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NEWFIELD — Tioga pitchers Alissa Hine and Erin Luther combined to hold Newfield to two harmless singles and participated in a hit parade that saw the Tigers rap out 20 hits in a 20-0 road whitewashing of the Trojans.
The Tigers put a bent number on the board in each of the game’s five innings and the outcome was never in doubt after a three-run Tioga first.
Hine pitched the first three innings, allowing both Newfield hits and a walk with five strikeouts. In her two innings Luther gave up no baserunners and got all six of her outs via strikeout.
Meanwhile, Mackenzie Williams, MJ Thetga and RaeAnne Feeko were ripping the cover off the ball at the plate. Feeko had a good week on Wednesday, contributing a triple, a double, six RBI and five runs. Williams had a double, a triple, two RBI and a run.; and Thetga added two doubles, three RBI and two runs.
Many of those RBI were set up by leadoff hitter Abby Foley, who had five singles, five runs and added three RBI.
In addition, Molly Bombard was 2-for-2 with three runs scored and one RBI; Hine had a single, two runs and one RBI; Julia Bellis and Megan Vance had a single and a run each; Luther had a single and one RBI; and Austin Vance had a single.
Tioga will host Candor at 4:30 p.m. on Friday.
Waverly 9, Newark Valley 8
NEWARK VALLEY — Up 9-2 after the top half of the fifth, the Wolverines had to hold on to claim their first win of the 2022 season. Waverly only held the Cardinals to two 1-2-3 innings. Fortunately for the visitors, one of those was in the bottom of the seventh.
Aubrey Ennis hit the ball out of the park the first two times she stepped to the plate, drilling a two-run blast to right-center in the first and sending Peyton Shaw, who walked, home in front of her. Allen’s drive in the third was a solo shot to left. Olivia Robinson restarted that rally with a base hit, stole second, and later scored on a Lea VanAllen single.
In the fourth, Alivia Daddona touched off a three-run rally with a simple walk and scored on an BRI ground out by Bella Romano. Michaela Lauper added a single and Ennis got plunked to put two runners on for Robinson, who came through with a two-run double.
Waverly also scored single runs in the second and fifth innings.
Eninis was the star at the plate with three hits, including a double and the homers, three runs and three RBI.
Robinson finished with a double, a single, two RBI and run and Lourden Benjamin added a double.
Lauper was trouble for the Cards all day with three singles, two RBI and a run; Brinn Cooney had a single, and two runs; Daddona had a single and one RBI; VanAllen had a single and one RBI; Shaw scored a run and Romano had one RBI.
Robinson was the beneficiary of that offense, allowing 11 hits, four walks and eight runs with seven earned. She also aided her cause with 12 strikeouts.
Hayley Beebe had three single, three runs and one RBI for Newark Valley. Leah Austin-Whittaker had a double, single, two RBI and a run for Newark Valley and Joslyn Wright had a double and two RBI.
Wright handled the pitching, allowing 12 hits, four walks and nine runs with eight earned, fanning four along the way.
Waverly will visit Watkins Glen at 4:30 p.m. on Friday. | https://www.morning-times.com/sports/article_54a8678a-b89b-5083-acf3-82e95b949299.html | 2022-04-07T13:00:34Z | https://www.morning-times.com/sports/article_54a8678a-b89b-5083-acf3-82e95b949299.html | true |
For the last few years, Ramadan in the UK has been in the summer - amongst the Muslim community there's a running joke about how its not really Ramadan unless it lands during a heatwave. Although in the last few days that seems unlikely for this year.
Fasting in the summer means you can't drink water in the scorching heat which can be challenging - but even when the weather has been fine since Ramadan started, there are other challenges people face which could make it difficult.
MyLondon spoke to Shoeb Haider, the head chef of Ritu which is an Indian restaurant in St John's Wood. Shoeb, who moved from India around 14-years-ago discussed how the month of Ramadan impacts his routine, and the importance of willpower during fasting.
READ MORE: 'I fast all day at my 9-5 job then stay up all night for charity during Ramadan'
The chef works around 12-15 hours a day which includes an hour commute each way to get to work. During Ramadan he wakes up at around 4.30am to start his day and ends up sleeping at around 1am.
The dad-of-two said: "I've been fasting since my childhood so I don't remember leaving any fasts, it's difficult and challenging but if you have willpower you can do anything. In the kitchen if you've been fasting for so many years it becomes a habit. You feel thirsty but if you have strong willpower and faith in Allah then it also helps us to understand importance of food and water.
"You realise the importance of food and water as God's gift, being a chef I can understand because we have so much food wastage so this month makes us realise and remember all the poor people who don't get the food. It's very good for us and our body it makes us fit, our soul gets relief in fasting and praying.
"In this fast world we end up neglecting Allah so this month helps us to be in touch with God, to do all the good things God wants us to do, to help others as much as you can."
Shoeb's day starts with Suhoor at dawn where he keeps his meal light and will have some dates, water, snacks or biscuits - he will then pray and play with his kids who are six-years-old and three-years-old, before going to drop them to school.
Then he gets to work by 10:30am, he said: "Fasting doesn't stop my work, being from India I know how difficult it is in the summer to fast, here the climate is good so you can do everything and your family also sees. If you have a kid they get motivated seeing their father is fasting and working, he's not neglecting work he's still fasting.
"That's what Allah wants, Allah wants you to work and fast, and then only you know the importance of fasting.
"I work in an Indian restaurant so during my break I pray and in the evening I finish my work then open my fast if I don't have time. I pray all my namaaz/Salah at home if I haven't prayed in the day. I always try to fulfil other acts of worship too but it's not always possible when you're tired - but I do my best."
As a chef, while fasting Shoeb will taste the food he cooks in the evening after Iftar to find out if there is anything missing from it to improve on the next day.
Once he gets home at around 10:30pm, he will have a proper Iftar meal which includes pulses, fruits and grains and then he will chat with his wife: "I sleep at around 1am, and then wake up around 4:30am so only get around four hours of sleep in the night.
"It's only the matter of a month and we have 11 months where the routine is better, only this month is for Allah, for God, this is how I encourage my kids, maybe not now but the kids will remember their father and mum used to fast and do so much work, and maybe get inspired."
You can visit the restaurant Ritu and try their Iftar menu this month at 1 Blenheim Terrace, London NW8 0EH.
Unzela Khan - Race and Diversity Correspondent
Now that you're here - let me introduce myself.
I am the Race and Diversity Correspondent for MyLondon, and I enjoy writing about stories to do with ethnic minorities.
The stories I'm most proud of are ones where I can get an insight into the experiences of individuals, such as this powerful independent woman who fled Eritrea and ended up opening her own salon in Brixton.
I also love supporting ethnic minority owned businesses and finding out about owners' own experiences and inspirations behind their menus, for example the story of this Chinese bakery.
My own interests and experiences also weave into my stories so that readers can get an insight into my South Asian heritage, as you can see from this story about Karak Chai which I'm ever so passionate about!
Although I was born and raised in London, I would say I'm very connected to my own culture as a British Pakistani who is fluent in Urdu.
This year I became a finalist for the British Muslim Awards in the Media Achiever of the Year category - and I hope to make a difference every single year with my work.
Got a story? If so, get in touch by emailing unzela.khan@reachplc.com | https://www.mylondon.news/news/north-london-news/ramadan-2022-i-work-head-23622540 | 2022-04-07T13:43:44Z | https://www.mylondon.news/news/north-london-news/ramadan-2022-i-work-head-23622540 | false |
John Dobak, M.D., is the CEO of DermTech.
Organizational accountability defines a company’s mission, values, goals and everyone’s role within the company. It is often top of mind for leaders within the corporate world and is commonly tied to actions or consequences that drive behavior to accomplish company goals.
For instance, when things aren’t going as planned, a phrase I commonly hear is, “We need to hold so and so accountable.” It has almost become cliché and likely parroted so often because we constantly see it pridefully shouted in the media and in politics. In these settings, it is often associated with exacting some sort of retribution for a misdeed or failure.
In the corporate world, however, things are much more nuanced. For example, should leaders seek punishment for timelines that slipped or sales goals that are softer than anticipated? And what is considered punishment: termination, public admonishment, other?
I doubt any company could afford to fire its employees for routine challenges that all business plans face and seldom do leaders want to create a culture of fear. But what many might not realize is that organizational accountability can be achieved without punitive connotations commonly associated with this topic. Here is how I look at accountability within my organization.
Positive Accountability
Senior leadership and boards of directors might be unknowingly driving accountability as part of their routine annual planning. Most companies set annual corporate goals and measure performance around those goals. Remuneration in the form of bonuses and stock is often connected to that performance. Poor performance against goals leads to reduced bonus attainment, so this accountability management tool has consequences built in.
However, it is rarely an all-or-nothing structure, and while compensation may be reduced, there is still positive reinforcement by providing some reward for goals met. Any program that involves setting goals and rewarding achievement against those goals can provide the accountability leaders want to see in a more positive format.
Peer Accountability
It’s common for senior executives to drive performance throughout the organization, given they are often accountable for driving corporate goals. This can be more challenging in larger organizations as the degrees of separation between senior leadership and management are increased.
One way to push accountability further down the organizational chart is to tap into peer influence. For instance, at my company, we create quarterly milestones, which are assigned to middle management. Each person responsible for a particular milestone is required to update the group on their execution, and we track progress against these milestones on a percentage basis toward 100% completion.
This process creates a scorecard that informs the greater team how everyone is doing relative to their peers, and it forces employees to provide credible justification for slipped milestones. It doesn’t single out any one person, but it does make performance, and accountability for performance, publicly visible. Higher performers will undoubtedly influence lower performers and drive better accountability throughout the organization.
Self-Accountability
This is the most often overlooked aspect of accountability and should be the ultimate goal for organizational accountability. Organizations that strive to achieve personal accountability need to worry less about “holding people accountable” because employees will do so themselves. In the quest to hold teams accountable, we often don’t take the time to determine if our employees show self-accountability.
What I look for when goals are missed or timelines slip is a sense of personal responsibility and an earnest desire to improve performance and resolve the issue or performance gap. In my opinion, the only time to embrace punitive consequences is when an employee avoids personal accountability and looks to blame others or external factors.
Organizational accountability is tied to company goals and should not be associated with punishment or repercussions. Leveraging positive reinforcement, such as remuneration for goals met; peer accountability, with high-performers setting the bar; and self-accountability, an organization can thrive and achieve its goals without compromising morale or its corporate culture.
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Co-founder and CEO of SkyOp.com.
In 2012, I began to seriously look at drones during what was the very early adoption phase of small unmanned aircraft systems (sUAS), or today’s commercial drones. At that time, most people saw drones as aerial photographic or video capture devices. However, through the lens of my lifetime career and many decades of experience in the computer industry, I immediately saw them as the best data collection systems ever invented.
Followed by this vision, I continually speak with U.S. high school and college educators about drone education programs. However, I find that educators tend to hold two common misbeliefs about these programs. Let’s take a look at what they are and what the truth is behind each.
First, many educators believe that drone racing is attractive for gaining student interest in drone flight systems because of its similarity to video games. Although it’s attractive to youthful students, in my opinion, it only serves to misdirect students who find that it’s cool and exciting to watch the Drone Racing League on TV with huge payouts to the winner. But it’s not a career path to a stable money-making profession. Much like NASCAR, drone racing has a small number of accomplished racers making huge sums of money and millions of spectators who enjoy it, but it’s very difficult to make a living from it.
Second, robotics programs are widely taught in STEM courses across the country. It’s just human nature that we tend to move toward what we know; so, many times, educators envision a drone program that’s like their robotics programs. They request a program that’s designed to build a flyable drone using 3-D-printed objects and soldering components together. Next, they want students to program these systems to perform functions, thinking that meets STEM objectives. But this misconception suggests that the drone is the end objective of the program, and that just isn’t true.
In fact, with either of these two approaches, educators generally assume the drone is the end objective. As a simple comparison, in the construction process, a hammer is used as a tool. It’s not the end objective—it’s simply a tool to produce a construction project. Therefore, it’s important to understand that the end objective isn’t the drone itself. Instead, the drone is simply a tool that helps in delivery, data collection and data analytics that produces asset management results or actionable intelligence as the true end objective.
Some of the largest markets and use cases for drones include construction, surveying, agriculture, inspection and public safety. Educators need to focus on the entire process of drone data collection, which includes not only cameras but also infrared, LIDAR, multispectral and hyperspectral sensors and other tools that help analyze data to produce actionable intelligence. These are just a few of the tools currently available impacting the value of drone-based data collection. These tools tend to be more cost-effective and safer and achieve a higher level of resolution and data integrity than older methods.
Today, drones are just beginning to be at a turning point. Some drone manufacturers are integrating artificial intelligence (AI) into their sUAS, improving the flight system capabilities and trending toward pilotless flight systems. Therefore, it’s important to look into the future and think beyond the drone as the end objective and instead focus on the advanced capabilities of today’s commercial drones. The integration of advanced AI can introduce flexibility and learning capabilities into previously rigid applications.
The market growth and acceptance of these new advanced flight systems will likely continue to evolve rapidly. The result is that market predictions estimate 56% growth over the next few years. This requires new job skills that will be increasingly focused on data and data analytics aided by AI.
Neither drone racing programs nor robotics programs applied to drones are the pathways to exciting new careers in the commercial drone industry. Educators should consider the rapid development of drone education programs that include teaching how drones function, maintenance, piloting skills, FAA Part 107 Remote Pilot certification, understanding commercial drone applications and markets and, most importantly, that data and data analytics is what it’s all about.
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Name: John Milia
Firm: Wells Fargo Advisors
Location: Irvine, California
AUM: $1.8 billion
Forbes Rankings: Best-in-State Wealth Advisors
Background: Born and raised in the Philadelphia area, Milia studied economics and accounting at Lehigh University. He started his career in public accounting at KPMG, before going on to serve as CFO at one of his clients, a now defunct logistics company called Advantage Memory.
Investment Philosophy/Strategy: Milia attributes his history in accounting to his philosophy as a fundamental investor, developing a great deal of interest in financial statements from his time working on taxation and SEC matters. He looks for companies with strong cash flows and balance sheets and overlays that quality assessment with technical analysis, paying lots of attention to charting when setting up parameters for entry and exit points for individual securities. Much like other advisors he also preaches diversity, looking to sync asset classes that are non-correlated to ensure consistency of returns.
Biggest Challenge: Fee compression is the biggest challenge Milia currently sees in the industry as investments become commoditized and advisors increasingly look to serve clients in a more holistic manner.
Lessons Learned: The most important lesson Milia has learned in his two decade career as an advisor is to take the emotion out of investing. He has also learned the importance of focusing on the client and work ethic.
Biggest Client Misunderstanding: After a decade of outsize market returns coming out of the Great Recession, Milia says clients have a misunderstanding of investment return expectations.
“We have to set expectations accordingly for clients, because it's a challenging environment,” Milia adds. “It’s important to seek more consistent returns rather than trying to take on additional unnecessary risk for returns that may or may not develop.”
Investment Outlook: Milia describes himself as cautiously optimistic when it comes to the current economic outlook.
“We still feel that the economy is on solid footing,” he says. “We see the crosscurrents with all the challenges in the world right now so it’s about playing defense at the moment–being patient and picking and identifying opportunities.”
Milia looks at his job as a global macro economist and investment fiduciary, making it crucial to understand and manage risk while seeking and evaluating opportunities. In this environment, he sees patience and protecting wealth as key.
What Keeps You Up at Night: The unknown is what keeps Milia up at night, with risks potentially coming from the current inflationary environment, actions of the Federal Reserve, the Covid-19 pandemic, politics and climate change, among other risk vectors.
“There's no shortage of issues that investors need to be focused on,” he adds. “And those are the things that we think about all the time.” | https://www.forbes.com/sites/jasonbisnoff/2022/04/07/wells-fargo-advisor-brings-accounting-background-to-bear-managing-18-billion-for-clients/ | 2022-04-07T14:13:23Z | https://www.forbes.com/sites/jasonbisnoff/2022/04/07/wells-fargo-advisor-brings-accounting-background-to-bear-managing-18-billion-for-clients/ | true |
Which Acer desktop computer is best?
Whether you’re on a budget or looking for your next big gaming rig, Acer desktop computers are vast in their offerings. Still, making sense of the many moving parts in computer hardware can be daunting, especially if you don’t know what you need. But there are several Acer computers that come in all-in-one bundles, allowing you to use them right out of the box.
The Acer Aspire C27 Desktop Computer offers everything you’ll need in a basic computer, including a vivid, 27-inch display.
What to know before you buy an Acer desktop computer
Use
Finding the right Acer desktop computer configurations depends on how you plan to use your PC. Consider whether you plan to use it for work or play and what applications you want to use. This will help you narrow down what kind of hardware you’ll need. If you plan on using it for gaming, opt for a graphics card rather than an integrated graphics chip. If you only plan on sending emails and using the web, an affordable compact PC may work just fine.
Towers vs. all-in-one computers
When discussing computers, you may hear people use the term “tower,” which is part of a classic desktop computer. A tower is simply a box containing internal hardware. Acer’s towers tend to be quite powerful, and many of them are ideal for gaming. However, if you buy a tower, you’ll usually need to purchase a monitor separately.
All-in-one computers house all the internal components a computer needs inside the monitor. AIO computers offer a clutter-free design and mid-tier performance, suitable for most households and basic office functions.
Operating systems
Most Acer desktop computers come with a Windows operating system installed. However, a few budget-level computers from Acer also include Chrome OS, which works great for basic web needs. You can install any OS you download or purchase onto Acer’s computers, which is ideal if you want to use Windows with Mac OS, Linux or another OS.
What to look for in a quality Acer desktop computer
Processor
A computer’s processor, or Central Processing Unit (CPU), is the primary chip that organizes and manages tasks. A computer’s CPU manages high-level functions across devices. It’s extremely difficult to upgrade processors in most computers, so it’s worth investing in a high-quality model.
RAM
Random-access memory (RAM) is a temporary data storage system that lets the computer manage background tasks while prioritizing foreground tasks. You’ll need 8 gigabytes of RAM or more to run high-powered tasks like gaming, media editing and design work.
Storage
Computers need a storage drive to house files. The more storage you have, the more files and applications the computer can hold at one time. There are two types of storage drives widely used today:
- Solid-state drives: Solid-state drives (SSDs) are the fastest type of hard drive storage available today. They feature no moving hardware to access data, so they tend to be most reliable. Keep in mind this type is more expensive than other hard drive types.
- Hard disk drives: Hard disk drives (HDDs) use spinning disks to read and write files. They’re slightly less reliable than SSDs, but they’re also more affordable.
Screen and input devices
Unless you purchase an AIO computer, you’ll need to purchase a screen and input devices, such as a keyboard and mouse. Many come with bundles that include a monitor display, keyboard or mouse with the tower.
How much you can expect to spend on an Acer desktop computer
Affordable Acer desktop computers can cost as little as $200. However, you’ll find mid-tier and high-end Acer AIOs and towers ranging from $400-$2,000.
Acer desktop computer FAQ
Can Acer desktop computers run PC games?
A. Some can, but games require high-performance hardware, so it’s worth checking your computer’s specs before buying. To determine if an Acer computer can run a PC game, you’ll need to compare the system requirements of any games with the hardware inside the computer.
Are Acer desktop computers reliable?
A. Yes. Acer is one of the most respected brands in computers today, largely because of the reliability of its PCs. The company also offers computers across the price spectrum, with high-end computers being the most reliable.
What’s the best Acer desktop computer to buy?
Top Acer desktop computer
Acer Aspire C27 AIO Desktop Computer With 27-Inch HD IPS Display
What you need to know: This computer comes out of the box with everything you need, including a vivid monitor, a mouse and a keyboard.
What you’ll love: This computer features an Intel Core i5 processor and 12GB of DDR4 RAM, offering smooth and powerful performance. It also includes 512GB of SSD storage a webcam with a closing shutter. It comes with Windows 10 and an upgrade to Windows 11.
What you should consider: This computer includes an integrated graphics chip that may have a hard time with high-performance games.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Top Acer desktop computer for the money
Acer Chromebox CXI3 Miniature Desktop Computer With Keyboard and Mouse
What you need to know: This compact desktop computer features basic functionality and comes with a keyboard, mouse and several ports for connecting external devices.
What you’ll love: It includes an Intel Celeron dual-core processor and 4GB of RAM, as well as Chrome OS. It’s an excellent portable option compared to most large desktops, and you can purchase it in a bundle with a monitor.
What you should consider: This computer’s hardware isn’t suitable for gaming or other performance-oriented tasks.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Worth checking out
Acer Nitro 50 Gaming Desktop Computer Bundle With Keyboard and Mouse
What you need to know: This Acer desktop is suitable for nearly any high-level tasks like editing videos, audio and photos.
What you’ll love: It comes with an Intel Core i5 processor, 8GB of RAM and an Nvidia GeForce GTX 1650 graphics card. It also includes 512GB of SSD storage, making it great for installing large games or saving a lot of files.
What you should consider: This computer bundle doesn’t include a monitor.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
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In a bizarre incident, at least 15,000 Android users downloaded anti-malware apps from Google Play Store which, instead of protecting them from hackers, infected their devices to steal passwords, bank details and other personal information, a new report showed on Thursday.
The six malware apps in the disguise of anti-virus apps have now been removed by Google from Play Store but the damage was done.
According to cyber security researchers at Check Point, the apps infected over 15,000 users with Sharkbot Android malware which steals credentials and banking information.
"This malware implements a geofencing feature and evasion techniques, which makes it stand out from the rest of malwares. It also makes use of something called domain generation algorithm (DGA), an aspect rarely used in the world of Android malware," according to the Check Point report.
It identified approximately 1,000 unique IP addresses of infected devices during the time of analysis. Most of the victims were from Italy and the UK.
Sharkbot lures victims to enter their credentials in windows that mimic benign credential input forms. When the user enters credentials in these windows, the compromised data is sent to a malicious server.
"Sharkbot doesn't target every potential victim it encounters, but only select ones, using the geo-fencing feature to identify and ignore users from China, India, Romania, Russia, Ukraine or Belarus," said the report.
"Overall, we saw over 15,000 downloads of these apps from Google Play," it added.
Threat actors are evolving and constantly seeking ways to inject and drop malware at any means possible, including disguising as legitimate "official" apps.
After examining the apps, Google proceeded to permanently remove these applications on Play store. | https://www.indiatvnews.com/technology/news/stop-using-these-anti-virus-apps-from-google-play-store-at-once-2022-04-07-768360 | 2022-04-07T14:31:36Z | https://www.indiatvnews.com/technology/news/stop-using-these-anti-virus-apps-from-google-play-store-at-once-2022-04-07-768360 | true |
U.S. weekly jobless claims fall as labor market tightens, seasonal factors revised
By Lucia Mutikani
WASHINGTON, April 7 (Reuters) - The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits fell last week, indicating a further tightening of labor market conditions heading into the second quarter, which could contribute to keeping inflation elevated.
Part of the decline in claims back to a more than 53-year low touched in mid-March reflected a revision of the seasonal factors, the model that the government uses to strip out seasonal fluctuations from the data. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the Labor Department switched to additive factors to seasonally adjust the initial and continued claims data from multiplicative factors, which economists had complained were less reliable because of the economic shock caused by the coronavirus crisis.
"Now that most of the large effects of the pandemic on the unemployment insurance series have lessened, the seasonal adjustment models are once again specified as multiplicative models," the Labor Department said in a statement on Thursday. "Statistical tests show that the unemployment insurance series should, in normal times, be estimated multiplicatively." Initial claims for state unemployment benefits dropped 5,000 to a seasonally adjusted 166,000 for the week ended April 2. Claims were at this level during the week ending March 19, which was the lowest since November 1968. Seasonal factors back then were much different from now, making it difficult to make comparisons.
Economists polled by Reuters had forecast 200,000 applications for the latest week. The government also revised claims data from 2017 through 2021. Claims hit a record high of 6.137 million in early April 2020.
"While the pandemic period remains within the five-year revision period, the unemployment insurance series will use a hybrid adjustment approach," the Labor Department said. "For the most volatile economic periods of the pandemic, the series will continue to be additively adjusted for the revised series."
Despite some noise from the changes in the seasonal factors, the labor market is rapidly tightening. A severe shortage of workers is keeping layoffs low and boosting hiring.
Worker demand is being driven by a sharp decline in COVID-19 infections, which has resulted in restrictions being lifted across the country. There were big declines in claims in Michigan and Texas, which offset increases in California, Ohio and Pennsylvania.
There is no sign yet that the Russia-Ukraine war, which has pushed gasoline prices above $4 per gallon, has impacted the labor market. Nonfarm payrolls increased by 431,000 jobs in March, the government reported last Friday.
March marked the 11th straight month of job gains in excess of 400,000, which pushed the unemployment rate to a fresh two-year low of 3.6%. The jobless rate is just one tenth of a percentage point above its pre-pandemic level.
With a near record 11.3 million job openings on the last day of February, the scarcity of workers is forcing companies to boost wages, which is contributing to high inflation.
Minutes of the Federal Reserve's March 15-16 meeting published on Wednesday showed policymakers observed that "demand for labor continued to substantially exceed available supply across many parts of the economy," and "that various indicators pointed to a very tight labor market."
The U.S. central bank last month raised its policy interest rate by 25 basis points, the first hike in more than three years. Wednesday's minutes appeared to set the stage for hefty rate increases down the road..
The claims report also showed the number of people receiving benefits after an initial week of aid increased 17,000 to 1.523 million during the week ended March 26. (Reporting by Lucia Mutikani; Editing by Chizu Nomiyama and Andrea Ricci) | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/reuters/article-10696259/U-S-weekly-jobless-claims-fall-labor-market-tightens-seasonal-factors-revised.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | 2022-04-07T14:32:27Z | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/reuters/article-10696259/U-S-weekly-jobless-claims-fall-labor-market-tightens-seasonal-factors-revised.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | false |
WFO LAKE CHARLES Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Thursday, April 7, 2022
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WIND ADVISORY
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Lake Charles LA
847 AM CDT Thu Apr 7 2022
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM CDT
THIS EVENING...
* WHAT...Northwest winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 35 mph
expected.
* WHERE...Portions of central, southwest and west central
Louisiana and southeast Texas.
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Builders waste, white ware, electrical, garage tyres, cars and general waste are piling up along the Hutt River/Te Awa Kairangi riverside, leaving an ugly and costly mess for Greater Wellington and both Hutt Valley councils to clear up.
"Littering and dumping rubbish along the river corridor isn’t new, but seems to be increasing in the face of rising tip fees and hard economic times," says Greater Wellington River Ranger Joby Mills.
"We’re finding that the very features that attract visitors, the bush-lined riverside, provides shelter and cover for dumping. This behaviour shows total disrespect for the river and brings with it the prospect of significant pollution from oil and other unwelcome substances.
"People need to stop thinking short term and start thinking about the longer term effects of dumping. Ultimately it’s not free as the consequences on the environment can be costly."
While Greater Wellington’s responsibilities extend from stop bank to stop bank, including the Hutt River Trail and the Remutaka cycle trail, it works with local councils to keep the riverside clean and safe.
"We have to collaborate quickly once dumped material is found to make sure it doesn’t end up in the water, as inevitably it does when the river floods," says Joby Mills.
Thousands of dollars are spent on clean-up, particularly when large items such as burned out and dumped vehicles and builders’ waste are involved. Costs come from the collection of rubbish by Greater Wellington’s flood protection team and landfill costs for disposal based on weight. Dumped tyres, which are common along the river, are disposed of sustainably at significant financial cost to regional ratepayers.
Enforcement action can be taken against illegal dumpers but gathering evidence it is difficult given their fly-by-night activities.
"Stopping this is in the hands of the community. We want their help to end this dumping and protect the environment. Early reporting would help us greatly to try and track down the perpetrators.
"With community help, our time could be better placed enhancing the river experience through environmental development and restoration rather than rubbish removal," says Joby Mills.
If people witness illegal dumping along the Hutt River/Te Awa Kairangi they should call Greater Wellington’s environmental pollution hotline on 0800 496 734.
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US electric-vehicle tax credits ending for new Toyota buyers
Posted/updated on: April 7, 2022 at 7:18 amDETROIT (AP) — Toyota customers soon won’t be able to get U.S. federal tax credits for buying electric or plug-in hybrid vehicles. Toyota’s sales chief for North American, Bob Carter, said Wednesday that the automaker expects to reach a 200,000-vehicle cap on the credits before the end of June. After that, the credits will be phased out over the next year, reaching zero. Tesla and General Motors have reached zero. The lack of credits is problematic for automakers as the industry shifts from petroleum-powered vehicles to batteries in the effort reduce emissions, meet government fuel economy standards and fight climate change. | https://ktbb.com/post/?p=1114760 | 2022-04-07T14:59:24Z | https://ktbb.com/post/?p=1114760 | false |
passed away on April 20, 2020, but his memorial service was postponed due the COVID-19 pandemic. A memorial service is now scheduled for 6/26 at 11:00 am at Ladue Chapel, 9450 Clayton Rd.
Published by St. Louis Post-Dispatch on Jun. 20, 2021.
