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Freeport High School students return to stage to dazzle with Showtime
FREEPORT — Freeport High School students will perform Showtime 42 this weekend, the first time since 2019 because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Showtime 42 is the music department’s annual production in which the show choir and jazz band offer a fast-paced, wholesome night of music and comedy.
The production is put together by Robert Winter, technical director; Derek Simons, vocal director; Bill Petersen, jazz band director; Winter; Sarah Long, choreographer; Brian Nissen, sound technician, and Britney Kieselhorst, choir director.
“’Listen to the Music’ is the theme this year,” Simons said. “The students have been looking forward to this since the beginning of the school year. It’s been a rollercoaster of ifs, what and when this entire year. We weren’t sure if the show would happen this year or not. We are ready to go.”
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In previous years, Showtime cast, crew, and chaperones have taken a trip out of state to perform at other schools.
This year, Showtime 42 took a short trip to Chicago to perform at the Field Museum and had a short performance at Northern Illinois University.
Sophomore Max Krzeminski said the performance has been a dream of his since he was a 9-year-old sitting in the audience. It was then he knew he wanted to be part of the Showtime experience.
“We build-up to this show all year, and it has been up and down, but here we are, ready to take the stage, and I am that 9-year-old living a dream,” Krzeminski said.
Haley Thies is a senior set to graduate with an extra smile this year as she ends her high school career on a high note by being able to perform in Showtime.
“Last year was such a bummer because we could only perform on video,” Thies said. “It is special to be back on stage in front of the school and the community. When I was little, Showtime was cool. I want to be that girl on stage performing for that little girl like me in the audience.”
The last time Freeport High School students were preparing for their annual Showtime production was March 2020. The show was abruptly canceled as the pandemic spread across the U.S. and schools and theaters shit down.
Showtime 42 will be performed at 7 p.m. Friday, and Saturday, and 2 p.m. Sunday in the Jeannette Lloyd Theatre at Freeport Middle School in Freeport.
Tickets can be reserved at www. www.fsd145.org.
Jane Lethlean is a freelance correspondent.
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The U.S. Navy will be naming a future ship after late Supreme Court justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. It's the second national honor this week for Ginsburg.
The USNS Ruth Bader Ginsburg will be a John Lewis-class replenishment oiler, designated T-AO 212. The ships are designed to transfer fuel to carrier strike groups at sea.
“As we close out women’s history month, it is my absolute honor to name the next T-AO after the Honorable Ruth Bader Ginsburg. She is a historic figure who vigorously advocated for women’s rights and gender equality,” Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro said in a statement. “She is instrumental to why we now have women of all backgrounds, experiences and talents serving within our ranks, side by side with their male Sailor and Marine counterparts.”
The Navy said a T-AO oiler can carry up to 162,000 barrels of oil plus significant cargo, has a helipad and can travel at speeds up to 20 knots (23 miles per hour).
On Monday, Congress approved the erecting of statues on U.S. Capitol grounds for Ginsburg and former justice Sandra Day O'Connor. They were the first two women to be appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Ginsburg was nominated by President Bill Clinton in 1993 and was overwhelmingly confirmed by the Senate, 96-3. She was known as a fierce fighter for women's rights, voting rights and worker's rights. She became a pop culture icon, earning the nickname "The Notorious RBG."
Ginsburg was still serving when she died in September of 2020.
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SPOKANE, Wash. — Alaska Airlines warn more flights could be canceled this weekend, as pilots up and down the west coast picket for higher pay and flexible schedules.
Picketing pilots forced Alaska Airlines to cancel more than 120 flights across the country, which is about 9% of the airline's flights.
"It's certainly longer than it should take for a pilot group that basically got this airline through the pandemic, we deserve better than that," Alaska Airlines Pilot Joseph Youngerman said.
The disruptions had little, if any impact at the Spokane Airport Friday, although one flight departing Seattle for the Lilac City was canceled.
"That contract should have been done a considerable time ago, it's time for them to get serious about it, it's time for them to engage us at the negotiation table," Youngerman said.
Some 1,500 Alaska Airline pilots stood outside airports in Seattle, Portland and along the west coast. The pilots say they are underpaid and overworked. But, they aren't just asking for more money. The three big demands are flexible scheduling, quality of life and job security. Contract negotiations have stalled for three years.
"The conversations have been frustrating because the progress at the table has been incredibly slow. We haven't been able to meaningfully problem solve on these priorities and it's frustrating," Alaska Airlines Pilot Will McQuillen said.
Pilots have been working under an old contract, which became amendable Friday.
The airline said it offers competitive salaries for its pilots. For example, an Alaska Airlines captain's average salary is $341,000 per year.
In a statement, the airline said in part:
"A new pilot contract remains a top priority for Alaska. We've put a package on the table that's competitive and addresses the issues most important to our pilots. It's a significant financial investment in our pilot group while recognizing that we are still working to recover from $2.3 billion in losses from the COVID-19 pandemic."
The airline says more cancellations are possible over the weekend. All of this comes as spring break travel is expected to reach pre-pandemic levels. The Spokane area's largest school districts, Spokane Public Schools, Central Valley and Mead, are all on spring break next week.
Many Alaska Airlines flights leaving Spokane are on smaller prop planes which are operated by Horizon Airlines. Horizon pilots are not picketing.
If you are traveling over spring break, just make sure to check your flight status and be aware that masks are still required in airports and on airplanes.
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DR. RICKIE HARRIS — West Orange-Cove success comes with teamwork, celebrate our latest stars
Published 12:24 am Saturday, April 2, 2022
Spring has sprung, and the activities at West Orange-Cove CISD are in full bloom.
As we prepare to close the 2021-22 school year, students and staff are busy with the year-end activities and accolades.
T’Era Garrett represented WOS Powerlifting at the Texas High School Women’s Powerlifting Association State Championship in Corpus Christi on March 18. We are always proud to have representation at the state level, and Miss Garrett did an outstanding job competing at such a high level.
Michael Wardlow was named as a member of the 2021-22 UIL Boys 4A All-Region Basketball Team.
The 1400 HP Drumline competed at the High Noon Drum Showdown at Lamarque High School, coming home with Best Snareline and 2nd place overall.
I recognized two outstanding students at the board meeting on March 28 for passing their AWS D.1 test in welding. These students are now certified to weld structural steel, so following graduation from WOS, they can begin a well-paying career.
One of our main goals at WOCCISD is to prepare students for the workforce and provide trained individuals for local industry. Great job by Camilo Sanchez and Benjamin Luna and their welding teacher, Mr. Fletcher.
Additionally, in the board meeting, the WOCCISD Board of Trustees approved naming the baseball playing field Andre Robertson Field, honoring a WO HS alum deserving of his mark on history.
Mr. Robertson has paved the way for many, and we will honor him in a naming ceremony at a later date.
The bond projects are still moving along. We have been up against COVID delays; however, progress continues on the event center and the transportation building.
The event center roof is completely installed, and the transportation building is almost in the dry so we should have fewer delays due to bad weather. We look forward to the completion of these facilities later this summer or early fall.
There is never a dull moment here at WOCCISD. It takes a great team to do it all, and as I always quote John Maxwell’s philosophy that “One is too small a number to achieve greatness.” Go Mustangs!
Dr. Rickie Harris is the West Orange-Cove Consolidated Independent School District superintendent. Reach him at 409-882-5500.
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The Sacramento Kings and Houston Rockets game was interrupted midway through the third quarter by a streaker before being taken down to the floor and carried out by security.
“That was pretty funny,” Kings player Damian Jones said. “It looked like it hurt, to be honest, being tackled by them dudes.”
The streaker rushed the Toyota Center court, stripped down to his underwear and danced midcourt for a few seconds.
Footage on social media showed the streaker have a brief moment of glory as two security guards spoiled the in-game entertainment.
The Rockets and Kings were playing each other for the second time in three days following Sacramento’s 121-118 win on Wednesday.
“I thought everybody contributed, and when we needed a stop or a basket, different guys did it for us,” Kings coach Alvin Gentry said. “We had guys stepping up, and I think that’s the main thing. It was a really good team win.”
For Sacramento, Damian Jones had 17 points, 17 rebounds and six blocks, Donte DiVincenzo had 19, and Chimezie Metu had 18. Barnes made 10 of 16 from the field, including 4 of 6 from 3-point range.
“We just want to play good basketball, finish these games out and see where it goes,” Jones said. “We all played our part and fought to the end.”
Houston rookie Jalen Green scored a career-high 33 points and had six 3-pointers. He was coming off a 32-point night on Wednesday and topped 20 points for a fifth straight game.
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220329-N-SI601-2004 YOKOSUKA, Japan (March 29, 2022) Sailors replace the safety wire on a catapult shuttle aboard the U.S. Navy’s only forward-deployed aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76). Safety wire must be replaced periodically on the catapult shuttles in order to maintain the integrity of the catapult. Ronald Reagan, the flagship of Carrier Strike Group 5, provides a combat-ready force that protects and defends the United States, and supports alliances, partnerships and collective maritime interests in the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Daniel G. Providakes)
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Postmaster General Louis DeJoy said Thursday that the Justice Department has closed without criminal charges an investigation into political fundraising activity at his former business.
“As I said from the beginning and have maintained throughout this process, I was confident that after a thorough review the Justice Department would find all of my activities to be lawful,” DeJoy said in a statement provided to The Associated Press. “I have always adhered to the law in my personal and professional life.”
He added that he was “not surprised” that the department had concluded its investigation and that he was “pleased that this episode is over.”
The Justice Department declined to comment. But it is standard practice for department officials to reveal to defense lawyers that their investigations have concluded without charges rather than make that announcement themselves. A DeJoy spokesman said DeJoy’s lawyer had received that notification from the department.
DeJoy, a wealthy former logistics executive and GOP donor, was appointed postmaster general in 2020 by the Board of Governors controlled by then-President Donald Trump. He remains in the position in the Biden administration. He confirmed the existence of a Justice Department investigation last June when his spokesman said investigators were examining campaign contributions made by employees who worked for him when he was in the private sector.
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This story has been corrected to show that DeJoy was appointed by Trump-controlled Board of Governors, not Trump himself.
In her final day of Senate questioning, she declared she would rule “without any agendas” as the high court’s first Black female justice and rejected Republican efforts to paint her as soft on crime in her decade on the federal bench.
The White House request to give the IRS $30 million for tracing financial activities associated with sanctioned people appeared to run afoul of broader reluctance by Republicans to put more money into IRS enforcement actions.
Jackson responded to Republicans who have questioned whether she is too liberal in her judicial philosophy, saying she tries to “understand what the people who created this law intended.” She said she relies on the words of a statute but also looks to history and practice when the meaning may not be clear.
A requirement that federal contractors and subcontractors require employee vaccinations is on hold. A federal judge in Georgia blocked that mandate nationwide and the Atlanta-based 11th Circuit appeals court is to hear arguments in that case April 8.
Defense Department spending would see a 4% increase in fiscal 2023 under a plan released by the White House, significantly above what administration officials wanted last year but likely not enough to satisfy congressional Republicans.
The Postal Service formally placed its initial $2.98 billion order for 50,000 vehicles with at least 10,019 of them being battery-electric vehicles.
Department officials say only a handful of employees have been dismissed for refusing the vaccine mandate.
“As I said, the magnitude of Russia’s cyber capacity is fairly consequential, and it’s coming,” President Joe Biden said March 21.
New authorities given to VA hiring officials during the pandemic are set to expire soon.
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Kupcho, Lee shoot 66, share first-round lead at Mission Hills
Defending champ Patty Tavatanakit is one stroke back of Jennifer Kupcho and Minjee Lee to begin the Chevron Championship’s final event in Rancho Mirage
Minjee Lee tees off on the sixth hole during the first round of the Chevron Championship on Thursday in Rancho Mirage. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
Jennifer Kupcho makes an approach shot on the 16th hole during the Chevron Championship golf tournament Thursday, March 31, 2022, in Rancho Mirage, Calif. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
Minjee Lee watches her putt on the fifth hole during the Chevron Championship golf tournament Thursday, March 31, 2022, in Rancho Mirage, Calif. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
Jennifer Kupcho tees off on the 17th hole during the Chevron Championship golf tournament Thursday, March 31, 2022, in Rancho Mirage, Calif. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
Minjee Lee putts on the fifth hole during the Chevron Championship golf tournament Thursday, March 31, 2022, in Rancho Mirage, Calif. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
Jennifer Kupcho reacts to missing a putt o the 17th hole during the Chevron Championship golf tournament Thursday, March 31, 2022, in Rancho Mirage, Calif. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
Minjee Lee tees off on the fifth hole during the Chevron Championship golf tournament Thursday, March 31, 2022, in Rancho Mirage, Calif. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
Jennifer Kupcho hits out of a bunker on the 16th hole during the first round of the Chevron Championship on Thursday in Rancho Mirage. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
Minjee Lee tees off on the 12th hole during the Chevron Championship golf tournament Thursday, March 31, 2022, in Rancho Mirage, Calif. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
Minjee Lee tees off on the 12th hole during the Chevron Championship golf tournament Thursday, March 31, 2022, in Rancho Mirage, Calif. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
Jennifer Kupcho, left, hugs Lizette Salas after they finished their round at the Chevron Championship golf tournament Thursday, March 31, 2022, in Rancho Mirage, Calif. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
Jessica Korda tees off on the 17th hole during the Chevron Championship golf tournament Thursday, March 31, 2022, in Rancho Mirage, Calif. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
Yuka Saso hits on the 12th fairway during the Chevron Championship Thursday, March 31, 2022, in Rancho Mirage, Calif. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
Lydia Ko hits from the 17th tee during the first round of the LPGA Chevron Championship golf tournament Thursday, March 31, 2022, in Rancho Mirage, Calif. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
Anna Nordqvist makes an approach shot on the 16th hole during the Chevron Championship golf tournament Thursday, March 31, 2022, in Rancho Mirage, Calif. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
Lexi Thompson tees off on the 16th hole during the Chevron Championship golf tournament Thursday, March 31, 2022, in Rancho Mirage, Calif. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
Hinako Shibuno hits from the 16th fairway during the first round of the LPGA Chevron Championship golf tournament Thursday, March 31, 2022, in Rancho Mirage, Calif. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
Hinako Shibuno hits from the 16th fairway during the first round of the LPGA Chevron Championship golf tournament Thursday, March 31, 2022, in Rancho Mirage, Calif. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
In Kyung Kim hits out of a bunker on the 17th hole during the Chevron Championship golf tournament Thursday, March 31, 2022, in Rancho Mirage, Calif. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
Hannah Green tees off on the sixth hole during the Chevron Championship golf tournament Thursday, March 31, 2022, in Rancho Mirage, Calif. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
Sei Young Kim tees off on the fifth hole during the Chevron Championship golf tournament Thursday, March 31, 2022, in Rancho Mirage, Calif. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
Nasa Hataoka holds up her ball after putting on the fourth green during the Chevron Championship golf tournament Thursday, March 31, 2022, in Rancho Mirage, Calif. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
Lydia Ko hits from the 1th tee during the first round of the LPGA Chevron Championship golf tournament Thursday, March 31, 2022, in Rancho Mirage, Calif. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
Hinako Shibuno hits from the 16th tee during the first round of the LPGA Chevron Championship golf tournament Thursday, March 31, 2022, in Rancho Mirage, Calif. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
Lydia Ko hits from the 15th tee during the first round of the LPGA Chevron Championship golf tournament Thursday, March 31, 2022, in Rancho Mirage, Calif. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
Jin Young Ko tees off on the 16th hole during the Chevron Championship golf tournament Thursday, March 31, 2022, in Rancho Mirage, Calif. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
Lexi Thompson tees off on the 14th hole during the Chevron Championship golf tournament Thursday, March 31, 2022, in Rancho Mirage, Calif. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
Sei Young Kim chips up on the 11th hole during the Chevron Championship golf tournament Thursday, March 31, 2022, in Rancho Mirage, Calif. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
Stacy Lewis tees off on the 14th hole during the Chevron Championship golf tournament Thursday, March 31, 2022, in Rancho Mirage, Calif. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
Nasa Hataoka hits up on the 10th tee during the Chevron Championship golf tournament Thursday, March 31, 2022, in Rancho Mirage, Calif. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
Jin Young Ko hits out of the rough on the 15th fairway during the Chevron Championship golf tournament Thursday, March 31, 2022, in Rancho Mirage, Calif. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
Hinako Shibuno hits from the 16th tee during the first round of the LPGA Chevron Championship golf tournament Thursday, March 31, 2022, in Rancho Mirage, Calif. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
Sei Young Kim tees off on the 10th hole during the Chevron Championship golf tournament Thursday, March 31, 2022, in Rancho Mirage, Calif. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
Yuka Saso tees off on the 13th hole during the Chevron Championship golf tournament Thursday, March 31, 2022, in Rancho Mirage, Calif. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
Nasa Hataoka tees off on the fifth hole during the Chevron Championship golf tournament Thursday, March 31, 2022, in Rancho Mirage, Calif. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
Stacy Lewis chips up on the 12th hole during the Chevron Championship golf tournament Thursday, March 31, 2022, in Rancho Mirage, Calif. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
Hannah Green tees off on the 12th hole during the Chevron Championship golf tournament Thursday, March 31, 2022, in Rancho Mirage, Calif. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
Nasa Hataoka chips up on the 11th hole during the Chevron Championship golf tournament Thursday, March 31, 2022, in Rancho Mirage, Calif. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
Stacy Lewis tees off on the 12th hole during the Chevron Championship golf tournament Thursday, March 31, 2022, in Rancho Mirage, Calif. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
Nasa Hataoka tees off on the 12th hole during the Chevron Championship golf tournament Thursday, March 31, 2022, in Rancho Mirage, Calif. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
Hinako Shibuno hits from the 15th fairway during the first round of the LPGA Chevron Championship golf tournament Thursday, March 31, 2022, in Rancho Mirage, Calif. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
Sei Young Kim gets set to tee off on the 10th hole during the Chevron Championship golf tournament Thursday, March 31, 2022, in Rancho Mirage, Calif. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
Yuka Saso tees off on the 12th hole during the Chevron Championship golf tournament Thursday, March 31, 2022, in Rancho Mirage, Calif. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
Yuka Saso tees off on the 12th hole during the Chevron Championship golf tournament Thursday, March 31, 2022, in Rancho Mirage, Calif. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
Jin Young Ko tees off on 14th hole during the Chevron Championship Thursday, March 31, 2022, in Rancho Mirage, Calif. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
Nasa Hataoka tees off on the 10th tee during the Chevron Championship golf tournament Thursday, March 31, 2022, in Rancho Mirage, Calif. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
Sei Young Kim tees off on the 12th hole during the Chevron Championship golf tournament Thursday, March 31, 2022, in Rancho Mirage, Calif. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
RANCHO MIRAGE — Jennifer Kupcho shared the lead Thursday in The Chevron Championship in her second – and last – start at Mission Hills, the tree-lined layout she has quickly fallen in love with.
“Honestly, I think it’s just being comfortable on this golf course,” Kupcho said. “I get here and I just, I feel comfortable. I love this place.”
Kupcho shot a 6-under-par 66 in sunny and calm morning conditions to join fellow early starter Minjee Lee atop the leaderboard after the first round of the final edition of the major championship at Mission Hills.
“I really like the layout of this golf course, the beautiful shape that it’s in every year,” Kupcho said. “It always is so fun to be here, so just taking advantage of how much I like the course and the atmosphere.”
Unable to find a sponsor willing to remain at Mission Hills, the tournament that started in 1972 as the Colgate-Dinah Shore Winner’s Circle and became a major in 1983 is shifting to Houston next year under a deal with Chevron.
“Definitely sad,” Carolina Masson said after a 68. “I understand why we’re doing it, but I’m just trying to soak in every second being out here. The golf course is playing as good as ever.”
Defending champion Patty Tavatanakit was a stroke back, finishing late in the afternoon in gusting wind.
“Really proud,” Tavatanakit said. “I feel like I really got my momentum going, was really present today.”
Kupcho birdied Nos. 11-14 to get to 8 under, then bogeyed the next two holes. She birdied four of the first five and finished with nine birdies and three bogeys.
“You really need to hit fairways on a major golf course, so that was like my biggest thing today, to hit a bunch of fairways,” Kupcho said. “That really set me up for all my birdies.”
Winless on the LPGA Tour, Kupcho won the 2018 NCAA individual title for Wake Forest and took the inaugural Augusta National Women’s Amateur the following year after passing up a spot that week at Mission Hills.
The 24-year-old from Colorado arrived early in the desert after missing the cut Friday in Carlsbad. “I just used the two days that I did have on the weekend to come here and practice,” she said.
Lee birdied all four par-5s in a bogey-free round on the mountain-framed course.
“It was perfect,” Lee said. “Not like a breath of wind when we played. Maybe just a tiny bit. But conditions are great. Putting greens are rolling real nice. I don’t think you can get better than that.”
The 25-year-old Australian, ranked fourth in the world, won the Evian Championship last summer for her first major title and sixth LPGA Tour victory.
“I know I have one under my belt, but I do want a little bit more,” Lee said. “I just think I have a little bit more belief in myself and my game, so I can be a little bit more comfortable just hitting the shots.”
Third-ranked Lydia Ko, the 2015 champion, was at 68 with Masson, Anna Nordqvist, Georgia Hall, Gabriela Ruffels and Pajaree Anannarukarn. Lexi Thompson, the 2014 winner, was another stroke back with Sarah Schmelzel, Annie Park, Lauren Stephenson, Pauline Roussin-Bouchard and Hinako Shibuno.
Thompson marveled at the course she first played as a 14-year-old amateur.
“I’ve never seen it this good,” Thompson said. “It always surprises me every year. It’s always better. The greens are amazing. I’m one to putt and usually aim at things along the way, and there is just not an imperfection on greens to aim at. It’s a good problem.”
Schmelzel is making her fourth appearance.
“This place is really special,” Schmelzel said. “I feel like growing up watching the LPGA Tour, these are holes that I remember. These are holes that I wanted to be on one day.”
Park played as a single in the first group in the afternoon off the first tee.
“It was kind of weird the first couple holes just playing by myself,” Park said. “It was really peaceful.”
Top-ranked Jin Young Ko, the 2019 winner, shot a 74 to end her under-par streak at 34 rounds. Her run of at least one birdie ended at 53 rounds.
“I was hitting lots of great shots, but my putting wasn’t good,” she said. “I couldn’t see the break as much or speed. Everything was wrong.”
Ally Ewing and Moriya Jutanugarn had an eventful finish on the par-5 18th when the sprinklers on the green turned on at about 6 p.m. as Ewing was preparing for a 4-foot birdie putt. After a short delay, she holed out for a 70.
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...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM HST SUNDAY...
* WHAT...East winds 20 to 25 knots, and seas up to 12 feet.
* WHERE...Big Island Windward Waters, Maui County Leeward
Waters, Kauai Leeward Waters, Kauai Channel, Kauai Northwest
Waters, Kauai Windward Waters, Kaiwi Channel, Maui County
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* WHEN...Through early Sunday morning.
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HONOLULU (KITV4) -- Nurses funded by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to help Hawaii during the latest COVID-19 surge worked their last shifts this week.
And now hospitals are scrambling to contract more workers as the union representing nurses sounds the alarm about dangerous staffing shortages.
"You know you're not giving the care you want to, you know that you're not giving your patients the care they deserve -- that they should have -- that bad consequences can happen," said Registered Nurse Daniel Ross, president of the Hawaii Nurses' Association.
The pandemic exacerbated a health care worker shortage, with many nurses leaving the profession. And coupled with the rising cost of living in the islands, many others are choosing not to stay here, according to the Healthcare Association of Hawaii.
"The price of housing, the price of gas, the price of utilities -- all of that means that Hawaii is not competitive for nurses," said Hilton Raethel, association president and CEO. "This cost of living issue that we're dealing with here in Hawaii is impacting many segments of our society."
Hawaii has the second-highest average salary for registered nurses in the nation at about $106,000. But when you factor in cost of living, the Healthcare Association said the state drops to the lowest.
"The health care system cannot survive without nurses," Ross said.
The state received $90 million for nurses and other health care personnel during the Delta surge and another $95 million from the federal government during Omicron.
All of that has now gone away so some hospitals are trying to contract more nurses on their own to help the workforce shortages -- but that comes at a steep cost.
Kristen joined KITV4 in March 2021 after working for the past two decades as a newspaper reporter. Kristen's goal is to produce meaningful journalism that educates, enlightens and inspires to affect positive change in society.
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A federal judge upheld Ghislaine Maxwell's conviction on sex trafficking charges Friday, ruling that a juror's misstatements on a pretrial questionnaire should not cause a mistrial.
Judge Alison Nathan issued the ruling nearly a month after the juror testified in court he made an "inadvertent" mistake when he indicated in the questionnaire that he was not a victim of sexual abuse. Under oath, he said he had been sexually abused as a child, yet he maintained that his past did not shape his views or influence his approach as a juror in the trial.
In a 40-page opinion, Judge Alison Nathan found the juror's "lack of attention and care in responding accurately to every question on the questionnaire is regrettable, but the Court is confident that the failure to disclose was not deliberate."
The judge noted the bar for setting aside a guilty verdict is high and occurs "only in the most extraordinary of circumstances."
The ruling comes months after Maxwell, the former girlfriend and close associate of the late financier Jeffrey Epstein, was found guilty of sex trafficking a minor and four other counts for facilitating Epstein's sexual abuse of minor girls between 1994 and 2004.
The jury issue became public after the conviction when the juror gave multiple interviews to media outlets saying he had been sexually abused as a child. He said several jurors had issues with the victims' faulty memories, so he shared his personal experience with abuse and memory during deliberations.
"When I shared that, they were able to sort of come around on, they were able to come around on the memory aspect of the sexual abuse," the juror said in a Reuters interview.
However, potential jurors were explicitly asked on jury questionnaire forms if they had been sexually abused and, if so, if it would impact their abilities to be impartial while deliberating. A copy of Juror 50's jury questionnaire showed he stated on the form that he had not been sexually abused.
Maxwell's lawyers argued she should be granted a new trial because of the juror's answers.
Last month, Judge Nathan questioned the juror, who said he was distracted and unfocused when filling out the questionnaire and made an "inadvertent mistake." He denied tailoring his answers to win a spot on the jury. The judge said she found the juror to be responsive and forthright and that he affirmed his personal history would not affect his ability to serve as an impartial and fair juror "in any way."
On Friday, Maxwell's attorney asked the judge not to rule on the motion for a new trial until they see a new interview Juror 50 gave as part of a multi-part streaming series on Maxwell. Prosecutors said the government "strongly" opposed any delay of the ruling.
During Maxwell's trial, prosecutors argued she and Epstein conspired to set up a scheme to lure young girls into sexual relationships with Epstein in New York, Florida, New Mexico and the US Virgin Islands. Four women testified during the trial that Epstein abused them and that Maxwell facilitated the abuse and sometimes participated in it as well.
The trial, which took about a month late last year, alternated between disturbing testimony from sexual abuse victims and illuminating testimony about some of Epstein's connections to high-profile celebrities.
The jury of six women and six men deliberated for about 40 hours across parts of six days before the verdict. They found her guilty of sex trafficking of a minor, transporting a minor with the intent to engage in criminal sexual activity and three related counts of conspiracy, but acquitted her of a charge of enticing a minor to travel to engage in illegal sex acts.
She is scheduled to be sentenced in June and faces up to 65 years in prison.
Epstein, who pleaded guilty in 2008 to state prostitution charges, was indicted on federal sex trafficking charges in July 2019 but died by suicide in prison a month later. Maxwell was arrested a year afterward.
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HONOLULU (KITV4) -- The man indicted for the deadly shooting and botched robbery on Round Top Drive is also a suspect in an attempted murder case from more than a year ago.
Honolulu police said Nainoa Damon, 19, was arrested on Friday morning at the Oahu Community Correctional Center (OCCC) on suspicion of first-degree attempted murder and two firearms offenses.
Police say in January 2021, he fired into a vehicle with three males while on a street in Kunia. One of them was shot, while the other two were not injured.
Damon has not been charged yet in that case as of Friday night.
Damon is currently being held at OCCC for the Round Top Drive case, in which he's charged with murder, robbery, two counts of carrying a firearm in the commission of a separate felony, place to keep pistol or revolver, and terroristic threatening.
Damon is accused of murdering 18-year-old Haaheo Kolona on March 18 at one of the lookout spots on Tantalus. His bail is set at $1 million. He's scheduled to be back in court on April 7.
Marisa Yamane joined KITV4 in January 2022 as an anchor and executive producer. She is an award-winning veteran journalist, who’s spent most of her career in Hawaii. She’s a proud graduate of Iolani School and UCLA.
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HONOLULU (KITV4) -- Artists united in Honolulu Friday night to raise money for the people of Ukraine. At Island Brew Coffee House, artists Leni Acosta Knight and Ruben Aira showcased their creations that are being auctioned off to benefit "Hawaii Stands with Ukraine."
"This is an extremely powerful message to show that the people of Hawaii hear the voices of the people of Ukraine. We are grateful for the outpouring of compassion for the millions of people who are now displaced because of Russia's invasion," says Elena Roud, co-founder of Hawaii Stands with Ukraine.
Island Brew Coffee House hosted the community event to help the people most directly impacted by the humanitarian crisis that has resulted from this invasion. The art-filled fundraiser will raise money to help the people of Ukraine.
“With this first fundraiser, we want to share love aloha spirit, give people hope and send people money, because we want to unite and stand strong," said Roud.
“What’s happening in Ukraine is very sad and any unprovoked invasion on a country is disheartening, And we would like to raise funds and help other people,” said Acosta.
Money raised will be donated to a non-profit organization that is providing humanitarian aid to the people of Ukraine.
Roud has been in Hawaii for 30 years. She says her broken heart is with her family in Ukraine and she is trying to do whatever it takes to bring joy back into everyone’s life.
Cynthia is an award-winning journalist who returned to Hawaii as an Anchor/Reporter/MMJ from Houston. She is a graduate of the University of Hawaii with a B.A. and M.B.A. DM her on IG @CynthiaYipTV to share stories.
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HILO, HAWAII (KITV4) -- Nearly three years after being arrested during the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) protests, the final group of seniors learned on Friday their cases are being dismissed.
Why did it take so long? The Hawaii Department of the Attorney General (AG) said the COVID-19 pandemic made it difficult to proceed to trial in a timely fashion.
On July 15, 2019, a group of seniors chained themselves to a cattle grate while braving the bitter cold to block the only road up to the summit of Mauna Kea -- a mountain they say is sacred. They did it to prevent the start of construction of the TMT.
"This is about the Hawaiian nation trying to survive in an illegal government so I mean, we're going to survive," said TMT protester Walter Ritte on July 15, 2019.
Two days later, Ritte and more than 30 other kupuna or elders were arrested or cited.
"But the part is why are we getting arrested? Just to protect the mauna? Is that any crime?" asked Maxine Kahaulelio on July 17, 2019.
They were charged with two petty misdemeanors: obstructing a highway and obstructing a sidewalk.
Kahaulelio was found not guilty last August, and most of the cases already went to trial, with three found guilty and two others pleading guilty.
On Friday, a Hilo judge dismissed the remaining cases, which included the cases for Walter Ritte and his wife Loretta, along with Abel Lui, Liko Kalani Martin, and Deborah Lee.
"Relief. Huge relief. It's been years going through this process and COVID came along and made it really scary for us. We thought we'd have to travel to different islands and Big Island, and they were treating us like big time criminals," Ritte said. "And we were like kupuna that were just trying to protect their mountain."
The reason for the dismissal was the defense cited the Hawaii Supreme Court's ruling on State v. Thompson, saying the criminal complaint did not include the signatures of the complainants.
"And the state is saying we might retry them again, and we went -- oh no. So we got to wait to find out whether or not the state is still going to come after us," Ritte said.
That's because a judge has yet to decide whether the case is being dismissed with prejudice or without. If it is with prejudice, the state cannot refile the case, but if it is dismissed without prejudice, the state has the option of refiling. That hearing is set for April 29.
"We already paid the price you know for what we did, and it's not like we wouldn't do it all over again, but it was unnecessary this long delay that we went through," Ritte said.
Gary Yamashiroya, spokesman for the AG's office, told KITV4: "The court has deferred ruling on whether the dismissals will be with or without prejudice, so it is premature to indicate our intentions on how we will proceed, however the Department of the Attorney General remains committed to enforcing and upholding the rule of law."
More than 1,000 cases, mostly misdemeanors, have been thrown out since last December because of the high court's decision on State v. Thompson.
On March 28, Gov. David Ige signed a bill into law to address that. Under the new law, prosecuting attorneys will be able to sign the criminal complaints, rather than requiring the victim or complainant.
