Guests can enjoy the new menu Tuesday through Saturday for lunch from 11:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. and for dinner 5:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Are there any special offerings or events for AutoFair?
In conjunction with the Charlotte AutoFair, visitors can enjoy a lunch buffet at the Speedway Club on Friday and Saturday from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. for just $22. Reservations are recommended.
Following lunch, guests can take in the car show from above and enjoy Happy Hour specials from 3:00 to 5:00 p.m. featuring a half-priced lounge menu along with a new race themed cocktail menu. In celebration of the Spring Auto Fair returning, the Speedway Club bar will be offering cocktails like the Green Flag (featuring Dixie vodka), the Caution Flag (made with Bacardi Rum), the Bootlegger’s Mule (with Old Smoky Moonshine), among others. Happy Hour guests can also try Michael Waltrip Brewery beers like The Two Time Blonde Ale, Checkered Past Coconut IPA and the Vamanos Mexican Lager.
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No. 19 Menards/Lyons Toyota GR Supra News and Notes:
- JONES AT MARTINSVILLE: Brandon Jones will make his fourth NASCAR Xfinity Series (NXS) career start at Martinsville Speedway Saturday behind the wheel of the No. 19 Menards/Lyons Toyota GR Supra for Joe Gibbs Racing (JGR). In three previous starts at the paperclip shaped track, Jones has never finished lower than ninth.
- BY THE NUMBERS: Jones has an average finish of 6.7 at Martinsville, making it his second-best average finishing track amount the tracks where NXS currently races.
- FEATURED ON THE HOOD: The No. 19 Menards Toyota GR Supra will carry the Lyons logo on the hood this weekend at Martinsville. For more information visit: https://www.lyonsindustries.com/
- RICHMOND RECAP: Jones qualified his No. 19 Menards Toyota GR Supra fifth at Richmond Raceway. Jones held his position inside the top 10 throughout stages one and two but lost some ground in the final stage as the handling became loose over a long green flag run, resulting in a 13th-place finish.
- FOLLOW ALONG: Follow along for updates and a behind-the-scenes look at Jones 2022 NXS Season.
Twitter: @BrandonJonesRac I Facebook: BrandonJonesRacing I Instagram: BrandonJonesRac
- JGR NXS AT Martinsville: In 13 combined NXS starts at Martinsville, JGR has tallied one win, six top-five finishes, 11 top-10s and 241 laps led. The championship-winning organization has won one pole award with an average start of 9.7 an average finish of 7.9.
- RACE INFO: The Call 811 Before You Dig 250 Powered by Call811.com at Martinsville is scheduled for Friday, April 8, 2022 at 7:30 p.m. ET. Watch and listen live on FoxSports1, Sirius XM Channel 90 and MRN Radio.
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Brandon Jones: “Martinsville hasn’t always been my style of track, but we’ve got speed every time we go there. Tracks like Martinsville and Bristol are really tough because everything happens so fast, you are constantly looking at braking markers and different things to be consistent enough, especially if you are in the lead to maintain that and not let the guy behind catch you. It’s a different style of racing, it’s not aero like 1.5-mile tracks but it’s more mentally taxing because you are constantly looking and things happen fast.”
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More than 8 million Cash App users could be impacted by a data breach.
In a report filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Block, the company that owns Cash App, said a former employee downloaded reports that included names and brokerage account numbers.
The reports from Cash App Investing did not include usernames, passwords, social security numbers or payment card information, Block said.
The employee reportedly had access to the reports prior to his employment ending.
Block said it is contacting all current and former users who may have been impacted. The company says it has also informed law enforcement about the breach.
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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi tested positive for COVID-19, according to her deputy chief of staff.
After testing negative this week, Speaker Pelosi received a positive test result for COVID-19 and is currently asymptomatic. The Speaker is fully vaccinated and boosted, and is thankful for the robust protection the vaccine has provided. (1/2)
— Drew Hammill (@Drew_Hammill) April 7, 2022
The aide said Pelosi is currently asymptomatic but will quarantine per CDC guidelines.
Pelosi, 82, is fully vaccinated and boosted.
She was at the White House on Wednesday and stood beside President Joe Biden as he signed the Postal Service Reform Act of 2022.
It's unclear whether Biden has been tested for the virus since Pelosi's positive test result.
Pelosi was scheduled to lead a congressional delegation trip to Asia this weekend, but that has been postponed, her aide said.
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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — More than a million customers in Puerto Rico remain without electricity after a fire broke out at a main power plant.