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Stocks sway on Wall Street; tech gains counter wider losses
Stocks shifted between small gains and losses in morning trading on Wall Street Thursday as investors continue weighing the latest updates from the U.S. Federal Reserve amid concerns about rising inflation.
The S&P 500 fell 0.2% as of 10:22 a.m. Eastern. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 240 points, or 0.7%, to 34,256 and the Nasdaq fell 0.1%.
Health care stocks made solid gains, along with some big technology companies. Pfizer rose 2.3%. Computer and printer maker HP surged 17.3% after Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway disclosed an 11% stake in the company.
Those gains helped temper the impact from losses elsewhere in the market. Industrial stocks fell broadly. General Electric slipped 3%. Banks and other financial companies also fell. JPMorgan slipped 1.9% and Charles Schwab fell 2%.
Bond yields rose. The yield on the 10-year Treasury rose to 2.63% from 2.61% late Wednesday.
Every major index is in the red for the week following two big losses that were partly prompted by concerns over the Fed's shifting policy as it tries to combat the impact from rising inflation.
Minutes from the Fed's meeting last month showed 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.
The central bank is reversing course from 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. It already announced a quarter-percentage point and is expected to keep raising rates throughout the year.
Traders are now pricing in a nearly 80% 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.
Persistently rising inflation has been threatening economic growth. Business have been raising prices on everything from food to clothing and that has put more pressure on consumers. Some companies have been unable to offset the impact from inflation, even with price hikes.
Duncan Hines and Birds Eye brands maker ConAgra cut its financial forecast for the year and said another round of price increases will be needed.
Wall Street is concerned about consumers eventually pulling back on spending as higher prices become too difficult to digest. Price increases were responsible for a rise in consumer spending in March, otherwise, the results revealed a pullback.
Russia's invasion of Ukraine has added to concerns about the duration of rising inflation. Energy prices have been particularly volatile and pushed gasoline prices higher. Crude oil prices were relatively stable on Thursday, but are up 30% for the year. | https://www.ctvnews.ca/business/stocks-sway-on-wall-street-tech-gains-counter-wider-losses-1.5851870 | 2022-04-07T15:02:45Z | https://www.ctvnews.ca/business/stocks-sway-on-wall-street-tech-gains-counter-wider-losses-1.5851870 | true |
BANGKOK (AP) — A deputy governor of Myanmar’s Central Bank was shot Thursday at her home, less than a week after tough new regulations were issued ordering that foreign money held in bank accounts in the military-ruled nation must be exchanged for the local currency.
There were conflicting accounts of whether Than Than Swe, appointed to her post after the military seized power, survived the attack.
She is believed to be the most senior official associated with the military-run administration to be shot since Feb. 1 last year, when the army ousted the elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi. The takeover triggered widespread peaceful protests that were quashed with lethal force, triggering armed resistance that some U.N. experts now characterize as civil war.
Than Than Swe was shot by two men when she opened the door to her apartment in Bahan township in Yangon, the country’s biggest city, said Thet Oo, a local official. He said she was taken to a military hospital where she was confirmed dead, but a report by the U.S. government-backed Radio Free Asia cited a military spokesman saying she was being treated for her wounds.
The identity of the gunmen, who escaped, was not known.
There were no immediate credible claims of responsibility for the attack. Mizzima, an online news outlet that operates without official permission, reported that a person who said he represented a guerrilla resistance group said it was behind the shooting.
“Two men came to her apartment and fired three shots. I also heard the gunfire,” Thet Oo told The Associated Press. “Shortly after the gunfire, security forces arrived at the housing.”
The Home Affairs Ministry confirmed in a text message to journalists that the 55-year-old banker had been attacked.
In addition to combat in the countryside, urban guerrillas have carried out targeted killings, sabotage, arson and small bombings. Officials and members of the military are targeted, as well as people believed to be informers or military collaborators.
Last year, Thein Aung, chief finance officer of Myanmar’s military-linked Mytel Telecommunications Co., was shot dead by three men in front of his house in Yangon.
Than Than Swe was appointed deputy governor a few days after the army seized power.
The Central Bank on Sunday issued a notice ordering businesses and individuals to convert dollars and other foreign currency into kyats within one day or face legal consequences.
It also said that foreign currency can only be sent overseas with government approval.
The order suggests the authorities may be running short of hard currency needed to pay debts and purchase key supplies such as oil, gas and weapons. In addition to having its economic output clobbered by the coronavirus pandemic, Myanmar’s military leaders were hit with a raft of sanctions from Western powers protesting against their takeover. | https://www.ourmidland.com/news/article/Gunmen-shoot-deputy-governor-of-Myanmar-Central-17063635.php | 2022-04-07T15:03:00Z | https://www.ourmidland.com/news/article/Gunmen-shoot-deputy-governor-of-Myanmar-Central-17063635.php | true |
An Essex recycling centre has been shut for the rest of the day after high winds. Much of the county has seen strong wind gusts of more than 45mph today (Thursday, April 7).
The strong winds have caused a number of places to shut, including Barleylands Recycling Centre in Billericay, Essex. Basildon Council has confirmed that the recycling centre will be shut for the remainder of the day as a result of the poor weather.
The rubbish tip is usually open every day from 9am until 4.30pm. Confirming the closure on social media, Basildon Borough Council wrote on their Twitter and Facebook pages: "Barleylands Recycling Centre will be closed for the rest of the day due to high winds."
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People can instead book a special collection or the disposal of large household items and electrical household goods. Residents are encouraged to reduce, reuse and recycle these goods before considering disposal.
The council collects a maximum of ten items at one time and requires a minimum of 48 hours to process each booking. It costs £11 for the collection of up to five items and £22 for the collection of six to ten items.
Strong winds are set to batter much of the county, including in the borough of Basildon, until 6pm tonight, according to the Met Office.
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NEW YORK (AP) — A man who moved into his daughter’s college dorm and charmed her schoolmates with claims of influence and wisdom was convicted Wednesday of charges that he exploited the close-knit group, using threats and violence to enrich himself with millions of dollars as he ruined their lives.
Lawrence Ray, 62, was convicted at a trial where weeks of testimony chronicled his psychologically manipulative relationship with young people he met in fall 2010 at Sarah Lawrence College, a small New York liberal arts school. Ray moved into his daughter’s dorm after finishing a prison stint for a securities fraud conviction.
Sentencing was set for Sept. 16 on charges including racketeering, conspiracy, forced labor, sex trafficking and obstruction of justice. Ray, who stood with his arms at his side and faced the Manhattan jury as guilty verdicts were returned on 15 counts, could face up to life in prison. One charge carries a mandatory minimum 15-year term.
After the verdict was read, Ray was returned to custody, where he had been since his early 2020 arrest.
His lawyers declined comment outside court and did not return email messages seeking comment.
In a statement, U.S. Attorney Damian Williams said Ray had changed “a group of friends who had their whole lives ahead of them.”
“For the next decade, he used violence, threats, and psychological abuse to try to control and destroy their lives,” Williams said. “He exploited them. He terrorized them. He tortured them. Let me be very clear. Larry Ray is a predator. An evil man who did evil things. Today’s verdict finally brings him to justice.”
Jurors concluded deliberations less than a day after receiving the case following a monthlong trial that featured testimony from numerous victims who usually referred to Ray just as “Larry.” Some testified that Ray had made them believe they had poisoned or otherwise harmed him and they needed to pay him back.
One woman testifiedthat she became a sex worker to try to pay reparations to Ray after becoming convinced that she had poisoned him. She said that, over four years, she gave Ray $2.5 million in installments that averaged between $10,000 and $50,000 per week.
Another woman who was educated at Harvard and Columbia and was about to become a medical doctor in 2012 testified that her career and life were derailed when she met Ray and became romantically involved with him. She said he sometimes demanded that she have sex with strangers and film it for him.
Ray’s lawyers maintained he was victimized by former friends who fabricated their stories.
Ray did not testify. Twice, the trial was interrupted as he was taken to the hospital in an ambulance for undisclosed illnesses.
Several students testified that they were drawn into Ray’s world as he told them stories of his past influence in New York City politics, including his role in ruining the career of former New York City Police Commissioner Bernard Kerik after serving as the best man at his wedding years earlier. Ray had, in fact, been a figure in the corruption investigation that derailed Kerik’s nomination to lead the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
Some of the students agreed to live with Ray in the summer of 2011 at his Manhattan one-bedroom apartment, where his sinister side emerged as he started to claim that the students had poisoned and harmed him or his property.
To make amends, they testified, they did what he asked, including turning over money. One man said he gave Ray over $100,000.
Prosecutors said the money was never enough. Through threats and violence and videotaped “confessions,” Ray tightened his hold on the young people, including forcing them to do landscaping and other work at the Pinehurst, North Carolina home of his stepfather for weeks in 2013, they said.
The abuse culminated in October 2018 when Ray for hours repeatedly abused the woman who gave him her proceeds from sex work, forcing her to be tied naked to a chair while he berated her, choked her with a leash and made her fear for her life by putting a bag over her head, prosecutors said.
Ray carried out his crimes with help from his daughter and Isabella Pollok, a woman who has pleaded not guilty to criminal charges, prosecutors said. Her trial is set for later this year. The daughter has not been charged. | https://www.texomashomepage.com/news/man-convicted-of-exploiting-daughters-sarah-lawrence-peers/ | 2022-04-07T15:07:17Z | https://www.texomashomepage.com/news/man-convicted-of-exploiting-daughters-sarah-lawrence-peers/ | true |
MANILA — Veteran actor Carlos Salazar, best known for his suave leading man roles in the 1950s and 60s, passed away early Thursday due to complications of old age in Quezon City. He was 90.
“He died peacefully in his sleep, 2:14 a.m. at our residence at Phil-am Homes Quezon City,” Salazar’s son Anton Ram Fernandez Roldan told ABS-CBN News. He also disclosed that his father had recovered from COVID-19 last year.
“But the pandemic wore him down. He was depressed because he can no longer socialize as he used to. Also, several of his dear friends have passed on. Homebound, humina na rin siya,” Roldan said.
The loss of his beloved wife Carmen Fernandez in 2014 also devastated Salazar, his son said. “My mother had leukemia and died of aneurysm. Since then he would plaintively call mama and leave food on his plate at mealtime,” Roldan narrated. “Until he passed on, mama ko pa rin tinatawag niya.”
In one of his last interviews with ABS-CBN, Salazar broke down describing his love for Fernandez whom he called an angel. The union bore seven children.
After he was discovered at a stage performance at the Far Eastern University in the early ‘50s, Salazar starred in scores of movies at LVN and other movie studios where he showcased his good looks and acting skills.
“He was brilliant. At 85, he could still remember long lines from Hamlet,” Roldan said.
Salazar later branched out as a movie producer and director, handling projects of his brother-in-law, the late action star Eddie Fernandez. Salazar was also known as a crooner, holding court at Manila Hotel and other music lounges where he sang like Frank Sinatra. His last TV appearance was in the series “Be Careful With My Heart” in 2014.
“Aside from being an excellent artist, we want the public to remember Carlos Salazar as a good responsible father,” Roldan said.
Viewing of Salazar’s remains will start Friday at Chapel 6 of Funeraria Paz in Araneta Avenue, Quezon City. He will be buried beside his wife on Monday at the Divine Mercy Memorial Park in Silang, Cavite. | https://news.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/04/07/22/veteran-actor-singer-carlos-salazar-dies-at-90 | 2022-04-07T15:08:24Z | https://news.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/04/07/22/veteran-actor-singer-carlos-salazar-dies-at-90 | true |
Bottoms up! Moment two brawling women are thrown out of cab in Liverpool before they roll around in the street pulling each other’s hair
- Footage taken by onlooker in Liverpool shows women trying to hit each other
- One woman tries to push another out of cab but first woman clings to door
- She grabs first woman's leg and tries to pull her to ground and the fall together
This is the shocking moment two brawling women who were thrown out of a cab hurl each other to the ground as they continue fighting.
Footage taken by an onlooker in Liverpool and posted online on April 5 shows the women trying to hit and slap each other in a cab.
One of the women, who is so focused on the brawl that she doesn't realise her polka dot skirt has completely ridden up and exposed her bottom, is pushed into the road by the second woman from inside the cab.
Footage taken by an onlooker in Liverpool and posted online on April 5 shows the women trying to hit and slap each other in a cab. One of the women, who is so focused on the brawl that she doesn't realise her polka dot skirt has completely ridden up and exposed her bottom, is pushed into the road by the second woman from inside the cab
She clings to the side of the taxi for support and reveals her thong to anyone watching.
The second woman tries to slam the door on her but the first woman manages to get her hand in the way to stop it closing.
The woman in the cab then tries to kick the first woman, with brown hair, to the ground to get her out of the cab once and for all but to no avail.
The brunette woman grabs on to her legs and tries to force her way back into the car before reversing and trying to pull the other woman to the ground with her.
And the woman in the cab begins to push back but loses her balance and ends up falling out on top of the woman in the polka dot skirt.
The woman in the polka dot skirt smashes down onto the tarmac and her legs flail open as she rolls on to her back and clasps her hands around the other woman's hair.
The brunette woman grabs on to her legs and tries to force her way back into the car before reversing and trying to pull the other woman to the ground with her
Both women then begin trying to rip each other's hair out as they roll around on the ground together, seemingly unaware that anyone is watching.
Meanwhile, the outraged taxi driver is yelling: 'Get the f*** out of my taxi now. I am not having you.'
He drives off, still hurling insults at his fares, as both women struggle together before collapsing in exhaustion in the middle of the road.
The footage was posted to the Life in Liverpool Facebook page on April 5, but was deleted yesterday. | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10696037/Moment-two-brawling-women-thrown-cab-Liverpool-Video.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ito=1490&ns_campaign=1490 | 2022-04-07T15:17:50Z | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10696037/Moment-two-brawling-women-thrown-cab-Liverpool-Video.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ito=1490&ns_campaign=1490 | false |
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Hucknall Town begin thrilling last four games run-in for play-offs
Hucknall Town begin a thrilling final four-game run-in sat proudly in the United Counties Division One play-off places with a home clash with second-placed Hinckley AFC on Saturday.
The Yellows quickly put last weekend's 6-1 defeat at Aylestone Park behind them to win 2-1 in their game in hand at Saffron Dynamo on Wednesday and go into fifth spot and boss Andy Graves said: “Everyone has four games left now and I think we've got the toughest run-in.
"We will just see where we end up. There is all to play for.
“The one good thing is that three of the four are at home so hopefully the fans will get behind us.
“It will be a tough one Saturday against Hinckley.
"I know we beat them 5-1 at their ground in October but I think after that they went on about a 13-game unbeaten run.
“They also slipped up last Saturday so they will be wanting to bounce back as well.”
He added: “We have to play the league leaders Kimberley and Birstall and Kirby won't be easy games.
“I have said all season this has been a very competitive league.
"This is our first proper season at this level and I think we have learned from it.
“There are a few things we can tweak, but we've had a go at it and we are where where we are because of the form we've been in.”
On the Saffron win, he said: “We definitely weren't at our best, that's for sure. I think we were feeling the effects of Saturday to be honest.
“With some big games coming up now, we’ve got to take more of the chances that come our way. Hopefully we’ve restored a little bit of confidence after Saturday.
“We looked low on confidence for the first half though, to be fair, we could have been 4-1 up at half-time but didn't take our chances.
“They had one shot all game and scored from it.
“In the second half it was getting late and we needed to change something. So we made the substitutions and they paid off. The players brought off were not necessarily playing badly, but we needed to try something different. As soon as the subs had been made, we scored, which was definitely pleasing to see.
“It was very important we won it as it was our game in hand.” | https://www.hucknalldispatch.co.uk/sport/football/hucknall-town-begin-thrilling-last-four-games-run-in-for-play-offs-3644530 | 2022-04-07T15:22:24Z | https://www.hucknalldispatch.co.uk/sport/football/hucknall-town-begin-thrilling-last-four-games-run-in-for-play-offs-3644530 | false |
WFO SHREVEPORT Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Thursday, April 7, 2022
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FLOOD WARNING
Flood Statement
National Weather Service Shreveport LA
942 AM CDT Thu Apr 7 2022
...The Flood Warning is cancelled for the following bayou in Texas...
Black Cypress Bayou At Jefferson affecting Marion and Cass
Counties.
...FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED...
The Flood Warning is cancelled for
the Black Cypress Bayou At Jefferson, Texas.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 9:00 AM CDT Thursday the stage was 9.8 feet.
- Forecast...The bayou is expected to rise to a crest of 12.0
feet Saturday morning and remain below flood stage.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
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WASHINGTON (AP) — A congressional oversight committee on Thursday said the Justice Department is “obstructing” its investigation into former President Donald Trump's handling of White House records by preventing the release of information from the National Archives.
The House Committee on Oversight and Reform sent a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland accusing the Justice Department of impeding the panel's expanded investigation into the 15 boxes of White House records that Trump took to his Mar-a-Lago residence in Florida after leaving office last year. The Archives in February revealed it had found classified material in the boxes and referred the matter to the Justice Department.
The letter from Rep. Carolyn Maloney, D-N.Y., the chairwoman of the Oversight Committee, outlines communications between the committee and the National Archives that took place between February to late March.
In those letters, Maloney made a series of requests for information she said the committee needs to determine if Trump violated federal records laws over his handling of sensitive and even classified information. In response, the general counsel for the archivist wrote on March 28 that “based on our consultation with the Department of Justice, we are unable to provide any comment.”
"By blocking NARA from producing the documents requested by the Committee, the Department is obstructing the Committee’s investigation," Maloney wrote in the letter released Thursday.
Maloney added that while the committee is not looking to interfere with the department's ongoing investigation, lawmakers have not received any explanation as to why the department is preventing the archivist from providing information about the contents of the boxes.
The House's oversight panel has repeatedly cited its authority to investigate matters involving the Presidential Records Act, which was enacted in 1978 after former President Richard Nixon wanted to destroy documents related to the Watergate scandal.
Maloney had warned in December 2020 that she had “grave concerns” that the Trump administration was not complying with the federal records act, even writing in a letter to the archivist citing those concerns that the departing administration “may not be adequately preserving records and may be disposing of them.”
While federal law bars the removal of classified documents to unauthorized locations, it is possible that in this case, Trump could try to argue that, as president, he was the ultimate declassification authority.
The former president has denied reports of tensions with the National Archives and his lawyers have said that “they are continuing to search for additional presidential records that belong to the National Archives.”
The attorney general has acknowledged that the department received the referral from the Archives, but it is longstanding Justice Department policy not to comment on investigations.
Democrats and Republicans on Capitol Hill may face a long wait for answers to their questions about specific investigations.
Generally, under Justice Department guidelines, details of investigations are supposed to remain out of the public view until charges are filed or warrants are filed. And, if grand juries are convened, the Justice Department is precluded under federal law from discussing specifics of a grand jury investigation before an indictment is handed down.
Garland has also made clear to prosecutors that the Justice Department won’t be influenced by outside political pressure.
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WFO SHREVEPORT Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Thursday, April 7, 2022
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WIND ADVISORY
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Shreveport LA
957 AM CDT Thu Apr 7 2022
...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING...
* WHAT...Northwest winds will be sustained at 15 to 25 mph with
gusts of 30 to 40 mph expected this afternoon.
* WHERE...Portions of southern Arkansas, all of north and
central Louisiana and for all of deep east and northeast Texas.
* WHEN...From noon today to 7 PM CDT this evening.
* IMPACTS...Strong winds and rough waves on area lakes will
create hazardous conditions for small craft on open waters.
Also, high profile vehicles will have handling difficulties
with cross winds along our I-49 corridor.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Boaters on area lakes should use extra caution since strong winds
and rough waves can overturn small craft.
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS
EVENING FOR EAST TEXAS ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 20...
* AFFECTED AREA...Along and south of Interstate 20 in East and
Deep East Texas.
* WIND...Northwest winds of 15 to 25 mph with gusts between30
and 40 mph.
* HUMIDITY...Falling to near or below 20 percent today.
* IMPACTS...Any fires that develop will likely spread rapidly.
Outdoor burning is not recommended.
A Fire Weather Watch means that critical fire weather conditions
are forecast to occur. Listen for later forecasts and possible
Red Flag Warnings.
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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A University of Wisconsin-Stout professor has decided to delay sending a survey to UW System undergraduates asking about their thoughts on free speech after an interim chancellor resigned over the project.
UW-Stout philosophy professor Timothy Shiell told Interim System President Michael Falbo in an email Wednesday that “given current circumstances,” he must delay sending out the survey until fall. He said the extra time will help answer an “avalanche” of questions about it.
Shiell runs the Menard Center for the Study of Institutions and Innovation at Stout. The center began in 2017 with a donation from the conservative Charles Koch Foundation. It was renamed the Menard Center after the Menards family, which founded the Menards store chain, donated $2.26 million to the center in 2019. The family is a major Republican donor.
The GOP has been pushing campuses for several years to crack down on students and faculty whom they say punish and disrupt those who express conservative viewpoints.
The center planned to send the survey to undergraduates systemwide on Thursday. But UW-Whitewater Interim Chancellor Jim Henderson resigned on Monday, saying chancellors raised concerns about the survey. He said he was worried students were tired of questionnaires and that a free speech survey wasn’t needed at UW-Whitewater because students are exposed to a variety of voices.
Henderson said he was upset with Falbo because he initially wasn't going to allow the survey but Falbo changed his mind because he was worried that Republican legislators would accuse campus leaders of trying to stamp out conservative views.
Falbo told the Wisconsin State Journal his stance on the survey changed last week after Shiell told him that the chancellors’ concerns were based on incomplete information. Shiell said that the university board overseeing research involving humans had approved the survey and the workload for schools would be limited to sending out emails. | https://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/UW-delays-free-speech-survey-after-interim-17064048.php | 2022-04-07T15:52:25Z | https://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/UW-delays-free-speech-survey-after-interim-17064048.php | true |
Georgian FM Attends NATO Ministerial
Freshly appointed Georgian Foreign Minister Ilia Darchiashvili attended today the NATO Foreign Ministerial in Brussels, where he also held face-to-face meetings with Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and top diplomats of the Netherlands and Turkey.
The Georgian FM participated in the meeting of the North Atlantic Council in the Foreign Ministers’ session alongside colleagues from Ukraine, Finland, Sweden, Japan, South Korea, Australia and New Zealand.
During the session, FM Darchiashvili said he focused on “Georgia’s Euro-Atlantic path and existing challenges across the region.”
In the meeting with Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg following the Ministerial, FM Darchiashvili stressed the importance of NATO’s continued support for Georgia’s Euro-Atlantic integration, the Foreign Ministry reported.
In their introductory meeting, the two officials exchanged views on the existing security environment in the region, as per the report.
Pleased to meet with NATO SG @jensstoltenberg within the scope of the NATO Foreign Ministerial Meeting. His personal support for 🇬🇪's European and Euro-Atlantic integration is much appreciated. Looking forward for strengthening bonds between Georgia and the Alliance. pic.twitter.com/Un7RENLu5q
— Ilia Darchiashvili (@iliadarch) April 7, 2022
Also on April 7, the Georgian Foreign Ministry stated that top diplomat Darchiashvili and Turkish FM Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu discussed “the crisis in Ukraine,” and Ankara’s efforts in the peace talks between Kyiv and Moscow.
The top diplomats also talked about further deepening trade and economic ties, according to the Foreign Ministry.
“I once again reiterated how much we value Turkey’s firm support for Georgia’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, as well as for Georgia’s Euro-Atlantic integration,” FM Darchiashvili tweeted about the meeting.
#Gürcistan Dışişleri Bakanı Ilia Darchiashvili'yi yeni görevi için tebrik ettik, ilişkilerimizi ele aldık. Gürcistan’ın toprak bütünlüğüne desteğimiz tam.
Congratulated new FM @iliadarch of #Georgia & discussed our relations. Full support to territorial integrity of Georgia.🇹🇷🇬🇪 pic.twitter.com/KsMfk24O8K
— Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu (@MevlutCavusoglu) April 7, 2022
Meanwhile, FM Darchiashvili and Dutch counterpart Wopke Hoekstra discussed Georgia’s EU membership application and the situation in the Russian-occupied regions of Tskhinvali/South Ossetia and Abkhazia.
Chief diplomat Darchiashvili expressed his hope that the Netherlands will back Georgia’s European aspirations, the Georgian Foreign Ministry reported. The Dutch FM on his part expressed the Netherlands’ readiness to step up cooperation with the Eastern Partnership countries.
Also, FM Darchiashvili said he had a brief exchange with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba, with the sides agreeing to “continue close communication.”
Georgia’s new Foreign Minister is paying his first visit in the capacity to Brussels on April 6-8. On the first day of the trip, FM Darchiashvili held a meeting with Josep Borrell, High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy.
FM Darchiashvili replaced David Zalkaliani, who stepped down as the Foreign Minister on April 4 to become Georgia’s Ambassador to the U.S.
Also Read:
- New Georgian FM Meets EU’s Borrell in Brussels
- Georgian Dream Accuses Ukraine Officials of Hybrid War
- Georgia Participates in NATO Defense Ministerial
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U.S. House Foreign Committee Adopts Georgia Support Act
The U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee adopted the Georgia Support Act, introduced in February 2021 by Gerald Connolly (D-VA) and Adam Kinzinger (R-IL), the co-chairs of the Congressional Georgia Caucus.
The document [H.R. 923], aiming to support Georgia’s independence, sovereignty, and territorial integrity, stipulates that the U.S. should support continued development of democratic values in Georgia, its European and Euro-Atlantic integration, and its people’s right to make sovereign choices on foreign and security policy.
The bill asserts that the U.S. should not recognize Georgia’s territorial changes effected by force, including the illegal invasions and occupations of Abkhazia and Tskhinvali Region/South Ossetia by Russia.
Also as per the bill, the U.S. should condemn ongoing detentions, kidnappings, and other human rights violations committed in Abkhazia and Tskhinvali Region, including the recent killings of Georgian citizens Archil Tatunashvili, Giga Otkhozoria, and Davit Basharuli.
Taking the note of U.S. providing Georgia in 2018 with USD 2 mln. assistance under the International Military Education and Training program (IMET) and USD 35 mln. under the Foreign Military Financing program (FMF), the bill says the said assistance should be increased.
The bill tasks the U.S. government to enhance Georgia’s capabilities to combat Russian disinformation and propaganda campaigns, while promoting the freedom of the press.
It reads that U.S. should assist Georgia to improve its cybersecurity, to provide Georgia with support necessary to secure government computer networks from malicious cyber intrusions, to support in reduce reliance on Russian information and communications technology.
The document asserts that the U.S. Trade Representative should make progress toward negotiations with Tbilisi to enter a bilateral free trade agreement with Georgia.
Also, according to the bill, U.S. President shall sanction foreign nationals responsible for, complicit in, or responsible for ordering, controlling, or otherwise directing the commission of serious human rights abuses in Abkhazia and Tskhinvali Region/South Ossetia forcibly occupied by Russia.
Remarks During Committee Markup
During the April 5 mark-up, Chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee Gregory Meeks said “with Russia’s ongoing full-scale invasion of Ukraine, timing of this bill could not be more important. Russia currently occupies 20% of Georgia’s territory.”
Rep Meeks asserted that “more than ever, these countries [Georgia, Ukraine, Moldova] need to stand together with our full, solid support.”
“Now, Georgia’s progress on the path to democracy and Euro-Atlantic integration has not been perfect,” the Committee Chair continued, adding: “In fact, we’ve seen some troubling trends lately, but I do believe the arc of democracy in Georgia would [trend] in the right direction and it’s critical that the United States support Georgian people on that path.”
Rep Gregory Meeks also spoke of Georgia’s stance on Ukraine.
“In the face of Russian occupation within their own borders, Georgia’s President and the Georgian people have expressed their staunch and public support for Ukraine. And, going forward, it is critical that the Georgian Government speak with one, unified voice.”
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Puerto Rico hit by massive power outage
People march along a highway in San Juan, Puerto Rico in October 2021 to demand the expulsion of power company Luma amid a continued lack of electricity across the island
Most people in Puerto Rico woke up Thursday with no electricity after a blackout hit the entire US island territory in the Caribbean.
The Luma electric company said the outage Wednesday evening may have been caused by a failed circuit breaker at a power plant. It said the precise cause was not yet known.
The specialized website poweroutage.us said that as of 0320 GMT Thursday, all 3.2 million residents of the island were without electricity.
"Given the massive size and scope of the outage, power restoration could extend well into Thursday and Friday for some areas," Luna said.
Puerto Rico has suffered from major infrastructure problems for years. Its electrical grid was privatized in June 2021 in an effort to resolve the problem of persistent blackouts.
But that same month a fire at a transformer triggered yet another outage.
Thousands of fed up residents marched in protest in October.
The former Spanish colony became a US territory in the late 19th century before gaining the status of associated free state in 1950.
After years of financial woes and recession, in 2017 the island declared the largest bankruptcy ever by a local US administration.
That same year Puerto Rico was hit by hurricanes Irma and Maria, which devastated the island, including its electrical grid, worsening the economic crisis.
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Social programs weak in many states with tough abortion laws
States with some of the nation´s strictest abortion laws are also some of the hardest places to have and raise a healthy child, especially for the poor, according to an analysis of federal data by The Associated Press.
