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Middlesbrough boss Chris Wilder could retain the starting line-up that thrashed Peterborough for Wednesday’s clash against Sky Bet Championship leaders Fulham.
With the exception of midfielder Martin Payero, who is close to returning from an ankle injury, Wilder effectively has a fully fit squad at his disposal.
Possible options include a recall for Wales international Neil Taylor, who did not feature in the 4-0 drubbing of Peterborough.
Boro are on the march and well placed in the play-off positions with eight games left.
Fulham head to the Riverside with an eight-point advantage as Championship leaders over closest rivals Bournemouth.
They are within touching distance of clinching promotion to the Premier League, and have lost just one of their last seven Championship games.
Manager Marco Silva could recall United States international Antonee Robinson after he was rested for last weekend’s 2-0 victory over QPR.
But changes are likely to be kept to a minimum, with the Cottagers striving to keep their momentum going.
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Judge: Prosecutors filed weak charges to keep hacker jailed
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) - A federal judge has ordered the immediate release of a computer hacker who was sentenced to 20 years in prison for helping the Islamic State, and accused the Justice Department of trumping up charges against him to keep him in jail.
The April 1 order from U.S. Judge Leonie Brinkema includes a harsh rebuke of the Justice Department's conduct against Ardit Ferizi. The native of Kosovo is the first person convicted in the U.S. of both computer hacking and terrorism charges.
He pleaded guilty back in 2016 and was sentenced to 20 years in prison. He admitted hacking a private company and pulling out the names, email passwords and phone numbers of about 1,300 people with .gov and .mil addresses and turning the data over to the "Islamic State Hacking Division." The Islamic State published the names with a threat to attack.
In 2020, in the earliest stages of the pandemic, Ferizi sought compassionate release, citing his asthma and obesity as placing him at greater risk of contracting COVID-19.
Brinkema initially denied his request. But Ferizi renewed his request when an outbreak spread through his prison, and Brinkema granted him compassionate release over prosecutors' objections.
Brinkema's ruling resulted in Ferizi's transfer to immigration authorities for deportation. Before he could be deported, though, federal prosecutors in California brought new charges against Ferizi. The criminal complaint accused him of identity theft and wire fraud by coordinating with a family member to preserve access to email accounts that included large amounts of stolen data.
Ferizi's lawyers filed to have the new charges dismissed, accusing the Justice Department of vindictive prosecution because agents were upset by Ferizi's early release.
On March 22, just before a court hearing was scheduled in California to consider the accusation of vindictive prosecution, the new charges against Ferizi were all dropped.
Brinkema, in her April 1 order, said prosecutors in California built their case on information from a fellow inmate of Ferizi with a history of unreliability.
She wrote that the circumstances of the case lead her to conclude that "there were elements within the Department of Justice who were so dissatisfied with this Court's decision to release defendant ... that they purposely tried to evade these decisions by filing very weak new charges against the defendant."
Prosecutors have argued that, now that the pandemic has subsided, the rationale for compassionate release no longer exists.
Brinkema, though, said "it would set a terrible precedent to reverse the decision to release a defendant based on a change of circumstances caused by the government's manipulation of the criminal justice system."
Brinkema's ruling is unlikely to be the final word on Ferizi's fate. Prosecutors have asked the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of appeals in Richmond to overturn Ferizi's release.
Ferizi was among a relatively small number of inmates who successfully sought early release from prison under the pandemic. According to the U.S. Sentencing Commission, more than 12,000 inmates filed motions for compassionate release in 2020 because of the pandemic. About 21% of those requests - a little more than 2,500 inmates - were granted.
A public defender representing Ferizi and a spokesperson for the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia each declined comment.
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Netherlands sends four F-35 fighter jets to Bulgaria
SOFIA, April 6 (Reuters) - Netherlands has sent four F-35 warplanes to NATO ally Bulgaria to help with its air-policing tasks amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the defence ministry said on Wednesday.
The Dutch warplanes, along with Bulgarian MiG-29 fighter jets, will help protect the airspace of the Black Sea country until May 31, in line with NATO's integrated plan for air and anti-missile defence.
They will replace four Spanish fighter jets that have been supporting airspace surveillance of Bulgaria since the middle of February.
Bulgaria, on NATO's eastern flank, is also setting up a battlegroup of up to 1,000 troops in close cooperation with the alliance. (Reporting by Tsvetelia Tsolova Editing by Bernadette Baum)
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Andhra Pradesh: Tribal people want Alluri district headquarters at Rampachodavaram
New district headquarters is 300 km from Chintoor Agency, they say
Tribal people, political parties, and civil society representatives on Wednesday decided to wage a legal battle for the creation of Alluri Seetharamaraju district headquartered at Rampachodavaram in the erstwhile East Godavari Agency.
On April 2, the State government carved out a new district headquartered at Paderu from the erstwhile East Godavari district and named it after freedom fighter Alluri Seetharamaraju. The new district headquarters is 300 km from Chintoor Agency on the Chhattisgarh and Odisha border.
The Joint Action Committee on Alluri Seetharamaraju district headquartered at Rampachodavaram on Wednesday announced to wage a legal battle against the “injustice” being meted out to the tribal people with the creation of the new district headquartered at Paderu.
JAC Convener Balu Akkisa said that the demand of the tribal people of the erstwhile East Godavari Agency fell on the deaf ears during the creation of new districts.
Protests planned
“Relay-hunger strikes and dharnas will be staged to raise the voice of the tribal people who are forced to face many challenges to get access to government officials and departments,” said Mr. Balu.
In the meeting held here on Wednesday, JAC convener Vara Kiran, Telugu Desam Party leader Adabala Bapiraju, Tribal elders Vetla Vijaya, Pallala Lachireddy (CPI(M), Jana Sena Party leaders and representatives from Rythu Kuli Sangham decided to intensify the joint movement for the new district.
The leaders and tribal elders have threatened to continue their battle until the State government realised their challenges and created a new district headquartered at Rampachodavaram.
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BEIJING (AP) — China on Wednesday said images of civilian deaths in the Ukrainian town of Bucha are “deeply disturbing” but that no blame should be apportioned until all facts are known.
Emerging evidence of what appeared to be widespread civilian massacres in the wake of Russian withdrawals from the Kyiv areas may complicate Beijing’s attempts to guide public opinion over the conflict, in which China has refused to criticize Moscow.
China supports all initiatives and measures “conducive to alleviating the humanitarian crisis” in the country, and is “ready to continue to work together with the international community to prevent any harm to civilians,” Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian told reporters at a daily briefing.
“The truth and the cause of the incident must be verified," Zhao said. “All parties should exercise restraint and avoid unfounded accusations before a conclusion of the investigation is drawn."
Zhao's remarks echo those of China's ambassador to the United Nations, Zhang Jun, who earlier called for an investigation, also describing the reports and images of civilian deaths in Bucha as “deeply disturbing."
“The relevant circumstances and specific causes of the incident should be verified and established," Zhang said in remarks to the Security Council on Tuesday, adding that, “before the full picture is clear, all sides should exercise restraint and avoid unfounded accusations."
China has called for talks while refusing to criticize Russia. It opposes economic sanctions on Moscow and blames Washington and NATO for provoking the war and fueling the conflict by sending arms to Ukraine.
The entirely ruling Communist Party-controlled media have largely stuck to a pro-Moscow narrative, including repeating Russian disinformation and unfounded conspiracy theories about issues such as alleged American-Ukrainian bioweapons production.
Zhao repeated China's objections to sanctions, while accusing the U.S. of having manipulated the situation to “profit from the chaos and make a lot of money."
“History and reality have proven that sanctions do not bring peace and security, but only bring lose-lose or multiple losses, adding to the already difficult world economy and impacting the existing world economic system," Zhao said.
The hashtag “China expresses Bucha death incident must be thoroughly investigated" was a trending topic on Weibo, the Chinese version of Twitter, with nearly 30 million views and more than 500 discussions by afternoon Wednesday
Despite the pro-Russian stance of authorities who regularly censor postings, opinions were divided between support for Moscow, demands Russia be held accountable, accusations of untrustworthiness against the West and Ukraine, and calls for an impartial investigation.
“This is merely a play acted out by the Americans and Ukrainian Nazis in an attempt to divert public opinion, but people of the world with eyes and hearts won't ignore the facts of the U.S. and Ukraine researching bio weapons," read one posting signed “Understands the Cold War Better Than America."
The Russian Embassy in Beijing also made use of the platform to reject the accusations, while its Ukrainian counterpart drew attention to “Russian war crimes against civilians in Irpin," another town where atrocities allegedly occurred.
Prior to the Feb. 24 war, China had dismissed talk of a Russian invasion as “fake news" and U.S. fearmongering. Since then, it has claimed to be holding to an independent, and often contradictory, stance, asserting the sanctity of borders and national sovereignty while refusing to condemn Russian aggression or even use the words “war" and “invasion," in apparent deference to Moscow.
The Global Times, a nationalistic tabloid published by the Communist Party mouthpiece People's Daily, sought to balance the competing messages with an editorial Wednesday headlined “'Bucha Incident' not to be used as pretext for inflaming situation."
“As long as Russia and Ukraine cannot achieve a cease-fire, humanitarian tragedies will not end," the paper said.
“However, it is regrettable that after the exposure of the ‘Bucha incident,' the U.S., the initiator of the Ukraine crisis, has not shown any signs of urging peace and promoting talks, but is ready to exacerbate the Russia-Ukraine tensions and create obstacles to the peace talks between the two sides," it said.
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice has consistently missed deadlines in recent months to pay the U.S. government the millions of dollars he owes in penalties for unsafe working conditions at his coal mines, according to federal court documents.
The Republican governor — who owns dozens of companies and has been called the most wealthy man in all of West Virginia — was ordered to pay $5.1 million by a federal judge in April 2020.
That was after the U.S. Attorney’s Office and the U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration brought a lawsuit against 23 of his companies, saying he failed to pay fees associated with hundreds of mine safety penalties between 2014 and 2019.
Since at least December, Justice has been late on payments, according to documents filed in the U.S. District Court in the Western District of Virginia. Payments have been made only after reminders and notices filed in court by the U.S. government.
U.S. Attorney Christopher Kavanaugh said Justice's companies "have provided no reason for their noncompliance and have not complied despite the United States’ numerous inquiries,” according to a March 31 motion filed to compel Justice to make his required payment.
Congress relies on the enforcement of financial penalties to incentivize coal operators to comply with mandatory health and safety standards outlined in the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act, Kavanaugh said.
“If Defendants are allowed to ignore their obligations, it undermines the authority of this Court and removes the incentive of these defendants — and other mining companies — from complying with MSHA’s health and safety standards designed to protect the nation’s miners,” he said.
The April 2020 order states that Justice make an initial payment of around $212,909 by April 15, 2020, followed by monthly payments of a little more than $102,400 until his debt is paid off.
Payments are due on the first of the month. In court documents filed March 31, U.S. attorneys said Justice's December payment, due Dec. 1, 2021, arrived Jan. 19, after the United States filed a “notice of non-compliance.” The January payment did not arrive until Jan. 28.
The February payment was made March 14, after several reminders. The U.S. filed another motion to compel Justice to pay March's payment. Justice's lawyer, Aaron Balla Houchens, said in court documents filed Monday that it had been paid.
Justice did not respond to a request from The Associated Press for comment.
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Which allergy eye drops for kids are best?
Allergies are one of the smallest annoyances that can have a big impact on your happiness. One of the worst places affected is the eyes. The itchiness, the swelling, the red-eye and eye-watering are horrible for an adult but even worse for children.
Help them cut down their misery with Similasan Kids Allergy Eye Relief Drops. It’s specially formulated just for kids, so they can quickly go back to being happy and comfortable again.
What to know before you buy allergy eye drops for kids
Types of allergy eye drops for kids
There are four types of allergy eye drops for kids.
- Antihistamine drops are the most common. They can treat up to moderate symptoms by blocking the body’s ability to produce histamine in response to allergens. They work fast but don’t last and come in prescription and over-the-counter strengths.
- Anti-inflammatory drops soothe nerve endings in the eye. Initial dosing causes a stinging sensation that is unpopular with children. They can take as long as an hour for relief to set in, but they last as long as 12 hours. They can be OTC or prescription strength.
- Mast cell drops are unusual for kids as they’re meant to relieve severe and long-lasting symptoms. They’re available OTC, but you should check with your pediatrician before using them.
- Steroidal drops are rarely offered to children. They’re prescription-only and have potentially severe side effects. They’re only meant for short-term use.
Covered symptoms
Most allergy eye drops, for any age, only cover one or two symptoms rather than all of them. The most common symptoms covered are either itchiness and wateriness or redness. Some formulas are listed as multi-symptom. While they do cover more symptoms, they may not cover all of them with the same efficacy.
Coverage range
Children hate eye drops enough as it is, so you’ll want to prioritize looking for a formula that’s listed as longing for at least six to 12 hours. However, short-term drops may be effective enough for mild cases.
What to look for in quality allergy eye drops for kids
Hydration
If your child’s chief complaint is dryness, look for drops that have hydrating and moisturizing ingredients.
Sensation
It deserves to be said again: children hate eye drops. Some drops have an immediate stinging sensation when applied. You should avoid these drops at all costs if you want to be able to use them more than once in your child’s eyes.
How much you can expect to spend on allergy eye drops for kids
Allergy eye drops for kids are usually a little pricier despite being mostly the same as a standard allergy eye drop. The cheapest options rarely cost less than $10, while others can cost as much as $20-plus.
Allergy eye drops for kids FAQ
Is there a minimum age that kids have to be for safe allergy eye drop usage?
A. Yes. Any given product will have a different age limit, but most are safe for children at least 3 years old. Some rare formulas are safe for children a year younger. If you have a child younger than two or three and think they may need eye allergy relief, you’ll need to visit your pediatrician for a specialized prescription.
How long will a bottle of allergy eye drops for kids last?
A. Allergy eye drops for kids have two expiration dates: a sealed date and an opened date. Sealed dates can go for years before the eye drops expire, but once you open the box and break the dropper’s seal, you only have a few months at best. To extend your open dropper’s lifespan, avoid touching the dropper’s tip, and keep the lid tightly closed when not in use. No matter what, you should toss open eye drops after three months to be safe.
What are the best allergy eye drops for kids to buy?
Top allergy eye drops for kids
Similasan Kids Allergy Eye Relief Drops
What you need to know: This is affordably priced and effective.
What you’ll love: These drops are suitable for kids aged 2 and older, which is a full year younger than most other drops. It covers all the common eye-related allergy symptoms while using only natural ingredients instead of chemicals. Relief takes effect within minutes of application.
What you should consider: These drops expire 30 days after they’ve been opened. Some consumers reported severe allergic reactions to this product. It has no moisturizing properties.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Top allergy eye drops for kids for the money
Systane Zaditor Antihistamine Eye Drops, 2 Count
What you need to know: This combo pack covers kids and adults.
What you’ll love: These drops trigger symptom relief quickly and the relief lasts for up to 12 hours. Unlike most allergy drops, these require only a single drop per eye to be effective and the application doesn’t sting. These are suitable for children 3 and older.
What you should consider: Some consumers’ relief length fell well short of the 12-hour claim. They mainly target itchy eyes rather than full symptom relief.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Worth checking out
Bausch+Lomb Alaway Children’s Antihistamine Eye Drops
What you need to know: This is another well-priced and effective eye drop.
What you’ll love: These prescription-strength OTC drops target itchy and watery eyes and are suitable for children 3 and older. Relief takes effect within 5 minutes and can last as long as 12 hours. It targets allergy sources such as pollen, ragweed and animal hair.
What you should consider: It’s a little on the pricey side and only contains .17 fluid ounces of product. If these drops get into the sinus cavity they can cause nosebleeds.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
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Margaret Reist is a recovering education reporter now writing about local and county government and the people who live in the city where she was born and raised.
Think the women elected to lead the state’s two largest cities are representative of women’s participation in Nebraska’s local politics?
Think again.
In a national ranking of women in the municipal legislative branch, Nebraska ranks second-to- last this year — just three-tenths of a percentage point ahead of Mississippi.
The Center of American Women and Politics at Rutgers University tracks how many women are part of the legislative branches of cities with populations of more than 10,000.
Nebraska has 16 such cities.
Of those, three have female mayors: Lincoln’s Leirion Gaylor Baird, Omaha’s Jean Stothert and Scottsbluff Mayor Jeanne McKerrigan. Both Gaylor Baird and Stothert were elected; McKerrigan, one of five city council members, was chosen by her fellow council members to serve as mayor.
As for city councils, female representatives remain in the minority, although just two towns — Norfolk and Beatrice — have all-male councils. In both Lincoln and Omaha, three of the seven council members are women — the largest percentage of the 16 cities behind only Scottsbluff (three of five).
Seven of those cities have just one female council member. In Hastings, three of the eight council members are women and in Grand Island, three of the 10 are women.
Gaylor Baird has hired women for some high-profile positions in the city, most notably Teresa Ewins, the first woman ever to lead the Lincoln Police Department, and Barb McIntyre, the newest human resources director.
Gaylor Baird's chief of staff is a woman, as are two of her four aides.
On a state level, the 11 women in the Nebraska Legislature comprise about 26% of the 49-member body, and one of those — Sen. Patty Pansing Brooks — is running for a U.S. House of Representatives seat, and another — Sen. Carol Blood — is running for governor.
That’s higher than the 20% represented at the municipal level. Nationally, 31.5% of city leaders are women.
According to the Center of American Women, Mississippi is the only state with less than 20% of female officeholders at the municipal level.
Nebraska is among 20 states in the 20%-29% range, including every contiguous Midwestern state from North Dakota to Texas, plus Iowa, Wyoming and Arkansas.
The highest percentages are in Hawaii (50%) and Alaska (48%), but there’s just one incorporated city of more than 10,000 in Hawaii and just two in Alaska. In the Midwest, Colorado is well-represented by women: 45% of the officeholders in its 60 cities of more than 10,000 are women.
If you are a Nebraskan who would like to see more women in office this might be disheartening, but look on the bright side: Last year, Nebraska ranked last.
Streamlining permits
The city is trying to make it easier to apply for one of the 77,000-some permits or licenses it issues in a year.
The City Council recently approved an agreement with GRM Information Management Services to create an online system that will manage a variety of permit and license applications through one system.
Last year, the city issued 77,727 permits and licenses, though that number also includes such things as pothole complaints. Those licenses and permits generated $17.6 million in city revenue.
The new system will manage permits and licenses for several departments: building and safety, health, Lincoln Transportation and Utilities, and city-county planning.
Now, those systems operate from different web sites. The idea, said Abby Eccher, project manager with information services, is to get them all under the same cyber-roof.
That means people will be able to apply for food handler permits, check restaurant health inspections, apply for business licenses or building permits all on the same system.
Contractors and others working on the same project will all be able to track progress and be notified of permit approvals, and contractors will also be able to see and manage all the jobs they’re working on, Eccher said.
It should also help homeowners doing a single project.
The system will be the place people can find information: What building permits or zoning change requests are happening at a particular address; the results of restaurant health inspections.
It will cost $2.6 million to build the system, and there will be a $360,000 annual license fee.
Eccher said more city and county services could be added in the future.
More city parkland
Consider this a nod to the residents who live near Trendwood Park in east Lincoln: two lots that run along A Street on the northwest edge of the park have now been dedicated as city parkland.
Last summer, the city cleaned up a stinky, muddy retention pond right next to those lots between Sycamore Drive and South 77th Street — on the north end of the park — that neighbors had been complaining about for years.
The city has owned the lots for some years, said Parks and Recreation Director Lynn Johnson, and has been maintaining them along with the rest of the park.
Having them designated as parkland means the city can't sell them to a developer to build on — something neighbors don't want.
The City Council also designated about 40 acres on the east side of Jensen Park as parkland. The city traded the land for about 30 acres of parkland on the southeast end of Jensen Park, near 91st Street and Yankee Hill Road.
The land to the east is better suited as parkland, Johnson said, and because it's flatter and doesn't have a drainage channel running through it, it will be easier to — one day — build baseball fields there.
Margaret Reist is a recovering education reporter now writing about local and county government and the people who live in the city where she was born and raised.
Neighbors hope dredging a retention pond on the north end of Trendwood Park in east Lincoln will get rid of the stench that rises from the pond each summer and into their backyards.
Mayor Leirion Gaylor Baird said she's nominated Nebraska Department of Transportation Human Resources Director Barb McIntyre to be the next city and county human resources director.
The City Council recently approved an agreement with PenLink, a local company, to develop software for the new system, which will be owned by the city and county.
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Which dinosaur ride-on toy is best?
What’s more exciting for a kid than dinosaur toys? Dinosaur toys they can ride! There are a lot of ride-on toys for kids, but there’s something special about taking that and pairing it with these popular prehistorical creatures. It encourages highly imaginative play and is sure to thrill any young dinosaur lover.
Take a look at the Power Wheels Jurassic World Dino Racer Ride-On for one of the most efficient and powerful dinosaur ride-on toys.
What to know before you buy a dinosaur ride-on toy
Age range
Ride-on toys with all kinds of features and capabilities are great for children ages 1 to 8. Some of these features are for safety, while others are relevant to a child’s budding skillset. If you’re not sure which toy is right for your child, consider their weight and height. These toys have maximum weight capacities, and your child’s height is important for determining whether they can reach pedals or sit comfortably with the allotted amount of leg room.
Choosing a dinosaur
While the type of dinosaur you select is limited to what stores are selling, the dinosaur you choose can make or break the experience for a child. If you don’t know a kid’s favorite dinosaur, ask. Or, if it’s a surprise, take a look at the dinosaur toys they already own, and see if there’s one dinosaur that pops up more than the rest. The most popular dinosaur options for ride-on toys include the Tyrannosaurus rex, Velociraptor and Triceratops.
Manual or battery-powered
Decide if you want a ride-on toy operated manually or one that’s electronic. Manual ride-on toys move via pedals, feet or a pull-and-push handle operated by an adult. Battery-powered ride-on toys are ridden with the press of a button and can include sounds or lights to add to the experience.
What to look for in a quality dinosaur ride-on toy
Safety precautions
Safety is the primary concern when it comes to toys, especially ride-on toys. The toy should be well-balanced, not wobbly, with even wheels that can be counted on for a smooth ride without causing the toy to fall over. If the toy is motorized, a separate remote control for parents is provided for emergency stopping.
Adjustable features
Having adjustable features is especially useful when it comes to manual toys. If there is a seat or handlebars, it helps to be able to adjust them to your child’s height. This will let you get more out of the toy as your child grows, making it last longer.
Dinosaur-related extras
If the toy is designed to look like a dinosaur, kids will expect it to behave like a dinosaur. If the toy is motorized, this means sounds, looks or movement related to the dinosaur. It should roar or be heavily detailed to resemble a specific species of dinosaur, not just a general reptilian creature.
How much you can expect to spend on a dinosaur ride-on toy
Manual dinosaur ride-on toys cost $25-$100, while battery-powered ones cost $80-$300.
Dinosaur ride-on toy FAQ
Is assembly required?
A. Yes. The difficulty of the assembly depends on the toy, though manual ride-on toys seem to have more extensive assembly instructions than battery-operated ones.
What are they made of?
A. These toys are mostly made of plastic. Some have metal or electronic components.
What’s the best dinosaur ride-on toy to buy?
Top dinosaur ride-on toy
Power Wheels Jurassic World Dino Racer Ride-On
What you need to know: This battery-powered plastic ride-on toy has four wheels and is designed to look like the Velociraptor named Blue from “Jurassic World”. It’s made for children age 3 to 7 with a 65-pound weight capacity.
What you’ll love: The wheels are durable, made for grass and hard ground, with a top speed of 6 mph. The face and body details are great, making it really look like the film character. There’s a speed-lock feature so parents can control how fast it goes. It’s easy to assemble and the battery comes included.
What you should consider: It doesn’t make any sounds.
Where to buy: Sold by Buy Buy Baby
Top dinosaur ride-on toy for the money
Little Tikes T-Rex Cozy Coupe Dinosaur Ride-On Car
What you need to know: This manual plastic ride-on toy has four wheels and a T-rex theme. It’s made for children 18 months to 5 years old, with a weight capacity of 50 pounds.
What you’ll love: It is cute and durable, and it moves smoothly. The front wheels spin 360 degrees and there is a parent push handle for beginners. There’s a steering wheel, and kids use their feet to move it if they aren’t being pushed. There’s a cup holder in the back. No batteries are required.
What you should consider: While there’s an expressive face and T-rex logos, it doesn’t really look like a T-rex. Assembly can be tricky.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Worth checking out
What you need to know: This manual plastic ride-on toy features a T-rex and truck combo so kids can feel like they are being pulled along by the dinosaur. It’s made for children 3 to 5 years old with a weight capacity of 50 pounds.
What you’ll love: The “dinosaur pulling a truck” design, is creative with lots of details and flourishes on both the T-rex and the truck. It can be used inside or outside and the front tires rotate 360 degrees. There’s a push handle in the back for parents and a steering wheel in the truck for kids. It has a trunk for storage.
What you should consider: Kids love it, but assembly is difficult. In some cases, the toy arrived with missing screws.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
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Twitter tweeted Tuesday that it is indeed working on a way for users to edit their 280-character messages, although it says the project has nothing to do with the fact that edit-function fan Elon Musk was just revealed as the company’s largest shareholder and now sits on its board.
Twitter said it will test the feature in its paid service, Twitter Blue, in the coming months. It said the test would help it “learn what works, what doesn’t, and what’s possible.” So it may be a while before most Twitter users get to use it, if they ever do. Twitter spokesperson Catherine Hill declined to say whether an edit feature might be rolled out for all users.
Many Twitter users — among them, Kim Kardashian, Ice T, Katy Perry and McDonald’s corporate account — have long begged for an edit button. The company itself recently teased users with an April Fool’s Day tweet saying “we are working on an edit button.” The official Twitter account said Tuesday that the April 1 tweet wasn’t a joke and that it has been working on it since last year.
Twitter also said it didn’t get the idea from a Twitter poll launched by Tesla CEO Musk Monday evening. Musk, himself a Twitter power user, asked followers if they wanted an edit button, cheekily misspelling “yes” as “yse” and “no” as “on.” More than 4 million people had voted as of Tuesday evening.
Musk also tweeted that he is looking forward to making “significant improvements to Twitter in coming months!”
Twitter’s vice president of consumer product, Jay Sullivan, tweeted Tuesday that an edit function has for years been Twitter’s most requested new feature, noting that people want to fix mistakes, typos, and “hot takes.”
Former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey had said that Twitter had considered an edit button, but in a January 2020 Q&A maintained that “we’ll probably never do it.” He noted that Twitter’s current setup keeps the spirit of its text-message origins — texts can’t be edited — and the confusion that could result from users making changes to a tweet that has already been heavily circulated by others. Dorsey stepped down as CEO in November 2021.
People who study Twitter also say adding an edit button would likely change the nature of Twitter, making it less valuable as a historical warehouse that stores official statements by politicians and other high-profile people. Twitter, for better or worse, “has become the de facto news wire,” said Jennifer Grygiel, a Syracuse University communications professor and an expert on social media who researches propaganda.
Tweets are often embedded in news stories, which could cause problems if the users edit important or controversial tweets without leaving evidence of the original statement. Grygiel suggested instead giving Twitter users a window of time to edit their tweets before they publish them.
Letting powerful Twitter users edit their tweets means they would not be historical statements anymore, Grygiel said. “We need to think about what the implications are, what these tweets are, who has power.”
The company acknowledged those concerns Tuesday evening when Sullivan tweeted: “Without things like time limits, controls, and transparency about what has been edited, Edit could be misused to alter the record of the public conversation. Protecting the integrity of that public conversation is our top priority when we approach this work.”
Musk, too, had said that a proposal for a post-publication edit window of a few minutes “ sounds reasonable.”
Musk is someone who could seemingly use an edit button. His tweet about taking Tesla private at $420 per share, when funding was not secured, led to a $40 million SEC settlement and a requirement that Musk’s tweets be approved by a corporate lawyer. Musk is still embroiled in a fight over that settlement.
Twitter had earlier seemed to be taking a tongue-in-cheek approach to Musk’s poll. Twitter’s CEO, Parag Agrawal, retweeted the pollwith a seeming reference to an earlier tweet by Musk, saying “The consequences of this poll will be important. Please vote carefully.” Musk had used the same language in a March tweet describing another of his polls that asked whether Twitter adheres to free speech principles.
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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The University of Wisconsin-Whitewater's former interim chancellor said he resigned over the UW System leader's decision to query students about free speech rights.
