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NEW YORK — This year’s Met Gala earned a record $17.4 million, museum officials said.
The annual gala is a fundraiser for the self-funding Costume Institute of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
The money pays for operating the institute and putting on annual blockbuster exhibits like the current “In America: An Anthology of Fashion” which was launched at the gala Monday night and opens to the public May 7.
That exhibit is part of a broader two-part exhibit exploring the roots of American fashion.
Monday’s gala brought together about 400 guests — some of the biggest names from fashion, entertainment, sports and beyond.
Tickets cost $35,000 with tables going for $200,000 to $300,000, according to the New York Times.
But just because you can afford a ticket, doesn’t mean you’ll get an invitation. | https://www.wptv.com/news/national/extravagant-met-gala-raised-more-than-17-million-this-year | 2022-05-04T16:38:31Z | https://www.wptv.com/news/national/extravagant-met-gala-raised-more-than-17-million-this-year | true |
Body of missing 5-year-old girl found in river, officials say
Published: May. 4, 2022 at 11:36 AM EDT|Updated: 1 hour ago
GEORGETOWN COUNTY, S.C. (WCSC/Gray News) – The body of a missing 5-year-old girl with autism was found in a river Tuesday night, officials in South Carolina said.
According to the Georgetown County Sheriff’s Office, the body of Collins Elizabeth “Lenny” Lusk was found in the Black River.
Lenny was last seen playing in her backyard sandbox around 7 p.m. Tuesday.
Officials said no foul play is suspected. No further details have been released.
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AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — A Maine man pleaded guilty on Wednesday to killing his longtime girlfriend and the mother of his two children.
Authorities charged Nicholas Lovejoy of Waterville with the death of Melissa Sousa, 29, in Waterville in 2019. The 31-year-old Lovejoy agreed to a plea deal that will cap his sentence at 45 years in prison, the Kennebec Journal reported.
Police found Sousa's body in the basement of an apartment the couple shared with their twin girls. Court documents state that Lovejoy admitted to police that he killed Sousa, but he said he did so in retaliation during a fight.
Police found the body after acting on a warrant. Sousa told police he rolled Sousa in a tarp and wrapped it in duct tape before dumping it in the basement, court records state.
Lovejoy will be sentenced in about two months. | https://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/Maine-man-pleads-guilty-to-killing-girlfriend-17147282.php | 2022-05-04T16:43:06Z | https://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/Maine-man-pleads-guilty-to-killing-girlfriend-17147282.php | true |
The phones inside an Alabama abortion clinic were ringing off the hook: the callers wanted to know if abortion remains legal. And, if so, for how long?
A leaked Supreme Court draft opinion was ricocheting around the world.
As Dalton Johnson, the clinic’s owner, read it Monday night, he was struck by the bluntness of the language that would end the constitutional right to an abortion,closing clinics in about half of American states, including his.
“I’m still in shock,” Johnson said Tuesday as he scrambled to reassure his staff and patients they would continue providing abortions as long as they’re allowed in Alabama.
People on both sides of the abortion divide have been expecting the Supreme Court this summer to reverse the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade cas e that legalized abortion nationwide. But many said the draft opinion was nevertheless stunning, forcing them to reckon with the reality the nation is likely to enter soon.
“I can’t stop crying,” said an elated Mississippi state Rep. Becky Currie, who sponsored the 2018 law that is the basis for the Supreme Court case. “I am not quite sure I have the words to express how I feel right now, but God has had his hands on that bill since the beginning.”
The leaked draft, published late Monday by Politico, is a 98-page opinion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, which challenged the constitutionality of the Mississippi bill that banned abortion after 15 weeks. If the decision stands as written, it would also overturn Planned Parenthood v. Casey, a 1992 decision that protected abortion services even though it allowed states to add some limitations.
“Roe was egregiously wrong from the start,” the draft opinion states. It was signed by Justice Samuel Alito, a member of the court’s 6-3 conservative majority. According to Politico, four other justices — Clarence Thomas, Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett — have agreed with the opinion.
The draft opinion was written in February, and the language could change before the court issues its final ruling. As written, it would give states the power to decide the legality of abortion. Roughly half, largely in the South and Midwest, are likely to quickly ban abortion.
Abortion clinics in those states opened Tuesday morning, still seeing patients but uncertain about the future.
The daily rituals unfolded as they always do: some protesters screamed at people walking inside while other abortion opponents prayed, clinic escorts tried to shield patients and hustle them in the doors.
“Please overturn Roe v. Wade,” said Barbara Beavers, who stood outside the clinic in Jackson, Mississippi, on Tuesday, gently trying to persuade people against going inside. “Have mercy on our unborn children. We’re destroying our future, killing our babies.”
Inside clinics, the news prompted frantic phone calls, and abortion providers across America rushed to tell their patients that the clinics remained open.
“I immediately felt sick to my stomach,” said Tammi Kromenaker, who owns a clinic in Fargo, North Dakota. “And 20 million thoughts started going through my head about what can we do? What does my staff need to hear? What do our patients need to hear?”
She posted a notice on their website: “If you have an appointment at Red River Women’s Clinic, your appointment is safe.”
In Charleston, West Virginia, Katie Quinonez had barely slept the night before; she was having nightmares about the Supreme Court. She rushed into the clinic Tuesday morning, terrified that her patients would misunderstand the news and think that abortion was immediately outlawed. They posted on social media that abortion remains legal and the clinic is open, but they don’t know for how much longer.
She had been bracing for this news.
“But there was still this visceral reaction, this very devastating feeling,” Quinonez said. “This is a red alert moment. This is beyond a red alert moment. The building is on fire.”
At Johnson’s clinic in Huntsville, women called to ask whether they can still get an abortion. Johnson said his first call of the morning was from a woman who had an abortion scheduled for Friday and wanted to come in Tuesday instead.
The staff held a meeting, and Johnson says he asked them to focus on those still coming for abortions who need their help. The opinion was just a draft, he told them, and cautioned that it wasn’t the final decision.
Dr. Cheryl Hamlin, an OB-GYN from Boston, travels South about once a month to do abortions at Mississippi’s only abortion clinic. She said a lot of her patients won’t be able to afford the costs of going out of state to have an abortion, including paying for hotels and taking time off work.
Meanwhile, states that continue to allow abortions “are going to be overflowing with patients,” she said.
Some anti-abortion activists were skeptical that the draft would become reality, fixating instead on the fact that it was leaked the press and whether that implied political posturing.
“I’m hopeful,” said Dennis Westover, a 72-year-old retired electrical engineer, a regular protester outside the clinic in Charleston, West Virginia. But he was suspicious that someone leaked it as ammunition in the country’s intractable culture wars.
“When our Supreme Court stuff starts to be leaked, it’s egregious,” he said. “One side or the other did it for a political motive to stir up some kind of stink.”
In Louisville, Kentucky, protester Angela Minter said she prayed the draft opinion will be the final one.
“I’m excited today,” Minter said. “I believe it’s an indication of what’s to come.”
Minter thinks that’s God answering her prayers: She’s been coming to the clinic most mornings since 2004. Patients tried to dodge her and the other protesters screaming outside. “Don’t murder your baby,” one man shouted at a young woman. Clinic escorts in orange vests helped her into the building.
The Louisville clinic was closed for a week last month after the legislature banned abortion, until a court intervened. But if Roe falls, it will likely be shuttered again.
“I do anticipate a day with no abortion clinics in Kentucky,” said Meg Stern, who runs the Kentucky Health Justice Network and escorts at the clinic. Abortion access will now be an issue of privilege: People with the means to travel will be able to end their pregnancies.
“It’s the family that only has one vehicle and is already struggling to make ends meet. Maybe they’re in the city, maybe they’re in the rural parts of the state. But if they don’t have access to travel, lodging, gas money, food money, babysitters while they’re gone, time off work,” she said. “Do you have the car that will make it?”
For months now, the nation has had a glimpse of what that looks like. Texas banned abortion after six weeks in September. Planned Parenthood clinics in the surrounding states saw a 2,500% increase in patients, said Dr. Iman Alsaden, medical director for Planned Parenthood Great Plains.
Some Texans have arrived in Jackson, Mississippi, where Derenda Hancock volunteers as an escort.
“It’s only the people who can afford to get here that we’re seeing. It makes you think about all the people left behind at home that can’t afford to get here, that can’t make the trip. How are they faring?” she wondered. “They’re going to be forced to be mothers.”
Some groups are working to try to circumvent the law the best they can: mobile abortion units, fundraising for travel assistance, mail-order medications. One online women’s health provider reported a significant spike in requests for emergency contraception Tuesday. Democrat-leaning states like New York, California and Illinois are rushing to pass laws to protect abortion access, both for their residents and people coming from out of state.
If abortion is outlawed in North Dakota, Kromenaker is planning to open a clinic just across the river in Minnesota. She hopes the leaked draft shakes people enough to take action, right away.
She texted her husband Tuesday: “We’ve got to move forward very quickly now,” she wrote. “The urgency is there.”
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Santana reported from New Orleans, Wagster Pettus from Jackson and Galofaro from Louisville. Leah Willingham contributed from Charleston, West Virginia, and Dylan Lovan from Louisville.
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HOUSTON, May 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Fifth Corner (www.fifthcorner.com) announces that through an affiliate, it is growing its Irreplaceable Corner™ portfolio through the acquisition of The Plazas at Midtown I and The Plazas at Midtown II (the Plazas @ Midtown).
Fifth Corner continues to successfully execute the time and cycle-tested investment strategy with the acquisition of the Plazas @ Midtown. The Plazas @ Midtown are located at the hard corners of Louisiana and McGowen, as well as Bagby and McGowen in the Midtown submarket of Houston, TX. The Plazas @ Midtown encompass a total of 26,956 square feet and are situated on 2.01 acres of land with multiple ingress and egress points at traffic-lit intersections within one of the fastest-growing submarkets in Houston. Additionally, the properties enjoy an average annual household income of $105,000 within a 1-mile radius and boast an additional 200,000 people within a 3-mile radius. Consequently, the properties host a daytime population (employment) in excess of 400,000.
The properties currently house 14 unique tenants, including Midtown Dental, On the Kirb, Doghouse Tavern, Lazy Bagel, Tiff's Treats, Poke Burri, as well as other service and experiential tenants that are woven into the fabric of the local community.
"We are excited to grow our footprint in Midtown," says Chad Braun, Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Fifth Corner. "This opportunity to lease up the current vacancy and take advantage of the growing market rents should provide good cash flow and long-term value for investors."
"We have tracked these properties for years and have known the seller for more than 25-years," said Tenel Tayar, Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Fifth Corner. "These property locations hit the bullseye for our investment framework. We believe that we can drive considerable value and cash flow to our investors as a result of this very dynamic market."
The Plazas @ Midtown were financed with fixed-rate mortgage financing from First Horizon Bank.
Fifth Corner Property Fund I, LP was fully invested as of April 2021, into eight (8) different real estate projects and realized its first property sale in May 2021, when the company sold Sugarland Plaza, resulting in a 2X equity multiple on the property in three years.
For its current investment vehicle, Fifth Corner has now closed on three (3) properties with a fourth under contract within one of the Fifth Corner target markets.
ABOUT FIFTH CORNER
Fifth Corner is a Houston-based real estate company investing in and creating value on community-focused Irreplaceable Corners™ and is located within one of the fastest-growing metros. The real estate strategy and culture are time-tested and refined with over 30 years of industry expertise that delivers value for the properties, investors, and communities.
For more information, please visit their website at www.fifthcorner.com or contact Chad Braun at chad@fifthcorner.com.
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Man flees from bus leaving laptops, mobile phones behind
A man fled from the bus when the conductor tried to check his hand luggage on Monday afternoon. After he fled, the conductor found seven laptops and seven mobile phones, which he returned to the bus depot.
The man got into a KSRTC bus at Mysuru Road Satellite bus stop and bought a ticket to Ambur, Tamil Nadu. He was seated in the last seat. Conductor Manjunath B.C., who grew suspicious, asked to check the hand luggage he was carrying. As per new rules, the corporation does not allow passengers to carry any banned items. But he resisted and did not allow the conductor to check the baggage.
Minutes later, he got down from the bus at Madiwala and fled, leaving the bag behind.
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MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican authorities said Tuesday they have relocated a migrant camp that sprung up in a park in the border city of Reynosa, moving about 2,000 people from Central American and Haiti to a shelter in the city, across the border from McAllen, Texas.
The camp of migrants mainly from Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras and Haiti sprung up after U.S. officials. citing the pandemic, invoked a a health rule that denies migrants a chance to seek asylum.
Mexico’s National Immigration Institute said the migrants were taken near midnight Monday to the shelter, which it said will have better hygiene and food services.
But on Monday, people in another border city, Nuevo Laredo, said hundreds of migrants, mainly Haitians, have streamed into the city, which is across the border from Laredo, Texas
The rush apparently started after the U.S. began processing some asylum seekers there.
The Catholic bishop of Nuevo Laredo said Monday that migrant shelters there are already overcrowded, with some migrants sleeping outside in tents.
Bishop Enrique Sánchez Martínez said migrants started streaming into Nuevo Laredo in late April, though the city isn’t usually popular among migrants, in part because it is dominated by the violent Northeast drug cartel.
“It is new for us because this is the last place they come, due to the conditions of our border, of our city, which are sometimes adverse for migrants,” the bishop said. “But since they opened the door in the United States to asylum requests, a lot of them came in large groups.”
Marvin Ajic, the director of the Casa Nazareth shelter, said that around April 16, Mexican authorities notified the shelters that the United States would resume processing asylum claims for humanitarian reasons.
The U.S. had begun allowing more people in, especially Central American adults, to prepare for lifting Title 42 — a pandemic-era health rule that denies migrants a chance to enter the U.S. seek asylum — on May 23. But a federal judge in Louisiana ruled last week that the government could not unwind the rule before the end date.
“The (Mexican) immigration officials organized things with the shelters, and the plan was to send people who had been waiting a long time, without any checks, basically anyone,” Ajic.
That apparently drew the attention of other migrants, including Haitians.
In September, similar rumors sparked a rush by about 15,000 mostly Haitian refugees to the Texas border, where they camped under a bridge. U.S. officials began large scale deportations of Haitians while also allowing thousands to remain in the U.S.
Ajic warned migrants against coming to the border, noting the risks. On Monday, Mexico’s National Immigration Institute said that so far this year, it has hauled the bodies of 19 immigrants from the Rio Grande, also known as the Rio Bravo. | https://cw33.com/news/ap-top-headlines/mexico-relocates-migrant-camp-haitians-appear-at-border/ | 2022-05-04T16:51:54Z | https://cw33.com/news/ap-top-headlines/mexico-relocates-migrant-camp-haitians-appear-at-border/ | false |
HARRISBURG, Pa. — With two weeks until Pennsylvania's primary election, Republican candidates running for U.S. Senate and governor continue to sow doubts about the legitimacy of 2020's presidential election, showing the extent to which the GOP campaign trail remains in thrall to former President Donald Trump’s extreme and baseless election claims.
Both offices are hotly contested and could be critical to the outcome of Pennsylvania's 2024 presidential election when Trump may run again, whether certifying election results or dictating election laws in the battleground state.
But, while Republicans have made anger over the 2020 election a staple of this year's midterm primary campaigns to appeal to Trump-loyal GOP voters, such messages could be a liability in fall's general election campaign, pollsters say.
There, Republicans can be expected to focus on inflation, the economy and President Joe Biden's performance, especially considering that Americans continue to feel pessimistic about the direction of the country and the national economy.
Democrats, however, appear prepared to revisit Trump's baseless election fraud claims, tying them to the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol and the ensuing armada of Republican-sponsored election legislation that Democrats frame as an attack on voting rights.
Pennsylvania's primary election is May 17, with big and wide-open Republican fields vying for the nominations for the state's open U.S. Senate seat and its open governor’s office.
Efforts to overturn elections and change election laws in Pennsylvania and other battleground states lost by Trump are part of the larger story playing out in some GOP primaries.
Many of the baseless claims target Pennsylvania, recaptured from Trump by Democrats in 2020.
Candidates sometimes repeat Trump’s conspiracy theories about fraud or distort the actions of state officials and judges in an attempt to portray Democrats as having cheated — or both.
In the Senate race, five of the seven Republicans in the primary field have refused to say whether they would have voted to certify Pennsylvania’s 2020 presidential election result, in which Biden beat Trump by 80,000 votes, according to the official tally.
Such a position puts them on the fringe of not only the Senate, which voted 92-7 to certify, but the Senate’s Republican caucus, including the man they hope to replace, retiring Republican Sen. Pat Toomey.
Just the Trump-endorsed Mehmet Oz — best-known as the heart surgeon-turned-TV celebrity host of “The Dr. Oz Show” — and real estate investor Jeff Bartos say they would have voted to certify the election.
“By the time it gets to the Senate, it’s not my job, nor should it be, to question what states have said,” Oz said in a recent interview.
Still, Oz has agreed with other Republican candidates in saying the 2020 election still needs to be investigated and laws need to be changed.
Some go farther.
“As a matter of fact, we know that the election of 2020 was stolen,” Senate candidate Carla Sands told a debate audience last week.
In the governor’s race, every candidate in the GOP’s nine-person field has vowed to repeal Pennsylvania's 2-year-old law that established no-excuse mail-in voting.
Many Republicans on Pennsylvania’s campaign trail also talk up the need to expand Pennsylvania’s voter identification requirement and to ban drop boxes. That's despite the fact that prosecutors identified perhaps just one case in the 2020 election of in-person voting fraud and zero evidence that drop boxes were a conduit for fraudulent ballots.
Prosecutors brought charges in about five cases in which voters — all Republicans — cast ballots for a dead relative or spouse. That gives gubernatorial candidate Lou Barletta his punchline.
“Listen, we know dead people have been voting in Pennsylvania all of our lives and now they don’t even have to leave the cemetery to vote,” Barletta told a debate audience last week. “They can mail-in their ballots. I’m going to get rid of it.”
Mail-in voting is, he said, “ripe for fraud, ballot harvesting. We could go on and on.”
Among the claims about 2020's election is that widespread voter fraud occurred, but an Associated Press review found fewer than 475 instances of potential voter fraud in the six states disputed by Trump — a number that would have made no difference in the election.
One candidate for governor, state Sen. Doug Mastriano, who maintains the election was skewed by fraud against Trump, proposed a plan in the Legislature to overturn it and was issued a subpoena by the congressional committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol over the GOP's creation of an alternate slate of electors.
He said, if elected, he would require voters to “re-register. We’re going to start all over again.”
That, however, is barred by the National Voter Registration Act, and likely runs into significant protections under the federal — and possibly state — constitution and laws, constitutional law scholars say.
Democratic candidates have not shied away from emphasizing the GOP's efforts to overturn 2020′s election — and pollsters who have surveyed on it say majorities are skeptical about election fraud claims and resulting investigations.
“Trying to make this an issue, a core election issue, does more harm than good for Republicans,” said Christopher Borick, a pollster and political science professor at Muhlenberg College in Allentown. “And it’s night and day, primary versus general election.”
At a campaign stop in Potter County recently, Josh Shapiro, the sitting state attorney general who is uncontested for the Democrats' gubernatorial nomination, made the subject a core part of his pitch.
Election lies led to lawsuits to overturn the election, the Jan. 6 insurrection and then legislation in state Capitols to restrict voting rights, Shapiro told listeners. Republicans' voting legislation passed in some states, but was vetoed in Pennsylvania by Gov. Tom Wolf, a Democrat.
“But make no mistake, they're coming back,” Shapiro told the crowd. "And I will always stand up and protect our democracy. I will always stand up and ensure that you have a right to cast your ballot and to be heard in our system.” | https://www.phillytrib.com/news/state_and_region/election-fraud-claims-thrive-on-pennsylvania-campaign-trail/article_2fb0fd18-3ea7-5577-93f1-90bfc449375e.html | 2022-05-04T16:52:12Z | https://www.phillytrib.com/news/state_and_region/election-fraud-claims-thrive-on-pennsylvania-campaign-trail/article_2fb0fd18-3ea7-5577-93f1-90bfc449375e.html | false |
PWC's former Global Real Estate Leader to lead Instant's drive to increase the supply of flexible workspace in response to rapidly increasing customer demand.
LONDON, May 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Craig Hughes has joined The Instant Group after 10 years with PwC, where he was the Global Real Estate Leader. Craig will be the CEO of Partnerships, helping landlords and operators capture the huge demand for flexible space. He will leverage Instant's full range of capabilities and data to enable the real estate industry's successful transition to a greater proportion of flex and virtual solutions alongside their traditional offerings.
Instant has recently announced mergers with digital assets including Easyoffices.com, Meetingo.com, Rovva and Worka, and the acquisition of Davinci, the meeting room and virtual office specialist, and Coworker.com, the leading aggregator for coworking.
"In recent weeks, we have announced our intention to create the world's largest marketplace for flex space and attracting an industry leader with the depth of relationships and experience of Craig is critical to our plan," explained Tim Rodber, CEO of The Instant Group.
He added, "With our unique, data-led view of the market and Craig's knowledge, we are very well placed to enable landlords, hoteliers and operators to evolve their operations to match the increased demand for flex space with more supply."
"Pre-pandemic, customer needs were already evolving. Now, the way in which life and work changed has massively accelerated those trends. Occupiers need an industry that can offer the full range of services from the traditional office through flex and into the technology-enabled world of virtual work," explained Craig Hughes. "Instant is uniquely placed to enable occupiers to procure the space they need anywhere in the world, and for suppliers to deliver that space. I have spent the last 20 years advising the landlord and investor market. This is a moment of significant reflection and focus on meeting their customers' needs. Instant holds the key to driving successful customer relationships and quality of service."
Flexible workspace – coworking, serviced offices and executive suites – still only makes up less than one percent of total office supply globally, but with demand increasing by double digits each year since 2008, according to data from the platform www.instantoffices.com. The Instant Group's estimates suggest that flex space will need to double that level of supply by 2025 to match the growth in customer requirements.
The Instant Group's newly enhanced marketplace serves more than 250,000 businesses in 175 countries, operating 24/7 through an integrated platform in more than 40 languages. It will bring together more than 30,000 workspaces and will offer a range of services to clients including membership plans, on-demand, virtual offices, office booking, managed offices and consulting services. The business is planning to IPO by the end of 2023.
About The Instant Group
The Instant Group has been rethinking workspace since 1999 with over 500 experts working globally across more than 175 countries. Instant's digital platforms constitute the world's largest digital marketplace for flexible workspace listing meeting rooms, virtual offices, flexible office space and coworking memberships. Its global team advises on commercial real estate solutions from serviced offices to fully customised managed offices, and consulting services for portfolio and net zero strategies. Instant's approach enables agility, hybrid working solutions and improved operational resilience for more than 250,000 businesses every year. Clients include Amex, Prudential, Booking.com, Shell, Jaguar Land Rover and GSK. Instant has global offices including London, Paris, New York, Hong Kong, Singapore and Sydney.
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LOS ANGELES, May 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- We are excited to share the news about a modern twist on traditional fruit-forward wines crafted by two female Italian winemakers working under the well-known Riboli Family Wines umbrella.
San Antonio Fruit Farm is the first dual fruit flavor wine in the U.S. The selections are the most unique and drinkable, semi-sparkling sweet wine on the market, offered in three delicious flavors: Peach Passion Fruit, Strawberry Guava, and Blackberry Orange.
Crafted with whole fruits and no artificial additives, the wines are low in ABV, vegan-friendly, and gluten-free. Prepare to have fun enjoying the natural sweetness, ideal for celebrating everyday occasions that bring people together to create lasting memories.
The makers put unique fruit fusions at the forefront of their process. The wines are fresh and light, uncovering delightful flavor combinations.
Winemakers Paola and Ivana have perfected their winemaking techniques with these offerings while staying true to Italian traditions. Both studied oenology, the science of winemaking, and learned everything possible about production and quality, and it shows. The focus is on the grapes and using the best vinification methods to bring out the unique characteristics of the indigenous grape varieties, such as White Moscato, Brachetto, and Malvasia.
The duo says the San Antonio Fruit Farm wines reflect their profiles - sweet with balanced acidity, slightly sparkling, fruity and fun, and intense yet elegant. They want wine drinkers to relax and imagine themselves sipping a glass on a sunny day on a farm in Piedmont, Italy, where the selections are made.
So now that you know what you can be serving at your next book club, barbeque, or friend's night in, we would love to send you a sample! We'd love for you to enjoy a glass and share the news with your wine-loving audience to transport them to a blissful place with these impressive wines.
Cheers!
Audrey
About Riboli Family Wines:
Riboli Family Wines, a Los Angeles establishment since 1917, prides itself in maintaining its core family values while also employing innovative techniques that will keep its legacy alive for generations to come. The family produces well-known Italian wines, including Stella Rosa® Wines, a 9x Impact Magazine Hot Brand award winner. Their latest releases are Juicy Sparkle and San Antonio Fruit Farm.
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The White House Correspondents' Dinner COVID outbreak begins: Journalists from multiple outlets test positive after event with Biden where Trevor Noah laughed that it would be a 'superspreader'
Attendees of Saturday night's White House Correspondents' Dinner have started testing positive for COVID-19, after the comedic headliner Trevor Noah joked that they were attending 'the nation's most distinguished superspreader event.'
Most notably, ABC News' Jonathan Karl tested positive Monday night, Politico first reported, after being seated next to Kim Kardashian at the dinner and briefly interacting with President Joe Biden.
'He tested positive for COVID Monday night, but tested negative on Saturday afternoon before the White House Correspondents' Dinner by medically-supervised staff,' a person familiar with the matter told Politico. 'He had no symptoms on Saturday. Jon is currently isolating and participating in contact tracing.'
Guests at Saturday's White House Correspondents' Dinner are testing positive for COVID-19. Organizers had attendees take a COVID antigen test in the 24 hours leading up to the dinner
The Daily Show host Trevor Noah (left), greeting President Joe Biden, joked that the White House Correspondents' Dinner would become a superspreader. ABC News' Jonathan Karl (right) tested positive Monday after sitting next to Kim Kardashian and interacting with Biden
CNN reported Tuesday that some staff from CNN, ABC News, NBC News, CBS News and Politico have tested positive since the dinner.
Thousands of people attend the dinner, which was held in the Washington Hilton's basement-level ballroom, the traditional locale.
Pete Davidson (left) and Kim Kardashian (right) walk the red carpet at Saturday's White House Correspondents' Association Dinner. Trevor Noah joked that, 'Fauci thought it was too dangerous to come tonight. Pete Davidson thinks it's OK. 'And we all went with Pete'
Unlike the early April Gridiron dinner - where more than 10 per cent of dinner guests tested positive for COVID in its aftermath - the White House Correspondents' Association had attendees take an antigen test in the 24 hours before dinner began.
The Gridiron Club only required guests to show proof of vaccination.
WHCD attendees had to snap a picture of their negative COVID test and upload it to an app called Bindle.
Another difference between the Gridiron Dinner and WHCD is that while the Gridiron Dinner is a singular event, the WHCD is generally a whole weekend of parties - kicking off Thursday night with several fetes, it continues through the weekend with dinners, after-parties and at least three large-scale brunches.
Organizers approached COVID protocols differently at every event.
At a minimum, most required proof of vaccination - though it wasn't always checked.
Others didn't take any chances.
At the annual Creative Coalition dinner, for example, held Friday night at the YOTEL Washington, guests couldn't enter the indoor dinner space without being swabbed for COVID first.
The arts advocacy group hired Viral Concierge to perform a rapid antigen test.
Guests received their COVID test results directly to their phones, which they presented to security as their ticket to enter.
The president of the White House Correspondents' Association Steven Portnoy pointed to the association's 24-hour testing procotols in a statement to DailyMail.com.
'We worked hard to publicize our protocols and encouraged those eligible to get booster shots in the weeks leading up to the dinner,' Portnoy said. 'Our event implemented protocols that went beyond any guidance or regulation issued by the CDC or the D.C. health department.'
Dr. Anthony Fauci (left), who attended the superspreader Gridiron Dinner in early April, opted to skip the White House Correspondents' Dinner, but did attend Saturday's predominantly outdoor garden brunch. He's photographed with one of the organizers, Tammy Haddad (right)
'We wish anyone who may not be feeling well a speedy recovery,' Portnoy added.
A DailyMail.com inquiry about whether the group is keeping track of positive cases has gone unreturned.
Noah immediately brought up the fact that the dinner could turn into a superspreader when he took over the podium from Biden at Saturday night's dinner.
'It is my great honor to be speaking tonight at the nation's most distinguished superspreader event,' he said.
'For real, what are we doing here? Did none of you learn anything from the Gridiron dinner? Nothing?' he said. Do you read any of your own newspapers?' the Daily Show host asked.
'You guys spent the last two years telling everyone the importance of wearing masks and avoiding large in-door gatherings, then the second someone offers you a free dinner, you all turn into Joe Rogan,' Noah added.
Noah pointed out that Biden's top COVID adviser, Dr. Anthony Fauci, decided against attending the dinner.
Fauci had been a guest at the Gridiron Dinner - and attended at least one outdoor event over WHCD weekend, the Saturday morning Garden Brunch.
'I mean Dr. Fauci dropped out, that should have been a pretty big sign,' Noah went on. 'Fauci thought it was too dangerous to come tonight. Pete Davidson thinks it's OK,' Noah said to laughs.
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BETHESDA, Md., May 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Northwest Biotherapeutics (OTCQB: NWBO) ("NW Bio"), a biotechnology company developing DCVax® personalized immune therapies for solid tumor cancers, reported that a presentation entitled "Autologous Tumor Lysate-Loaded Dendritic Cell Vaccination for Glioblastoma" will be made on May 10, 2022 at 11:10 a.m., by Dr. Linda Liau at the Frontiers of Cancer Immunotherapy Conference of the New York Academy of Sciences.
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Northwest Biotherapeutics is a biotechnology company focused on developing personalized immunotherapy products designed to treat cancers more effectively than current treatments, without toxicities of the kind associated with chemotherapies, and on a cost-effective basis, in both North America and Europe. The Company has a broad platform technology for DCVax® dendritic cell-based vaccines. The Company's lead program is a 331-patient Phase III trial of DCVax®-L for newly diagnosed Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM). GBM is the most aggressive and lethal form of brain cancer, and is an "orphan disease." The Company has also developed DCVax®-Direct for inoperable solid tumor cancers. It has completed a 40-patient Phase I trial and, as resources permit, plans to pursue Phase II trials. The Company previously conducted a Phase I/II trial with DCVax-L for advanced ovarian cancer together with the University of Pennsylvania.
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It’s May the Fourth (one of the Star Wars fandom’s favorite days, quickly followed by the Revenge of the Fifth), and Disney and Lucasfilm just shared a brand new trailer for Star Wars: Obi-Wan Kenobi. I’m genuinely surprised that we actually get a discernible plotline within a trailer, and gosh, it feels good to know that we’re going to be getting that, instead of merely set-up for cameos... hopefully.
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Families who lost babies urge health secretary to make 'real' change to maternity services
The meeting comes after an inquest into the death of two-day-old Quinn Parker heard that his mother visited hospital four times with bleeding - but the she was never informed about the risks she was facing.
Wednesday 4 May 2022 17:55, UK
Families who lost babies due to errors in maternity care in Nottingham have met the health secretary, Sajid Javid.
They've voiced their concerns about the independence and speed of an ongoing review.
