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Identiv Announces Hirsch Velocity Software 3.8.4 with New Networked Global IO and Data Centricity Features
Latest Software Release of Identiv's Premier Security Management System Enables AI in Physical Security
FREMONT, Calif., April 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Identiv, Inc. (NASDAQ: INVE), a global leader in digital security and identification in the Internet of Things (IoT), today announced the release of Hirsch Velocity Software version 3.8.4. The latest version of the company's complete security management system provides security teams with networked global integrated operations (IO), holistic data centricity across the system, and a thin web client. This transforms the way data is collected throughout the entire physical access control system (PACS), making the solution more intelligent and enabling PACS artificial intelligence (AI).
Latest Software Release of Identiv's Premier Security Management System Enables AI in Physical SecurityIdentiv's Hirsch Velocity Software is an integrated security management system managing access control and security operations across facilities worldwide, from single high-security rooms to multi-building, multi-location campuses. Velocity provides the security and functionality expected from high-end systems with the ease-of-use found in entry level platforms. It delivers stringent security compliance, interoperability, and expansion and flexibility options. The platform is designed for use with the Hirsch family of controllers, uTrust TS Readers, uTrust TS Cards, and Velocity Vision intelligent video management system (VMS). It also integrates with the industry's leading intrusion detection, video surveillance, visitor management, and security services.
Velocity 3.8.4 adds global IO, data centricity, and a refreshed web client to the industry-leading platform. Networked global IO provides edge computing capabilities and allows panels to share information between themselves and readers. In the event of a software failure, the panels remain functional and do not rely on the host server. With data centricity, the software now supports more data holistically across the system, creating a path to synthesize that data. The thin web client simplifies access control without requiring a full installation, improving user interface (UI), and moving towards a software as a service (SaaS) model.
"With the latest release of Velocity, we're making our controllers more intelligent, providing a platform where they communicate with each other," said Mark Allen, Identiv GM Premises. "As the physical security industry deploys artificial intelligence, controllers at the edge are no longer managed by the host server and need to think for themselves. The networked intelligence of global IO represents that step towards AI. Before controllers can begin to interpret, track trends, and react to data, they need to master data gathering. We're really excited to support this evolution in the industry."
Velocity allows administrators and operators to access real-time system information, enrollment, and control functionality through a compatible browser on almost any device. It controls doors, gates, turnstiles, elevators, and other equipment, monitors users as they move around a facility, prevents unwanted access, maintains compliance, and provides a robust audit trail. The system also allows contact tracing and lockdown features, providing security operators and dispatchers across an entire campus an affordable, integrated platform for emergency physical security, campus lockdown, and after-event forensic reporting.
In addition to networked global IO (NGIO) and user interface changes in the Velocity Web Server Client, the 3.8.4 release also includes:
- Shared Zones in Who's Inside for Global IO
- Federal Identity and Credential Access Management (FICAM) Wireless Lock Controllers
- Badge Designer Enhancements
Identiv's physical access control and video intelligence solutions provide the highest security at the lowest cost. Robust, feature-rich systems, hardware, and software verify frictionless access managed from anywhere. For more information on Identiv's complete end-to-end portfolio, call +1 888.809.8880, contact sales@identiv.com, or book a sitewalk.
About Identiv
Identiv, Inc. is a global leader in digitally securing the physical world. Identiv's platform encompasses RFID and NFC, cybersecurity, and the full spectrum of physical access, video, and audio security. Identiv is a publicly traded company, and its common stock is listed on the NASDAQ Stock Market LLC in the U.S. under the symbol "INVE." For more information, visit identiv.com.
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NEW YORK (AP) — About 1 in 4 fans of Major League Baseball feel at least some anger toward the sport after its first work stoppage in a generation, according to a new poll, but the vast majority are still excited about the new season.
Only 27% of Americans say they are currently a fan of MLB, according to the poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research.
The poll also finds 32% of Americans 45 and older say they currently are fans, but only 22% of younger adults say they are, a trend MLB management says it is working to reverse.
Even among fans, few were very attuned to the 99-day lockout that delayed the start of the season from March 31 until Thursday or say that it had a major impact on their views of MLB.
Jason Timmons grew up watching the Chicago Cubs and was following closely when they won the World Series in 2016, but he said he didn't know they would be starting their season Thursday because “the whole labor thing kind of turned me off.”
“I think it’s petty,” said Timmons, a 43-year-old from St. Marys, West Virginia. “I just don’t think it’s right — billionaires fighting with billionaires over just little stuff."
The poll shows three-quarters of fans say they’re at least somewhat excited about the upcoming season, and even more say they’re at least somewhat interested. Still, 28% of fans are at least somewhat angry and 39% are at least somewhat frustrated following the dispute, in which management and players vented their criticism of each other during weeks when the start of spring training was delayed.
“They’re always bickering about their labor,” Timmons said. "And it’s like, you’re just playing baseball. I mean, there’s other things going on in the world that’s more important than bickering about what they’re bickering about.”
Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred apologized to fans when the labor agreement was reached on March 10. Union head Tony Clark said several times during the dispute that management chose to institute the work stoppage as a strategy.
For some, the lockout was only further evidence of what they were already feeling. The poll shows 22% of Americans say they used to be MLB baseball fans but are not anymore. Donald Joy is among them.
“I used to play baseball, I used to be a fan of it, but I’ve gotten away from it because of all of the nonsense,” said Joy, a 70-year-old from Bailey, Colorado. “People claiming to be slaves when they’re making $20 million a year."
Joy lamented the growing costs for fans, from the price of a ticket to go to a game to the cost of a hot dog at the stadium.
“You get to a point where it’s not about the fans anymore," Joy said. “It’s become a rich man’s sport. It is not for the masses.”
But some fans were sympathetic to the players, especially those competing at levels below the major league level.
While Timmons was frustrated by what he saw as bickering amongst billionaires, he also focused in on the owners’ role in the months-long negotiations.
“I didn’t like them locking them out for no reason at the end of last year and doing what they did," he said. "I thought the owners were being petty, and then you know they don’t want to negotiate with the players. I mean, it’s just ridiculous.”
“I don’t begrudge the players more money at all,” said Mary O'Connell, a 67-year-old Yankees fan from Las Cruces, New Mexico. "The owners have got tons. I have no concerns about management’s poor sob story now.”
Major league players were angry that big league payrolls fell from $4.2 billion to $4.05 billion during the five-year labor deal that expired after the 2021 season. The new agreement lifted the major league minimum from $570,500 to $700,000 and devotes a new $50 million bonus pool each year to younger players at the lower range of salaries.
The contract also raised salaries for players on 40-man rosters assigned to the minor leagues, from $46,600 to $57,200 for a first-time contract, but other minor league players aren’t represented by the union.
Only 13% of current baseball fans say they followed lockout news “extremely” or “very” closely. Thirty percent said they followed somewhat closely, but 57% said they did not closely follow lockout developments.
Only 8% of baseball fans said the lockout had a major impact of their views of the sport, though another 39% said it had a minor impact. Baseball fans who followed news about the lockout were especially likely to say it had an impact on them, compared with those who didn’t, 64% to 34%.
Despite some frustration, the vast majority of baseball fans say they feel at least somewhat excited about and interested in the upcoming season. Fans that followed the lockout closely are especially excited.
“I enjoy just watching the game and don’t really focus on the political side of it, management, all that,” said Ronald Ellis, a 60-year-old Houston fan from Lake Charles, Louisiana. “I’m excited to see how the Astros will do this year."
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Fingerhut reported from Washington.
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The AP-NORC poll of 1,082 adults was conducted March 17-21 using a sample drawn from NORC’s probability-based AmeriSpeak Panel, which is designed to be representative of the U.S. population. The margin of sampling error for all respondents is plus or minus 4.0 percentage points.
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President Joe Biden will sign the Postal Service Reform Act of 2022 on Wednesday.
Congress passed the bill, which requires six-day-a-week mail delivery, in March.
The long-fought postal overhaul has been years in the making.
It comes amid widespread complaints about mail service slowdowns.
Officials have repeatedly warned that without congressional action the Postal Service would run out of cash by 2024.
To improve its finances, the bill would lift unusual budget requirements that have contributed to its red ink. It requires mail carriers to enroll in Medicare when they become eligible. Currently, they receive costly health plans when they retire.
The legislation also eliminates a mandate that forced the agency to pre-fund retiree health benefits, which postal service leaders told Congress was unfair and costly since most government agencies don't have to do that. Those changes are expected to save around $50 billion.
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LAS VEGAS (AP) — School police in Las Vegas have aired footage from a campus officer’s body-worn camera showing him fire three gunshots at a moving car last week after the vehicle struck a girl amid a report of a fight in a high school parking lot.
Clark County School District police Lt. Bryan Zink said Tuesday the car was traveling at 22 mph in the 5 mph parking lot, and the driver made a U-turn and drove toward students and staff — striking the female student — before Officer Christopher Knight fired three shots.
Knight was recorded shouting for people to get out of the way before the March 29 shooting in a parking lot at Western High School.
Knight and another campus officer assigned to the school had responded to reports of a fight and a vehicle with a possible weapon inside as students were being dismissed for the day.
The four people in the vehicle were not students, Zink said, and about 300 people typically meet school buses in the parking lot at that time of day.
The student hit by the car was treated at a hospital for minor injuries, and Zink said a female passenger in the vehicle was dropped at home before her parent took her to a hospital for treatment of a minor injury.
The driver drove himself to another hospital where he was treated for a graze wound to the head. Zink said he was arrested as a juvenile on suspicion of battery with a deadly weapon, possession of a dangerous weapon on school property and disregard for public safety.
Zink said Las Vegas police found a gun in the car.
The campus just west of downtown has nearly 2,800 students. It is one of more than 70 high schools in the sprawling Las Vegas-based district — the nation’s fifth-largest, with more than 300,000 students.
The shooting was the first involving a school district officer since 2005, Zink said.
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A man arrested in connection with the Sacramento shooting that killed six people was freed from prison weeks before and last year was rejected for earlier release after prosecutors argued he “clearly has little regard for human life,” documents show.
Smiley Martin, 27, was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of possession of a firearm by a prohibited person and possession of a machine gun. Hours before Sunday’s attack, Martin posted a live Facebook video of himself brandishing a handgun, a law enforcement official told The Associated Press.
Police were trying to determine if a stolen handgun found at the crime scene was used in the massacre. It had been converted to a weapon capable of automatic gunfire.
Detectives also were trying to determine whether the gun Martin brandished in the video was used, according to the official, who was briefed on the investigation but was not authorized to publicly discuss details and spoke on condition of anonymity.
Martin and his brother were among those wounded when gunfire erupted about a block from the state Capitol at about 2 a.m. Sunday as bars closed and patrons filled the streets. More than 100 shots were unleashed in rapid-fire succession as hundreds of people scrambled for safety. Investigators were trying to determine if a street fight outside a nightclub may have sparked the shooting.
The Sacramento County coroner identified the three women killed as Johntaya Alexander, 21; Melinda Davis, 57; and Yamile Martinez-Andrade, 21. The three men killed were Sergio Harris, 38; Joshua Hoye-Lucchesi, 32; and De’vazia Turner, 29.
Eleven people were wounded, in addition to Smiley Martin, 27, who remained hospitalized and will be booked on the charges when his condition improves enough for him to be jailed, a police statement said.
His brother, Dandrae Martin, 26, was arrested Monday as a “related suspect” on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon and being a convict carrying a loaded gun. He made a brief appearance on the gun possession charge Tuesday in Sacramento Superior Court.
Investigators believe both brothers had stolen guns and are trying to determine how they got them, the law enforcement official told the AP.
A 31-year-old man who was seen carrying a handgun immediately after the shooting was arrested Tuesday on a weapons charge. Police said they don’t believe his gun was used in the crime.
Smiley Martin has a criminal history dating to 2013. He was released on probation from state prison in February after serving about half of a 10-year sentence for punching a girlfriend, dragging her from her home by her hair and whipping her with a belt, prosecutors have said.
Martin might have been released sooner, but a Parole Board rejected his bid for early release in May after prosecutors said the 2017 felony assault along with convictions for possessing an assault weapon and thefts posed “a significant, unreasonable risk of safety to the community.”
Martin “clearly has little regard for human life and the law,” and has displayed a pattern of criminal behavior from the time he was 18, a Sacramento County deputy district attorney wrote in a letter last year to the Board of Parole Hearings.
It wasn’t clear if Smiley Martin had an attorney who could speak on his behalf.
Dandrae Martin, who was held without bail, was freed from an Arizona prison in 2020 after serving just over 18 months for violating probation in separate cases involving marijuana possession and aggravated assault.
Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg told reporters Wednesday he had “serious questions” about why the brothers “were out on the streets.”
“And those questions need to be answered and they will be answered over the days ahead,” Steinberg said.
Defense lawyer Linda Parisi said an effort to seek Dandrae Martin’s release on bail will depend on whether prosecutors bring stiffer charges.
“If it turns out that the evidence demonstrates that this was mere presence at a scene that certainly argues more for a release,” Parisi said. “If it shows some more aggressive conduct then it would argue against it. But we don’t know that yet.”
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This version corrects that Smiley Martin served about half of a 10-year prison sentence, not about two years of the term.
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Balsamo reported from Washington, D.C. Associated Press writers Stefanie Dazio, Brian Melley and Christopher Weber in Los Angeles, Don Thompson in Sacramento, Jacques Billeaud in Phoenix and News Researcher Rhonda Shafner in New York City contributed to this story.
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UNGA to vote on suspending Russia from Human Rights Council over Bucha killings
Vote by India, which called for enquiry into rights excesses in the Ukrainian city, to be watched closely
India’s vote at the UN General Assembly will be watched closely, as a resolution sponsored by the U.S., U.K. and other countries seeks to suspend Russia’s membership of the UN Human Rights Council (HRC), where it is an elected member, after the discovery of mass graves and human rights excesses in the Ukrainian city of Bucha.
Thus far, India has abstained on at least 10 resolutions critical of Russia at the UN Security Council, UN General Assembly, Human Rights Council and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
On Thursday, the UNGA is expected to vote on the resolution calling for the suspension of Russia from the Human Rights Council, after which members will make their statements on the situation in Ukraine. The vote will follow after a series of foreign officials and ministers from countries that are part of the U.S.-EU led sanctions regime visited Delhi in the past two weeks, calling on India to change its position on Ukraine. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov had also visited Delhi last week, praising India for its “independent” position.
No probe team yet
When asked about India’s vote on the UNGA resolution, officials said that while India had called for an “independent enquiry” into the killings in Bucha, an investigation team had yet to be constituted and it might be more difficult to vote until there was a definitive conclusion about who was responsible for the excesses. According to an official, the vote is not just about Russia and Ukraine, but the principle of whether such a procedure should be used to suspend an elected member at the UN body.
In what was seen as a toughening of its stance, India on Tuesday condemned the killings of civilians in Bucha and called for an independent enquiry into them, although its statement at the UNSC didn’t directly refer to Russia. As a result, the vote, the first such resolution since Libya was suspended by a unanimous UNGA decision in 2011, will be watched keenly for whether India would change its stand from the previous abstentions. If India abstains in this case, the vote would work in favour of the U.S.-led resolution which needs a two-thirds majority of the “present and voting” members in the UNGA on Thursday.
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ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — Buffalo Bills receiver Stefon Diggs will never have to feel undervalued again.
The fifth-round draft pick who blossomed into one of the NFL’s top playmakers after being traded by Minnesota to Buffalo two years ago agreed to a four-year contract extension worth $96 million, a person with direct knowledge of the deal told The Associated Press on Wednesday.
The person spoke on the condition of anonymity because the contract has not yet been signed. The agreement was first reported by ESPN earlier in the day.
The 28-year-old Diggs had two years remaining on his current contract, with the extension locking him up through the 2027 season.
Diggs celebrated the agreement on his Twitter account by posting a video clip from the movie “The Wolf of Wall Street,” in which actor Leonardo DiCaprio announces “I’m not leaving.”
The agreement represents the dynamic spark Diggs has provided to what’s become a pass-first Bills offense, and the instant chemistry he’s established with quarterback Josh Allen.
And it validates the faith general manager Brandon Beane placed in Diggs by acquiring him for a first-round draft pick 25 months ago.
Though productive during his five seasons in Minnesota, Diggs was mostly a secondary option behind receiver Adam Thielen and in an offense that leaned heavily on the running attack.
Diggs thrived immediately in Buffalo upon taking over the lead role among a group of receivers rounded out by John Brown and Cole Beasley.
In 2020, Diggs was part of an offense which set numerous single-season franchise passing and scoring records, while he became Buffalo’s first player to lead the league in both catches (127) and yards (1,535).
Last season, he finished eighth in the NFL with 1,225 yards receiving, while also leading the Bills with 103 catches and 10 touchdowns.
Overall, his 230 catches in Buffalo are the most by an NFL player in his first two seasons with a team, and he’s the first Bills player to top 100 catches in consecutive seasons.
Diggs also solidified his role as an influential team leader in being selected as one of Buffalo’s offensive captains last season.
Diggs was honored by the designation and considered it rewarding in his desire to break from his mercurial past in Minnesota by focusing on becoming more of a team-first player upon his arrival in Buffalo.
“It means even more now just as far as being acknowledged by your peers,” Diggs said in September by noting he had previously never been a captain going back to high school.
“The fact that they trust you in the biggest moments and they trust you on a daily basis that you’re going to do the right thing on and off the field, yeah, I was happy.”
Locking up Diggs is the latest splash by Beane to upgrade and maintain the core of a roster which has made the playoffs in each of the past three seasons. The Bills lost to Kansas City in an AFC divisional playoff in January a year after also losing to the Chiefs in the AFC championship game.
Allen is under contract through the 2028 season after signing a six-year, $258 million contract extension last summer. The Bills improved their pass rush last month by signing Von Miller to a six-year deal in free agency.
Upon signing Miller, Beane was already turning his attention to reaching a long-term agreement with Diggs. Beane was being proactive in making sure to keep his top receiver happy in light of the escalating rate of salaries at the position this offseason.
Diggs’ extension is in line with contracts signed by two of the NFL’s top receivers this offseason. Tyreek Hill signed a $120 million, four-year contract extension upon being traded from Kansas City to Miami.
In being traded from Green Bay to Las Vegas, Davante Adams signed a five-year contract which averages $28.5 million and includes $67.5 million guaranteed.
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Non-communicable diseases widely prevalent among corporate sector, says Apollo’s report
CHENNAI April 07, 2022 00:03 ISTAbout 48% employees of corporate sector have out-of-range cholesterol readings
Apollo Hospitals’ “Health of Nation 2022” report, released on the eve of World Health Day, has shown wide prevalence of non-communicable diseases (NCD).
The data particularly showed alarming prevalence of NCD among employees of corporate sector with 48% having out-of-range cholesterol readings and 28% having hypertension.
The hospital group said that the report was based on anonymised data collected in 2021 from lab values, medical history-based data analysis, surveys and artificial intelligence enabled prediction models for cohort sizes ranging up to 3.8 lakh. The data on corporate sector was based on 35,000 health checks done with corporates in 2021.
The data showed a prevalence of hypertension of 8.2%, diabetes of 7% and chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases (COPD) and asthma of 2%. All three had slightly increased prevalence among urban population than rural population. While northern and eastern States had a high prevalence of hypertension, southern and eastern States had a high prevalence of diabetes, the report showed.
The report showed that people of younger age group were increasingly being diagnosed with NCDs. The data showed that even moderate weight gain in women resulted in a higher chance of them developing diabetes.
The data from corporate sector showed that the prevalence of NCDs saw a significant increase in 2021 compared to previous years, possibly due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Prathap C. Reddy, chairman, Apollo Hospitals Group, said that for a country with a population of 1.2 billion, such numbers will increase the burden of disease and affect the economic growth. He said that every one should start giving importance towards leading a healthy lifestyle and think of spending on health as an investment and not as an expenditure.
Sangita Reddy, joint managing director, Apollo Hospitals Group, said the insights will help in the use of technology to gain an upper hand in ensuring a healthy workforce. “Combined with our pioneering experience of 38 years, we have at our disposal new technologies based on artificial intelligence and machine learning for predicting risk scores and developing structured lifestyle programmes with new models of care that lead to improved clinical outcomes,” she added.
Sathya Sriram, chief executive officer, preventive health, Apollo Hospitals, said the silver lining was that the report showed how structured programmes helped individuals reduce the risk and slowing the progression of the conditions among at-risk individuals.
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Police: At least 5 gunmen involved in Sacramento shooting
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Police believe at least five shooters were involved in the mass shooting in downtown Sacramento last weekend and that it was gang-related violence.
The Sacramento police department said Wednesday there was a gunfight between at least two groups of men.
Six people were killed in the bloodshed and 12 were wounded. The injured include two brothers who have been taken into custody in connection with the massacre.
No one has been charged with homicide yet.
At least two people remain hospitalized with gunshot wounds. Authorities credit evidence and tips provided by the public with their break in the investigation.
THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP’s earlier story follows below.
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A man arrested in connection with the Sacramento shooting that killed six people was freed from prison weeks before and last year was rejected for earlier release after prosecutors argued he “clearly has little regard for human life,” documents show.
Smiley Martin, 27, was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of possession of a firearm by a prohibited person and possession of a machine gun. Hours before Sunday’s attack, Martin posted a live Facebook video of himself brandishing a handgun, a law enforcement official told The Associated Press.
Police were trying to determine if a stolen handgun found at the crime scene was used in the massacre. It had been converted to a weapon capable of automatic gunfire.
Detectives also were trying to determine whether the gun Martin brandished in the video was used, according to the official, who was briefed on the investigation but was not authorized to publicly discuss details and spoke on condition of anonymity.
Martin and his brother were among those wounded when gunfire erupted about a block from the state Capitol at about 2 a.m. Sunday as bars closed and patrons filled the streets. More than 100 shots were unleashed in rapid-fire succession as hundreds of people scrambled for safety. Investigators were trying to determine if a street fight outside a nightclub may have sparked the shooting.
The Sacramento County coroner identified the three women killed as Johntaya Alexander, 21; Melinda Davis, 57; and Yamile Martinez-Andrade, 21. The three men killed were Sergio Harris, 38; Joshua Hoye-Lucchesi, 32; and De’vazia Turner, 29.
Eleven people were wounded, in addition to Smiley Martin, 27, who remained hospitalized and will be booked on the charges when his condition improves enough for him to be jailed, a police statement said.
His brother, Dandrae Martin, 26, was arrested Monday as a “related suspect” on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon and being a convict carrying a loaded gun. He made a brief appearance on the gun possession charge Tuesday in Sacramento Superior Court.
Investigators believe both brothers had stolen guns and are trying to determine how they got them, the law enforcement official told the AP.
A 31-year-old man who was seen carrying a handgun immediately after the shooting was arrested Tuesday on a weapons charge. Police said they don’t believe his gun was used in the crime.
Smiley Martin has a criminal history dating to 2013. He was released on probation from state prison in February after serving about half of a 10-year sentence for punching a girlfriend, dragging her from her home by her hair and whipping her with a belt, prosecutors have said.
Martin might have been released sooner, but a Parole Board rejected his bid for early release in May after prosecutors said the 2017 felony assault along with convictions for possessing an assault weapon and thefts posed “a significant, unreasonable risk of safety to the community.”
Martin “clearly has little regard for human life and the law,” and has displayed a pattern of criminal behavior from the time he was 18, a Sacramento County deputy district attorney wrote in a letter last year to the Board of Parole Hearings.
It wasn’t clear if Smiley Martin had an attorney who could speak on his behalf.
Dandrae Martin, who was held without bail, was freed from an Arizona prison in 2020 after serving just over 18 months for violating probation in separate cases involving marijuana possession and aggravated assault.
Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg told reporters Wednesday he had “serious questions” about why the brothers “were out on the streets.”
“And those questions need to be answered and they will be answered over the days ahead,” Steinberg said.
Defense lawyer Linda Parisi said an effort to seek Dandrae Martin’s release on bail will depend on whether prosecutors bring stiffer charges.
“If it turns out that the evidence demonstrates that this was mere presence at a scene that certainly argues more for a release,” Parisi said. “If it shows some more aggressive conduct then it would argue against it. But we don’t know that yet.”
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This version corrects that Smiley Martin served about half of a 10-year prison sentence, not about two years of the term.
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Balsamo reported from Washington, D.C. Associated Press writers Stefanie Dazio, Brian Melley and Christopher Weber in Los Angeles, Don Thompson in Sacramento, Jacques Billeaud in Phoenix and News Researcher Rhonda Shafner in New York City contributed to this story.
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By Jonathan Stempel
NEW YORK, April 5 (Reuters) - The top U.S. securities regulator on Tuesday sued the former head of a now-defunct British company for making a fraudulent bid to buy U.S. aerospace and defense company Textron Inc TXT.N for about $13.8 billion.
Melville ten Cate, 52, and his Xcalibur Aerospace Ltd, which claimed to produce high-speed unmanned aircraft systems, were "never positioned to make any legitimate offer for Textron," the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) said in a complaint filed in Manhattan federal court.
The regulator said ten Cate, a U.S. citizen then living in Europe, made overtures to Textron over nearly two years before placing a Nov. 9, 2020 advertisement in the New York Times offering to buy Textron shares at $60.50 each, a 56% premium.
The SEC also said ten Cate falsely claimed on Xcalibur's website to have lined up $11 billion in financing, and in an interview with SEC staff made false statements about the financing and Xcalibur's supposed ability to complete the tender offer.
The defendant could not immediately be reached for comment. The SEC did not immediately respond to a request for additional information.
Textron shares rose as much 15.9% after the offer, which the maker of Beechcraft and Cessna business jets dismissed as "fictitious." The Providence, Rhode Island-based company reported having 228.9 million shares at the time.
Tuesday's lawsuit seeks a civil fine, restrictions on securities transactions, and other remedies against ten Cate. A British court put Xcalibur into liquidation last July, the SEC said.
(Reporting by Jonathan Stempel in New York; Editing by Bill Berkrot)
((jon.stempel@thomsonreuters.com; +1 646 223 6317; Reuters Messaging: jon.stempel.thomsonreuters.com@reuters.net))
The views and opinions expressed herein are the views and opinions of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of Nasdaq, Inc.
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End of an era: Narrogin’s RSL sub-branch closes after more than 100 years of service
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After a nice start to the week, round one of rain came through late last night into the first half of today. We'll have a bit of a break from the steady rain, at least through this evening. There will be some spotty drizzle or an isolated shower tonight. A cold front will work from west to east across the northeast will bring back rain chances Thursday, especially by the afternoon. This time around we could also see an isolated thunderstorm and a few downpours - so, overall expect a good soaking rain Thursday. A few showers are possible Friday and Saturday before things finally start to dry out and temperatures will turn up to near 70 early next week.
TONIGHT
Expect mostly cloudy skies and a damp, dreary feel with spotty drizzle and showers. Temperatures will fall into the upper 40s amid breezy easterly winds.
THURSDAY AND FRIDAY
Another round of rain will return Thursday by midday or early afternoon. Expect a steadier rain Thursday afternoon with some embedded thunderstorms which will continue into Thursday evening. The wet weather will finally wrap up and should exit by Friday as the aforementioned front slowly works offshore, however, a broad upper level trough will slowly build in in the wake of the front, and this will lead to a mostly cloudy Friday with still a slight chance for a shower, especially during the afternoon.
WEEKEND
Finally some much welcomed dry time will return over the weekend! There could be a few passing showers Saturday but Sunday looks to be mostly dry. Temperatures will be slightly cooler with highs in the middle to lower 50s with nights in the middle and upper 30s. It'll also be breezy both days but nothing to be a big nuisance.
TRACK THE WEATHER:
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The United States and European allies are again escalating sanctions on Russia after the discovery of evidence that Russian troops executed civilians in a town near Kyiv.
New penalties moved even closer to Russian President Vladimir Putin, targeting two of his adult daughters. The U.S., United Kingdom and the European Union prepared other steps including an embargo against Russian coal.
Pressure in the West for new sanctions rose in recent days after videos and photographs emerged of bodies laying in the streets of Bucha after Ukrainian forces regained control from retreating Russians. Some of the victims had their hands bound and were shot in the head, and satellite images indicated they had been in the streets since mid-March, when the Russian military still occupied the town.
“I made clear that Russia would pay a severe and immediate price for its atrocities in Bucha,” President Joe Biden said in a tweet after the White House said he will sign an executive order banning all new investment in Russia.
Sanctions imposed since Russia invaded Ukraine in February have damaged Russia’s economy but failed to stop the war.
Here’s a look at some of the sanctions now in place. Combined, they add up to some of the toughest penalties imposed on any nation short of military action.
LATEST MOVES
The United States on Wednesday announced sanctions targeting Putin’s two adult daughters — cutting off all of his close family members from the U.S. financial system and freezing any assets they might hold in the U.S. The same measures were taken against Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin, the wife and children of Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, former President Dmitry Medvedev and others.