Jim Henderson abruptly resigned Monday, offering little explanation beyond that he felt he could no longer help recruit the best person to fill the position permanently. He told the Wisconsin State Journal for a story published Wednesday that he was upset over Interim System President Michael Falbo's decision to send out the survey after initially deciding that institutions wouldn't do it.
Henderson said chancellors raised concerns about the survey. He said he was worried students were tired of questionnaires and a free speech survey wasn't crucial at UW-Whitewater because students are exposed to a variety of voices. Falbo changed his mind because he was afraid of political fallout from Republican legislators concerned that campus leaders are working to stamp out conservative viewpoints, Henderson added.
UW-Stout's Menard Center for Public Policy and Service is conducting the survey. The center began in 2017 with a donation from the conservative Charles Koch Foundation. It was renamed the Menard Center after the Menards family, which founded the Menards store chain, donated $2.26 million to the center in 2019. The family is a major Republican donor.
Falbo told the State Journal that his stance on the survey changed last week after the center's director, Tim Shiell, told him that chancellors' concerns were based on incomplete information. Shiell said that the university board overseeing human research had approved the survey and the workload for schools would be limited to sending out emails.
“I acknowledge that some chancellors were disappointed in that decision, and it regrettably led to a resignation,” Falbo said in a statement.
Free speech has become a contentious issue on college campuses. Republicans have been pushing schools to crack down on students who disrupt conservative speakers and presentations. The GOP has maintained that liberal professors are indoctrinating students or making them feel uncomfortable about expressing conservative views.
UW System officials plan to email the survey to undergraduates at all 13 public universities on Thursday. Students have until May 6 to complete it.
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Critical Security Standard Expands Access to Leading Online Whiteboard and Virtual Workspace Solution Across the U.S. Federal Government and Department of Defense
REDWOOD CITY, Calif., April 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Underscoring its commitment to the highest security standards, Bluescape announces its online whiteboard and virtual workspace has achieved an elite security designation for software providers: the Department of Defense (DoD) Impact Level 5 (IL5).
This unique authorization builds on the IL4 designation that Bluescape received in 2021 from the U.S. Navy, and makes Bluescape the only online whiteboard solution available to any mission owner or operator who works with Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI). The IL5 authority to operate (ATO) was received from the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) and achieved in partnership with Bluescape's trusted federal integrator, Bridge Core (Bcore).
Under IL5, government agencies, contractors, and DoD users will enjoy expanded use of Bluescape's virtual workspace and collaboration tools with unprecedented access to the most sensitive unclassified data available. This will empower dispersed uniform and civilian personnel with a common operating picture to brainstorm, collaborate, and communicate seamlessly and adeptly in a secure, virtual workspace.
"We firmly believe you shouldn't have to sacrifice security for mission agility," said John Greenstein, GM of Federal at Bluescape. "We are honored to be a trusted DoD partner, and this important IL5 designation is the next step in our ongoing commitment to deliver the most secure online whiteboard and virtual workspace built for the unique collaboration needs of federal teams."
A proven solution within the most sensitive defense, intelligence, and national security environments, Bluescape also recently received the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) 'In Process' Designation, under sponsorship of the U.S. Air Force. In addition, the platform meets NIST 800-171 and NIST Cybersecurity Framework compliance and supports Microsoft 365 Government Community Cloud High deployments.
"Achieving IL5 will go a long way in ensuring our customers are not only secure but have real-time access to the critical information and collaboration tools they need to drive mission outcomes," said Mark Willis, CISO at Bluescape. "As a cybersecurity and military intelligence veteran, I know firsthand the importance of upholding 'security first' principles so service members, DoD employees, and government civilians can focus on collaboration and efficiency in defense of our nation."
As a U.S.-based company that protects all U.S. customer data here at home, Bluescape continues to align its security posture with the Executive Order on Improving the Nation's Cybersecurity and the Office of Management and Budget's zero trust strategy.
For more information, visit Bluescape.com/government.
About Bluescape
Bluescape is the mission-ready online whiteboard for high-value collaboration. Bluescape empowers distributed teams with easy-to-use tools to bring agility to complex processes — eliminating miscommunications, missed deadlines, and wasted time. Certified FedRAMP In Process, Bluescape is built for the security needs of the public sector. Customers include Fortune 100 companies and government agencies. Bluescape was founded in Silicon Valley in 2012. Visit Bluescape.com/government and follow us on Twitter and LinkedIn.
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Semina Halliwell: Rape victim, 12, took her own life directly after police interview, her mother tells Sky News
The mother of Semina Halliwell, a girl with autism who alleged she was raped by a boy from her school, says she holds Merseyside Police accountable for their failures to investigate her complaints.
Wednesday 6 April 2022 15:37, UK
A 12-year-old rape victim took her own life directly after an interview with a police officer who had previously discouraged her from bringing forward a criminal complaint and subsequently failed to properly investigate it, her mother has told Sky News.
Semina Halliwell, who had autism, alleged she was raped by an older boy who attended the same school as her and had groomed her over Snapchat into secretly meeting him.
Her mother, Rachel Halliwell, contacted the police after Semina broke down and told her what had happened following a severe incident of self-harm.
But officers from Merseyside Police "made Semina feel like she was an inconvenience to them", according to two family members who were present during interviews, and no charges have been brought against the alleged perpetrator who Semina named.
Discouraged from making the complaint
Rachel, alongside Semina's aunt Clare Halliwell, said the lead detective "sat there and started talking about all the forms he'd have to fill in if she made the complaint and how long it would take him to fill those forms in".
The detective "said to Semina that, you know, basically, it's your word against his and do you really want this hanging over your head for 18 months, because it wouldn't go to court for 18 months to two years," said Clare.
Semina's autism had already made it a challenge for her to express herself to strangers, they added.
The family told Sky News that Merseyside Police did not inform Semina's school of the reported rape, despite assurances to the family that safeguarding would be in place. This meant she was forced to stay at home as she was not protected from coming into contact with the alleged perpetrator.
Harassment and witness intimidation
Following the initial interview, Semina and her family - including a sibling - were targeted in a campaign of online and offline bullying and witness intimidation, including several violent assaults, that the family believe were committed by associates of the alleged perpetrator and which they say Merseyside Police also failed to fully investigate.
"They said anyone going to the police are going to go get their heads kicked in. And that's exactly what happened. Semina was beaten up three times, videoed, her [sibling] was beaten up in school," said Rachel.
The family said that during this period only two girls were prosecuted for assaulting Semina. Other incidents were not fully investigated, they complained.
Rachel was also convicted of an assault which took place shortly after Semina named the alleged perpetrator. Sky News cannot identify the victim for legal reasons.
"Even though there were videos of [Semina] being beaten up on social media, the police did nothing about it. The officer, the detective, said 'Well, things have quietened down now, so if I go around it might kick off all over again'," Rachel added.
Final interview with police
Three months after the initial complaint was made, during another interview in the family's living room regarding the rape and harassment, Semina said "I've had enough of this" and went upstairs.
"I thought she just had enough of the police being here, the police doing nothing," was her mother's understanding at the time.
But Semina had gone to take the medication which would kill her, consuming well above the lethal dose of a toxic drug used to treat a chronic condition.
After the police had left, the family discovered the empty medicine packets and Semina was taken to hospital in an ambulance. Over the next few days she would be placed in an induced coma and suffered multiple organ failure before dying.
"It was horrific to watch my daughter pass away. It was terrible what she went through, three heart attacks, operations, they were going to amputate her legs, amputate her fingers," said Rachel.
"People seem to think that when you take an overdose you go to sleep and you die. No she didn't. She didn't at all. We had to watch her die, her body shut down first. No parent should go through that."
"We had the medical team sobbing around us," said Clare. "I remember [the consultant] coming to me and he was crying through his glasses and I don't remember how long they were there, I just remember that she was warm when I first touched her but then she went cold, she went cold, she started to go blue.
"Nobody said she died. Nobody told us. Nobody could say it."
Semina's grave was vandalised
The family was not left to grieve in peace.
"The day after her funeral, somebody put out on Snapchat - which was a fake account - £10,000 for somebody to video and trash Semina's grave. And two weeks later, it was [trashed]," they told Sky News.
The videos of Semina being bullied and violently attacked - videos showing her being dragged and pushed to the ground and punched and kicked by other girls - were sent at the family on social media following the funeral, as were messages celebrating Semina's death.
Her family say Merseyside Police consistently failed to properly investigate this harassment just as the force failed to properly investigate Semina's allegation of rape.
Harassment targeting the family
"We had Snapchat pictures, edited of her lying in a coffin, or decomposing, sent to us [from] fake accounts, and the police either couldn't or wouldn't do anything about it.
"The police did say if she had been murdered, then it would have been different because they could have triangulated the signals to the phone to prove that they were near people they suspected of doing it, but they couldn't do that because it wasn't a serious crime," Clare told Sky News.
"The police failings are absolutely disgusting," said Rachel, who blamed "the perpetrator, his family, Merseyside Police, and social services".
"Everybody who is paid to safeguard her let her down. Not one of them told her she was worth their time."
"We've been robbed of a massive piece of our family, and for the last nine and a half months we've been robbed of the ability to grieve that loss," said Clare.
Police issues with digital investigations
Rachel and Clare Halliwell contacted Sky News following our investigation into police failings in the case of Abdul Elahi, a prolific online sexual predator who targeted girls and vulnerable women.
More than a dozen victims had reported him to their local forces, but none of those reports were pursued until after Elahi was identified by the FBI investigating the blackmailing of a 15-year-old girl in the US.
Instead, according to multiple victims, British police gave them the impression that it was they who were to blame for being extorted into sending intimate images of themselves.
Officers also incorrectly told the girls and women that they could not obtain any evidence from the digital platforms Elahi had used to extort and blackmail them.
A study from the University of Suffolk in 2018 warned there was "an urgent need for training across police forces" - as fewer than a fifth of police force members knew how to collect evidence from technology companies.
Semina Halliwell's family said Merseyside Police responded similarly regarding the harassment of the family and Semina over Snapchat, and they do not believe the police sought any data from the company as evidence.
According to Rachel, the police "tried to justify their actions - or lack of them - by saying Semina wouldn't hand the phone over" and countered this by saying Semina had "offered her phone up several times".
Even then, seizing a victim's phone is not essential to the investigation of these crimes, as stated by national training materials seen by Sky News.
One training presentation from the College of Policing advises that "capturing a screenshot of a social media post regarding a hate crime may be sufficient to prove the offence. Seizure of the device may not necessarily be required".
In the case of Snapchat, although the content of messages is usually automatically deleted after 30 days, the company can retain metadata and potentially content if it receives a request to do so.
In its advice for law enforcement, Snap says it can also provide basic subscriber information - potentially including phone numbers and the IP addresses used to log in - as long as police provide a username.
According to Europol these two types of evidence are the most important information that investigators can collect during digital investigations, while content data is only the seventh most valuable.
Location data, as would have been established by the triangulation methods suggested by officers to Semina's family, was considered only the eighth most important type of data when investigating digital crimes.
Semina's phone was taken by Merseyside Police following her death and is still in the police's possession.
The family has requested that it be returned to them as it contains images and videos of Semina which are not available elsewhere.
Coroner to hold inquest in due course
A spokesperson for Snapchat was unable to confirm whether the app had received any requests for information from Merseyside Police in Semina's case.
They said: "This situation is devastating and our thoughts are with the family at this difficult time.
"Nothing is more important than the safety and wellbeing of our community. We strictly prohibit bullying, harassment and other types of unwanted contact."
"Our global law enforcement operations team supports police investigations, and we have the ability to preserve and provide content to the authorities when we receive requests for assistance," they added.
A spokesperson for Merseyside Police told Sky News it was "not appropriate" for the force "to comment on any of the substantive issues raised at this time, as we would not wish to prejudice the Coronial Investigation".
"However, we have, and are, co-operating fully with the coroner in this matter," the spokesperson added.
The force declined the opportunity to discuss any of the family's complaints with Sky News.
A spokesperson for the Home Office said: "This is a heartbreaking case and our thoughts are with Semina's family and loved ones.
"No woman or girl should live in fear of violence or sexual abuse and victims should never be denied the justice they deserve."
They added: "This is why we are committed to ensuring more perpetrators face the full force of the law and overhauling our response to rape including increased funding for victim support services.
"It is important that the coroner is given the space to reach their conclusions and it would be inappropriate to comment further at this stage."
The senior administrator at the Sefton, St Helens & Knowsley Coroner's Service told Sky News the initial inquiry was ongoing and a full inquest into Semina's death would be held in due course.
Anyone feeling emotionally distressed or suicidal can call Samaritans for help on 116 123 or email jo@samaritans.org in the UK. In the US, call the Samaritans branch in your area or 1 (800) 273-TALK
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Biden sanctions Putin's two adult DAUGHTERS, members of Lavrov's family and two Russian banks in move to send them 'back to Soviet-style living standards from the 1980s' after latest horrors in Bucha
- The U.S. is announcing new economic sanctions this week
- Biden indicated they were coming Monday, calling Putin a 'war criminal'
- They are expected to target Putin's two daughters by ex-wife Lyudmila Putina
- Maria Vorontsova is an endocrinologist; Katerina Tikhonova is a gymnast with a university position
- US and Spanish officials seized a mega yacht belonging to oligarch who is friends with Putin
- Officials say they hope sanctions will pressure Putin to change course
- Ukrainian President Zelensky spoke to UN Security Council Tuesday and described murdered civilians in the streets of Bucha and other areas
- U.S. also imposing full blocking sanctions on Sberbank, Russia's largest bank
- Economic advisor Brian Deese said inflation in Russia is running at 2 per cent a WEEK
Gruesome reports of civilian murders in the Ukrainian town of Bucha amid Russia's ongoing attacks on Ukraine have prompted U.S. and European officials to target Russian President Vladimir Putin's daughters in the latest round of economic sanctions.
The pressure campaign comes on top of a series of sets of economic sanctions that U.S. officials say have knocked back years of growth in the Russian economy – with the hope that the consequences will force Putin to change course.
This time, U.S. and European Union officials are eyeing Putin's two daughters, Maria Vorontsova and Katerina Tikhonova.
They are the children of Putin and his first wife, Lyudmila Putina, a former Aeroflat flight attendant. The Kremlin announced she and Putin were divorcing in 2013.
'We have we have reason to believe that many of his cronies and the oligarchs hide their wealth – hide their assets with family members that place their assets and their wealth in the US financial system,' a senior administration official told reporters on Wednesday. 'We believe that many of Putin’s assets are hidden with family members and that’s why we’re targeting them.'
The administration announced the rollout of sanctions this morning. The move follows Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's chilling speech to the UN Security Council about killings of Ukrainian civilians who have been found in the street, shot with their arms bound behind their backs.
Katerina Tikhonova, deputy director of the Institute for Mathematical Research of Complex Systems at Moscow State University, daughter of Russian President Vladimir Putin. U.S. and European sanctions are expected to go after Putin family members
Officials are already seeking to get at Putin by sanctioning oligarchs, and seizing trophy properties – including the seizure days ago of Tango, a 254-foot luxury yacht owned by oligarch and Putin friend Viktor Vekselberg.
The U.S. also imposing full blocking sanctions on Sberbank, Russia's largest bank. The senior administration official called it the 'main artery in the Russian financial system,' handling lending for about one third of its assets, totaling $500 billion.
The sanctions mean that any transaction with any currency involving a U.S. person or institution is prohibited, and any assets that come in contact with the U.S. financial system are frozen. The administration expects other nations to follow on with the U.S. sanctions.
'This is the most severe action we can take in terms of financial measures,' said the official.
Putin keeps a notoriously tight lid on his family life.
Maria Vorontsova, 36, was born when the Russian president was a KGB spy. She is a doctor of Endocrinology and is a top researcher at a medical facility in Russia, specializing in rare childhood genetic diseases.
Tikhonova is a gymnast was was married to billionaire Kirill Shamalov, who Reuters reported was a senior shareholder in Bank Rossiya. The 2015 report estimated their joint holdings at $2 billion, with a villa in Biarritz, France. She holds a senior role at Moscow State University, and has inked documents for development projects for the school.
White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki, asked about the coming sanctions Tuesday, said only that they would target 'family members' of 'Russian government officials.'
Katerina Tikhonova, who has never been officially confirmed as Putin's daughter, is in charge of key investments at Moscow State University. She is a gymnast was was married to billionaire Kirill Shamalov
President Joe Biden has called Vladimir Putin a 'war criminal'
Putin ordered the invasion of Ukraine. Ukrainian officials have spoken about horrors they have uncovered after the Ukrainian military pushed back Russian forces from their positions
The Wall Street Journal reported that US and EU sanctions would go after Putin's daughters, without certainty about which family members would come under sanction.
Page Six reported in March that Putin's mistress Alina Kabaeva was alleged to be in hiding in Switzerland with the couple's four young children – information that the Kremlin has not confirmed.
Kabaeva is a former Olympic Gold medalist in rhythmic gymnastics.
Biden said Monday he was seeking additional sanctions, as reports came in about attrocities in Bucha.
'You may remember I was criticized for calling Putin a war criminal,' he said. 'Well, the truth of the matter, you saw what happened in Bucha. This warrants him — he is a war criminal.'
'Most estimates are the Russian economy is now, you know, on track to contract by 10 to 15% over the course of this year, which would be which would be historic,' said White House economic official Brian Deese at a Christian Science Monitor breakfast with reporters Wednesday.
'If you track weekly inflation in Russia for the last four weeks, it's been running at roughly 2% a week. So we've all gotten used to monthly inflation data, but 2% a week is like roughly 200% a year,' Deese said. 'We don't expect there to be 200% inflation in Russia because we expect that to level off.' But he added that is indicative of the 'extent of the economic challenge that's operating on the ground in Russia.'
The sanctions are meant in part to undue the 'social contract' that Putin has with the Russian people, offering stability and financial security in exchange for his unrivaled power, the administration official said.
'The sad reality is Putin's war will make it harder for Russians to travel abroad, means their debit cards may not work. They may only have the option to buy knockoff phones, and knock off clothes. The shelves of stores may be empty. The reality is the country's economic and financial, and technological isolation and at this rate it will go back to Soviet-style standards from the 1980s.'
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The company said it is searching for its next “Chief Growing Officer and Spokesbaby.”
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The winner will also receive $25,000.
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WARSAW, Poland – Poland’s government has issued a guide that instructs the public how to prepare for a crisis like war and what to do during attacks with weapons ranging from conventional to chemical and nuclear.
Posted on the Government Security Center’s website this week, the “Be Ready – Guide for Times of Crisis and War” gives detailed instructions in written form and videos.
European Union and NATO member Poland supports neighboring Ukraine’s fight against Russia’s military invasion and is calling for European imports of Russian energy sources to stop. The tough stance has raised concerns among some ordinary Poles.
The guide describes public warning systems in the event of shelling, advises people to stock up on water, food, medication, batteries and flashlights in case of power cuts. It also includes advice on preparing for an evacuation, seeking protection during shelling or shooting, and what to do during a chemical or nuclear attack.
The center says it is obliged to prepare the public for various difficult scenarios and the guide is not necessarily due to the war in Ukraine. Previous guides addressed situations like floods and harsh winter weather.
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— Burned, piled bodies among latest horrors in Bucha, Ukraine
— Russia's setback in Kyiv was memorable military failure
— At UN, Ukraine President Zelenskyy accuses Russian military of war crimes
— Russian media campaign falsely claims Bucha deaths are fakes
— China calls for probe into Bucha killings, assigns no blame
— US official: US, allies, to ban new investments in Russia
— Go to https://apnews.com/hub/russia-ukraine for more coverage
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BRATISLAVA, Slovakia — Slovakia’s Prime Minister Eduard Heger says he will join EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen to travel to the Ukrainian capital to meet with Ukrainian President Zelenskyy later this week.
Heger said on Wednesday, “Tomorrow in the evening, I will travel to Kyiv.” He declined to give further details about the trip.
Von der Leyen has planned to travel to Kyiv with EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell.
VILNIUS, Lithuania — Olympic gold medalist Ruta Meilutyte swam in a red-dyed pond outside the Russian Embassy in Vilnius on Wednesday to protest against Russia’s war in Ukraine.
The performance called “Swimming Through” was organized by a local art community. The pond was dyed red with environmentally friendly paint to resemble blood, according to the organizers.
“It’s crucial that we keep acting, spreading truthful information, volunteering, protesting, donating, and pressuring our governments to take action,” Meilutyte said on Instagram.
Meilutyte won gold at the 2012 Games in London as well as gold at the 2013 world championship and European titles in 2014 and 2016.
She served a two-year ban from 2019 through 2021 for failing to make herself available for out-of-competition drug testing.
BERLIN -- German Chancellor Olaf Scholz says he expects more images to emerge like the ones of dead civilians in the Ukrainian town of Bucha and is assailing Russian assertions that they were staged.
Scholz told Germany’s parliament on Wednesday, “Russian soldiers carried out a massacre of Ukrainian civilians before their withdrawal” from Bucha.
He added: “The cynical assertion spread by Russia that this … is staged falls back on those who spread these lies. The killing of civilians is a war crime.”
Scholz said the perpetrators and the superiors who gave them orders must be held to account. He said: “We must not forget: we have to expect that we will see more such pictures.”
The chancellor said that “the killing by the Russian military is continuing undiminished.” He renewed a call for Russian President Vladimir Putin to “end this destructive and self-destructive war immediately” and withdraw his troops from Ukraine.
GENEVA — The top ally and chief strategist of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny is welcoming reports that the U.S. might impose sanctions on Russian President Vladimir Putin’s daughters and says Putin’s “most important confidante” should be sanctioned, too.
Leonid Volkov said Wednesday it isn’t clear what, if any, properties Putin’s daughters might own that could be seized. But he says including them on the next sanctions list would send an important message as part of the response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
The Wall Street Journal and Bloomberg, citing people familiar with the matter, reported Tuesday that the Russian leader’s closest family members could be targeted by the next round of sanctions against Russia.
Speaking at the independent Geneva Summit for Human Rights and Democracy, Volkov said Navalny’s anti-corruption movement also wants Western countries to sanction Alina Kabayeva, who won Olympic gold in rhythmic gymnastics in 2004. SHe is reported to be romantically linked to Putin.
BERLIN — A German spokesman says the government has information which indicates that bodies found after Ukraine retook Bucha last week had been lying there since at least March 10, when Russian troops were in control of the town.
Steffen Hebestreit told reporters in Berlin on Wednesday that the information was based on non-commercial satellite images taken March 10-18 of Yablonska Street in Bucha.
“Credible information shows that from March 7 to March 30 Russian soldiers and security forces were deployed in this area,” he said. “They were also tasked with the interrogation of prisoners who were subsequently executed.”
Hebestreit said that “targeted killings by units of the Russian military and security forces are therefore proof that the Russian President and supreme commander has at least approvingly accepted human rights abuses and war crimes to achieve his goals.”
“The assertions made by the Russian side that these are staged scenes or they aren’t responsible for the murders are therefore not tenable,” he added.
Asked about the source of this information, Hebestreit said that images reviewed by Germany “were not commercial satellite images.” He declined to elaborate.
HELSINKI — The Finnish Customs agency says three consignments seized on the border with Russia contain artworks and artifacts on loan to European institutions from several Russian art museums, with a total insurance value of around 42 million euros ($46 million).
The seizure at the Vaalimaa border point in southeastern Finland on April 2 and April 3 came as the cargo fell under the European Union sanctions imposed on Russia due to the invasion of Ukraine, Finland Customs said on Wednesday.
Finland’s Foreign Ministry says the Russian artworks, including valuable paintings and statues, are classified as luxury items subject to EU sanctions on Russia, and that Finnish Customs had no other option than to temporarily confiscate them.
Foreign Ministry spokesman Teemu Sepponen told public broadcaster YLE that Russian museums will maintain legal ownership or the artworks that “have been temporarily taken over” and are stored in a secure place in Finland.
According to Russian media, the artworks were en route to Russia after having been loan in exhibitions in several museums in Italy, including the Palazzo Reale museum in Milan and the Gallerie d’Italia museum.
— This item has been corrected to show that the art was on loan to European institutions, not Finnish ones.
ANKARA, Turkey — Turkey’s defense ministry says authorities have detected a third naval mine drifting in the Black Sea, and military teams have been dispatched to deactivate it.
The explosive device was detected on Wednesday off the coast of northwestern Kocaeli province, and the area has been “secured,” the ministry said.
It was the third mine spotted in Turkish waters since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, including one that forced authorities to close Istanbul’s Bosporus Strait to traffic.
Russia and Ukraine have traded accusations about the naval mines that have been threatening shipping in the Black Sea.
The Russian military has alleged that the Ukrainian military has used old naval mines to protect the coast against a Russian landing and some of them have been ripped off their anchors by a storm and left adrift. Ukraine has accused Russia of using Ukrainian mines it seized after the 2014 annexation of Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula and setting them adrift to discredit Ukraine.
COPENHAGEN, Denmark — Norway is following other European nations and expelling Russian diplomats.
Norway’s Foreign Minister Anniken Huitfeldt said Wednesday that three Russian diplomats had carried out activities incompatible with their status.
The timing for the expulsions “was not accidental” and comes “at a time when the whole world is shaken by reports of Russian forces abusing civilians, especially in the city of Bucha,” Huitfeldt said in a statement.
In recent days, numerous European countries have expelled Russian diplomats and staff at Russian diplomatic missions.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov says negotiations with Ukraine are continuing despite allegations of war crimes against civilians in the Kyiv suburb of Bucha.
Peskov said Wednesday the talks continued with Ukraine but that the Bucha revelations — which he referred to as a “staging” — had hampered talks and there was “a fairly long road ahead.”
“The working process continues, but it is going much more tough than we would like. Of course, we would like to see more dynamism from the Ukrainian side, but the process has not been broken off and is continuing,” Peskov said.
Russia retreated from areas around Kyiv and the northern cities of Chernihiv and Sumy after talks with Ukraine in Turkey last week. Ukrainian troops entering the areas found evidence of widespread killings of civilians. Russia denies any war crimes and has alleged Ukraine has faked the incidents.
Since the talks in Turkey, Russia and Ukraine’s delegations have continued talks via video link.
GENEVA — The International Committee of the Red Cross says one of its teams in Ukraine has led some 500 people who fled Mariupol in a humanitarian convoy of buses and private cars to a safer location in the embattled country.
The ICRC says its team that has been trying to enter Mariupol since last Friday got within 20 kilometers (12 miles) of the besieged city, but security conditions made it impossible to enter. The convoy escorted the civilians from coastal Berdyansk to Zaporizhzhia, to the north.
“This convoy’s arrival to Zaporizhzhia is a huge relief for hundreds of people who have suffered immensely and are now in a safer location,” said Pascal Hundt, ICRC’s head of delegation in Ukraine. “It’s clear, though, that thousands more civilians trapped inside Mariupol need safe passage out and aid to come in.”
He said the Geneva-based organization remains available as “a neutral intermediary” to help escort civilians out of Mariupol “once concrete agreements and security conditions allow it.”
BERLIN — The aid group Doctors without Borders says its staff members have witnessed an attack on a hospital in the Ukrainian city of Mykolaiv.
The group, known by its French acronym MSF, said Wednesday that a four-member team had just entered the city’s cancer hospital when the area came under fire.
It quoted team leader Michel-Olivier Lacharite saying Monday’s attack lasted about 10 minutes. Upon leaving the hospital the team saw several injured people and dead bodies.
Lacharite was quoted as saying the bombardment of the hospital, located in a residential area, was likely to have caused civilian casualties and called on medical facilities not to be targeted.
The group didn’t provide information on which side in the war might have carried out the attack. Under international law, attacks on medical facilities and workers are deemed war crimes.
ROME — Italian firefighters have put out a fire at a villa on Lake Como reportedly owned by the pro-Putin Russian television personality Vladimir Soloyvev, who has been hit with European Union sanctions.
An official at the Como fire station confirmed that firefighters extinguished the early morning blaze Wednesday at the villa in Menaggio, one of the picturesque towns that dot the lake in northern Italy.
He said police were investigating the fire as a suspected act of protest. The villa was under renovation and the blaze involved tires at the site, said the official who declined to be identified by name, citing official policy.
Italian daily Corriere della Sera and news agency LaPresse said the villa was owned by Solovyev, a presenter on state run Channel One.
According to the EU list of sanctions, Solovyev is “known for his extremely hostile attitude towards Ukraine and praise of the Russian government.” The EU says he was targeted because of his support for “actions or policies which undermine the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine.”