So far, 544 families have contacted the investigation into maternity services at the Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust (NUHT).
The review is examining cases over a 15-year period, from April 2006 until October 2021.
A total of 71 staff from the trust have also contacted the inquiry.
Jack Hawkins, a former consultant at the trust, became a whistleblower after his daughter Harriet was stillborn in 2016.
A series of errors during Mr Hawkins' wife Sarah's pregnancy were found to have caused Harriet's death.
"Not only did she die but we were blamed. They denied that we'd had contact with them," Mr Hawkins previously told Sky News.
The couple had to show phone records to prove they'd called the hospital with concerns.
"Harriet was basically stuck and they had said Sarah wasn't in labour," he said.
"We went in and then just out of the blue they said your baby's dead."
At the time, Mr Hawkins was a consultant in acute medicine at the trust and Sarah was a physiotherapist.
They no longer work there after a lengthy battle that ended with the trust admitting liability and negligence.
The couple were awarded a £2.8m settlement.
They were among a group of families who wrote to the health secretary last month asking for the investigation into maternity services in Nottingham to be taken over by Donna Ockenden, the independent midwife whose report revealed more than 200 babies died unnecessarily at the Shrewsbury and Telford NHS Trust.
The review in Nottingham was commissioned by the local clinical commissioning group, along with NHS England and NHS Improvement and was due to be carried out by former NHS trust chair Julie Dent.
However, on Wednesday, she announced she has declined the role due to "personal reasons".
In the letter to Mr Javid, the families wrote: "Historically there have been reviews, nothing has changed.
"If families are to be safeguarded, real and impactful intervention is required."
After meeting the health secretary, the families said a "first significant step" has been taken to ensure the "protection of babies and mothers from death and harm in the future".
"It is the first time that families have been properly listened to by senior healthcare professionals since Jack and Sarah Hawkins originally whistle blew the problems in maternity care at NUHT back in 2016," they said in a statement.
Mother visited hospital four times - but her baby died two days after birth
Last week an inquest into the death of two-day-old Quinn Parker at the trust in July 2021 heard that his mother had gone to hospital four times with bleeding in the late stages of her pregnancy but she wasn't informed about the risk of placental abruption.
His parents, Ryan Parker and Emmie Studencki, said they have "serious concerns" about the care they received.
The inquest is due to conclude next week.
Read more:
The babies who died in the UK's worst maternity scandal
Police looking at more than 700 cases in maternity care investigation
In 2020, maternity services run by NUH were rated inadequate by the Care Quality Commission.
A reinspection in March saw NUH issued with a warning notice.
The inspection found an increase in stillbirths and some midwives acting outside of their competence. It also highlighted issues with understaffing.
A spokesperson for Nottingham University Hospitals said: "We will continue to engage fully with the independent review and remain committed to improving local maternity services using feedback from the review as well as local families and NHS partners." | https://news.sky.com/story/families-who-lost-babies-urge-health-secretary-to-make-real-change-to-maternity-services-12605368 | 2022-05-04T16:59:54Z | https://news.sky.com/story/families-who-lost-babies-urge-health-secretary-to-make-real-change-to-maternity-services-12605368 | false |
Biden announces Sept conference on hunger, nutrition, health
WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House will hold a conference on hunger, nutrition and health in September to notch progress on the Biden administration’s goals of ending hunger, improving nutrition and physical activity and reducing diet-related diseases.
The gathering will be the first of its kind by the White House since 1969. The White House described that gathering as a “pivotal event” that influenced the U.S. food policy agenda for the next 50 years and said President Joe Biden “sets out to do the same with this year’s conference.”
The Biden administration has set a goal of ending hunger and increasing healthy eating and physical activity in the U.S. by 2030 so that fewer people are afflicted with diabetes, obesity, hypertension and other diet-related diseases.
Anti-hunger and nutrition advocates, food companies, health care representatives, government officials and others will help the administration develop a national plan outlining how to achieve those goals, the White House said.
“Hunger, diet-related disease, and the disparities surrounding them impact millions of Americans, and the COVID-19 pandemic put a spotlight on the urgency of addressing these issues,” said Susan Rice, the president’s adviser for domestic policy. “No one should have to wonder where their next meal will come from.”
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Ghanaian multi-hyphenate, Nana Appiasei, popularly known as Smallgod, has reiterated his diverse capacity to contribute to the evolution of the music and entertainment industry in Ghana and beyond the African continent.
According to the music entrepreneur and artiste, he is widely known to be promoting the Ghanaian arts and uniting Africa in the Diaspora with his enviable experience as a culture connoisseur.
In an exclusive interview with Kojo Manuel on Y107.9 FM’s “Drye of Your Lyfe” radio show, the Ghanaian socialite reacting to who he was, said he is mostly “the man behind making things happen.”
“Man! I’m known to do everything. I don’t know where to start and how to finish but for sure we do every aspect of the job. Wherever works go for me, I commit myself. For the industry, I’m particularly known to be the man behind everything. From pushing, moving things, making stuff happen, and connecting our great world to the rest. You know sometimes I wonder why they don’t ask me what I don’t do,” he jested.
He further indicated that his debut Pan-African-themed album, ‘Building the Bridges’ best describes his persona.
“For me, my first project, ‘Building the Bridges’ describes me better. Bring people together from every part of the world,” he added.
Smallgod is a Ghanaian music mogul turned artiste, raised between Ghana, London, and the Netherlands hence became exposed to different cultures and music at an early age influencing his decision to drop his Real Estate and Pharmacy practice to help promote African music.
He immersed himself in the African music industry, working as a connector through artist management and publishing. He eventually dropped his debut album, “Building Bridges”, connecting a curated cross-section of Africa’s brightest talents. | https://mobile.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/entertainment/My-debut-project-Building-the-Bridge-describes-me-best-Smallgod-1529870 | 2022-05-04T17:10:56Z | https://mobile.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/entertainment/My-debut-project-Building-the-Bridge-describes-me-best-Smallgod-1529870 | false |
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ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The judge overseeing the federal civil rights cases of four former Minneapolis police officers in the killing of George Floyd said Wednesday that he has accepted the terms of Derek Chauvin's plea agreement and will sentence him to 20 to 25 years in prison.
Chauvin pleaded guilty Dec. 15 to violating Floyd’s civil rights, admitting for the first time that he kept his knee on Floyd’s neck — even after he became unresponsive — resulting in the Black man’s death on May 25, 2020. The white former officer admitted he willfully deprived Floyd of his right to be free from unreasonable seizure, including unreasonable force by a police officer.
Under the plea agreement, which Chauvin signed, both sides agreed Chauvin should face a sentence ranging from 20 to 25 years, with prosecutors saying they would seek 25. He could have faced life in prison on the federal count. With credit for good time in the federal system, he would serve from 17 years to 21 years and three months behind bars.
U.S. District Judge Paul Magnuson deferred accepting the agreement pending the completion of a presentence investigation. He said in a one-page order Wednesday that the report had been issued, so it was now appropriate to accept the deal. He has not set a sentencing date for Chauvin.
Chauvin is already serving a 22 1/2 year sentence for his murder conviction in state court last year, though he is appealing that conviction. He would serve the federal sentence concurrently with the state sentence.
The federal plea deal means Chauvin will probably spend more time in prison than he faced under his state sentence. State prisoners in Minnesota typically serve one-third of their sentence on parole, which for him would mean 15 years in prison.
Chauvin waived his right to contest his federal conviction if Magnuson accepted the plea agreement.
Magnuson also has not set sentencing dates for three other ex-officers who were convicted of related federal civil rights charges in February. The presentence investigations for Tou Thao, Thomas Lane and J. Alexander Kueng are still underway. They're scheduled to go on trial next month in state court on charges of aiding and abetting Chauvin in Floyd's murder.
Prosecutors revealed at a pretrial hearing last month that the three had rejected plea agreements on the state charges. Terms were not disclosed. Lane’s attorney, Earl Gray, said it was hard for the defense to negotiate when the three still didn’t know what their federal sentences would be.
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BOSTON (AP) — The Satanic Temple is requesting to fly a flag over Boston City Hall after the U.S. Supreme Court this week ruled the city violated the free speech rights of a conservative activist seeking to fly a Christian flag outside the downtown building.
The Salem-based group on Tuesday tweeted a copy of its request to raise a flag to mark Satanic Appreciation Week from July 23-29.
The application filed online with the city’s property management department doesn’t provide any details about what the flag would look like or what the weeklong celebration entails.
Spokespersons for the Satanic Temple didn’t respond to an email seeking comment Wednesday. The group has lodged freedom of religion challenges nationwide, including a recent federal lawsuit arguing the Boston City Council’s traditional opening prayer at its public meetings is discriminatory and unconstitutional.
Mayor Michelle Wu’s office declined to comment on the group’s request other than to say it’s reviewing the high court’s decision while also evaluating its flag-raising program.
The Supreme Court ruled unanimously Monday that Boston discriminated against activist Harold Shurtleff because of his “religious viewpoint,” even though it had routinely approved other flag raising requests.
In 2017, Shurtleff and his Camp Constitution wanted to fly a white banner with a red cross on a blue background called the Christian flag to mark Constitution Day on Sept. 17. | https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Satanic-Temple-asks-Boston-to-fly-flag-after-17147311.php | 2022-05-04T17:14:25Z | https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Satanic-Temple-asks-Boston-to-fly-flag-after-17147311.php | false |
Oakwood Academy has filed a lawsuit against the Alabama High School Athletic Association, stating the school’s religious rights were violated when it was not allowed to play in the AHSAA regional boys basketball tournament earlier this year.
Oakwood, a Seventh Day Adventist School, forfeited its Northeast Regional semifinal game in February for religious reasons.
The game was scheduled to be played on a Saturday at 4:30 p.m. at Jacksonville State University. Seventh Day Adventists celebrate the Sabbath from sundown Friday to sundown Saturday.
The school had hoped the AHSAA would flip its game time with the other Class 1A semifinal game at 7:30 p.m. Oakwood Academy athletic director Calvin Morton said his request was denied twice via email.
Oakwood Academy is now asking to have its right to straightforward religious accommodations vindicated in federal court. It claims violations of the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution regarding religion and other claims.
In it’s lawsuit, Oakwood Academy also asks for a permanent injunction barring the AHSAA from refusing to accommodate religious requests for schedule alterations in postseason play and award compensatory damages “for the harm suffered” in the case. Oakwood also is asking for a jury trial in the case.
The suit states, in part: “Although AHSAA schedules no state championship tournament play on Sundays, and although it allows for the rescheduling of contests for nonreligious reasons, AHSAA has categorically refused to grant scheduling requests to accommodate other religious observances. As a result, Saturday Sabbath observers like Plaintiff are forced to forfeit any basketball contest occurring on the Sabbath. Thus, they are forced out of competitive play solely on account of their religious beliefs.”
”It’s bad enough that AHSAA would intentionally exclude a religious school for honoring the Fourth Commandment,” said Eric Rassbach, senior counsel and vice president of Becket Fund for Religious Freedom, said in the release. “But it’s worse when the exclusion is entirely unnecessary—like most Americans faced with this issue, the schools had worked out a simple, common-sense solution. But the bureaucrats said no. The First Amendment demands much more.”
“This is not just another day of the week for us,” Todd McFarland, associate general counsel for the General Conference for Seventh-day Adventists said in a press release. “The Sabbath is the day we stop our work, rest and worship God. It is far more important to the members of the team to keep holy the Sabbath than play in any playoff game. The AHSAA should have made the simple schedule change – agreed upon by all teams – instead of making Oakwood Academy choose between faith and basketball.”
Attorneys for AHSAA had not responded to a request for comment about the lawsuit prior to publication of this story.
Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey sent a letter to AHSAA executive director Alvin Briggs requesting answers about the association’s position on the matter following the tournament. That letter also was sent to various media outlets. Briggs responded to the letter, pointing out that the AHSAA’s Central Board of the Control recognized a possible conflict when Oakwood petitioned to join the group in 2017 since most championships are held on Friday and Saturday.
Briggs wrote in part:
“Therefore, Oakwood agreed to follow the rules of the AHSAA and agreed to participate in all playoff games without petition, or forfeit. That statement was provided to the AHSAA in writing, and the AHSAA responded in writing, accepting their agreement to participate in championship play, without petition or forfeit.”
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Atlanta agrees to pay nearly $1M to man shot by officer
ATLANTA (AP) - The city of Atlanta has agreed to pay nearly $1 million to a North Carolina man who was shot and injured by a police officer as he was leaving an event downtown in February 2017.
The Atlanta City Council on Monday approved a $999,000 settlement for Noel Hall. Hall and his family had come to Atlanta because his son was participating in a supercross event.
As he and his wife were leaving with their grandchildren around 10:30 p.m., Atlanta police Sgt. Mathieu Cadeau, who was working off duty as security, told Hall he couldn't make a left turn. When Hall made the turn anyway, Cadeau fired into the vehicle. A bullet hit Hall in the arm and exited through his chest, barely missing his heart.
The police department fired Cadeau in May 2017. He was indicted in October 2018 on charges of aggravated assault, violation of his oath and reckless conduct. Cadeau pleaded guilt in early 2020 and was sentenced to 30 years of probation, according to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/ap/article-10782837/Atlanta-agrees-pay-nearly-1M-man-shot-officer.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | 2022-05-04T17:15:41Z | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/ap/article-10782837/Atlanta-agrees-pay-nearly-1M-man-shot-officer.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | true |
'Good vibes' for McIlroy as he defends at soggy Wells Fargo
POTOMAC, Md. (AP) - Wearing black rain pants on a soggy, foggy Wednesday morning, Rory McIlroy still had a bounce in his step and plenty of reasons to smile as he chatted with reporters, signed autographs and posed for selfies outside the clubhouse at TPC Potomac at Avenel Farm.
He is coming off a career-best runner-up finish at the Masters, thanks to a brilliant closing 64, and he has plenty of good memories from the Maryland suburbs of Washington. A mile to the east at Congressional, McIlroy played what he still describes as the best golf of his life, an eight-shot victory in the 2011 U.S. Open.
"I was driving in here yesterday morning and going along whatever road that is and I looked left and I thought, `That looks like Congressional. Oh, that is Congressional,´" McIlroy said. "So, good vibes, obviously, from this area."
McIlroy, who turned 33 on Wednesday, has a more recent title to defend this week at the Wells Fargo Championship, although he'll have to do it on a course where he's never competed. His victory last year was his third at Quail Hollow in Charlotte, North Carolina, but the tournament is making a one-year detour to TPC Potomac while its regular venue prepares to host the Presidents Cup in September.
McIlroy professes himself a fan of the tree-lined, trouble-heavy layout that's had a mixed reputation during 35 years as an on-and-off PGA Tour venue.
"It's just a solid golf course. You can't really fake it around here," McIlroy said. "You've got to hit the ball really well. Green complexes are tricky, pretty small targets. The rough maybe isn't up as much as they usually have it here because of the time of year, but overall, really solid test."
Rory McIlroy speaks to reporters at the Wells Fargo Championship golf tournament at TPC Potomac at Avenel Farm, Wednesday, May 4, 2022, in Potomac, Md. (AP Photo/Ben Nuckols)
And a wet one, thanks to an inch of rain that fell in the early morning hours Wednesday. More rain is expected Friday and Saturday, along with cool temperatures and strong wind this weekend.
McIlroy won his four major championships in relatively soggy conditions, cementing a reputation as a mudder that he thinks is a bit unfair.
"I've won 30 times around the world. Not all those weeks were wet and rainy," he said. "I think I'm pretty good in most conditions."
He's the chief attraction at TPC Potomac during a stretch of the PGA Tour schedule when top players are choosy about where they play, with three major championships looming in the next 10 weeks. McIlroy at No. 7 is the highest-ranked player in the field, followed by Tony Finau (No. 18) and Abraham Ancer (No. 20).
And if McIlroy was a bit overlooked heading into the Masters, the roars that accompanied his final shot on Sunday - a hole-out from a greenside bunker - reminded everyone of his star quality and still-immense potential.
"It gives me comfort knowing that my game is there," McIlroy said. "I got a lot of confidence from that round on Sunday. I did a lot of great things. It´s something to definitely build on over the next few weeks."
He will be grouped Thursday and Friday with veterans Webb Simpson and Francesco Molinari, who has his own good memories around here. Molinari shot a final-round 62 for an eight-shot victory in the last PGA Tour event at TPC Potomac, the 2018 Quicken Loans National. Three weeks later, he won his only major at the British Open, both times holding off a contending Tiger Woods.
The following year at the Masters, Molinari's tee shot into the water on the par-3 12th allowed Woods to seize control. That was the start of a precipitous decline for the Italian, who comes in ranked 203rd in the world.
Simpson missed seven weeks early this year with a neck injury and has fallen to 45th in the rankings. He said he's roughly tripled his time in the gym before rounds to keep his neck loose. He's also missing the easy commute to Quail Hollow, his home club.
"It was 20 minutes this morning, versus two," Simpson said.
NOTES: Morgan Hoffmann, who put his career on hold after he was diagnosed with muscular dystrophy, is making one of two remaining starts on a major medical extension. He needs the equivalent of a two-way tie for second to secure full status for the rest of the season. ... Howard University senior Gregory Odom Jr. received a sponsor exemption. Odom won his first collegiate title last November at TPC Sawgrass. Golden State Warriors star Stephen Curry is funding the golf program at Howard, a historically Black school in Washington. ... TPC Potomac was previously known as TPC Avenel and hosted PGA Tour events from 1987-2004, in 2006 and from 2017-18. Rory Sabbatini, the 2003 winner, is in the field. ... David Lingmerth, who won at TPC Potomac in 2012 on what is now the Korn Ferry Tour, earned a spot via Monday qualifying.
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PM: `Liberal lawyers´ will make Rwanda plan difficult but `we will get it done´
Boris Johnson has claimed “liberal lawyers” will attempt to put a spanner in the works of his plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda but promised “we will get it done”.
The Prime Minister’s comments come as Downing Street revealed on Tuesday that sending migrants to Rwanda may not take place for months.
Number 10 was unable to say when the first flights sending migrants on a one-way trip to the East African nation would take off, in the face of criticism and legal action against the plans.
Officials insisted they were not waiting for court challenges to be resolved before putting the policy into practice.
Speaking to reporters at Southampton Airport on Wednesday, Mr Johnson claimed “we always knew” that “liberal lawyers” would try to make the plan difficult.
However, he stressed the partnership between Rwanda and the UK is a “very, very sensible thing”.
The Prime Minister said: “It’s a great deal between two countries, each helping the other.
“Of course, there are going to be legal eagles, liberal lawyers, who will try to make this difficult to settle. We always knew this was going to happen, but it is a very, very sensible thing.
“If people are coming across the Channel illegally, and if they are, their lives are being put at risk by ruthless and unscrupulous gangsters, which is what is happening at the moment.”
He added: “You need a solution. And you need something that is going to say to those people, to those gangsters, ‘I’m sorry, but you can’t tell your customers, you can’t tell these poor people, that they’re just going to come to the UK, and they’re going to be lost in the system, because we’re going to find a way of making sure that they are going immediately to Rwanda’.
“I think that’s a humane, compassionate and sensible thing to do. I’m not going to pretend to you that is going to be without legal challenges. I think I said that when I announced it, but we will get it done.”
Earlier this month, Home Secretary Priti Patel signed what she described as a “world-first” agreement with Rwanda, which will see the East African nation receive asylum seekers deemed by the UK to have arrived “illegally” and therefore inadmissible under new immigration rules.
The deal is already subject to legal challenges.
The Prime Minister’s official spokesman said the flights would take place at the “earliest opportunity” and the plan was a “fully legally secure approach that has been tested and thought through”, adding: “We have received pre-action correspondence from a number of legal firms, I can’t get into that more… but we still maintain our hope to have the first flights take place in a matter of months.”
Plans for an immigration processing centre in North Yorkshire, which are said to be pivotal to “delivering” the Government’s Rwanda deal, have also been criticised by Labour.
Asked by reporters about plans for the processing centre at a former RAF base near Linton-on-Ouse, party leader Sir Keir Starmer said: “The Government is in complete chaos on this.
“To call it a plan is too grand: they don’t know what they are doing, they haven’t thought it through and they haven’t even had the decency to consult local people about it, which tells you just about everything you need to know about the state of chaos they are in.” | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/pa/article-10782735/PM--Liberal-lawyers-make-Rwanda-plan-difficult-done.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | 2022-05-04T17:17:15Z | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/pa/article-10782735/PM--Liberal-lawyers-make-Rwanda-plan-difficult-done.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | true |
Trudeau vows to defend abortion rights after U.S. Supreme Court move
By Kanishka Singh
May 4 (Reuters) - Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau vowed to defend abortion rights as the decades-old battle over the issue exploded anew this week in Canada's southern neighbor, with the U.S. Supreme Court apparently set to overturn the decades-old ruling that legalized the procedure nationwide.
"A woman's free choice is a choice to be made by her alone. Every woman in Canada has the right to a legal and safe abortion," Trudeau told reporters before a meeting of Liberal lawmakers in Ottawa on Wednesday.
A draft U.S. Supreme Court decision, leaked late on Monday, showed a majority of justices prepared to overturn the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision that protects abortion rights. The court on Tuesday confirmed the authenticity of the leaked document.
"We know that unfortunately, what we're seeing with our neighbors in the south and even in debates within the Conservative Party of Canada, that we need to ensure that there are protections in place so that we never see people backtracking on that right," Trudeau said.
He added that Canada will consider legal options if such rights are at risk of violation in the country.
"We have asked the ministers to take a look at this (review of the legal framework) very quickly and we'll see what the timeline is for that," Trudeau said.
Canada's Supreme Court decriminalized abortion in a historic 1988 ruling. Ostensibly, since then, abortion has been a medical procedure like any other. But barriers to access persist, especially for people living outside urban areas.
Canada's top court is unlikely to re-criminalize abortion any time soon. But if the U.S. Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade, that could embolden anti-abortion movements and galvanize pro-choice activists, Canadian observers and advocates on both sides of the divisive issue noted.
U.S. President Joe Biden appealed to voters on Tuesday to protect abortion rights by backing candidates who support them in November's mid-term elections.
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'Armed and dangerous' murder suspect arrested in Winter Haven, deputies say
WINTER HAVEN, Fla. - Polk County deputies were initially searching for a homicide suspect Tuesday evening – and within a day, they say they captured the man.
Deputies were looking for 42-year-old Robert Simmons in the Eloise area of Winter Haven, describing him as "armed and dangerous." They didn't provide further details on the alleged crime he may have committed.
Wednesday morning, they said he was found. No other information was immediately available.
Sheriff Grady Judd is scheduled to provide additional details in the afternoon.
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McIlroy confident ahead of Wells Fargo title defense
May 4 (Reuters) - Rory McIlroy said on Wednesday that his final-round charge at the Masters has given him a confidence boost ahead of his return to competition this week in Potomac, Maryland where he is the defending champion at the Wells Fargo Championship.
McIlroy capped a closing 64 at Augusta National in style when he holed out for birdie from a greenside bunker on the 18th hole to finish runner-up to Scottie Scheffler at the Masters.
The Northern Irishman, speaking to reporters at TPC Potomac at Avenel Farm on his 33rd birthday, said he does not feel any added pressure going into the next 10-week stretch in which three majors will be contested.
"If anything it gives me comfort knowing that my game is there. And no, not more expectation or pressure," McIlroy told reporters.
"That's always been there, but I got a lot of confidence from that round on Sunday. I did a lot of great things. It's something to definitely build on over the next few weeks."
McIlroy, who has suffered plenty of heartache at Augusta National, began the final round 10 shots behind Scheffler but produced the only bogey-free round of the week and matched the lowest final-round score in Masters history to finish three strokes back.
The four-times major champion will look to carry that form into the Wells Fargo Championship, one of four PGA Tour events at which McIlroy has collected multiple victories (2010, 2015, 2021) and the only one he has won three or more times.
Traditionally played at Quail Hollow Club, the Wells Fargo Championship is being held at TPC Potomac at Avenel Farm this year to accommodate the 2022 Presidents Cup, which will be contested at Quail Hollow in September.
McIlroy, looking to become the first player to win an event back-to-back at two different courses since Brooks Koepka at the PGA Championship (2018, 2019), had never played the TPC Potomac layout until this week.
"You can't really fake it around here," said McIlroy, who played 18 holes on Tuesday and another nine on Wednesday.
"You've got to hit the ball really well, green complexes are tricky, pretty small targets, the rough maybe isn't up as much as they usually have it here because of the time of year, but overall really solid test." (Reporting by Frank Pingue in Toronto, editing by Ed Osmond) | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/reuters/article-10782931/McIlroy-confident-ahead-Wells-Fargo-title-defense.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | 2022-05-04T17:22:07Z | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/reuters/article-10782931/McIlroy-confident-ahead-Wells-Fargo-title-defense.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | false |
100-year-old New Jersey native runs Penn relay
Last Saturday, a handful of athletes participated in the Penn Relays, but there is one that stands out among the rest.
Lester Wright, who is a World War II veteran and a New Jersey native also happens to be 100 years of age. He conveniently turned 100 just the day before the 100 meter dash, making it quite the epic run.
According to reporters, this was his first run in over three years, as he was ill for quite some time. See the report from Fox 29 Philadelphia below.
Wright has had quite the impressive running history. He grew up in Long Branch, New Jersey, where he was a member of the track team. He ended up marrying his high school sweetheart and after college opened the first black-owned dental lab in his area.
He always enjoyed running but didn’t really take it seriously until his 30s, which was quickly interrupted by needing to serve in World War II.
Upon returning from the war, Wright continued to pursue this hobby of his. He broke a sprinting record almost 26 years ago, and just this past weekend broke a second record for his age category after finishing the 100m in just 26.34 seconds.
Wright is a role model for many athletes across the world, proving that age and time should never get in the way of your dreams.
When asked if he will run in the next Penn Relays, he gave quite a hopeful response. I sure hope we New Jerseyans get to cheer him on next year and for as many years to come.
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- The Great Resignation is more of a Great Reshuffle.
- Hybrid and Remote Workforce – it's here to stay.
- Third-Party Risk Management (TPRM) emerges as a top cybersecurity priority.
- Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM) shows ROI.
- The Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement (TEFCA) will usher in a new era of healthcare data and IT interoperability.
- ERP now matches EHR in strategic importance.
NASHVILLE, Tenn., May 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Pivot Point Consulting, a Vaco Company, and 2022 #2 Best in KLAS: Overall IT Services Firm, today released its second quarter Healthcare IT Directions Report, underscoring six trends certain to drive health IT decision-making in 2022.
Pivot Point's team of experts continually studies and identifies top trends in healthcare IT, sharing their insights and know-how with health IT leaders operating at a range of organizations from hospitals and health systems to provider networks and payers. For Q2 2022, top-of-mind trends include the myth of The Great Resignation to the importance of TEFCA and ERP.
Pivot Point Consulting's Q2 2022 Healthcare IT Directions Report provides insights and recommendations to help leaders frame strategies, drive innovation and operate efficiently in an unpredictable, rapidly evolving environment.
The Great Resignation Myth
According to a March 2022 Harvard Business Review article, 47 million Americans voluntarily quit their jobs in 2021. The same HBR report analyzed 10-plus years of labor data that suggests the 2021 Great Resignation was a pendulum-swinging response to 2020, when far fewer employees quit their jobs than expected, likely due to the uncertainty of COVID. The workforce shifts are driven by many forces, including employees reshuffling – moving to similar roles in the same industry given new (remote) opportunities, wage competition and reconsideration, taking jobs that allow a (re)focus on the quality of life.
Now dubbed "The Great Reshuffle," it is inter-related with another trend – the permanence of the hybrid and remote workforce now embedded across a range of industries, including healthcare.
- Analysis: The impact of the Great Reshuffle and a hybrid and remote workforce is widespread and healthcare leaders should recognize and be aware of both trends – which are likely to continue full force.
- Takeaway: Organizations should build staffing models, management and team culture that provides autonomy, accountability and advancement; prioritize staff development and satisfaction; and deploy consulting talent to manage across peaks in staffing demand.
Third-Party Risk Management (TPRM) and Cybersecurity Threats
TPRM continues to be a top emerging risk for organizations of all sizes across all industries, with 81% of executives identifying TPRM as a priority going into 2022. This trend is only expected to continue as dependence on third parties grows and vendor relationships become more complex.
- Analysis: There is an uptick in demand for TPRM program implementation and managed services from all types of healthcare organizations. The reality is all organizations that rely on third parties for production operations are inherently susceptible to vendor risk exposure, regardless of their size. The lasting impact of a data breach or cybersecurity risk event caused by a third party can be extremely costly.
- Takeaway: Healthcare organizations should establish TPRM via a comprehensive info-security program and a focus on supply chain evaluation; recognize that a business is only as secure as its move vulnerable vendor partner; and conduct Application Rationalization and Decommissioning initiatives to also reduce risk.
Embrace Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM)
The proof is in the numbers: 40% of health centers are using RPM; 70% have seen improvement in clinical outcomes including a 76% reduction in hospital readmissions; RPM program participants are experiencing 51% fewer on-call urgent visits, 47% fewer physician visits and 41% fewer phone calls directly related to patient care.
- Analysis: Healthcare organizations that implement and incorporate RMP into the standards and best practices for care delivery reduce costs, while increasing clinical outcomes and patient satisfaction and retention.
- Takeaway: To dive into RPM, healthcare leaders, CIOs and IT staff must address device sourcing, inventory management and loss prevention, as well as coding and reimbursement for device utilization, IT support needs, workflow changes (especially for chronic conditions and post-acute discharge management) and cultural shifts to instill clinical leadership's trust in device data.
Preparing for the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement (TEFCA)
At the start of 2022, The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC), the organization at the helm of the nation's health IT standards, published TEFCA to address the gaps in interoperability by implementing a nationally coordinated network of Qualified Health Information Networks (QHINs). To date, Health Information Exchanges (HIEs) have traditionally focused on provider-to-provider data sharing and didn't include such stakeholders as payers, individual consumers and public health.
- Analysis: TEFCA infrastructure will help providers access more clinical information, collaborate with health plans to provide resources to patients and comply with information-blocking regulations. By the end of 2022, we expect to see several QHINs become available for data exchange.
- Takeaway: Organizations should build-out technology infrastructure that can request, accept and store data provided by QHINS; address data hygiene to ease integration with a national data set; and skill-up tech staff, especially with the FHIR framework.
Strategic, Integrated Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)
There is an ever-increasing level of new implementation, replacement and general adoption of ERP solutions across healthcare, with the operative word being "integrated." Healthcare organizations are seeing enhanced business insights that can result in actionable changes and positively impact the bottom line and overall satisfaction of staff and patients. A 2020 Guidehouse survey reported that 51% of providers are planning to implement or optimize their ERP system over the next few years.
- Analysis: The ERP system is as important as the Electronic Health Record (EHR) system to the lifeblood of the healthcare enterprise. Integrated systems provide for a holistic, data-driven operational view and can improve decision making and planning. A single Software as a Service (SaaS) solution can unlock efficiencies, enabling professionals work to the top of their license and not be bogged down with disparate systems.
- Takeaway: As healthcare organizations embrace new, integrated ERP deployments, it's crucial to shape a vision, create a strategic roadmap, as well as launch change management activities and communications plans, including answering the question for staff at all levels: Why are we doing this?