Washington also acted against two of Russia’s largest banks, Sberbank and Alfa Bank, and the U.S. and its allies plan to ban all new investment in Russia. Earlier this week, the U.S. Treasury Department moved to block any Russian government debt payments with U.S. dollars from accounts at American financial institutions — a step designed to make it difficult for Russia to meet financial obligations.
NEXT STEPS?
In Brussels, the European Commission proposed a ban on coal imports from Russia. If adopted, it would be the first EU sanctions to target Russia’s critical energy industry.
The United States has already banned Russian oil and natural gas, but Europe has hesitated — it is far more dependent than the U.S. on Russian energy, and sanctions are likely to drive up costs on European consumers and businesses. Germany has long opposed a ban on Russian natural gas. So has Hungary and its president, a Putin ally who is bending to Russian demands to pay for gas imports with rubles.
The EU's foreign affairs chief, Josep Borrell, said Europe is paying Russia a billion euros ($1.09 billion) a day for energy, helping finance Russia's war effort and dwarfing the aid that Europe is giving Ukraine.
Europe is also considering banning Russian ships from EU ports — Russian aircraft are already barred from European airspace — and banning the export to Russia of quantum computers, advanced semiconductors and other machinery and high-tech equipment.
Some European leaders say the proposals don't go far enough. Lithuania's foreign minister, Gabrielius Landsbergis, tweeted that a coal ban, sanctions against a few banks, and barring Russian ships “is not really an adequate sanctions package to the massacres that are being uncovered. A feeble response is just an invitation for more atrocities.”
OLIGARCHS
Also Wednesday, the Biden administration charged a Russian oligarch with violating earlier sanctions that the U.S. imposed after Russia annexed Crimea in 2014, which included barring U.S. citizens from working for or doing business with Russian media baron Konstantin Malofeyev. Officials said that Malofeyev used co-conspirators to secretly acquire media organizations across Europe in hopes of spreading pro-Russia propaganda.
A former CNBC and Fox News employee was arrested last month in London for working as a television producer for Malofeyev.
Previous sanctions had targeted other people close to Putin, including Alisher Usmanov, one of the wealthiest people in Russia, and Putin's press secretary, Dmitry Peskov.
The Justice Department recently announced the creation of a team of federal agents and prosecutors to pursue wealthy Russians or anyone else who aids Russia’s invasion of Ukraine or uses cryptocurrency to help Russia evade sanctions. The team, called Task Force Kleptocapture, was set up to seize assets belonging to oligarchs.
On Monday, in the Mediterranean port of Palma de Mallorca, U.S. agents and Spain’s Civil Guard seized a 254-foot (78-meter) yacht owned by an oligarch and Putin ally whom the Justice Department accuses of violating laws on bank fraud, money laundering and sanctions. A boating website called Superyachtfan.com valued the ship, called Tango, at $120 million.
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MADISON, Wis. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday afternoon's drawing of the Wisconsin Lottery's "Pick 4 Midday" game were:
5-3-2-7
(five, three, two, seven)
MADISON, Wis. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday afternoon's drawing of the Wisconsin Lottery's "Pick 4 Midday" game were:
5-3-2-7
(five, three, two, seven)
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CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — New Hampshire has a new State Child Advocate.
The Executive Council on Wednesday approved Cassandra Sanchez for the position. She succeeds Moira O'Neill, the first person to hold the position. O'Neill declined to seek a second, four-year term.
Sanchez, who was nominated by Gov. Chris Sununu, last worked for the Massachusetts Department of Children and Families as a supervisor in the Kinship unit. She has a background in mental health.
The office was created as an independent oversight agency for the state Division of Children, Youth and Families. It was part of an effort to reform the state’s child protection system in the wake of two toddler deaths in 2014 and 2015. In 2020, a new law expanded its oversight to all state agencies that provide services to children, as well as to other public and private organizations.
The office’s work has included systemic reviews of the use of of restraint and seclusion of children in residential care and how the state supports infants born exposed to drugs and alcohol.
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The Biden administration on Wednesday announced that federal student loan payments will remain paused through Aug. 31, extending a freeze that began in 2020 but was set to end after this month. The action is meant to help millions of borrowers regain financial footing before they’re back on the hook for payments.
Here’s more on the decision:
WHAT DOES IT MEAN FOR BORROWERS?
The extension gives Americans another four months to get ready for student loan payments to restart. Borrowers won't be asked to make payments until after Aug. 31, and interest rates will remain at 0% during that time. Under the new action, people who were behind on payments before the pandemic will automatically be put in good standing with the Education Department. That’s a change from previous policy, which required borrowers in default to make nine consecutive loan payments and apply to exit default. Education Secretary Miguel Cardona said the extra time will help his agency prepare borrowers for a “smooth transition back to repayment."
WHO IS ELIGIBLE?
The moratorium applies to most federal student loan programs, including the Direct Loan Program, which issues subsidized and unsubsidized student loans. It does not apply to private loans issued by banks, schools or other institutions. The latest federal data show that more than 43 million Americans have student loans, worth a combined $1.6 trillion.
WHY IS IT BEING EXTENDED?
The freeze has been extended multiple times as a reprieve for Americans facing financial hardship during the pandemic. In announcing the latest action, President Joe Biden said that while the nation has seen economic growth, Americans are still recovering. He said the extension will help borrowers “continue to get back on their feet after two of the hardest years this nation has ever faced.” It came amid rising fear that many borrowers would quickly fall behind if payments started in May. A memo from the Federal Reserve last month warned that without more time, delinquency rates “could snap back from historic lows to their previous highs.”
HOW LONG HAVE LOANS BEEN PAUSED?
Federal student loans have been suspended for more than two years. In March 2020, the Trump administration gave borrowers the option to pause payments for at least 60 days. Congress made it automatic soon after as part of a pandemic relief package. The moratorium was later extended multiple times by Trump and Biden.
WHAT ELSE IS BEING DONE?
In addition to the loan pause, the Biden administration has been working to revamp certain programs that let borrowers get debt erased. The Education Department has relaxed rules for a notoriously complex program known as Public Service Loan Forgiveness program, and for another program that erases student debt for Americans with disabilities. The agency has approved $2 billion in debt cancellation for people who were defrauded by their colleges, plus $1 billion for students who attended the now-defunct ITT Tech for-profit college but left before graduating. Some Democrats have called for additional changes to the student loan system, including an overhaul of repayment plans that critics say are overly complex and difficult to navigate.
WHAT ABOUT WIDER LOAN FORGIVENESS?
As a presidential candidate in 2020, Biden said he would “immediately cancel a minimum of $10,000 of student debt per person.” That hasn’t happened. The White House has said Biden would sign legislation canceling up to that amount, but it has resisted calls to erase debt using executive action. Democrats including Sen. Chuck Schumer and Sen. Elizabeth Warren have pressed Biden to cancel $50,000 across the board, saying it would further boost the economy and address racial inequities in student debt. In a statement, those Democrats applauded the new extension but said it underscores the need for “swift executive action” to cancel debt. Last year the White House requested a review from the Education and Justice departments to explore widespread forgiveness, but no decision has been announced.
WHAT ARE PEOPLE SAYING ABOUT THE PAUSE?
Borrower advocacy groups welcomed the extension, but many said it isn’t enough. The NAACP urged Biden to forgive at least $50,000 for student borrowers: “With each and every repayment extension, you make a stronger case for canceling it,” the group said. The Center for Responsible Lending made the same demand, saying that while the latest action will give some borrowers a fresh start, “their debts remain the same.” Democrats in Congress applauded the pause, while Republicans blasted it as a drain on taxpayers. Sen. Richard Burr, the ranking Republican on the Senate education committee, said the administration “wants to have their cake and eat it, too: they want to tout America’s return to normal following the pandemic, but also want to keep extending emergency relief policies.”
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NEW YORK (AP) — About 1 in 4 fans of Major League Baseball feel at least some anger toward the sport after its first work stoppage in a generation, according to a new poll, but the vast majority are still excited about the new season.
Only 27% of Americans say they are currently a fan of MLB, according to the poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research.
The poll also finds 32% of Americans 45 and older say they currently are fans, but only 22% of younger adults say they are, a trend MLB management says it is working to reverse.
Even among fans, few were very attuned to the 99-day lockout that delayed the start of the season from March 31 until Thursday or say that it had a major impact on their views of MLB.
Jason Timmons grew up watching the Chicago Cubs and was following closely when they won the World Series in 2016, but he said he didn't know they would be starting their season Thursday because “the whole labor thing kind of turned me off.”
“I think it’s petty,” said Timmons, a 43-year-old from St. Marys, West Virginia. “I just don’t think it’s right — billionaires fighting with billionaires over just little stuff."
The poll shows three-quarters of fans say they’re at least somewhat excited about the upcoming season, and even more say they’re at least somewhat interested. Still, 28% of fans are at least somewhat angry and 39% are at least somewhat frustrated following the dispute, in which management and players vented their criticism of each other during weeks when the start of spring training was delayed.
“They’re always bickering about their labor,” Timmons said. "And it’s like, you’re just playing baseball. I mean, there’s other things going on in the world that’s more important than bickering about what they’re bickering about.”
Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred apologized to fans when the labor agreement was reached on March 10. Union head Tony Clark said several times during the dispute that management chose to institute the work stoppage as a strategy.
For some, the lockout was only further evidence of what they were already feeling. The poll shows 22% of Americans say they used to be MLB baseball fans but are not anymore. Donald Joy is among them.
“I used to play baseball, I used to be a fan of it, but I’ve gotten away from it because of all of the nonsense,” said Joy, a 70-year-old from Bailey, Colorado. “People claiming to be slaves when they’re making $20 million a year."
Joy lamented the growing costs for fans, from the price of a ticket to go to a game to the cost of a hot dog at the stadium.
“You get to a point where it’s not about the fans anymore," Joy said. “It’s become a rich man’s sport. It is not for the masses.”
But some fans were sympathetic to the players, especially those competing at levels below the major league level.
While Timmons was frustrated by what he saw as bickering amongst billionaires, he also focused in on the owners’ role in the months-long negotiations.
“I didn’t like them locking them out for no reason at the end of last year and doing what they did," he said. "I thought the owners were being petty, and then you know they don’t want to negotiate with the players. I mean, it’s just ridiculous.”
“I don’t begrudge the players more money at all,” said Mary O'Connell, a 67-year-old Yankees fan from Las Cruces, New Mexico. "The owners have got tons. I have no concerns about management’s poor sob story now.”
Major league players were angry that big league payrolls fell from $4.2 billion to $4.05 billion during the five-year labor deal that expired after the 2021 season. The new agreement lifted the major league minimum from $570,500 to $700,000 and devotes a new $50 million bonus pool each year to younger players at the lower range of salaries.
The contract also raised salaries for players on 40-man rosters assigned to the minor leagues, from $46,600 to $57,200 for a first-time contract, but other minor league players aren’t represented by the union.
Only 13% of current baseball fans say they followed lockout news “extremely” or “very” closely. Thirty percent said they followed somewhat closely, but 57% said they did not closely follow lockout developments.
Only 8% of baseball fans said the lockout had a major impact of their views of the sport, though another 39% said it had a minor impact. Baseball fans who followed news about the lockout were especially likely to say it had an impact on them, compared with those who didn’t, 64% to 34%.
Despite some frustration, the vast majority of baseball fans say they feel at least somewhat excited about and interested in the upcoming season. Fans that followed the lockout closely are especially excited.
“I enjoy just watching the game and don’t really focus on the political side of it, management, all that,” said Ronald Ellis, a 60-year-old Houston fan from Lake Charles, Louisiana. “I’m excited to see how the Astros will do this year."
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Fingerhut reported from Washington.
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The AP-NORC poll of 1,082 adults was conducted March 17-21 using a sample drawn from NORC’s probability-based AmeriSpeak Panel, which is designed to be representative of the U.S. population. The margin of sampling error for all respondents is plus or minus 4.0 percentage points.
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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.
In her April 1 order, Brinkema 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.”
Prosecutors, who filed an appeal with the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond the first time Brinkema ordered Ferizi’s release, have not yet indicated if they plan to appeal her most recent order.
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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Liam Dent: Martin Eastwood jailed for 30 years for murder of victim dragged 'screaming' for half a mile by car
The victim had suffered horrific injuries in the assault and was pronounced dead at the scene, the court hears, while the killer had two previous convictions for using a car as a weapon.
Wednesday 6 April 2022 21:06, UK
A man who ran over a pedestrian and dragged him for more than half a mile has been jailed for at least 30 years for his murder.
Martin Eastwood, 22, driving a stolen Ford S-Max, ploughed into father-of-two Liam Dent in revenge for a minor row outside a pub in Chessington, Surrey.
Having knocked Mr Dent down, Eastwood, from nearby Epsom, drove at speeds of up to 32mph, dragging his screaming victim along in the early hours of Saturday 26 July, 2019.
Mr Dent was still conscious after being freed, and his family rushed to the scene in southwest London.
But he had suffered horrific injuries and was pronounced dead at the scene.
On Wednesday, Judge Wendy Joseph jailed Eastwood for life with a minimum term of 30 years after suggesting he must have heard his victim screaming.
Recalling the evidence of an expert who said dragging a body would have been like "driving with the handbrake on", she said if Eastwood didn't realise it straight away "he must have realised it almost immediately after".
"No one," she said, "should die like that. No mother should have to sit in the road with her dying son on whom those injuries had been inflicted.
"There is no way around it, this was a cruel death."
Earlier, Stacey Dent told her son's killer she "could see all his injuries" and realised "he had to be in so much pain.
"I could see immediately despite the attempts to keep him with us that he was not going to survive and my heart was completely ripped apart and it remains that way. I cry every single day.
"He was tortured and he was left for dead screaming for help. Why couldn't you have just stopped and spared my son his life?"
Eastwood was found guilty of murder following a trial at the Old Bailey.
He had used a car as a weapon twice before, the court heard, inflicting multiple fractures on a cyclist in 2018 and leaving a man with abrasions the year after.
Judge Joseph handed Eastwood concurrent sentences for grievous bodily harm with intent, attempted grievous bodily harm with intent, and robbery.
His friend Daniel Morris, 22, who had driven behind in a Volvo after Eastwood had run over Mr Dent, frantically honking his horn for him to stop, admitted manslaughter and was jailed for five-and-a-half-years.
Eastwood's 19-year-old girlfriend, Jasmine Robinson, of Epsom, was found guilty of assisting an offender and given a two-year sentence suspended for two years.
The judge banned Eastwood from driving for 10 years upon his release.
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Of the many contemporary conveniences often taken for granted in developed countries, modern sanitation may be among the most important. A new study suggests that wastewater infrastructure may provide societal benefits far beyond the dramatic improvements in community hygiene.
The research highlights a technique known as Wastewater-based Epidemiology (WBE), in which samples of municipal wastewater can be used as a diagnostic tool to explore a surprisingly broad range of community-wide health indices.
In research published in the peer-reviewed, high-impact journal Environment International, Rolf Halden and Sangeet Adhikari, describe how WBE can be used to help achieve a number of ambitious objectives outlined in the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.
The study, the largest and most comprehensive assessment of wastewater infrastructure around the world to date, examines wastewater treatment facilities in 129 countries, serving over a third of the world's population. It is also the first study to propose and evaluate the feasibility of using WBE to measure progress toward achieving several UN sustainability objectives.
The WBE technique can be used to assess factors influencing community-wide health, from the consumption of local diets, alcohol, illicit drugs and tobacco to exposure to hazardous chemicals, pharmaceuticals, personal care products, viruses, and antibiotic-resistant microbes.
In addition to infectious disease monitoring, new disease biomarkers detectable in wastewater are being developed, enabling researchers to mine samples for evidence of afflictions including diabetes, heart disease and cancer. The study emphasizes the dire need for the expansion of wastewater services to large swaths of the globe where such resources are still lacking.
As recently as 2019, the use of wastewater monitoring to assess and optimize global health was a utopian dream, envisioned and pursued by few, as detailed in Halden's 2020 book, Environment. The COVID-19 pandemic, however, changed all of this, with the method put to immediate, practical use for tracking the devastating course of SARS CoV-2.
Whereas most of these efforts today are still focused on containing the pandemic locally, it is time to take stock of what else can be accomplished using WBE to advance the human condition and sustainability globally. The first inventory of global wastewater infrastructure presented in our paper represents an initial and important step toward creating a healthier and more equitable future for human populations around the world."
Rolf Halden, Director, Biodesign Center for Environmental Engineering, Arizona State University
Professor Halden is the director of the Biodesign Center for Environmental Engineering at Arizona State University, where he works with Sangeet Adhikari, who wrote the study as part of his recently completed doctoral thesis. Halden is also professor in ASU's School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment, a member of the university's Global Futures Laboratory and professor in the School of Life Sciences.
A drop of water, a wealth of data
The effluent from human waste may seem far removed from a sterile clinical laboratory where diagnostic tests are performed. Yet both diagnostic approaches rely on the rich storehouse of information contained in bodily fluids and excretions.
Today, more than 55 countries are actively using WBE to evaluate community health. The method provides a comprehensive, inexpensive and rapid means of monitoring population-wide health. The initial burst in activity, due to the SARS CoV-2 crisis, enabled public health officials to evaluate local, regional and national disease trends even as pandemic surges posed severe challenges to conventional diagnostic testing.
A further benefit of WBE is that it can deliver population-level data reflecting the burden of undiagnosed COVID-19 cases, including asymptomatic infections that are unlikely to be detected through standard clinical surveillance. Such information is particularly valuable for epidemiologists hoping to refine estimates of case-fatality rates. It has been successfully applied by national and state governments, nongovernmental organizations, universities, and commercial ventures.
Monitoring health and sustainability
Halden and his ASU colleagues had long recognized the power of WBE to provide vital clues about the prevalence and transmission rates of pathogens and the novel coronavirus quickly turned into a showcase on how to apply wastewater monitoring to inform public health decision-making in real time. After creating the world's first wastewater-informed, open-access electronic dashboards for opioids in 2018/19 and for COVID-19 in 2020, in collaboration with the City of Tempe, AZ, the current study seeks to radically expand the scope of wastewater monitoring to benefit human populations around the world and particularly in developing countries.
By unanimous decision, 17 specific goals were announced by the UN to meet social, economic, and environmental development milestones. The UN agenda represents the determination of member countries to address global challenges posed by climate change, rapid urbanization, and other factors. The new study demonstrates that WBE could be used to effectively track the progress made toward achieving over half of these goals, set for 2030.
These include:
- Ending hunger, achieving food security, improving nutrition and promoting sustainable agriculture
- Ensuring healthy lives and promoting well-being for all ages, ensuring availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all
- Promoting sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all
- Building resilient infrastructure, promoting inclusive sustainable industrialization and fostering innovation
- Making cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable
- Ensuring sustainable consumption and production patterns
- Conserving and sustainably using the oceans, seas, and marine resources for sustainable development and
- Promoting peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, providing access to justice for all and building effective, accountable, and inclusive institutions at all levels.
A range of health outcomes could also be dramatically improved simply through expansion of wastewater treatment technologies to the areas of greatest global need.
Earth inventory
The researchers began by conducting an in-depth literature survey of existing sewerage infrastructure, population demographics of the regions served and a range of health-related biomarkers available in wastewater that could be informative for furthering the UN goals.
The study identified some 109,000 municipal wastewater treatment plants in 129 countries, serving 2.7 billion people worldwide. This is equivalent to around 35% of the global population. Although some 80% of the population is served by municipal waste treatment systems in high-income countries, around 60 countries were identified in which less than 40% of the population is served. The grave disparities between rich and poor nations in terms of these facilities is partially responsible for their divergent health statistics.
Indeed, the study notes that areas lacking centralized sewerage infrastructure, particularly in low-income countries, are at a double disadvantage. Without such facilities, community hygiene is compromised; and affected populations are further deprived of the benefits of ongoing health monitoring provided by WBE. This fact is reflected in the observed data that showed a reduction in disease burden associated with centralized wastewater infrastructure.
Multi-purpose diagnostics
Providing access to sanitation infrastructure helps limit fecal contamination and the spread of waterborne diseases. Extending sewerage collection and treatment to areas lacking in this technology could provide a cost-effective strategy for health assessment through WBE under conditions where traditional healthcare is financially out of reach for most local people.
In addition to the detection of infectious disease, WBE can also assist in the management of chemical risks to the population, including microplastics, endocrine disrupting agents and a broad range of contaminants. The study also identifies 25 different classes of biomarkers that can provide valuable health statistics on community levels of hunger, stress, cardiovascular disease, pulmonary afflictions, and cancer.
The enhanced power of WBE for comprehensive health monitoring has significantly strengthened the case for extending sanitation infrastructure across the globe to safeguard human health as well as critical ecosystems. The new study also demonstrates the usefulness of the technique for helping society meet many of the United Nation's goals toward a healthier and more sustainable world.
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Adhikari, S & Halden, R.U.,(2022) Opportunities and limits of wastewater-based epidemiology for tracking global health and attainment of UN sustainable development goals. Environment International. doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2022.107217.
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Full Frame Documentary Film Festival | Thursday, Apr. 7–Sunday, Apr. 10, 2022
Due to the perpetual bummer that is COVID-19, the 25th annual Full Frame Documentary Film Festival is being held online again this year, April 7-10. But don’t fret: festival organizers have figured out the best possible techniques for watching the films at home on your TV (why not a viewing party?) or on your small-screen device, if you must.
The best way to proceed is via the Full Frame website, which has step-by-step instructions and a thorough FAQ on purchasing tickets and setting up your viewing experience. This year’s festival features 37 titles from 18 countries—22 feature films and 15 shorts. The festival is also hosting several online filmmaker Q&A sessions. Organizers have also announced a plan to present a handful of in-person documentary screenings at Durham Central Park at the end of August.
To watch now, though, browse the full listings at the Full Frame website, and read up on this sampling that suggests the typical breadth of awesomeness at Full Frame’s annual festival.
Among the buzziest of this year’s docs, Stay Prayed Up profiles legendary North Carolina gospel group The Branchettes and singer Lena Mae Perry, celebrating her 50th year as the bandleader. Early reactions suggest this is the film for those of us seeking dramatic renewal of hope. Watch for a special screening event at the Carolina Theatre in May.
Grand Jury prize winner at Sundance, The Exiles follows the 30-year journey of three exiled Chinese dissidents from the Tiananmen Square massacre. Also in frame: notoriously rowdy filmmaker Christine Choy, the documentarian who first profiled the escapees just after the tragic events in 1989. Debut directors Violet Columbus and Ben Klein unknot a very twisty story.
Another big winner at Sundance, this harrowing documentary chronicles the story of now-imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, and his mission to find those who poisoned him in 2020. Navalny is square in the middle of the global conversation right now, and it’s one of several films in this year’s lineup to address issues around the war in Ukraine.
Director Jon-Sesrie Goff offers a sustained meditation on the American South through a collage of history, memory, and the tensions in between. Told in flittering scenes of personal narrative, the film observes the Gullah community in South Carolina, stewards of land originally deeded to freed slaves, and their experience with recent hate crimes and gradual gentrification.
First-time feature director Reid Davenport shot the entirety of this remarkable film from his particular physical vantage point as a wheelchair-using documentarian. Toggling between the experimental and the vérité, Davenport delivers a first-person perspective on “spectacle, (in)visibility, and the corrosive legacy of the Freak Show.”
In 1956, Gabor Szilasi arrived by boat from Hungary to his new adopted home in Canada. He’s been taking pictures of everyday life ever since. Filmmaker Joannie Lafrenière follows the 94-year-old photographer as he applies his fiercely humanist philosophy to everything he sees, from Montreal to Budapest and back again. This year’s fest is light on feel-good films, but this is one of them.
Another documentary with alarming relevance just now, Chernobyl: The Lost Tapes features never-before-seen footage filmed during and just after the infamous 1986 disaster. Director James Jones also rooted out additional material from archival news reports, defunct Russian studios, and Soviet propaganda films. Word is that Jones finished his film and got out of Ukraine just before war was declared.
Filmmaker Iliana Sosa’s film is a kind of DIY cinematic ode to her grandfather, Julián, who regularly visits his daughters and their children in El Paso from his home in rural Mexico. Julián has been making that bus trip for decades, nurturing family ties over the border. Sosa’s lyrical, artful film is a reminder that all a talented filmmaker really needs is a story and a camera.
This intriguing feature doc from director Tomasz Wolski depicts the back-room dealings behind a series of violent protests in communist Poland circa 1970, when authorities cracked down on starving workers. Wolski combines archival telephone recordings with stop-motion animation to imagine the conflict from behind the closed doors of the oppressors—angry little men in power, playing with life and death.
Fresh from its world premiere at SXSW, director Jessica Edwards’s new film is being billed as the first feature documentary about the rise of women’s skateboarding. Skate Dreams follows the stories of several women, from the sport’s 1980s pioneers to recent Olympic contenders around the world. There aren’t many rules in documentary filmmaking, but everyone knows this one: skateboarding movies always look cool as hell.
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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
315 PM CDT Wed Apr 6 2022
...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING...
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 7 PM CDT THURSDAY...
* WHAT...For the Wind Advisory today, northwest winds 30 to 39 mph
with gusts up to 55 mph expected. For the Wind Advisory tomorrow,
northwest winds 30 to 39 mph with gusts up to 55 mph.
* WHERE...In Oklahoma, Cimarron County. In Texas, Hemphill, Roberts
and Sherman Counties.
* WHEN...For the Wind Advisory today, until 7 PM CDT this evening.
For the Wind Advisory tomorrow, from 10 AM to 7 PM CDT Thursday.
* 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.
...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY
EVENING...
* WHAT...For the High Wind Watch, northwest winds 35 to 45 mph with
gusts up to 70 mph possible. For the Wind Advisory, northwest
winds 30 to 39 mph with gusts up to 55 mph.
* WHERE...In Oklahoma, Beaver and Texas Counties. In Texas,
Hansford, Lipscomb and Ochiltree Counties.
* WHEN...For the High Wind Watch, from Thursday morning through
Thursday evening. For the Wind Advisory, until 7 PM CDT this
evening.
* IMPACTS...Damaging winds could blow down trees and power lines.
Widespread power outages are possible. Travel could be difficult,
especially for high profile vehicles.
Monitor the latest forecasts and warnings for updates.
* WHAT...Northwest winds 30 to 39 mph expected, with gusts up to 55
mph.
* WHERE...Gray, Hutchinson, Moore and Wheeler Counties.
* WHEN...From 10 AM to 7 PM CDT Thursday.
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Mother who still breastfeeds her two-year-old son reveals the 'boundaries' she is teaching him while he nurses, including where he should put his hands to which breast to feed from
- Mikaela De La Myco demonstrated how she sets boundaries with her two-year-old son, Marten, who is still breastfeeding, in a viral TikTok video
- The California mom, who is known as @mamadelamyco on social media, filmed herself asking her son a series of questions before he started nursing
- She had Marten choose what breast he wanted to feed from and place his hands on his knees until she was ready to pull her shirt up
- Marten didn't start breastfeeding until his mother gave him the go-ahead
- De La Myco explained in the on-screen text that she almost quit extended breastfeeding because of the difficulties they were having
- The TikTok has been viewed more than 7.9 million times, and many mothers praised De La Myco for teaching her son boundaries
- However, others claimed the toddler was 'too old' to be breastfeeding
- The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommends infants be breastfed for the first six months with continued breastfeeding for one year or longer
A California mother has demonstrated how she sets boundaries with her toddler who is still breastfeeding by having him rest his hands on his knees and wait for her to lift her shirt before he can start nursing.
Mikaela De La Myco, who is known as @mamadelamyco on social media, shared a TikTok video of herself asking her two-year-old son, Marten, a series of questions before letting him nurse, explaining she almost quit extended breastfeeding out of frustration.
At the start of the clip, titled 'Breastfeeding My Toddler: A Boundaries Conversation,' the mom asked her son if he wanted 'leche,' the Spanish word for 'milk.' After Marten said, 'Yeah,' she replied: 'OK, where do your hands go.'
Mikaela De La Myco demonstrated how she sets boundaries with her two-year-old son, Marten, who is still breastfeeding, in a viral TikTok video
The California mom, who is known as @mamadelamyco on social media, filmed herself asking her son a series of questions before he started nursing
Marten put his hands on his knees, showing that he knew not to grab at his mother's breast without her consent.
De La Myco then asked him which breast he wanted to nurse from. After he chose, she put her hand up to stop him from grabbing her, reminding him: 'Mommy does it.'
The TikToker noted in the on-screen text that her son often gets 'annoyed' and 'uncomfortable' with waiting at this point, and it is something they've been 'working through.'
Marten didn't start breastfeeding until his mother gave him the go-ahead.
