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Slovenia's PM Jansa flags support for Ukraine in tight election race
By Ivana Sekularac
LJUBLJANA, April 21 (Reuters) - Prime Minister Janez Jansa hopes his promises to cut Slovenia's reliance on Russian gas imports and his firm pro-Ukraine stance in the war will help propel his ruling centre-right party to victory in Sunday's parliamentary election.
But critics accuse Jansa, a populist who is seeking a fourth stint as premier, of undermining democratic standards in Slovenia, an ex-Yugoslav republic of some two million people that is a member of NATO and the European Union.
The vote is seen as a close race between Jansa's Slovenian Democratic Party (SDS) and the environmentalist Freedom Movement, led by Robert Golob, which wants more investment in renewable energy and greater transparency in state institutions.
A poll published by Ninamedia polling agency on Thursday put the Freedom Movement slightly ahead on 26% and the SDS on 25.6%.
Whoever wins will have to secure coalition partners to form a new government. The two main left-leaning parties have ruled out serving in a coalition led by the SDS.
Jansa, 63, is a staunch advocate of EU enlargement, including to Ukraine. He was among the first EU leaders to visit Ukraine after Russia's invasion, travelling by train with the Polish and Czech premiers to Kyiv to demonstrate their solidarity with President Volodymyr Zelenskiy.
"(The war) is not somewhere far away. It is in our neighbourhood, and we ask how this could have happened," he told an election rally on Tuesday.
Slovenia has so far taken in more than 18,000 Ukrainian refugees and has said it could accept as many as 200,000.
Jansa's government has been in negotiations to help expand Croatia's LNG terminal to reduce the two countries' dependence on Russian gas imports.
Golob's Freedom Movement backs EU sanctions on Russia over its invasion of Ukraine but accuses Jansa of seeking to exploit the war for his own political benefit.
'AUTHORITARIAN'
Jansa also hopes to benefit from measures implemented to soften the economic impact of the COVID pandemic, including payments of 150 euros to poorer pensioners.
"I expect (him) to win this election.... He is certainly the best," said a man who gave his name as Boris while attending an SDS rally outside the capital Ljubljana.
But Jansa, who previously served as prime minister from 2004 to 2008, from 2012 to 2013 and then again from 2020, faces accusations, including from EU lawmakers, of clamping down on media freedoms.
"(The election) will decide whether we will continue with this more authoritarian style of rule," said Tomaz Dezelan, a political science professor at Ljubljana state university.
In a report published this week, the U.S.-based rights organisation Freedom House said democratic standards in Slovenia had declined more in 2021 than in any other country in Eastern Europe and Central Asia.
Jansa's government "exerted considerable political and financial pressure on civil society organizations, public media services, the judiciary," it said.
Such criticism has found resonance among some voters.
"(The current government) has effectively hijacked the country for their own private interests... They do not care about the average citizen," said Niko Gregorevic, 47. (Editing by Gareth Jones)
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Biden set to announce new military assistance for Ukraine
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is set to announce plans to send additional military aid to help Ukraine fight back against the Russian invasion, according to a U.S. official.
The official, who was not authorized to comment publicly and spoke on the condition of anonymity, said Biden will deliver a Thursday morning address at the White House detailing his plans to build on the roughly $2.6 billion in military assistance the administration has already approved for Ukraine.
The new package is expected to be similar in size to the $800 million package Biden announced last week. It includes much needed heavy artillery and ammunition for Ukrainian forces in the escalating battle for the Donbas region of eastern Ukraine.
Earlier this week, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau also said his country will send heavy artillery to Ukraine. And Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte told Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy that the Netherlands will send more heavy weapons, including armored vehicles.
A senior U.S. defense official on Wednesday said training of Ukrainian personnel on American 155mm howitzers has begun in a European country outside Ukraine.
Biden on Wednesday lauded U.S. military officials for “exceptional” work arming Ukraine as he gathered the nation’s military brass for their first in-person group meeting at the White House of his presidency.
It’s an annual tradition that had been put on hold because of the coronavirus pandemic but is now being resurrected as the U.S. arms Ukraine to help it fight back against Russia’s invasion.
“I don’t know about you, but I’ve been to Ukraine a number of times before the war ... and I knew they were tough and proud but I tell you what: They’re tougher and more proud than I thought,” Biden told military commanders. “I’m amazed at what they’re doing with your help.”
Biden brought together the Pentagon’s top civilian and uniformed officials amid the most serious fighting in Europe since World War II. Russia’s nearly two-month-old invasion of Ukraine was at the center of wide-ranging talks with Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, Deputy Defense Secretary Kathleen Hicks, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and combatant commanders.
Biden also used the gathering to reflect on his administration’s efforts to diversify Pentagon leadership. Hicks is the first Senate-confirmed woman to hold her role. Biden also chose Gen. Jacqueline Van Ovost of the Air Force as commander of United States Transportation Command and Lt. Gen. Laura Richardson of the Army as commander of United States Southern Command. They are just the second and third women to lead combatant commands.
“It’s an important milestone,” Biden said. “I think that speaks to how we’re harnessing the strength and diversity of our country.”
Following the meeting, Biden and first lady Jill Biden hosted the military leaders and their spouses for dinner in the White House Blue Room.
Such a gathering was last held in October 2019. Donald Trump was president at the time and was facing a House inquiry that would lead to his first impeachment, which centered on allegations that he withheld military assistance from Ukraine as part of an effort to pressure Zelenskyy to dig up dirt on Biden’s adult son’s business dealings in Ukraine.
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AP National Security Writer Robert Burns contributed to this report.
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Onlookers were left in shock after a daylight incident in Dublin city centre on Wednesday.
A man was left injured after what is believed to be an assault which left the footpath covered in blood on Talbot Street near the Spire.
The incident happened at approximately 6pm and left the man lying on the ground.
READ MORE:Man dies in hospital following assault in broad daylight in Co Sligo
He appeared to have a head injury, as Dublin Live reports.
Members of the public rushed to the man's aid and phoned emergency services.
Paramedics and gardai attended the scene and the injured man was taken away in an ambulance.
Following a short chase, officers arrested another man nearby on O'Connell Street.
Gardai were contacted for comment by Dublin Live.
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Price Alert: Shares of Hydrofarm (HYFM) Trade 1.73% Lower at Midday April 20
Equities Staff Follow |Shares of Hydrofarm Holdings Group Inc (NASDAQ: HYFM) lost 1.73% Wednesday.
As of 12:02:32 est, Hydrofarm is currently sitting at $11.95 and has fallen $0.21 per share in trading so far.
Hydrofarm has moved 28.61% over the last 30 days and has moved YTD 57.05% based on the most recent close.
The company anticipates its next earnings on 2022-05-12.
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About Hydrofarm Holdings Group Inc
Hydrofarm is a leading distributor and manufacturer of controlled environment agriculture equipment and supplies, including high-intensity grow lights, climate control solutions, and growing media, as well as a broad portfolio of innovative and proprietary branded products. For more than 40 years, Hydrofarm has helped growers in the U.S. and Canadian markets make growing easier and more productive. The Company’s mission is to empower growers, farmers and cultivators with products that enable greater quality, efficiency, consistency and speed in their grow projects.
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FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) _ American Airlines Group Inc. (AAL) on Thursday reported a loss of $1.64 billion in its first quarter.
On a per-share basis, the Fort Worth, Texas-based company said it had a loss of $2.52. Losses, adjusted for non-recurring costs, were $2.32 per share.
The results exceeded Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of eight analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for a loss of $2.43 per share.
The world's largest airline posted revenue of $8.9 billion in the period.
American Airlines shares have risen 8.5% since the beginning of the year. The stock has dropped slightly more than 4% in the last 12 months.
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COLUMBUS, Ga. (AP) _ Synovus Financial Corp. (SNV) on Thursday reported first-quarter profit of $171 million.
The Columbus, Georgia-based bank said it had earnings of $1.11 per share. Earnings, adjusted for non-recurring gains, were $1.08 per share.
The results beat Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of eight analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of $1.03 per share.
The holding company for Synovus Bank posted revenue of $521.4 million in the period. Its revenue net of interest expense was $497.6 million, missing Street forecasts. Six analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $499.8 million.
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Your Liverpool morning headlines on Thursday, April 21.
Liverpool right to fume with Premier League pencil pushers after controversial Rangers decision
It’s easy to forget that the Premier League was in danger of losing its fourth Champions League spot when Jurgen Klopp first joined Liverpool in 2015.
Poor performances from English sides in Europe had left them third in the UEFA association coefficients in September 2015, just four points ahead of Italy at a time when only the three top-ranking associations received four qualifying spots .
Fortunately for Premier League clubs, since then they have fared rather better in Europe to boost England’s European coefficient. And Klopp has played a major role in this, leading Liverpool to a Europa League final in 2016, Champions League final in 2018, winning the European Cup in 2019, and reaching at least the semi-finals this year following last year’s quarter-final loss to Real Madrid.
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Of course, it’s not just the Reds’ own achievements which have boosted English football in Europe, with Chelsea winning the Champions League last season and both Man City and Tottenham reaching the final in recent seasons. Meanwhile, both the Londoners and Manchester United have won the Europa League, with the Red Devils and Arsenal also losing in the final.
Given such extended runs in Europe, England currently sits top of the association coefficients and are in no threat of losing any Champions League places anytime soon. Besides, to strengthen their hand further UEFA extended the number of associations granted four qualification places to four from the 2018/19 season onwards, ensuring the Premier League, La Liga, Serie A and the Bundesliga are all well-represented in the continent’s elite competition.
Theo Squires has the full story, here.
Liverpool striker banned for ten games after moment so shocking the Prime Minister intervened
Today marks nine years since Luis Suarez bit Branislav Ivanovic against Chelsea and was banned for ten games. On a chaotic day for the Uruguayan, Liverpool won a corner in the 69th minute and Suarez tangled with Ivanovic before sinking his teeth into the defender’s right arm.
Referee Kevin Friend didn’t see the clash but the FA investigated and subsequently banned the forward for ten games. This was a further stain on Suarez’s chastening reputation and followed a similar ban of seven games for biting PSV Eindhoven midfielder Otman Bakkal’s shoulder while playing for Ajax in 2010. The striker was condemned around the footballing world and apologised.
In an initial statement, he said: “I am deeply sorry for my inexcusable behaviour earlier today during our match against Chelsea. I apologise to my manager, playing colleagues and everyone at Liverpool for letting them down.”
After speaking to Ivanovic, he tweeted a further apology later in the evening. He said: “I am sad for what happened this afternoon, I apologize to Ivanovic and all the football world for my inexcusable behaviour. I am so sorry about it.”
The game saw Liverpool draw 2-2 with Chelsea at Anfield. After Suarez had given away a penalty that Eden Hazard scored to put the visitors 2-1 up, the bite came as his frustration.
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LYR-210 Data on Impact of Long-Acting Implantable Corticosteroid Matrices in Patients with CRS Selected as a Top Clinical Abstract
Both Presentations Demonstrate Potential Benefit of LYR-210 to Chronic Rhinosinusitis Patients
WATERTOWN, Mass., April 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Lyra Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: LYRA), a clinical-stage therapeutics company leveraging its proprietary XTreo™ platform to enable precise, sustained, and local delivery of medications to the ear, nose and throat (ENT) passages and other diseased tissues, today announced that two new abstracts highlighting additional LANTERN study data evaluating LYR-210 in chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) have been selected for podium presentations at the upcoming 2022 Combined Otolaryngology Spring Meetings (COSM) being held April 27 – May 1, 2022 in Dallas, Texas.
The Company's oral presentation on the symptomatic improvement of long-acting implantable corticosteroid matrices in CRS patients was selected by the American Rhinologic Society as a top clinical abstract at COSM. The Company will also deliver an oral presentation focused on the effect of LYR-210 on quality of life in CRS.
Title: Impact of long-acting implantable corticosteroid matrices on SNOT-22 subdomains in CRS patients
Date and Time: Thursday, April 28, 2022, at 9:32 – 9:40 a.m. ET
Session Name: Top Rated Abstracts – Session I
Session Type: Oral Presentation
Presenter: Anders Cervin, MD, PhD
Title: Quality of life in CRS patients treated with long-acting implantable corticosteroid matrices
Date and Time: Friday, April 29, 2022, at 9:07 – 9:13 a.m. ET
Session Name: Patient Perceptions and Social Determinants
Session Type: Oral Presentation
Presenter: Anders Cervin, MD, PhD
About Lyra Therapeutics
Lyra Therapeutics, Inc. is a clinical-stage therapeutics company leveraging its proprietary XTreo™ platform to enable precise, sustained, local delivery of medications to diseased tissues not accessible with conventional therapeutic approaches. Lyra's XTreo™ platform is comprised of a biocompatible mesh scaffold, an engineered elastomeric matrix and a versatile polymer-drug complex. The company's current pipeline of therapeutics target tissues deep in the ear, nose and throat passages and are designed to deliver continuous drug therapy for up to six months following a single non-invasive, in-office administration. Lyra has two product candidates in late-stage development for CRS, a highly prevalent inflammatory disease of the paranasal sinuses which leads to debilitating symptoms and significant morbidities: LYR-210, for surgically naïve patients is being evaluated in the ENLIGHTEN Phase 3 clinical program, and LYR-220, is being evaluated in patients who have recurrent symptoms despite surgery in the BEACON Phase 2 clinical study. These two product candidates are designed to treat the estimated four million CRS patients in the U.S. that fail medical management each year. For more information, please visit www.lyratherapeutics.com and follow us on LinkedIn and Twitter.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. All statements contained in this press release that do not relate to matters of historical fact should be considered forward-looking statements, including statements regarding the date, time and details of the presentation at COSM, our pipeline of product candidates, the success of the XTreo™ platform, and the efficacy of LYR-210. These statements are neither promises nor guarantees, but involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other important factors that may cause the company's actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements, including, but not limited to, the following: the fact that the company has incurred significant losses since inception and expects to incur losses for the foreseeable future; the company's need for additional funding, which may not be available; the company's limited operating history; the fact that the company has no approved products; the fact that the company's product candidates are in various stages of development; or the fact that the company may not be successful in its efforts to identify and successfully commercialize its product candidates; the fact that clinical trials required for the company's product candidates are expensive and time-consuming, and their outcome is uncertain; the fact that the FDA may not conclude that certain of the company's product candidates satisfy the requirements for the Section 505(b)(2) regulatory approval pathway; the company's inability to obtain required regulatory approvals; effects of recently enacted and future legislation; the possibility of system failures or security breaches; effects of significant competition; the fact that the successful commercialization of the company's product candidates will depend in part on the extent to which governmental authorities and health insurers establish coverage, adequate reimbursement levels and pricing policies; failure to achieve market acceptance; product liability lawsuits; the fact that the company relies on third parties for the manufacture of materials for its research programs, pre-clinical studies and clinical trials; the company's reliance on third parties to conduct its preclinical studies and clinical trials; the company's inability to succeed in establishing and maintaining collaborative relationships; the company's reliance on certain suppliers critical to its production; failure to obtain and maintain or adequately protect the company's intellectual property rights; failure to retain key personnel or to recruit qualified personnel; difficulties in managing the company's growth; effects of natural disasters, terrorism and wars (including the developing conflict between Ukraine and Russia); the fact that the global pandemic caused by COVID-19 could adversely impact the company's business and operations, including the company's clinical trials; the fact that the price of the company's common stock may be volatile and fluctuate substantially; significant costs and required management time as a result of operating as a public company and any securities class action litigation. These and other important factors discussed under the caption "Risk Factors" in the company's Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on March 9, 2022 and its other filings with the SEC could cause actual results to differ materially from those indicated by the forward-looking statements made in this press release. Any such forward-looking statements represent management's estimates as of the date of this press release. While the company may elect to update such forward-looking statements at some point in the future, it disclaims any obligation to do so, even if subsequent events cause its views to change.
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Operations division of McLaren Strategic Ventures to be led by experienced executive to drive business acceleration activities
IRVINE, Calif., April 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- McLaren Strategic Ventures (MSV) today officially announced Rajashree Maheshwary as President of the McLaren Strategic Solutions (MSS). Under her guidance, the company plans to continue its mission to bring unparalleled value to its customers through an industry-leading range of services. Masheshwary will be leading MSS and will be in a pivotal role in accelerating McLaren's business across the globe.