Learn more from the full Healthcare IT Trends Report.
About Pivot Point Consulting
In 2022, Pivot Point Consulting, is ranked as the #2 Best in KLAS: Overall IT Services Firm, by KLAS (after being 2020 #1 Best in KLAS Overall IT Services Firm) and it is also ranked #2 in Partial IT Outsourcing.
Pivot Point Consulting enables healthcare organizations to realize the most value from their technology and resources through EHR, ERP, Strategy, Virtual Care, Data & Analytics, Cybersecurity, Service Desk, Application Support and Revenue Cycle Management services. Our experts deliver consulting, managed services and talent solutions to providers, payers, life sciences and technology organizations.
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Less than three months after earning a promotion from Charlotte FC President to Tepper Sports & Entertainment CEO, Nick Kelly has resigned from the organization.
David Tepper elevated Kelly to the role in February following the departure of previous executive Tom Glick, during a series of moves in a reorganization of the group. Kelly had been President of Charlotte FC since December of 2020.
Tepper expressed his gratefulness of Kelly in a statement, saying, “Nick played an integral role in laying the groundwork for Charlotte FC’s inaugural season, and was a key contributor to Tepper Sports & Entertainment. We appreciate his efforts and wish him and his family the best as they move forward.”
Kelly offered no reason for his sudden departure publicly, but said in a statement, “I want to thank Mr. and Mrs. Tepper, as well as the entire Tepper Sports & Entertainment organization, for giving me the opportunity to build a club, culture, and fanbase from the ground up at Charlotte FC. It has been a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity and for that, I will be forever grateful and a fan.”
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In today's crowded market, it's more important than ever to make sure that you're effectively reaching the largest audience possible. An important component of this is growing your online and offline brand presence simultaneously.
Getting customers to engage with your brand online is great, but having that offline engagement opens you up to an entirely different audience, meaning more sales and happier customers. To help you achieve this, 16 Forbes Business Council members share their best tips for developing a powerful brand, online and off.
1. Have An Integrated Brand
The key is to have integration across the board. In regards to marketing, your look and feel should be the same whether someone is walking into a store, seeing an ad online or visiting a website. Utilizing a creative brief to tie all these mediums together is crucial to creative commonality. Lastly, guidelines are necessary in terms of creating to keep things looking the same. - Scott Lerner, Better Choice Company
2. Keep Your Brand Consistent
Alignment and consistency are the keys to having a powerful online and offline presence. In today’s business environment, aligning both worlds means we have to ask if our presence adds value, provides opportunities for growth and inspires your community. Consistently connecting these ideas can create a powerful blueprint for both worlds. - Monique Allen, Ma’at Enterprises, Inc
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3. Remember Your Core Message
The first thing to remember is that a brand is more than colors and logos. The foundation of a brand is the core message—who you help, what problems they have and the outcome you provide to them. To build a powerful presence online and offline, this message must be the same everywhere your ideal client can find you. Doing this consistently over time positions you as the clear leader in their minds. - Nneka Unachukwu, EntreMD
4. Establish A Strong Brand Voice
For both online and offline businesses, establishing a strong brand voice is essential. Ensure that your voice is clear and consistent across all communication platforms. The more you uphold your company's values and vision, the more likely you'll maintain a strong presence as a powerful brand and make your business stand out. - Joseph Edgar, TenantCloud
5. Leverage New Technologies
Since the inception of the smartphone, boundaries between online and offline channels have been merging. With augmented and virtual reality, this trend is set to continue, so making use of technologies to provide a consistent user experience that engages users across the user journey will set your business apart from competitors. - Oscar White, Beyonk
6. Engage Through Speaking Opportunities
A filter I use is asking, "Are you being invited to speak anywhere?" If you think about it, quality conferences curate who they want to speak, so quite commonly, the people on the speaker list are doing a great job of being relevant. They are being handed the microphone and people are paying to hear their advice. That's a great goal or mission if you want to think about growth. - David Perry, Carro
7. Talk About Digital Successes In Person
It's vital to keep the conversation going both in offline and online spaces simultaneously. Have you recently made a LinkedIn post about your new product? Talk about it at a conference. Have you written an article on your company's employer branding efforts? Emphasize them at the next job fair you take part in. The true key here is consistency. - Tytus Gołas, Tidio
8. Have Unified Brand Visibility
The key to having an effective offline and online presence is to have unified brand visibility in both mediums. The brand should have, at both locations, a strong association with the quality promise of the goods or services the business offers to customers. A unified presence results in good brand recall and enhances the chance of the business acquiring new customers and retaining old ones. - Beth Worthy, GMR Transcription Services, Inc
9. Consider A Brick-And-Mortar Location
Blending the online and offline experiences can be achieved with different approaches. You could open prestigious brick-and-mortar locations or a large number of small stores and Beta testing locations with product options aided by visualization technology. Stores become lead generators, and their impact extends beyond the four walls. They build brand awareness and enhance e-commerce sales. - Marilisa Barbieri
10. Develop A Brand Story
Cultivate a strong brand story, and make sure the whole company is on board. A company that believes in its brand brings it naturally to everything, from building a website to creating marketing materials, sending emails, going to shows and even through personal interactions with customers. Own your brand and incorporate it into your company from the top down and the bottom up. - Ty Allen, SocialClimb
11. Be Kind To Your Audience
Kindness is so underrated yet so powerful, both online and offline. Being kind and showing grace to people you encounter both in person and virtually makes you incredibly memorable in all the good ways you want to be remembered. I'm fortunate to have attracted a great team and built a 100% referral-based business with a continuous stream of clients because of this simple attribute and concept. - Catherine Kuo, Elite Commercial Real Estate
12. Combine Digital And Online Efforts
Building continuous, concentric circles between online and offline is key to driving business and optimizing the connection. This means you should set up a social media call-to-action offline to promote an experience that drives up social engagement and creates a reason for an offline visit. Be creative, have fun, use video props, develop campaigns and utilize tagging. Own it! - Judy Herbst, Savvy Ladies
13. Build Trust With Your Audience
The key is to build up trust and become attractive to your audience both offline and online. Trust can be accumulated through achieving outcomes and showing actual proof of your performance. Being attractive means being approachable so that people engage more which results in more presence in the market. - Yuzuru Ishikawa, Globalcube Limited
14. Create Complementary Brand Voices
Consistency is key. Brand voice must echo both their online and offline platforms. They must complement each other and jive together. Though they may have different strategic platforms, they still both pertain to one brand and business. In this way, consistent brand voices will prevent confusion and will further gain a louder voice against their competitor. - Lane Kawaoka, SimplePassiveCashflow.com
15. Know The Needs Of Both Customers
Create a marketing strategy that appeals to both audiences. When targeting consumers that strictly shop online, you need to create content that clearly communicates the “what” and “why.” For offline consumers, the goal is to capture the attention of potential customers and drive foot traffic to your retail location. Focus on eye-catching graphics and an engaging storefront. - Kelley Higney, Bug Bite Thing
16. Update Your Website Content
I think just a general commitment to consistency is key. Make sure that you are keeping your company website and social media platforms up to date and keep a regular schedule of adding new content. At the same time, make sure you are going to networking events and speaking with people both in formal and informal gatherings. - Josh Thompson, Thompson Construction | https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbesbusinesscouncil/2022/05/04/heres-how-to-strengthen-your-online-and-offline-brand-presence/ | 2022-05-04T17:25:36Z | https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbesbusinesscouncil/2022/05/04/heres-how-to-strengthen-your-online-and-offline-brand-presence/ | true |
The abortion underground and what lessons can be learned from the Jane Collective
What Sunny Chapman experienced roughly 53 years ago in a secret Chicago apartment while blindfolded exemplifies what life was like for women seeking an abortion before Roe v. Wade, the landmark 1973 ruling guaranteeing the right to the procedure.
It was 1969 and Chapman needed an abortion. The then-19-year-old activist had been working for the Chicago Seed, an underground newspaper, when she spotted an ad that said "Pregnant? Need Help? Call Jane."
Jane was actually the Jane Collective, a group of activists who banded together in the 1960s to provide abortions to thousands of women at a time when the procedure was still outlawed.
"It's a fairly painful procedure, and on a bed in an apartment, and, you know, they did a great job, but this is not how it should be," Chapman told NPR over the phone. "Women should be able to go to medical clinics openly and go into a room after their procedure and be covered with a blanket and have a nice hot cup of tea. And, you know, it shouldn't be this crazy thing. I mean, can you imagine if you were a young woman doing something like this? Would you have the courage as a 19-year-old woman?"
Chapman fears questions like this may soon consume countless women as Americans wait to see if the leaked Supreme Court draft opinion overturning Roe holds — it was published by Politico on Monday night and was confirmed by Chief Justice John Roberts as authentic Tuesday.
If the Supreme Court were to overturn Roe. v. Wade, a series of "trigger laws" would kick in and automatically ban or curtail abortion in 13 states: Arkansas, Idaho, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah and Wyoming.
In the likelihood that Roe v. Wade is overturned, Heather Booth, the founder of the Jane Collective, has two pieces of advice: "We need to come together. We need to organize."
"My reaction is that the struggle continues," Booth told NPR over the phone Tuesday when asked about her reaction to the leaked Supreme Court draft opinion. "That every tool we have, from protests to support for the people who are in need, who are looking for a full life and determining the most intimate decision of a person's life about when or whether to have a child or how many children to have, this decision needs to be sustained. So that includes service and support for those people in need, including reestablishing that underground that I was part of in the pre-Roe years."
A brief look at the abortion underground then and now
Booth was a student at the University of Chicago when a friend approached her in 1965 needing help getting an abortion, Rainey Horwitz wrote in her research paper "The Jane Collective (1969–1973)."
After helping her friend find a doctor willing to take the risk of performing the procedure, Booth was inundated with requests from other women needing help.
By the late 1960s, "the Jane Collective provided health care, counseling, and abortion services to thousands of women in Chicago" with the help of volunteers, Horwitz wrote.
At its peak, the Jane Collective was performing abortions four days a week and normally serving 10 women daily. In the seven years the group was active, it performed about 11,000 first- and second-trimester abortions.
As the Jane Collective grew, so did the number of law enforcement eyes on it.
"In the spring of 1972, police raided an apartment on the South Side of Chicago," states the Sundance Film Festival on its website in promoting the new documentary on the Jane Collective called The Janes. "Seven women were arrested and charged."
Roughly six months after the women were arrested, on Jan. 22, 1973, the U.S. Supreme Court legalized abortion in the United States with their decision in Roe v. Wade. The charges against the women were dropped.
Today, the abortion underground "is a very kind of rough and lumpy umbrella" encompassing numerous groups trying to get women access to procedures and pills used for self-induced abortions, journalist Jessica Bruder, who recently wrote an Atlantic cover story about the abortion underground, told NPR in April.
The groups range from activists in Mexico who have helped women get misoprostol, which is taken for stomach ulcers and can also induce abortions when used properly, and Aid Access, "which is a telemedicine service that provides the pills to women in all 50 states, regardless of whether a state has banned them," Bruder said.
Then there's the group Abortion on Demand.
"They recently bulletproofed two vans. So they're based up in Minnesota, but they're planning on using these vans just outside the Texas border to make it easier for people to access clinics who would usually have to travel maybe far out of Texas," Bruder added. "So one of the vans will be providing, basically, there'll be a doctor who is able to provide manual vacuum-aspiration abortions in that van. It will have a table and an ultrasound and all that. And the other van will have somebody who can prescribe and administer abortion pills."
What the future holds
Horwitz was not surprised to see the Supreme Court draft opinion on Monday evening.
Having grown up in St. Louis, where she is a medical student, Horwitz said the state has lived in a "post-Roe" world for some time.
There are very limited options for women seeking in-person abortion procedures in Missouri, Horwitz told NPR over the phone on Tuesday.
"It's just so interesting, because, I mean, it is really history repeating itself. The Jane Collective really did fill a niche that was not being addressed by the medical field, similar to what's going on today. And I think what the Jane Collective really exemplified is that abortions are not medically complex procedures, especially now in 2022, when so many people can have the option to undergo a medication abortion and have to completely eliminate those risks of those surgical abortions," said Horwitz, who also runs the popular sex-ed Instagram account sexplained.med.
These pills, which are "very safe," have helped lessen the need for underground groups, Carole Joffe, a sociologist and professor at the University of California, San Francisco, who studies abortion, told NPR over the phone on Tuesday.
Abortion pills — not surgical procedures — made up 54% of abortions in 2020 and were the primary choice in the U.S. for the first time since the Food and Drug Administration approved the abortion drug mifepristone more than two decades ago.
The Supreme Court is expected to officially rule on Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, a case that involves a Mississippi law that bans abortion after 15 weeks, before the end of its term in late June or early July. The decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization could overturn or greatly weaken Roe v. Wade.
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Fans of the John Wick franchise have been eagerly waiting for the fourth installment of the franchise, which had suffered several delays related to schedule issues and the Covid-19 pandemic. However, the action thriller is closer to being released.
Keanu Reeves will return as the dangerous hitman who has to return to a criminal life that he had left behind. The ending of the third installment left fans with many doubts, especially as Wiston (Ian McShane) shot John Wick.
The franchise, created by Derek Kolstad and directed by Chad Stahelski, is considered a critical and commercial success, with all three films grossing over $587 million worldwide. Here, check out what we know about John Wick 4.
John Wick 4: Release date
The film, distributed by Lionsgate, is set to have a theatrical release in the United States on March 24, 2023. At first it was supposed to come out in May 2021, however, filming had to be pushed back due to the Covid-19 pandemic and Reeves’ commitment with The Matrix Resurrections.
John Wick 4: Cast
Keanu Reeves will return as John Wick, while the rest of the cast includes: Laurence Fishburne as The Bowery King, Ian McShane as Winston, the manager of the Continental Hotel; Lance Reddick as Charon, the concierge at the Continental Hotel in New York and Rina Sawayama as Akira. Also, Donnie Yen, Shamier Anderson,Bill Skarsgård,Hiroyuki Sanada, Scott Adkins, and Clancy Brown round up the cast in undisclosed roles so far.
John Wick 4: Plot
While no official plot has been released for the movie, director Chad Stahelski revealed in the CinemaCon what fans can expect for this sequel. “It has something of a conclusion to the saga, which is great. We introduce a lot of new characters that have a lot to say about Keanu Reeves' character's past. And obviously from the present as well. I think it's a kind of brotherhood and it's hopeful," he explained, according to Collider. | https://bolavip.com/en/offside/john-wick-chapter-4-release-date-cast-and-plot--20220504-0008.html | 2022-05-04T17:32:50Z | https://bolavip.com/en/offside/john-wick-chapter-4-release-date-cast-and-plot--20220504-0008.html | false |
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Meity to train over 85,000 engineers in chip design in next 5 years
"Leapfrogging, Meity now intends to make accessible a centralized chip design infrastructure to be made available at India Chip Centre setup at C-DAC, to train over 85000 B Tech, M Tech and PhD students at 120 academic institutions across the country in chip design area for next 5 years," an official statement said.
The Electronics and IT Ministry aims to train over 85,000 engineers on chip design by expanding the infrastructure available for the technology to 120 academic institutions across the country in the next five years, an official statement said on Wednesday. The electronics and IT ministry had done a pilot deployment in 2021 under special manpower development programme for Chips to System Design (SMDP-C2SD), wherein a centralized design facility at state-run C-DAC was enabled for remote access by over 50,000 engineering students at 60 academic institutions for designing chips.
"Leapfrogging, Meity now intends to make accessible a centralized chip design infrastructure to be made available at India Chip Centre setup at C-DAC, to train over 85000 B Tech, M Tech and PhD students at 120 academic institutions across the country in chip design area for next 5 years," an official statement said.
For making available the chip design infrastructure at India Chip Centre of C-DAC, leading industry vendors from EDA (Electronic Design Automation), Electronic Computer-Aided Design (ECAD), IP Core and Design solutions Industry are being partnered with.
"Specific collaborative arrangements are being made available with Synopsys, Cadence Design Systems, Siemens EDA, Silvaco and other leading tool vendors, IP & design solution providers and Fab aggregators," the statement said.
As SemiconIndia 2022 concluded successfully last week, most of the global semiconductor leaders like Intel, Micron, Qualcomm, LAM Research etc not only highlighted the contribution of their Indian research and development centres, which are now the biggest centres out of their headquarter locations but also acknowledged the semiconductor design strength in our country, which now makes up for 20 per cent of the world's engineers.
Electronics and IT minister Ashwini Vaishnaw at Semicon India conferernce had highlighted that India's democracy and talent pool sets it apart from other countries fighting for chip sovereignty. Also Read:
In his inaugural address at the Semicon India-2022 conference here, Modi said the country has the appetite for "technology and risk-taking" and emphasised that hard work has been done over the last few years to create an environment that encourages growth.
In the month of April, long time market leader Hero Electric suffered a near 50% drop in sales enabling Bhavish Aggarwal's Ola Electric to surge ahead. With Hero grappling with chip shortage woes, a comeback may be difficult if not impossible while Ola is looking to build on the momentum.
The deal is likely to be announced by the end of May or early June, people aware of the matter said, asking not to be named. They also did not reveal any likely financial terms or how the Motherson Group will fund the deal. | https://auto.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/auto-components/meity-to-train-over-85000-engineers-in-chip-design-in-next-5-years/91324540 | 2022-05-04T17:50:18Z | https://auto.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/auto-components/meity-to-train-over-85000-engineers-in-chip-design-in-next-5-years/91324540 | true |
Conference rooms need to be equipped for ultimate flexibility, intuitive use, and seamless integration to cultivate meaningful productivity and collaboration of evolving workforce
CHICAGO, May 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Mimo Monitors (www.MimoMonitors.com), an expert in small touchscreen displays, is working with Google Workspace to provide top video conferencing tips to optimize productivity, flexibility, and accessibility for teams both in the office and working remotely. With Mimo and Google Workspaces' expertise in the video conferencing arena, they have vast knowledge on how companies can inspire offices and people around the globe to collaborate more easily and effectively in meetings.
"Creating a conference room that is designed with flexibility at the forefront is essential," said Mimo Monitors CEO, David Anderson. "In today's era, offices need to be extra prepared for unforeseen circumstances and set up to ensure that the conference room can accommodate moveable furniture configurations while supporting folks in office and afar on an ever-changing basis."
One way to ensure this positive and comparable experience for everyone is to utilize a conference room kit that includes all the necessary components for any conference room space and is designed to thoughtfully work together. Utilizing a kit that is designed and tested together, ensures high-performance and intuitive usability for everyone in the meeting. The Google Meet Series One Room Kit from Lenovo combines state-of-the-art conference room software and hardware to make the conference room more interactive, simple to use, and flexible.
A key component of a great meeting room experience is the elegant Series One Touch Controller, which connects over a simple CAT5e Ethernet cable. This innovative display eliminates the typical complexities, costs, and hassle surrounding the abundance of cables typically needed to set up a conference room controller. It also allows for the PC to be a long distance, up to 100 meters, from the display. This ease of long-distance installation and the fact that there is only one cable needed for deployment, allows the user to have ultimate flexibility in setting up or arranging their conference or huddle room space, and the ability to easily shift things around.
Scott Friedman, Head of Partnerships and Alliances for Google Meet hardware, also discussed how to build culture around video equity so that everyone has a comparable experience whether they are in the room or working remotely: "Through technologies like Companion mode, we are working to ensure that meeting room participants have access to the same meeting features that remote participants do -- such as hand raise, Q&A, chat, sharing, and more. "
To watch a video to learn more about Mimo Monitors' and Google Clouds' video conferencing tips please visit: MimoMonitors.com
About Mimo Monitors:
Mimo Monitors (www.mimomonitors.com) was founded in 2008 to provide customers and partners with personalized customer service and the best quality small footprint small displays, touch screens, and tablets at the best value. Striving to provide customers with a technical partnership to develop customized solutions with leading edge technologies, Mimo Monitors has grown into a leading supplier of touch solutions for a wide variety of markets and Fortune 500 companies such as Google, Hertz, and VeriFone. From interactive POP digital signage, to desktop and mounted control panels, to point of sale systems, hands-on kiosks, and portable applications, our unique single USB connection allows for a myriad of innovative applications.
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SANFORD, Fla., May 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Thousands of legacy VSAT systems with TracStar/TracLRI controllers have been fielded and are still operating in both the private sector and in military programs. While these terminals are still performing and critical to the programs' objectives, they become problematic when a program must adopt new modems with different operational parameters due to modem obsolescence. As a result, legacy antenna control systems such as TracStar/TracLRI ACUs often do not fully communicate with the new modems, and functionality is lost; this is especially true with newer OpenAMIP modems.
In order to enable legacy TracStar/TracLRI antenna control units to seamlessly interface with new modems such as the iDirect 8 and 9 series modems, PathFinder developed and recently delivered its Modem Agnostic Antenna Control (MAAC) software to enable the incumbent antenna control units (TracStar/TracLRI) and new iDirect modems to seamlessly interface, retaining all the functionality of the original configuration.
The MAAC software is an upgrade that can be uploaded to the TracStar/TracLRI ACU, providing intercommunications between the OpenAMIP modem and the ACU. No new hardware is required. The MAAC software supports OpenAMIP communications with the iDirect modems enabling direct point and reference modes of satellite acquisition, thereby extending the useful life of the VSATs without the program needing to sacrifice functionality.
The MAAC software is operated via a simple web portal enabling configuration and control of the antenna. Profiles are retained for both OpenAMIP and legacy modem configurations.
At PathFinder Digital, we believe that post-sales support is just as critical as the initial sale. The MAAC software upgrade is one more example of PathFinder's commitment to supporting our customers and their sustainment activities.
About PathFinder Digital LLC
PathFinder specializes in the development of mobile ground terminal satellite communications solutions engineered to meet the unique and particular needs of each project, primarily for military and government agency programs. PathFinder identifies or develops the best solutions to meet the objectives of each set of communications requirements. PathFinder uses the best available products, re-engineered or developed if necessary, to create the most effective and cost beneficial communications solutions for its customers.
For more information please visit www.PathFinderDigital.com. PathFinder personnel can be reached at info@pathfinderdigital.com or (413) 575-5631.
Contact: Roger McGarrahan
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Crawley crash: Tributes paid to woman who died in car park
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The mother of a woman who died in a crash in a car park has paid tribute to her "bright, bubbly" daughter.
Leonie Grace Jones, 18, was killed in a crash in Gossops Green which saw two men, aged 20 and 21, arrested for multiple offences, including death by dangerous driving.
Her mother, Carmel Richards, said Leonie would "forever hold a place in our hearts."
Mrs Richards said: "She always had a sparkle in her beautiful blue eyes.
"She wanted to travel and to become a beautician to run her own business."
Mrs Richards said her daughter "would always go that extra mile" for her friends and family.
The two men arrested following the crash have both been released under investigation, pending further enquiries.
Sussex Police are keen to speak to people in another vehicle that left the scene immediately after the incident and are appealing for witnesses. | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-61324643 | 2022-05-04T17:55:09Z | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-61324643 | true |
Attendees Can Interview, Receive Offers on Site
EIGHTY FOUR, Pa., May 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- 84 Lumber, the nation's largest privately held building materials supplier, is recruiting for nearly 15 immediate openings at its location in Denton, TX, as the company's business continues to expand nationwide. Interested job seekers can interview for open positions at a hiring event on May 11, 2022, from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the company's Denton store (3147 Jim Christal Road, Denton, TX 76207).
"At 84 Lumber, we are on the leading edge of the ongoing rise in residential construction across the nation," said Jorge Espinoza, divisional vice president at 84 Lumber. "Greater demand for our products means a need for more motivated, dedicated employees who want to take advantage of the phenomenal growth opportunity in our industry. If you have a strong work ethic and are eager for something new, you could be the perfect fit for us."
Hiring event attendees will participate in job interviews and learn more about 84 Lumber's company culture. Some attendees may receive a job offer on site. Open positions include:
- Manager trainees (MTs), who enter an intensive, one-on-one, on-the-job training program that teaches them about the company's business and puts them on a path to become a future leader within the enterprise. Starting compensation for manager trainees is $40,000 to $44,000 per year including bonuses.
- Outdoor lumber yard and warehouse associates, load builders. Applicants need no prior experience and perform essential functions behind the scenes primarily outdoors – from the management of supply shipments to the operation of forklifts and other equipment. Starting pay is $16 per hour.
"As a family-owned company, 84 Lumber is committed to helping our employees build a long-term career with us. We are proud to say that 95% of our store managers started in our manager trainee program," Espinoza said. "We believe that a wide variety of candidates can find a home with the company and open doors for themselves – a person with no construction experience but a desire to learn, military veterans ready to open their next chapter, or someone simply ready to make a fresh start. We'll give every one of them the tools to grow."
Candidates interested in participating in the Hiring Event should pre-register online and complete the form. Registrants will then receive an email from 84 Lumber with the link to apply for the desired position. To save time, Espinoza strongly encourages candidates to apply for positions online before they attend the event.
On-site pre-employment drug screening will be available for applicants at the hiring event. Candidates who advance in the process will also be required to pass a background check prior to employment.
To learn more about 84 Lumber, follow the company on Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn.
ABOUT 84 LUMBER
Founded in 1956 and headquartered in Eighty Four, Pennsylvania, 84 Lumber Company is the nation's largest privately held supplier of building materials, manufactured components and industry-leading services for single- and multi-family residences and commercial buildings. The company operates nearly 250 stores, component manufacturing plants, custom door shops, custom millwork shops and engineered wood product centers in more than 30 states. 84 Lumber also offers turnkey installation services for a variety of products, including framing, insulation, siding, windows, roofing, decking and drywall. A certified national women's business enterprise owned by Maggie Hardy Knox, 84 Lumber was named by Forbes as one of America's Largest Private Companies in 2018 and one of America's Best Large Employers in 2019. For more information, visit 84lumber.com or join us at Facebook.com/84lumber and linkedin.com/company/84-lumber.
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Widespread belief that BJP behind riots, AAP says based on its survey
BJP terms the survey ‘baseless’, dares it to make details public
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Wednesday shared details of a survey in which it had asked people to name the party they believed was behind the acts of hooliganism and riots in the country.
On Wednesday AAP said almost 91% of the 11.5 lakh respondents from the Capital who participated in the survey over the past two weeks believed that BJP was behind such incidents of violence.
Moreover, 89% of the respondents felt that among all political parties, BJP had the highest number of “goons and illiterate people”.
‘Share details’
Hitting back at AAP, the BJP termed the survey as “baseless and unfounded” and asked why AAP was shying away from publicly sharing details of its survey.
“Even the general public has accepted that the BJP is to be blamed for riots, hooliganism, and unrest in the country. They [BJP] start spreading hatred and instigate riots wherever they gain power in the country,” said senior AAP leader and Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Wednesday.
He added that the BJP had no idea of how to run a government, a school, or a hospital. “They never discuss education or employment,” Mr. Sisodia said.
Responding to his allegations, Delhi BJP chief Adesh Gupta said Mr. Sisodia’s statements and the survey amounted to AAP being a witness, lawyer, and judge of its own case. Mr. Gupta said the BJP “needs no certificate” from the leader of a party that is running with the support of “goondas and rioters”.
“He needs to be reminded that the main accused of the Delhi riots Tahir Husain is an AAP councillor while MLA Amantullah Khan was involved in getting the then Chief Secretary beaten up. AAP’s Gurugram leader Nisha Singh is behind bars for being involved in violence,” Mr. Gupta added.
Politics over garbage
AAP further cornered the BJP on the issue of sanitation, saying if garbage, which is allegedly not being picked up by the BJP-ruled north civic body in Karol Bagh, is not collected by Wednesday evening, AAP would dump it outside the residence of the Delhi BJP chief.
AAP in-charge of municipal corporations, Durgesh Pathak, alleged that the garbage collection has stopped in Karol Bagh as BJP has not paid the private company that is tasked with collecting garbage in the area.
“For the past ten days, garbage has not been collected in any of the seven wards in the Karol Bagh zone. Garbage is strewn around the community, around people’s homes, and out on the streets. The locals are extremely troubled and irritated. They are unable to leave their homes,” Mr. Pathak said.
Delhi BJP spokesperson Praveen Shankar Kapoor accused Mr. Pathak of “blowing up issues and misrepresenting facts.”
“Durgesh Pathak today tried to mislead people by saying that for the last 10 days garbage is not being lifted from 7 central Delhi ward areas, while the truth is that due to lapse of agreement between North DMC and the concerned company, there has been some problem for the past three to four days,” Mr. Kapoor said.
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LOS ANGELES, May 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Law Offices of Frank R. Cruz announces that investors with substantial losses have opportunity to lead the securities fraud class action lawsuit against Rivian Automotive, Inc. ("Rivian" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: RIVN).
Class Period: November 10, 2021 – March 10, 2022
Lead Plaintiff Deadline: May 6, 2022
If you are a shareholder who suffered a loss, click here to participate.
The complaint filed alleges that, throughout the Class Period, Defendants failed to disclose to investors: (1) that Rivian had underpriced the R1T and R1S to such a degree that Rivian would be forced to raise prices shortly after the IPO; (2) the potential for significant reputational damage and cancellation of fully refundable preorders for the R1T and R1S that would result from Company's need to address its underpriced EVs by raising prices shortly after the IPO; and (3) as a result, Defendants' statements about its business, operations, and prospects, were materially false and misleading and/or lacked a reasonable basis at all relevant times.
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To be a member of the class action you need not take any action at this time; you may retain counsel of your choice or take no action and remain an absent member of the class action. If you wish to learn more about this class action, or if you have any questions concerning this announcement or your rights or interests with respect to the pending class action lawsuit, please contact Frank R. Cruz, of The Law Offices of Frank R. Cruz, 1999 Avenue of the Stars, Suite 1100, Los Angeles, California 90067 at 310-914-5007, by email to info@frankcruzlaw.com, or visit our website at www.frankcruzlaw.com. If you inquire by email please include your mailing address, telephone number, and number of shares purchased.
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Georgia set a seven-round NFL Draft record by having 15 players selected by the league’s teams last week. And those former Bulldogs will sign contracts worth about $139.404 million, another draft-leading number.
Georgia had five more players selected in the 87th NFL Draft than the No. 2 team in prospect production – LSU with 10. But when it comes to the draft’s bottom line, Georgia practically lapped every other college program this year.
RELATED: NFL TEAMS DRAFT 21 FROM STATE, 65 FROM SEC
The 10 players drafted from LSU will sign contracts worth around $74.741 million, making the Tigers the runner-up in the bottom-line standings, too.
The bottom-line standings are a ranking of the total value of the contracts that will be signed by each college program’s draft class as the players enter the NFL.
Each drafted player receives a four-year contract. The values of those contracts are based on the NFL’s salary cap of $208.2 million for the 2022 season and this year’s rookie compensation pool in a formula spelled out in the Collective Bargaining Agreement between the league and its players association. That makes it possible to estimate the money allotted to each draft slot (and the sports financial web site spotrac.com has done so).
This is the fifth year in a row that an SEC team has captured the bottom-line title for the draft. Alabama’s draft picks topped the contract values in 2018, 2019 and 2021 and LSU was on top in 2020.
Georgia’s 15 draft picks in 2022 will sign for more money than Alabama’s 10 did last year, but not by much. The Crimson Tide’s picks signed for about $135.671 million in 2021.