Italian carabinieri are investigating.
LONDON — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has accused Russia of using hunger as a weapon of war by deliberately targeting Ukraine’s essential food supplies.
In an address to Irish lawmakers Wednesday, Zelenskyy said Russian forces “are destroying things that are sustaining livelihoods” including food storage depots, blocking ports so Ukraine could not export food and “putting mines into the fields.”
“For them hunger is also a weapon, a weapon against us ordinary people,” he said, accusing Russia of “deliberately provoking a food crisis” in Ukraine, a major global producer of staples including wheat and sunflower oil.
He said it would have international ramifications, because “there will be a shortage of food and the prices will go up, and this is reality for the millions of people who are hungry, and it will be more difficult for them to feed their families.”
Zelenskyy spoke by video to a joint session of Ireland’s two houses of parliament, the latest in a string of international addresses he has used to rally support for Ukraine.
BRUSSELS — A senior European Union official says the bloc’s member countries should think about ways of offering asylum to Russian soldiers willing to desert Ukraine battlefields.
European Council president Charles Michel on Wednesday expressed his “outrage at crimes against humanity, against innocent civilians in Bucha and in many other cities.”
He called on Russian soldiers to disobey orders.
“If you want no part in killing your Ukrainian brothers and sisters, if you don’t want to be a criminal, drop your weapons, stop fighting, leave the battlefield,” Michel, who represents the bloc’s governments, said in a speech to the European Parliament
Endorsing an idea previously circulated by some EU lawmakers, Michel added that granting asylum to Russian deserters is “a valuable idea that should be pursued.”
ATHENS, Greece — Greece has joined a list of European countries expelling Russian diplomats, with the foreign ministry announcing on Wednesday it had declared 12 diplomats unwelcome.
The ministry said it had declared 12 members of Russian diplomatic and consular missions accredited to Greece as “personae non gratae,” and that the Russian ambassador had been informed.
It did not specify which diplomats were being expelled or state a reason, beyond citing that the move was carried out in accordance with international treaties.
BERLIN — Germany’s foreign minister has accused Russia of spreading disinformation to justify its war in Ukraine.
Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said Wednesday that “as Russian tanks destroy Ukrainian cities, the Kremlin’s propaganda machine is censoring news, restricting social media, spreading disinformation and punishing those who dare to speak the truth.”
She said the aim was “both clear and cynical: to demoralize the courageous people of Ukraine while keeping Russians in the dark.”
Baerbock spoke in a video message to a conference on disinformation organized by her ministry at which participants also cited examples of Russian efforts to stoke resentment in Europe against refugees from Ukraine.
LONDON — Intel says it is suspending all its business operations in Russia, becoming the latest foreign company to leave because of Moscow’s war in Ukraine.
“Effective immediately, we have suspended all business operations in Russia,” the U.S. chipmaker said late Wednesday.
The company had already suspended shipments to customers in Russia and neighboring ally Belarus after the war broke out.
Intel said it’s working to support its 1,200 employees in Russia and has put in place “business continuity measures” to reduce disruption to its global operations, though it didn’t provide details.
“Intel continues to join the global community in condemning Russia’s war against Ukraine and calling for a swift return to peace,” it said in a statement.
BEIJING — China says the reports and images of civilian deaths in the Ukrainian town of Bucha are “deeply disturbing” and it is calling for an investigation.
Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian said Wednesday that China supports all initiatives and measures “conducive to alleviating the humanitarian crisis” in the country and is “ready to continue to work together with the international community to prevent any harm to civilians.”
The killings in Bucha may serve to put further pressure on Beijing over its largely pro-Russian stance and attempts to guide public opinion over the war.
China has called for talks while refusing to criticize Russia over its invasion. It opposes economic sanctions on Moscow and blames Washington and NATO for provoking the war and fueling the conflict by sending arms to Ukraine.
Zhao’s remarks echo those the previous day of China’s ambassador to the United Nations, Zhang Jun, who called for an investigation, describing the reports and images of civilian deaths in Bucha as “deeply disturbing.”
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis has kissed a battered Ukrainian flag that was brought to him from the Ukrainian city of Bucha and called again for an end to the war.
Francis welcomed a half-dozen Ukrainian children up to the stage of the Vatican audience hall at the end of his Wednesday general audience and gave them each a giant chocolate Easter egg. He urged prayers for them and for all Ukrainians.
“The recent news from the war in Ukraine, instead of bringing relief and hope, brought testimony of new atrocities, like the massacre in Bucha, even more horrendous cruelty carried out against civilians, defenseless women and children," the pope said.
He told the crowd: “These children had to flee to arrive in a safe place. This is the fruit of war.”
The pontiff held up a grimy Ukrainian flag that he said had arrived at the Vatican on Tuesday from Bucha, where evidence has emerged of what appears to be intentional killings of civilians during the city’s occupation by Russian troops.
Kissing it, he said: “This flag comes from the war, from that martyred city Bucha .... Let us not forget them. Let us not forget the people of Ukraine.”
BUDAPEST, Hungary — Hungary’s Foreign Ministry summoned the Ukrainian ambassador on Wednesday after days of the two countries’ officials trading barbs over Hungary’s position on the war.
Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto wrote in a social media post on Wednesday that “we condemn military aggression, we stand by Ukraine’s sovereignty,” but that “this is not our war, so we want to and will stay out of it.”
Hungary’s government has refused to supply weapons to Ukraine or allow their transfer across the Hungarian-Ukrainian border, and has fought against applying sanctions on Russian energy imports.
That position has prompted criticism of Hungary’s government by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenksyy. He said in an address on Ukrainian television that Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban would need to choose between Moscow and “the other world” of the West.
Orban, who won a landslide victory in Hungarian elections on Sunday, in a victory speech depicted Zelenskyy as one of the opponents he and his right-wing party had defeated.
COPENHAGEN, Denmark — Norway is beefing up its police and intelligence work, chiefly in the northern part of the country, which has a nearly 200-kilometer (124-mile) land border with Russia, and wants to spend 100 million kroner ($11.5 million) on it.
Norway’s domestic intelligence service considers the intelligence threat from Russia in the Scandinavian country to have increased, Justice Minister Emilie Enger Mehl said Wednesday.
The money would be spent on staff and equipment. The government also wants to exert more control over Svalbard, a Norwegian archipelago in the Arctic with a Russian settlement. Under a 1920 treaty, Norway has sovereignty over Svalbard, but other signatory countries have rights to exploit its natural resources — coal.
The governor of Russia’s Kursk region on the border with Ukraine said Wednesday that Russian border guards were fired at with mortars on Tuesday.
Governor Roman Starovoit said on the messaging app Telegram that the border guards returned fire and that there were “no casualties or destruction” on the Russian side as a result of the incident.
The Ukrainian military has not yet commented on the allegation, and it could not be independently verified.
LONDON — British defense officials say 160,000 people remain trapped in the besieged city of Mariupol, where Russian airstrikes and heavy fighting are continuing.
The Ministry of Defense said in an intelligence update Wednesday that those in the city have “no light, communication, medicine, heat or water.” It accused Russian forces of deliberately preventing humanitarian access, “likely to pressure defenders to surrender.”
Repeated attempts by the International Committee of the Red Cross to get a humanitarian convoy into the southern port city have failed. Ukraine’s Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk said Russian forces stopped buses accompanied by Red Cross workers from traveling to Mariupol, which had a pre-war population of about 400,000. She said Russian troops allowed 1,496 civilians to leave the Sea of Azov port on Tuesday.
ANKARA, Turkey — Turkey says it shares the pain of the Ukrainian people over the “horrifying” images that emerged from towns near Kyiv and is calling for an independent investigation.
A statement from Turkey’s Foreign Ministry on Wednesday stopped short, however, of blaming Russia or describing the atrocities as a war crime.
Turkey has been measured in its criticism of Russia as it tries to balance its close relations with both Moscow and Kyiv. The country has hosted officials from the two countries for talks in a bid to end the war.
“The targeting of innocent civilians is unacceptable. It is our basic expectation that the issue is subjected to an independent investigation, that those responsible are identified and are held accountable,” the statement read.
Scenes that have emerged from Bucha, Irpin and other Ukrainian towns liberated by Ukrainian forces have led to accusations of war crimes and demands for tougher sanctions against Russia.
The ministry statement said Turkey would continue its efforts to end such “shameful scenes for humanity and to ensure peace as soon as possible.”
LVIV, Ukraine - Russian forces overnight struck a fuel depot and a factory in Ukraine’s Dnipropetrovsk region, and the number of casualties remains unclear, the region’s governor said Wednesday on the Telegram messaging app.
“The night was alarming and difficult. The enemy attacked our area from the air and hit the oil depot and one of the plants," Gov. Valentyn Reznichenko wrote. "The oil depot with fuel was destroyed. Rescuers are still putting out the flames at the plant. There is a strong fire.”
In the eastern Luhansk region, shelling of the city of Rubizhne on Tuesday killed one and injured five more, Gov. Serhiy Haidai said Wednesday on Telegram.
The Russian military continues to focus its efforts on preparing for an offensive in Ukraine’s east, according to a Wednesday morning update by Ukraine’s General Staff, with the aim “to establish complete control over the territory of Donetsk and Luhansk regions.”
Parts of the two regions have been under control of Russia-backed rebels since 2014 and are recognized by Moscow as independent states.
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OMAHA, Neb. (KMTV) — Attorney General Doug Peterson announced Wednesday that the State of Nebraska plans to dismiss its lawsuit against Douglas County Health Director Dr. Lindsay Huse.
The State of Nebraska sued Huse after she imposed a mask mandate in January.
RELATED: Omaha City Council passes ordinance to restrict health director's powers during a pandemic
This decision to dismiss the lawsuit comes after an ordinance was passed in Omaha City Council Tuesday allowing the Douglas County Health Director authority in a public health crisis, but the mayor and council will ultimately get the final say.
The ordinance also demands that the health director reach out to professionals to help make hard decisions.
Peterson plans to dismiss the lawsuit once the ordinance is approved by Omaha Mayor Jean Stothert and takes effect.
See Peterson’s full statement below.
A key concern of the Office of the Attorney General has been that the prior structure created by the City of Omaha for emergency infectious disease management improperly placed exclusive authority in one person, the County Health Director. This structure was lacking both accountability to the citizens and compliance with Nebraska statutes.
The changes made yesterday by the Omaha City Council take away exclusive authority from the County Health Director and place final authority for issuing emergency health policies, such as mask mandates, in the hands of the Mayor and the Omaha City Council, creating accountability to the citizens of Omaha.
In light of these changes, we plan to dismiss our lawsuit once the ordinance is approved by the Mayor and it takes effect,” stated Attorney General Peterson.
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CHICAGO (AP) — Grain futures were mostly higher on Wednesday in early trading on the Chicago Board of Trade. Wheat for May was rose 4.75 cents at $10.4150 a bushel; May corn was off 4.25 cents at $7.5550 a bushel; May oats gained 11 cents at $7.5350 a bushel; while May soybeans was up .50 cent at $16.2425 a bushel.
Beef and pork were lower on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.
Apr. live cattle was off .73 cent at $1.3682 a pound; Apr. feeder cattle fell 1.28 cents at $1.5542 a pound; Apr. lean hogs lost 1.70 cents at $.9795 a pound.
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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota prosecutors decline to charge Minneapolis officer who fatally shot Amir Locke while executing no-knock warrant.
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota prosecutors decline to charge Minneapolis officer who fatally shot Amir Locke while executing no-knock warrant.
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Shares of Conagra Brands Inc. CAG slid 0.06% to $34.10 Tuesday, on what proved to be an all-around grim trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index SPX falling 1.26% to 4,525.12 and Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA falling 0.80% to 34,641.18. The stock's fall snapped a three-day winning streak. Conagra Brands Inc. closed $4.99 below its 52-week high ($39.09), which the company achieved on June 3rd.
The stock underperformed when compared to some of its competitors Tuesday, as PepsiCo Inc. PEP rose 0.11%...
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US charges Russian oligarch, dismantles cybercrime operation
The Biden administration has charged a Russian oligarch with violating U.S. government sanctions and has disrupted a cybercrime operation controlled by a Russian military intelligence agency, officials said Wednesday.
The actions, announced amid Russia's ongoing war against Ukraine, underscore what U.S. officials say are their efforts to crack down on Russian criminal activity, to choke off the flow of "dirty money" and to disrupt the Kremlin's malicious cyber acts.
"Our goal is to ensure that sanctions Russian oligarchs, and cybercriminals will not find safe haven," Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco said Wednesday.
The case against Konstantin Malofeyev, a Russian media baron, accuses him of trying to evade earlier Treasury Department sanctions resulting from Russia's 2014 annexation of Crimea. Though the sanctions barred U.S. citizens from working for or doing business with him, Malofeyev allegedly used co-conspirators to secretly acquire media organizations across Europe in hopes of spreading pro-Russia propaganda.
The announcements come two days after U.S. officials seized a yacht in Spain belonging to a Russian oligarch, Viktor Vekselberg, with close ties to Russian President Vladimir Putin.
The Justice Department in the last year has taken aim against Russia-based cybercrime, recovering in June most of a multimillion-dollar ransom that Colonial Pipeline paid to hackers after a ransomware attack that halted operations and announcing charges last fall against two suspected ransomware operators.
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As luck (and a mutual friend) would have it, one of the first people I met when I moved to Lisbon a little more than five years ago was the architect Tiago Rebelo de Andrade. He told me then about a project he had worked on with his architect father, Luís Rebelo de Andrade, that was revolutionary at the time. The two had dreamed up Portugal’s first tree house hotel project, in the Pedras Salgadas thermal park in the far north of the country.
Immediately, I wanted to visit the place. But then a whole lot of other things happened. I kept jetting off around the world (at least until everybody stopped going anywhere) and getting deeper into other parts of Portugal. it took me five years to visit the place that I had put on my must-visit list within weeks of arriving in this country.
It was worth the wait.
The place is an alluring mix of nature, turn-of-the-century grandeur, and modern, nature-focused architecture. It got its start as a thermal wellness resort in the 19th century, when people drank the lightly effervescent water from the mineral springs as a cure for a slew of ailments. (When I asked in the water museum if Agua das Pedras, now widely sold around the country—the Pellegrino of Portugal—was still believed to do all that, my dry-witted Portuguese travel companion said, “I suppose so, but now we just take medicine.”)
Although there is still an old-school thermal spa (reinvented by noted architect Siza Vieira) on the premises, most of the wellness now takes the form of forest bathing. The property covers some 20 hectares, a dense ecosystem with 27 species of trees—from giant sequoias to Chinese firs—red squirrels, white storks, gray herons, spotted woodpeckers and, sometimes, snowy egrets.
That’s why “we thought it was important to respect the landscape,” says Luís, of their entry into the design competition that was held when the property was acquired by Unicer (currently the Super Bock Group, a beverage company) in the early 2000s. The owners’ idea was to work with two of the old hotels that still existed on the property. The architects proposed demolishing one of them, except for the ground floor, which now contains much of the property’s infrastructure, and building a small mountain on top to conceal it.
They intended to refurbish the other old hotel, but first they proposed some new bungalows—eco houses, as they call them—that could be built quickly and rented to guests as the larger renovations took place. The owners liked this idea, particularly the part about generating revenue more quickly, but also the part about how the houses’ modular design allows the floor plans to be configured differently so that no trees had to be cut down to make room for them. (That other refurbishment never happened, although they did do a rather snazzy job with the old casino.)
With that settled, the architects pushed further. “One day in a meeting with the administration, I said, ‘You’re always speaking about families and green tourism,’” recalls Luís. “‘’Who wished they had a tree house when they were young?’ All but one hand went up.”
Still, it took some convincing, because there was absolutely nothing like it at the time. But that was the point. “We wanted something different from what people were used to,” says Luís. Still, “it was complicated to persuade the client,” recalls Tiago. “We did a lot of presentations and videos.” Eventually the architects took their client to the revolutionary Tree Hotel in Sweden.
The two tree houses—or “snake houses,” as Luís prefers to call them, because they don’t actually rest on tree branches (too fragile) but are on stilts, and because their elongated shape, with a widening on one end, is vaguely cobra-like—live surprisingly well. They’re quite compact, as they were fabricated off-site and brought in on flatbed trucks, but organized efficiently.
Each one has a comfy bed in front of and below big windows onto the forest. There’s also a small table, a couch, and a compact but functional closet and bathroom with a shower. It’s everything you need, at least for a few days. And because they’re reaches by flat bridges from the top of that artificial mountain, they’re accessible for all. (A member of the architects’ family is disabled, so they think about such things.)
Apparently the marketing department agreed with me that the “snake house” name might be off-putting, even though Luís is sticking to it—“only pigeons should be afraid of snakes,” he insists. Everyone else promotes them as tree houses.
Including Tiago, when he put them “all over the Internet” and pitched them to publications like Dezeen, Wallpaper, ArchDaily and Travel + Leisure, which gave Pedras Salgadas a design award for best hotel in 2014. Soon Portuguese emigrants were coming back to see this cool project that had taken flight in their homeland. Then design lovers from around the world followed. Now the tree houses are booked out three months in advance, during high season.
They put the village of Pedras Salgadas back on the map. “The people there love my father,” says Tiago, because their project drew people from far away to see their architecture, which gave rise to a number of tourism-related businesses in the once-dying village. They’ve proven that sustainability is about far more than recycled materials and the preservation of trees. It’s sustaining a community.
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One of the best parts of being Forrester’s CEO is that I have hundreds of analysts who help me understand new technology. So I thought I would share the wealth and pass on some of that knowledge to my fellow CEOs. I will be putting out a post about every quarter focusing on a technology that has three characteristics: 1) in the news; 2) frequently misunderstood; and 3) CEOs should understand it. First stop … artificial intelligence.
What Is AI?
It’s using computers to detect patterns and make predictions. Example: using a software program to identify which of your customers are not going to renew.
Today’s AI is decidedly unsexy — it’s not about killer robots, computers curing cancer, or runaway autonomous vehicles. If the AI application your company is building might show up in a Hollywood movie or amaze a layperson, it is likely doomed to failure and will be a titanic waste of time and money. True applications are quietly valuable, modest, and they won’t impress your mother.
How Does AI Work?
AI is just another computer program. Step one: Obtain a relevant, clean, and well-formatted data set. Step two: Feed the data to machine-learning algorithms to build and train a model (formulas). Step three: Use the model to predict and find patterns.
Confused? Here’s an example …
Like any good CEO, you don’t want to lose customers. So you go to your CIO and say, “Build an AI system that will predict which of our customers are going to churn.” Here’s what they will do:
Step one: They will gather up data on customers from last year and put that data in a consistent form. Think an Excel spreadsheet with the first row as “Customer 1” with columns showing information that will be relevant to whether they reupped with you or not — things like “tenure,” “engagement,” or “dollars spent.”
Step two: All of that data (imagine that it is 100,000 customers) is then fed into algorithms that statistically sort and identify relationships in the data. This step is called “machine learning” or “training.” The algorithms create a model of your customer base (or at least last year’s customer base) that can be used to predict whether a customer will churn or not churn. This is called an “AI model.”
Step three: You can now ask the model a simple question: “Given the behavior of our customers last year, what are the chances that a specific customer this year is going to stay with us?”
What do you get? The ability to lower your churn rate by identifying at-risk customers early and taking actions to retain them. And retention equals higher revenue.
This is an example of using AI for classification — putting customers into a high-risk category. But it can also be used to construct continuous ranges (enabling you to predict a customer’s lifetime value), clusters (identifying customer segments), anomaly detection (to pinpoint fraud), or association rules (if a customer bought product A, then they will probably buy product B).
What You Should Do
I really wanted to say “Do nothing,” but Forrester analysts reported to me that they have seen too many good AI applications to advocate no action. So the better answer is, “Get more AI in your company.” Why? It will enable you to subtly but powerfully optimize marketing, sales, operations, and customer support. If you don’t, be assured that your competitors will — and they will open up a gap that customers will begin to recognize. Here’s how to proceed:
- Go to your executive team and announce that you want your organization to not be on the bleeding edge of AI but that it should be good at AI. To do this, you want them to go on a three-year AI initiative sponsored by you, with a clearly stated vision and mission.
- Put out the word that you want the zombie AI projects in the organization (yes, they are out there) to be eliminated. As the company gets smarter in AI, the doomed projects will be more easily identified.
- It’s all about the data. As part of the AI initiative, assign your chief data officer (or CIO if you don’t have a CDO) to begin the multiyear project of standardizing data across divisions and functions. Start with improving customer data hygiene.
- Centralize governance of AI into a center of excellence that is focused on: 1) AI bias and transparency — making sure that your models are explainable and do not discriminate; 2) ModelOps — operationalizing models at scale and monitoring for performance decay; and 3) AI governance — ensuring that each business unit’s use of AI adheres to strict governance standards across the AI lifecycle.
- Train yourself and your executive team on AI and analytics. You don’t need to be able to code — but exposure to the technology will give you a better sense of where AI can be used to improve your business and, most importantly, how to make better decisions based on the output of AI. First Tech Federal Credit Union sent its executive team (including the CEO) to an executive-level class on AI and analytics at Northwestern — it’s improving the data literacy of the credit union’s culture and leading to the proliferation of game-changing analytics.
Vocabulary
Here’s enough terminology to make you slightly dangerous: DSMLAI — the overall name for the discipline — data science, machine learning, and artificial intelligence; AI-washing — projects that claim to be AI but aren’t; ML — machine learning; deep learning — also called neural networks — good at classifying (labeling) text, voice, images, and other unstructured data.
And if you’re a Forrester client, here are links to two great AI reports that will give you more:
- The first is a primer for execs.
- The second contains AI predictions for 2022.
This post was written by Forrester CEO George Colony and it originally appeared here.
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Spain looks to lift mask requirement in most indoor spaces
MADRID (AP) - Spain's health minister wants to lift face mask requirements for indoor spaces except public transportation and medical centers after Easter Week, when many residents travel and see their families.
Spanish Health Minister Carolina Darias said Wednesday that she would bring the proposed action to a government Cabinet meeting on April 19. If approved as expected, it would take effect the following day.
Over 92% of Spaniards over age 12 have received at least two doses of a COVID-19 vaccine. The country's high vaccination rate has meant relatively low pressure on hospitals during the most recent surge of infections.
Authorities made outdoor mask use no longer obligatory in February as a wave of cases caused by the more contagious omicron variant eased. In March, Spain eliminated mandatory home isolation for people infected with the coronavirus but experiencing no or mild symptoms.
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US charges Russian oligarch, dismantles cybercrime operation
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Biden administration has charged a Russian oligarch with violating U.S. government sanctions and has disrupted a cybercrime operation launched by a Russian military intelligence agency, officials said Wednesday.
The action came as the Justice Department said it was accelerating efforts to track down illicit Russian assets and as U.S. prosecutors helped European counterparts gather evidence on potential war crimes committed by Russia during its war on Ukraine. FBI and Justice Department officials announced the moves as the U.S. separately revealed sanctions against the two adult daughters of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
"We have our eyes on every dollar and jet. We have our eyes on every piece of art and real estate, purchased with dirty money and on every bitcoin wallet filled with proceeds of theft, and other crimes," Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco said. "Together with our partners around the world, our goal is to ensure that sanctioned Russian oligarchs and cyber criminals will not find safe haven."
The indictment against Konstantin Malofeyev, a Russian media baron and founder of Russian Orthodox news channel, Tsargrad TV, is the first of an oligarch since the Russian invasion in February. The case accuses him of evading Treasury Department sanctions resulting from his financing of Russians promoting separatism in Crimea.
Though sanctions bar U.S. citizens from working for or doing business with him, Malofeyev hired an American television producer to work for him in networks in Russia and Greece and tried to buy a television network in Bulgaria, prosecutors said. Jack Hanick, a former CNBC and Fox News employee, was arrested last month for his work as a television producer for Malofeyev.
The Justice Department also announced that it had taken down a botnet - a network of hijacked computers typically used for malicious activity - that was controlled by the Russian military intelligence agency known as the GRU. The botnet was dismantled before it could cause any damage, said FBI Director Christopher Wray.
Attorney General Merrick Garland, center, accompanied by Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco, left, and FBI Director Christopher Wray, right, speaks at a news conference at the Justice Department in Washington, Wednesday, April 6, 2022, to discuss new and recent enforcement actions to disrupt and prosecute criminal Russian activity. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
Wednesday's announcements came two days after U.S. officials seized a huge yacht in Spain belonging to a Russian oligarch, Viktor Vekselberg, with close ties to Russian President Putin.
The Justice Department in the past year has taken aim against Russia-based cybercrime, recovering in June most of a multimillion-dollar ransom that Colonial Pipeline paid to hackers after a ransomware attack that halted operations. And the department announced charges last fall against two suspected ransomware operators.
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NBA suspends season over coronavirus pandemic
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The NBA suspends the season "until further notice" after Rudy Goebert of the Utah Jazz tests positive for the coronavirus. The move comes hours after the majority of the league´s owners were leaning toward playing games without fans in arenas. The stoppage is expected to last a couple weeks. But the NBA does not resume play again until the end of July with a scaled-down version involving 22 teams inside a bubble created at the Disney World complex in Florida. The Associated Press is republishing verbatim the story of the NBA suspending the season March 12, 2020.
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By AP Basketball Writer
MIAMI - The NBA has suspended its season "until further notice" after a Utah Jazz player tested positive Wednesday for the coronavirus, a move that came only hours after the majority of the league´s owners were leaning toward playing games without fans in arenas.
FILE - Fans leave the Golden 1 Center after the NBA basketball game between the New Orleans Pelicans and Sacramento Kings was postponed at the last minute in Sacramento, Calif., March 11, 2020. The NBA suspended the season "until further notice" after Rudy Goebert of the Utah Jazz tests positive for the coronavirus. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)
Now there will be no games at all, at least for the time being. A person with knowledge of the situation said the Jazz player who tested positive was center Rudy Gobert. The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because neither the league nor the team confirmed the test.
"The NBA is suspending game play following the conclusion of tonight´s schedule of games until further notice," the league said in a statement sent shortly after 9:30 p.m. EDT. "The NBA will use this hiatus to determine next steps for moving forward in regard to the coronavirus pandemic."
The test result, the NBA said, was reported shortly before the scheduled tip-off time for the Utah at Oklahoma City game on Wednesday night was called off. Players were on the floor for warmups and tip-off was moments away when they were told to return to their locker rooms. About 30 minutes later, fans were told the game was postponed "due to unforeseen circumstances."
Those circumstances were the league´s worst-case scenario for now - a player testing positive. A second person who spoke to AP on condition of anonymity said the league expects the shutdown to last a minimum of two weeks, but cautioned that timeframe is very fluid.
"It´s a very serious time right now," Miami Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said. "I think the league moved appropriately and prudently and we´ll all just have to monitor the situation and see where it goes from here."
The Jazz released a statement saying a player - they did not identify Gobert - tested negative earlier Wednesday for flu, strep throat and an upper respiratory infection. That player´s symptoms diminished as the day went along, but the decision was made to test for COVID-19 anyway. That test came back with a preliminary positive result.
"The individual is currently in the care of health officials in Oklahoma City," the Jazz said, adding that updates would come as appropriate.
For most people, the coronavirus causes only mild or moderate symptoms, such as fever and cough. For some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness, including pneumonia.
The vast majority of people recover from the new virus. According to the World Health Organization, which declared a pandemic on Wednesday, people with mild illness recover in about two weeks, while those with more severe illness may take three to six weeks to recover. In mainland China, where the virus first exploded, more than 80,000 people have been diagnosed and more than 58,000 have so far recovered.
It has been a worldwide issue for several weeks. And now, it has hit the NBA.
"This is crazy," Cleveland forward Tristan Thompson said on Twitter.
Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban said he was stunned when the news came down, adding that "this is much bigger than basketball."
"This is a global pandemic where people´s lives are at stake," Cuban said. "I´m a lot more worried about my kids, and my mom is 82 years old, and talking to her, and telling her to stay in the house, than I am about when we play our next game."
Charlotte Hornets coach James Borrego, speaking before his team´s game at Miami, said "these are scary times."
Rapidly evolving times, as well. Around 7 p.m., a person with knowledge of the situation told AP that owners - who met by teleconference Wednesday - were largely in support of a plan to play games in empty arenas on a short-term basis.
About an hour later, the Thunder-Jazz game was halted before tip-off. And about 90 minutes after that, the season was called off, effective when the last whistle was to blow Wednesday night.