'Other one?' she asked, before letting her son switch breasts.
'Honestly, I know this probably looks weird to a lot of people, but I ALMOST quit [breastfeeding] because this was so hard to accomplish without any good extended breastfeeding models,' she wrote at the end the video. 'Is this "gross" to you?'
She had Marten choose what breast he wanted to feed from and place his hands on his knees until she was ready
De La Myco put her hand up to stop him from grabbing her, reminding him: 'Mommy does it'
The TikTok has been viewed more than 7.9 million times and has sparked a debate in the comments about whether her son is 'too old' to be breastfeeding.
Many mothers praised @mamadelamyco and shared their own extended breastfeeding stories. Others admitted they thought Marten shouldn't be nursing at his age.
'I think [you're] doing a wonderful job. We went to 3 years with my youngest and I def taught him nursing etiquette,' one person wrote.
'I think he’s too old... just my opinion — I feel like at that stage it’s more for you not wanting to let go [than] his benefit. That could be harmful late,' another replied.
'It feels weird because modern society decided the most natural thing was inappropriate,' someone else point out.
The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommends that infants be exclusively breastfed for about the first six months with continued breastfeeding for one year or longer while they are being introduced to appropriate complementary foods.
The TikToker noted in the on-screen text that her son often gets 'annoyed' and 'uncomfortable' with waiting at this point, and it is something they've been 'working through'
Marten didn't start breastfeeding until his mother gave him the go-ahead
'Other one?' she asked, before letting her son switch breasts
A number of people who commented on De La Myco's video pointed out that extended breastfeeding is common in other cultures and should not be looked down upon in the U.S.
The American Academy of American Physicians (AAFP) notes that breastfeeding beyond infancy is 'not the cultural norm in the United States,' but 'there is no evidence that extended breastfeeding is harmful to parent or child.'
According to research on natural weaning, which allows children to stop breastfeeding on their own timetable, Marten is right on target.
The National Center of Biotechnology Information (NCBI) states that 'when natural weaning is practiced, complete weaning usually takes place between two and four years of age.'
De La Myco, a plant medicine educator who specializes in womb healing, told Yahoo Life that she started teaching her son 'nursing manners' in February because breastfeeding was becoming more difficult as he got older.
'He doesn't bite, but he would kind of yank [my breast],' she explained. 'He would turn his head and I'm like, "Do you not realize I'm attached to you?"'
De La Myco explained in the on-screen text that she almost quit extended breastfeeding because of the difficulties they were having
The TikTok has been viewed 7.9 million times, and many praised De La Myco for teaching her son boundaries However, others claimed the toddler was 'too old' to be breastfeeding
The toddler, who used to nurse on-demand, would grab his mother and pull at her shirt instead of self-soothing when he was looking for comfort. It got to the point that she felt 'very disrespected' and was ready to quit.
Her partner and mother also voiced concerns that her breastfeeding relationship with Marten was 'unhealthy.'
De La Myco said she no longer breastfeeds her son in the middle of the night, and after his bedtime feeding, he can't nurse until the next morning. She has also limited the length of his feedings by adding a countdown.
As her viral video showed, communication has helped her establish boundaries with Martin, who has been 'pretty quick' to catch on to her age-appropriate cues that she needs physical space.
De La Myco added that she now plans on continuing to breastfeed Marten until he decides he is ready to stop.
'Implementing just a few little changes in the way that we nurse has made all the difference in the world, and has made me want to continue and not really stop," she told Yahoo Life. 'I don't have a time where I want to.'
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Microsoft's LinkedIn boosted subscription revenue by eight percent after arming its sales team with artificial intelligence software that not only predicts clients at risk of cancelling, but also explains how it arrived at its conclusion.
The system, introduced last July and to be described in a LinkedIn blog post today, marks a breakthrough in getting AI to "show its work" in a helpful way.
While AI scientists have no problem designing systems that make accurate predictions on all sorts of business outcomes, they are discovering that to make those tools more effective for human operators, the AI may need to explain itself through another algorithm.
The emerging field of “Explainable AI,” or XAI, has spurred big investment in Silicon Valley as startups and cloud giants compete to make opaque software more understandable and has stoked discussion in Washington and Brussels where regulators want to ensure automated decision-making is done fairly and transparently.
AI technology can perpetuate societal biases like those around race, gender and culture. Some AI scientists view explanations as a crucial part of mitigating those problematic outcomes.
US consumer protection regulators including the Federal Trade Commission have warned over the last two years that AI that is not explainable could be investigated.
The EU next year could pass the Artificial Intelligence Act, a set of comprehensive requirements including that users be able to interpret automated predictions.
Proponents of explainable AI say it has helped increase the effectiveness of AI’s application in fields such as healthcare and sales.
Google Cloud sells explainable AI services that, for instance, tell clients trying to sharpen their systems which pixels and soon which training examples mattered most in predicting the subject of a photo.
But critics say the explanations of why AI predicted what it did are too unreliable because the AI technology to interpret the machines is not good enough.
LinkedIn and others developing explainable AI acknowledge that each step in the process - analysing predictions, generating explanations, confirming their accuracy and making them actionable for users - still has room for improvement.
But after two years of trial and error in a relatively low-stakes application, LinkedIn says its technology has yielded practical value.
Its proof is the eight percent increase in renewal bookings during the current fiscal year above normally expected growth.
LinkedIn declined to specify the benefit in dollars, but described it as sizeable.
Before, LinkedIn salespeople relied on their own intuition and some spotty automated alerts about clients' adoption of services.
Now, the AI quickly handles research and analysis. Dubbed CrystalCandle by LinkedIn, it calls out unnoticed trends and its reasoning helps salespeople hone their tactics to keep at-risk customers on board and pitch others on upgrades.
LinkedIn says explanation-based recommendations have expanded to more than 5000 of its sales employees spanning recruiting, advertising, marketing and education offerings.
"It has helped experienced salespeople by arming them with specific insights to navigate conversations with prospects. It’s also helped new salespeople dive in right away," said Parvez Ahammad, LinkedIn's director of machine learning and head of data science applied research.
To explain or not to explain?
In 2020, LinkedIn had first provided predictions without explanations. A score with about 80 percent accuracy indicates the likelihood a client soon due for renewal will upgrade, hold steady or cancel.
Salespeople were not fully won over. The team selling LinkedIn's Talent Solutions recruiting and hiring software were unclear on how to adapt their strategy, especially when the odds of a client not renewing were no better than a coin toss.
Last July, they started seeing a short, auto-generated paragraph that highlights the factors influencing the score.
For instance, the AI decided a customer was likely to upgrade because it grew by 240 workers over the past year and candidates had become 146% more responsive in the last month.
In addition, an index that measures a client's overall success with LinkedIn recruiting tools surged 25 percent in the last three months.
Lekha Doshi, LinkedIn's vice president of global operations, said that based on the explanations sales representatives now direct clients to training, support and services that improve their experience and keep them spending.
But some AI experts question whether explanations are necessary. They could even do harm, engendering a false sense of security in AI or prompting design sacrifices that make predictions less accurate, researchers say.
Fei-Fei Li, co-director of Stanford University's Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence, said people use products such as Tylenol and Google Maps whose inner workings are not neatly understood.
In such cases, rigorous testing and monitoring have dispelled most doubts about their efficacy.
Similarly, AI systems overall could be deemed fair even if individual decisions are inscrutable, said Daniel Roy, an associate professor of statistics at University of Toronto.
LinkedIn says an algorithm's integrity cannot be evaluated without understanding its thinking.
It also maintains that tools like its CrystalCandle could help AI users in other fields. Doctors could learn why AI predicts someone is more at risk of a disease, or people could be told why AI recommended they be denied a credit card.
The hope is that explanations reveal whether a system aligns with concepts and values one wants to promote, said Been Kim, an AI researcher at Google.
"I view interpretability as ultimately enabling a conversation between machines and humans," she said. "If we truly want to enable human-machine collaboration, we need that."
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NEW YORK (AP) — Cotton No. 2 Futures on the IntercontinentalExchange (ICE) Wednesday: OpenHighLowSettleChg. COTTON 2 50,000 lbs.; cents per lb. May 137.68 138.44 135.14 135.69 —1.84 Jul 134.09 134.84 132.10 132.60 —1.37 Sep 114.50 —.32 Oct 120.56 —1.07 Nov 114.50 —.32 Dec 114.85 114.98 113.83 114.50 —.32 Jan 110.19 —.27 Mar 110.00 110.50 109.73 110.19 —.27 May 106.01 106.50 105.98 106.34 —.12 Jul 101.98 102.48 101.96 102.29 —.14 Sep 88.29 —.15 Oct 94.29 —.40 Nov 88.29 —.15 Dec 88.47 88.49 88.25 88.29 —.15 Jan 86.29 Mar 86.29 May 85.79 Jul 85.63 85.63 85.34 85.34 —.10 Sep 84.04 —.10 Oct 84.69 —.10 Nov 84.04 —.10 Dec 84.04 —.10 Jan 83.54 —.10 Mar 83.54 —.10 Est. sales 41,505. Tue.'s sales 32,780 Tue.'s open int 233,264, up 2,849
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Gov. Glenn Youngkin announced four new members of the Virginia Parole Board on Wednesday, picks he needed to make after state Senate Democrats rejected his previous choices during a battle over personnel appointments.
The new board members include the widow of a Virginia State Police trooper killed in 2016 at a Richmond bus terminal, as well as a former Henrico commonwealth's attorney.
Youngkin said in a statement that his choices would help reform the parole board. The board faced scandal under the previous administration of Ralph Northam after a state watchdog agency found violations of law and policy in the process the board used to release people from prison in some cases, and officials from the governor's office reprimanded the watchdog agency.
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“This group of individuals will restore common sense, reform the Parole Board, and stand up for victims’ rights.”
Virginia Parole Board operations have ground to a halt with nearly 400 pending parole cases …
The new board members are:
- Samuel L. Boone Jr., a master trooper and recruiter with Virginia State Police and member of the Chesapeake School Board.
- Steven Buck, a former assistant prosecutor in Richmond, Henrico and Albemarle.
- Michelle Dermyer, an advocate for survivors of crime whose husband, the late Trooper Chad Dermyer, was fatally shot on duty in 2016 at the Greyhound bus station in Richmond.
- Toby Vick, a former partner at the firm McGuireWoods LLP, the commonwealth's attorney in Henrico for seven years and previously an assistant U.S. attorney in Richmond, Miami and Houston.
The four will join the board's chair, Chadwick Dotson, a retired judge and former Wise County commonwealth’s attorney.
Virginia Senate Democrats rejected four of Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s nominees for the Virginia P…
As Republicans and Democrats engaged in a partisan fight over personnel appointments this year, Democrats wouldn't confirm four of Youngkin's earlier choices for the board.
They were Tracy Banks, a longtime lawyer and law professor from Charlottesville; Cheryl Nici-O’Connell of Chesterfield County, a former Richmond police officer injured in a shooting in 1984; Montgomery County Sheriff Charles Partin; and Carmen Williams of Chesterfield.
The move by Democrats followed House Republicans' rejection of 11 appointees of Democratic former Gov. Ralph Northam.
A lawyer for The Richmond Times-Dispatch on Friday urged the court to unseal its order that explained why it closed off the records to the public.
Virginia has abolished parole, but the board's duties include making decisions on parole for people in prison who were convicted prior to Jan. 1, 1995.
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WFO CORPUS CHRISTI Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Wednesday, April 6, 2022
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RED FLAG WARNING
URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
252 PM CDT Wed Apr 6 2022
...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING
FOR STRONG WINDS AND VERY LOW HUMIDITY FOR SOUTH TEXAS...
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING
THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND VERY LOW HUMIDITY
FOR SOUTH TEXAS...
The National Weather Service in Corpus Christi has issued a Fire
Weather Watch, which is in effect from Thursday morning through
Thursday evening.
* AFFECTED AREA...La Salle...McMullen...Live Oak...Bee...
Goliad...Victoria...Webb...Duval...Jim Wells...Inland
Kleberg... Inland Nueces...Inland San Patricio...Coastal
Aransas...Inland Refugio...Inland Calhoun...Coastal Kleberg...
Coastal Nueces... Coastal San Patricio...Coastal Refugio...
Coastal Calhoun.
* TIMING...Until 8 PM tonight for the Red Flag Warning. From 10
AM Thursday to 7 PM Thursday for the Fire Weather Watch.
* WIND...North at 20 to 25 mph with gusts to 35 mph today, then
15 to 20 mph with gusts to 25 mph on Thursday.
* HUMIDITY...Minimum values around 15 percent in the Brush
Country to 20 to 30 percent for the coastal region today,
then down to 7 to 10 percent over the Brush Country to around
15 to 20 percent over the Coastal Bend on Thursday.
* IMPACTS...Any fires that develop will likely spread rapidly.
Outdoor burning is not recommended.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions
are either occurring now....or will shortly. A combination of
strong winds...low relative humidity...and warm temperatures can
contribute to extreme fire behavior.
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On March 25, Governor Phil Scott signed a bill extending the maximum waiting time for a background check from three to seven days. The new gun laws will take effect this July.
At Back Country Sports in St. Albans, gun sales have been consistent. “We haven’t seen much traffic, gun sales have been steady but not a boom,” said Chad Hale, owner of Back County Sports. Hale has owned the store for eleven years. “Will it make a difference, I don’t know. Sales wise, probably not, probably not much at all.”
Law professor Jared Carter believes the change in waiting times won’t have much of an influence. “I think adding the extra four days, you might pick up a few folks but as a general principal, I don’t think it is going to have a major impact.”
The bill also allows health care providers to notify law enforcement and seek an emergency risk protection order for someone they believe is a threat to themselves or to the public.
“We have to be honest we have a mental health crisis in Vermont and the United States and people taking their own life is a big part of the upshot of all of that and so this would allow health care professionals who are concerned about a person doing something like that, it would give them an additional tool to prevent that from happening,” said Carter.
The bill also bans firearms from hospitals. “It reflects the mental health crisis that Vermont and the rest of the country faces as hospitals are having to deal with much more volatile situations and so keeping firearms out of the emergency rooms by law is an important step.”
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WASHINGTON (WGNO) — On April 6, the Drug Enforcement Administration sent a letter to federal, state, and local law enforcement to warn of the potential spike in fentanyl-related mass-overdose events.
According to the U.S Department of Justice, a fentanyl-related mass overdose event is described as three or more overdoses occurring close in time and at the same location.
According to the U.S Department of Justice, it has already happened in at least seven American cities in the past few months.
Cities impacted include Wilton Manors, Florida; Austin, Texas; Cortez, Colorado; Commerce City, Colorado; Omaha, Nebraska; St. Louis, Missouri; and Washington, D.C.
Fentanyl can be found in all 50 states according to the DEA.
“Fentanyl is killing Americans at an unprecedented rate,” said DEA Administrator Anne Milgram.
The CDC estimated that each year more than 105,000 Americans died of drug overdoses, with 66 percent of those deaths related to synthetic opioids like fentanyl.
Here is the letter the DEA sent to law enforcement.
To find out more about fentanyl and other synthetic opioids, visit DEA.gov.
- Still no finalized NYS budget
- “I was awe shocked,” family’s dream of seeing Tiger Woods comes true
- Rochester Amerks player suspended 8 games for using homophobic language during game against Utica
- Fox that attacked individuals on Capitol Hill euthanized
- Wind energy company kills 150 eagles in US, pleads guilty
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WASHINGTON — Federal Reserve officials are signaling that they will take an 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 half-point interest rate hikes, rather than traditional quarter-point increase, “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 then 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 surging at the fastest pace in four decades, and officials in recent speeches have expressed increasing concern about getting inflation under control.
Many economists have said they worry that the Fed has waited too long to start raising rates and could be forced to respond so aggressively as to trigger a recession. Indeed, economists at Deutsche Bank predict that the economy will tumble into a recession late next year, noting that the Fed, “finding itself now well behind the curve, has given clear signals that it is shifting to a more aggressive tightening mode.”
The stock market sold off when the minutes were released Wednesday but later recovered most of its losses. Still, the S&P 500 was down nearly 0.8% in afternoon trading after a sharp drop on Tuesday.
Financial markets now expect much steeper rate hikes this year than Fed officials had signaled as recently as their meeting in mid-March. Just three weeks ago, the policymakers projected that the Fed's benchmark rate would remain below 2% by the end of this year and 2.8% at the end of 2023, up from its current level below 0.5%.
But Wall Street now forecasts that the Fed's rate will reach 2.6% by year's end, with further rate hikes next year. That would require three half-point increases this year.
Higher rates from the Fed will heighten borrowing costs for mortgages, auto loans, credit cards and corporate loans. By 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.
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 they envision such sharp increases. 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.
After the pandemic hammered the economy two years ago, the Fed bought trillions in Treasury and mortgage bonds, with the goal of lowering longer-term borrowing rates. It also cut its short-term benchmark rate to near zero.
As a sign of how fast the Fed is reversing course, the last time the Fed bought 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.
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 trends aren't flashing the same warning signals.
The Fed will reduce its balance sheet by allowing some of its Treasurys and mortgage-backed securities to mature without reinvesting the proceeds, which it has done for the past two years.
What kind of impact this will have on interest rates is highly uncertain. Powell said at a news conference after last month's meeting that the reduction in bond holdings would be equivalent to another rate hike. Economists estimate that reducing the Fed's balance sheet by $1 trillion a year would be equal to anywhere from one to three additional quarter-point increases in the Fed's benchmark short-term rate.
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, who preceded Powell as Fed chair, suggested during a congressional hearing Wednesday that Russia's invasion of Ukraine would likely keep escalating inflation in the coming months.
“The sanctions we’ve placed on Russia are pushing up the price of energy," Yellen said. “When energy prices are going up, the price of wheat and corn that Russia and Ukraine produce are going up, and metals that play an important industrial role are going up.”
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NEW YORK (AP) — Cotton No. 2 Futures on the IntercontinentalExchange (ICE) Wednesday: OpenHighLowSettleChg. COTTON 2 50,000 lbs.; cents per lb. May 137.68 138.44 135.14 135.69 —1.84 Jul 134.09 134.84 132.10 132.60 —1.37 Sep 114.50 —.32 Oct 120.56 —1.07 Nov 114.50 —.32 Dec 114.85 114.98 113.83 114.50 —.32 Jan 110.19 —.27 Mar 110.00 110.50 109.73 110.19 —.27 May 106.01 106.50 105.98 106.34 —.12 Jul 101.98 102.48 101.96 102.29 —.14 Sep 88.29 —.15 Oct 94.29 —.40 Nov 88.29 —.15 Dec 88.47 88.49 88.25 88.29 —.15 Jan 86.29 Mar 86.29 May 85.79 Jul 85.63 85.63 85.34 85.34 —.10 Sep 84.04 —.10 Oct 84.69 —.10 Nov 84.04 —.10 Dec 84.04 —.10 Jan 83.54 —.10 Mar 83.54 —.10 Est. sales 41,505. Tue.'s sales 32,780 Tue.'s open int 233,264, up 2,849
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Vigilance bureau books 2 Punjab police officials for taking bribe
: Two Punjab police officials have been booked for allegedly taking over ₹1.5 lakhs as bribe from a man after the audio recording of their crime was submitted to the vigilance bureau.
Assistant sub-inspector Pritam Singh and his subordinate constable Mandeep Singh were on Tuesday booked under Section 7 of the Prevention of Corruption Act -1988 at VB police station in Ferozepur.
“The investigation has found them guilty of taking bribe and police is conducting raids to nab them,” Kewal Krishan, deputy superintendent of police, vigilance bureau, said.
He said that Chaturvedi Sharma, a resident of Akaliyan Jalal village in Bathinda district, had filed a corruption complaint against the two police officials posted at Nihal Singh Wala police station here.
“During the investigation, it was found that ASI Pritam Singh and constable Mandeep Singh had seized 4 kg of poppy husk from Chaturvedi’s father Jagdish Chand on June 9, 2021 and took him to the police station in Chaturvedi’s car,” he said.
The duo threatened Chaturvedi to book him in the case and seize his car too and demanded a bribe of Re. 5 lakhs from him for letting him off and release his vehicle. With mediation of Mandeep, the amount was settled at Rs. 2.20 lakhs.
“Chaturvedi paid ₹1.5 lakh bribe to the cops on the spot after which he was released along with his vehicle. On June 13, 2021, Mandeep visited Chaturvedi’s house and demanded the remaining amount of the bribe. Chaturvedi paid ₹20,000 to Mandeep and asked for more time,” Krishan said.
However, Chaturvedi recorded his conversation with Mandeep, which he submitted to the VB along with the complaint. ENDS
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Probe into illegal regularisation, recruitment of employees in ZPs, panchayat samitis
The Punjab rural development and panchayat department has launched a probe into illegal regularisation or recruitment of employees in the zila parishads and panchayat samitis. Financial commissioner of the rural development and panchayat department Rahul Bhandari on Wednesday formed a panel to verify the records of such employees. Bhandari directed the panel to submit its report to him within three weeks. Sandhu submitted his report to FCR Rahul Bhandari in March this year.
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Ludhiana | 2 cops booked for taking bribe
The vigilance bureau on Wednesday booked two cops for allegedly taking bribe from residents in lieu of getting their work done. In the first case, a passport verification officer Dilbag Singh deployed at the Sanjh Kendra of Division No 8 police station was booked for seeking ₹20,000. The case was registered on the complaint of Rahul Sahni of Deep Nagar.
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Ludhiana | Two fresh Covid infections reported in 24 hours
Two fresh cases of Covid-19 were reported in Ludhiana in the last 24 hours, health officials said on Wednesday. So far, 1,09,791 cases have been reported in the district, of which 1,07,499 patients have recovered and 2,279 have succumbed to the virus. On Wednesday, the district was left with 13 active cases. Ten persons are under home-isolation while three are under treatment at different hospitals. The administration has appealed to residents to continue taking precautions.
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Gurdaspur clash happened right under the nose of cops, shows video
A video clip of the bloody clash over a land dispute at Phulra village in Gurdaspur district on Monday is being shared widely on social media and shows that cops were present as “mute spectators” near the spot as shots were being fired that ended up claiming four lives. Husband of the village sarpanch, Sukhraj Singh, was among three locals killed in the attack besides a member of the rival group.
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Ludhiana | Good Samaritan helps reunite 4-year-old missing girl with family
A four-year-old girl, who was suspected to have been kidnapped from Shivpuri area on Monday, was reunited with her parents on Wednesday. The girl's mother Yasmin Parveen, who works at a factory, used to take her two daughters to her workplace. The girls used to play outside the factory while she worked. She was handed over to her parents after a medical check-up. A resident of Kundanpuri's relatives, Ajmal Ansari also tried to search for her parents, but in vain.
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Nottingham Forest continue their Championship playoff push as they seal 2-0 win over Coventry thanks to homegrown talent Brennan Johnson's opener and James Garner's second-half strike
- Nottingham Forest beat Coventry 2-0 at the City Ground on Wednesday
- Brennan Johnson opened the scoring as he turned in Jack Colback's cross
- Man United loanee James Garner doubled Forest's lead in the second half
- The result saw Steve Cooper's side climb up to fifth in the Championship
Brennan Johnson has been listening. Fifteen goals for the season is the result.
Forest’s homegrown talent enhances his reputation every time he steps on to the pitch and now he has added scoring to the repertoire.
Manager Steve Cooper is a specialist in the art of bringing on promising youngsters and it is not just Johnson who is benefitting.
Nottingham Forest secured a 2-0 win over Coventry in the Championship on Wednesday
Homegrown talent Brennan Johnson (No 20) opened the scoring for the home side
Manchester United loanee James Garner has also blossomed and when Keinan Davis gave him the opportunity, blasted Forest’s second.
Johnson’s opener last night will not win any awards for appearance but he was still in the right place at the right time.
A match full of pretty patterns at the start – mainly from Coventry - burst into life thanks to a triple combination of Keinan Davis, Jack Colback and Johnson.
Davis found Colback, whose cross was turned in by Johnson from close range although he needed a second attempt before it crossed the line.
The breakthrough had the knock-on effect of a release of tension and suddenly Forest were swarming all over their Midlands rivals.
James Garner’s free kick fed Djed Spence but his low shot was cleared and it needed Simon Moore to save from Zinckernagel and Dom Hyam to block another Zinckernagel effort.
Forest started the night in eighth but their play-off push has been gathering impressive momentum in recent weeks.
As well has having games in hand, Cooper’s team have built up a plus 21 goal difference which is far superior to their rivals and almost worth another point.
Add 11 goals in the last three matches to the mix and a packed City Ground gathered last night in excited anticipation.
Coventry have gone off the boil, winless in three since beating Sheffield United, and face a tough run-in including a trip to Fulham and a home fixture against Bournemouth.
They certainly did not look like a side with a run like that and kept home goalkeeper Brice Samba on his toes. Even after the goal, they were looking to break at every opportunity.
The first half also saw an incident of a laser being used by a fan with referee Tim Robinson alerting the fourth official and security staff.
Manchester United loanee James Garner (left) doubled the lead for Steve Cooper's side
Back to the action and Forest showed no signs of shutting up shop, bringing on Joe Lolley and looking for a second killer. Shots were of the long-range variety and no real threat.
Then the impressive Davis shook off his marker, teed up Garner and his finish was explosive.
Davis had a couple of penalty claims turned down and left the pitch to a standing ovation. The striker, on loan from Aston Villa, has added a presence to the team and is a master at bringing team-mates into the action.
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LAFOX, Ill. (AP) _ Richardson Electronics Ltd. (RELL) on Wednesday reported net income of $2.9 million in its fiscal third quarter.
On a per-share basis, the Lafox, Illinois-based company said it had profit of 21 cents.
The electronic components and communication products company posted revenue of $55.3 million in the period.
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Organ donation: In a first, three green corridors created on a single day
Bengaluru April 06, 2022 21:18 ISTCadaveric organ donation got a boost in the city on Wednesday with three zero-traffic green corridors created on a single day to transport vital organs from different hospitals.
Authorities from Jeevasarthakathe, the State Organ and Tissue Transplant Organisation (SOTTO), which is the nodal agency that facilitates cadaver organ donations, said this is the first time that three green corridors had been created on a single day. There were back-to-back organ donations since Tuesday evening and two green corridors were also created on Tuesday night - one in Mangaluru and another in Bengaluru.
“We placed the requests for three green corridors with the Bengaluru traffic police in a gap of 30 minutes. While one green corridor was created at 10 a.m. on Wednesday from Manipal Hospitals on Old Airport Road to BGS Global Hospitals in Mysuru (to transport a liver), another was created at 10.30 a.m. from Aster RV hospital to MS Ramaiah-Narayana Hrudayalaya (to transport a heart). At 11 a.m., another corridor was created from the same hospital (Aster RV) to Bengaluru International airport to transport donated lungs to KIMS, Secunderabad
Another two green corridors were created late on Tuesday evening, when there was an alert about a potential 19-year-old male donor at KMC Manipal, Udupi. The donor’s vital organs – liver, kidneys, corneas, and skin – had been harvested. While a first zero-traffic green corridor was created from Manipal Hospital, Udupi, to Mangaluru airport (on Tuesday evening), another was created from Bengaluru airport to Aster RV hospital,” said Lijamol Joseph, Jeevasarthakathe Chief Transplant Coordinator.
Pointing out that Wednesday’s donation is the fifth this month, Ms. Joseph said a total of 32 donations have happened since January. This includes a donation by a 97-year-old male donor in the city. While 10 donations were recorded in January and seven in February, 10 were recorded in March.
Although cadaveric organ donations had almost come to a halt during the pandemic, there has been a steady rise in the last few months. However, the number of donations are still way below those that happened during pre-COVID-19 days.
Jeevasarthakathe had recorded 35 donations in 2020, retrieving 167 organs and tissues (including corneas and heart valves). In 2021, 70 cadaveric donations had been recorded retrieving 284 organs and tissues. Likewise, in 2019 as many as 105 cadaveric donations were facilitated through Jeevasarthakathe (wherein 511 organs and tissues were retrieved).
Elaborating on the efforts involved in facilitating every transplant, Ms. Joseph said: “Apart from our team of transplant coordinators, many others were instrumental in ensuring the donations happened. We are grateful to Bopanna K.P., airport manager at Mangaluru International Airport, for enabling a delay of six minutes in the departure of the flight to ensure proper positioning of the organ box on the designated seat.”
“The organ transportation was made seamless by Roopa Sreeram, manager (Airport Operations and Customer Services) at Bengaluru international airport, who ensured there was an ambulance ready at the airport to safely transport the organ via the green corridor,” she added.
Demand-supply gap
Although there has been a steady rise in the number of donations, the number of patients in need of organ transplantation is also increasing.
With as many as 5,309 patients waiting for various organ transplants in Karnataka (including 4,065 for kidneys and 1,069 for liver) as of Wednesday, the demand-supply gap in organ transplantation in the State is only widening, according to Jeevasarthakathe .