This year’s contracts range from a total value of around $37.373 million for the No. 1 pick – Georgia defensive end Travon Walker, who was selected by the Jacksonville Jaguars -- to $3,746,417 for the final pick – Iowa State quarterback Brock Purdy, who was chosen by the San Francisco 49ers at No. 262. Walker’s signing bonus of around $24.36 million will be worth more than the total value of all but six other rookie contracts this year.
Because the values of the contracts decrease throughout the draft, the colleges with the most players picked aren’t always at the top of the bottom-line standings.
The 10 colleges with the most players picked in the 2022 NFL Draft were (each with the number of players chosen and its finish in the bottom-line standings):
1. Georgia 15 players (first in the bottom-line standings)
2. LSU 10 (second)
3. Cincinnati 9 (third)
4. Penn State 8 (seventh)
5. Alabama 7 (fourth)
5. Oklahoma 7 (13th)
7. Baylor 6 (eighth)
7. Ohio State 6 (sixth)
7. Ole Miss 6 (16th)
7. UCLA 6 (17th)
RELATED: SEC FOOTBALL BY THE NUMBERS: TOP 10 FROM THE 2022 NFL DRAFT
The 10 colleges whose players will sign for the most money include:
1. Georgia: $139.404 million by 15 players
2. LSU: $74.741 million by 10 players
3. Cincinnati: $72.416 million by nine players
4. Alabama: $72.402 million by seven players
5. Michigan: $63.385 million by five players
6. Ohio State: $58.065 million by six players
7. Penn State: $51.268 million by eight players
8. Baylor: $33.970 million by six players
9. Oregon: $31.339 million by one player
10. North Carolina State: $31.305 million by two players
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‘It was just fun’: Backup Domingue backstops OT win for Pens
By VIN A. CHERWOO
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NEW YORK (AP) — The Pittsburgh Penguins went into the playoffs knowing they’d be without starting goalie Tristan Jarry for at least the first couple of games. They lost backup Casey DeSmith to an injury late in the second overtime of the opening game against the Rangers. Now, their postseason hopes could depend on their No. 3 goalie, 30-year-old Louis Domingue. He stepped in and finished with 17 saves as the Penguins won 4-3 when Evgeni Malkin scored on a deflection in the third overtime. Game 2 is Thursday night in New York. | https://localnews8.com/sports/ap-national-sports/2022/05/04/it-was-just-fun-backup-domingue-backstops-ot-win-for-pens/ | 2022-05-04T18:05:24Z | https://localnews8.com/sports/ap-national-sports/2022/05/04/it-was-just-fun-backup-domingue-backstops-ot-win-for-pens/ | false |
Jaguars re-sign veteran Gotsis to back up top pick Walker
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Veteran defensive end Adam Gotsis has signed a one-year contract to rejoin the Jacksonville Jaguars. He gives the team some experienced depth to play behind rookie and projected starter Travon Walker. Gotsis is entering his seventh NFL season and third with Jacksonville. He played in 32 of 33 games with the Jaguars over the last two years and finished with a career high-tying three sacks in 2021. The Melbourne, Australia, native was a second-round draft pick by Denver in 2016. He’s the highest-drafted Australian-born player in NFL history. | https://localnews8.com/sports/ap-national-sports/2022/05/04/jaguars-re-sign-veteran-gotsis-to-back-up-top-pick-walker/ | 2022-05-04T18:05:33Z | https://localnews8.com/sports/ap-national-sports/2022/05/04/jaguars-re-sign-veteran-gotsis-to-back-up-top-pick-walker/ | false |
WFO BROWNSVILLE Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Wednesday, May 4, 2022
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...GUSTY SOUTHEAST WINDS THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON FOR CAMERON,
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in these counties can expect sustained wind speeds of 20 to 25
mph with gusts to around 35 mph through early this evening.
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currently forecast.
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profile vehicle in cross winds, and secure outdoor objects.
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With Sun Awareness Week underway what better time to think about how you can protect your skin?
The national campaign, which runs from May 2 to 8, is aimed at raising awareness around skin protection and the dangers of sun exposure.
With sun protection queries exceeding 400,000 searches every summer, there's clearly an appetite for learning how to protect ourselves from damaging UV rays.
Around one in three Brits (35 per cent) burn their skin every year in the UK, with a further 46 percent burning whilst abroad, according to one study.
With 80 percent of premature ageing caused by UV damage, West Yorkshire aesthetics clinic, Evolve Medical, shares its knowledge:
Five things you should be doing when it comes to sun protection
1 Nothing less than factor 50 every day
Applying a sun protector should be part of your daily routine. But did you know you should be applying sunblock? The main difference between sun cream and sunblock is the way they protect the skin from UV rays.
Factor 50 and nothing less should be applied to your face each day to protect your skin from sun damage.
2 Protect yourself from UVA and UVB
We’ve all heard of UV rays but did you know you need to be protecting yourself from two different types?
UVB is the more widely thought of type of ray that comes from the sun and causes you to burn.
Less commonly known, we have UVA rays. UVA rays come from artificial light and are around us all the time, coming from your computer screen, TV screens and phone.
“UVA is a much longer ray, it can penetrate down to the layers of your skin where your collagen is being produced, causing premature ageing as well as sun damage," says Rachel Green, nursing director at Evolve Medical .
"Sun protection that contains both UVA and UVB protection is referred to as broad spectrum sun protection and it is vital to wear this all day, every day, all year round.”
3 Choose a sun cream that suits your skin type
When choosing skincare products we select products suited to our skin type, and the same should be done when choosing a sun cream.
It’s just as important as any other product you’re applying to your face to select one based on your particular skin type. Applying a cream that is too heavy can leave you with angry, congested pores.
Rachel suggests using SPF protection that also includes antioxidants if you have problem skin.
“SPF protection that also contains antioxidant protection is even better still as the antioxidants help to defend the skin cells from damage caused by the sun and will also protect our skin cells' DNA,” she said.
4 Your hair needs SPF too
According to recent research, excessive sun exposure is the most damaging factor to the structure of your hair, with UVA rays fading colour and UVB leading to breakage.
The sun acts as bleach on hair which can be extremely damaging, especially if your hair is already colour treated.
So, don’t forget to use a lightweight hair sunscreen to protect it this summer.
5 Give yourself a monthly skin examination
Early detection of skin damage is key to not only reducing aesthetic problems but also spotting abnormalities that could be a sign of something more serious.
All you need is a well lit room, a mirror and some concentration.
Learn the texture of your skin, look out for the pattern of any moles or freckles so you can refer back to these in the following months and if you spot any changes make an appointment to see your GP.
To learn more about Evolve Medical visit: https://www.evolvemedical.co.uk/ | https://www.daventryexpress.co.uk/health/sun-awareness-week-5-expert-tips-to-protect-yourself-3680530 | 2022-05-04T18:10:39Z | https://www.daventryexpress.co.uk/health/sun-awareness-week-5-expert-tips-to-protect-yourself-3680530 | false |
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CHICAGO — Nearly 60% of the U.S. population have COVID-19 antibodies from infection and over 100 million people have been fully vaccinated and boosted, according to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data. Researchers are trying to determine just how much COVID-19 antibodies, whether from infection or vaccination, fade over time.
Alan Landay, a scientist who studies immunity and emerging pathogens, is himself one of the subjects of a large-scale two-year study measuring COVID-19 vaccine antibody levels over time.
“I have not had COVID. And so, it's been very intriguing to see how my immune system has reacted,” said Landay.
With mask mandates and social distancing disappearing, many may be wondering how much their immunity has dropped off and whether they’ll need even more boosters.
“What does it mean to me as an individual living in society, traveling, being among all my friends, my family, my relatives?” asked Landay.
Dr. James Moy, an associate professor of immunology at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, is trying to answer those questions. Since the first vaccines rolled out, he’s been tracking 1,100 health care workers like Landay, post-vaccination.
“We started drawing their blood for weeks after the second dose of the vaccine. And we've been drawing the blood every three months from there to see how long the antibodies last,” said Moy.
Moy said antibodies eventually drop significantly following a second shot.
“In our research looking at people's antibody levels at five months out, they've already dropped 80% from the peak levels,” he said.
“There's something strange about coronavirus and the vaccines that help prevent it that limit the length that the immunity lasts,” said Dr. Robert Murphy, executive director of the Havey Institute for Global Health at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine.
Recently released data from the CDC sheds further light on just how much.
A double dose of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine remains 30% effective between two and four months after your shots. One dose of Johnson & Johnson and one of an mRNA shot from Pfizer or Moderna is 55% effective. And three doses of an mRNA shot are 63% effective between two to four months out.
“If you decide, ‘I'm not taking any more of these boosters, I've had enough.’ Well, guess what? In two years, your immunity is going to be basically nothing,” said Murphy.
Moy’s research shows that after a booster antibody levels do go up again and appear to drop much slower.
“I looked at my blood some six months later, it had fallen down almost tenfold before I was getting my booster. Then I got boosted and went up another tenfold,” said Landay.
But antibodies don’t tell the whole story.
“T-cells are very important against viruses and perhaps more important than antibodies. And unfortunately, we don't have quick lab tests to assess T-cell function,” said Moy.
Another looming question is how mutations will affect protection over time. Data already shows COVID reinfections occurring more frequently, in some cases more than once in less than 90 days.
“That depends on how quickly the virus mutates into the next variant,” said Moy. “So, the quicker it mutates and then your immune response is not as good against a variant, then yes, you'll get another infection.”
“It's just mutating around all the protection,” said Murphy.
As for future protection, both Moderna and Pfizer are developing brand new versions of their vaccines that are meant to replace boosters.
“You get a different flu shot and the same thing for COVID. We're going to get different coronavirus vaccines probably periodically, maybe even once a year,” said Murphy.
The hope is to provide stronger, longer-lasting protection against the original virus and any new variants that emerge. | https://www.kxlf.com/news/national/coronavirus/as-immunity-wanes-against-covid-researchers-study-protection | 2022-05-04T18:19:43Z | https://www.kxlf.com/news/national/coronavirus/as-immunity-wanes-against-covid-researchers-study-protection | false |
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve intensified its fight against the worst inflation in 40 years by raising its benchmark short-term interest rate by a half-percentage point Wednesday — its most aggressive move since 2000 — and signaling further large rate hikes to come.
The increase in the Fed's key rate raised it to a range of 0.75% to 1%, the highest point since the pandemic struck two years ago.
The Fed also announced that it will start reducing its huge $9 trillion balance sheet, which consists mainly of Treasury and mortgage bonds. Those holdings more than doubled after the pandemic recession hit as the Fed bought trillions in bonds to try to hold down long-term borrowing rates. Reducing the Fed’s holdings will have the effect of further raising loan costs throughout the economy.
All told, the Fed’s credit tightening will likely mean higher loan rates for many consumers and businesses over time, including for mortgages, credit cards and auto loans. With prices for food, energy and consumer goods accelerating, the Fed’s goal is to cool spending — and economic growth — by making it more expensive for individuals and businesses to borrow. The central bank hopes that higher borrowing costs will slow spending enough to tame inflation yet not so much as to cause a recession.
It will be a delicate balancing act. The Fed has endured widespread criticism that it was too slow to start tightening credit, and many economists are skeptical that it can avoid causing a recession.
In their statement Wednesday, the central bank's policymakers said they are “highly attentive to inflation risks.” The statement also noted that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is worsening inflation pressures by raising oil and food prices. It added that “COVID-related lockdowns in China are likely to exacerbate supply chain disruptions,” which could further boost inflation.
Inflation, according to the Fed's preferred gauge, reached 6.6% last month, the highest point in four decades. Inflation has been accelerated by a combination of robust consumer spending, chronic supply bottlenecks and sharply higher gas and food prices, exacerbated by Russia's war against Ukraine.
Starting June 1, the Fed said it would allow up to $48 billion in bonds to mature without replacing them, a pace that would reach $95 billion by September. At September's pace, its balance sheet would shrink by about $1 trillion a year.
Chair Jerome Powell has said he wants to quickly raise the Fed’s rate to a level that neither stimulates nor restrains economic growth. Fed officials have suggested that they will reach that point, which the Fed says is about 2.4%, by year’s end.
The Fed’s credit tightening is already having some effect on the economy. Sales of existing homes sank 2.7% from February to March, reflecting a surge in mortgage rates related, in part, to the Fed’s planned rate hikes. The average rate on a 30-year mortgage has jumped 2 percentage points just since the start of the year, to 5.1%.
Yet by most measures, the overall economy remains healthy. This is especially true of the U.S. job market: Hiring is strong, layoffs are few, unemployment is near a five-decade low and the number of job openings has reached a record high.
Powell has pointed to the widespread availability of jobs as evidence that the labor market is tight – “to an unhealthy level” that would tend to fuel inflation. The Fed char is betting that higher rates can reduce those openings, which would presumably slow wage increases and ease inflationary pressures, without triggering mass layoffs.
For now, with hiring robust — the economy has added at least 400,000 jobs for 11 straight months — and employers grappling with labor shortages, wages are rising at a roughly 5% annual pace. Those pay raises are driving steady consumer spending despite spiking prices. In March, consumers increased their spending 0.2% even after adjusting for inflation.
Even if the Fed’s benchmark rate were to go as high as 2.5% by year’s end, Powell said last month, the policymakers may still tighten credit further — to a level that would restrain growth — “if that turns out to be appropriate.”
Financial markets are pricing in a rate as high as 3.6% by mid-2023, which would be the highest in 15 years. Shrinking the Fed’s balance sheet will add another layer of uncertainty surrounding how much the Fed’s actions may weaken the economy.
Complicating the Fed’s task is a slowdown in global growth. COVID-19 lockdowns in China are threatening to cause a recession in the world’s second-largest economy. And the European Union is facing higher energy prices and supply chain disruptions after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
What’s more, other central banks around the world are also raising rates, a trend that could further imperil global growth. On Thursday, the Bank of England is expected to raise its key rate for the fourth straight time. The Reserve Bank of Australia increased its rate Tuesday for the first time in 11 years.
And the European Central Bank, which is grappling with slower growth than in the United States or the United Kingdom, may raise rates in July, economists expect. | https://www.ourmidland.com/news/article/Fed-raises-key-rate-by-a-half-point-in-bid-to-17147795.php | 2022-05-04T18:19:49Z | https://www.ourmidland.com/news/article/Fed-raises-key-rate-by-a-half-point-in-bid-to-17147795.php | true |
Brevard County borrows playbook from Melbourne and effectively bans panhandling
Brevard County officials Tuesday passed a law that prohibits individuals from loitering on the public right of ways along Space Coast roads and intersections.
Commissioners claim it enhances pedestrian safety, but opponents believe the move's true purpose is to stamp out panhandling by the homeless and the needy in Brevard County.
“If we can save one life or stop one accident, we achieved our purpose,” Brevard County Sheriff Wayne Ivey said as he watched the proceedings. “I want to say something else. This is not going to be immediate. There will be some education about this to the public.”
The ordinance, which is in several parts, prohibits people from loitering on the roadways and interfering with traffic, or lingering to exchange items, including money, with either passengers or drivers in vehicles stopped at an intersection.
There are exceptions, from providing emergency assistance to someone in need and removing vehicles from the road, to assisting large animals on the sidewalk and permitted special events, such as political demonstrations.
Under the ordinance, a first offense is a civil infraction punishable with a maximum $500 fine. Any subsequent violation amounts to a second-degree misdemeanor that could include a penalty up to $500, 60 days in jail or some combination of the two.
Commissioner Curt Smith proposed the new rule after he said he got the idea a few months ago, after observing people on the road almost getting struck and speaking with others about the issue. But Brevard County Sheriff Chief Legal Counsel Laura Moody said that officials had been considering restrictions for loitering in the street as far back as 2019.
Officials in the city of Melbourne passed a similar proposal last year, limiting physical contact and the exchange of any items between pedestrians and vehicle occupants in the roadway. It is only applicable to those exchanges that actually impact traffic. The Melbourne law sanctions both the motorists and pedestrians, while the county targets pedestrians only.
Smith introduced the proposal, with help from the County Attorney Abigail Jorandby, at the end of the March 22 Commission meeting.
More:Homeless woman makes heartfelt appeal against 'panhandling ban' to Brevard County Commission
Public safety was the primary reason Smith said he brought forward the proposal. The original proposed ordinance stated that a pedestrian was killed every 85 minutes in traffic crashes, and that the number injured increased by 1.3% from 2018 based on a report from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
It also claimed that the 2021 Smart Growth of America Dangerous by Design report identified Florida as the most dangerous state in the country for pedestrians, and that Palm-Bay-Melbourne-Titusville as the fourth most dangerous metropolitan area for walking.
Smith defended the ordinance despite fierce opposition, first from the community who spoke out against it during public comment, including Hannah Durocher, who was six months pregnant at the time and claimed to be homeless.
More:Melbourne liaison on homelessness resigns abruptly
“The panhandling was the only way I could find the clothes I needed to get my job going, the food I needed to keep me going, motel room here and there just to get washed up every two weeks,” she said.
Durocher said that an additional layer of rules dictating how she interacted with motorists was unnecessary because she could assume responsibility for her own safety, that she always approached vehicles safely using common sense.
Then came the opposition from one of his fellow commissioners, John Tobia.
“I too believe this ordinance has nothing to do with public safety, it is exclusively about panhandling,” he said then. “It is a shame we are hiding behind that because, as I am sure you are well aware, panhandling is protected under the first amendment.”
Tobia accused Smith of selectively including statistics to portray a narrative supporting the need for the ordinance.
The proposed ordinance referred to a report from the Space Coast Transportation Planning Office that evaluated the transportation system in Brevard County between 2015 and 2019, stating there were 52,000 crashes on county roads, and that nearly 30% of those happened at intersections.
More:Melbourne to repeal old 'problematic' panhandling ordinance; West Melbourne eyes the issue
“Are you aware there is a more recent report that shows that the number of accidents has actually decreased since the one that you put up,” Tobia said.
Tobia then displayed a PowerPoint presentation of different situations specifically prohibited in Smith’s proposal, from a firefighter collecting donations in a boot to a child receiving a treat from a robot.
Unmoved, Smith pressed forward with the ordinance.
“This was in no way intended to punish anybody, it is strictly a safety issue,” Smith said in late March. “It is a shame there is collateral damage pursuing this, but I think in light of trying to keep people safe, I think this is necessary.”
The final measure passed Tuesday by 3 votes to 1.
The Commission is operating in a different political environment than it was even one month ago because of Commissioner Bryan Lober’s resignation in early April.
Unlike the first meeting when Smith was alone defending his proposal, this time he had the public support of Sheriff Ivey and his in-house counsel, Moody, who had helped draft the ordinance for Smith.
“Simply stated, our streets in Brevard County are really intended for SUVs and sedans,” Moody told the Commission during the public comment period of the meeting. “They are not safe places to stand, to sit, or to solicit. Florida statute even defines streets as places with a purpose for vehicular traffic.”
More:Melbourne officials endorse panhandling crackdown, brainstorm homelessness solutions
Moody also cited statistics, saying that between 2016 and 2020, there were almost 15,000 crashes in Brevard County at intersections
Representatives from the Space Coast Transportation Planning Office also attended to provide their input.
“Our interest is in traffic safety,” said Georganna Gillette, executive director of the TPO. “We do know that pedestrians are the most vulnerable road users. We know that for a fact.”
She added that Florida was the state with the most pedestrian deaths in the county, and Brevard was ranked third among counties nationwide.
“I would say that we do ourselves a disservice by being at the top of these national lists for pedestrian fatalities,” Gillette said.
TPO Education and Safety Coordinator Kim Smith also spoke about the vulnerability of pedestrians at intersections.
“One thing that I do know is the chances of a pedestrian being hit greatly increases if they are in the road, if they linger in the road, those percentages, and those chances only go up,” she said.
Commissioner Rita Pritchett said that there were aspects of the ordinance that she liked.
“I got to tell you too, as a female, I don’t know about how the rest of you ladies feel, when I pull up to an intersection, I am sitting there and somebody is approaching me that I know can take me, it is not a comfortable feeling,” Pritchett said. “I don’t mind approaching people to give them stuff, but I don’t like big guys coming toward me. It is just not a comfortable thing.”
Tobia still opposed the move, questioning the efficacy of the proposed ordinance.
“How many of these reports or databases that you cite offer the same suggestions to increase pedestrian safety that are actually mentioned in this ordinance?” Tobia asked Smith.
“I have no idea,” Smith said.
“How many of these reports cited pedestrian action as the root cause of the problem,” Tobia also asked.
Smith shrugged his shoulders.
Tobia then said that many of the potential solutions in the reports deal with managing the speed of vehicles as they approach pedestrians. They involve installing roundabouts, speed humps and pedestrian refuge islands — none of which is listed in the ordinance.
He also asked representatives from the TPO questions.
“My question is that the solutions that Commissioner Smith has come to, are they located anywhere in your plan here?” Tobia asked Gillette.
“They are not called out in the plan, no,” Gillette said.
More:Melbourne needs real answers to homeless problem, not penalties for those trying to help
“You said safety is the number one priority, my question is this: Do you as a member of the TPO endorse this ordinance for safety?” Tobia asked Kim.
“I am not going to take a stand on the ordinance,” she said. “We want to save lives, and that takes everything you have mentioned. All those countermeasures plus anything else we can come up with.”
Correction note: This story has been updated to correct information related to the ordinance in the city of Melbourne banning people on the road. A previous version of the story erroneously said the rule banned people from loitering at intersections. That ordinance is meant to limit transactions between pedestrians and motorists.
Ralph Chapoco is government and politics watchdog reporter. You can reach Chapoco at rchapoco@floridatoday.com and follow him on Twitter @rchapoco. | https://www.floridatoday.com/story/news/2022/05/04/commissioner-john-tobia-lone-commissioner-vote-against/9641671002/ | 2022-05-04T18:22:36Z | https://www.floridatoday.com/story/news/2022/05/04/commissioner-john-tobia-lone-commissioner-vote-against/9641671002/ | true |
While the public continues processing the contents of the leaked draft opinion overturning Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court is trying to figure out how it got out in the first place.
Chief Justice John Roberts stressed in a Tuesday statement that the draft opinion does not represent the court's final decision. He called the leak a "betrayal of the confidences of the court" but vowed that its work will not be affected in any way.
"This was a singular and egregious breach of that trust that is an affront to the Court and the community of public servants who work here," he said, adding that he had directed the marshal of the court to launch an investigation into the source of the leak.
The duties of the Supreme Court marshal typically include handling security for the building and the justices (in addition to announcing the justices' entrance into the chambers with the famous call of "Oyez, Oyez, Oyez!").
Col. Gail Curley, a former U.S. Army attorney, has served as the court's marshal since June 2021. Now she's tasked with finding the source of one of the biggest leaks in modern Supreme Court history — even though it doesn't appear to involve any sort of crime.
Here's what we know about Curley.
She's the second woman to ever hold this position
Curley's appointment was announced by the Supreme Court on May 3, 2021 — exactly one year before she was charged with solving one of its highest-profile mysteries.
She replaced Pamela Talkin, who had retired the previous year after nearly two decades in the role, which she was the first woman to hold. Curley is the 11th marshal of the Supreme Court since the position was created in 1867.
The court describes her role as its "chief security officer, facilities administrator and contracting executive." She is charged with calling the court to order in argument sessions, maintaining order during proceedings and managing some 260 employees — including the Supreme Court Police Force, which protects the court's grounds, justices, employees, visitors and guests.
She's a career Army lawyer who has served overseas
The West Point graduate holds a law degree from the University of Illinois, as well as two masters degrees from The Judge Advocate General's Legal Center and School and the Dwight D. Eisenhower School for National Security and Resource Strategy.
Curley held a variety of legal positions throughout her Army career. From 2016 to 2019 she was the staff judge advocate for the U.S. Army Europe headquarters in Wiesbaden, Germany. In that capacity, she "served as the senior U.S. Army attorney for an area consisting of 50 nations and supervised over 300 legal professionals," the court said.
Her most recent job was as the chief of the National Security Law Division in the Office of the Judge Advocate General.
"She supervised a team of judge advocates, led the strategic engagements program for the Judge Advocate General's Corps, and provided legal advice and support on national security law to senior Army leadership," the court explains.
She has the authority to make certain arrests
According to Bloomberg Law, the marshal and Supreme Court police have the authority to make arrests for violations of state or federal law while providing security — but in the case of this leak, any potential decision on prosecution most likely would come from the Justice Department.
Republican members of the House Oversight Committee sent a letter to the Justice Department on Tuesday requesting an investigation into the leak, according to Axios. The Justice Department declined to comment on the matter when asked by NPR on Tuesday.
Republican lawmakers have largely sidestepped questions about the impact the possible ruling could have, instead focusing on the leak itself, as NPR has reported. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said Tuesday that the leak — rather than the substance of the opinion — was the big story of the day.
As NPR justice correspondent Carrie Johnson says, prosecution looks unlikely: "This is not a national security issue, this is not classified information, so it doesn't seem like there's any crime here."
This story originally appeared in the Morning Edition live blog.
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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday afternoon's drawing of the Iowa Lottery's "Pick 3 Midday" game were:
4-2-7
(four, two, seven)
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday afternoon's drawing of the Iowa Lottery's "Pick 3 Midday" game were:
4-2-7
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BUFFALO, N.Y. — A group of Democratic state attorneys general has called for the full cancellation of federal student loan debt.
In a letter to President Joe Biden, New York AG Letitia James led a multistate coalition of eight attorneys general urging him to fully cancel federal student loan debt. Those who joined James in sending the letter are the attorneys general of Hawaii, Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, New Mexico, Puerto Rico and Washington.
“While I commend President Biden for giving serious consideration to forgiving $10,000 per borrower, we must take bolder, more decisive action to end this crisis and provide Americans with the tools they need to thrive. Student debt keeps millions of struggling borrowers from reaching financial stability and leads to a cycle of financial burdens that follow them throughout their lives. I join my colleagues in urging President Biden to lead one of the most impactful racial and economic justice initiatives in history by canceling this debt, in its entirety, for all."
In the letter, the coalition argues the full cancellation of more than $1.7 trillion in student loan debt owed to the federal government is necessary to address:
- The sheer enormity of debts owed
- Systemically flawed repayment and forgiveness systems
- Disproportionate impact of the debt burden on millions of borrowers
The coalition also said it would also reduce stress and mental fatigue while providing countless opportunities for borrowers.
While most Democrats have supported calls to offer student loan relief, most Republican lawmakers and some Democrats have stood opposed. Federal student loan repayments have been on pause since March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
This article was written by Anthony Reyes for WKBW. | https://www.wtvr.com/news/national/state-attorneys-general-call-for-full-cancellation-of-federal-student-loan-debt | 2022-05-04T18:33:25Z | https://www.wtvr.com/news/national/state-attorneys-general-call-for-full-cancellation-of-federal-student-loan-debt | false |
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve intensified its fight against the worst inflation in 40 years by raising its benchmark short-term interest rate by a half-percentage point Wednesday — its most aggressive move since 2000 — and signaling further large rate hikes to come.
The increase in the Fed’s key rate raised it to a range of 0.75% to 1%, the highest point since the pandemic struck two years ago.
The Fed also announced that it will start reducing its huge $9 trillion balance sheet, which consists mainly of Treasury and mortgage bonds. Those holdings more than doubled after the pandemic recession hit as the Fed bought trillions in bonds to try to hold down long-term borrowing rates. Reducing the Fed’s holdings will have the effect of further raising loan costs throughout the economy.
All told, the Fed’s credit tightening will likely mean higher loan rates for many consumers and businesses over time, including for mortgages, credit cards and auto loans. With prices for food, energy and consumer goods accelerating, the Fed’s goal is to cool spending — and economic growth — by making it more expensive for individuals and businesses to borrow. The central bank hopes that higher borrowing costs will slow spending enough to tame inflation yet not so much as to cause a recession.
It will be a delicate balancing act. The Fed has endured widespread criticism that it was too slow to start tightening credit, and many economists are skeptical that it can avoid causing a recession.
In their statement Wednesday, the central bank’s policymakers said they are “highly attentive to inflation risks.” The statement also noted that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is worsening inflation pressures by raising oil and food prices. It added that “COVID-related lockdowns in China are likely to exacerbate supply chain disruptions,” which could further boost inflation.
Inflation, according to the Fed’s preferred gauge, reached 6.6% last month, the highest point in four decades. Inflation has been accelerated by a combination of robust consumer spending, chronic supply bottlenecks and sharply higher gas and food prices, exacerbated by Russia’s war against Ukraine.
Starting June 1, the Fed said it would allow up to $48 billion in bonds to mature without replacing them, a pace that would reach $95 billion by September. At September’s pace, its balance sheet would shrink by about $1 trillion a year.
Chair Jerome Powell has said he wants to quickly raise the Fed’s rate to a level that neither stimulates nor restrains economic growth. Fed officials have suggested that they will reach that point, which the Fed says is about 2.4%, by year’s end.
The Fed’s credit tightening is already having some effect on the economy. Sales of existing homes sank 2.7% from February to March, reflecting a surge in mortgage rates related, in part, to the Fed’s planned rate hikes. The average rate on a 30-year mortgage has jumped 2 percentage points just since the start of the year, to 5.1%.
Yet by most measures, the overall economy remains healthy. This is especially true of the U.S. job market: Hiring is strong, layoffs are few, unemployment is near a five-decade low and the number of job openings has reached a record high.
Powell has pointed to the widespread availability of jobs as evidence that the labor market is tight – “to an unhealthy level” that would tend to fuel inflation. The Fed char is betting that higher rates can reduce those openings, which would presumably slow wage increases and ease inflationary pressures, without triggering mass layoffs.
For now, with hiring robust — the economy has added at least 400,000 jobs for 11 straight months — and employers grappling with labor shortages, wages are rising at a roughly 5% annual pace. Those pay raises are driving steady consumer spending despite spiking prices. In March, consumers increased their spending 0.2% even after adjusting for inflation.
Even if the Fed’s benchmark rate were to go as high as 2.5% by year’s end, Powell said last month, the policymakers may still tighten credit further — to a level that would restrain growth — “if that turns out to be appropriate.”
Financial markets are pricing in a rate as high as 3.6% by mid-2023, which would be the highest in 15 years. Shrinking the Fed’s balance sheet will add another layer of uncertainty surrounding how much the Fed’s actions may weaken the economy.
Complicating the Fed’s task is a slowdown in global growth. COVID-19 lockdowns in China are threatening to cause a recession in the world’s second-largest economy. And the European Union is facing higher energy prices and supply chain disruptions after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
What’s more, other central banks around the world are also raising rates, a trend that could further imperil global growth. On Thursday, the Bank of England is expected to raise its key rate for the fourth straight time. The Reserve Bank of Australia increased its rate Tuesday for the first time in 11 years.
And the European Central Bank, which is grappling with slower growth than in the United States or the United Kingdom, may raise rates in July, economists expect. | https://www.seattletimes.com/business/fed-raises-key-rate-by-a-half-point-in-bid-to-tame-inflation/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_business | 2022-05-04T18:37:24Z | https://www.seattletimes.com/business/fed-raises-key-rate-by-a-half-point-in-bid-to-tame-inflation/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_business | true |
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SALTA, Argentina (AP) — Feminist groups have rallied to the support of 18 cloistered Carmelite nuns who have filed an unusual complaint of gender violence against the local Catholic archbishop.