The findings raise questions about the strength of the social safety net as those states are poised to further restrict or even ban abortion access following an expected U.S. Supreme Court decision later this year. The burden is likely to fall heaviest on those with low incomes, who also are the least able to seek an abortion in another state where the procedure remains widely available.
Mississippi has the nation's largest share of children living in poverty and babies with low birth weights, according to 2019 data from the U.S. Census Bureau and the Centers for Disease Control, the latest available. Texas has the highest rate of women receiving no prenatal care during their first trimester and ranks second worst for the proportion of children in poverty who are uninsured, the data show.
Laws from both states are at the center of the nationwide fight over access to abortion. The Supreme Court's conservative majority signaled willingness in a Mississippi case to severely erode or even strike down Roe v. Wade, the 1973 decision that made abortion legal nationwide until a baby can survive outside the womb. Numerous states with Republican majorities are poised to follow the strictest interpretation of the ruling.
If Roe is overturned, 26 states are certain or likely to quickly ban abortion, according to the Guttmacher Institute, a think tank that supports abortion rights. Many of those states ranked poorly in measurements that nonpartisan advocacy groups consider key to ensuring children get a healthy start. Among them is Louisiana, which has the second-highest rate of babies with low birth weight and where 27% of children live in poverty.
Anti-abortion lawmakers there say they will further promote adoption and foster-care programs if abortion is banned.
FILE - Leslie Rosas, 15, leaves the mobile health clinic with her one-month-old daughter Cielo Angela Carrizalez after their checkup at the mobile health clinic in Garland, Texas, on April 11, 2006. The clinic is just one way of helping teen mothers in Texas. States with some of the nation's strictest abortion laws are also some of the hardest places to have and raise a healthy child, especially for the poor, according to an analysis of federal data by The Associated Press. (AP Photo/LM Otero)
"We win the biggest battle if Roe v. Wade is overturned. But then there´s still some battles that we must fight. And I´m going to love a child in the womb, at 5 years old, at 10, at 15," said Louisiana state Sen. Katrina Jackson, a Democrat who opposes abortion and also wants to address health care and education needs.
While some women could travel out of state for abortions, "there will be people who will be forced to carry their pregnancies to term simply because they will not be able to get to that care," said Destiny Lopez with the abortion-access group All(asterisk) Above All.
Data analyzed by the AP illustrates the hurdles pregnant women and their children face in states with the most stringent abortion restrictions and how access to resources can lag behind that of states that have more permissive abortion laws.
The AP analyzed figures from several federal government agencies in seven categories - metrics identified by several nonprofits and experts as essential to determining whether children get a healthy start. They were: the percentage of children in poverty; participation in the Women, Infants, Children federal assistance program; the rate of child abuse or neglect; women experiencing intimate partner violence during pregnancy; low birth weight; women receiving no prenatal care in their first trimester; and uninsured children in poverty.
Generally, states with preemptive abortion bans or laws that greatly restrict abortion access showed the worst rankings. Alabama and Louisiana joined Mississippi as the top three states with the highest percentage of babies born with low birth weights. Texas, Indiana and Mississippi had the highest percentage of women receiving no prenatal care during their first trimester. Wyoming, Texas and Utah had the highest percentage of poor children 18 and younger who had no health insurance.
Texas inserted itself into the nationwide debate over abortion last year with an unusual law that leaves enforcement of an abortion ban after six weeks of pregnancy to civilians rather than state or local authorities - a law the Supreme Court largely left in place.
A weaker safety net pattern isn't consistent for all measurements. Some Democratically controlled states with more permissive abortion laws also measured poorly in some categories.
New Mexico, where Democrats last year overturned a pre-Roe abortion ban, ranks third highest for the share of its children living in poverty and for the percentage of pregnant women who experience violence from an intimate partner. It's also among states with the highest rates of abuse and neglect for children under 5, also called maltreatment. Delaware ranks fifth highest for the percentage of women who receive no early prenatal care and is among the states with the highest percentage of low birth weight babies. California is among the top five states - between Oklahoma and Arkansas - for the share of women and children on food stamps.
Those states are generally outliers. Overwhelmingly, the data show far more challenges for children and their parents in states that have passed abortion restrictions.
In response to AP´s findings, several conservative state lawmakers said women can give their newborns up for adoption and said they would support funding increases for foster-care programs. In Oklahoma, Senate President Pro Tem Greg Treat, a Republican and longtime abortion opponent, said he would work to increase salaries for child-welfare workers and boost state money for foster parents who adopt, as well as send more public money to groups that offer alternatives to abortion.
"I have a 10-year history of trying to improve our rankings there," he said. "So, yes, there´s going to be a commitment there, but it won´t be a new commitment. It will be a continuing effort on our part."
Others in Oklahoma say the teen birthrate, fourth highest in the nation, would likely increase if the Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade and a state "trigger law" banning most abortions takes effect. More than 10% of the 4,424 abortions in Oklahoma in 2019 were for women younger than 20, according to the most recent state health statistics.
Kathy Harms, who had her first child at age 16, worked jobs in retail and fast food to support her family and said she sometimes had to choose between paying the electric or the gas bills.
"We have to juggle which one we can risk getting turned off," said Harms, executive director of Teen emPower, a teen-pregnancy-reduction group in Oklahoma. "It´s an endless cycle of stress and wondering if it is ever going to get better ... every aspect of life is more difficult for single mothers."
Some lawmakers and anti-abortion activists have said they believe that outlawing or severely restricting abortion would lead people to change their sexual behavior.
"We think that a decision from the court could very well affect the way that people regard being a mother or a father ... that certain things might be done differently than they are now," said Tony Lauinger, chair of Oklahomans for Life.
Others say that view isn't realistic and doesn't align with the reasons most women seek an abortion.
Maleeha Aziz, an organizer for the Texas Equal Access Fund, had an abortion when she was 20 after birth control failed. She was a recent immigrant from Pakistan and a college student sharing a one-bedroom apartment who knew she couldn´t afford to raise a child financially.
Her broader experience also reflected the health risks inherent in many pregnancies. She had a condition called hyperemesis gravidarum, which causes persistent, extreme nausea and vomiting.
"I was a vegetable. I could not move," said Aziz, who later had a daughter. "Pregnancy is not a joke. It is the hardest thing that a person´s body will ever go through."
She's now seeing panic and anxiety among people seeking abortions in Texas.
"I can´t believe this is our reality," she said.
Jazmin Arroyo, a 25-year-old old single mom in Kokomo, Indiana, had to stop working as a receptionist after her first child was born because she couldn´t afford day care on top of rent, a car payment and other expenses.
Indiana has the second-highest rate of women - 18% - who don't receive prenatal care during their first trimester and has among the highest percentages of children in poverty without insurance, more than 9%.
Arroyo found a job as a restaurant host, but it didn't offer insurance and she was already starting to drown in bills when she had her second child, who has a heart defect that required special care. She now has thousands in unpaid medical bills.
"I never could have imagined how hard it would end up being," she said.
The reasons why people seek abortions are complex, but financial concerns are often a top factor, according to research from Diana Greene Foster, a professor of reproductive science at the University of California, San Francisco.
Children born to women who were denied an abortion and carried the pregnancy to term are more likely to live in a household where there isn't enough money for basic living expenses, her work has found. When women can get abortions, the children they do have fare better.
"So there is a clear effect on poverty, but there is also an effect on child development," Greene Foster said.
In states with strict abortion laws, performance on measurements such as access to health insurance for low-income people is linked in part to political realities: Leaders who have supported abortion restrictions for decades generally also have espoused small-government principles and opposed measures such as Medicaid expansion, said legal historian Mary Ziegler at Florida State University´s law school.
"The pro-life movement has made its political bones by relying on the GOP," she said. "The GOP has not been in favor of expanding the social safety net for young children and pregnant people, and the pro-life movement, which may have otherwise wanted to do that, is not willing to expend political capital on that because its priority is abortion, basically, and nothing beyond it."
In Texas, state Sen. Nathan Johnson, a Democrat who has unsuccessfully pushed to expand Medicaid to more low-income residents in the state, said he is heartened that lawmakers recently extended that coverage for new mothers and added guardrails to prevent eligible kids from losing health care. But he said much more needs to be done.
"I get tired of very important but relatively small measures like these two that are very specific acting as a substitute for an overall responsible state policy towards health care," Johnson said.
Texas in 2005 created a program called Alternatives to Abortion. As with similar groups in other states, the program funds pregnancy counseling, adoption services and classes about life skills, budgeting and parenting.
"This social service network is really critical in our mind to right now supporting pregnant women and expecting families," said John Seago, the legislative director for Texas Right to Life. "But also as we look forward to potentially a post-Roe Texas, these are the types of social services that are going to be even more in demand."
Most such groups, known generally as crisis pregnancy centers, are not licensed to provide medical care.
While adoption can be an alternative, its expensive for adoptive families and has a fraught history in the U.S. marred at times by racism, said Dr. Joia Crear-Perry, an obstetrician-gynecologist who founded and serves as president of the National Birth Equity Collaborative. Children can end up lingering for years in the foster-care system, which is troubled in Texas.
Carrying babies to term also presents health risks. In Texas, 20% of women don´t get prenatal care in their first trimester, according to pregnancy-risk assessment data collected by the CDC in 2016, the most recent year for which data was available for the state.
A lack of prenatal care increases the risk of the mother dying or delivering a baby with low birth weight. Black women bear the heaviest risk: They are three to four times more likely to die in childbirth than white women, said Oriaku Njoku, executive director of the group Access Reproductive Care-Southeast, which provides abortion and reproductive counseling in seven Southern states. Some lack insurance, others live in counties without OB-GYNs.
"Our folks deserve better," she said.
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Lo is a former Associated Press data journalist. Also contributing were AP writers Sean Murphy in Oklahoma City; Casey Smith in Indianapolis; and Jamie Stengle in Dallas; and data journalist Linda Gorman in Boston. Former AP writers Iris Samuels in Helena, Montana, and Melinda Deslatte in Baton Rouge. Louisiana, also contributed.
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Fassett is a corps member for The Associated Press/Report for America Statehouse News Initiative. Report for America is a nonprofit national service program that places journalists in local newsrooms to report on undercovered issues.
FILE - Bill Lambert, right, Phil Walk, center, and Brenda Serrato demonstrate outside of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Jan. 7, 2015, in New Orleans. States with some of the nation's strictest abortion laws are also some of the hardest places to have and raise a healthy child, especially for the poor, according to an analysis of federal data by The Associated Press. (AP Photo/Jonathan Bachman, File)
FILE - This June 21, 2013 image shows a map at Roadrunner Food Bank in Albuquerque, N.M., that depicts food distribution points across New Mexico. States with some of the nation's strictest abortion laws are also some of the hardest places to have and raise a healthy child, especially for the poor, according to an analysis of federal data by The Associated Press. A weaker safety net pattern isn't consistent for all measurements, with some Democratically controlled states, like New Mexico, that have less restrictive abortion laws also measuring poorly in some categories. (AP Photo/Susan Montoya Bryan, File)
FILE - A patient speaks with receptionist and office assistant Mattie Nichols, right, at Sisters in Birth, a Jackson, Miss., clinic that serves pregnant women on Dec. 17, 2021. The clinic utilizes an integrative and holistic approach to women's healthcare by providing comprehensive services including primary care, midwifery care, home healthcare, childbirth education as well as doula support. States with some of the nation's strictest abortion laws are also some of the hardest places to have and raise a healthy child, especially for the poor, according to an analysis of federal data by The Associated Press. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)
Maleeha Aziz, an organizer for the Texas Equal Access Fund waves to her team as she takes part in a video meeting at her home office in Allen, Texas, Wednesday, March 9, 2022. States with some of the nation's strictest abortion laws are also some of the hardest places to have and raise a healthy child, especially for the poor, according to an analysis of federal data by The Associated Press. (AP Photo/LM Otero)
Maleeha Aziz, an organizer for the Texas Equal Access Fund, works from her desk as her pet cat wanders in Allen, Texas, Wednesday, March 9, 2022. States with some of the nation's strictest abortion laws are also some of the hardest places to have and raise a healthy child, especially for the poor, according to an analysis of federal data by The Associated Press. (AP Photo/LM Otero)
Maleeha Aziz, an organizer for the Texas Equal Access Fund, listens to her team video meeting at her home office in Allen, Texas, Wednesday, March 9, 2022. States with some of the nation's strictest abortion laws are also some of the hardest places to have and raise a healthy child, especially for the poor, according to an analysis of federal data by The Associated Press. (AP Photo/LM Otero)
Maleeha Aziz, an organizer for the Texas Equal Access Fund, talks about her birth country of Pakistan while posing for photos at her home office in Allen, Texas, Wednesday, March 9, 2022. States with some of the nation's strictest abortion laws are also some of the hardest places to have and raise a healthy child, especially for the poor, according to an analysis of federal data by The Associated Press. (AP Photo/LM Otero)
Maleeha Aziz, an organizer for the Texas Equal Access Fund, looks at her computer screen during a team video meeting at her home office in Allen, Texas, Wednesday, March 9, 2022. States with some of the nation's strictest abortion laws are also some of the hardest places to have and raise a healthy child, especially for the poor, according to an analysis of federal data by The Associated Press. (AP Photo/LM Otero)
Maleeha Aziz, an organizer for the Texas Equal Access Fund, poses for a photo in Allen, Texas, Wednesday, March 9, 2022. States with some of the nation's strictest abortion laws are also some of the hardest places to have and raise a healthy child, especially for the poor, according to an analysis of federal data by The Associated Press.(AP Photo/LM Otero) | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/ap/article-10696543/Social-programs-weak-states-tough-abortion-laws.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | 2022-04-07T15:57:46Z | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/ap/article-10696543/Social-programs-weak-states-tough-abortion-laws.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | false |
AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — Tom Watson didn't think eight major championships, including two green jackets, would be enough to join the company of Gary Player and Jack Nicklaus on the first tee at Augusta National.
Even at 72, more than a half-century after he made his way down Magnolia Lane for the first time as an amateur, Watson remains somewhat in awe of the legends he spent decades chasing.
“I look at these old goats right here, I can’t carry their shoes," Watson said Thursday morning, shortly after joining Player and Nicklaus as an honorary starter at the Masters for the first time. “I don’t kind of belong in the same realm as these two players here.”
Club chairman Fred Ridley disagreed. The invitation he extended to Watson to become the 11th honorary starter since the tradition began in 1962 included the provision that the 72-year-old Watson could hit away as long as he liked.
“Wow,” Watson said. “That meant a great deal to me.”
Even if it meant entering another phase of his golfing life. It's a phase Watson, who won at Augusta in 1977 and again in 1981 and nearly pulled off a stunner in the 2009 British Open in Turnberry at age 58 before ultimately losing to Stewart Cink in a playoff, long ago came to terms with.
“I guess it’s a culmination of kind of the process,” he said. “I had a pretty good career. Not like (Player and Nicklaus), but I had a pretty good career. Just kind of the culmination of it.”
Watson took over the honor for Lee Elder, the first Black player at the Masters who died last fall. Watson, with 72 next to his name on the standard-bearer at the first tee, took a moment before teeing off and considered how things have come full circle.
He'd made it a point from the time he made his Masters debut as a 20-year-old amateur in 1970 to find his way to the first tee box early Thursday morning through the years to catch the men who helped define the sport. Freddy McLeod and Jock Hutchison. Sam Snead and Byron Nelson. Gene Sarazen and Arnold Palmer. Player and Nicklaus. And now, Watson.
“I'm very humbled to be a part of it,” Watson said.
Well, up to a point anyway. Watson couldn't help but have a little fun when he, Player and Nicklaus were asked who put together the longest drive.
“Oh, come on," said Watson, who is considerably younger than the 82-year-old Nicklaus and the 86-year-old Player.
While Nicklaus admitted he was the shortest, by his estimate “Gary and Tom were pretty close probably.”
A guesstimate that didn't sit well with Nicklaus' rival turned friend.
“Oh, I got (Player) by 50 (yards)!” Watson said with a laugh.
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WFO BROWNSVILLE Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Friday, April 8, 2022
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RIP CURRENT STATEMENT
Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Brownsville TX
1006 AM CDT Thu Apr 7 2022
...COASTAL FLOOD STATEMENT IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS
EVENING...
...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...
* WHAT...For the High Rip Current Risk, dangerous rip currents.
For the Coastal Flood Statement, isolated minor coastal
flooding.
* WHERE...Kenedy Island, Cameron Island and Willacy Island
Counties.
* WHEN...For the High Rip Current Risk, through late tonight.
For the Coastal Flood Statement, until 6 PM CDT this evening.
* IMPACTS...Wave run-up may approach the dunes along narrow
beaches. Beach equipment, such as umbrellas and chairs, could
be moved by waves. Vehicles driving along narrow beaches may
experience higher water levels. Elevated water levels may also
occur across the Laguna Madre and South Bay, and along State
Highway 4 west of Boca Chica State Park. Rip currents can
sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Minor Coastal Flooding will be the highest
during a few hours either side of expected high tide at 12:42
PM.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Driving on the beach is not advised this afternoon.
Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and
float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a
direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the
shore and call or wave for help.
...FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS MORNING THROUGH LATE
TONIGHT...
* WHAT...Minor flooding is occurring and minor flooding is forecast.
* WHERE...Sabine River Near Deweyville.
* WHEN...Until just after midnight tonight.
* 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
this 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 (1 pm CDT)
Location Stg Stg Day/Time Fri Sat Sun
Sabine River
Deweyville 24.0 24.4 Wed 7 pm CDT 23.6 22.6 21.4
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WFO NORMAN Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Thursday, April 7, 2022
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WIND ADVISORY
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Norman OK
1016 AM CDT Thu Apr 7 2022
...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING...
* WHAT...Northwest winds 30 to 40 mph with gusts up to 55 mph.
* WHERE...Portions of central, northern, northwest, southern and
southwest Oklahoma and northern Texas.
* WHEN...Until 7 PM CDT this evening.
* IMPACTS...Gusty winds could blow around unsecured objects.
Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may
result.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Use extra caution when driving, especially if operating a high
profile vehicle. Secure outdoor objects.
...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING
FOR WINDS, VERY DRY FUELS, AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR COASTAL
PORTIONS OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS...
* TIMING...10 AM to 7 PM.
* WIND...Northeast 15 to 20 mph, with gusts to 35 mph.
* HUMIDITY...15 to 30 percent.
* IMPACTS...any fires that develop will likely spread rapidly.
Outdoor burning is not recommended.
A Red Flag Warning means critical fire weather conditions are
occurring now...or will shortly. In general...these conditions
include sustained 20 foot winds of 25 MPH or greater...humidity
ranging from below 25 percent in Zapata County to below
45 percent along the coast...each lasting for 2 hours or longer...
and cured fuels. Humidity below 25 percent in most areas will
trigger fire danger at lower wind speeds. Detailed decision
tables are found at https://weather.gov/rgv/mapcolors#fire.
...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR
WINDS, VERY DRY FUELS, AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR COASTAL
The National Weather Service in Brownsville has issued a Red Flag
Warning, which is in effect until 7 PM CDT this evening.
* WIND...Northeast 15 to 20 mph, with gusts to 30 mph.
* HUMIDITY...10 to 15 percent.
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OMAHA, Neb. (KMTV) — If you've driven by 42nd and Grover, you've probably seen the Grover Inn on the corner. The small, red building looks like your neighborhood bar from the outside, but on the inside, there's something new cooking. In this week's Cheap Eats, 3 News Now Anchor Serese Cole is taking you to the metro's latest burger spot where you can get a little taste of Omaha.
The Grover Inn is now home to Nick Hyde's new burger joint.
"I came up with the name when I was a kid, Hyde's Slydes Burger and Fries," Nick said.
He's only been open for three months, but Nick has been dreaming about this for years.
"I used to watch the Food Network when I was a kid religiously. That's what I did instead of watching Nickelodeon and all those other channels," he reflected.
Hyde's Slydes specializes in burgers and fries. But they aren't your typical burgers.
"It's a smash burger, real juicy, real flavorful, real cheesy," Nick explained.
And when he says smash, he means it.
"We smash them with a pan," he laughed.
There are eight burgers on the menu. They all have Omaha-inspired names like the Rosenblatt and the Ranch Bowl. Nick made us the most ordered smash burger on the menu named the Lancer. The ranch-infused patty comes with pepper jack cheese, grilled onions, bacon, and his house-made barbecue sauce all on a buttery, toasted bun.
The Aksarben burger is another fan favorite.
"It comes with strawberry aioli, blue cheese, bacon, it's really good flavor," Nick shared.
Every day, Nick comes up with an exciting special like the Donut and Hangover burger.
"We put country gravy (on it), a hash brown, egg, bacon. It stacks up tall. It's pretty ridiculous," he chuckled.
People may come for the burgers but they stay for the fries.
They're loaded.
He showed us how he makes his French Dip Mac and Cheese and Surf and Turf fries.
"(The Surf and Turf fries) are packed with shaved steak, shrimp, garlic cream, nacho cheese and hot honey," he said.
Nick went to culinary school but admits getting his cooking skills from his mom.
His mother Gina says he didn't even like burgers when he was a child.
"Because I used to make them a little too thick. He likes them thinner and so I think I inspired him to make a better burger," she smiled.
Now the two work together. His mom is the kitchen manager.
"Mom runs the grill usually," Nick shared.
His mother says they learn a lot from each other.
The proof is in the patty.
"The special seasoning that we put on there. It fries on that grill just perfectly. It fries in its own juices and it's just delicious," Gina described.
"My favorite part is when you see someone take a bite, and they just start nodding and you're like, oh, okay, I can walk away and know that it was good," he said with a smile.
A nod that shows some dreams do come true.
"It's everything I wanted, you know. It's what I really wanted to do with my life, and I can't wait to see what the future holds for me," Nick said with a smile.
Hyde's Slydes Burgers & Fries is inside the Grover Inn bar near 42nd and Grover. Everything on the menu is less than 12 dollars.
The restaurant also has a food truck. To see the full menu, go to www.hydesslydes.com.
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WFO NORMAN Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Thursday, April 7, 2022
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WIND ADVISORY
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Norman OK
1016 AM CDT Thu Apr 7 2022
...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING...
* WHAT...Northwest winds 30 to 40 mph with gusts up to 55 mph.
* WHERE...Portions of central, northern, northwest, southern and
southwest Oklahoma and northern Texas.
* WHEN...Until 7 PM CDT this evening.
* IMPACTS...Gusty winds could blow around unsecured objects.
Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may
result.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Use extra caution when driving, especially if operating a high
profile vehicle. Secure outdoor objects.
...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING
FOR WINDS, VERY DRY FUELS, AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR COASTAL
PORTIONS OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS...
* TIMING...10 AM to 7 PM.
* WIND...Northeast 15 to 20 mph, with gusts to 35 mph.
* HUMIDITY...15 to 30 percent.
* IMPACTS...any fires that develop will likely spread rapidly.
Outdoor burning is not recommended.
A Red Flag Warning means critical fire weather conditions are
occurring now...or will shortly. In general...these conditions
include sustained 20 foot winds of 25 MPH or greater...humidity
ranging from below 25 percent in Zapata County to below
45 percent along the coast...each lasting for 2 hours or longer...
and cured fuels. Humidity below 25 percent in most areas will
trigger fire danger at lower wind speeds. Detailed decision
tables are found at https://weather.gov/rgv/mapcolors#fire.
...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR
WINDS, VERY DRY FUELS, AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR COASTAL
The National Weather Service in Brownsville has issued a Red Flag
Warning, which is in effect until 7 PM CDT this evening.
* WIND...Northeast 15 to 20 mph, with gusts to 30 mph.
* HUMIDITY...10 to 15 percent.
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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — More than a million customers in Puerto Rico remain without electricity after a fire broke out at a main power plant.
An island-wide blackout forced the U.S. territory to cancel classes and shutter government offices Thursday.
Wednesday night's outage also left some 160,000 customers without water.
The fire at the plant is out, according to the Bureau of Puerto Rico Fire Departments. The cause of the fire is under investigation.
A private company that took over transmission and distribution from Puerto Rico’s Electric Power Authority last year said the blackout could have been caused by a circuit breaker failure at the Costa Sur generation plant.
It is one of four main plants on the island. | https://www.3newsnow.com/news/national/major-outage-forces-puerto-rico-to-shutter-schools-offices | 2022-04-07T16:07:38Z | https://www.3newsnow.com/news/national/major-outage-forces-puerto-rico-to-shutter-schools-offices | true |
Memorial service will be held on June 26, 2021, 11 a.m. at Roundup United Methodist Church. After the services we will be going to the city cemetery and then the senior center for a luncheon.
Published by Billings Gazette on Jun. 20, 2021.
To plant trees in memory, please visit the Sympathy Store. | https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/billingsgazette/name/gary-greener-obituary?id=10739400 | 2022-04-07T16:08:02Z | https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/billingsgazette/name/gary-greener-obituary?id=10739400 | false |
HIDALGO COUNTY, Texas (ValleyCentral) — An Edinburg man has been arrested for murder after a man was found dead in a burning vehicle.
Authorities arrested Jorge Arredondo in connection to the murder of Teodoro Martinez, 37.
According to a release, on March 25 a kidnapping was reported to Hidalgo County Sheriff’s Office (HCSO) around 12:23 a.m. Deputies responded to the area of Mile 22 1/2 and Sunflower Road in rural Edinburg in response to this call.
While at the scene, deputies also learned there was an SUV on fire near Mile 22 1/2 and Val Verde Road. A burning body was found inside the vehicle at this scene.
Investigators determined four masked men entered the home of Martinez and forcibly took him from the house, and later killed him. Martinez was found in a burnt GMC Envoy.
An autopsy later revealed the 37-year-old died as a result of multiple gunshot wounds.
The owner of the GMC Envoy was tracked down and told HCSO investigators they had traded the SUV for another vehicle with a woman and a man.
The woman told the GMC owner they were going to make the vehicle “disappear,” according to the release.
Arredondo was identified as a suspect after investigators obtained phone records where he communicated with a person involved in the vehicle trade.
He was arrested by the US Marshals Fugitive Task Force during a traffic stop in the area of Tower Road and State Highway 107.
On Wednesday, Arredondo was charged with capital murder by terroristic threat. He remains in Hidalgo County jail on a $2 million bond.
Hidalgo County Sheriff’s Office is continuing to investigate this incident. Anyone with information is asked to contact the office at (956) 383-8114. | https://www.yourbasin.com/news/man-charged-for-murder-after-body-found-in-burning-vehicle/ | 2022-04-07T16:14:36Z | https://www.yourbasin.com/news/man-charged-for-murder-after-body-found-in-burning-vehicle/ | true |
ODESSA, Texas (Nexstar)- UPDATE: Ector County Sheriff Mike Griffis said in a news conference Thursday morning that a device with bomb components was found and safely destroyed by the bomb squad.
Griffis said the black, two-foot-wide device was found around 7:45 a.m. by a courthouse employee entering the building. The device was found near an entrance.
The scene has been deemed “safe” by area law enforcement, but crews will remain on the scene for awhile. A team of federal investigators form the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Alcohol Tobacco Firearms is expected to arrive soon to help with evidence recovery.
Griffis said a man was seen on camera early this morning placing the device near the door. Investigators are now working to identify that suspect. According to the Sheriff, that suspect could be in custody as early as today.
“We do have a couple of people of interest and hopefully we will have somebody in custody today,” Griffis said. “Hopefully he goes to jail for a long time.”
Griffis also expressed his thanks to the responding agencies for their help in keeping people safe.
“Thank God no body got hurt,” he said.
Local businesses around the courthouse have been allowed to open and Griffis said courthouse business should be able to resume around noon.
Around 9:45, OPD’s bomb squad attempted to “disrupt” the suspected pipe bomb to see what reaction the device would have. Witnesses in the area said they heard a “mini-explosion” at that same time.
Meanwhile, a drone was spotted flying overhead while crews continued to canvass the area and tried to clear the scene. According to area law enforcement, crews expect to remain on the scene at least until noon. Several streets have been blocked off around the courthouse and traffic on Grant has been congested throughout the morning. Drivers are asked to avoid the area if possible.
A news conference has been scheduled for 10:45, we will bring those updates to you as soon as they become available.
Ector County Sheriff Mike Griffis has confirmed a suspected pipe bomb was found on the west side of the Ector County Courthouse Thursday morning.
A heavy police presence in the area was reported about 8:20 this morning. Griffis said the Odessa Police Department Bomb Squad, as well as a bomb detecting K-9 and handler from Ector County ISD were all on scene as of 8:45.
The scene was still quite active as of that time and drivers, pedestrians are asked to stay clear of the area.
This is a developing situation, we will update as more information becomes available. | https://www.yourbasin.com/news/suspected-pipe-bomb-found-near-ector-co-courthouse/ | 2022-04-07T16:15:13Z | https://www.yourbasin.com/news/suspected-pipe-bomb-found-near-ector-co-courthouse/ | false |
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has tested positive for COVID-19, a day after appearing unmasked at a White House event with President Joe Biden.
Pelosi received a positive test result for COVID-19 and is currently asymptomatic, her spokesman Drew Hammill said Thursday in a tweet. He said she had tested negative earlier in the week.