McLaren Strategic Ventures is the leading conglomerate that provides an ecosystem for the world's most innovative technology carve-outs, start-ups and JVs with Fortune 500 businesses. McLaren Strategic Solutions is the operating group of companies comprising advisory services, domain consulting, product & platform engineering services, technology services, and AI-based chip design services. McLaren Strategic Solutions comprises of over 30 digital transformation companies that includes Doran Jones, ClearEye.AI, Atlas Silicon, Reflections Info Systems, MSS advisory, and others.
"We're thrilled to have the privilege of Rajashree Maheshwary lead the organization as we prepare to create something truly unique in the industry," said Sajan Pillai, Chairman of McLaren Strategic Ventures. "It has always been our mission to change the paradigm when it comes to unlocking potential and accelerating value creation through digital transformation. McLaren Strategic Solutions will provide a one-stop shop of integrated services simply unattainable anywhere else. Masheshwary brings a unique combination of global business leadership, deep technology expertise and market know-how."
Maheshwary comes with over two decades of experience in leading technology solutions across North America and APAC in Accenture and other global consulting firms. She holds a Bachelors in Computer Science Engineering with specialization in Machine Learning from the University of Washington.
Under McLaren Strategic Solutions, customers can take advantage of a wide range of services, including:
-Corporate advisory services
-Agile software development delivered using a global hybrid model for scaled execution
-Platforms-based solutions sourced by McLaren's venture capital division
-Ability to carve out applications into platforms, power it with artificial intelligence and build value as new intellectual property
-Access to philanthropic activities through McLaren Strategic Ventures Cares
"McLaren is bringing to market a unique blend of talent, services, capital and technology that no one else can claim," says John Vilina, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operations Officer at McLaren Strategic Ventures. "Whether it's empowering startups or unleashing transformation for enterprises, our model ensures that our customers maximize their potential. This ensures they get to market faster, and accelerate growth quicker, than ever thought possible."
McLaren's approach and capabilities are uniquely suited to the challenges facing many small- and mid-sized companies by providing the support to take these companies to the next level and position them for valuation gains. In addition to more traditional fundraising, McLaren also recently raised $200 million in the IPO of its Special Purpose Acquisition Company (SPAC).
"It is my privilege to join a team of passionate operators, investors, innovators and creators that McLaren has assembled," says Maheshwary. "As the world continues to rapidly evolve, and as needs change, there's never been a greater sense of urgency for companies to effectively navigate the complexities. I look forward to bringing true transformation that unlocks the potential in companies through MSS."
About McLaren Strategic Ventures
McLaren Strategic Ventures accelerates the realization of growth possibilities and sustainable competitive advantages for businesses by providing a full range of highly trusted, personalized domain consulting, advisory services, and innovative technologies distributed through admired ecosystems globally. The company is led by highly experienced technologists, domain experts, C-suite executives, and Big 4 consultants. With a focus on building real-world solutions through industrialized platform services, McLaren Strategic Ventures creates technically feasible and economically viable solutions that help enterprises digitize, scale, and achieve operational excellence in their businesses. To learn more, visit us at McLarenSV.com.
*McLaren Strategic Ventures is not affiliated with, endorsed or sponsored by McLaren Automotive LLC.
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Firecracker PR
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DULUTH, Minn. (AP) — Authorities say five people were found dead inside a Duluth, Minnesota, home after police received a report of a male experiencing a mental health crisis.
The dead included the male reported to be in crisis, and authorities said they aren’t seeking any suspects in the case.
Duluth Police Chief Mike Tusken says police got an initial request to check on someone in nearby Hermantown, which led them to the Duluth home where authorities found the bodies.
Tusken called it an “unimaginable tragedy.” He said a dog was also found deceased. Police are investigating. It is believed that all of the deceased were related, but the nature of the relationship was not released.
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Uber's Mideast unit says it's in talks with Saudi to ease ride-hailing restrictions
The oil-rich kingdom in recent years has restricted driver jobs on ride-hailing platforms to citizens, while also limiting the types of cars that can be used, introducing new fees and hitting the companies with large retroactive tax bills.
DUBAI:Uber Technologies Inc's subsidiary in the Middle East, Careem, says it is in talks with authorities in Saudi Arabia to ease restrictions, including those that have limited driver numbers and led to long waits for rides.
The oil-rich kingdom in recent years has restricted driver jobs on ride-hailing platforms to citizens, while also limiting the types of cars that can be used, introducing new fees and hitting the companies with large retroactive tax bills.
Careem Chief Executive Mudassir Sheikha said that, due to the changes there, the Dubai-headquartered firm could not attract enough drivers to meet demand in the kingdom but he was confident a solution would be found relatively soon.
"We are in very collaborative discussions ... to see how we can loosen up some of those constraints in order for us to get the right amount of supply on board," he told press on Thursday.
Easing of rules on who could drive on the platform, on the types of cars that could be used and on pricing and taxes were all being discussed with authorities in the kingdom, he said.
"The pricing order proposed by the Land Transport Regulatory Authority (LATRA) makes it challenging for platforms like Uber to continue to operate," Uber said in a statement on Thursday.
Tata Motors has sought a concession in land transfer rate. It has proposed to pay 20% of jantri rate of the land which comes to INR 66 crore. It has also asked for balance eligible incentives which were promised to Ford till 2030. Sources close to the development said these two major concessions sought by Tata Motors have been accepted by the government.
The deal is likely to be announced by the end of May or early June, people aware of the matter said, asking not to be named. They also did not reveal any likely financial terms or how the Motherson Group will fund the deal.
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DUBLIN, April 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The "APAC Data Center Power Market - Industry Outlook & Forecast 2022-2027" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.
The APAC data center power market by investment is expected to grow at a CAGR of 7.23% during the period 2022-2027.
APAC is currently one of the most dynamic data center markets across the globe, with increased investments from colocation providers as well as hyperscale operators.
In APAC, factors such as increased digitalization spurred by COVID-19, cloud adoption, an increased OTT market, 5G deployment across countries, and adoption of advanced technologies like big data and IoT will drive the data center power market.
APAC DATA CENTER POWER MARKET SEGMENTATION
UPS systems with a capacity of >=500 kVA are widely adopted in APAC. Over the forecast period, however, < 500 kVA UPS systems will witness the highest CAGR in the region, owing to edge data centers, and rack and row level adoption by hyperscale operators.
In 2021, China contributed to over 35% of the overall investment in power infrastructure in APAC, followed by Southeast Asia. Within power infrastructure, UPS systems witnessed the highest investment share, followed by generators.
GEOGRAPHICAL ANALYSIS
Power fluctuations and outages are a major impediment for business continuity, especially in APAC, including countries such as Indonesia and Thailand, and India, driving additional demand for backup power sources.
Historically, APAC has been slower than other regions like US and Western Europe in terms of renewable energy adoption. However, with the push towards sustainability, operators are expected to adopt renewable energy in data centers in the forecast period.
VENDOR ANALYSIS
Power instability is one of the major challenges faced by data center operators in the APAC region. Therefore, vendors are making efforts to overcome the challenges.
As the APAC data center market is one of the fastest-growing markets across the globe, it is witnessing intense competition owing to the heightened interest shown by operators in procuring energy-efficient infrastructure solutions.
Prominent Vendors
- ABB
- Caterpillar
- Cummins
- Eaton
- Rittal
- Schneider Electric
- Vertiv
Other Prominent Vendors
- AEG Power Solutions
- Anord Mardix
- Advanced Energy
- ATEN International
- Austin Hughes Electronics
- BACHMANN Group
- Borri Group
- Canovate Group
- Centiel
- Chatsworth Products
- Cyber Power Systems
- Delta Electronics
- EAE designs
- HITEC Power Protection
- Legrand
- Rolls-Royce Power Systems
- KOHLER (SDMO)
- Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
- Socomec
- Elcom International
- Enconnex
- EverExceed Industrial
- Exide Technologies
- Fuji Electric
- Generac Power Systems
- Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
- Yanmar (HIMOINSA)
- Hitachi Hi-Rel Power Electronics
- HITEC Power Protection
- HITZINGER
- INNIO
- Kehua Data (Kehua Tech)
- KOHLER
- Kokam (SOLAREDGE)
- Mitsubishi Electric
- Panduit
- Piller Power Systems
- Powertek
- Pramac (PR Industrial)
- Riello Elettronica Group
- Shenzhen Kstar Science & Technology
- Saft (TOTAL)
- Thycon
- Toshiba
- VYCON
- ZincFive
Key Topics Covered:
1 Research Methodology
2 Research Objectives
3 Research Process
4 Scope & Coverage
4.1 Market Definition
4.2 Base Year
4.3 Scope of the Study
4.4 Market Segments
5 Report Assumptions & Caveats
5.1 Key Caveats
5.2 Currency Conversion
5.3 Market Derivation
6 Market at a Glance
7 Introduction
7.1 Market Overview
7.2 Power Architecture in Data Centers
7.3 Data Center Site Selection Criteria
7.4 List of Submarine Cables in Apac
7.5 Electricity Pricing Across APAC Countries
8 Market Opportunities & Trends
8.1 Innovative Data Center Technologies
8.2 5G Deployments Fueling Edge Data Center Investments
8.3 Adoption of Carbon-Free Energy Sources
8.4 Adoption of Lithium-Ion Ups Battery Technology
8.5 Emergence of Fuel Cells
8.6 Adoption of Software-Defined Data Center (Sddc) and Advanced Monitoring
9 Market Growth Enablers
9.1 Covid-19 Impact on Data Center Investments
9.2 Power Outages in APAC Data Centers
9.3 Increase in Data Center Investments
9.4 Growth in Rack Power Density
9.5 Adoption of Modular Power Solutions
10 Market Restraints
10.1 High Infrastructure Maintenance Cost
10.2 Rising Carbon Emissions from Data Centers
10.3 High Procurement Cost of Efficient Power Infrastructure
11 Market Landscape
11.1 Market Overview
11.2 Investment: Market Size & Forecast
11.3 Power Capacity: Market Size & Forecast
11.4 Five Forces Analysis
12 Electrical Infrastructure
12.1 Market Snapshot & Growth Engine
12.2 Ups Systems
12.3 Generators
12.4 Transfer Switches & Switchgears
12.5 Power Distribution Units
12.6 Other Electrical Infrastructure
13 Ups Systems
13.1 Market Snapshot & Growth Engine
13.2 Market Overview
13.3 < =500 Kva Ups Systems
13.4 500-1,000 Kva Ups Systems
13.5 >1,000 Kva Ups Systems
14 Generators
14.1 Market Snapshot & Growth Engine
14.2 0-1.5 Mw Generators
14.3 >1.5-3 Mw Generators
14.4 >3 Mw Generators
15 Tier Standards
15.1 Market Snapshot & Growth Engine
15.2 Market Overview
15.3 Tier I & II
15.4 Tier III
15.5 Tier IV
16 Geography
16.1 Investment: Market Snapshot & Growth Engine
16.2 Power Capacity: Snapshot & Growth Engine
17 China
18 Hong Kong
19 Australia
20 New Zealand
21 India
22 Japan
23 Taiwan
24 South Korea
25 Rest of APAC
26 Southeast Asian Countries
27 Singapore
28 Indonesia
29 Malaysia
30 Philippines
31 Thailand
32 Vietnam
33 Other Southeast Asia Countries
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The popularity of true crime documentaries continues to grow, with Netflix releasing their latest chilling serial killer documentary ‘Conversations With A Killer: The John Wayne Gacy Tapes.’
Focusing on one of America’s most notorious serial killers, the documentary follows the gruesome crimes of the Chicago born criminal, releasing previously unheard of tapes which showcase the full extent of the horrifying darkness which plagued the mind of the sadistic serial killer.
The three-part series uncovers conversations between Gacy and his legal team as they discuss his crimes.
Here is everything you need to know about who he was, what happened to him and how to watch Netflix’s Conversations with a Killer: The John Wayne Gacy Tapes.
Who was John Wayne Gacy?
Gacy is one of American most infamous, and prolific, serial killers and sexual offenders. He was been convicted of the murder and assault of an estimated 33 young men and boys.
Described as someone who would often embellish his own importance, Gacy was known for his manipulatively charming nature.
Convicted of the sodomy of a teenage boy in Iowa during the late 1960s, he was sentenced to ten years' imprisonment, though only served 18 months.
He murdered his first victim in 1972, had murdered twice more by the end of 1975, and murdered at least thirty subsequent victims after his divorce from his second wife.
Known by his disturbing nickname ‘Pogo The Clown’, the Illinois criminal had numerous jobs and was known to work as contractor, while he was also an aspiring politician. though the killer is best known performing at events and children’s parties as ‘Pogo’ in his infamous clown costume.
He was found to ‘cruise’ for his young, vulnerable victims, where he would lead them to his property before coaxing them into wearing handcuffs by promising to show them a ‘magic trick’ before committing his shocking crimes.
Many of his victims were found buried beneath the crawl space of his Illinois home, where other were placed in the Des Plaines River. Sadly, there are still five of Gacy’s victims which remain unidentified.
How can I watch Confession Of A Serial Killer: The John Wayne Gacy Tapes
The documentary is available to watch now on Netflix UK after being released on Wednesday 20 April. You must have a Netflix subscription to watch the true crime series, which can be purchased here.
Split into three parts, each episode of the series is approximately one hour long.
Who was Robert Piest? What happened to Robert Piest?
Of the multiple young men and boys murdered by the Clown obsessed manic Gacy, Robert Priest’s murder was the crime that led to the conviction of the notorious killer.
Piest, a 15-year-old part time employee at a Nisson Pharmacy, was first reported missing on December 11, 1978. Gacy was confirmed to have been at the store that day to discuss a remodelling deal with the owner, Phil Torf.
It was his Mother’s birthday on the day the teen was reported missing, and it is said she had arrived to drive her son home so the family could celebrate her birthday together at approximately 9pm. Piest’s mother confirmed he had asked her to wait as he had planned to talk with "some contractor wants to talk to me about a job” – the contractor being Gacy, of course, who had reportedly offered him a job at double the rate he was receiving at the pharmacy.
When his mother return to collect him, the young boy was nowhere to be seen – something which was widely out of character for Piest. He was reported missing to the Des Plaines shortly afterwards.
The store owner, Torf, informed police it was likely to be Gacy who had offered the boy a role, and Gacy was later interviewed by police. However, he vehemently denied he had offered Piest a job, citing he would give a full statement to the police later that evening.
Gacy did not attend the police station until the early hours of the following morning, and arrived covered in mud, claiming he had been in a car accident.
Despite his denial, the Des Plaines police became increasingly suspicious that he was holding the 15-year-old at his home against his will, and this obtained a warrant to search Gacy's house on December 13. During the search, a receipt which indicated the victim had been inside of the property was uncovered. Gacy was placed under police surveillance following the search.
When under surveillance, he was caught handling illegal drugs and was arrested. It was at this point the serial killer confessed to the crime, and several others, which led to a second search of his home, where police made a gruesome discovery – finding human bones in the crawl space of the property.
What happened to John Wayne Gacy?
Shortly after the remains of his victims were found in the crawl space, he was arrested. Gacy admitted to officers he knew his arrest was inevitable since the previous evening and wanted to "clear the air.” He then provided a statement which confessed to murdering approximately 30 males – though he claimed they had all entered his home willingly, adding they were almost all teenage male runaways or male prostitutes.
When asked about Robert Piest at this time, the serial killer confirmed he had lured him to his house and strangled him before alongside sleeping Piest's body that evening. He disposed of the teen’s body in the Des Plaines River.
For his crimes, Gacy was sentenced to death row on March 13, 1980. He was executed by lethal injection at Stateville Correctional Center on May 10, 1994.
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — The last stockpiles of a deadly chemical agent in the U.S. have been safely eliminated, according to Kentucky officials in charge of destroying the Cold War-era weapons.
The final M55 rocket containing VX nerve agent was destroyed Tuesday at the Blue Grass Chemical Agent plant. Officials at the Kentucky plant began disassembling about 18,000 of the rockets and draining the VX agent in July, according to a news release from plant officials.
Candace Coyle, the plant’s project manager, said Wednesday the nation’s entire stockpile of VX nerve agent “is now completely destroyed.”