That came even earlier than planned: The last game of the night´s six-game slate, New Orleans at Sacramento, was called off as well because one of the referees assigned to work that Pelicans-Kings game, Courtney Kirkland, worked a Utah game on Monday.
"The game was canceled out of an abundance of caution," the NBA said.
There are 259 games, roughly 21% of the schedule, left to play this season - and no one knows if, or when, things will resume.
"We believe in the leadership of the league," Philadelphia 76ers general manager Elton Brand said.
The shutdown is the latest major development in a season filled with unspeakably hard challenges. The league lost as much as $400 million in revenue after a rift with China was started in October when Houston general manager Daryl Morey tweeted out support of anti-government protesters in Hong Kong. Former NBA Commissioner David Stern died in January, the same month that soon-to-be Hall of Famer Kobe Bryant died in a helicopter crash.
And now, a pandemic - which could also cost the league hundreds of millions in lost revenue, depending on how long it lasts. Cuban said he expected his team to remain in Dallas, rehabbing and working and being ready to return whenever the league re-opens.
"As we´ve said from the beginning, the health and safety of our fans, employees, players and partners is our top priority and thus we fully support the NBA´s decision to postpone games," Orlando Magic CEO Alex Martins said. "We will continue to stay in contact with the league, and local, state and federal health experts as we closely monitor this public health crisis."
If the regular season ends here, it would be the end of Atlanta guard Vince Carter´s 22-year playing career. And just in case this was it, the Hawks put Carter in with 19.5 seconds left in overtime in what was already clearly going to be a loss to New York.
Carter took an open 3-pointer and made it - the Knicks, aware of the moment, didn´t defend him either - and celebrated with Hawks teammates afterward after what may be the final shot of his career.
"A weird, but cool memory," Carter said.
Also shut down: The G League, the NBA´s minor league where teams have somewhere between six and nine games left on their 50-game schedules.
The NBA´s movement toward empty arenas in the short term came on the same day that the NCAA announced that the men´s and women´s Division I tournaments would be played without fans - except for a few family members - permitted inside to watch.
"People are clearly taking the measures that they feel they need to take for safety," said Heat guard Duncan Robinson, who played in both the Division I and Division III national championship games during his college days at Michigan and Williams.
Robinson added, "but at the same time the NBA has to protect its players in the league and the fans."
Things were trending toward games in empty arenas for some time, and it was abundantly clear Wednesday morning when the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases told a Congressional committee that he would recommend the NBA not allow fans at games in response to the coronavirus.
Dr. Anthony Fauci was responding to a question asked by Rep. Glenn Grothman, a Wisconsin Republican, "is the NBA underreacting or is the Ivy League overreacting?" Grothman was referencing how the Ivy League recently canceled its basketball tournaments, instead of having them without fans or keeping the status quo.
"We would recommend that there not be large crowds," Fauci said. "If that means not having any people in the audience when the NBA plays, so be it. But as a public health official, anything that has crowds is something that would give a risk to spread."
That was when the concern was about crowds and containment.
By the close of business Wednesday in the NBA, the concern was so much more.
"This is surreal," Borrego said. "This is reality for us now. It´s no longer just on TV somewhere. This is now home."
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FILE - Sacramento Kings coach Luke Walton waves as he leaves the Golden 1 Center after the team's NBA basketball game against the New Orleans Pelicans was postponed at the last minute in Sacramento, Calif., March 11, 2020. The NBA suspended the season "until further notice" after Rudy Goebert of the Utah Jazz tests positive for the coronavirus. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)
FILE - A basketball fan walks past a sign on how to decrease the risk of catching the coronavirus outside a restroom at the American Airlines Arena during the first half of an NBA basketball game between the Miami Heat and the Charlotte Hornets, Wednesday, March 11, 2020, in Miami. The NBA suspended the season "until further notice" after Rudy Goebert of the Utah Jazz tests positive for the coronavirus. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee, File)
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No clear timeline for Jamie Vardy return, reveals Brendan Rodgers
Brendan Rodgers admits it is difficult to see when Jamie Vardy will return for Leicester.
The Foxes host PSV in the first leg of their Europa Conference League quarter-final on Thursday without Vardy.
The striker has been sidelined for a month after suffering a knee injury in the 1-0 win over Leeds.
Vardy is running again but is still struggling with the problem and Rodgers was downbeat regarding when he would be available.
“It is hard to put a timeline on it,” he explained. “He is still feeling pain within the knee. He can run and he is outside, but when he is striking the ball there is an issue, so we will have to get to the bottom of that.
“I just spoke to Jamie. He had been outside, running in straight lines. It was just when he was opening up the MCL (medial collateral ligament) a bit when he is striking the ball that he was getting some pain in that.
Brendan Rodgers is unsure when Jamie Vardy will return (Andrew Matthews/PA)
“I will have to speak to the medical team to see where that is at, but it doesn’t sound as if he is too close to being back.”
Danny Ward and Wilfred Ndidi (both knee) are also out, while Luke Thomas has shrugged off a hamstring injury.
Timothy Castagne is likely to continue at left-back and the Belgium international is eyeing victory in the competition.
The Foxes are 10th in the Premier League, 14 points off seventh place – a spot which could still offer European football next season.
Winning the Conference League would send them back into the Europa League and Castagne wants to become the tournament’s maiden victors.
He said: “We still have the Premier League, but why limit your options? It’s a big motivation.
“It’s a possibility of a trophy which you never say no to. We’re very positive.
“We know PSV have a lot of quality players and they play very well. They try to play football, not kick it long, but it can also play to our advantage, because if they take risks and if we press them we can take chances from that. We have to get the pressing right.
“One or two legs, it doesn’t matter. We’ll try to win the first one and then the next one. You don’t think about the score until the last five or 10 minutes of the second leg.”
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ORLANDO, Fla. (WFLA) — Disney+ subscribers will get an additional perk while visiting Disney World this summer.
Walt Disney World announced that those who have Disney+ will be eligible for a 25% discount for rooms at certain Disney resorts from July 8 to Sept. 30, 2022.
This comes after Disney announced its new “Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind” ride would be opening in May.
To take advantage of the offer, visitors must make sure their My Disney Experience account uses the same email as the Disney+ subscription. Those with separate accounts can call the Disney Reservation Center at 407-939-2833† to merge the accounts.
Disney World’s website said a proof of subscription will be required, and the subscriber must stay in the room for the discount to apply. Additional per-adult charges may be made if there are more than two adults per room at the Disney Value, Moderate, and Deluxe Resorts and Studios at Disney Deluxe Villa Resorts.
The offer does not include rooms at three-bedroom villas, Cabins at Copper Creek Villas & Cabins at Disney’s Wilderness Lodge, and Disney’s Art of Animation Resort – Little Mermaid Standard Rooms. Special events are also not covered by the discount.
The number of discounted rooms is limited. Reservations can be made online or through a travel agent.
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A recent report posted to the Research Square* preprint server, whilst under consideration at the Clinical and Molecular Allergy journal, illustrated the association of immunoglobulins (Igs) with blood characteristics in severe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients.
Background
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection is commonly diagnosed based on clinical manifestations, laboratory examinations, and computed tomography (CT) imaging.
Presently, the laboratory diagnosis of COVID-19 is conducted via SARS-CoV-2 ribonucleic acid (RNA) detection in nasal or throat swabs by real-time reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) tests. Nevertheless, several factors, such as the low accuracy of quantitative RT-PCR (RT-qPCR) kits and operation protocols, affect the accuracy and sensitivity of the RT-PCR assay in COVID-19 diagnosis. Thus, a combination of non-PCR-based and PCR strategies is required for rapid and accurate detection of SARS-CoV-2.
Since SARS-CoV-2 harbors epidemiological and genetic features similar to Middle East respiratory CoV (MERS-CoV) and SARS-CoV, a serologic analysis employed for the detection of IgG/IgM antibodies developed against these CoVs might be beneficial in shedding light on COVID-19 or the duration of disease in suspected patients. The humoral immunological response to SARS-CoV-2, on the other hand, has been largely unclear.
About the study
In the present retrospective cross-sectional research, the investigators determined the IgG and IgM antibody responses to SARS-CoV-2 and clinical features in 100 COVID-19 patients with varying disease severity. The 18 to 75 years old SARS-CoV-2-infected individuals admitted to the Shahid Beheshti Hospital of Kashan University of Medical Science between June 21 and September 20, 2020, were included in this study. Patients with immune disorders or cancer were excluded from the present research.
SARS-CoV-2 diagnosis of the enrolled volunteers was based on clinical symptoms and a positive RT-PCR test. Laboratory and clinical details of the study volunteers, including IgG/IgM levels, were procured and assessed upon SARS-CoV-2-linked hospitalization and two months after the hospital admission. The IgG and IgM antibody levels were estimated using the enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). The clinical data of the patients were gathered from their health records.
The study volunteers were stratified into three cohorts based on the following guidelines: 1) severe cases: COVID-19 patients with either hypoxia, acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), shock, respiratory failure requiring mechanical ventilation, or other organ failures that need intensive care unit (ICU) care; 2) moderate cases: SARS-CoV-2-infected people with radiological evidence of pneumonia along with respiratory symptoms, fever, and other symptoms; 3) mild cases: COVID-19 patients without imaging evidence of pneumonia.
Results and discussions
The study results showed that there were 22, 38, and 40 SARS-CoV-2-infected patients in the mild, moderate, and severe COVID-19 groups, respectively. Among the 100 COVID-19 patients, 52 were males, and 48 were females. The average age of the study participants was 50 years, and the median age of the severe and moderate groups was marginally higher than the mild cohort. As a result, there was no discernible link between patient age and SARS-CoV-2 severity. Additionally, the proportion of males was slightly higher than females in the moderate and severe cohorts relative to the mild group.
In total, 78 COVID-19 patients had radiological manifestations of pneumonia during their initial clinical assessment. The most frequent underlying comorbidity in SARS-CoV-2-infected patients was cardiovascular disease, diabetes, asthma, and hypertension. The clinical symptoms of COVID-19 patients, which substantially correlated with SARS-CoV-2 infection severity, included obesity, fever, shortness of breath, taste disorder, muscle soreness, chill, loss of consciousness, anorexia, and odor disorder.
Nonetheless, the researchers found no drastic associations between COVID-19 severity and gender, blood group, age, and underlying comorbidities such as hypertension, diabetes, organ failure, cardiovascular disease, asthma, also other symptoms like sore throat, fatigue, headache, chest pain, vomiting, nausea, visual impairment, and diarrhea.
While various laboratory markers such as lactate dehydrogenase (LDH), D-dimer, and ferritin were elevated in the majority of SARS-CoV-2-infected patients, fibrinogen level was reduced at baseline upon COVID-19-related hospitalization relative to two months post-hospital admission.
Liver injury markers like alanine transaminase (ALT), alkaline phosphatase (ALP), and aspartate transaminase (AST) were also substantially elevated at baseline in SARS-CoV-2-infected patients. Furthermore, a correlation was observed between high neutrophil (NUT), white blood count (WBU), and low lymphocyte (LYM) counts with elevated IgG levels two months following SARS-CoV-2-linked hospitalization, leading to durable immune responses. As a result, severe COVID-19 patients exhibited longer and better immunity relative to mild groups.
Conclusions
The study findings indicated that the anti-SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibody titers were drastically higher in severe COVID-19 patients than in the mild and moderate cohorts two months following SARS-CoV-2-related hospitalization. Additionally, the IgG levels positively correlated with elevated NUT and WBC and decreased LYM counts in severe SARS-CoV-2 patients than in moderate or mild cohorts after two months of COVID-19-linked hospitalization.
Collectively, the authors state that serological markers, especially IgG levels, were the most significant anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibody responses in COVID-19 patients. The researchers further suggested that IgG levels could assist in the diagnosis of cured or active SARS-CoV-2 infection.
The current work indicated that COVID-19 patients with severe disease probably experience long SARS-CoV-2 exposure times and robust antibody response against the viral infection. Hence, severe COVID-19 patients demonstrate durable immunity versus other SARS-CoV-2 infection severity groups.
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US charges Russian oligarch, dismantles cybercrime operation
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration has charged a Russian oligarch with violating U.S. government sanctions and has disrupted a cybercrime operation launched by a Russian military intelligence agency, officials said Wednesday.
The action came as the Justice Department said it was accelerating efforts to track down illicit Russian assets and as U.S. prosecutors helped European counterparts gather evidence on potential war crimes committed by Russia during its war on Ukraine. FBI and Justice Department officials announced the moves as the U.S. separately revealed sanctions against the two adult daughters of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
“We have our eyes on every dollar and jet. We have our eyes on every piece of art and real estate, purchased with dirty money and on every bitcoin wallet filled with proceeds of theft, and other crimes,” Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco said. “Together with our partners around the world, our goal is to ensure that sanctioned Russian oligarchs and cyber criminals will not find safe haven.”
The indictment against Konstantin Malofeyev, a Russian media baron and founder of Russian Orthodox news channel, Tsargrad TV, is the first of an oligarch since the Russian invasion in February. The case accuses him of evading Treasury Department sanctions resulting from his financing of Russians promoting separatism in Crimea.
Though sanctions bar U.S. citizens from working for or doing business with him, Malofeyev hired an American television producer to work for him in networks in Russia and Greece and tried to buy a television network in Bulgaria, prosecutors said. Jack Hanick, a former CNBC and Fox News employee, was arrested last month for his work as a television producer for Malofeyev.
The Justice Department also announced that it had taken down a botnet — a network of hijacked computers typically used for malicious activity — that was controlled by the Russian military intelligence agency known as the GRU. The botnet was dismantled before it could cause any damage, said FBI Director Christopher Wray.
Wednesday’s announcements came two days after U.S. officials seized a huge yacht in Spain belonging to a Russian oligarch, Viktor Vekselberg, with close ties to Russian President Putin.
The Justice Department in the past year has taken aim against Russia-based cybercrime, recovering in June most of a multimillion-dollar ransom that Colonial Pipeline paid to hackers after a ransomware attack that halted operations. And the department announced charges last fall against two suspected ransomware operators.
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Bloomington-based senior living company pays $115,000 settlement in discrimination lawsuit
Heart of CarDon, a Bloomington-based senior living company that owns Bell Trace in Bloomington and 20 other senior living communities in southern and central Indiana, has agreed to pay $115,000 and make policy changes after an Anderson-area employee accused the company of disability discrimination.
The suit was filed in early 2020 by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in U.S. District Court for the Southern Indiana District of Indiana. The suit alleges a certified nursing assistant was unable to perform essential functions of her job due to lifting restrictions from a work injury. Although there were several jobs she was qualified to perform without violating the lifting restrictions, the company refused to transfer her to one of several such vacant positions, the suit alleged.
The consent degree settling the lawsuit requires Heart of CarDon to pay $115,000 to the former employee. It also requires the company to assign a human resources manager to work with employees who have suffered a disability that keeps them from being able perform their job duties, evaluating transfers to other positions. The company must also train its employees on the Americans with Disabilities Act.
Heart of CarDon is owned by Kathy Headley, David Moore, Dan Moore and Stephen Moore.
Officials with CarDon could not be reached for comment.
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WFO SHREVEPORT Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Sunday, April 10, 2022
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FLOOD WARNING
Flood Statement
National Weather Service Shreveport LA
943 AM CDT Wed Apr 6 2022
...The Flood Warning is extended for the following bayou in Texas...
Black Cypress Bayou At Jefferson affecting Marion and Cass
Counties.
For the Black Cypress Bayou...including Jefferson...Minor flooding
is forecast.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Do not drive cars through flooded areas.
Caution is urged when walking near riverbanks.
Motorists should not attempt to drive around barricades or drive
cars through flooded areas.
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
For more hydrologic information, copy and paste the following website
address into your favorite web browser URL bar:
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The next statement will be issued Thursday morning at 1115 AM CDT.
...FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY EVENING TO EARLY SUNDAY
MORNING...
* WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast.
* WHERE...Black Cypress Bayou At Jefferson, Texas.
* WHEN...From Friday evening to early Sunday morning.
* IMPACTS...At 13 feet, Lowland flooding will affect mainly timber
resources.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 9:00 AM CDT Wednesday the stage was 9.9 feet.
- Forecast...The bayou is expected to rise to a crest of 13.0
feet Friday evening.
- Flood stage is 13 feet.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
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Police have closed the M1 in both directions after a man suffered serious injuries from 'falling from a height'.
West Yorkshire Police said the man has been rushed to hospital after they were called to the scene. The road remains closed in both directions with long queues on both sides.
A spokesperson for West Yorkshire Police said: "At 2.47pm, police were called to reports of a concern for safety involving a male on the M1 southbound carriageway, Wakefield.
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"He is believed to have suffered serious injuries after falling from height.
"He has been taken to hospital for further treatment. Enquiries are ongoing and road closures remain in place at this time."
The incident is between J41 A650 (Carrgate) and J40 A638 Wakefield Road (Ossett / Wakefield), with this part of the M1 currently closed.
Currently, congestion is reported to J42 (Lofthouse) on the southbound side, and to J39 (Wakefield) on the northbound side. Traffic is diverting via Wakefield and Tingley.
National Highways Yorkshire are also at the scene.
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With DeFi booming, many projects and platforms are vying for a pie in a similar market. In this scenario, millions of interest-bearing tokens are being held idle in the market, which can be put to great use. Abracadabra.money is a lending platform that seeks utility in these idle tokens as collateral by providing users access to US dollar-pegged stablecoins. Let's discuss the SPELL token and its associated platform Abracadabra.money.
Abracadabra.money: Introduction
Abracadabra is a decentralized lending platform that allows users to take advantage of their interest-bearing position by borrowing against it. Users can borrow a stablecoin called Magic Internet Money (MIM) by using their interest-bearing tokens (ibTKNs), such as yvYFI, yvUSDC, yvUSDT, xSushi, etc., as collateral. The borrowed stablecoins can again be used as collateral for borrowing more stablecoins. This looped arrangement allows the platform to offer many cryptocurrency pairs that are not supported by other DEXs.
The platform uses the Kashi lending technology, first introduced by SushiSwap. This technology lets users access Abracadabra’s isolated lending markets where the risk is not shared collectively. If the liquidity in one currency pair is lost, the effect doesn’t permeate to other markets. SPELL is the native token of the platform, while MIM is the stablecoin used for providing loans to borrowers.
The platform also offers various farming opportunities for users to stake their LP tokens for farming SPELL tokens. Currently, farming is available on ETH-SPELL and MIM-3CRV LP tokens.
SPELL Token: Fundamental Analysis
SPELL is the native token of the Abracadabra.money platform with staking as the primary use case. For staking their SPELL tokens, users get sSPELL tokens as rewards. SPELL token holders also have voting rights and can claim interest streams generated via MIM lending by the platform.
The maximum supply of the SPELL is 196 billion, while its current circulating supply is around 84 billion tokens.
Short-Term Technical Analysis
SPELL token is trading at $0.005 today and is a part of the top 150 list by market cap. The token has corrected steeply from its 2022 high of $0.026 but has started showing signs of strength over the past month.
Source: TradingView, Binance
Its journey ahead remains cautious - after overcoming a long term trendline resistance in March, it has lost it as support this week and is now making another attempt at reclamation. Should the level be claimed, targets of $0.006 and $0.007 will be in play.
Future Potential
SPELL token posits high growth possibilities for the unique use case it solves, i.e., deriving value out of an idle asset. As DeFi continues to grow, the need to find better uses of the defi tokens will rise beyond their platform functionalities.
SPELL token witnessed its fair share of controversy in 2022 when the Frog Consortium, of which Abracadabra.money is a part, experienced a massive sell-off. The token saw a massive bear market in January but had regained a part of its lost glory by the end of March. To be considered a viable investment, the SPELL token needs to register further growth and momentum towards being a top 100 cryptocurrency.
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Disclaimer: This article was authored by Giottus Crypto Exchange as a part of a paid partnership with The News Minute. Crypto-asset or cryptocurrency investments are subject to market risks such as volatility and have no guaranteed returns. Please do your own research before investing and seek independent legal/financial advice if you are unsure about the investments.
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Everyone Active leisure centres in Dacorum to offer free membership for those living with Parkinson’s
Dacorum Borough Council and Everyone Active launch the memberships on World Parkinson’s Day (April 11)
Leisure centres across Dacorum will offer free memberships to people living with Parkinson’s next week.
Berkhamsted Leisure Centre, Hemel Hempstead Leisure Centre and Jarman Park Athletics Track, will take part in the new initiative with charity Parkinson’s UK that will launch on World Parkinson’s Day (April 11).
Dacorum Borough Council in partnership with Everyone Active, which runs the centres, will give members give access to gym, swim and group exercise classes.
Steve Cox, Everyone Active’s contract manager, said: “We are immensely proud to launch this partnership with Parkinson’s UK and hope it will make a real difference to many people’s lives. We want to encourage the whole Parkinson’s community to exercise and are confident we have an activity for all, no matter what your age, ability or fitness level.”
Steve also said: ““Being more active will help members to live well with Parkinson’s, improving their physical fitness and mental wellbeing, as well as having fun.”
Physical activity plays an important role in living well with Parkinson’s with people living with the condition finding various activities beneficial in managing their symptoms.
Tom Ingram, Corporate Partnerships Manager at Parkinson’s UK, said: “We’re delighted to partner with Everyone Active, who have very generously offered complimentary membership for people living with Parkinson’s and their carers.”
He added: “Being physically active is important for everyone. It supports both physical and mental health and depending on what you choose, can provide social support and interaction, all of which can really help people living with Parkinson’s and those providing informal care.
Currently, Parkinson’s is the fastest-growing neurological condition in the world and has no cure. Across the UK, it affects around 145,000 people with more than 40 symptoms, including tremor, pain and anxiety.
The West Herts branch of Parkinson’s UK is based in Hemel Hempstead and supports local people who are anxious about their diagnosis.
The group offer friendship and a safe place to discuss the condition which also holds research-based monthly meetings and opportunities to take part in research programmes.
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TCM, proved effective against COVID-19, is recommended by WHO
Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) is found to be effective against COVID-19 by experts from the World Health Organization (WHO), which recommended combining TCM with existing treatments in a report.
The report, published on WHO's website after an expert meeting to evaluate TCM's effectiveness in treating COVID-19, suggests TCM is a safe approach and can reduce the risk of progression from mild-moderate to severe cases.
The three-day meeting was held online, and 21 international experts participated. They reviewed the results of 12 randomized controlled trials related to the TCM treatment, and then wrote the report.
Further data shows TCM may shorten the time for viral clearance, and early application may result in better clinical outcomes. But evidence on the benefit for severe cases is limited and further evaluation is needed.
The report recommended TCM interventions to the COVID-19 control system of WHO members. China's way of combining TCM with modern medicine is also recommended.
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There is a moment in Hannah Gadsby’s Ten Steps To Nanette that spoke so eloquently about an experience I have never quite been able to articulate that I had to put the book down and go make a cup of tea. Recalling her upbraiding by an art teacher following her submission of a fact-filled essay, Gadsby writes:
I felt ashamed that I hadn’t understood what had been expected of me, and even more ashamed by the fact that art on its own apparently didn’t make me ‘feel’ anything. I understood that art made other people feel things, and I thought that if I could understand what it was that made the feeling happen then I would be able to have the feelings too.
Review: Ten Steps to Nanette – Hannah Gadsby (Allen & Unwin)
Like Gadsby, it was not until my adulthood diagnosis of autism that I had the gift of self-knowledge that comes with understanding the way your brain works. Reading Gadsby’s reflection on that essay, I wanted to read it myself: it seemed such a clear example of something autistic author Steacy Easton has described in an essay for Kadar Koli as the way “exchanging facts, exchanging the taxonomic list, becomes an act of solidarity and intimacy” for autistic people. In writing Ten Steps to Nanette, and offering her obsessions such as art history (which she studied at university, and has presented gallery tours, stand-up and TV shows about), narrative structure and the creative process, Gadsby has shared her taxonomic list.
Read more: Autism is still underdiagnosed in girls and women. That can compound the challenges they face
Comedy success and life as a gender queer autistic person
Readers who come to this memoir to discover how Gadsby created her successful show will not be disappointed; nor will readers interested to hear how she rose through the comedy ranks. She writes about both things with engaging candour, particularly about how Nanette gaining traction during the #metoo era has “been recontextualised as merely my response to [#metoo], and not as something I created under a completely separate set of very personal compulsions”.
Turning narrative expectations on their heads, Gadsby begins the book with “Step One: Epilogue”, which serves as a flash forward – a short glimpse into her post-Nanette life as the toast of Los Angeles industry parties. There may be readers hungry for more Hollywood gossip, but those opening pages are the last we hear of her more recent successes, before Gadsby plunges us back in time and guides us, more or less chronologically, through her life as “a financially insecure autistic Australian gender queer vagina-wielding situation”.
Gadsby’s family are presented with an incredible warmth that never drifts into cheap sentiment. We are delighted by her mother’s outrageous knack for a gag at her own (and often others’) expense – an early stand-up gig where her mum’s heckling eventually provides a nervous Gadsby with her punchline is hysterical – even as we sometimes recoil from the same woman’s complex journey towards accepting Gadsby for who she truly is.
Gadsby’s eye for character detail is sublime. In one moment, where her teenage self rides a tortuous route home to avoid being teased for her polystyrene helmet by local cool kids, she arrives home hours late, anticipating her mother’s wrath: “I found her out by the washing line being angry at the pegs.”
Similarly, Gadsby offers a complex and nuanced account of life in small-town Tasmania in the 1980s and 90s, with heartfelt portraits of people who mattered to her (and even some who didn’t) alongside the simple fact of it being an environment where class divides were deep and racism and homophobia were rampant. This is not a memoir of the good old days – rather, a stark reminder of what those days did to good people.
She reflects, with an adult’s wisdom, on her early childhood memories of the woman her mother paid to help look after little Hannah. In a short paragraph, Gadsby gives a heartbreaking glimpse into the agony experienced by this “kind and gentle” woman, a survivor of appalling abuse, in her short life. The dignity Gadsby affords people who have slipped through society’s cracks is profound.
If Gadsby is kind to the people who mattered in her life, she also treats her younger selves with dignity and care; she often hypothesises what she might do now, if she were able to travel through time and sit with herself in moments of pain. Through the book, Gadsby also offers retrospective asides that provide the context she was only able to understand with the hard-won self-knowledge of diagnosis: that, for example, young girls on the autism spectrum are uniquely at risk from sexual predators, or that ADHD and autism can affect a person’s executive function (the mental skills used to manage daily life).
Autism ‘core’ to identity, but not defining
This is not a book “about” Gadsby’s late diagnosis of ADHD and autism spectrum disorder, and as she is quick to note in “Step Six: Whirl, Interrupted”: “my neurobiology is at the very core of my thinking and, as such, it sits at the heart of who I am – but it does not define me”. She carefully discusses the barriers to diagnosis that are faced by older women and gender diverse people, whose experience may not fit the male-skewed diagnostic criteria, and the fact that diagnosis is expensive and difficult to obtain. She is also aware that discussing one’s diagnoses invites “the howling opinionated rage of others”. But there is a specificity to Gadsby’s prose that, like Emma A. Jane’s recently published and equally bracing memoir Diagnosis Normal (Penguin), makes Ten Steps a thrillingly and distinctly autistic read.
Gadsby writes that she does not “have the luxury to skip over” the myriad myths surrounding ADHD and autism. I am about to introduce one here, to pinpoint a quality of Gadsby’s work that I suspect will be dismissed rather than celebrated. (I don’t need to suspect, in fact; one US review bemoans Ten Steps’ “exhaustive and, at times, a tad exhausting” recollection of Gadsby’s youth.) The notion that autistic people are best qualified to tell autistic stories is still nascent; to write about autistic literature, even as an autistic person, still necessitates the act of filtering through what has come before.
Read more: Autism advocacy and research misses the mark if autistic people are left out
Creative echolalia and language as survival
One of Ten Steps’ most striking qualities is Gadsby’s use of repetition and echo; what might be described, were she to read the book aloud, as scripting or delayed echolalia.
Delayed echolalia constitutes the “reciting” of words and phrases the autistic individual has heard after the fact (typically these “lines” are lifted from favourite TV shows and movies, and so on). Immediate echolalia is something repeated as soon as the autistic individual hears it. (A parent asks “Do you want some juice?” and the autistic child responds “Do you want some juice?”.) Immediate and delayed echolalia are one of a number of repetitive behaviours that form the basis of the clinical model of autism, and are often dismissed as being devoid of meaning or context.