However, the new law is not retroactive, so any case in which a criminal complaint was filed before the law took effect can still use State v. Thompson as an argument to try to get it dismissed, which is what happened in this case.
"While disappointing, today's ruling was not unexpected in light of the recent state Supreme Court case, State v. Thompson," Yamashiroya said. "They were dismissed on a technical basis and are not rulings on the merits of the cases."
As for the TMT project itself, it remains on hold.
"There is no set timeline for TMT construction," said TMT spokesman Scott Ishikawa.
What's next for the TMT protesters?
"What we're going to do is going to depend on what they're going to do. Right now it's been stalled so it's like ok, nothing is being built, so we feel that's great. You know that's what we always wanted," Ritte said.
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General Dynamics (GD) is an international aerospace and defense company that focuses on high-end design, engineering, and manufacturing state-of-the-art solutions for its global customers.
The company’s broad portfolio of products and services comprises business aviation, shipbuilding, land combat vehicles, weapons systems, munitions, as well as technology services.
What differentiates General Dynamic compared to its industry peers is that each of its business units is responsible for optimizing its own operating results. Hence, the company operates with less friction and significant flexibility when it comes to each segment’s CAPEX requirements and overall capital allocation needs.
Over the past couple of decades, General Dynamics has managed to produce outstanding value creation for its shareholders. Specifically, the company has not only consistently generated predictable revenues and net income, but it features a fantastic track record of tangible capital returns (dividends, share buybacks).
Following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, governments around the world have been expanding their defense budgets. Consequently, the stock should be enjoying robust tailwinds in the medium term, which is the reason shares have been now approaching new all-time highs.
However, due to the stock’s valuation hovering at rather elevated levels, I am neutral on the stock.
Latest Results
General Dynamics’ latest results once again demonstrated the company’s ability to successfully deliver its order backlog and produce resilient financials.
Quarterly revenues declined 1.8% to $10.3 billion, while earnings per share fell 2.9% to $3.39 compared to last year. However, the slight decline in the top and bottom line hardly matters compared to how we assess most other companies.
We mostly care about General Dynamics’ ability to grow its backlog and its general capability to deliver on it. As long as the backlog grows, the company’s top and bottom lines should gradually do as well, as has been the case historically.
Fortunately, General Dynamics’ new order traction remains very strong, with the company featuring a book-to-bill ratio of around 1.7x. In other words, General Dynamics’ revenues over the next 1.5 to 2.0 years are secured by its customers as long as the company, of course, delivers on this backlog.
In any case, the company’s backlog growth usually precedes its delivery volumes. Thus, the company has been able to retain a healthy book-to-bill ratio, which ensures it enjoys predictable and secure cash flows.
In response to the ongoing situation in Ukraine, Western governments are now increasing their defense budgets as they strengthen their militaries and replenish the equipment they have been sending to aid Ukraine. Hence, General Dynamics’ book-to-bill ratio should further improve going forward.
Capital Returns & Valuation
Amid stable and predictable cash flow generation, General Dynamics has been able to grow its capital returns significantly over time. Specifically, the company features a robust dividend growth track record, numbering 31 years of consecutive annual dividend hikes.
This means the company is one of the elite constituents of the S&P 500’s Dividend Aristocrat Index. The company features a 10-year dividend growth CAGR of 9.82%, which is rather impressive considering how mature its dividend track record is. The latest dividend hike was also quite solid, boosting its quarterly rate by 5.9% to $1.26.
General Dynamics has also been repurchasing heavy amounts of its own stock over the years, which has led to a significant reduction in the share count, thus boosting EPS growth over time. Specifically, the company has bought back and retired around 31.5% of its common stock since 2007, which is utterly remarkable.
Management forecasts revenues to land between $39.2 billion and $39.45 billion and EPS to come out between $12 and $12.15 for fiscal 2022. The midpoint of management’s guidance implies that the stock is currently trading at a forward P/E of 19.9 at its current price levels.
On the one hand, this sounds like quite an attractive valuation considering the macro outlook for defense stocks appears very favorable. On the other, the current multiple is near the highest point of the stock’s historical forward P/E range.
The market likely expects above-average EPS growth in the coming years. However, as we noted earlier, General Dynamics’ results are a function of its backlog and the company’s ability to deliver on it. Even if the backlog grows going forward, which is definitely positive news, the company’s production capabilities should only expand lightly each and every year.
Hence, this does not necessarily translate to a sudden jump in the company’s earnings going forward. Consequently, I would consider shares more reasonably valued close to a forward P/E of 17.
At this point, the stock is valued at a premium relative to its historical multiples that reflects the tailwinds it is about to enjoy, without investors notably overpaying for the increased security attached to the forthcoming backlog growth.
Wall Street’s Take
Turning to Wall Street, General Dynamics has a Moderate Buy consensus rating, based on seven Buys and three Holds assigned in the past three months.
At $264, the average General Dynamics stock projection implies 9.9% upside potential.
Conclusion
General Dynamics has proven itself as one of the most resilient companies in the aerospace and defense sector, able to produce predictable cash flows for decades.
The company’s bill-to-backlog ratio remains very healthy, which should indicate that this resilience should last. In fact, with governments all over the world increasing their defense budgets, the ratio is pretty much guaranteed to remain very healthy in the medium term.
While General Dynamics’ features multiple other qualities, including one of the most impressive capital return track records in the space, it appears that the recent rally has likely overpriced the stock.
Could General Dynamics still be a great long-term investment with robust dividend growth potential? Certainly. At its current price though, the stock should not yield extraordinary total returns.
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The pandemic impacted life on multiple levels, but one of the most striking changes was on our travel behavior. Basically, no one went anywhere for a while. Now that the world is getting back to more normalized patterns, there is bound to be some seriously pent-up travel demand.
And Piper Sandler’s Thomas Champion thinks this is good news for high-end travel innovator Inspirato (ISPO).
Inspirato caters to a well-heeled clientele, as it is a luxury travel subscription service aimed at the affluent end of the market. Its curated portfolio of high-end lodgings and experiences are currency on offer to 14,000 members.
There is a large market to address here, both on the demand and supply side. Champion estimates around $100 billion for the former and $65 billion for the latter.
And the analyst likes the company’s “resilient” model, highlighting “growth levers” such as additional subscription products and “adjacent offerings” like corporate incentive travel and partnerships.
Not to mention, the deep pockets of its “highly desirable” customer base are “levered” to rich US households which over the past 20 years have created a huge amount of wealth.
As such, the analyst rates ISPO an Overweight (i.e. Buy) along with a $12 price target. The figure suggests one-year upside of ~38%. (To watch Champion’s track record, click here)
On the other hand, Stifel’s Scott Devitt takes a more cautious approach.
While the analyst likes the business model, management team, and “value proposition,” Inspirato’s ability to achieve its growth targets could be affected by two major uncertainties.
“The company will need to grow supply at a much faster rate than it has historically, and we estimate the company will need to add approximately 200 luxury homes per year through 2025 to meet its nights delivered target, despite having added less than 80 homes cumulatively in the four years preceding the pandemic (2016-2019),” explained the 5-star analyst.
Additionally, the higher-priced Pass subscription, which launched late in 2019 has limited cohort data to make informed estimates around churn rates and customer acquisition costs. It also raises questions about how consumers will eventually interact with the product at scale. All the while, it is expected to “drive the majority of subscriber growth.”
This newly listed stock made quite a splash when it went public in mid-February following a SPAC merger with Thayer Ventures Acquisition Corporation. But the payback has been swift and brutal; since February’s peaks, the stock has shed 92% of its value.
As such, while Devitt initiated coverage with a Hold rating, his $10 price target still leaves room for 17% growth in the year ahead. (To watch Devitt’s track record, click here)
Overall, 2 Buy ratings and 1 Hold have been issued in the last three months. Therefore, ISPO gets a Moderate Buy consensus rating. Based on the $11 average price target, shares could surge 28.5% in the next year. (See ISPO stock forecast on TipRanks)
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The retail industry has witnessed the dual effects of the COVID-19 pandemic over the last year. While it awarded those who had an enhanced online/digital presence, the pandemic penalized those that had a greater focus on traditional brick and mortar stores.
Enter, activist investors who are on the lookout for persistently underperforming stocks. These investors typically buy a large chunk of the company’s shares. Invariably, these investors will secure at least one seat on the company’s Board to gain influence over the company’s corporate actions and strategic decisions.
In recent times, two small-cap retailers beaten down by the pandemic-triggered supply chain and logistic chaos, and suppressed demand have become targets of activist investors. One has amicably joined hands to incorporate the changes suggested by the investor, while the other is pursuing shareholder favor to side-line the investor’s short-term motives.
Let take a closer look at both the companies and their investor campaigns, and analyze which retailer will emerge as a winner despite investor pressure.
Kohl’s (KSS)
Kohl’s is an American active and casual lifestyle retailer. The company operates through both department stores as well as offers online convenience through Kohl’s.com and Kohl’s App.
Propelled by news of buyout offers, the KSS stock has gained 23.1% year-to-date. Activist investor Macellum, backed by expert retail industry investor Jonathan Duskin, has a ~5% stake in Kohl’s.
Since its 2021 settlement with the retailer, Macellum has been pursuing Kohl’s to go private or engage in a sale-leaseback transaction for its department stores. Macellum believes Kohl’s digital operation is being pulled down by its “underperforming” brick-and-mortar stores.
In response, Kohl’s argues that the sale-leaseback transaction will hurt its margins and is not an efficient way to release capital. Notably, the retailer has received unsolicited buyout offers since January, valuing the shares at roughly $64 a piece. However, on February 4, Kohl’s initiated a poison pill to stop the hostile takeover.
In its most recent letter to shareholders, the Kohl’s Board has urged to vote in favor of all 13 of the Company’s highly qualified Directors. Macellum has nominated ten directors, six of whom “have never served on a public company board,” said Kohl’s. The retailer goes on to call Macellum’s nominees an “inexperienced, unqualified slate.”
In 2021, three directors from Macellum’s nominations joined Kohl’s Board, and ever since the hedge fund investor has been trying to seek control over the Board by adding more directors.
Talking about its performance over the past five years, Kohl’s stressed the success of its turnaround strategy initiated in October 2020. In 2021, Kohl’s achieved record earnings per share (EPS) and in 2022, it is poised to grow by ~50% over the 2019 ẸPS figure.
Moreover, Kohl’s has registered a Total Shareholder Returns (TSR) of 146% since the start of the turnaround strategy up to January 21, 2022. This astounding return surpasses the performance of both the SPDR S&P Retail ETF and the S&P 500. What’s more, the TSR over the past five years has also outplayed the median of its peers.
Furthermore, pointing out Macellum’s short-term interest in the company, Kohl’s stated that the investor is looking for a hasty sale of the company at any price, which is not in the best interest of the shareholders.
Kohl’s is also alleging that four of Macellum’s nominees have close ties to Jonathan Duskin, who is also a nominee, defeating the purpose of them being “independent” directors. Additionally, Kohl’s has also warned that Macellum is using false narratives about the retailer’s health trying to misguide investors and earn their favor.
All in all, Kohl’s is trying its best to turn around the company and make a meaningful deal that is in the best interest of shareholders.
Meanwhile, Wall Street analysts have a cautiously optimistic view of the KSS stock with a Moderate Buy consensus rating based on six Buys, five Holds, and two Sells. The average Kohl’s price forecast of $64.08 implies almost 6% upside potential to current levels.
Bed Bath & Beyond (BBBY)
Bed Bath & Beyond and its subsidiaries engage in home furnishings and lifestyle offerings. The retailer has both department store chains and an online presence in the segment.
Boosted by mandatory stay-at-home practices in the past two years, consumers have spent greatly on the comfort of their homes, making the year 2021 a success story for the retailer.
Year-to-date, the BBBY stock has gained 48.6%, with most of the enthusiasm gained in the last month since receiving the letter of interest from hedge fund investor RC Ventures.
On March 6, through a letter to BBBY’s Board, Ryan Cohen led RC Ventures disclosed that it held around 9.8% of the retailer. The investor went on to suggest their analysis of the retailer’s financial health, strongly protesting the huge compensation disbursed to executives relative to its stock market performance.
Furthermore, RC Ventures has suggested that the retailer either go private in whole or at least sell off/spin-off the buybuy BABY brand and unlock maximum shareholder value.
The hedge fund sees major value in the brand and noted, “Given that BABY is estimated to reach $1.5 billion in sales in Fiscal Year 2023 with a double-digit growth profile and at least 50% digital penetration, we believe it is likely much more valuable than the Company’s entire market capitalization today.”
By separating the BABY banner, the hedge fund feels that BBBY will be able to fortify its balance sheet and reduce its share count, thus, creating significant shareholder value.
On March 25, BBBY came to a cooperation agreement with the investor, which saw three RC Ventures director designees immediately joining BBBY’s Board of Directors, temporarily expanding to 14 members before reverting to 11 members, following the reelection at the Annual Meeting.
Additionally, two of them will also be a part of a four-member committee responsible for devising alternative strategies for the retailer’s buybuy BABY banner.
RC Ventures also revealed that BBBY has consistently underperformed on the TSR front compared to both S&P Retail Select Index and its peers over the past several years. The investor urges the board to revitalize its turnaround strategies and simplify its plans by suggesting steps such as, “finish fortifying the infrastructure, make remaining store fleet improvements, and prioritize core assortment and inventory fixes to meet near-term demand.”
Lastly, RC Ventures suggests a “full sale of Bed Bath to a well-capitalized financial sponsor with track records in the retail and consumer sectors and the ability to pay a meaningful premium.”
In response to the activist investor’s suggestions, the BBBY Board has agreed to work in coordination with the new nominees and devise a plan, which is in the best long-term interest of the shareholders, employees, and customers.
Despite all the gung-ho from activist investor pressure, analysts on the Street are pessimistic about the company’s future. The BBBY stock has a Moderate Sell consensus rating based on one Buy, six Holds, and six Sells. The average Bed Bath & Beyond price forecast of $15.05 implies 33.2% downside potential to current levels.
Conclusion
Both Kohl’s and Bed Bath & Beyond have the best interests of their stakeholders in the campaign with the activist investors. On the one hand, Kohl’s seems to be successful in its stand-alone turnaround strategy, while BBBY is unable to prioritize its strategies to the full effect.
Moreover, KSS’s financial performance is far better compared to its peers and BBBY is faring poorly. Both companies’ individual stand on fighting against (KSS) and compromising with (BBBY) the activist investors will prove to be beneficial in the long run.
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Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) scored a tidy win at the end of March, when the Canadian government announced that it would be purchasing 88 F-35 fighter jets to revamp its out-of-date air force.
The Canadian government has spent decades researching and evaluating different options for its new fleet of military aircraft, and though final negotiations have yet to take place, the recent announcement is another big win for LMT, which is no stranger to large military contracts.
The projected $19-billion deal is worth just a bit more than the $17.7 billion in revenue LMT earned in Q4 2021.
The U.S.-based defense, aerospace, arms, and technology giant has seen its stock price rise about 25% in 2022, with a noticeable jump around the time Russia invaded Ukraine near the end of February.
Given that rising tensions have implored governments around the world to step up their military spending, there is plenty to like regarding LMT stock going forward, along with a fruitful and reliable dividend.
Nevertheless, the stock is trading near all-time highs, and insiders have been on quite a selling streak over the last little while.
For that reason, I am neutral on the stock.
Recent Results
Lockheed Martin released its Q4 and FY-2021 results on January 25.
Q4 revenue increased 4.1% year-over-year, and full-year revenue of $67 billion was a 2.5% increase over FY 2020.
Of the company’s four business segments (Aeronautics, Missiles & Fire Control, Rotary & Mission Systems, and Space), Space was the only one not to produce a year-over-year increase in Q4 operating profit. It dropped from $368 million to $308 million.
A large part of this was due to the UK nationalizing its Atomic Weapons Establishment in June 2021, a nuclear weapons program of which LMT previously owned 51%. Lockheed Martin estimates that it missed out on $535 million in sales due to the decision.
The year-over-year operating profit increases in Q4 for Aeronautics, Missiles & Fire Control, and Rotary & Mission Systems were 12.8%, 17.1%, and 10.3%, respectively.
Lockheed Martin is a mature company, but its 2.5% growth in yearly revenue pales in comparison to the increases it posted in each of the previous years (9.3% in 2020, 11.3% in 2019, and 7.6% in 2018).
The company is actually predicting a slight decrease for FY 2022, guiding for $66 billion in revenue. Having said that, this guidance was made before the war in Ukraine gave a nudge to military spending globally.
Insider Selling
Thanks to TipRanks’ Insider Trading tool, we can see that several top Lockheed Martin executives have cashed in on the recent splurge in LMT’s share price.
In all, $10.2 million worth of Lockheed Martin stock was sold over the past three months, with over half of that coming in the last month and a bit.
This doesn’t have to be a dark sign for the future. Cash is king, after all, and if you have a chance to cash out $3.5 million in a day by selling some of your shares when a stock hits an all-time high – as Lockheed Martin COO Frank A. St. John did on March 1 – it’s a chance worth taking.
What this might suggest, however, is that shares might have spiked a bit too high in the recent past, and that it might be prudent to wait for a pullback in prices.
Dividend, Valuation
Lockheed Martin spent $7 billion in share buybacks and dividends in FY 2021, and LMT’s $2.80 quarterly dividend delivers a 2.5% yield, well above the sector average of 0.73%.
Looking at two direct competitors, Saab AB (STO: SAAB-B) has a 1.4% dividend yield, and Boeing (NYSE: BA) doesn’t pay a dividend at all.
You could certainly do worse from an income perspective than LMT stock.
Its forward P/E ratio of 16.5 isn’t massively inflated, though it is above its three-year average of 15 and one-year average of 14.
Wall Street’s Take
Lockheed Martin has a Moderate Buy consensus rating on TipRanks, with seven Buys and eight Holds assigned over the past three months.
The average Lockheed Martin price target of $457.87 suggests 2.9% upside potential. Analyst price targets range from $521 per share to $401 per share.
Conclusion
Lockheed Martin is a very large company competing in an industry that won’t be going away any time soon.
While negotiations with the Canadian Air Force have yet to finalize, the deal should bring in a sizable chunk of revenue while perhaps aiding other NATO countries in choosing a jet for their militaries. It helps for an alliance to use similar equipment, given how the mutual understanding of capabilities can help with planning strategic operations.
The company’s dividend and buyback programs reward investors nicely, while its impressive tech and engineering capabilities should help it win more fruitful government contracts in the future.
That said, the share price is rather elevated as much of the recent geopolitical turmoil is likely baked into current trading levels.
There are plenty of riskier and perhaps more profitable plays out there, but LMT stock should be more than capable of providing reliable returns over the long term.
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Northrop Grumman Corporation (NOC) is an international aerospace & defense company specializing in providing a broad range of products and services to the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) and other international governmental entities.
The company’s diversified operations are aligned to aid national security priorities and equip its customers with the capabilities they require to protect and advance society.
Northrop Grumman’s primary operations comprise the provision of space systems, advanced aircraft, missile defense, state-of-the-art weapons, mission systems, artificial intelligence, advanced computing, and cybersecurity.
In my view, Northrop Grumman is one of the highest-quality companies in the aerospace & defense sector, featuring a decades-long track record of impressive shareholder value creation.
The company is set to benefit from the ongoing war in Ukraine, as Western governments supply the country with weaponry and relevant equipment. As Western governments replenish their own arsenal amid these deliveries, Northrop should experience a growing backlog.
However, investors have likely fully priced these tailwinds, as the stock’s valuation has expanded notably over the past couple of months. While Northrop Grumman could still be a solid long-term investment, I am neutral on the stock.
Recent Financial Performance
Northrop Grumman’s latest results demonstrated the company’s resilience. While its numbers came in somewhat weaker compared to last year, the company’s backlog and profitability prospects remain very strong.
Revenues for Q4 decreased 15% to $8.6 billion, while adjusted earnings per share fell 9% to $6.00. Specifically, sales declined in every segment besides Space Systems.
Aeronautics Systems revenues declined 25% to $2.6 billion compared to last year due to softer volumes in Manned Aircraft and Autonomous Systems. Defense Systems’ revenues dropped 28% to $1.4 billion as a result of the sale of the company’s IT Services business, fewer working days, and the close-out of the contract at the Army’s Lake City ammunition plant.
Mission Systems’ sales also decreased 8% to $2.52 billion, driven by fewer working days but offset by increased volumes in land systems and infrared countermeasures that boosted performance. Finally, Space Systems saved the day for Northrop, with its revenues growing 4% to $2.7 billion, supported by elevated sales in Launch & Strategic Missiles and Space.
Northrop won $9.8 billion in contracts during the quarter despite the relatively underwhelming results, boosting its total backlog to $76.0 billion. With Northrop’s production capabilities able to deliver approximately $35 billion worth of goods and services annually (i.e., its Fiscal 2021 revenues), the company has a book-to-bill ratio north of two years.
This implies that the company’s short-to-medium-term cash flows should remain robust. The ongoing macro geopolitical landscape should further strengthen the company’s backlog. For context, the company is estimated to reap $59 billion over six years from a new bomber and an intercontinental ballistic missile alone, conditional on the U.S. Air Force’s new spending plan being realized.
Dividends, Buybacks & Valuation
Due to Northrop’s forthcoming revenues being based on the underlying backlog, the company’s performance has historically been quite stable and predictable. Consequently, the company has been able to gradually return increasing amounts of capital to shareholders over the years.
Specifically, Northrop boasts an 18-year long dividend growth track record. The company has grown its dividend at a rapid pace, featuring a 10-year dividend per share CAGR (compound annual growth rate) of 12.3%. Its latest hike was also by a satisfactory rate of 8.3% to a quarterly rate of $1.57.
Along with its Q4 results, the company provided its Fiscal 2022 outlook, including expected revenues between $36.2 billion and $36.6 billion for the year and EPS between $24.50 and $25.10.
The midpoint of management’s guidance, along with Northrop’s DPS run-rate, indicates a comfortable payout ratio of 27%, which implies that the company should be able to support robust dividend hikes moving forward with ease.
Additionally, the midpoint of management’s guidance also implies a forward P/E of around 18.2 at the stock’s current levels. While the valuation sounds rather reasonable, it simultaneously prices in most of the upcoming tailwinds the company is set to enjoy, in my view. It’s also notably higher than the stock’s historical average forward P/E of around 15-16.
Something worth remembering is that the company’s buybacks should be less effective following the recent valuation expansion. Northrop has constantly repurchased shares over the year, delivering value to its shareholders and gradually boosting its EPS.
Last year the company repurchased a whopping $3.74 billion worth of stock. To provide some perspective, the company has repurchased and retired around over 57% of its common stock since 2004, which is nothing short of impressive. However, buybacks should be less incremental valuable at an expanded valuation (as the company would be slightly overpaying for its shares), which is something worth noting.
Wall Street’s Take
Turning to Wall Street, Northrop Grumman Stock has a Moderate Buy consensus rating based on three Buys and seven Holds assigned in the past three months. At $456.89, the average Northrop Grumman price target implies 1.1% upside potential.
Conclusion
Overall, Northrop Grumman is a quality company with a long history of shareholder value creation. The company should see its backlog expand in the coming years, driven by the ongoing war in Ukraine, which is driving international defense budgets higher.
Nonetheless, the stock’s recent rally has likely fully priced in any upcoming benefits from the current circumstances, thus limiting the potential for extraordinary returns ahead.
Still, I believe that Northrop should be able to serve dividend-growth investors adequately, as its bottom line could comfortably support DPS growth in the high-single to low-double digits moving forward.
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Nutrien Ltd. (NYSE: NTR) is in the perfect position to capitalize on the growing demand for fertilizer products, and its efficacy in fulfilling such demand is evident in both its stock and financial performance.
The current geopolitical situation has brought a great deal of attention to the agriculture industry, with Ukraine being a major producer of wheat, corn, and barley. Concurrently, a large portion of fertilizer, a necessary and complementary good to agriculture, is produced in Russia and Belarus, with Russia producing 13% of the world’s total potash, phosphate, and nitrogen fertilizers.
Due to the ongoing conflict, not only is the planting season in Ukraine threatened, with the grain harvest predicted to fall by 55%, but most of the fertilizer produced is trapped in these countries. Even if crops are successfully planted, there will still be additional challenges, as transporting them out of Ukraine could be impossible.
As a result, growing levels of demand are being hindered by less supply, not only leading to shortages but proliferating the already-present inflation.
Agricultural and fertilizer products need to be produced, nonetheless, turning all eyes to North America, and as agricultural production increases, such producers are looking toward companies such as Nutrien to satisfy their demand.
Nutrien, based in Saskatchewan, Canada, was founded in 2018 and has since become the largest global crop inputs and services company, producing and distributing millions of tonnes of potash, nitrogen, and phosphate products.
With a long-term perspective, the company prides itself on addressing economic, environmental, and social priorities, focusing on stakeholders.
I’m bullish on Nutrien.
Excellent Performance
With a strong foundation rooted in solid fundamentals and a positive outlook toward creating additional shareholder value, Nutrien has generated an over 90% return in the past year, well above the ~15% return of the S&P 500.
This increase is certainly justified, with Ken Seitz, Interim President and CEO, commenting, “The advantages of Nutrien’s integrated business were demonstrated in 2021 as we delivered record financial results and made significant progress on our long-term strategic targets, including our key sustainability priorities.”
He continued, “The outlook for global agriculture and crop input markets is very strong, and we are well-positioned to deliver significant growth in earnings and free cash flow in 2022.”
Such favorable financial results begin with substantial margins, with an ~18% operating margin and 11.7% net margin. Similarly, the return on equity is 13.7%, with a return on assets of 6.5%.
Although the company has experienced negative economic profit from 2016 to 2019, in which the weighted average cost of capital exceeds the return on invested capital, essentially destroying value, it has been rising since 2017, recovering to an over 4% spread in 2021. This means that the company is now creating value.
In Q4, $1.2 billion in net earnings were generated, an increase of 282% quarter-over-quarter, with a record adjusted EBITDA of $2.5 billion, up 221% quarter-over-quarter. The same positive trend continued into full-year 2021 results, earning $3.2 billion of net earnings, increasing 593% year-over-year, and another record for adjusted EBITDA, increasing 94% to $7.1 billion.
This translates into $5.52 diluted net earnings per share and $6.23 adjusted net earnings per share, increases of 581% and 246% year-over-year, respectively.
According to the company, free cash flow also increased 135% year-over-year, from $1.83 billion to $4.3 billion, enabling additional opportunities to create shareholder value through reinvestment into the business, dividends, and share buybacks. In fact, throughout 2021, $2.1 billion was returned to shareholders through dividends and share repurchases, and the business plans to allocate a minimum of $3 billion to dividends and share repurchases in 2022.
This exponential growth is certainly impressive, though it can be partially attributed to rising selling prices across the industry due to higher energy prices and global production outages. Regardless, sales growth still increased and is expected to do so in 2022.
Looking toward the future, Nutrien provided 2022 guidance of a low of $10.20 adjusted net earnings per share and a high of $11.80; this includes the aforementioned plan to devote a minimum of $2 billion to share repurchases. Adjusted EBITDA is expected to follow suit, ranging from a low of $10 billion to a high of $11.2 billion.
It is obvious that Nutrien has reaped financial success, not only due to the current environment but also because of the market in which it operates.
A Favorable Market with Barriers to Entry
Nutrien faces little competition in this industry, holding 22.2% market share in the potash market. Magnified by the Russia-Ukraine crisis, Russian potash fertilizer producer and exporter Uralkali, which has previously held 13.3% of the potash market share, is unable to operate normally due to the ongoing conflict.
This only leaves two major North American players: CF Industries Holdings, Inc. (CF) and Mosaic Co. (MOS).
As a result, Nutrien undoubtedly operates within an oligopolistic market, in which a few large companies dominate the market due to barriers to entry, granting a great deal of pricing power and a sustainable competitive advantage.
For example, fertilizer producers are subject to strict regulations as a result of the potentially hazardous and polluting nature of fertilizers. Furthermore, the company has not only carefully managed capital expenditures to ensure the necessary infrastructure to maintain pace with increasing demand, but it has also established economies of scale, especially through its network of flexible, low-cost potash mines.
It is obvious that Nutrien is in the right market to exploit growing demand, and it has already implemented measures to do so.
Nutrien’s Response to Increasing Demand
In response to the uncertainty of production in Eastern Europe, Nutrien recently stated that it intends to increase its potash production capacity to ~15 million tonnes, increasing by almost 1 million tonnes compared to previous estimates. This equates to a nearly 20% increase in production compared to 2020 and will account for over 70% of global production added during this period.
In reassuring shareholders that the integrity of the company will not be jeopardized along with this increased production, Seitz explained, “Nutrien is responding to this period of unprecedented market uncertainty by safely expanding potash production to help provide our customers with the crop inputs they need.
“We continue to closely monitor market conditions and will evolve our long-term plans to ensure we utilize our assets in a safe and sustainable manner that benefits all our stakeholders.”
Such production is expected to slightly raise capital expenditures as the company hires additional workers, though this should be easily facilitated through the abundant free cash flow Nutrien has generated.
Wall Street’s Take
Turning to Wall Street, NTR stock currently comes in as a Moderate Buy. This is based on 12 Buys and six Hold ratings assigned in the past three months. The average Nutrien price target of $103.62 implies -0.14% downside potential, with a high price target of $126 and a low of $63.20.
Conclusion
The Russia-Ukraine conflict has unquestionably disturbed and likely eliminated a great deal of supply, especially pertaining to agriculture and fertilizer production, prompting increased demand from suppliers in other parts of the world.
Even before this newly established demand, however, Nutrien has been growing substantially and delivering impressive financial and stock performance to stockholders.
As a result of efficient and effective capital management, thus creating barriers to entry in this market, Nutrien has placed itself in the perfect position to ride this tailwind of increased demand into future success.
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Shares of COVID-19 vaccine maker and biopharma behemoth Pfizer (PFE) have slipped into a correction on the back of the broader market sell-off. Now down around 16% from its peak just north of $60 per share, Pfizer is at a crossroads. With COVID-19 cases picking up rapidly in China, there are reasons to be concerned that another wave could hit North America this Spring.
Just as the restrictions were easing and masks were coming off, another round of restrictions and booster shots (fourth doses for some) could be in the cards. While the pandemic is a concern that’s fallen into the background of late, it is still worth noting that we’re not yet in an endemic quite yet.
As cases of the next variant (BA.2) look to pick up, there’s a real risk that COVID-19 may, once ahead, hog the headlines and weigh on certain types of reopening stocks.
Pfizer stock is still a great hedge against a worsening of the pandemic. We all want the endemic to arrive already. Still, the reality of the situation is that it will be hard to make such a move, given the coronavirus’s insidious and potentially seasonal nature.
Given the modest multiple, the likelihood of more booster recommendations from federal health authorities, and sales drivers beyond vaccines, I remain bullish on Pfizer stock, not just as a resurgence hedge but as a sound long-term investment.
FDA Authorizes Fourth Vaccine Dose for Those Aged 50+
Here we go again. With the fourth dose of Pfizer and Moderna (MRNA) vaccines (Comirnaty and Spikevax) getting authorization from the FDA for those aged 50 and older, it seems like the end of the pandemic will not happen anytime soon. The CDC, along with the Biden administration, also gave the green light for its recommendation of yet another booster for eligible older adults amid a rising number of BA.2 variant cases in the U.S.
Indeed, when many analysts modeled vaccine revenues in late 2020, anything short of a sharp decline in booster revenues going into the back half of 2022 would have been viewed as more of a bull case for Pfizer. Now, it seems like Pfizer’s COVID-19 medicine revenue stream could last for many more years to come, given the world has just had to live with and adapt to the coronavirus.
With no precise estimate of when the pandemic will end, we could witness a scenario that sees seasonal booster sales for many years. For Pfizer, a correction to the upside and upgrades may be in order.
In 2021, Pfizer made close to $37 billion in COVID-19-related sales. This year, the firm could make around $60 billion from vaccines and its oral treatment Paxlovid, with a nearly even contribution between the two (~$32 billion from vaccines and ~$28 billion from the higher-margin Paxlovid).
Just how much longer the COVID-19 segment will continue generating ample sums for the company remains to be seen. Regardless, Pfizer is reinvesting the capital in the right places, with various other drugs in the pipeline that could fuel cash flows well after COVID-19 medicines finally experience a steep drop going into endemic territory.
Indeed, Pfizer is more of a biotech firm making the right investments than a lower-growth pharma play that it used to be when the Upjohn division was weighing it down.
Pfizer Has a Lot More Going for it Beyond Just COVID Medicines
Although the valuation (shares currently trade at 13.3 times trailing earnings and 3.7 times sales) and a lofty dividend yield of 3.1% are not indicators of innovation and growth, I think there’s a chance that the market may have the name all wrong.