“The Speaker is fully vaccinated and boosted, and is thankful for the robust protection the vaccine has provided,” Hammill said.
Pelosi will “quarantine consistent with CDC guidance, and encourages everyone to get vaccinated, boosted and test regularly,” he said.
The 82-year-old Democratic leader’s announcement came ahead of her weekly press appearance on Capitol Hill. The House is set to start a two week spring recess. | https://www.wfla.com/news/politics/pelosi-positive-for-covid-19-was-at-white-house-with-biden/ | 2022-04-07T16:16:02Z | https://www.wfla.com/news/politics/pelosi-positive-for-covid-19-was-at-white-house-with-biden/ | true |
WFO SHREVEPORT Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Thursday, April 7, 2022
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FLOOD WARNING
Flood Statement
National Weather Service Shreveport LA
942 AM CDT Thu Apr 7 2022
...The Flood Warning is cancelled for the following bayou in Texas...
Black Cypress Bayou At Jefferson affecting Marion and Cass
Counties.
...FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED...
The Flood Warning is cancelled for
the Black Cypress Bayou At Jefferson, Texas.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 9:00 AM CDT Thursday the stage was 9.8 feet.
- Forecast...The bayou is expected to rise to a crest of 12.0
feet Saturday morning and remain below flood stage.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
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DALLAS (KDAF) — April 7 is here and that means you might just need a beer. No other reason besides to celebrate National Beer Day!
Grab a pint, a bottle, whatever makes your heart happy celebrating this glorious day. Head over to the pub or bar of your choice or maybe a six-pack and enjoy some brewskies on the couch.
For centuries beer has been brewed and now there are endless options for you to taste and enjoy. The question remains, where do you get the best beer in Dallas? We took to FourSquare to find where you need to have a drink after work:
- Meddlesome Moth, located in Design District
- Deep Ellum Brewing Company
- The Ginger Man
- Katy Trail Ice House
- Flying Saucer Draught Emporium, located in Garland
- The Old Monk
- Strangeways
- Craft and Growler
- Eno’s Pizza Tavern
- Goodfriend Beer Garden and Burger House
- Lakewood Brewing Company
- Lakewood Growler
- Community Beer Company
- Peticolas Brewing Company
- Rodeo Goat | https://cw33.com/news/local/its-national-beer-day-grab-a-pint-at-the-best-spots-in-dallas/ | 2022-04-07T16:21:20Z | https://cw33.com/news/local/its-national-beer-day-grab-a-pint-at-the-best-spots-in-dallas/ | true |
Nancy Pelosi tests positive for COVID-19, spokesman says
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has tested positive for COVID-19, a spokesman for the California Democrat said Thursday.
"After testing negative this week, Speaker Pelosi received a positive test result for COVID-19 and is currently asymptomatic," Pelosi's deputy chief of staff Drew Hammill tweeted. "The Speaker is fully vaccinated and boosted, and is thankful for the robust protection the vaccine has provided."
Pelosi, the top House Democrat, is 82 years old. As speaker of the House, Pelosi is second in the line of presidential succession behind the vice president.
Hammill announced Pelosi's positive test result just before Pelosi was scheduled to have her weekly news conference with reporters. Hammill said Pelosi is currently asymptomatic. He added that Pelosi tested negative earlier this week.
Reps. Katherine Clark of Massachusetts, who also serves as assistant House Democratic leader, Joaquin Castro of Texas, Gregory Meeks of New York, Adam Schiff of California, Derek Kilmer of Washington, Debbie Wasserman Schultz of Florida, and Scott Peters of California all announced their positive test results this week.
This is not the first time it has been reported that someone in close proximity to Pelosi has tested positive for COVID-19.
Last month, Irish Prime Minister Micheál Martin, known as the Taoiseach, tested positive for COVID-19 while attending a gala in Washington, D.C. Pelosi can be seen seated next to Martin at the gala in a photo from the event.
In July 2021, a senior aide in Pelosi's office tested positive for COVID-19.
This is a breaking news story and will be updated. | https://www.wyff4.com/article/nancy-pelosi-tests-positive-for-covid-19/39663170 | 2022-04-07T16:21:45Z | https://www.wyff4.com/article/nancy-pelosi-tests-positive-for-covid-19/39663170 | true |
WASHINGTON — Fewer Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week as layoffs remain at historically low levels.
Jobless claims fell by 5,000 to 166,000 for the week ending April 2, the Labor Department reported Thursday. The previous week's number was revised down a whopping 31,000 claims. In recent weeks, claims have hovered at more than 50-year lows. First-time applications for jobless aid generally represent the pace of layoffs.
The four-week average for claims, which compensates for weekly volatility, fell by 8,000 to 170,000 from the previous week's 178,000, which was revised down by 30,500.
In total, 1,523,000 Americans were collecting jobless aid for the week ending March 26, an increase of 17,000 from the previous week, which was the lowest in more than 50 years.
Last week, the Labor Department reported that U.S. employers extended a streak of robust hiring, adding 431,000 jobs in March and pushing the unemployment rate down to 3.8%. Despite the inflation surge, persistent supply bottlenecks, damage from COVID-19 and now a war in Europe, employers have added at least 400,000 jobs for 11 straight months.
Job openings hovered at a near-record level in February, little changed from the previous month, continuing a trend that Federal Reserve officials see as a driver of inflation. There were 11.3 million available jobs last month, matching January’s figure and just below December’s record of 11.4 million, the Labor Department reported last week.
The number of Americans quitting their jobs was also historically high, at 4.4 million, up from 4.3 million in January. More than 4.5 million people quit in November, the most on records dating back two decades.
The Fed launched a high-risk effort last month to tame the worst inflation since the early 1980s, raising its benchmark short-term interest rate and signaling up to six additional rate hikes this year. The minutes from that mid-March meeting, released Wednesday, revealed aggressive Fed officials saying that half-point interest rate hikes, rather than traditional quarter-point increases, “could be appropriate” multiple times this year.
Last week, an inflation gauge closely monitored by the central bank jumped 6.4% in February compared with a year ago, with sharply higher prices for food, gasoline and other necessities squeezing Americans’ finances. Other measures have shown prices rising close to 8% in the past year.
Fed policymakers have projected that inflation will remain elevated at 4.3% through 2022. | https://www.5newsonline.com/article/news/nation-world/us-jobless-claims-stay-at-historically-low-levels/507-ac2fe4f0-a745-4685-9891-2749d88418fe | 2022-04-07T16:27:28Z | https://www.5newsonline.com/article/news/nation-world/us-jobless-claims-stay-at-historically-low-levels/507-ac2fe4f0-a745-4685-9891-2749d88418fe | false |
Nancy Pelosi tests positive for COVID-19, spokesman says
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has tested positive for COVID-19, a spokesman for the California Democrat said Thursday.
"After testing negative this week, Speaker Pelosi received a positive test result for COVID-19 and is currently asymptomatic," Pelosi's deputy chief of staff Drew Hammill tweeted. "The Speaker is fully vaccinated and boosted, and is thankful for the robust protection the vaccine has provided."
Pelosi, the top House Democrat, is 82 years old. As speaker of the House, Pelosi is second in the line of presidential succession behind the vice president.
Hammill announced Pelosi's positive test result just before Pelosi was scheduled to have her weekly news conference with reporters. Hammill said Pelosi is currently asymptomatic. He added that Pelosi tested negative earlier this week.
Reps. Katherine Clark of Massachusetts, who also serves as assistant House Democratic leader, Joaquin Castro of Texas, Gregory Meeks of New York, Adam Schiff of California, Derek Kilmer of Washington, Debbie Wasserman Schultz of Florida, and Scott Peters of California all announced their positive test results this week.
This is not the first time it has been reported that someone in close proximity to Pelosi has tested positive for COVID-19.
Last month, Irish Prime Minister Micheál Martin, known as the Taoiseach, tested positive for COVID-19 while attending a gala in Washington, D.C. Pelosi can be seen seated next to Martin at the gala in a photo from the event.
In July 2021, a senior aide in Pelosi's office tested positive for COVID-19.
This is a breaking news story and will be updated. | https://www.wlwt.com/article/nancy-pelosi-tests-positive-for-covid-19/39663170 | 2022-04-07T16:29:52Z | https://www.wlwt.com/article/nancy-pelosi-tests-positive-for-covid-19/39663170 | false |
Seaton: Men replace rotting bench for community
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A group of retired men have built and installed a new circular bench in Seaton town square.
Beer Men's Shed, a community organisation, was given the task by Seaton Town Council which wanted an old and rotting bench to be replaced.
The group of retired men meet in a workshop to use their skills, give back to the community and combat loneliness.
Beer Men's Shed chairman Chris Pickles said they felt a sense of pride seeing their work in the South Devon town.
"People were walking past saying 'that's really nice, that's really well made," he said.
"We're about meeting other people, working together and feeding back into the community and making it a nicer place for us all to live."
Work began on the bespoke bench in January and it was installed on Wednesday.
The project was funded by the government's Welcome Back Fund through East Devon District Council.
The chairman and Mayor of Seaton Town Council, Councillor Dan Ledger, said: "Seaton Town Council is always keen to work with community groups in the area to deliver for the town.
"Last year, Beer Men's Shed worked with the council on repairing the Labyrinth Finger Board in Cliff Field Gardens and refurbishing the case which holds the mayoral chain of office.
"The bench had to be bespoke due to its size and design and was a complex piece of work but they have delivered for Seaton again and we hope it will be enjoyed by residents and visitors to our town for many years to come."
Beer Men's Shed has 30 members with a combined 1,209 years of experience between them in various sectors.
Since the group was launched three years ago, the men have carried out about 150 jobs for the community.
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Nottingham maternity crisis: Families write to Shropshire review midwife
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The woman who led the inquiry into the UK's biggest maternity scandal said she would be willing to hold a similar position into a probe in Nottingham.
A review into failing maternity units at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust (NUH) was opened last year.
Families of babies who died have criticised the pace of the review, and have written to Donna Ockenden, who led the inquiry in Shropshire.
She said any decision would be for the government to consider.
The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) said it was taking the concerns of families regarding NUH "very seriously".
'Deeply touched'
Last month a report into Shrewsbury and Telford NHS Trust said more than 200 babies may have died through failures in care over 20 years.
An independent review into NUH began in November last year, but calls have been made to upgrade the investigation to a full public inquiry.
Ms Ockenden, a senior midwife who led the review into Shropshire, told BBC Radio Shropshire she had been approached by concerned families in Nottingham.
She said she was "deeply touched and honoured" to receive their backing, but said it was not guaranteed she would be able to lead a new review.
"Clearly there would need to be an appointment process - it's not up to me to appoint myself of course," she said.
"I've responded [to the families] and said I'm deeply honoured.
"I would of course take on [and] chair that review, but there is a team in place at the moment, it's not my decision as to whether I take it on.
"I know that the families in Nottingham have said that they've written to the Secretary of State [Sajid Javid], so we can await the next steps."
In a statement a DHSC spokesperson said: "We take the patient safety concerns at Nottingham University Hospital NHS Trust's maternity services very seriously.
"The Trust is taking action to improve services but we are closely monitoring progress in improving the standard of care for mothers and babies."
Follow BBC East Midlands on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. Send your story ideas to eastmidsnews@bbc.co.uk. | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-61027769 | 2022-04-07T16:32:31Z | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-61027769 | true |
(The Hill) — Former President Donald Trump, in an interview published by The Washington Post on Thursday, said that he wanted to march alongside his supporters during the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the Capitol, but the Secret Service would not allow it.
Trump told the outlet he wanted to join the rally but was told he couldn’t.
“Secret Service said I couldn’t go. I would have gone there in a minute,” Trump said.
The former president also praised the organizers of the rally, some of whom are now facing subpoenas over their conduct on Jan. 6, the Post reports.
Trump said he did not regret telling his supporters to come to Washington or tweeting that the rally would “be wild!” the day of the riot, notes the Post. According to the publication, Trump remained defensive and stood by his actions on Jan. 6 throughout the interview.
“The crowd was far bigger than I even thought. I believe it was the largest crowd I’ve ever spoken to. I don’t know what that means, but you see very few pictures. They don’t want to show pictures, the fake news doesn’t want to show pictures,” Trump said, describing the event. “But this was a tremendous crowd.”
The Post reported that advisers to the former president described him as being excited while watching television during the march and the subsequent attack on the Capitol.
Eventually, nearly three hours after the attack started, Trump listened to the pleas from family and lawmakers and released a video urging his supporters to go home, the Post reports.
Trump told the news outlet that he did not recall getting many phone calls on Jan. 6 and denied removing call logs or using a burner phone that day.
White House call logs given to the committee examining the events of Jan. 6 reportedly had a gap of more than 7 hours, according to multiple outlets.
Throughout the Washington Post interview, Trump refused to accept blame for the Capitol riot, instead accusing Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and the mayor of Washington, D.C., of being responsible for the escalation.
“I thought it was a shame, and I kept asking, ‘Why isn’t she doing something about it? Why isn’t Nancy Pelosi doing something about it? And the mayor of D.C. also.’ The mayor of D.C. and Nancy Pelosi are in charge,” Trump said.
“I hated seeing it. I hated seeing it. And I said, ‘It’s got to be taken care of,’ and I assumed they were taking care of it.” | https://www.yourcentralvalley.com/news/u-s-world/trump-says-he-wanted-to-join-supporters-on-jan-6-march-to-capitol-report/ | 2022-04-07T16:33:29Z | https://www.yourcentralvalley.com/news/u-s-world/trump-says-he-wanted-to-join-supporters-on-jan-6-march-to-capitol-report/ | true |
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Federal marshals have arrested an Iowa man in Washington state who has been on the run for six years after allegedly faking his own death to avoid a trial on child pornography charges.
Jacob Greer, 28, was arrested Monday in Spanaway, Washington, U.S. Marshals for the Southern District of Iowa said in a news release.
Greer had been living in Des Moines in April 2016 when he was arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers on child pornography possession charges, federal officials said. He was released on bond after that arrest and ordered to wear a GPS tracking ankle monitor while under pretrial supervision.
About a month later, officials learned Greer’s ankle monitor had been removed, and a search turned up Greer’s vehicle with a suicide note inside. When no body was found, a federal arrest warrant was issued.
In June 2016, the U.S. Forestry Service found another vehicle in a Montana campground that investigators said Greer had bought and used to flee Iowa, along with money, a bow and arrows and a backpack full of survival gear.
Investigators said Greer was a survivalist and believed he had plans to live off the land in remote areas of the Northwest U.S. or southern Canada, hiding out in abandoned cabins.
Greer was being held Thursday at the Federal Detention Center in Seattle and is set to be brought to Des Moines to stand trial, the release said. | https://www.ourmidland.com/news/article/Marshals-arrest-Iowa-man-accused-of-faking-own-17064333.php | 2022-04-07T16:39:52Z | https://www.ourmidland.com/news/article/Marshals-arrest-Iowa-man-accused-of-faking-own-17064333.php | true |
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Sir Frederick Barclay has STILL not paid his ex-wife Lady Hiroko a penny of the £100million he owes her to leave her unable to pay her lawyers
- Judges in May said Lady Barclay should be paid a lump sum totalling £100m
- Lady Hiroko Barclay wants her ex husband Sir Frederick jailed for contempt
- She claims her 87-year-old former husband has breached earlier court orders
Businessman Sir Frederick Barclay has still not paid a penny of his ex-wife's £100million divorce bill, leaving her unable to pay her lawyers, a court heard today.
Sir Jonathan Cohen is overseeing the latest round of the dispute between Sir Frederick and Lady Hiroko Barclay at a hearing in the Family Division of the High Court in London.
The 87-year-old - who formed one half of Britain’s ultra-secretive media mogul twins - was ordered to pay lump sumps of £100million to his former wife in May last year following the breakdown of their 34-year marriage.
But Lady Barclay, 78, says Sir Frederick has breached court orders by failing to hand over the money owed, and called on the judge to consider committing him to jail for alleged contempt of court.
A barrister leading Lady Barclay's legal team told the judge on Thursday that money has not been paid - as sources indicated she had already run up legal bills exceeding £300,000.
'Not a penny has been paid towards the £100 million order,' Stewart Leech QC told Sir Jonathan.
'My client has not been able to pay a penny towards our costs', he added.
Meanwhile, he said £400,000 has been paid to cover Sir Frederick’s legal costs.
Lady Hiroko Barclay, 78 says her ex-husband has breached court orders by failing to hand over the money owed, and called on the judge to consider committing him to jail for alleged contempt of court
Businessman Sir Frederick Barclay has still not paid a penny of his ex-wife's £100million divorce bill, leaving her unable to pay her lawyers, London's High Court heard today
Last month, it was claimed in court that the billionaire tycoon had been ‘evicted’ from his home, and his legal costs were to be covered by his family.
The court was also told that Sir Frederick was also ‘significantly in default of payment of legal fees’.
Mr Leech previously said Lady Barclay was asking a judge to commit her ex-husband to jail for breaching an order to produce documents and pay a £50million tranche of their settlement.
Charles Howard QC, representing Sir Frederick, acknowledged certain sums had not been paid but said: ‘Whether he’s at fault remains to be decided. He says he’s got no money to do it and his bank statements... show that.’
‘He’s been evicted from his home,’ the barrister added.
Mr Howard previously argued Lady Barclay would have to show Sir Frederick had the ‘means to meet’ the £50 million and had ‘wilfully refused or neglected’ to pay.
A barrister leading Lady Barclay's legal team told the judge on Thursday that money has not been paid - as sources indicated she had already run up legal bills exceeding £300,000
Sir Jonathan criticised Sir Frederick in a earlier ruling, saying he had behaved in a 'reprehensible' fashion during the dispute.
The judge said the businessman had sold a luxury yacht and 'applied the equity for his own use' in breach of orders.
He said Lady Barclay had wanted £120 million and Sir Frederick had made an offer which might have led her to getting nothing.
Sir Jonathan wants to consider evidence relating to Sir Frederick's mental capacity, and is due to oversee a further hearing in June.
Mr Leech said lawyers representing Sir Frederick had indicated that a decision on whether the businessman had breached orders might not be possible for some months.
Sir Frederick and his twin brother, Sir David, were among the UK's most high-profile businessmen. Sir David (left) died in January last year, aged 86
He said Sir Frederick's age had to be taken into account and told the judge that any 'drawing out' of proceedings would be wrong.
Charles Howard QC, leading Sir Frederick's legal team, said it would be 'grossly unfair' to suggest the businessman was employing 'delaying tactics'.
Sir Frederick was not at Thursday's hearing but watched by video link, while Lady Barclay did appear in court.
Sir Frederick and his twin brother, Sir David, were among the UK’s most high-profile businessmen. Sir David died in January last year, aged 86.
Their business interests included the Telegraph Media Group and The Ritz hotel in London.
The family also has links to the Channel Islands and Monaco. | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10695603/Businessman-s-wife-money-dispute-not-able-pay-lawyers-judge-told.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ito=1490&ns_campaign=1490 | 2022-04-07T16:49:26Z | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10695603/Businessman-s-wife-money-dispute-not-able-pay-lawyers-judge-told.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ito=1490&ns_campaign=1490 | false |
Fraudster posed as family’s missing son for 41 YEARS: Conman, now 62, took on identity of wealthy Indian landlord’s teenage son four years after the boy had vanished
- Dayanand Gosai approached Kameshwar and Ramsakhi Singh in 1981 claiming to be their only son, teenager Kanhaiya Singh, who went missing four years before
- He has now been found guilty of fraud for deceiving the wealthy Indian family
- Even during his trial he tried to dupe the court, by producing fake 'death certificate' for himself to show he could not be himself, but , the missing son
A 62-year-old man has been found guilty of conning a wealthy family into believing he was their missing teenage son for 41 years.
In 1981, Dayanand Gosai approached Kameshwar and Ramsakhi Singh, who lived in Nalanda, Bihar district, in the north east of India, to claim he was their only son, teenager Kanhaiya Singh, who had gone missing four years earlier.
Within 15 years of meeting the family, both Kameshwar and Ramsakhi passed away, and as the 'heir' to their fortune, Gosai inherited land and properties of the Singh family, later selling them to make his own wealth.
When approached by Gosai years after his son went missing, heartbroken Mr Kameshwar, who was considered to be one of the wealthiest landlords in the region, took Gosai into the family and ignored his wife and five daughters who were suspicious of the then 21-year-old.
Mrs Singh and her daughters pointed out that Gosai did not have the same childhood scar of Kanhaiya, also failing to answer any questions they put to him to identify if it really was their loved one.
According to a local journalist who knows the family, Gosai also could not recognise any family members in photo albums.
Dayanand Gosai, 62, pictured, has been found guilty of conning a wealthy family into believing he was their missing teenage son for 41 years after approaching them in their home town of Nalanda, Bihar, India
Speaking to The Times, Ram Ravi Prakash said: 'They showed him family albums, he couldn’t identify anyone.
'They made him meet his earlier teachers and tutors, he couldn’t name them. They asked him about family events, likes and dislikes and he had no clue.'
Gosai's presence divided the family, with Mr Singh and other relatives determined to keep his 'son' and insisting that he was genuine in his claims, allowing him to live in the home which sits on 50 acres of the family's land.
Mr Singh's wife Ramsakhi persisted and went to court to evict Gosai later in the same year he appeared in their lives, but the case went on for decades.
Rajesh Kumar, Mrs Singh's lawyer, said that judges died or were transferred elsewhere, witnesses died, the pandemic got in the way of proceedings.
During which time, the five daughters got married, and Gosai too, who also now has two children. In 1990, father Kameshwar died, and in 1995, Ramsakhi died.
Kumar added: 'Till her dying breath, she said this liar was not her son.'
Following her mother's death, eldest daughter Vidya Singh decided to pick up where her mother left off with her case of evicting Gosai after police closed it - but it took years to allow her permission to be plaintiff, even going as far as the Supreme Court.
The evidence built up against Gosai, but despite a court ruling in 2019, the 62-year-old refused to take a DNA test.
Even during his trial, before being convicted of fraud at Nalanda District Court (pictured), he continued to try and dupe the court, by producing a fake 'death certificate' for himself to show he could not possibly be himself, but instead, the missing son
This week, he was sentenced to three years imprisonment for forgery, and another six months on account of criminal conspiracy for pretending to be Kanhaiya and targeting the wealthy family.
Even during his trial, before being convicted of fraud at Nalanda District Court, he continued to try and dupe the court, by producing a fake 'death certificate' for himself to show he could not possibly be himself, but instead, the missing son.
The certificate was found to be forged.
Kumar Singh, eldest daughter Vidya's husband, said on the verdict: 'All she said to me was that she wished her mother were alive to see that the truth did finally prevail.' | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10696509/Fraudster-62-posed-wealthy-familys-missing-teenage-son-41-YEARS.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ito=1490&ns_campaign=1490 | 2022-04-07T16:50:10Z | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10696509/Fraudster-62-posed-wealthy-familys-missing-teenage-son-41-YEARS.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ito=1490&ns_campaign=1490 | false |
NWS: Tornado with winds of 85 mph struck Palm Beach Gardens
The National Weather Service confirmed that an EF-0 tornado hit Palm Beach Gardens on Wednesday afternoon, packing winds of 85 mph.
Crews were busy Thursday morning cleaning up debris left from the storm that blew through the area around 5:30 p.m.
City officials said the Burns Road Community Center sustained some damage including some fencing after the storm blew through the area Wednesday.
Larry Kelly, a meteorologist at the National Weather Service in Miami, said during an afternoon news conference that they found intensive damage at the community center and near Palm Beach Gardens Community High School and Holly Drive.
"We also did see some damage down at the church at the [Catholic] diocese south on Military Trail as well," Kelly said.
He said most of the damage was from downed trees, but there were some metal light posts that were blown down, including a newly installed awning that was lifted and tossed into the trees.
About 100 children and their families were evacuated from the pool area at the community center when the storm hit the area.
The pool at the recreation center will be closed indefinitely until the damage is assessed.
No injuries were reported.
Scripps Only Content 2022 | https://www.wflx.com/2022/04/07/nws-tornado-with-winds-85-mph-struck-palm-beach-gardens/ | 2022-04-07T16:55:06Z | https://www.wflx.com/2022/04/07/nws-tornado-with-winds-85-mph-struck-palm-beach-gardens/ | true |
Guardiola to Brazil national team? No contact for Tite successor made but Spaniard well-liked by Selecao
The Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) has not approached Pep Guardiola about succeeding Tite as their national team coach, GOAL can confirm.
Marca reported this week that the Selecao have reached out to the Manchester City coach and are willing to pay him around £10 million per year to take over at the helm when Tite leaves his post.
Tite is set to step down from his position after the World Cup in Qatar later this year and the nation's governing body is looking for his replacement.
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GOAL can confirm that no formal contact has been made with Guardiola so far.
At the moment, the CBF are merely evaluating the available candidates to take his place.
There will be no disussion of Tite's successor before the World Cup takes place as the Selecao are concentrating fully on challenging for the title in Qatar.
However, Guardiola is one of the preferred candidates of former CBF president Rogerio Caboclo.
Plus, current president Ednaldo Rodrigues is not against hiring a foreign coach to succeed Tete.
What has Guardiola said?
Guardiola suggested he would rather not take over as Brazil coach when asked by TNT Sports.
"Brazil has very good Brazilian coaches who have to coach the national team," Guardiola said.
"There are very good Brazilian coaches. Debate closed."
Where will Tite go?
Tite will end his reign as Brazil coach at the end of the year following the World Cup in Qatar.
The 60-year-old, who took charge of the national team in 2016, has recently been linked with a move to Arsenal to replace Mikel Arteta.
But the former midfielder has dismissed such suggestions, saying: "I apologise to Arsenal, but that information [that I was interested in the job] did not come from us and there is absolutely nothing to it.
"At a time of so much 'fake news', information that is not true makes me sad and I hope that this is corrected." | https://www.goal.com/en-ph/news/guardiola-to-brazil-national-team-no-contact-for-tite/bltaf72dd7d3f2581a0 | 2022-04-07T16:58:45Z | https://www.goal.com/en-ph/news/guardiola-to-brazil-national-team-no-contact-for-tite/bltaf72dd7d3f2581a0 | false |
UN General Assembly approves a resolution suspending Russia from the world body's leading human rights organization, reports AP.
UN General Assembly approves a resolution suspending Russia from the world body's leading human rights organization, reports AP.
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Around the country, mask mandates have expired. But millions of Americans won't be ditching them.
Randy Wilgus, who suffers from pulmonary fibrosis, is one of those people.
Three years ago, he received a transplanted lung from a donor who lost their life.
He is one of the nearly 3% of American adults who are categorized as immunocompromised.
“I’ve actually had somebody mention in the past here recently say, ‘You don’t have to wear a mask now.’ and I told him, ‘Yes, I do. I’m immunocompromised,’ and went on my way,” Wilgus said.
Dr. Ambalavanan Arunachalam is Wilgus’ pulmonologist at Northwestern Medicine in Chicago. He says a lot of people don’t realize there’s such a huge population that’s vulnerable.
Last July, months after most Americans had received a COVID vaccine, a study referenced by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found immunocompromised patients made up 44% of hospitalized breakthrough cases. A study in Israel found similar results.
“We think COVID is gone. A more accurate statement is that COVID is slightly better controlled,” Dr. Arunachalam.
“There are a lot of people who are still prone to this infection, who are very vulnerable to this infection and can have fatal outcomes after having this infection," he added.
Everything so many have feared – sustaining a job, going out in public spaces, taking care of their families – remains top of mind for those at risk. So does the drain of emotions.
Wigus says he is suffering from social anxiety.
“I just don’t like to be around a lot of people. I’m very cautious. I’m very well aware of my surroundings, much more than I was prior,” he said.
“My brother passed away with this disease four years prior, and I was devastated over that,” he added.
There’s not much new Wilgus can do. Even now, immunocompromised people are advised to wear a mask, stay six feet apart from those they don’t live with and avoid crowds and poorly ventilated areas.
“They want it to change like how it was before 2020. But the reality is it’s not changed a whole lot, unfortunately," Dr. Arunachalam said.
The hope is that new treatments will make COVID less threatening, including for the immunocompromised – and that many institutions of society will retain the flexibility that became common in the pandemic’s early months.
That will require waiting.
Wilgus works on the golf course, where wide-open space is a virtue.
On the anniversary of his lung transplant, he will write a letter to the family members of the person whose lung he received. He will recognize in them what he hopes others recognize in him: people experiencing life so differently, people who deserve empathy and compassion.
“I would think they would be proud of me knowing what I do and what I know. I think they’d be proud of me. That’s what I would want,” he said. | https://www.wmar2news.com/news/national/fear-of-covid-19-still-very-real-for-many-americans | 2022-04-07T17:07:02Z | https://www.wmar2news.com/news/national/fear-of-covid-19-still-very-real-for-many-americans | false |
Apr 6, 2022
Iran Made Deal to Access Frozen Foreign Funds, IRNA Reports
Bloomberg News
,(Bloomberg) -- Iran has made an agreement to release a “considerable amount” of its assets frozen in overseas accounts because of U.S. sanctions, the state-run Islamic Republic News Agency said, citing an official source.