In Gadsby’s skilled hands, however, we see the true creativity, meaning and shifting context of echolalia in all its beauty. Nowhere is this more evident than in the chapter “Step 3: The Formative Years”, which begins with an overview of Tasmanian history subtitled “STOP! CONTEXT TIME!”, a riff on MC Hammer’s U Can’t Touch This. Throughout the chapter, Gadsby continues to riff on the song’s refrain as she braids a clear-eyed account of the movement towards the decriminalisation of homosexuality in the state, and its attendant public expressions of both courageous queer rights activism and virulent homophobia, with her own experience as a then-closeted adolescent.
Step 3 is the book’s devastating tour de force, its events concluding one year after the decriminalisation of homosexuality in Tasmania with the experience Gadsby also described in Nannette: when a local young man bashes her for being “a lady faggot”.
At the outset of the chapter, Gadsby introduces her childhood fascination with jingles and ads, and her habit of “quoting ads out of context […] to make people laugh and avoid answering difficult questions at the same time”. One go-to riposte was lifted from the Colgate Fluorigard ad campaign: “The same way liquid gets into this chalk.” The Fluorigard line and MC Hammer riffs repeat throughout the chapter, each time gaining narrative heft. At this I thought of M. Remi Yergeau’s Authoring Autism (Duke University Press), in which they write (of scripting and echolalia) how “each echo can constitute its own discursive unit […] it can also serve as a placeholder for multiple meanings”.
Each time Gadsby repeats the Fluorigard line, its meaning shifts. The MC Hammer riff, which initially reads as a mood-lightener, soon becomes unrelenting. By the time “STOP! GOOD NEWS TIME!” is deployed, the reader may be surprised to discover that the decriminalisation of homosexuality in Tasmania did not magically expunge the Apple Isle of the violence of homophobia. It’s a remarkable rhetorical sleight of hand, but it does not exist simply to be clever: it shows the reader how Gadsby used (and uses) language and writing to navigate and survive an often cruel world.
No ‘straight line’ through trauma
It may be tempting to frame Ten Steps as another example of, as Gadsby notes in the “Intermission” that follows Step 3, the world’s hunger for “gratuitous details in exchange for empathy”. As Gadsby reminds the reader at a number of instances in Ten Steps, “there is no such thing as a straight line through trauma”, but in the autistic quality of the book’s writing, these echoes and repetitions guide the reader through trauma’s mirror maze, taking us inside Gadsby’s experience of her world.
The book’s keen focus on sensory detail – the slipperiness of someone’s awful satin sheets; the blissful relief of a temperature-controlled gallery when compared to a musty, hot school library; the sweaty smell of little lunch sandwiches encased in plastic; the sound of a horrible hipster cafe – has a similar effect. In inviting the reader into this deeply felt, sensorially-focused world, Gadsby gives them the gift of empathy.
If Ten Steps To Nannette were solely an account of the writing of Gadsby’s show, or a memoir, it would be a compelling work. By combining the two, the book becomes the equal of the show that bears its name.
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WFO SHREVEPORT Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Sunday, April 10, 2022
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FLOOD WARNING
Flood Statement
National Weather Service Shreveport LA
943 AM CDT Wed Apr 6 2022
...The Flood Warning is extended for the following bayou in Texas...
Black Cypress Bayou At Jefferson affecting Marion and Cass
Counties.
For the Black Cypress Bayou...including Jefferson...Minor flooding
is forecast.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Do not drive cars through flooded areas.
Caution is urged when walking near riverbanks.
Motorists should not attempt to drive around barricades or drive
cars through flooded areas.
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
For more hydrologic information, copy and paste the following website
address into your favorite web browser URL bar:
water.weather.gov/ahps2/index.php?wfo=shv
The next statement will be issued Thursday morning at 1115 AM CDT.
...FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY EVENING TO EARLY SUNDAY
MORNING...
* WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast.
* WHERE...Black Cypress Bayou At Jefferson, Texas.
* WHEN...From Friday evening to early Sunday morning.
* IMPACTS...At 13 feet, Lowland flooding will affect mainly timber
resources.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 9:00 AM CDT Wednesday the stage was 9.9 feet.
- Forecast...The bayou is expected to rise to a crest of 13.0
feet Friday evening.
- Flood stage is 13 feet.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
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WFO SHREVEPORT Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Sunday, April 10, 2022
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FLOOD WARNING
Flood Statement
National Weather Service Shreveport LA
943 AM CDT Wed Apr 6 2022
...The Flood Warning is extended for the following bayou in Texas...
Black Cypress Bayou At Jefferson affecting Marion and Cass
Counties.
For the Black Cypress Bayou...including Jefferson...Minor flooding
is forecast.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Do not drive cars through flooded areas.
Caution is urged when walking near riverbanks.
Motorists should not attempt to drive around barricades or drive
cars through flooded areas.
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
For more hydrologic information, copy and paste the following website
address into your favorite web browser URL bar:
water.weather.gov/ahps2/index.php?wfo=shv
The next statement will be issued Thursday morning at 1115 AM CDT.
...FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY EVENING TO EARLY SUNDAY
MORNING...
* WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast.
* WHERE...Black Cypress Bayou At Jefferson, Texas.
* WHEN...From Friday evening to early Sunday morning.
* IMPACTS...At 13 feet, Lowland flooding will affect mainly timber
resources.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 9:00 AM CDT Wednesday the stage was 9.9 feet.
- Forecast...The bayou is expected to rise to a crest of 13.0
feet Friday evening.
- Flood stage is 13 feet.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday morning's drawing of the Texas Lottery's "Pick 3 Morning" game were:
6-7-0, FIREBALL:
(six, seven, zero; FIREBALL: zero)
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday morning's drawing of the Texas Lottery's "Pick 3 Morning" game were:
6-7-0, FIREBALL:
(six, seven, zero; FIREBALL: zero)
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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota prosecutors decline to charge Minneapolis officer who fatally shot Amir Locke while executing no-knock warrant.
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota prosecutors decline to charge Minneapolis officer who fatally shot Amir Locke while executing no-knock warrant.
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Troxell president Michael Aiello discusses how Springfield has the attributes to grow and how its training capacity fosters the thriving medical community. Michael also serves as the board chair of the Springfield Sangamon Growth Alliance as they market the Thrive in SPI campaign.
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Meet The Voxies! NJ original band opening for Bon Jovi in Charlotte
The Voxies never would have imagined when they were all out-of-work musicians during the heart of the COVID pandemic that just a year later they would be in a band so incredible that after just a couple of performances at places like The Bitter End and the Cutting Room they would be asked to open for Bon Jovi in Charlotte on April 8.
That's exactly what happened, according to trumpet player Ken Nigri, who hails from Howell.
"We started in early 2021 when everything was closed and all musicians were out of work. We got together and began creating."
What they created was an original rock-reggae sound
"The Voxies Band has cultivated their own unique and original sound by creating forward-thinking funky rock 'n' roll that is set to stand the test of time. This may be unique to your senses as this group serves up a blend not heard in the world of original music. While keeping true to our cultivated sound you will get reggae, old school rock, and some funky stuff, while sitting within a contemporary vibe. Very little can top world-class vocals and a horn section to complete the sound."
Nigri on how it all began
"Long-time industry friends came together in need on the back end of COVID-19 while out of work. With the burning passion to perform and very few outlets available- we decided to collaborate, write, and create our own music as recently as February March 2021. This became the defining moment and The Voxies Band was born."
How did they get to open for Bon Jovi at the Spectrum Center in Charlotte on April 8?
"We were very fortunate to be selected. Bon Jovi and his camp liked our song (video). He's awesome and believes selects local original bands and giving them a shot."
When you hear the Voxies you'll know they are a shot worth taking and could be the start of something big. Next comes a tour starting in the northeast. You can also be one of the first to listen to their upcoming non-released song here.
The Voxies members are all from New Jersey:
Ken Negri — Trumpet
Audrey Martells — Lead vocalist
Alex Phayme — Drummer
Warren McCrae — Bass
Etienne Stadjwick — Keyboards
Meredith Foreman — Tenor sax
Stefanie Londino — Backing vocals
Jason Draven — Guitar and vocals
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Proud Boys leader Henry “Enrique” Tarrio pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to charges that he remotely led a plot to stop Congress’ certification of Joe Biden’s 2020 victory.
Though he wasn’t at the Capitol during the Jan. 6, 2021, riot, prosecutors say Tarrio organized encrypted chats with Proud Boys members in the weeks before the attack, had a 42-second phone call with another member of the group in the building during the insurrection and took credit for the chaos at the Capitol.
Police had arrested Tarrio in Washington two days before the riot and charged him with vandalizing a Black Lives Matter banner at a historic Black church during a protest in December 2020. The day before the Capitol was attacked, a judge ordered Tarrio to stay out of Washington.
Tarrio’s indictment said that instead of staying out of town, he met with Oath Keepers founder and leader Elmer “Stewart” Rhodes and others in an underground parking garage for about 30 minutes on Jan. 5.
His lawyers have said the evidence against Tarrio was weak and relies mostly on text messages and social media.
A judge has postponed the May 18 trial for Tarrio and five others affiliated with the far-right group.
Prosecutors sought the postponement to give them more time to assess and share with opposing lawyers new information gathered in the investigation. Some defendants in the case agreed with the postponement request.
A new trial date is expected to be picked during an April 21 hearing.
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Natalie McGarry: Former minister gives evidence in ex-MP's trial
- Published
Former Scottish health secretary Jeane Freeman has told a jury she "trusted" ex-SNP MP Natalie McGarry to run an independence organisation's finances.
Natalie McGarry, 40, who represented Glasgow East, denies allegedly embezzling more than £25,000 from two Scottish independence organisations.
The allegations cover the period between April 2013 and August 2015.
Ms Freeman, 68, said Ms McGarry was put in control of the finances of Women For Independence (WFI) in Spring 2013.
The charge claims Ms McGarry embezzled £21,000 between 26 April 2013 to 30 November 2015 while she was treasurer of WFI.
The period covered the build-up to and aftermath of the Scottish independence referendum in September 2014.
It is alleged Ms McGarry transferred cash made from fundraising events into her own personal accounts and failed to send on donations intended for Perth and Kinross food bank and the charity Positive Prisons Positive Futures.
She then allegedly used cheques - held in the name of Women for Independence - to deposit money into her accounts.
The second charge is that Ms McGarry embezzled £4,661 between 9 April 2014 and 10 August 2015.
It is alleged that while Ms McGarry was treasurer, secretary and convenor of Glasgow Regional Association of the SNP, she used cheques drawn from its bank account to pay expenses not incurred by the group.
Ms McGarry is claimed to have retained monies intended to settle expenses incurred by others but instead kept the money.
The charge goes on to allege that Ms McGarry used cheques and money from donations to the Glasgow Regional Association to deposit money to her own accounts.
Ms McGarry, of Clarkston, East Renfrewshire, denies the two charges.
Ms Freeman gave evidence that she founded WFI in 2012 with four others in order to give women a voice in the independence debate.
The ex-SNP MSP for Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley said that Ms McGarry became involved as the group expanded and that her initial role was to organise dinners for members.
Ms Freeman said Ms McGarry took over financial matters in 2013 as the organisation became "more organised" but there was "no formal structure."
She added: "Natalie told of financial matters and gave reports as to how much money we had, how much was coming through and how much was raised."
She said that members agreed that 50% of funds raised by the group would go to local organisations.
Ms Freeman admitted to having "limited" knowledge as to how crowdfunding worked.
It was agreed that £20,823 was raised by WFI during a fundraiser between March and April 2014 which left WFI with £10,772 after deductions such as fees and refunds.
Prosecutor Alistair Mitchell asked Ms Freeman where she thought the money would be transferred to.
She replied: "The WFI bank account."
Ms Freeman stated that she did not check the WFI bank account.
'Founded on trust'
Mr Mitchell asked why she did not find it necessary to do that.
She said: "It's a good and important question, the point of WFI is we were founded on trust.
"We trusted each other and that goes across the organisation that we would do the job we volunteered to do.
"If someone was struggling, you would say so and someone from the organisation would work hard to be non-judgmental and support each other."
Earlier a juror was struck off after they reported ill before evidence began.
Separately, Sheriff Tom Hughes said members of the public had to be aware of the risks of posting comments about the case on social media.
He said: "It could have a catastrophic effect on the trial process and could be prejudicial."
The trial continues.
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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday morning's drawing of the Texas Lottery's "Daily 4 Morning" game were:
7-9-1-3, FIREBALL: 2
(seven, nine, one, three; FIREBALL: two)
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday morning's drawing of the Texas Lottery's "Daily 4 Morning" game were:
7-9-1-3, FIREBALL: 2
(seven, nine, one, three; FIREBALL: two)
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WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Senate approved a procedural measure Tuesday to advance Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s nomination to the Supreme Court, setting up a final vote on confirmation as early as Thursday.
The roll call Tuesday was identical to the tally on another procedural vote Monday. Republicans Susan Collins of Maine, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Mitt Romney of Utah voted with all 50 Senate Democrats to advance the confirmation.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, a New York Democrat, has pledged to hold the confirmation vote before senators’ two-week recess begins Friday.
Republicans on the Senate floor continued to raise objections to the nomination, as they did during hours of Senate Judiciary Committee hearings last week.
Schumer’s Republican counterpart, Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, said on the floor that Democrats unfairly attacked justices nominated by Republican presidents during the last four decades.
Senate Democrats “thrust the Senate into a more aggressive posture toward nominations,” McConnell said, and had “no standing” to complain about Jackson’s treatment.
McConnell said his complaints about Democrats’ past behavior was not the reason he opposed Jackson. He said he would give more details about his opposition Wednesday.
As debate on the nomination began this week, Judiciary Committee members brought the arguments they’d used for weeks on the panel to the Senate floor.
U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley, a Republican from Missouri, continued Tuesday to highlight Jackson’s sentencing record in child pornography cases.
Hawley asked for unanimous consent to pass a bill that would set mandatory sentences for child pornography possession and force judges to stick to sentencing guidelines. Republican Sens. Rick Scott of Florida, Thom Tillis of North Carolina and Mike Lee of Utah co-sponsored the bill and U.S. Rep Ken Buck of Colorado introduced a companion House bill.
Hawley spent virtually all his time during Jackson’s confirmation hearings accusing her of being too lenient in sentencing for child pornography convicts, noting she always sentenced them below federal guidelines.
“The nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court has helped bring this issue front and center,” Hawley said Tuesday. “Her record of leniency to child sex offenders has been much the center of her hearings and it has startled the public.”
Judiciary Chairman Dick Durbin, D-Ill., objected to the Hawley bill, all but accusing the Missouri freshman of trying to score political points instead of seriously working to address the issue.
Durbin was in favor of revisiting sentencing for child pornography, he said, but Hawley only introduced the bill seven days ago and was now asking the Senate to pass it without a hearing, committee markup or any serious consideration.
“I’m not going to do this in a slipshod, make-a-headline manner,” Durbin said. “We’re going to do it in a manner that is serious … and get it right.”
Arkansas Republican Tom Cotton also renewed a soft-on-crime criticism of Jackson on the Senate floor Tuesday.
“She is a dangerous judge,” Cotton said.
Durbin countered Republicans’ criticisms by noting leading police groups, including the Fraternal Order of Police and the International Association of Chiefs of Police, had endorsed Jackson.
On child pornography cases, her practices are in line with 70 to 80% of other federal judges, Durbin said.
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Swimming Pool Treatment Chemicals market report contains detailed information on factors influencing demand, growth, opportunities, challenges, and restraints. It provides detailed information about the structure and prospects for global and regional industries. In addition, the report includes data on research & development, new product launches, product responses from the global and local markets by leading players. The structured analysis offers a graphical representation and a diagrammatic breakdown of the Swimming Pool Treatment Chemicals market by region.
Global Swimming Pool Treatment Chemicals Market is predictable to catalogue a CAGR of 2.19% to reach USD 1,025 Million by-2025.
A release on June 8th, 2021, by the Bureau and Economic Analysis and U.S. The Census Bureau reports the recovery of the U.S. market. The report also described the recovery of U.S. International Trade in July 2021.In April 2021, exports in the country reached $300 billion, an increase of $13.4 billion. In April 2021, imports amounted to $294.5 billion, increasing by $17.4 billion. COVID19 is still a significant issue for economies around the globe, as evidenced by the year-over-year decline in exports in the U.S. between April 2020 and April 2021 and the increase in imports over that same period of time. The market is clearly trying to recover. Despite this, it means there will be a direct impact on the Healthcare/ICT/Chemical industries, resulting in a large market for Swimming Pool Treatment Chemicals.
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According to Statista, as of 2021 data, the United States held over ~36% of the global market share for information and communication technology (ICT). With a market share of 16%, the EU ranked second, followed by 12%, China ranked third. In addition, according to forecasts, the ICT market will reach more than US$ 6 trillion in 2021 and almost US$ 7 trillion by 2030. In today’s society, continuous growth is another reminder of how ubiquitous and crucial technology has become. Over the next few years, traditional tech spending will be driven mainly by big data and analytics, mobile, social, and cloud computing.
This report analyzes the global primary production, consumption, and fastest-growing countries in the Information and Communications Technology(ICT) market. Also included in the report are prominent and prominent players in the global Information and Communications Technology Market (ICT).
Market analysis
Nowadays, the growing construction industry in the developing countries with an increase in construction of comfortable apartments, changing lifestyles, and swelling buying power of consumers is likely to increase the construction of swimming pools and consequently propel the demand for swimming pool treatment chemicals. Furthermore, the increase in residential construction has occasioned in a surge in construction of new swimming pools, which is firing the call for swimming pool treatment chemicals at a significant rate internationally. Moreover, the growing enthusiasm for water freedom and sports activities in millennials to remain physically fit on account of increasing health awareness and changing existences are likely to increase the investments in the construction of swimming pools.
Moreover, hotels and resorts are increasingly installing swimming pools to attract tourists, and thereby increasing their revenue. These factors are expected to boost the demand for the product and drive the growth of the global market during the forecast period. Swimming pool treatment chemicals are used to remove the particulate organic matter including microorganisms such as virus, bacteria & protozoa; anthropogenic particles such as skin or hair cells; and elements of personal-care products such as screen screening agents introduced into the swimming pool by the bathers. These particulates can unfavorably affect human fitness. Chlorine is the most normally used disinfectant/swimming pool handling chemical. Apart from removing bacteria, they also oxidize other resources such as grime and chloramines.
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Market segmentation
The global ceramic fiber paper market has been segmented by type, by end use and by region.
On the basis on type, the trichloroisocyanuric acid(TCCA) segment dominated the global market in 2018 and is expected to register a substantial CAGR during the forecast period-2025. The growth is attributed to high free chlorine content, inferior contribution towards scaling, and high performance in exposure to sunlight. The sodium hypochlorite segment accounted for the second-largest market share in 2018. It is highly preferred swimming pool treatment chemical as it is highly effective against bacteria and bio film. The global demand for swimming pool treatment chemicals is expected to be driven by the growing admiration of swimming as a frivolous activity across the world. Swimming is considered as an excellent workout activity as it reduces stress; builds durability, muscle strength, & cardiovascular appropriateness; tones muscles; and helps to maintain a healthy weight, heart, & lungs, which has resulted in increased spending on construction of private swimming pools.
Based on end use, the residential pool segment settled for more than three-fourth market value cut in 2018; it is predictable to register a CAGR of 2.08% during the prediction period. However, the commercial pool segment is probable to spectator robust progress during the forecast period. This growth is accredited to the growing construction industry in the developing countries with an increase in construction of luxurious apartments, changing lifestyles, and snowballing purchasing power of consumers. The demand for profitable pools has been increased in recent years with the growing tourism business across the globe and increasing per-capita income of individuals. The tourists demanding luxurious stay is likely to increase the building of lavish hotels and farmhouses and hereafter the edifice of swimming pools. Additionally, the increase in housing building has resulted in an increase in the construction of swimming pools, which is fueling the demand for swimming pool treatment chemicals at a significant rate globally, particularly in the US. Moreover, the demand for disinfectants such as salts of hypochlorite has increased to remove the particulate organic matter, bacteria and algae from the swimming pool. Also, the growing awareness regarding the superiority of water and the guidelines set by the controlling establishments to preserve the quality of the water are set to determine the call for swimming pool handling chemicals.
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Regional analysis
Geographically, global swimming pool treatment chemicals market is split in regions like North & Latin America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, Middle east and Africa and Rest of the world. The growth is attributed to changing landscape of the fitness industry in emergent countries, predominantly India, China, Thailand and Indonesia. Moreover, hotels and resorts are increasingly connecting swimming pools to attract tourists, and thus upsurge their income. North America conquered the global market with around 55% value part in 2018, the region is probable to uphold its importance through the prediction period. The US is anticipated to be the important market in the region during the assessment period due to the occurrence of many swimming pools in the country. Europe is expected to be the additional-largest market for swimming pool behavior chemicals, secretarial for about 30% market segment in 2018. Nevertheless, the swimming pool behavior chemicals market in Asia-Pacific is anticipated to register loosest growth during the review period.
Major players
The proposed spectators in the Global swimming pool treatment chemicals market are Swimming pool treatment chemical manufacturers, Retailers, distributors, wholesalers, Investors and trade experts, Governments, associations, industrial bodies, etc. The major companies functioning in the Global swimming pool treatment chemicals market are concentrating on firming their global ways by entering into untouched markets. The projected onlookers in the Global swimming pool treatment chemicals market are companies like Kashyap Industries(India), NIKOCHEM(JSC KAUSTIK)(Russia), NIPPON SODA CO., LTD(Japan), Al Ghaith Industries LLC(UAE), Heze Huayi Chemical Co., Ltd(China) and ODYSSEY MANUFACTURING CO(US).
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Executive Summary Market Structure Market Restraints Market Factor Analysis Company Profiles
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A combination of factors, including COVID-19 containment situation, end-use market recovery & Recovery Timeline of 2020/ 2021
Under COVID-19 Outbreak Impact Analysis:
We analyzed industry trends in the context of COVID-19. We analyzed the impact of COVID-19 on the product industry chain based on the upstream and downstream markets. We analyze the impact of COVID-19 on various regions and major countries.
The impact of COVID-19 on the future development of the industry is pointed out.
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Countries: Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Norway, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey, UAE, UK, USA, Venezuela, Vietnam
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Deaths at Shanghai Elderly Facility Spark a Dispute Over Cremation
Families of patients who died during Covid outbreak press for answers
HONG KONG—Families of patients who died recently at Shanghai’s biggest elderly-care facility are demanding to know whether a Covid-19 outbreak that hit in the past few weeks led to their deaths, with some refusing a request by the hospital to cremate the bodies.
At least 20 patients died in recent weeks at the Donghai Elderly Care Hospital, according to members of several families, who said they are still trying to understand why. The facility asked for the families’ agreement in the past few days to cremate the bodies that were being kept in the hospital morgue, the relatives said.
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Enteral Feeding Devices Market is valued approximately USD 3.0 billion in 2019 and is anticipated to grow with a healthy growth rate of more than 6.8 % over the forecast period 2020-2027.
Enteral feeding devices are commonly used to feed diets in elderly or bedridden patients suffering from chronic ailments, such as cancer, neurological disorders, gastrointestinal and inherited metabolic diseases. Enteral feeding refers to the delivery of a nutritionally complete feed directly into the stomach, duodenum, or jejunum through devices, such as tubes and pumps. The global Enteral Feeding Devices market is highly in demanded due to the coronavirus pandemic as Enteral Feeding Devices are need to improve patient care and provide added nutritional support to patients who are affected by the virus. The current pandemic situation has increased the adoption of enteral feeding devices including feeding tubes and administration sets, which results to increase the demand for the market.
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The shift from parenteral to enteral nutrition, increasing incidence of preterm births, growing demand for enteral feeding in the home care sector and increasing prevalence of chronic diseases are the few factors responsible for growth of the market over the forecast period. Furthermore, the introduction of new product and services along with other strategic alliance by market key players will create a lucrative demand for this market. For instance: on 01st December 2017, Fresenius Kabi AG opened the extension of its production plant in Mihla, Germany to improve the production of feeding tubes and giving sets, which are routinely used in hospitals, with an investment of about USD 12 million. However, complications associated with enteral feeding devices is the major factor restraining the growth of global Enteral Feeding Devices market during the forecast period.
The regional analysis of global Enteral Feeding Devices market is considered for the key regions such as Asia Pacific, North America, Europe, Latin America and Rest of the World. Asia Pacific is the leading/significant region across the world owing to the increasing number of preterm births, rising geriatric population, growing awareness of enteral nutrition, and the rapid development of healthcare facilities.
Major market player included in this report are:
Fresenius Kabi AG
Nestle S.A.
Danone
B. Braun Melsungen Ag
Avanos Medical
Cardinal Health, Inc.
Moog, Inc.
Conmed Corporation
Cook Medical, Inc.
Becton, Dickinson and Company
The objective of the study is to define market sizes of different segments & countries in recent years and to forecast the values to the coming eight years. The report is designed to incorporate both qualitative and quantitative aspects of the industry within each of the regions and countries involved in the study. Furthermore, the report also caters the detailed information about the crucial aspects such as driving factors & challenges which will define the future growth of the market. Additionally, the report shall also incorporate available opportunities in micro markets for stakeholders to invest along with the detailed analysis of competitive landscape and product offerings of key players.
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The detailed segments and sub-segment of the market are explained below:
By Type:
Enteral Feeding Pumps
Enteral Feeding Tubes
Administration Sets
Enteral Syringes
Other
By Age Group:
Adult
Pediatrics
By Application:
Oncology
Gastroenterology
Neurology
Diabetes
Hypermetabolism
Others
By End- Use:
Hospital
Homecare Setting
Ambulatory Care Settings
By Region:
North America
U.S.
Canada
Europe
UK
Germany
France
Spain
Italy
ROE
Asia Pacific
China
India
Japan
Australia
South Korea
RoAPAC
Latin America
Brazil
Mexico
Rest of the World
Furthermore, years considered for the study are as follows:
Historical year – 2017, 2018
Base year – 2019
Forecast period – 2020 to 2027
Target Audience of the Global Enteral Feeding Devices Market in Market Study:
Key Consulting Companies & Advisors
Large, medium-sized, and small enterprises
Venture capitalists
Value-Added Resellers (VARs)
Third-party knowledge providers
Investment bankers
Investors
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In a recent study posted to the medRxiv* pre-print server, researchers used an economic model to project the differences in the clinical and economic impact of messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA)-1273 and BNT162b2 booster vaccines among the adult population of the United States (US) for 2022.
Real-world data and predictive modeling have shown that protection against coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) varies by vaccine type, the number of vaccine doses, and the timing since vaccination. Additionally, initial vaccine effectiveness (VE) and waning differ for the circulating SARS-CoV-2 variants.
About the study
In the present study, researchers explored three scenarios to match three mRNA booster market share scenarios:
i) where the booster mix given in December 2021 continued throughout 2022, referred to as the current scenario,
ii) where only the mRNA-1273 booster would continue in 2022, referred to as the mRNA-1273 scenario and,
iii) where only the BNT162b2 booster would continue in 2022, referred to as the BNT162b2 scenario.
In the US, 94.7% and 93.7% of people who received the BNT162b2 or mRNA-1273 primary series also received the BNT162b2 or mRNA-1273 boosters, respectively. However, of those who received the Ad26.COV2.S vaccine during the primary vaccination, 41.8% received the mRNA-1273 booster whereas 31.1% received the BNT162b2 booster.
Additionally, they performed sensitivity analyses to investigate the effect of COVID-19 prevalence in unvaccinated individuals and VE using the model predicted values. The economic analyses of the study were made from a US healthcare perspective. Since the current study used a decision-analytic model, it used a decision tree to estimate COVID-19 consequences and costs.
The study model projected three specific booster market share scenarios for 2022 to examine the hypothetical impact of changing the mix of boosters to 100% mRNA-1273 or 100% BNT162b2. It estimated the size of the US adult population and the number of patients receiving the primary series only and primary series with a booster dose and computed the number of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infections in each group.
For each month, the model grouped study participants into unvaccinated, vaccinated with primary series, and vaccinated with primary series plus booster. For the last two groups, the researchers reduced the incidence of infection according to the VE and recalculated each month to account for waning based on time since vaccination. They used May as the anchor month to calculate the period since the primary series for the VE calculations for each month for those who received the primary series in 2021.
For those who received a booster dose in 2021, the team assumed that the booster was received in November. The estimate of the primary series VE was an average of the waning adjusted VE weighted by the proportion of people receiving each primary series. Similarly, they estimated booster VE as a weighted average of the waning adjusted VE and the proportion of people receiving each booster.