In prior pieces, I argued that Pfizer is one of the most innovative firms in the biopharma space. After all, the COVID-19 vaccine and Paxlovid treatment are game-changing treatments delivered in record time. Count me as unsurprised if the company develops a more generalized mRNA coronavirus vaccine that propels us out of this pandemic.
Moderna may get all the limelight for being the go-to way to play mRNA technology. While it may have more upside from single innovations, Pfizer is arguably the safer bet, given its incredibly diverse stream of patent-protected sales drivers and its robust pipeline that could yield the next big blockbuster. In that regard, Pfizer is arguably the safer biotech player in this type of market environment.
Wall Street’s Take
Turning to Wall Street, PFE stock comes in as a Moderate Buy. Out of 15 analyst ratings, there are seven Buys and eight Hold recommendations assigned in the past three months.
The average Pfizer price target is $61.21, implying an upside potential of 19.3%. Analyst price targets range from a low of $50.00 per share to a high of $76.00 per share.
The Bottom Line on Pfizer Stock
Booster season is quickly approaching, and Pfizer may be in a spot to compress its already-low price-to-earnings multiple even further. Beyond COVID-19, the company has a lot going for it as it invests its COVID-19 windfall across its deep drug pipeline.
With a modest valuation and an attractive dividend yield, the stock still appears like a glimmer of value in a rocky market rather than a stock bound to flop in a post-pandemic environment.
Yes, there are a lot of uncertainties when it comes to investing in biopharma stocks. The outcome of particular clinical trials could be make-or-break for smaller-cap firms with all of their eggs in one or two baskets.
Given Pfizer’s massive size, its incredibly diversified portfolio of cash-flow generators, and its innovative pipeline, it can smoothen out the huge fluctuations that typically come with investing in biotechs.
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Measuring and gauging the stock market’s value is key to an investor’s strategy. Right now, it’s clear that the market is in the midst of a shift, that last year’s sustained run of gains has ended, that this year, which started with sharp losses and increased volatility, will be something different.
Covering the market for investment firm Raymond James, strategist Tavis McCourt writes: “We are seeing a substantial rally in growth broadly in the last two weeks, and it is still unclear if this is just a reversion to the mean after severe value outperformance YTD… We’re not a big believer that growth can outperform value if rates keep going up, but we are also less certain that long term rates will keep going up than we were two months ago due to the commodity inflation unleashed.”
In short, McCourt is showing a preference for value right now, perhaps mildly, and for taking a defensive posture in the current environment. And that will lead us to dividend stocks. These are the stocks which will ensure a steady income no matter the day-to-day market swings and protect the portfolio against any incoming volatility.
In coverage of specific dividend stocks, Raymond James analyst Stephen Laws – rated 5-stars by TipRanks – has picked out two high-yield dividend payers for investors’ consideration. These are stocks with Strong Buy consensus ratings from the Street, and dividend yields at least 8%. Opening up the TipRanks database, we examine the details behind these two to find out what else makes them compelling buys.
Starwood Property (STWD)
We’ll start with Starwood, a real estate investment trust (REIT) whose portfolio of commercial mortgages, residential investments, and infrastructure loans totals some $24 billion. The strength of Starwood’s portfolio and investments can be seen in the recent 4Q21 earnings release.
For the quarter, revenues came in at $302.3 million, flat from the third quarter, only up 3.7% from 4Q20, but still the highest print since 1Q20. The real gain came in earnings, which registered a strong positive surprise. The company reported earnings of $1.10 per share, more than double the 52-cent EPS expectation. In addition, Starwood finished 2021 with $217.3 million in cash and liquid assets on hand.
The company’s firm financial foundation gave management confidence, this past March, to declare the 1Q22 dividend at 48 cents per common share. The dividend will be payable on April 15. The dividend annualizes to $1.92 per common share, and gives a yield of 8%; this is some 4x the average dividend found among the S&P-listed firms.
Starwood’s dividend isn’t just high, it is also reliable – the company has an 8-year history of maintaining the payments, and during the corona crisis of the past few years, Starwood kept the dividend stable and did not make any reductions.
Covering Starwood for Raymond James, Laws is impressed by the company’s generally strong position and optimistic prospects going forward.
“We are adding STWD to the Analyst Current Favorites list given 1) the strength across multiple business segments, 2) our expectation of increasing portfolio returns and higher fair value, and 3) the attractive valuation… Shares currently trade at a slight premium to peers; however, we believe a material premium is warranted given our outlook for higher portfolio returns, increasing fair value, benefits of the business diversification, the strong balance sheet, and stable dividend,” Laws explained.
Based on the above, Laws upgraded his rating on STWD shares, from Outperform to Strong Buy, and his $32 price target indicates potential for ~32% one-year upside. (To watch Laws’ track record, click here)
It’s not just Raymond James that is bullish on Starwood. All three of the recent analyst reviews here are positive, giving this REIT a Strong Buy consensus rating. The stock is selling for $24.17 and its $29 average price target suggests ~20% gain in the year head. (See STWD stock forecast on TipRanks)
New Residential Investment (NRZ)
The second dividend stock on Raymond James’ radar is New Residential Investment. This is another REIT which, as its name suggests, is heavily invested in residential properties and mortgage loans. The company’s investment portfolio totals just over $7 billion, with the largest portion, 29%, being in mortgage services. Other large portions include loan origination (24%) and servicer advances (18%).
Early in February, the company reported its best quarterly revenue result since 4Q19. For the fourth quarter of 2021, NRZ had a top line of $923.9 million, up from $804.7 in Q3 – and up a robust 59% from the year-ago quarter. EPS came in at 40 cents, up 25% year-over-year. The company had available cash assets of $1.33 billion.
In March, NRZ declared its 1Q22 common stock dividend. The company has a long history of maintaining payments, even during difficult conditions. It was forced to slash the dividend back in April of 2020, due to the corona pandemic – but it has been gradually raising the payment since then, making four increases in the last 2 years.
The current payment, of 25 cents per common share, is the third at this level. It is payable on April 29. The dividend annualizes to $1, and gives a yield of just over 9%.
Standing squarely in the bull camp, Laws rates NRZ an Outperform (i.e. Buy), and his target price, at $13.50, suggests an upside of 26% by year’s end.
Backing his stance, Laws writes: “We expect NRZ to post more stable earnings than many peers given the company’s diversified business, as we expect higher income from the MSR portfolio to offset declining gain on sale income. Our Outperform rating is based on our portfolio return expectations, the diversified business, potential benefits of slower repayments on the servicing portfolio, improved portfolio financing, and the attractive valuation relative to our target.”
Overall, NRZ’s 5 recent analyst reviews all came in positive, making for a Strong Buy consensus viewpoint. With an average price target of $12.60 and a current trading price of $10.73, this stock has a one-year upside of ~17%. (See NRZ stock forecast on TipRanks)
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Following weeks of uncertainty, the crypto ecosystem is showing promising signs of a renewed bullish run.
Over the last seven sessions, nearly every major cryptocurrency experienced upward momentum as the aggregate market capitalization inches closer to $2.2 trillion.
BTC Breaks Past Key Resistance
Bitcoin prices have finally broken above resistance sitting at $43,500 after consolidating within a narrowing range over the last few months. Over this week, BTC gained nearly 11%, crossing the $47,000 mark, and is now looking to close above the key resistance level at $48,000 before making another attempt to retake $50,000.
According to the Crypto Fear & Greed Index, this is the first time in 2022 that investor sentiment for BTC has shifted to “Greed.”
This upward movement of BTC was triggered in part by Terraform Labs’ ongoing BTC buying spree. Since mid-March, buying has accelerated, with Terra’s not-for-profit organization, The Luna Foundation Guard (LFG), now holding more than 31,000 BTC.
With Terra continuing to purchase BTC, MicroStrategy is also jumping on the bandwagon after securing a $205-million loan from Silvergate to buy more BTC, which experts claim will further help spark further upward momentum in BTC prices.
Altcoins’ Dominant Run Accelerates
Almost every known (and newly added) altcoin is having a dream run this month. This week was no different, with most known altcoins registering double-digit gains, and some lesser-known altcoins recording triple-digit gains.
Ethereum (ETH) is up by over 13% this week among the top 10 altcoins by market capitalization. However, there’s been a significant drop in ETH trading volume over the last 24 hours as the leading altcoin consolidates near the $3,400 mark.
Solana (SOL) has jumped by almost 27% this week, reversing the downward trend of recent weeks. Leading NFT marketplace OpenSea has confirmed that it will begin listing Solana NFTs, triggering an NFT trading spree on the Solana network (a surge of 80% overnight), which drove this week’s significant growth in the value of SOL.
Likewise, memecoin Shiba Inu (SHIB) returned nearly 14% this week, finally breaking out of its own price stagnation. With the Shiba Inu development team launching the much-awaited SHIB Metaverse, investor interest in the memecoin has reignited.
Other performers of the week include Terra (LUNA), Avalanche (AVAX), Uniswap (UNI), NEAR Protocol (NEAR), TRON (TRX), Stellar (XLM), VeChain (VET), EOS (EOS), and Aave (AAVE).
That said, small-cap altcoins like Waves (WAVES) and ThorChain (RUNE) also surged higher. This week, WAVES is up by almost 62% and RUNE by nearly 54%.
ThorChain recently enabled swaps between layer-1 unwrapped Bitcoin and layer-1 unwrapped Ethereum and has introduced new synthetic assets, helping the RUNE token attract renewed investor interest.
Furthermore, the value of Zilliqa (ZIL), another low-cap altcoin, surged by 314.55% this week. This sudden surge is attributed to the recent launch of Zilliqa’s Metaverse-as-a-service solution Metapolis.
Largest Hack Yet Rampages Ronin (RON)
Ronin (RON), the EVM-based blockchain for Play-to-Earn (P2E) games, and Axie Infinity (AXS), the most popular P2E game built on Ronin, reversed most of its recent rally after hackers stole nearly $625 million worth of crypto — representing the largest hack in crypto history.
The hack, which saw 173,600 ETH and 25.5 million USDC stablecoins stolen, occurred on Ronin Network, leading to a more than 35% tumble in the value of RON.
At the same time, Axie’s AXS token gave back most of the week’s earlier gains and is currently trying to recover lost ground. This comes just days before the widely anticipated rollout of Axie Infinity’s updated “Origin” release.
Greener Bitcoin Mining, Increased Adoption
Bengal Energy, the Canadian oil and gas mining giant, has entered the world of BTC mining. As part of its pilot project, the company recently started mining Bitcoin with portable mining rigs from stranded gas wells in Australia’s outback.
In another exciting development, Dubai-based Citizens School has announced that it will begin accepting tuition payments in both BTC (Bitcoin) and ETH (Ethereum).
Finally, Opera, the world’s first native Web3 browser featuring a built-in crypto wallet, has now expanded its platform to add support for more blockchain networks, including Polygon, Solana, Celo, Bitcoin, IXO, Ronin, Nervos, and StarkEx.
With this development, millions of Opera users can seamlessly access decentralized applications (dApps) and other blockchain solutions across eight different ecosystems.
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The latest news out of fast-food giant Wendy’s (WEN) might sound like a joke. Multiple reports, however, suggest it’s quite real. It also may be the kind of thing that kicks burger marketing up a notch. With so many competitors going after the same market, any edge in marketing could be just what’s needed.
I’m bullish on Wendy’s because it may be in a very competitive market, but it’s lasted this long already. Its chances of carrying on are surprisingly good.
Wendy’s is perhaps best described as a really, really stable stock. Aside from one spike back in June 2021 that briefly sent share prices up to $28 per share, the company has reliably traded between $20 and $24 per share for the last year. You have to go back to the height of the pandemic to see much trading out of that range.
The latest news is a bizarre yet possibly necessary step forward. Wendy’s announced its launch of the Wendyverse, a platform for users to access Wendy’s via Meta (FB), the combined virtual reality, augmented reality, and video platform. The Wendyverse will open on Horizons World.
Reports note it will feature such amenities as a park fountain that dispenses Fanta as well as the Buck BiscuitDome. The Buck BiscuitDome will play host to virtual basketball matches using a Baconator sandwich for a ball.
Wall Street’s Take
Turning to Wall Street, Wendy’s has a Moderate Buy consensus rating. That’s based on eight Buys, five Holds, and one Sell assigned in the past three months. The average Wendy’s price target of $26.81 implies 23% upside potential.
Analyst price targets range from a low of $24 per share to a high of $29 per share.
Hedge Funds Mostly Stable, Dividends on the Rise
Based on the word from TipRanks’ 13-F Tracker, there’s good news and bad news to be had about hedge fund involvement with Wendy’s. The bad news is that funds have been selling WEN stock. The good news is that the decline is almost unnoticeable.
For reference, back in January 2020, hedge funds held just over 27.3 million shares. Going into two years later, they held just over 25.37 million shares. That’s not even a 10% drop over the course of two full years. One of those years included the single worst trading environment in decades: the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Wendy’s dividend history, meanwhile, looks extremely positive. While Wendy’s issued the almost-customary dividend cut of 2020, it started recovering by the end of that year. As of now, it has surpassed the amount offered in February 2020.
The Forward-Thinking Burger Joint
Give Wendy’s credit; it started off on the back foot and had to fight ever since to make its presence known. While Burger King (QSR) kicked off in 1954, and McDonald’s (MCD) got its start in 1955, Wendy’s didn’t actually start until 1969. That’s nearly 15 years’ head start for both of its major competitors.
Moreover, McDonald’s got its start in California while Burger King kicked off in Florida, meaning both could be regional powers for a while. That allowed them to build the necessary resources to stage slower but more stable expansions. Wendy’s had to start out against these two in their growing prime.
How did it compete? Mainly by innovation. Wendy’s staged global expansions within 25 years of its inception. It also brought out not only a salad bar—which was also seen in Burger King locations—but expanded that to a full buffet featuring not only salad but also Mexican and Italian dishes.
Thus, seeing Wendy’s branch out into the Metaverse really isn’t that outlandish. Sure, the notion of playing basketball with a Baconator sounds less like a fun game and more like a terrible joke or the start of a huge dry-cleaning bill. However, it’s also one of the first big moves we’ve heard about in the fast-food circuit.
Wendy’s has been aggressively fighting its competitors in the field for a long time now. Most recently, it fought Burger King on the strength of Wendy’s breakfast options. Last year, it took on McDonald’s over french fries, going so far as to offer a guarantee on Wendy’s own fries. Thus, seeing Wendy’s take to new technology is hardly a surprise.
Concluding Views
Take the company’s sheer innovation strength, couple it with an almost tailor-made profile for income investors, and you get a recipe for a stock to be bullish about. That incredibly narrow trading range helps provide peace of mind for income investors.
It’s also survived better than a half-century in an extremely competitive market. There are options for fast food literally everywhere.
Even small towns boast at least the big three in this market, with a multitude of additional options coming out regularly. Throw the quick service restaurants into the mix, and suddenly Wendy’s has even more competitors gunning for its market.
Finally, the still-stable at-home market only serves to drain the entire dining market accordingly. Yet Wendy’s has still stood and likely will stand for the foreseeable future. If Wendy’s loses enough ground in its market to close, the world economy will likely have much bigger problems to consider.
Don’t look for explosive growth out of Wendy’s. That’s not on the menu here. What you will find instead is a beautiful combination of stability, innovation, and regular dividend payments, making it the pièce de résistance for income investors.
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Wall Street remains bullish about the semiconductor sector.
Demand for PCs, gaming consoles, and laptops has soared in the past two years as more people worked from home due to the pandemic. Moreover, the usage of semiconductors is increasing in different applications from automobiles to mobiles.
A Fortune Business Insights report estimates that the semiconductor market is likely to grow at a compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) of 8.6% between 2021 and 2028 to $803.15 billion.
Let’s compare two such semiconductor companies, Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) and AMD (NASDAQ: AMD), using the TipRanks Stock Comparison tool, and examine how Wall Street analysts feel about these stocks.
Intel
Intel’s products include processors that power PCs, a standalone system-on-a-chip (SoC), a multichip package, and memory and storage products. For the past few years, Intel has been technologically falling behind the competition.
To correct Intel’s course, the semiconductor company appointed former CTO Pat Gelsinger as CEO in February last year. Last year, the company also unveiled a process and packaging technology roadmap – IDM (integrated device manufacturer) 2.0 strategy, which included the launch of Intel Foundry Services (IFS), a new foundry business, and a $20-billion investment in two new fabs in Arizona.
However, at an investor meeting in February this year, the company’s business outlook left analysts looking for more. The management expects its annual revenue growth to accelerate from a low-single-digit percentage year-over-year in 2022 to 10-12% by 2025 or 2026.
This outlook could be in doubt because some of Intel’s key product launches (particularly Granite Rapids, a Xeon server processor and successor to Sapphire Rapids) have been pushed back further into 2024.
Wall Street analysts have been concerned that with the delay in the launch of these processors, Intel could lose its market share in the data center market to AMD.
Gelsinger acknowledged at a conference in March that in the data center market, “it’s going to be a pretty close race” with AMD when Intel’s “Granites and Sierra Forest” are launched.
The data center market is an important one for Intel, and comprised 32.6% of the company’s total revenues of $79 billion in FY21.
Besides the market share losses, other concerns for Rosenblatt Securities analyst Hans Mosesmann are a “change in the business model, suspect secular sales growth [and] sub-optimal manufacturing (lagging leading foundries by 1-2 years).”
As a result, the analyst is bearish with a Sell rating and the lowest price target on the Street on the stock of $40.
Other analysts on Wall Street, however, do not share Mosesmann’s view and are sidelined on the stock with a consensus rating of Hold based on eight Buys, 13 Holds, and seven Sells. The average Intel stock prediction is $53.76, implying 12.2% upside potential to current levels.
Advanced Micro Devices
Shares of AMD dropped 8.3% on Thursday to close at $109.34 following a downgrade of the stock from Barclays analyst Blayne Curtis.
Curtis downgraded the stock from a Buy to Hold and lowered the price target from $148 to $115, the lowest price target on the Street.
While the analyst acknowledged that he expects AMD to continue to grab market share from Intel when it comes to client and server markets, Curtis does not expect AMD to sustain this growth rate going forward.
The analyst stated in his research note, “…while we do see upside to the 31% growth target this year, where we have an issue is for 2023, as we see cyclical risk across several end markets (PC, Gaming, and broad-based/XLNX).”
However, this view is not shared by Mosesmann. The analyst’s investment thesis is centered on his belief that AMD is “set to gain significant data center market share,” and not “a PC market that is up or down 5%.”
Mosesmann believes that AMD will very well achieve its target of 30% year-over-year growth for 2022. AMD primarily offers x86 microprocessors (CPUs) for PCs, and server and embedded processors, semi-custom system-on-chip (SoC) products.
On its Q4 earnings call, the company’s management stated that for 2022, AMD expects growth across all its business segments fueled by strong demand for its products. From 2023 onwards, AMD anticipates that “the percentage of data center to continue to increase as we go into next year, and we’ll give more on that as we go through the year.”
When it comes to the PC market, the analyst is of the view that the PC market will be “flattish” this year based on his channel checks. Even in such a market, Mosesmann continues to see AMD “structurally, to continue to gain PC CPU market share.”
Drawing a comparison between Intel and AMD, Mosesmann agreed with Curtis regarding Intel’s market share. Mosesmann stated that with Intel’s Sapphire Rapids and Granite Rapids processors delayed, “Intel has limited ability to defend server share at any price.”
As a result, the top-rated analyst remains bullish on the stock with a Buy rating and a Street high price target of $200.
Overall, other Wall Street analysts are cautiously optimistic about the stock with a Moderate Buy consensus rating on the stock based on 14 Buys and seven Holds. The average AMD stock prediction is $150.41, implying 40.6% upside potential.
Bottom Line
While analysts are sidelined about Intel and cautiously optimistic about AMD, it does seem that AMD seems to have an edge over Intel right now as INTC battles delayed product launches.
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Simon Property (SPG) shares are down more than 16% year-to-date and much more sharply than the real estate sector’s 0.5% decline. The market is currently weighing high inflation against the company’s current and future profitability.
In addition, the Fed’s hawkish stance could create additional headwinds for Simon Property’s business and that of other operators. I’m bearish on this stock.
The company is an Indiana-based real estate investment trust focused on premium retail, hospitality, entertainment and mixed-use destinations in the United States and internationally.
The company owns these properties directly or through its subsidiary Taubman Centers, a Michigan-based real estate investment trust.
FY 2021
For full-year 2021, Simon Property reported the following improvements due to increased rented square meters (over 15 million), the completion of domestic redevelopment projects and the opening of new international retail locations:
• a 90.5% year-over-year increase in net income to $6.84 per diluted share
• a 31.1% year-over-year increase in cash from operations to $11.94 per diluted share
• a significant improvement in net operating income (NOI) in terms of domestic properties (up 12% YoY) and regional (up 22.3% YoY).
Financial Condition
Although the company posted good growth numbers in 2021, the company’s financial position is not healthy.
The company’s balance sheet shows an Altman Z-score of 1.08, indicating a state of distress, and the risk of the company’s bankruptcy in the years to come cannot be ruled out.
Outlook
The market fears that forthcoming monetary policy to combat record inflation could result in a significant slowdown in the economy, or even push us back into another recession.
In terms of the negative impact that the above scenario could have on the value of company assets, Simon Property and other commercial real estate operators are at great risk for the following reasons.
The higher cost of money will hurt demand for loans to support investment projects, and reduce growth prospects for Simon Property and other commercial real estate operators.
Tighter credit conditions weigh on private consumption and its shock to businesses, entertainment and hospitality, and other commercial activities will hurt rental profitability.
According to the University of Michigan, there is no reason to be optimistic about the world’s first economy whose gross domestic product depends on consumption for over 70%.
Neither about the current situation, in which consumers drastically lower their standard of living due to runaway inflation, nor about future consumption conditions.
Despite monetary tightening, inflation is likely to remain high in 2022, the organization added, which certainly won’t help Simon Property and other industry players become more attractive in terms of real returns from their business.
These factors are weighing on the company’s foreseeable future, prompting Simon Property to lower its guidance for earnings growth and operating cash flow in 2022.
Simon Property’s Forecast For 2022
Looking ahead to 2022, the company expects net income to range from $5.90 per diluted share to $6.10 per diluted share (down 13.74% year-over- year), while the median consensus estimate is $5.74 per diluted share.
The company also issued its forecast for cash from operations, estimating that it will range from $11.50 per diluted share to $11.70 per diluted share, down 3.7% to 2% compared to full-year 2021.
Profitability of Operations
The company’s profitability has deteriorated over the past three years and lags behind most of its peers.
Funds from operations have fallen 0.52% each year since 2019, while the industry median is up 1.46%.
Revenues have fallen 3.24% each year since 2019, while the industry median is up 5.33%.
EBITDA has fallen 4.34% each year since 2019, while the industry median is up 5.15%.
Downtrending Dividends
Given the deteriorating profitability and expectations of lower growth prospects, the company could decide to cut its dividend further, which could potentially act as an additional factor driving the stock price down.
The company currently pays quarterly dividends, with the most recent payment of $1.65 per common share issued on March 31, 2022.
The dividend has fallen 1.72% each year since 2019, while the industry median is up 1.25%.
Wall Street’s Take
Over the past three months, 11 Wall Street analysts have issued a 12-month price target for SPG. The company has a Moderate Buy consensus rating based on five Buys, six Holds, and zero Sells.
The average Simon Property (SPG) price target is $164.82, implying 24.7% upside potential.
Stock Statistics
Shares are changing hands at $132.21 as of the writing of this article for a market cap of $43.4 billion, a P/E ratio of 21.1, and a 52-week range of $111.30 to $171.12.
Conclusion
Given the weak financial position, declining profitability and uncertain outlook, the share price is expected to continue falling.
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High Tide Inc. (Nasdaq: HITI) has announced plans to acquire Boreal Cannabis Company, a Canada-based cannabis retailer, in a stock-cash deal.
High Tide operates as a counterculture chain, which engages in the manufacture and retail of cannabis accessories. Shares of HITI declined 3.1% at the time of writing.
The purchase price consists of CAD$2.2 million, along with inventory at its wholesale value. This portion of the price is to be paid in High Tide’s common stock. Further, the cash on hand as of the deal closing date is to be paid in cash.
Further, the company said that the deal is subject to certain approvals, including TSX Venture Exchange, Alberta Gaming, Liquor and Cannabis Commission, which are likely to be received in the weeks to come.
As part of the deal, High Tide will acquire both the Boreal’s retail stores located in Alberta, which will bring High Tide’s total nationwide store count to 121.
High Tide’s President and CEO, Raj Grover, said, “This announcement is yet another example of how we continue to strategically advance our retail store footprint across Canada through organic growth and accretive acquisitions with a focus on regions where we are currently lighter on exposure, such as northern Alberta which has a dynamic economy that supports working families, a key consumer demographic for Canna Cabana.”
Analysts’ Take
Recently, Echelon Wealth Partners analyst Andrew Semple maintained a Buy rating on High Tide with a price target of $12.8 (181.9% upside potential from current levels).
Semple noted, “High Tide remains our highest conviction investment idea in Canadian cannabis. We note the potential for additional upside to our model as High Tide continues to make accretive acquisitions, and with further updates to the discount club model progress.”
The rest of the Street is cautiously optimistic about the stock and has a Moderate Buy consensus rating based on two Buys and one Hold. HITI’s average price target of $9.20 implies 102.6% upside potential to current levels. Shares of HITI have lost 1.3% so far this year.
Positive Sentiments
TipRanks’ Stock Investors tool shows that investors currently have a Very Positive stance on High Tide, as 5.7% of investors increased their exposure to HITI stock over the past 30 days.
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Nokia (NOK) is not taking the decision by the Romanian government to block it from selling 5G equipment in the country lightly. The company has launched a legal challenge to Romania’s ban. It wants the government to explain why it took the step of excluding it from the Romanian 5G market.
“We are seeking urgent clarification for the reasons for this decision and have instigated legal proceedings,” Reuters quoted Nokia as saying in a statement.
In February, the Romanian government informed Nokia that it was not allowed to sell its 5G gear in the country. Previously, Romania barred China’s Huawei from its 5G market. Huawei’s 5G equipment is also banned in other countries, including the U.S.
Nokia in Romania
Nokia is among the world’s leading telecom gear vendors, along with Huawei and Ericsson (ERIC). In Romania, it has sold 5G equipment to Digi, which also operates in Spain, Italy, and Hungary. Vodafone Romania is a subsidiary of Vodafone (VOD), which is a Nokia 5G customer in a number of markets. Telekom Romania Mobile’s parent Deutsche Telekom (DTEGY) and Orange Romania’s parent Orange (ORAN) are also Nokia’s 5G customers in a number of countries.
What Is Nokia Trying to Do?
Nokia is hoping to overturn the government’s ban to ensure access to Romania’s potentially lucrative 5G market. After Huawei got locked out, the Romanian 5G market had been left to Nokia and Ericsson to dominate. But the Nokia ban, if it stands, means Ericsson would have free rein in Romania, which could be a major blow to Nokia’s sales and efforts to grow its global 5G market share.
Wall Street’s Take
Consensus among analysts is a Strong Buy based on four Buys and one Hold. The average Nokia price target stands at $7.01 and implies upside potential of 28.4% to current levels. Shares have declined 13% year-to-date.
Stock Investors
TipRanks’ Stock Investors tool shows that investor sentiment is currently Very Positive on Nokia, with 6.1% of portfolios tracked by TipRanks increasing their exposure to NOK stock over the past 30 days.
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According to a report published by Reuters, French pharmaceutical firm Sanofi SA (NASDAQ: SNY) has received approval to list its drug ingredients business, EUROAPI. The listing is expected to take place after the company’s shareholders approve the same on May 3.
The company plans to retain a 30% stake and the French government will buy a 12% stake for up to €150 million after its listing in France. The remaining 58% will be distributed among Sanofi’s shareholders in the form of dividends, along with a cash payment of €3.33 per share.
The Paris-based company’s shareholders will get one share of EUROAPI for every 23 SNY shares.
Further, Karl Rotthier, the CEO of EUROAPI, and L’Oreal (LRLCY), Sanofi’s largest shareholder, have agreed to a lock-up period of one year after the listing.
About EUROAPI
EUROAPI manufactures active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) for medicines and has six production sites in France, Britain, Italy, Germany and Hungary. The business accounted for 50% of Sanofi’s revenues last year and is expected to generate around €1 billion in revenues this year.
About Sanofi
Sanofi is engaged in the research and development, production and sale of prescription as well as over-the-counter pharmaceutical drugs. It covers seven major therapeutic areas: cardiovascular, central nervous system, diabetes, internal medicine, oncology, thrombosis and vaccines.
Stock Rating
Based on a single Buy, SNY has a Moderate Buy consensus rating. The only analyst covering the stock did not provide a price target.
Meanwhile, the healthcare company is expected to report its first-quarter results on April 28.
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By DAVE SKRETTA AP Basketball Writer
NEW ORLEANS — Bill Self was wading through old video of Villanova this week, trying to scout a specific action that the Wildcats use on the offensive end of the court, when the Hall of Fame Kansas coach did something he’s avoided the past four years.
Self watched film of the 2018 Final Four.
The one where the Wildcats embarrassed Kansas on their march toward a third national championship.
“I didn’t really watch it to try to, you know, have memories,” Self said with a grim smile Friday. “I say I watched it – I got through about 12 minutes of it. After that it was very obvious I wasn’t going to enjoy it. There are other tapes to watch.”
Plenty involving the Jayhawks and Wildcats.
The college basketball powers have become regular NCAA Tournament dates over the years, and their latest high-stakes showdown comes on Saturday (3 p.m., TBS), when they square off again in the national semifinals at the Superdome.
It will be the fourth time since Self and Villanova counterpart Jay Wright took over in the early 2000s that they’ve matched wits in the Sweet 16 or beyond, and each time, the winner has gone on to claim the national championship.
That includes Self’s lone national championship in 2008, the first for Wright in 2016, and that memorable 2018 matchup in San Antonio that folks in Kansas have tried to forget – and that fans in Philadelphia continue to cherish.
“It was just one of those games,” recalled Wright, whose team roared to a 22-4 lead, made an astounding 18 3-pointers and was never challenged after about five minutes. “We’ve been on the other side of that. I remember looking down at Bill and thinking, ‘I’ve been there before.’ It just so happened it was a Final Four game.”
Self and Wright are quick to say what happened in the Alamodome has no bearing on what will take place in the Superdome, where the winner will face Duke or North Carolina for the title on Monday night. But the programs are the same, and so are some of the players, thanks to medical and COVID-19 waivers that have produced two of the oldest teams in Final Four history.
In fact, two-time Big East Player of the Year Collin Gillespie is still running the show for the Wildcats four years later, and Kansas big man Mitch Lightfoot is still giving the Jayhawks energy and attitude off the bench.
“It’s fate, almost. Like it’s written,” Lightfoot said. “We played them in the Four and lost to them in 2018, so it’s only fair to go out there and give them our best shot, and we’re going to get their best shot. It’s going to be a great game.”
Kansas has been perhaps the most dominant team in the tournament, rolling into the Big Easy as the lone No. 1 seed still standing, while the Wildcats have become a feel-good story after losing star guard Justin Moore to an injury.
Yet both have flown under the radar. And they’re content to let the epic Duke-Carolina showdown – their 258th meeting but first in the NCAA Tournament, and the last for retiring Blue Devils coach Mike Krzyzewski – absorb the harsh spotlight that comes with playing on college basketball’s biggest stage.
“It’s perfect. We don’t need anybody to talk us up,” Jayhawks guard Christian Braun said. “We know who we are. We’re Kansas. We’re the only No. 1 seed and that’s for a reason.”
WELCOME BACK, EVERYONE
Villanova and Kansas will welcome fans back to the Final Four as the first teams onto the floor on Saturday night. Only about 8,000 were allowed in the stands of Lucas Oil Stadium last year, when the tournament was played entirely inside a COVID-19 bubble in Indianapolis. But a sellout crowd of more than 70,000 is expected at the Superdome, and thousands more are expected in the nearby French Quarter as four of college basketball’s premier programs face off.
MORE ON MOORE
Moore, the Wildcats’ second-leading scorer, had surgery this week after tearing his Achilles tendon in the final minute of their regional final victory over Houston last Saturday. Now, one of their captains is left to cheer from the bench.
“It means everything to us to have him around,” Villanova guard Eric Dixon said. “We miss having him on the court, but it’s bigger than him as a basketball player. That’s our friend, our brother. So it’s good to have him around.”
PORTAL PLAYERS
The hottest player in the tournament just might be Kansas guard Remy Martin, who transferred from Arizona State for his final season but struggled through injuries and a crisis of confidence. He continues to come off the bench, even though he’s averaging nearly 17 points in the tournament, giving the Jayhawks a big scoring punch.