An island-wide blackout forced the U.S. territory to cancel classes and shutter government offices Thursday.
Wednesday night's outage also left some 160,000 customers without water.
The fire at the plant is out, according to the Bureau of Puerto Rico Fire Departments. The cause of the fire is under investigation.
A private company that took over transmission and distribution from Puerto Rico’s Electric Power Authority last year said the blackout could have been caused by a circuit breaker failure at the Costa Sur generation plant.
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The Senate is expected to vote today to confirm Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court. When sworn in this summer, Jackson will be the first Black woman to serve on the nation's high court.
All 50 Senate Democrats, including the two independents who caucus with them, are expected to vote for Jackson's confirmation. They will be joined by at least three Republicans: Sens. Mitt Romney of Utah, Susan Collins of Maine, and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska.
On Monday, the Senate Judiciary Committee reached an 11-11 tie along party lines on the question of whether to advance Jackson's nomination to a vote before the full Senate. Democrats, expecting the deadlock, immediately moved ahead with a procedural step to discharge the nomination to a vote before the full Senate.
During her hearing before the Senate Judiciary committee, Republicans attacked Jackson as a partisan and leaned heavily on culture war fights rather than inquiries concerning the nominee's qualifications.
Multiple Republicans, including Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee and Josh Hawley of Missouri, accused the judge of being lenient toward child sexual abusers. Fact-checkers say that the claims are misleading and that Jackson's sentencing decisions were in line with her peers on the federal bench.
Jackson will be the first Black woman to serve on the Supreme Court
Jackson's confirmation fulfills a major campaign promise from President Biden: to nominate the first Black woman to the Supreme Court.
Jackson, 51, served eight years as a federal trial court judge and last June was confirmed for a seat on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.
Prior to becoming a judge, Jackson worked as a public defender. Once confirmed, Jackson will be first Supreme Court justice since Thurgood Marshall to have represented indigent criminal defendants.
After graduating from Harvard Law School in 1996, she went on to clerk for Justice Stephen Breyer — who she will replace on the high court when Breyer formally retires this summer.
Breyer, 83, was appointed to the court by then-President Bill Clinton in 1994 to replace retiring justice Harry Blackmun.
In contrast to the contemporary view of the court as another venue of partisan political and cultural warfare, Justice Breyer became known for his decades-long effort to build consensus among the justices despite philosophical and ideological differences about the Constitution.
Last year, Breyer published a book which argued that the American public should continue to trust in the court as an apolitical institution that exists above the political fray of the other branches.
"I'm afraid if the general public begins to think that the Supreme Court justices are junior-league politicians," Breyer told NPR's Nina Totenberg. "A lot of unfortunate things will happen because they think, why don't we want senior-varsity politicians? Why do we want junior-varsity politicians? A lot of unfortunate thoughts for the institution can go through people's minds."
During Jackson's time on the court, Breyer's conception of the Supreme Court will be tested as the court's conservative majority rules on cases concerning some of the nation's most controversial social and political issues, ranging from abortion access to the role of race in college admissions.
NPR's Barbara Sprunt and Susan Davis contributed reporting.
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The Kansas Jayhawks just hoisted the National Championship trophy above their heads, but that excitement could be short-lived as an NCAA investigation into corruption in college basketball may be near its conclusion.
The University of Kansas was included in a list of schools as part of a 2017 FBI case alleging bribes were paid to lure top recruits to elite programs. And payments were made to coaches so they would steer young players toward financial and business advisers, according to then U.S. Attorney Joon Kim of the Southern District of New York.
"Coaches at some of the nation's top programs soliciting and accepting cash bribes; managers and financial advisers circling blue-chip prospects like coyotes; and employees of one of the world's largest sportswear companies secretly funneling cash to the families of high school recruits," Kim said in 2017.
Federal agents initially arrested 10 people, including former NBA star Chuck Person.
The FBI's investigation led the NCAA to allege five Level I violations — which represent a severe breach of conduct — against the Kansas men's basketball program in September 2019, including head coach Bill Self and assistant Kurtis Townsend. The allegations centered around payments made by representatives of Adidas, the school's apparel sponsor, to prospective KU recruits.
The NCAA announced in July 2020 that the case would be processed through the independent accountability resolutions process (IARP). Under that process, an independent resolution panel, consisting of five independent members with legal, higher education and/or sports backgrounds, would hear the case and decide on penalties. The IARP has no appeals process.