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Burnley move within a point of opponents Everton with comeback win
Maxwel Cornet struck five minutes from time to give Burnley a potentially vital 3-2 win over relegation rivals Everton in a frantic match which swung from end to end.
Burnley had taken an early lead through Nathan Collins’ first goal for the club but then fell behind as Richarlison twice scored from the penalty spot before the break.
And the game swung again in the second half as Jay Rodriguez levelled in the 56th minute before Cornet’s first goal since his return from the Africa Cup of Nations in January gave Burnley their first win in six games, moving them to within a point of Everton in 17th place.
A soaked and dejected Frank Lampard trudged off the pitch at full-time, his side now having lost six straight away from home in the league, sucked ever deeper into trouble.
Burnley had lost their last four without scoring a goal, being urged unceremoniously by Sean Dyche to simply “kick it in the goal”, and the manager chose an attacking side as Rodriguez came in and Cornet replaced Dwight McNeil on the left.
Both managers had sought to downplay the idea of this as a relegation decider but there was a real sense of tension inside Turf Moor at kick-off.
Burnley were first to feed on that, with Charlie Taylor and Ashley Westwood both threatening before Collins broke the deadlock with 12 minutes gone.
It was another one for the defensive horror show reel at Everton. Cornet sent in a corner which floated over a crowd of Everton defenders for Collins to hook it back in for his first Burnley goal.
The goal was met with a huge roar from the home faithful, but within minutes they turned to groans.
Everton had barely made it out of their own half before Collins’ strike, but when Anthony Gordon broke into the box he got on the wrong side of Westwood, who clumsily hauled him to the ground, and Richarlison’s exaggerated, stuttering run-up did the trick as goalkeeper Nick Pope went the wrong way.
Everton were now on top. Richarlison’s bending shot took a nick to bend just over after Abdoulaye Doucoure powered forward, then the Brazilian and Dominic Calvert-Lewin got in a muddle after Alex Iwobi’s pass split the Burnley defence.
It was another Iwobi pass that released Vitaliy Mykolenko into the box and as the Ukrainian span away from Aaron Lennon he was caught by an out-stretched boot.
Referee Mike Dean initially looked away despite the Everton man’s exaggerated response, but VAR Darren England sent the referee to the screens with the inevitable outcome of a second penalty. Again Richarlison sent Pope the wrong way.
Burnley drew level 11 minutes after the restart as Taylor cut in from the left and drilled a low cross through a crowd of Everton defenders for Rodriguez to hammer home from close range.
Everton sought an immediate response but Pope was alert to shovel to safety Richarlison’s overhead kick before Calvert-Lewin headed over.
As rain swept over the ground, James Tarkowski made a vital block on Gordon’s goal-bound shot with Jarrad Branthwaite, in for the suspended Michael Keane, heading over from the resulting corner.
Cornet then stumbled to the floor inside the box and turned to look at Dean, though the contact from Gordon had been soft.
Cornet was lively, getting back to defend but providing a constant threat. Ben Godfrey did well to turn away his low cross in front goal, then his curling shot was palmed over by Jordan Pickford.
But the Ivorian’s efforts paid off with five minutes to go thanks to yet another defensive howler.
Godfrey got it all wrong trying to deal with Taylor’s cross, and the ball spun for substitute Matej Vydra to drill a cross into Cornet’s path, his strike sparking huge celebrations among the home faithful.
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Action and Ambition
Timothy Gerst Helps Bridge The Gap Between Businesses and Consumers By Building Long-lasting Relationships
In this episode, we are joined by Timothy Gerst, Co-Founder and CEO of Thinkswell, a Digital Marketing Agency based in Nashville. It focuses on Social Media Management, Social Media Strategy, Content Development and Curation, and Brand Development. Their clients include Brad Paisley, Olivia Newton-John, Kellie Pickler, Randy Houser, Chris Young, Vince Gill, and Thousand Foot Krutch. Gerst is also the CMO of Solo Music. Solo Music is committed to creating a long-term blockchain strategy specifically for the music industry. They offer artists, agencies, labels, and publishing companies a solution to maximize how blockchains will impact artist careers and the overall industry. Tune in to learn more!
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GRAINS-Chicago soybeans, corn, consolidate
By Christopher Walljasper
April 6 (Reuters) - Chicago soybeans and corn eased on Wednesday, consolidating after two days of gains, as traders watch U.S. weather and planting, while wheat traded mixed pending further sanctions against Russia following reports of civilian deaths in Ukraine.
The most-active soybeans on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) eased 11-1/2 cents to $16.19-1/2 a bushel.
CBOT May wheat fell 4-3/4 cents to end at $10.40-3/4, while the most-active corn fell 3-1/4 cents to $7.56-1/2 per bushel.
"Given the sharp rallies of the last two days, we're doing some backing and filling," said Tom Fritz, commodity broker at EFG Group.
May soybeans fell to their 50-day moving average, after closing above it the day prior. Corn held above its 20-day moving average.
U.S. weather is in focus, as less-than-expected corn planting amid soaring fertilizer costs leaves little room for production problems in the Northern hemisphere.
"You have a potentially very tight corn balance sheet for next year, if there's any type of hiccup at all," said Ted Seifried, vice president of Zaner Group.
Weather forecasts showed little rain for the coming two weeks for winter wheat in the parched southwestern U.S. Plains, although northerly spring wheat zones were expected to get some showers.
Financial markets watched for further planned Western measures against Moscow following reports of civilian deaths in Ukrainian territory previously held by Russian forces.
Wheat remains underpinned by global supply fears, as countries continue to restrict exports and protect local food stores. (Reporting by Christopher Walljasper; Additional reporting by Gus Trompiz in Paris and Enrico Dela Cruz in Manila; editing by Grant McCool)
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NEWBURGH, Ind. (AP) — Human remains found last weekend near an Ohio River dam in southwestern Indiana are those of a Kentucky man who drowned in January while trying to rescue a woman, police said Wednesday.
The Newburgh Police Department said the remains were identified as those of Adam L. Thomas, 34, of Louisville, Kentucky, the Evansville Courier & Press reported. His remains were found near Newburgh Old Lock & Dam, about 20 miles (32 kilometers) east of Evansville.
Newburgh police said Thomas drowned while he was attempting to rescue a woman on Jan. 13 after she jumped into the Ohio River near the area of Louisville’s Historic Wharf.
Neither Thomas nor the woman made it back to shore and they were presumed dead. Thomas' body was found about 90 miles (145 kilometers) downstream from where he was last seen.
Police said the search continues for the woman’s body.
Newburgh police said in a news release that Thomas’ actions in attempting to save the woman were “heroic” and that it “took great courage.” The woman had allegedly been “walking erratically” down the street naked before she jumped into the river, police said.
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WFO LAKE CHARLES Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Thursday, April 7, 2022
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RED FLAG WARNING
URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Lake Charles LA
354 PM CDT Wed Apr 6 2022
......RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 6 PM CDT THURSDAY FOR
SOUTHEAST TEXAS ...
.A strong cold front is expected to move in this evening with
northwest winds and very dry air spilling into the region.
Relative humidity will range from 17 to 26 percent during the
afternoon hours tomorrow. Winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts to 30 mph.
Conditions to improve on Friday.
...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 6 PM CDT THURSDAY FOR
SOUTHEAST TEXAS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 180, 201, 215, 216, 259,
260, 261, AND 262...
The National Weather Service in Lake Charles has issued a Red
Flag Warning, which is in effect from 10 AM to 6 PM CDT Thursday.
* AFFECTED AREA...Fire weather zones 180, 201, 215, 216, 259,
260, 261, and 262.
* WIND...Northwest winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts to 30 mph.
* HUMIDITY...Afternoon humidity will range from 17 to 26 percent.
* IMPACTS...any fires that develop will likely spread rapidly.
Outdoor burning is not recommended.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions
are either occurring now, or will shortly. A combination of
strong winds, low relative humidity, and warm temperatures can
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BUSHWICK, Brooklyn (PIX11) — Surveillance video shows the moment a hooded arsonist poured gasoline on the floor of a Bushwick bar Sunday and set it ablaze.
In the footage, which was released by police Wednesday, the man is seen dumping fuel inside the bar — Rash — before kneeling down to light it. The ignition causes obscures the camera briefly before the violent blaze is seen.
“All the people in the bar suddenly rushed out screaming. I looked behind me … and there were enormous flames up to the ceiling. I was in disbelief,” said Rash owner Claire Bendiner told PIX11 News.
Police said two patrons, a 23-year-old woman and 25-year-old woman, were injured in the fire. They sustained minor burns and were taken to a nearby hospital in stable condition.
The suspect is described as a man between the ages of 20 and 30. Police said he is about 5-feet-9 inches tall and about 180 pounds. It is unclear if they are investigating the attack as a hate crime.
“We’re not really sure what the motive was. It is a queer bar, so maybe that had something to do with it or maybe it was a disgruntled customer. I’m not really sure,” Bendiner said.
The fire caused hundreds of thousands of dollars in damages, but the owners vow to rebuild and reopen the bar.
Submit tips to police by calling Crime Stoppers at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477), visiting crimestoppers.nypdonline.org, downloading the NYPD Crime Stoppers mobile app, or texting 274637 (CRIMES) then entering TIP577. Spanish-speaking callers are asked to dial 1-888-57-PISTA (74782).
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Stocks closed lower and bond yields rose on Wall Street Wednesday after details from last month’s meeting of Federal Reserve policymakers showed the central bank intends to be aggressive in its efforts to fight inflation.
The S&P 500 fell 1%, adding to its losses from a day earlier. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 0.4% and the Nasdaq slid 2.2%.
The minutes from the meeting three weeks ago reveal that Fed policymakers agreed to begin cutting the central bank’s stockpile of Treasurys and mortgage-backed securities by about $95 billion a month, starting in May. That’s more than some investors expected and nearly double the pace the last time the Fed shrank its balance sheet.
At the meeting, the Fed raised its benchmark short-term rate by a quarter percentage point, the first increase in three years. The minutes showed many Fed officials wanted to hike rates by an even bigger margin last month, and they still saw “one or more” such supersized increases potentially coming at future meetings.
“Essentially, the Fed has concluded that a good offense is the best defense,” said Sam Stovall, chief investment strategist at CFRA. “We’re likely to experience not only higher short-term interest rates as a result of the Fed’s actions, but also higher long-term rates, which should pressure potential (stock) gains.”
Higher rates tend to reduce the price-to-earnings ratio of stocks, a key valuation barometer. Such a scenario can particularly hurt stocks that are seen as the priciest, which includes big technology companies. That explains why tech stocks were the biggest drag on the benchmark S&P 500 Wednesday. Apple fell 1.8% and Microsoft shed 3.7%.
Communications companies, retailers and others that rely on direct consumer spending also weighed heavily on the index. Amazon fell 3.2% and Facebook parent Meta fell 3.7%.
The S&P 500 ended down 43.97 points to 4,481.15. The Dow slid 144.67 points to 34,496.51, and the tech-heavy Nasdaq lost 315.35 points to 13,888.82.
Smaller company stocks also fell, sending the Russell 2000 index down 29.11 points, or 1.4%, to 2,016.94.
Investors are keenly focused on Fed policy as the central bank moves to reverse low interest rates and the extraordinary support it began providing for the economy two years ago when the pandemic knocked the economy into a recession.
The Fed’s proposed timetable for allowing billions in bonds and mortgage-backed securities to roll off its balance sheet was hinted at on Tuesday in remarks by Fed Governor Lael Brainard, who said the process could start as soon as May and proceed at a rapid pace.
The rapid reduction in the Fed’s balance sheet would help push up longer-term rates, but also contribute to higher borrowing costs for consumers and businesses.
“The reality is we are in uncharted waters here and the Fed has a difficult task in unwinding the tremendous monetary support over the past couple years,” said Charlie Ripley, senior investment strategist at Allianz Investment Management. “Against this backdrop, it is highly conceivable that uncertainty in the path of monetary policy will remain embedded in markets and that is exactly what we have been witnessing with the recent moves in interest rates and risk assets.”
The yield on the 10-year Treasury rose to 2.61% after the release of the minutes. It had been at 2.59% earlier in the day, up from 2.54% late Tuesday. The yield, which is used to set interest rates on mortgages and many other kinds of loans, is the highest it’s been in three years.
Traders are now pricing in a nearly 77% probability the Fed will raise its key overnight rate by half a percentage point at its next meeting in May. That’s double the usual amount and something the Fed hasn’t done since 2000.
“Even though we’ve known about the coming rate hikes, it’s been pretty difficult for long term equity managers across the board,” said William Huston, chief investment officer at Bay Street Capital Holdings.
Inflation is running at a four-decade high and threatens to crimp economic growth. Higher prices on everything from food to clothing have raised concerns that consumers will eventually pull back on spending. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has added to those worries, pushing energy and commodity prices, including wheat, even higher.
U.S. benchmark crude oil prices fell 5.6% Wednesday, but are more than 30% higher for the year. That has pushed gasoline prices higher, putting more stress on shipping costs, prices for goods and consumers’ wallets.
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen warned a House panel Wednesday that the conflict will have “enormous economic repercussions in Ukraine and beyond.”
The conflict in Ukraine continued prompting financial pressure against Russia. The White House said Western governments will ban new investmen t in Russia following evidence its soldiers deliberately killed civilians in Ukraine. The U.S. Treasury said President Vladimir Putin’s government will be blocked from paying debts with dollars from American financial institutions, potentially increasing the risk of a default.
European governments have resisted appeals to boycott Russian gas, Putin’s biggest export earner, due to the possible impact on their economies.
Wednesday ended up being a mostly quiet day for company news ahead of the latest round of corporate earnings reports. JetBlue Airways fell 8.7% after offering to buy rival budget airline Spirit for $3.6 billion and break up a plan for Spirit to merge with Frontier Airlines. Spirit fell 2.4%.
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Footage of Prince, Aged 11, Discovered in Minneapolis News Clip From 1970
Film footage of an 11-year-old Prince has been discovered in the archives of Minneapolis television station WCCO. The brief clip, filmed during a teacher’s strike in April of that year, captures the future music icon speaking in support of the teachers, and jumping around with his characteristic impish grin on his...
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BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota Republicans held their best-attended convention ever over the weekend, and one that featured a rare public display of infighting among delegates. The vitriol between rank-and-file Republicans and the far-right faction of the GOP could spur changes to future gatherings, including delaying the conventions and candidate endorsements until after June primary elections.
A move to hold post-primary conventions is not new in North Dakota. The idea is that voters’ preferred candidates would get the automatic backing of the party, instead of candidates fighting it out for the support of GOP activists ahead of the election. Several states already do just that and post-primary conventions have been pushed by GOP Gov. Doug Burgum, party activists say.
In December, the idea for a post-primary convention fell three votes short of the needed two-thirds majority among leaders in the state’s 47 districts, GOP Chairman Perrie Schafer said.
Schafer said the change hasn’t formally come up in the few days following the convention, but if it does, he’s unlikely to support it. Instead, he said, he’d rather see better behavior than reworking the longstanding convention process.
“I want people to act like they expect their children to act,” Schafer said.
A record 2,321 delegates attended the convention at the Bismarck Event Center Saturday, highlighted by the intraparty fight for delegates’ endorsement for U.S. Senate between incumbent John Hoeven and state Rep. Rick Becker, who heads an ultraconservative wing of the party. In the end, Hoeven narrowly won the endorsement. And Becker has promised that he won't run in the primary.
The mood of the usual good-natured, pep rally-type atmosphere was darkened by a noticeable lack of decorum at the recent GOP convention, with jeers and catcalls at times from Becker supporters.
The convention, advertised as “United as One,” hardly lived up to its billing, former Gov. Ed Schafer said Tuesday.
“It was the most acrimonious convention I’ve seen,” said Schafer, who served from 1992 to 2000.
Schafer said he almost didn’t take the stage to endorse Hoeven in a speech due to the “tough decorum from the splinter and rogue group” of the party, many of whom booed U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer during his endorsement speech of his fellow U.S. Senator.
North Dakota Republicans and Democrats both normally choose their favored statewide candidates at party conventions. Candidates who are endorsed at the political conventions are guaranteed a place on the primary ballot, as well as access to party mailing lists and fundraising resources. However, any candidate may run in either party’s primary by collecting petition signatures from at least 300 North Dakota voters.
The candidate must win the primary to get the Republican or Democratic nomination to run in the November general election.
In most elections, that hasn’t been an issue because the political parties’ respective statewide candidates have run unopposed in the primary.
There have been notable exceptions in both parties. In 1992, when the two Democratic convention rivals for governor, Attorney General Nicholas Spaeth and the state Senate’s Democratic majority leader, William Heigaard of Langdon, squared off in the June primary after Heigaard beat Spaeth for the Democratic convention endorsement.
Spaeth won the primary handily, but went on to lose to Ed Schafer in the November general election. Republicans have held the governor’s office since.
More recently, Burgum is a GOP example of an unendorsed candidate who went on to win both a primary and a general election six years ago.
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Former WWE star Tammy Sytch, 49, 'crashed her Mercedes into two cars while drunk, killing a 75-year-old man last month'
- Tammy Sytch, a former WWE wrestler, has been accused by Florida police of causing a fatal car accident while under the influence of alcohol last month
- The 49-year-old New Jersey native has not been charged, but she allegedly crashed her Mercedes into the rear of a 2013 Kia Sorento on March 25 at 8:28pm
- A 75-year-old man and Sytch were both taken to the hospital for their injuries. The man, identified as Julian Lafrancis Lasseter of Daytona, ultimately died
- The report claims that Sytch had been 'driving at a high rate of speed' before the collision, and police believe she was drunk at the time of the crash
- A blood sample was taken from Sytch, but the results have not been released
- Sytch has at least six other DWI arrests, including a 2019 charge in New Jersey
- She was also arrested for allegedly trying to stab a lover with scissors this year
Tammy Sytch, a former WWE wrestler with a history of legal problems, has been accused by Florida police of causing a fatal car accident while under the influence of alcohol last month.
The 49-year-old New Jersey native has not been charged, but she allegedly crashed her 2012 Mercedes into the rear of a 2013 Kia Sorento on March 25 at 8:28pm, according to a report provided to DailyMail.com by Ormond Beach Police.
A 75-year-old man and Sytch were both taken to the hospital for their injuries. The man, identified as Julian Lafrancis Lasseter of Daytona Beach Shores, ultimately died.
Tammy Sytch, a former WWE wrestler with a history of legal problems, has been accused by Florida police of causing a fatal car accident while under the influence of alcohol last month. Sytch is seen, left, during her wrestling days and, right, after a reckless driving arrest in 2016
Sytch is a WWE Hall of Famer who wrestled under the names 'Sunny' and 'Lynn Sytch'
Police say Sytch had been 'driving at a high rate of speed' before slamming into two cars
The report claims that Sytch had been 'driving at a high rate of speed' before the collision, and police believe she was drunk at the time of the crash. A blood sample was taken from Sytch, but the results have not been released.
'The Ormond Beach Police Department Traffic Unit is actively investigating the crash,' read a statement provided to DailyMail.com. 'The investigation may lead to criminal charges, which are pending toxicology results. OBPD has requested an expedited timeframe on the processing of these samples and the results will be made available as soon as the department receives them.
A third car was also involved in the collision, but its passengers did not require medical attention for their injuries.
Sytch, a WWE Hall of Famer who wrestled under the names 'Sunny' and 'Lynn Sytch' for much of her career, has at least six other DWI arrests, including a 2019 charge in New Jersey for driving the wrong way on a one-way street.
She was also arrested five times in less than a month in 2012 for a variety of charges, including third-degree burglary and disorderly conduct.
Sytch has been in and out of jail in New Jersey and Pennsylvania for several parole violations.
This year, she was arrested in New Jersey after allegedly trying to stab a lover with a pair of scissors, according to the Post and Courier. She was charged with unlawfully possessing a weapon and making terroristic threats.
Sytch, a WWE Hall of Famer who wrestled under the names 'Sunny' and 'Lynn Sytch' for much of her career, has at least six other DWI arrests, including a 2019 charge in New Jersey for driving the wrong way on a one-way street. She was also arrested five times in less than a month in 2012 for a variety of charges, including third-degree burglary and disorderly conduct. Sytch has also been in and out of jail in New Jersey and Pennsylvania for several parole violations
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CHICOPEE, Mass. (AP) — The superintendent of schools in a Massachusetts city was charged Wednesday with lying to federal agents investigating threats made by text messages to a candidate for police chief, who eventually withdrew from consideration.
Lynn Clark, the superintendent of Chicopee schools, was arrested on a charge of making false statements, according to the U.S. attorney's office in Boston. She was scheduled to appear in court Wednesday. No defense attorney was listed in court records and a message seeking comment was sent to her work email.
Chicopee, a city of about 55,000 residents roughly 80 miles (129 kilometers) west of Boston, was in the process of hiring a new police chief late last year when law enforcement received a report that a candidate for the position had received texts from unknown numbers that seemed intended to force them to withdraw their application, federal authorities said.
The texts threatened to expose information that would cause the candidate reputational harm, and as a result, that person withdrew their candidacy, authorities said. They did not disclose any information about the candidate's identity or any other information about the alleged threats.
According to FBI affidavit in the case, Clark sent 99 messages “that were threatening in nature” to the candidate, the candidate’s spouse and to herself, using an app that allowed her to hide her cellphone number.
Clark, who lives in Belchertown, eventually admitted she sent the messages, but not before pointing the finger at others, authorities said.
The affidavit said Clark believed that if the candidate was named chief, it would “negatively impact" her position as superintendent and she wanted the candidate to get “knocked down a peg.”
Chicopee Mayor John Vieau in a statement called the allegations disheartening.
“The mayor’s office is aware of the situation and we are working to ensure that school department operations continue smoothly through this transition as the education of children remains paramount," the statement said.
The school committee has scheduled a meeting for Wednesday night to discuss Clark’s future.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Wednesday reinstated for now a Trump-era rule that curtails the power of states and Native American tribes to block pipelines and other energy projects that can pollute rivers, streams and other waterways.
In a decision that split the court 5-4, the justices agreed to halt a lower court judge’s order throwing out the rule. The high court’s action does not interfere with the Biden administration’s plan to rewrite the rule. Work on a revision has begun, but the administration has said a final rule is not expected until the spring of 2023. The Trump-era rule will remain in effect in the meantime.
The court’s three liberal justices and Chief Justice John Roberts dissented. The court’s other conservative justices, including three nominated by President Donald Trump, voted to reinstate the rule.
Writing for the dissenters, Justice Elena Kagan said the group of states and industry associations that had asked for the lower court’s ruling to be put on hold had not shown the extraordinary circumstances necessary to grant that request.
Kagan said the group had failed to demonstrate their harm if the judge’s decision were left in place. She said the group had not identified a “single project that a State has obstructed” in the months since the judge’s decision and had twice delayed making a request, indicating it was not urgent.
Kagan said the court’s majority had gone “astray” in granting the emergency petition and was misusing the process for dealing with such requests. That process is sometimes called the court’s “shadow docket” because the court provides a decision quickly without the full briefing and argument. The liberal justices have recently been critical of its use.
As is typical, the justices in the majority did not explain their reasoning.
Kagan wrote that her colleagues’ decision “renders the Court’s emergency docket not for emergencies at all.”
The Biden administration had told the justices in a court filing that it agreed that the U.S. District Court Judge William Alsup lacked the authority to throw out the rule without first determining that it was invalid. But the administration had urged the court not to reinstate the rule, saying that in the months since the Alsup’s ruling, officials have adapted to the change, reverting to regulations in place for decades. Another change would “cause substantial disruption and disserve the public interest,” the administration said.
Alsup was nominated to the bench by President Bill Clinton.
EPA spokesman Tim Carroll said in an email that the agency is reviewing the Supreme Court’s order as well as “moving forward with rulemaking to restore state and Tribal authority to protect water resources that are essential to public health, ecosystems, and economic opportunity.”
The section of federal law at issue in the case is Section 401 of the Clean Water Act. For decades, it had been the rule that a federal agency could not issue a license or permit to conduct any activity that could result in any discharge into navigable waters unless the affected state or tribe certified that the discharge was complied with the Clean Water Act and state law, or waived certification.
The Trump administration in 2020 curtailed that review power after complaints from Republicans in Congress and the fossil fuel industry that state officials had used the permitting process to stop new energy projects. The Trump administration said its actions would advance then-President Donald Trump’s goal to fast-track energy projects such as oil and natural gas pipelines.
States, Native American Tribes and environmental groups sued. Several mostly Republican-led states, a national trade association representing the oil and gas industry and others have intervened in the case to defend the Trump-era rule. The states involved in the case are: Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, West Virginia, Wyoming and Texas.
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Associated Press reporter Matthew Daly in Washington contributed to this report.
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Appreciate the farmer.
The food we eat, the agrarian lifestyle we live, the cities we reside in are all made possible by the efforts of farmers.
“Neolithic age” farmers lead to the birth of larger communities and humanity’s move away from hunter-gatherer societies. Farming is the bedrock on which culture is built.
To state the obvious, it’s a hard job with long hours and considerably more variables to juggle when done successfully.
So it’s nice to see the farm facility program on Crellin Elementary School’s campus thrive. The Garrett County school started it several years ago and it teaches students skills surrounding sustainability, practical math for real world issues and environmentally beneficial practices like rain water collection and composting to fertilize vegetables.
“The farm was a huge part of my elementary school experience,” said Kira Rinker, an 11th grade student. “It is a passion of mine. Showing and winning at the fair has been a rewarding experience for me and an experience I want the girls to have.”
According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture Economic Research Service, net farm income increased by $23.9 billion in 2021 but is expected to decrease by $5.4 billion in 2022 due to inflation. The government is lowering cash payments, while production costs increase. And, the average net farm income of $91,500 is expected to remain consistent.
Farm debt, a persistent problem in the industry, is expected to get slightly better; however, according to U.S. Department of Agriculture data, both farm assets and debt are both set to increase, but when adjusted for inflation decrease $76.2 billion and $3.4 billion respectively.
Animals are fickle and each is different and has different needs. Crop yields can vary due to any number of things — unexpected events, unseasonable weather, pests, diseases and more.
At a desk job, a computer can fail or a day can be unproductive due to unforeseen circumstance, but a couple of bad outings won’t sink a company.
In our region, the prescription to our employment-related ills is always more tech — to, as President Joe Biden told a crowd of coal miners in 2020, learn to code.
The small program at Crellin allows students to do the daily chores required to run a farm. If even one student develops a passion for farming after the experience, we’ll all be better off for it.
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When assessing new examination and treatment methods involving high-risk medical devices in accordance with §137h of the German Social Code, Book V (SGB V), the Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care (IQWiG) examines the data submitted by the hospital and the manufacturer. If a benefit of the new invasive (and particularly expensive) method can be inferred from these data, it may continue to be used. If it is shown that the new procedure is ineffective or even harmful for those treated, it is excluded from health care. If it is not possible to make a reliable conclusion on benefit, harm or ineffectiveness, the Federal Joint Committee (G-BA) is required by law to set up and also fund a testing study. IQWiG usually has only six weeks to assess methods involving high-risk medical devices.
IQWiG has now published its assessment for two 137h procedures commissioned by the G-BA: "endoscopic ultrasound-guided 32P microparticle implantation for unresectable, locally advanced pancreatic tumors" and "transcervical radiofrequency ablation with intrauterine ultrasound guidance for uterine fibroids". For both methods, neither benefit nor harm nor ineffectiveness can be determined on the basis of the documents submitted.
³²P-labeled microparticles for pancreatic cancer
With this method, patients with surgically unresectable, locally advanced tumors in the pancreas are injected with radioactive microparticles directly into the malignant tissue using a puncture needle. The invasive procedure is intended to be used in addition to first-line chemotherapy and to help reduce the size of the tumor so that it can potentially be completely removed surgically.
For the assessment of the method, the hospital and the manufacturer had submitted a total of six studies, all with results on relatively few patients and completely without (or without a suitable) control group. On the basis of these documents, no robust conclusions on benefit or harm could be inferred.
In order to be able to demonstrate an advantage for the method "implantation via injection under endoscopic ultrasound guidance of ³²P-labeled microparticles" in the composite outcome of treatment failure, in IQWiG's opinion a medium-sized randomized controlled trial (RCT) should be set up to compare this new method with first-line chemotherapy or (chemo)radiotherapy alone.
Transcervical radiofrequency ablation for uterine fibroids
With this method, benign tumors of the muscular uterine wall are localized by ultrasound probe and obliterated (ablated) by radiofrequency energy. This is to relieve heavy bleeding and pain associated with symptomatic uterine fibroids.
IQWiG had results from five case series for the assessment of this method. In addition, the hospital and the manufacturer referred to an RCT in the planning stage. On the basis of the documents submitted, no conclusions on benefit, ineffectiveness or harm could be inferred.