VX is considered the deadliest of the chemical agents that was produced by the U.S., much of it in the 1960s. It has a consistency similar to motor oil and even a tiny amount causes victims’ bodies to flood with fluids, producing a feeling of drowning before death. Officials in 2017 declared that assassins used VX agent to kill the brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in a Malaysian airport.
The Kentucky Army depot still has 277 tons of other chemical agents left to be destroyed, after beginning with more than 520 tons of VX, GB and mustard agent that was in storage for decades. Officials said it all should be gone by next year after it began eliminating its mustard agent stockpiles in 2019.
“After more than a half century of chemical weapons storage in central Kentucky, the final chapter at Blue Grass Army Depot will soon begin,” said Col. Stephen Dorris, commander of the depot in central Kentucky, where the plant is located.
The mustard agent campaign finished in September. The plant also destroyed 4,000 projectiles with GB nerve agent in the first half of 2020. Another 13,000 155mm projectiles with VX agent were destroyed from January to May 2021.
The military had planned decades ago to destroy the weapons in Kentucky by burning them, but after concerns from residents and environmental groups, a plan was settled on to use water and chemicals to neutralize the agents.
There are also chemical weapons being destroyed at an Army facility in Pueblo, Colorado. The stockpiles at the two sites accounted for the last 10% of an original stockpile of more than 30,000 tons of chemical weapons in the U.S. The Army used incineration methods to destroy the weapons at other sites.
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Which camping rug is best?
Even if you camp or RV to get away from it all, there’s nothing like the finishing touch that feels like home. A camping rug can really tie an outdoor space together and provide an extra level of comfort to make your experience cozier.
Sand Mine Reversible Mats are durable options that come in a variety of colors to customize your outdoor living area. Lightweight and easy to care for, they are a great option for campers and RVers alike.
What to know before you buy a camping rug
Natural vs. synthetic
An outdoor area rug is a small bit of comfort that you can have anywhere you go. The material you choose is largely a matter of preference, but each has its own pros and cons.
Natural camping rugs are made of bamboo, jute or sisal.
- Bamboo and sea grass rugs are easy to care for but not as durable.
- Coco coir is heavy, making it ideal for smaller areas.
- Jute is fire-resistant but can harbor mold and mildew.
- Sisal is strong and durable but can stain easily.
Synthetic rugs made from polypropylene, nylon, acrylic or polyester don’t have the natural beauty of natural fiber rugs, but they do hold up well to the rigors of camping. They are also lightweight and easy to keep clean.
Some synthetic fabric rugs may hold stains, though, and you should be careful with them around fire.
Size and weight
The size you select depends on your intended purpose. If you are looking for something to wipe your feet on before entering your tent or RV, a doormat-size camping rug (or something slightly larger) works just fine. However, if you’re interested in really defining a space outside and creating a separate room, look for a larger area rug.
The weight of your rug matters if you like to pack light. Natural fiber rugs tend to be heavier and take up more space. And the larger the rug, the heavier it will be.
Color
If you prefer a festive campsite, you’ll most likely want a brightly colored or patterned rug. However, some campers prefer to keep their color palette more natural so as to blend in with their surroundings.
What to look for in a quality camping rug
Waterproof
A waterproof rug may be treated, or it may be made of waterproof materials. If the camping rug you select is treated with a waterproofing spray, you may need to re-treat it as the spray wears off.
Natural rugs that are waterproof allow water to soak through without being absorbed. Bamboo and sea grass are good options if you’ll be camping in wet weather.
Quick-drying
Quick-drying rugs are made of breathable materials that easily shed moisture. These may need to be hung on a fence in the sun for faster drying, but a quick-drying rug is less likely to develop mold or mildew.
Easy care
You probably want to spend most of your time outdoors camping, not cleaning. Look for camping rugs that don’t require fussy cleaning products or dramatic cleaning rituals.
Antimicrobial
Mold and mildew don’t have to be inevitable, even when it rains. Some rugs have a special treatment that keeps these (and other microbes) from forming.
Reversible
Get more bang for your buck when you select a reversible camping rug. If you do, make sure to regularly rotate it for even wear.
Edged
Sealed edges keep your outdoor rug looking tidy. Some of these use a strip of fabric for edging, but others may also have a woven edge that makes it even stronger.
How much you can expect to spend on a camping rug
From simple doormat-sized rugs to elaborate and fancy natural fiber options, expect to spend $15-$500.
Camping rug FAQ
How do you care for an outdoor rug?
A. The best camping rugs require only a shake and a quick hosing off to shed most of their dirt and grime. There may be more specific care instructions depending on the type of rug you have, though. Be sure to check with the manufacturer’s care instructions to make sure you won’t need to get more involved than that.
Are camping rugs heavy enough to withstand wind?
A. If you are camping and expecting severe weather, it’s always best to roll up your rugs and secure any outdoor furnishings. If a light breeze is on the horizon, simply weigh your rug down with heavier furniture or tables to keep it secure.
What’s the best camping rug to buy?
Top camping rug
What you need to know: This reversible rug is durable and works in both indoor and outdoor settings.
What you’ll love: It’s available in four sizes and five colors. It has heat-treated edging to resist fraying, and it’s soft and comfortable on bare feet. It’s easy to clean and comes with a carrying bag. It has a UV coating to protect against fading. It’s waterproof.
What you should consider: The carrying bag is not durable.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Top camping rug for the money
Plus Haven Store Coco Coir Door Mat
What you need to know: It’s best when you want a durable mat for the front of your tent or the base of your RV steps.
What you’ll love: It’s a natural material that resists dirt and easily repels water. At 17 inches by 30 inches, it’s the perfect size for catching dirt right outside the door. It requires very little maintenance beyond shaking, and it is durable.
What you should consider: Some users reported shedding beyond what the manufacturer says is normal.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Worth checking out
What you need to know: It’s an environmentally friendly option that is large, lightweight and easy to care for.
What you’ll love: It’s made out of 100% recycled straws. The generous size of 6 feet by 9 feet really defines a space. It’s easy to roll up and comes with elastic bands to secure it and a carrying bag. It has GoodWeave certification, which verifies that it’s made without using child labor.
What you should consider: Some users didn’t feel it was durable enough for rigorous outdoor use.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
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Bill requiring drunk drivers who kill parents to pay child support heads to TN governor's desk
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - A bill in Tennessee that aims to hold drunk drivers accountable by requiring DUI offenders to pay child support if their actions resulted in the death of a parent has passed unanimously in the state legislature.
House Bill 1834, also known as "Bentley’s Law," passed the Tennessee Senate on Wednesday and now goes to Gov. Bill Lee’s desk for an expected signature into law. Under the law, an impaired driver convicted of vehicular homicide will be ordered to pay restitution in the form of child maintenance to each of the victim’s children until they are 18 years old and graduate high school.
If the defendant is incarcerated and can’t pay, the defendant is given one year after their release to begin payments. If the child reaches 18 but hasn’t been paid in full, payments will continue until the child is entirely paid, the bill says.
The court determines an amount that is "reasonable and necessary for the maintenance of the victim's child," considering factors such as the surviving parent's financial needs and resources and the standard of living to which the child is accustomed, according to the bill.
Bentley’s Law was proposed by Cecilia Williams of Missouri after her 30-year-old son, his fiancé, and their 4-month-old were all killed in a DUI crash in 2021. The crash left their two other sons, Bentley, 5, and Mason, 3, orphaned, and Williams began pushing for the law in the belief that the man who caused the crash should be held financially responsible.
"I believe with all my heart that this is the one thing that’s going to help make people from being a second or third or fourth offender. Because it seems to be a huge problem everywhere," Williams told FOX Television Stations last year.
Every day, about 28 people in the U.S. die in drunk-driving crashes, which equates to one person every 52 minutes, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
Traffic passes a memorial to a family killed by a drunken driver in a file image taken near Santa Fe, New Mexico. (Photo by Steven Clevenger/Corbis via Getty Images)
After the bill passed unanimously in both the House and the Senate, Williams said Wednesday that she "just broke down."
"For me, this is fantastic because if you know anything about the legislative process, it just doesn’t happen that quick," Cecilia Williams said Wednesday in a Facebook live video.
"Families are going to get some kind of justice. Families are going to get the compensation that they deserve," Williams continued.
State lawmakers amended the bill title to "Ethan's, Hailey's, and Bentley's Law," which now also includes the names of a fallen Tennessee police officer’s children.
Nicholas Galinger, a 38-year-old rookie officer, was inspecting a manhole cover that had water flowing from it late one night in February 2019 when he was killed in a fatal hit-and-run. A woman was later convicted of vehicular homicide by intoxication in his death and sentenced to 11 years in prison.
Republican State Rep. Mark Hall, who sponsored the bill, pledged to "do everything in our power to hold people accountable who choose to do harm."
"As I promised, I will do what it takes to protect the future of our most valuable resources, our children," Hall said Wednesday. "I am proud of our leadership, in both the House and the Senate, to get this bill pushed forward to the point that it is heading to our Governor Bill Lee for his signature."
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Price Alert: Shares of Pyrogenesis Canada (PYR) Trade 12.63% Higher at Midday April 20
Equities Staff Follow |Today Pyrogenesis Canada Inc (NASDAQ: PYR) is trading 12.63% higher.
The latest price, as of 12:12:26 est, was $2.10. Pyrogenesis Canada has climbed $0.235 over the previous day’s close.
37,308 shares have traded hands.
As of the previous close, Pyrogenesis Canada has moved YTD 29.81%. The company is set to release earnings on 2022-05-16.
For technical charts, analysis, and more on Pyrogenesis Canada visit the company profile.
About Pyrogenesis Canada Inc
PyroGenesis Canada Inc., a high-tech company, is a leader in the design, development, manufacture and commercialization of advanced plasma processes and products. The Company provides its engineering and manufacturing expertise and its turnkey process equipment packages to customers in the defense, metallurgical, mining, advanced materials (including 3D printing), and environmental industries. With a team of experienced engineers, scientists and technicians working out of its Montreal office and its 3,800 m2 manufacturing facility, PyroGenesis maintains its competitive advantage by remaining at the forefront of technology development and commercialization. The Company's core competencies allow PyroGenesis to provide innovative plasma torches, plasma waste processes, high-temperature metallurgical processes, and engineering services to the global marketplace. PyroGenesis' operations are ISO 9001:2015 and AS9100D certified.
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Today is Thursday, April 21, 2022. Let's get caught up.
Here are today's top stories, celebrity birthdays and a look back at this date in history:
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FIRST, THE WEATHER
Severe storm threat in effect for the Central Plains as the West continues to see drought relief. CNN meteorologist Pedram Javaheri has the forecast.
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TOP STORIES
This morning's top headlines: Thursday, April 21
Queen Elizabeth II is marking her 96th birthday privately on Thursday, retreating to the Sandringham estate in eastern England that has offered the monarch and her late husband, Prince Philip, a refuge from the affairs of state. Elizabeth is expected to spend the day at the estate’s Wood Farm cottage, a personal sanctuary where she also spent her first Christmas since Philip’s death in April 2021. This birthday comes during the queen’s platinum jubilee year, marking her 70 years on the throne. While Thursday will be low-key, public celebrations will take place June 2-5, when four days of jubilee festivities have been scheduled to coincide with the monarch’s official birthday.
Putin is claiming victory in Mariupol, even as he ordered his troops not to storm the last pocket of Ukrainian resistance in the the war’s iconic battleground.
The Justice Department is filing an appeal seeking to overturn a judge’s order that voided the federal mask mandate on planes and trains and in travel hubs. The notice came minutes after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention asked the Justice Department to appeal the decision handed down by a federal judge in Florida earlier this week. A notice of appeal was filed Wednesday in federal court in Tampa. The CDC says it is its “continuing assessment that at this time an order requiring masking in the indoor transportation corridor remains necessary for the public health.”
President Joe Biden plans to mark Earth Day in Seattle on Friday, but he's struggled to make progress on a sweeping environmental agenda. Some of his plans for fighting climate change remain stalled on Capitol Hill, particularly hundreds of billions of dollars for tax credits to support clean energy. At the same time, scientists have escalated their warnings about the potential effects of global warming. The Democratic president’s deputy national climate adviser says the administration has accomplished a lot and has a long way to go. Biden visits Portland, Oregon, on Thursday on a swing through the Pacific Northwest, a region often on the forefront of environmental efforts.
WNBA All-Star and two-time Olympic gold medalist Brittney Griner is easily the most prominent American citizen known to be jailed by a foreign government. Yet as a crucial hearing approaches next month in Russia, the case against Griner remains shrouded in mystery. Little clarity has come from Russian prosecutors since the Phoenix Mercury player was detained in February. Only measured public statements have come from the U.S. government as it seeks more information about the circumstances of Griner's detention. An otherwise mundane drug case features storylines of race and gender, professional athletics, geopolitics and international criminal justice.
Israel’s air force and Palestinian militants have traded fire across the Gaza frontier as clashes erupted again between Israeli police and Palestinians at Jerusalem’s most sensitive holy site. The developments early Thursday worsened an escalation that has been eerily similar to the lead-up to last year’s Israel-Gaza war. The violence along the Gaza front, fueled by the unrest in Jerusalem, appears to be the heaviest-cross-border fighting since last year’s 11-day war. It comes despite efforts to prevent a repeat. Palestinian militants fired two rockets toward Israel from the Gaza Strip late Wednesday and earlier Thursday, and Israeli aircraft hit militant targets in Gaza.
Winds that are expected to intensify through the end of the week have been a major obstacle for firefighters battling blazes across the Southwest. Resources are tight, and fire managers are scrambling to get crews on board. Hundreds of residents have been evacuated because of multiple wildfires. One of the largest outside of Flagstaff, Arizona, more than tripled in size Wednesday. Firefighters haven't been able to get ahead of it because of erratic winds that have grounded air resources. One incident commander on a fire south of Prescott, Arizona, says conditions are some of the worst he's seen in nearly five decades of firefighting.
TORONTO (AP) — Joel Embiid made a 3-pointer with 0.8 seconds left in overtime to give the Philadelphia 76ers a 104-101 victory over the Toronto Raptors on Wednesday night and a 3-0 lead in the first-round series.
Miguel Cabrera had three hits to move one shy of 3,000 in the Detroit Tigers’ 5-3 loss to the New York Yankees at chilly Comerica Park. Cabrera beat out an infield hit in the second inning and singled up the middle oin the fourth against Luis Severino, then grounded a single through the shortstop hole in the sixth off Chad Green (1-1). The crowd, announced at 17,268, rose to its feet as soon as the Yankees made the third out of the eighth. Cabrera struck out on a 1-2 sinker from Clay Holmes.
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'Real Housewives of Atlanta' star NeNe Leakes sues Bravo, Andy Cohen over alleged racist work environment
Lawsuit also names NBCUniversal, True Entertainment and Truly Original
Former star of "The Real Housewives of Atlanta" NeNe Leakes is suing the companies behind the show, alleging that they fostered and tolerated a hostile and racist work environment.
The lawsuit filed Wednesday in federal court in Atlanta claims Leakes, who is Black, complained to executives about years of racist remarks from fellow housewife Kim Zolciak-Biermann, who is White, but that only Leakes suffered consequences.
It names as defendants NBCUniversal, Bravo, production companies True Entertainment and Truly Original, executives from the companies and "Housewives" executive producer Andy Cohen, but not Zolciak-Biermann.
"NBC, Bravo and True foster a corporate and workplace culture in which racially-insensitive and inappropriate behavior is tolerated – if not, encouraged," the suit says.
Representatives for NBCUniversal declined comment. Emails sent to representatives for the other defendants and Zolciak-Biermann seeking comment were not immediately returned.
Leakes, 54, a TV personality and actor whose legal name is Linnethia Monique Leakes, spent seven seasons as one of the central stars of "The Real Housewives of Atlanta" between 2008 and 2020.
It alleges that during the first season, which aired in 2008, the cast was planning to attend a barbecue, and housewife Kim Zolciak-Biermann responded to the idea with "words to the effect of: ‘I don’t want to sit around with NeNe and eat chicken.’" The suit says the statement "perpetuated an offensive stereotype about African-Americans."
The suit says in 2012, during the fifth season, Zolciak-Biermann made "racially offensive and stereotypical" comments about the new home of housewife Kandi Burruss, calling her neighborhood a "ghetto" and perpetuating a racial stereotype in an offensive comment about whether Burruss needed a swimming pool.