Sanctions imposed under former President Donald Trump have prevented Iran from accessing outstanding payments for oil purchases, with some $7 billion stuck in two South Korean banks. Iran has sought the release of frozen assets as part of talks with the Biden administration to restore the 2015 nuclear deal that Trump abandoned.
U.S. Allows South Korea to Send Funds to Iran in Talks Success
Citing unnamed “media sources”, IRNA also said the amount released would be “several times” the 398 million pounds ($520 million) recently paid to Tehran by the U.K. after it settled a longstanding debt over a defense deal dating back to the 1970s.
The report didn’t give any details about the nature of the deal or which other countries were involved. There was no immediate confirmation from the U.S. or any other government on the status of the assets.
Iranian officials have visited South Korea in recent months for talks over the funds and other financial issues in apparent preparation for the revival of the nuclear deal, which would ease some sanctions, including on Iranian oil exports, in return for curbs on its atomic program.
The talks, which had been taking place in Vienna, were suspended last month.
©2022 Bloomberg L.P. | https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/iran-made-deal-to-access-frozen-foreign-funds-irna-reports-1.1748418 | 2022-04-07T17:10:42Z | https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/iran-made-deal-to-access-frozen-foreign-funds-irna-reports-1.1748418 | false |
Apr 6, 2022
Switzerland’s Russia Wealth Hunt Earns Criticism Despite $6 Billion Haul
Bloomberg News
,(Bloomberg) -- Switzerland’s implementation of sanctions against Russian oligarchs has so far netted a haul of around $6 billion in seized assets. But the limits of its hands-off approach are starting to become evident.
Until now, the government has relied on banks to report funds held by sanctioned individuals, and the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs has seized around ten properties, according to local media reports. Leaders of the Social Democrats, who form part of the government, said Tuesday that the body charged with implementing the measures, the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs, doesn’t have the resources to do the job properly.
Critics say Switzerland could be doing much more given that there may be more than $200 billion worth of Russian wealth held by Swiss banks, though there’s little clarity on what the total amount of sanctioned assets might be. Switzerland surprised the world just over a month ago by departing from its tradition of neutrality and saying it would fully embrace the EU’s measures against Russia.
“SECO hasn’t understood that there has been a complete paradigm shift, and it doesn’t even have the necessary resources for these new missions,” Carlo Sommaruga, a lawyer and politician with the Social Democrats, told Le Tribune de Geneve.
The government is due to give an update on its Ukraine-related policies on Thursday, potentially including an updated figure for the Russian assets it’s blocked to date as well whether it will follow the EU’s latest round of sanctions which includes a ban on imports of Russian coal.
Complex Cases
SECO, which has 800 employees and could redeploy staff into new teams as it did during the pandemic, argues that it has implemented all the previous rounds of European Union sanctions in full but that it can take time because of the complexities of each case.
Last month the government said it had frozen close to $6 billion in assets, most of that held by banks. Neighboring Italy, by comparison, reported around 800 million euros ($880 million) belonging to Russian oligarchs and the U.K. has yet to give a figure.
The government is studying a possible participation in an international task force to find Russian assets and is in close contact with the U.S., Swiss President Ignazio Cassis told Tages-Anzeiger in an interview this week.
Cassis defended his government’s actions, saying the the word “passive” is out of place to describe Switzerland’s approach to tracking down sanctioned Russian assets. The country’s mechanism to trace the funds in question is working and that there are constantly new reports, he said.
Still, the Swiss government has remained tight-lipped on whose assets have been seized, and such discretion has been part of the reason why the country has become one of the world’s leading depositories of offshore Russian wealth. Unlike the U.K., which as trumpted its seizures of yachts or luxury mansions and critics, SECO hasn’t announced any such high-profile asset freezes.
Read More: Tracking the Sanctions Imposed on Russia Over Ukraine Invasion
Finma, Switzerland’s banking regulator, says local banks are doing a good job in complying with the sanctions, but acknowledges they’re of an unprecedented complexity.
Dealing with these sanctions “is by no means new for the institutions, but the scale and complexity have increased sharply,” said Finma chief Urban Angehrn, adding that his institution has been in contact with Credit Suisse Group AG and UBS Group AG as well as Switzerland’s other major banks on the topic. “Correctly enforcing sanctions requires the utmost care.”
As cornered oligarchs find it increasingly difficult to stash their money out of reach of sanctions, Swiss banks must be particularly vigilant about flagging any suspected acts of money laundering to the Money-Laundering Reporting Office of Switzerland (MROS). Failure to do so can open a bank up to prosecution.
A spokesman for the Swiss Federal Police, which oversees MROS, said last month it hasn’t noticed any increase in the number of suspicious activity reports since the sanctions began.
To only have SECO and not Finma legally mandated to enforce sanctions was a real oversight on the part of the Swiss government, says Mark Pieth, a former law professor at the University of Basel and an anti-corruption expert. Sanctions were first imposed on Russians with assets in Switzerland like Viktor Vekselberg and Gennady Timchenko back in 2014.
“How come a country like Switzerland which such a huge exposure to Russian wealth is so unprepared for this?” says Pieth. “Of course nobody could have predicted the extent of the current war but other countries were more prepared it seems.”
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April 8
1934 — The Philadelphia Athletics and the Philadelphia Phillies played the first legal Sunday baseball game in Philadelphia. The exhibition game was made possible when the state made Sunday baseball a local option and the city approved it in a referendum ballot.
1969 — The Montreal Expos played their first regular-season game — the first international contest in major league history — and defeated the New York Mets, 11-10, at Shea Stadium.
1974 — In the opener in Atlanta, Hank Aaron broke Babe Ruth’s career record by hitting his 715th home run off Los Angeles left-hander Al Downing in the fourth inning. The Braves beat the Dodgers 7-4 before a crowd of nearly 54,000.
1975 — Frank Robinson became the first black manager in major league history by making his debut as player-manager of the Cleveland Indians. He hit a home run in his first at-bat — as a designated hitter — to help beat the New York Yankees, 5-3.
1986 — Jim Presley of the Seattle Mariners hit home runs in the ninth and 10th innings for a come-from-behind 8-4 opening day victory over the California Angels.
1987 — Pitchers Phil Niekro and Steve Carlton of the Cleveland Indians teamed up to beat the Toronto Blue Jays 14-3. Niekro recorded his 312th victory and Carlton pitched four shutout innings in relief. It was the first time in modern history that two 300-game winners pitched for the same team in the same game.
1993 — Carlos Baerga of the Cleveland Indians became the first player in major league history to hit home runs from both sides of the plate in the same inning. The homers came in the seventh inning of a 15-5 rout of the New York Yankees.
1994 — Kurt Mercker of the Atlanta Braves pitched the season’s first no-hitter, beating the Los Angeles Dodgers 6-0. It was the first complete game of Mercker’s career.
2002 — Craig Biggio hit for the cycle and had four RBIs in Houston’s 8-4 win over Colorado.
2016 — Trevor Story became the first major leaguer to homer in each of his first four games, connecting two more times for the Colorado Rockies in a 13-6 loss to the San Diego Padres. Story, who has six home runs since making his debut on opening day, got three hits and drove in four runs while playing for the first time at Coors Field.
2018 — Shohei Ohtani retired the Oakland Athletics’ first 19 batters and yielded one hit over seven shutout innings in his home pitching debut, leading the Los Angeles Angels to a 6-1 victory. Marcus Semien’s clean one-out single to left broke up Ohtani’s bid for a perfect game. Ohtani (2-0) struck out the side twice and finished with 12 strikeouts in all. He won his pitching debut in Oakland last weekend with six strong innings, then homered in three consecutive games in Anaheim between starts in his attempt to become the first regular two-way player in decades.
Today’s birthdays: Zach Eflin, 25; Jeff McNeil, 27; Jeremy Hellickson, 32; Yonder Alonso, 32; Felix Hernandez, 33; Carlos Santana, 33; Chris Iannetta, 36.
April 9
1913 — Ebbets Field opened in Brooklyn and Philadelphia defeated the Dodgers 1-0 before a crowd of 10,000. The stadium, which cost $750,000 to build, was named after Charles Ebbets, the club’s principal owner.
1947 — Dodgers manager Leo Durocher was suspended for one year by commissioner Happy Chandler for “the accumulation of unpleasant incidents” detrimental to baseball.
1959 — The Baltimore Orioles, playing against the Washington Senators, became the first team in history to execute a triple play on opening day. The Senators won the game, 9-2.
1965 — The Houston Astrodome opened with an exhibition game between the New York Yankees and Astros. President Johnson attended and Gov. John Connally threw out the first ball. Mickey Mantle hit the first home run, but the Astros won 2-1 in 12 innings.
1969 — Billy Williams of Chicago hit four consecutive doubles to lead the Cubs to an 11-3 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies.
1974 — San Diego Padres owner Ray Kroc criticized his club over the public address system during the eighth inning of a 9-5 loss to the Houston Astros! “Ladies and gentlemen, I suffer with you,” Kroc told the crowd of 39,083 for the home opener. Kroc added, “I’ve never seen such stupid baseball playing in my life.”
1981 — Fernando Valenzuela made his first major league start a stunning success by pitching a 2-0, five-hit triumph over the Houston Astros in Los Angeles. He would go on to win his first eight games.
1985 — Chicago’s Tom Seaver made his 15th opening day start to break Christy Mathewson’s record. Seaver pitched 6 2-3 innings and was credited with the victory as the White Sox beat the Milwaukee Brewers 4-2.
1993 — The Colorado Rockies beat the Montreal Expos 11-4 for their first win and set a National League record for attendance in their home debut. The crowd of 80,227 broke the record of 78,672 set on April 18, 1958, by the Los Angeles Dodgers.
2000 — In a 13-7 win over Kansas City, Minnesota’s Ron Coomer, Jacque Jones and Matt LeCroy hit consecutive home runs. The Royals’ Carlos Beltran, Jermaine Dye and Mike Sweeney repeated the feat, marking the first time in major league history that both teams hit three consecutive home runs in the same game.
2006 — Cory Sullivan tied a major league record by hitting two triples during a seven-run fifth inning, helping Colorado rout San Diego 10-4.
Today’s birthday: David Robertson, 34.
April 10
1913 — President Wilson threw out the first ball as the Senators edged the New York Yankees 2-1 in Washington’s home opener. Walter Johnson allowed an unearned run in the first inning. He did not yield another run for 56 consecutive innings.
1947 — Jackie Robinson became the first black player of the 20th century to sign a major league contract. Robinson agreed a one-year deal with the Brooklyn Dodgers.
1959 — Chicago’s Nellie Fox, who went 5-for-7, hit a 14th-inning opening day home run off Don Mossi to beat Detroit, 9-7. The White Sox second baseman did not homer in 623 at-bats the previous season.
1962 — The Houston Colt .45s, in the first major league game played in Texas, beat the Chicago Cubs 11-2 before 25,000. Roman Mejias led Houston’s offense with two three-run homers.
1969 — Tommy Agee of the New York Mets hit a home run into the upper deck in Shea Stadium’s left field. It was the longest home run to reach the seats in the history of the stadium.
1971 — The Phillies opened their new $49.5 million Veterans Stadium by beating Montreal 4-1. Philadelphia’s Don Money hit the first home run.
1973 — The first game at Royals Stadium is played. John Mayberry hit a home run in Kansas City’s 12-1 rout of Texas. A crowd of 39,476 attended the game at the state-of-the-art ballpark, which features water fountains beyond the outfield fence.
1976 — Don Money had a ninth-inning grand slam taken away. Money’s slam gave the Milwaukee Brewers an apparent 10-9 win over the New York Yankees. The umpires, however, rule that New York first baseman Chris Chambliss had called time out before the pitch. Money returned to the plate and flied out to right and the Brewers suffered a 9-7 loss.
1982 — Under icy conditions, the Cleveland Indians opened the season at Municipal Stadium with an 8-3 loss to the Texas Rangers before 62,443 fans. Five hundred tons of snow had to be removed from the field; the game-time temperature was 38 degrees, with a wind chill of 17.
1989 — Toronto’s Dave Stieb threw a one-hitter for an 8-0 win against the New York Yankees. It was the third one-hitter in Stieb’s last four starts. Stieb, who closed last year with consecutive one-hitters, struck out five, walked four, and gave up a solid single to Jamie Quirk with one out in the fifth inning.
1990 — Boston’s Wade Boggs tied a major league record for a nine-inning game by drawing three intentional walks.
2000 — Cincinnati’s Ken Griffey Jr. became the youngest player to hit 400 career home runs when he connected in the Reds’ 7-5 loss to Colorado. At 30 years, 141 days, Griffey beat the previous mark set by Jimmie Foxx, who was 30 years, 248 days old.
2016 — Rookie Trevor Story capped his amazing first week in the majors by hitting his seventh home run, helping the Colorado Rockies beat the San Diego Padres 6-3. Story’s homer was one of five solo shots by the Rockies and has driven in 12 runs through six games.
2017 — Wil Myers hit a leadoff triple in the eighth inning to complete the first cycle of his career and send San Diego past Colorado 5-3.
Today’s birthdays: Charlie Culberson, 30; Corey Kluber, 33.
April 11
1907 — New York catcher Roger Bresnahan appeared wearing shin guards for the first time in a major league game.
1912 — Rube Marquard of the New York Giants began a 19-game winning streak with an 18-3 triumph over the Brooklyn Dodgers.
1961 — The Los Angeles Angels won their first major league game with a 7-2 victory over the Orioles at Baltimore. Ted Kluszewski had a pair of homers for the Angels.
1962 — The New York Mets played their first game and lost 11-4 to the Cardinals in St. Louis. Stan Musial of the cardinals had three hits and tied Mel Ott’s National League career record with his 1,859th run scored. The Mets would lose their first nine games on the way to a 40-120 record.
1969 — The Seattle Pilots played their first game, with Gary Bell shutting out the White Sox 7-0 at Sicks Stadium.
1990 — Mark Langston made his Angels debut by combining with Mike Witt on a no-hitter as California beat the Seattle Mariners 1-0.
1996 — Greg Maddux’s major league record of road victories ended at 18 in a row with a 2-1 loss to the San Diego Padres. He had been 18-0 with an 0.99 ERA in 20 regular-season road starts since losing at Montreal on June 27, 1994.
2008 — Missouri’s Jacob Priday set a Big 12 Conference record, hitting four home runs against Texas in a 31-12 rout. The senior went 5-for-5, drove in nine runs and scored six times.
2011 — Sam Fuld had four extra-base hits and drove in three runs to help Tampa Bay bust out of an early season slump with a 16-5 win over the Boston Red Sox. Fuld, needing a single to complete the cycle, doubled into the left-field corner in his last at-bat in the ninth.
2017 — Yoenis Cespedes hit three of New York’s seven homers to back Matt Harvey, and the Mets beat the Philadelphia Phillies 14-4. Lucas Duda hit two homers and Asdrubal Cabrera and Travis d’Arnaud also went deep for New York.
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Telecom Italia rejects KKR request for due diligence
MILAN, April 7 (Reuters) - Telecom Italia (TIM) has rejected a request from KKR to carry out due diligence of its business because the U.S. fund has failed to make a formal bid for the company, TIM said on Thursday.
KKR first approached TIM last November with a non-binding offer valuing the company at 10.8 billion euros ($11.76 billion) but TIM only agreed to open talks last month.
"Should KKR submit a deliverable, complete and attractive offer ... TIM Board of Directors would be open to reconsidering its decision in the interest of all shareholders," TIM said in a statement.
"KKR ultimately confirmed its interest in exploring any other transactions in the interest of the company, its shareholders and Italy," the statement added.
KKR is already an investor in TIM's last-mile fixed-line network.
KKR had told TIM in a letter it remained interested in buying the company but would not confirm a bid without access to TIM's books as the war in Ukraine had changed market conditions.
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WFO DALLAS / FT. WORTH Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Thursday, April 7, 2022
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WIND ADVISORY
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Fort Worth TX
1137 AM CDT Thu Apr 7 2022
...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING...
* WHAT...Northwest winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 45 mph
expected.
* WHERE...Portions of north central and northeast Texas.
* WHEN...Through 7 PM CDT this evening.
* IMPACTS...Unsecured outdoor items may be blown around in the
wind. Driving on area roadways may become difficult,
especially for high-profile vehicles.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A Wind Advisory means that sustained winds of at least 20 to
30 mph are expected. Winds this strong can make driving
difficult, especially for high profile vehicles. Boaters should
use extra caution when venturing onto area lakes. Residents may
wish to take action to secure trash cans, lawn furniture, and
other lightweight outdoor objects that may be blown around in the
strong winds.
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WFO AMARILLO Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Thursday, April 7, 2022
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WIND ADVISORY
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Amarillo TX
1219 PM CDT Thu Apr 7 2022
...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING...
* WHAT...Northwest winds 30 to 39 mph with gusts up to 55 mph.
* WHERE...In Oklahoma, Cimarron County. In Texas, Collingsworth,
Gray, Hutchinson, Moore and Sherman Counties.
* WHEN...Until 7 PM CDT this evening.
* IMPACTS...Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects. Tree
limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Blowing dust has shown up on satellite and
will be moving into the Panhandles. Expect, reduced visibility
over the next several hours.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Winds this strong can make driving difficult, especially for high
profile vehicles. Use extra caution.
...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING...
* WHAT...Northwest winds 35 to 45 mph with gusts up to 65 mph.
* WHERE...In Oklahoma, Beaver and Texas Counties. In Texas,
Hansford, Hemphill, Lipscomb, Ochiltree, Roberts and Wheeler
Counties.
* IMPACTS...Damaging winds will blow down trees and power lines.
Widespread power outages are expected. Travel will be difficult,
especially for high profile vehicles.
Remain in the lower levels of your home during the windstorm, and
avoid windows. Watch for falling debris and tree limbs. Use caution
if you must drive.
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Which Ryobi batteries are best?
Ryobi is a consumer brand tool company that focuses on manufacturing reliable, high-quality products at a reasonable price. The key to the company’s success is its power system. Ryobi’s advanced technology lets the batteries communicate with the tools to provide the best performance possible.
Ryobi’s 40-volt 7.5 Ah High Capacity Battery is a high-end battery designed to work with the company’s line of lawn and garden tools. It offers four times more runtime than Ryobi’s 2.0 Ah battery and features an onboard fuel gauge.
What to know before you buy a Ryobi battery
Amps vs. voltage
Shopping for a battery can be difficult because the terminology is confusing. Additionally, manufacturers sometimes direct your attention to details that aren’t crucial to the battery’s performance. The two primary concepts you need to grasp are amps and voltage.
Since electricity is a current that moves, it is often compared to water. If you think of a river, the volume of water in that river would be the amps. Voltage, on the other hand, is the steepness of the river. To give you a mental image, a battery with low amperage and low voltage is a creek trickling through a field. Conversely, a battery with high amperage and high voltage is a wide river racing down the side of a mountain.
More amp hours are better
All batteries have an amp-hour rating. While there are many factors that contribute to a battery’s actual runtime, in general, a higher Ah means a longer runtime. If all things are equal and you purchase an 18-volt 4.0 Ah battery, it will offer roughly double the runtime of an 18-volt 2.0 Ah battery. In short, a higher Ah rating means you will be able to use a tool, such as a cordless drill, longer before it needs to be recharged.
What to look for in a quality Ryobi battery
Voltage
Ryobi makes two types of batteries: an 18-volt battery and a 40-volt battery. If you have an 18-volt tool, you must use an 18-volt battery. If you have a 40-volt tool, you must use a 40-volt battery. The 40-volt batteries are reserved for heavy-duty lawn and garden tools.
Amp hours
Ryobi batteries range from 1.5 Ah to 7.5 Ah. The higher the amp hours, the longer the battery can run between charges.
High performance
A high-performance battery performs better than a standard battery. Ryobi defines its high-performance batteries as lasting two times longer while providing 30% more power than the company’s standard battery.
Number of batteries
If you ever anticipate needing more than one Ryobi battery, it is wise to purchase a two-pack, a four-pack, a six-pack or an eight-pack. When you purchase batteries in a multipack, the price per battery is significantly lower.
Included charger
If you already have a Ryobi battery charger, you can just purchase a battery. If you do not have a charger, or you’d like to charge more than one battery at once, the most cost-effective way to do that is to buy a starter kit that includes both the battery and the charger.
How much you can expect to spend on a Ryobi battery
Ryobi batteries cost anywhere from $50-$250. There are roughly two dozen options between those price points, offering something for every budget.
Ryobi battery FAQ
How long does a Ryobi battery warranty last?
A. All Ryobi batteries come with a three-year limited warranty. If you ever have a problem with your Ryobi battery, simply call customer service to get the help you need.
Where can I find Ryobi products?
A. If you shop in a brick-and-mortar store, the only place you can find Ryobi tools is at Home Depot. However, if you shop online, you can also find Ryobi products on Amazon.
What’s the best Ryobi battery to buy?
Top Ryobi battery
Ryobi 40-volt 7.5 Ah High Capacity Battery
What you need to know: This is the largest battery in Ryobi’s line. It is for lawn and garden equipment.
What you’ll love: This battery provides extra runtime, making it suitable for people with large yards. It delivers fade-free lithium-ion power and has an onboard fuel gauge, so you always know how much power remains. With the RYOBI 40-volt rapid charger (sold separately), you can charge this battery in 75 minutes or less.
What you should consider: This is the most expensive battery currently in Ryobi’s line.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon and Home Depot
Top Ryobi battery for the money
Ryobi ONE+ 18V High Performance 4.0 Ah Battery and Charger Starter Kit
What you need to know: This battery and charger set is for the person who wants to get the most out of their Ryobi power tools.
What you’ll love: This high-performance option gives you up to four times more runtime than Ryobi’s standard lithium-ion battery. It runs cooler, is impact resistant and performs in extreme temperatures. The built-in LED display lets you know at a glance how much power remains.
What you should consider: Rarely, a subpar charger slips through quality control.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon and Home Depot
Worth checking out
Ryobi ONE+ 18-volt High Performance 2.0 Ah Compact Battery
What you need to know: This affordable high-performance battery is designed for the individual who already has a compatible charger.
What you’ll love: The Ryobi ONE+ 18-volt High Performance 2.0 Ah Compact Battery has the same features as the higher-priced 4.0 Ah battery. It has a fuel gauge, works in extreme temperatures and runs cooler than the company’s standard lithium-ion batteries. The main difference is it only offers two times the runtime of Ryobi’s standard lithium-ion batteries (not four times the runtime).
What you should consider: The charger is not included. If you need one, you will have to purchase it separately.
Where to buy: Sold by Home Depot
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Arsenal reveal Thomas Partey injury details as midfielder suffers muscle damage
Arsenal have revealed that Thomas Partey suffered damage to a muscle in his right thigh during their Premier League clash against Crystal Palace on Monday.
The Gunners suffered a 3-0 loss at Selhurst Park and the midfielder had to be taken off in the second half because of the injury.
Arteta admitted after the match that the midfielder's condition was a "big concern" after he signalled that he needed to come off.
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What has been said?
The club have since revealed that he faces at least weeks out of action and will be sent to see a specialist about the issue.
"Thomas has since received further assessments, and a subsequent scan has shown muscle damage to his right thigh," an update from the club read.
"We will continue to assess Thomas in the coming weeks, during which time he will also receive further specialist consultations."
The bigger picture
The injury is just the latest in a list of issues that have flared up for Thomas since his arrival in north London.
The Ghana international missed weeks of action in his first season at the club due muscle and hip problems.
He was then absent for the first few weeks of the current campaign as he dealt with an ankle injury.
The news comes as a big blow for the Gunners, though, as they are locked in a battle for a top-four finish.
The loss to Palace on Monday leaves them level on points with Tottenham, who have the advantage in the fight for the last Champions League spot on goal difference.
Spurs have won five of their last six matches in the English top-flight to put them in a strong position, while West Ham and Manchester United are just three points behind.
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WILKES-BARRE, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A fourth-generation Ukrainian-American will be teaching residents the art of decorating pysanka, while also benefitting Ukraine.
This weekend, The University of Scranton will hold pysanka workshops, where participants will learn the art of decorating Ukrainian Easter eggs with traditional folk designs.
The workshops being offered this weekend are booked up, but host Dr. Amelia Randich, assistant professor of biology, said the school is looking to hold more to meet the demand.
Dr. Randich is a fourth-generation Ukrainian-American, and this art has been passed down through the women in her family. She has been writing pysanka for over 30 years and teaches pysanka at various retreats in the U.S.
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WAXAHACHIE, Tex. — The mud under his cowboy boots is so thick, John Paul Dineen jokes he's grown "about three inches," since spring has arrived in North Texas.
With it comes the start of the growing season for this 48-year-old farmer.
"I don’t get too excited when we’ve had a dry spell as long as we’ve had," Dineen said looking around his fields.
He is not a third, fourth, or even fifth-generation farmer. He is the first person in his family to take on this noble American calling and like farmers across the country is being hit hard by the skyrocketing cost of fertilizer.
"All of the inputs have gone crazy," he said.
This lifelong Texan farms a few hundred acres of land 50 miles south of Dallas. A crisscrossing patchwork of fields where rows of corn are just starting to make their first appearance of the season. A recent rain was welcomed news to this farmer.
"We have a long way to go before this crop is made and a lot more is needed to do," he said looking around at the rows of corn he recently planted.
But a seven-year drought is far from Dineen's biggest concern this growing season. The prices of the fertilizer he depends on to feed his crops have skyrocketed due to inflation, supply chain issues and the war in Ukraine.
"Without nutrients that plant goes into salvage mode," Dineen explains.
Last year, nitrogen fertilizer cost Dineen about $380 a ton. This year, the same nitrogen he needs is going for $1,200 a ton, about a 215% increase.
"To break even, we’ll have to make a decent crop and that’s not a good place to be in," he lamented.
As a fast-growing leafy crop, corn is pretty low-maintenance. But, a good dose of nitrogen will help raise the level of nutrients in the soil to help create a better growing environment for the plant. Which produces more healthy stalks.
One sprout of corn is so vitally important to the U.S. economy that the USDA is now offering $250 million in grants to increase American fertilizer production.
Brant Wilbourn with Texas Farm Bureau sees the program as a necessary step to protect farmers from problems out of their control.
"Everybody eats and it’s going to impact everyone," Wilbourn said.
Those grants offered by the USDA to increase fertilizer production here in the United States won’t help farmers right now. But increased domestic production of fertilizer over the next few years will better insulate the agriculture industry from skyrocketing production costs in the future.
"If we can have those innovative solutions brought forward it would definitely help," Wilbourn said.
Even as a first-generation farmer, Dineen has learned uncertainty is about the only certainty out here. He’s just waiting for more favorable winds to blow his way.
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Man charged over stabbing at house in Allenton
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A man has been charged after an 18-year-old suffered serious injuries in a stabbing at a house in Derby.
Police said the victim was left needing hospital treatment after being stabbed at a property in Campbell Street, Allenton, on 29 March at 14:25 BST.
A 21-year-old man, of no fixed abode, has been charged with section 18 wounding with intent and possession of an offensive weapon in a public place.
Another man, 18, from Derby, has been released on bail as inquiries continue.
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Floyd Mayweather has confirmed he will fight Don Moore next month on top of a helipad in Dubai.
The legendary fighter will face off against his former sparring partner “Dangerous” Don Moore on May 14 in the United Arab Emirates. And astoundingly, the bout, which will be an eight-round exhibition fight, will take place on the Burj Al Arab Hotel’s helipad.
The same concept had been brought up between Mayweather and 20-year-old YouTuber "Money Kicks" - whose real name is Rashed Belhasa - but talks broke down. But now Mayweather, 45, will fight his former partner Moore in a ring some 700ft above sea level.
Moore, 42, just like his foe, also has an unbeaten record, winning 18 of his 19 bouts and drawing a single one. But he will have to give the gloves a real good dusting as he has not fought in six years. Meanwhile, Mayweather retired in 2017 with a perfect 50-0 record, with his last fight being against Irishman Conor McGregor.
Since then, the US star has fought in exhibition events. He beat kickboxer Tenshin Nasukawa and even YouTuber Logan Paul in June last year, beating the internet star after eight rounds.
Do you think this will be Mayweather's final fight? Let us know your thoughts in the comments section below.
After the bout against Paul, Mayweather claimed he would be hanging up his gloves for good. "I had fun. You've got to realise I'm not 21 anymore," he told Showtime Sport. "A great young fighter. Strong, tough. He's better than I thought he was. We don't know what the future holds, but I'll talk it over with my team, and see where we go from there. You've got to realise, I've been in this sport 25 years. I understand I'm not 21, I'm not 25, but I had fun tonight.”
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With 30 fences to be jumped over four-and-a-quarter miles, it is no surprise the Grand National produces some shock results.
Over the years, there have been five 100-1 winners of the Aintree marathon – Tipperary Tim (1928), Gregalach (1929), Caughoo (1947), Foinavon (1967) and Mon Mome (2009). The shortest odds winner was Poethlyn in 1919, who went off at a price of 11-4.
In the last ten renewals, horses with odds of 66-1, 33-1 and 25-1 have been successful. This year punters expect a big run from grey mare Snow Leopardess, who would be the first horse to score having had a foal, while Delta Work is a leading contender from Irish stables.