In order to gain the necessary knowledge on the potential benefit of transcervical radiofrequency ablation with intrauterine ultrasound guidance (TRFA) for uterine fibroids, IQWiG considers two medium-sized testing studies to be necessary. This is because different control interventions are relevant, depending on the location of the fibroids: for women with fibroids at the outer edge or in the middle of the muscular uterine wall, a comparison with surgical removal of the fibroids via laparoscopy (laparoscopic myomectomy or enucleation) would be relevant. If, in contrast, the fibroids are located only at the inner edge of the uterine muscle directly below the endometrium (submucosal), hysteroscopic myomectomy (surgical removal via the vagina and uterus) would be an important control treatment. A second study would be useful for this purpose.
Legal framework makes testing studies difficult in some cases
Since it is not possible to draw any reliable conclusion on the benefits, harms or ineffectiveness of the two new high-risk methods on the basis of the documents submitted, the law obliges the G-BA to set up and also fund testing studies.
Julia Kreis, Division Head in IQWiG's Department of Non-Drug Interventions, critically notes that "in this context, the recruitment of study participants for such studies is made more difficult for the G-BA by the fact that the new treatment methods are also available outside of testing studies as a service provided by statutory health insurance. This is because precisely those hospitals that have introduced a new method obviously want to use it in routine practice and in some cases are already advertising it. Many eligible patients then do not participate in the study, but directly receive the new treatment method already commonly used in the hospital in question. It is, again and again, surprising for us to see the weak evidence on which the use of innovative high-risk medical devices in hospitals is often based. We think that the current regulations in §137h SGB V should be reconsidered."
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WASHINGTON (AP) — A sweeping overhaul of the U.S. Postal Service meant to shore up the popular but beleaguered agency's financial future and cement six-days-a-week mail delivery was signed into law Wednesday by President Joe Biden.
The legislation cleared Congress last month after fully a dozen years of discussion that took on a new sense of urgency amid widespread complaints about mail service delays. Officials had repeatedly warned that without congressional action, the Postal Service would run out of cash by 2024.
“The Postal Service is central to our economy and essential to rural America,” Biden said. He added that mailmen and women deliver 4 million prescriptions per day, along with letters, consumer goods and even live animals, “often to parts of the country that private carriers can't or won't or aren't required to reach.”
The final legislation achieved rare, bipartisan support by scrapping some of the more controversial proposals and settling on core ways to save the service. Delivering the mail is among the most popular things the government does, with 91% of Americans having a favorable opinion of the Postal Service, according to a Pew Research Center poll released in 2020.
Lawmakers from both parties attended the signing ceremony — and the mood was jovial, a big improvement from Kansas Republican Sen. Jerry Moran previously saying the service was in a “death spiral” that was particularly hard on rural Americans.
The Postal Service Reform Act lifts budget requirements that have contributed to the agency's red ink, and spells out that mail must be delivered six days a week, except for federal holidays, natural disasters and some other situations.
Postage sales and other services were supposed to sustain the Postal Service, but it has suffered 14 straight years of losses. Growing worker compensation and benefit costs, plus steady declines in mail volume, have exacerbated losses, even as the service delivers to 1 million additional locations every year.
The new law ends a requirement that the Postal Service finance workers’ health care benefits ahead of time for the next 75 years — an obligation that private companies and federal agencies do not face. Biden said that rule had “stretched the Postal Service's finances almost to the breaking point."
Now, future retirees will enroll in Medicare, while other health plans and the Postal Service cover only current retirees’ actual health care costs that aren’t paid for by the federal health insurance program for older people,
To measure the agency's progress in improving its service, the law also requires it to set up an online dashboard that would be searchable by ZIP code to show how long it takes to deliver letters and packages.
Dropped from the package as it neared actual legislation were efforts to cut back mail delivery. Also set aside — for now — were other proposals that have been floated over the years to change operations, including to privatize some services.
Criticism of the Postal Service peaked in 2020, amid the COVID-19 crisis and ahead of the presidential election, as cutbacks delayed service at a time when millions of Americans were relying on mail-in ballots during the pandemic. Then-President Donald Trump acknowledged he was trying to financially pinch the service to limit its processing ability for an expected surge of mail-in ballots, which he worried could cost him the election he eventually lost.
Dominated by Trump appointees, the agency’s board of governors had tapped Louis DeJoy, a major GOP donor, as postmaster general. He proposed a 10-year plan to stabilize the service’s finances with steps like additional mail slowdowns, cuts in some offices’ hours and perhaps higher rates.
Biden said Wednesday that more needs to be done to reform the Postal Service, including investing in an electrified vehicle fleet that could save money while helping combat climate change. The House Committee on Oversight and Reform is examining a Postal Service contract to replace its huge fleet of mail-delivery trucks with a mix of gas and electric vehicles, which the Environmental Protection Agency and Democratic lawmakers argue has too few electric vehicles.
“Today we enshrine into law our recognition that the Postal Service is fundamental to our economy, to our democracy, to our health and the very sense of who we are as a nation," Biden said.
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Council elections 2022: Welsh Conservatives launch campaign
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The Welsh Conservatives will promise to build "stronger, safer communities", when they launch their local election campaign on Thursday.
At an event in Llandudno, party Senedd leader Andrew RT Davies will announce the Tories are fielding their highest number of candidates - 669 - on 5 May.
They were the biggest gainers in the previous Welsh local elections, in 2017, and have more to defend now.
Five years ago the Conservatives took majority control of Monmouthshire.
They have cabinet members in ruling coalitions in Powys, Wrexham and Conwy as well as Denbighshire, where they became the largest group in 2017.
They also became the biggest group of councillors in Vale of Glamorgan, leading the authority for two years.
But Labour returned to power there in 2019, as head of a coalition, after internal rows resulted in eight councillors, including six cabinet members, quitting the Tory group.
In the 2017 local elections, the Conservatives increased their number of councillors across 12 of Wales' 22 authorities, including notably better performances in Cardiff and Bridgend and raising their total number of Welsh council seats by 80 to 184.
On Thursday, Mr Davies will describe the last decade as one in which there has been "incredible growth in the number of Welsh Conservatives standing up for Wales at a local, Senedd and Westminster level".
"This year will see that expansion continue to thrive, with the Welsh Conservative fielding the most candidates ever at Welsh local elections," he will say.
"Across Wales, local Welsh Conservative councillors are working hard delivering for their communities.
"I'm delighted that more people than ever before will be able to vote for local champions that will deliver stronger, safer communities."
Whatever the issues are in their patch, you can rarely divorce local parties' electoral fortunes from the bigger political story across the UK.
How voters might see Boris Johnson's prime ministership in relation to the cost of living crisis, the war in Ukraine and the continuing developments over Westminster parties held during Covid restrictions could be crucial.
The leader of Conservative Monmouthshire council even called for Mr Johnson to resign, a few months ago.
'Well-paid, long-term jobs'
Commenting on Thursday's local elections launch, Welsh Secretary Simon Hart MP said the UK Conservative government was "delivering for Wales, investing hundreds of millions of pounds into creating jobs, safeguarding community assets, and boosting infrastructure".
"Just last year, ten projects across Wales benefitted from more than £120m, including regenerating Aberystwyth's old college and marina, making visitor improvements at Haverfordwest Castle, and dualling part of the A4119 at Coed-Ely," he said.
"It is only by working together can we ensure that Wales bounces back from the pandemic, delivering well-paid, long-term jobs for everyone."
Wales will be electing councillors in each of its 22 local authorities next month.
There are also elections taking place in parts of England, in Scotland and Northern Ireland.
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WHL
All Times Local
Western Conference
B.C. Division
U.S. Division
Eastern Conference
East Division
Central Division
Note: x - clinched playoff berth; y - clinched division; Two points for a team winning in overtime or shootout; the team losing in overtime or shootout receives one which is registered in the OTL or SOL columns.
Sunday's results
Calgary 5 Swift Current 2
Kamloops 4 Prince George 3 (OT)
Red Deer 5 Edmonton 4 (OT)
Spokane 4 Vancouver 1
Tuesday's results
Brandon 5 Regina 4
Saskatoon 4 Medicine Hat 0
Kelowna 1 Prince George 0 (OT)
Wednesday's results
Saskatoon at Lethbridge, 7 p.m.
Kelowna at Prince George, 7 p.m.
Everett at Spokane, 7:05 p.m.
Friday's games
Medicine Hat at Brandon, 7 p.m.
Lethbridge at Red Deer, 7 p.m.
Prince Albert at Saskatoon, 7 p.m.
Regina at Swift Current, 7 p.m.
Victoria at Kamloops, 7 p.m.
Tri-City at Everett, 7:05 p.m.
Portland at Vancouver, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday's games
Red Deer at Edmonton, 2 p.m.
Medicine Hat at Winnipeg, 7 p.m.
Moose Jaw at Brandon, 7 p.m.
Calgary at Lethbridge, 7 p.m.
Prince Albert at Regina, 7 p.m.
Vancouver at Kelowna, 7 p.m.
Portland at Kamloops, 7 p.m.
Victoria at Prince George, 7 p.m.
Spokane at Seattle, 7:05 p.m.
Sunday's games
Edmonton at Calgary, 2 p.m.
Medicine Hat at Winnipeg, 5 p.m.
Vancouver at Kelowna, 4:05 p.m.
Everett at Seattle, 5:05 p.m.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — A sweeping overhaul of the U.S. Postal Service meant to shore up the popular but beleaguered agency's financial future and cement six-days-a-week mail delivery was signed into law Wednesday by President Joe Biden.
The legislation cleared Congress last month after fully a dozen years of discussion that took on a new sense of urgency amid widespread complaints about mail service delays. Officials had repeatedly warned that without congressional action, the Postal Service would run out of cash by 2024.
“The Postal Service is central to our economy and essential to rural America,” Biden said. He added that mailmen and women deliver 4 million prescriptions per day, along with letters, consumer goods and even live animals, “often to parts of the country that private carriers can't or won't or aren't required to reach.”
The final legislation achieved rare, bipartisan support by scrapping some of the more controversial proposals and settling on core ways to save the service. Delivering the mail is among the most popular things the government does, with 91% of Americans having a favorable opinion of the Postal Service, according to a Pew Research Center poll released in 2020.
The bill signing came the same day the Postal Service announced it plans to raise rates effective July 10. Under the proposal submitted to the Postal Regulatory Commission, the cost of a first-class Forever stamp would increase by 2 cents to 60 cents.
The Postal Service said the increase, which is less than the annual rate of inflation, will help the agency implement Postmaster General Louis DeJoy’s 10-year plan to stabilize agency finances.
Lawmakers from both parties attended the signing ceremony and the mood was jovial, a big improvement from Kansas Republican Sen. Jerry Moran previously saying the service was in a “death spiral” that was particularly hard on rural Americans.
The Postal Service Reform Act lifts budget requirements that have contributed to the agency's red ink, and spells out that mail must be delivered six days a week, except for federal holidays, natural disasters and some other situations.
Postage sales and other services were supposed to sustain the Postal Service, but it has suffered 14 straight years of losses. Growing worker compensation and benefit costs, plus steady declines in mail volume, have exacerbated losses, even as the service delivers to 1 million additional locations every year.
The new law ends a requirement that the Postal Service finance workers’ health care benefits ahead of time for the next 75 years — an obligation that private companies and federal agencies do not face. Biden said that rule had “stretched the Postal Service's finances almost to the breaking point."
Now, future retirees will enroll in Medicare, while other health plans and the Postal Service cover only current retirees’ actual health care costs that aren’t paid for by the federal health insurance program for older people,
“In recent years we saw how unfair policies forced this treasured institution to cut costs and delayed the delivery of medication, financial documents and other critical mail,” Michigan Democratic Sen. Gary Peters, who helped write the legislation, said in a statement. “These long overdue reforms will undo these burdensome financial requirements.”
To measure the agency's progress in improving its service, the law requires it to set up an online dashboard that would be searchable by ZIP code to show how long it takes to deliver letters and packages.
Dropped from the package as it neared actual legislation were efforts to cut back mail delivery. Also set aside — for now — were other proposals that have been floated over the years to change operations, including to privatize some services.
Criticism of the Postal Service peaked in 2020, amid the COVID-19 crisis and ahead of the presidential election, as cutbacks delayed service at a time when millions of Americans were relying on mail-in ballots during the pandemic. Then-President Donald Trump acknowledged he was trying to financially pinch the service to limit its processing ability for an expected surge of mail-in ballots, which he worried could cost him the election he eventually lost.
Dominated by Trump appointees, the agency’s board of governors had tapped DeJoy, a major GOP donor, as postmaster general. He proposed a 10-year plan to stabilize the service’s finances with steps like additional mail slowdowns, cuts in some offices’ hours and perhaps higher rates.
Biden said Wednesday that more needs to be done to reform the Postal Service, including investing in an electrified vehicle fleet that could save money while helping combat climate change. The House Committee on Oversight and Reform is examining a Postal Service contract to replace its huge fleet of mail-delivery trucks with a mix of gas and electric vehicles, which the Environmental Protection Agency and Democratic lawmakers argue has too few electric vehicles.
“Today we enshrine into law our recognition that the Postal Service is fundamental to our economy, to our democracy, to our health and the very sense of who we are as a nation," Biden said.
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‘I see barren fields’: Ukrainian Civil Society leaders discuss wartime agriculture disruptions
Sens. Roger Marshall (R-Kan.) and Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) hosted an event discussing the war in Ukraine and what it means for global food security.
WASHINGTON (Gray DC) - Known as the breadbasket of Europe, Ukraine is one of the top exporters of grain in the world.
The ongoing war is expected to cut trade drastically. Some economists fear the war will disrupt the global food chain, leading to famine in parts of the East and higher domestic commodity costs.
“Ukraine basically exports to a number of countries in North Africa and the Middle East,” said USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack, who told Gray DC his department is monitoring the situation. “These are developing countries. These are countries that rely a great deal on that wheat supply to be able to feed their people.”
Wheat growers in the U.S are already facing high operating costs and drought conditions. Sen. Roger Marshall (R-Kan.) says it’s unlikely the U.S will be able to fill any gap that might be created by the war.
“Even if America does everything we can to grow more wheat, it’s not going to be enough to replace what comes through the Black Sea right now,” said Marshall.
During a Wednesday press conference, Marshall and fellow GOP Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) discussed the issue with members of the Ukrainian Civil Society.
Ukrainian Military volunteer Maria Berlinska says Russia is using food as a quiet weapon, starving residents into submission and targeting farmland and agriculture infrastructure.
“We have less and less fields, and we have less and less opportunities,” said Berlinska.
During the discussion, she pleaded for additional aid in the form of weapons, sanctions, and international pressure on Russia.
Copyright 2022 Gray DC. All rights reserved.
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NEW YORK (WWTI) — The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation has proposed changes to wild turkey hunting regulations.
The suggested changes were announced by DEC Commissioner Basil Seggos on April 5 in an effort to give hunters more turkey hunting opportunities. If enacted one of the proposals would establish a spring turkey season in Suffolk County in 2023, with a season limit of one bearded bird.
Commissioner Seggos highlighted the positive impacts the hunting season has on the environment.
“Wild turkey restoration is one of the greatest success stories of modern wildlife conservation,” Commissioner Seggos said. “In New York, DEC’s management and protection of wild turkeys has allowed the birds to maintain self-sustaining populations in all suitable habitats of the state. This regulation change would expand hunting downstate, ensuring New York remains a premiere destination for turkey hunters in the Northeast.”
According to the DEC, the existence of wild turkeys on Long Island is a relatively recent phenomenon, with populations growing to more than 3,000 birds. The first turkey hunting season on Long Island was a five-day fall season in 2009 with a one-bird bag limit.
After DEC established the season and, later, a two-day youth-only spring season, turkey populations in the area continued to increase. Their populations can now reportedly support additional hunting opportunities in the form of a spring season from May 1 through May 31 with a bag limit of one bearded bird.
Additionally, the DEC proposed a change that is scheduled to take effect in the fall that would affect hunters statewide. The proposal would change the minimum shot size from #8 to #9 for turkey hunting across New York state, to account for advances in shotshell technology.
Previously, shot sizes smaller than #8 were prohibited because they lacked the kinetic energy downrange to humanely harvest a turkey. Recent advances in shotshell technology use heavier metals such as tungsten alloy, tungsten-iron, or bismuth.
According to the DEC, these heavier shot types, sometimes referred to as “Tungsten Super Shot” or “TSS,” maintain enough energy to humanely harvest a turkey. In terms of kinetic energy, #9 tungsten can have the same weight as #5 lead shot and achieve a higher pellet count.
The public is encouraged to comment on the proposed changes by emailing their thoughts to wildliferegs@dec.ny.gov with “Proposed Turkey Regulations” in the subject line or by mail to Joshua Stiller at NYSDEC at 625 Broadway in Albany before June 5.
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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina women's college announced on Wednesday that it is renaming a building named after a white supremacist who supported unequal funding for schools based on race.
The board of trustees of Meredith College in Raleigh voted at a meeting last month to rename Joyner Hall after finding out about the background of James Yadkin Joyner, according to an announcement on its web page.
“We know some may disagree with the Board’s decision, but the ongoing harm done by Joyner’s initiative makes it untenable to continue to honor him – especially as an educator,” the announcement said.
The move is part of Meredith's Initiative on Anti-Racism. Nearly two years ago, the board joined historians, researchers, diversity consultants, and representative faculty, staff, and alumnae to begin a review of building names on Meredith’s campus, which was built in 1925-26.
In addition to the renaming of Joyner Hall, the Board endorsed placing signs with QR codes on each campus building to provide historical context about all of the individuals for whom the buildings are currently named.
Campus buildings at UNC-Chapel Hill and East Carolina University are also named for Joyner.
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LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska would immediately ban abortions if the U.S. Supreme Court ever overturns its 1973 decision to legalize the procedure under a bill that sharply divided lawmakers on Wednesday.
Lawmakers remained stuck on the measure and weren't expected to take the first of three required votes on it until later Wednesday evening. If it passes, Nebraska would become the 14th state nationally to enact a so-called trigger law.
Supporters of the measure said it would ensure that Nebraska is among the first states to outlaw abortion if the court overturns Roe v. Wade, the landmark case that allowed the procedure.
“This is about ensuring our most precious and vulnerable people, the preborn, are protected,” said Sen. Joni Albrecht, the bill's lead sponsor.
Opponents slammed the measure as an intrusion on women's ability to make personal medical decisions.
“What are you all thinking?" asked Sen. Patty Pansing Brooks, of Lincoln. “I have a daughter, she's 25 years old, and you all are not invited into her medical examination appointments."
The debate comes ahead of an expected June ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, which concerns a Mississippi law that bans abortions after 15 weeks or pregnancy. The court's 1973 ruling, Roe v. Wade, allows state to regulate but not ban abortions up to the point of fetal viability, at roughly 24 weeks.
Nebraska became the first state to ban abortions after the 20th week of pregnancy in 2010, and the state outlawed a second-trimester abortion procedure in 2020 despite fervent protests from abortion-rights supporters.
The latest measure faces a tougher path, however, because of the current political make-up of Nebraska’s one-house, officially nonpartisan Legislature.
At least 33 votes are required to overcome a filibuster and force a vote on the bill. Republicans in the Legislature hold 32 seats and Democrats have 17. One Democratic lawmaker also typically opposes abortion, but he’s offset by a Republican who has voted in favor of abortion rights in recent years.
Another Republican lawmaker, state Sen. Robert Hilkemann, a retired Omaha doctor, said he was uncomfortable with parts of the measure that could expose physicians to felony charges in a situation where they end up terminating a pregnancy.
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BOSTON (AP) — Denver’s only other trip East this season didn’t turn out too well, with losses to Boston College and Providence before the long flight back home.
Now back for this weekend’s Frozen Four, the Pioneers don’t have to worry about the Eagles or Friars -- or any Eastern teams at all. Four schools from conferences in the Midwest and West will compete for the NCAA hockey championship at the home of the Boston Bruins.
It’s the first time since 2011 that the East has been without a representative at the Frozen Four.
“There’s good teams in every conference,” Pioneers forward Bobby Brink said on Wednesday, a day before Denver's semifinal matchup with Michigan. “I wouldn’t say there’s really a divide; we don’t really look at (it that way). Maybe some people do.”
This weekend it will be hard to ignore, with the Pioneers and Wolverines followed by Minnesota State and Minnesota. All three finalists for the Hobey Baker Award — including Brink, the nation's leading scorer — are in Boston and from western teams.
Only one team in this year’s Elite Eight, Quinnipiac, was from the East. There were two last year, when UMass won it all in a Frozen Four that featured three Minnesota teams.
“And we weren’t one of them,” Minnesota Gophers coach Bob Motzko said. "They were going to enjoy that, with us not being there. If you’re going to pick on one team, they’re going to pick on the Gophers, I can tell you that.
“We got our shot this year,” he said, "and we’re back in it with them.
OPENING UP
Minnesota State reached the Frozen Four last year, losing in the semifinals to St. Cloud State. Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, attendance at the home of the Pittsburgh Penguins was capped at 25% of capacity.
“There was a decent amount of fans, but it’s not going to be like what we’re expecting this year,” Mavericks forward Nathan Smith said. “Hopefully, the place is pretty loud and we’ll try to use that energy to our advantage.”
Minnesota State has won its conference five straight seasons but missed out on a trip to the 2020 NCAA Tournament because of the pandemic.
“Now everybody gets to experience it,” coach Mike Hastings said. “Hopefully, we’ve turned that page to a book we’re never going to go back and read again.”
HOCKEY HEISMAN
Minnesota State goalie Dryden McKay and Minnesota forward Ben Meyers are the other Hobey Baker finalists. McKay is in the final three for the second straight year; he is also in the running again for the Mike Richter Award that goes to the nation's top goalie.
McKay's 37 wins is an NCAA record, and his 34 career shutouts are also the most ever.
Myers scored six goals with nine assists in just seven games after returning from the Olympics, with an overtime goal and three assists in the Worcester Regional. He was the No. 2 American in scoring in Beijing, with four points in four games.
Brink, a 2019 second-round draft pick of the Philadelphia Flyers, had 14 goals and 42 assists to lead the nation.
TITLE TALLY
The four schools have won a combined 22 national championships, the most for a Frozen Four field. Michigan has won nine — its last in 1998 in Boston. Denver has eight, winning the first of back-to-back titles at this building in 2004; Minnesota won in 1974 at the old Boston Garden. Minnesota State, which lost in the national semifinal last year, is looking for its first title.
Wolverines forward Mike Pastujov said the team watched film of the 1998 win.
“Seeing the emotion that they play with, the raw emotion that college hockey brings to the ice, it brings a lot of pride to Michigan.” he said. “We’re looking to follow in their footsteps and get it done in Boston.”
BY THE NUMBERS
There are 41 NHL draft picks in the field; last year, the number was 18. Minnesota leads with 14. Nine of them are first-rounders, including seven from Michigan. Twenty-five of the NHL's 32 teams have at least one prospect in the tournament.
The teams are the top four in the NCAA in scoring, with Denver averaging 4.3 goals per game, followed by Minnesota State (4.1), Michigan (4.0) and Minnesota (3.6).
Minnesota State's 37 wins are the most in the country. Only two schools have won more games in a season, and both went on to win the national championship.
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Houston (AP) — Michael Mmoh beat Sam Querrey 6-2, 6-4 on Wednesday in the second round of the U.S. Men’s Clay Court Championship Wednesday.
Mmoh, who had a bye into the second round after No. 1 seed Casper Ruud dropped out because of a wisdom tooth problem, advanced to a tour-level quarterfinal for the third time in his career.
Querrey, who has reached the final in Houston twice, was defeated after advancing to the quarterfinals of this tournament in five of the previous six seasons.
In other singles action Wednesday, Nick Kyrgios beat Tommy Paul 6-4, 6-2 to reach his first tour-level quarterfinal since doing it at this tournament in 2018. It’s the second time he’s advanced to a quarterfinal this season.
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Six-days-a-week mail delivery saved; Biden signs Postal bill
WASHINGTON (AP) - A sweeping overhaul of the U.S. Postal Service meant to shore up the popular but beleaguered agency's financial future and cement six-days-a-week mail delivery was signed into law Wednesday by President Joe Biden.
The legislation cleared Congress last month after fully a dozen years of discussion that took on a new sense of urgency amid widespread complaints about mail service delays. Officials had repeatedly warned that without congressional action, the Postal Service would run out of cash by 2024.
"The Postal Service is central to our economy and essential to rural America," Biden said. He added that mailmen and women deliver 4 million prescriptions per day, along with letters, consumer goods and even live animals, "often to parts of the country that private carriers can't or won't or aren't required to reach."
The final legislation achieved rare, bipartisan support by scrapping some of the more controversial proposals and settling on core ways to save the service. Delivering the mail is among the most popular things the government does, with 91% of Americans having a favorable opinion of the Postal Service, according to a Pew Research Center poll released in 2020.
The bill signing came the same day the Postal Service announced it plans to raise rates effective July 10. Under the proposal submitted to the Postal Regulatory Commission, the cost of a first-class Forever stamp would increase by 2 cents to 60 cents.
The Postal Service said the increase, which is less than the annual rate of inflation, will help the agency implement Postmaster General Louis DeJoy´s 10-year plan to stabilize agency finances.
President Joe Biden signs the Postal Service Reform Act of 2022 in the State Dining Room at the White House in Washington, Wednesday, April 6, 2022. Watching from left are Sen. Gary Peters, D-Mich., Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer of N.Y., Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., Rep. James Clyburn, D-S.C., Rep. Steny Hoyer, D-Md., and Annette Taylor. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
Lawmakers from both parties attended the signing ceremony and the mood was jovial, a big improvement from Kansas Republican Sen. Jerry Moran previously saying the service was in a "death spiral" that was particularly hard on rural Americans.
The Postal Service Reform Act lifts budget requirements that have contributed to the agency's red ink, and spells out that mail must be delivered six days a week, except for federal holidays, natural disasters and some other situations.
Postage sales and other services were supposed to sustain the Postal Service, but it has suffered 14 straight years of losses. Growing worker compensation and benefit costs, plus steady declines in mail volume, have exacerbated losses, even as the service delivers to 1 million additional locations every year.
The new law ends a requirement that the Postal Service finance workers´ health care benefits ahead of time for the next 75 years - an obligation that private companies and federal agencies do not face. Biden said that rule had "stretched the Postal Service's finances almost to the breaking point."
Now, future retirees will enroll in Medicare, while other health plans and the Postal Service cover only current retirees´ actual health care costs that aren´t paid for by the federal health insurance program for older people,
"In recent years we saw how unfair policies forced this treasured institution to cut costs and delayed the delivery of medication, financial documents and other critical mail," Michigan Democratic Sen. Gary Peters, who helped write the legislation, said in a statement. "These long overdue reforms will undo these burdensome financial requirements."
To measure the agency's progress in improving its service, the law requires it to set up an online dashboard that would be searchable by ZIP code to show how long it takes to deliver letters and packages.
Dropped from the package as it neared actual legislation were efforts to cut back mail delivery. Also set aside - for now - were other proposals that have been floated over the years to change operations, including to privatize some services.
Criticism of the Postal Service peaked in 2020, amid the COVID-19 crisis and ahead of the presidential election, as cutbacks delayed service at a time when millions of Americans were relying on mail-in ballots during the pandemic. Then-President Donald Trump acknowledged he was trying to financially pinch the service to limit its processing ability for an expected surge of mail-in ballots, which he worried could cost him the election he eventually lost.
Dominated by Trump appointees, the agency´s board of governors had tapped DeJoy, a major GOP donor, as postmaster general. He proposed a 10-year plan to stabilize the service´s finances with steps like additional mail slowdowns, cuts in some offices´ hours and perhaps higher rates.
Biden said Wednesday that more needs to be done to reform the Postal Service, including investing in an electrified vehicle fleet that could save money while helping combat climate change. The House Committee on Oversight and Reform is examining a Postal Service contract to replace its huge fleet of mail-delivery trucks with a mix of gas and electric vehicles, which the Environmental Protection Agency and Democratic lawmakers argue has too few electric vehicles.
"Today we enshrine into law our recognition that the Postal Service is fundamental to our economy, to our democracy, to our health and the very sense of who we are as a nation," Biden said.