That same year, the suit says, Zolciak-Biermann used the N-word to refer to Leakes and other of the housewives after a dispute with them, the suit alleges. It also alleges Zolciak-Biermann falsely implied that Leakes used drugs and called her home a "roach nest."
The suit says after Leakes complaints to the executives overseeing the show, they "did not terminate their relationship with Zolciak-Biermann, nor take any other meaningful action to put an end to her racially-offensive behavior," and if anything rewarded her by giving her her own spinoff show.
"From the day the series began filming, NeNe was the target of systemic racism from co-star Kim Zolciak-Biermann, which was tolerated by Bravo executive producer Andy Cohen and other executives," Leakes' lawyer David deRubertis said in a statement.
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Joe Habachy, another Leakes’ attorney, said via email that "not a day goes by that NeNe doesn’t wake up with an onslaught of overwhelming emotions as a direct result of these unfortunate and avoidable occurrences."
The lawsuit alleges that her complaints of racism led in part to Leakes being forced off the show in 2020 before its 13th season.
The suit says Leakes' negotiations for the season came as the Black Lives Matter movement was gaining major momentum, with Leakes a vocal supporter.
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Executives sought to sideline Leakes from talking about the cause, keeping her off early episodes in which the housewives would address BLM, the suit alleges.
"As the Black Lives Matter movement swept our nation, Mrs. Leakes — Bravo’s historically most successful Black female talent — should have been embraced by NBC, Bravo, and True," the suit says. "Instead, NBC, Bravo, and True forced her out of the 'house she built,' denying her a regular role."
The suit alleges that the defendants' actions violate federal employment and anti-discrimination law, and it seeks monetary damages to be determined at trial.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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The World's Largest Pickle Party® Adds a Second Day to Its Pickle-Themed Celebration in Order to Service the High Demand for Tickets
The Popular Pickle Festival, hosted by Viral Festivals, with 8.4 million views on TikTok returns to Maryland September 24 & 25; tickets go on sale May 9
BALTIMORE, April 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Big Dill™, a digital pickle community with 400,00 followers across several social media channels, adds a second day to their World's Largest Pickle Party® to meet the demand for tickets. Pickle festivals have exploded in popularity across the country, and The Big Dill World's Largest Pickle Party® is the pickle event that everyone is eager to attend.
The festival will be hosted at Power Plant Live! in Baltimore, MD, on September 24th and 25th. Tickets officially go on sale on May 9th and can be purchased at www.bigdill.com. Pricing is tiered, with tickets ranging from $21.99 to $74.99 for VIP Guests.
Currently, there is a waiting list of over 8,000 people who provided their email to be the first in line to scoop up tickets on an early bird list. Due to the high demand, organizers added a second day to include another 5,000 guests. The pickle-themed festival, which started in 2019, survived a shuttered year for the event industry in 2020 and rebounded by selling out tickets in under four weeks last year.
The Big Dill World's Largest Pickle Party® draws pickle enthusiasts from all over the world. Viral Festivals, the company that produces The Big Dill World's Largest Pickle Party®, credits building a massive pickle community on social media during the quarantine as the critical reason for the event's ascension in popularity.
The Big Dill has amassed over 8.4 million views on TikTok, 185,000 followers on Facebook, manages a Facebook group, I Love Pickles, with 100,000 followers, and has 35,000 followers on Instagram. The brand has quickly become the largest pickle-themed community in the world.
What is The Big Dill World's Largest Pickle Party®?
The Big Dill World's Largest Pickle Party® is the premier pickle event of the year, featuring a pickle garden with 10+ artisan pickle companies from all over the country.
Entertaining guests throughout the weekend is a modern country, pop, live stage production with performances by musicians, actors, comedy routines, and choreographed dancers. Guests are also entertained by the crowd's favorite, Pickle Eating Championship featuring competitive eaters and the hilarious Brine Chug Challenge.
Custom-themed cocktails and liquor experiences are developed by brands Tullamore D.E.W., The Original Pickle Shot, Milagro Tequila, and Old Bay® Vodka to keep 21+ attendees celebrating throughout the day. Photo-Ready Attractions are placed throughout the festival, and Giant L.E.D. Video Walls capture all the stage action, so fans never miss a second in concession lines.
A section of the festival is dedicated to carnival games for kids, mascots including Dilly the Pickle®, RAVENS Poe, and The Oriole Bird traverses the festival grounds taking pictures with guests; or test your rodeo skills with indoor bull riding. Guests also get to munch on pickled-themed culinary delights, including fried pickles, pickle pizza, pickle egg rolls, pickle fries, and pickle ice cream in addition to your traditional carnival treats and sweets.
About the venue Power Plant Live!
Developed in partnership with the City of Baltimore, Power Plant Live! has become the region's dominant entertainment destination, attracting millions of visitors annually since its launch in 2001. Located just one block from Baltimore's World Famous Inner Harbor, and just a short walk from Oriole Park at Camden Yard, M&T Bank Stadium, and other major attractions.
About Viral Festivals, LLC
Viral Festivals is a Delaware-based event production and management team that specializes in digital marketing, festival operations, and brand development.
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DULUTH, Minn. (AP) — Authorities say five people were found dead inside a Duluth, Minnesota, home after police received a report of a male experiencing a mental health crisis.
The dead included the male reported to be in crisis, and authorities said they aren’t seeking any suspects in the case.
Duluth Police Chief Mike Tusken says police got an initial request to check on someone in nearby Hermantown, which led them to the Duluth home where authorities found the bodies.
Tusken called it an “unimaginable tragedy.”
He said a dog was also found deceased.
Police are investigating. It is believed that all of the deceased were related, but the nature of the relationship was not released.
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Bad year for weather, good year for wine? Record-breaking B.C. heat results in 'intensely flavoured fruit'
An especially hot and dry summer presented challenges for B.C.'s grape growers, but conditions made it a good year for taste, despite a smaller harvest.
According to a report from the group known as Wine Growers British Columbia, last year's vintage "will be remembered for low yields but intensely flavoured fruit."
Essentially, what it meant for the valley and for B.C.'s Interior overall was that crops were down quite a bit – as much as 40 per cent in some spots – but the wines that were produced are unique and flavourful.
In a news release Wednesday, WGBC said wines produced by grapes harvested in 2021 will have concentrated flavours and balanced acidity. This is a trend noted by winegrowers throughout the province, the group said.
Summer 2021 saw record temperatures across B.C., with some regions noting highs in the 40s in late June and early July.
The term "heat dome" became widely known as the phenomenon took hold for several days. Hundreds of people died during the heat wave many use as proof that further climate change action is needed.
Dry conditions led to one of the worst wildfire seasons seen in B.C., and an entire village was destroyed when flames burned out of control in Lytton.
WGBC says the fires were a "notable occurrence" throughout the Okanagan Valley, an area where many of B.C.'s grapes are grown, but that the smoke cover was higher and thinner than in previous years, so the impact was minimal.
Conditions in the nearby Similkameen Valley were similar, and growers in that area too saw an early and smaller harvest.
The heat led to a lower-than-usual yield of some varieties of grapes, "but also presented a silver lining of low disease pressure and exciting quality of fruit," the group said.
As for what wine drinkers should expect, WGBC says whites will have "some tension, lots of flavours and concentration."
Last year's rose wines are fruity and naturally acidic, while reds are "showing full ripe tannins and lots of vibrant fruits," according to Severine Pinte, winemaker at LaStella and Le Vieux Pin wineries.
And it wasn't just summer weather that had an impact on 2021 wines. It was a challenging year for icewine as well, with wineries seeing the lowest yield on record.
The full Wines of B.C. Vintage Report can be read online.
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Travellers to Canada must still wear masks for two weeks, despite relaxed provincial measures
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Nova Scotia taxi driver leaves $1.68 million to local hospital in his will
It was no surprise that beloved Antigonish, N.S., taxi driver John MacLellan gave what money he had to the local hospital in his will, family friend Margie Zinck said.
Victoria arson investigation underway after gas poured into home while family of 5 slept
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U.S. Justice Department to appeal order voiding travel mask mandate
The U.S. Justice Department is filing an appeal seeking to overturn a judge’s order that voided the federal mask mandate on planes and trains and in travel hubs, officials said.
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Coimbatore to become fully digital economy by December end
COIMBATORE April 21, 2022 18:24 ISTCoimbatore is one of the three districts in the State identified for fully digital economy initiative.
Lead District Manager P. Kousalyadevi told The Hindu Coimbatore, Ranipet, and Thoothukudi had been identified for the project in the State. Coimbatore district had about 900 bank branches and all the savings and current accounts in these branches should have provisions for any one service such as net banking, mobile banking, Aadhaar enabled payments or RuPay Cards.
There were 76.53 lakh savings bank accounts and 5.51 lakh current accounts in these bank branches in the district. These should be connected to any one of the provisions such as net banking or RuPay cards and in case of current account, a point of sale or QR code too. So far, 64.06 lakh savings accounts (81.71 %) had the provision to any of these and 3.91 lakh current accounts (72.7 %) had been given such facilities.
“We conducted a branch-level sensitisation programme last month. We should also encourage the customers to use these provisions. Hence, a financial literacy programme will be organised soon to create awareness among customers. The district will be able to achieve the target by the end of December this year,” she said.
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National New York's famous skating rink at Rockefeller Center has gone retro Facebook Twitter Flipboard Email April 21, 20225:16 AM ET Heard on Morning Edition New York's famous skating rink at Rockefeller Center has gone retro Listen · 1:41 1:41 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/1093977719/1093977720" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Skaters are ditching their blades — and putting on wheels. The last time the rink welcomed roller skaters was in the 1940s. Facebook Twitter Flipboard Email
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MIAMI (AP) — A judge has denied a request by residents of a South Florida city who were concerned about the noise level associated with a Formula 1 race set for next month.
Some resident in Miami Gardens said the Miami Grand Prix, which takes place May 6-8 at Hard Rock Stadium, could damage their hearing.
But Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Alan Fine ruled Wednesday that evidence presented by the residents is “highly speculative" and any potential harm could be offset by staying indoors or wearing ear plugs.
Fine said the lawsuit could continue after the event, potentially affecting other races, the Miami Herald reported. The city has a 10-year deal with Hard Rock Stadium to hold the race annually.
The deal includes a $5 million community benefits package for the city, which has yet to issue a required special events permit. City officials said they intend to comply, but did not specify a time frame, the newspaper reported.
“My clients are doing nothing but living in their day to day lives in their homes that they’ve owned for decades and paid taxes on,” attorney Samuel Dubbin, told WPLG. “It’s the defendants, particularly the stadium defendants, and the city as well, who are about to violate the law and cause them harm.”
The residents claimed the race violates the city's noise ordinance, which bans unreasonable noise that disturbs, injures, or endangers the comfort of its residents.
But attorneys for the stadium said the ordinance offers exceptions for events benefiting the city. They also said there is no evidence the race would cause harm.
The judge said neither side offered evidence of the actual noise levels during the race and ordered sound monitoring for the event.
Hard Rock Stadium attorney Melissa Pallet-Vasquez told the judge there is already agreement with Miami Gardens to measure noise levels during stadium events.
Fine ruled that at least one of the measurements should be taken offsite “at a distance equivalent to the closest plaintiff’s house," the Herald reported.
“By deferring until after the first race a preliminary injunction hearing for future races, we will have the ability, or the parties will have the ability, to know exactly what the noise levels are in fact,” the judge said.
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GE recalls refrigerators due to fall hazard
Published: Apr. 21, 2022 at 8:13 AM EDT|Updated: 1 hour ago
(CNN) - General Electric is recalling some of its refrigerators because of a fall risk.
The company said it has received 71 reports of freezer drawer handles detaching.
It has caused at least 37 people to get hurt, three of which had serious fall injuries.
The recall includes six models sold between February 2020 to January 2022. They all have French doors with a bottom freezer.
Those who believe their refrigerator is impacted by the recall can check using the model number and SIN number on GE’s recall website.
Those with impacted appliances should contact GE for repair.
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Winfrey picks Viola Davis memoir for her book club
NEW YORK (AP) - Viola Davis' latest honor is not for her acting, but for her writing. The Oscar winner's upcoming memoir, "Finding Me," is Oprah Winfrey's new book club pick.
"Finding Me," which comes out next Tuesday, traces Davis' journey from what she has called a "crumbling apartment in Central Falls, Rhode Island" to acclaim for her work on stage and screen. Her many prizes include a Tony for the 2010 Broadway production of August Wilson's "Fences" and an Academy Award for the film adaptation of "Fences" that came out in 2016.
"After I finished reading the first paragraph, I knew this was a book I wanted to share with the world," Winfrey said in a statement Thursday. "I am in awe that Viola overcame all that she did to not only survive but become a role model for the world as a renowned actress, a mother, a wife and the woman that she is today."
In a statement Thursday, Davis said she was "beyond honored" and thanked Winfrey for her support.
"The courage to share this story has been equal to my fear," Davis said. "Your acknowledgement has been like a huge embrace. Thank you for championing me and for giving me a platform to share my truth to the world."
Beginning Friday, Winfrey's interview with Davis can be streamed on Netflix. Winfrey and Davis also will speak May 16 for an interactive book club gathering presented by OprahDaily.com, the online hub for Winfrey's book club.
FILE - Viola Davis arrives at the premiere of "The First Lady" in Los Angeles on April 14, 2022. The Oscar winner's upcoming memoir, "Finding Me," is Oprah Winfrey's new book club pick. (Photo by Willy Sanjuan/Invision/AP, File)
As with Winfrey's previous pick, Martha Beck´s "The Way of Integrity: Finding the Path to Your True Self," Thursday's announcement makes no reference to the Apple partnership Winfrey launched in September 2019 with Ta-Nehisi Coates´ novel "The Water Dancer." A Winfrey spokesperson said that Winfrey is currently in production with Apple on a documentary about the late Sidney Poitier, whose memoir "The Measure of a Man" was a book club pick in 2007.
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India on Thursday said it has delivered one more consignment of 40,000 MT of diesel to Sri Lanka under the Indian credit line to help ease the acute power crisis in the island nation. A total of close to 400,000 MT of various types of fuel have been delivered with Indian assistance in two months, the Indian High Commission said here.
The High Commission said that 40,000 MT of diesel under the Indian credit line reached Sri Lanka on Wednesday. Earlier, India delivered 40,000 MT of diesel to Sri Lanka on April 2. This was India's fourth consignment of fuel delivered to Sri Lanka under the Line of Credit.
India and Sri Lanka signed a USD 500 million Line of Credit Agreement for purchase of petroleum products on February 2, 2022. With the economic crisis and the shortage of forex, the Indian credit line of USD 500 million for fuel imports has provided a lifeline to the island nation, which is currently experiencing its worst economic crisis in history. With long lines for fuel, cooking gas, essentials in short supply and long hours of power cuts, the public has been suffering for months.
India recently announced to extend a USD 1 billion line of credit to Sri Lanka as part of its financial assistance to the country to deal with the economic crisis following the previous USD 500 billion line of credit in February to help it purchase petroleum products. The Indian fuel came as the protests over fuel shortages intensified throughout the country.
The Sri Lankan government on Thursday deployed troops as a precautionary measure in the southwestern region of Rambukkana where one person was killed and 13 others were injured in violence after the police opened fire at unarmed anti-government protestors demonstrating against the latest fuel price hike. The island nation is witnessing large-scale protests against the government's handling of the debt-ridden economy - the worst-ever economic crisis in the country's history.
Protests demanding the resignation of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and his Sri Lanka Podujana (Peramuna)-led government have intensified as shortages continued and prices soared.
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Which essential oil for nausea is best?
Nausea can be debilitating. Whether it’s caused by pregnancy, motion sickness, chemotherapy or medications, getting fast relief is crucial. If you’d like to avoid the side effects of prescription anti-nausea medications, an essential oil can help. This natural, plant-based remedy has been applied to a variety of ailments for thousands of years and can ease nausea, regardless of the cause.
For quick nausea relief, the UpNature Store Peppermint Essential Oil Roll-On is a handy solution that can go with you wherever your day takes you.
What to know before you buy an essential oil for nausea
Form
Essential oils come in a variety of forms.