Trained by Gordon Elliott, who has a big team for the main event, the Grade 1 winner pipped National legend Tiger Roll at Cheltenham. So which horses look the most interesting each-way bets? Mirror Racing has nominated three to follow...
Good Boy Bobby (40-1)
Nigel Twiston-Davies knows exactly what sort of horse is required for this race. So it is interesting that the two-time Grand National-winning trainer had Good Boy Bobby earmarked for Aintree since he won a good quality handicap chase at Wetherby in October.
The nine-year-old disappointed in the Coral Trophy last time but he was clearly off-colour that day and had been in really good form prior to that. Good Boy Bobby doesn’t, on the face of it, look like a horse that has anything in hand from his 150 official rating, however that doesn’t take into account the fact he is totally unexposed over trips beyond three miles.
His trainer is adamant the horse stays all day when on song and the majority of recent Grand Nationals have been won by horses tackling the famous fences for the first time, which is what Good Boy Bobby is doing.
Mighty Thunder (40-1)
One of the best Grand National betting angles is siding with a runner already proven in the hurly-burly of a National. Mighty Thunder falls into that category after staying on strongly to win the 2021 Scottish version and the Lucinda Russell's runner will relish the stamina test.
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Well-being is an issue for Mighty Thunder because he has been pulled up on both of his last two starts and a respiratory issue was reported at Musselburgh in early February. Connections have had plenty of time to remedy what was ailing him and there is no doubt that this horse could easily prove a force if his breathing isn’t an issue.
He is a sound jumper that stays all day and because of this season’s issues, the nine-year-old races off just a 3lb higher mark at Aintree than he did at Ayr 12 months ago.
De Rasher Counter (66-1)
The 2019 Ladbrokes Trophy Chase hero hasn’t had much luck with injury since that career best run at the Berkshire venue.
However, there was a stack of promise in his return from 16 months off the track back at Newbury in February, where he finished fourth in the Betfair Denman Chase behind a couple of Gold Cup contenders. Emma Lavelle’s talented performer has only tried an extreme trip once in his career.
Undone by heavy ground at Uttoxeter, he will relish getting on some nice spring ground at Aintree. De Rasher Counter is relatively lightly-raced for a ten-year-old and he may still have an even bigger effort in him over staying trips.
His close-to-the-pace run-style is ideal for the demands of the Grand National. That Newbury return should have blown away the cobwebs, he can race off the same mark as when winning the Ladbrokes Trophy and Lavelle’s team in good form.
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Ex-officer testifies against mentor at Capitol riot trial
WASHINGTON (AP) — A former Virginia police officer who pleaded guilty to storming the U.S. Capitol with another off-duty officer testified on Thursday that he had hoped the mob could overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election that day.
Former Rocky Mount police officer Jacob Fracker, a key witness for federal prosecutors at the trial of former colleague Thomas Robertson, said he initially believed that he was merely trespassing when he entered the Capitol building.
However, Fracker ultimately pleaded guilty to a felony charge that he conspired with Robertson to obstruct Congress from certifying President Joe Biden’s electoral victory on Jan. 6, 2021. Fracker agreed to cooperate with federal authorities in their case against Robertson, whose jury trial started Tuesday.
Under cross-examination by one of Robertson’s lawyers, Fracker said he didn’t have a “verbal agreement” with anybody to obstruct the joint session of Congress. Fracker said he believed everybody in the mob “pretty much had the same goal” and didn’t need for it to be “said out loud.”
Fracker said he and Robertson both believed the 2020 presidential election had been stolen from former President Donald Trump. One of Robertson’s attorneys, Mark Rollins, asked Fracker if he believes he did anything worse than trespassing on Jan. 6.
“Sitting here today, yes. At the time, no,” Fracker replied.
Prosecutors plan to rest their case on Thursday afternoon. Jurors are expected to hear attorneys’ closing arguments on Friday before they begin deliberating.
During the trial’s opening statements, defense attorney Camille Wagner told jurors that Robertson only went into the Capitol because he wanted to retrieve Fracker, who entered the Capitol a few minutes before Robertson.
Wagner said Robertson, whom she called “T.J.,” knew that he had entered restricted areas of the Capitol where he wasn’t supposed to be on Jan. 6. But he isn’t accused of engaging in any violence or property destruction, she noted.
Fracker was scheduled to be tried alongside Robertson before he pleaded guilty last month. He described Robertson as his mentor and a father figure.
“I absolutely hate this,” Fracker testified on Wednesday. “I’ve always been on the other side of things, the good guys’ side so to speak.”
The town fired Robertson and Fracker after the riot. Prosecutors say Robertson paid Fracker more than $30,000 after they were arrested. Robertson first offered to give Fracker money on the day that they surrendered to authorities, according to a court filing accompanying Fracker’s guilty plea.
Fracker said Robertson also agreed to cover his legal fees, but he doesn’t believe Robertson was trying to “buy” his testimony with the $30,000 payment.
“He said it would cover a year’s salary for me,” Fracker said.
After the riot, Fracker bragged to friends on social media that he had urinated in House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s bathroom. That was a lie that he made “for cool points,” Fracker said.
Robertson used a large wooden stick to impede police officers who were trying to hold off the mob, according to prosecutors. Police body camera video captured his interaction with police.
When a prosecutor asked Fracker why he didn’t do more to help police officers who were trying to hold back the mob, he said he thought they should have been “on our side” and marching with the rioters.
“And you didn’t see T.J. help them, either?” Assistant U.S. Attorney Risa Berkower asked.
“Correct,” Fracker said.
Robertson is charged with six counts, including obstruction of an official proceeding, civil disorder, entering and remaining in a restricted building while using a dangerous weapon and disorderly conduct in a Capitol building. Five of the counts relate to his actions on Jan. 6. The sixth stems from his alleged post-riot destruction of cellphones belonging to him and Fracker.
Robertson has been jailed since U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper ruled in July that he violated the terms of his pretrial release by possessing firearms.
More than 770 people have been charged with federal crimes related to the riot. Over 240 of them have pleaded guilty, mostly to misdemeanors.
Robertson is the second Capitol riot defendant to have a jury trial. The first ended last month with a jury convicting a Texas man, Guy Reffitt, of all charges.
Two other Capitol riot defendants elected to have their cases tried without a jury and decided by the same federal judge. On Wednesday, U.S. District Judge Trevor McFadden acquitted a New Mexico man, Matthew Martin, of all four misdemeanor counts with which he was charged. Last month, McFadden convicted New Mexico elected official Couy Griffin of illegally entering restricted Capitol grounds but acquitted him of engaging in disorderly conduct.
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The grand explanation physicists use to describe how the universe works may have some major new flaws to patch after a fundamental particle was found to have more mass than scientists thought.
“It’s not just something is wrong,” said Dave Toback, a particle physicist at Texas A&M University and a spokesperson for the U.S. government's Fermi National Accelerator Lab, which conducted the experiments. “It literally means something fundamental in our understanding of nature is wrong.”
The physicists at the lab crashed particles together over ten years and measured the mass of 4 million W bosons. These subatomic particles are responsible for a fundamental force at the center of atoms, and they exist for only a fraction of a second before they decay into other particles.
“They are constantly popping in and out of existence in the quantum froth of the universe,” Toback said.
The difference in mass from what the prevailing theory of the universe predicts is too big to be a rounding error or anything that could be easily explained away, according to the study by a team of 400 scientists from around the world published Thursday in the journal Science.
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The result is so extraordinary it must be confirmed by another experiment, scientists say. If is confirmed, it would present one of the biggest problems yet with scientists’ detailed rulebook for the cosmos, called the standard model.
Duke University physicist Ashutosh V. Kotwal, the project leader for analysis, said it’s like discovering there’s a hidden room in your house.
Scientists speculated that there may be an undiscovered particle that is interacting with the W boson that could explain the difference. Maybe dark matter, another poorly understood component of the universe, could be playing a role. Or maybe there’s just new physics involved that they just don’t understand at the moment, researchers said.
The standard model says a W boson should measure 80,357,000 electron volts, plus or minus six.
”We found it slightly more than that. Not that much, but it’s enough,” said Giorgio Chiarelli, another scientist for the Fermi team and research director for the Italian National Institute for Nuclear Physics. The Fermi team’s scale put the W boson at a heftier 80,433,000 electron volts, plus or minus nine.
It doesn’t seem like a big difference, but it is a huge one in the subatomic world.
But both the team and experts not involved in the research said such a big claim requires extra proof from a second team, which they don't have yet.
“It’s an incredibly delicate measurement, it requires understanding of various calibrations of various little effects,” said Claudio Campagnari, a particle physicist at the University of California Santa Barbara, who wasn’t part of the Fermi team. “These guys are really good. And I take them very seriously. But I think at the end of the day what we need is a confirmation by another experiment.”
Earlier, less precise measurements of the W boson by other teams found it to be lighter than predicted, so “maybe there is just something wonky about this experiment,” said Caltech physicist Sean M. Carroll, who wasn’t part of the research and said is “absolutely worth taking very seriously.”
The finding is important because of its potential affect on the standard model of physics.
“Nature has facts,” Duke’s Kotwal said. “The model is the way we understand those facts.”
Scientists have long known the standard model isn’t perfect. It doesn’t explain dark matter or gravity well. If scientists have to go in and tinker with it to explain these findings they have to make sure it doesn’t throw out of whack mathematical equations that now explain and predict other particles and forces well, researchers said.
It is a recurring problem with the model. A year ago a different team found another problem with the standard model and how muons react.
“Quantum mechanics is really beautiful and weird,” Toback said. “Anyone who has not been deeply troubled by quantum mechanics has not understood it.”
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A New Edition of Clinical Ethics Is Now Available
April 7, 2022
Clinical Ethics (vol. 17, no. 1, 2022) is available online by subscription only.
Articles include:
- “Administration of Pro re nata Medications by the Nurse to incapacitated Patients: An Ethical Perspective” by Mojtaba Vaismoradi, et al.
- “Physician Use of the Phrase ‘due to Old Age’ to Address Complaints of Elderly Symptoms in Japanese Medical Settings: The Merits and Drawbacks” by Atsushi Asai, et al.
- “How to Continue COVID-19 Vaccine Clinical Trials? The Ethics of Vaccine Research in a Time of Pandemic” by Silvia Ceruti, Marco Cosentino and Mario Picozzi | https://bioethics.com/archives/62110 | 2022-04-07T18:34:39Z | https://bioethics.com/archives/62110 | true |
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The spread of a bird flu that is deadly to poultry raises the grisly question of how farms manage to quickly kill and dispose of millions of chickens and turkeys.
It's a chore that farms across the country are increasingly facing as the number of poultry killed in the past two months has climbed to more than 24 million, with outbreaks reported nearly every day. Some farms have had to kill more than 5 million chickens at a single site with a goal of destroying the birds within 24 hours to limit the spread of the disease and prevent animals from suffering.
“The faster we can get on site and depopulate the birds that remain on site, the better,” Minnesota State Veterinarian Beth Thompson said.
The outbreak is the biggest since 2015, when producers had to kill more than 50 million birds. So far this year, there have been cases in 24 states, with Iowa the hardest hit with about 13 million chickens and turkeys killed. Other states with sizable outbreaks include Minnesota, Wisconsin, South Dakota and Indiana.
Farms faced with the need to kill so many birds turn to recommendations by the American Veterinary Medical Association. Even as it has developed methods to kill the poultry quickly, the association acknowledges its techniques “may not guarantee that the deaths the animals face are painless and distress free.” Veterinarians and U.S. Department of Agriculture officials also typically oversee the process.
One of the preferred methods is to spray water-based firefighting foam over birds as they roam around the ground inside a barn. That foam kills the animals by cutting off their air supply.
When foam won't work because birds are in cages above the ground or it's too cold, the USDA recommends sealing up barns and piping carbon dioxide inside, first rendering the birds unconscious and ultimately killing them.
If one those methods won't work because equipment or workers aren't available, or when the size of a flock is too large, the association said a last resort is a technique called ventilation shutdown. In that scenario, farmers stop airflow into barns, which raises temperatures to levels at which the animals die. The USDA and the veterinary association recommend that farmers add additional heat or carbon dioxide to barns to speed up the process and limit suffering by the animals.
Mike Stepien, a spokesman for the USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, said the techniques are the best options when it's necessary to quickly kill so many birds.
“State animal health officials and producers carefully weigh the different options to determine the best option for humane depopulation and do not make such decisions lightly,” Stepien said.
Not everyone agrees.
Animal welfare groups argue that all these methods for quickly killing birds are inhumane, though they are particularly opposed to ventilation shutdown, which they note can take hours and is akin to leaving a dog in a hot car. Animal rights groups delivered a petition last year signed by 3,577 people involved in caring for animals, including nearly 1,600 veterinarians, that urged the veterinary association to stop recommending ventilation shutdown as an option.
“We have to do better. None of these are acceptable in any way,” said Sara Shields, director of farm animal welfare science at Humane Society International.
Opponents of the standard techniques said firefighting foam uses harmful chemicals and it essentially drowns birds, causing chickens and turkeys to suffer convulsions and cardiac arrest as they die. They say carbon dioxide is painful to inhale and detectible by the birds, prompting them to try to flee the gas.
Karen Davis, of the nonprofit group United Poultry Concerns, urged the veterinary association to stop recommending all of its three main options.
“They’re all ways that I would not choose to die, and I would not choose anybody else to die regardless of what species they belong to,” Davis said.
Shields said there are more humane alternatives, such as using nitrogen gas but those options tend to be more expensive and could have logistical challenges.
Sam Krouse, vice president of Indiana-based MPS Egg Farms, said farmers feel miserable about using any of the options.
“We pour our lives and livelihoods into taking care of those birds, and it’s just devastating when we lose any of those birds,” Krouse said. “Everything that we’re doing every day is focused on keeping the disease out and making sure that we’re keeping our hens as safe as possible.”
Officials emphasize that this virus that’s spread primarily through the droppings of infected wild birds doesn’t threaten food safety or represent a significant public health threat. Sick birds aren’t allowed into the food supply and properly cooking poultry and eggs kills any viruses that might be present. And health officials say no human cases of bird flu have been found in the United States during this current outbreak.
Once poultry are dead, farmers must quickly dispose of the birds. They usually don't want to risk the chance of spreading the virus by transporting the carcasses to landfills, so crews typically pile the birds up into huge rows inside barns and combine them with other materials, such as ground up corn stalks and sawdust to create a compost pile.
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The Minecraft Championships (MCC) are now officially back on a regular schedule with MCC 21 set to run in April. MCC 21 will run toward the end of the month on April 30, Noxcrew announced today.
Noxcrew previously returned from a hiatus to run MCC 20 on March 26. MCC 21 will be the second event of the second half of this season of MCC.
The official MCC Twitter account shared a short video of various past MCC players in the Decision Dome to highlight this announcement.
MCC 21 will likely feature the same slightly altered map of season two that was used in MCC 20 and run the same games that MCC 20 did as well. The games that are actually played will be decided from a selection by the 10 teams who will vote in the Decision Dome for which games to play and in what order to play them.
The games currently running for this season are Ace Race, Battle Box, Big Sales at Build Mart, Grid Runners, Hole in the Wall, Parkour Tag, Sands of Time, Sky Battle, Survival Games, TGTTOSAWAF, Rocket Spleef Rush, and the grand finale Dodgebolt duel between the two top-performing teams. Out of these games, only nine will be chosen as options for the event and then eight will be actually played. A complete breakdown of the games and their scoring systems is available on the Noxcrew website.
The announcement by Noxcrew also revealed that the 10 teams, each made up of four content creators, participating in MCC 21 will be revealed next week. More information about MCC 21 will likely be revealed soon through the official MCC Twitter page. | https://dotesports.com/news/minecraft-championship-mcc-21-to-take-place-on-april-30 | 2022-04-07T18:48:53Z | https://dotesports.com/news/minecraft-championship-mcc-21-to-take-place-on-april-30 | false |
Legislation in New Jersey proposes later start times for high schoolers
By Nick Caloway
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CHATHAM, New Jersey (WCBS) — Some students in New Jersey could be getting extra sleep in the morning thanks to a push to start high school classes later.
Experts and lawmakers say the move will help with grades and could even boost mental health for teenagers.
Sleeping in sounds pretty good to students at Chatham High School.
“It’s a good idea,” a sophomore named Riley said.
Chatham is the latest district in New Jersey to push back start times for high schoolers. Class will begin 40 minutes later next year at 8:20 a.m.
“No, yeah, like, I literally get no sleep at all. So an extra hour in the morning will help because I go to bed later,” a junior named Kennedy said.
Students told CBS2’s Nick Caloway with sports and studying, they get to bed late and they’re exhausted in the morning.
“Pushing back start times is going to help us, and going to help all our grades in the end,” a junior named Shayna said.
Some state lawmakers agree.
“Your first two classes, you kind of bomb because you’re really not awake,” said former governor and current New Jersey state Sen. Richard Codey.
Codey is supporting new legislation in Trenton that would push high school start times to no earlier than 8:30 a.m. beginning in the 2024-25 school year.
Lawmakers behind the bill say ensuring students are well-rested can help address the alarming rise in student mental health issues.
“It’s the thing to do, and let’s get it on,” Codey said.
There’s also plenty of support in the medical community.
Dr. April Wazeka is a pediatric pulmonologist certified in sleep medicine at Goryeb Children’s Hospital at Morristown Medical Center. She said the American Academy of Sleep Medicine has been recommending later start times for years.
“So sleep in teenagers is very important. It’s an important stage of brain development. But we know that in the teenage years, your circadian rhythm, your day/night cycle, shifts. And teenagers tend to stay up later and want to sleep in later,” Wazeka said.
Some student-athletes at Chatham High did say that with a later start time, they’ll have to practice and do homework later, meaning they push the whole cycle back and still end up exhausted in the morning.
The bill to start high school later would need support from the state Senate and Assembly, and it would need approval from Gov. Phil Murphy.
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Study finds major clothing companies have no plans to phase out toxic chemicals
By Kati Weis
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COLORADO, Denver (KCNC) — Cancer-causing chemicals are lurking in some of your favorite water-resistant and stain-resistant clothes. A study released Wednesday shows many popular apparel brands don’t have plans to phase them out.
Called Going Out of Fashion, the study examined 30 major clothing brands and developed a scorecard based on the brand’s policies on having chemicals known as PFAS – or perfluoroalkyl substances – in their products. PFAS are commonly referred to as forever chemicals, because they can build up in the environment and the body over time, and cause a host of health issues, including cancer and reproductive problems.
The study was conducted by the Colorado Public Interest Research Group, the National Resource Defense Council and Fashion FWD.
In the outdoor clothing category, the highest ranked company was Patagonia with a “B” grade. The North Face received a “D,” and Columbia, REI, and Merrell all received “F” ratings. CBS4 reached out to those companies for comment, but has not yet received a response, except from REI, which said in a written statement: “A durable water repellent (DWR) finish is sometimes necessary to achieve stain and/or water-resistance and meet the durability and performance expectations of our customers. Any time we use a chemical treatment in the creation of a product, our goal is to do so in a way that minimizes the impact to people and the planet.” See REI’s full written statement at the bottom of the article.
“Unfortunately, most of these companies don’t have policies or commitments in place to really remove these PFAS forever chemicals,” said Danny Katz, the Executive Director for CoPIRG. “They’re called forever chemicals because they’re designed to be pretty indestructible. So when they’re in our clothing, it’s possible they’ll get off of our clothing and into our waterways and into our bodies, and because they’re so indestructible, they’ll build up in our bodies. They’ll build up in our ecosystems over time, and it can cause some real harm to us, so it’s important we remove PFAS from every source we can.”
Katz said researchers found some companies also had misleading labels, claiming their products were free of one type of PFAS chemical, but not others. PFAS are a class of over 9,000 toxic chemicals.
“All of those chemicals are designed to act very similarly, so there’s no reason to think that any of them are going to be safer than others,” Katz said.
He offers some advice for consumers.
“If you have clothing that says stain resistant or water resistant, it may contain PFAS, if you have a label that says PFAS free, that means they’ve phased it out,” Katz said. “But if it doesn’t have that label, or (it has) a label with different letters on it, maybe PFOS instead of PFAS free, that’s no guarantee there aren’t other types of PFAS chemicals in that product.”
Katz said the study found some other clothing companies have phased out PFAS products, demonstrating it is possible to manufacture quality clothing without the health risk.
“It’s important that the state take action. It’s important that companies take action,” Katz said. “It’s possible to produce these things without PFAS, and it’s not worth the risk to produce these things with PFAS.”
There is currently a bi-partisan bill working its way through the legislature that aims to ban products containing PFAS from being sold in Colorado.
REI issued the following full written statement on the matter:
“At REI, we strive to sell high-quality, durable gear while minimizing impacts to the environment and people. A durable water repellent (DWR) finish is sometimes necessary to achieve stain and/or water-resistance and meet the durability and performance expectations of our customers. Any time we use a chemical treatment in the creation of a product, our goal is to do so in a way that minimizes the impact to people and the planet.
DWR finishes typically utilize PFAS-based chemistry. As part of REI’s Product Impact Standards, we have established initial expectations that address the use of certain types of PFAS in key product categories, including apparel, footwear, packs, sleeping bags, and tents. We have also established that ski waxes and gear and clothing treatments are the first categories where PFAS chemistry will be phased out completely. We will continue to elevate our expectations where we are able.
In addition, to safeguard consumer health and safety, REI has a rigorous chemicals management program for the products we sell under the REI Co-op brand. This involves chemical testing of materials that go into the products we sell for compliance with REI’s Restricted Substances List (RSL). We also partner with bluesign® to utilize certified materials with the aim of preventing chemicals of concern from entering into our products during each step of the manufacturing process.
Finally, several brands in recent years have begun offering PFAS-free waterproof apparel products. For example, the North Face recently begun selling products that utilize their FUTURELIGHT waterproof membrane, which is PFAS-free. REI currently offers a collection of these products, which you can find on REI.com here. Together with our partners and the Outdoor Industry Association (OIA), we will continue working together to determine how we can apply these products only when necessary as well as determine when better options are available.
If you’d like to learn more about REI’s product sustainability efforts—including those related to chemical management—please visit our Stewardship site here. ”
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Scammers targeted by new ACMA laws
Strong customer identity checks will be required under new rules from the telecommunications regulator to stop scams targeting customer interactions with providers.
The rules respond to a rise in 'SIM-swap scams', where fraudsters use an individual's personal details to get a new SIM card and take control of their phone number.
The Australian Communications and Media Authority say those scams have cost individual victims around $28,000 on average.
ACMA's scam task force chairwoman Fiona Cameron said the racket could cause significant loss.
"SIM-swap scams can cause a lot of harm as scammers take control of your phone number and then use that to gain access to your online banking accounts," she said.
"SIM-swap fraud is particularly egregious as it leads to identity theft and significant financial losses."
The new rules, which kick in from June 30, require telcos to carry out stronger identity checks on higher-risk transactions like requesting new SIMs, changing accounts and disclosing personal information.
ACMA's enforcement options for any breaches of the rules include court action.
"These new rules require multi-factor authentication of your identity such as confirming personal information and responding with a one-time code consistent with how other essential services like banking operate," Ms Cameron said.
"We expect these rules will go a long way to stamping out unauthorised transactions like SIM-swap fraud and improve safeguards for telco customers." | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/aap/article-10697079/Scammers-targeted-new-ACMA-laws.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | 2022-04-07T18:50:57Z | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/aap/article-10697079/Scammers-targeted-new-ACMA-laws.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | true |
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. General Assembly voted Thursday to suspend Russia from the world organization’s leading human rights body over allegations of horrific rights violations by Russian soldiers in Ukraine, which the United States and Ukraine have called tantamount to war crimes.
It was a rare, if not unprecedented rebuke against one of the five veto-wielding members of the U.N. Security Council.
The vote on the U.S. initiated resolution was 93-24 with 58 abstentions, significantly lower than the vote on two resolutions the assembly adopted last month demanding an immediate cease-fire in Ukraine, withdrawal of all Russian troops and protection for civilians. Both of those resolutions were approved by at least 140 nations.
Russia’s deputy ambassador Gennady Kuzmin announced after the vote that Russia withdrew from the Human Rights Council earlier Thursday, before the assembly took action, apparently in expectation of the result. He accused the council of being monopolized by a group of countries with “short-term political and economic interests” that he accused of “blatant and massive violations of human rights.”
The Geneva-based Human Rights Council is tasked with spotlighting and approving investigations of rights violations including in Syria and in late March in Ukraine. And it does periodic reviews of the human rights situation in all 193 U.N. member nations.
The 47-member council was created in 2006 to replace a commission discredited because of some members’ poor rights records. The new council soon faced similar criticism, including that rights abusers sought seats to protect themselves and their allies, and for focusing on Israel.
Along with Russia, other four permanent members of the U.N. Security Council — Britain, China, France, and the United States, which rejoined this year — currently have seats on the Human Rights Council. Other members with widely questioned rights records along with China include Eritrea, Venezuela, Sudan and Libya.
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said when the U.S. was elected to the council last year that it has an important role in “documenting atrocities in order to hold wrongdoers accountable.” And he said the United States and other countries “must push back against attempts to subvert the ideals upon which the Human Rights Council was founded.”
U.S. Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield launched the campaign to suspend Russia from its seat on the council in the wake of videos and photos of streets in the town of Bucha strewn with corpses of what appeared to be civilians after Russian soldiers retreated. The deaths have sparked global revulsion and calls for tougher sanctions on Russia, which has vehemently denied its troops were responsible.
Russia is the second country to have its membership rights stripped at the rights council which was established in 2006. In 2011, Libya was suspended by the assembly when upheaval in the North African country brought down longtime leader Moammar Gadhafi.
While almost half the U.N.’s 193 member nations supported the resolution, more than half either voted against it, abstained or didn’t vote.
Explaining their decision not to support the resolution, some countries called it premature, noting that there are ongoing investigations into whether war crimes have occurred, or said it would undermine the credibility of the Human Rights Council and the United Nations. Others said the resolution reflected American and European geopolitical agendas and what opponents called Western hypocrisy and selective outrage about human rights.
In addition to the Human Rights Council investigation, being led by former Norwegian judge Erik Mose who previously served as president of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, the International Criminal Court is conducting an investigation of possible war crimes in Ukraine.
Before the vote, Ukraine’s U.N. Ambassador Sergiy Kyslytsya urged assembly members to keep the Human Rights Council from “sinking” and suspend Russia, saying it has committed “horrific human rights violations and abuses that would be equated to war crimes and crimes against humanity.”
“Russia’s actions are beyond the pale,” he said. “Russia is not only committing human rights violations, it is shaking the underpinnings of international peace and security.”
Russia’ Kuzmin urged members to vote “no.”
“What we’re seeing today is an attempt by the United States to maintain its dominant position and total control,” he said. “We reject the untruthful allegations against us, based on staged events and widely circulated fakes.”
In an appeal to some member states before the vote, Russia said the attempt to expel it from the Human Rights Council is political and being supported by countries that want to preserve their dominant position and control over the world.
Those nations want to continue “the politics of neo-colonialism of human rights” in international relations, Russia said in the document obtained by The Associated Press, insisting that its priority is to promote and defend human rights, including multilaterally in the Human Rights Council.
Kyslytsya responded to Russia’s complaints saying: “We have heard, many times, the same perverted logic of the aggressor trying to present itself as the victim.”
While the Human Rights Council is based in Geneva, its members are elected by the General Assembly for three-year terms. Russia’s term ends in December 2023.
The March 2006 resolution that established the council says the assembly may suspend membership rights of a country “that commits gross and systematic violations of human rights.”
The brief resolution that was approved 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.”
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 a March 2 resolution that 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.
China abstained in both votes but voted against suspending Russia from the Human Rights Council.
“Such a hasty move at the General Assembly, which forces countries to choose sides, will aggravate the division among member states and intensify the confrontation between the parties concerned,” said Chinese Ambassador Zhang Jun. “It is like adding fuel to the fire.”
India abstained for a third time.
Indian Ambassador T. S. Tirumurti said his country wasn’t taking sides — except “a side of peace and for an immediate end to violence.” “When innocent human lives are at stake, diplomacy must prevail as the only viable option,” he added.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Thursday afternoon's drawing of the Missouri Lottery's "Pick 3 Midday" game were:
2-7-3
(two, seven, three)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Thursday afternoon's drawing of the Missouri Lottery's "Pick 3 Midday" game were:
2-7-3
(two, seven, three) | https://www.lmtonline.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Pick-3-Midday-game-17064678.php | 2022-04-07T18:57:44Z | https://www.lmtonline.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Pick-3-Midday-game-17064678.php | true |
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) _ The winning numbers in Thursday afternoon's drawing of the Iowa Lottery's "Pick 4 Midday" game were:
7-1-8-7
(seven, one, eight, seven)
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) _ The winning numbers in Thursday afternoon's drawing of the Iowa Lottery's "Pick 4 Midday" game were:
7-1-8-7
(seven, one, eight, seven) | https://www.expressnews.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Pick-4-Midday-game-17064649.php | 2022-04-07T19:01:46Z | https://www.expressnews.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Pick-4-Midday-game-17064649.php | false |
Tiger Woods has mixed start to Masters bid after timely reminder of 2019 win
Tiger Woods produced a mixed bag in his opening round of the Masters after getting his campaign under way with a welcome reminder of his most recent triumph at Augusta National.