The primary study outcomes were outpatient visits, hospitalizations, and mortality from COVID-19 in 2022.
Study findings
For the current scenario, the model predicted 3.4 million hospitalizations, 65.2 million outpatient visits, and 636,100 deaths. The mRNA-1273 scenario reduced these outcomes, whereas the BNT162b2 scenario increased them compared to the current scenario.
The results for January 2022 were excluded from the analysis when case incidence surged due to the new SARS-CoV-2 variant of concern (VOC) Omicron. The reported COVID-19 outpatient visits, hospitalizations, and deaths between February and December 2022 were 17.9 million, 965,600, and 182,800, respectively. During this period, mRNA-1273 boosters reduced the outcomes by 2.3% to 2.8%, whereas BNT126b2 use increased them by approximately 1.4% to 2.1%.
In all scenarios examined during the study, the three study outcomes increased when the VE was lower and decreased when the VE was higher. Nevertheless, the mRNA-1273 booster prevented COVID-19 better than the BNT162b2 booster.
Although the incidence of COVID-19 was highly uncertain for 2022, varying incidence rates (low to high) did not alter the overall model results. In the 100% mRNA-1273 booster scenario, there were lesser outpatient visits, hospitalizations, and deaths. Further, it also decreased the associated costs compared to the current scenario and 100% BNT162b2.
Conclusions
Regardless of the COVID-19 incidence or the circulating SARS-CoV-2 variant, the study data indicated that the mRNA-1273 booster was more effective than the BNT162b2 booster in averting COVID-19 cases and hospitalization over time. Thus, increasing the number of US citizens receiving the mRNA-1273 booster may reduce the number of COVID-19 cases and associated costs in 2022.
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In a recent study posted to the medRxiv* pre-print server, researchers used cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) to show the one-year trajectory of cardiac impairment in long coronavirus disease (COVID) patients. Additionally, they examined the impact of acute hospitalizations for COVID 2019 (COVID-19) on cardiac impairment.
Background
Long COVID patients exhibit persistent symptoms, including dyspnoea, palpitations, and chest pain over 12 weeks following severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection. Several cross-sectional studies have also reported cardiac impairment of varying degrees in long COVID patients using different methodologies; however, studies elucidating the association between long COVID and cardiac impairment are sparse.
About the study
In the present study, researchers invited 534 long COVID patients to participate in the CoverScan study for a multiparametric magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) assessment of the lungs, heart, liver, pancreas, kidneys, and spleen between May 2020 and August 2021. The test subjects who showed organ impairment in the baseline MRI scan in more than one of the following organs - lungs, heart, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys were followed up for six months.
The control group comprised sex and age-matched 92 healthy individuals; scanned twice on the same date as the test subjects with a 10-minute interval to assess the measurement repeatability. Using repeatability coefficients (RC) for each CMR metric in healthy controls, the researchers determined the smallest detectable difference between repeated scans. Likewise, they assessed baseline and follow-up metrics using reference ranges calculated in healthy controls.
On both the MRI scan dates, the researchers also collected two blood samples, of which one was sent for analysis immediately, and the other was fractionated and frozen for subsequent analysis.
The study definition of cardiac impairment encompassed ≥1 outside of reference range for left or right ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF or RVEF) or left or right ventricular end-diastolic volume (LVEDV or RVEDV), low 3D echocardiographic global longitudinal strain (GLS) or ≥3 quantitative T1 mapping segments. Similarly, multi-organ impairment was defined as ≥2 measurements outside reference ranges in an organ, excluding elevated kidney or liver volume.
Study findings
CMR data was available for 534 individuals at a six-months median after the appearance of the first COVID-19 symptoms. Only one of six individuals had abnormal CMR with low LVEF and RVEF; additionally, 62% of individuals with cardiac impairment had severe long COVID, based on questionnaires.
Cardiac impairment was prevalent in 19% and 15% of long COVID patients at six and 12 months of follow-up, respectively. Although some of the patients had myocarditis, it was difficult to diagnose by routine echocardiography.
Over 43% of individuals had severe COVID-19 symptoms, including fatigue, shortness of breath, headache, chest pain, and cough. Interestingly, symptom prevalence was similar regardless of cardiac impairment in long COVID patients.
At the six-month-follow up, one of the five individuals suffered from a cardiac impairment, predominantly non-myocarditis. About 81% of individuals presenting with cardiac injury at baseline in this study did not require acute COVID-19 hospitalization.
Although MRI assessment showed a higher prevalence of cardiac T1 abnormalities and multi-organ involvement (renal) in those with cardiac impairment and acute COVID-19 hospitalization, blood biomarkers and symptoms did not differentiate between hospitalized and non-hospitalized groups.
Three months after infection, 26% of the 58 hospitalized long COVID patients had persistent abnormalities in cardiac T1, and 29% had increased cortical T1, a marker of kidney inflammation. After six months, 52% had persistent symptoms and cardiac impairment. While in 201 individuals, the authors observed 26% and 4% renal impairment, in 443 individuals, 10 months post-mild-to-moderate COVID-19, subclinical multi-organ impairment was associated with cardiac impairment. After a year of follow-up, 54% of individuals with cardiac impairment did not fully recover.
Importantly, CMR parameters, including LVEF, 3D GLS, and cardiac T1 were predictive of the quality of life and COVID-19 symptom severity at 12 months.
Conclusions
The study conducted CMR of the non-hospitalized, post-COVID-19 cohort in a non-acute setting for one year and reported several new findings.
Overall, 19% and 58% of long COVID patients presented cardiac impairment at baseline and had ongoing cardiac impairment at 12 months, respectively. Moreover, the patients most commonly suffered from T1, T2, and LGE abnormalities. At baseline, the authors noted that high RVEDV, low LVEF, and low GLS were associated with cardiac impairment, and low LVEF at baseline resulted in persistent cardiac impairment at 12 months.
The study data could be used for cardiac metrics and definition standardization and to scale up research, practice documentation, and cardiac monitoring.
*Important notice
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Flood Statement
National Weather Service Shreveport LA
1122 AM CDT Wed Apr 6 2022
...The Flood Warning is extended for the following river in Texas...
Sulphur River Near Talco affecting Morris, Titus, Franklin and
Red River Counties.
For the Sulphur River...including Talco...Minor flooding is forecast.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Do not drive cars through flooded areas.
Caution is urged when walking near riverbanks.
Motorists should not attempt to drive around barricades or drive
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Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
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The next statement will be issued Thursday morning at 1130 AM CDT.
...FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL FRIDAY MORNING...
* WHAT...Minor flooding is occurring and minor flooding is forecast.
* WHERE...Sulphur River Near Talco, Texas.
* WHEN...Until Friday morning.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 10:45 AM CDT Wednesday the stage was 23.0 feet.
- Recent Activity...The maximum river stage in the 24 hours
ending at 10:45 AM CDT Wednesday was 23.0 feet.
- Forecast...The river is expected to rise to a crest of 23.0
feet this Wednesday afternoon. It will then fall below flood
stage early Thursday afternoon.
- Flood stage is 20 feet.
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Keerthi takes charge as Guntur civic body Commissioner
Chekuri Keerthi, an IAS officer belonging to 2016 batch , took charge as Commissioner of Guntur Municipal Corporation on Wednesday. Ms. Keerthi had earlier served as Joint Collector, Development at East Godavari district.
Soon after taking charge, the new Commissioner inspected the various departments and gave suggestions to staff. She also reviewed the TIDCO housing scheme and collection of advanced tax for the year 2022-23.
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Minnesota prosecutors decide against charges in deadly no-knock police raid
April 6 (Reuters) - A Minneapolis police officer will not face criminal charges for fatally shooting a 22-year-old Black man during a no-knock raid on an apartment in February, state and local prosecutors announced Wednesday.
The dead man, Amir Locke "is a victim," Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison and Hennepin County Attorney Michael Freeman said in a statement, but prosecutors lacked evidence to bring charges against Mark Hanneman, the member of the Minneapolis SWAT team who fired the shot.
The state also lacked evidence to prove beyond a reasonable doubt any criminal wrongdoing by any officer involved in the planning and execution of the Feb. 2 raid, prosecutors said.
Even so, the statement said, "this tragedy may not have occurred absent the no-knock warrant used in this case."
The killing of Locke, an aspiring rap artist, was the latest in a series of killings by law enforcement to spark outrage over police treatment of racial minorities. It also highlighted the potential for violent interactions when police burst unannounced into residences to make arrests after a no-knock warrant has been issued..
Locke's shooting revived community calls for a ban on no-knock warrants, prompting Mayor Jacob Frey to place a moratorium on the practice last month. Strict limits on the practice are set to go into effect on Friday, KMSP-TV reported.
A Minnesota judge approved the warrant on the Minneapolis apartment as part of an investigation into a previous fatal shooting in the nearby city of St. Paul. Hennepin County District Judge Peter Cahill said it was necessary to protect officers searching the property. Locke was not a suspect in the crime or named in the warrant.
In the days after Locke´s killing on Feb. 2, police released video footage of the raid, and peaceful protests in downtown Minneapolis have drawn hundreds of demonstrators to demand justice and a ban on no-knock warrants.
The Minneapolis case prompted comparisons with the 2020 killing of Breonna Taylor, a 26-year-old Black woman who police fatally shot during a no-knock raid on her Louisville, Kentucky, apartment.
Prosecutors filed no charges in Taylor's shooting but one of the officers in March was acquitted by a jury on charges of endangering her neighbors with gunfire. The verdict cleared law enforcement of all criminal liability in a case that rocked the United States in 2020. (Reporting by Brendan O'Brien; Editing by Mark Porter, Bill Berkrot and David Gregorio)
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COVID cases falling in Americas, but risk of further surges remains - PAHO
SAO PAULO, April 6 (Reuters) - COVID-19 infections and deaths have dropped across most countries and territories in the Americas over the past few weeks but the risk of further surges cannot be ignored as restrictions are relaxed and 240 million people remain unvaccinated, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) said on Wednesday.
"Many countries and territories in the Americas have scaled back public health measures, and some have done so prematurely," PAHO director Carissa Etienne said, noting that case counts have risen recently in places that rely on tourism, especially in parts of North America and the Caribbean where vaccination coverage is low.
The region continues to record more than 620,000 new cases every week, she said at a press conference.
Etienne also noted that the number of deaths have risen in some countries, but adjustments in data may account for part of those increases as some countries are reclassifying past deaths as COVID-19 related.
More than 685 million people have completed their vaccination schedules in the region, but "despite all our efforts, 240 million people in the Americas have yet to get a single shot of COVID vaccine," Etienne said.
The PAHO director underscored that countries must continue to monitor the virus to "stay prepared for what is coming."
"This means making tests easily accessible for everyone everywhere, to prevent new outbreaks and to prepare our health systems if cases surge." (Reporting by Gabriel Araujo and Steven Grattan; Editing by Mark Porter, Alexandra Hudson)
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Stern Grove has had its share of challenges over the past few years.
The picturesque green space located in the Parkside neighborhood is one of San Francisco's true natural treasures, and for 84 years has been the site of one of the country's premiere outdoor concert series. But the pandemic canceled their 2020 music programming, then after a triumphant return in the summer of 2021, a flood forced organizers to call off the final concert and has made the park unusable to the public ever since.
The Stern Grove Festival announced Tuesday that the free concert series will return for its 85th season beginning on June 12 and will run every Sunday through August 14. The talent for the concerts has yet to be announced, but fans should expect a mix of local and national bands. Last year, the diverse lineup featured innovative songwriters like Perfume Genius, punk rock pioneers X and Joan Jett, local favorites La Dona and Ledisi, and more traditional acts like the San Francisco Symphony.
Since the physical footprint of the space makes for a limited capacity, the festival implemented a ticketing reservation system last year. However, the concerts will also be streamed online for those who can't make it in person.
Although the park hopes to reopen to the public after the June 12 concert, this date is subject to change as repairs for the damage from 700,000 gallons of water that flooded the park are still ongoing.
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A south side nursery that received a damning care inspectorate report after it emerged they had served 'raw meat' to kids has been forced to shut.
Little Einsteins Nursery in Pollokshields failed to secure the insurance needed to operate after an inspection in August 2021 presented serious concerns about food safety.
Glasgow City Council has confirmed that funding for places at the facility had been withdrawn after the owners breached their contract, the Daily Record reports.
Inspectors discovered children had been fed meat that had not been safely prepared and that was still raw during a visit last year.
The food was immediately removed by workers when they found it was unsafe for consumption, however, children had already begun eating the meal before the risk was identified.
After the inspection, the owners, Forth Care Limited, were issued with an Emergency Condition Notice which stated, "Food prepared in the kitchen located at 620 Shields Road, Glasgow G41 2RD must not be served to children using the service or permitted to be consumed by them."
Prior to closure, 17 staff were employed at the nursery and 63 children were registered pupils.
The report also found that children were unnecessarily exposed to potential risks from infection because not all staff working in the service were following guidance on infection prevention and control.
It stated some of the staff undertaking cleaning tasks were unclear about what procedures should be followed to minimise the risk of transmission across the setting.
The outdoor play was found to not have been maximised to reduce the spread of infection or provide all children with regular energetic play across the day.
The report read "there were major weaknesses in critical aspects of practice which required immediate remedial action to ensure the health, welfare, and safety of children."
Little Einsteins has been closed since March 18.
Furious staff posted about the situation at the nursery on social media this morning.
A Facebook post read: "Firstly, we would like to make everyone aware of the situation at Little Einsteins Nursery.
"At the moment the nursery remains closed to staff and families due to a lack of insurance and support from higher management.
"The staff team would like to thank everyone for their support at this difficult time.
"However, this post comes with a great sadness, going forward all staff will no longer represent Little Einsteins nursery.
"There has been no communication regarding nursery closure or redundancy from the director or owner and they have now failed to pay wages owed despite parents having paid for a service that was not provided to them and Glasgow City Council making funded payments for children’s childcare."
Staff told the Daily Record they were gutted at the situation.
Manager Kyrie Anderson said she felt very let down by the owners of Little Einsteins and said the situation has upset many staff and parents.
Kyrie's partner and daughter also work at the nursery.
She said: "This will have a massive effect on my family. That's three of us left with no incomes.
"I'm just totally gutted that it's come to this. I've been very loyal to my bosses. Myself and my staff don't deserve to be treated this way. We have been nothing but supportive and this us how they repay us.
"The way they have handled this shows they have no consideration for our wellbeing's.
"I am determined to fight to try to get my staff they money they are owed."
A spokeswoman for Glasgow City Council said it had issued a letter to parents on March 25 to inform them that funding was being withdrawn "as the nursery could not reassure us that they could get insurance."
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Heather Douglas, Head of Early Learning and Childcare, writes: "Nothing is more important than the safety of our children and we are not prepared to take any risks when it comes to their daily care.
"We are aware that the nursery is currently closed and of course, you can choose to continue to send your child to the nursery should it re-open but please be aware that the nursery will no longer receive council funding for your child’s place and you must meet the nursery charges for your child yourself."
"We are also unable to support providers who breach their legal contract with the council.
Forth Care Limited is listed as "permanently closed". The company failed to respond to calls from the Daily Record today.
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LONDON (AP) — A security guard at the British Embassy in Berlin has been extradited from Germany and charged with spying for Russia, U.K. police said Wednesday.
The Metropolitan Police force said David Ballantyne Smith, 57, was sent back to Britain on Wednesday. He faces nine charges under the Official Secrets Act related to “the collection and communication of information useful to the Russian state.”
Smith is due to appear in a London court on Thursday,
Police said the alleged offenses took place between October 2020 and August 2021, when Smith was arrested by German police at his home in Potsdam, southwest of Berlin.
Nick Price, head of special crime and counterterrorism at Britain's Crown Prosecution Service, said Smith is accused of “seven offenses of collecting information with the intent of sending it to the Russian authorities, one of attempting communication and one of providing information to a person he believed was a member of the Russian authorities.”
During the Cold War, Berlin was often dubbed “the capital of spies” because the city was on the frontlines of the confrontation between the Soviets in the East and the Americans and their western allies in the West.
Espionage activities supposedly abated after the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 and the end of the Cold War, but Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has once again chilled relations between Moscow and the West and put espionage back in the spotlight.
On Monday, Germany expelled 40 Russian diplomats it accused of being spies.
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WFO AMARILLO Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Wednesday, April 6, 2022
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WIND ADVISORY
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Amarillo TX
1031 AM CDT Wed Apr 6 2022
...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING...
* WHAT...Northwest winds 30 to 35 mph expected.
* WHERE...In Oklahoma, Beaver, Cimarron and Texas Counties. In
Texas, Hansford, Hemphill, Lipscomb, Ochiltree, Roberts and
Sherman Counties.
* WHEN...Until 7 PM CDT this evening.
* IMPACTS...Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects. Tree
limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Winds this strong can make driving difficult, especially for high
profile vehicles. Use extra caution.
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Which Premier Protein shakes are best?
If you’re looking for an easy way to add protein to your diet, you may want to consider adding a protein shake to your routine. Premier Protein shakes deliver 20-30 grams of protein per serving, and they contain up to 24 essential vitamins and nutrients, from vitamin A to fiber and folate.
While there are only two varieties of Premier Protein available, you’ll have over a dozen rich flavors to consider. The best-selling original blend, Premier Protein Shake, comes in several sweet flavors, including cafe latte and cinnamon roll.
What to know before you buy a Premier Protein shake
What do protein shakes do?
Many people use protein shakes to increase their daily protein intake. Having enough protein in your diet plays an important role in maintaining muscle mass and keeping up a healthy metabolism. According to the Mayo Clinic, the average adult needs between 46-56 grams of protein every day. This amount may vary depending on your health, height, weight and age.
Some people enjoy protein shakes as convenient snacks, particularly as alternatives to prepared or packaged snacks, which may lack protein and other nutrients. Other people incorporate protein shakes into their pre- and post-workout routines. However, protein shakes, powders and bars are supplements, and you shouldn’t use them in place of whole foods on a consistent basis. Mix them in throughout the day with other meals and natural protein sources.
Types of Premier Protein shakes
There are two Premier Protein shake varieties, the original blend and the newer oats blend, both of which are chock-full of nutrients and vitamins. Premier Protein also has Clear Protein Drinks which have almost as much nutritional benefit as their shakes. These clear drinks are comparable to flavored water and have a light, refreshing flavor and formula.
What to look for in a quality Premier Protein shake
Protein source
Although Premier Protein shakes use milk protein concentrate, the Premier Protein Clear Protein Drinks use whey protein isolate. Both protein sources come from milk, but the main difference between whey and milk is casein, a protein only found in milk. Whey protein isolate undergoes a process that removes the casein protein.
Casein has its pros and cons because it takes longer for the body to digest, making you feel full for longer. However, people with lactose sensitivities may not be able to tolerate it as well. Whey protein is quicker and easier to digest, which may be a better option for some depending on their goals and dietary preferences.
Nutrients
Besides up to 30 grams of protein, Premier Protein beverages only contain 1 gram of sugar. They also have up to 7 grams of fiber and 90-160 calories. The drinks have up to 24 vitamins and nutrients, including zinc, biotin, selenium, iron and magnesium.
Packaging
Some Premier Protein shakes come in 11-ounce cardboard bottles, whereas others are in 11.6-ounce plastic bottles. Premier Protein Clear Drinks, on the other hand, are sold in 16.9-ounce bottles.
How much you can expect to spend on Premier Protein shakes
Premier Protein shakes cost $22-$28 for a 12-pack, though hard-to-find varieties occasionally cost more. Premier Protein clear protein drinks are slightly more expensive at $24-$30 per 12-pack.
Premier Protein shake FAQ
When should I drink Premier Protein shakes?
A. Many people drink protein shakes in the morning, so they feel full until lunchtime. Others prefer having a shake right before or after an intense workout, particularly for high-intensity cardio or weight training. This tactic helps support muscle growth and recovery.
Why does Premier Protein shakes claim to offer immune support?
A. On average, Premier Protein shakes contain up to 25% of your recommended daily intake of vitamins C and E. Both of these vitamins act as antioxidants, which protect you against free-radical damage. Free-radical damage can contribute to a weakened immune system.
Do I need to take vitamins if I drink Premier Protein shakes?
A. It depends on your diet and overall health. Premier Protein shakes can supplement your daily nutrient intake with small amounts of vitamins and minerals. However, it’s best to get the bulk of your nutrients from whole foods and vitamins. If you’re concerned about your vitamin and nutrient intake, speak to your doctor about your goals and options.
What’s the best Premier Protein shake to buy?
Top Premier Protein shake
What you need to know: The original blend is a versatile option you can enjoy either as a snack or as pre- or post-workout beverage.
What you’ll love: It contains 30 grams of protein and only 1 gram of sugar. It’s Keto-friendly and comes in over a dozen rich flavors, ranging from cafe latte to chocolate peanut butter. You can drink it cold or at room temperature.
What you should consider: A few flavors didn’t have an authentic taste, and some buyers said the bottles were hard to open.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Top Premier Protein shake for the money
Premier Protein Shake With Oats
What you need to know: This new oat-based variety has a creamy, indulgent consistency.
What you’ll love: The shake comes packed with nutrients, including 7 grams of fiber. Many enjoy it as a beverage, but others pour it over their breakfast cereal or overnight oats. The chocolate hazelnut variety has a rich flavor that is reminiscent of Nutella.
What you should consider: There aren’t as many flavors to choose from as the original Premier Protein blend.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Worth checking out
Premier Protein Clear Protein Drink
What you need to know: If you’re looking for a lighter protein shake that is easy on the stomach, this clear drink is worth considering.
What you’ll love: It’s only 90 calories, yet it has 20 grams of protein. The beverage is free of artificial flavors, sugar, gluten and soy. Some people prefer it frozen and use it as popsicles or ice cubes.
What you should consider: Because it’s a low-calorie option, it may not leave you full as long as higher-calorie shakes.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
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'Disheartened' Nuneaton laments another defibrillator theft
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A community has been left "disheartened and disappointed" after eight defibrillators for public use were stolen in a month.
In the latest theft to emerge, a device was taken from Horeston Grange Church in Nuneaton, Warwickshire.
The item had been funded by community projects and charitable donations.
Devices have also been stolen in recent weeks from Co-op stores in Nuneaton and Bulkington, Warwickshire, plus Burbage and Croft Hill in Leicestershire.
The church defibrillator is believed to have been snatched between 25 March and 30 March.
First responder Samantha Hall, who played a key role in having it installed, was among those to express frustration.
She told the BBC: "I'm disheartened and disappointed. A lot of people worked hard to raise this money to get this here. It's an ideal location for a defibrillator but now it's [gone]."
The Co-op defibrillators have since been replaced by the chain and stored inside the shops, meaning they are now unavailable to the public beyond trading hours.
The original devices had been funded by donations collected by Kate Williams and her husband Paul after a mural at their home, in homage to England's Euro 2020 squad, attracted thousands of visitors.
Mrs Williams said: "The generosity was phenomenal and was the best of Nuneaton, now we've seen the absolute worst of Nuneaton unfortunately from one or two individuals. It is mindless and just doesn't make sense. It makes us really, really sad."
Insp Dave Williams, from Warwickshire Police, branded the thefts "disgraceful", saying: "The offenders have put their own greed before the lives of others.
"We completely understand the anger and concern in the community resulting from these callous thefts."
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WFO SHREVEPORT Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Friday, April 8, 2022
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FLOOD WARNING
Flood Statement
National Weather Service Shreveport LA
1122 AM CDT Wed Apr 6 2022
...The Flood Warning is extended for the following river in Texas...
Sulphur River Near Talco affecting Morris, Titus, Franklin and
Red River Counties.
For the Sulphur River...including Talco...Minor flooding is forecast.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Do not drive cars through flooded areas.
Caution is urged when walking near riverbanks.
Motorists should not attempt to drive around barricades or drive
cars through flooded areas.
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
For more hydrologic information, copy and paste the following website
address into your favorite web browser URL bar:
water.weather.gov/ahps2/index.php?wfo=shv
The next statement will be issued Thursday morning at 1130 AM CDT.
...FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL FRIDAY MORNING...
* WHAT...Minor flooding is occurring and minor flooding is forecast.
* WHERE...Sulphur River Near Talco, Texas.
* WHEN...Until Friday morning.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 10:45 AM CDT Wednesday the stage was 23.0 feet.
- Recent Activity...The maximum river stage in the 24 hours
ending at 10:45 AM CDT Wednesday was 23.0 feet.
- Forecast...The river is expected to rise to a crest of 23.0
feet this Wednesday afternoon. It will then fall below flood
stage early Thursday afternoon.
- Flood stage is 20 feet.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
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The Treasury Department will not allow any Russian government debt payments from accounts at U.S. financial institutions to be made in U.S. dollars, an agency official says.
That restricts one of the strategies President Vladimir Putin is employing to stave off default.
Russia faces several April deadlines to make debt payments.
If it does not make those payments, Russia will face a historic default.
The country holds more than $600 million in reserves held in American banks.
The Kremlin must now choose between draining remaining valuable dollar reserves, new revenue coming in or possible default.
Treasury had previously said sanctions levied on Russia over its invasion of Ukraine still permit Russia to continue to make debt payments.
The debt is owed to foreign investors, among others, and comes from government investments to presumably spur economic growth in Russia.
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DEERPARK, N.Y. (AP) — A New York man fell to his death when he tried to retrieve a drone that had crashed into a steep river bank, police said.
Binh Ledinh, 42, of Lumberland, was flying a drone at Hawk's Nest in Orange County on Tuesday when the drone crashed 17 feet down an embankment overlooking the Delaware River, the New York state police said in a news release.
Ledinh tried to retrieve the drone and fell about 250 feet, police said.
Police located Ledinh after his wife reported him missing, but they could not reach him by foot because of the steep terrain.
Orange County rescue team members lowered themselves to Ledinh and determined he was dead, police said. Ledinh's body was then lowered into a boat and transported to the Orange County medical examiner’s office.
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Who are Putin's daughters? What we know about his family
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Russia's President, Vladimir Putin, has always been guarded when it comes to questions over his family.
In 2015, during one of his marathon news conferences, he dodged questions about his daughter's identities.
"My daughters live in Russia and studied only in Russia, I am proud of them," he said. "They speak three foreign languages fluently. I never discuss my family with anyone."
"Every person has a right for their fate, they live their own life and do it with dignity," he added.
He might not want to name them, but others have. The latest round of US sanctions has targeted Maria Vorontsova, 36, and Katerina Tikhonova, 35.
"We believe that many of Putin's assets are hidden with family members, and that's why we're targeting them," one US official said.
While little has been officially confirmed about President Putin's family life, documents, media reports and the occasional public pronouncement are enough to provide a portrait of the pair.
The two are the daughters of President Putin and his ex-wife Lyudmila. The pair married in 1983 when she was a flight attendant and he a KGB officer. Their marriage lasted 30 years, spanning Mr Putin's rapid rise to the top of Russia's political system.
In 2013, they split. Mr Putin said "it was a joint decision: we hardly see each other, each of us has our own life". She said he was "completely drowned in work".
Their eldest, Maria Vorontsova, was born in 1985. She studied biology at St Petersburg University and medicine at Moscow State University.
Mrs Vorontsova is now an academic, specialising in the endocrine system. She co-wrote a book on stunted growth in children, and is listed as a researcher at the Endocrinology Research Centre in Moscow.
She's also a businesswoman. BBC Russia identified her as co-owner of a company planning to build a massive medical centre.
Mrs Vorontsova is married to Dutch businessman Jorrit Joost Faassen, who once worked at Russian state energy giant Gazprom, although they have reportedly separated.
People who have spoken to her since the Ukraine invasion say she supports her father, and has cast doubt over international reporting of the conflict.
Compared to her sister Katerina Tikhonova has been much more in the public eye, not least due to her talents as a rock n' roll dancer. She and her partner came fifth at an international event in 2013.
That same year, she married Kirill Shamalov, the son of a long-time friend of President Putin. Their wedding was held at an exclusive ski resort near St Petersburg. Workers there said the couple arrived on a sleigh drawn by three white horses.
Mr Shamalov was sanctioned by the US in 2018 for his role in Russia's energy sector. The US Treasury said that "his fortunes drastically improved following the marriage". The pair have since split.
Following the invasion of Ukraine, two Russian activists were arrested for occupying a luxury villa in Biarritz said to be owned by Mr Shamalov.