- Rollerball: Rollerballs are convenient to slip into a pocket or purse. They can be added to the wrists, the temples or under the jawline for quick relief.
- Liquid: Liquid essential oils can be inhaled, used in a diffuser or added to beverages for oral consumption (food-grade only).
- Creams and salves: Creams and salves are less common as the therapeutic amount of essential oil is negligible. Still, these are a good option in combination with other forms (e.g., diffusing lavender and using a lavender cream or salve on the hands).
Pure distillation vs. diluted with a carrier oil
The pure distillation of a plant is a powerful vehicle for treating nausea. Just a small amount can be added to a diffuser or a beverage for fast relief. This pure distillation should not be used directly on the skin, as it can cause irritation. To use topically, you will need to mix it first with a carrier oil (e.g., almond oil or MCT oil).
The distillation diluted with a carrier oil is safe in all forms and can be applied directly to the skin without irritation. It is less potent than the pure essence but can still be very effective.
What to look for in a quality essential oil for nausea
Specific to nausea
Essential oils are used to treat a variety of ailments, but it’s important to select the one that treats nausea specifically. Look for single oils or blends that include:
- Peppermint
- Spearmint
- Ginger
- Lavender
- Lemon
- Chamomile
- Fennel
Whether you apply these directly to the skin, diffuse them or mix them into a beverage, each of these oils are recommended for treating nausea from all causes.
High-quality oil
A high-quality oil is not synthetic or artificially produced. Essential oils are therapeutic and are not perfumes that are made in a lab. Look for the scientific name of the plant on the ingredients list.
Reputable brand
Reputable brands are members of the National Association for Holistic Aromatherapy (NAHA). This organization verifies a member’s ethical farming or sourcing practices as well as the quality of their oils.
No additives
High-quality essential oils should not have any additional ingredients. Some additives may actually cause nausea to worsen. Look for a list that includes the carrier oil and the plant essence only.
Steam-distilled
Steam-distilled essential oils use heated water to extract plant essence (as opposed to alcohol or other harsh solvents). This method is far superior in preserving the therapeutic components of a plant.
Non-GMO
If the plants that produce the essential oil are not foraged, check to make sure they are grown with non-GMO plants. This also ensures that the growing methods are environmentally friendly.
Third-party testing
Because essential oils are not regulated by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, it’s important that the one you select is verified pure by third-party testing. A GC/MS testing lab can verify that what’s on the label is what’s in the bottle.
How much you can expect to spend on essential oil for nausea
The price depends on the container size and the form of oil you choose. Expect to spend $9-$15.
Essential oil for nausea FAQ
How long does essential oil last after it’s opened?
A. Essential oil lasts longer if the container it is in is kept in a cool, dark place. Make sure that the top is tightly closed to prevent evaporation, and the essential oil is not exposed to sunlight, which can degrade the carrier oil.
In general, with proper storage, a high-quality oil should last at least one year and sometimes as long as a decade.
Some signs that your essential oil has gone bad include:
- Cloudy or discolored oil
- A change in the oil’s consistency (thicker or thinner)
- A change in the oil’s smell
If you have had your essential oil for longer than a year and you’re not sure, toss it to be safe.
How long do the effects of essential oils last?
A. This depends on the beginning strength of the essential oil itself, plus your body’s natural chemistry. In general, the effects should last three to 24 hours.
What’s the best essential oil for nausea to buy?
Top essential oil for nausea
UpNature Peppermint Essential Oil Roll On
What you need to know: This is perfect for on-the-go relief of everything from motion sickness to pregnancy-related nausea.
What you’ll love: It’s pure, therapeutic-grade peppermint that is steam-distilled and combined with MCT carrier oil. It’s non-GMO and cruelty-free.
What you should consider: Some users reported a sticky rollerball that leaks.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Top essential oil for nausea for the money
Urban ReLeaf Chemo Relief Nausea And Side Effects Aromatherapy
What you need to know: This blend is specifically formulated to relieve nausea and other side effects that occur during chemotherapy.
What you’ll love: It’s a convenient roll-on for fast relief in your pocket. The blend includes ginger, peppermint, lemon, lavender, chamomile and fennel. It’s manufactured in small batches in the U.S.
What you should consider: It can be tough to open the package.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Worth checking out
Nature’s Fusions Vertigo Ginger Oil Nausea Relief Blend
What you need to know: This blend uses a wide variety of nausea relieving oils for total relief.
What you’ll love: This contains peppermint, ginger, coriander, spearmint and lemon. It’s verified safe by third-party testing and backed with a 100% satisfaction guarantee. It’s food-safe and can be used both topically and orally. The fast-acting formulation starts to work in five minutes or less.
What you should consider: The scent was too strong for some users.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) _ Republic Bancorp Inc. (RBCAA) on Thursday reported net income of $27.9 million in its first quarter.
The Louisville, Kentucky-based bank said it had earnings of $1.40 per share.
The holding company for Republic Bank & Trust posted revenue of $94.6 million in the period. Its revenue net of interest expense was $93.6 million, falling short of Street forecasts.
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ATLANTA (AP) _ Genuine Parts Co. (GPC) on Thursday reported first-quarter earnings of $245.8 million.
On a per-share basis, the Atlanta-based company said it had profit of $1.72. Earnings, adjusted for non-recurring costs, were $1.86 per share.
The results surpassed Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of five analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of $1.70 per share.
The auto and industrial parts distributor posted revenue of $5.29 billion in the period, which also beat Street forecasts. Five analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $5.13 billion.
Genuine Parts expects full-year earnings in the range of $7.70 to $7.85 per share.
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Damage to PM portrait: Protesting BJP cadre arrested
A section of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) members were arrested here on Thursday after they attempted to stage a demonstration demanding that a case be registered against DMK councillor representing the 55th ward Ramadoss for allegedly damaging a portrait of Prime Minister Narendra Modi when an attempt was made by BJP cadre to hang it in a ration shop at Ponnagar in the city on Wednesday and for reportedly assaulting the BJP cantonment zone president Paramasivam.
The BJP party cadre led by the party’s urban district president S. Rajasekaran assembled in front of the Collectorate in the morning where they planned to stage the demonstration for which permission was apparently not given by the police. The party members sat on the road in front of the Collectorate entrance in support of their demands following which they were all arrested by the police personnel deployed at the spot. Police sources said over 60 BJP members, including 12 women, were arrested.
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Fast-growing brand coming to Georgia and Maryland in 2022
HOUSTON, April 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Shipley Do-Nuts, makers of gourmet, made-fresh-daily do-nuts and kolaches since 1936, continued its rapid growth trajectory in Q1 2022, signing multi-unit franchise agreements to open more than 70 new locations in Texas, Georgia and Maryland.
In Q1, the 85-year-old company launched its first professional branding campaign, began testing a new coffee program and opened the first of more than 40 planned new shops for 2022, including the brand's first Shipley Do-Nuts location in Tallahassee, Florida.
"We are continuing our record-breaking growth, and in Q1, we've worked to put teams, systems and programs in place to support our fast-paced growth," said Shipley Do-Nuts CEO Clifton Rutledge. "The steps we've taken have enabled us to attract highly qualified multi-unit operators who see the brand's incredible potential and want to be on board as we step into our next 85 years."
With more than 350 total new units in the development pipeline, the company is expected to nearly double in size over the next five years. Shipley signed franchise agreements in Q1 for 25 units in Maryland and 25 units in the Atlanta area — both new markets for the brand. The first units in each market will begin opening in Q4.
Other Q1 highlights are new deals signed to build 20 additional units in Texas. Jack in the Box multi-unit franchisee Mohammed Ahmed will open his first Shipley Do-Nuts in Weslaco, and multi-unit operator Sam Khader, owner of Texas-based chain Dimassi's Mediterranean Grill, will focus on the North Texas region.
As the brand's pipeline grew in Q1, Shipley also brought on board new Senior Vice President – Supply Chain Jim Fisher. Fisher, who previously held supply chain leadership roles at Krispy Kreme and Pillsbury/General Mills, brings more than 20 years' supply chain experience to Shipley's senior leadership team.
Shipley is actively recruiting franchisees across a wide variety of markets, with a focus on increasing its presence in Colorado, Oklahoma and the Southeast. For more information, visit www.ownashipleydonuts.com.
ABOUT SHIPLEY DO-NUTS
Founded in 1936, Houston-based Shipley Do-Nuts is a leading do-nut restaurant franchisor and manufacturer of specialty food products. Shipley franchises over 330 restaurants to a diverse group of operators across 10 states and has served its do-nuts, kolaches and beverages to generations of guests. Shipley is ranked No. 144 on Entrepreneur's 2022 Franchise 500 list, the highest in its category. For information on franchising, visit www.ownashipleydonuts.com.
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CBI registers two FIRs related to graft allegations by former J&K Guv Satya Pal Malik
The CBI carried out searches on Thursday morning at 14 locations in Jammu, Srinagar, Delhi, Mumbai, Noida, Trivandrum in Kerala and Darbhanga in Bihar.
The CBI has registered two FIRs in connection with corruption allegations levelled by former Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik in the awarding of contracts for group medical insurance scheme for government employees and work related to Kiru hydroelectric power project in the erstwhile state, officials said on Thursday.
The CBI after registering the FIRs carried out searches on Thursday morning at 14 locations in Jammu, Srinagar, Delhi, Mumbai, Noida, Trivandrum in Kerala and Darbhanga in Bihar, they said.
The central agency has named Reliance General Insurance and Trinity Re-Insurance Brokers Limited as accused in its FIR related to a controversial health insurance scheme for Jammu and Kashmir government employees cleared by Mr. Malik in the state administrative council meeting on August 31, 2018.
It was alleged that there were glaring deviations from the government norms in the contract awarded to Reliance General Insurance like absence of an online tender, removal of an original condition that the vendor should have experience of working in the state and companies having turnover of ₹5,000 crore among others.
After allegations of irregularities surfaced, the scheme, which was supposed to come into operation in October 1, 2018, was scrapped, they said.
In the scheme which was initially signed up with RGIC for one year, the employees and pensioners would have got ₹6 lakh cover for themselves and five dependent family members by paying an annual premium of ₹8,777 and ₹22,229 for employees and pensioners, respectively.
In its FIR pertaining to alleged malpractices in the award of contract for civil works package of Kiru Hydroelectric power project, the CBI said guidelines related to e-tendering were not followed.
The agency has booked Navin Kumar Chaudhary, former chairman of Chenab Valley Power Projects (P) Ltd, M.S. Babu, former MD, M.K. Mittal and Arun Kumar Mishra, former directors and Patel Engineering Ltd.
"Though a decision was taken in 47th Board meeting of CVPPPL (Chenab Valley Power Projects (P) Ltd) for re-tender through e-tendering with reverse auction after cancellation of ongoing tendering process, same was not implemented (as per decision taken in 48th board meeting) and tender was finally awarded to Patel Engineering Ltd," the FIR alleged.
In a sensational claim, Mr. Malik, who was the Governor of Jammu and Kashmir between August 23, 2018 and October 30, 2019 had claimed that he was offered a ₹300 crore bribe for clearing two files.
After going to Kashmir, two files came to me (for clearance), one belonging to Ambani and another to an RSS-affiliated man who was a minister in the previous Mehbooba Mufti-led PDP-BJP coalition government and claimed to be very close to the prime minister, he had said.
"I was informed by secretaries in both the departments that there is a scandal and I accordingly cancelled both the deals. The secretaries told me that 'you will get ₹Rs 150 crore each for clearing the files' but I told them that I have come with five kurta-pyjamas and will leave with that only," Mr. Malik had told a gathering at an event in Jhunjhunu in Rajasthan in October last year.
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Top news of the day: Supreme Court questions New Delhi Municipal Council on Jahangirpuri demolition drive; Putin cancels plans to storm Ukraine holdout in Mariupol, and more
The major news headlines of the day and more.
Jahangirpuri anti-encroachment drive | Do you need bulldozers to remove chairs, tables, benches, Supreme Court asks NDMC
The question from the court came after Solicitor-General Tushar Mehta, for the NDMC, explained that the law permitted the removal of “stalls, benches, boxes, ladders, etc.”, occupying public streets and footpaths without permission. The court also made it clear that it had no intention to turn a blind eye to demolitions that continued after the status quo order.
Putin tells Russian forces not to storm Ukraine holdout in Mariupol
His Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu said the rest of the city beyond the sprawling Azovstal steel plant where Ukrainian forces were holed has been “liberated”. Mr. Putin hailed that as a “success”.
Boris Johnson arrives in Ahmedabad, visits Sabarmati Ashram
In Ahmedabad, he began his brief stay by visiting Mahatma Gandhi’s Sabarmati Ashram where he spent nearly 30 minutes.
Government has to take unequivocal stand in Abu Salem case: Supreme Court
A Bench led by Justice S.K. Kaul expressed its displeasure over certain portions of an affidavit filed by Union Home Secretary Ajay Kumar Bhalla, which said the court should focus on deciding Salem’s appeal against his conviction and life sentence in the 1993 Mumbai blasts case on its merits rather than take into consideration any “assurance” given by India to Portugal.
Assam Police arrest Gujarat MLA Jignesh Mevani over tweet
His arrest was based on a complaint lodged by Arup Kumar Dey, a BJP leader from Bhabanipur village in western Assam’s Kokrajhar district. The FIR was registered at the Kokrajhar police station on April 19. Meanwhile Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has claimed that he was not aware of Mr. Mevani’s identity.
India sends one more consignment of diesel to Sri Lanka
A total of close to 400,000 MT of various types of fuel have been delivered with Indian assistance in two months, the Indian High Commission.
Sri Lanka’s Opposition proposes amendment to end presidential system
Sri Lanka’s main Opposition Samagi Jana Balavegaya (SJB) on Thursday presented a constitutional amendment bill that among other provisions seeks to abolish the presidential system of governance, in existence in the country since 1978, and replace it with a system that reinforces constitutional democracy.
Opinion | A chance to hit refresh in Sri Lanka
Could the pluralistic ethos of the uprising bring the country back from Sinhalese majoritarianism?
President Xi, speaking via video link at the opening ceremony of the Boao Forum for Asia Annual Conference 2022, outlined a six-point proposal for global security which broadly confirms China’s stand on Russia’s war against Ukraine to protect what Moscow states its security interests against Kyiv joining the NATO alliance.
In a veiled attack, Imran Khan blames Pakistan Army chief for his ouster
In a veiled attack on Pakistan’s Army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa, former prime minister Imran Khan has alleged that “some elements” in the powerful establishment who indulged in “bad practices” were responsible for his unceremonious ouster from power.
At least 14 dead as blasts rock Afghanistan cities
The number of bombings in Afghanistan has dwindled since the Taliban returned to power in August, but the jihadist Islamic State group has claimed several since then. Grisly images of victims being carried to hospital from Seh Dokan mosque in Mazar-i-Sharif were posted on social media.
Government must keep 5G spectrum fee low; faster roll out to have greater impact, says Airtel
Sunil Bharti Mittal, chairman of Bharti Enterprises which runs the country’s second largest telco, said that there are a variety of applications across sectors ranging from healthcare to video interactions, which will make 5G a technology to be introduced as soon as possible.
Tesla Q1 earnings 7 times more than year ago on strong sales
The electric vehicle and solar panel company made a record $3.32 billion from January through March. Excluding special items such as stock-based compensation, the Austin, Texas, company made $3.22 per share. That soundly beat Wall Street estimates of $2.26 per share according to data provider FactSet.
Bumrah, Rohit among Wisden’s five ‘Cricketers of the Year’
Besides the duo, the list also features New Zealand batter Devon Conway, England pacer Ollie Robinson and Proteas women star Dane van Niekerk.
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TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Lu Muying died on April 1 in a government quarantine facility in Shanghai, with her family on the phone as doctors tried to resuscitate her. She had tested positive for COVID-19 in late March and was moved there in line with government policy that all coronavirus cases be centrally isolated.
But the 99-year-old, who was just two weeks shy of her 100th birthday, was not counted as a COVID-19 death in Shanghai’s official tally. In fact, the city of more than 25 million has only reported 25 coronavirus deaths despite an outbreak that has spanned nearly two months and infected hundreds of thousands of people in the world’s third-largest city.