A 30-minute delay due to bad weather meant Woods started his first round at 1104 local time (1604BST), coincidentally the same time at which he teed off on day one in 2019.
Woods went on to win his 15th major title, 3,954 days since he claimed his previous one when he beat Rocco Mediate in a play-off for the 2008 US Open, despite a double stress fracture and knee injury which prompted season-ending surgery.
The emotional victory came two years after he told Jack Nicklaus “I’m done” during the pre-tournament Champions Dinner, after which he flew straight to London to see the consultant who recommended he undergo what proved to be career-saving spinal fusion surgery.
This year, it was the severe leg injuries suffered in a car crash 13 months ago which had placed his Masters participation in serious jeopardy, but Woods had once again defied the odds to take his place in the field and insisted he believed he could win a sixth green jacket.
Speaking after performing his duties as honorary starter alongside Gary Player and Tom Watson, Nicklaus said: “Tiger I’m sure will be very competitive this week.
“I don’t know whether he can win or not. He hasn’t played any competition for a long time.
“When you haven’t played any competition for a long time you have a tendency to not be as sharp mentally, although I would never fault Tiger for his mental acumen because I think Tiger mentally is fantastic.”
Woods holed from 10 feet for par on the first after his approach had rolled back off the front of the green and, after lipping out on the fifth, hit a superb tee shot to two feet on the next to set up a tap-in birdie.
The 46-year-old bogeyed the par-five eighth after needing four to get down from 50 yards short of the green, but saved par on the ninth after a pulled drive into the trees.
Playing partner Joaquin Niemann span his approach to the ninth back into the hole for an eagle to vault into the lead as the first player to reach three under par.
The first group teed off at 0830 local time (1330BST) after Watson had joined Nicklaus and Player in acting as an honorary starter for the first time.
With light rain still falling, Player, Nicklaus and Watson hit their ceremonial tee shots on the opening hole, with the latter asking permission to say a few words before his turn.
“I would like to say how honoured I am to be with Gary and Jack,” the two-time Masters champion said.
“I have watched this ceremony many times with Arnie (Arnold Palmer), Gene Sarazen, Byron Nelson, and to be a part of this thing I am truly humbled.”
Watson’s competitive instincts remained intact however as he also asked Player how far his drive had gone, with Player replying: “You could hear it land. Not very far.”
England’s Paul Casey withdrew before the start of play due to the back injury which also forced him out of the WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play last month. | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/pa/article-10697215/Tiger-Woods-mixed-start-Masters-bid-timely-reminder-2019-win.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | 2022-04-07T19:03:18Z | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/pa/article-10697215/Tiger-Woods-mixed-start-Masters-bid-timely-reminder-2019-win.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | false |
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A Chinese national who pleaded guilty earlier this year to stealing a trade secret from agribusiness giant Monsanto while he worked in Missouri has been sentenced to more than two years in prison.
Haitao Xiang, formerly of Chesterfield, Missouri, was sentenced Thursday in federal court in St. Louis to 29 months in prison and fined $150,000. Xiang also must undergo three years of supervision upon his release from prison.
In January, Xiang pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit economic espionage. Federal prosecutors said Xiang transferred a trade secret to a memory card and then attempted to take it to China for the benefit of the Chinese government.
Xiang worked as an imaging scientist for Monsanto and one of its subsidiaries, The Climate Corporation, from 2008 to 2017.
Court records say Monsanto and The Climate Corporation developed a digital online farming software platform to help farmers collect field data to increase productivity. Part of the platform was an algorithm called the Nutrient Optimizer, which the companies considered a trade secret and their intellectual property.
In June 2017, the day after leaving employment with the companies, Xiang tried to fly to China, prosecutors said. During a search, investigators found one of Xiang’s electronic devices contained copies of the Nutrient Optimizer.
Xiang flew to China, where he worked for the Chinese Academy of Science’s Institute of Soil Science. He was arrested when he returned to the United States.
The case was brought as part of a 2018 Justice Department effort called the China Initiative, which was intended to crack down on trade secret theft and economic espionage.
The department retired the China Initiative name in February amid criticism that federal agents and prosecutors were being overly aggressive in their pursuit of Chinese academics on American college campuses. But the department’s top national security official, Matthew Olsen, said at the time that the department would continue to go after Chinese espionage and that it stood behind its ongoing investigations and prosecutions related to China. | https://www.expressnews.com/news/article/Chinese-man-sentenced-for-stealing-Monsanto-trade-17064589.php | 2022-04-07T19:03:45Z | https://www.expressnews.com/news/article/Chinese-man-sentenced-for-stealing-Monsanto-trade-17064589.php | false |
Sharks GM Doug Wilson steps down after 19 seasons
San Jose Sharks general manager Doug Wilson announced Thursday he is stepping down after 19 seasons to focus on his health.
Wilson, 64, who has held the role since 2003, has been on leave from the team since November.
"These past 19 years serving as general manager of the San Jose Sharks have been a privilege and one of the most fulfilling and enjoyable periods of my life," he said in a news release. "I have been incredibly fortunate to work for and with some of the most talented and passionate people in the game of hockey.
"I want to thank Hasso Plattner, along with our previous ownership groups, for the incredible opportunity and the trust they placed in myself and our staff. I want to also thank all of the coaches, players, scouts, trainers and members of the hockey department that I have worked with over these many years for their dedication and commitment to our organization. I want to thank the tremendous fans of the San Jose Sharks franchise. Your enthusiasm and support of this team is unmatched, and I will cherish the shared memories that we have built together over nearly two decades."
During Wilson's tenure, only the Pittsburgh Penguins (768) and Boston Bruins (762) won more games than the Sharks (760).
San Jose qualified for the Stanley Cup Playoffs 14 times, including 10 straight appearances from 2004-14.
The Sharks won the Presidents' Trophy in 2009 and reached the Stanley Cup Final in 2016, losing to Pittsburgh in six games.
A member of the Hockey Hall of Fame, Wilson also thanked everyone who has reached out to him during his leave of absence.
"While I have made great progress over the last several months, I feel it is in the best interest of the organization and myself to step down from my current duties and focus on my health and full recovery," he said. "I look forward to continuing my career in the NHL in the future."
With 13 games remaining, the Sharks (29-31-9, 67 points) entered Thursday 16 points behind the Dallas Stars for the final wild-card playoff spot in the Western Conference.
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In the weeks before the NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament, the big focus was on improving the experience for players, including expanding the “March Madness” branding to the event for the first time.
Broadcast rights and the millions of dollars attached to them will soon bcome more of a priority.
The NCAA championships package — which includes the women’s tournament and 28 other title events, though not the men's tourney — expires in August 2024. That means the bidding process for whatever packages the NCAA decides to market would likely begin next fall.
ESPN currently pays $34 million per year for that package of 29 events, which it agreed to in 2011. The Kaplan Report, which was commissioned by the NCAA after glaring inequities between the 2021 men's and women's tournaments were brought to light, estimated that the women's tournament could have a market value of $96 million to $101 million per year as a separate package.
Will the NCAA try to sell the event as its own product? It is a question on the minds of many in the women's game, including South Carolina coach Dawn Staley who wants to see tournament teams cash in just like the men.
NCAA President Mark Emmert said last week before the Final Four that all options are on the table.
“We’re heading into just the right period to be looking at and determine the best approach going forward for a new contract,” he said. “Whether that’s splitting up sports, whether that’s keeping some of it together, we’ll have to determine that, and we’ll have to work with outside experts, as we always do, who provide the necessary data and expertise in all of that.”
South Carolina’s 64-49 victory over Connecticut on Sunday night averaged 4.85 million viewers on ESPN, making it the most-watched women’s championship game since 2004. It was also the fourth-largest audience for the title game since the network began airing the entire tournament in 1996.
The tournament overall averaged 634,000 viewers per game, a 16% increase over last year, with many of the rounds seeing their highest averages in more than 10 years. This was the second year that all games aired on at least one channel nationally instead of going to regional audiences.
It was also the second year that ABC aired four games the first weekend of the tournament while ESPN introduced an alternate feed for the Final Four weekend on ESPN2 with Sue Bird and Diana Taurasi providing commentary. The championship game aired at 8 p.m. Eastern; in previous years, tipoff was at 6 p.m. so the game would precede “Sunday Night Baseball”. That wasn't the case this year after the basetball season was delayed due to the lockout.
The next step could be for the title game to air on ABC, which, like ESPN, is owned by Disney. Rebecca Lobo, a former UConn star and longtime analyst on ESPN, said it is more of a question of when rather than if.
“It’s moving in the right direction. As a women’s basketball fan, that’s my hope, because I know it rates higher, draws a bigger audience and it’s a bigger platform," she said. "Ideally, to me, that’s where our biggest game would be.”
Advertising inventory sold out a month before the tournament started and included 14 sponsors and 22 advertisers. Disney Advertising’s Deidra Maddock, the vice president of sports brand solutions, also pointed out that nearly two million brackets were filled out on the ESPN Women’s Tournament Challenge page.
Having the first two weekends go Friday through Monday, instead of Saturday through Tuesday as had been the case in previous years also helped with increased attendance and ratings. While Connecticut coach Geno Auriemma was not happy about playing a regional final on a Monday before playing in the Final Four four nights later, it could have been worse if the last two regional finals were on a Tuesday.
UCLA coach and Women’s Basketball Coaches Association President Cori Close said a possibility would be to have the first two weekends go Thursday through Sunday, just like the men's tournament. While the Kaplan Report suggested playing on days the men's tournament is off, a Sunday through Wednesday model would be a detriment to players as well as attendance and ratings.
Another idea from the report that isn't getting much traction is having one or two networks have both the men's and women's tournament. The CBS/Turner deal with the men's tournament runs until 2036 and the idea of two networks having to possibly program 32 games in one day — 16 each for men's and women's in the first round — wouldn't make it feasible.
CBS and Turner’s original contract with the NCAA was for 14 years at $10.8 billion (average $770 million per year). They signed an extension in 2016 and the per year average will jump to $1.1 billion beginning in 2025.
Tag Garson, Wasserman’s senior vice president of properties, said the biggest key to any upcoming rights deal is making sure there is flexibility in adapting to a changing media landscape.
“A few years ago, there wasn’t a Paramount Plus, Disney Plus or Peacock. There is something to be said for having stability, in an age within collegiate athletics or intercollegiate athletics that there hasn’t been as much stability recently," Garson said. “But at the same time, if anybody can tell you where media is headed in the next decade, I have a bridge to sell you.”
That uncertainy is certainly a factor for the NCAA, which is under scrutiny when it comes to improving gender equity even as it overhauls its very approach to governing more than 1,200 member schools with nearly 500,000 athletes.
“That’s our big quest. How do we find the best intersection between attendance, TV ratings, corporate sponsorship, student-athlete welfare and competitive equity, and where do all those circles of priorities converge?” Close asked. “There are times where things need to be exactly equal. But there are other times where we just want a chance to be successful in our own landscape.”
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More AP women’s college basketball: https://apnews.com/hub/womens-college-basketball and https://apnews.com/hub/ap-top-25-womens-college-basketball-poll and https://twitter.com/AP_Top25 | https://www.expressnews.com/sports/article/NCAA-Women-s-Tournament-TV-rights-could-have-17064748.php | 2022-04-07T19:07:20Z | https://www.expressnews.com/sports/article/NCAA-Women-s-Tournament-TV-rights-could-have-17064748.php | true |
Which black patio furniture is best?
Every homeowner’s favorite thing to have is a nice backyard patio. It’s a place to grill, sunbathe and entertain. It’s your own private park. But, like any room inside your home, you need some furniture to complete it. Black patio furniture is a good pick, thanks to how hard it is for wear and tear to show and the fact that it simply looks good in any yard.
A top choice for black patio furniture is the Grand Patio Five-Piece Patio Furniture Set. However, it’s best suited to cooler backyards.
What to know before you buy black patio furniture
Black patio furniture set types
There are three main types of black patio furniture sets: conversation, dining and bistro.
- Conversation sets are perfect for hanging out. They can include any number of seating combinations from only two to 10-plus. They usually include a small table, but nothing large enough to hold more than a few drinks.
- Dining sets are all about eating outside. They usually have at least four chairs, though larger sizes are more common, in addition to a sizable table.
- Bistro sets are somewhat of a combination. They include a small table that’s just big enough to hold plates of food plus two or four chairs.
Style
Patio furniture, even when restricted to a majority color black, comes in a huge variety of styles. There’s modern, minimalistic, rustic, vintage, post-modern, farmhouse and more. When shopping for styles, try to find a set that complements your home’s interior and exterior designs.
What to look for in quality black patio furniture
Frame material
Black patio furniture frames can be various materials, each with its own pros and cons.
- Iron frames are heavy, durable and expensive. Many are so heavy, wheels are installed on their undersides so you can move them around as needed. Most maintenance revolves around treating rust.
- Steel frames are lighter and nearly as durable, plus a little more affordable. They also require rust-related maintenance.
- Aluminum frames are light, affordable and naturally resistant to rust and corrosion. They also require little maintenance, though they can easily blow away in stiff winds.
- Plastic frames are cheap, recyclable and easy to move in and out of storage as needed. They don’t last, but they’re perfect for those who infrequently take advantage of their patios.
- Wicker frames are light and reasonably durable. They’re one of the most aesthetically pleasing options.
- Wood frames are beautiful but are expensive and high maintenance. There are dozens of woods to choose from, each with unique strengths and weaknesses.
Cushioning
Many black patio furniture sets include cushions. The best cushions have covers that are heavily outdoor-proof. This includes UV, water and wind resistance. They can also be removable and machine-washable.
How much you can expect to spend on black patio furniture
Black patio furniture sets cost anywhere between $100 and thousands of dollars. Most sets cost $100-$1,000, with the $500 area serving as a divider between sets of medium and high quality. Premium, specialty, designer and extra-large sets usually start around $1,500 and can reach unfathomable costs.
Black patio furniture FAQ
How hot can black patio furniture get?
A. Depending on the material and the exact temperature, pretty hot. Black metal frames can become positively boiling in high temperatures with direct sun exposure, although aluminum won’t get as hot as steel. Most black fabrics can become noticeably warmer but not so hot as to be uncomfortable.
How long does a set of black patio furniture last?
A. That depends on a few factors, including the quality of your set and how well you maintain it. The average set put into storage when adverse weather strikes and is reasonably maintained can last for many years. Treat a cheap set badly, and you’ll be lucky to get a year out of it. One method of gauging longevity is to check its warranty. Longer-lasting and more comprehensive warranties always point to a more durable set.
What’s the best black patio furniture to buy?
Top black patio furniture
Grand Patio Five-Piece Patio Furniture Set
What you need to know: If you live in a cooler climate, this set is perfect for you.
What you’ll love: This set includes four rocking chairs with grey cushions and a central gas-powered fire pit. The cushion covers are machine-washable, and the chairs use Velcro to prevent the cushions from sliding. The fire pit can reach 50,000 British thermal units, which is very hot.
What you should consider: Some consumers didn’t receive the fire pit with the chairs. Others struggled to follow the assembly instructions. A few had issues with the chairs bottoming out.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Top black patio furniture for the money
Greesum Four-Piece Patio Furniture Set
What you need to know: This set is simple and affordable.
What you’ll love: This set includes one wide bench, two chairs and a glass-topped coffee table. The chairs use mesh for breathability and to allow precipitation to pass through. The frames are made of rust-resistant steel and have rubber feet for stability. It includes everything you need for assembly.
What you should consider: Some consumers struggled to assemble the set. They do offer expert assembly, but it is expensive. Others reported receiving damaged frames or mesh.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Worth checking out
Flash Furniture Six-Piece Nantucket Black Patio Furniture Set
What you need to know: This is another great budget set.
What you’ll love: This set includes four chairs, a glass-topped table and an umbrella. The umbrella is easy to take down and set up as needed and the chairs fold up for simple storage. The chairs and table are powder-coated steel for durability. Most consumers found assembly easy.
What you should consider: Some consumers didn’t receive various parts, such as necessary assembly tools. The umbrella isn’t durable compared to the chairs and the table.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Thursday afternoon's drawing of the Missouri Lottery's "Pick 4 Midday" game were:
3-6-4-6
(three, six, four, six)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Thursday afternoon's drawing of the Missouri Lottery's "Pick 4 Midday" game were:
3-6-4-6
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NEW YORK (AP) — Refuting suggestions that he’s lost interest in going after Donald Trump, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg said Thursday a criminal investigation into the former president and his business practices is continuing “without fear or favor” despite a recent shakeup in the probe’s leadership.
In a rare public statement, Bragg denied that the three-year investigation was winding down or that a grand jury term expiring this month would impede his office’s ability to bring charges.
Citing secrecy rules, the district attorney said he couldn’t discuss details of the probe but pledged to publicly disclose findings when it’s over.
“In recent weeks, the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office has been repeatedly asked whether our investigation concerning former President Donald J. Trump, the Trump Organization, and its leadership is continuing,” Bragg wrote. “It is.”
The Democrat’s affirmation of the investigation was part of a double dose of bad legal news for Trump on Thursday.
It came shortly after the New York attorney general’s office asked a judge to hold Trump in contempt of court and fine him $10,000 per day for not complying with a March 31 deadline to turn over documents in a parallel civil investigation.
Trump is appealing a subpoena for his testimony in that investigation, but not one requiring him to provide documents.
“The judge’s order was crystal clear: Donald J. Trump must comply with our subpoena and turn over relevant documents to my office,” Attorney General Letitia James said. “Instead of obeying a court order, Mr. Trump is trying to evade it. We are seeking the court’s immediate intervention because no one is above the law.”
A message seeking comment was left with Trump’s lawyer.
Bragg’s statement, emailed to reporters and posted on social media, marked the district attorney’s first public comment on the closely watched Trump investigation since the two top deputies who had been leading it, Mark Pomerantz and Carey Dunne, resigned Feb. 23 in a dispute over the direction of the case.
Pomerantz, a former mafia prosecutor brought out of private practice last year to lead the Trump criminal probe, wrote in his resignation letter that he believed Trump is “guilty of numerous felony violations” but that Bragg, who inherited the probe when he took office in January, had decided not to pursue charges.
Pomerantz said in the letter, published last month by The New York Times, that there was “evidence sufficient to establish Mr. Trump’s guilt beyond a reasonable doubt” of allegations he falsified financial statements to secure loans and burnish his image as a wealthy businessman.
“I believe that your decision not to prosecute Donald Trump now, and on the existing record, is misguided and completely contrary to the public interest,” Pomerantz wrote. “I therefore cannot continue in my current position.”
Bragg’s silence after the resignations and the March 23 publication of Pomerantz’s letter gave rise to a narrative that he was no longer interested in pursuing Trump and that the investigation was effectively dead.
After Pomerantz and Dunne left the D.A.’s office, Trump lawyer Robert Fischetti told the Associated Press: “I’m a very happy man. In my opinion, this investigation is over.”
Pomerantz and Dunne started on the probe under former District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr., and Bragg asked them to stay when he took office. Pomerantz wrote that Vance had directed them to present evidence to a grand jury and seek an indictment of Trump and other defendants “as soon as reasonably possible,” but Bragg reached a different conclusion after reviewing the evidence.
Both Vance and Bragg are Democrats. No former president has ever been charged with a crime.
In his statement Thursday, Bragg tried to wrest back the narrative, putting Trump and his associates on notice that they shouldn’t rest easy while also attempting to reassure supporters who backed him in part because he pledged to continue investigating the former president, a Republican.
Bragg said that a team of “dedicated, experienced career prosecutors” is working on the investigation, led by the chief of his Investigation Division, Susan Hoffinger, and that they are “going through documents, interviewing witnesses, and exploring evidence not previously explored.”
“In the long and proud tradition of white-collar prosecutions at the Manhattan D.A.’s Office, we are investigating thoroughly and following the facts without fear or favor,” Bragg said.
Trump has called the investigation a politically motivated “witch hunt.”
So far, the three-year investigation has resulted only in tax fraud charges against Trump’s company, the Trump Organization, and its longtime finance chief Allen Weisselberg relating to lucrative fringe benefits such as rent, car payments and school tuition. They have pleaded not guilty.
Weisselberg’s lawyers filed court papers in February asking a judge to throw out his case, arguing that prosecutors targeted him as punishment because he wouldn’t flip on the former president.
Trump has cited potential peril from the criminal case as he appeals a ruling requiring him to answer questions under oath in a parallel civil investigation being led by New York Attorney General Letitia James.
Trump’s lawyers contend that James, who assigned two lawyers to work on the criminal case, is using the guise of a civil deposition to get around a state law barring prosecutors from calling someone to testify before a criminal grand jury without giving them immunity.
James, a Democrat, has said her investigation uncovered evidence that Trump may have misstated the value of assets like golf courses and skyscrapers on financial statements for more than a decade — a topic that has also been part of the criminal investigation.
Bragg said in his statement that “high-profile, complex investigations have been trademarks” of his professional career, including as a top deputy to New York’s attorney general in 2018 overseeing a lawsuit that led to the closure of Trump’s charitable foundation over allegations that he used the nonprofit to further his political and business interests.
“These experiences shape my approach and the investigative steps that the team is hard at work on,” Bragg wrote. “Prosecutors fulfilling their duties cannot and do not bring only cases that are ‘slam dunks.’ To the contrary, every case must be brought for the right reason – namely that justice demands it. That’s what I’ve done throughout my career, regardless of how easy or tough a case might be.”
A grand jury convened last fall in the Trump investigation hasn’t been hearing evidence regularly for several months and its term is expected to run out in the coming weeks, but Bragg said there are grand juries sitting in Manhattan all the time and “there is no magic at all to any previously reported dates.”
“In the meantime, we will not be discussing our investigative steps. Nor will we be discussing grand jury matters.” Bragg wrote. “In short, as we have previously said, the investigation continues.”
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Boxing world champ wants to build keyworker homes in St Albans
Matthew Smith, Local Democracy Reporter
- Credit: McPartland Planning Ltd
Former world champion boxer Steve Collins is behind plans to build 330 homes for keyworkers who “we all clapped for during the height of the pandemic”.
Steve Collins, who defeated Chris Eubank and Nigel Benn, is hoping to build the homes on land at St Stephen's Green Farm in St Albans.
Developers have said there are “no strings” or catches to the plan to build on land owned by Mr Collins, who had a 36-3 professional record in the 1980s and 1990s.
Councillors were set to vote on the proposals at a meeting of St Albans district council’s planning referrals committee on March 28, but the item was withdrawn from the agenda following a recommendation that members refuse the plans.
The item is expected to be considered at a future meeting, but the applicant’s agent has spoken out following the delay to address criticism of the proposals, which would be built on Green Belt land and has received over 350 objections.
Ian Parker, of McPartland Planning Ltd, said the price of homes at Addison Park would be discounted by a third for keyworkers, and this discount would last to all future sales. Mr Parker added there would be “no flipping to make a fast buck. No strings. No catches”.
Mr Parker said: "[Steve Collins] has generously proposed a unique development that would see 330 new homes being built on his own land. They will all be designated as affordable housing – 100 per cent. They will be exclusively for local essential key workers, including nurses, paramedics, ambulance drivers, police, fire & rescue, teachers, carers and military personnel. The very people we all clapped for during the height of the pandemic. And on top of that, each property will be discounted by at least a third.”
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The application is for outline planning permission with final details reserved for a later stage of the process but the developers have indicated the scheme could include 32 one-bedroom, 116 two-bedroom and 182 three-bedroom homes.
The plans received objections from 359 addresses in St Albans, with concerns raised about the loss of Green Belt space, increased pressure on local services and that the development would contribute to urban sprawl.
Other objections include concerns about the impact on wildlife and biodiversity, the development being out of keeping with the village and a lack of engagement with local residents. Nine addresses have submitted representations in support of the plans.
In response to concerns about the deliverability, Mr Parker believes Addison Park will be over-subscribed with other districts replicating the scheme, and claimed the district council had asked developers to remove all mention of key workers from the application, although would consider other types of affordable housing.
The district council did not comment on the claims, and ahead of a meeting last month officers recommended that the scheme be refused by councillors, citing a lack of very special circumstances to remove the land from Green Belt and the limited access to public transport in the area.
Their report said: “The potential harm to the Green Belt by reason of inappropriateness, and any other harm resulting from the proposal, is not clearly outweighed by other considerations; and as a result the Very Special Circumstances required to allow for approval of inappropriate development in the Green Belt do not exist in this case.”
In response, Mr Parker said recent approvals on Green Belt in the district show that planning reasons do exist and there was demand in the area. He said: “Our case is that if “very special circumstances” exist to allow for new houses mainly for wealthy couples moving out of London, then “very, very, very special circumstances” exist to allow a scheme providing discounted affordable homes to local nurses, teachers, police officers, fire fighters, care workers and military personnel.
“In other words, if parts of the Green Belt in St Albans have to be lost, then make sure the houses built there are for local key workers.”
The district council declined to respond to the comments specifically, and noted no final decision on the development has been made, with councillors having a final say on the proposals. The next meeting of the planning referrals committee is scheduled for May 9. | https://www.hertsad.co.uk/news/housing/keyworker-homes-scheme-for-green-belt-8868700 | 2022-04-07T19:14:23Z | https://www.hertsad.co.uk/news/housing/keyworker-homes-scheme-for-green-belt-8868700 | false |
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — The thwack of hammers and the whine of power saws are vying for attention with the beeping of slot machines and the clack of the bouncing roulette ball at many Atlantic City casinos this spring as the gambling halls spend millions on updating their properties.
The projects come as the gambling industry anticipates a busy summer with pandemic fears lessening and the casino industry seeing its business increase.
Hotel room makeovers, casino floor redesigns, new restaurants and swimming pools are all being built this spring, with more to come later in the year.
Part of it is the usual upkeep that casinos do to gain or maintain market share, but this year the investments are particularly important as casino executives expect a banner summer with people becoming more used to living with COVID-19.
“The fact is that we're still in a recovery mode from the coronavirus pandemic; our businesses are still not at the revenue levels of 2019,” said Mark Giannantonio, president of Resorts casino. “What will help is reinvesting in the product. A lot of places are spending real money on projects this year."
The rooftop swimming pool at Resorts is being redone to make it fully enclosed but with a retractable roof and panels so that it can be open on warm days and heated on colder ones. It should be ready by late June.
The casino also is investing $5 million into new table games and slot machines, remodeling its high-limit slots area, and creating a new VIP Asian-themed room.
“We’re excited for summer in Atlantic City,” said Bill Callahan, general manager of the Ocean Casino Resort, which will roll out $100 million worth of new amenities between May and October of this year.
Ocean is finishing 12 floors of hotel rooms that were never completed when the casino first opened as Revel in 2012. At least some of the rooms are expected to be ready by July. And Ocean is redoing its sports book in the center of the casino and adding a new casual eatery.
Callahan said his casino has experienced “a surge in demand” since last year.
“That demand, combined with decreased travel concern regarding the pandemic and impending shore tourism, will create great energy and volume for our resort and the entire Atlantic City market,” he said.
The U.S. casino industry as a whole is off to its best two-month start in history, winning nearly $9 billion from gamblers in January and February, and casinos want to be ready for the expected surge this summer.
“There are nine different casinos here that people can choose, so you have to stay competitive,” said Michael Monty, general manager of Bally's, which is spending $100 million over five years to bring what for years had been Atlantic City's poorest-performing property back to relevance.
Their latest projects include a rotating 360-degree bar and an indoor-outdoor beer garden. They also are redoing 750 hotel rooms.
Hard Rock will spend $20 million this year on renovations including adding 70 slot machines and seven more table games; renovating its convention space, beach bar and employee areas.
Caesars casino will start work this year on a new theater and resident show due to open in the first quarter of 2023. The project will incorporate the facade of the former Warner Theatre from 1929, which is currently part of the casino’s exterior facing the Boardwalk.
Also planned for Caesars in 2022 is a new restaurant, opened by a hospitality company involving actor Robert De Niro that also will renovate hotel rooms there. Caesars Entertainment is partnering with Nobu Hospitality for a project to be called Nobu Hotel Atlantic City.
They're not ready to reveal specifics, but Tropicana expects to add eight new food and beverage outlets this year and Harrah's will open three casual dining outlets.
And a non-casino hotel is spending big this year, too. The Showboat, a former casino, is building a $100 million year-round indoor water park next door. And its Lucky Snake arcade is adding an indoor go-kart track that should be open in May.
The Borgata and Golden Nugget declined comment for this story, but Borgata said it will announce one or more projects later this year.
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A district tasked to oversee Lake Thunderbird has requested Oklahoma Turnpike Authority cooperate as it plans to build a toll road next to Norman’s primary water source.
OTA announced in February a proposed route for an extension of the Kickapoo Turnpike, which will run south from Interstate 40 in east Norman, west of the lake and watershed.
The Central Oklahoma Master Conservancy District (COMCD) will vote on a resolution to submit a letter to the OTA to request its cooperation.
The board will vote on the resolution during its Thursday meeting at 6:30 p.m. at 12500 Alameda Drive.