President Joe Biden signs the Postal Service Reform Act of 2022 in the State Dining Room at the White House in Washington, Wednesday, April 6, 2022. The long-fought postal overhaul has been years in the making. It comes amid widespread complaints about mail service slowdowns. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
President Joe Biden talks talks with Rep. Brenda Lawrence, D-Mich., after signing the Postal Service Reform Act of 2022 in the State Dining Room at the White House in Washington, Wednesday, April 6, 2022. At left is Rep. Carolyn Maloney, D-N.Y. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
Postmaster General Louis Dejoy talks after President Joe Biden signed the Postal Service Reform Act of 2022 in the State Dining Room at the White House in Washington, Wednesday, April 6, 2022. The long-fought postal overhaul has been years in the making. It comes amid widespread complaints about mail service slowdowns. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
President Joe Biden smiles after signing the Postal Service Reform Act of 2022 in the State Dining Room at the White House in Washington, Wednesday, April 6, 2022. Watching from left are Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer of N.Y., Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., Rep. James Clyburn, D-S.C., Rep. Steny Hoyer, D-Md., Annette Taylor, Rep. James Comer, R-Ky., and Rep. Brenda Lawrence, D-Mich. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., poses for a photo after President Joe Biden signed the Postal Service Reform Act of 2022 in the State Dining Room at the White House in Washington, Wednesday, April 6, 2022. The long-fought postal overhaul has been years in the making. It comes amid widespread complaints about mail service slowdowns. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois is in the rare position of having a surplus in its bank account, which has meant Democrats who control the Legislature are competing in an election-year contest over who can give the most back to taxpayers.
House Democrats popped a budget proposal Wednesday that offers $1.35 billion essentially in refunds to taxpayers, an 40% enhancement of Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s “Illinois Family Relief Plan.” Not to be outdone, Senate Democrats late last week, leaning on the Capitol catch-phrase this spring, “higher than expected revenue,” put up a plan to put $1.8 billion back in voters’ pockets.
With just two days remaining in the scheduled session, legislators picked up the pace in substantive areas as well. Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart visited the Capitol to advance a proposal to stem a spate of carjacking crimes in the nation’s third-largest city. The proposal would push automakers create a database accessible by law enforcement to track stolen cars by GPS, but progress has been slow.
“I told them at the beginning, I am not going to sit and wait while people are having guns put to their heads,” Dart said.
The Democratic governor in February introduced a budget that attempts to relieve the pressure from 7% annual inflation. His $970 million proposal would lift sales tax on groceries for a year, freeze a cost-of-living increase in motor fuel tax and offer a property tax rebate.
The House plan would add more than $383 million in a permanent expansion of the Earned Income Tax Credit, a credit to low- and moderate-income earners which they can apply to lower their tax liablity; and an additional $100 rebate in the coming year for each EITC filer, plus $50 for each child. To ease spending by city hall, $100 million would be added to state revenue-sharing with local governments.
“This plan is responsible. It’s balanced. It targets those who need the help the most during these times of high inflation,” said House Revenue Committee Chairman Michael Zalewski, a Riverside Democrat.
With critical funding finally available for long-delayed capital construction work, transportation proponents oppose Pritzker’s plan to freeze the motor fuel tax at 39.2 cents when it was changed in 2019 to index it to inflation. Zalewski said the House plan would freeze the increase but replace the $135 million in the road-building fund from money set aside to clean up leaking underground fuel-storage tanks.
The House Democrats are also proposing $250 million in new spending for public safety, including $124 million to local police agencies for body cameras, automatic license plate readers, non-lethal equipment such as stun-guns and more, said Deputy Majority Leader Jehan Gordon-Booth of Peoria.
Pritzker later said he is still reviewing the plan, but that it appears to have “adhered to my goals of achieving a fiscally responsible balanced budget and delivering tax relief to families that need it most.”
Rep. Martin Moylan of Des Plaines and Tinley Park Sen. Michael Hastings, both Democrats, are sponsoring the carjacking plan, which came a day after other measures were introduced to toughen penalties for the crime, particularly for adults who recruit juveniles for the task.
Since 2019, Chicago carjackings have increased in the neighborhood of 200%. The 2,060 seen in Cook County in 2021 were more than New York and Los Angeles combined, Dart said.
Cars manufactured since 2015 have been outfitted with the necessary technology, but Dart said often, automakers put up proprietary, legal or privacy reasons for denying access to the data, even when the car’s owner requests the tracking.
Proponents agree a federal approach would be preferable, but they don't want to wait.
“We want to make sure that law enforcement officials have all the tools necessary to attack this problem,” Hastings said.
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The House Democrats' inflation-relief bill is HB1497, their budget is HB969. The carjacking bill is SB4205
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SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. (KRON) — On Tuesday, San Francisco Mayor London Breed swore in the first Latino member of the Airport Commission, the five-member body in charge of establishing the Airport’s policies.
Jose Fuentes Almansa will join the commission, an enterprise department of the City, that oversees construction, management, maintenance, extension, and operational use decisions, in addition to the financial assets of the airport.
“I am excited to have San Francisco native Jose Fuentes Almanza become the first Latino in our city’s history to serve on the Airport Commission,” said Mayor Breed. “His passion for San Francisco and longtime work advocating for IBEW Local 6 workers will bring a diverse perspective to this already well-respected Commission. I am confident that his commitment to working families will help steer equitable policies for one of the most well-known airports in the world.”
Almanza was born and raised in San Francisco’s Mission District and currently serves as a Business Representative for the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 6. In his role, Almanza represents the Union’s private sector electrical workers and, since 2012, has been a Labor Trustee for IBEW Local 6’s Health and Welfare Plan.
“I’m thankful and honored for the opportunity to serve the citizens of our great city on the Commission of our world-class airport,” said Almanza. “San Francisco’s rich diversity is a big reason why so many people fly into our Airport and visit our city. I look forward to bringing my lived experience as a Latino-American and representative of working families to this Commission and to all decisions that will help shape the future of SFO.”
Jose Fuentes Almanza graduated from Balboa High School and later entered the San Francisco Joint Apprenticeship and Training Committee’s Electrical Apprenticeship Program in 2000. He is the son of a Mexican father and El Salvadorian mother and currently resides in San Francisco’s Parkside neighborhood with his wife and their son.
“As a lifelong San Franciscan, proud father, and skilled and trained electrician of over 22 years, Jose brings a well-rounded perspective to this important Commission. Jose’s lived experience and professional background will promote equity, inclusion, and stewardship of this important economic engine for our collective recovery as a region,” said Rudy Gonzalez, Secretary-Treasurer of the San Francisco Building and Construction Trades.
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UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. General Assembly will vote Thursday on whether to suspend Russia from the U.N.’s premiere human rights body. The move was initiated by the United States in response to the discovery of hundreds of bodies after Russian troops withdrew from towns near the Ukrainian capital Kyiv, sparking calls for its forces to be tried for war crimes.
U.S. Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield made the call for Russia to be stripped of its seat on the 47-member Human Rights Council in the wake of videos and photos of streets in the town of Bucha strewn with corpses of what appeared to be civilians. The videos and reporting from the town have sparked global revulsion and calls for tougher sanctions on Russia, which has vehemently denied responsibility.
“We believe that the members of the Russian forces committed war crimes in Ukraine, and we believe that Russia needs to be held accountable,” Thomas-Greenfield said Monday. “Russia’s participation on the Human Rights Council is a farce.”
General Assembly spokeswoman Paulina Kubiak said Wednesday the assembly’s emergency special session on Ukraine will resume at 10am EDT on Thursday when the resolution “to suspend the rights of membership in the Human Rights Council of the Russian Federation” will be put to a vote.
While the Human Rights Council is based in Geneva, its members are elected by the 193-nation General Assembly for three-year terms. The March 2006 resolution that established the Human Rights Council states that the assembly may suspend membership rights of a country “that commits gross and systematic violations of human rights.”
The brief resolution to be voted on expresses “grave concern at the ongoing human rights and humanitarian crisis in Ukraine, particularly at the reports of violations and abuses of human rights and violations of international humanitarian law by the Russian Federation, including gross and systematic violations and abuses of human rights.”
To be approved, the resolution requires a two-thirds majority of assembly members that vote “yes” or “no.” Abstentions don’t count.
The General Assembly voted 140-5 with 38 abstentions on March 24 on a resolution blaming Russia for the humanitarian crisis in Ukraine and urging an immediate cease-fire and protection for millions of civilians and the homes, schools and hospitals critical to their survival.
The vote was almost exactly the same as for the March 2 resolution the assembly adopted demanding an immediate Russian cease-fire, withdrawal of all its forces and protection for all civilians. That vote was 141-5 with 35 abstentions.
Thomas-Greenfield said Monday that her message to the 140 members who voted in favor of those two resolutions to support Russia’s suspension from the Human Rights Council is simple: “The images out of Bucha and devastation across Ukraine require us now to match our words with action.”
“We cannot let a member state that is subverting every principle we hold dear to continue to sit on the U.N. Human Rights Council,” she said.
Russia’s ambassador in Geneva, Gennady Gatilov, called the U.S. action “unfounded and purely emotional bravado that looks good on camera — just how the U.S. likes it.”
“Washington exploits the Ukrainian crisis for its own benefit in an attempt either to exclude or suspend Russia from international organizations,” Gatilov said, in comments relayed by a Russian diplomatic mission spokesman.
Russia and the other four veto-wielding permanent members of the U.N. Security Council — Britain, China, France, and the United States — all currently have seats on the Human Rights Council, which the U.S. rejoined this year.
The only country to have its membership rights stripped at the council was Libya in 2011, when upheaval in the North African country brought down longtime leader Moammar Gadhafi, said council spokesman Rolando Gomez.
No permanent member of the Security Council has ever had its membership revoked from any U.N. body.
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Zoos hiding birds as avian flu spreads in North America
Zoos across North America are moving their birds indoors and away from people and wildlife as they try to protect them from the highly contagious and potentially deadly avian influenza.
Penguins may be the only birds visitors can see right now, because they already are kept inside and usually protected behind glass in their exhibits, making it harder for the bird flu to reach them.
Nearly 23 million chickens and turkeys have already been killed across the United States to limit the spread of the virus, and zoos are working hard to prevent any of their birds from meeting the same fate. It would be especially upsetting for zoos to have to kill any of the endangered or threatened species in their care.
“It would be extremely devastating,” said Maria Franke, who is the manager of welfare science at Toronto Zoo, which has less than two dozen Loggerhead Shrike songbirds that it's breeding with the hope of reintroducing them into the wild. “We take amazing care and the welfare and well being of our animals is the utmost importance. There’s a lot of staff that has close connections with the animals that they care for here at the zoo.”
Toronto Zoo workers are adding roofs to some outdoor bird exhibits and double-checking the mesh surrounding enclosures to ensure it will keep wild birds out.
Birds shed the virus through their droppings and nasal discharge. Experts say it can be spread through contaminated equipment, clothing, boots and vehicles carrying supplies. Research has shown that small birds that squeeze into zoo exhibits or buildings can also spread the flu, and that mice can even track it inside.
So far, no outbreaks have been reported at zoos, but there have been wild birds found dead that had the flu. For example, a wild duck that died in a behind-the-scenes area of the Blank Park Zoo in Des Moines, Iowa, after tornadoes last month tested positive, zoo spokesman Ryan Bickel said.
Most of the steps zoos are taking are designed to prevent contact between wild birds and zoo animals. In some places, officials are requiring employees to change into clean boots and don protective gear before entering bird areas.
When bird flu cases are found in poultry, officials order the entire flock to be killed because the virus is so contagious. However, the U.S. Department of Agriculture has indicated that zoos might be able to avoid that by isolating infected birds and possibly euthanizing a small number of them.
Sarah Woodhouse, director of animal health at Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium, said she is optimistic after talking with state and federal regulators.
“They all agree that ordering us to depopulate a large part of our collection would be the absolute last-ditch effort. So they’re really interested in working with us to see what we can do to make sure that we’re not going to spread the disease while also being able to take care of our birds and not have to euthanize,” Woodhouse said.
Video below: Milwaukee County Zoo officials close bird exhibits due to egg farm avian flu outbreak
Among the precautions zoos are taking is to keep birds in smaller groups so that if a case is found, only a few would be affected. The USDA and state veterinarians would make the final decision about which birds had to be killed.
"Euthanasia is really the only way to keep it from spreading," said Luis Padilla, who is vice president of animal collections at the Saint Louis Zoo. “That's why we have so many of these very proactive measures in place.”
The National Aviary in Pittsburgh — the nation's largest — is providing individual health checks for each of its roughly 500 birds. Many already live in large glass enclosures or outdoor habitats where they don't have direct exposure to wildlife, said Dr. Pilar Fish, the aviary's senior director of veterinary medicine and zoological advancement.
Kansas City Zoo CEO Sean Putney said he’s heard a few complaints from visitors, but most people seem OK with not getting to see some birds. “I think our guests understand that we have what’s in the best interests of the animals in mind when we make these decisions even though they can’t get to see them,” Putney said.
Officials emphasize that bird flu doesn't jeopardize the safety of meat or eggs or represent a significant risk to human health. No infected birds are allowed into the food supply, and properly cooking poultry and eggs kills bacteria and viruses. No human cases have been found in the U.S., according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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NASA Selects Universities for Space Station Research Opportunities
NASA Selects Universities for Space Station Research Opportunities
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WASHINGTON, April 6, 2022
WASHINGTON, April 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Five universities were chosen by NASA for grants to provide students with opportunities to design research experiments that will be conducted on the International Space Station. The selections are part of the agency's Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research or EPSCoR.
Each of the selected universities will receive approximately $100,000 through NASA EPSCoR. They are:
University of Delaware, Newark
University of Idaho, Moscow
Montana State University, Bozeman
University of Nebraska, Omaha
New Mexico State University, Las Cruces
NASA EPSCoR, based at the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, provides research opportunities for jurisdictions that have not had the ability to participate equally in aerospace-related research activities. Its support is currently directed toward 25 states and three territories (Puerto Rico, Guam, and the U.S. Virgin Islands).
"Each of these projects has the potential to contribute to critical innovations in human spaceflight on the International Space Station and beyond," said NASA EPSCoR Project Manager Jeppie Compton. "We're very impressed with the ideas put forward in these investigation concepts and look forward to seeing how these technologies perform."
The new awards will allow students to get hands-on experience preparing payloads bound for space and send their experiments or technology demonstrations to a microgravity environment.
"Getting something on the space station is not trivial in multiple ways," said Alexandre Martin, a previous awardee and professor at the University of Kentucky. "There are a ton of tests you need to do, and there's a lot of manpower involved. The NASA EPSCoR program exposes students to experiences they wouldn't normally have."
Investigations funded by NASA EPSCoR support the agency's deep space exploration efforts and, ultimately, may assist with developing a long-term presence at the Moon in preparation for missions to Mars.
Through the Artemis program, NASA is preparing to send the first woman and first person of color to the Moon. Artemis missions will require explorers to be self-sufficient when away from Earth for longer periods of time. An investigation from the University of Idaho will use the space station to study "nonfouling thin film polymer coatings" that could prevent biofilm from forming on water stored in space – a preventative measure crucial for long-duration missions.
A technology demonstration from the University of Nebraska would advance of robotic surgery. After years of support and sponsorship from NASA, the university developed a miniature surgical robot and robotic endoscope camera aimed at enabling an "Operating Room in a Shoebox." While on the station, the robot is set to demonstrate its ability to cut simulated tissue. The project will determine the amount of force needed to perform an operation, as well as whether microgravity affects precision. If successful, this miniature surgical robot could allow doctors to remotely perform minor surgeries in space.
In addition to supporting NASA's deep-space exploration efforts, investigations funded through EPSCoR contribute to the agency's low-Earth orbit initiatives, including its Commercial Crew Program. New Mexico State University's technology demonstration focuses on a structural health monitoring system that could be a part of the "black box" recorder aboard new launch vehicles, providing real-time data during at stages including pre-flight, in-flight, and post-flight. The system could also play a key role in recertifying launch vehicles for future flights.
EPSCoR aims to build lasting research infrastructure in traditionally underfunded jurisdictions by establishing partnerships among NASA research missions, academic institutions, and industry. The program allows NASA to fund investigations critical to its mission while providing outside institutions direct access to space.
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A whip off the old block! Prince Philip's granddaughter Lady Louise follows in the late royal's tracks by showing off her carriage driving skills
- Lady Louise Mountbatten-Windsor, 18, is following in the tracks of Prince Philip
- She came sixth as a junior novice at the Indoor Carriage Driving Championships
- The event took place days after Prince Philip's memorial service in London
Whip in hand, an intensely competitive Lady Louise Mountbatten-Windsor shows she is a chip off the old block.
The 18-year-old is following in the tracks of her beloved grandfather Prince Philip by excelling at carriage driving.
She was cheered on by her father Prince Edward as she took part in the British Indoor Carriage Driving Championships.
Lady Louise finished sixth in the junior novice class at the event in Grantham, Lincolnshire, at the weekend
Lady Louise finished sixth in the junior novice class at the event in Grantham, Lincolnshire, at the weekend.
Driving a black fell pony in her single-seat carriage, she negotiated tight turns as she competed in a series of events.
One involved trying to negotiate a set of traffic cones without dislodging tennis balls balanced on top.
The event took place days after the memorial service at Westminster Abbey for Prince Philip, who died a year ago on Saturday aged 99. Philip took up carriage driving in his 50s after retiring from playing polo partly because of a wrist injury
The event took place days after the memorial service at Westminster Abbey for Prince Philip, who died a year ago on Saturday aged 99.
Lady Louise wore a horse-themed brooch in tribute to her grandfather.
Last year she told how one reason she took part in the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award scheme was to make him proud.
Philip took up carriage driving in his 50s after retiring from playing polo partly because of a wrist injury.
He competed well into his 80s.
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Idaho Falls TSA officer named national TSA Officer of the Year
IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (KIFI) - This was a big day for a special TSA agent at the Idaho Falls Regional Airport, and she was singled out for a big recognition.
Margaret Hanson has been named Officer of the Year.
She was chosen out of 40,000 national TSA agents.
Hanson’s co-workers nominated her for the award because of her outstanding care for airport passengers.
“This is probably the most prestigious award that TSA gives out every year," Andrew Coose said. "And Margaret, honestly, is one of those people that you're like, oh, yeah, that makes sense to me. You know, this is exactly the type of person that we want to be honoring as an agency for her work ethic, for just the way that she treats other people, both passengers, but also her coworkers and everyone that she meets.”
This is the second year in a row that an agent from Idaho has won the public service award.
The last winner was Kimberlee Green from Pocatello.
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Dozens of body bags containing the remains of civilians killed by Russian occupying forces in the Ukrainian town of Bucha lay in rows Wednesday on the edge of a cemetery as authorities worked to identify the victims of unspeakable atrocities.
On a road nearby, two young girls, their little brother and father walked holding hands among the tangled metal of destroyed Russian tanks left behind by the retreating troops as they left the town on the outskirts of Kyiv.
The horror of death and destruction could be seen in the traumatized face of survivors like 99-year-old Motria Oleskiinko, as she was comforted by a daughter-in-law in a frigid room without heat in the village of Andriivka.
In the fields outside, a Ukrainian serviceman jumped from a destroyed Russian fighting vehicle after collecting parts and ammunition, and a cat sat in matted grass between large caliber rounds of ammunition abandoned as the Russian troops withdrew.
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MIAMI (AP) — Surrealist photographer and photomontage pioneer Jerry Uelsmann has died in Florida. He was 87.
Uelsmann died Monday in Gainesville, where he was a professor emeritus at the University of Florida, according to a statement from the College of the Arts.
Decades before the invention of computer programs like Photoshop, Uelsmann began assembling photographs from multiple negatives and extensive darkroom work to create surreal landscapes and other images.
“The work is iconic, and so was Jerry," School of Art + Art History Acting Director Elizabeth Ross said in the statement. “He taught at UF for 38 years, helping to establish the creative photography program, one of the first fine art photography programs in the U.S. He transformed photography. He transformed the school, and he transformed us.”
Uelsmann became influential in the 1960s by compositing images using multiple enlargers, which are specialized transparency projectors used to produce photographic prints from negatives. Many of the darkroom techniques developed by Uelsmann would later make their way into photomanipulation software, though Uelsman never made the switch to digital tools.
“I am sympathetic to the current digital revolution and excited by the visual options created by the computer," Uelsmann wrote in his 2005 book, “Other Realities.” "However, I feel my creative process remains intrinsically linked to the alchemy of the darkroom.”
Uelsmann was born in Detroit in 1934. He received his bachelor's degree at the Rochester Institute of Technology in 1957, followed by two master’s degrees at Indiana University in 1960. The school awarded him an honorary doctorate in 2012.
Uelsmann began teaching photography at the University of Florida in 1960 and became a graduate research professor of art at the university in 1974. He eventually retired but continued to live and work on his art in Gainesville.
Uelsmann received a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1967 and a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship in 1972. He was a Fellow of the Royal Photographic Society of Great Britain, a founding member of The Society of Photographic Education, and a former trustee of the Friends of Photography. His work has been exhibited in more than 100 individual shows, and his photographs are in the permanent collections of many major museums.
Uelsmann's photographs can be seen in the opening credits of the 1995 version of “ The Outer Limits," as well as on the covers of Dream Theater’s 2003 album “ Train of Thought ” and Bon Jovi’s 2016 album “ This House Is Not for Sale.”
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University of Minnesota Rochester brings awareness to sexual assault
ROCHESTER, Minn. (KTTC) – April is Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month, and some organizations in Rochester are starting the conversation.
One of these organization’s is the U of M Rochester’s Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month committee.
According to the rape, abuse, and incest national network (RAINN), 13% of all students experience rape or sexual assault while in college.
UMR’s theme for sexual assault awareness and prevention month is about recognizing the warning signs as sexual assault. The campaign is called Red Flags & Gray Space
“With our campus, and really it’s an initiative on many campuses, is making sure that our community, faculty, staff and students understand the importance of being aware of signs and signals that someone may need assistance in preventing sexual assault. So what are some of those red flag moments is the initiative we’re following,” UMR assistant vice chancellor for student success, engagement and equity Javier Gutierrez said.
Along with the Red Flag campaign, the committee is also hosting a number of panels and will be participating in Denim Day. Denim Day a day when students are encouraged to wear denim to bring awareness to sexual assault and prevention. It takes place on April 27.
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BETHLEHEM, Pa. - Bethlehem has some big things coming.
"I realized I wanted to be a part of guiding and leading the future for our city," Bethlehem Mayor J. William Reynolds said.
And although Reynolds is only three months into his term, his ties to the city started the day he was born.
"I grew up in the city of Bethlehem and I've spent my whole life here. Growing up in Bethlehem, it's a special community," Reynolds said.
Mayor Reynolds understands the city firsthand, making it that much easier to connect with residents, understand what it is they value, and ensure that everyone has a voice.
"We try not to use the pronoun I, it's more about we," Reynolds said.
The focus on "We" is one of the big themes surrounding his current initiative called Northside 2027. That initiative is a way to revitalize the city with things like a food co-op where a group of neighbors are working to open a community-owned, full-service grocery store.
Another focus for revitalization is on Friendship Park, one of the facilities that brings the northside area together.
Each plan gives residents the chance to voice what they need in their city.
"How many people can you get in the same role, that care about the same goals, that are all pushed in the same direction," Reynolds said.
Reynold's future plans will be laid out in detail during the 2022 State of the City Address Thursday at ArtsQuest from 7:30 a.m. to 9 a.m.
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WFO DALLAS / FT. WORTH Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Thursday, April 7, 2022
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...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 7 PM CDT THURSDAY...
* WHAT...Northwest winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 45 mph
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* WHERE...Portions of north central and northeast Texas.
* WHEN...From noon to 7 PM CDT Thursday.
* IMPACTS...Unsecured outdoor items may be blown around in the
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30 mph are expected. Winds this strong can make driving
difficult, especially for high profile vehicles. Boaters should
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Legendary news anchor honored at symphony
On Tuesday night, Peter Jennings was honored during the U.S. debut of Symphony Number 13 by Philip Glass at Carnegie Hall in New York City.
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China vows to adhere to dynamic zero-COVID approach as cases spike
Medical workers from Hainan Province take swab samples from residents for nucleic acid tests at a community in Jiading District of Shanghai, east China, April 6, 2022. Shanghai on Wednesday launched another round of citywide antigen and nucleic acid testing amid efforts to contain the recent resurgence of COVID-19 cases in the metropolis, according to local authorities. The decision was made based on the results of mass nucleic acid testing on Monday, according to the Shanghai municipal leading group for COVID-19 prevention and control. (Xinhua/Wang Shujuan)
BEIJING, April 6 (Xinhua) -- China will adhere to its dynamic zero-COVID approach as local infections are surging, a spokesperson for the National Health Commission (NHC) said Wednesday.
China is facing a serious challenge in COVID-19 containment as numbers of local cases, both symptomatic and asymptomatic, are rising rapidly, and the virus continues to spread in communities in some areas, NHC spokesperson Mi Feng told a press conference.
The Chinese mainland on Tuesday recorded 1,383 locally transmitted confirmed cases and 19,089 asymptomatic cases, according to the latest data released by the NHC.
Mi called on local authorities to prepare quarantine facilities and temporary hospitals for potential COVID-19 outbreaks.
He also highlighted the need to spare no efforts to guarantee the supply of daily necessities and meet the people's medical treatment needs.
Measures should be taken to vaccinate more people against the coronavirus, particularly the elderly, Mi said.
More than 1.24 billion people across the Chinese mainland have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 as of Tuesday, according to the NHC.
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Cost of air travel is expected to rise 10% over the next MONTH as high fuel prices continue to batter travelers: Average domestic flight will cost $100 more than it did in January
- Market research firm Hopper's estimates that the cost of air travel will go up 10 percent in April
- The rise will drive up the cost of a domestic flight more than $100 since the beginning of 2022
- Prices are expected to peak in May at around $360 - roughly $125 more than they cost in January
- This continues a trend of rising prices in the skies, as domestic air travel has gone up 40 percent since January, a 7 percent rise from pre-pandemic fares
- Prices are currently the highest for round trip flights since Hopper began tracking such data in 2013
The average price of airfare is expected to rise more than 10% over the month of April alone, driving up the cost of a domestic flight $100 or more since the beginning of 2022, recent estimates show.
The average price of a flight has already skyrocketed more than 40% since January, from $235 to $330 at the end of March.
Costs are expected to peak in May at around $360, according to market research firm Hopper's monthly Consumer Airfare Index Report.
The rise represents an increase of 7% over 2019's pre-pandemic levels - and the highest Hopper's has measured since it started collecting the data.
Hopper's Consumer Airfare Index Report said that the cost of travel will go up 10 percent to $360 per domestic round trip flight in May
People have begun flying again at near or at pre-pandemic levels as 2022 has gotten off to a roaring start for the airlines
International flights are expected to match pre-pandemic prices in May at around $940 for round trips, a 15 percent rise from the current average of $810 and up five percent from 2019.
Las Vegas, Nevada, in addition to Orlando, Florida, and New York City topped the list for the most booked domestic destinations, according to Hopper.
Demand is expected to slow down after June and make its usual seasonal decline into the fall.
In February, experts were sounding the alarm on rising fuel prices and a continued inflation could force the airlines to increase fares and discourage people from flying.
'Between the fuel impact and the discretionary income impact on leisure travelers, it's going to slow whatever would have been happening,' said Samuel Engel, a senior vice president and airline industry analyst at ICF, an advisory firm.
The number of TSA screenings has been at or near pre-pandemic levels throughout the month of March
Travelers check in at John Wayne Airport in Santa Ana, CA on Tuesday, March 15, 2022
JetBlue, which is predicting revenues going down 6 to 9 percent this year - a sunnier outlook than the original in-house prediction of 11 to 16 percent - said it will 'moderate' its plans due to the rise in fuel prices.
Delta - which will be insulated from any fuel cost increase because they own a Pennsylvania refinery - said that raising prices $15 to $20 or about 7.5 to 10 percent of the original cost could offset those increases.
However, the travel boon has been driven by people going on vacations - so-called 'leisure travelers' - and they could be what stalls those revenue increases.
'In general, growth may slow, or, as is the current case, capacity that airlines would have brought back if the pandemic continued to recede won't return,' Helane Becker, an airline analyst at the investment bank Cowen, wrote in a recent research note.
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I want to go home: Mallika Dua
“I fight every day, to heal.” Comedian Mallika Dua lost both her parents in a span of six months. She explores the idea of home and tries to address the pain in this video. 🎥 UnErase Poetry & Mallika Dua
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Amazing 👌👌👌Parents are the biggest blessing ...
Words do bleed,
Fabulous.. Parents are the biggest blessing ❤️
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True ,our loved ones never leave us they're with us everyday, every movement.
Fearless journalist like vinod dua sir will never born again what man he was always stand with truth always true to his Job until his last breath .