Lu’s death underscores how the true extent of the virus toll in Shanghai has been obscured by Chinese authorities. Doctors told Lu’s relatives she died because COVID-19 exacerbated her underlying heart disease and high blood pressure, yet she still was not counted.
Interviews with family members of patients who have tested positive, a publicly released phone call with a government health official and an internet archive compiled by families of the dead all raise issues with how the city is counting its cases and deaths, almost certainly resulting in a marked undercount.
The result is a blurred portrait of an outbreak that has sweeping ramifications for both the people of Shanghai and the rest of the world, given the city’s place as an economic, manufacturing and shipping hub.
An Associated Press examination of the death toll sheds light on how the numbers have been clouded by the way Chinese health authorities tally COVID-19 statistics, applying a much narrower, less transparent, and at times inconsistent standard than the rest of the world.
In most countries, including the United States, guidelines stipulate that any death where COVID-19 is a factor or contributor is counted as a COVID-related death.
But in China, health authorities count only those who died directly from COVID-19, excluding those, like Lu, whose underlying conditions were worsened by the virus, said Zhang Zuo-Feng, an epidemiologist at the University of California, Los Angeles.
“If the deaths could be ascribed to underlying disease, they will always report it as such and will not count it as a COVID-related death, that’s their pattern for many years,” said Jin Dong-yan, a virologist at the University of Hong Kong’s medical school.
That narrower criteria means China’s COVID-19 death toll will always be significantly lower than those of many other nations.
Both Jin and Zhang said this has been China’s practice since the beginning of the pandemic and is not proof of a deliberate attempt to underreport the death count.
However, Shanghai authorities have quietly changed other standards behind the scenes, in ways that have violated China’s own regulations and muddied the virus’ true toll.
During this outbreak, Shanghai health authorities have only considered virus cases where lung scans show a patient with evidence of pneumonia as “symptomatic,” three people, including a Chinese public health official, told the AP. All other patients are considered “asymptomatic” even if they test positive and have other typical COVID-19 symptoms like sneezing, coughing or headaches.
This way of classifying asymptomatic cases conflicts with China’s past national guidelines.It’s also a sharp change from January, when Wu Fan, a member of Shanghai’s epidemic prevention expert group, said that those with even the slightest symptoms, like fatigue or a sore throat, would be “strictly” classified as a symptomatic case.
Further adding to the confusion, the city has overlapping systems to track whether someone has the virus. City residents primarily rely on what’s called their Health Cloud, a mobile application that allows them to see their COVID-19 test results. However, the Shanghai health authorities have a separate system to track COVID-19 test results, and they have the sole authority to confirm cases. At times, the data between the systems conflict.
In practice, these shifting and inconsistent processes give China’s Centers for Disease Control and Prevention “wiggle room” to determine COVID-related deaths, said the Chinese health official, allowing them to rule out the coronavirus as being the cause of death for people who didn’t have lung scans or positive test results logged on their apps. The official spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss the sensitive topic.
In response to questions about Shanghai’s COVID-19 figures, China’s top medical authority, the National Health Commission, said in a fax that there is “no basis to suspect the accuracy of China’s epidemic data and statistics.” Shanghai’s city government did not respond to a faxed request for comment.
Statements from the authorities are little comfort to the relatives of the dead. Chinese internet users, doubting the official figures, have built a virtual archive of the deaths that have occurred since Shanghai’s lockdown based on firsthand information posted online. They have recorded 170 deaths so far.
Chinese media reports on the unrecorded COVID-19 deaths have been swiftly censored, and many criticisms of Shanghai’s stringent measures expunged online. Instead, state media has continued to uphold China’s zero-COVID approach as proof of the success of its political system, especially as the world’s official death toll climbs past 6.2 million.
Earlier this month, doubts over the data burst into public view when a Shanghai resident uploaded a recording of a phone conversation he had with a CDC officer in which he questioned why city health authorities told his father he had tested positive for COVID-19 when data on his father’s mobile application showed up as negative.
“Didn’t I tell you to not look at the Health Cloud?” said the official, Zhu Weiping, referring to the app. “The positive cases are only from us notifying people.”
Others skeptical of the data include relatives of Zong Shan, an 86-year-old former Russian translator who died March 29. Despite testing positive and being moved to a government quarantine facility, online test results showed Zong supposedly was negative for COVID-19 on the day of her death.
“My relative, like most of the other people in Shanghai who were notified as positive, all reported negative results” on the Health Cloud app, one of Zong’s relatives said, declining to be named for fear of retribution.
Zong was taken to a government quarantine facility from the Donghai Elderly Care Hospital on March 29, and died there that night. The family was told by hospital staff she was being transferred after she tested positive for COVID-19. But they didn’t think the virus was the biggest threat to her health — rather, it was the dearth of nursing care at the quarantine facility. Zong needed to be fed liquids and couldn’t eat without assistance.
She had been in stable condition before the transfer, said a relative. When the family asked for the cause of death, doctors didn’t give a clear answer.
“They gave me very vague answers. One minute they said it was stroke, then they said this was also just a hypothesis,” said the relative. “But on one point, they were very clear, they said it had nothing to do with COVID. Her lungs were clear.”
Lu, who was also transferred from the Donghai hospital, would have celebrated her 100th birthday April 16; her relatives had ordered a cake and gotten permission to host a small celebration Thursday. But when she tested positive, the family made mental preparations for her death, acknowledging she had lived a long life.
But the strange thing, a relative said, was the night before she died, the doctor had specifically called the family to let them know Lu was now testing negative for COVID-19. Ultimately, the doctor said she died because the virus had worsened her underlying illnesses, said the relative, speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss the issue.
Further, the family knew of another patient from the same hospital, a neighbor, who died the day after being transferred to a quarantine facility on March 25 and also had not been counted.
Jin, the Hong Kong virologist, noted the potential political benefits of Shanghai’s low official COVID-19 death toll.
“They might claim this is their achievement, and this is is their victory,” Jin said.
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Kang reported from Beijing. Associated Press video producer Olivia Zhang contributed from Beijing.
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Which bike trainer is best?
Riding your bike along the road or in the mountains is among the most enjoyable exercises one can partake in. The only downside is the weather can quickly cancel or cut short your planned outing. With a bike trainer, you can set your bike up inside and still get your workout in.
The best bike trainer is Kinetic By Kurt Road Machine Control. It’s expensive and on the bulky side, but its design can simulate real-world biking as few other trainers can.
What to know before you buy a bike trainer
Bike trainer types
There are four types of bike trainers.
- Magnetic trainers use magnetism to adjust their resistance. High-end magnetic trainers use electromagnetic resistance you can adjust from your phone or with a remote. However, they aren’t the most durable.
- Fluid trainers use fluid chambers to provide resistance. They also aren’t the most durable, and they’re expensive as well.
- Wind trainers use a large fan that spins and generates more resistance the harder you pedal.
- Roller trainers don’t offer resistance, as you don’t lock in your bike. Instead, your bike rests on the rollers, requiring you to balance manually. They have a learning curve, but they’re among the most affordable.
Bike attachment
Bikes usually attach to trainers in one of three ways.
- Stationary attachments grip the bike and don’t let go. The bike stays upright at all times.
- Articulating attachments let the bike pivot on the base, which allows the bike to rock from side to side as if it were really on the road.
- Replacement attachments require you to remove the rear wheel from your bike and attach it directly to the trainer. As your tires aren’t used, you won’t wear them down.
Connectivity
Some bike trainers can connect to your phone over Wi-Fi and Bluetooth so your exercise can be tracked or you can interact with your preferred smart training app.
What to look for in a quality bike trainer
Stability
The best bike trainers have wide enough bases that there’s no risk of toppling over. Some include leveling features that keep you and your bike stable and flat on uneven surfaces. Other trainers have narrow bases with little stability, so if you need help remaining upright, you should prioritize base size.
Storage
Most bike trainers are small enough that storage isn’t much of an issue, while large bike trainers usually have folding parts to make storage easier.
Noise and vibration
Bike trainers generate vibrations as you ride that generate noise in turn. Wind trainers tend to be the loudest, with magnetic and fluid trainers tending to be quieter. If you live in a multistory home or apartment, keep in mind that the vibrations will rattle the ceiling of the floor below — you may need to purchase pads to prevent annoying those below you.
How much you can expect to spend on a bike trainer
Bike trainers cost $50-$600. The most affordable trainers cost less than $100, and in some cases, as little as $20. The best trainers tend to start around $150. Most cost $100-$300.
Bike trainer FAQ
What are the benefits of using a bike trainer?
A. There are a few key benefits. The biggest is being able to bike in your own home whenever you have the time without worrying about weather, traffic or other cyclists. Bike trainers also let you watch something while you bike, if you prefer that to taking in the scenery. Finally, they’re excellent for interval training.
Are bike trainers easy to assemble?
A. Generally speaking, yes. In fact, most trainers come fully assembled out of the box. Those that require assembly rarely require much time and effort. Most trainers offer expert assembly during checkout for an extra fee if you’re nervous about assembling it yourself.
How can I tell if my bike will fit a certain trainer?
A. Most trainers explicitly state the size of wheel they’re compatible with, with the most common being 26 inches. Many are also compatible with up to 29-inch wheels. You can find adapters for most trainers to fit your bike if it has non-standard wheels, such as those sized 20-24 inches.
What’s the best bike trainer to buy?
Top bike trainer
Kinetic By Kurt Road Machine Control
What you need to know: This trainer provides the best real-life riding simulation.
What you’ll love: It uses a rocking back-and-forth system to mimic the motions of biking outdoors and it supports speeds of up to 30 miles per hour. It includes a 6-month subscription to the Kinetic Fit training app, and it can connect to your phone over Bluetooth.
What you should consider: It’s among the largest trainers, so you’ll need plenty of space both during use and in storage. It’s also one of the most expensive trainers.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Top bike trainer for the money
Saris Magnetic Plus Indoor Bike Trainer
What you need to know: This trainer is a good choice for occasional indoor cycling.
What you’ll love: It connects directly to your bike’s rear wheel without needing to be taken apart. It stays cool thanks to an internal cooling system, and it includes a handlebar-mounted shifter for easy resistance changing. It can connect to most indoor cycling apps through a speed sensor purchased separately.
What you should consider: It’s a little on the noisy side. A few consumers received trainers with damaged paint jobs. Others had issues with it wearing down faster than it should.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Worth checking out
Sunlite F2 Mag Trainer by Forza
What you need to know: This is perfect for cyclists on a strict budget.
What you’ll love: It’s compatible with most road 700C bikes and 26-inch wheels using a magnetic system. Biking is smooth and the frame is sturdy, heavy and durable enough to handle rigorous cycling. An axle adapter is available but sold separately.
What you should consider: It’s among the noisiest trainers. Some customers had issues with the resistance. Attaching and detaching your bike can be a hassle.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
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Which ‘Frozen’ figurine is best?
Few films can capture the hearts of both children and adults the way “Frozen” did. Since the first film’s release back in 2013, the movie franchise has become a cultural phenomenon.
Figurines are a fun way to put tiny versions of all the “Frozen” characters in your child’s hands. If you’re ready to start a collection, try the Disney “Frozen II” Pop Adventures Surprise Blind Boxes. One of 12 high-quality, detailed figurines comes wrapped in a crystal-shaped box that doesn’t reveal which character you’re going to get.
What to know before you buy a ‘Frozen’ figurine
Types of ‘Frozen’ figurines
“Frozen” figurines, which are about 2-5 inches tall and made of plastic, are usually designed to be used as either cake toppers or toys.
- Cake topper figurines are generally for decorative purposes, such as placing on birthday cakes and other festive displays. These are likely to feature a plastic base to keep them standing upright. Typically, they won’t have movable parts.
- Figurines made to be played with, on the other hand, typically include more details. They are more likely to come with movable heads and joints and may even feature fun accessories, such as removable capes or tiny sleds.
‘Frozen’ characters
Many famous characters emerged from the “Frozen” franchise, notably Elsa and Anna, the royal sisters of Arendelle. If you’re buying a “Frozen” figurine for your child, it’s good to find out which princess they like the best. Some children have an affinity for one more than the other.
However, plenty of other memorable characters make for excellent figurines. For example, there are figurines of the comical snowman Olaf, the lovable ice harvester Kristoff and the loyal reindeer Sven.
Age of the recipient
Figurines are generally more miniature than the average doll, so they’re not suitable for small children. Some figurines also come with small accessories that can be a choking hazard for younger children. Most “Frozen” toys are appropriate for children over 3 years old, but you should check the label to confirm.
What to look for in a quality ‘Frozen’ figurine
Packs
You can buy figurines one at a time, but you’re most likely to find them sold as a pack to get the most bang for your buck. Many collections and play sets come with several figurines and other accessories. This allows children to recreate scenes from the movies or pose them in a group for a more charming display.
Outfits and accessories
Many “Frozen” figurine sets come with characters sporting their signature outfits as they appear in the films. If you’re shopping for a child, be sure to find out whether they prefer the outfits from “Frozen” or “Frozen II,” as this can make a big difference to some children.
Basic figurines and sets are usually less expensive. While more comprehensive ones featuring stylish outfits and additional accessories cost more, many find the extra details worth it.
Collectible toys
Most “Frozen” toys are for children and, therefore, inexpensive, but there are exclusive figurines meant solely for collection purposes. If you’re buying a toy for a child, it’s best to steer clear of expensive toys that can be ruined.
How much you can expect to spend on a ‘Frozen’ figurine
You can find miniature figurines sold individually for $4 or $5, but most come in a set for $20-$50. However, collectible or special edition “Frozen” figurines can cost up to $100.
‘Frozen’ figurine FAQ
Who is more popular: Elsa or Anna?
A. The endless debate over who is more popular is frankly unsolvable, but it’s a matter of preference. Both characters have unique traits that make them more relatable or likable, depending on who you ask.
How can I tell if the characters are from ‘Frozen’ or ‘Frozen II’?
A. It should be clearly labeled on the box. To “Frozen” fans, whether they get an Elsa wearing the costumes from the first or second movie can make a big difference in their overall enjoyment of the figurines.
What’s the best ‘Frozen’ figurine to buy?
Top ‘Frozen’ figurine
Disney “Frozen II” Pop Adventures Surprise Blind Box
What you need to know: Each 2 1/4-inch figurine comes wrapped in a crystal-shaped box that doesn’t reveal which of the 12 characters in the series you might get.
What you’ll love: Kids love trying to collect all 12. The figurines can sit or stand and feature movable arms; some come with removable capes. The box includes confetti to add to the surprise. The series includes Elsa, Anna, Queen Iduna, Olaf, Kristoff, General Mattias, Honeymaren and Ryder.
What you should consider: You may get the same character more than once if you try to collect them all.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Top ‘Frozen’ figurine for the money
Disney “Frozen” and “Frozen II” Mega Figure Set
What you need to know: If your child is a fan of both films, this set has 10 of the main characters from each.
What you’ll love: The set includes a total of 20 figurines, including the evil Prince Hans, Kristoff as a boy, ice monster Marshmallow and the jolly Oaken. They range in height from 1 1/2 inches to over 5 inches.
What you should consider: Some reported that the figurines came with minor imperfections.
Where to buy: Sold on Amazon
Worth checking out
Disney “Frozen II” Deluxe Figure Play Set
What you need to know: This pack comes with 10 figurines up to 4 1/2 inches tall of the most beloved “Frozen II” characters and works as both a playset and cake topper.
What you’ll love: It includes highly detailed figurines of characters from “Frozen II,” including Anna, Elsa, Kristoff, Sven, Olaf, the Nokk, General Mattias and Yelena. Anna and Elsa’s figures come with different costumes for mixing and matching.
What you should consider: The figures come attached to stands and are not posable.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
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Katie Price is hosting her fourth OnlyFans sale in just a few weeks where fans can snap up saucy pics for just £6.
The former glamour model has also cut the price of content for existing members on her pay-per-view channel on the subscription site so she can get enough cash to fund another family holiday, as reports Wales Online.
The 43-year-old mum-of-five is currently on her fourth trip away of the year with partner Carl Woods after jetting off at the weekend for the holiday at a secret destination, according to The Sun.
But she took time out from the beach to promote a series of reduced prices from the racy channel.
Katie was offering followers the chance to sign up for her page for just £5.50 – compared to the usual £11-a-month with snaps and videos ranging from £3-£10 for paid-up members. Last week, she was selling topless shots for £6.