The district, created to provide water to Norman, Midwest City and Del City, operates and maintains water supply through a contract with the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation. It’s responsible for operation and maintenance of the dam and flood releases “as ordered by the U.S. Army of Corps of Engineers,” the letter to the OTA reads.
The District’s letter stressed the importance of the lake and the potential impacts of the project on the lake.
“...to ensure the District can fulfill its obligation to provide quality drinking water in sufficient quantities to our member cities, we take very seriously any development or project within the watershed that may affect our ability to do so,” the letter reads. “The Board believes this project is of a magnitude that warrants our full attention.”
The letter puts the OTA on notice that “we intend and expect to be actively engaged partners in the process moving forward and exercise our rights and jurisdiction to the extent allowed by law to ensure that our interests are protected.”
It also said the District believes the OTA would welcome the collaboration and a shared interest in protecting the state’s lakes.
OTA spokesman James Poling said it would cooperate with the district. Guests of the meeting who wish to speak during public comment must sign up before the meeting.
Concerned citizens heard by Bureau of Reclamation
The meeting packet includes a letter from the U.S. Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Reclamation to the OTA that told the authority its plans come into contact with “Norman Project Lands” –- a federally owned water resource project — the letter states.
Jeff Thompkins, the bureau’s resource management division superviso, said in the letter that his department learned of the plan through “media and concerned citizens.”
“Any request to utilize Federally owned lands associated with Lake Thunderbird would be subject to review under the National Environmental Policy Act [NEPA], as amended, as well as all associated Federal environmental policies and regulations regarding protection of archeological resources, parks, wetlands, impaired water bodies, endangered species, etc.,” it states.
Thompkins said OTA would be required to disclose “and evaluate the impacts” of the project.
“If the proposed turnpike project is determined to significantly affect the water quality of the human and/or natural environment, then an Environmental Impact Statement could be required,” the letter reads. “Proposed project sponsors would generally be responsible for most costs incurred for NEPA compliance.”
The letter included geographical information system data for the federal boundary “flowage easement parcels, Lake Thunderbird surcharge and flood poll elevations, and the alignments for the pipelines which convey water.”
OTA responds
Darian L. Butler, OTA director of engineering, responded to the bureau’s letter March 23 and assured Thompkins the Turnpike Authority is aware it would be subject to federal regulations and that it was still in the early planning phases of the project.
“The OTA would provide the needed studies and documentation to support NEPA and would rely on the USBR [bureau of reclamation] as the lead federal agency in this circumstance,” Butler’s letter reads. | https://www.normantranscript.com/news/toll-roads-capture-full-attention-of-lake-district/article_c7f6e676-b5ef-11ec-8524-8f55bb68e796.html | 2022-04-07T19:18:34Z | https://www.normantranscript.com/news/toll-roads-capture-full-attention-of-lake-district/article_c7f6e676-b5ef-11ec-8524-8f55bb68e796.html | true |
WASHINGTON — Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson was confirmed Thursday by the Senate to serve as the next associate justice on the U.S. Supreme Court, becoming the first Black woman to do so.
But the 51-year-old won't be joining any of the court's cases for a few more months. That's because the seat Jackson is set to take over won't open until June or July.
When Justice Stephen Breyer announced his retirement, he said he will officially step done at the end of the court's current term, which usually closes in late June or early July. It is only then that Jackson will officially be sworn in by another member of the court.
So, it could be about three months between Jackson's confirmation and her swearing. But once Breyer officially retires, the gap before she joins the court should be relatively short and normal. While lengthy court vacancies have become more rare over the last few decades, Republicans famously refused to give Barack Obama's nominee a hearing in 2016.
For instance, the turnaround time between the death of the late Ruth Bader Ginsburg and the swearing in of Amy Coney Barrett, the most recent justice to be appointed, was only 39 days. Republicans were eager to appoint former President Donald Trump's nominee given that the 2020 presidential election was just weeks away, and the White House organized a swearing-in ceremony the same day of her confirmation on Oct. 27, 2020.
Justice Brett Kavanaugh was also sworn-in on the same day he was confirmed by the Senate on Oct. 6, 2018. That meant there was a vacancy on the court for just 67 days after former Justice Anthony Kennedy retired on July 31, 2018.
But Republicans are also responsible for the most recent long-term SCOTUS vacancy. After the sudden death of the late Antonin Scalia in Feb. 2016, then-Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell refused to hold confirmation hearings for Obama's nominee, current Attorney General Merrick Garland.
It was only after Trump became president and nominated Neil Gorsuch that the vacancy ended, 422 days after Scalia's death.
The longest vacancy on the Supreme Court lasted between 1844 and 1866, during which time three nominees were rejected by the Senate. | https://www.king5.com/article/news/nation-world/when-will-kbj-be-sworn-in/507-ebf1f665-d148-4b3e-8024-7a85ff7c0a75 | 2022-04-07T19:25:48Z | https://www.king5.com/article/news/nation-world/when-will-kbj-be-sworn-in/507-ebf1f665-d148-4b3e-8024-7a85ff7c0a75 | true |
Sizewell B: Life of Suffolk nuclear plant may be extended by 20 years
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The operating life of the Sizewell B nuclear power station could be extended by 20 years, according to EDF Energy.
The plant on the Suffolk coast, due to be decommissioned in 2035, could operate until 2055, pending approval by the regulator.
It comes on the day the government announced plans to build up to eight more nuclear reactors in the UK - with two earmarked for Sizewell.
EDF Energy said the extension would protect jobs and the energy supply.
However, campaigners with Together Against Sizewell C (TASC) condemned the government's decision to invest in nuclear energy as "fantasy politics."
Robert Gunn, station director at Sizewell B, described the proposed extension as a "fantastic opportunity" that would provide "reliable low carbon power for the country".
"There is quite a bit of work to do, that's why we're planning to make the decision in 2024," he said.
"We'll do a lot of safety case reviews at that point, work out what we need to do to invest in the plant.
"As part of that we will have to look at the investment budget, but we are confident we can find that commercially."
Mr Gunn said a spend of between £500m and £700m would be required - but it was not clear yet who will fund the costs.
"It does sound like a lot of money but if you look at 20 years of low carbon, reliable 24/7 power, it's a good return for that money," he said.
"We bring in roughly £40m to the local community, the life extension will protect these jobs," he said.
The original design of the plant was for a 40-year life, but Mr Gunn said it was still safe to run for "at least" two more decades.
"We do have a lot of experience internationally, this reactor type is quite common around the world, and many of those power stations have already made that 60-year life decision," he said.
Business and Energy Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng also committed to building a new reactor - Sizewell C - but the project has yet to receive planning permission.
Sizewell C is expected to be a replica of Hinkley Point C nuclear plant in Somerset, which is under construction and expected to open by the end of 2026.
Mr Gunn said "valuable lessons" had been learnt from the Somerset build, "and we will look to replicate all the design at Hinkley which has been done successfully".
Hinkley C is currently running over budget and is late to complete.
But not all have welcomed the government's security energy strategy, which focuses on reducing the UK's reliance on oil and gas and preventing future price shocks.
Campaigners with TASC said: "There is no energy crisis in the UK, it's a pricing crisis which will be exacerbated by the government's financial support for new nuclear projects."
The organisation has called for the government to invest in renewables instead.
Alison Downes, of Stop Sizewell C, posted on Twitter: "Ministers are locking the country into the most risky, slow and expensive energy infrastructure, forcing consumers to pay for it twice - a nuclear tax for construction and higher-priced electricity."
The process of creating nuclear electricity does not result in greenhouse gas emissions, but does produce hazardous radioactive waste that needs to be stored.
There are currently six plants that can supply about 20% of UK electricity demand, with 15% generated in 2020.
- 10 hours ago | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-suffolk-61023039 | 2022-04-07T19:31:05Z | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-suffolk-61023039 | true |
Nearly half of heart disease patients have insomnia, according to research presented at ESC Preventive Cardiology 2022, a scientific congress of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC), and published in SLEEP Advances.
"Sleep problems are linked to mental health issues, but our study found that insomnia was still significantly associated with heart events even after accounting for symptoms of anxiety and depression," said lead author Lars Frojd, a medical student at the University of Oslo, Norway. "The findings suggest that heart patients should be assessed for insomnia and offered appropriate management."
The prospective study included 1,068 consecutive patients an average of 16 months after a heart attack and/or a procedure to open blocked arteries (stent implantation or bypass surgery). Data on insomnia, risk factors for repeat heart events, and co-existing conditions were collected at baseline.
Participants completed the Bergen Insomnia Scale questionnaire which is based on the diagnostic criteria for insomnia. Six questions cover the ability to fall asleep and stay asleep, waking up prematurely, feeling inadequately rested, tiredness during the day that affects ability to function at work or socially, and being dissatisfied with sleep.
The risk factors included C-reactive protein (a marker of inflammation), smoking status, low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol, diabetes, physical activity, waist circumference, and systolic blood pressure. The co-existing conditions were stroke, transient ischaemic attack, peripheral artery disease, and kidney failure.
Patients were followed for the primary composite endpoint of major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE), defined as cardiovascular death, hospitalization due to myocardial infarction, revascularization, stroke or heart failure. Outcome data were obtained from hospital records.
Approximately one in five participants (21%) were women. At baseline, the average age of patients was 62 years, almost half (45%) had insomnia and 24% had used sleep medication in the past week. During an average follow-up of 4.2 years, a total of 364 MACE occurred in 225 patients.
Compared to those without insomnia, the relative risk of recurrent MACE in patients with insomnia was 1.62 after adjusting for age and sex, 1.49 after additional adjustment for coronary risk factors, and 1.48 after also adjusting for co-existing conditions. The association between insomnia and recurrent MACE remained significant when symptoms of anxiety and depression were also adjusted for, with a relative risk of 1.41.
Insomnia accounted for 16% of recurrent MACE in attributable risk fraction analyses, being third in importance after smoking (27%) and low physical activity (21%). Mr. Frojd said: "This means that 16% of recurrent major adverse cardiovascular events might have been avoided if none of the participants had insomnia."
He concluded: "Our study indicates that insomnia is common in heart disease patients and is linked with subsequent cardiovascular problems regardless of risk factors, co-existing health conditions and symptoms of mental health. Further research is needed to examine whether insomnia treatments such as cognitive behavioral therapy and digital applications are effective in this patient group." | https://www.news-medical.net/news/20220407/Insomnia-common-in-heart-disease-patients-and-linked-with-subsequent-cardiovascular-events.aspx | 2022-04-07T19:31:27Z | https://www.news-medical.net/news/20220407/Insomnia-common-in-heart-disease-patients-and-linked-with-subsequent-cardiovascular-events.aspx | true |
MADISON, Wis. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Thursday afternoon's drawing of the Wisconsin Lottery's "Pick 4 Midday" game were:
6-1-9-1
(six, one, nine, one)
MADISON, Wis. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Thursday afternoon's drawing of the Wisconsin Lottery's "Pick 4 Midday" game were:
6-1-9-1
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The Israeli series, The Lesson (previously known in English as Zero Hour) from Kan 11, won the top prize for Best Drama Series at the prestigious Canneseries Competition in France on Wednesday night and its lead actress, Maya Landsmann, won the award for Best Actress.
The Lesson looks at a conflict between a troubled teacher, Amir (Doron Ben-David, best known as Steve on Fauda), and Lian (Landsmann), a rebellious and equally troubled student, over issues of racism. Their confrontation has all kinds of repercussions and even draws national attention, as the two are invited to debate on a television show. The series is a very realistic look at the intense animosity that can develop in high school and it shows how social media and class divisions can further intensify these personal struggles.
Landsmann has drawn praise for her gutsy, no-holds-barred performance. Other cast members include Dvir Benedek, Irit Kaplan, Ronit Apel and Alma Zack. The show was produced by Yochanan Kredo at Jasmine TV for Kan 11 and was written by Deakla Keydar and directed by Eitan Zur (Asylum City).
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MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama lawmakers on Thursday approved sweeping legislation to outlaw gender-affirming medications for trans kids and advanced separate legislation to prohibit classroom instruction on sexual and gender identity in early grades — a measure that critics have dubbed “Don't Say Gay.”
The Alabama House of Representatives voted 66-28 for legislation to make it a felony, punishable by up to 10 years in prison, for a doctor to prescribe puberty blockers or hormones or perform surgery to aid in the gender transition of people under age 19. The bill now goes to Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey for her signature as Alabama becomes the latest red state to debate legislation and policies aimed at trans youth.
Rep. Neil Rafferty, the only openly gay member of the Alabama Legislature, appeared to struggle to hold back his anger and maintain composure as lawmakers headed to the vote.
“This bill should not pass," Rafferty said. "This is wrong. Y'all sit here and campaign on family ... but what this bill is, is totally undermining family rights, health rights and access to health care."
Republican Rep. Wes Allen of Troy, sponsor of the House version of the bill, argued during debate Thursday morning that transgender youth are not old enough to make decisions about gender-affirming medication.
“Their brains are not developed to make the decisions long term about what these medications and surgeries do to their body,” Allen said.
Rep Chris England, who also serves as chairman of the Alabama Democratic Party, said the measure targets already vulnerable children and essentially tells them they are not welcome in Alabama.
“You’re saying this is about children. It’s not. What it is about is scoring political points and using those children as collateral damage," England said.
The bill would also require school counselors, nurses and others to tell parents if a child discloses they believe they are transgender.
A similar law banning medications in Arkansas was put on hold by the courts, and advocacy groups vowed to quickly challenge the Alabama measure if signed into law.
“If passed and signed into law, Alabama will have the most deadly, sweeping, and hostile law targeting transgender people in the country,” Chase Strangio, deputy director for Trans Justice with the ACLU’s LGBTQ & HIV Project, said in a statement.
White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki told reporters Thursday that the U.S. Department of Justice has warned states such laws and policies may violate the Constitution and federal law.
“Today’s vote in Alabama will only serve to harm kids,” she said.
The Alabama Senate advanced separate legislation related to public school bathrooms and discussions of gender and sexual identity in early grades.
Senators voted 26-5 to approve legislation mandating that K-12 students can only use multiperson bathrooms and locker rooms that correspond with the gender on their original birth certificate, rather than their current gender identity.
Republicans in the Senate also added language similar to a law in Florida that critics called the “Don’t Say Gay” measure.
The Alabama language would “prohibit classroom instruction or discussion on sexual orientation or gender identity for students in kindergarten through the fifth grade in public K-12 schools.”
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WFO LUBBOCK Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Thursday, April 7, 2022
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...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING
FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE EXTREME
SOUTHERN PANHANDLE, THE EASTERN SOUTH PLAINS, AND MOST OF THE
ROLLING PLAINS...
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH
FRIDAY AFTERNOON FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE
EXTREME SOUTHERN PANHANDLE, THE EASTERN SOUTH PLAINS, AND MOST OF
THE ROLLING PLAINS...
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afternoon.
* Wind...Northwest at 15 to 25 mph at the 20 foot level.
* Humidity...As low as 5 to 10 percent.
* Fuels...Critically dry.
* Impacts...Any fires that develop can spread rapidly. Outdoor
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are imminent or already occurring. These conditions can create
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Flag Warnings.
* Wind...Northwest at 20 to 25 mph at the 20 foot level.
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(WTRF) A Pennsylvania man is facing charges after he allegedly posted anti-Biden stickers on a gas pump.
Thomas Richard Glazewski, 54, of Manor Township was charged with resisting arrest, disorderly conduct, harassment, and criminal mischief.
The incident was captured on video by Aaron Phillips who recorded the arrest where Glazewski can be heard yelling expletives and “I did that. I did that. That’s what I did,’ pointing to anti-Biden stickers at the pump.
Reports and documents say Glazewski was upset about the price of gas and President Joe Biden.
A police complaint said Glazewski had to be placed in the police vehicle by force. | https://www.wfla.com/news/national/pennsylvania-man-arrested-after-allegedly-posting-anti-biden-sticker-on-gas-pumps/ | 2022-04-07T19:47:25Z | https://www.wfla.com/news/national/pennsylvania-man-arrested-after-allegedly-posting-anti-biden-sticker-on-gas-pumps/ | true |
(Stacker) – Most private industry workers in the United States receive paid time off, but it is not required under the Fair Labor Standards Act.
Timetastic used data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, last updated in September 2021, to illustrate which industries offer the best access to paid vacation time. We’ve ranked industries according to the percentage of workers who have access to paid vacations, with ties broken by the number of days off a person receives after working in the industry for a year. Data is available for workers who have consolidated leave plans (CLP), which are blanket time-off policies that do not distinguish between vacation, illness, or personal business days, and those who do not.
Nationwide, about three-quarters of all private industry workers receive paid time off, or PTO. Two weeks is the average offering for companies with CLP. More full-time workers get paid-time-off than part-time workers: 46% and 35%, respectively.
Larger companies tend to be more generous. At companies with 500 workers or more, 92% of workers have access to paid vacations. That compares to 71% at smaller companies of up to 49 employees. Union members were also found to get 26.6% more vacation time than nonunion workers as more PTO is typically negotiated when settling union contracts. Companies such as Netflix have even turned to an entirely different model: unlimited PTO. This gives employees the agency to take time off at will within reason.
But with U.S. workers already leaving 4.6 vacation days unused in 2021 on average, unlimited PTO may result in employees taking even less time off than average.
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#10. Leisure and hospitality
– Workers with access to PTO: 43%
– Average PTO after 1 year: 9 days (CLP) 6 days (no consolidated leave)
– Average PTO after 5 years: 13 days (CLP), 9 days (no consolidated leave)
– Average PTO after 10 years: 15 days (CLP), 12 days (no consolidated leave)
– Average PTO after 20 years: 16 days (CLP), 12 days (no consolidated leave)
The leisure and hospitality industry—made up of hotel clerks, restaurant cooks, casino workers, and a host of other positions—was hit exceptionally hard by the COVID-19 pandemic. The American Hotel and Lodging Association found it lost as many jobs as government, health services, construction, retail, manufacturing, and education combined.
While workers in this industry tend to accrue more PTO after being with a company for more than a year, the turnover rate works against employees here: BLS data shows turnover in the hospitality industry hovers as high as 80% annually. versus 10%-15% across all industries.
The unemployment rate for this industry in February 2022 was 6.6%, compared to the national jobless rate of 3.8%.
#9. Trade, transportation, and utilities
– Workers with access to PTO: 81%
– Average PTO after 1 year: 11 days (CLP), 7 days (no consolidated leave)
– Average PTO after 5 years: 16 days (CLP), 12 days (no consolidated leave)
– Average PTO after 10 years: 19 days (CLP), 15 days (no consolidated leave)
– Average PTO after 20 years: 23 days (CLP), 18 days (no consolidated leave)
The trade, transportation, and utilities industry is large and varied, from jobs in lumber yards to hauling cargo. Paid leave—which includes vacation time, holidays, sick leave, and personal leave—can cost employers up to 8.5% of a workers’ total compensation.
In Texas, these jobs contributed nearly 20% of the state’s GDP in 2016, at $317.3 billion; making trade, transportation, and utilities among the highest-grossing in the state.
#8. Professional and business services
– Workers with access to PTO: 81%
– Average PTO after 1 year: 14 days (CLP), 10 days (no consolidated leave)
– Average PTO after 5 years: 18 days (CLP), 13 days (no consolidated leave)
– Average PTO after 10 years: 20 days (CLP), 16 days (no consolidated leave)
– Average PTO after 20 years: 22 days (CLP), 18 days (no consolidated leave)
Paid vacations are available to the vast number of employees in this field, which include advertising, law, accounting firms, architecture companies, management consulting companies, and others.
Americans often don’t always take the time they are entitled to. Some 70% of owners of small businesses, in particular, do not view holidays as a time to take away from work. According to the U.S. Travel Association, U.S. workers left 4.6 days unused in 2021, and 5.6 days unused in 2020, which contributed largely to burnout. A 2016 Harvard Business Review article cited a study finding that for the first time more than half of Americans did not take all of their vacations. The article also noted workers who used more than 10 of their days off had a 65.4% chance of getting a raise or a bonus.
#7. Construction
– Workers with access to PTO: 82%
– Average PTO after 1 year: 8 days (CLP), 7 days (no consolidated leave)
– Average PTO after 5 years: 11 days (CLP), 10 days (no consolidated leave)
– Average PTO after 10 years: 13 days (CLP), 12 days (no consolidated leave)
– Average PTO after 20 years: 14 days (CLP), 13 days (no consolidated leave)
Some construction companies have over the last decade moved away from the traditional way they allot time off, with separate categories for paid vacation, personal days and sick leave. They have instead adopted what is known as a PTO benefit. Vacation time, personal days, and sick leave are rolled into one plan for a consolidated-leave plan model. Construction officials have largely been against other changes in paid leave. When former President Barack Obama signed an executive order in 2015 requiring federal contractors and subcontractors to provide up to seven days for sickness or other uses, the Associated General Contractors of America objected, citing long periods of layoffs because of weather and other variables in the industry.
#6. Education and health services
– Workers with access to PTO: 82%
– Average PTO after 1 year: 16 days (CLP), 10 days (no consolidated leave)
– Average PTO after 5 years: 20 days (CLP), 14 days (no consolidated leave)
– Average PTO after 10 years: 23 days (CLP), 16 days (no consolidated leave)
– Average PTO after 20 years: 25 days (CLP), 17 days (no consolidated leave)
On average, teachers have about 12 days for sick time or personal leave during the school year. Amid COVID-19, however, teachers across the country are running out of sick days and a federal requirement that schools offer paid time off for COVID-19 illness or exposure has expired.
Similarly, many nurses, doctors, and other health professionals across the country have been under enormous stress during the pandemic. Adding to the pressure for some, they have recently been told to take sick leave or personal days if they test positive for COVID-19.
#5. Real estate and rental and leasing
– Workers with access to PTO: 86%
– Average PTO after 1 year: 12 days (CLP), 10 days (no consolidated leave)
– Average PTO after 5 years: 15 days (CLP), 14 days (no consolidated leave)
– Average PTO after 10 years: 17 days (CLP), 16 days (no consolidated leave)
– Average PTO after 20 years: 18 days (CLP), 17 days (no consolidated leave)
With about 106,500 real estate brokerage firms in the country, a competitive benefits package with paid time off can help companies recruit and retain employees.
Brokers can classify their real estate salespeople as either employees or independent contractors, and those independent contractors have far more flexibility to take time away from the office. Independent contractors, not bound to rules and regulations of the company or companies they’re signed onto, are able to more freely create their own hours and schedules. Other companies in this category are primarily in the business of renting or leasing properties or goods or in related services.
#4. Information
– Workers with access to PTO: 90%
– Average PTO after 1 year: 17 days (CLP), 11 days (no consolidated leave)
– Average PTO after 5 years: 22 days (CLP), 15 days (no consolidated leave)
– Average PTO after 10 years: 25 days (CLP), 17 days (no consolidated leave)
– Average PTO after 20 years: 27 days (CLP), 20 days (no consolidated leave)
Netflix, Oracle, LinkedIn, and Twitter are all companies in the information business sector—and all offer unlimited vacation days. The open vacation policy was originated by Netflix, whose CEO Reed Hastings says he takes at least six weeks each year. He attributes employee loyalty at the company in large part to Netflix’s generous vacation and parental leave policies.
Workplace management software company Kronos (now merged with Ultimate Software to become UKG) began an unlimited or open vacation policy in 2016. In a Harvard Business Review article, its CEO Aron Ain said changes in technology led professionals at every level to work after business hours. He added that vacation policies clearly delineating between time off and vacation seemed antiquated.
#3. Manufacturing
– Workers with access to PTO: 95%
– Average PTO after 1 year: 11 days (CLP), 8 days (no consolidated leave)
– Average PTO after 5 years: 15 days (CLP), 12 days (no consolidated leave)
– Average PTO after 10 years: 18 days (CLP), 15 days (no consolidated leave)
– Average PTO after 20 years: 21 days (CLP), 18 days (no consolidated leave)
Among all non-agricultural workers, manufacturing’s share of U.S. employment peaked during World War II to 38% but cratered from 32% in 1955 to 8% in 2019 just prior to the advent of COVID-19. The sheer number of manufacturing employees hit an all-time high in the 1970s with around 20 million workers. Many of these jobs have since become automated or been shipped overseas.
The Congressional Research Service in 2017 warned the industry’s wages and benefits were under pressure from cost-cutting, plant closures, and the loss of jobs to other countries. The manufacturing industry was not spared from the Great Resignation, leading employers to rethink hiring incentives in a post-COVID-19 employment landscape.
#2. Financial activities
– Workers with access to PTO: 95%
– Average PTO after 1 year: 17 days (CLP), 12 days (no consolidated leave)
– Average PTO after 5 years: 21 days (CLP), 15 days (no consolidated leave)
– Average PTO after 10 years: 24 days (CLP), 17 days (no consolidated leave)
– Average PTO after 20 years: 26 days (CLP), 19 days (no consolidated leave)
The financial services sector is key to the country’s security, but it faces a number of risks, including cyberattacks, says the federal Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency.
Professional services network Deloitte predicted a pivotal opportunity for financial services in 2022, pointing to banking, capital markets, financial services firms, and others to lead the industry’s future. Deloitte urged the industry to invest in talent while rethinking the workplace, and paid time off plans may be a place to begin.
#1. Insurance carriers
– Workers with access to PTO: 97%
– Average PTO after 1 year: 17 days (CLP), 11 days (no consolidated leave)
– Average PTO after 5 years: 22 days (CLP), 15 days (no consolidated leave)
– Average PTO after 10 years: 24 days (CLP), 17 days (no consolidated leave)
– Average PTO after 20 years: 27 days (CLP), 19 days (no consolidated leave)
Some 2.9 million people worked in the U.S. insurance industry in 2020, according to the U.S. Department of Labor. The largest number of those, 1.7 million, worked for insurance companies.
Research from Deloitte found that despite concerns about the COVID-19 pandemic, the industry expects rapid growth in 2022 as the demand for insurance increases. With 97% of these workers having access to PTO, competitive benefits packages will need to be more comprehensive than in other industries.
This story originally appeared on Timetastic and was produced and distributed in partnership with Stacker Studio. | https://www.wfla.com/news/national/which-industries-get-the-most-and-least-time-off/ | 2022-04-07T19:47:37Z | https://www.wfla.com/news/national/which-industries-get-the-most-and-least-time-off/ | true |
St. Petersburg, Florida -- A. Reynolds and Eleanor Morse had good taste in art.
They had really good taste - and really good timing.
On March 21, 1943, the Ohio couple purchased their first Salvador Dalí painting, "Daddy Longlegs of the Evening, Hope!" Then they bought another, and one after that. They would became important patrons of Dalí and would quickly befriend the Spanish Surrealist master, who was one of the most famous artists of the 20th century.
In time, their home became a de facto Dalí museum. When they wanted to share their collection with the world, they opened a small museum in their office complex in Beachwood, Ohio. But so many people found it that they outgrew the space.
In the 1970s, after offering to donate their collection to ensure it would stay together in perpetuity, the city of St. Petersburg, Florida campaigned to house it, and The Dalí Museum was born in 1982.
Today, the museum is in its second home there, a stunning Surrealist-inspired complex that complements the art it houses.
"The Dalí Museum has over 2,000 watercolors and drawings, hundreds and hundreds of graphics and sculptures. But the main part of our collection is the astounding oil paintings. There's a couple that we have here that are the most important pieces of his career that helped to really tell his story," said Peter Tush, the museums senior curator for education.
Among the paintings is "The Disintegration of the Persistence of Memory," which with its melting clocks references one of Dalí's most famous works, 1931's "The Persistence of Memory."
"Twenty years later, he takes his original painting and he reconstructs it as a metaphor for the Atomic universe. It's one of our visitors' favorite features. And it's a great way to think about Dalí as an artist who's constantly in transition," Tush said.
The museum owns eight of Dalí's "masterworks," a term coined by A. Reynolds Morse for Dalí's very large paintings, and the museum has developed an augmented reality (AR) experience to allow visitors to enjoy them in an immersive manner using their smartphones. The feature calls up a 30-second video that animates the painting and recounts key aspects of Dalí's story.
Another AR experience lets you "walk inside" one of his paintings.
"It's absolutely amazing. It's a way that we keep developing our collection using technology to see in different ways," Tush said.
Dalí's work is housed in a museum that itself is a work of art. Designed by noted architect Yann Weymouth of HOK, the museum features a geodesic structure that's asymmetrical and would be right at home in Dalí's fantasy world.
"It seems to ooze out of the building very much like Dalí's paintings. Inside there is a very unique spiral staircase that was actually made in place, almost a sculpture. And it's a reference to Dalí's obsession with spirals," said Tush, who said Dalí was one of the first artists to be inspired by the structure of the DNA molecule.
"So there's a lot of spirals that show up in his paintings. And we've been able to pay tribute to that with the spiral staircase holding the whole building together, uniting it and bringing our guests up to the third floor where the collection is," Tush said.
The museum aims to create an experience that leaves visitors feeling rejuvenated, thinking about themselves and the world in a fresh way.
"Dalí definitely has that magic," Tush said.
St. Pete's Dalí Museum immerses visitors in Surrealist master's world
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