Ms Tikhonova is now in academia and business. She made a brief appearance on Russian state media in 2018 to talk about neurotechnology and also at a business forum in 2021. In neither cases was her relationship to the president mentioned.
Neither woman is said to spend a lot of time with President Putin.
Mr Putin also has grandchildren. He mentioned them at a phone-in in 2017, but did not say how many he had or which of his daughters had them.
"Regarding my grandchildren, one is already in nursery school. Please understand, I don't want them to grow up like some kind of royal princes. I want them to grow up like normal people," he said.
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MasterChef 2014 winner Jamie Scott, who owns The Newport Restaurant in Newport-on-Tay and Hard Grind Coffee in Arbroath and Dundee, plus Wrecking Ball Doughnuts, will open the new bakery in May at 206 South Street, St Andrews.
The venture comes as a result of their successful collaboration with The Cheesy Toast Shack at the East Sands Beach where they have been serving freshly baked goods for the past few weeks.
Jamie said: “We’ve looked at St Andrews for the last couple of years but decided to look somewhere else that better suited our needs at the time.
“I’ve been in contact with Sam, who owns The Cheesy Toast Shack, about working together and he offered me space to do something. That’s how we started the pop-up.”
Pop-up shop success
The Newport Bakery has a large customer base from St Andrews, so it felt right to find a permanent home in the town centre.
This will allow those in the area to purchase the firm’s popular bakes throughout the week, as well as during the weekend.
Jamie said: “Our new location will allow customers from across Fife to easily access their pastries.
“We didn’t think the pop-up would be this successful, I think we’ve sold out every day it’s been there.”
Familiar favourites
Jamie wants to bring a familiar feel to the new location but also adapt to the lifestyle of the busy student and tourist town.
At the other bakeries in both Dundee and Newport-on-Tay, customers can expect a ‘low and slow’ atmosphere for those who want to take their time to enjoy freshly baked goods and coffee.
Meanwhile, at the new venue customers can anticipate more of a café atmosphere, but still with some old favourites.
Jamie said: “The menu will be similar and have the same base content including our pastries, bread and sourdoughs.
“We want to adapt to the different clientele in St Andrews and to bring more of a lunch feel to the new bakery.
“We plan to introduce more lunch bites to the menu such as salads and sandwiches, whilst still incorporating our coffees from Daily Grind.”
Expanding the bakery
The Newport bakery is looking to grow its team and is currently looking for bakers and confectioners to join them in its new venture.
Above all for Jamie, it is essential to show progression within the core team by moving them onto a new project.
“We are continually expanding with the team, therefore we tend not to hire senior positions. We always like to promote within the team first,” he said.
“It’s the same for the restaurant, the bakery and Daily Grind. We make sure that we take on people who are doing well in other aspects of the team.”
Refurbishments on the new The Newport Bakery are already underway and in a matter of weeks, locals will be able to enjoy a wide range of fresh goods in the heart of the town centre.
Until then, the pop-up shop is still running for the next couple of weeks.
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CHICAGO (NewsNation) — A newly-released Pentagon report says some witnesses who reported UFO sightings also experienced injuries including radiation burns, brain problems and damaged nerves.
While the memo from the Defense Intelligence Agency, or DIA, is not the hard evidence needed to confirm life on other planets, Nick Pope — a journalist who used to run the British Government’s UFO Project — says we’re closer than we’ve ever been.
“If they’re out there, we’re closing in on them and it will be the biggest discovery in human history,” he said Tuesday night during “On Balance with Leland Vittert.”
Titled “Anomalous Acute And Subacute Field Effects on Human and Biological Tissues,” the memo was part of more than 1,500 pages of DIA documents related to the Pentagon’s secretive UFO program called the Advanced Aviation Threat Identification Program.
The document, which was requested in 2017 under the Freedom of Information Act, was finally released Tuesday. It confirms, at least according to Pope, what pilots have been reporting for years.
“We’ve seen multiple videos — U.S. Navy videos — of jets chasing these things tracked on radar and it’s not just UFOs,” Pope said. “Frankly, they’ve been looking at other things which sound like they come straight out of an “X-Files” script.”
In 2019, the U.S. government declassified, released and confirmed videos showing encounters between UFOs and U.S. Navy pilots in 2004 and 2015. Similarly, leaked Pentagon footage of a spherical flying object seen flying off the coast of San Diego was later confirmed as authentic by the Pentagon, as well.
But because there aren’t definitive confirmations on what these objects actually are, the possibilities are endless.
Pope says one theory he’s heard is that the occurrences are no more than next generation aerospace tech — secret prototype aircraft and drones.
Pope also says he’s heard people say it might be U.S. tech secretly tested on one part of the military by another to see how we react. Then, of course, there’s the theory that this is adversary technology from Russia or China.
“All of this is why Congress is now taking very close note of this. There are multiple UFO provisions in the latest defense bill. So people are taking this seriously,” Pope said.
Pope, who used to be in the minority in terms of official figures following this phenomenon, says public and government interest is one of necessity.
“I think there has been a realization that this is a serious defense and national security issue,” he said.
But the new interest is also because UFOs have become just that undeniable.
“The other thing is, we’ve just got a lot more evidence than was previously the case. We always knew pilots … saw these things. But it’s the DoD themselves that have recently put some of this on their website,” he continued.
Either way, Pope says the chances of us finding out what these UFOs are is “stronger than it ever was.”
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Dundee United and Dundee fans are set to join forces at this weekend’s derby in support of Tangerines business chief Ricardo Cerdan’s Ukraine mercy mission.
Proceeds from Saturday’s 50:50 prize draw – organised by the Dundee United Development Association (DUDA) – will be donated to Cerdan’s “United With Ukraine” fund, which has already raised over £16,000 to support refugee support and evacuation work in the war-torn country.
Fans of both Dundee sides will be able to show their support at Saturday’s Tannadice derby, with draw tickets available in both home and away sections of the stadium.
Both clubs have already come together in support of DUDA’s decision to donate its proceeds, which are normally sent to United’s academy.
Proceeds from this Saturday’s Matchday 50:50 draw at Tannadice will be donated to financially support the continued work of Dundee United employee Ricardo Cerdan who has visited Ukraine to volunteer and assist in the safe passage of refugees. https://t.co/MJ6nCjkipG
— Dundee Football Club (@DundeeFC) April 6, 2022
Colin Stewart, DUDA chairperson, said: “We encourage all supporters of both our city’s teams to support this initiative as this is an opportunity to provide financial assistance to help support the young people of Ukraine who are living in desperate and dangerous conditions.”
Cerdan, who is the Tangerines’ international business development manager, first travelled to Ukraine last month.
He distributed 70kg of Dundee United toys, jackets, blankets and other goods worth £2,000 to refugees and told the Courier how he helped two children across the border into Poland at the request of their desperate father.
The selfless Tannadice worker has now returned to the country on a second aid mission.
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HERSHEY, Pa. (WHTM) – Kit Kat fans are getting a new limited-edition flavor inspired by a classic baked good.
The Hershey Company unveiled the Blueberry Muffin Kit Kat, featuring a blueberry muffin-flavored creme “with notes of fresh and cooked blueberries, a cake batter-like muffin flavor, and graham cookie pieces folded into the bar.”
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The flavor will be available at retailers nationwide starting in April in a 1.5-ounce standard bar, a 3-ounce king bar, and 0.49-ounce snack size.
“Our product creators have such passion for deciding which flavor Kit Kat should take on next and making sure it delivers for our fans,” said Dan Williard, brand manager of Kit Kat. “Kit Kat Blueberry Muffin has already become one of our favorites; it has all the taste of a freshly baked blueberry muffin, but no baking required!”
More information about Blueberry Muffin Kit Kats is available on brand’s official website.
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Five-time Ashes winner Ian Bell has been announced as Derbyshire’s batting consultant for the first two months of the upcoming county season.
The former England batter’s 7,727 runs in 118 Tests at an average of 42.69 included 22 centuries while he was an instrumental part of the side that reached number one in the rankings in 2011.
Widely acknowledged as one of the most elegant batters of his era, Bell also featured in 161 one-day internationals and eight Twenty20s before hanging up his spikes at the end of the 2020 domestic season.
Bell, who has joined Derbyshire for the opening block of LV= Insurance County Championship fixtures and replaces batting lead Mal Loye, is relishing the chance to work with head coach Mickey Arthur.
The 39-year-old said: “As a young coach, the opportunity to learn from one of the biggest names in the game was massive. Mickey has big plans for the future of Derbyshire, and I’m really excited to be part of it for the next couple of months.
“There’s a lot of talent there. Now it’s about making sure that it’s always on show across all formats. Between them, our batters have more than 100 all-formats centuries and there’s the ability to make big scores, my job is to help them to continue progressing and perform at their best.”
Bell amassed in excess of 20,000 first-class runs in a distinguished 22-year playing career, helping Warwickshire claim six trophies, including two championship titles.
Arthur said: “As a player, Ian had a career which any batter would be proud of, and it will be a great opportunity for our players to learn from him and develop under his coaching.
“Last season, the batting was an aspect of the squad’s game that needed to improve, so Ian’s arrival gives us a real boost, he has considerable international experience and that will help us continue to drive the standards we’ve set for the team.”
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve is moving closer to rapidly shrinking its huge $9 trillion stockpile of bonds in the coming months to fight high inflation, a move that would contribute to higher borrowing costs for consumers and businesses.
In minutes from their most recent policy meeting three weeks ago, released Wednesday, Fed policymakers said they would likely cut their holdings by about $95 billion a month — nearly double the pace they implemented five years ago when they last shrank their balance sheet.
At that meeting, the Fed raised its benchmark short-term rate for the first time in three years and signaled that it planned to continue raising rates well into next year.
The plan to quickly draw down their bond holdings marks the latest move by Fed officials to accelerate their inflation-fighting efforts. Prices are rising at the fastest pace in four decades, and Fed officials in recent speeches have expressed increasing concern about getting inflation under control. Financial markets now expect much steeper hikes this year than Fed officials had signaled as recently as their meeting in mid-March.
Higher rates from the Fed will heighten borrowing costs for mortgages, auto loans, credit cards and corporate loans. In doing so, the Fed hopes to cool economic growth and rising wages enough to rein in high inflation, which has caused hardships for millions of households and poses a severe political threat to President Joe Biden.
Many economists have said they worry that the Fed has waited too long to begin raising rates and that the policymakers might end up responding so aggressively as to trigger a recession.
Chair Jerome Powell opened the door two weeks ago to increasing rates by as much as a half-point at upcoming meetings, rather than by a traditional quarter-point. The Fed hasn't carried out any half-point rate increases since 2000. Lael Brainard, a key member of the Fed's Board of Governors, and other officials have also made clear that such sharp increases are possible. Most economists now expect the Fed to raise rates by a half-point at both its May and June meetings.
In a speech Tuesday, Brainard underscored the Fed's increasing aggressiveness by saying that the central bank's bond holdings will “shrink considerably more rapidly” over “a much shorter period" than the last time the Fed reduced its balance sheet, from 2017-2019. At that time, the balance sheet was about $4.5 trillion. Now, it's twice as large.
The Fed bought trillions of dollars of Treasurys and mortgage-backed securities after the pandemic hammered the economy, with the goal of lowering longer-term borrowing rates. It also cut its short-term benchmark rate to near zero. Last month, it increased that rate to a range between 0.25% and 0.5%, its first increase in three years.
As a sign of how fast the Fed is reversing its policy, the last time the Fed purchased bonds, there was a three-year gap between when it stopped its purchases, in 2014, and when it began reducing the balance sheet, in 2017. Now that shift is likely to happen in as few as three months, economists say.
Brainard's remarks caused a sharp rise in the interest rate on the 10-year Treasury note, a key rate that influences mortgage rates, business loans and other borrowing costs. On Wednesday, that rate reached 2.6%, up from 2.3% just a week earlier, a sharp increase for that rate. A month ago, it was just 1.7%.
Shorter-term bond yields have jumped even higher, in some cases to above the 10-year yield, a pattern that has in the past been seen as a sign of an impending recession. Fed officials say, however, that shorter-term bond market yields aren't flashing the same warning signals.
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Ten gunmen kidnapped an 83-year-old American nun from her bed in the west African nation of Burkina Faso and destroyed almost everything in the house where she lived, but left four other women unhurt, a Louisiana official for the order said Wednesday.
Sister Suellen Tennyson was taken late Monday “from her room in her pajamas — no shoes, no glasses, no phone, no medicine,” Sister Ann Lacour, U.S. congregational leader for the Marianites of Holy Cross in Covington, Louisiana, told The Associated Press. Lacour provided additional details of the kidnapping a day after the AP reported it.
Lacour said Tennyson takes blood pressure medicine and she is not sure how she would fare without it. “I do know without her glasses she’d be totally disoriented,” she said in a phone interview from the order’s worldwide headquarters in Lemans, France.
Two other nuns — one from Canada and one from Burkina Faso — and two young Burkinabè women who were living in the same house in Yalgo are now safely at the Kaya Diocese headquarters, even though the gunmen shot up their new truck so they couldn't use it, Lacour said. Yalgo is roughly 100 kilometers (62 miles) northeast of Kaya.
Lacour says she believes Tennyson was taken because she’s American, but the kidnappers have not been in touch with the order. Without Tennyson's phone, she noted, they might not have the phone numbers to do so.
“Was she targeted? We don't really know that,” Lacour said.
Tennyson had been a missionary in Burkina Faso since 2014, supporting Sister Pauline Drouin, a nurse from Lake Magantic in Canada, and Sister Pascaline Tougma, a midwife from Burkina Faso, Lacour said.
The once peaceful West African nation has seen a great deal of violence linked to al-Qaida and the Islamic State group over the past six years. Activist Daouda Diallo has documented more than 1,000 extrajudicial killings by security forces and jihadis over that period.
Jihadi groups linked to al-Qaida and the Islamic State in the Sahel, the vast expanse south of the Sahara Desert, have been taking hostages for ransom to fund operations and expand their presence. Twenty-eight foreigners have been abducted in the Sahel since 2015 and six, including two Americans, are still captive, according to Heni Nsaibia, a senior researcher at the Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project. In addition to Tennyson, aid worker Jeffrey Woodke was kidnapped from Niger in 2016, he said.
Yalgo is in the north, near the province of Soum, where two attacks in November killed nearly 70 people, and not far from the nation of Mali, where Human Rights Watch said more than 100 civilians have been killed in recent months.
Tennyson worked in the New Orleans archdiocese for many years, Archbishop Gregory M. Aymond said.
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Associated Press reporter Sam Mednick in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, contributed to this report.
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What’s better than hundreds of people named Josh hitting each other with pool noodles?
Hundreds of Joshes fighting two years in a row — but this time with food trucks, a costume contest and prizes.
A year ago, Arizona native Josh Swain hit send on a tweet, joking that he would fight everyone with the same name. The idea went viral on social media, and much to Swain’s surprise, people began talking about visiting the random coordinates he’d mentioned.
Swain knew he had to follow through on his plan, so he made his way to Lincoln, where hundreds of Joshes grabbed pool noodles in an open field in Air Park for the first series of Josh Fights on April 23, 2021.
Now, Swain is looking to defend his name yet again with an anniversary Josh Fight on May 21. This year, the event will be at 11 a.m. at Bowling Lake Park. Ticket sales ($11 fighters, $10 spectators) will go to Children’s Hospital and Medical Center in Omaha.
Joshes and non-Joshes are welcome to attend, as food trucks from Tastee Trailer and Taco Loco will be there. Winners of the costume contest will receive gift baskets courtesy of the Lincoln Airport.
Swain is also selling Josh Fight merchandise. All the proceeds from the T-shirts and pins will go to Partners in Health, a national organization that prevents maternal and infant mortality.
Last year, Swain’s event raised more than $44,000 for Children’s Hospital and Medical Center in Omaha.
Part of the reason the event went over so well, he believes, is because of its location. Swain said Nebraskans are generous, and they welcomed the Josh Fight with open arms. He’s now an honorary citizen of Lincoln, an honor bestowed by the mayor after last year's fight.
“I don’t think this event would work anywhere else,” Swain said. “The people of Lincoln are just so nice."
Last year's event turned out much better than Swain ever would’ve guessed, he said. It was a miracle everything came together last-minute. With more time to plan this year, he's hoping for bigger and better.
“People loved it last year and they said they wanted it again,” Swain said. “Who am I to deprive them of that?”
And maybe — just maybe — Swain said, the Josh Fight will become an annual event.
"If all goes well this year, we just might have to keep it going," he said.
Photos: Hundreds battle with pool noodles for the name Josh
Jenna Thompson is a news intern who has previous writing and editing experience with her college paper and several literary journals. She is a senior at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln pursuing degrees in English and journalism.
Melissa Eusterwiemann said she set the wheelchair at the end of the driveway for the bus to pick up while she assisted her daughter Lily, a first grader at Randolph Elementary who has spina bifida.
Some students come to school but never attend class; hallways and bathrooms smell like marijuana and the smoke sets off fire alarms; and teachers have been injured while breaking up fights, according to students and staff members.
The girl told police she began communicating with the man on social media as early as September 2021. By December, the unidentified man was trafficking her across the country, according to police.
The two people killed, who have not been identified by law enforcement, were heading west on the interstate when the driver lost control of the semi and overturned at around 3:15 a.m., the Seward County Sheriff's office said.
Kalvin Eichelberger is accused of supplying the cocaine the men overdosed on, which authorities suspect was laced with fentanyl, according to the affidavit for the Wisconsin man's arrest.
Hope Npimnee was standing outside of his vehicle in the lot near 19th and Vine Streets when University Police first contacted him in the early morning hours of July 9, 2021, according to court filings.
Robinson Juarez was arrested on suspicion of fleeing the scene of an injury accident. He was also ticketed for DUI, no proof of insurance and violating a traffic signal.
Multiple people named Josh fight with pool noodles last year in Air Park. What started as a mid-pandemic joke came to life, and now plans are in the works for a 2022 event.
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A Ukrainian MP has claimed that Russian soldiers raped minors and branded women's bodies in the country. Rape is an underreported crime and the reports coming in from the survivors in Ukraine might be the tip of the iceberg. These are evidence to build a case of war crimes committed by Russia. Rape and assault are deemed war crimes and a breach of international humanitarian law as well.
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Some motorists have been changing their driving habits after petrol prices soared above $2.20 last month.
The "hypermiling" phenomenon has seen commuters turning off their air conditioners and keeping their feet off their accelerators in a bid to get more kilometres out of each tank of fuel.
So what is hypermiling, and can it help you save money on your fuel bill?
What is hypermiling?
The term covers a range of techniques, including:
- Keeping up to date with your car's service schedule
- Checking tyre pressure
- Losing excess weight in the car — taking stuff out of your boot, for example
- Driving as slowly as reasonable in the highest possible gear without over-working the engine
- Driving smoothly, with no harsh accelerating or braking
- Parking in a forward-facing spot
- Coasting as much as possible, reading the road to know what's happening ahead
- Keeping air conditioner use to a minimum
Hypermilers share other tips and tricks (like planning journeys to take advantage of tailwinds) and shots of their fuel consumption figures online.
But a word of warning: techniques like drafting or slip-streaming the vehicle ahead should be avoided, as they are highly dangerous.
Will it save me money on my fuel bill?
University of Southern Queensland researcher and mechanical engineering expert Ray Malpress says hypermiling has the potential to reduce fuel consumption by around 10 per cent.
"Anything more than that would take a lot of extra thinking and planning to reduce how much fuel you use," he cautions.
Two things which will save you fuel are accelerating smoothly away from the lights, and braking smoothly and gradually when coming to a halt.
Harsh acceleration and sudden heavy braking both increase fuel consumption, Dr Malpress says.
What's the catch?
There is a "modest awareness of the phenomenon" and anyone can incorporate these techniques into their driving, but there are some things to consider, Dr Malpress says.
"Of course you can’t just crawl around because you’re just going to upset everyone else on the road. But there are ways you can be conscious of reducing the rate that you accelerate."
Hypermiling can be difficult in instances where there's lots of traffic or someone is in a rush.
"If you had a family in the morning and you had to drop kids to school and get to work then there’s a limit to how much time you’ve got, and accelerating up to the speed limits quickly will use more fuel."
Remember, always drive to the road conditions and obey the law.
What are other ways to save fuel?
The best way to reduce fuel is simple — drive less.
Walking, riding a bike or catching public transport are great ways to avoid high fuel prices and be environmentally savvy at the same time.
While it may not be in everyone's budget, Dr Malpress says having a hybrid car goes a lot further in terms of fuel efficiency than hypermiling.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday afternoon's drawing of the Missouri Lottery's "Pick 3 Midday" game were:
5-6-9
(five, six, nine)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday afternoon's drawing of the Missouri Lottery's "Pick 3 Midday" game were:
5-6-9
(five, six, nine)
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(The Hill) — President Joe Biden on Wednesday extended the pandemic moratorium on federal student loan payments and interest accrual through August, ending just three months before the midterm elections.
The president announced the extension until Aug. 31 in a statement, citing the still ongoing recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic.
“To enable Americans to continue to get back on their feet after two of the hardest years this nation has ever faced, my Administration is extending the pause on federal student loan repayments through August 31st, 2022. That additional time will assist borrowers in achieving greater financial security and support the Department of Education’s efforts to continue improving student loan programs,” Biden said.
The freeze was set to lapse on May 1 per an extension signed by Biden in December, and the White House was under pressure by nearly 100 Democrats across both chambers to extend it. Loan payments were first put on hold in March 2020 under former President Trump, and the freeze has since been extended five times.
Trump’s order froze the accrual of interest on federal student loans, effectively freezing $1.6 trillion in debt owed by more than 40 million Americans.
Biden said on Wednesday that “the economy was barely growing” when he first continued the pause in January 2021, and that now “America is stronger than we were a year ago.”
“However, as I recognized in recently extending the COVID-19 national emergency, we are still recovering from the pandemic and the unprecedented economic disruption it caused,” the president said. “If loan payments were to resume on schedule in May, analysis of recent data from the Federal Reserve suggests that millions of student loan borrowers would face significant economic hardship, and delinquencies and defaults could threaten Americans’ financial stability.”
The Hill first reported on Tuesday that the announcement of another extension was expected to come this week, citing multiple sources.
Biden said that in September, when payments start again, the Department of Education will “offer additional flexibilities and support for all borrowers.”
“The Department of Education is committed to ensuring that student loan borrowers have a smooth transition back to repayment,” Education Secretary Miguel Cardona said in a statement. “This additional extension will allow borrowers to gain more financial security as the economy continues to improve and as the nation continues to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic.”
The new timeline falls short of the extension timeline that some Democrats had requested. Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.) was the leading voice in urging the president to extend the freeze through the end of the year, which would start payments up again after the midterm elections.
Biden, in his statement on Wednesday, did not mention the cancellation of student loans. In the 2020 campaign, he supported forgiving at least $10,000 in federal student loans per person.
A year ago, Biden requested a memo from the Department of Education to determine his authority to forgive student debt through executive action. Since then, the administration has not publicly announced if the memo is complete.
Advocates and other Democrats, including Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.), have pressed for forgiveness of $50,000 per borrower or to cancel debt entirely. Schumer on Tuesday called for $50,000 forgiveness again after reports that the freeze would be extended.
“To extend the moratorium is a good thing, but of course, I believe the president should go further and forgive $50,000 in student loans permanently,” he said in remarks at the Capitol.
Meanwhile, Republican lawmakers were critical of Biden for the freeze extension. Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) called the moratorium “an insult” and reckless on Tuesday.
“President Biden’s perpetual student loan payment moratorium is an insult to every American who responsibly paid debts. There’s no free lunch: this reckless move puts taxpayers on the hook for billions,” the senator said.
Thomas Gokey, an organizer with the Debt Collective, which advocates for student loan cancellation, called it “political malpractice” to restart loan payments before the midterms.
“Debtors had to fight to win even an extension to the pause. We know that you can’t pause a crisis, Biden can cancel the debt today with a signature. It would be political malpractice to restart payments right before the midterms,” he told The Hill.
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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Mother of Amir Locke after Minneapolis police officer isn't charged in her son’s fatal shooting: "You are guilty."
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Mother of Amir Locke after Minneapolis police officer isn't charged in her son’s fatal shooting: "You are guilty."
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People who listen to PODCASTS are more open, intellectually curious, and less neurotic than those who don't, study finds
- Podcast listeners are more open and non-neurotic than non-listeners, study says
- Experts asked over 300 participants questions on their podcast listening habits
- They then compared them to their personality traits and reasons for listening
- People did not tune in for mindfulness reasons or due to smartphone addiction
People who listen to podcasts are on average more open, intellectually curious, and less neurotic than those who don't, a new study has found.
Researchers said that one-sided relationships and the social engagement of tuning-in were related to positive outcomes for listeners, while people with a higher need to belong were less likely to have listened to a podcast.
Queensland University of Technology researchers asked more than 300 participants questions on their podcast listening habits and compared them to their personality traits and reasons for listening.
People who listen to podcasts are on average more open, intellectually curious, and non-neurotic than non-listeners, a new study has found (stock image)
The authors wrote in their paper: 'As predicted, we found that people who were higher in openness to experience, interest type epistemic curiosity, and need for cognition were more likely to have listened to a podcast.
'This indicates that those who listen to podcasts have stronger informational needs.
'These findings are consistent with past research which found that openness, curiosity, or need for cognition was associated with use of other new technologies and using online platforms for informational purposes.'
Researchers said that, contrary to their predictions, those who listened to podcasts did not do so for mindfulness reasons or because of smartphone addiction.
They added: 'Participants who were higher in need to belong were less likely to have listened to a podcast.
'Furthermore, when we examined other Big Five factors, we found that participants who were higher in neuroticism were less likely to have listened to a podcast.
'These two findings help to differentiate podcast listening from social media use, which is positively associated with the need to belong and neuroticism.'
The aim of their study was to identify predictors of podcast listening and examine the associations between aspects of podcast listening and psychological outcomes.
Participants from a range of countries were asked to complete an online questionnaire that assessed the 'Big Five' personality factors – including curiosity, need for cognition, need to belong, age, and gender – and aspects of podcast listening, such as the amount, format, setting and device.
Researchers said that, contrary to their predictions, those who listened to podcasts did not do so for mindfulness reasons or because of smartphone addiction (stock image)
It also looked at potential reasons for listening to a podcast, including autonomy, competence, relatedness, meaning, mindfulness, and smartphone addiction.
The researchers said that openness to experience, interest-based curiosity and need for cognition positively predicted podcast listening.
Men were also more likely to have tuned-in to a podcast than women, which is consistent with other studies that have found that similar gender differences in podcast listening.
The experts found people didn't tune in to feel more autonomous, competent, related or meaningful, despite believing this might be the case.
Overall, researchers said their findings support the idea that informational motives can play a role in podcast listening, and that some aspects of listening are associated with positive outcomes.
In conclusion, they wrote: 'Together, these findings suggest that informational needs rather than social or emotional needs may be more relevant motivations for podcast listening.
'This is consistent with past findings that information was a more strongly endorsed motive for podcast listening than other more social motives among regular podcast listeners.'
The study has been published in the journal PLOS ONE.
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The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality released its 2022 Governor’s Texas Environmental Excellence Award winners in a press release on April 4. The city of Midland was the winner in the water conservation category for its water pollution control plant secondary treatment upgrades. The city partnered with oil and natural gas company Pioneer Natural Resources for the upgrades.
The awards have been an annual program since 1993 and recognize achievements in environmental preservation and protection, the release said.
“We are excited to be a winner of the Texas Environmental Excellence Award,” the city wrote in a tweet. “Thank you to [Pioneer Natural Resources] for partnering with us to be an example of how public & private entities can maximize conservation efforts & resources by working together.”
“Congratulations to the [City of Midland] for winning the [Texas Commission on Environmental Quality]'s Environmental Excellence Award in the water conservation category!” Pioneer wrote in a tweet. “Pioneer is proud to be a community partner in your water conservation efforts.”
The city and Pioneer made a $125 million deal in December 2016 for improvements to Midland’s wastewater treatment plant. As part of the deal, Pioneer would receive a supply of reclaimed water and pay the city $2.5 million annually for the sale of water.
An additional $8 million of improvements were added in June 2018. The improvements were completed in March 2021.
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KEN WILLIS: It's Tiger, Tiger, Tiger as the Masters prepares to tee off
AUGUSTA, GA. — Some 365 acres spread across rolling Georgia terrain. Mammoth pines, thick magnolias, the forecaster’s promise of wall-to-wall blue skies to come, complete with crisp springtime air whipped across the greenery by brisk breezes.