The reality TV star and on-off lover Carl recently split, but they appear to have been reunited. The pair are now on holiday again after having travelled to Belgium earlier this year, where Katie underwent cosmetic surgery, the New Forest for Valentine’s Day, and Thailand.
Katie signed up for the glamour site last year in an attempt to make some quick cash after her once-lucrative £45million media empire collapsed at the end of her third marriage to Kieran Hayler. Speaking as she launched her channel, Katie said: "Doing my OnlyFans channel is something that I am born to do.
"I’ve done glamour for years. I’m so excited I’ve got no one in my way.
"There are no lads mags anymore, I’m not doing it for nothing. I’ve always been paid to do what I do. Why would you just want to give that away? I think my body is valuable, it’s my rules. I want to dictate how I show my body."
She added: "I’m embracing myself - I’m a feminist. I’m looking forward to all the good things, I’ve got my babies to look forward to. This platform, it’s not just pictures, I’m just so excited."
Earlier this year, Katie's fans of the racy channel were offered the chance to purchase special snaps - but it raised just £150. In a message alongside a photoshoot snap, Katie told followers she would personally send them a video of the shoot if they left a tip between £5 and £20.
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Seasoned real estate operations executives to scale and enhance repair and renovation service delivery for nationwide marketplace expansion.
CHARLESTON, S.C., April 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- PunchListUSA, the first marketplace to digitize home inspection data for instant estimates and online ordering of home repairs and renovations, today announced the appointment of Danielle Alexander as Vice President of Enterprise Operations and Dan Vercek as Vice President of Field Operations, effective April 18, 2022.
Alexander will be tasked with streamlining, automating, and scaling enterprise operations, workflow technology, and customer support for all PunchListUSA repair and renovation projects while Vercek will lead the national field strategy and operations teams responsible for service delivery and fulfillment.
"In Danielle and Dan, we've gained two exceptional operators with extensive experience scaling and streamlining real estate service delivery through technology," said PunchListUSA CEO and co-founder Min Alexander. "Their approaches to creating and leading high-performing teams will bring significant value to our organization and a frictionless experience for our customers."
Danielle Alexander, named by MReport as one of the Top Female Power Players in the real estate industry, has led high-performing operations teams throughout her career – most recently as Vice President of Portfolio Management at Auction.com and Senior Vice President of Operations at Mortgage Contracting Services (MCS). She holds a BSBA in Marketing from the University of Tulsa, a Six Sigma Green Belt Financial Services Certificate from Villanova University, and is the 1992 Olympic bronze medalist in Taekwondo.
"In the home services marketplace, delivering a consistent, high quality, and scalable customer experience is essential," said Alexander. "Through its proprietary technology and dedicated team, PunchListUSA is leading the industry with exceptional service delivery. I'm thrilled to join the team to continue building the infrastructure to accelerate our growth."
Vercek is an award-winning real estate operations executive with more than two decades of senior leadership experience. Most recently, he was Senior Director of Foreclosure Operations at Auction.com where he oversaw logistics, scheduling, and local foreclosure auction operations across 23 states. Prior to Auction.com, he held leadership roles at Altisource Portfolio Solutions and JP Morgan. Vercek holds a BBA from Valencia College and is a licensed real estate broker.
"For homeowners and skilled trades, standardization of the home services industry is essential and overdue," said Vercek. "In a short period of time, PunchListUSA has taken unprecedented steps to streamline the repair and renovation process. I look forward to building a best-in-class national field services organization."
About PunchListUSA:
PunchListUSA is the first online real estate platform digitizing national home inspection data to create instant repair estimates and online service orders for homeowners, brokers, and institutional investors. The platform is powered by proprietary technology and property data to deliver home repair, renovation, and lifecycle services at scale through innovative products, process automation, and direct integration with industry partners. Exclusive inspection data access will power end-to-end home lifecycle services and product offerings to homeowners through the PunchListUSA marketplace in its next phase of growth.
The company is committed to growing and developing its network of 5,000+ tradesmen and women through grassroots recruiting, trade and association partnerships, apprenticeship programs, licensing support, continuing education and training, and equitable wages.
PunchListUSA is based in Charleston, South Carolina with operations in eight states. Investors include IDEA Fund Partners, Meeting Street Capital, VentureSouth, and Second Century Ventures.
For further information, please visit www.punchlistusa.com.
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AUSTIN, Texas, April 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Blink Identity, a leader in providing in-motion facial recognition services, is pleased to announce that it has successfully completed the Service Organization Control (SOC) 2 Type 1 audit. The audit was conducted by Prescient Assurance, an independent expert in security testing and compliance certifications for SAAS companies worldwide. This noteworthy achievement, requiring a substantial financial and resource commitment, including invaluable support from SOC 2 audit readiness experts and cybersecurity automation platform ControlMap, serves as 3rd party validation of the company's internal and external processes and its high level of operational execution. Blink Identity is now positioned very well with large corporations and government agencies that require SOC2 compliance.
"Obtaining the SOC 2 Type 1 certification reinforces our ongoing commitment to the security, availability, and processing integrity of our platform," says Dr. Alex Kilpatrick, CTO at Blink Identity. "Our clients can feel confident that we are making every investment to establish and maintain the highest level of security and compliance."
System Organization Control (SOC2) is a technical auditing process conducted by independent service auditors who measure an organization's controls and safeguards for ensuring the persistence, security, and integrity of their unique data processing systems. To comply with SOC2, Blink Identity demonstrated it had established rigorous policies and procedures in accordance with the Trust Services Criteria for security, availability and confidentiality. This independent validation of security controls is crucial for organizations needing to minimize risks of data loss, identity theft, or critical service interruption.
Blink Identity CEO Mary Haskett stated: "We have dedicated significant time over the last year to ensure a successful outcome. The SOC2 certification enables us to contract with larger enterprise organizations and pass due diligence requirements faster.
Passing the SOC 2 audit gives us a distinct competitive edge as we can assure our current and prospect customers that we have taken all steps necessary to keep their data safe, thereby protecting them from potential data breaches."
About Blink Identity
Blink Identity is a privacy-focused access control system that can identify people at full walking speed in any lighting condition. Our combination of hardware and proprietary biometric facial recognition software ensures a high degree of accuracy, regardless of skin color, gender or walking speed. Users just walk past a sensor without having to stop or touch anything.
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Are you feeling hungry? You can grab a bite for two or have lunch and dinner from Subway for the price of one sub. For a limited time, participating Subway restaurant locations are offering a buy one, get one free deal on footlong subs.
Of course, there is a catch. You have to place your order ahead of time and provide a discount code to get in on this deal.
There are two ways to do so. The first is to go to Subway.com and choose to place your order online. The second option is to use the Subway app and enter the code there.
Create your entire order, adding both sandwiches to your cart. Then, before you pay, enter the code FREEFOOTLONG into the box labeled Enter Promo Code Here and select Apply. The price of one footlong sandwich of equal or lesser value will be removed from your total.
Other Subway Offers
The restaurant has several other discount deals available right now. For example, according to the website, you can get 15% off any single footlong sub using the promo code 15OFF.
Hip2Save lists several other discount codes, as well, including the following:
- Get a 6-inch sub for $3.49 using the code 6INCH349
- Get a footlong meal with chips and a drink for $7.99 using the code 799MEAL
- Get a 6-inch sub meal with chips and a drink for $5.99 using the code 599MEAL
Subway Rewards
Another way to save on sandwiches is by signing up for Subway MyWay Rewards. You can sign up on the website or through the Subway app.
Then, when you order online, use the app or provide your phone number at a participating restaurant, you will earn Subway tokens and rewards.
You will receive four tokens for every dollar spent. Every 200 tokens are automatically converted into a $2 reward you can use toward a future purchase. Members may also receive other rewards, such as a free cookie with purchase.
The free footlong and other Subway offers are only for a limited time. So, if you’re hungry, don’t wait!
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KIGALI, Rwanda (AP) — A court in Rwanda sentenced a Chinese businessman to 20 years in prison for torture after he was filmed beating a local man last year.
Sun Shujun had been accused of beating his workers in a case that drew attention because he was filmed whipping a man tethered to a pole on the ground.
A Rwandan man, Renzaho Alexis, was sentenced to 12 years for his alleged role as an accomplice in the beatings.
The Chinese embassy in Rwanda acknowledged Tuesday’s verdict in a statement Wednesday urging Chinese citizens living in Rwanda to abide by local laws.
“Meanwhile, the embassy calls for the case to be handled appropriately in a rational, fair and just manner and requests the legitimate rights of the Chinese citizens to be properly protected,” the statement said.
Shujun’s victims are reported to have been former workers at a mine he operated in the rural Rutsiro district. They had been reportedly accused of theft.
He was arrested after the video of him beating a man, including on the head, was widely shared in August. He was later released on bail.
Rwanda courts spokesman Harrison Mutabazi said the convict has a right to appeal to a higher court.
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MOSCOW (AP) — The Russian military said Wednesday it successfully performed the first test of a new intercontinental ballistic missile, a weapon President Vladimir Putin said would make the West “think twice” before harboring any aggressive intentions against Russia.
The test launch of the Sarmat missile comes amid soaring tensions between Moscow and the West over the Russian military action in Ukraine and underlines the Kremlin’s emphasis on the country’s nuclear forces.
Russia’s Defense Ministry said the Sarmat ICBM was launched Wednesday from the Plesetsk launch facility in northern Russia and its practice warheads have successfully reached mock targets on the Kura firing range on the far eastern Kamchatka Peninsula.
It said the launch was fully successful, proving the missile’s characteristics “in all phases of its flight.”
Pentagon press secretary John Kirby said that Russia had given the U.S. an advance notice about the launch in line with the New START nuclear arms control treaty between Moscow and Washington.
“Russia properly notified the United States under its New START obligations that it planned to test this ICBM,” he said. “Such testing is routine. It was not a surprise. We did not deem the test to be a threat to the United States or its allies.”
Speaking to senior officials, Putin hailed the Sarmat launch, claiming that the new missile has no foreign analogues and is capable of penetrating any prospective missile defense.
“This really unique weapon will strengthen the combat potential of our armed forces, reliably ensure Russia’s security from external threats and make those, who in the heat of frantic aggressive rhetoric try to threaten our country, think twice,” Putin said.
Amid the new Western sanctions that banned the exports of high-tech products to Russia and specifically targeted its arms industries in response to Moscow’s action in Ukraine, Putin emphasized that the Sarmat is built exclusively from domestic components
“Of course, this will simplify the serial production of the system by enterprises of the military-industrial sector and accelerate its delivery to the Strategic Missile Forces,” he added.
The Sarmat is a heavy missile that has been under development for several years to replace the Soviet-made Voyevoda, which was code-named Satan by the West and forms the core of Russia’s nuclear deterrent.
“The Sarmat is the most powerful missile that has the highest range in the world, and it will significantly bolster the capability of the country’s strategic nuclear forces,” the Defense Ministry said in a statement.
The ministry said the Sarmat is capable of carrying hypersonic glide vehicles along with other types of warheads. The Russian military had previously said that the Avangard hypersonic vehicle could be fitted to the new missile.
The military has said that the Avangard is capable of flying 27 times faster than the speed of sound and making sharp maneuvers on its way to target to dodge the enemy’s missile shield.
It has been fitted to the existing Soviet-built intercontinental ballistic missiles instead of older type warheads, and the first unit armed with the Avangard entered duty in December 2019.
Dmitry Rogozin, the head of the state Roscosmos agency that oversees the missile factory building the Sarmat, described Wednesday’s test as a “present to NATO” in a comment on his messaging app channel.
Rogozin said the Sarmat is set to be commissioned by the military this fall after the completion of its trials, calling it a “superweapon.”
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A1 crash: Drunk driver jailed after ploughing over bridge onto motorway leaving passenger in a wheelchair
Hugh Raymond Holmes was branded 'utterly despicable' after the crash in County Durham, which left his female passenger with a broken neck, bleeding on the brain and multiple spinal fractures.
Thursday 21 April 2022 15:16, UK
A drunk driver has been jailed after crashing into a bridge above the A1(M) in Durham before falling onto the motorway below - leaving a female passenger in the car with life-changing injuries.
Hugh Raymond Holmes, 32, hit the A177 flyover causing the car to teeter perilously over the dual carriageway on 21 January.
The car landed on its roof on the central reservation of the motorway, narrowly missing both carriageways, Durham Crown Court heard.
Moments earlier Holmes careered through a set of red traffic lights then collided with a van, veering across three lanes of traffic before ploughing through the crash barrier at the Bowburn interchange.
Holmes, who was banned from driving at the time, took the red Vauxhall Astra from the victim's son.
He kicked the door open after the crash and fled the wreckage, leaving the passenger trapped inside - but was intercepted by a member of the public.
She suffered a broken neck, multiple spinal fractures and a bleed on the brain and continues to use a wheelchair three months later, prosecutor Robin Patton told the court.
Holmes, from Spennymoor, County Durham, tried to blame the victim - telling police and witnesses she had been driving and had stolen her son's car.
Minutes before the crash Holmes was involved in another near miss, when he overtook another car at speed on a single carriageway, narrowly avoiding a Jeep travelling in the opposite direction.
Jailing him for 32 months, Judge Ray Singh told him: "Your behaviour was utterly despicable.
"The only thought you had was for yourself - no-one else."
Holmes was also banned from the road for 343 weeks - more than six and a half years.
He pleaded guilty to aggravated vehicle taking, causing serious injury by dangerous driving, driving without insurance and failing to provide a specimen of breath.
Witnesses described how Holmes' breath stunk of alcohol.
When a police officer asked if he was willing to provide a breath sample, the court was told Holmes replied: "Am I f***."
Paul Rooney, mitigating, said Holmes has apologised to the woman and she "appears to have forgiven him".
A Durham Police spokeswoman said: "Not only did Hugh Holmes knowingly take a car without permission, but he was also completely unfit to be behind the wheel.
"His reckless actions resulted in horrific injuries for his passenger which will affect her for the rest of her life."
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WASHINGTON COUNTY, Ind. — The body of an 89-year-old man was discovered by fishermen in Washington County Wednesday.
Indiana Conservation Officers say the fisherman man found Harold Wilson of Seymour along a small tributary adjoining the Muscatatuck River outside of Little York. Seymour’s car was found a short distance away near State Road 39.
Wilson’s body was recovered by Indiana State Police divers.
He was the subject of a Silver Alert issued by the Jackson County Sheriff’s Department on April 19.
An autopsy is scheduled to determine cause of death. No foul play is suspected at this time.
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These deep discounts on robot vacuums are some of the best deals seen on Amazon
Robot vacuums have become some of the most sought-after appliances to have at home. It takes away the pain of breaking your back with a handheld vacuum and does all the work for you after charging it up.
There are some fantastic deals on robot vacuums available right now, with some of these deals being the best prices seen on some of these models.
Looking at Amazon’s Top Deals page, we saw that there are sales on numerous models of the iRobot Roomba. The deepest discount is on the j7 model of the Roomba, with Amazon listing the product at 33% off its original price.
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In addition, the top-rated i3 plus Roomba model is listed at 27% off its original price, which is the lowest price this model has seen dating back to Black Friday. What’s great about the i3 model is that it empties on its own.
iRobot’s most powerful robot vacuum, the s Series, is at its best price ever both on Amazon on iRobot’s own website. Not only do you get the robot vacuum, but you also get a robot mop in a bundle at 20% off its original price.
Lastly, there is another good deal on a robot vacuum outside of the iRobot brand. Shark IQ’s highly-rated robot vacuum on Amazon is at its lowest price in almost 10 months. The robot vacuum is listed at 18% off, a bargain that is better than what it was listed at on Black Friday and Cyber Monday.
There are a lot of deals available on Amazon outside of these robot vacuums. You can check them all here.
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Growing up was not easy for Jax Sinclair. Dealing with gender dysphoria and trying to navigate life as a teenager in a small town was, says Jax, ‘alienating’.
But, as Jax’s film for BBC Scotland’s Disclosure is released, they’re reflecting on how things have changed for young people today.
The film explores the difficulties of navigating the dating scene – and the debate around whether there’s a need to tell someone you’re trans before getting intimate.
Jax, 23, grew up in Burntisland and went to Balwearie High, before moving to Dunfermline High School after coming out as trans at 17.