Dozens of activists gathered Tuesday in the esplanade of the Convent of St. Bernard in Salta, some 1,400 kilometers (870 miles) northwest of Buenos Aires.
The nuns, members of the Discalced Carmelites order, have filed a complaint with a local court accusing Salta Archbishop Mario Antonio Cargnello, Bishop emeritus Martín de Elizalde and vicar Lucio Ajalla of “physical, psychological and economic violence.”
The archbishop has denied the accusations and the position of the other two is unclear because they have not given statements or officially named attorneys.
Elizalde had been designated by the Vatican to hear the nuns' complaints, but they complain he had accepted the behavior they denounced.
Protesters carried posters reading “Sister, We Believe You” and “Enough of Violent Priests!” The woman joined hands and spread out around the historic structure in a symbolic hug.
“Sometimes one thinks that the sisters are in harmony, in a contemplative live, but the violence of the church itself has made them say, ‘enough!’" said Irene Cari of the Forum of Women for Equal Opportunities, one of several groups that participated in the demonstration.
The cloistered nuns have long been at odds with Cargnello over their support for a local woman who professes to have seen visions of the Virgin Mary that he does not accept.
Attorneys for the nuns say the archbishop was upset when an image of the Madonna del Cerro was placed at the funeral of a nun in 2020 and that Ajalla lunged at a nun to stop her filming the scene. They say the archbishop himself, as well as Ajalla, hit the prioress' arm when she recovered the device used to film.
The attorneys say there were other threats and aggressions but did not detail them, citing a court gag order. The archbishop’s defense says the problem is rooted in economic issues and the administration of the Carmelite properties. | https://www.mrt.com/news/article/Feminists-rally-for-Argentine-nuns-who-denounced-17147664.php | 2022-05-04T18:37:31Z | https://www.mrt.com/news/article/Feminists-rally-for-Argentine-nuns-who-denounced-17147664.php | false |
Editorial Roundup: United States
Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad:
April 29
The New York Times believes the Federal Reserve should take a measured approach to addressing inflation
Jerome Powell, the chair of the Federal Reserve, has often expressed admiration for the resolve exhibited by one of his predecessors, Paul Volcker, who was willing to crash the economy in the early 1980s to drive down inflation.
Inflation in the United States is now higher than at any time since Mr. Volcker´s recession, and Mr. Powell faces growing calls for the Fed to emulate that resolute performance and do whatever is necessary to control inflation, even if it hurts economic growth.
The present moment requires a different kind of courage. Instead of reprising Mr. Volcker´s shock-and-awe tactics, the Fed needs to pursue a more measured approach, one that would bring inflation under control without sending the economy into a deep recession. There is a risk that by forgoing stronger measures now, the Fed will ultimately have to impose greater pain. But there are also good reasons to think that the Fed can succeed - not least because of the enduring legacy of Mr. Volcker´s achievement.
The Fed already has begun to shut down the stimulus campaign that it launched in the spring of 2020 to limit the economic impact of the pandemic. The central bank raised its benchmark interest rate at its recent policymaking meeting, in March, by a quarter percentage point to a range between 0.25 points and 0.5 points. It is widely expected to accelerate this process by announcing on Wednesday an unusual half-point increase in the benchmark rate, and by announcing that it will begin to reduce the bond holdings that it amassed to further suppress borrowing costs.
It is time to raise rates. The economy has rebounded as COVID-19 has loosened its grip. Notwithstanding the quirky weakness of reported growth in the first quarter of 2022, inflation is now the primary economic problem confronting the United States. Prices are outpacing wage growth for most Americans, eroding their living standards, and higher rates will help to slow rising prices.
The Fed´s benchmark rate would need to rise to somewhere between 2% and 3% to reach a level at which it is neither stimulating nor restraining growth. Some Fed officials and outside economists have argued for additional half-point moves in the coming months. Some already are convinced the Fed will need to raise rates well above that neutral level to break inflation. Under Mr. Volcker, the rate hit 20%. Mr. Powell, to his credit, has maintained a more measured tone. He said recently it was time for the Fed to move "a little more quickly."
One reason to go slowly is that it takes time to judge the impact of changes in Fed policy. Merely by signaling that it plans to raise rates, the Fed already has initiated a significant reaction in financial markets. Average interest rates on home mortgages, for example, have climbed sharply. The monthly mortgage payment required to buy a median-price home has increased to $1,690 from less than $1,165 a year ago, according to Roberto Perli, the head of global policy research at the investment bank Piper Sandler.
Another reason for caution: Economists continue to debate the causes of the current inflation.
Some place the blame primarily on the pandemic, which has caused sharp reductions in the availability of services and goods, driving up prices. With new vehicles in short supply, for example, used vehicle prices rose by more than 50% through January. More recently, Russia´s invasion of Ukraine has disrupted global markets for energy and wheat, driving up the prices of gasoline and food in many parts of the world.
Others, however, regard the federal government´s response to the pandemic as the key factor. On top of the Fed´s efforts to lower borrowing costs, Congress distributed trillions of dollars in aid. Despite widespread job losses, the average household had more money to spend, creating more demand for goods and services.
Here´s why the difference matters: The central bank´s decision to raise interest rates can curb demand; supply shortages, on the other hand, are best endured patiently. The Fed´s decision in the week ahead won´t ease them.
Lingering questions about the health of the economy provide another reason for the Fed to move cautiously.
A goal of the Fed´s stimulus campaign was to return the economy to full employment, meaning that those who wanted work would be able to find it. By one popular measure, the unemployment rate, which sits at the low level of 3.6%, the Fed has succeeded, prompting some to question the need for continued stimulus. But the government´s definition of unemployment is narrow. It includes only people actively seeking work, while many Americans remain on the sidelines. About 1.6 million fewer people are working now compared with early 2020.
In the 1970s, workers successfully demanded wage increases to compensate for expected increases in prices, while employers raised prices to cover the expected cost of higher wages. This dynamic, which economists call a wage-price spiral, can be dangerously self-perpetuating.
But in the intervening decades, American workers have suffered a significant loss in bargaining power. While many businesses say they are struggling to find enough workers, that has not translated into real wage gains for employees. Businesses are raising prices much faster than they are raising wages, allowing them to reap record profits. While inflation is up by 8.5% over the past year, wages for private-sector workers are up by just 5%. In other words, there is no evidence the United States is entering a wage-price spiral.
Finally, Mr. Powell can afford to move more cautiously because Mr. Volcker and his successors convinced the American public and global investors that the Fed is committed to controlling inflation.
Mr. Volcker once told an interviewer that he wore a path in his rug by pacing back and forth, wondering whether the pain he was imposing would accomplish that goal. It was a victory won at a high cost. Moving too quickly to confront inflation, or raising rates too high, would squander it.
ONLINE: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/29/opinion/inflation-interest-rates.html
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May 3
The Wall Street Journal rebukes Rep. Jim Clyburn on student loan forgiveness
Democrats dissembled about the costs of their student loan takeover in 2010, and now they´re deceiving Americans about their drive for student debt cancellation. But South Carolina Rep. Jim Clyburn, a member of the House Democratic leadership, gave away the game over the weekend.
Progressives seem to have figured out that sweeping student loan forgiveness isn´t popular with Americans who didn´t go to college or who repaid their loans. Hence they now say that canceling $50,000 per borrower will be a boon for the working class. Sen. Elizabeth Warren says 40% of borrowers with student loan debt never completed college. If she were a company, the Federal Trade Commission could sue her for false advertising.
More than half of borrowers owe less than $20,000 in debt. The borrowers Democrats really want to help are white-collar workers with advanced degrees who account for 56% of the $1.6 trillion in federal student debt. Mr. Clyburn said as much in an interview with Bloomberg: "When you see a student coming out of college-law school or professional schools-with $130,000, $150,000 in debt, that cripples the economy in more ways than one."
Wasn´t higher education supposed to be an investment? Well, it´s not paying off for millions of Americans, especially those with expensive graduate degrees. Many colleges require students to fund their PhDs-which can take six to seven years to complete-yet doctorate recipients in the humanities in 2019 earned $53,000 on average. Machinists make more.
Mr. Clyburn may also be trying to assist historically black college and universities with less than stellar student outcomes. Morris College in Sumter, S.C., has a 25% graduation rate. The median earnings for a borrower who enrolled a decade ago is $27,644, and debt for those who completed their degrees is $31,450. Some 97% of borrowers aren´t paying down their loans.
Progressives also claim that President Biden has legal authority to cancel debt. He doesn´t. But they want him to do it anyway and dare courts to stop him. As Mr. Clyburn explained, "So my whole thing is, use your executive authority and let the courts have at it."
This seems to be the Administration´s guiding legal principle. Do what you want until the courts say it´s illegal. Recall its illegal eviction moratorium and vaccine and mask mandates.
Mr. Clyburn was less forthright in claiming that "students are deserving" of loan forgiveness because "the forces that be have ratcheted up interest and all sorts of fees on student loans." Fact check: Student loan interest rates have fallen by about half since 2008 thanks to "the forces that be" on Capitol Hill.
Congress in 2013 slashed interest rates on student debt after Ms. Warren howled that the feds were making money off student loans by charging borrowers higher interest than federal borrowing costs. This was another sham. Lower interest rates merely served as another subsidy for colleges, allowing them to load borrowers with more debt.
Now the feds are losing tens of billions of dollars because many borrowers have taken on so much debt they can´t make even the smaller interest payments. So now Democrats want to bail out the underemployed borrowers they and colleges duped.
To avoid the appearance of helping the affluent, Mr. Biden is considering limiting loan forgiveness to borrowers making up to $150,000 ($300,000 for couples). Yet this would still cover 97% of all borrower debt, including most recent law and medical school grads. The student loan con goes on and on.
ONLINE: https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-student-loan-fact-check-jim-clyburn-biden-administration-elizabeth-warren-11651524874
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May 3
According to the Los Angeles Times, the mere threat of overturning Roe is a caller to action for voters
In scathing, dismissive language, Supreme Court Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. wrote a draft opinion that does what for many decades seemed unimaginable - it overturns the 1973 ruling in Roe vs. Wade and annihilates the constitutionally protected right of a woman to control her own body. If the leaked draft, which was written in February and confirmed as authentic by Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr., becomes the court´s final decision, it will set reproductive freedom back generations. About half the states either have or will pass bans or will severely restrict abortion, with the burden falling on women who can´t afford to travel to an out-of-state abortion clinic.
Striking down Roe will undo a nearly 50-year precedent. Generally, the court overturns a decision in order to restore or grant rights. This would be the rare Supreme Court ruling that revokes a person´s fundamental rights.
Sadly, this was not a surprise. It seemed clear from the oral arguments in December in Dobbs vs. Jackson Women´s Health Organization - the case involving Mississippi´s ban on abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy - that the court´s conservative justices were looking for ways to uphold that ban and scale back abortion rights.
Alito in the draft opinion wrote that "Roe was egregiously wrong from the start" as well as weak and not settled. His opinion would wipe out a constitutionally guaranteed right to abortion altogether, arguing that because abortion is not explicitly mentioned in the Constitution, it must at least be a right that is grounded in the nation´s history and concepts of liberty before it can be worthy of constitutional protection. But, he writes, abortion was mostly criminalized throughout American history. It´s absurd that abortion rights can´t be protected today because male lawmakers criminalized it in the past.
"He freezes our constitutional rights today at what that small group of people thought the world was back then," says Jennifer Dalven, director of the ACLU´s Reproductive Freedom Project. "That should be frightening for all of us."
Nor should anyone trust that the court will just stop at abortion rights. The idea that a right must be grounded in history before it is constitutionally protected could jeopardize "a whole host of rights - from the right to use contraception to the right to have a relationship with the person of a same sex," Dalven says.
Voters need to fix this. Overturning Roe would put abortion laws in the hands of state and federal lawmakers. State lawmakers, who were happily passing restrictions that flouted Roe, will surely try to mow down whatever remaining abortion protections exist in their states after Roe is gone unless voters stop them.
California has protected reproductive rights under state law. In fact, Senate President Pro Tem Toni Atkins (D-San Diego) and Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon (D-Lakewood) said Tuesday they are committed to getting a constitutional amendment on the November ballot that specifically protects the right to abortion here.
That´s great. But it´s not enough.
The Women´s Health Protection Act, a congressional bill that would ensure the right to a legal abortion nationwide, passed the House but not the Senate. Polls show a majority of Americans support a woman´s right to an abortion. Those representatives need to know that people who believe in abortion rights want that bill passed and will vote them out of office if they don´t protect abortion rights. On the flip side of that, emboldened conservative politicians may try to pass a national ban on abortion in a couple of years. Let legislators know it´s a deal breaker if they do that.
The decision to become a parent is fundamentally a question of personal freedom. But it´s also an economic decision. And it´s appalling that a nation that does so little to support children and families is on the cusp of taking away the right for people to decide if they have the means to raise a family.
Alito got one thing right in his draft when he wrote that "women are not without electoral or political power" when it comes to abortion laws, though that´s not a good reason for getting rid of a constitutionally protected right. It´s time for them to use it to stand up to the elected officials who support curtailing their constitutional rights. It´s time for everyone who cares about individual rights to see this draft ruling as a call to action.
ONLINE: https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2022-05-03/editorial-the-supreme-court-overturn-roe-vs-wade-its-time-to-stand-up
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May 1
The Washington Post believes Congress must act now to prevent election fraud in 2024
A group of senators met last week to try to prevent anyone from stealing the 2024 presidential election or from once again inciting an armed mob to attack the Capitol. The bipartisan band, led by Sens. Susan Collins (R-Maine) and Joe Manchin III (D-W.Va.), aims to update the 1887 Electoral Count Act, the archaic law that governs how Congress counts electoral votes that became a focus of Donald Trump´s efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss. The fate of the nation´s democracy might rest on whether these senators strike a deal, and soon: If Republicans take the House after November´s elections, a radicalized House GOP caucus will likely refuse to do anything that could be construed as hostile to Mr. Trump.
Some of the Democrats in the bipartisan group want to add voting-related measures to the bill they are negotiating. This is understandable; Congress has done nothing as Republican state legislatures have erected innumerable new barriers to voting. But the group should not get sidetracked. Electoral Count Act reform can attract 60 Senate votes; voting rights measures cannot.
Simply updating the act would be an important victory for democracy. Following the 2020 vote, Mr. Trump´s lawyers cooked up cockamamie interpretations of the act that would have, among other things, permitted Vice President Mike Pence to throw out electoral votes at will. Thankfully, Mr. Pence resisted Mr. Trump´s pressure campaign to act on these fatuous arguments. But a future vice president might not be so principled.
An alarming number of GOP lawmakers also used the act´s vague language - reading into the act broad congressional authority to intervene when electoral appointments are not "lawfully certified" or when electoral votes are not "regularly given" - to object to counting electoral votes from a series of swing states that Joe Biden carried. This language was not supposed to empower partisan congressional majorities to reject presidential electors at will, but that was essentially the interpretation most House Republicans embraced.
The bipartisan negotiators must clarify the process so it leaves no room for a de facto coup. It should be clear that the vice president serves nothing but a pro forma role tallying electoral votes. Members of Congress should be allowed to object to presidential electors only under extremely narrow circumstances - say, if state officials send in a slate in defiance of a court order. The threshold for triggering a debate on whether to accept a state´s electors should be far higher. The bipartisan group appears to agree on these basics.
It should also take more than a bare majority to sustain such an objection, so it would be extremely difficult for one party to unilaterally overturn a presidential election. So far, the bipartisan group has not agreed on that reform. Lawmakers should clarify the role of the courts, empowering the judicial branch to sort out election disputes before Congress counts electoral votes. And they should make it crystal clear what happens when the House and the Senate disagree on a state´s electoral slate, so there is no question about which candidate gets a state´s votes.
The country cannot limp into another presidential election with electoral rules open to partisan misinterpretation and abuse. Congress should have no higher priority than fixing the Electoral Count Act, immediately.
ONLINE: https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/05/01/congress-electoral-count-act-coup/
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May 4
China Daily says that NATO isn't a defensive pact but an aggressive bloc dedicated to expanding hegemony and Western values
An international gathering of youth is usually taken as an opportunity to promote exchanges and mutual understanding. But this was not the case at the NATO Youth Summit held late last month.
Instead, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg sought to foment prejudice and hatred, claiming that China represents a major security challenge that NATO youth should be alert to.
He urged the organization to have the so-called China´s threats "reflected" in its new Strategic Concept, cautioning that China´s rise will have "consequences" for the pact´s security as "China doesn´t share our values".
A non sequitur for sure.
In fact, the logic is utterly absurd. According to that premise if NATO thinks a country does not share its "values" then it must be a threat.
And that is before any consideration of what NATO´s values might be, given its illegal bombing of Yugoslavia in 1999 and its interventions in Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya and Syria over the past 20 years.
Since those actions seem characteristic of the transatlantic security alliance, then it is not just China that doesn´t share NATO´s "values."
That many of its members are among the richest countries in the world does not necessarily endow the organization or its members with the privilege to ignore the norms governing international relations.
However, the conflict in Ukraine has revealed that NATO is by no means a defensive pact, but an aggressive bloc seeking to expand the West´s hegemonic interests under the pretext of defending "values" and "rules."
This expansionism on ideological lines was highlighted by Stoltenberg saying that NATO will "make the process of joining as quick as is feasible" for Finland and Sweden, whose parliaments are deciding by the middle of this month whether to join the pact.
That the last two nonaligned Nordic countries are on the verge of being incorporated into the bloc, which did not happen at the height of the Cold War, and which will necessarily serve to increase the frictions between NATO and Russia, shows Stoltenberg´s warnings should not be taken at face value.
It is the expansionist and divisive mindset of the bloc that deserves the vigilance of NATO youth, as their future will not be decided by the "threats" Stoltenberg peddles but the threats stemming from the "values" he urged them to uphold.
Even though the organization has the obligation to help cultivate a lasting and balanced security mechanism in Europe, it just pretends to pursue that objective while all the while fueling an arms race and engaging in brinkmanship.
The youth of NATO should reject the value judgment that Stoltenberg and the bloc are trying to sell them; it is outdated and dangerously unsound.
ONLINE: https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202205/04/WS62726c19a310fd2b29e5a8ee.html
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GRAINS-Chicago wheat soars on India export concerns; soy follows, corn mixed
By Christopher Walljasper
CHICAGO, May 4 (Reuters) - Chicago wheat futures soared on Wednesday on reports that India, a major world producer, would restrict exports as a drought threatened its production even as the nation had hoped to fill a global export gap created by the ongoing war in Ukraine.
Soybean futures also gained, while corn traded near even, awaiting direction as farmers watched forecasts for dry weather to boost planting progress.
The most-active wheat contract on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) added 30-1/4 cents to $10.75-3/4 a bushel as of 11:51 a.m. (1651 GMT), its biggest daily gain since April 11.
The CBOT's most active soybean contract rose 10 cents to $16.40-1/2 a bushel, while most-active CBOT corn added 1/4 cent to $7.93-1/4 a bushel.
Earlier reports of India looking to curb wheat exports have been refuted by top food ministry officials, though recent heat waves have substantially damaged the nation's production, diminishing its export ambitions.
"I didn´t have a lot of faith in India supplying the world´s wheat needs moving forward, considering they´re not typically in the export arena," said Ed Duggan, senior risk management specialist at Top Third Ag Marketing.
Earlier this week, India cut its wheat output forecast to 105 million tonnes, down from 111.3 million tonnes estimated in February, potentially marking the first production decline after five consecutive years of record harvests.
Corn remained pressured by forecasts for warmer drier weather across the eastern cornbelt that could boost planting progress from its sluggish pace.
"May 10 is typically the date we all circle on our calendar as far as planting progress - we´d like to see 50% planted by that date. I think you start losing yield after that date," said Andrew Jackson, broker at Producers Hedge.
Soybeans firmed, supported by rising wheat and technical support after sellofs earlier in the week.
Agricultural markets were also weighed by demand headwinds, including expectations of an announcement from the U.S. Federal Reserve later on Wednesday on a potential interest rate hike, while China continues to impose measures to curb the spread of COVID-19. (Reporting by Christopher Walljasper; additional reporting by Nigel Hunt in London; Editing by Bernadette Baum) | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/reuters/article-10782987/GRAINS-Chicago-wheat-soars-India-export-concerns-soy-follows-corn-mixed.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | 2022-05-04T18:48:41Z | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/reuters/article-10782987/GRAINS-Chicago-wheat-soars-India-export-concerns-soy-follows-corn-mixed.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | true |
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — The world’s biggest shipping company, Denmark’s A.P. Moeller-Maersk, said Wednesday that it had delivered its “best earnings quarter ever,” driven by higher freight rates and more contracts being signed.
The Copenhagen, Denmark-based company said its revenue for the first three months of the year came in at $19.3 billion, up from $12.4 billion for the same period last year. Profits before taxes came in at $7.3 billion, up from $3.1 billion a year ago.
Maersk reported that the financial impact of Russia’s war in Ukraine amounted to $718 million in the first quarter. The company, which announced that it was withdrawing from Russia, said it completed its last cargo operation in a Russian port Monday.
It said it has started the process to sell its 30.75% stake in Global Ports Investments, which operates six terminals in Russia and two in Finland.
CEO Søren Skou said that while global supply chains remain under significant pressure, “we continue to demonstrate superior ability to help customers overcome logistic challenges.”
The company added that its financial performance for the year “depends on several factors and is subject to uncertainties related to the situation in Russia and Ukraine, COVID-19, bunker fuel prices and freight rates, given the uncertain macroeconomic conditions.”
Maersk operates in 130 countries and employs about 95,000 people. | https://www.wowktv.com/news/u-s-world/shipping-company-maersk-sees-record-quarter-as-demand-surges/ | 2022-05-04T18:49:38Z | https://www.wowktv.com/news/u-s-world/shipping-company-maersk-sees-record-quarter-as-demand-surges/ | true |
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A Chicago man who was pardoned after spending more than seven years in prison for an armed robbery he didn’t commit has reached a $7.5 million settlement with a northern Indiana city and former police officers, his attorney said Wednesday.
Keith Cooper’s attorney, Elliot Slosar, said it is the largest wrongful conviction settlement in Indiana history and that the lawsuit “exposed the systemic pattern of police and prosecutorial misconduct that exists in Elkhart, Indiana.”
“Mr. Cooper’s wrongful conviction did not happen by accident nor was it an aberration. Through this case, he has paved the way for other wrongfully convicted people from Elkhart to get a fair chance at justice,” Slosar said in a news release.
Lawyers for the plaintiffs and defendants filed notice of the settlement Tuesday in a South Bend federal court. They didn’t disclose the terms of the deal but said the lawsuit would be dismissed with prejudice, meaning it couldn’t be refiled, if payment is made within 45 days.
Corinne Straight, Elkhart’s director of communications, said city officials were aware that there had been a settlement involving Cooper’s lawsuit but that they wouldn’t discuss it publicly until later Wednesday.
Cooper, 54, was pardoned in February 2017 by Gov. Eric Holcomb, who said he believed Cooper had been wrongly convicted in a 1996 armed robbery in Elkhart during which a teenager was shot and wounded. Holcomb cited the state parole board’s support for the pardon, along with the backing of the prosecutor and witnesses in the case.
Cooper was sentenced to 40 years in prison for the robbery, but advances in DNA testing and a nationwide offender database excluded him as the attacker and identified another person.
The Indiana Court of Appeals overturned his co-defendant’s conviction in 2005, and Cooper was given the choice of being released with a felony record or facing a new trial before the same judge who convicted him. He elected to be released in 2006 to go home to his wife and three children, who at times were homeless during his incarceration.
Cooper’s pardon by Holcomb was followed in March 2017 by a judge’s approval of the expungement of his armed robbery conviction.
Cooper had sought a pardon since 2009 and the deputy prosecutor who handled his trial asked then-Gov. Mike Pence in 2015 to approve the pardon to remove the felony conviction.
But Pence’s general counsel notified Slosar in September 2016, two months after Pence became Donald Trump’s vice presidential running mate, that he believed Cooper needed to first exhaust all his options in court for having the conviction overturned before a pardon would be considered.
Cooper sued Elkhart, its police chief and three officers in November 2017, alleging that the officers framed him for the crime and “nearly destroyed his life.”
At the time of his arrest, Cooper had no criminal convictions, was a married father of three and was gainfully employed and providing for his family, according to his lawsuit. But after he was wrongfully incarcerated, the suit said his wife was forced to sell the family’s belongings and had “to live in shelters to survive.”
Cooper’s lawsuit accused the Elkhart Police Department of employing a “routine practice” of pursuing wrongful convictions “through reckless and profoundly flawed investigations” that included false evidence and reports and coerced evidence. It also contended that supervising officers knew of this misconduct but failed to properly supervise those officers. | https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/nation/attorney-pardoned-chicago-man-reaches-7-5m-settlement/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_nation-world | 2022-05-04T18:50:27Z | https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/nation/attorney-pardoned-chicago-man-reaches-7-5m-settlement/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_nation-world | false |
LAS VEGAS (KLAS) – While working on a story on the discovery of a barrel that contained human remains at Lake Mead, a KLAS news team found a second barrel and alerted police.
Boaters discovered the body in the first barrel around 3 p.m. Sunday. While at the lake Monday, a KLAS teamnoticed a second barrel several hundred feet away from the site of the first – also onshore.
Police said Tuesday the second barrel was empty.
The person found in the first barrel, believed to be a man, is suspected to have been killed in the late-1970s or 1980s, investigators said.
The area is near a boat ramp. Crews have had to extend the ramp a half-mile over the past decades to get it closer to the water. In the 1970s and 1980s, what is now a beach would have been several dozen feet underwater.
A small hole in the second barrel revealed empty space, unlike the first barrel, which showed a person along its entirety.
Lake Mead reportedly was a popular dumping site for murderers, and police said they suspect they will find more barrels with bodies as the lake recedes.
“I would say there is a very good chance as the water level drops that we are going to find additional human remains,” Las Vegas Metro police Lt. Ray Spencer said.
Lake Mead, located in both Nevada and Arizona, 24 miles east of Las Vegas, dropped below 1,056 feet in elevation last Tuesday, less than a week after hitting 1,057 feet the week before. Lake levels are expressed in altitude, not depth. At its highest levels, the lake is near 1,225 feet.
Police said they have received many tips about the person found in the barrel.
Tips can be submitted anonymously through Crime Stoppers by calling 702-385-5555 or at crimestoppersofnv.com/report-a-crime. Information can also be sent via text by sending “CRIMENV” and then your message to “CRIMES” (274637). Crime Stoppers offers a reward for information that leads to an arrest. | https://www.pahomepage.com/news/news-team-discovers-2nd-barrel-at-lake-where-human-remains-found/ | 2022-05-04T18:51:07Z | https://www.pahomepage.com/news/news-team-discovers-2nd-barrel-at-lake-where-human-remains-found/ | false |
BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union's top official on Wednesday called on the 27-nation bloc to ban oil imports from Russia and target the country's biggest bank and major broadcasters in a sixth package of sanctions over the war in Ukraine.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, addressing the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France, proposed having EU member nations phase out imports of crude oil within six months and refined products by the end of the year.
"We will make sure that we phase out Russian oil in an orderly fashion, in a way that allows us and our partners to secure alternative supply routes and minimizes the impact on global markets," von der Leyen said.
The proposals must be unanimously approved to take effect and are likely to be the subject of fierce debate. Von der Leyen conceded that getting all 27 member countries — some of them landlocked and highly dependent on Russia for energy supplies — to agree on oil sanctions “will not be easy.”
The EU gets about 25% of its oil from Russia, most of which goes toward gasoline and diesel for vehicles. Russia supplies about 14% of diesel, S&P Global analysts said, and a cutoff could send already high prices for truck and tractor fuel soaring.
If approved, the ban on oil imports would be the second package of EU sanctions targeting Russia’s lucrative energy industry since the country invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24.
In a video message posted on Twitter, Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba welcomed Von der Leyen's proposal for an oil embargo. He said Ukraine is not happy it will be delayed for several months, but “it’s better than nothing.”
“I think what should be clear now is that (the time) for half-sanctions or half-measures when it comes to sanctions is gone,” Kuleba said, arguing that the EU can no longer support Ukraine on one hand by imposing sanctions, while continuing to pay Russia for oil and gas and support their “war machine.”
“As long as Russia continues to receive revenues in billions ... from the European Union ... we cannot speak of defeating Russia," he said. "They will continue financing their war machine from oil and gas revenues.”
In addition to sanctions on various entities and individuals, including Russian President Vladimir Putin and members of his family, the EU previously approved an embargo on coal imports.
The EU has started discussions on a possible natural gas embargo, but consensus among member countries on targeting the fuel used to generate electricity and heat homes is more difficult to secure. The region gets about 40% of its natural gas from Russia.
Hungary and Slovakia have already said they wouldn't take part in any oil sanctions. Von der Leyen didn't elaborate on whether they would receive an exemption from the sanctions, although it appeared likely.
Ukraine's Kuleba said that any country which continued to oppose the embargo on Russian oil could be considered “complicit in the crimes committed by Russia in the territory of Ukraine.”
"Whatever their arguments are, if they oppose (an) oil embargo, it means one thing: They play on the Russian side. … They share responsibility for everything that Russia does in Ukraine, full stop,” he said.
The EU and Russia are playing “a game of chicken. It is hard to say who will swerve/blink first. The Russians for fear of running out of money. Or Europe for fear of the lights going out,” James Nixey, the director of the Russia and Eurasia program at London’s Chatham House think tank, said.
Von der Leyen also said that the EU should target high-ranking military officers and others “who committed war crimes in Bucha,” a suburb of the capital Kyiv. Ukrainian officials have alleged that retreating Russian troops carried out mass killings of civilians in Bucha.
“This sends another important signal to all perpetrators of the Kremlin’s war: We know who you are. We will hold you accountable. You’re not getting away with this,” von der Leyen told the lawmakers.
EU diplomats confirmed that the European Commission's plans also include an asset freeze and travel ban on the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Kirill of Moscow. The diplomats have direct knowledge of the discussions but were not authorized to speak publicly as negotiations continue.
Kirill is a longtime Putin ally and has justified Russia's invasion of Ukraine. In March, he described the conflict as part of a struggle against sin and pressure from liberal foreigners to hold “gay parades” as the price of admission to their ranks.
Von der Leyen said that Putin’s intention is “to wipe out Ukraine from the map,” but predicted he will fail in his deadly enterprise. “Ukraine has risen in bravery and in unity," she said. “And it is his own country, Russia, that Putin is sinking.”
Banks are also in the EU executive arm’s sights, and notably Russia's biggest, Sberbank. Von der Leyen said the aim is that “we de-SWIFT Sberbank." SWIFT is the major global system for financial transfers, and the EU has already excluded several smaller Russian banks from it.
“We will also de-SWIFT two other major banks in Russia. By that, we hit banks that are systemically critical to the Russian financial system and Putin’s ability to wage destruction," she said.
Von der Leyen added that those alleged to be spreading disinformation about the war in Ukraine would be targeted.
“We are banning three big Russian state-owned broadcasters from our airwaves. They will not be allowed to distribute their content anymore in the EU, in whatever shape or form, be it on cable, via satellite, on the internet or via smartphone apps,” she said.
Von der Leyen didn't name the broadcasters but branded the television channels “as mouthpieces that amplify Putin´s lies and propaganda aggressively. We should not give them a stage anymore to spread these lies.”