And not an ounce of oxygen available for 90 of the 91 golfers who’ll step to the first tee Thursday morning at Augusta National.
’Twas a time when the Masters was bigger than any golfer. Any group of golfers, actually. Bigger than Arnie. Bigger than Jack. And frankly, bigger than Tiger.
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Until this year, when Tiger Woods’ name remained on the entry list as tournament week approached, and remained, and remained, right through his Tuesday press conference when he declared, “As of right now, I feel like I am going to play.”
It's big. People who don’t know a sand wedge from a sandwich are talking about it. In Monday and Tuesday practice rounds, where Tiger has always drawn the biggest crowds, his audience somehow swelled to Papal standards.
As they used to say about Palmer, even his gallery has a gallery.
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Folks, the word gets thrown around way too much these days, but this is what a cultural icon looks like.
Suddenly, a battered 46-year-old golfer is dominating the international sports headlines. Looking back 14 months, to the horrendous car crash in L.A., this seemed the longest of longshots. In fact, we’d already basically settled into gaining familiarity with golf’s rising generation of star power.
Remember golf’s youth movement?
Fun while it lasted.
In recent months, the overriding theme was the generational change atop the leaderboards and, in the bigger picture, the world golf rankings, where eight of the current top 10 are 30 or younger.
Collin Morikawa, Jon Rahm, Scottie Scheffler, others.
Suddenly they’re all Jordanaires to Tiger’s Elvis. Background noise, for now anyway. Tiger, in building his legend and collecting idolizing young golf fans along the way, played a huge role in building this latest generation of immense talent.
Think about it. It was 25 years ago, at the ’97 Masters, when Tiger introduced himself to the world at large. Twenty-one years ago when he won the Masters and invented the “Tiger Slam,” winning four straight majors over two years. For the next eight years, there was no let-up.
Today’s 20-somethings grew up with that and, you have to imagine, were inspired to stretch the limits of their own beliefs in how good they could golf their balls. And now here they are, just as they were prepared to test themselves against peers, they find themselves overshadowed by the poster on their childhood bedroom wall.
You can’t help but think back to another 46-year-old legend who had nothing to prove but did. Jack Nicklaus, in 1986, was well into winding down his unmatched career when he tapped the well and overtook a Who’s Who of the day’s best talent.
This, by the way, isn’t that. Jack was only overcoming several months of uneven play that drew no concern because, you know, back then mid-40s was a different animal than today’s mid-40s.
Unlike Jack, Tiger is coming back from something a bit more concerning than, say, a missed cut at the TPC.
How far back he’s come, we’ll see. Maybe this will be the next miracle, as Tiger’s 2019 Masters win was dubbed, though he arrived that April in good form. Or maybe it’ll just be a modest first step in the next chapter of his career, which, if all goes well, will include an abbreviated schedule slotted around the major championships April through July.
By Sunday, maybe even by Saturday, Tiger’s shadow may be removed from the 2022 Masters Tournament. But for now, he’s even towering above the tallest pines on a property not accustomed to being overshadowed.
— Reach Ken Willis at ken.willis@news-jrnl.com
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Dale Earnhardt Jr. returns at Martinsville. Here are his 5 best NASCAR Xfinity Series wins
Move over Chase Elliott, NASCAR's Most Popular Driver is back in town for this weekend.
Dale Earnhardt Jr. is set to make his lone Xfinity start of the season Friday night at Martinsville, driving the No. 88 Hellmann's Chevy for his JR Motorsports team.
Since retiring from full-time Cup racing in 2017, Junior has made one Xfinity start a year, finishing 14th at Richmond last fall, fifth at Homestead (2020), fifth at Darlington (2019) and fourth at Richmond (2018).
Earnhardt Jr. has one career win at Martinsville in 35 Cup races (2014), and 24 career Xfinity Series wins. His first Busch race (yes, it will be called the Busch Series from here on out for nostalgia purposes) came in 1996 at Myrtle Beach. Yep, Myrtle Beach!
All right. Let's get to the good stuff. Here are Dale Jr.'s top Busch Series wins:
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1998: Dale Jr.'s first NASCAR win
You'll always remember your first, and Junior's breakthrough at Texas in '98 was certainly memorable.
Dale restarted second behind Front Row Joe Nemechek with six laps to go. Ironically, Nemechek's second Busch Series win came at New Hampshire in 1992, when he beat Dale Earnhardt Sr. to the stripe.
This time, though, it was Junior who ruled the day, passing Nemechek as the two took the white flag to win his first career NASCAR race with his father watching from the pit box.
2002: Dale Earnhardt Jr., Daytona, and the No. 3 Chevy
Driving a Richard Childress No. 3, Junior won the Busch Series opener at Daytona in 2002 — the year after his dad died on the final turn of the Daytona 500.
Earnhardt Jr. held off Michael Waltrip (those two know a thing or two about Daytona I hear) and Matt Kenseth over the final few laps to win his first Busch race at Daytona. Dale, driving the No. 3 Oreos Chevy, led 59 of the 120 laps.
"This was a special deal," Junior said after the win. "This was for fun and this was what was supposed to happen. This is great ... the No. 3 is back in Victory Lane."
2003: Talladega is Earnhardt country
Dale Jr. won plenty at 'Dega in a Cup car, and finally broke through on a Saturday in the 2003 Aarons 312.
He led the field to green on a restart with four to go in the No. 8 Chevy and held off Nemechek over the next two laps until the caution flew, and ended the race, with two to go.
Junior and Front Row Joe combined to lead all but three of the 117 laps. Earnhardt had to be pushed to Victory Lane after his Chevy ran out of gas after taking the checkers.
"If it had went (back) green, I doubt we would've made it," he said.
2010: Earnhardt's No. 3 Wrangler back at Daytona
Dale Sr.'s famous No. 3 blue and yellow Jeans Machine is returning to Darlington next month for throwback weekend, but it'll be tough to top what took place in 2010.
Junior got behind the wheel of his dad's famous machine, and paint scheme, for the 2010 July race and proceeded to win, beating Joey Logano, Ricky Stenhouse Jr. and Brad Keselowski back to the line.
It was Junior's second-to-last Busch Series win.
"I feel lucky ... I feel really lucky," Dale said after the race. "I was so worried that I wasn't going to win because nothing but a win would've been good enough."
2016: Dale Jr.'s final win at Richmond
Up until 2016, Junior had never won a Busch race in his own equipment.
That changed when he absolutely dominated the afternoon in the No. 88 JR Motorsports Chevy, leading 128 of 149 laps and beating Ty Dillon's No. 3 back to the line in overtime.
For Junior, it was his 24th Busch Series win, and first in six years.
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US Imposes Russia-Related Sanctions On 18 Individuals, Several Entities - Treasury
Sumaira FH Published April 06, 2022 | 10:34 PM
The United States has sanctioned 18 more Russian officials and their family members as well as dozens of companies, including those linked to Sberbank and Alfa-Bank, the Treasury Department said on Wednesday
WASHINGTON (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 06th April, 2022) The United States has sanctioned 18 more Russian officials and their family members as well as dozens of companies, including those linked to Sberbank and Alfa-Bank, the Treasury Department said on Wednesday.
Along with President Vladimir Putin's daughters and Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's wife and daughter, the list includes top members of the Russian Security Council.
"Today, OFAC is designating the remaining members of Russia's Security Council, including ... Aleksandr Dmitrievich Beglov is a member of Russia's Security Council and Governor of Saint Petersburg .
.. Konstantin Anatolyevich Chuychenko is a member of Russia's Security Council and Russia's Minister of Justice ... Anton Germanovich Siluanov is a member of Russia's Security Council and Russia's Finance Minister," the Treasury said.
The Treasury further said other designated Russian officials include Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin, Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office Anton Vaino, and Russia's Prosecutor General Igor Krasnov.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve officials are signaling that they will take a more aggressive approach to fighting high inflation in the coming months — actions that will make borrowing sharply more expensive for consumers and businesses and heighten risks to the economy.
In minutes from their policy meeting three weeks ago released Wednesday, Fed officials said that aggressive half-point rate hikes, rather than traditional quarter-point increases — “could be appropriate” multiple times this year. At last month’s meeting, many of the Fed policymakers favored a half-point increase, the minutes said, but held off because of the uncertainties created by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Instead, the Fed raised its key short-term rate by a quarter-point and signaled that it planned to continue raising rates well into next year.
The minutes said the Fed is also moving closer to rapidly shrinking its huge $9 trillion stockpile of bonds in the coming months, a move that would contribute to higher borrowing costs. The policymakers said they would likely cut their holdings by about $95 billion a month — nearly double the pace they implemented five years ago when they last shrank their balance sheet.
The plan to quickly draw down their bond holdings marks the latest move by Fed officials to accelerate their inflation-fighting efforts. Prices are rising at the fastest pace in four decades, and the officials in recent speeches have expressed increasing concern about getting inflation under control.
Financial markets now expect much steeper hikes this year than Fed officials had signaled as recently as their meeting in mid-March.
Higher rates from the Fed will heighten borrowing costs for mortgages, auto loans, credit cards and corporate loans. In doing so, the Fed hopes to cool economic growth and rising wages enough to rein in high inflation, which has caused hardships for millions of households and poses a severe political threat to President Joe Biden.
Many economists have said they worry that the Fed has waited too long to begin raising rates and that the policymakers might end up responding so aggressively as to trigger a recession.
Chair Jerome Powell opened the door two weeks ago to increasing rates by as much as a half-point at upcoming meetings, rather than by a traditional quarter-point. The Fed hasn’t carried out any half-point rate increases since 2000. Lael Brainard, a key member of the Fed’s Board of Governors, and other officials have also made clear that such sharp increases are possible. Most economists now expect the Fed to raise rates by a half-point at both its May and June meetings.
In a speech Tuesday, Brainard underscored the Fed’s increasing aggressiveness by saying that the central bank’s bond holdings will “shrink considerably more rapidly” over “a much shorter period” than the last time the Fed reduced its balance sheet, from 2017-2019. At that time, the balance sheet was about $4.5 trillion. Now, it’s twice as large.
The Fed bought trillions of dollars of Treasurys and mortgage-backed securities after the pandemic hammered the economy, with the goal of lowering longer-term borrowing rates. It also cut its short-term benchmark rate to near zero. Last month, it increased that rate to a range between 0.25% and 0.5%, its first increase in three years.
As a sign of how fast the Fed is reversing its policy, the last time the Fed purchased bonds, there was a three-year gap between when it stopped its purchases, in 2014, and when it began reducing the balance sheet, in 2017. Now that shift is likely to happen in as few as three months, economists say.
Brainard’s remarks caused a sharp rise in the interest rate on the 10-year Treasury note, a key rate that influences mortgage rates, business loans and other borrowing costs. On Wednesday, that rate reached 2.6%, up from 2.3% just a week earlier, a sharp increase for that rate. A month ago, it was just 1.7%.
Shorter-term bond yields have jumped even higher, in some cases to above the 10-year yield, a pattern that has in the past been seen as a sign of an impending recession. Fed officials say, however, that shorter-term bond market yields aren’t flashing the same warning signals.
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Tredegar Band recently completed the last portion of its forthcoming 150th anniversary recording project for the Ralph Vaughan Williams Society.
'Vaughan Williams on Brass' will be released on the Albion Records label around August this year and will feature his seminal works written for the medium — including the 'Tuba Concerto' which was recorded last week with Scottish virtuoso Ross Knight.
Great time
Ross flew in from Switzerland for the recording which has been made in its entirety at the Brangwyn Hall in Swansea.
"I had a great time with the band, who were on superb form,"he said. "The project has already created a great deal of interest and profile, and I was thrilled to be part of it with such an iconic work for the tuba."
Fortunate
Speaking about the collaboration, MD, Ian Pothouse added: "We have been very fortunate to work with several world class musicians in recent years — including Ross.
We are delighted that a musician of his standing wishes to come to perform with us. His performance was simply superb. It would have been great if we could have recorded a few more pieces if we had the time!"
Also included on the release, which is conducted by Martyn Brabbins and Ian Porthouse will be 'Variations for Brass Band' in a newly realised version by Philip Littlemore as well as 'English Folk Song Suite', 'Sea Songs' and the music to the evocative 1941 film 'The 49th Parallel'.
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PREVIEW-Razor's edge: Canada's Liberals eye more spending as inflation burns
By Julie Gordon
OTTAWA, April 5 (Reuters) - Canada's Liberals find themselves in a bind ahead of this week's budget: the economy has recovered from the pandemic, yet Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has pledged billions in new stimulus, a political poker chip that could further torch runaway inflation.
Trudeau's Liberals will present their 2022 budget on Thursday, just seven months after promising C$78 billion ($62.7 billion) in new spending in a re-election campaign. Much of that, to be spread over five years, has not yet been budgeted.
But fresh fiscal spending could be risky at a time when inflation is already running at a 30-year high. If too broad, measures could fuel further price increases and end up hurting lower-income Canadians.
"When you look at the impact of this elevated inflation on lower-income households, clearly they are hurting," said Rebekah Young, director of fiscal & provincial economics at Scotiabank.
"But at the same time, from an economic perspective, there's a risk that if you put even more money at the problem, it can create more pressures."
Young said major new spending initiatives should be set aside for the near term, even though total government revenues are expected to be higher than previously forecast due to higher inflation-linked tax revenue.
But that may be easier said than done. The government has already committed to spend more on defense following Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Trudeau's Liberals currently spend less than 1.4% of GDP on defence, under the NATO threshold of 2%.
The budget will also include about C$2 billion on a strategy to accelerate Canada's production and processing of critical minerals needed for the electric vehicle supply chain, Reuters reported exclusively on Monday.
Green technologies and initiatives on housing will be focal points of the budget, said one senior source.
And the Liberals will have to start to deliver a national dental-care program for low-income Canadians - a costly initiative that is a cornerstone of a support deal with the New Democrats meant to keep Trudeau in power until 2025.
Structural spending will end up adding to the deficit once the stronger than expected revenues are no longer rolling in.
This could derail efforts to reduce Canada's debt-to-GDP ratio, which skyrocketed during the pandemic amid extraordinary emergency spending and was last forecast to peak at 48.0% this year.
"Any near-term drop in the federal deficit from today's improved economic outlook could be fleeting. As such, we feel the risks to our baseline debt-to-GDP forecast are very much skewed to the upside," said Randall Bartlett, senior director of Canadian economics at Desjardins.
Rising interest rates - the Bank of Canada is widely expected to hike its policy rate by 50 basis points to 1% at a decision on April 13 - will add to debt pressures. Canada's federal debt was last forecast to top C$1.19 trillion this year.
Trudeau, facing backlash over surging home prices and rents, has also promised to make housing more affordable, including measures to make it easier for first-time buyers to get into the market.
"That does get us into a problem where typically the prices just adjust to reflect the improvement in affordability," said Stephen Brown, senior Canada economist at Capital Economics.
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(Reporting by Julie Gordon in Ottawa Editing by Matthew Lewis)
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Have you ever thought about that exalted position of head of state? If you did, and tried to describe the position of a president, you may find some difficulty.
Yes, it is the head of state who without exception lives in beautiful premises, sometimes even palaces. State functions take place there and visiting statesmen and their wives are hosted at exquisite banquets, to which the county’s high society are invited and turn up in their finery.
Sometimes, important political decisions emanate from a private tête-à-tête across a coffee table decorated with the national flag of the visitor’s country. Unless they follow it with a press conference, all we see is a photo of smiling faces shaking hands, even when sometimes serious disagreements hide behind the public façade.
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The term of office is five years and at end, the incumbent may stand just once more as candidate for election. Unlike in the United States, once the official campaign has begun, each candidate must have exactly the same amount of airtime on TV and radio, and there is also a strict limit on election expenditure.
In Germany, the election of the state president is even more complicated. He or she is elected by a federal convention that meets only every five years for that single purpose. It is comprised of all members of the Bundestag, the German parliament and an equal number of members elected by the parliaments of the 16 Länder, the counties. The number of representatives which the individual Länder may send to the federal convention is calculated based on the population of each Land. The term of five years can be renewed multiple times. The procedure is then similar to the French system.
In some democracies, the president is installed by parliamentary vote and renewable after every term. Israel’s president, until now only male, is elected by parliament for one non-renewable term of seven years. He has no political power, although his usual previous experience in government or executive positions does command influence. All these are semi-presidential systems with both a president and a prime minister who is responsible to parliament.
Then there are countries where the presidency changes by a coup d’etat, the forceful acquisition of power by a general or another dictatorial strongman, who hopes to remain the head of state for life. They then exercise sole rule with dictatorial powers. That method is particularly prevalent in Latin American countries. Some dictators have adapted to present themselves as civilians, organizing sham elections and creating make-believe democracies. Many poorer countries in the southern hemisphere are subjected to such systems.
In some true parliamentary democracies like the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Denmark or Sweden, the head of state used to be a queen or king, who ruled with absolute power and an iron hand. Today, their head of state is still a monarch, but a figurehead to preside at state occasions, such as the opening of a new parliamentary session.
Quite a different and unusual system remains in the Russian Federation. Although there is a parliament, however, since the turn of the millennium, the position of president and prime minister alternated between several ministers on the one hand and Vladimir Putin. Since 2012, he has remained president and recently enacted a law that guarantees his position until 2036. The prime minister is subservient to the president, who effectively rules with dictatorial power.
So, in different countries the state president is in office for different terms and with different powers.
While on the subject of Putin, it is not possible to avoid comment on his war in Ukraine. There, the situation changes very fast, so that any assessment is almost out of date before it is published.
It is believed that Russian intelligence was inaccurately informed about the determined will of the Ukraine population to oppose the invasion, which was to be a blitzkrieg during which they thought to be welcomed. Sources report that Putin has sacked several of his closest advisers, some were even sentenced to house arrest.
It is now obvious that everything did not go as planned and that the Russian Army was not prepared for the opposition that they met. Yet, Putin announced that the first phase of the operation has been successfully completed. Now, he is withdrawing from the cities northwest of the capital Kyiv, closely pursued by Ukrainian troops and leaving behind a land of scorched earth and cruel murder of civilians.
They have also left the area around the nuclear power plant at Chernobyl, carrying contaminated soil in their tracks and wheels into Belarus. It is believed that the new Russian objective is to complete the line of occupation of southern Ukraine to prevent local access to the Black Sea ports for supplies by sea.
On the other hand, if Turkey would heed Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelenzky’s pleads and decide to close the Bosphoros Strait to Russian ships, those in the Black Sea would not be able to leave, nor any others enter and supplies to the Russian occupied Crimean Peninsula would be severely curtailed.
I believe that the only alternative for Putin without losing face is to concentrate on consolidating his hold on the Donbas region in the eastern part of Ukraine, where he has support from the ethnic Russians, who comprise an estimated 30% of the population of that area. That would serve as a bargaining chip in peace negotiations with Ukraine.
In the meantime, Putin continues to punish Ukrainian cities with heavy bombardment and artillery fire. That tactic has already been condemned as war crimes by the Western world, which has called for a Nuremberg style war crimes tribunal.
The writer, 98, holds both Guinness world records as the oldest working journalist and oldest active radio show host. He presents Walter’s World on Israel National Radio (Arutz 7) and The Walter Bingham File on Israel News Talk Radio. Both are in English.
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PHILADELPHIA -- Prune Redmond is the owner of Prune Redmond Gallery in Manayunk.
With a background in comedy, Redmond had a great idea to help promote his shop. Ever since its opening four years ago, he would make funny videos using items in his shop as props.
"Laughter and fun is something we all have in common," said Redmond.
Redmond says that he loves Manayunk and wanted to also use his talent to promote the shops in his area.
"Well the first time I heard him outside, I ran to the door, I thought somebody was being attacked or something," said Teresa Davis, owner of Vamp Boutique.
He says he does it all for fun, not for money or for fame.
"But then I was like ok, he was dressed up in like this big fluffy costume," said Davis.
Redmond says that he has gained a lot of friends along the way. Local shop owners love the videos and energy he brings to the block.
"Just something light-hearted that you know makes everyone laugh is always good for the block," said Davis.
"Everybody that sees me do my thing, they like it cause they can see how much fun I'm having," said Redmond.
Prune Redmond Gallery promotes local business with comedy
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Humane Society seeing more stray and abandoned rabbits
The Humane Society of Kitchener Waterloo & Stratford are seeing an increase in the number of abandoned rabbits.
Six stray rabbits were found outside the Kitchener Waterloo Animal Centre on Monday morning.
The agency believes they were left there sometime overnight and were loose on the property when staff members arrived for work.
The Humane Society is now caring for 18 rabbits at their Kitchener and Stratford centres, as well as foster homes.
"We've had an increasing number of requests for rabbit surrenders over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic, with 34 rabbits on our waiting list at the moment," said Amanda Hawkins, the senior manager of animal care, in a press release. "Abandoning an animal is not only extremely dangerous for their health and well-being but can also be deemed an offence under provincial legislation. We are here to support our communities and are trying to bring rabbits in as fast as we have space and foster homes to assist us."
One of the rabbits at the Humane Society of Kitchener Waterloo & Stratford. (Apr. 6, 2022)
The agency said it's hoping to find the animals new homes soon, and they currently have five available for adoption on their website.
The Humane Society also identified their immediate needs for the rabbits. Besides foster homes, they are requesting donations to cover medical costs for the rabbits, food (such as fresh greens, timothy and alfalfa hay), chew toys and gift cards for other essential items.
They also want to remind the public that abandoning an animal is an offence under the Provincial Animal Welfare Service (PAWS) Act. Anyone with information on the abandoned rabbits found at the humane society is asked to contact the PAWS team at 1-833-9ANIMAL.
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HOUSTON (AP) — A group of bipartisan Texas lawmakers planned on Wednesday to visit a death row inmate whose execution they are trying to stop amid doubts about whether she fatally beat her 2-year-old daughter.
State Reps. Jeff Leach, a Republican, and Joe Moody, a Democrat, were set to lead a group of lawmakers to the Mountain View Unit in Gatesville, Texas, where the state houses women on death row. Melissa Lucio faces execution on April 27.
Lucio was convicted of capital murder for the 2007 death of her daughter Mariah. Prosecutors say Mariah was the victim of child abuse and there is no evidence that would acquit Lucio of her daughter’s death.
But Lucio’s lawyers say jurors never heard forensic evidence that would have explained Mariah’s various injuries were actually caused by a fall days before her death. They also say Lucio wasn’t allowed to present evidence questioning the validity of her confession, which they allege was not actually a confession and was given under duress after hours of relentless questioning.
Among those who have doubts about Lucio’s guilt are a bipartisan group of 83 Texas House members led by Leach and Moody. They sent the state’s Board of Pardons and Paroles and Gov. Greg Abbott a letter last month asking them to grant an execution reprieve or commute her sentence.
“Looking forward to a great and productive day with my colleagues. Doing everything we can to fight for justice for Melissa Lucio,” Leach tweeted before meeting with Lucio.
The meeting was first reported by The Quorum Report, which covers Texas politics.
A spokeswoman for Abbott’s office did not immediately return an email seeking comment.
Efforts to stop Lucio’s execution have also received support from reality TV star Kim Kardashian West and from several jurors at her trial who are now expressing doubts about her conviction.
In an op-ed published Sunday in the Houston Chronicle, juror Johnny Galvan Jr. said he believes jurors weren’t given all the information needed to make a proper decision and he now feels “deep regret” for sentencing Lucio to death.
“The idea that my decision to take another person’s life was not based on complete and accurate information in a fair trial is horrifying. There are so many problems in this case that I believe she must not be executed,” Galvan wrote.
In 2019, a three-judge panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals overturned Lucio’s conviction, ruling she was deprived of “her constitutional right to present a meaningful defense.” However, the full court in 2021 said the conviction had to be upheld for procedural reasons.
Lucio’s attorneys had asked the appeals court to recall its decision but the request was denied last week.
But in a footnote in the brief decision, 5th Circuit Judge Patrick Higginbotham called Lucio’s case “a systemic failure, producing a train of injustice which only the hand of the Governor can halt.”
Lucio, 53, would be the first Latina executed by Texas and the first woman since 2014. Only 17 women have been executed in the U.S. since the Supreme Court lifted its ban on the death penalty in 1976, most recently in January 2021.
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LIVE: Driver arrested for deadly Royal Palm Beach school bus stop crash
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A Palm Beach County man has been arrested after authorities said he was driving under the influence and crashed into a group of Royal Palm Beach students at a school bus stop last month, killing two 15-year-old children.
Investigators said Angel Antonio Lopez, 57, was taken into custody Wednesday on charges of DUI manslaughter, vehicular homicide, driving under the influence causing serious bodily injury, driving under the influence causing property damage or injury, and reckless driving.
The sheriff's office said Lopez was driving a 2018 Alfa Romero Stelvio around 7 a.m. on March 22 and lost control, drove onto a sidewalk, and struck four Royal Palm Beach Community High School students who were waiting for their school bus at the intersection of Crestwood Boulevard South and Cypress Lake Drive.
Two of those children, a boy and girl, both 15, tragically passed away. Two others — ages 16 and 17 — are out of the hospital and recovering from their injuries.
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Erik ten Hag admitted that he had doubts about the Manchester United job as he laid out his project during his interview for the role.
It is reported that Ten Hag is set to be appointed as the new United boss, replacing interim manager Ralf Rangnick, who has been in temporary charge since Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's dismissal earlier this season.
The Dutch boss was amongst the first potential managerial candidates to be interviewed for the vacant Red Devils job and told the United board that he sees the job as a five-year project during his interview, according to The Independent.
Amongst the issues raised by ten Hag in relation to the current state of the club, physical conditioning is said to have been first on his list.
United had been wary of appointing ten Hag, who is currently the manager of Ajax, due to the mixed records of figures adapting to the Premier League from the Eredivisie in the past.
This has extended to player recruitment, with United said to be undertaking greater diligence when signing players from the Netherlands, following the underwhelming past signings of Donny van de Beek and Memphis Depay.
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He is also understood to have presented the board with a comprehensive dossier on the current United squad and argued that the club have been some way off "Champions League shape" for a considerable period of time.
Sources have previously said that the United squad are split on the potential appointment of Ten Hag and are unconvinced by his credentials.
One source told The Independent that he "has not blown people away" at the club, having also reportedly missed out on the Tottenham Hotspur job last summer due to a perceived lack of charisma.
Regardless, Ten Hag now looks set to be given the chance to implement his project at Old Trafford after five years with Ajax, in which time he has won two league and cup doubles.
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FDA warns of raw oysters potentially contaminated with norovirus
(Gray News) – The Food and Drug Administration is working with Canadian food and health agencies to investigate a multi-state outbreak of norovirus illnesses linked to raw oysters from British Columbia.
The oysters were distributed to restaurants and retailers in at least 13 states, the FDA confirmed.
These states include:
- California
- Colorado
- Florida
- Hawaii
- Illinois
- Massachusetts
- Minnesota
- New Jersey
- Nevada
- New York
- Oregon
- Texas
- Washington
The FDA says oysters can cause illness if eaten raw, particularly in people with compromised immune systems.
Food contaminated with norovirus may also look, smell and taste normal.
Norovirus can infect people of all ages, and the most common symptoms of infection are diarrhea, vomiting, nausea and stomach pain. Additional symptoms can include fever, headache and body ache.
These symptoms will usually develop 12 to 48 hours after exposure to the virus. People typically recover from norovirus in one to three days.
To protect yourself from norovirus infection, the FDA urges you to avoid eating raw oysters in any of the locations listed above. If you have any of the products, the agency recommends throwing them away or returning them to the distributor.
Copyright 2022 Gray Media Group, Inc. All rights reserved. CNN Newsource contributed to this report.
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AG Garland, Commerce Sec. Raimondo test positive for COVID-19
WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General Merrick Garland has tested positive for COVID-19 and will quarantine at home for five days, the Justice Department said Wednesday.
Garland is the second Cabinet official to announce a positive test result on Wednesday. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo also tested positive for the virus using an at-home antigen test.
The announcement from the Justice Department comes hours after Garland held a news conference in Washington, standing side-by-side with the deputy attorney general, FBI director and other Justice Department officials.
The Justice Department says Garland asked to be tested “after learning that he may have been exposed to the virus.” Officials say he is not experiencing symptoms, is fully vaccinated and has received a booster.
The Justice Department said Garland would isolate at his home for at least five days and work remotely. The department said it would also conduct contact tracing in line with guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Raimondo’s office said she was experiencing “mild symptoms” and was sharing the news “out of an abundance of transparency.”
Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.
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