The University of Kansas has spent more than $3 million defending itself
Kansas has vigorously defended the program and both of its coaches, spending more than $3 million defending itself against the NCAA violations, KCUR reported.
KU officials claim that Adidas representatives "intentionally concealed impermissible payments from the University and its coaching staff. The University has never denied these impermissible payments were made," the university said in a statement issued in 2020 in response to the NCAA Notice of Allegations.
"The University absolutely would accept responsibility if it believed that violations had occurred, as we have demonstrated with other self-reported infractions," the school said. It said KU and its leaders "stand firmly behind Coach Self, his staff and our men's basketball program, as well as our robust compliance program."
The school further showed its support for its head coach by giving Self a five-year $5.41 million rolling agreement that automatically adds one year at the conclusion of each season, effectively making it a lifetime contract.
"For almost 20 years, Coach Self has embodied the spirit and tradition of the University of Kansas, leading our men's basketball program to a national championship, 15 Big 12 titles and 17 NCAA Tournament appearances. We believe in Coach Self and we believe in the future of our program under his leadership, and we are thrilled that he will continue to be a Jayhawk for the rest of his coaching career," said University of Kansas Chancellor Doug Girod in a statement issued at the time of the contract.
Included in Self's new contract was a clause that states KU "will not terminate Head coach for cause due to any current infractions matter that involves conduct that occurred on or prior to the date of full execution of this Agreement." It also says that if the coach is suspended by the NCAA or Big 12 "as a result of the pending NCAA infractions matter," he would forfeit half of his salary during the time of the suspension.
Kansas faces possible penalties including being barred from next year's NCAA tournament
What punishment the IARP may dole out is anyone's guess. It could be anything from a slap on the wrist to barring the current national champions from competing in next year's NCAA tournament.
What is for certain is that the process has been painfully slow, with NCAA President Mark Emmert telling reporters at a Final Four news conference that it has taken "way too long."
What is at question is if the violations unveiled in the FBI investigation would still be illegal if they had happened in 2022. Last year, the U.S. Supreme court ruled that college athletes could profit off of their name, image and likeness in what are now known as NIL deals.
A Supreme Court ruling opened the door to player endorsement deals
The 2022 March Madness tournament was the first in which these NIL deals allowed athletes to capitalize off of their popularity in deals ranging from local restaurants in their college towns to major national brands like Gatorade and Adidas — the company at the center of the 2017 investigation.
Brands are expected to spend close to $600 million on NIL deals by the first anniversary of the NCAA policy change in July, according to a recent white paper by the site Front Office Sports and Opendorse, a consulting firm that tracks the potential brand value of athletes across the NIL universe.
It's expected for that spending to swell into the billions, ushering in a new era of financial opportunities for the nearly half-million student athletes competing in NCAA sports — the majority of whom are not on athletic scholarships.
In the past, athletes could have lost scholarships or forfeited their college playing careers by profiting off of their name, imagine and likeness. Now they have a new way to help finance their education — athletes such as the ones who received money as alleged under the FBI investigation.
It's still uncertain whether the new landscape will influence the IARP's decision regarding Kansas, but what is for certain is that a new era in college sports has emerged.
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Kennewick, WA - Kennewick Police Officers were dispatched to the 400 Block of N Volland St. before 10:30 p.m. in Kennewick after reports of shots heard in the area.
When officers arrived at the scene, witnesses say they saw two vehicles chasing each other while one person was shooting at the other vehicle.
Officers recovered several casings at the scene.
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- Transition to Software as a Service (SaaS) business accelerating, passing $200M in cloud annual recurring revenue
- Cloud-based version of Siemens' NX product design and engineering software now available as part of Xcelerator as a Service
- Siemens' comprehensive digital twin is helping sustainability-focused startups to develop innovative solutions to global challenges ranging from ocean monitoring to underwater agriculture.
DETROIT, April 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Siemens Digital Industries Software announced today that its transition to a software-as-a-service (SaaS) led business is progressing well and its momentum is increasing. Cloud related Annual Recurring Revenue (ARR) surpassed $200M as of the end of Q1 FY2022, equaling 6% of total ARR. Growth continued to accelerate in the second quarter. At the 2022 Siemens Media & Analyst Conference (MAC), Siemens highlighted how a range of companies from global industry leaders to startups are using Siemens' software to create and leverage the industry's most comprehensive digital twin to digitally transform and address global challenges. It also announced that it has expanded Xcelerator as a Service, with the addition of NX™ X, cloud-based computer aided design (CAD).