Love her and love the way she shared her thoughts with the world. Losing a loved one is not easy and she lost her parents. I can feel the pain in her eyes and hope in heart. May she be blessed with happiness.
something in my eye
The most unfortunate thing that can happen to any child is the loss of their parents.. ' Aisa koi nahi jisne koi khoya nahi'
Heart touching 💝 i alway feel her situation as mine when i lost my hero (my pappa) But i know i can find him within me🥺❤️
sunna yeh
Hats off to u Mallika 🤗😇 u r one of the bravest person I have heard. Lots of love 💓
the first "ghar jana" Haain
They are within us(they are our chashma) true
Very touching. Beautiful tribute. 🙏
Beautiful
So beautifully said
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Dozens of body bags containing the remains of civilians killed by Russian occupying forces in the Ukrainian town of Bucha lay in rows Wednesday on the edge of a cemetery as authorities worked to identify the victims of unspeakable atrocities.
On a road nearby, two young girls, their little brother and father walked holding hands among the tangled metal of destroyed Russian tanks left behind by the retreating troops as they left the town on the outskirts of Kyiv.
The horror of death and destruction could be seen in the traumatized face of survivors like 99-year-old Motria Oleskiinko, as she was comforted by a daughter-in-law in a frigid room without heat in the village of Andriivka.
In the fields outside, a Ukrainian serviceman jumped from a destroyed Russian fighting vehicle after collecting parts and ammunition, and a cat sat in matted grass between large caliber rounds of ammunition abandoned as the Russian troops withdrew.
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Samsung Electronics estimates 50.3 pct rise in Q1 profits on brisk chip, mobile biz
SEOUL, April 7 (Yonhap) -- Samsung Electronics Co. said Thursday it is likely to report its best first-quarter earnings in four years on the back of solid chip and mobile demand.
In its earnings guidance, the South Korean tech giant estimated its operating profit at 14.1 trillion won (US$11.5 billion) for the first three months of the year, up 50.3 percent from a year ago.
Its January-March operating income estimate beat the market consensus of 13.2 trillion won in the data compiled by Yonhap Infomax, the financial arm of Yonhap News Agency that surveyed 10 local brokerage houses last month.
Samsung projected its sales at 77 trillion won in the first quarter, also up 17.7 percent from a year earlier. The figure is also above the market consensus of 76.8 trillion won.
The world's largest memory chip and smartphone maker did not break down the performances of its respective business divisions. It will announce the detailed earnings later this month.
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CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — India and Australia’s trade ministers say a shared security partnership with the United States and Japan has helped them strike a trade deal that Australia hopes will reduce its dependence on exports to China.
Indian Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal is heading a business mission to the Australian cities of Melbourne, Sydney and Perth to explore new opportunities created by the interim deal signed virtually on Saturday.
India views the agreement as a diplomatic coup that deepens its engagement with Australia at a time when it is under pressure to take a stronger stand against Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Both countries belong to the security bloc known as the Quad, which also includes the United States and Japan.
For Australia, the deal opens a huge market to exporters before Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s conservative coalition seeks re-election next month. Friction between the Morrison government and Beijing has brought a series of official and unofficial Chinese trade sanctions on Australian exports including coal, beef, seafood, wine and barley.
Trade Minister Dan Tehan said at a joint press conference with Goyal in Melbourne on Wednesday that the Australian-Indian bilateral relationship was growing strongly through the Quad.
“Keeping the Indo-Pacific free and open as a place where liberal democracies can flourish is just so, so important,” Tehan said.
Goyal said Morrison and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi had been at the forefront of bringing like-minded countries together.
“We now have a Quad between Japan, Australia, the U.S. and India which has many dimensions, both strategic, political. They’re working to ensure peace and stability, greater economic partnership between countries in this region,” Goyal said.
“I’m quite sure that that dimension on geopolitics, that dimension on the larger world good is going to bring our two countries closer together,” he added.
Australia usually insists that nothing is agreed until everything is agreed in its bilateral free trade negotiations, but has accepted an interim deal with India.
India, the world’s largest democracy, prefers so-called early harvest agreements in its trade negotiations that reduce tariffs on certain goods before a comprehensive bilateral agreement can be reached.
The deal is India’s first trade agreement with a developed country in more than a decade. Negotiations began in 2011.
Last year, Australian special trade envoy to India and former Prime Minister Tony Abbott said a bilateral free trade deal would signal the “democratic world’s tilt away from China.”
However, Sonia Arakkal, a policy fellow at the Perth USAsia Center, said that India on its own could not fully replace China as Australia’s main trade partner.
China’s iron-ore hungry economy is four times larger than India’s.
“It is an important first step, this interim free trade agreement, and especially for the Morrison government. Business and industry have been wary of the way trade tensions have escalated (with China) over the last few years,” Arakkal said.
“However to suggest that this is the solution to escalating trade tensions with China is disingenuous because the economies are just not the same in scale or in complementarity,” she said.
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Gaming > Consoles & PCs Oculus Quest 3: News, Price, Release Date, Specs, and Rumors Look for the Meta Quest 3 in late 2023 By Tim Fisher Tim Fisher Facebook Twitter Senior Vice President & Group General Manager, Tech & Sustainability Emporia State University Tim Fisher has more than 30 years' of professional technology experience. He's been writing about tech for more than two decades and serves as the VP and General Manager of Lifewire. lifewire's editorial guidelines Published on April 6, 2022 Tweet Share Email Tweet Share Email In This Article Expand Jump to a Section Oculus Quest 3 Release Date Price Rumors Pre-Order Information Oculus Quest 3 Features Specs and Hardware The Latest News Despite its rumored late-2023 release, we've already been hearing about the Oculus Quest 2 successor. Likely called Oculus/Meta Quest 3, this virtual reality headset might use a new kind of OLED and come with a proprietary processor. When Will the Oculus Quest 3 Be Released? Meta hasn't actually come out with any news about this headset yet, but that doesn't mean we can't take a stab at when it might be available for purchase. The original Oculus Quest was released in May 2019, and the second iteration arrived in Fall 2020. The Oculus Quest Pro is expected next, likely around April/May of this year. This means the rumored Quest 3 might follow in 2023. Facebook/Meta Connect usually runs during September or October, so we expect Connect 2023 to be the unveiling event for the Oculus Quest 3. Oculus Quest 3 Price Rumors The first Oculus Quest started at $399 for the 64 GB version. The price was reduced to $299 for the 128 GB Quest 2. That trend, if it were to continue, suggests an even lower price for the 2023 Quest headset. Of course, a trend like this doesn't continue indefinitely, and there are only two versions to base this on, so it's not so much a trend as it is a hope we have. Ideally, of course, we'd get a much cheaper VR headset than previous years, but we're just not sure yet what sort of hardware improvements and other changes are going into this device. Without official statements from Meta, price estimates are complete guesses at the moment. Pre-Order Information When pre-orders will start is still up in the air. We'll provide a link here when one becomes available. The Quest 2 was announced, and pre-orders began, nearly a full month before it was available, so we could see the same timeline this time. Remy Gieling / Unsplash Oculus Quest 3 Features Knowing anything about the Meta Quest 3 features is difficult right now because the Meta Quest Pro, which is expected to arrive first, appears to have some of the same features. It's unclear right now to what extent these two devices will differ; are they both intended for the Metaverse or just one of them? We'll know more as we uncover leaks and official news from Meta. Here's what the rumors are saying about the Meta Quest Pro A few ideas we've seen tossed around is an improved form factor that makes the whole system easier/more comfortable to use, and a method to successfully reduce motion sickness. Does Playing Games Make You Feel Sick? Here's Why, and What to Do Oculus Quest 3 Specs and Hardware According to XR hardware analyst Brad Lynch, this headset will be the first to use uOLED (ultra-OLED, an upgraded version of OLED). The lenses should have higher resolution than what's in the Quest 2, which is 1832x1920 /eye, and the refresh rate will surely remain the same if not increase, so expect at least 120Hz. This device will also have a proprietary chipset. Lynch says this SoC will "focus on a GPU that is better designed for VR loads." For reference, the Quest 2 includes the Qualcomm Snapdragon XR2 processor, and while v3 might be doable by the time the Quest 3 comes out, Meta is apparently going with an in-house processor. Again, it's still early, and lots of rumors seem to be conflating the Quest 3 and Quest Pro, so ironing out the differences isn't easy just yet. Be sure to check back for updates as we continue to include everything else we learn about the Quest 3. The Latest News About the Oculus Quest 3 You can get more smart and connected life news from Lifewire. Here are the latest rumors and related stories regarding the Oculus Quest 3: Quest 2 SDK Documentation Leaks ‘Body Tracking Support’ Option Ultralight Headsets Could Finally Make VR Comfortable The Metaverse Is Your Future, Even If You Aren’t Ready The 8 Best VR Headsets of 2022 Was this page helpful? Thanks for letting us know! Get the Latest Tech News Delivered Every Day Email Address Sign up There was an error. Please try again. You're in! Thanks for signing up. There was an error. Please try again. Thank you for signing up! Tell us why! Other Not enough details Hard to understand Submit
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Cash App data breach could have affected over 8 million users
(Gray News) – A data breach committed by a former employee of the company which owns the mobile payment app Cash App could have affected over 8 million users.
According to a report filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Block, Inc. announced that it determined a former employee downloaded reports containing U.S. customer information from its subsidiary Cash App Investing LLC in December 2021.
Although the former employee had access to the information during their employment, the data was accessed without permission after they were no longer with the company, the filing says.
Only customers who used Cash App’s stock function are affected by the breach, according to the report. The information included the full name and brokerage account number, brokerage portfolio value, brokerage portfolio holdings and stock trading activity.
Downloaded data did not include usernames and passwords, Social Security numbers, dates of birth, payment card information, addresses, bank account information or any other identifiable information.
Customers outside of the U.S. were not affected, the filing says.
When it made the discovery, Block launched an investigation in partnership with a forensics firm. The company has notified regulatory authorities and law enforcement of the breach.
The filing says the company “takes the security of information belonging to its customers very seriously and continues to review and strengthen administrative and technical safeguards to protect the information of its customers.”
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WFO SHREVEPORT Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Saturday, April 9, 2022
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FLOOD WARNING
Flood Statement
National Weather Service Shreveport LA
831 PM CDT Wed Apr 6 2022
...The Flood Warning continues for the following river in Texas...
Angelina River Near Lufkin affecting Cherokee, Nacogdoches and
Angelina Counties.
For the Angelina River...including Alto, Lufkin...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 evening at 815 PM CDT.
...FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL SATURDAY EVENING...
* WHAT...Minor flooding is occurring and minor flooding is forecast.
* WHERE...Angelina River Near Lufkin.
* WHEN...Until Saturday evening.
* IMPACTS...At 162.0 feet, Minor lowland to diminish and end on the
lower Angelina River.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 7:30 PM CDT Wednesday the stage was 161.5 feet.
- Recent Activity...The maximum river stage in the 24 hours
ending at 7:30 PM CDT Wednesday was 162.0 feet.
- Forecast...The river is expected to fall below flood stage
Friday morning and continue falling to 160.4 feet early
Monday afternoon.
- Flood stage is 161.0 feet.
- Flood History...No available flood history.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
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WFO AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Wednesday, April 6, 2022
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RED FLAG WARNING
URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio TX
811 PM CDT Wed Apr 6 2022
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS LIKELY ACROSS THE EASTERN TWO
THIRDS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS ON THURSDAY DUE TO LOW RELATIVE
HUMIDITY AND GUSTY NORTH WINDS...
.Breezy north winds will return by mid-morning Thursday for many
areas. Sustained winds of 10 to 20 mph, potentially higher near
and north of Austin, will gust at times to 20-30 mph, highest in
Burnet and Williamson counties. This will combine with very dry
air to create critical fire danger once again as relative
humidity values will be in the mid to lower teens and potentially
single digits in a few locations through the afternoon hours.
...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 8 PM CDT THURSDAY FOR
WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR PARTS OF THE HILL COUNTRY, I-35
CORRIDOR, AND COASTAL PLAINS...
The National Weather Service in Austin/San Antonio has issued a
Red Flag Warning for wind and low relative humidity, which is in
effect from 10 AM to 8 PM CDT Thursday. The Fire Weather Watch is
no longer in effect.
* WINDS...North 10 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...As low as 9 percent.
* IMPACTS...Any wildfires ignited may spread rapidly and
unpredictably.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions
are either occurring now....or will shortly. A combination of
strong winds...low relative humidity...and warm temperatures can
contribute to extreme fire behavior.
...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE
HUMIDITY FOR MOST OF SOUTH-CENTRAL TEXAS...
Gusty north winds have begun to diminish this evening although
very dry air remains in place. RH recovery tonight will only be
into the 30s across most of the area and 40s to mid 50s east of
I-35.
WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE US-77 CORRIDOR...
* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...As low as 14 percent.
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CRAIG BROWN: You're spoiling us, Mr Brand Ambassador! Eight things you didn't know about a very modern trend
1 The news that the Duchess of York was paid £225,000 to be a ‘Brand Ambassador’ for a Las Vegas solar power company, Pegasus, came as a surprise to those who hadn’t realised the Duchess is an expert in solar power.
Had they followed current affairs more closely, these sceptics might have recalled that, back in 2019, the Duchess had announced her appointment to her social media followers. ‘Delighted to be an ambassador for Pegasus Group Holdings . . . As a Philanthropreneur from the heart . . . I hope to take these mobile solar units to Africa.’
2 The Duchess’s son-in-law Jack Brooksbank is a Brand Ambassador for Casamigos tequila. But what exactly is a ‘Brand Ambassador’? Like ‘Philanthropreneur’, it’s one of those new terms that, in some intangible way, doesn’t seem quite right.
Sarah Ferguson, the Duchess of York, alongside her former husband Prince Andrew, the Duke of York
Might it be a title that could be claimed by anyone who has recently purchased a packet of Ferrero Rocher from their local convenience store?
3 In January 2020, Gary Barlow was appointed Brand Ambassador for P&O Cruises’ flagship Iona. Meanwhile, tennis star Emma Raducanu is now the Global Brand Ambassador for British Airways and singer Justin Timberlake is the Brand Ambassador for McDonald’s.
These ambassadorial appointments seem so random that it wouldn’t be surprising to hear that they weren’t simply drawn out of a hat at the end of a drunken party.
Ferrero Rocher has recently announced its new Brand Ambassador. She is Sylvie LaMode, currently the social secretary to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
Whatever next? Are Meghan and Harry destined to become Global Brand Ambassadors for Wotsits? Will Lady Gaga be made Brand Ambassador for Stannah Stairlifts?
4 Over the years, the appointment of some Brand Ambassadors has proved hazardous.
For instance, alarm bells rang at the appointment of man-about-town Freddy Krueger as Brand Ambassador for a top skincare company in 1979. At that time, he boasted a beautifully clear complexion and a winning manner.
Soon after his appointment, Freddy’s face became hideously disfigured and he took to wearing a metal-clawed glove with extravagant blades. The skincare firm’s senior managers first raised questions about Freddy’s suitability for the role of Brand Ambassador shortly after his film debut in A Nightmare On Elm Street in 1984.
‘Our global concept for the brand does not yet incorporate indiscriminate serial killing,’ reads a secret memo from the group CEO to Freddy’s agent. ‘Perhaps Freddy could be persuaded to tone it down a little?’
Sadly, a few days later that particular CEO died in unexplained circumstances, and Freddy’s contract was quietly terminated. However, Mr Krueger has since been appointed Global Brand Ambassador for Sharp Scissors PLC and SlabULike, the world’s leading manufacturers of autopsy tables.
Alarm bells rang at the appointment of man-about-town Freddy Krueger as Brand Ambassador for a top skincare company in 1979
5 Since then, companies have taken extra special care when appointing their Global Brand Ambassadors, or GLOBs, as they are known.
‘You’ve got to look for the perfect fit,’ says Dino Rodd, who advises companies on these appointments. Dino was behind the appointment of Twiggy as Brand Ambassador for a pencil manufacturer, and Gordon Ramsay as Brand Ambassador for a leading mouthwash company. At present, he is masterminding the appointment of Will Smith as Global Brand Ambassador for Imperial Boxing Gloves.
6 The Duke of York has recently forfeited his role as the Brand Ambassador for Safe’n’Sure, the leading maker of antiperspirant, guaranteed for up to 40 years. But he looks set to be appointed Brand Ambassador for The Windsor Sock Company.
Once the deal is signed, he will be expected to travel the world with a sock in his mouth and to alter the motto on his official coat of arms to Soccum In Eo Pone (‘Put a Sock In It’).
Are Meghan and Harry destined to become Global Brand Ambassadors for Wotsits? Will Lady Gaga be made Brand Ambassador for Stannah Stairlifts?
7 Ferrero Rocher has recently announced its new Brand Ambassador. She is Sylvie LaMode, currently the social secretary to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. ‘My job has always consisted of distributing chocolates after dinner, so now I’m delighted to be making a bit of money out of it,’ she purrs.
8 The latest development in product promotion is the creation of the role of Global Bland Ambassador. In a ceremony conducted by the Duchess of Wessex, the title was awarded to six celebrities: Katherine Jenkins, Phillip Schofield, Mary Berry, Alan Titchmarsh, Matt Baker and Holly Willoughby.
The ceremony was followed by a light lunch of cheese fondue and plaice, accompanied by the music of Michael Buble.
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WFO LAKE CHARLES Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Friday, April 8, 2022
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FLOOD WARNING
Flood Statement
National Weather Service Lake Charles LA
820 PM CDT Wed Apr 6 2022
...The Flood Warning continues for the following rivers in
Louisiana...Texas...
Sabine River Near Deweyville
Additional information is available at www.weather.gov.
...FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH LATE
THURSDAY NIGHT...
* WHAT...Minor flooding is occurring and minor flooding is forecast.
* WHERE...Sabine River Near Deweyville.
* WHEN...Until early Friday morning.
* IMPACTS...At 24.0 feet, Minor lowland flooding will occur.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 7:45 PM CDT Wednesday the stage was 24.4 feet.
- Recent Activity...The maximum river stage in the 24 hours
ending at 7:45 PM CDT Wednesday was 24.4 feet.
- Forecast...The river is expected to fall below flood stage
early tomorrow afternoon and continue falling to 17.9 feet
early Monday afternoon.
- Flood stage is 24.0 feet.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
Fld Observed Forecasts (7 pm CDT)
Location Stg Stg Day/Time Thu Fri Sat
Sabine River
Deweyville 24.0 24.4 Wed 7 pm CDT 23.7 22.1 20.3
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Policies of Centre behind fuel price hike: KTR
Writes open letter urging BJP government to reduce petrol, diesel rates
Telangana Minister and TRS working president K. T. Rama Rao on Wednesday said the policies of BJP government at the Centre were behind the rising fuel prices in the country and it was not correct to blame the States for the same.
“On the one hand the BJP government at the Centre is constantly raising prices... on the other trying to push the blame on State governments. This is blatant lying and totally unacceptable,” he said in an open letter.
Noting that he was writing the letter to turn the spotlight on the Centre’s policies that were behind the soaring fuel prices, Mr.Rao, who is Minister for Industries, IT and Municipal Administration, contended that the reasons cited by the Modi government for not controlling prices were lies.
“BJP leaders are simply narrating stories, such as the problems in the international crude oil supply, the rise in crude oil prices and the Russia-Ukraine war. But all this is not true,” he said. The rising fuel prices were due to the “inefficient policies adopted by the BJP and its failure in managing the country's economy... the BJP leaders at the Centre are lacking wealth-creating intellect. They are of the wrong impression that raising taxes exponentially with the power at hand is good governance,” Mr. Rao said.
He said only the Basic excise duty, which relatively is a small component of the levy, is shared with the States by the Centre. At current price, the basic excise duty on petrol is only Rs.1.40 a litre. Of this, 41% or 57 paise, per litre, is distributed by the Centre to States. The share of Telangana is 2.133%. That is 0.01 paise per litre. The Centre, which is levying an excise duty of Rs 28 per litre, however, says it is giving a major share to the States. Also, the State get no share in the cess levied on petrol and diesel.
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Video Courtesy: Clendenin Police Department
CLENDENIN, WV (WOWK) — Clendenin Police are looking for an individual that stole a license plate at Bill’s Used Cars in the 8300 block of Elk River Road North.
Police say the incident happened on April 4 at around 5 a.m.
They shared a video that was taken on a surveillance camera of an individual stealing the license plate.
Anyone with information is being told to contact the Clendenin Police Department at 304-548-4192 or message them on their Facebook page, or Metro 911 Communications at 304-348-8111.
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Which sliding-door curtain rods are best?
Sliding doors offer beautiful vistas and loads of sunlight. If you’re looking for a way to cover up the glass with a curtain, however, you’ll need a special curtain rod. Unlike traditional curtain rods, sliding-door curtain rods have important design features that let them span greater distances without obstructing your curtain. Which you choose will ultimately depend on your home’s design and your aesthetic.
The top sliding-door curtain rod is Infinette Tekno 40 Melrose Single Traverse Window Curtain Rod Set.
What to know before you buy a sliding-door curtain rod
Why your sliding door needs a curtain
Sliding glass doors are a convenient way to combine egress with loads of daylight. But these large glass fixtures can be huge energy sinks. Unless your window is equipped with high-efficiency glass, you’re likely to suffer from the greenhouse effect in the summer and terrible drafts during the winter.
Benefits of a sliding-door curtain
A curtain is the next best thing to wall insulation and UV coating. Sheer curtains provide light in warmer months while cooling your room, whereas thick drapes can keep the heat in and the cold out during chillier months. An added bonus is the protection they offer against sun damage. A curtain significantly cuts down sun exposure, so you won’t have to worry about faded upholstery and finishes.
Choosing the right curtain rod
The main challenge in selecting the right curtain rod is its length. In order to cover a wide area, your curtain rod will need extra support in the middle so that it doesn’t sag. This quickly gets complicated, because each bracket you introduce in the middle of the rod blocks your curtain from closing. When choosing a curtain rod for your sliding glass door, you’ll want to make sure the rod has the right features to prevent headaches.
Types of sliding door curtain rods
The following types of curtain rods will be your best bet when choosing the right length for your sliding rod:
- Decorative: These single and double curtain rods are great because their brackets and finials let you add some decorative flair to your home. The longer you go, however, the more brackets you’ll need to prevent sagging. And these can get in the way. So, look for decorative curtain rods with just one center bracket between the two side brackets. This way, your curtains can extend to the middle
- Traverse: As the name suggests, traverse curtain rods were designed to span long distances. These rods have an embedded track of hooks so that you can pull your curtains along without any obstructions. Because they’re a little more complex, traverse rods are bulkier and more expensive than their decorative counterparts.
What to look for in a quality sliding-door curtain rod
Length
Sliding doors are typically sized in panels. A two-panel door’s total width is usually 60-96 inches (5-8 feet), and a three-panel door 108-144 inches, or 9-12 feet. When sizing your curtain rod, be sure to measure first. In addition to spanning the entire width of your sliding door, you want to be sure you have enough room on either end of the fixture to mount your rod, as well as enough height above. Aim for 3-5 inches extra above and on either side.
Material
Curtain rods are made from all sorts of materials, and which you choose is a matter of aesthetics. Common materials for decorative and traverse rods are metal and wood. Both are sturdy.
When decorating, think about how the material will fit in with your decor. Raw woods are a nice natural element to tone down a modernist or boho interior, or upscale an antique or vintage space. Metal can either be classy or utilitarian. If you don’t want your living room to look like a corporate office, look for decorative rods with a nice finish.
Finish
A proper finish can make any structural element in your home shine. Whether it’s a stain that adds shine, or a faux patina that adds age, finished metals and woods look great with textured drapes. These can be especially effective at dressing up the rather square and plain look of a sliding glass door.
Finials
Finials are the decorative caps that screw on to either end of the curtain rod. These are commonly a ball, square or cylinder shape. Ornamental finials embellish these shapes with low-relief detailing. Finials look best in rustic, classical and boho decors. But if you’re a minimalist or if you’re outfitting your midcentury modern home, a simple brass or steel end cap works too.
Weight capacity
Even with the support of extra brackets, a curtain rod can bend when stressed by too much weight. Drapes are the heaviest culprits, weighing in at 25 pounds or more. Be sure to check the weight capacity before hanging your curtains. Standard curtain rods hold 5-20 pounds.
How much you can expect to spend on a sliding-door curtain rod
Because they’re longer than traditional curtain rods, sliding-door rods cost more, especially if you go the traverse route. Expect to pay $30-$200.
Sliding-door curtain rod FAQ
How do I hang my curtain rod?
A. Most curtain rods come with mounting hardware so that you can install the brackets in drywall. This should include anchors, as drywall is too weak to hold more than 1 pound. If you have to get your own hardware, use anchors if you can’t find a stud. You will need a drill to screw in the brackets and a level to make sure your curtain rod is straight.
Should I use a single curtain or two?
A. The number of curtains you use depends on the space you have and how many panels your sliding door has. If you have enough room on either end of the sliding door fixture for curtains to rest, then two is great. If not, you’ll want to use a single curtain to span the distance so that you’re not blocking the door when the curtains are drawn.
What’s the best sliding-door curtain rod to buy?
Top sliding-door curtain rod
Infinette Tekno 40 Melrose Single Traverse Window Curtain Rod Set
What you need to know: With decorative finials and a lush line of finishes, this traverse curtain rod is perfect for antique and vintage-inspired decors.
What you’ll love: You won’t have any trouble covering your sliding door with this curtain rod, no matter the size. It’s available in eight different lengths from 48-132 inches. You have your choice of antique silver, black, maroon, sandal and sienna finishes.
What you should consider: Users recommend purchasing the upgraded carrier hooks as the standard ones are a little flimsy.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon and Home Depot
Top sliding-door curtain rod for the money
Latitude Run Slover Adjustable Single Curtain Rod
What you need to know: This decorative curtain rod has an understated look for contemporary interiors.
What you’ll love: Using a single center bracket, the Latitude Run curtain rod is long enough at 48, 86 or 120 inches to cover your sliding door on a budget. Its cylindrical endcaps are chic and modern and you can get everything in a black, bronze or nickel finish.
What you should consider: Users report that this rod can sag with heavy drapes.
Where to buy: Sold by Wayfair
Worth checking out
Rod Desyne Bach Traverse Curtain Rod in Cocoa
What you need to know: If you’re looking for a high-quality, classically inspired traverse curtain rod, the Rod Desyne Bach offers an elegant fixture for your sophisticated decor.
What you’ll love: Available in four size ranges, this adjustable traverse rod extends out as far as 156 inches. It comes in black, cocoa and satin nickel finishes. The rod is sturdy enough for drapes with a 25-pound weight capacity.
What you should consider: This is significantly more expensive than other options on the market.
Where to buy: Sold by Home Depot
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Lincoln Airport rolls out program for those with hidden disabilities
LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) - A new option at the Lincoln Airport aims to make it easier for those with hidden disabilities to get to their flight, with the help of a flower.
The program is known as the Hidden Disabilities Sunflower Project. The goal is to make these people, who can often feel overwhelmed at an airport, more visible so they can more easily get the help they might need.
“It was a program created actually in the UK by an airport there,” said Rachel Barth with the Lincoln Airport Authority. “It just caught popularity and as people started understanding more and more about the program, they started to expand to the United States.”
Travelers need to wear one of the green sunflower lanyards, pins or wristbands, which can be found at Guest Services or the United Check-in area, to be identified by airport staff in case they need to provide some assistance. They are free of charge and there’s no paperwork to fill out.
Hidden disabilities can mean things like autism, PTSD, hearing or vision problems, dementia, and more.
“Help with understanding things, maybe being physically shown where the bathrooms are or maybe help going up the escalators,” Barth said. “You might just have to explain things a couple of different times, there are variations of understanding, and again, it’s just that recognizable piece that they can decide if they want to wear or not.”
Barth said bringing the program is just the first step. The airport is already ADA compliant, but part as part of an ongoing expansion it plans to take more people with disabilities into account when it comes to design work.
“I’m also working with the deaf and hard-of-hearing folks here in Lincoln,” Barth said. “They’re coming here and giving us suggestions on things we can do to improve that experience with our new terminal and new design.”
In getting ready to roll everything out, airport employees have watched instructional videos and are now on the lookout for sunflowers.
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NEW YORK (AP) — About 1 in 4 fans of Major League Baseball feel at least some anger toward the sport after its first work stoppage in a generation, according to a new poll, but the vast majority are still excited about the new season.
Only 27% of Americans say they are currently a fan of MLB, according to the poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research.
The poll also finds 32% of Americans 45 and older say they currently are fans, but only 22% of younger adults say they are, a trend MLB management says it is working to reverse.
Even among fans, few were very attuned to the 99-day lockout that delayed the start of the season from March 31 until Thursday or say that it had a major impact on their views of MLB.
Jason Timmons grew up watching the Chicago Cubs and was following closely when they won the World Series in 2016, but he said he didn’t know they would be starting their season Thursday because “the whole labor thing kind of turned me off.”
“I think it’s petty,” said Timmons, a 43-year-old from St. Marys, West Virginia. “I just don’t think it’s right — billionaires fighting with billionaires over just little stuff.”