Martin could find himself going toe-to-toe with Caleb Daniels, who spent two seasons at Tulane before entering the transfer portal and ending up at Villanova. Daniels is averaging 11 points through four tournament games.
POSTER PERFECT
One thing Villanova does better than anybody – and more often – is post up its guards. Moore might have been the best at it, but Gillespie does it well, too. It’s a part of Wright’s offense that originated about a decade ago with Ryan Arcidiacono but has been passed down through Josh Hart and Jalen Brunson to the current group.
AGE IS JUST A NUMBER
Kansas guard Jalen Coleman-Lands will be playing in his 170th game Saturday night, third-most in Division I history, and Lightfoot is just four behind. Gillespie will be playing his 156th and Villanova teammate Jermaine Samuels his 152nd. All have taken advantage of medical or COVID-19 waivers – or both – to extend their eligibility, producing what might be the oldest, most experienced national semifinal game in history.
“Experience goes a long way,” said All-American guard Ochai Agbaji, who has played a mere 120 games for Kansas. “I think we’re all battle-tested. We pride ourselves on that. We have a lot of confidence no matter the circumstances.”
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A diversion route has been put in place as Operation Block has shut the M20 for the second day. The imposed traffic management system has continued to cause chaos on Kent's roads this morning (April 2), with severe delays on the motorway, which has shut eastbound.
There are also severe delays on the A2, A20 and surrounding villages as a result. The long queues have been caused due to the motorway being used to hold lorries heading for channel crossings between Junction 8 for Leeds Castle and Maidstone Services and Junction 9 for Ashford.
The road is closed to all non-freight traffic heading Eastbound. The London bound side of the road remains open to all traffic, however. A diversion route is in place for all non-freight vehicles, which takes them to the A20.
READ MORE: The latest live updates and traffic news as Operation Brock causes traffic chaos
Vehicles that are non-freight, are being diverted to use the A20, and all freight comes off at junction 8 to then be sent back down into the holding areas. All eastbound traffic on the A20, however, is being diverted to the A259 past the Park Farm industrial estate and then onto the A260.
There are also delays on the A20 Roundhill Tunnel Eastbound closed due to traffic management to prevent stationary queues inside the tunnel from the M20, junction 13 at Folkestone to the A260 Canterbury Road, Hawkinge/Alkham heading towards Dover. There are also problems on the A20 Eastbound at Folkestone to the A20 / A260 / White Horse Hill at Hawkinge/Alkham, Hawkinge.
It is the second day that Operation Block has caused chaos across Kent. Yesterday, (April 1) many roads saw traffic and congestion, which affected traffic throughout surrounding villages.
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Public Records: Marriage Licenses
Zanesville Times Recorder
Muskingum County
March 21
Jason Godwin and Tiffany Sims, Zanesville
March 22
Melvin Miller and Mary Miller, Frazeysburg
March 23
Matthew Powell and Tiffany flinn, Frazeysburg
Creedence Milner and Tiara Moore, Philo
March 24
Kyle Burgett and Samantha Bitler, Zanesville
Victoria Christie and Heath Vandyne, Zanesville
March 25
William Coriell Jr and Katlin Curliss, Zanesville
Michael Knowlton Jr and Jennifer Felt, New Concord
Perry County
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Glenn Rattie and Tanya Crites, Somerset
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WASHINGTON, D.C. —
While Governor Jay Inslee signed a bill in March temporarily capping insulin costs, Senator Patty Murray (D-Wash.) is pushing for permanent insulin cost caps by supporting the Affordable Insulin Now Act. The act was introduced by Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.) and would permanently cap insulin costs at $35 per month.
The two senators attended a virtual roundtable on March 31 discussing the decrease in price for lifesaving drugs. At the end, Murray cited insulin prices tripling over the last decade.
“But it’s not like the insulin is three times better—it’s the same product—drug companies just keep jacking the price up to reap bigger benefits,” said Murray. “The harsh reality is, the cost of insulin isn’t just out of control—it is devastating families. It is bankrupting them. It is hurting patients. And it has to stop.”
The senators were joined by constituents struggling to afford the costs of insulin. Many of them shared the sacrifices they made in order to make ends meet. Some have had to ration their insulin, crowdsource insulin, or even choose between paying for insulin and paying rent.
“Lifesaving drugs don’t do any good if people can’t afford them,” said Murray, “but we’re going to fix that.”
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For many, March signals the time for spring cleaning. Experts claim spring cleaning can make you happier, healthier, more productive and reduce stress. During the month of March, not only have I been cleaning my home, I have also been cleaning up my speech. No, not removing expletives. Rather, cultivating a habit of constructing positive speech and removing negative speech in my everyday reactions.
I think most people would agree that our country and our world is being torn apart by anger, division, hate and strife. According to the Clean Speech movement, the way we speak is both the problem and the solution.
The Clean Speech movement began in Colorado with Rabbi Raphael Leban, who launched the program in 2019. Leban became distressed at the increasingly angry discourse he observed in real life and online. Since 2019, more than 50,000 people in the U.S. and across the globe have participated. The idea began to embrace the ancient Jewish principle of shmirat halashon, or “guarding the tongue.” The goal is to teach people to use their words wisely.
This year marks the first year for Clean Speech St. Louis. For 30 days, starting March 1, participants have been encouraged to take a few minutes a day to think about mindful speech and focus on uplifting positive speech. Every morning a short video lesson and action item arrives in your email inbox.
The Clean Speech St. Louis campaign is presented by 38 partnering Jewish organizations in St. Louis, but Rabbi David Yosef, who is the executive director of Aish St. Louis, says it is relevant and beneficial to all people and everyone is welcome to sign up.
Clean Speech is chock-full of lessons about judging people favorably, talking about the idea and not the people, and walking away from a conversation if the speech becomes negative. The movement also reminds participants that the Bible tells us to “Love your neighbor as yourself” and to think about the words you are about to say and ask yourself, would I want someone to say that about me? If the answer is no, then don’t say it.
Perhaps the most important takeaway from the month of clean speech was learning to be mindful of the power of words and to recognize that negative speech can hurt others. Negative speech to an extreme is propaganda. Propaganda is the dissemination of information, whether it be facts, arguments, rumors, half-truths or lies, to influence public opinion. Most propaganda seeks to vilify another person or group of people. We can see and hear examples of propaganda in real time with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
While I think the Clean Speech movement is helping individuals change their personal behavior, I developed an impatience or frustration that society cannot seem to clean up speech on a grander scale.
Clean Speech is clear that the goal is not to muzzle free speech. I am not suggesting that either. Incentives that are in place for media and social media tend to reward negative speech. This contributes to the spread of disinformation and polarization, exacerbates divisions, and encourages a sense of social grievance.
One remedy, while we wait for the incentives to change, is to hold each other, our leaders and organizations accountable for negative speech. Here are two examples, one big and one small, of individuals holding their colleagues accountable for their negative speech:
In November 2021, two longtime, conservative Fox News contributors, Stephen Hayes and Jonah Goldberg, resigned from the network over Tucker Carlson’s special, “Patriot Purge.” Hayes told a New York Times reporter, “It will lead to violence.” Goldberg and Hayes founded their own media company, “The Dispatch,” in 2019 but had continued to appear on Fox News as paid commentators. The two left Fox News over the network’s unwillingness to course correct.
Last week Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, spewed negative speech in the form of questions during Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Supreme Court confirmation hearing. Immediately following, while the hearing was still taking place, Cruz was caught looking at Twitter mentions on his phone. Sen. Ben Sasse, R-Neb., responded to his fellow Republican, saying, “I think we should recognize that the jackassery we often see around here is partly because of people mugging for short-term camera opportunities.”
Individuals like Goldberg, Hayes and Sasse should be applauded for their efforts to call out negative speech.
Clean Speech is teaching communities how to be mindful with their speech and build a more positive, respectful and peaceful world, which is sorely needed.
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Water shortages, heat waves and air pollution that disproportionately affect Yakima residents and hurt our economy are already with us. We are at a turning point in the fight against climate change. A sense of urgency is essential if we want to win that fight.
Fortunately, the Yakima City Council is moving to form a sustainability advisory committee.
We owe it to future generations to act now to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and prepare for climate risks. The latest report from the U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change was unequivocal: Humanity faces disaster if we delay these actions.
Agricultural communities such as Yakima are especially vulnerable because water scarcity and increasing levels of heat stress will make farming more challenging and threaten our economy and food supply.
Cities are uniquely positioned to accelerate the changes that need to be made. Many communities have already formed sustainability advisory committees to assist with the tremendous amount of work and complex issues that need to be addressed. Yakima should take this step too.
The city of Yakima does not have a climate action plan or goals to reduce carbon pollution. Its 2017-2040 Comprehensive Plan has no mention of reducing greenhouse gas emissions, or decarbonizing transportation or buildings.
Some people would argue the city is too busy with other issues to prepare for the climate impacts we know are coming. That is the very reason a sustainability advisory committee is needed — to help the city create a roadmap to mitigate and adapt to climate change.
Action is needed on all fronts to reduce climate-warming greenhouse gas emissions. We need bold leaders right now to address Yakima’s environmental health disparities exacerbated by climate change.
Leveraging the creativity, brainpower, and diverse skill sets of leading stakeholders is essential to this endeavor. Architects, engineers, property owners, representatives from the business sector and public utilities, and environmental justice advocates are all needed. This will tap the expertise from some of the brightest minds of our community to help city leaders build a brighter, greener, safer future.
There’s a huge economic opportunity beckoning in the still emerging clean-energy industry. Think about how a public-private initiative, one that unites politicians, business, academics and nonprofits, could fast-track climate action.
Yakima residents would be proud to help the city promote sustainable transportation; clean, affordable and reliable energy; green buildings and affordable housing; healthy air, water and natural systems; and community resilience and well-being. They would be honored to serve on a committee to advise the City Council on mitigating climate change impacts.
The city of Yakima must plan now for increased population and climate-induced heat waves, water scarcity, food insecurity, and stormier seasons. A sustainability committee that will help craft and implement a climate plan is an excellent first step toward protecting our community and identifying the solutions we’ll need in the future.
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2nd annual Miss Forget Me Not Pageant being held Saturday to benefit those struggling with memory loss
In 2018, the Heide sisters lost their grandmother to dementia, and now they put on the Forget Me Not Pageant to raise awareness for those struggling with memory loss.
WARNER ROBINS, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – In 2018, the Heide sisters lost their grandmother to dementia, and now they put on the Forget Me Not Pageant to raise awareness for those struggling with memory loss.
This 2nd annual pageant will be held Saturday.
Remi and Michaela Heide wanted to combine their love and experience with pageants with their passion of bringing awareness for dementia.
Contestants will compete in several categories, including prettiest smile and prettiest hair.
The pageant will be held Saturday, April 2 at Trinity United Methodist Church in Houston County.
Tickets are $5.
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2nd annual Miss Forget Me Not Pageant being held Saturday to benefit those struggling with memory loss
In 2018, the Heide sisters lost their grandmother to dementia, and now they put on the Forget Me Not Pageant to raise awareness for those struggling with memory loss.
WARNER ROBINS, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – In 2018, the Heide sisters lost their grandmother to dementia, and now they put on the Forget Me Not Pageant to raise awareness for those struggling with memory loss.
This 2nd annual pageant will be held Saturday.
Remi and Michaela Heide wanted to combine their love and experience with pageants with their passion of bringing awareness for dementia.
Contestants will compete in several categories, including prettiest smile and prettiest hair.
The pageant will be held Saturday, April 2 at Trinity United Methodist Church in Houston County.
Tickets are $5.
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4 arrested in connection to drive-by shooting that left 8-year-old dead
8-year-old Jermarrion Pachino Cherry was shot in the head while sitting in a car on the night of Saturday, March 26. He later died at a metro Atlanta hospital.
WARNER ROBINS, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Four people are now in custody in connection to the shooting death of an 8-year-old boy last weekend.
The Houston County Sheriff’s Office and Houston County District Attorney’s Office announced the arrests late Friday night.
Three suspects were taken into custody in Houston County after an “extensive investigation” by the agencies involved. A fourth suspect was taken into custody in White County.
The suspects are identified as:
- 21-year-old Ricky Aubry McChargue of Warner Robins
- 20-year-old Bryce Michael Crosby of Kathleen
- 19-year-old Lenny Victor Gupton Jr. of Warner Robins
- 17-year-old Savannah McGahee of Warner Robins
All four are charged with murder and are being held without bond.
A fifth suspect has been identified and more charges are forthcoming.
8-year-old Jermarrion Cherry was shot in the head on the night of Saturday, March 26 while sitting inside a car in the 200 block of Virginia Dare Drive.
He later died at a metro Atlanta hospital.
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4 arrested in connection to drive-by shooting that left 8-year-old dead
8-year-old Jermarrion Pachino Cherry was shot in the head while sitting in a car on the night of Saturday, March 26. He later died at a metro Atlanta hospital.
WARNER ROBINS, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Four people are now in custody in connection to the shooting death of an 8-year-old boy last weekend.
The Houston County Sheriff’s Office and Houston County District Attorney’s Office announced the arrests late Friday night.
Three suspects were taken into custody in Houston County after an “extensive investigation” by the agencies involved. A fourth suspect was taken into custody in White County.
The suspects are identified as:
- 21-year-old Ricky Aubry McChargue of Warner Robins
- 20-year-old Bryce Michael Crosby of Kathleen
- 19-year-old Lenny Victor Gupton Jr. of Warner Robins
- 17-year-old Savannah McGahee of Warner Robins
All four are charged with murder and are being held without bond.
A fifth suspect has been identified and more charges are forthcoming.
8-year-old Jermarrion Cherry was shot in the head on the night of Saturday, March 26 while sitting inside a car in the 200 block of Virginia Dare Drive.
He later died at a metro Atlanta hospital.
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American Cornhole League’s Southeast Conference is being held in Macon
ACL is a nationally televised league.
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — One of America’s favorite tailgating events is quickly becoming a growing sport, and this year, Macon is playing host to one of its major conferences.
Cornhole is rapidly going from a casual tailgating event to a nationally televised sport. The American Cornhole League is the official league that runs tournaments and conferences around the country, giving cornhole a platform to grow.
This year’s ACL Southeast Conference is being held right here in Macon.
“We have two conferences a year, where all four states come together, and most of the time, we have 300 plus players that play,” said Jeff Richburg, ACL Southeast Conference Director. “We have four divisions that players can choose from advanced, competitive, intermediate and novice. So if you’re just a backyard thrower, come out and throw bags.”
Three-time national doubles champion Kyle Malone has been involved in the sport for nine years and has seen it grow immensely in just a short period of time.
“The prize purse keeps going up every single year,” said Malone. “We went from strictly on no live feeds at all to playing on Facebook live feeds, to now we are playing on national television, and it’s incredible. I never would have thought when I started that we would be playing on national television.”
Even though cornhole is getting super competitive, the beauty of the game is that it doesn’t take immense athleticism or strength, so it can be played and won by people of all ages.
“Literally anybody can play, and anybody can win. If you feel like you’re good at cornhole, sign up and play. We have different divisions we play all the way from novice to advanced,” said Malone.
“You can throw if you’re six or eight years old, all the way up to 88 years old. We don’t care. Anybody can play this game,” said Richburg.
ACL Southeast Conference action continues tomorrow and Sunday from 9 a.m. until midnight at the Macon Marriott City Center, and it is free of charge to attend.
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American Cornhole League’s Southeast Conference is being held in Macon
ACL is a nationally televised league.
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — One of America’s favorite tailgating events is quickly becoming a growing sport, and this year, Macon is playing host to one of its major conferences.
Cornhole is rapidly going from a casual tailgating event to a nationally televised sport. The American Cornhole League is the official league that runs tournaments and conferences around the country, giving cornhole a platform to grow.
This year’s ACL Southeast Conference is being held right here in Macon.
“We have two conferences a year, where all four states come together, and most of the time, we have 300 plus players that play,” said Jeff Richburg, ACL Southeast Conference Director. “We have four divisions that players can choose from advanced, competitive, intermediate and novice. So if you’re just a backyard thrower, come out and throw bags.”
Three-time national doubles champion Kyle Malone has been involved in the sport for nine years and has seen it grow immensely in just a short period of time.
“The prize purse keeps going up every single year,” said Malone. “We went from strictly on no live feeds at all to playing on Facebook live feeds, to now we are playing on national television, and it’s incredible. I never would have thought when I started that we would be playing on national television.”
Even though cornhole is getting super competitive, the beauty of the game is that it doesn’t take immense athleticism or strength, so it can be played and won by people of all ages.
“Literally anybody can play, and anybody can win. If you feel like you’re good at cornhole, sign up and play. We have different divisions we play all the way from novice to advanced,” said Malone.
“You can throw if you’re six or eight years old, all the way up to 88 years old. We don’t care. Anybody can play this game,” said Richburg.
ACL Southeast Conference action continues tomorrow and Sunday from 9 a.m. until midnight at the Macon Marriott City Center, and it is free of charge to attend.
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Deputies: Woman pretends to shop, then robs Macon Dollar General
It happened around 9 p.m. Friday at the Dollar General store located at 6369 Thomaston Road.
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – The Bibb County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a robbery that happened at a dollar store Friday night.
Deputies say a woman entered Dollar General at 6369 Thomaston Road around 9 p.m. and pretended to shop before walking to the front of the store and showing a handgun. She then demanded money from the cash register.
The woman fled the store after receiving cash and got into a white Nissan Cube.
She’s described as having green and purple hair, and she was carrying a pink bag.
Call the Bibb County Sheriff’s Office at (478) 751-7500 or Macon Regional Crimestoppers at 1-877-68-CRIME if you have any information.
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Deputies: Woman pretends to shop, then robs Macon Dollar General
It happened around 9 p.m. Friday at the Dollar General store located at 6369 Thomaston Road.
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – The Bibb County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a robbery that happened at a dollar store Friday night.
Deputies say a woman entered Dollar General at 6369 Thomaston Road around 9 p.m. and pretended to shop before walking to the front of the store and showing a handgun. She then demanded money from the cash register.
The woman fled the store after receiving cash and got into a white Nissan Cube.
She’s described as having green and purple hair, and she was carrying a pink bag.
Call the Bibb County Sheriff’s Office at (478) 751-7500 or Macon Regional Crimestoppers at 1-877-68-CRIME if you have any information.
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Jones County Special Education teachers to receive new technology
Jones County special education teachers are about to get access to new technology.
GRAY, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Jones County special education teachers are about to get access to new technology.
Voco Vision, a tech company based in Atlanta, will provide the district two 24-inch tablets teachers can use for lessons.
“There’s just unlimited resources that they’re able to tap in to, to keep that student engaged to reach those goals,” Vovo Vision Director Nicole Webb said. “So really the sky is kind of the limit on what they’re able to use.”
The tablets are expected to arrive in the next two weeks.
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Jones County special education teachers are about to get access to new technology.
GRAY, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Jones County special education teachers are about to get access to new technology.
Voco Vision, a tech company based in Atlanta, will provide the district two 24-inch tablets teachers can use for lessons.
“There’s just unlimited resources that they’re able to tap in to, to keep that student engaged to reach those goals,” Vovo Vision Director Nicole Webb said. “So really the sky is kind of the limit on what they’re able to use.”
The tablets are expected to arrive in the next two weeks.
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Macon Quilt Show back after four-year hiatus
The show is being held at the Methodist Children's Home, located at 304 Pierce Avenue.
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — The Macon Quilt Show is back for the first time in four years.
The show is being held at the Methodist Children’s Home, located at 304 Pierce Avenue.
More than 150 quilts are on display. The quilts feature different colors, patterns and themes.
We spoke with Helen Anderson, the Chairperson for the Heart of Georgia Quilt Guild, which traditionally puts on the event every two years.
“We do not sell the quilts,” she said. “It is just purely for sharing our love of quilting. We also make around 30 quilts for the Children’s Home.”
Anderson says there is a lot to do at the show.
“We have lots of applique,” she said. “We have some hand quilting. We have lots of demonstrations of different techniques that are going on.”
According to Anderson, hundreds of people walk through the show’s doors each time, including people like Carol Puckett from North Carolina.
“It’s just amazing the things that these women have been able to create,” she said. “If you don’t know anything about a quilt, it’s a great way to educate yourself.”
Gladys Keith, a member of the organization who has been quilting for as long as she can remember, says she made 100 quilts during the pandemic.
She says getting to talk to others who share a love for the art is the best part about the show.
“Some people say quilting is going out of style,” she said. “Well this proves it’s not. The long arm has really brought back people wanting to do that.”
The show continues Saturday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tickets are $7.
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The show is being held at the Methodist Children's Home, located at 304 Pierce Avenue.
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — The Macon Quilt Show is back for the first time in four years.
The show is being held at the Methodist Children’s Home, located at 304 Pierce Avenue.
More than 150 quilts are on display. The quilts feature different colors, patterns and themes.
We spoke with Helen Anderson, the Chairperson for the Heart of Georgia Quilt Guild, which traditionally puts on the event every two years.
“We do not sell the quilts,” she said. “It is just purely for sharing our love of quilting. We also make around 30 quilts for the Children’s Home.”
Anderson says there is a lot to do at the show.
“We have lots of applique,” she said. “We have some hand quilting. We have lots of demonstrations of different techniques that are going on.”
According to Anderson, hundreds of people walk through the show’s doors each time, including people like Carol Puckett from North Carolina.
“It’s just amazing the things that these women have been able to create,” she said. “If you don’t know anything about a quilt, it’s a great way to educate yourself.”
Gladys Keith, a member of the organization who has been quilting for as long as she can remember, says she made 100 quilts during the pandemic.
She says getting to talk to others who share a love for the art is the best part about the show.
“Some people say quilting is going out of style,” she said. “Well this proves it’s not. The long arm has really brought back people wanting to do that.”
The show continues Saturday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tickets are $7.
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MGA professor provides tips on how to speak to your child about Ukraine events
It may be difficult for children to understand what's happening in Ukraine.
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — It may be difficult for children to understand what’s happening in Ukraine.
That’s why Kelisa Underwood, a Social Work Professor at Middle Georgia State University, is providing tips on how to have that conversation.
She says it may be scary at first, but if you have a small child, you need to speak with them in terms they understand.
Try to find items that can help paint the picture, like toys.
“Talk to them about people invading other peoples’ space or taking things that don’t necessarily belong to them or not sharing,” Underwood said. “And so making it sort of aligned with just where they are and what makes sense for them.”
If you have older children, it’s better for you to speak with your child before they get information online.
Underwood says she’s already had the conversation with her children, which has helped provide more clarity about what is happening.
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It may be difficult for children to understand what's happening in Ukraine.
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — It may be difficult for children to understand what’s happening in Ukraine.
That’s why Kelisa Underwood, a Social Work Professor at Middle Georgia State University, is providing tips on how to have that conversation.
She says it may be scary at first, but if you have a small child, you need to speak with them in terms they understand.
Try to find items that can help paint the picture, like toys.
“Talk to them about people invading other peoples’ space or taking things that don’t necessarily belong to them or not sharing,” Underwood said. “And so making it sort of aligned with just where they are and what makes sense for them.”
If you have older children, it’s better for you to speak with your child before they get information online.
Underwood says she’s already had the conversation with her children, which has helped provide more clarity about what is happening.
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Miga Villa Apartments tenants trying to find housing after leaving complex
We spoke with the father of two residents about the issues they had with the apartments and also spoke with the property owner for her perspective.
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — Residents are continuing to move out of Miga Villa Apartments on Bloomfield Drive.
According to Macon-Bibb County Communications Director, Chris Floore, building inspectors were at the property Friday, and their inspections found that the six uninhabitable buildings are still not safe to live in.
We spoke with Jermaine Evans, a father of two residents living in the apartments. He says his daughters’ apartment had electrical issues, including losing power for a whole week in December. The property owner, Gail Ribac, says she was unaware of the complaints.
“How do you deal with not having power for a whole week?” Evans said. “And it’s not your fault, and there’s no one to fix it. There were other little issues, and my daughter would tell the landlord, and it would never get fixed,” Evans said.
“I’m not coming to people’s units without them asking me to check the problem,” Ribac said. “If they don’t notify me, I don’t know what’s going on in the unit. It’s private property.”
The Economic Opportunity Council is still working to help find people find safe places to stay.
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We spoke with the father of two residents about the issues they had with the apartments and also spoke with the property owner for her perspective.
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — Residents are continuing to move out of Miga Villa Apartments on Bloomfield Drive.
According to Macon-Bibb County Communications Director, Chris Floore, building inspectors were at the property Friday, and their inspections found that the six uninhabitable buildings are still not safe to live in.
We spoke with Jermaine Evans, a father of two residents living in the apartments. He says his daughters’ apartment had electrical issues, including losing power for a whole week in December. The property owner, Gail Ribac, says she was unaware of the complaints.
“How do you deal with not having power for a whole week?” Evans said. “And it’s not your fault, and there’s no one to fix it. There were other little issues, and my daughter would tell the landlord, and it would never get fixed,” Evans said.
“I’m not coming to people’s units without them asking me to check the problem,” Ribac said. “If they don’t notify me, I don’t know what’s going on in the unit. It’s private property.”
The Economic Opportunity Council is still working to help find people find safe places to stay.
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Updates to Bibb County Jail coming along
According to Captain Shermaine Jones with the Bibb County Sheriff's Office, updates include safety mechanism like metal plates installed on the cell doors. Captain Jones says they help keep inmates from tampering with the locks.
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — Updates to the Bibb County Jail are happening slowly but surely.
We got a chance Friday to look at the C-Block of the jail. The lower level is still under construction, but the upper level is fully renovated.
According to Captain Shermaine Jones with the Bibb County Sheriff’s Office, those updates include safety mechanism like metal plates installed on the cell doors. Captain Jones says they help keep inmates from tampering with the locks.
“Making sure the inmates can’t stick their hands outside the cell,” he said. “Or try to use a shirt or jumpsuit to tie any type of contraption preventing the locking mechanism from working.”
There’s also a fresh coat of paint and brighter lights in the updated cells. Captain Jones says the sheriff’s office also hired 70 part-time deputies to work in the jail from the Department of Corrections. Some have even gone full-time.
He says everything they’re doing makes the jail much safer.
“It gives the deputies already here the idea and understanding that we do care,” he said. “We do want them to feel safe, we do want them to have enough man power to conduct their day-to-day business. Adding lights, adding different security features, it gives the inmates and the deputies the understanding that we care about safety on both sides.
Chief Michael Scarbary told us on March 23 that while the updates are helpful, they’re only a temporary solution.
“Renovating these new jail cell doors is working,” he said. “And I think we’re doing what we need to do for the time now to keep this jail safe, but I think down the road, there’s going to need to be talk about a new jail at some point.”
Captain Jones says in addition to the jail updates, the Department of Corrections has come in to help with training jailers.
“It helps the new deputies coming in understand different safety factors and proper ways to do things, different techniques they can use to deal with certain inmates,” he said.
Construction crews will work block by block until the updates are done. Chief Michael Scarbary told us previously that all work should be done by June.
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According to Captain Shermaine Jones with the Bibb County Sheriff's Office, updates include safety mechanism like metal plates installed on the cell doors. Captain Jones says they help keep inmates from tampering with the locks.
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — Updates to the Bibb County Jail are happening slowly but surely.
We got a chance Friday to look at the C-Block of the jail. The lower level is still under construction, but the upper level is fully renovated.
According to Captain Shermaine Jones with the Bibb County Sheriff’s Office, those updates include safety mechanism like metal plates installed on the cell doors. Captain Jones says they help keep inmates from tampering with the locks.
“Making sure the inmates can’t stick their hands outside the cell,” he said. “Or try to use a shirt or jumpsuit to tie any type of contraption preventing the locking mechanism from working.”
There’s also a fresh coat of paint and brighter lights in the updated cells. Captain Jones says the sheriff’s office also hired 70 part-time deputies to work in the jail from the Department of Corrections. Some have even gone full-time.
He says everything they’re doing makes the jail much safer.
“It gives the deputies already here the idea and understanding that we do care,” he said. “We do want them to feel safe, we do want them to have enough man power to conduct their day-to-day business. Adding lights, adding different security features, it gives the inmates and the deputies the understanding that we care about safety on both sides.
Chief Michael Scarbary told us on March 23 that while the updates are helpful, they’re only a temporary solution.
“Renovating these new jail cell doors is working,” he said. “And I think we’re doing what we need to do for the time now to keep this jail safe, but I think down the road, there’s going to need to be talk about a new jail at some point.”
Captain Jones says in addition to the jail updates, the Department of Corrections has come in to help with training jailers.
“It helps the new deputies coming in understand different safety factors and proper ways to do things, different techniques they can use to deal with certain inmates,” he said.
Construction crews will work block by block until the updates are done. Chief Michael Scarbary told us previously that all work should be done by June.
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220331-N-CS075-1005 RED SEA (March 31, 2022) Operations Specialist 3rd Class Devan Walker fires an M4 rifle during a small arms familiarization course aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Cole (DDG 67) while operating in the Red Sea, March 31. Cole is deployed to the U.S. Fifth Fleet area of operations to help ensure maritime security in the Middle East region. (U.S. Navy Photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Christopher Stachyra)
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220401-N-JO829-1144 ARABIAN GULF (April 1, 2022) Cmdr. Katie Whitman, left, executive officer, pins a lieutenant commander collar device on Lt. Nicholas Abelein during a promotion ceremony on the fo'c'sle aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Gridley (DDG 101) in the Arabian Gulf, April 1. Gridley is deployed to the U.S. Fifth Fleet area of operations to help ensure maritime security in the Middle East region. (U.S. Navy Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Colby A. Mothershead)
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220401-N-JO829-1106 ARABIAN GULF (April 1, 2022) Chief Information Systems Technician Brandon Smith, left, and Chief Gunner’s Mate Travis Kaizen cut a cake on the mess decks aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Gridley (DDG 101) during a 129th chief’s birthday celebration in the Arabian Gulf, April 1. Gridley is deployed to the U.S. Fifth Fleet area of operations to help ensure maritime security in the Middle East region. (U.S. Navy Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Colby A. Mothershead)
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“Below is a breakdown of the known meetings between draft prospects and 49ers representatives, as reported by various media sources or the prospects themselves. The representatives could be members of the coaching staff, front office, and/or team scouts. The 49ers’ draft picks and scheduled interviews are listed first.”
49ers 2022 NFL Draft Prospects: Why Dylan Parham will be the next great O-lineman
“At 6-foot-3 and 311 pounds, Parham might be slightly undersized for a prototypical lineman at the pro level. But he makes up for those shortcomings with notable mobility, speed and technique.”
USA TODAY offseason power rankings foresee regression for 49ers
“Tough to downgrade a team that barely lost the NFC title game this much. But a hazy quarterback situation and lack of a first-round pick are reasons to wonder if the Niners, who haven’t reached postseason in back-to-back seasons under coach Kyle Shanahan and GM John Lynch, might regress.”
49ers insider explains why the team has gotten worse this offseason
“I think they’re worse,” Matt Barrows of The Athletic said Friday on KNBR’s Murph & Mac show. “That offensive line would bother me, losing Laken Tomlinson, not really upgrading at right guard, which was a problem spot. They keep saying, ‘Yeah, we think Alex Mack is coming back,’ but they haven’t gotten a definitive answer at center and don’t really seem to have a real strong Plan B.”
Frank Gore says 49ers’ Jimmy Garoppolo ‘better than a lot of guys,’ assesses Trey Lance
“But he [does] have talent. I just think he needs the reps. I think once Kyle knows what he’s really good at because Kyle is one of the greatest play-callers in the league right now. I think Kyle will figure it out [a way] for him to have success.”
“San Francisco’s workouts begin April 19.
OTA dates are May 23, May 25-26, May 31, June 2-3, and June 6-9.
Mandatory minicamp for San Francisco is slated for June 14-16.”
Kawakami: 97 percent chance 49ers get rid of Jimmy Garoppolo by training camp
“And at some point, Jimmy Garoppolo—97 percent [chance] Jimmy Garoppolo will not be on this team once the first training camp practice begins,” Kawakami told KNBR’s Tom Tolbert and Adam Copeland this week. “... They’ve delayed it. They don’t need to make that decision. They’ve fit him under the cap.”
49ers roster reset: What a 53-man projection looks like between free agency and the draft (paywall)
“All told, our depth chart projects that — if the season were to start today with everyone healthy — the 49ers would have 50 of 53 spots filled by players who’ve previously contributed to 53-man rosters. And beyond those three presumably wide-open spots, many of the 50 filled positions are eligible for upgrades.”
Branch: 49ers takeaways from owners’ meetings: What’s the real Jimmy Garoppolo plan? (paywall)
“An educated guess on the behind-the-scenes plan: Wait for Garoppolo to be healthy in July, hope a trade partner emerges and, if not, accept defeat and release him.”