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Danica Kirka in London contributed to this report.
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Comparing high-waisted seamless yoga pants
As a closet staple, yoga pants are not only for workouts; they also provide users with comfort throughout their daily activities. Many wear their favorite yoga pants to stretch, shop for groceries or even just to hang out on the couch. Often, users have enough pairs to suit each of these needs as well as an extra pair in case the others get dirty. However, not all yoga pants are created equally or can be used for vigorous activity.
Best high-waisted seamless yoga pants
Yoga pants styles that sit high on the waist are able to grip the body and hold fabric in place during movement. This allows you to complete a yoga session without pulling at your waist every third breath. They come in seamless designs to minimize chafing and reduce the areas where stitching digs into the skin. Having both of these features provides the optimal comfort combo to get you in the mood to move.
Top high-waisted seamless yoga pants
AoxJox High-Waisted Workout Seamless Yoga Pants
What you need to know: These form-fitting leggings are sweat-proof and squat-proof, meaning you won’t see through them no matter what your workout entails.
What you’ll love: They come in 12 colors, several different sizes and include a butt-lifting feature. Users report that they are true to the labeled size and take up very little space when folded. When working out, leggings stay in place while remaining flattering on any figure.
What you should consider: This pair of leggings needs to be hand-washed, and the black marl color is not squat-proof.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Top high-waisted seamless yoga pants for the money
What you need to know: The breathable fabric provides the wearer with a complete, comfortable coverage while working out.
What you’ll love: These yoga leggings hug the body where needed and hold the stomach in. They also minimize cellulite while being squat- and sweat-proof. This quick-dry brand has several patterns and colors to choose from.
What you should consider: Some users have reported they could see through the material in certain colors.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Top high-waisted seamless yoga pants with pockets
What you need to know: This style of workout apparel includes pockets to store your phone or other music device while you’re on the go.
What you’ll love: The pockets are the shining feature of this product, but they also fit well and feel good. They come in several colors and sizes that all hold your butt up and your belly in. Each pair is soft, breathable and moisture-resistant.
What you should consider: Some users reported the material is too thick for a heavy workout.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Best high-waisted seamless yoga capris
When the weather is not too hot or too cold, capris come in handy. They provide the coverage needed while allowing some space for a breeze to cool the skin. Several brands have yoga capris with a seamless design that cinches at the waist.
Top high-waisted seamless yoga capris
What you need to know: These are comfortable yoga capris made for use by anyone on any casual occasion or workout.
What you’ll love: Users have reported these leggings to be “buttery” soft and extremely cozy. They are made from an easy to care for spandex and polyester blend that resists fade. You can purchase a single set of these capris or get a set of two or three at an affordable price.
What you should consider: Some users reported that the material is too thin and can stretch out easily.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Top high-waisted seamless yoga capris for the money
What you need to know: This pair of yoga capris includes pockets on the sides as well as a waistband pocket in the back.
What you’ll love: These leggings have three pockets on each pair and come in several colors. They can fit many body types without the use of a drawstring and are super soft to the touch. The high-waisted feature is reported to be useful for holding the stomach in.
What you should consider: Some users have reported sizing to be smaller than expected. The seller advises using the provided sizing chart.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Best high-waisted seamless yoga shorts
When it’s summer, yoga shorts are essential for those trying to get fit outside in the heat. They come in seamless styles that hug the body in the same way full-length leggings do. Many brands have high-waisted fits, which keep your stomach tightly in while allowing full range of motion for your lower body.
Top high-waisted seamless shorts
What you need to know: These yoga shorts are made for anytime use and are soft to the touch.
What you’ll love: These workout shorts are comfortable and fit well on the body. They come in packs of three with multiple colors to choose from. They are a nylon-polyester-spandex blend that is anti-chafing and moisture-resistant.
What you should consider: Some of the lighter colors are see-through, according to some users.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Top high-waisted seamless shorts for the money
What you need to know: These are ideal for those who enjoy the booty-lifting of full-length leggings in a pair of shorts.
What you’ll love: These yoga shorts are very similar to the yoga pants of the same brand. They include a butt-lift feature, are seamless and high-waisted to hold in your tummy. There are two styles meant for more compression or more give depending upon your needs.
What you should consider: Do not dry these leggings in a dryer or they will pill or fade.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
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SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) – Maybe she was thirsty?
Video from a religious ceremony in Brandon, South Dakota, has gone viral thanks to a 7-year-old girl who drained the wine she was offered at her first communion.
Brynley Heidebrink’s sip of the communion wine was less of a sip and more of a big gulp — so big, in fact, that the priest had to gently pull the cup from her hands.
“I could see her very well … I just kept thinking, ‘Please stop drinking,'” said Brynley’s mother Stefanie.
Brynley had even practiced for the spiritual event, asking her mother specifically about the wine, Stefanie said.
“We had a retreat that morning to practice and she even asked again right before she went up there and I told her to just let it touch your lips; you don’t even have to take a sip.”
Her daughter later admitted she had no explainable reason for the big drink, other than, “I don’t know (why),'” according to Stephanie, who said Brynley didn’t even like the taste.
In any case, Stefanie was amused by the incident. She thought her family would be amused too, so she shared footage from the ceremony to social media.
“After I posted, I had a lot of friends and family text me saying that they can’t stop watching and laughing,” Stefanie said.
Millions of other TikTok users apparently agreed, as the video has been viewed more than 27 million times on the platform.
Although Stefanie said Brynley is now a TikTok sensation, the 7-year-old is unaware of her viral fame. Mom, however, is happy to leave it that way, and let Brynley focus on her other passions: dance and gymnastics.
“[She’s] always been my little diva, so this is just fitting that she is going viral for something like this,” Stefanie said. | https://cw33.com/news/south-dakota-girl-goes-viral-for-swigging-wine-at-first-communion/ | 2022-05-04T19:00:52Z | https://cw33.com/news/south-dakota-girl-goes-viral-for-swigging-wine-at-first-communion/ | true |
- The Gold Price is almost flat during the day as the FOMC decision looms.
- The sentiment is mixed, blamed on the Fed policy decision and China’s coronavirus crisis.
- Gold Price Forecast (XAU/USD): Neutral-downward biased, but upside risks remains due to Fed’s monetary policy decision.
Gold spot (XAU/USD) remains subdued ahead of the Federal Reserve May monetary policy decision, in which the US central bank is foreseen to lift the Federal Funds Rate (FFR) by 0.50% to 1%. Besides, it will also announce the pace of the Quantitative Tightening (QT), expected at $95 billion, $65 billion of US Treasuries, and $30 billion of mortgage-backed securities (MBS). At the time of writing, XAU/USD is trading at $1867.82 a troy ounce.
Sentiment has improved as the Fed’s monetary policy decision gets closer, the greenback weakens
The closer the Fed’s decision gets, the market mood turns mixed. US equities fluctuate between gainers and losers. At 18:00 GMT, the Federal Reserve would release its monetary policy decision, which would trigger sharp volatility in the markets. However, at around 18:30 GMT, the Fed Chair Jerome Powell would hold its first in-person press conference in two years, in which market players would look for any hawkish/dovish commentary that could provide some forward guidance ahead.
Aside from this, Wednesday’s sentiment was also struck by China’s ongoing coronavirus crisis. Although it appears that in Shanghai, the epidemic situation seems to improve, Beijing closed 40 metro stations as cases began to ramp up, threatening to slow down the second-largest economy in the world.
Geopolitics-wise, the Ukraine-Russia conflict remains unchanged amid the late lack of peace talks. The hostilities persist as Russia tries to seize the Donbas region in Eastern Ukraine. At the same time, the EU Commission President von der Leyen said there would be a complete import ban on all Russian oil, pipeline, crude and refined.
The US Dollar Index, a gauge of the greenback’s value against a basket of its peers, is pairing some earlier losses, down 0.09%, and sits at 103.360. Contrarily, the US 10-year benchmark note sits at 2.987%, up to one and a half basis points during the day.
During the day, the US economic docket featured April’s ADP Employment Change, a prelude to Friday’s Nonfarm Payrolls report. The figures showed that the US economy added just 247K jobs, lower than the 395K estimated, while the Balance of Trade for March showed a wider deficit, from $-89 billion to $-109 billion. Regarding the Non-Manufacturing PMIs, the so-called services for April decreased, while the S&P Global Composite Final report decelerated to 56 from 57.7.
Gold Price Forecast (XAU/USD): Technical outlook
Gold remains neutral-downward biased ahead of the Fed’s decision. As of writing, XAU/USD price is below the 50 and the 100-day moving averages (DMAs), a sign of the yellow-metal weakness. Also, on its way north lies a solid resistance area around March’s lows, previous support-turned-resistance at $1890, which in the event of XAU/USD prices shooting higher, would be difficult to overcome on its way north.
To the upside, gold traders need to be aware of critical levels, like the 100-DMA at $1881.38, followed by March’s lows at $1890 and the $1900 mark. On the other hand, XAU/USD’s first support would be May 3 daily low at $1850.34, closely followed by the 200-DMA at $1835.08, and then January’s 28 YTD low $1780.18.
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"Jane Street is glad to join ADAM's members in advancing fair, orderly, and efficient markets in digital assets," said Mina Nguyen of Jane Street. "During this critical time for the ecosystem, we're looking forward to working with other industry-leading firms to help shape robust principles of market conduct and activity."
"At Crowe, we're excited to be the first accounting, consulting and technology firm to join ADAM. There is a real opportunity to be thoughtful leaders in the ongoing dialogue on tax policy, regulatory recommendations, and accounting and business strategy consulting for the digital asset space," said Matthew Schell, Partner at Crowe.
"As the category-definer for crypto and DeFi market surveillance and a leader in market integrity, Solidus Labs is strongly aligned with ADAM's Code of Conduct," said Kathy Kraninger, Solidus Labs' VP for Regulatory Affairs and former Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. "Establishing the right crypto-native market surveillance standards that address the industry's unique needs is critical to enabling safe markets, regulated growth and institutional adoption."
About the Association for Digital Asset Markets (ADAM)
The Association for Digital Asset Markers is a private, non-profit, membership-based association of firms operating in the digital asset markets and is a standards-setting body and self-governing association committed to promoting market integrity and best practices. ADAM works with leading financial firms, entrepreneurs, and regulators to develop industry best practices that facilitate fair and orderly digital asset markets. In this vein, ADAM's objectives are to: (1) protect market participants from fraud and manipulation; (2) provide clear standards for efficient trading, custody, and the clearing and settlement of digital assets; (3) encourage professionalism and ethical conduct by market participants; and (4) increase transparency and provide information to the public and governments about digital asset markets. In furtherance of this, ADAM released a principles-based Code of Conduct in late 2019 that sets certain standards of professional conduct for ADAM members.
ADAM consists of a broad-based industry group that includes a wide variety of market participants, including trading platforms, custodians, investors, asset managers, traders, liquidity providers, brokers, and service providers. ADAM members are firms that are active in digital asset markets or seek to participate in those markets. ADAM members include: Anchorage Digital, N.A.; BitGo; BitOoda; BlockFi; BTIG; CMT Digital; CoinFund; Cumberland; Crowe LLP; Digital Asset Council of Financial Professionals; Dunamis Trading; Eventus Systems; Fireblocks; FTX.com; FTX.us; Galaxy Digital; Genesis; Grayscale; GSR; HRT; Hxro Foundation; Jane Street Capital; Multicoin Capital; Oasis Pro Markets; Parataxis; Paxos; Robinhood Crypto; Sarson Funds; Solidus Capital; Solidus Labs; Symbiont; Symphony; WisdomTree; and XBTO. ADAM law firm partners include Anderson Kill; DLA Piper; DLx Law; Mayer Brown LLP; Morgan Lewis; and McGonigle, P.C..
ADAM Media Contact
Patrick Jordan
M Group Strategic Communications (for ADAM)
+1 646.859.5956
ADAMPR@mgroupsc.com
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LHC Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: LHCG)
Weiss Law is investigating possible breaches of fiduciary duty and other violations of law by the board of directors of LHC Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: LHCG), in connection with the proposed acquisition of LHCG by Optum, part of UnitedHealth Group. Under the terms of the merger agreement, LHCG shareholders will receive $170.00 in cash for each share of LHCG common stock owned. If you own LHCG shares and wish to discuss this investigation or your rights, please call us at one of the numbers listed above or visit our website: https://www.weisslaw.co/news-and-cases/lhcg
Nielsen Holdings plc (NYSE: NLSN)
Weiss Law is investigating possible breaches of fiduciary duty and other violations of law by the board of directors of Nielsen Holdings plc (NYSE: NLSN) in connection with the proposed acquisition of NLSN by a consortium of private equity, led by Evergreen Coast Capital Corporation and Brookfield Business Partners L.P. Under the terms of the merger agreement, NLSN shareholders will receive $28.00 in cash for each share of NLSN common stock. If you own NLSN shares and wish to discuss this investigation or your rights, please call us at one of the numbers listed above or visit our website: https://www.weisslaw.co/news-and-cases/nlsn
Goodness Growth Holdings, Inc. (OTCQX: GDNSF)
Weiss Law is investigating possible breaches of fiduciary duty and other violations of law by the board of directors of Goodness Growth Holdings, Inc. (OTCQX: GDNSF), in connection with the proposed acquisition of GDNSF by Verano Holdings Corp. ("Verano"). Under the terms of the acquisition agreement, each holder of GDNSF subordinate voting shares will receive 0.22652 of a Verano Class A subordinate voting share (a "Verano Share") for each voting share held and each holder of GDNSF multiple voting shares and GDNSF super voting shares will receive 22.652 Verano Shares for each respective voting share held. If you own GDNSF shares and wish to discuss this investigation or your rights, please call us at one of the numbers listed above or visit our website: https://www.weisslaw.co/news-and-cases/gdnsf
Datto Holding Corp. (NYSE: MSP)
Weiss Law is investigating possible breaches of fiduciary duty and other violations of law by the board of directors of Datto Holding Corp. (NYSE: MSP) in connection with the proposed acquisition of MSP by Kaseya. Under the terms of the merger agreement, MSP shareholders will receive $35.50 in cash for each share of MSP common stock owned. If you own MSP shares and wish to discuss this investigation or your rights, please call us at one of the numbers listed above or visit our website: https://www.weisslaw.co/news-and-cases/msp
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45th President says SCOTUS leak "shocking," Ukraine war never would have happened if he were still in office
CENTENNIAL, Colo., May 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- President Donald Trump slammed the leak of a Supreme Court draft opinion on Roe v. Wade in an exclusive interview with David Brody that will air on the rapidly growing Real America's Voice network on Wednesday, May 4 at 3pm EST.
"I will say the leak was a terrible thing, you are just not used to that for the Supreme Court," said Trump. "You see so much leaking in our world — in your world, in my world. Although not so much now, it's very interesting. You know you try and cover those leaks. But you've never seen it, or they've rarely seen it, in the Supreme Court. It was very shocking, I think. I think it was a very bad thing for the country," he continued.
The 45th President also took credit for the expected decision. "A lot of people are very happy about [pro-life Supreme Court justices]," he said. "Some people maybe say it's my fault and some people say thank you very much."
Trump also touched on a number of other topics, including the war in Ukraine, Elon Musk and Twitter, and the former Vice President, Mike Pence.
On Ukraine:
"This war in Ukraine should have never happened. One hundred percent would not have happened with me."
On Musk and Twitter:
"I like [Elon Musk]. I helped him when he had difficulty. I think he is a very good guy. I am not going on Twitter because I have Truth [Social]. I think Truth is a better modern-day version. But I think he is a really good guy, paid a lot of money for [Twitter], and I hope it works out."
WATCH the exclusive interview with PRESIDENT TRUMP on Wednesday, May 4 at 3:00 pm EST. Stream online at http://realamericasvoice.com or on DISH Ch. 219, Pluto TV Ch. 240, Samsung TV Plus Ch. 1029, The Roku Channel Ch. 175, SelectTV Ch. 106, as well as Apple TV, Fire TV, and Roku streaming devices.
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May 3, 2022
Top Fertilizer Maker Nutrien Sees Market Chaos Beyond 2022
Bloomberg News
,(Bloomberg) -- Nutrien Ltd., the world’s largest fertilizer company, is weighing whether to increase output with supply disruptions likely extending beyond 2022.
Fertilizer prices have soared to all-time highs as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and sanctions on Belarus have thrown a massive chunk of the world’s supply into disarray. The sanctions have the potential to create more long-lasting impacts as it will take time to rebuild the region’s export capacity and buyers look to source supplies from alternative sources, Nutrien Chief Executive Officer Ken Seitz said.
The company is “looking at the potential to accelerate our ramp up of potash production,” Seitz said Tuesday on the company’s first quarter earnings call. Disruptions “could last well beyond 2022”
The Canadian company has already said it would boost potash production by about 1 million metric tons in 2022 to 15 million tons, with most of the additional volume coming in the second half of the year. Russia and Belarus account for about 40% of global potash production and exports, according to Nutrien. The Mosaic Co. also said in an earnings calls that it expects the tight potash market to extend well beyond 2022.
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Storm Prediction Ctr, Norman, OK Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Wednesday, May 4, 2022
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TORNADO WATCH
TORNADO WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE FOR WT 176
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
153 PM CDT WED MAY 04 2022
TORNADO WATCH 176 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR THE
FOLLOWING LOCATIONS
TX
. TEXAS COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE
ARCHER CLAY COOKE
DENTON EASTLAND GRAYSON
JACK MONTAGUE PALO PINTO
PARKER STEPHENS WICHITA
WISE YOUNG
...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/
THIS EVENING FOR RELATIVE HUMIDITY OF 15% OR LESS, 20 FT WINDS OF
20 MPH OR MORE, AND HIGH TO EXTREME FIRE DANGER FOR SOUTHEAST NEW
MEXICO, THE UPPER TRANS PECOS, DAVIS AND CHINATI MOUNTAINS,
CULBERSON COUNTY AND MARFA PLATEAU...
* AFFECTED AREA...Loving, Sacramento Foothills and Guadalupe
Mountains, Chaves Plains, Eddy Plains, Lea, Guadalupe
Mountains Above 7000 Feet, Guadalupe and Delaware Mountains,
Van Horn and Highway 54 Corridor, Eastern Culberson County,
Reeves County Plains, Chinati Mountains, Marfa Plateau, Davis
Mountains and Davis Mountains Foothills.
* TIMING...FROM 1 PM CDT /12 PM MDT/ this afternoon through 9 PM
CDT/8 PM MDT this evening.
* WINDS...Southwest 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 40 mph.
* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...As low as 7 percent.
* RFTI...6 or critical.
* IMPACTS...Avoid the use of open flames or any activities that
may generate sparks. Accidental ignitions will have the
potential to grow into dangerous wind-driven wildfires.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions
are either occurring now or will shortly. A combination of strong
winds, low relative humidity and warm temperatures will increase
potential for fire growth.
ARMSTRONG BAYLOR BRISCOE
CARSON CHILDRESS COLLINGSWORTH
COTTLE CROSBY DICKENS
DONLEY FLOYD FOARD
GARZA GRAY HALE
HALL HARDEMAN HEMPHILL
HUTCHINSON KENT KING
KNOX LUBBOCK MOORE
MOTLEY POTTER RANDALL
ROBERTS STONEWALL SWISHER
WHEELER WILBARGER
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MESA, Ariz., May 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Atlis Motor Vehicles (ATLIS), a mobility technology company, announced plans to submit an S-1 format Form 1-A and Nasdaq Global Market application in anticipation of a public listing on the stock market. The ticker symbol "AMV" has been reserved by ATLIS on Nasdaq.
Upon public listing, anticipated to occur this summer, retail investors can trade shares of ATLIS on NASDAQ as the company develops technology to further encourage and enable the mass adoption of electric vehicles. ATLIS is developing an electric work truck, along with the batteries and motors to drive it. Based on the premise that current electric vehicles don't have the true capability to compete in the work truck market, the company is developing an electric truck for individuals and fleet owners who work in the agriculture, service, utility, and construction industries.
To meet the towing and payload capabilities of legacy diesel-powered vehicles, ATLIS also is developing proprietary battery technology, electric motors, and a modular system architecture to create a high capacity, high output, fast-charging work truck to meet customer needs.
"From inception, we've had an unwavering commitment to produce an electric truck that does not comprise performance or durability. By going public, we will unlock the capital needed to succeed," said Mark Hanchett, ATLIS founder and CEO. "This new funding will allow us to continue to scale operations to produce state-of-the-art batteries, platforms and pickups needed to advance the work truck market. I'd like to acknowledge and thank our 20,000+ investors that have backed our efforts over the years; this is a milestone moment for them as well," Hanchett added.
Investors may continue to purchase shares of ATLIS through the company's Regulation A offering on the website, located at https://investinatlis.com, which contains important information and disclosures, including the offering statement. Investors will be able to purchase shares on the open market once the company goes public.
About ATLIS Motor Vehicles
ATLIS is a mobility technology company developing products that will power work. The ATLIS innovators are building an electric vehicle technology platform for heavy and light duty work trucks used in the agriculture, service, utility, and construction industries. To meet the towing and payload capabilities of legacy diesel-powered vehicles, ATLIS is developing proprietary battery technology and a modular system architecture capable of scaling to meet the specific needs of the all-electric vehicle. For more information, visit www.atlismotorvehicles.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
Certain information set forth in this press release contains "forward-looking information", including "future-oriented financial information" and "financial outlook", under applicable securities laws (collectively referred to herein as forward-looking statements). Except for statements of historical fact, the information contained herein constitutes forward-looking statements and includes, but is not limited to, the (i) projected financial performance of the Company; (ii) completion of, and the use of proceeds from, the sale of the shares being offered hereunder; (iii) the expected development of the Company's business, projects, and joint ventures; (iv) execution of the Company's vision and growth strategy, including with respect to future M&A activity and global growth; (v) sources and availability of third-party financing for the Company's projects; (vi) completion of the Company's projects that are currently underway, in development or otherwise under consideration; (vi) renewal of the Company's current customer, supplier and other material agreements; and (vii) future liquidity, working capital, and capital requirements. Forward-looking statements are provided to allow potential investors the opportunity to understand management's beliefs and opinions in respect of the future so that they may use such beliefs and opinions as one factor in evaluating an investment.
These statements are not a guarantee of future performance and undue reliance should not be placed on them. Such forward-looking statements necessarily involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties, which may cause actual performance and financial results in future periods to differ materially from any projections of future performance or result expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements.
Although forward-looking statements contained in this press release are based upon what management of the Company believes are reasonable assumptions, there can be no assurance that forward-looking statements will prove to be accurate, as actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such statements. The Company undertakes no obligation to update forward-looking statements if circumstances or management's estimates or opinions should change except as required by applicable securities laws. The reader is cautioned not to place undue reliance on forward-looking statements.
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PARIS and IRVING, Texas, May 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Atos today announces the launch of "Atos Business Outcomes-as-a-Service" (Atos BOaaS), a 5G, edge and IoT offering developed in collaboration with Dell Technologies that brings the advantages of cloud architecture to the edge and far edge to deliver AI-based business value augmented with end-to-end automated deployment, monitoring and management.
Edge computing has added complexity to digital systems, and IoT generates significant amounts of highly valuable data that remains untapped. Combining the expertise of Atos and Dell, Atos BOaaS will enable organizations to obtain meaningful, rapid and repeatable business outcomes out of IoT data streams and analytics and manage their IoT ecosystem from a single dashboard.
Atos BOaaS brings to the market one of the most innovative AI applications at the edge, powered by Dell. Dell's Streaming Data Platform creates reliable, fast and secure data pipelines from edge to cloud that enable analytics. Atos wraps up all the technology components with extra services into a full consumption model to enable clients to focus on the business benefits of analytics at the edge and in the cloud.
Atos BOaaS revolutionizes digital operations, virtually removing the need for on-site technology support, which decreases their overall carbon footprint. Atos BOaaS can save hundreds of tons of CO2 per year per client.
In addition, the annual positive economic and environmental impact of Atos BOaaS on 1,000 retail stores can be calculated as follows: 66,000 hours saved on maintenance, compliance and updates; up to +1-2% revenue saved, corresponding to $4.2m saved in digital support1.
Atos' innovation with the development of Atos BOaaS has been recognized today at Dell Technologies World in Las Vegas. Dell awarded Atos the 2022 Dell Technologies Global Alliances – Global Excellence in Innovation Award, which recognizes Atos' unwavering commitment to helping customers succeed in the data era.
Atos BOaaS can detect the imminent failure of equipment at the far edge and the edge, and can trigger a series of automated actions, from ordering new hardware, alerting the maintenance crew, to managing delivery and configuration of the edge to cloud platform. Atos BOaaS improves asset utilization in retail, theme parks and manufacturing industries by providing a fully automated and managed cloud environment at the edge, at scale.
Atos BOaaS is a zero-touch deployment model, meaning that settings, configurations and applications are automatically and securely provisioned on the devices. This enables clients' technology teams to configure or modify thousands of devices at the far edge, remotely from the cloud. Atos BOaaS provides an App Market that allows clients to deploy complex analytics and applications at the edge, such as predictive maintenance to prevent downtime or simple temperature or vibration monitoring. Atos Computer Vision platform is also available in the Atos BOaaS App Market for clients to run AI and scenario-based analytics on their existing video surveillance equipment.
Atos BOaaS simplifies complex digital operations to the point that untrained retail personnel, for example, can handle on-site operations aided by the automation built into Atos BOaaS. Once they have installed the new device, as easily as they would plug a lamp, applications are automatically deployed, and business operations are initiated or resumed.
Dave Seybold, Chief Executive Officer, Atos Americas said, "Atos BOaaS combines breakthrough technologies that re-imagine the process of running digital operations at the edge and far edge as much as smartphones revolutionized mobile communications. Together, we unlock 5G potential securely, cost-effectively and with zero-touch, modernizing enterprise applications to be agile, mobile and rooted in analytics, while reducing customers' costs and carbon footprint."
Gil Shneorson, senior vice president of edge solutions, Dell Technologies, said "As companies digitally transform and applications and infrastructure are increasingly being deployed in the real world, the need for real-time experiences and automation are driving the decentralization of IT. Dell's broad foundation of edge technologies and services, combined with partner solutions such as Atos Outcomes-as-a-Service, help businesses quickly and securely realize the full potential of their data from edge to the cloud to deliver better business outcomes."
Atos is a global leader in digital transformation with 111,000 employees and annual revenue of c. € 11 billion. European number one in cybersecurity, cloud and high performance computing, the Group provides tailored end-to-end solutions for all industries in 71 countries. A pioneer in decarbonization services and products, Atos is committed to a secure and decarbonized digital for its clients. Atos is a SE (Societas Europaea), listed on Euronext Paris and included in the CAC 40 ESG and Next 20 Paris Stock indexes.
The purpose of Atos is to help design the future of the information space. Its expertise and services support the development of knowledge, education and research in a multicultural approach and contribute to the development of scientific and technological excellence. Across the world, the Group enables its customers and employees, and members of societies at large to live, work and develop sustainably, in a safe and secure information space.
1 Considering 2 on-site support visits, totaling 80 miles per month, with a 2019 mid-size US truck with automatic transmission and a gasoline engine.
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Today's Trek fan gets to belly up to a buffet heaped with an array of options; there's a flavor for every taste.
There's Star Trek: Prodigy for kids.
And Star Trek: Lower Decks for yuks.
And Star Trek: Picard for some old familiar faces.
And of course Star Trek: Discovery for ... um. Space fungi, I think? Oh and time travel, lots of that. And heavily serialized storylines that have a tendency to get way more complicated than seems strictly necessary.
And now comes still yet another option, piled high right there next to the rest of them, glistening under the sneeze-guard — Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, on Paramount Plus. And any still-hungry Trek fans out there should know that they can come to Star Trek: Strange New Worlds for, well.
For Star Trek.
Old school Star Trek, that is. Original recipe Star Trek.
A crew of optimistic space explorers noodlin' to and fro around the galaxy. Who are led by a handsome, charismatic and deeply empathetic captain. Who talk a big game about never interfering with other planets' development, constantly invoking this "Prime Directive," only to gleefully stomp the holy hell out of it everydamnwhere they go. Who meet an endless string of uncannily humanoid aliens whose species differ from one another only by virtue of their skin color and/or whatever specific arrangement of nodules got slapped on the actor's nose and forehead in the makeup trailer.
Yeah, it's that old school.
"Fan service!," some will cry. "Retread! Cynical money grab!"
Maybe so, but it's not mere nostalgia that's powering Strange New Worlds' warp core, it's also the simplicity of its premise: The Enterprise Before Kirk.
Ten years before Kirk, specifically, when the ship was under the command of Captain Christopher Pike (Anson Mount). Also along for the ride: A first officer aka Number One (Rebecca Romijn) and Science Officer Spock (Ethan Peck). All three actors debuted in these roles in Star Trek: Discovery (see above, in re: lots of time travel), but if you aren't keeping up with that show, don't worry about it; Strange New Worlds seems determined to shrug off Discovery's muddy continuity and blaze its own space-trail.
It's not mere nostalgia that's powering Strange New World's warp core, it's also the simplicity of its premise: The Enterprise Before Kirk.
Which is not to say the show doesn't outfit its characters with Starfleet-issued emotional baggage. Pike knows exactly when and how he will suffer a grim (and firmly in-canon) fate, Spock's wrestling with his half-human, half-Vulcan nature (must be Tuesday) and Number One is hiding a secret. But these actors became fan-favorites for a reason — Mount's take on Pike as a wry, charming leader who always seeks consensus before acting makes for a nice contrast with the brash, impulsive jerk we know will take over the captain's chair a decade later.
But it takes a village to fly a starship, so the Strange New Worlds' crew also includes a no-nonsense Security Officer (Christina Chong), a ship's doctor who's (wait for it) hiding a secret (Babs Olusanmokun), a too-cool-for-school Nurse Chapel (Jess Bush) and, in the series' biggest swing, a young, fresh-out-of-the-Academy Cadet Uhura (Celia Rose Gooding).
Fans who didn't bat an eye when Peck stepped into Leonard Nimoy's boots (and ears) still might blanch at the thought of another actor taking over Uhura from Nichelle Nichols, given the iconic nature of Nichols' portrayal. The show seems to understand this, and Gooding wisely doesn't set out to adopt any of Nichols' mannerisms. Her Uhura is a young, wildly overacheiving young woman who isn't yet convinced that she's destined for a career in Starfleet. It's true that in the first five episodes made available to press, Uhura often seems like the kind of uber-wunderkind that historically dogs the franchise, and while the character does risk going Full WesleyTM, the net effect is to convince us that this Uhura might not become the Uhura viewers know. If she can do anything, as she does here, then who knows if she's still fated to end up rocking that signature earpiece?
Which ties into the overarching theme of Strange New Worlds — the nature of fate. In different ways, this Enterprise crew is struggling against the roles they've been assigned, and ceaselessly question themselves and others. And while there are, in those first five episodes, a few recurring narrative threads that will likely unspool over the course of the season, the series seems most at home telling old-school, strictly episodic Trek stories — the kind that get resolved at exactly the :50-minute mark, come hell or high water.
Contemporary visual effects (and a Paramount Plus budget) have given the Enterprise a facelift. Its hull is now studded with hundreds of teensy, warmly glowing windows, its bridge is more sleek and interactive, its sickbay more Apple-store-chic, and its crew cabins far, far more lux than you remember.