The poll shows three-quarters of fans say they’re at least somewhat excited about the upcoming season, and even more say they’re at least somewhat interested. Still, 28% of fans are at least somewhat angry and 39% are at least somewhat frustrated following the dispute, in which management and players vented their criticism of each other during weeks when the start of spring training was delayed.
“They’re always bickering about their labor,” Timmons said. “And it’s like, you’re just playing baseball. I mean, there’s other things going on in the world that’s more important than bickering about what they’re bickering about.”
Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred apologized to fans when the labor agreement was reached on March 10. Union head Tony Clark said several times during the dispute that management chose to institute the work stoppage as a strategy.
For some, the lockout was only further evidence of what they were already feeling. The poll shows 22% of Americans say they used to be MLB baseball fans but are not anymore. Donald Joy is among them.
“I used to play baseball, I used to be a fan of it, but I’ve gotten away from it because of all of the nonsense,” said Joy, a 70-year-old from Bailey, Colorado. “People claiming to be slaves when they’re making $20 million a year.”
Joy lamented the growing costs for fans, from the price of a ticket to go to a game to the cost of a hot dog at the stadium.
“You get to a point where it’s not about the fans anymore,” Joy said. “It’s become a rich man’s sport. It is not for the masses.”
But some fans were sympathetic to the players, especially those competing at levels below the major league level.
While Timmons was frustrated by what he saw as bickering amongst billionaires, he also focused in on the owners’ role in the months-long negotiations.
“I didn’t like them locking them out for no reason at the end of last year and doing what they did,” he said. “I thought the owners were being petty, and then you know they don’t want to negotiate with the players. I mean, it’s just ridiculous.”
“I don’t begrudge the players more money at all,” said Mary O’Connell, a 67-year-old Yankees fan from Las Cruces, New Mexico. “The owners have got tons. I have no concerns about management’s poor sob story now.”
Major league players were angry that big league payrolls fell from $4.2 billion to $4.05 billion during the five-year labor deal that expired after the 2021 season. The new agreement lifted the major league minimum from $570,500 to $700,000 and devotes a new $50 million bonus pool each year to younger players at the lower range of salaries.
The contract also raised salaries for players on 40-man rosters assigned to the minor leagues, from $46,600 to $57,200 for a first-time contract, but other minor league players aren’t represented by the union.
Only 13% of current baseball fans say they followed lockout news “extremely” or “very” closely. Thirty percent said they followed somewhat closely, but 57% said they did not closely follow lockout developments.
Only 8% of baseball fans said the lockout had a major impact of their views of the sport, though another 39% said it had a minor impact. Baseball fans who followed news about the lockout were especially likely to say it had an impact on them, compared with those who didn’t, 64% to 34%.
Despite some frustration, the vast majority of baseball fans say they feel at least somewhat excited about and interested in the upcoming season. Fans that followed the lockout closely are especially excited.
“I enjoy just watching the game and don’t really focus on the political side of it, management, all that,” said Ronald Ellis, a 60-year-old Houston fan from Lake Charles, Louisiana. “I’m excited to see how the Astros will do this year.”
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Fingerhut reported from Washington.
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The AP-NORC poll of 1,082 adults was conducted March 17-21 using a sample drawn from NORC’s probability-based AmeriSpeak Panel, which is designed to be representative of the U.S. population. The margin of sampling error for all respondents is plus or minus 4.0 percentage points.
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The Biden administration on Wednesday announced that federal student loan payments will remain paused through Aug. 31, extending a freeze that began in 2020 but was set to end after this month. The actionis meant to help millions of borrowers regain financial footing before they’re back on the hook for payments.
Here’s more on the decision:
WHAT DOES IT MEAN FOR BORROWERS?
The extension gives Americans another four months to get ready for student loan payments to restart. Borrowers won’t be asked to make payments until after Aug. 31, and interest rates will remain at 0% during that time. Under the new action, people who were behind on payments before the pandemic will automatically be put in good standing. That’s a change from previous policy, which required borrowers in default to make nine consecutive loan payments and apply to exit default. Education Secretary Miguel Cardona said the extra time will help his agency prepare borrowers for a “smooth transition back to repayment.”
WHO IS ELIGIBLE?
The moratorium applies to most federal student loan programs, including the Direct Loan Program, which issues subsidized and unsubsidized student loans. It does not apply to private loans issued by banks or schools. The latest federal data show that more than 43 million Americans have student loans amounting to a combined $1.6 trillion.
WHY IS IT BEING EXTENDED?
The freeze has been extended multiple times as a reprieve for Americans facing financial hardship during the pandemic. In announcing the latest action, President Joe Biden said that while the nation has seen economic growth, Americans are still recovering. He said the extension will help borrowers “continue to get back on their feet after two of the hardest years this nation has ever faced.” It came amid rising fear that many borrowers would quickly fall behind if payments resumed in May. A memo from the Federal Reserve last month warned that without more time, delinquency rates “could snap back from historic lows to their previous highs.”
HOW HAS IT HELPED?
Colorado’s Alisa Rizo said the pause in payments has provided a path toward independence. After graduating from Colorado State University, Pueblo in 2018, she has been living with her parents in Pueblo while she pays down $24,000 in student loans. The pause has allowed her to save money in hopes of living on her own, closer to her work in Colorado Springs. “It’s lifted a huge burden from my back and it has provided me a lot of flexibility to save money,” said Rizo, who works at a housing nonprofit.
Kristin McGuire of Covina, California said the freeze has given her a break from her $50,000 in student debt, allowed her to repair her credit and refinance her home with her husband. But she said the piecemeal extensions have brought their own stress. “We still have this huge balance that’s looming over our heads, and we’re constantly just hoping and praying for reprieve,” said McGuire, executive director of Young Invincibles, which is among the groups pressing for debt cancellation as a more permanent solution. “We can put folks right back into good standing, but we’re setting them up to fail again when we have these ballooned balances,” she said.
HOW LONG HAVE LOANS BEEN PAUSED?
Federal student loans have been suspended for more than two years. In March 2020, the Trump administration gave borrowers the option to pause payments for at least 60 days. Congress made it automatic soon after as part of a pandemic relief package. The moratorium was later extended multiple times by Trump and Biden.
WILL THE FREEZE BE EXTENDED AGAIN?
White House press secretary Jen Psaki didn’t rule a further extension when questioned at a Wednesday briefing. “We’ll continue to assess,” she said. “While of course the economy is in better shape than it was a year ago and we have a strong recovery, we also understand that there are a range of impacts that are still longer lasting because of the pandemic.”
WHAT ELSE IS BEING DONE?
In addition to the loan pause, the Biden administration has been working to revamp certain programs that allow borrowers to have debt erased. The Education Department has relaxed rules for a notoriously complex program known as Public Service Loan Forgiveness and for another program that erases student debt for Americans with disabilities. The agency has approved $2 billion in debt cancellation for people who were defraudedby their colleges, plus $1 billion for students who attended the now-defunct ITT Tech for-profit college but left before graduating. Some Democrats have called for additional changes to the student loan system, including an overhaul of repayment plans that critics say are overly complex and difficult to navigate.
WHAT ABOUT WIDER LOAN FORGIVENESS?
As a presidential candidate in 2020, Biden said he would “immediately cancel a minimum of $10,000 of student debt per person.” That hasn’t happened. The White House has said Biden would sign legislation canceling up to that amount if it were passed by Congress, but it has resisted calls to erase debt using executive action. Democrats including Sen. Chuck Schumer and Sen. Elizabeth Warren have pressed Biden to cancel $50,000 across the board, saying it would further boost the economy and address racial inequities in student debt. In a statement, those Democrats applauded the new extension but said it underscores the need for “swift executive action” to cancel debt. Asked about it Wednesday, Psaki said Biden “has not ruled out” the possibility, but had no further updates.
WHAT ARE PEOPLE SAYING ABOUT THE PAUSE?
Borrower advocacy groups welcomed the extension, but many said it isn’t enough. The NAACP urged Biden to forgive at least $50,000 for student borrowers. “With each and every repayment extension, you make a stronger case for canceling it,” the group said. The Center for Responsible Lending made the same demand, saying that while the latest action will give some borrowers a fresh start, “their debts remain the same.” Democrats in Congress applauded the pause, while Republicans blasted it as a drain on taxpayers. Sen. Richard Burr, the ranking Republican on the Senate education committee, said the administration “wants to have their cake and eat it, too: they want to tout America’s return to normal following the pandemic, but also want to keep extending emergency relief policies.”
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CLEVELAND (AP) — José Ramírez forced the Guardians to go deep into their pockets.
The All-Star third baseman agreed to a $124 million, five-year contract on the eve of opening day with Cleveland, a record-setting deal for a franchise that hasn’t been able to swing with baseball’s big spenders over the years.
Ramírez’s deal runs through the 2028 season, a person familiar with the negotiations told The Associated Press on Wednesday. Ramírez still must take a physical and numerous other details need to be finalized before the contract is official, said the person who spoke on condition of anonymity.
The deal includes a full no-trade clause and is the biggest in team history, more than doubling the $60 million committed to slugger Edwin Encarnacion five years ago.
It will be baseball’s 16th contract of $100 million or more since the end of the World Series.
The Guardians open the 2022 season — their first game since changing their name from Indians — in Kansas City on Thursday, and they’ll start it knowing Ramírez will be staying at third and batting third for the next several years.
“An absolute grinder on the field,” said pitcher Shane Bieber, who will start the opener. “Plays with his heart and soul out there. Blood sweat and tears. It’s just a guy that as a pitcher you stand on the mound and you look over your right shoulder and it’s a feeling of comfort knowing he’s there giving his all each and every play and he’s invested each and every inning and pitch and game.”
The team and Ramírez’s representatives had been in talks about a deal for weeks at training camp in Arizona. The 29-year-old Ramírez had expressed a desire to finish his career with Cleveland, which signed him as a teenager in the Dominican Republic.
After stalling, negotiations intensified the past two days before the Indians broke camp as rumors surfaced about a possible trade involving Ramírez. The Guardians went outside their normal comfort zone, but will now have Ramírez for seven more seasons.
“He talks with his play on the field, but to have him in the clubhouse and to continue to have him for the foreseeable future is important to me, the rest of the team and to him and the front office,” Bieber said. “Glad he’s staying.”
So is manager Terry Francona.
“We love Jose being the leader of our ballclub and love him representing us in any way – whether it’s at third, on the bases, in the batter’s box, as a teammate,” he said on a Zoom call from Kansas. “He fills all the checks in the box. So needless to say, we’re pretty big fans of Jose.”
Since breaking in with Cleveland in 2013, Ramírez has blossomed into one of baseball’s best all-around players, one capable of impacting the game with his bat, glove and on the bases, where he usually loses his helmet while hustling to the next base.
Cleveland owner Paul Dolan has long been criticized for not spending on players as the Guardians have almost served as a feeder to the game’s bigger markets with stars such as Francisco Lindor, Manny Ramirez, CC Sabathia and Cliff Lee wither being traded or leaving as free agents because the team couldn’t afford to keep them.
But in the past few days, the Guardians locked up Ramírez and agreed to a five-year contract with closer Emmanuel Clase.
Signing Ramírez doesn’t address all of Cleveland’s needs, but with him anchoring their lineup and a solid starting rotation featuring Bieber, the Guardians should be able to stay in contention in the AL Central.
Ramírez had two years left on a five-year, $26 million contract he signed in 2016. That deal included two team options — $12 million in 2022 and $14 million next season — that made him the highest-paid player on Cleveland’s roster.
A three-time All-Star, Ramírez batted .266 with 36 homers and 103 RBIs last season. He’s finished in the top three in MVP voting three times in the past five seasons.
The Guardians signed Ramírez in 2009. He was brought up as a shortstop, but moved to third to make room for Lindor, who became unaffordable and was traded to the New York Mets before last season.
NOTES: Amed Rosario, who started 119 games at shortstop last season, will be in left field for the opener with rookie Steven Kwan in right. Francona is confident Rosario will continue to improve with experience. “He’s quick enough and athletic enough,” Francona said. “We’re not trying to get him to reinvent his arm action or things like. He’ll just play the game. He’s a good baseball player, so I think we’ll just try to get him to play baseball.”
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WFO AMARILLO Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Thursday, April 7, 2022
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RED FLAG WARNING
URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
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1019 PM CDT Wed Apr 6 2022
...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 9 PM CDT
THURSDAY FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES FOR
ALL OF THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE AND ALL OF THE TEXAS PANHANDLE
EXCEPT DEAF SMITH COUNTY...
* Affected Area...In Oklahoma...Cimarron...Texas and Beaver. In
Texas...Dallam...Sherman...Hansford...Ochiltree...Lipscomb...
Hartley...Moore...Hutchinson...Roberts...Hemphill...Oldham...
Potter...Carson...Gray...Wheeler...Randall...Armstrong...
Donley... Collingsworth and Palo Duro Canyon.
* 20 Foot Winds...Northwest winds 25 to 39 mph with higher gusts
Thursday. The highest winds will be in the northeast Panhandles,
and the lower winds will be in the southwest Texas Panhandle.
* Relative Humidity...As low as 8 to 15 percent Thursday. The
lowest RH values on Thursday are expected in the southeast
Panhandles.
* Red Flag Threat Index...RFTI's of 6 to 7 expected Thursday.
* Timing...10 AM CDT through 9 PM CDT Thursday.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions
are either occurring now...or will shortly. A combination of
strong winds...low relative humidity...and warm temperatures will
create favorable weather for rapid fire growth and spread. Avoid
activities that promote open flames and sparks.
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WOWK) – The FBI Pittsburgh field office is warning parents and caregivers to be on their guard amid a rise in sextortion scheme incidents targeting teenage boys.
The FBI says they have received an increased number of reports claiming adults are posing as “age appropriate females” and coercing young boys through social media to share sexual images and videos and then extorting money from them.
According to the FBI, sextortion usually begins with an adult contacting a minor over “any online platform,” such as games, apps, or social media, to meet and chat.
In this particular wave of scams, federal investigators have found the predator poses as a young girl, deceives and manipulates the victim, usually a young male between the ages of 14 and 17 years old, to engage in “explicit activity” via video. The scammer then secretly records that video and threatens to post it online unless the victim pays them a certain amount.
The FBI says the crime of an adult coercing a child to produce child sexual abuse material also carries heavy penalties, which can include up to a life sentence for the offender.
“These are not the traditional child predators that are just looking for more explicit images. They’re looking for money,” says FBI Pittsburgh Special Agent in Charge Mike Nordwall. “We want parents and caregivers to talk with their kids about schemes like this. Education is key to stopping these individuals and sparing our children the shame, fear and confusion they feel when they’re caught in this cycle. We want kids to know that if someone they’ve met on social media starts asking for videos and photos and eventually money, that person should be reported.”
Children who are victimized by predators often feel embarrassed, which prevents them from coming forward. However, agents say being willing to come forward and report the incident can help law enforcement identify predators and prevent the offender from committing more sexual exploitation crimes against the victim and others potential victims.
The FBI shared these tips that parents can use to help protect their children, as well as themselves, online:
- Be selective about what you share online, especially personal information and passwords. A predator could learn a lot of information about you or your children if your social media accounts are open to everyone.
- Be wary of anyone you encounter for the first time online. Block or ignore messages sent from strangers.
- Know that videos and photos are NOT proof that a person is who they claim to be. People can pretend to be anyone or anything online.
- If you meet someone on a game or app and they ask you to start talking to them on a different platform, be suspicious.
- Encourage your children to report any suspicious behavior to a trusted adult.
If you think you or someone you know is a victim of sextortion, the FBI recommends following these steps:
- Contact your local FBI field office, the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) at at www.ic3.gov. or the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children at 1-800-the-lost or Cybertipline.org. To find the contact information for your local FBI Field office, visit www.fbi.gov.
- Do not delete anything before law enforcement is able to view it.
- Tell law enforcement everything about the encounters you had online; they say it may be embarrassing, but the information is necessary to find the offender.
The FBI says its Internet Crime Complaint Center received more than 18,000 sextortion-related complaints in 2021, in which victims lost more than a combined $13.6 million.
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It is with immense passion the PJHS Drama Family (in collaboration in TheatreWork and the ACTFL Community Theater division at FDN!) comes together for a one of a kind collaboritive community theater fundraiser to empower FDN schools participate/attend and support in our production with the support FNBC at Teatro Amistas Community Performance with proceed donating 247$ on each night of sold out shows in Tikal Theater- we have received Which sliding-door curtain rods are best?
Sliding doors offer beautiful vistas and loads of sunlight. If you’re looking for a way to cover up the glass with a curtain, however, you’ll need a special curtain rod. Unlike traditional curtain rods, sliding-door curtain rods have important design features that let them span greater distances without obstructing your curtain. Which you choose will ultimately depend on your home’s design and your aesthetic.
The top sliding-door curtain rod is Infinette Tekno 40 Melrose Single Traverse Window Curtain Rod Set.
What to know before you buy a sliding-door curtain rod
Why your sliding door needs a curtain
Sliding glass doors are a convenient way to combine egress with loads of daylight. But these large glass fixtures can be huge energy sinks. Unless your window is equipped with high-efficiency glass, you’re likely to suffer from the greenhouse effect in the summer and terrible drafts during the winter.
Benefits of a sliding-door curtain
A curtain is the next best thing to wall insulation and UV coating. Sheer curtains provide light in warmer months while cooling your room, whereas thick drapes can keep the heat in and the cold out during chillier months. An added bonus is the protection they offer against sun damage. A curtain significantly cuts down sun exposure, so you won’t have to worry about faded upholstery and finishes.
Choosing the right curtain rod
The main challenge in selecting the right curtain rod is its length. In order to cover a wide area, your curtain rod will need extra support in the middle so that it doesn’t sag. This quickly gets complicated, because each bracket you introduce in the middle of the rod blocks your curtain from closing. When choosing a curtain rod for your sliding glass door, you’ll want to make sure the rod has the right features to prevent headaches.
Types of sliding door curtain rods
The following types of curtain rods will be your best bet when choosing the right length for your sliding rod:
- Decorative: These single and double curtain rods are great because their brackets and finials let you add some decorative flair to your home. The longer you go, however, the more brackets you’ll need to prevent sagging. And these can get in the way. So, look for decorative curtain rods with just one center bracket between the two side brackets. This way, your curtains can extend to the middle
- Traverse: As the name suggests, traverse curtain rods were designed to span long distances. These rods have an embedded track of hooks so that you can pull your curtains along without any obstructions. Because they’re a little more complex, traverse rods are bulkier and more expensive than their decorative counterparts.
What to look for in a quality sliding-door curtain rod
Length
Sliding doors are typically sized in panels. A two-panel door’s total width is usually 60-96 inches (5-8 feet), and a three-panel door 108-144 inches, or 9-12 feet. When sizing your curtain rod, be sure to measure first. In addition to spanning the entire width of your sliding door, you want to be sure you have enough room on either end of the fixture to mount your rod, as well as enough height above. Aim for 3-5 inches extra above and on either side.
Material
Curtain rods are made from all sorts of materials, and which you choose is a matter of aesthetics. Common materials for decorative and traverse rods are metal and wood. Both are sturdy.
When decorating, think about how the material will fit in with your decor. Raw woods are a nice natural element to tone down a modernist or boho interior, or upscale an antique or vintage space. Metal can either be classy or utilitarian. If you don’t want your living room to look like a corporate office, look for decorative rods with a nice finish.
Finish
A proper finish can make any structural element in your home shine. Whether it’s a stain that adds shine, or a faux patina that adds age, finished metals and woods look great with textured drapes. These can be especially effective at dressing up the rather square and plain look of a sliding glass door.
Finials
Finials are the decorative caps that screw on to either end of the curtain rod. These are commonly a ball, square or cylinder shape. Ornamental finials embellish these shapes with low-relief detailing. Finials look best in rustic, classical and boho decors. But if you’re a minimalist or if you’re outfitting your midcentury modern home, a simple brass or steel end cap works too.
Weight capacity
Even with the support of extra brackets, a curtain rod can bend when stressed by too much weight. Drapes are the heaviest culprits, weighing in at 25 pounds or more. Be sure to check the weight capacity before hanging your curtains. Standard curtain rods hold 5-20 pounds.
How much you can expect to spend on a sliding-door curtain rod
Because they’re longer than traditional curtain rods, sliding-door rods cost more, especially if you go the traverse route. Expect to pay $30-$200.
Sliding-door curtain rod FAQ
How do I hang my curtain rod?
A. Most curtain rods come with mounting hardware so that you can install the brackets in drywall. This should include anchors, as drywall is too weak to hold more than 1 pound. If you have to get your own hardware, use anchors if you can’t find a stud. You will need a drill to screw in the brackets and a level to make sure your curtain rod is straight.
Should I use a single curtain or two?
A. The number of curtains you use depends on the space you have and how many panels your sliding door has. If you have enough room on either end of the sliding door fixture for curtains to rest, then two is great. If not, you’ll want to use a single curtain to span the distance so that you’re not blocking the door when the curtains are drawn.
What’s the best sliding-door curtain rod to buy?
Top sliding-door curtain rod
Infinette Tekno 40 Melrose Single Traverse Window Curtain Rod Set
What you need to know: With decorative finials and a lush line of finishes, this traverse curtain rod is perfect for antique and vintage-inspired decors.
What you’ll love: You won’t have any trouble covering your sliding door with this curtain rod, no matter the size. It’s available in eight different lengths from 48-132 inches. You have your choice of antique silver, black, maroon, sandal and sienna finishes.
What you should consider: Users recommend purchasing the upgraded carrier hooks as the standard ones are a little flimsy.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon and Home Depot
Top sliding-door curtain rod for the money
Latitude Run Slover Adjustable Single Curtain Rod
What you need to know: This decorative curtain rod has an understated look for contemporary interiors.
What you’ll love: Using a single center bracket, the Latitude Run curtain rod is long enough at 48, 86 or 120 inches to cover your sliding door on a budget. Its cylindrical endcaps are chic and modern and you can get everything in a black, bronze or nickel finish.
What you should consider: Users report that this rod can sag with heavy drapes.
Where to buy: Sold by Wayfair
Worth checking out
Rod Desyne Bach Traverse Curtain Rod in Cocoa
What you need to know: If you’re looking for a high-quality, classically inspired traverse curtain rod, the Rod Desyne Bach offers an elegant fixture for your sophisticated decor.
What you’ll love: Available in four size ranges, this adjustable traverse rod extends out as far as 156 inches. It comes in black, cocoa and satin nickel finishes. The rod is sturdy enough for drapes with a 25-pound weight capacity.
What you should consider: This is significantly more expensive than other options on the market.
Where to buy: Sold by Home Depot
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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday evening's drawing of the Texas Lottery's "Daily 4 Night" game were:
9-1-7-8, FIREBALL: 2
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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday evening's drawing of the Texas Lottery's "Daily 4 Night" game were:
9-1-7-8, FIREBALL: 2
(nine, one, seven, eight; FIREBALL: two)
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Why the U.S. is targeting Putin’s daughters Katerina and Maria
Sanctions announced Wednesday also include the daughter and wife of Russian foreign affairs minister Sergei Lavrov
The United States’ latest round of sanctions on Russia includes two new targets: Russian President Vladimir Putin’s two adult daughters, Katerina and Maria, who U.S. officials believe are hiding Putin’s wealth.
Putin’s daughter Katerina Vladimirovna Tikhonova is a tech executive whose work supports the Russian government and its defense industry, according to details in the U.S. sanctions package announced on Wednesday.
His other daughter Maria Vladimirovna Vorontsova leads government-funded programs that have received billions of dollars from the Kremlin toward genetics research, and are personally overseen by Putin, the United States said.
“We have reason to believe that Putin, and 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 U.S. financial system, and also many other parts of the world,” a senior U.S. administration official told reporters.
“We believe that many of Putin’s assets are hidden with family members, and that’s why we’re targeting them,” the official said, speaking on condition of anonymity.
Reuters was not immediately able to reach Putin’s daughters, their representatives or the Kremlin for comment.
Sanctions announced Wednesday also include the daughter and wife of Russian foreign affairs minister Sergei Lavrov. The U.S. also banned Americans from investing in Russia, and targeted Russian financial institutions and Kremlin officials, in response to what President Joe Biden condemned as Russian “atrocities” in Ukraine.
Russia denies intentionally attacking civilians and says images of bodies in Bucha north of Kyiv were staged to justify more sanctions against Moscow.
Moscow says it is engaged in a “special military operation” designed to demilitarize and “denazify” Ukraine. Ukraine and Western governments reject that as a false pretext for Russia’s invasion.
The extent of Putin’s wealth is a sensitive subject in Russia. The Kremlin last year denied that he was the owner of an opulent palace on the Black Sea, as alleged by opposition politician Alexei Navalny in a video that draw a huge audience on YouTube.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said in February that sanctions introduced against Putin himself were pointless.
“(Putin) is quite indifferent. The sanctions contain absurd claims about some assets,” Peskov said. “The president has no assets other than those he has declared.”
But U.S. lawmakers believe otherwise.
“Putin and his oligarchs stow their dirty money in rule-of-law nations by purchasing mansions, mega-yachts, artwork, and other high-value assets,” U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse said a few weeks ago while introducing legislation that offered cash rewards for information that leads to the seizure of assets held by sanctioned Russian oligarchs.
ROCK ‘N ROLL DANCER
Putin’s daughters, who the U.S. believes help him hide his wealth, have never confirmed publicly the Russian leader is their father, and he has refused to answer questions about them.
A Reuters investigation from 2015 detailed the connections and influence Katerina, an acrobatic rock ’n’ roll dancer, holds in the next generation of Moscow’s elite.
“Katerina, 29, described herself as the spouse of Kirill Shamalov, son of Nikolai Shamalov, a longtime friend of President Putin,” the report said. “Shamalov senior is a shareholder in Bank Rossiya, which U.S. officials have described as the personal bank of the Russian elite.”
As husband and wife, Kirill and Katerina had corporate holdings worth about $2 billion, according to estimates provided to Reuters by financial analysts. This was in addition to other property and assets.
Putin’s elder daughter Maria studied biology at St. Petersburg University and medicine at Moscow State University, according to the Reuters investigation. She is also heavily involved in genetic research work, which Putin has in the past described as a field that will “determine the future of the whole world.”
According to Russian and Western media reports, Maria married Dutch businessman Jorrit Joost Faassen.
She was pursuing a biomedical career specializing in the endocrine system in 2015, as a doctoral candidate at the Endocrinology Research Centre in Moscow, and is the co-author of a book about “idiopathic stunting” in children, the Reuters report said.
Her husband used to work for Gazprombank, a large lender with strong links to the elite around Putin, the report noted. No estimates were immediately available for their assets and holdings.
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On a recent episode of my favorite TV game show, “America Says,” contestants had to guess the words America thinks of when they think about The Ten Commandments. No one guessed the word movie, and my heart sank a little.
Not that Moses, God and “Thou shalt not” are not good answers, but I consider “The Ten Commandments” one of the greatest movies of all time, so I was a little disappointed it didn’t cross the contestants’ minds. But then maybe none of them have been watching the movie every year on TV for most of their life as I have, and will continue to do this weekend.
Honestly, it’s not surprising why I love “Commandments” since it’s honestly just a movie-length soap opera. Two brothers are fighting over the same woman. The kind, generous one loves her while the scheming, jealous brother loves the power that comes with marrying her. The kind brother has a huge secret that even he doesn’t know and when the scheming brother learns it, all of their lives are turned upside down. The revelation sends the kind brother on an epic journey that eventually brings him back to face his brother and his lost love, who then conspires to reunite with the kind brother, bringing destruction to her own family. I’m not sure “Dallas” or “Falcon Crest” ever did family drama any better.
But while “Commandments” is incredibly entertaining with all of its family secrets and epic romance, it’s also inspiring as it reminds us all of the importance of faith and the power of God. Even though I’ve seen the movie dozens of times, I still get chills when Moses (Charlton Heston) climbs a rock cliff and proclaims, “Behold his mighty hand” and parts the Red Sea.
“Commandments” has often been imitated, but it has never been duplicated in its quality, with only the animated “The Prince of Egypt” coming anywhere close. It helps that the film doesn’t try to mess too much with what we know about Moses from the Bible. But it’s the sheer magnitude of the production that makes “Commandments” the iconic film that it is today, nearly 66 years after its release. There are no computer-generated effects. All of those people and animals are 100% real. The costumes and the jewelry are all authentic and methodically researched. Yes, you can totally see the edit when the film of the water pouring out of the giant tank reverses to create the effect of the parting of the Red Sea. But I still marvel at the cleverness of it every time.
Saturday, when ABC presents its annual Easter season airing of the movie, I’ll be right in front of my TV soaking up every minute, watching as wide-eyed as I did when I was a kid. So let it be written, so let it be done.
“The Ten Commandments” airs at 7 p.m. Saturday, April 9, on ABC.
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