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Kiev: Ukrainian authorities have said that Russia has launched three missile strikes on the strategic port city of Odessa, causing casualties.
In a social media post, Maksym Marchenko, Head of Odessa Regional Military Administration, said the missiles were launched on Friday from the Russia-annexed Crimea, reports Ukrayinska Pravda.
Without providing further details, including the number of casualties, Marchenko said the Russians "would regret every launch of missiles and every attack on our land".
The Operational Command South of the Ukrainian military said that air-defences had prevented attacks targeting "critical infrastructure, which could endanger the civilian population".
It went on to say that the situation is currently under control and that it has launched a probe into it.
Over 6,000 Ukrainians evacuated in 24 hours
More than 6,000 Ukrainians have been evacuated from besieged cities via humanitarian corridors in the past 24 hours, according to a government official in Kiev.
In a social media post, Deputy Head of the President's Office Kyrylo Tymoshenko said a total of 6,266 people were evacuated on Friday, including 3,071 from Mariupol in the Donetsk region where Russian forces have continued relentless bombing and attacks, reports ukrayinska Pravda.
Evacuations also took place in the regions of Zaporizhzhya and Luhansk, Tymoshenko said.
However, thousands of people are still stuck in Mariupol, where continued Russian shelling for more than five week have led to shortage of food, running water and heat.
In a statement, Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk said: "We know how much you want to be saved. Every day we will try and try to break through until you get a chance to leave the city, and most important, to live a peaceful life."
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New Delhi: Russia will increase its use of non-Western currencies for trade with countries such as India, its foreign minister said on Friday, as he hailed New Delhi as a friend that was not taking a "one-sided view" on the Ukraine war.
Sergei Lavrov visited India to shore up support from a country Russia has long regarded as an ally a day after U.S. and British officials pressed India to avoid undermining the dollar-based financial system and sanctions imposed on Russia for its invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24.
India and China are the only major countries that have not condemned what Russia calls its "special military operation". After Lavrov visited China this week, Beijing said it was "more determined" to develop ties with Russia.
"We are friends," Lavrov told a news conference after meeting his Indian counterpart, Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, adding India saw the Ukraine crisis in the "entirety of facts and not just in a one-sided way".
Lavrov said Russia's central bank had several years ago established a system for the communication of financial information and India had a similar system.
"It is absolutely clear that more and more transactions would be done through this system using national currencies, bypassing dollar, euro and other currencies," he said.
Russia is the biggest supplier of defence equipment to India and Lavrov said the two countries would use a rupee-rouble mechanism to trade oil, military hardware and other goods.
"We will be ready to supply any goods which India wants to buy," he said.
"I have no doubt that a way would be (found) to bypass the artificial impediments which illegal unilateral sanctions by the West create. This relates also to the area of military-technical cooperation."
Lavrov said there was some movement forward in negotiations with Ukraine.
"Non-nuclear, non-bloc, neutral status - it is now being recognised as absolutely necessary," he said.
'Cessation of violence'
Lavrov also met Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and briefed him on the war.
"The Prime Minister reiterated his call for an early cessation of violence, and conveyed India's readiness to contribute in any way to the peace efforts," India's foreign ministry said in a statement late on Thursday.
Lavrov said Russia would be open to India mediating between Ukraine and Russia but he had not heard of any such proposal.
India has bought millions of barrels of crude oil from Russia at a discount since the war erupted, justifying the purchases as beneficial for its citizens and something that even European countries are doing.
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman told CNBC-TV18 that India would continue to buy discounted oil from Russia.
"I would put my country's national interests first and I would put my energy security first," she said. "Why should I not buy it? I need it for my people."
India has also contracted to buy sunflower oil from Russia at a record high price after supplies from Ukraine stopped.
Speaking on a visit to New Delhi on Thursday, U.S. Deputy National Security Adviser for International Economics Daleep Singh said Washington would not set any "red line" for India on its energy imports from Russia but did not want to see a "rapid acceleration" in purchases.
British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss also said on a visit to India on Thursday that Britain respected India's decision to buy discounted Russian oil, while advocating stringent sanctions on Russia relating to the ports, gold and energy sectors.
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New Delhi: Russia will increase its use of non-Western currencies for trade with countries such as India, its foreign minister said on Friday, as he hailed New Delhi as a friend that was not taking a "one-sided view" on the Ukraine war.
Sergei Lavrov visited India to shore up support from a country Russia has long regarded as an ally a day after U.S. and British officials pressed India to avoid undermining the dollar-based financial system and sanctions imposed on Russia for its invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24.
India and China are the only major countries that have not condemned what Russia calls its "special military operation". After Lavrov visited China this week, Beijing said it was "more determined" to develop ties with Russia.
"We are friends," Lavrov told a news conference after meeting his Indian counterpart, Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, adding India saw the Ukraine crisis in the "entirety of facts and not just in a one-sided way".
Lavrov said Russia's central bank had several years ago established a system for the communication of financial information and India had a similar system.
"It is absolutely clear that more and more transactions would be done through this system using national currencies, bypassing dollar, euro and other currencies," he said.
Russia is the biggest supplier of defence equipment to India and Lavrov said the two countries would use a rupee-rouble mechanism to trade oil, military hardware and other goods.
"We will be ready to supply any goods which India wants to buy," he said.
"I have no doubt that a way would be (found) to bypass the artificial impediments which illegal unilateral sanctions by the West create. This relates also to the area of military-technical cooperation."
Lavrov said there was some movement forward in negotiations with Ukraine.
"Non-nuclear, non-bloc, neutral status - it is now being recognised as absolutely necessary," he said.
'Cessation of violence'
Lavrov also met Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and briefed him on the war.
"The Prime Minister reiterated his call for an early cessation of violence, and conveyed India's readiness to contribute in any way to the peace efforts," India's foreign ministry said in a statement late on Thursday.
Lavrov said Russia would be open to India mediating between Ukraine and Russia but he had not heard of any such proposal.
India has bought millions of barrels of crude oil from Russia at a discount since the war erupted, justifying the purchases as beneficial for its citizens and something that even European countries are doing.
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman told CNBC-TV18 that India would continue to buy discounted oil from Russia.
"I would put my country's national interests first and I would put my energy security first," she said. "Why should I not buy it? I need it for my people."
India has also contracted to buy sunflower oil from Russia at a record high price after supplies from Ukraine stopped.
Speaking on a visit to New Delhi on Thursday, U.S. Deputy National Security Adviser for International Economics Daleep Singh said Washington would not set any "red line" for India on its energy imports from Russia but did not want to see a "rapid acceleration" in purchases.
British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss also said on a visit to India on Thursday that Britain respected India's decision to buy discounted Russian oil, while advocating stringent sanctions on Russia relating to the ports, gold and energy sectors.
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Colombo: Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has declared a nationwide public emergency amidst a spate of protests, including outside his house, over the worst economic crisis in the island nation.
Rajapaksa issued a special gazette notification late on Friday night, declaring a public emergency in Sri Lanka with immediate effect from April 1.
In the gazette, the President states: Whereas I am of opinion that by reason of a public emergency in Sri Lanka it is expedient to do so in the interests of public security the protection of public order and the maintenance of supplies and services essential to the life of the community.
The move also came as the island nation braced for country-wide protests on Sunday against the government's poor handling of the ongoing economic crisis where people currently endure long hours of power outages and scarcity of essentials.
Commenting on the emergency, the independent think-tank Center for Policy Alternatives said that regulations may impose restrictions on certain fundamental rights guaranteed by the constitution one of them would be among others: the rights to freedom of expression, assembly, association, movement, occupation, religion, culture and language.
Lawyers commented that the regulations gave the police sweeping powers to arrest anyone for unlawful assembly.
The regulations must be approved in Parliament every 30 days from their imposition.
The declaration came at the same time as the court ordered bail to a section of the protesters arrested for the demonstration opposite Rajapaksa's residence on Thursday.
Lawyer Nuwan Bopage, who was among around 500 lawyers gathered at the Colombo suburban Gangodawila magistrate's court to give free counsel, said that out of the 54 arrested, as many as 21 were given bail. Six were remanded until April 4.
The rest of the 27 are in hospitals with severe assault injuries.
This was a very significant ruling. The court asked the police to file evidence of each of their involvement in acts of violence. They could not do so, Bopage said.
The government blamed the Rajapaksa residence incidents on an extreme group connected to the Opposition political parties.
The protesters said that participants had no political motivation and were only looking for solutions from the government for the hardships heaped on the public.
Several people were injured and vehicles were set on fire as the agitation turned violent. Police fired tear gas and water cannons at the protesters after they pulled down a steel barricade placed near the president's residence. Following the incident, several people were arrested and a curfew briefly imposed in most parts of Colombo city.
A statement issued by the presidential media division on Friday said an extremist group was behind the unrest near President Rajapaksa's residence in Mirihana.
Meanwhile, the police said that five policemen were injured, while a police bus, a jeep and two motorcycles were burnt as protesters turned violent. The demonstrators also caused damage to a police water cannon truck.
Sri Lanka is currently experiencing its worst economic crisis in history. With long lines for fuel, cooking gas, essentials in short supply and long hours of power cuts the public has been suffering for weeks.
Rajapaksa has defended his government's actions, saying the foreign exchange crisis was not his making and the economic downturn was largely pandemic driven where the island's tourism revenue and inward remittances waning.
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Colombo: Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has declared a nationwide public emergency amidst a spate of protests, including outside his house, over the worst economic crisis in the island nation.
Rajapaksa issued a special gazette notification late on Friday night, declaring a public emergency in Sri Lanka with immediate effect from April 1.
In the gazette, the President states: Whereas I am of opinion that by reason of a public emergency in Sri Lanka it is expedient to do so in the interests of public security the protection of public order and the maintenance of supplies and services essential to the life of the community.
The move also came as the island nation braced for country-wide protests on Sunday against the government's poor handling of the ongoing economic crisis where people currently endure long hours of power outages and scarcity of essentials.
Commenting on the emergency, the independent think-tank Center for Policy Alternatives said that regulations may impose restrictions on certain fundamental rights guaranteed by the constitution one of them would be among others: the rights to freedom of expression, assembly, association, movement, occupation, religion, culture and language.
Lawyers commented that the regulations gave the police sweeping powers to arrest anyone for unlawful assembly.
The regulations must be approved in Parliament every 30 days from their imposition.
The declaration came at the same time as the court ordered bail to a section of the protesters arrested for the demonstration opposite Rajapaksa's residence on Thursday.
Lawyer Nuwan Bopage, who was among around 500 lawyers gathered at the Colombo suburban Gangodawila magistrate's court to give free counsel, said that out of the 54 arrested, as many as 21 were given bail. Six were remanded until April 4.
The rest of the 27 are in hospitals with severe assault injuries.
This was a very significant ruling. The court asked the police to file evidence of each of their involvement in acts of violence. They could not do so, Bopage said.
The government blamed the Rajapaksa residence incidents on an extreme group connected to the Opposition political parties.
The protesters said that participants had no political motivation and were only looking for solutions from the government for the hardships heaped on the public.
Several people were injured and vehicles were set on fire as the agitation turned violent. Police fired tear gas and water cannons at the protesters after they pulled down a steel barricade placed near the president's residence. Following the incident, several people were arrested and a curfew briefly imposed in most parts of Colombo city.
A statement issued by the presidential media division on Friday said an extremist group was behind the unrest near President Rajapaksa's residence in Mirihana.
Meanwhile, the police said that five policemen were injured, while a police bus, a jeep and two motorcycles were burnt as protesters turned violent. The demonstrators also caused damage to a police water cannon truck.
Sri Lanka is currently experiencing its worst economic crisis in history. With long lines for fuel, cooking gas, essentials in short supply and long hours of power cuts the public has been suffering for weeks.
Rajapaksa has defended his government's actions, saying the foreign exchange crisis was not his making and the economic downturn was largely pandemic driven where the island's tourism revenue and inward remittances waning.
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He's a well-known face on television who can seemingly turn his hand to almost everything from giving advice as the resident doctor on ITV This morning giving advice on phone-ins, to dazzling audiences as a dancer on Strictly Come Dancing. And if that wasn't enough for Dr Ranj Singh, he co-created and presented the BAFTA-winning CBeebies show Get Well Soon, is an author of children's books and during the Covid-19 pandemic, he stepped back from the limelight to support the NHS as a paediatric emergency medical specialist.
While he is a familiar face across the media, dubbed "the nation's favourite doctor" by Penguin books, what many people might not know is Dr Ranj, 42, grew up in Kent in a traditional Sikh household and lived in Medway. Showing his potential even at a young age, the brainy doctor who admits he is a "geek", went to Gordon Junior School in Strood passed his first GCSE aged just eight years old.
Born in Chatham and growing up in the Towns, Dr Ranj left Kent to start university in London to begin his medical studies and trained at hospitals in the capital before he became a member of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health in 2007. He works with some of London’s leading hospitals including St. Thomas’ Hospital, Evelina Children’s Hospital and Medway Maritime Hospital.
Read more:Exactly what you can do if you think your neighbour is smoking cannabis
The handsome doctor is the cover star - and guest editor - of the current spring edition of Healthy Child with Dr Ranj Singh, which covers health topics affecting children and families, from childhood diseases to educational development and "tiny tantrums". During his time on Strictly 2018 when he was partnered with Janette Manrara and left in week seven, he said: "I like to study and study things until I get it right and I’m hoping that attention to detail in learning will help me pick stuff up, but what I’ve learned is that learning movement is totally different to learning information, so I don’t know what it’s going to be like."
He also left viewers of ITV's All Star Musical "speechless" at his stunning voice when he performed the film Moulin Rouge's Come What May. Despite all his achievements, Dr Ranj was dubbed "the modest hero" by ITV after his CBeebies show, which launched his television career, was said by parents to have "saved the lives of many children". He described filming the very first series as a "special time for me".
Dr Ranj is an advocate for LGBTQ rights, especially among minorities, and as winner of the Attitude TV award in 2019, he said people from "ethnic minorities, people of colour, or LGBT people are still at a slight disadvantage". He has spoken about his sexuality in Attitude magazine and was on the front cover of Gay Times as part of its celebration of LGBTQ Asians.
He has even turned his talents to writing a cookbook which hit the Sunday Times Bestseller list, called Save Money, Lose Weight. His latest book, How to Grow Up has been shortlisted by The British Book Awards for its book of the year in children's non-fiction.
"This is epic! I'm still in shock!" said Dr Ranj on Instagram.
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Brits are in for a cold but fresh weekend with temperatures in some areas set to match Greenland. It comes as the southeast sees the end of a weather system that brought snow flurries across the region.
A yellow warning for ice remains in place in coastal areas to the northeast but the south will avoid the worst of the weather system this weekend. Temperatures in Kent however are set to drop below freezing and feel even colder, according to the Met Office.
Sunny mornings have been forecast in parts of the county while others will see some short periods of rain, though this will bring with it temperatures as low as -2C and that feel -4C. By lunchtime and into the afternoon cloud cover is expected to set in and temperatures will rise - though still remain in single figures.
The mercury will then rise into next week as residents in Kent see a return to the warming spring weather of earlier in the month - the sunniest March since 1929. This may be interspersed with short showers.
Met Office meteorologist Dan Stroud told the Mirror overnight temperatures going into Saturday would be several degrees colder than the average for the time of year. He said the wintry weather will continue through the weekend, but along with the cold there will be sunshine.
Mr Stroud added: “It’s generally dry and cold, if not slightly less cold than we have for the next few days. We’ve got an Artic airflow established at the moment that’s coming from a cold source.
“So we’ve basically got cold, clear air established across the UK. There’s also a lot of clear and sunny skies, especially to the western parts of the UK.”
He continued that temperatures should climb from around 9C to 10C over the weekend to around 14C on Monday as the Arctic air system moves away.
Met Office forecast in your area and how low temperatures may feel:
Ashford:
Saturday: Cloudychanging to light showers by lunchtime, 0C
Sunday: Sunny changing to cloudy in the afternoon, -3C
Canterbury:
Saturday: Light rain changing to sunny by lunchtime, 0C
Sunday: Sunny changing to cloudy by nighttime, -2C
Dover:
Saturday: Heavy showers changing to sunny by lunchtime, 0C
Sunday: Sunny intervals changing to cloudy by early evening, -2C
Folkestone:
Saturday: Sunny intervals changing to cloudy by lunchtime, -1C
Sunday: Sunny changing to cloudy by lunchtime, -3C
Maidstone:
Saturday: Sunny changing to cloudy in the afternoon, 1C
Sunday: Sunny changing to cloudy by lunchtime, -3C
Margate:
Saturday: Overcast changing to sunny by lunchtime, 0C
Sunday: Sunny intervals changing to cloudy by nighttime, 0C
Sevenoaks:
Saturday: Overcast changing to clear by nighttime, -2C
Sunday: Sunny changing to cloudy in the afternoon, -4C
Tunbridge Wells:
Saturday: Sunny changing to cloudy in the afternoon, -1C
Sunday: Sunny changing to cloudy by lunchtime, -4C
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...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM HST SUNDAY...
* WHAT...East winds 20 to 25 knots, and seas up to 12 feet.
* WHERE...Big Island Windward Waters, Maui County Leeward
Waters, Kauai Leeward Waters, Kauai Channel, Kauai Northwest
Waters, Kauai Windward Waters, Kaiwi Channel, Maui County
Windward Waters, Oahu Windward Waters and Oahu Leeward Waters.
* WHEN...Through early Sunday morning.
* IMPACTS...Conditions will be hazardous to small craft.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Inexperienced mariners, especially those operating smaller
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HONOLULU (KITV4) -- More state services are going digital. There's a new remote online notary public website, making it more convenient for notaries and their customers.
"Previously, people were required to be physically present when requesting notary services. Now notaries and their customers can use audio-visual technology to conduct meetings," said Hawaii Attorney General Holly Shikada.
Active notaries public can now apply to become a remote online notary here.
Notaries public are officially recognized by the State of Hawaii to administer oaths and affirmations, take acknowledgments, witness or attest signatures, certify copies or deposition, note protests of negotiable instruments, and perform notarizations for hundreds of thousands of important documents each year.
More than 5,000 notaries hold a notary public commission in Hawaii.
Marisa Yamane joined KITV4 in January 2022 as an anchor and executive producer. She is an award-winning veteran journalist, who’s spent most of her career in Hawaii. She’s a proud graduate of Iolani School and UCLA.
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...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM HST SUNDAY...
* WHAT...East winds 20 to 25 knots, and seas up to 12 feet.
* WHERE...Big Island Windward Waters, Maui County Leeward
Waters, Kauai Leeward Waters, Kauai Channel, Kauai Northwest
Waters, Kauai Windward Waters, Kaiwi Channel, Maui County
Windward Waters, Oahu Windward Waters and Oahu Leeward Waters.
* WHEN...Through early Sunday morning.
* IMPACTS...Conditions will be hazardous to small craft.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Inexperienced mariners, especially those operating smaller
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HONOLULU (KITV4) -- Sen. Michelle Kidani introduced Senate Resolution 28 that requests the Blood Bank of Hawaii to immediately adopt the US Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) updated regulation that shorten or eliminate the extended window of time for certain blood donors.
“I introduced this resolution because a constituent of mine raised the concern that the FDA guidance was first passed in April of 2020. We started 2022 with an urgent call from the Hawaii Blood Bank for more blood donations to keep up with demand, and yet hundreds of donors that are eligible across the nation are still ineligible here," said Senator Kidani.
This rule primarily affected gay men due to an increased risk of spreading HIV. Gay men and nonbinary individuals were subject to a 3 month deferral.
Officials at Blood Bank of Hawaii say they support the legislation and ending the three month deferral period.
President and Blood bank Hawaii said in a statement, “It’s important to transition to an individual risk assessment to determine donor eligibility. As new blood testing and processing technologies are more widely available, implementation of these and future advances will enable the evolution towards policies more inclusive of all groups, including the LGBTQ+ community, while still ensuring blood safety."
Members of the LGBTQ community in Hawaii say this rule is a win win. They deserve to the opportunity to quote “save lives” and help end the blood shortage now that we are coming out of the pandemic.
"This will not only eliminate discrimination but will increase the amount of blood that will be available for people who need it in Hawaii, people of all sexual orientations and all genders. To feel like you cannot give blood and we have to be monitored when we want to donate, that was a big pushback for us. This change will really enhance the ability for people to save lives more freely,” said Camaron Miyamoto, director of LGBTQ center at UH Mano.
The president of Hawaii Blood Bank also said they spoke with members of the Congressional delegation to ask them to urge FDA to make the temporary guidance permanent, beyond the COVID-19 public health emergency.
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A magician performs for members of the Japanese community and Yokota Air Base during the Sakura Spring Festival March 26, 2022, at Yokota Air Base, Japan. The Sakura Festival is a bilateral event aimed at enhancing the U.S. and Japanese relationship. Approximately 6,000 off-base community members were able to view cherry blossoms, and enjoy street performances and live music alongside the base community, during the event. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Christopher Hubenthal)
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ANDRAVIDA AIR BASE, Greece – Lt. Col. Daniel Etue, 492nd Fighter Squadron flight commander, describes the opportunities INIOCHOS 22 exercise has on planning and conducting air operations in a multinational joint force environment to Lt. Gen. Steven L. Basham, U.S. Air Forces in Europe-Air Forces Africa deputy commander, during his visit to Andravida Air Base, Greece, April 1, 2022. The exercise is a Hellenic air force-sponsored operational and tactical level field training exercise, hosted by the Hellenic Air Tactics Center. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Alexandra M. Longfellow)
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ANDRAVIDA AIR BASE, Greece – Greek Minister of National Defense Nikolaos Panagiotopoulos (middle), prepares to speak during his visit to Andravida Air Base, Greece for INIOCHOS 22, April 1, 2022. Panagiotopoulos spoke on how the exercise enhances relationships with allies and partner militaries during times of need. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Alexandra M. Longfellow)
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Chennai: A heartfelt post, penned by Malayalam actor Kunchacko Boban to his wife Priya on the occasion of their 17th wedding anniversary, is winning hearts online.
In the Instagram post, Kunchacko Boban, who has a huge fan following, wrote, "Sweet 17 of togetherness officially! Life keeps on getting better with you dear wifey. You are my high speed WiFi in this digital world. And I cannot but keep on wondering how you handle all that's happening in my life."
"Taking care of me, my family, my profession, my friends and keeping my life balanced. There were moments of small fights like any other normal couples, but we made it a point to patch things before the night ends and make the next day the very best one!!!"If I am doing good in movies today, the major credit goes to you for making me believe in myself, pushing me to see everything in a different perspective and strive for the best."
"'O PRIYAE' God didn't make a mistake giving me that name to sing in my very first movie. Because You are the best thing to happen in my life!! Well, this was such a simple but sweet celebration that we had which felt much sweeter with our lil boy in between!!"Thank you Chef Abhilash M Uthaman for the surprise anniversary dinner and cake. And thank you everyone for all the sweet wishes and prayers. Much love to all from all of us."
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Hyderabad: 'Arjun Reddy' fame Vijay Deverakonda's debut pan-India movie 'Liger' also marks boxing legend Mike Tyson's debut in Indian cinema.
As the former professional boxer had wrapped up the shooting earlier, he has now completed dubbing his part for the movie.
As the same information was updated by the producers of 'Liger', they had released a short video in which Tyson can be seen working on the dubbing part.
"Thank you very much for being kind to me. I'm very grateful," said Mike Tyson in the video, as he wraps up the dubbing for his role.
Pan-India star Vijay Deverakonda's highly anticipated film 'Liger' was done with its shooting part and post-production work is presently underway.
Directed by Puri Jagannadh, the movie is based on the story of an underdog, who rises as an MMA fighter.
Also featuring Ananya Pandey as the female lead, 'Liger' is one of the most ambitious projects for the 'Pelli Choopulu' actor.
In association with Puri Connects, the film is being produced jointly by Bollywood's leading production house Dharma Productions.
Puri Jagannadh, Charmme Kaur, Karan Johar, and Apoorva Mehta together are bankrolling the film on a grand scale.
Vishnu Sarma is handling the cinematography, while Kecha from Thailand is the stunt director.
Being made in Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, and Malayalam, the movie is scheduled for release in theatres worldwide on August 25.
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Mumbai: Actor Rashmika Mandanna has joined Ranbir Kapoor-starrer Animal, the makers announced on Saturday. The Hindi-language crime drama is directed by Sandeep Reddy Vanga of Kabir Singh fame and backed by T-Series.
T-series announced Mandanna's casting on its official Twitter account.
On the auspicious occasion of Ugadi & Gudi Padwa, we welcome @iamRashmika to the team of #Animal! Shooting begins this summer, the tweet read.
Mandanna, who works primarily in Kannada and Telugu films, is best known for her performances in movies such as Geetha Govindam, Devadas, Yajamana, and Dear Comrade".
The actor, whose last release was Allu Arjun-led "Pushpa", is set to make her Bollywood debut with spy thriller Mission Majnu, opposite Sidharth Malhotra. She will also be seen in another Hindi movie Goodbye alongside megastar Amitabh Bachchan.
"Animal", which will start shooting this summer, also features actors Anil Kapoor and Bobbly Deol.
The film is slated to release on August 11, 2023.
Animal is produced by Bhushan Kumar and Krishan Kumar's T-Series, Murad Khetani's Cine1 Studios and Pranay Reddy Vanga's Bhadrakali Pictures.
Earlier, actor Parineeti Chopra was cast in the film, but according to media reports she had to opt out of Animal because of scheduling conflict.
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Mumbai: Actress Shraddha Kapoor on the special occasion of Gudi Padwa donned the traditional 'Nauvari' saree that holds special meaning to the actress.
For those unaware, the 'Nauvari' celebrated the strength and fighting spirit of a woman. Traditionally worn by women to fight in wars back in the day, the saree allowed for mobility and freedom of movement and wasn't just a mere aesthetic attire.
Talking about the festival, Shraddha shares, "With Gudi Padwa, Cheti Chand, Navratri and Ugadi, I look forward to starting the New Year on a happy, optimistic and a positive note.
"I started my day with some homemade Maharashtrian food, some of which I also took with me to the sets for my team. The day is all about spending time with your loved ones and cherishing the little moments."
She also took to her social media, sharing pictures of herself dressed in a beautiful Nauvari saree.
On the work front, Shraddha will be seen in Luv Ranjan's as-yet-untitled film alongside Ranbir Kapoor. In addition, she also has Pankaj Parashar's 'Chaalbaaz in London' and Vishal Furia's 'Nagin' coming up next.
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Despite the conflict being on the other side of the world, Russia's invasion of Ukraine has had ripple effects in various aspects of daily life in the United States. It has further driven up the price of gas and raised anxieties about nuclear conflict. Though the war is but a month old, local farmers are already concerned about how it will affect the growing of their crops, particularly when it comes to fertilizer.
“To associate some big issue as simply being because of a war in most cases is a stretch, but not with fertilizer, ” Newfane grower Jim Bittner said. “Fertilizer is probably the biggest thing where you can say that what’s going on with Russia and Ukraine is really causing a lot of trouble.”
Nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium potash are key components of fertilizer that’s used by growers. A large share of exports of these elements came from Russia and Belarus, both of which now have sanctions against them. Ukraine is having difficulty exporting its own products due to the chaos of war, particularly due to its ports on the Black Sea coming under attack by Russia. It all means there's less supply reaching the global market, thus raising the prices of fertilizer elements due to increased demand.
“The biggest issue is getting barges from point A to point B,” said John King, president of the Niagara County Farm Bureau. “Whether it be Europe, India, or any other global country that needs fertilizer to plant their crops, it’s straining the entire global supply chain.”
The problems related to the war in Ukraine are added on to existing issues of inflation, supply shortages and the Covid pandemic. While not all of the fertilizer that reaches Niagara County is sourced entirely from Eastern Europe, the prices are still made higher due to increased global demand. Shipping is likely going to be the most difficult aspect due to increased competition over a product that’s in short supply.
“All of these things are world markets,” Bittner said. “It doesn’t matter that you can still get your supply. The prices have gone up because someone else is bidding it up, because they can’t get theirs.”
Butch Rhinehart of W.H. Rhinehart Inc. in Middleport sells fertilizer at his store that's sourced from all over the world. He says that prices on fertilizer and other chemical solutions have more than doubled since last year.
“It comes from the United States and the rest of the world: Egypt, Ukraine, Russia, China. It comes from all over,” Rhinehart said. “It’s the same with the chemicals used in insecticides, pesticides and herbicides. They’ve at least doubled in price, if not more.”
Bittner, a fruit grower, is not expecting to be as adversely affected as growers of other crops such as corn and soy, because fruit trees don't require as much fertilizer. Some of his crops only require specific nutrients.
“Lucky for us, these crops don’t require as much fertilizer compared to corn, though, they do require about as much potassium as corn," Bittner said. "We put hardly any nitrogen on apple trees, but stone fruit like peaches and cherries do take nitrogen. So in order to get a good crop size and return crop next year, we have to make sure we fertilize this year.”
Good weather through the end of May could soften the financial blow to growers, according to King.
“It’s going to be a struggle,” he said. “If this is going to be a season where we get great weather through May, and these farms can plant uninterrupted, the logistical challenge of making sure we have enough product so farmers can continue planting is going to be our biggest focus.”
“There’s not a whole lot we can do,” Bittner said. “If you’re going to grow a crop, you have to do it at 100%. You can’t do anything halfway. You either do it or you don’t do it. There’s just too much at stake.”
While all crops will be affected, corn will likely be hit hardest, due to it needing a lot of land that needs fertilizing.
King said incidents like this are usually why growers tend to fertilize sufficient amounts, in the event they need to cut back suddenly.
“We like to refer to our soil as our bank account,” he said. “We have so many nutrients in there already, and try to fertilize just what we need year in and year out. That bank builds up, and we’re seeing farms tap into that reserve. So instead of putting more fertilizer on, they’re relying on the soil chemistry that’s there already,”
Home gardeners will face supply price increases, too, but on a much smaller scale, observed John Farfaglia, horticulturalist with the Niagara County Cornell Cooperative Extension.
“I would expect to see some price increases this year,” he said. “I think for most small home gardeners, it may not be as significant, because they use smaller amounts in their home garden.”
Regardless of what countermeasures commercial growers are able to take, due to the long term shipping requirements that are inherent to the job, there’s very little that they will be able to do now to hold down costs.
“We’re just going to have to grin and bear it,” Bittner said. “We’re going to have to pay the higher price, and hopefully we’ll get a better price for our fruit in the fall.”
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You can never be too sure when it comes to news of the Seneca Nation and its payment of shared slot revenues to New York state but it appears the check has finally cleared.
During an emergency meeting on Monday, the Seneca Nation Council voted to direct-transfer $564,842,625.20 to cover the amount of shared slot revenues due to New York for the period Jan. 1, 2017 to Dec. 31, 2021. The money had been held in a restricted escrow account while the state and the nation battled in court and elsewhere over terms of the gaming compact.
Gov. Kathy Hochul said the full amount has been received by the state. It’s very good news for the communities and area organizations that will share in the local host funds.
It’s been a long time coming and we’re more than happy to see it finally resolved, even if it did require a move by outside lawyers for the state to freeze and restrict access to the bank accounts of the Seneca Nation and its gaming corporation. The legal maneuver had the effect of blocking the nation and gaming corporation from transacting any business.
That’s heavy handed but the Seneca Nation had declared the stalemate over and pledged payments would resume in January. Two months later the state was demanding two casino cash payments, totaling $540 million, be made by March 16.
This needed to come to an end, particularly with the current compact expiring at the end of the next year. How could negotiations over a new gaming compact commence with overdue payments hanging over everyone’s heads?
This week’s news even came with an unexpected twist — Hochul announced that the slots revenue will help pay for the construction of the new football stadium for the Buffalo Bills.
“These funds were generated in Western New York, and I am directing the state’s share, which is more than $418 million, to the new Buffalo Bills stadium. This will ensure the Bills remain in New York state and support 10,000 construction jobs,” the governor said in a release.
The state is set to put down $600 million toward the $1.4 billion cost of the new stadium in Orchard Park. Erie County will pay another $250 million toward the project.
All totaled, it’s one of the largest public subsidies ever given toward a new NFL stadium — a great deal for the billionaire owners of the Bills. While we may not like it, there’s little political will to challenge Hochul on the plan.
On the bright side, the deal does keep the team in Western New York for the next few decades.
While Seneca Nation President Matthew Pagels was livid about Hochul’s plan to tie slot payments to the new stadium, the move makes a lot of sense. Gambling revenue will offset the high cost of building a stadium. We know, there’ll still be plenty of our taxes going toward the stadium, but this definitely lessens the blow.
And yes, it’s true, $400 million could be put to much better use across the state — but would it have been put to better use? That seems like the bigger gamble.