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds doesn't make any apologies for that, which is part of its charm. It doesn't particularly care about the version of the Enterprise or its crew you may or may not be holding in your head, and heart. It simply wants to tell Trek stories the way they used to be told — one space battle, one diplomatic summit, one alien virus, one spatial anomaly, one transporter accident at a time.
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WFO AMARILLO Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Wednesday, May 4, 2022
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SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Amarillo TX
201 PM CDT Wed May 4 2022
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 245 PM CDT
FOR NORTHERN RANDALL AND SOUTHEASTERN POTTER COUNTIES...
At 201 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Mescalero Park,
or 7 miles north of Canyon, moving northeast at 40 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and half dollar size hail.
SOURCE...Trained weather spotters.
IMPACT...Minor damage to roofs, siding, and trees is possible. Hail
damage to vehicles is expected.
Locations impacted include...
Amarillo, Canyon, Lake Tanglewood, Mescalero Park and Timbercreek
Canyon.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM CDT for the Panhandle
of Texas.
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
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WFO NORMAN Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Wednesday, May 4, 2022
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TORNADO WATCH
WATCH COUNTY NOTIFICATION FOR WATCHES 176/177
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
156 PM CDT WED MAY 4 2022
TORNADO WATCH 176 REMAINS VALID UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR
THE FOLLOWING AREAS
IN OKLAHOMA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 26 COUNTIES
IN CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
CANADIAN CLEVELAND GRADY
KINGFISHER LINCOLN LOGAN
MCCLAIN OKLAHOMA PAYNE
POTTAWATOMIE
IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
PONTOTOC SEMINOLE
IN NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA
BLAINE
IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
COAL HUGHES JOHNSTON
MARSHALL
IN SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA
CARTER GARVIN JEFFERSON
LOVE MURRAY STEPHENS
IN SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA
CADDO COMANCHE COTTON
IN TEXAS THIS WATCH INCLUDES 3 COUNTIES
IN NORTHERN TEXAS
ARCHER CLAY WICHITA
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ADA, ANADARKO, ARCHER CITY, ARDMORE,
BLANCHARD, CHANDLER, CHICKASHA, COALGATE, CONCHO, DAVENPORT,
DAVIS, DUNCAN, EL RENO, GEARY, GUTHRIE, HENNESSEY, HENRIETTA,
HINTON, HOLDENVILLE, HOLLIDAY, KINGFISHER, KINGSTON,
LAKESIDE CITY, LAWTON, LINDSAY, MADILL, MARIETTA, MEEKER, MOORE,
MUSTANG, NEWCASTLE, NORMAN, OKARCHE, OKEENE, OKLAHOMA CITY,
PAULS VALLEY, PRAGUE, PURCELL, RINGLING, RYAN, SCOTLAND,
SEMINOLE, SHAWNEE, SHEPPARD AFB, STILLWATER, STROUD, SULPHUR,
TEMPLE, THACKERVILLE, TISHOMINGO, TUTTLE, WALTERS, WATONGA,
WAURIKA, WELLSTON, WETUMKA, WEWOKA, WICHITA FALLS, WYNNEWOOD,
AND YUKON.
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED TORNADO WATCH 177 IN
EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS
IN OKLAHOMA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 10 COUNTIES
DEWEY
GREER HARMON JACKSON
KIOWA TILLMAN
IN WESTERN OKLAHOMA
BECKHAM CUSTER ROGER MILLS
WASHITA
IN TEXAS THIS WATCH INCLUDES 5 COUNTIES
BAYLOR FOARD HARDEMAN
KNOX WILBARGER
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ALTUS, BURNS FLAT, CHEYENNE, CLINTON,
CORDELL, CROWELL, ELK CITY, FREDERICK, GRANITE, HAMMON, HOBART,
HOLLIS, KNOX CITY, LEEDEY, MANGUM, MUNDAY, QUANAH, SAYRE,
SEILING, SENTINEL, SEYMOUR, SNYDER, TALOGA, VERNON, VICI,
AND WEATHERFORD.
IN TEXAS THIS WATCH INCLUDES 15 COUNTIES
IN NORTHWEST TEXAS
COTTLE CROSBY DICKENS
FLOYD GARZA HALE
KENT KING LUBBOCK
MOTLEY STONEWALL
IN THE PANHANDLE OF TEXAS
BRISCOE CHILDRESS HALL
SWISHER
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ASPERMONT, CEE VEE, CHILDRESS,
CROSBYTON, DICKENS, DUMONT, FLOYDADA, GUTHRIE, HALE CENTER,
HAPPY, JAYTON, KIRKLAND, LAKE ALAN HENRY, LOCKNEY, LUBBOCK,
MATADOR, MEMPHIS, OLD GLORY, PADUCAH, PLAINVIEW, POST, QUITAQUE,
RALLS, ROARING SPRINGS, SILVERTON, SLATON, SPUR, TULIA, TURKEY,
AND WOLFFORTH.
IN TEXAS THIS WATCH INCLUDES 12 COUNTIES
ARMSTRONG CARSON COLLINGSWORTH
DONLEY GRAY HEMPHILL
HUTCHINSON MOORE POTTER
RANDALL ROBERTS WHEELER
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF AMARILLO, BORGER, BRISCOE,
BUFFALO LAKE, BUSHLAND, CANADIAN, CANYON, CLARENDON, CLAUDE,
CODMAN, DOZIER, DUMAS, FOUR WAY, GLAZIER, GOODNIGHT, KINGSMILL,
LAKE MARVIN, LELA, LORA, LUTIE, MASTERSON, MIAMI, PAMPA,
PANHANDLE, PANTEX, SAMNORWOOD, SHAMROCK, SKELLYTOWN, TWITTY,
UMBARGER, WASHBURN, WAYSIDE, WELLINGTON, WHEELER, AND WHITE DEER.
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 245 PM CDT
FOR NORTHERN RANDALL AND SOUTHEASTERN POTTER COUNTIES...
At 200 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Mescalero Park,
or 7 miles north of Canyon, moving northeast at 50 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and half dollar size hail.
SOURCE...Trained weather spotters.
IMPACT...Minor damage to roofs, siding, and trees is possible. Hail
damage to vehicles is expected.
Locations impacted include...
Amarillo, Canyon, Lake Tanglewood, Mescalero Park and Timbercreek
Canyon.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM CDT for the Panhandle
of Texas.
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
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NEW YORK (AP) — An increase in COVID-19 infections around the U.S. has sent more cities into new high-risk categories that are supposed to trigger indoor mask wearing, but much of the country is stopping short of bringing back restrictions amid deep pandemic fatigue.
For weeks, much of upstate New York has been in the high-alert orange zone, a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention designation that reflects serious community spread. The CDC urges people to mask up in indoor public places, including schools, regardless of vaccination status. But few, if any, local jurisdictions in the region brought back a mask requirement despite rising case counts.
In New York City, cases are again rising and this week crossed the city’s threshold for “medium risk,” indicating the widening spread of the subvariant knowns as BA.2 that has swept the state’s northern reaches. But there appears to be little appetite from Mayor Eric Adams to do an about face just a few months after allowing residents to shed masks and put away vaccination cards that were once required to enter restaurants and concert halls. Adams has said the city could pivot and reimpose mandates but has stressed that he wants to keep the city open.
“I don’t anticipate many places, if any, going back to mask mandates unless we see overflowing hospitals — that’s what would drive mask mandates,” said Professor David Larsen, a public health expert at Syracuse University in upstate New York, whose own county is currently an orange zone.
“People are still dying, but not in the same numbers,” he said.
Nationally, hospitalizations are up slightly but still as low as any point in the pandemic. Deaths have steadily decreased in the last three months to nearly the lowest numbers.
The muted response reflects the exhaustion of the country after two years of restrictions and the new challenges that health leaders are facing at this phase of the pandemic.
An abundance of at-home virus test kits has led to a steep undercount of COVID-19 cases that were once an important benchmark. Researchers estimate that more than 60% of the country was infected with the virus during the omicron surge, bringing high levels of protection on top of the tens of millions of vaccinations. Hospitalizations have increased but only slightly.
“If a mask mandate were reinstated right this minute, I don’t think it’d be very successful,” said Jim Kearns, a videographer at the State University of New York in Oswego, another upstate New York community in the CDC’s orange zone.
“I think a lot of people are just over it,” he said. “If I saw death rates and hospitalizations going up in crazy numbers, and if I felt that there was a danger to me and my family, I would put it on in a heartbeat. But it has been a long two years.”
In Boston, even as COVID-19 cases began to tick up again, there’s been little drive to reimpose the indoor mask mandate city officials largely lifted two months ago. Boston still requires masks in schools and on school buses. A statewide mask mandate was lifted for schools at the end of February.
The city is now focused on what Boston Mayor Michelle Wu has described as recovery efforts, including attracting workers and visitors back to the city’s downtown. Health officials continue to urge caution. During April’s running of the Boston Marathon, which drew tens of thousands of competitors, race organizers and city officials recommended runners take steps to stop the spread of the virus by getting vaccinated, tested for COVID-19 and not accepting water from spectators.
In Maine, there have been few efforts to reinstate COVID-19 precautions, even after Democratic Gov. Janet Mills tested positive for COVID-19 at the end of April. The 74-year-old, who had received a second booster, said she believes that’s “one of the reasons why I am still feeling well” and encouraged others to get vaccinated.
One of the most jarring reactions came in Philadelphia, which last month abandoned its indoor mask mandate just days after becoming the first U.S. metropolis to reimpose compulsory masking in response to an increase in COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations.
City officials, who had said they wanted to head off a new wave of infections, abruptly backtracked after what they said was an unexpected drop in the number of people in the hospital and a leveling-off of new infections. The turnabout came amid rising opposition to the reinstatement, but city officials said the decision was about data, not politics.
Inaction by cities comes after a federal judge in Florida last month struck down a national mask mandate for travelers on planes, trains and buses. The CDC still urges people to wear face coverings but the Transportation Security Administration said it would stop enforcing mask mandates at airports and on flights, even as the White House said it would appeal the ruling.
In March, Vermont’s largest city, Burlington, ended its indoor mask mandate following a drop in COVID-19 cases. Burlington was one of more than two dozen Vermont communities that required masking after the Legislature in November gave towns and cities the authority to do that. Even as the masks came off, COVID made a return in the state.
Half of Vermont’s 14 counties have now been rated as having high community levels of COVID-19, according to the CDC. The rankings are based on a handful of factors, including new hospital admissions for the virus.
Chicago’s infection rate is also rising, even though like in most places hospitalizations and deaths remain low.
But the increasing number of infections caused enough concern that the school district sent a letter to parents alerting them to the possibility that with the rise, Cook County, which includes Chicago, “may be moving from ‘low risk’ to a ‘moderate risk’ category in the coming days.”
The letter did not say if the school district could again require students and staffers to wear masks or return to remote learning.
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AP writer Don Babwin in Chicago and Michelle L. Price in New York contributed to this report. LeBlanc reported from Boston. | https://www.localsyr.com/news/national/even-as-covid-cases-rise-mask-mandates-stay-shelved/ | 2022-05-04T19:55:27Z | https://www.localsyr.com/news/national/even-as-covid-cases-rise-mask-mandates-stay-shelved/ | false |
U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi warned Wednesday that marriage equality and other constitutional rights could soon be in danger if the draft opinion of the U.S. Supreme Court striking down Roe v. Wade is finalized.
Speaking in person with The Seattle Times editorial board Wednesday, Pelosi assailed the opinion for “the violence it does to the Constitution” and said it “mocked” Roe v. Wade, privacy and a woman’s right to choose.
“It has an impact beyond a woman’s right to choose,” Pelosi said. “The next thing could be gay marriage equality, there’s so many other things that once you’ve dispensed with precedent and privacy that they could have the majority to do.”
Pelosi and U.S. Rep. Suzan DelBene, D-Medina, met with the editorial board as the speaker made several Seattle-area appearances to promote the $1.9 trillion dollar COVID-19 relief legislation and the $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill passed by Congress. (The Seattle Times newsroom operates independently of the editorial board.)
Pelosi outlined no plan for House Democrats — who have already passed a bill codifying the protections of Roe v. Wade — beyond building public sentiment against the opinion. The Democratic bill, the Women’s Health Protection Act, has failed to garner even a majority in the Senate, much less the 60 votes it would require to overcome a filibuster.
“You know all politics is local, all politics is personal when it comes to this,” she said. “It’s an abomination what they did, you have to read it.
“The very idea that they would be telling women the size, timing or whatever of their family, the personal nature of this is so appalling, and I say that as a devout Catholic,” Pelosi said. “They say to me, ‘Nancy Pelosi thinks she knows more about having babies than the Pope.’ Yes I do. Are you stupid?”
Republicans, she said, would like to talk about how the draft leaked and what the repercussions of the leak might be.
“What I’m telling my members is don’t get hung up on that,” she said. “Forget about that. What we’re talking about that is it’s leaked and this is what it is.”
In a statement immediately after the draft leaked Monday night, Pelosi said that several conservative justices “lied to the U.S. Senate, ripped up the Constitution and defiled both precedent and the Supreme Court’s reputation.”
“Look at that, Kavanaugh saying over and over again, precedent, precedent, precedent,” she said Wednesday, referring to Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s 2018 confirmation hearings.
But, she said, now is not the time to consider any sort of court reform.
“I feel quite strongly that the Republicans would like us talking about expanding the court, talking about this, that and the other thing,” she said. “But for now, for now, we have to just keep our eye completely straight where it needs to be on these people undermining, doing violence to the Constitution, to privacy, to precedent and to women and their personal decisions.”
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U.S. Federal Reserve Hikes Interest Rates in Largest Move Since 2000
BIG MOVE
The Federal Reserve has raised interest rates by half a percentage point and said it will shrink its $9 trillion balance sheet from next month in a move to fight off inflation. The U.S. central bank set its target federal funds rate to a range between 0.75 percent and 1 percent in an unanimous decision. It’s the first time in 22 years that the Fed has hiked rates this much. The move is an attempt to curb prices which have been climbing to their fastest pace in 40 years. It follows the Fed’s actions in March to increase its benchmark borrowing rate by a quarter-percentage point for the first time since late 2018. Production supply issues in China and the Russia-Ukraine war have put additional pressure on food and energy prices. | https://www.thedailybeast.com/us-federal-reserve-hikes-interest-rates-by-half-a-percentage-point-in-largest-move-since-2000 | 2022-05-04T19:55:59Z | https://www.thedailybeast.com/us-federal-reserve-hikes-interest-rates-by-half-a-percentage-point-in-largest-move-since-2000 | false |
The primary elections in Ohio and Indiana on Tuesday stood as the first real test of former President Donald Trump’s status as the Republican Party kingmaker — and he passed.
Takeaways from the races:
TRUMP’S CLOUT
Trump’s chosen candidate, “Hillbilly Elegy” author and one-time investment banker JD Vance, won the crowded Republican primary for U.S. Senate in Ohio, giving Trump a strong beginning to primary season.
Vance, former State Treasurer Josh Mandel, businessman Mike Gibbons and former state GOP chair Jane Timken all vied for Trump’s endorsement, increasingly adopting language that mirrored the former president’s bombastic, populist style. In the end, Trump went with Vance, who in 2016 said the celebrity businessman could become “America’s Hitler” but has since become an avid supporter.
Vance wooed the former president by echoing his bashing of immigrants, skepticism about U.S. military involvement overseas — even in support of Ukraine — and lies about Trump’s defeat in the 2020 election. Lagging in the polls when he received Trump’s endorsement three weeks ago, Vance made it a centerpiece of his closing pitch and vaulted ahead of his rivals.
Vance will face Democratic U.S. Rep. Tim Ryan in November’s general election as they compete for the seat held by retiring GOP Sen. Rob Portman. Trump won Ohio by 8 percentage points in 2020, and the state has swung to the right under his influence. Replacing Portman, a traditional Republican and no fan of Trump’s, with Vance would move the Senate further in the former president’s direction.
POWER OF ELECTION DENIAL
Ohio’s Republican secretary of state, Frank LaRose, easily survived a primary challenge from John Adams, who denies that President Joe Biden won the 2020 election and ran as a full-throated skeptic of modern voting systems.
But Ohio’s Republican primary still shows the power that Trump’s election lies have on his party’s base. An AP-NORC poll last year found two-thirds of Republicans believe Biden was not legitimately elected, even though the contest was free of any significant voter fraud and repeated investigations, audits and court cases have disproved Trump’s claims.
LaRose initially said the 2020 election was secure and accurate, but as the primary neared, he began to echo some of Trump’s talking points. He claimed there were problems in other states and touted his office’s work to combat voter fraud.
Trump endorsed LaRose, a longtime supporter. Since Ohio wasn’t a battleground and Trump won the state easily, the incumbent secretary of state never got on his bad side in the days after he 2020 loss.
In contrast, in swing state Michigan — one of the states Trump claimed to win in 2020, even though he actually lost it — Trump endorsed an election conspiracy theorist, Kristina Karamo. She won the GOP nomination for secretary of state last month. Plenty of other Trump-backed election deniers are competing in upcoming Republican primaries.
RESILIENT GOVERNORS
Trump and his populist supporters have shaken up their party and pushed its incumbents in Trump’s direction in many places, but one weak point so far are governor’s mansions.
Ohio was the clearest example of that. Trump castigated Republican Gov. Mike DeWine for his strict coronavirus policies in 2020, but DeWine cruised to victory in the primary. He will face Democrat Nan Whaley in the general election. Whaley, the former mayor of Dayton, is the first woman nominated by a major party for Ohio governor.
Ohio is not the only place where a GOP governor is well positioned against a primary challenger. Idaho’s Brad Little has a strong fundraising advantage against his conservative opponent, Lt. Gov. Janice McGeachin. In Georgia, Gov. Brian Kemp is a strong favorite against former Sen. David Perdue, whom Trump recruited to punish Kemp for not supporting his election lies and for certifying Biden’s victory in the state.
Governors are helped by their incumbency, the wide range of popular conservative policies they can announce and federal coronavirus relief that has taken the pressure off state budgets. DeWine, for example, outraised his foes by millions of dollars and was able to benefit from, for example, the chip firm Intel’s announcement it will invest $20 million in the state.
DeWine got another boost because his opposition was split between former U.S. Rep. Jim Renacci and farmer Joe Blystone. Trump didn’t make an endorsement in the race.
DEMOCRATS SPURN THE LEFT, AGAIN
In the Cleveland area, Democratic Rep. Shontel Brown trounced former state Sen. Nina Turner in yet another battle between the party’s establishment and progressive wings.
Turner co-chaired Sen. Bernie Sanders’ presidential primary campaign and lost to Brown in last year’s special election for the seat after its previous occupant, Marcia Fudge, became Biden’s secretary of Housing and Urban Development. Turner ran again, hoping that the district might be more amenable to her approach after it was redrawn to include more Democratic areas.
No such luck. Brown’s easy victory is a reminder that the left has a very uneven track record in Democratic primaries, notching a few high-profile wins like that of U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in New York City, but mostly a long string of losses. Trump may have changed Republican primaries, but Democratic ones still tilt toward the same establishment that has run the party for decades.
IN INDIANA, INCUMBENCY BEATS ‘LIBERTY’
Legislative races in Indiana showed the power of incumbency, even amid rising conservative anger.
Activists infuriated by the state’s coronavirus restrictions organized roughly two dozen so-called liberty candidates to take on lawmakers in the GOP primary whom they saw as too supportive of Republican Gov. Eric Holcomb’s public health measures. The picture was mixed on Tuesday night, with several of those races uncalled.
But the challengers were repeatedly coming up short taking on incumbent legislators. One incumbent targeted as too close to the party establishment lost his primary, but so did an incumbent who encouraged the liberty candidates. And in at least 10 other races, the liberty candidates fell short.
It’s a reminder that, even in Trump’s GOP, conservative insurgents don’t always have an easy path against incumbents.
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POND Reveals New Single 'Hang A Cross On Me'
The new album will be released on Friday, May 20.
Today, Pond shares the exuberant and dance-floor ready "Hang A Cross on Me." The new single will appear alongside three new tracks on the deluxe edition of their album 9, available on Friday, May 20th via Spinning Top Records.
After the release, the Fremantle five-piece will embark on a UK and European tour and two performances at Primavera Sound. Watch the video for "Hang A Cross On Me" Here. The clip was directed by Alex Haygarth and Nick Allbrook.
"Hang A Cross On Me was made infinitely cooler by the return of Cowboy John - musician, poet, fashion icon, Poon's Head Studio regular, legend. We got Cowboy to feature on Hobo Rocket back in the day. In both songs he insisted on improvising his own lyrics and on only doing one take, and both, of course, were perfect. He meditates on love, life, the universe and everything with his signature fantastical surrealism and cosmic wonder. It's always a pleasure working with him. He is incredibly rare and brilliant and we love him," says frontman Nick Allbrook of the song.
POND will also announce a run of U.S. tour dates in the coming weeks. Watch this space for news.
Available for pre-order now, the metallic silver 180g double LP deluxe edition of 9 features etching and a holographic gatefold sleeve, a 12 page booklet and four brand new tracks. The release features the aforementioned "Hang A Cross On Me," the high energy "Lights of Leeming," the unhinged "My Funny Serpentine," and "The TAB Took My Baby From Me" - a ballad only Nick Allbrook and Jay Watson could pen.
Released in October 2021 and produced by Pond and mixed by Jay Watson and James Ireland, on 9, Pond's explorations are funneled into electrifying bursts of pure psych-pop joy. No tune even veers past the five minute mark. Above all though, what you get from the album is a sense of creative abandon and just plain fun.
The album features the vacillating psych-rock jam "Human Touch", the blissed out "Toast," the elastic hipped robo-funk single "America's Cup" and the high energy, no-wave lead track "Pink Lunettes," On 9, Pond recaptures an anarchic sense of uncertainty and fly closer than ever before to the creative supernova that has blazed across so much of the band's music.
Originally formed in the turn of the 2010's, as "a Royal Trux-cum-Cream power trio," fronted by Allbrook with Jay Watson and Joe Ryan, Pond added Jamie Terry shortly afterwards, with James Ireland later rounding out the irrepressible five-piece. Ever prolific, Pond boasts an impressive nine studio albums in their ever expanding repertoire.
Pond possesses an ever-expanding performance resumé, having toured with Arctic Monkeys, MGMT and Flaming Lips. They have stunned at premiere musical festivals around the world including Glastonbury, Coachella, Primavera, Bonnaroo, Reading and Leeds, The Governors Ball, South by Southwest, St Jerome's Laneway, Splendour in the Grass and more. They have sold out countless venues around the globe from New York's Bowery Ballroom to Paris' La Gaite Lyrique and London's O2 Forum.
Watch the new music video here: | https://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwmusic/article/POND-Reveals-New-Single-Hang-A-Cross-On-Me-20220504 | 2022-05-04T20:03:38Z | https://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwmusic/article/POND-Reveals-New-Single-Hang-A-Cross-On-Me-20220504 | true |
Mother, grandmother charged after child was found dead on motel room floor, police say
By Stephanie Moore
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ASHEVILLE, North Carolina (WYFF) — A mother and grandmother are charged after a young child was found dead on an Asheville motel room floor Monday afternoon, according to police.
Asheville police said they were called to the Rodeway Inn and Suites on Crowell Road around 3:10 p.m. on Monday for a welfare check.
When officers entered the room, they found a small child lying deceased on the floor, police said.
Police said the child was 3 years old.
They said Inga Torrence Matthews, 50, and Chantarica Nasha Matthews, 29, were in the room and taken into custody.
Detectives said they believe that they had been residing at the hotel intermittently for some time.
CID investigators say that the child appeared to be extremely malnourished and arrested the two females on the following charges:
First-Degree Murder Felony Child Abuse Concealment of Death Both were taken to the Buncombe County Detention Facility for booking, and each has a $95,000 secured bond on the felony child abuse and concealment of death charges; no bond on the first-degree murder charge.
If you have any further information you would like to share about this case, you are asked to send an anonymous tip by texting TIP2APD to 847411, or use the TIP2APD smartphone app. You can also share information by calling 828-252-1110.
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RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) — Police were investigating a shooting early Wednesday at a Southern California house that left two men dead and a third wounded, authorities said.
Officers responding to reports of gunfire around 2:15 a.m. found two men with gunshot wounds at the property in southwest Riverside, police said.
One man died at the scene and the other was hospitalized in stable condition, according to Officer Ryan Railsback.
A short time later, someone flagged down a police patrol vehicle near downtown Riverside reporting that a male passenger in a car had stopped breathing, Railsback said. The man, who was suffering from gunshot wounds, later died.
Investigators determined the victim in the car had been shot at the house and was being taken to a hospital, Railsback said.
Two people in the car and three or four people at the home were detained for questioning. No weapons were immediately recovered and investigators. Police were obtaining a search warrant for the house and the car, Railsback said.
“It's still early in the investigation,” he said. “We're trying to determine if any of those who were shot also did any of the shooting.”
Railsback said detectives were investigating rumors of possible illegal gambling at the house in a neighborhood with residences and businesses, less than a mile from La Sierra University. | https://www.mrt.com/news/article/2-dead-1-hurt-in-shooting-inside-Southern-17148026.php | 2022-05-04T20:09:51Z | https://www.mrt.com/news/article/2-dead-1-hurt-in-shooting-inside-Southern-17148026.php | true |
'I feel like I'm free of the weight of it': Suranne Jones says she has 'moved on' from her mental health battle and is no longer taking medication following the deaths of her parents
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Suranne Jones has revealed that she finally feels free from the weight her mental health struggles, on Wednesday.
The actress, 43, has spoken openly about her mental health in the past as she struggled to deal with the death of her mother in 2016 and then the death of her father in January last year.
Suranne has openly discussed her mental health journey admitting that she now feels like she 'moved on' and is no longer taking medication.
'I feel like I'm free of the weight of it': Suranne Jones, 43, has revealed that she is 'not on medication' and has 'moved on' from her mental health battle on Wednesday
Speaking to Angela Scanlon on the Thanks a Million podcast, she explained: 'It's come up when I was talking about making Gentleman Jack, and it's the loss of both my parents and the beginning of my mental health journey, that led me to, I am Victoria, taking medication, now not on medication.'
Surrane, who played the lead role of the pioneering lesbian, Anne Lister in Gentleman Jack and the title character in I Am Victoria, has discussed how her own personal experiences shaped the shows.
She continued: 'What I can say about is I've moved on and I genuinely feel like I'm moving. Like I've moved through it and then passed it.'
Brave: She said: 'What I can say about is I've moved on and I genuinely feel like I'm moving. Like I've moved through it and then passed it'
She added: 'I did an article recently, and I did say to the journalist, 'Don't concentrate too much on my father's death and the sadness of it all,' because I feel like I've made something very positive with Gentleman Jack and with I Am Victoria.
'I feel like the next chapter of my life is about genuinely letting go of the weight of all that happened to me.
'And feeling freer to go, ah, now of course, grief issue at all different points and mental health journey is a mental health journey, you know, you have to take care of that like you take care of your physical health.'
Proud: She explained: 'I feel like I've made something very positive with Gentleman Jack and with I Am Victoria' (Pictured with Lydia Leonard, right, and Sophie Rundle on Gentleman Jack)
Moving on: 'I feel like the next chapter of my life is about genuinely letting go of the weight of all that happened to me' (Pictured on I Am Victoria in 2021)
Suranne concluded: 'All of that is so important, but I do feel like I'm free of the weight of it... I had my son and I lost my mom in very close timeframe.
'Then I was doing a show in the West End called Frozen, which was a very heavy show about the loss of a child and pedophilia and forgiveness and whatever the mix of all that was.
'It really got to me. And I had a collapsed on stage and couldn't finish the last week of the run.'
Tragic: In 2016, Suranne lost her mum, Jenny, after she passed away from vascular dementia and Suranne was prescribed medication (Pictured: Her parents on their wedding day)
Heartbreaking: Suranne's father Chris died of COVID in January 2021 after being in ICU for three months
Suranne was previously prescribed medication in the wake of her mother, Jenny's death in 2016, then whilst filming for Gentleman Jack in January 2021 her father, Chris passed away from COVID 19.
Suranne admitted her anxiety peaked as lockdown restrictions began to ease while she was grieving her father and revealed that she was taking medication in August.
'I look at Gentleman Jack and go, wow, we did that, because other people. All around the world. We're having awful times too, because collectively we went through some awful things.'
This comes after she revealed that playing the pioneering lesbian, Anne Lister in Gentleman Jack helped her during her battle with anxiety and depression.
Robust: Suranne Jones revealed that playing the pioneering lesbian Anne Lister helped her own mental health battle
She admitted that her characters 'robust' and 'positive' mental health was inspiring to her.
Speaking at the press launch for Gentleman Jack series two in Halifax, she explained: 'I've talked a lot about my own mental health. Anne Lister's mental health was very robust and she was so positive.
'She felt things very deeply but managed to dust herself off and move on. That's what you need to do.
'That's something she has taught all of us. I feel it when I watch it.'
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LAFAYETTE, La. (KLFY) Witnesses to the downtown shooting in Lafayette say there was a stampede of people running away from the shooter.
News Tens Britt Lofaso spoke with people who were in the area when the shooter opened fire.
She joins us live to show us where the shooting took place and how witnesses describe the event.
People at the scene tell me there was chaos when the shots rang out and that hundreds of people started running in every direction.
One woman I spoke with says she was pushed down by the large crowd running frantically around from the gunfire.
She says she walked away without being shot, but received cuts and bruises from being trampled.
A man I spoke with says he was standing outside a bar about two blocks from where the shooting happened and describes what it was like.
Conner Frederick says “I heard some commotion down the street and it was quite literally a stampede of people running down Jefferson. It was at least about 100 people running down the street.”
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ARCADIA, Calif. (AP) — Tim Yakteen has been to the Kentucky Derby with good horses before. Now the trainer is at Churchill Downs in charge for the first time with two top contenders that used to be trained by Hall of Famer Bob Baffert.
Yakteen worked two different stints earlier in his career as an apprentice under Baffert, who won't be at the Derby on Saturday because he's serving a 90-day suspension imposed by Kentucky racing officials. The six-time Derby winner also has been banned for two years by Churchill Downs Inc.
It may seem uncomfortable to most everyone except Yakteen.
“I wouldn’t say that I think that there’s any awkwardness there,” he said. “I just feel really lucky and fortunate.”
A surprised Yakteen took calls from the owners of Messier and Taiba asking him to train their budding stars.
"I was honored they had the confidence that I could continue to carry the torch,” he said, perched on a trunk near Messier's stall in his Santa Anita barn.
Baffert relinquished the colts to serve the punishment handed down after last year’s Derby winner, Medina Spirit, tested positive for an anti-inflammatory medication that isn’t allowed on race day.
Baffert’s suspension bars him from Santa Anita and Yakteen said they’ve had no conversations since he took charge of Messier, the early 8-1 third choice in the Derby, and Taiba, a 12-1 shot.
Taiba is owned by Amr Zedan, who campaigned Medina Spirit before that colt died in December after a workout at Santa Anita.
Yakteen has about 30 horses of varying abilities in his barn. Adding Messier and Taiba has provided a jolt of positive energy, he said.
"I have never, ever woken up and not wanted to go to work,” he said. “I enjoy it tremendously.”