"Last year we announced our transition to a SaaS-led business and introduced Xcelerator as a Service. Customers are responding enthusiastically – ready to embrace the cloud to accelerate their digital transformations," said Tony Hemmelgarn, CEO and president, Siemens Digital Industries Software. "Siemens is transforming our business, so we can help our customers transform their industries, making our portfolio easier to access, more open, and integrated."
Xcelerator is Siemens' comprehensive, integrated portfolio of software, services and an application development platform, designed to help companies of all sizes create and leverage digital twins that provide organizations with new insights, opportunities and levels of automation to drive innovation. Xcelerator as a Service (XaaS) makes the Xcelerator portfolio more accessible, scalable and flexible, with a subscription offering that takes advantage of cloud computing to provide powerful new capabilities across the Xcelerator portfolio that is designed to help speed digital transformation for Siemens' customers.
Across the world, companies of all sizes are adopting solutions from the Xcelerator portfolio to solve their business challenges and drive competitive advantage. At the 2022 MAC, Siemens highlighted how Italian startup Nemo's Garden and autonomous ocean data collection specialists, Saildrone, are taking advantage of the accessibility of Xcelerator as a Service to level up their development efforts and to innovative more quickly. Global automotive OEMS such as Hyundai Motor Company and Kia Corporation and Daimler Truck have both chosen Siemens' Xcelerator as their platform of choice as they explore carbon-neutral futures.
"When I first saw Siemens' digital twin technology, I was mesmerized. Nemo's Garden is a one-of-a-kind system and we need to adapt to each environment where it is to be installed. If you can model that environment virtually before you start, you can foresee the challenges and address them in the best way," said Luca Gamberini, Co-Founder, Nemo's Garden. "We have seen benefits in understanding the flow of water around the shapes of our biospheres. We have a greater understanding of the points of stress on the structure around the biospheres. We also understand how the different interactions of solar radiation, the temperature and all the physical factors, act on the plants. All thanks to the ability of the digital twin to replicate our system."
Siemens is adding industry-leading design and engineering software to Xcelerator as a Service with the new NX X, a packaged solution that combines capabilities of Siemens' NX™ software, centralized storage capacity and native collaboration delivered via industry leading hosting partners. With NX X, software upgrades, back-up and hardware requirements are handled by Siemens and its hosting partners, making sure software is up to date and running on leading-edge hardware.
Siemens Digital Industries Software is driving transformation to enable a digital enterprise where engineering, manufacturing and electronics design meet tomorrow. The Xcelerator portfolio helps companies of all sizes create and leverage digital twins that provide organizations with new insights, opportunities and levels of automation to drive innovation. For more information on Siemens Digital Industries Software products and services, visit siemens.com/software or follow us on LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Siemens Digital Industries Software – Where today meets tomorrow.
Note: A list of relevant Siemens trademarks can be found here. Other trademarks belong to their respective owners.
Siemens Digital Industries (DI) is an innovation leader in automation and digitalization. Closely collaborating with partners and customers, DI drives the digital transformation in the process and discrete industries. With its Digital Enterprise portfolio, DI provides companies of all sizes with an end-to-end set of products, solutions and services to integrate and digitalize the entire value chain. Optimized for the specific needs of each industry, DI's unique portfolio supports customers to achieve greater productivity and flexibility. DI is constantly adding innovations to its portfolio to integrate cutting-edge future technologies. Siemens Digital Industries has its global headquarters in Nuremberg, Germany, and has around 76,000 employees internationally.
Siemens AG (Berlin and Munich) is a technology company focused on industry, infrastructure, transport, and healthcare. From more resource-efficient factories, resilient supply chains, and smarter buildings and grids, to cleaner and more comfortable transportation as well as advanced healthcare, the company creates technology with purpose adding real value for customers. By combining the real and the digital worlds, Siemens empowers its customers to transform their industries and markets, helping them to transform the everyday for billions of people. Siemens also owns a majority stake in the publicly listed company Siemens Healthineers, a globally leading medical technology provider shaping the future of healthcare. In addition, Siemens holds a minority stake in Siemens Energy, a global leader in the transmission and generation of electrical power.
In fiscal 2021, which ended on September 30, 2021, the Siemens Group generated revenue of €62.3 billion and net income of €6.7 billion. As of September 30, 2021, the company had around 303,000 employees worldwide. Further information is available on the Internet at www.siemens.com.
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