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RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Virginia state agencies responding to a severe snowstorm that stranded hundreds of motorists along Interstate 95 in January collectively lost what a report called “situational awareness” amid the growing gridlock. The report commissioned by the state of Virginia was released Friday. The 41-page report offered several suggestions for improving future emergency responses. Yet it did not lay blame with any particular person or single agency for the January snowstorm tieups. It noted the enormous challenge first responders faced in dealing with unusually heavy snowfall, higher-than-normal traffic and COVID-19-related staffing shortages. State officials vowed to thoroughly review the report and its recommendations.
Report Criticizes Virginia's Response to Snowy I-95 Gridlock
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Forecast Updated on Saturday, April 2, 2022, at 3:30am by WBOC Meteorologist Mike Lichniak
Today: Mostly sunny. Highs: 52-58. Winds: W 5-20 mph.
Tonight: Turning mostly cloudy with a few scattered showers possible by morning. Lows: 37-44. Winds: W 5-15 mph.
Sunday: A chance for a few showers possible early in the day. Otherwise, it turns partly cloudy by the afternoon. Highs: 60-65. Winds: S 5-15 mph.
Sunday Night: Mostly clear. Lows: 30-38. Winds: SW 5-10 mph.
Monday: Mostly sunny. Highs: 55-62. Winds: SW 5-15 mph.
Tuesday: Starting mostly sunny and turning partly cloudy by the afternoon and evening. Highs: 65-72. Winds: S 5-15 mph.
We are starting things off on the chilly side this morning as temperatures have fallen below freezing in our coolest communities. There is also a bit of a breeze still, so it makes things feel that much cooler as you step outside. The good news is that this breeze will settle this afternoon and with a good amount of sunshine will push our temperatures back into the mid and upper 50s.
The bad news is that this is where the good news ends for the weekend forecast. As we head into tonight a wave of energy will approach us from the west and overspread clouds and enough moisture to bring a chance of a few showers by tomorrow morning. It won’t be a lot of rain, but it could put a damper on those trying to sneak out for an early morning activity or heading to church services if they happen to be early. There should be some peeks of sunshine by the afternoon which will allow our temperatures to climb back into the 50s and low 60s by the late afternoon of Sunday.
Early next week will bring warmer temperatures with highs in the 70s by Tuesday and Wednesday. Another chance of scattered showers and some thunderstorms look to be possible by Wednesday and Thursday of next week.
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Saturday: W 5-20 knots. Seas: 3-4 feet.
Sunday: SW 10-20 knots. Seas: 2-4 feet.
Chesapeake Bay:
Saturday: Small Craft Advisory until 10am. 5-20 knots. Waves: 1-2 feet.
Sunday: W 10-20 knots. Waves: 1-3 feet.
Delaware Bay:
Saturday: W 5-20 knots. Seas: 1-2 feet.
Sunday: W 10-20 knots. Seas: 1-2 feet.
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NJ students: Saint Helena School in Edison's students participate in Brain Awareness Week
Saint Helena School in Edison participated in Brain Awareness Week which is held each year in March. This is a global event to promote public enthusiasm and support for brain science sponsored by the Dana Foundation. “The Dana Foundation is a private philanthropic organization dedicated to advancing understanding about the brain in health and disease through research grants and public outreach. This event is conducted to promote and share the wonders of the brain, and the impact brain science has on our everyday lives.” (www.dana.org/about-dana/) Saint Helena School joined 7,300 other partners throughout 45 countries and 32 states.
Saint Helena School students participated in physical and mental challenges to enhance brain activity. These events were held during recess and teachers extended the lessons into the classrooms. Some events featured were: Crossing the Midline exercises, demonstrations on memory and ways to improve it, illusions, a STROOP EFFECT experiment, and the benefits of crocheting. Students also learned about neuroplasticity, which is the brain’s ability to change and grow throughout a person’s life.
Students made a brain hat. This hat not only distinguished each lobe by color but identified what each part of the brain controls. (https://ellenjmchenry.com/brain-hemisphere-hat/) Abraham, sixth-grader, said, “The best part was making the brain. It was fun helping the younger students make the hat and challenging as well.” The week ended with a Rubik’s cube competition and 24 Challenge, a math game that challenges players to make the number 24 from the sum of four numbers shown on a playing card. Third grader Adelie said, “Definitely the Rubik’s cube competition was the best part."
Arthur L. Johnson High School
On Wednesday, March 23, Fifty-seven students from Arthur L. Johnson High School in Clark/Garwood were inducted into the newly established National English Honor Society (NEHS) during a ceremony in the school’s Instructional Media Center. This was the first induction ceremony for this group. Led by Advisors Lisa Rosso and Anthony Caldiero, the ceremony celebrated the achievements of these students. It also discussed the pillars of the honor society and the responsibilities of its newly inducted members.
In order to be inducted, students must have completed two years of English at the honors or AP level. They must have achieved a minimum overall and English grade point average of a 3.0 prior to induction as members.
According to the NEHS website, the NEHS “is the only international organization exclusively for secondary students and faculty who, in the field of English, merit special note for past and current accomplishments. The NEHS motto, "gelast sceal mid are," is Old English for: "duty goes with honor." The motto represents one of the earliest forms of our language — it affirms and celebrates an obligation to use one's gifts in service to others. Service to peers, school, and community is part and parcel of the NEHS mission.”
Caldiero said, “We congratulate all of our new inductees. We look forward to their continued success as they uphold the pillars of NEHS throughout our school community.”
Rosso said, “We decided to start this chapter of NEHS here at Arthur L. Johnson because there was a need to recognize those with such high accomplishments in a rigorous core course such as Honors or AP English. We also want to thank Senior Joe Garbowski for planting the seed of beginning a chapter here last year and accepting the responsibilities of being the President.”
Kean University
Kean University in Union is expanding academic options in musical theater performance and exercise science, beginning in Fall 2022.
“Kean University is committed to offering world-class education that expands students’ horizons and prepares them for a wide variety of future careers or graduate study,” said Kean President Lamont O. Repollet, Ed.D. “These two new academic program options are in response to our students’ interests and needs.”
Kean’s undergraduate theatre offerings currently include majors in theater, theater performance, and theater design and technology. The new option, BFA Theatre Performance: Musical Theatre, is a concentration within the performance major.
“Musical theatre is something that we’ve known for years is a very popular degree,” said Holly Logue, director of the Kean Theatre Conservatory.
The new option adds more training in voice, dance and music. Both theater performance options prepare students for performing careers as well as for many other future careers, Logue said.
“Musical theatre is not just Broadway,” she said. “It’s regional theater, cruise ships, becoming a performer at Disney. And when you think about transferable life skills, theatre students are problem solvers and creators. They work collaboratively; they meet deadlines; they are poised presenters. Businesses want people with creative backgrounds and training and skills.”
Kean sophomore Brandon Luckenbaugh of Hillsborough, a theater performance major, said he looks forward to reviewing what new courses would be available in the new musical theater option. He said he wants to become a professional repertory actor and build a career in voice acting.
“Access to classes that have to do with music theory and potentially even choreography would absolutely interest me,” he said.
In exercise science, the new B.S. Exercise Science, Pre-Athletic Training/Physical Therapy option adds a choice for students seeking a Bachelor of Science degree in the growing field.
“There are many different career paths for exercise science students,” said Assistant Professor Adam Eckart, coordinator of Kean’s exercise science program. “The base program prepares students for careers as exercise physiologists, personal trainers, group training instructors, wellness coordinators, and strength and conditioning coaches. The new option will be geared toward those students specifically planning to pursue a master’s degree in Athletic Training, a Doctorate of Physical Therapy, or other clinical careers after they graduate.”
The new option includes more emphasis on math, science and health-related courses, which means students applying to graduate programs would not need to take those prerequisites in addition to the regular exercise science program.
With exercise science in high demand, Eckart said he believes interest will increase “without question” for Kean’s programs. Kean also offers Master of Science programs in exercise science and athletic training, and a Doctorate of Physical Therapy program.
Both exercise science undergraduate options are offered within Kean’s School of Health and Human Performance.
“We expect the number of students enrolled in either program to spike considerably,” he said.
Current students interested in both of the new options can discuss them with their advisors.
Milwaukee School of Engineering
Alexandra Sturm of Bernardsville at Milwaukee School of Engineering in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, was named to the winter dean's list with high honors. Students who have maintained a 3.70 or higher receive high honors.
Mother Seton Regional High School
The Mother Seton Regional High School student body celebrated the diversity of its school with its annual Cultural Assembly on Monday, March 21, and featured an additional performance in the evening for families. The Assembly is sponsored each year by the Social Studies Department. This year’s event included a Ukrainian poem by junior Mika Bidiak of Garwood and a performance of a Brazilian hymn by juniors Isadora DaSilva and Destiny Moreira of Newark. A Mexican folk dance was performed by sophomore Paola Panohaya of Roselle. Freshman Sophia Restrepo of Union performed a Filipino popular song and senior Ariana Borromeo of Kendall Park gave a Filipino Pledge. There were large group dances by students of all grade levels representing Afro-Caribbean cultures, Filipino cultures and Hispanic cultures. All students in the school were dressed in their own cultural attire or in the colors of the flags that represent their native countries.
During the evening performance, guests were invited to contribute toward the school’s Ukrainian Relief Fund. Collections have been ongoing and continue at school. A check for $2,000 has been sent to St. John’s Ukrainian Church in Newark.
Mount Saint Mary Academy
Sister Deirdre Mullan visited Mount Saint Mary Academy in Watchung on World Water Day on Tuesday, March 22, to discuss with administration, faculty, staff, and students the importance of water resources for impoverished countries in conjunction with the Mercy Girl Effect: Women at the Well initiative.
She shared lunch in the Heritage Room with members of the Student Council Executive Board, as well as Sister Lisa D. Gambacorto,directress; Assistant Directresses Jacqueline Muratore and Denise Materia, and Ruth Anne Munroe, director of Campus Ministry and Student Council Coordinator. She also offered a presentation before the student body in the Sister Lisa Gambacorto Theater in the afternoon.
Sister Deirdre also met with Sophia Tiboni of New Providence who raised $6,205 for the Mercy Girl Effect: Women at the Well from the Dress Express Boutique, an initiative which promoted the collection, repurposing, and purchase of formal and semiformal dresses.
A Sister of Mercy from Ireland, Sister Deirdre spent a quarter of a century as a teacher and administrator. She holds a doctoral degree in the feminization of poverty and is an advocate for female education. Sister Deirdre served as the executive director of Mercy Global Concern at the United Nations for more than 10 years and directed the Partnership for Global Justice. Since 2014, she has worked with UNICEF, the body at the UN focusing on children’s and girls’ education and is the consultant adviser on their initiative “Partnering Religious Congregations with UNICEF.”
"In June 2021, the Executive Board was able to attend the Mercy Girl Leadership Conference in which we had the opportunity to listen to S. Deirdre and hear more about her work," said Margaret Ferris of Westfield, a member of the Student Council Executive Board. "We were so inspired by her presentation that we knew we needed the rest of the Mount community to hear from her as well. Her presentation served as a reminder to the school that we are working together for something much bigger than ourselves. There was a very positive community feedback after her presentation, and we are so proud of all of the efforts by the school to promote clean, accessible water to those in need."
Each well is $5,000 and so far, the Student Council Executive Board has successfully raised more than $18,000. The goal for the end of this year is to be able to provide the funds for four wells which would cost $20,000.
Hannah Cunniffe of Basking Ridge said, "Listening to S. Deirdre speak at the Mercy Girl Leadership Conference, we knew that having her come to the Mount would provide our community a great opportunity to learn more about the importance of the ethical issue of water, this year's project, and how our donation will directly impact the lives of so many girls. S. Deirdre's presentation brought our attention to the meaning and impact of Women at the Well and I am so proud of how our school community has responded to this initiative to bring clean, accessible water to those in need of this basic human right.”
Caitlin Cotter of Cranford said, "S. Deirdre's presentation emphasized the importance of supporting this initiative and raising awareness for water carriers. It is so important that as a school community, we continue to support individuals and communities that do not have direct access to clean water and work toward assisting those in need."
Also: Mount Saint Mary Academy in Watchung and St. Joseph High School in Metuchen coordinated an annual mathematics competition for seventh and eighth grade boys and girls on the morning of Saturday, March 26. Jacqueline Muratore, assistant directress for faculty, curriculum and planning, said 87 girls participated in the competition on the Mount campus.
The top scoring school teams were:
- First place Warren Middle School
- Second place: Immaculate Conception School
- Third place: Woodrow Wilson
- Outstanding achievement: Saint Helena
- Outstanding achievement: Holy Trinity Interparochial School
These schools all received Mount Saint Mary Academy plaques to display at their schools. Individual students also received medals for first through third place and outstanding achievement.
On the Mount Saint Mary Academy campus, tours were arranged by Donna Toryak, director of enrollment and Julia Pierce, enrollment associate and given to parents by Mount students. Tshirts and admissions materials were distributed to everyone.
Also: Bailey Elizabeth Klemm, a 2019 graduate of Mount Saint Mary Academy, has been accepted to Syracuse University’s Master of Public Administration program, the top M.P.A. program in the nation according to Best Public Affairs Schools in 2022 — US News & World Report.
The Piscataway native, who has earned Deans List distinction every semester, will complete her undergrad triple major of Civics and Civil Engagement, Political Science, and Policy Administration in 3.5 years.
Stephanie Worden, associate director of Admission and Financial Aid at Syracuse University, said this opportunity will allow Bailey to join “our community of service-minded professionals leading change all around the world.”
In addition to her schoolwork, Bailey co-founded a consulting group, Orange Slice, to build partnerships between businesses and local and state government. She also earned Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM) certification (an industry standard certification for young project managers), and she hosts a weekly session tutoring session for other members of her consulting group to earn the CAPM certification.
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North Plainfield School District
The North Plainfield School District will be participating in the 2022 Summer Food Service Program from Tuesday, July 5, through Thursday, Aug. 4.
The Summer Food Service Program is a federal program of the Food and Nutrition Services, United States Department of Agriculture. This program provides all children 18 years of age and younger with the same free meal in accordance with a menu approved by the state agency.
In accordance with Federal civil rights law and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) civil rights regulations and policies, the USDA, its Agencies, offices, and employees, and institutions participating in or administering USDA programs are prohibited from discriminating based on race, color, national origin, sex, disability, age, and reprisal or retaliation for prior civil rights activity in any program or activity conducted or funded by USDA.
Persons with disabilities who require alternative means of communication for program information (e.g. Braille, large print, audiotape, American Sign Language, etc.), should contact the agency (state or local) where they applied for benefits. Individuals who are deaf, hard of hearing or have speech disabilities may contact USDA through the Federal Relay Service at 800-877-8339. Additionally, program information may be made available in languages other than English.
To file a program complaint of discrimination, complete the USDA Program Discrimination Complaint Form, (AD-3027) found online at: https://bit.ly/3tUq1WN, and at any USDA office, or write a letter addressed to USDA and provide in the letter all of the information requested in the form. To request a copy of the complaint form, call 866-632-9992. Submit your completed form or letter to USDA by:
- Mail: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights,1400 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, D.C. 20250-9410;
- Fax: 202- 690-7442; or e
- Email: program.intake@usda.gov.
Raritan Valley Chinese School
Raritan Valley Community College
Raritan Valley Community College’s Arts & Design department will present a student theater production, "Spring Studio ’22," Wednesday, April 13, through Saturday, April 16, at 7 p.m., in the Welpe Theatre at the college’s Branchburg campus.
The studio production features a cast of 20 in scenes full of humor, all unified by their studio setting. The bill includes three offerings by RVCC Professor of Theatre Dennis Russo.
During the evening of stand-alone stories, audience member will witness the following and more: a first brave Valentine/Prom invitation; a well-meaning if strange ambush after a job termination; the Anime Club’s nerdy ranks declaring war with the Wrestlers and Thespian clubs; hospital waiting-room grace appearing via a crossword; a novice at prayer offering advice to God; a three-sibling, legally required attic rummage revealing perspective on parental love; a desperate and determined teen pursuing his New York City dance dream in 1954; and airport downtime when brothers finally learn to share—and love.
The Spring Studio ’22 production also will feature work by guest artist, playwright Roy Barry, a member of the Playwright and Directors Unit at New York City’s Actor’s Studio where several of his works have been presented. Barry’s performance resume of 30-plus years includes five Broadway shows: "Hello Dolly," "The Yearling," "Follies," "Coco" and "Maggie Flynn." The scene presented in "Spring Studio ’22" is from a memoir play, "A Bushwick State of Mind."
The cast includes: Omar Ahmed of Dunellen; Natasha Bird of Millington; Joshua Blankman of Basking Ridge; Rachel Calderon Montes of Zarephath; Curtis Glover of Franklin Township; Alyssa Graf of Hillsborough; Fio Grimaldi of Somerville; Marcus Hernandez of Hackettstown; Kathy McClain of Hillsborough; Joseph McDevitt of Annandale; Bradley Moore of Branchburg; Matthew Perez of Hatfield, Pennsylvania; Rolan Refugio Ramirez of Franklin Township; Katie Semon of Alpha; Madeline Shallop of Bound Brook; Genevieve Tenney of Montgomery; Chris Voelker of Flemington; Cam’Ron Wallace of Franklin Township and Max Warner of Middlesex.
Co-direction is by Dennis Russo of Wayne and Danielle Barry of Bridgewater. The crew includes Emily Torres of North Plainfield, stage management; Olena Sen of Bridgewater, properties; and Hannah Soria of Franklin Township, crew/house. Technical design/direction is by Kenny Savoy of Piscataway and Dave Porter of Clinton Township.
The event is free and open to the public. The production is approximately 90 minutes in length with an intermission. Spring Studio ’22 includes some mature content and language and is appropriate for ages 15 and older. For further information, call Arts & Design department at 908-218-8876.
Also: Prospective students and members of the public interested in learning about various occupations and career and educational paths are invited to attend four Careers Nights at Raritan Valley Community College in April. The programs are free of charge and will be held at the college’s Branchburg campus.
The April Career Nights will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. and will include information about the college’s academic programs in the featured disciplines. The following events have been scheduled:
- Tuesday, April 12: Engineering
- Thursday, April 14: Math & Computer Science
- Tuesday, April 26: Health Science
- Wednesday, April 27: Criminal Justice, Paralegal and Business
During the programs, participants will have the opportunity to speak with RVCC faculty members, meet with industry partners, and hear from keynote speakers on a variety of topics. Information about the admissions process at Raritan Valley Community College, including paying for college, also will be included.
To register for the Career Nights, visit www.raritanval.edu/visit.
Registration is now open for RVCC’s summer classes with sessions beginning May 23, June 13, and July 11. To learn more about the April Career Nights or taking summer classes at Raritan Valley Community College, contact Admissions at 908-526-1200 (select Option 2) or admissions@raritanval.edu. For additional information about summer classes, visit www.raritanval.edu/summer-classes.
Also: Students in Raritan Valley Community College’s Commercial Energy Management Technology (CEM-Tech) program are engaged in state-of-the-art, manufacturer-specific training focusing on software and hardware technology-building skills in Building Automation, Energy Auditing and Building Commissioning. The students are often guided by program graduates who have been successfully employed by leaders in the Building Automation field.
RVCC’s CEM-Tech students gain hands-on experience working with lab controllers, trainers, and software from such industry partners as Siemens, Johnson Controls, and Automated Logic — companies that hire RVCC program graduates. Students also utilize RVCC’s college campus as a living lab. Through the training, students also develop skills that assist them at job interviews.
Now in its fifth year of operation, the CEM-Tech program boasts a 100 percent hiring rate for graduates who plan to go into the workforce directly after graduating from RVCC. Many of these students secure employment even before they complete the program.
“As an employer, ATC Systems has had the privilege of working closely with Raritan Valley Community College for many years to find quality candidates. As a specialized contractor in the Building Automation industry, finding the best prepared candidates is vital to our continued success and we are pleased to say that Raritan Valley always provides us with well trained, reliable professionals. Raritan Valley’s Commercial Energy Management is a strong, well-prepared program that relates to our type of business. ATC Systems certainly recommends them to future students and other employers as we all build for the future,” said Annmarie Tullo Longi, chief financial officer, ATC Systems, Inc.
RVCC offers two options for students interested in CEM-Tech: a two-year Associate of Applied Science (AAS) degree, which prepares students for any level position in these fields, and a one-year Certificate program that trains incumbent workers with strong prior knowledge of HVAC systems for career advancement from HVAC into the world of automation and energy.
The AAS degree in Commercial Energy Management Technology prepares students to start careers as energy, facilities, operations, building, plant, and maintenance managers; energy auditors and/or technicians; maintenance supervisors; building and grounds superintendents; building automation technicians/programmers/engineers; project engineers and/or project managers; new construction technicians and/or sales associates. Graduates are qualified for employment with companies that service Building Management Systems, and/or physical plant departments in colleges, hospitals, and government buildings, commercial and industrial facilities.
The CEM-Tech Certificate is designed for the currently employed HVAC professional who is interested in acquiring additional skills that will help propel their career to the next level. It is also helpful for entry-level LEED and/or junior engineering majors who could benefit from learning the practical aspects of auditing, direct digital control, web-based networking and integration, and the commissioning process.
Job assistance is available for all CEM-Tech graduates, and the programs are eligible for federal and state student financial aid. To enroll in either program, students must have a high school diploma or equivalency.
For additional information about CEM-Tech options at RVCC, contact Program Coordinator Paul Flor at 908-526-1200, ext. 8577 or paul.flor@raritanval.edu or visit https://bit.ly/3qSLptv.
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Warren Middle School
Warren Middle School students in Donna Bardy’s English Language Arts (ELA) class recently finished reading the New York Times best-seller, "El Deafo," a graphic novel by Cece Bell. Throughout Bell’s story, the reader learns of Bell’s experiences growing up with hearing loss and her insecurities about using the phonic ear in a school setting where she is the only hearing-impaired student.
Bardy was moved by how her students responded to El Deafo and their positive reviews of the book. The students were very compassionate about her struggles trying to fit in. To provide the students with a special culminating experience, Bardy called upon Warren Middle School Teacher Karen Monti Balich for assistance.
Balich, a graduate of St. Joseph’s College in New York, earned a degree in Education and Communications with a concentration in Speech and Language. Balich started her career as a Teacher of the Speech and Hearing Handicapped, at St. Francis de Sales School, where she provided articulation and language therapy for students at their primary and secondary levels. It was at St. Francis de Sales School where Balich became proficient in American Sign Language (ASL).
Balich offered to give up her planning period and lunch break on Friday, March 25, to provide Bardy’s ELA classes with a lesson on ASL. The students were eager to listen and follow along with the lesson.
Balich prepared workbooks for each student with common words and phrases illustrated in ASL. Balich said ASL is a visual language requiring the use of the space in front of, around, and behind the communicator. The students learned very quickly how to sign their names.
Bardy was excited to see her students share their new knowledge of ASL with their peers in the following class.
Westfield Public Schools
Westfield High School 11th-grader Kevin Chen was selected to perform with the All-State Orchestra later this year. Chen, who plays the viola, joined other talented student musicians from around NJ in auditions on Saturday, March 19, that included all 12 major scales, three minor scales, and excerpts from Johann Sebastian Bach’s “Suite No. 2 in D Minor.”
Additionally, the WHS Wind Ensemble and Symphonic Band both received Gold Ratings at the Region II State Concert Band Festival during the week of Monday, March 21. “This is just the second time in school history that the Symphonic Band has received a Gold rating and they were the highest scoring Division II ensemble at the event,” said WHS band director Christopher Vitale.
Vitale said this is the ninth consecutive Gold rating by the Wind Ensemble, who finished third overall and also received an invitation to the State Band Gala to be held on Sunday, May 1.
“The Gala event features the top 12 scoring bands from across the entire state and this is our third invitation in school history,” Vitale said..
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Carolyn Sampson is Executive Office Assistant for the Courier News, The Home News Tribune and MyCentralJersey.com, and handles the weekly Student News page.
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Summer Youth Employment Program returns to Somerset and Hunterdon counties
The Summer Youth Employment Program, June 6 — Oct. 14, is returning to Somerset and Hunterdon counties for the third year in a row.
The program helps provide paid work experiences and internships for 60 young people in the two counties, as well as candidates to fill those positions.
Youth participants must be between the ages of 16 and 24, residents of Hunterdon or Somerset counties, and can be in school or out of school. Each participant will work 25 hours per week over any 8-week period. The participant’s stipend will be $15 per hour, totaling $3,000 for each participant.
Of that weekly total, 21 hours will be for the employers, and the other four hours per week will be spent on career readiness training using the SkillUp Greater Raritan online learning portal and a separate virtual life skills educational platform.
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“We want to ensure that our youth participants have a valuable summer work experience that sets them on lifelong career pathways and that our employer participants get the work assistance they need during the summer months,” the GRWDB’s Job Developer and Coordinator for the GRWDB Summer Youth Employment Program Jeanne Cassano said.
Currently, the program is looking for interested employers to help provide paid work experiences and internships. Any private, public, or non-profit employer in any industry of any size in Hunterdon and Somerset counties with available part-time positions may apply. These can be outdoor employment opportunities or on-site job work that abides by CDC guidelines.
More:Somerset County gets $1 million for Easton Avenue traffic safety study
Employers can submit a Request for Applications (RFAs) for the program at bit.ly/3Lo5P5p. Youth applicants interested in the program can apply at www.thegrwdb.org. The deadline for both applications is April 22.
Anyone with questions can contact Cassano at jcassano@co.somerset.nj.us or call 908-541-5785.
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Raritan Valley Community College to host cannabis info session
BRANCHBURG – Raritan Valley Community College is hosting a free cannabis info session and workshops for those interested in exploring career opportunities in the emerging cannabis industry.
The 90-minute event begins at 6 p.m. Wednesday in the Workforce Training Center at 118 Lamington Road. The event will feature presentations from subject-matter experts followed by workshops for young adults. Pizza also will be served.
“Educating our youth on this topic with the most up-to-date information is important to Visions and Pathways,” said Jennifer Amaya, director of outreach and prevention at Visions and Pathways, in a news release.
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The sessions will provide actionable insight into the current and future of the cannabis industry. Attendees will have the opportunity to participate in a discussion about the industry, N.J. cannabis laws, the health benefits and risks of cannabis, and career opportunities in this emerging regulated industry.
“Now more than ever, having access to reliable education about cannabis is important for our community,” Sarah Trent, founder of Valley Wellness and NJ Cannabis Certified, said.
More:Raritan Valley Community College will raise tuition. Here's how much
This event is a partnership between NJ Cannabis Certified and Valley Wellness, the Greater Raritan Workforce Development Board, and Visions & Pathways.
Speakers will include Trent; founder of Physicians Research Center Teresa A. Simon; packaging supervisor for Verano Holdings Sam Padro; Perry Shaw, executive Director of Trenton Parking Authority & Building a Better Way for Trenton; and Paul Grzella, director of the Greater Raritan Workforce Development Board .
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New Delhi: The prices of over 800 drugs, including life-saving medicines, will go up by more than 10 per cent from April 1.
Though the upper limit of the hike has not been declared, the National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) has clarified that the increase in Wholesale Price Index (WPI), compared to previous years, is 10.76 per cent and the hike in prices of medicines will be in consonance with this increase.
This is the highest one-time increase in the prices of medicines under price control regime, since the NPPA came into being in 1997. Last year, the hike was just 0.5 per cent, while it was two per cent in 2020.
The prices of various medicines have been increased, including paracetamol and antibiotics like azithromycin, medicines to prevent anaemia, vitamin-mineral tablets, medicines for diabetes and cardiac ailments and some medicines used for Covid treatment.
Pharmaceutical companies are permitted to increase the prices of non-scheduled drugs by 10 per cent annually, which does not come under price control. However, the NPPA has to give the go-ahead to increase the prices of medicines which come under price control. Of the total number of medicines sold, 16 per cent come under price control mechanisms.
The hike was demanded by pharma companies
The Indian Drug Manufacturers Association had urged the Central government in November to increase the price of scheduled drugs by 10 per cent.
They had pointed out the increase in cost of components required for drug manufacturing, packaging and import duty as the reasons for the demand.
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New Delhi: With the COVID-19 cases declining significantly over the past few weeks, several states have decided to lift all the pandemic-related restrictions, including the mandatory wearing of face masks.
Maharashtra, one of the worst-hit states, West Bengal, Himachal Pradesh and Nagaland announced that all curbs related to the viral disease would be lifted, while Delhi decided to do away with the mandatory wearing of face masks at public places.
The withdrawal of the COVID-19 curbs came almost two years after the pandemic struck in March 2020. It is expected that some other states may follow suit in the coming days.
At a meeting of the Delhi Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) chaired by Lt Governor Anil Baijal, it was decided that there will be no fine for not wearing face masks at public places in the national capital, officials said.
They added that the DDMA, however, is likely to issue an advisory for people, asking them to use masks at crowded places.
Currently, there is a fine of Rs 500 for not wearing masks at public places in Delhi.
In Maharashtra, the state government announced that all Covid-related curbs, including the wearing of masks, would be lifted from April 2.
The decision was taken at a cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray, Health Minister Rajesh Tope told reporters.
"From Gudhi Padwa (Marathi New Year which falls on April 2 this time), all COVID-19 related restrictions under the Epidemic Diseases Act and Disaster Management Act will be withdrawn," Tope said.
Wearing of face mask will be voluntary from April 2, he said.
Similarly, the West Bengal government said that all curbs related to the contagion would stand withdrawn from April 1.
In a notification, the government, however, stressed the use of masks and hygiene maintenance.
"Accordingly, it is hereby notified that restrictions as currently in force by aforesaid orders are hereby withdrawn. However, advisory in respect of health and hygiene protocols, including wearing of masks at all times, hand hygiene and sanitisation of public places shall continue to be strictly observed until further order," it stated.
The Himachal Pradesh government has also decided to withdraw COVID-19 restrictions after a steep decline in coronavirus cases in the state but advised people to continue using masks and maintain hand hygiene.
The Disaster management cell of the state revenue department issued the order on Thursday.
"Taking note of the present Covid situation in the state and after taking into consideration the overall improvement in the situation with a steep decline in positivity rate and preparedness of the government to deal with the pandemic, HPSDMA has decided that there may not be any further need to invoke the provisions of the Disaster Management Act for COVID-19 containment measures," it stated.
"Therefore, all the restrictions for containment of COVID-19 issued by the State Executive Committee (SEC) are hereby withdrawn."
In view of the continuous dip in coronavirus cases, the Union Home Ministry had decided to end all COVID-19 containment measures from March 31.
Meanwhile, with 1,260 new coronavirus infections reported in a day, India's Covid tally rose to 4,30,27,035, while the active cases dipped to 13,445, the Union health ministry said.
The death toll climbed to 5,21,264 with 83 fresh fatalities, the data updated at 8 am showed.
India's COVID-19 tally had surpassed the three-crore mark on June 23 last year.
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New Delhi/Guwahati: In a major outreach to the Northeast, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday announced reduction of the disturbed areas under the contentious AFSPA in Assam, Nagaland and Manipur from April 1, a decision wholeheartedly welcomed by the political leadership of the three states but greeted with cautious optimism by others who wanted the "draconian" law repealed in its entirety.
The move to curtail the areas under the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act came three months after the Central government constituted a high-level committee to examine the possibility of lifting the AFSPA in Nagaland, where the killing of 14 civilians in an army operation in December 2021, in a case of "mistaken identity", triggered massive protests.
In a series of tweets, Shah said: "In a significant step, GoI (Government of India) under the decisive leadership of PM Shri @NarendraModi Ji has decided to reduce disturbed areas under Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) in the states of Nagaland, Assam and Manipur after decades."
The home minister said the reduction in areas under AFSPA is the result of the improved security situation and fast-tracked development due to consistent efforts of the Modi government. He said several agreements were signed with militant groups to end insurgency and bring lasting peace to the Northeast.
"Thanks to PM @NarendraModi Ji's unwavering commitment, our North-Eastern region, which was neglected for decades is now witnessing a new era of peace, prosperity and unprecedented development. I congratulate the people of North East on this momentous occasion," he said.
The AFSPA has been in force for decades in the three Northeastern states to assist the armed forces operating there to tackle insurgency.
The AFSPA empowers security forces to conduct operations and arrest anyone without a warrant besides giving immunity from arrest and prosecution to the security forces even if they shoot someone dead.
There have been innumerable protests for complete withdrawal of the law from the Northeast as well as Jammu and Kashmir for its alleged "draconian" provisions.
Manipur's human rights activist Irom Chanu Sharmila waged the most remarkable fight against the law with her hunger strike that lasted 16 years, before she gave up her peaceful resistance on August 9 in 2016.
The disturbed area notification under AFSPA was completely removed from Tripura in 2015 and Meghalaya in 2018.