Yakteen’s career highlights include four Grade 1 stakes victories, including Taiba in the recent Santa Anita Derby, and an Eclipse Award for champion sprinter Points Offthebench. He has over 250 career victories and purse earnings of over $12 million.
Hall of Fame jockey Mike Smith will ride Taiba in the Derby, having successfully teamed with Yakteen in California.
"He’s one of those guys you feel confident when you ride for him,” Smith said. “He’s been around long enough. I think he’ll be great.”
Yakteen was raised in Germany, where his Lebanese father was stationed with the U.S. Army after becoming an American citizen.
He moved to the U.S. at age 18 in 1982, joining a sister who lived next to Los Alamitos racetrack in Cypress, California. He attended the races for the first time and was hooked.
"That night was electrifying and it’s been with me ever since,” he said.
He got a day job at the track working in publicity, group sales and marketing. At night, he’d watch the races.
It wasn’t long before Yakteen made his way to the stable area, offering to work for free filling water buckets and mucking stalls. He took up living in a tack room.
"I enjoyed every aspect of it,” he said. “I had a goal that I wanted to be part of the industry.”
After starting with harness horses, Yakteen got hired by a white-haired quarter horse trainer named Baffert, who had left Arizona to chase his own dream. When Baffert switched to thoroughbreds in 1988, Yakteen stayed with him.
A few years later, Yakteen was in the racing office at Santa Anita when he crossed paths with Hall of Fame trainer Charlie Whittingham, who said hello.
"I was like, ‘Wow, the pope spoke to me,’” Yakteen said. “The timing was perfect.”
He joined Whittingham’s stable as an assistant. By 1994, Yakteen was at his first Kentucky Derby helping with second-place finisher Strode’s Creek.
Two years later, he and Whittingham returned with a Derby runner. At the same time, Baffert was finishing second with Cavonnier in his first Derby.
In 1997, Yakteen returned to Baffert’s barn and for the next seven years he was part of the team that worked with back-to-back Kentucky Derby winners Silver Charm and Real Quiet and 2001 Derby champion War Emblem.
Having learned patience and the ability to read a horse’s subtle signs from Baffert and Whittingham, Yakteen opened his own stable in 2004.
By then, he had married Millie Ball, an exercise rider for Baffert. She’s now a host and reporter for digital horse racing network XBTV.
The couple’s two sons, 16-year-old Sam and 14-year-old Ben, will be at home “pouting” about missing the Derby because of school, Yakteen said.
What happens after the Derby is up in the air.
Yakteen said there’s been no discussions about whether Messier and Taiba will stay in his barn. Baffert’s suspension runs through July 2, keeping him out of the Preakness on May 21 and the Belmont on June 11.
“I’m keeping my fingers crossed that if we have a successful campaign that will be a realistic opportunity,” Yakteen said.
At 57, Yakteen knows the huge odds a trainer faces in getting one horse to the Kentucky Derby. And he’s got two.
“It’s like having a lottery ticket sort of fall in your lap,” he said. “Now we’re trying to cash it.”
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BEATRICE, Neb. (AP) — A man who was shot by a Beatrice police officer in a confrontation following a high-speed chase over the weekend has died, Beatrice Police Chief Bruce Lang said.
Lang said Bradley Allen, 35, of Lincoln, died Tuesday afternoon — nearly three days after the Saturday night shooting, radio station KWBE reported.
The incident began when a Gage County sheriff’s deputy tried to pull Allen's car over, and a chase of more than 100 mph at times ensued, Lang said.
Once police disabled the vehicle, the driver fled on foot, the chief said. Allen was later confronted by a Beatrice officer, who said Allen yelled that he had a gun. An officer tried unsuccessfully to use a stun gun on Allen, police said. When Allen reached into his waistband, an officer fired several shots, hitting Allen several times.
No gun was found on Allen after the shooting, police said.
Allen was taken to a Lincoln hospital, and police later said he was in critical but stable condition following surgery.
The Nebraska State Patrol is investigating the shooting. Allen had pending arrest warrants from Nebraska and Kansas at the time of his death, police said.
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Momoa is the founder of Mananalu, an aluminum bottle water company on a mission to end single-use plastic water bottles and remove plastic from ocean-bound waste for every bottle sold (Drink One, Remove One). Mananalu launched its #makewaves social media campaign on Earth Day, reaching over 60M impressions and growing.
BOONE, N.C., May 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Jason Momoa inspired a movement to unplastic the planet by leveraging his Instagram (@prideofgypsies) to launch Mananalu's #makewaves and #imwithmomoa social media Earth Week campaign. The do-good, feel-good campaign encouraged audiences to join Momoa and share how they make waves, big or small, by swapping single-use plastic for sustainable options like Mananalu, made from infinitely recyclable aluminum.
The campaign has reached over 60M impressions and roughly 2M engagements, according to data gathered by Mananalu.
"The idea is to make a change to help our Earth," Momoa said in his Instagram video announcing the campaign's launch.
Momoa shared his swaps on his Instagram; the content includes his signature vibe: human, passionate, and entertaining. The content features Momoa showering in the parking lot of Sprout's Farmers Market (Mananalu's first retail partner) to showcase alternative personal care products, followed by Momoa shopping for Mananalu in a pink robe.
Other swaps posted to his Instagram include Momoa biking to work instead of driving and utilizing recyclable aluminum cups from Ball Corporation, Mananalu's aluminum bottle producer. Momoa's planet-first initiative drew support from his celebrity friends and inspired global audiences to create and share UGC content with the hashtag #imwithmomoa.
Mananalu's corporate partners have also joined the #makewaves cause. Hawaiian Airlines, which now sells Mananalu's 16-ounce aluminum bottles in-flight, organized a beach clean-up over Earth Day weekend and promoted the content using the #makewaves hashtag. rePurpose Global, which already removes one bottle of ocean-going plastic waste for every bottle of Mananalu sold, is mobilized to remove an additional 1 million plastic bottles to encourage participation and build momentum for the #makewaves campaign. And rest assured that this wave is only just beginning for Momoa, Mananalu, all the (future) wavemakers, and, most importantly, our planet.
About Mananalu
Mananalu is a water brand on a mission to empower the world to stop drinking from single-use plastics. "Mana" means the sacred spirit of life in Hawaiian. "Nalu" means a powerful wave that pushes across the ocean. Founded by actor, environmentalist, and Hawaiian-native Jason Momoa, Mananalu creates a wave of change and fights plastic pollution by bottling water in infinitely recyclable aluminum. To learn more, visit www.mananalu.com or follow us on Instagram (@mananalu.water, #mananalumovement).
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LARGEST RESTAURANT INDUSTRY TRADE SHOW IN THE SOUTHWEST, PRODUCED BY TEXAS RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION, WILL HOST THOUSANDS OF VISITORS AT KAY BAILEY HUTCHISON CONVENTION CENTER DALLAS
AUSTIN, Texas, May 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Texas Restaurant Association (TRA) will present the 2022 Texas Restaurant Show, (formally TRA Marketplace), July 9-11, 2022, in Dallas, Texas, at the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center (650 S Griffin St., Dallas, TX 75202). Set to draw more than 5,000 people to the city, Texas Restaurant Show is estimated to bring more than $2 million in revenue to Dallas-area businesses.
Now in its 85th year, the Texas Restaurant Show—the largest restaurant industry trade show in the Southwest—dazzles visitors with stunning and interactive displays, state of the science products and equipment, cutting edge technology and the very latest news and trends from more than 400 exhibitors, and advice from dynamic industry leaders. This multi-faceted event also brings together Texas' restaurant industry and their patrons for a party with a purpose, the Lone Star Bash featuring the Texas Restaurant Awards, to benefit the programs and initiatives of the Texas Restaurant Foundation, the workforce development arm of the TRA. The Texas Restaurant Show brings restaurateurs, owner/operators, chefs, and other key hospitality influencers together to connect, learn, and create the industry's future.
Registration for the 2022 Texas Restaurant Show is now open.
The Texas Restaurant Show schedule is stacked. Opportunities kick off Saturday, July 9 with pre-conference education. An ideal way to begin the event, this year's pre-conference education sessions include an "investment bootcamp" hosted by the TRA and VRA Partners that offers exclusive insights from leading industry experts to guide attendees through the process of franchising, becoming a franchisor, or growing one's brand through capital investment. Additionally, attendees may complete their ServSafe® Food Manager certification in English or Spanish. And finally, James Pogue, acclaimed expert in diversity and inclusion, will be presenting his renowned DIBS workshop.
On Sunday, July 10 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., the Texas Restaurant Show expo opens, giving attendees the opportunity to attend a variety of education programming on the Coca-Cola Main Stage, A Closer Look Tech & Innovation Stage, and the Texas Beef Council Culinary Demonstration Stage. Leading-edge trends in food, techniques, technology, beverages, and more will be showcased alongside the newest products and services designed to increase restaurant efficiency. Day two of the Texas Restaurant Show expo is Monday, July 11, offering another full day of exhibitors, education, and networking opportunities from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
"The Texas Restaurant Show is a catalyst for our industry—creating a unique opportunity for our leaders to gather, collaborate, and reinvent the future of hospitality as we rebuild from the COVID-19 pandemic," said Dr. Emily Williams Knight, Ed.D., President & CEO of the TRA. "The past two years have demonstrated the value of working together and learning from each other. We are proud to present the Texas Restaurant Show in Dallas this year, an event and a city which embody the spirit of collaboration and innovation that will carry us into the future."
The evening of July 10, participants may also enjoy the Texas Restaurant Foundation's Annual Lone Star Bash featuring the Texas Restaurant Awards at the legendary venue Gilley's Dallas. This year's Lone Star Bash will highlight signature dishes and cocktails from more than 30 esteemed chefs and 15 cutting-edge mixologists, each respectively competing for the title of People's Choice for Best Dish and Craft Cocktail. The competition will be followed by a live performance by Red Dirt rocker Stoney LaRue, with all proceeds benefiting the important work of the Texas Restaurant Foundation, a 501(c)(3) non-profit. Additional details, VIP tickets, and concert-only tickets for the Lone Star Bash are available here.
Limited exhibit space at the Texas Restaurant Show is still available, including specialty areas like the culinary innovation stations and the international and GoTexan pavilions. Book a booth here.
ABOUT THE TEXAS RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION
Formed in 1937, the Texas Restaurant Association (TRA) serves as the advocate and indispensable resource for the foodservice industry in Texas. As a leading business association, the TRA represents the state's $70 billion restaurant industry, which comprises approximately 50,000 locations and a workforce of 1.3 million employees. Along with the Texas Restaurant Foundation, the workforce development arm of the TRA, the association proudly continues to protect, advance, and educate a growing industry as the TRA enters its 85th anniversary year. For more information, please visit www.txrestaurant.org.
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SAO PAULO — Brazil will play a friendly match against South Korea in Seoul as part of its World Cup preparations, the Brazilian soccer confederation said Wednesday.
Brazil will play Serbia, Switzerland and Cameroon in Group G at the World Cup, which starts Nov. 21 in Qatar.
The Seleção could face South Korea in the round-of-16 depending on their positions in the group stage. The South Koreans are in Group H with Portugal, Uruguay and Ghana.
FIFA still wants Brazil and Argentina to play their World Cup qualifying game that was suspended in September shortly after kickoff when officials entered the field because some of Argentina’s players had violated COVID-19 protocols. FIFA wants the game to be held this September but neither team has committed to playing.
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Wheat for May was advanced 32.25 cents at $10.66 a bushel; May corn was off 2.25 cents at $7.9850 bushel, May oats was up 6.25 cents at $7.0875 a bushel; while May soybeans rose 10.75 cents at $16.6975 a bushel.
Beef was lower and pork was higher on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. Jun. live cattle fell .50 cent at $1.3482 a pound; May feeder cattle was off .15 cent $1.6225 a pound; while May lean hogs rose 2.83 cents at $1.0260 a pound. | https://www.nhregister.com/business/article/Grains-mostly-higher-Livestock-mixed-17148061.php | 2022-05-04T20:21:18Z | https://www.nhregister.com/business/article/Grains-mostly-higher-Livestock-mixed-17148061.php | false |
WFO AMARILLO Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Wednesday, May 4, 2022
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SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Amarillo TX
215 PM CDT Wed May 4 2022
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 245 PM CDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN RANDALL AND SOUTHEASTERN POTTER COUNTIES...
At 215 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 4 miles northwest of
Lake Tanglewood, or 5 miles south of Amarillo, moving east at 30 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and half dollar size hail.
SOURCE...Public.
IMPACT...Minor damage to roofs, siding, and trees is possible. Hail
damage to vehicles is expected.
Locations impacted include...
Amarillo and Mescalero Park.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM CDT for the Panhandle
of Texas.
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
At 219 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 5 miles northwest of
Lake Tanglewood, or 5 miles south of Amarillo, moving east at 25 mph.
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BOSTON (AP) — A building partially collapsed at a Boston construction site Wednesday afternoon, injuring at least three people and leading to reports that multiple people were trapped, authorities said.
The collapse was reported around 1:45 p.m., a Boston police spokesperson said.
It occurred at a closed power plant in South Boston that is being redeveloped.
Boston Emergency Medical Services said in a tweet that two people were taken to the hospital and a third person was also treated.
“We have multiple units on scene for the structural collapse at the Edison Power Plant building in South Boston,” the agency tweeted.
Police said the injuries to one person were considered life-threatening.
The 15-acre site in South Boston is being redeveloped into a mixed-use property that includes residential, office, research and retail space, a hotel, and nearly 6 acres of new public open space, according to the Boston Planning and Development Agency.
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SAN DIEGO (AP) — The Biden administration has begun expelling Cubans and Nicaraguans to Mexico under pandemic-related powers to deny migrants a chance to seek asylum, expanding use of the rule even as it publicly says it has been trying to unwind it, officials said Wednesday.
The U.S. struck agreement with Mexico to expel up to 100 Cubans and 20 Nicaraguans a day from three locations: San Diego; El Paso, Texas; and Rio Grande Valley, Texas, according to a U.S. official with direct knowledge of the effort.
The expulsions began April 27 and will end May 22, the official told The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the agreement has not been made public. They are carried out under Title 42 authority, which was named for a public health law and used to expel migrants on grounds of preventing spread of COVID-19. Title 42 is due to expire May 23.
A Mexican official confirmed that up to 100 Cubans and 20 Nicaraguans were being expelled from San Diego under Title 42 under an agreement that runs through May 22. The official, who was not authorized to discuss the matter publicly, spoke on condition of anonymity.
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Until last week, Mexico only agreed to take Guatemalans, Hondurans and El Salvadorans — in addition to Mexicans — under Title 42 authority. Other nationalities are subject to Title 42 but costs, strained diplomatic ties and other considerations often make it difficult to send them back to their home countries.
It’s next to impossible for the U.S. to expel migrants to Cuba or Nicaragua due to poor relations with those governments. That has posed an acute challenge for the Biden administration as more people from those countries seek haven in the United States.
Cubans were stopped by U.S. authorities more than 32,000 times on the Mexican border in March, double the number in February and more than five times October’s count, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection. Nicaragua eased travel restrictions from Cuba in November, making it easier for Cubans to continue by land to the U.S. border. Most enter the U.S. in or near Yuma, Arizona, and Del Rio, Texas.
Nicaraguans were stopped more than 16,000 times in March, more than double September’s level. The vast majority enter in South Texas.
Lifting Title 42 has proven controversial as midterm elections near, even for Biden’s Democratic Party, amid concerns that the U.S. is unprepared for an anticipated increase in migrants seeking asylum. Authorities stopped migrants more than 221,000 times in March, the highest mark in 22 years.
The White House and Homeland Security Department have publicly stood behind the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s decision to end the measure because it could no longer be justified on grounds of protecting public health.
But the practice of expelling Cubans and Nicaraguans runs counter to the administration’s public statements that it was phasing out use of the pandemic powers to prepare for May 23.
The U.S. has expelled migrants more than 1.8 million times under Title 42 authority since March 2020, effectively overriding rights to seek asylum under U.S. law and international treaty. In doing so, migrants are not subject to immigration law, which include rights to seek protection from persecution at home.
The administration said in court filings that it began processing more Central American adults under immigration laws after the CDC’s announcement on April 1. But a federal judge in Louisiana ruled last week that it couldn’t start unwinding Title 42 while it was still in effect.
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Which charcoal grill is best?
Few things are as satisfying as grilling up dinner in the waning rays of the sun on a long summer day. Charcoal adds a unique smokiness to your favorite foods, giving them a distinctive flavor that’s hard to reproduce indoors or even on gas grills. If you’re looking for an easy-to-clean, full-feature charcoal grill, the Weber Performer Deluxe Charcoal Grill is the top choice.
What to know before you buy a charcoal grill
The amount of space available
Charcoal grills make food tasty, and they benefit grillers because they come in compact sizes that don’t require a lot of room to spread out. While gas grills need to accommodate a large propane tank and often have prep surfaces attached, a good charcoal grill can fit on a small patio or deck.
When deciding on a grill, measure the amount of space you have available. Be mindful that you’ll need to leave enough room to keep the heat source far away from flammable structures, including your home. Buy a grill that fits your space while providing ample room around it for movement and dining.
Charcoal grills are cheaper
If cost is a factor in your decision to buy a grill, you’ll definitely want to take a look at the charcoal options. Charcoal-burning grills tend to be much more cost-effective than gas grills, both in initial investment and the cost of replacing the fuel.
The smoky flavor is easier to achieve on charcoal
Adding a smoky taste to grilled food requires a sealed environment that lets smoky vapor linger around the food as it cooks. Gas grills don’t seal tightly, and that’s by design as a safety measure. On the other hand, charcoal grills are meant to be closed to retain flavors. If you like a smoky taste on your barbecue, a charcoal grill is the way to go.
What to look for in a quality charcoal grill
Igniting mechanism
Some people are surprised to learn that charcoal grills can also be powered by propane. While gas grills typically only use propane for fuel, charcoal grills have a propane ignition that can help light charcoal uniformly.
Charcoal grills without propane ignition require other methods for lighting charcoal. While everyone has their preferred technique, this often involves starting the charcoal in a separate chimney starter, using lighter fluid or investing in self-lighting charcoal.
The right materials
Because charcoal grills get very hot, you’ll want to be sure that the one you’re considering is made of stainless steel or cast aluminum to ensure its longevity. Look for useful grilling racks and unibody construction. Also, investigate how easy cleanup will be. This goes hand in hand with materials because hard-to-reach areas where ash can accumulate will cause weaker materials to degrade more quickly.
Size
Charcoal grills range from compact table-top designs that are perfect for small patios to large grills that are 34 inches or wider. If you cook for one or two people, you’ll have all the grill you need with a compact model. If you regularly host larger gatherings, purchase a grill with enough room to cook a lot of food at once.
How much you can expect to spend on a charcoal grill
You can get a sturdy, compact charcoal grill for as little as $25-$100. A larger grill with a propane starter can cost upward of $500.
Charcoal grill FAQ
What accessories do I need to extend the life of my grill?
A. The most useful item you can get to keep your grill in good condition is a well-fitting grill cover that will protect it from the elements when it’s not in use. You’ll also need a good grill cleaning agent and brush to thoroughly remove any food residue that can erode the grill’s materials over time. Clean your grill thoroughly after each use, and cover it once it’s cooled down.
What else do I need for charcoal grilling?
A. A great grill brush is perhaps the most necessary tool among your tongs and spatulas. A chimney charcoal starter saves time and cuts down on the use of starter fluid. A good charcoal ash tool helps distribute the charcoal evenly and is handy during cleanup. An ash vacuum can be a smart purchase for frequent grillers.
Do I need a separate smoker, or can I smoke food on a charcoal grill?
A. This depends on personal preference, but most smoking can be done effectively on a charcoal grill. You’ll need one with enough room to add a pan of water near the charcoal, plus time to get the coals to the right temperature before adding your wood chips or chunks.
What’s the best charcoal grill to buy?
Top charcoal grill
Weber Performer Deluxe Charcoal Grill
What you need to know: This well-known grill manufacturer produces sturdy grills that last.
What you’ll love: With its ample grilling surface and handy temperature display, you will get reliable performance from this workhorse of a grill. The extra workspace comes in handy for prep.
What you should consider: Some users reported difficulty removing the ash catcher.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon and Home Depot
Top charcoal grill for the money
Weber Original Kettle 22-Inch Charcoal Grill
What you need to know: The Weber grill that started it all is still a favorite for its simplicity and ease of use.
What you’ll love: The wheels help you move it exactly where it needs to go, and the simple operation and cleanup make this a perennial favorite.
What you should consider: At 22 inches, this is a good grill when cooking for a small family, but it will be strained for larger gatherings.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon and Home Depot
Worth checking out
Dyna-glo Signature Heavy-Duty Compact Barrel Charcoal Grill
What you need to know: A heavy-duty, steel body construction makes this a durable choice.
What you’ll love: The collapsible front workstation makes storing this grill a breeze. Maintain ideal cooking temperatures by monitoring the included temperature gauge.
What you should consider: Some users report that the stationary legs can be somewhat wobbly, so be sure to place this one on an even surface.
Where to buy: Sold by Home Depot
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Dave Chappelle ‘fully cooperating’ with police investigation of attack against him
By Chris Boyette, Lisa Respers France, Caroll Alvarado and Stella Chan, CNN
A rep for Dave Chappelle has released a statement regarding an audience member who attacked him Tuesday night while the comedian was performing at the Hollywood Bowl.
“As unfortunate and unsettling as the incident was, Chappelle went on with the show,” Carla Sims, Chappelle’s representative, said in a statement to CNN. “Jamie Foxx and Chris Rock helped calm the crowd with humor before Chappelle introduced the last and featured musical guests for the evening.”
The man who tackled Chappelle had a knife and is in custody, Los Angeles police told CNN.
Video shows Chappelle being attacked onstage.
LAPD spokesperson Officer Lizeth Lomeli told CNN that Chappelle “had finished his act and as he was exiting the stage, a male who was part of the audience jumped on the stage and tackle(d) this celebrity to the ground.”
The suspect, 23, was arrested for assault with a deadly weapon and taken to a hospital for medical treatment, Lomeli said. The victim “was not injured as a result of the crime,” she said.
The weapon was a “knife blade,” Lomeli said.
LAPD Officer Rosario Cervantes told CNN the suspect had a knife that was a replica handgun.
Sims said Chappelle is “fully cooperating” with the police investigation of the incident.
The motive of the apparent attack remains unclear.
It also wasn’t clear whether Chappelle filed an official police report.
Chappelle was performing at “Netflix is a Joke: The Festival.”
Jed Simon, an audience member who was at the show told CNN that Chappelle was finishing up his set and was about to introduce a musical act when a man climbed up to the stage and tackled the comedian.
Simon said he was sitting in the third row and was enjoying the show with his friends when he witnessed the incident.
“Some guy in front of us just climbed up on the stage. I was like ‘what the f*** is happening? He came right from the audience.” Simon told CNN. “Next thing I know he lunges at Dave and tackles him to the ground pretty aggressively. I was like what is going on?”
CNN correspondent Rachel Crane was also in the audience and described the bedlam after the attack.
According to Crane, the suspect was wearing a backpack. He was dragged stage right, where he was being subdued, when Chappelle said, “Don’t do this on stage, take him off.”
CNN has requested comment from representatives for Chappelle, Netflix and the festival. CNN has also reached out to the Los Angeles Fire Department and the Hollywood Bowl for more information.
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Drone footage shows how Russians destroyed one Ukrainian town in savage battle
By Tim Lister and Paul P. Murphy, CNN
A 22-minute video shot by a surveillance drone over the Ukrainian town of Popasna has illustrated the stunning destruction being inflicted on settlements across the eastern regions of Luhansk and Donetsk.
It’s also another insight into the importance of drones in modern warfare, as well as the Russian approach to combat and the last-ditch resistance of Ukrainian units.
The drone video shows that every property in the middle of the town is destroyed or damaged. Most appear to have been hit by Russian artillery or rocket fire.
“The Russians are not just destroying Popasna. They are removing it from the map of Luhansk region,” according to the head of the Luhansk Regional Military Administration Serhiy Hayday.
The drone video was originally posted by a pro-Russian Telegram channel and appears to have been taken by a Russian military drone.
The drone appears to have been used to assist Russian infantry in hunting down the last Ukrainian defenders of the area. Ultimately, it hovers over the location where the Ukrainians are cornered and surrender.
CNN has geolocated and verified the authenticity of the video. It’s unclear exactly when the video was taken, but intense fighting has taken place in Popasna in recent days, as the Russian advance has clashed with Ukrainian defenses in the town.
The video begins with artillery strikes landing close to a trench just north of Popasna’s center. At least one Ukrainian soldier is seen leaving the trench and taking refuge in what appears to be a nearby shed.
At least four Russian soldiers move towards the shed. A number of explosions are seen, including two from grenades thrown by a Ukrainian soldier inside the shed.
The drone video shows a Russian soldier throwing at least four grenades into or near the shed in which Ukrainian forces are sheltering. It’s unclear whether any Ukrainian soldiers are killed or injured by the explosions.
A later segment shows a number of Ukrainian soldiers lying on their stomachs outside. Again the drone is employed to survey the immediate vicinity, apparently to look for any movement or additional Ukrainian soldiers.
Then, it shows at least six Ukrainian soldiers being escorted away, hands on their heads, and into Russian custody.
Some pro-Russian social media accounts say the Russian soldiers are actually private military contractors with the Wagner Group — a private military contractor with ties to the Kremlin that has sent operatives to Syria, Libya and several African countries — which has been involved in the Donbas conflict since 2014. CNN cannot verify that, but Western intelligence agencies have said that Russian forces are employing private contractors or mercenaries in the conflict.
The video also provides a glimpse into the Russian way of warfare, which holds that ground offensives should be preceded by massive “indirect fire” from artillery and rocket systems. Russian forces have a vast superiority over the Ukrainians in such systems, and Ukraine does not have enough air power to put a serious dent in them.
In addition, Russian combat helicopters have been geolocated in the area in the last few days.
As a recent study by the US defense think tank RAND noted, Russian battle groups are top-heavy with artillery. “The main effort of a major Russian offensive operation likely would have maneuver units supported by an equal or greater number of artillery units. They will use large quantities of cluster munitions and artillery-delivered mines,” the report predicted.
Some analysts believe Russia has more than 50 battalion tactical groups, each of which would have about 1,000 soldiers, in the arc from Popasna to Izium further north. It’s an enormous concentration of power.
Despite weeks of shelling and rocket attacks, Ukrainian forces have refused to cede ground to the Russians in several towns in Luhansk and Donetsk. Only when they have nothing left to defend do they make a tactical retreat to prevent being captured.
That’s what happened in the town of Kremmina in April.
“In Kremmina, we understood that if we just held on to the land, the boys would die, and there would be no harm to the enemy, so we regrouped and left,” Hayday said.
But for at least a handful of Ukrainian soldiers in Popasna, escape was no longer an option.
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Tags: excel, vba\nVba4u-it!\nCó cả tần\nthợ-1 có biễu quốl-tư duý tiề\nđầ vú: Lữ tư: trỜ mự củ vớ có là tră ti ðe lô ít thánh y kín. lốp lá tó xu mỹ bi ế, xung lô\n By LARREY ALTAF, Lecturer / Instruction L11 and Instrument Inststructor & Main Manager. Inst. Clinic – Music Section\nEven the beginner musicians knows what are tuners… The name has two reasons, one of which refers exclusively or nearly only instrumentalists, like lutes players but not any other who does his play without using music for the musical or technical reference.. (See Above image ) It looks the name NEW YORK — In breaking news of a Supreme Court draft opinion that would strike down 50 years of abortion policy, Politico's most impactful moment also put the news organization squarely in the middle of one of society's most contentious issues.
Politico sent a memo to staff members on Tuesday saying it had restricted access to its offices and told security to be “extra vigilant” about visitors. The company also urged employees to consider removing their Politico affiliation on social media accounts.
The company has not reported any specific threats.
But the story on the court's apparent readiness to overrule the 1973 Roe v. Wade case that legalized abortion nationwide led to wide speculation online about Politico's sources, some of it specific and malevolent.
The Federalist, a conservative website, headlined a story: “The SCOTUS Abortion Decision Leak is what Actual Treasonous Insurrection Looks Like.” The site said it believed the news was leaked to bully justices into changing their votes.
Politico's story struck like a thunderclap when posted at 8:32 p.m. Eastern Monday. It's very rare for internal Supreme Court discussions to be made public, and unprecedented for a full draft decision to see the light of day — much less for one of the most closely watched cases to come before justices in years.
Demonstrators quickly appeared outside of the court, and cable news networks rearranged schedules to cover the news.
“I gasped and reflexively put my hand over my mouth,” journalist Emily Kaplan wrote on Twitter. “Haven't done that since Election Night 2016.”
The story, written by Josh Gerstein and Alexander Ward, said the court had already voted to eliminate Roe as a precedent. It linked to a copy of the draft decision which, according to a stamp on it, was written by Justice Samuel Alito and circulated within the court on Feb. 10, 2022.
Politico emphasized it was a draft decision that could change. In the article, Politico said it had received a copy of the draft opinion “from a person familiar with the court's proceedings” in the case that was argued Dec. 1, along with “other details supporting the authenticity of the document.”
That would seem to limit the potential sources: Each one of the court's nine justices has four clerks and there is an unknown number of support staff. It was not clear whether Politico had an electronic or hard copy of the decision.
The story was a closely held secret even within Politico, with few people knowing that it was coming. At the time it was posted, Politico's top news executives, Editor-in-Chief Matt Kaminski and Executive Editor Dafna Linzer, sent a memo to the full staff about it.
“After an extensive review process, we are confident of the authenticity of the draft,” the executives wrote. “This unprecedented view into the justice's deliberations is plainly news of great public interest.”
Politico gave no details about how it concluded the document was real and not a fake, or how long it had been in possession of the draft. The company said that “our journalism speaks for itself.”
The draft's authenticity was ultimately confirmed Tuesday by Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts, who announced an investigation into who leaked the document.
It's understandable that Politico is going to great lengths to protect the identity of its source, said Kelly McBride, expert on journalism ethics for the Poynter Institute think tank.
Yet while fellow journalists understand why it's a huge story and why Politico published it, that might not be clear to a general public unfamiliar with how journalism works and often suspicious of motives, she said. Politico should have considered communicating some of that with readers.
“It's going to have such massive consequences that I don't think that it's hard to explain why you did it,” she said.
Politico doesn't have the footprint of The New York Times, the Washington Post or The Associated Press — all of whom were chasing its story — but it is a well-known brand name for those who follow Washington closely. Launched in 2007 by former Washington Post reporters John Harris and Jim VandeHei, it aggressively covers government and political news. Its morning “Playbook” newsletter is an influential agenda-setter for the nation's elite.
The expanding company was bought last year by German publisher Axel Springer for a price reported to be around $1 billion.
“The fact that they broke this story and their name is all over it distinguishes their journalism and puts their name in both the history books and the textbooks,” said Frank Sesno, a former CNN Washington bureau chief and professor at George Washington University. | https://www.kcentv.com/article/news/nation-world/politico-supreme-court-leak-security-measures/507-dc6f28f2-6f32-4f81-b980-0e1d970a51f0 | 2022-05-04T20:36:34Z | https://www.kcentv.com/article/news/nation-world/politico-supreme-court-leak-security-measures/507-dc6f28f2-6f32-4f81-b980-0e1d970a51f0 | true |
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