In Assam, where the disturbed area notification is in force in the entire state since 1990, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said, "I wholeheartedly welcome Adarniya PM Shri @narendramodi ji's decision to withdraw AFSPA from all areas of Assam barring nine districts and one subdivision.”
AFSPA to be withdrawn fully from 23 districts of Assam
Due to the significant improvement in the situation, the AFSPA is being removed with effect from April 1 completely from 23 districts and partially from one district of Assam.
The disturbed area declaration is in force in entire Manipur (except for Imphal municipality area) since 2004. With Thursday's decision, 15 police station areas in six districts of Manipur will be excluded from the disturbed area notification.
"This historic decision is a result of the robust development and improved security situation under various initiatives taken up by Hon'ble PM Shri @narendramodi Ji in the North East.
"This decision will lead to a new era of peace, prosperity and development in Manipur yet again," said Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh in a series of tweets.
“Grateful to GoI under the leadership of @PMOIndia Shri @narendramodi ji & @AmitShah ji for reducing disturbed areas under AFSPA in the states of Nagaland, Assam & Manipur. This is a significant development towards bringing stability, security & prosperity to the North East region,” Nagaland Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio, whose Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party (NDPP) is a BJP ally, tweeted.
Assam and Manipur have BJP governments.
Civil society, intellects cautiously optimistic
The reaction of civil society and intellectuals in Nagaland and Manipur varied from being cautiously optimistic to outright angry.
In Nagaland where the disturbed area notification is in force since 1995, Naga Hoho general secretary K Elu Ndang welcomed the development but said, Our demand is complete revocation of AFSPA from all Naga inhabited areas in particular and the North East region in general.
Naga Hoho is the apex organisation of Nagas in four Northeastern States - Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur and Nagaland.
Naga People's Front (NPF) secretary general Achumbemo Kikon said, "The Act (AFSPA) has acted only against democracy", and urged the Centre to consider its repeal.
Naga Mothers Association (NMA) advisor Rosemary Dzuvichu termed the decision very unfair" as the public demand was to repeal the Act which "violates every kind of human rights". Such small favours are unacceptable, Dzuvichu said. NMA is an influential civil society organisation in the state that has been plagued by insurgency for over six decades.
In Manipur, Director Human Rights Alert Babloo Loitongbam said, "We welome it. It is a step in the right direction but our movement for the repeal of AFSPA will continue."
Executive editor of The Frontier Manipur Paojel Chaoba, who was detained under the anti-terror law-- Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) in 2021 for an article published on the news web-portal, said, "We too welcome it for it is overdue. However, AFSPA should be revoked by the State....from the entire valley area of Manipur."
Manipur has a long history of civilian protests against the AFSPA. In November 2000, 10 civilians were gunned down by Assam Rifles troops at Malom Makha Leikai, near Imphal airport. The incident, provoked a young Irom Sharmila to start her legendary hunger strike against the AFSPA.
In 2015, AFSPA was in force in 3 districts of Arunachal Pradesh, 20 km belt of Arunachal Pradesh along the Assam border and in 16 police station areas in nine other districts of the state. It has been gradually reduced and the disturbed areas notification is currently in force in only three districts and in two police station areas in another district.
The disturbed area notification, while hitherto applied to the entire state of Nagaland, is being withdrawn from 15 police stations in 7 districts.
74% less militancy-related incidents in 2021
A home ministry spokesperson said in comparison to 2014, there has been a reduction of 74 per cent in militancy related incidents in 2021 in the Northeast. Similarly, the deaths of security personnel and civilians have also come down by 60 per cent and 84 per cent respectively during this period.
To realise the prime minister's vision of a peaceful and prosperous Northeast, the home minister has held talks with all the states of the region on a regular basis.
As a result, most of the extremist groups have laid down their arms, and expressed faith in the Constitution and the policies of the Modi government, the spokesperson said, adding about 7,000 militants have surrendered in the last few years.
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New Delhi/Guwahati: In a major outreach to the Northeast, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday announced reduction of the disturbed areas under the contentious AFSPA in Assam, Nagaland and Manipur from April 1, a decision wholeheartedly welcomed by the political leadership of the three states but greeted with cautious optimism by others who wanted the "draconian" law repealed in its entirety.
The move to curtail the areas under the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act came three months after the Central government constituted a high-level committee to examine the possibility of lifting the AFSPA in Nagaland, where the killing of 14 civilians in an army operation in December 2021, in a case of "mistaken identity", triggered massive protests.
In a series of tweets, Shah said: "In a significant step, GoI (Government of India) under the decisive leadership of PM Shri @NarendraModi Ji has decided to reduce disturbed areas under Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) in the states of Nagaland, Assam and Manipur after decades."
The home minister said the reduction in areas under AFSPA is the result of the improved security situation and fast-tracked development due to consistent efforts of the Modi government. He said several agreements were signed with militant groups to end insurgency and bring lasting peace to the Northeast.
"Thanks to PM @NarendraModi Ji's unwavering commitment, our North-Eastern region, which was neglected for decades is now witnessing a new era of peace, prosperity and unprecedented development. I congratulate the people of North East on this momentous occasion," he said.
The AFSPA has been in force for decades in the three Northeastern states to assist the armed forces operating there to tackle insurgency.
The AFSPA empowers security forces to conduct operations and arrest anyone without a warrant besides giving immunity from arrest and prosecution to the security forces even if they shoot someone dead.
There have been innumerable protests for complete withdrawal of the law from the Northeast as well as Jammu and Kashmir for its alleged "draconian" provisions.
Manipur's human rights activist Irom Chanu Sharmila waged the most remarkable fight against the law with her hunger strike that lasted 16 years, before she gave up her peaceful resistance on August 9 in 2016.
The disturbed area notification under AFSPA was completely removed from Tripura in 2015 and Meghalaya in 2018.
In Assam, where the disturbed area notification is in force in the entire state since 1990, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said, "I wholeheartedly welcome Adarniya PM Shri @narendramodi ji's decision to withdraw AFSPA from all areas of Assam barring nine districts and one subdivision.”
AFSPA to be withdrawn fully from 23 districts of Assam
Due to the significant improvement in the situation, the AFSPA is being removed with effect from April 1 completely from 23 districts and partially from one district of Assam.
The disturbed area declaration is in force in entire Manipur (except for Imphal municipality area) since 2004. With Thursday's decision, 15 police station areas in six districts of Manipur will be excluded from the disturbed area notification.
"This historic decision is a result of the robust development and improved security situation under various initiatives taken up by Hon'ble PM Shri @narendramodi Ji in the North East.
"This decision will lead to a new era of peace, prosperity and development in Manipur yet again," said Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh in a series of tweets.
“Grateful to GoI under the leadership of @PMOIndia Shri @narendramodi ji & @AmitShah ji for reducing disturbed areas under AFSPA in the states of Nagaland, Assam & Manipur. This is a significant development towards bringing stability, security & prosperity to the North East region,” Nagaland Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio, whose Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party (NDPP) is a BJP ally, tweeted.
Assam and Manipur have BJP governments.
Civil society, intellects cautiously optimistic
The reaction of civil society and intellectuals in Nagaland and Manipur varied from being cautiously optimistic to outright angry.
In Nagaland where the disturbed area notification is in force since 1995, Naga Hoho general secretary K Elu Ndang welcomed the development but said, Our demand is complete revocation of AFSPA from all Naga inhabited areas in particular and the North East region in general.
Naga Hoho is the apex organisation of Nagas in four Northeastern States - Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur and Nagaland.
Naga People's Front (NPF) secretary general Achumbemo Kikon said, "The Act (AFSPA) has acted only against democracy", and urged the Centre to consider its repeal.
Naga Mothers Association (NMA) advisor Rosemary Dzuvichu termed the decision very unfair" as the public demand was to repeal the Act which "violates every kind of human rights". Such small favours are unacceptable, Dzuvichu said. NMA is an influential civil society organisation in the state that has been plagued by insurgency for over six decades.
In Manipur, Director Human Rights Alert Babloo Loitongbam said, "We welome it. It is a step in the right direction but our movement for the repeal of AFSPA will continue."
Executive editor of The Frontier Manipur Paojel Chaoba, who was detained under the anti-terror law-- Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) in 2021 for an article published on the news web-portal, said, "We too welcome it for it is overdue. However, AFSPA should be revoked by the State....from the entire valley area of Manipur."
Manipur has a long history of civilian protests against the AFSPA. In November 2000, 10 civilians were gunned down by Assam Rifles troops at Malom Makha Leikai, near Imphal airport. The incident, provoked a young Irom Sharmila to start her legendary hunger strike against the AFSPA.
In 2015, AFSPA was in force in 3 districts of Arunachal Pradesh, 20 km belt of Arunachal Pradesh along the Assam border and in 16 police station areas in nine other districts of the state. It has been gradually reduced and the disturbed areas notification is currently in force in only three districts and in two police station areas in another district.
The disturbed area notification, while hitherto applied to the entire state of Nagaland, is being withdrawn from 15 police stations in 7 districts.
74% less militancy-related incidents in 2021
A home ministry spokesperson said in comparison to 2014, there has been a reduction of 74 per cent in militancy related incidents in 2021 in the Northeast. Similarly, the deaths of security personnel and civilians have also come down by 60 per cent and 84 per cent respectively during this period.
To realise the prime minister's vision of a peaceful and prosperous Northeast, the home minister has held talks with all the states of the region on a regular basis.
As a result, most of the extremist groups have laid down their arms, and expressed faith in the Constitution and the policies of the Modi government, the spokesperson said, adding about 7,000 militants have surrendered in the last few years.
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New Delhi: The Congress on Thursday extended its special membership drive by 15 days. It will now conclude on April 15.
The membership drive was to end on March 31, according to the schedule for the party's internal elections.
"Congress President has approved the proposal of the AICC general secretaries and in-charges for extension of the Special Membership Drive for 15 days," All India Congress Committee (AICC) general secretary (organisation) K C Venugopal said in a tweet.
"The drive will now close on the 15th of April 2022, without affecting the schedule of Organisational Elections approved by the CWC," he also said.
Sources said the party has already made over 1.25 crore new members during the membership drive.
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Things have just not gone Marquette’s way this season.
Two one goal losses, one in double overtime to Drexel. One two goal loss in a game that was tied with 21 minutes to play. A series of injuries to starters, or in the case of Nolan Rappis, a freshman who was making everyone say “oh, let’s see what he’s got to say this season” when he got hurt.
This, that, and the other, and boom: Marquette is just 2-6 on the year with just one win in their last seven games. They’re riding a three game losing streak, including their most demoralizing loss of the year last time out, a 16-9 thrashing at the hands of Air Force. Is thrashing too mean? It was 9-3 late in the second quarter and 15-8 midway through the fourth even with Marquette posting a 4-0 run in the middle of that. Thrashing still feels right.
The question is whether or not head coach Andrew Stimmel can get his charges to put all of that behind them. Just six games remain in the regular season. Five of them, including Saturday’s home contest, are Big East games. Those five games — and perhaps very specifically the first two — will determine whether or not Marquette makes it to the Big East tournament this year. Winning that tournament was stated as a goal for this campaign, and, uh, well, I don’t want to doubt anyone here and create some bulletin board material, but MU has not looked like the kind of team that can actually pull that off, not with Georgetown ranked #3 in the country and two more BE squads in the top 20 at the moment.
But put that aside for a moment. That part doesn’t matter right now. What does matter is figuring out how to get enough wins in Big East play to get into that tournament. The pathway to the top four in the Big East gets a lot — AND THE ROCK MEANS A LOT — harder if MU doesn’t get the W on Saturday. That’s just the way it is.
So. Focus on those 60 minutes of lacrosse. Do what needs to be done to end up high fiving at the end of it, and worry about next week when next week gets here.
Big East Game #1: vs Providence Friars (5-4, 0-0 Big East)
Date: Saturday, April 2, 2022
Time: 11am Central
Location: Andy Glockner Memorial Bubble, Valley Fields, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Streaming: FloSports
Live Stats: Sidearm Stats
Twitter Updates: @MarquetteMLax
Marquette is 6-3 all time against Providence. The Golden Eagles have won three of the last five meetings against the Friars after splitting last year’s home-and-home series with each team winning on the road. Two of the last four games have gone to overtime, including MU’s four overtime victory in Rhode Island last season in the most recent clash, and five of the nine all-time encounters have been decided by just one goal, including MU’s 10-9 win in the 2017 Big East championship game.
The Friars come into Saturday on a bit of an upswing. They have won three of their last four games, which is pretty good relative to their record. They needed a little bit of luck to get there in their last two wins, though. On the way to a 12-10 win, Providence took an 8-1 lead on Vermont midway through the second.... and then took about a full quarter off. The Catamounts cut the margin to just 8-6 in the meantime, and pulled within one goal, 9-8, heading into the fourth quarter. PC never lost the lead, but things got awfully twitchy when UVM made it a one goal game again with 94 seconds to go.
Then, following a 15-11 road loss to Fairfield, Providence managed a 10-9 overtime victory at home against Hofstra in their most recent contest. “Managed” is the best word there as the Pride went up 6-3 late in the second quarter and were leading 7-6 heading to the final frame as well. The Friars surrendered two goals to Hofstra in the fourth to fall behind 9-7 with nine minutes to go, but they got the tying goal from Jack Horrigan with just 34 seconds to play before getting the sudden victory gamewinner thanks to a Hofstra pushing penalty in extra time.
Somewhat thanks to those close wins in their last three victories, Providence is still underwater in the points department this season. They’ve been outscored 119-103 on the year, and they have an assists deficit as well, 67 to 51. Shots are mostly even, 46 allowed per game against 42.4 for on average, so it’s mostly about accuracy and a little bit of luck working against them right now.
Senior attackman Matt Grillo is the engine that makes things work for the Friars. He has 26 goals on the year, which means he’s just barely short of averaging a hat trick every time out. With that said, Hofstra did hold him without a goal, which is the first time that has happened all year. Freshman Ryan Bell has made an immediate impact in the midfield, recording at least one assist in every PC game this season after starting off the year with five helpers against Holy Cross. That has him at 22 on the year and thus in a tie with Grillo for the team lead in points at 28.
Marquette is also going to have to keep an eye on three guys who are averaging over a goal per game. Evan McGreen and Michael Chabra are both at 16 goals on the year, so they’re not too far from averaging two a night. McGreen also has 11 assists, so he’s just one point behind Bell and Grillo for the team lead in that column, and was in fact leading the team in points heading into the Hofstra game. He missed that one, though, so it’s safe to say that if he’s out again on Saturday, that will be helpful for the Golden Eagles. Chris Cusolito has 12 goals along with six assists, which has him averaging two points a night.
Michael Harris has started eight of nine games this season, with the lone miss coming against Sacred Heart on March 8th. He’s allowing 12.84 goals per 60 minutes of action, which is fine-ish. It’s fifth amongst regular netminders in the Big East so far this year, and with only six teams in the league, that’s not ideal. Harris is just slightly under 50% in save percentage at 49.7%, but that’s still good enough for the second best mark in the conference behind Georgetown’s Owen McElroy’s 63% rate.
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It’s time to get things started, as they say on The Muppet Show.
After 11 non-conference contests have left Marquette women’s lacrosse with a record of 5-6, it’s time to start off Big East play this weekend. It will be a five match schedule, as there are six teams in the Big East, and MU will play each opponent once. The four teams with the best records at the end of the five game slate will qualify for the conference tournament. It’s safe to say that tiebreakers can and almost assuredly will play a big part in deciding who goes where in what seed or who even qualifies for the tournament, so each game is quite important.
I don’t know if it’s good news or bad news, but Marquette has drawn a Big East schedule that has them starting and ending league play against the two teams that are currently ranked in the Inside Lacrosse/IWLCA top 25. The upside is that you immediately get to put one of the two games in your rear view mirror and focus on the other four games, three of which are against teams not ranked in the poll. The bad news is, at least for this year’s version of Marquette, that you’re not likely to start out the schedule 1-0.
The definite bad news for Marquette is that they play both of these two teams on the road. That’s not an ideal situation, you’d like to get at least one in the Valley...... but that also means that the Golden Eagles host the other three squads by luck of the draw giving Marquette three home games this year in league play.
Big East Game #1: at #21 Connecticut Huskies (9-1, 0-0 Big East)
Date: Saturday, April 2, 2022
Time: 11am Central
Location: Morrone Stadium, Storrs, Connecticut
Streaming: FloSports
Live Stats: Stat Broadcast
Twitter Updates: @MarquetteWLax
Marquette is 1-7 all time against Connecticut. The two teams met up in each of MU’s first six seasons as a Division 1 program, with MU’s lone win in the series came at Valley Fields in the sixth year aka the 2018 season. UConn left for the AAC at that point when the league started sponsoring the sport, but returned to the Big East for last spring along with the rest of the athletic department. The two teams played twice at Valley Fields as part of the COVID protocols last season with the Huskies winning both games.
It’s not that UConn is 9-1 on the season and ranked #21 in the country right now. It’s that the Huskies have barely been challenged by their opponents so far this season. This isn’t say they don’t deserve that ranking, I’m just saying they’re mowing people down. After sneaking past Fairfield on the road by two in their opener and falling to then-#13 James Madison in a neutral site game, 13-7, Connecticut’s offense has been roaring.
They’ve scored at least 15 goals in every game of their current eight game winning streak, and they’ve cleared 20 in half of the wins, including last time out against Columbia. Three of the wins have been by at least 10 goals, and they have another nine goal win (23-14 over UMass Lowell, their highest offensive output of the season) and a six goal victory (20-14 over Cornell) in there as well. Marquette might be able to put goals on the board regularly as UConn has allowed at least 10 goals in eight of their 10 games this year, but keeping up with the Huskies or even just slowing them down on the other end is going to be the biggest area of concern on Saturday.
To make matters more complicated, UConn has four women averaging at least two goals a game. The team leader right now is Sydney Watson, who is rolling up a hat trick on average at 3.4 goals per game. Kate Shaffer is just barely off that three per pace at 29 goals in 10 games, while Lia LaPrise (2.5) and Grace Coon (2.3) qualify as UConn’s tertiary scoring options. That’s frightening, honestly. Watson, Shaffer, and LaPrise are all averaging at least an assist per game as well with LaPrise holding the team lead at 12 assists. I would imagine that it gets easy to rack up assists when you have multiple teammates who are a threat to score a hat trick in every game, but that doesn’t make UConn any less dangerous to defend.
Landyn White has played all but about an hour’s worth of minutes in net, so it seems likely that she’ll get the nod again in this one. The 5’7” senior from Georgia’s stats don’t jump off the page at you: 11.45 goals against average, .505 save percentage, just over 10 saves per game. That’s not earthshakingly great, but with the offense pouring in goals, White merely has to be respectable for the Huskies to come away with wins.
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We’ve already done two articles on guys in the transfer portal that the Marquette men’s basketball coaching staff has been in contact with so far. If you haven’t seen those yet, they are here and here. Please enjoy at your leisure.
There are, of course, more names to consider, and that’s why we have reconvened again. Hilariously, two more names got added to this list after I had already opened the document to start putting this together. I presume there will be a fourth article in the future, because that’s just how these things go.
But first, an update on some guys that we already talked about, with one good piece of news amongst three updates.
Noah Carter — In the Final Five
UNI transfer Noah Carter (@noah3carter) has a final 5 of Virginia Tech, Missouri, Marquette, Arkansas and Florida, he told @Stadium.
— Jeff Goodman (@GoodmanHoops) March 31, 2022
The 6-foot-6 sophomore averaged 15 points and 4.1 rebounds this past season and is one of the most coveted transfers out there.
Jaylan Gainey — Florida State
Excited to announce my commitment to Florida State University! Appreciative to all my coaches, family and friends who helped me through this process! #newblood #seminoles pic.twitter.com/abMl7WC5bg
— Jaylan Gainey (@SlimJaylan) March 30, 2022
Taylor Funk — Utah State
Excited to announce my commitment to Utah State #GoAggies pic.twitter.com/HYoJnIbYZ5
— Taylor Funk (@taylor_swishh) March 31, 2022
Before we go further, I want to drop in Ye Olde Scholarshipe Charte:
As you can see, we know that Marquette has one scholarship spot available for the 2022-23 season. That could balloon up to two spots if Justin Lewis elects to pursue a pro career, but as things stand right this second, he hasn’t announced that he’s even testing the waters and getting evaluations yet. It’s also worth noting that MU does not have an projected seniors on the roster for the fall, so whatever spaces end up as available will be the same number of spaces available in 2023-24 as well.
Onwards to new names to watch!
Patrick Cartier
Marquette, Colorado, UW-Green Bay, and UW-Milwaukee are among those who have reached out to Hillsdale transfer Patrick Cartier.
— Evan Flood (@Evan_Flood) March 30, 2022
Two-time D2 All-American. Averaged 22 points, 6 rebounds, and shot 66.0 percent last season. pic.twitter.com/PLG7wy57gG
Hillsdale College lists Cartier on their roster at 6’8” and 220 pounds. His 22 points per game were the best on the team by a long stretch as he was the only guy in double digits, and his 6.1 rebounds per game ended up as second best on the squad. He also averaged 2.4 assists per game in 2021-22 as the Chargers went 23-8 before falling in the Elite Eight of the Division 2 national championship tournament.
The Brookfield East graduate has played three seasons at Hillsdale, but one of those was the 2020-21 campaign that goes in the books as the free eligibility season. He definitely has one season of eligibility to use, and Cartier would have that COVID bonus season to use if he wanted to do so.
Cartier has been remarkably consistent in his three seasons at Hillsdale. 16.1/6.1/1.2 as a redshirt freshman, then 20.5/6.2/1.8, and then the 22/6/2 this past season. His shooting has been pretty even across the board, going from 64.3 to 65.1 to 66.0 this season, and slowing moving his attempts per game up each season as well. He’s also been a consistent three-point shooter, hitting at least 42% of his attempts in each season, but he’s never even touched two attempts per game even at that conversion rate.
I don’t think it’s a jump to think that a Division 2 All-American can contribute at the Division 1 level. I think it’s reasonable to wonder if he’s still going to be able to be a 22/6/2 guy, but I also don’t think that Shaka Smart would be asking Cartier to do that, either. Score when you can, grab all the rebounds, step out and hit some threes? Seems reasonable and a definite positive addition to the MU roster.
Manny Bates
Florida, Auburn, Marquette, Ole Miss, Georgetown and Texas A&M have all reached out about NC State transfer forward Manny Bates.
— Justin Byerly (@JustinByerly) March 31, 2022
The first thing that we have to say here is that Bates essentially did not play at all in 2021-22, as he suffered a season ending shoulder injury after playing a minute against Bucknell in NC State’s opener.
The second thing that we have to say here is that the 6’11”, 230 pound Bates came into college just barely outside the top 100 according to 247 Sports, and was a more than competent option in the middle for the Wolfpack in the two seasons that he played. He started in 49 of 53 appearances and averaged 7.2 points, 4.9 rebounds, and 2.8 blocks in just over 22 minutes an outing. Bates was a particularly adept offensive rebounder, ranking in the top 250 in the country in OR rate per KenPom.com in both of his two years of action. That probably has a lot to do with why Bates is a career 65% shooter on two-point attempts.
Wait, why am I putting effort in here? Paint Touches and The Athletic already did it for me.
Seriously, I don't think I've seen a more perfect fit for what #mubb needs from the portal. Who's got the Kolek cut ready?https://t.co/dww4mZMwTY pic.twitter.com/uK2o8XgeDy
— Paint Touches (@PaintTouches) March 31, 2022
I’m not 100% sure about Bates’ eligibility status. He is graduating from NC State this spring as this was his fourth season there after redshirting in 2019 due to an injury. If you think of 2022 as his free season of eligibility due to COVID, then I think he would still have two seasons available to him.... but how many years does a guy want to be in college when he’s already been there for four seasons?
Warren Washington
Nevada transfer Warren Washington (@5warrenw) tells me he has heard from:
— PortalUpdates (@portal_updates) March 31, 2022
Arizona state
Saint Mary’s
Marquette
SDSU
Butler
Arkansas
Washington
Illinois
Missouri
Notre Dame
BYU
UCSB
LSU
Florida
Boise St
Colorado State
San Francisco
Pitt
NC State
Look, I’m just going to tell you now that if he picks Marquette and does what the Golden Eagles need him to do to at a high level, I’m nicknaming him The Archangel.
Standing 7 feet tall and listed at 225 pounds this past season by Nevada, it would seem that Washington fits right in with what the Marquette roster needs the most right now. After starting out his college career as a mostly unheralded prospect at Oregon State and playing a bit role for the Beavers, he transferred to Nevada. He then transferred to Nevada and following his redshirt year in 2019-20, Washington was an almost every game starter for head coach Steve Alford. 46 starts in 48 appearances the last two years, where he averaged 10.2 points and 6.2 rebounds per game. His numbers were mostly the same in the 2021 and 2022 seasons, but he doubled his blocks per game in Year Two even though he was only playing about two more minutes per night on average.
The advanced stats match up to the raw numbers you’re seeing there. Washington was top 250 in rebounding rate in both of the past two years, including coming in at #104 in offensive rebounding rate this past year. He was also a top 300 shot blocker in terms of rate, including top 100 at 6.3% this past season. He’s also an incredibly effective scorer around the rim, shooting .589 overall on two-point attempts, maxing out at .608 in 2021-22.
It’s reasonable to wonder how much of a workload that Washington can take on, as he played in just 54.8% of Nevada’s minutes in 2021, and only cracked past 30 minutes once for the Wolf Pack in the 2022 campaign. He also had a stretch of eight games that he missed this past season, but that was due to a fractured finger and some dislocations. That shouldn’t be anything that bothers him once November 2022 rolls around.
Washington will have one season of eligibility available to him for sure, as well as a COVID bonus season if he would be interested in that.
Zach Wrightsil
Sources: Loyola New Orleans (NAIA) grad transfer Zach Wrightsil is receiving interest from the following programs.
— Jon Rothstein (@JonRothstein) March 31, 2022
Marquette
TCU
Virginia Tech
Loyola Chicago
North Texas
Howard
Yep, Shaka Smart is shaking the branches all the way down to the NAIA ranks. Wrightsil is listed as a 6’7”, 205 pound forward out of Texas. He’s been one of the Wolf Pack’s most important players ever since arriving in New Orleans, and he capped his time there in a very memorable way. Not only did he lead the team in scoring at 18.7 points per game while adding 8.8 rebounds, 3.6 assists, and 2.2 steals, but Loyola also won the NAIA national championship.
That came by way of a 75-70 overtime win against Lewis-Clark State College back on March 20th. Wrightsil was great in that one, going for a game high 27 points, getting a double-double thanks to 10 rebounds, and added two steals and an assist. This came after being named to the all-tournament team a year ago when he averaged 23.6 points, 8.3 rebounds, and 4.3 assists in knockout play.
I am curious about what Shaka Smart and his staff particularly see in Wrightsil for the MU roster. He won’t be playing center for the Golden Eagles, not with Oso Ighodaro and Keeyan Itejere on the roster. With that said, Wrightsil is not a three-point shooter at all in the slightest. He went just 4-for-27 (14.8%) from long range this past season. Nothing in his Loyola bio makes note of his long range shooting, so that feels like a pretty solid example of what exactly he’s capable of from outside. There’s nothing wrong with not being able to shoot the three..... but Smart has said in the past that his guys are going to need to be able to do that.
Wrightsil played for four years at Loyola, so it seems safe to say that he will be only available for one more season.
Ali Ali
Georgia, Marquette, Pittsburgh, Ohio State, NC State, Georgia Tech, Florida, Virginia Tech, Saint Louis, Memphis, among the newest schools to reach out to Akron transfer Ali Ali, he told @Stockrisers. https://t.co/FYkuntUtG8
— Jake (@jakeweingarten) April 1, 2022
Ali is a 6’8”, 196 pound wing from Kendallville, Indiana. He started off his time at Akron as a starter for the Zips, but by the end of the season, he was relegated to the bench and minimal minutes. Since then, Ali has been starting pretty much every night for head coach John Groce. This past season, he exploded to the forefront of the roster, leading the team in scoring at 13.9 points a night.
He did that mostly by scoring inside, converting twos at a 49% clip, but Ali was efficient from outside this year as well. He attempted 3.5 long range shots per game and knocked in 41% of them.
I don’t want to say that he’s only a scorer, but that’s definitely the role that the Zips had him in this past year. Ali’s rebounding numbers took a bit of a knock, going from 3.4 to just 2.9 per game in 2021-22. The rate numbers on KenPom.com line up with that kind of a drop. Let’s call it he can rebound his position well, if said position is wing. While Ali might be 6’8”, he’s probably never going to turn into a dominant force inside if he’s in the ballpark of 200 pounds.
Wherever he does end up, Ali will be on what we would normally call his senior year of eligibility, but he does have that COVID bonus season floating around in his back pocket if that’s something he wants to do.
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Selah voters will decide this November if the city will borrow money to build a new home for the police department.
While approving a bond ballot question at its March 22 meeting, Selah City Council members held off on the question of how long the city should take to pay off the debt for a law and justice center until they get additional information on interest rates and payment schedules.
The city is in the process of designing a new building to house the police department and the Selah Municipal Court, as well as serve as a council meeting venue.
Currently, the department operates out of a rented building at 617 S. First St. The city pays $5,000 a month to rent the building, as well as cover costs for maintenance and taxes.
Police Chief Dan Christman, in an earlier interview, said the current building is in a location where traffic makes it difficult for police to respond at morning and afternoon rush hours. It also lacks a secure entrance for bringing in detainees, soundproof interview rooms and places where officers can write reports in relative privacy.
The city commissioned Mackenzie, a Seattle-based architectural firm, to design the new building. Earlier, council members opted to go with a design priced at about $12.6 million, but are looking at places where costs can be trimmed back, such as exterior landscaping and flooring materials.
At the council meeting, council members initially discussed putting a 25-year bond out for public approval in November, but Council Member Jared Iverson questioned if a different time frame would affect interest rates and the city’s ability to pay it off sooner.
“I agree with the motion to go forward,” Iverson said. “I don’t want to close the door on the term just yet.”
Selah Clerk/Treasurer Dale Novobielski said a 30-year bond could be more likely paid off in a 25-year time frame, and that as the city will have a better sense of interest rates closer to the election.
The council unanimously passed the motion without stipulating the term of the bond.
If voters approve, the city would build the planned law and justice center in the 300 block of West Naches Avenue, across the street from Lince Elementary School on city-owned property.
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This week's show was recorded remotely with host Peter Sagal, official judge and scorekeeper Bill Kurtis, Not My Job guest Slash and panelists Cristela Alonzo, Tom Papa and Maeve Higgins. Click the audio link above to hear the whole show.
Who's Bill This Time
Oscar The Ouch!; The Sounds of Oval Office Silence; and Time Saving Button
Panel Questions
Call of Diaper Duty
Bluff The Listener
Our panelists tell three stories about three colors in the news, only one of which is true.
Not My Job: We ask Slash about sashes
Slash is one of the greatest guitarists of all time, and while he knows his way around a fretboard, we've invited him here to answer three questions about sashes, specifically those presented at beauty pageants.
Panel Questions
What Lies Behind the Mask; Grand Old Key Party; and Fundamentals of Fun
Limericks
Bill Kurtis reads three news-related limericks: Undeliverable No More; MetalGear: Scents of War; and First Class Party Plane.
Lightning Fill In The Blank
All the news we couldn't fit anywhere else.
Predictions
Our panelists predict what will be the big story out of next year's Oscars.
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New Delhi: A spate of electric scooters catching fire in India, including one made by SoftBank-backed Ola Electric, is sparking safety concerns among some buyers, in an early setback for a nascent sector Prime Minister Narendra Modi is bullish about.
India wants electric scooters and motorbikes to make up 80% of total two-wheeler sales by 2030, from about 2% today, and Modi's administration is offering companies billions of dollars in incentives to locally manufacture electric vehicles (EVs.)
Sales of electric scooters more than doubled this year, but at least for some prospective buyers, the fires are cause to think twice.
On Saturday, a video of an Ola e-scooter engulfed in flames went viral online, triggering a rare government probe. A scooter from startup Pure EV also caught ablaze and a burning Okinawa Autotech Pvt bike killed two people. The companies say they are investigating the incidents.
Three potential buyers told Reuters they were deferring purchase plans, and dozens posted concerns on social media this week with several saying they were reconsidering whether it was the right time to go electric.
"I had done a lot of research but I am now reconsidering the decision. I will buy a regular motorcycle," said Praharsh Mahadevia, 28, an engineer from the western city of Ahmedabad.
Nayeem Quadri, an Indian journalist, is also having "second thoughts due to these repeated instances of fires," he said.
The electric mobility push is critical for Modi's climate change and carbon reduction goals.
Following the Ola incident, Modi's government told lawmakers in the Indian parliament it will take "appropriate action" against the manufacturers once the investigations are complete.
Some in government circles say globally vehicles have been recalled by automakers in cases of fires.
"This is a sunrise sector and anything negative is bound to have a detrimental impact," said Randheer Singh, director for electric mobility at government think-tank Niti Aayog.
"How the situation is tackled will determine how consumer faith and confidence is maintained," he said.
"UP IN FLAMES"
Video footage of the Ola fire showed one of its popular black-coloured S1 Pro scooters emitting smoke before quickly being engulfed in fire on a busy street in the western city of Pune.
The Okinawa Autotech incident was more deadly. The company said a man and his daughter died when their e-bike "went up in flames". It cited the police statement which said the likely cause was an electrical short circuit while charging.
Jasmeet Khurana, who leads the World Economic Forum's initiative on electric mobility in India and emerging markets, said buyers may forgive one-off incidents given the popularity of the cheap-to-run bikes. But, he said, companies must do more to address the concerns.
"The market will continue to grow rapidly but it can grow faster without such incidents," he said.
Although most people still use petrol-guzzling motorbikes to travel on crowded Indian roads, E-scooter sales are leading India' clean mobility revolution.
Annual sales are expected to cross 1 million units by March 2023, from 150,000 a year ago, industry data showed. Ola Electric, valued at $5 billion, is making 1,000 scooters a day and has plans to manufacture electric cars and battery cells locally.
Tarun Mehta, chief executive of Tiger Global-backed e-scooter maker, Ather Energy, told Reuters that despite the fires, his sales had been unaffected.
"There is no question of demand derailing. While the incidents are unfortunate, we can't deny the fact that EVs are here to stay and the shift to electric has begun," he said.
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A no-nonsense chemist becomes a TV cooking-show sensation in the new novel "Lessons in Chemistry." Scott Simon talks with author Bonnie Garmus about her book.
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A no-nonsense chemist becomes a TV cooking-show sensation in the new novel "Lessons in Chemistry." Scott Simon talks with author Bonnie Garmus about her book.
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Casey Luong made his first post on SoundCloud five years ago under the moniker keshi, when he posted a dreamy, echoing track about heartbreak. Since then, he's straddled several different worlds, first working as an oncology nurse in Texas while uploading his musical creations online, to becoming a popular artist with an upcoming headline tour.
The Vietnamese American artist has become known for his lo-fi sound, laced with his signature falsetto, delicate guitar and piano melodies, and lyrics that touch on loneliness and desire. Here, keshi speaks with Weekend Edition about his debut album, GABRIEL, and how it's an ode to his new sense of bold confidence, his blurred sense of musical identity and an unwavering connection to home and the people he holds close to his heart.
This interview has been edited for length and clarity.
Scott Simon, Weekend Edition: How do you go from being an oncology nurse in Texas to a popular musician?
keshi: It was a long road for sure. I've always loved music. I've been playing the guitar since I was 13 years old, and I'm 27 now. And it never seemed like a practical career choice; definitely not to my parents. [I] always wanted to have something sort of stable for myself, I kind of envisioned myself being more of a family man who kind of just — not literally — but mentally slept through work, so I could come home and make music on my downtime. I've always loved music, and it's been my dream to pursue it the past few years.
Let me ask you about this whirlwind of a year. The track, "WESTSIDE," seems to speak to this feeling of being overwhelmed. When you become a success, so quickly, is there also a tinge of fear that it can disappear just as quickly?
Absolutely. Especially when I've been on the other side of having worked a job that I wasn't as passionate about as I am about this one. "WESTSIDE" is a song some fans perceive to be romantic, but it's less about my partner and more about family. Actually, I was in California writing [music] at the time, and I think the feeling of homesickness had finally started to catch up with me. As romantic as going to LA and being in a recording studio and living my dreams can be, there are trades that you have to make. I've never had wanderlust like some of my friends did back in high school when they graduated; they were so excited to go to New York, they were so excited to go to LA or abroad. But as long as I was surrounded by my loved ones and I could make music at the end of the day, that's all I really wanted.
Tell us about [the album's] first track, "GET IT." Are you trying to welcome people with this track?
Oh, absolutely.. I've been known for sort of a gentle sound — or a romantic one. And I wanted to make a statement with this debut album that there are a variety of sounds that I want to try. In the past, I've been sort of afraid of venturing out too far for fear of losing that core fanbase. But if there was ever time to make that statement, it would have to be with the debut record, and "GET IT" is a song that showcases a new sort of bravado and confidence that I've been feeling the past couple of years that I wanted to put on display. But it is two-sided in the sense that it does deal with this braggadocious kind of feeling, but also talks about how I deal with drowning in it almost. At the very end of the song, there's an acoustic part where I talk about [how] I'm not quite sure who I am anymore. I'm getting confused between myself and my artist persona a little bit, and just wanting to stay centered.
The track "PÈRE," translates to "father" in French. It's an all-dialogue interlude, all in French, which is a language that your father learned as a child in Vietnam. The track starts off with: "I would like to tell myself, don't worry; that everything will be fine, everything will be fine, because I was afraid."
I was missing my family back at home, and I just thought it would be poignant for my dad to come in [and record himself], and I prompted him. I said, Dad, if you had anything to say to your 18-year-old self, what would you say? It was my roundabout way of asking him for advice. So I had him come into my studio, in my house in Houston. I don't speak French, but my dad did when he was a youth in Vietnam, before he left during wartime. At the end of the recording session, I had to ask him, Dad, can you transcribe this for me, I need to give it to the record label so that we all know what you said. And he translated it for me and I typed it in my notepad in my MacBook, and I teared up. I had to really pull myself back together because we don't show emotions like that. It was very, very special to hear him talk about [that]. Even my dad, my superhero of a dad, had a time in his life where he felt like things were falling apart.
Let me ask you about "GABRIEL." The title of the album, which is inundated with imagery and visions of angels, heaven, hell, demons. Why does that theme draw you in?
It wasn't something that I started from the beginning. It just kind of revealed itself to me. I'm not religious, but it was fun to write about where these sorts of things pop up in my life. Like, what is an angel to me in my life? Why does my life feel like limbo? And I've always loved the name Gabriel. Back when I was 18, I was like, I'm gonna name my son Gabriel. I'll call him Gabe, it was just, you know, romantic thinking with my partner. And midway through the album, it was time to give it a name. And I was like, why isn't having a record any different from naming a child? I don't have to be so precious about it. It essentially [goes] back to this thought about family and where my life is going right now. I think it's just a reflection of how incredibly personal the whole record is to me.
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CHICAGO – “I just want to always outdo myself from my previous project,” said Brian Flores, founder of indie rock band French Police. “I just want to be better each time.”
And better, Flores has become, at least according to the internet.
Although French Police has only existed in its current three-piece lineup for a little over a year, the band has steadily amassed a following of listeners around the country interested in their nostalgic brand of synth pop and post punk. Since launching, the group has amassed a quietly growing following, with numerous Instagram followers and more than 24,000 monthly listeners on Spotify. Their most popular track, “Hidalgo,” from 2019′s “Pedaleo Nocturno” EP has more than 215,000 listeners and counting.
Since growing in size with the addition of bassist Rolondo Donjuan and lead guitarist Manny Herrera in the spring of 2021, French Police’s ambitions have also grown, too. This summer, they’ll get to live out some of their largest dreams as they embark on their first West Coast tour.
French Police as a band was the result of years spent making the wrong kind of music in other bands that weren’t the right kind of fit. And even French Police itself has gone through numerous lineup changes, with Flores remaining the only constant after a fallout with other band members.
Reforming a band during the pandemic was difficult. Without the prospect of live shows to gain a local audience, the band was solely reliant on the possibilities of the internet.
“It was tough because, you know, we couldn’t play shows or anything like that. So everything was based off like whatever we’re just releasing on Spotify or whatever,” said Donjuan. “It was kind of frustrating because I remember we finally got to play a show like it was like a big deal.”
Yet the writing process itself never suffered. Flores, the group’s primary songwriter, records at home using a basic recording setup. Most of it is made by himself, randomly playing with the bass guitar and improvising sounds and lyrics until a song begins to form around it.
“In terms of like, making music, I think it was kind of like the best time because I was just isolated by myself. All I could do was really make music,” Flores said. “I usually try to finish a song the day that I’m making it. Just don’t want to lose the magic and all that.”
And although Flores takes inspiration from other bands or sounds (French Police’s music certainly recalls the cold acidity of European synth pop), he says his greatest source of inspiration is him challenging himself. “I want to make a song to completion, and just have it be something that I want to listen to over and over,” he added.
With the advantages of modern recording technology, the group was able to write and record together, even if they were not in the same room. One band member could send the other the parts they had completed while bouncing ideas off of each other from the comfort of their own homes. Although it was not an ideal situation, especially for a renewed band trying to capture its footing, it did help shape them into the sharp and sleek act they are today. Without the ease of in-person rehearsals and the immediate feedback of live shows in front of an audience, the band was forced to find what worked best for their group moving forward and based on their own tastes.
Such dire straits ultimately proved beneficial. Their first show with the new lineup took place in June 2021. The added consequences of not playing together and live for so long made the show a success. Later this summer, they’ll take their act on the road for a West Coast tour that includes stops in Seattle, Portland, Oregon, Las Vegas and Los Angeles, among others.
“I think with the kind of the success we’ve been having right now, it’s kind of made us take it even more seriously,” added Flores. “And like, it’s pushed us even more to be like, ‘Hey man, we have like a lot of potential. Let’s keep going. Let’s keep growing. Keep making better music.’”
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April evening skies have the bright winter constellations of Canis Major, Canis Minor, Orion, Gemini, Taurus and Auriga all shining in the western sky.
Overhead this month, you’ll find Leo easily picked out by the “Sickle,” which looks like a large reverse question mark punctuated by the bright star Regulus. You’ll find the Big Dipper due north of Leo, with their backs facing each other. The handle of the Big Dipper curves around and points to the bright star Arcturus in Bootes.If you continue to follow that curve, you will run into Spica, the brightest star in Virgo. If you look in front of Leo, you’ll spot a small, dim constellation called Cancer, which contains a lovely star cluster known as the Beehive that can be easily viewed through binoculars. At the other end of Leo is another small constellation known as Coma Berenices, which also contains a lovely binocular star cluster.
We have 12 stars this month of first magnitude or brighter; in order of brightness, they are: Sirius, Arcturus, Vega, Capella, Rigel, Procyon, Betelgeuse, Aldebaran, Spica, Pollux and Regulus. The thin band of the Milky Way is visible from dark skies along the western horizon, running from Cassiopeia through Perseus, Auriga, Gemini, Monoceros ending up in Canis Minor.
April has two nice planetary conjunctions. Early risers have probably been enjoying brilliant Venus in the morning sky. On April 1, you’ll see Saturn and Mars within 0.04 degrees of each other, slightly to the south and above Venus. Then, starting mid-April, early risers should watch bright Jupiter getting closer each day to brilliant Venus. They have their closest gathering on April 30, when they will be just 0.5 degrees apart. Venus and Jupiter won’t be this close again until the year 2039.
Gemini, the Twins, is an ancient constellation associated with the bright stars Castor and Pollux. Castor and Pollux represent the twins’ heads, and the stars of Gemini resemble two stick figures together with their feet stretched out toward Orion.
Castor is the more northern star of the twins. Gemini contains one Messier object, some impressive deep sky objects and has seven stars with known planets. Gemini has two meteor showers associated with it. The Geminids are an active meteor shower peaking around Dec. 13 with frequent and bright meteors. The Milky Way runs through the feet of the twins.
Castor is the alpha star in Gemini, but it is actually the second brightest star in the constellation. Pollux is slightly brighter than Castor, and there is speculation the twin stars were closer in magnitude thousands of years ago. Castor is a visual binary star system shining with a combined magnitude of 1.58. Each of the alpha binary stars are spectroscopic binaries, making them a four-star system.
All four of the Castor A and B stars are white main sequence stars that are hotter and larger than the sun. These four stars have two faint companion stars, which is an eclipsing binary star system, both of which are red dwarfs. This means that Castor is actually a system made up of six stars.
Castor is located about 51 light years away.
Pollux, a red giant star shining at 1.14 magnitude, is almost 34 light years away. It is about twice as massive as the sun, and about nine times the size of the sun.
Other named stars in Gemini are Alhena, Alzirr, Jishui, Mebsuta, Mekbuda, Propus, Tejat and Wasat.
Mebsuta marks Castor’s right leg, shining at magnitude 3.06. It is 840 light years away, and is 8,500 times more luminous than the sun, with a radius between 105-175 times that of the sun.
The star U Geminorum is a cataclysmic variable star that sits about 400 light years away. It is a binary star system with a white dwarf star orbiting closely to a red dwarf star orbit every 4 hours and 11 minutes. Around every 100 days, the star has an outburst, causing its luminosity to dramatically increase. The stars vary in brightness from 14.0 to 15.1 magnitudes, but can increase to ninth magnitude during outbursts.
The rich open star cluster Messier 35 can be found off the western foot of the twins. M35 covers an area of the sky as big as the full Moon. The cluster has an apparent magnitude of 5.3 and is about 2,800 light years from Earth. It is visible to the naked eye in dark skies as a glint on the sky and an easy target in binoculars. At 25 power in a telescope will show individual stars in this pretty open cluster.
An unusual looking nebula NGC 2392 can be found with larger telescopes in Gemini. It is also known as the Eskimo or Clown Face Nebula. It has a remarkable resemblance to a face surrounded by a fur parka.
NGC 2392 is a planetary nebula, or a spherical shell of gas ejected by aging stars, which glow from the energy radiating from the source star at the center of the nebula. The nebular has an apparent magnitude of 10.1 and is located about 2,870 light years away.
Two of our planets were discovered when they were in the constellation of Gemini. William Herschel discovered Uranus in Gemini in 1781, and Clyde Tombaugh discovered Pluto in Gemini in 1930. Pluto is now considered to be a dwarf planet.
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Women of the Moose Spring Bazaar: 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Moose Lodge, 409 S. 3rd St.
UW Music hosts “Double Reed Day”: 10 a.m., Buchanan Center for the Performing Arts. A unique opportunity to discover more about double-reed musical instruments culminating with a 3 p.m. concert. Registration begins at 9:30 a.m. followed by master classes.
UW planetarium presents “Back to the Moon for Good”: 2 p.m., UW Planetarium. What we’ve learned from our first era of space exploration.
Annual Ark Regional Services Casino Night: 5:30 p.m., UW Conference Center at the Hilton Garden Inn, 2221 Grand Ave. Tickets $60 each, available at facebook.com/arkregionalservices and arkregionalservices.org.
UW planetarium presents “Liquid Sky Indie”: 7 p.m., UW Planetarium. Enjoy a custom playlist of music from artists such as Tame Impala, STRFKR, MGMT and M83 as the 4K resolution sky melts and becomes a canvas of color, patterns and movement.
UW presents full-staged ballet: 7:30 p.m., Buchanan Center for the Performing Arts. Call 307-766-6666 or visit uwyo.edu/finearts for tickets.
SUNDAY
Walk with a Doc: 1:30-2:30 p.m., UW Fieldhouse. Hear from health care professionals and get your steps in.
UW presents full-staged ballet: 2 p.m., Buchanan Center for the Performing Arts. Call 307-766-6666 or visit uwyo.edu/finearts for tickets.
MONDAY
Alcoholics Anonymous meets: Daily at various times in person or on Zoom. For more information, call 307-399-0590 or visit area76aawyoming.org or aa.org.
Survivors of Suicide Support Group: Meets from 5:30-6:45 p.m. at Hospice of Laramie House, 1754 Centennial Drive.
Women for Sobriety meet: 6:30-8:30 p.m. via Zoom. For meeting details, email 1093@womenforsobriety.org.
TUESDAY
UW planetarium presents “Wyoming Skies”: 7 p.m., UW Planetarium. What’s up in the sky around Wyoming?
WEDNESDAY
Assistance for military veterans: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Laramie office of the Department of Veterans Affairs, 3817 Beech St. No. 100.
Laramie Tai Chi and tea: Meets at 1:30 p.m. at the north end of the stadium in Laramie Plainsman Park, North 15th and Reynolds. For more information, visit laramietaichiandtea.org.
Ivinson Medical Group women’s health prenatal education: 5:30 p.m., Ivinson Memorial Hospital in the Summit Conference Room. Learn more or register at ivinsonhospital.org/childbirth.
THURSDAY
Laramie Building Authority meets: 10 a.m., via Zoom.
Stitching the Past Together creative aging class: 6:30-8 p.m., Albany County Public Library large meeting room. Students will learn memory-based storytelling through beading techniques in this free course. Register at acplwy.org or at the circulation desk.
Lenten Taize worship services: 7 p.m., First Baptist Church, 1517 Canby St. Every Thursday through Easter.
UW Jazz Studies program presents the Art Lande trio Flex: 7:30 p.m., Buchanan Center for the Performing Arts. This is a free performance.
FRIDAY
UW planetarium presents “Aurorae, Dancing Lights”: 7 p.m., UW Planetarium. For millennia our ancestors looked in awe at the “dawn in the north,” or Arora Borealis. What causes this display? Where does it happen? Do other planets have aurorae?
Good in All of Us fundraiser for Laramie Interfaith: 7-9 p.m., Eppson Center for Seniors, 1560 N. 3rd St. Will include a silent auction, mini-games and a trivia contest. Trivia teams of up to five members register for $100 a team at https://bit.ly/3KILsjb.
April 9
Albany County 4-H Spring Bazaar: 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Albany County Fairgrounds.
Free cancer screenings: 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Ivinson Medical Group. Email questions@ivinsonhospital.org for more information.
UW Cello Festival concert: 5 p.m., Buchanan Center for the Performing Arts. A free performance by participants of the 2022 UW Cello Festival.
UW planetarium presents “Max Goes to the Moon”: 7 p.m., UW Planetarium. Max the dog and a young girl named Tori take the first trip to the moon since the Apollo era.
An evening of Schubert with Kenneth Slowik (and friends): 7:30 p.m., Buchanan Center for the Performing Arts. Tickets $10 general admission available at uwyo.edu/finearts.
April 11
Alcoholics Anonymous meets: Daily at various times in person or on Zoom. For more information, call 307-399-0590 or visit area76aawyoming.org or aa.org.
Survivors of Suicide Support Group: Meets from 5:30-6:45 p.m. at Hospice of Laramie House, 1754 Centennial Drive.
Women for Sobriety meet: 6:30-8:30 p.m. via Zoom. For meeting details, email 1093@womenforsobriety.org.
April 13
Laramie Tai Chi and tea: Meets at 1:30 p.m. at the north end of the stadium in Laramie Plainsman Park, North 15th and Reynolds. For more information, visit laramietaichiandtea.org.
Ivinson Medical Group women’s health prenatal education: 5:30 p.m., Ivinson Memorial Hospital in the Summit Conference Room. Learn more or register at ivinsonhospital.org/childbirth.
April 14
Stitching the Past Together creative aging class: 6:30-8 p.m., Albany County Public Library large meeting room. Students will learn memory-based storytelling through beading techniques in this free course. Register at acplwy.org or at the circulation desk.
Lenten Taize worship services: 7 p.m., First Baptist Church, 1517 Canby St. Every Thursday through Easter.
April 15
UW planetarium presents “Search for Extra-Terrestrial Life”: 7 p.m., UW Planetarium. Are we alone in the universe?
Laramie Tai Chi and tea: Meets at 1:30 p.m. at the north end of the stadium in Laramie Plainsman Park, North 15th and Reynolds. For more information, visit laramietaichiandtea.org.
April 16
Kiwanis Club of Laramie Easter Egg Hunt: 10 a.m., Kiwanis Park in West Laramie.
UW planetarium presents “Distant Worlds — Alien Life?”: 2 p.m., UW Planetarium. For millennia our ancestors watched the stars and questioned the origin and nature of what they saw. Yet, Earth is the only planet we know for sure to be inhabited.
UW planetarium presents “Liquid Sky, Pop”: 7 p.m., UW Planetarium. Enjoy a custom playlist from today’s top artists.
April 18
Walk with a Doc: 1:30-2:30 p.m., UW Fieldhouse. Hear from health care professionals and get your steps in.
April 18
Alcoholics Anonymous meets: Daily at various times in person or on Zoom. For more information, call 307-399-0590 or visit area76aawyoming.org or aa.org.
Survivors of Suicide Support Group: Meets from 5:30-6:45 p.m. at Hospice of Laramie House, 1754 Centennial Drive.
Women for Sobriety meet: 6:30-8:30 p.m. via Zoom. For meeting details, email 1093@womenforsobriety.org.
April 19
UW planetarium presents “Wyoming Skies”: 7 p.m., UW Planetarium. What’s up in the sky around Wyoming?
Stitching the Past Together creative aging class: 6:30-8 p.m., Albany County Public Library large meeting room. Students will learn memory-based storytelling through beading techniques in this free course. Register at acplwy.org or at the circulation desk.
April 20
Laramie Tai Chi and tea: Meets at 1:30 p.m. at the north end of the stadium in Laramie Plainsman Park, North 15th and Reynolds. For more information, visit laramietaichiandtea.org.
Award-Winning Author Jesmyn Ward speaks: 5 p.m., UW College of Arts and Sciences auditorium.
Ivinson Medical Group women’s health prenatal education: 5:30 p.m., Ivinson Memorial Hospital in the Summit Conference Room. Learn more or register at ivinsonhospital.org/childbirth.
April 22
UW planetarium presents “Earth Day”: 7 p.m., UW Planetarium. Observe our beautiful planet from the ground, sky and space as we learn about glaciers, atmospheric science, meteorology, extreme weather events and climate history.
Violin virtuoso Augustin Hadelich with UW Chamber Orchestra: 730 p.m., Buchanan Center for the Performing Arts. Tickets available at uwyo.edu/finearts.
April 23
UW planetarium presents “From Earth to the Universe”: 2 p.m., UW Planetarium. The night sky, both beautiful and mysterious, has been the subject of campfire stories, ancient myths and awe for as long as there have been people.
April 25
Alcoholics Anonymous meets: Daily at various times in person or on Zoom. For more information, call 307-399-0590 or visit area76aawyoming.org or aa.org.
Survivors of Suicide Support Group: Meets from 5:30-6:45 p.m. at Hospice of Laramie House, 1754 Centennial Drive.
Wyoming’s energy economy panel discussion: 6 p.m., online at uweconomists.eventbrite.com. Features four University of Wyoming economists.
Women for Sobriety meet: 6:30-8:30 p.m. via Zoom. For meeting details, email 1093@womenforsobriety.org.
America Sewing Guild Laramie Chapter meets: 7 p.m., United Methodist Church, 1215 E. Gibbon St.
April 27
Laramie Tai Chi and tea: Meets at 1:30 p.m. at the north end of the stadium in Laramie Plainsman Park, North 15th and Reynolds. For more information, visit laramietaichiandtea.org.
April 28
Stitching the Past Together creative aging class: 6:30-8 p.m., Albany County Public Library large meeting room. Students will learn memory-based storytelling through beading techniques in this free course. Register at acplwy.org or at the circulation desk.
April 29
UW planetarium presents “Mars”: 7 p.m., UW Planetarium. The red planet is host to many questions; did it used to be like Earth? Did it once harbor life? Could it still support life?
April 30
UW planetarium presents “Mexica Archaeoastronomy”: 2 p.m., UW Planetarium. Illustrates the important role played by astronomical observation for the evolution of pre-Hispanic cultures in central Mexico.
UW planetarium presents “Liquid Sky, Electronica”: 7 p.m., UW Planetarium. Enjoy a custom playlist of music from today’s top artists.
May 2
Alcoholics Anonymous meets: Daily at various times in person or on Zoom. For more information, call 307-399-0590 or visit area76aawyoming.org or aa.org.
Survivors of Suicide Support Group: Meets from 5:30-6:45 p.m. at Hospice of Laramie House, 1754 Centennial Drive.
Women for Sobriety meet: 6:30-8:30 p.m. via Zoom. For meeting details, email 1093@womenforsobriety.org.
May 5
Stitching the Past Together creative aging class: 6:30-8 p.m., Albany County Public Library large meeting room. Students will learn memory-based storytelling through beading techniques in this free course. Register at acplwy.org or at the circulation desk.
May 9
Alcoholics Anonymous meets: Daily at various times in person or on Zoom. For more information, call 307-399-0590 or visit area76aawyoming.org or aa.org.
Survivors of Suicide Support Group: Meets from 5:30-6:45 p.m. at Hospice of Laramie House, 1754 Centennial Drive.
Women for Sobriety meet: 6:30-8:30 p.m. via Zoom. For meeting details, email 1093@womenforsobriety.org.
May 12
Stitching the Past Together creative aging class: 6:30-8 p.m., Albany County Public Library large meeting room. Students will learn memory-based storytelling through beading techniques in this free course. Register at acplwy.org or at the circulation desk.
May 14
University of Wyoming graduation ceremony: 8:30 a.m., UW Arena-Auditorium, undergraduate ceremony for the colleges of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Engineering and Applied Science and School of Energy Resources.
University of Wyoming graduation ceremony: 10 a.m., Buchanan Center for the Performing Arts, for the College of Law.
University of Wyoming graduation ceremony: 12:15 p.m., UW Arena-Auditorium, for master’s and doctoral students from colleges of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Business, Education, Engineering and Applied Science, Health Sciences and Haub School of Environment and Natural Resources.
University of Wyoming graduation ceremony: 3:30 p.m., UW Arena-Auditorium, for undergraduate ceremony for colleges of Arts and Sciences, Education, Haub School of Environment and Natural Resources and Office of Academic Affairs.
May 16
Alcoholics Anonymous meets: Daily at various times in person or on Zoom. For more information, call 307-399-0590 or visit area76aawyoming.org or aa.org.
Survivors of Suicide Support Group: Meets from 5:30-6:45 p.m. at Hospice of Laramie House, 1754 Centennial Drive.
Women for Sobriety meet: 6:30-8:30 p.m. via Zoom. For meeting details, email 1093@womenforsobriety.org.
May 19
Stitching the Past Together creative aging class: 6:30-8 p.m., Albany County Public Library large meeting room. Students will learn memory-based storytelling through beading techniques in this free course. Register at acplwy.org or at the circulation desk.
May 23
Alcoholics Anonymous meets: Daily at various times in person or on Zoom. For more information, call 307-399-0590 or visit area76aawyoming.org or aa.org.
Survivors of Suicide Support Group: Meets from 5:30-6:45 p.m. at Hospice of Laramie House, 1754 Centennial Drive.
Women for Sobriety meet: 6:30-8:30 p.m. via Zoom. For meeting details, email 1093@womenforsobriety.org.
America Sewing Guild Laramie Chapter meets: 7 p.m., United Methodist Church, 1215 E. Gibbon St.
May 26
Stitching the Past Together creative aging class: 6:30-8 p.m., Albany County Public Library large meeting room. Students will learn memory-based storytelling through beading techniques in this free course. Register at acplwy.org or at the circulation desk.
May 30
Alcoholics Anonymous meets: Daily at various times in person or on Zoom. For more information, call 307-399-0590 or visit area76aawyoming.org or aa.org.
Survivors of Suicide Support Group: Meets from 5:30-6:45 p.m. at Hospice of Laramie House, 1754 Centennial Drive.
Women for Sobriety meet: 6:30-8:30 p.m. via Zoom. For meeting details, email 1093@womenforsobriety.org.
Have an event for What’s Happening? Send it to Managing Editor Greg Johnson at gjohnson@laramieboomerang.com.
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Going slow on a bicycle is easy enough, but going super slow takes practice. Those who excel at this can be seen at stoplights trying to stay upright without putting a foot down before the light turns green.
If this is one of your talents, you just might have a chance for a special prize at this year’s Laramie BikeNet membership gathering. Rico Vercoe, president of the organization, said a race to see just who can go the slowest is one of the events for the bicycle Olympics planned with this year’s annual member meeting and celebration.
Other events in the Olympics include an obstacle course, a jump and a couple surprise events.
“It’s going to be a lot of fun,” Vercoe said. “We’ll have something to challenge those on any type of bike, and for all ages and abilities.”
The event, set to begin at 1 p.m. Saturday, kicks off with a gear swap. Amanda Harper, BikeNet vice president, said the swap is a chance to sell bikes, bike parts and clothing.
“It was very popular when we held the swap two years ago,” she said. “We weren’t able to gather for two years, but now we’re back with this event and celebration.”
Those wanting to sell gear are urged to sign up for a table ahead of time. Cost is $10 for a full table, $5 for a half table and $5 per bike.
“If you’re looking to gear up for the season or hoping to unload some parts or a bike you no longer need, this is a great opportunity,” Harper said.
Laramie BikeNet has been around a long time and promotes all types of cycling in the community, be it road cycling, commuting or mountain biking. It sponsors and directs youth mountain biking opportunities and is in the process of developing a mountain bike path at Laramie Middle School.
Those attending the gathering need not be a member of the organization, but it is encouraged. Annual BikeNet membership rates are $30 for families, $20 for individuals and $15 for students. In addition to supporting BikeNet activities, members receive discounts at Laramie bike shops and on BikeNet-sponsored events.
After the bicycle Olympics, there also will be a game of bicycle polo. It’s similar to regular polo, but participants use bicycles rather than horses. They wield mallets and whack at a soccer ball to make goals.
“It’s a lot of fun and can be done with pretty much any type of bike,” Harper said. “We welcome all comers to take part.”
The event will be held at the Lincoln Community Center starting with swap at noon and the sale from 1-3 p.m. A presentation on this year’s BikeNet highlights runs from 3:30-4:30, and then the bicycle Olympics and polo are from 4:30-5:30 p.m.
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Editor’s note: Those listed under Albany County Detention Center have been arrested. They are innocent until proven guilty. The following are included in the ACDC arrest record (arrests on warrants not included). To request an update on charge/arrest disposition, email news@boomerang.com and include documentation of the update.
MONDAY, MARCH 28
• Dexter Candelaria, 37, Laramie, was arrested for possible disorderly conduct, drunk
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 30
• Alexandria Wood, 28, Colorado, was arrested for possible possession of controlled substance, interference
The following calls were included in the Albany County Sheriff’s Office responses:
MONDAY, MARCH 28
• 2:05 a.m., intersection of W. Curtis St. and N. Cedar St., possible impaired driving
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 30
• 11:12 p.m., Interstate 80, possible possession of controlled substance
THURSDAY, MARCH 31
• 8:26 p.m., 900 block of N. McCue St., possible domestic disturbance
The following calls were included in the Laramie Police Department responses:
MONDAY, MARCH 28
• 9:24 a.m., 600 block of S. Hayes St., possible domestic disturbance
• 10:14 a.m., 3600 block of E. Grand Ave., theft
• 1:44 p.m., 600 block of N. 3rd St., trespassing
• 2 p.m., 900 block of S. 11th St., possible domestic disturbance
• 2:43 p.m., intersection of N. 12th St. and E. Harney St., accident
• 2:52 p.m., 500 block of S. Johnson St., emergency
• 2:56 p.m., 900 block of N. 30th St., traffic hazard
• 3:01 p.m., 900 block of S. 11th St., possible domestic disturbance
• 5:35 p.m., 600 block of S. Hayes St., fighting
• 9:23 p.m., 4300 block of E. Grand Ave., shoplifting
• 10:20 p.m., 1300 block of S. 3rd St., disorderly conduct
TUESDAY, MARCH 29
• 9:53 a.m., 500 block of N. 9th St., burglary
• 10:09 a.m., 900 block of N. 3rd St., theft
• 10:12 a.m., 1300 block of S. 3rd St., theft
• 4:55 p.m., 1300 block of E. Spring Creek Dr., animal bite
• 8:03 p.m., 1200 block of N. 3rd St., vandalism
• 9:05 p.m., 2100 block of Wyoming Ave, possible domestic disturbance
• 11:43 p.m., 2100 block of Wyoming Ave, possible domestic disturbance
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 30
• 2:03 p.m., intersection of S. 2nd St. and E. Garfield St., accident
• 2:52 p.m., 600 block of S. Hayes St., disturbance/harassment-threats
• 3:57 p.m., 600 block of N. 3rd St., burglary
• 5:40 p.m., 3700 block of E. Grand Ave., accident
• 8:23 p.m., 4300 block of E. Grand Ave., shoplifting
• 10:16 p.m., 2600 block of Jackson St., emergency
• 11:12 p.m., Interstate 80, possible possession of controlled substance
THURSDAY, MARCH 31
• 12:04 a.m., 2500 block of Kennedy Ave., possible child abuse
• 9:26 a.m., 4300 block of E. Grand Ave., shoplifting
• 12:06 p.m., 500 block of E. University Ave., accident
• 6:03 p.m., 1200 block of S. 17th St., possible possession of controlled substance
• 8:26 p.m., 900 block of N. McCue St., possible domestic disturbance
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