Community
“My experience growing up was quite alienating. I was the first and only trans person in my school at that time,” Jax, who identifies as non-binary, explains.
“It’s difficult trying to manage at school and keep up academically when you’ve got gender dysphoria and everything else that comes along with that.”
Going back to school to speak to the LGBT group there recently, Jax realised things have improved a bit.
“I asked the 10 or 12 trans people there to raise their hands if they’d experienced transphobia. They all had.
“But things have moved on. I can see that people have a community and peers they can relate to, which wasn’t how it was for me.”
Jax made YouTube videos while still at school, as a way of coping with the experiences of their transition.
Debate on TikTok
This led to a degree in journalism, before securing the Lyra McKee training bursary, and a job with the BBC’s investigations unit, with editor Shelley Jofre.
“That’s how my film Should I Tell You I’m Trans began. I started making it after I saw gender disclosure being debated on TikTok,” Jax continues.
Jax says: “As a trans person myself I wanted to find out how other young people are dealing with the complexities of this question – should I tell you I’m trans?”
In the film, Jax talks to people on both sides of the debate about whether to disclose before they get intimate with someone.
Some, like Tayla and Lily, say it’s their right to decide when to discuss their past. While others feel it’s best to let prospective partners know straight away.
Coming out
“Coming out itself isn’t like a one-time event, it’s something LGBT people have to do continually throughout their lives with family members, friends, partners and others,” Jax continues.
“It can be challenging when you’re young, trying to navigate dating and relationships but for trans people there’s an added layer of having to come out.
“You have to find someone you’re attracted to, you’re compatible with but you also have to respect your identity.”
The programme also considers the consequences of not being upfront.
Jax says: “I want people to watch and understand that there isn’t a black and white answer for trans people. There are complexities and grey areas in the discussion.
“I wanted to focus on, rather than activists or campaigners, just everyday people living their life, and find out what challenges they face particularly around dating and sex.
Trans journey
“The film wasn’t about providing an answer of yes or no, it was to explore and understand the complexities.”
Jax is rightly proud of the film and agrees it is a good way to open up conversation and education on topics that have previously been taboo.
“It is important as a trans person in journalism to be visible,” says Jax. “I want to be that person that I wanted to see when I was younger and growing up.
“I’d say to any young person setting out now on a trans journey, don’t let your story inhibit you, don’t let anyone hold you back from being you.”
Should I Tell You I’m Trans? is available now on BBC iPlayer.
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CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — The 170-year-old prize awarded in the first U.S. intercollegiate sports competition is going up for auction next month.
Sotheby’s estimates the trophy oars from the inaugural Harvard-Yale Regatta will fetch $3-to-$5 million in online bidding May 17-24. Made of black walnut with engraved silver plaques, the oars were presented to the winning Harvard crew on Aug. 3, 1852, 17 years before the first intercollegiate football game and 43 years before the first such basketball game.
“It’s about Harvard and Yale on the surface, but what I think is truly interesting is it’s the real beginning and genesis of the rivalries in college sports that we sort of take for granted today,” said Richard Austin, Sotheby’s global head of books and manuscripts. “It’s just part of America’s cultural fabric.”
The inaugural race between the Ivy League schools was held on Lake Winnipesaukee in New Hampshire after a Yale oarsman from the state struck a marketing deal with a regional railroad line looking to boost ridership. New Hampshire's own Franklin Pierce, who was elected president three months later, presented the prize.
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“The story is so American,” Austin said in an interview Wednesday. “Why it started there was just sort of luck, but it was luck interspersed with commerce and then layered with this political campaign.”
Never before auctioned, the oars were discovered decades ago by a family cleaning out the basement of a Medford, Massachusetts, rooming house they had purchased.
“They’ve been with the family for the last 40 years,” Austin said. “How they ended up in that building and where they were in the interim is sort of a mystery lost to the ages, but I think it is great that they were rediscovered.”
With a few exceptions, the regatta has been an annual event since 1859. It’s currently held on the Thames River in Connecticut. The 155th regatta, set for June 11, will be the first since 2019.
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Rebekah Vardy will be able to use written summaries for four journalists at The Sun in her libel battle against Coleen Rooney, a High Court judge has said weeks before the expected start of the trial.
Mrs Rooney accused Mrs Vardy of leaking “false stories” about her private life to the media in October 2019 after carrying out a months-long “sting operation”.
She said she planted three stories about her travelling to Mexico to “see what this gender selection is all about”, returning to TV and the basement flooding in her new house.
The wife of former England star Wayne Rooney was dubbed “Wagatha Christie” when she publicly claimed her fellow footballer’s wife shared the fake stories she had posted on her personal Instagram account with The Sun newspaper.
Mrs Vardy, who is married to Leicester City striker Jamie Vardy, denies the accusations and is suing Mrs Rooney for libel, with the full trial expected to begin next month.
In a ruling on Thursday, Mrs Justice Steyn allowed a number of written summaries – which state what witnesses are expected to say based on instructions from Mrs Vardy and her agent – in the name of journalists at The Sun to be part of the case.
This included summaries for Andy Halls, Simon Boyle and Michael Hamilton – the authors of the articles Mrs Rooney said she planted information about as part of her “sting operation”. The fourth journalist was named as Amy Brookbanks.
Mrs Justice Steyn said that Mrs Rooney claims “that the claimant enjoyed an ‘extremely close relationship’ with Mr Halls and Mr Boyle, and that they were people she directly communicated and interacted with on social media for several years.”
She continued: “I accept it is likely that they will be able to give relevant evidence regarding their relationships with the claimant and, subject to any question of source protection, whether she was a source of private information about the defendant and others published in their articles.”
The judge concluded it was in the “interests of justice” for Mrs Vardy to be able to serve the witness summaries from a total of four journalists.
David Price QC, for a number of journalists who have received requests to give evidence, said there was at least a prospect of some of them asking to have their witness summonses set aside, but no application was made at the previous hearing.
At the hearing earlier this month, Mrs Rooney’s barrister David Sherborne asked for some documents from News Group Newspapers – the publisher of The Sun – to be disclosed covering communications between Mrs Vardy, her agent and nine journalists at the newspaper.
Mrs Justice Steyn previously granted the request but only related to communications between Mrs Vardy, her agent Caroline Watt and Mr Halls.
Giving her reasons in Thursday’s judgment, she said it would be “appropriate and proportionate” to make the order.
She said: “The messages that it is evident exist between the claimant and Mr Halls, and Ms Watt and Mr Halls are likely to, in the sense that they may well, support the defendant’s case or adversely affect the claimant’s case.”
However, she said she had denied the request regarding the other eight journalists, finding it would be a “fishing expedition”.
At the hearing on April 13, the High Court heard Ms Watt could not give oral evidence at the trial next month due to medical reasons, and that she had also withdrawn her written evidence.
Mrs Rooney’s lawyers previously claimed that Mrs Vardy had leaked information to The Sun either directly or through Ms Watt “acting on her instruction or with her knowing approval”.
In Thursday’s ruling, Mrs Justice Steyn said Mrs Vardy “does not intend to adduce any evidence from any of those who have been summonsed going to the question whether Ms Watt provided any information for any of the articles in issue”.
The full libel trial between Mrs Vardy and Mrs Rooney is due to begin on May 9 and last seven days.
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Relentless Russian attacks pounded the last Ukrainian stronghold in the besieged city of Mariupol as a fighter apparently on the inside issued a video plea for help, saying defenders holed up in a giant steel factory “may have only a few days or hours left”.
Another attempt to evacuate civilians trapped in the pulverised port city failed on Wednesday because of continued fighting, and the number of people fleeing Ukraine passed five million.
Meanwhile, the Kremlin said it submitted a draft of its demands for ending the war as the West raced to supply Ukraine with heavier weapons to counter the Russians’ new drive to seize the industrial east.
Britain’s Ministry of Defence (MoD) said in an assessment on Thursday that Russia likely wants to demonstrate significant successes ahead of its annual May 9 Victory Day celebrations.
“This could affect how quickly and forcefully they attempt to conduct operations in the run-up to this date,” it said.
With global tensions running high, Russia reported the first successful test launch of a new type of intercontinental ballistic missile, the Sarmat.
President Vladimir Putin boasted that it can overcome any missile defence system and make those who threaten Russia “think twice”.
The head of the Russian state aerospace agency called the launch out of northern Russia “a present to Nato”.
The Pentagon described the test as “routine” and said it was not considered a threat.
On the battlefield, Ukraine said Moscow continued to mount assaults across the east, probing for weak points in Ukrainian defensive lines.
Russia said it launched hundreds of missile and air attacks on targets that included concentrations of troops and vehicles.
The Kremlin’s stated goal is the capture of the Donbas, the mostly Russian-speaking eastern region that is home to coal mines and metal and heavy-equipment factories.
Detaching it from the rest of Ukraine would give Mr Putin a badly needed victory two months into the war, after the botched attempt to storm the capital, Kyiv.
The MoD said Russian forces were advancing from staging areas in the Donbas toward Kramatorsk, which continues to suffer from persistent rocket attacks.
In a video address, Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky said the Russians were not “abandoning their attempts to score at least some victory by launching a new, large-scale offensive”.
The Luhansk governor said Russian forces control 80% of his region, which is one of two that make up the Donbas.
Before Russia invaded on February 24, the Kyiv government controlled 60% of the Luhansk region.
Governor Serhiy Haidai said the Russians, after seizing the small city of Kreminna, are now threatening the cities of Rubizhne and Popasna.
He urged all residents to evacuate immediately.
“The occupiers control only parts of these cities, unable to break through to the centres,” Mr Haidai said on the messaging app Telegram.
Analysts have said the offensive in the east could become a war of attrition as Russia faces Ukraine’s most experienced, battle-hardened troops, who have fought pro-Moscow separatists in the Donbas for eight years.
Russia said it presented Ukraine with a draft document outlining its demands for ending the conflict — days after Mr Putin said the talks were at a “dead end”.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said “the ball is in their court, we’re waiting for a response”.
He gave no details on the draft and it was not clear when it was sent or whether it offered anything new to the Ukrainians, who presented their own demands last month.
Mr Zelensky said he had not seen or heard of the proposal, though one of his top advisers said the Ukrainian side was reviewing it.
Moscow has long demanded Ukraine drop any bid to join Nato.
Ukraine has said it would agree to that in return for security guarantees from other countries.
Other sources of tension include the status of both the Crimean Peninsula, seized by Moscow in 2014, and eastern Ukraine, where the separatists have declared independent republics recognised by Russia.
In devastated Mariupol, Ukraine said the Russians dropped heavy bombs to flatten what was left of the sprawling Azovstal steel factory, believed to be the city’s last pocket of resistance.
A few thousand Ukrainian troops, by the Russians’ estimate, remained in the factory and its labyrinth of tunnels and bunkers spread out across about four square miles.
Mr Zelensky said about 1,000 civilians were also trapped.
A Ukrainian apparently in the facility posted a Facebook video urging world leaders to help evacuate people, saying: “We have more than 500 wounded soldiers and hundreds of civilians with us, including women and children.”
The officer identified himself as Serhiy Volynsky of the 36th Marine Brigade and warned: “This may be our last appeal. We may have only a few days or hours left.”
The authenticity of the video could not be independently verified.
The Russian side issued a new ultimatum to the defenders to surrender, but the Ukrainians have ignored all previous demands.
More than 100,000 people overall were believed trapped in Mariupol with little if any food, water, medicine or heat.
The city’s pre-war population was 400,000.
Ukrainian deputy prime minister Iryna Vereshchuk said the latest effort to open a safe corridor for women, children and the elderly to escape failed because the Russians did not observe a cease-fire.
Many previous such agreements have fallen apart because of continued fighting.
An adviser to Mr Zelensky, Mykhailo Podolyak, said on Twitter that he and other Ukrainian negotiators were ready to hold talks without conditions to save the lives of trapped Mariupol defenders and civilians.
There was no immediate response from Russia.
Mariupol holds strategic and symbolic value for both sides.
The scale of suffering there has made it a worldwide focal point of the war.
Mariupol’s fall would deprive Ukraine of a vital port, complete a land bridge between Russia and the Crimean Peninsula, and free up Russian troops to move elsewhere in the Donbas.
Elsewhere, some residents of the eastern city of Kharkiv have lived in basements for weeks, trying to stay safe from Russian shelling.
With no running water, gas or electricity, they collect rainwater and cook on open fires, burning debris from destroyed wooden buildings.
In one neighbourhood, they sought safety in a school basement — using desks, tables and chairs to fashion beds.
More than 300 people slept there during the first days of the war, but most have left for safer places, and only a few dozen remain.
Stirring a large pot of a thin vegetable soup, a woman said volunteers brought cabbage, beetroot and canned beans.
“We mixed everything together and made borscht,” said Natasha, who only gave her first name.
As Russia funnelled troops and equipment into the Donbas, western nations rushed to boost the flow of military supplies to Kyiv for this new phase of the war — likely to involve trench warfare, long-range artillery attacks and tank battles across relatively open terrain.
US President Joe Biden was set to announce plans on Thursday to send more military aid to Ukraine, according to a US official who was not authorised to comment publicly and spoke on the condition of anonymity.
Mr Zelensky said Ukraine’s western allies have “come to understand our needs better”, adding that Ukraine is receiving new shipments of western weapons “now, when Russia is trying to step up its attacks, not in weeks or in a month”.
Mr Putin, meanwhile, boasted that the Sarmat missile has “no equivalents in the world”.
The Sarmat is intended to eventually replace the Soviet-built missile code-named Satan by Nato as a major component of Russia’s nuclear arsenal.
It will ”make those who, in the heat of frantic, aggressive rhetoric, try to threaten our country think twice”, Mr Putin said.
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'Let's hope my life changes again': Katie Price provides an update on her broken feet after 'months of investigation and pain'
Katie Price has given her fans an optimistic update on her broken feet after 'months of investigation and pain.'
The former glamour model, 43, previously revealed she would need ongoing procedures on her feet after breaking them when she fell off a wall during a 2020 holiday.
On Thursday, Katie shared a photo of her ripped jeans and feet, penning: 'Today is the day', and detailed how she hopes her 'life will change.'
'Let's hope my life changes again': Katie Price has provided an update on her broken feet after 'months of investigation and pain'
In full, the mother-of-five wrote: 'Todays the day after months of investigation and pain let's hope my life changes again to make my everyday life and future easier and more freedom and going back to things I haven't been able to do'.
In a follow-up Story, a beaming Katie had embarked on some retail therapy and proudly held her newly-purchased Balenciaga Crocs to the camera.
A pal had written: 'Only gone and brought the crocs', which Katie reposted with laughing emojis.
Treat yourself: The former glamour model, 43, previously revealed she would need ongoing procedures on her feet after breaking them when she fell off a wall during a 2020 holiday
Update: On Thursday, Katie shared a photo of her ripped jeans and feet, penning: 'Today is the day' and detailed how she hopes her 'life will change'
Fall: In August 2020, Katie revealed a freak accident had left her with two broken feet after she had plummeted 25ft off a wall at a theme park in Turkey (pictured September 2020 with Carl Woods)
In August 2020, Katie revealed a freak accident had left her with two broken feet after she had plummeted 25ft off a wall at a theme park in Turkey.
Upon her return to the UK, she was left using a wheelchair and fearing she would be paralysed before doctors told her she could be in recovery for up to two years and was initially unable to walk for six months.
It was also revealed on Thursday that Katie is selling her stained designer heels for a total of £350 and has sold old swimsuits for as little as £7 on Depop.
Extra cash: It was also revealed on Thursday that Katie is selling her stained designer heels for a total of £350 and has sold old swimsuits for as little as £7 on Depop
The media personality - who was declared bankrupt in 2019 - has sold 154 items on Depop over the last two months, raking in £1,779.
Her Christian Louboutin heels are priced at £175 each on her Depop page with one having dark marks on the front and inside.
Alongside the post, Katie wrote: 'Christian Louboutin heels. Worn with marks as shown. No refunds/returns.'
The fashion conscious star had some supermarket owned brand clothing in her collection which she is getting rid of.
Bargain: Among the clothing she has already sold is a red topped and leopard print bottomed JYY swimsuit for £7
Selling: Katie is asking for a total of £350 for two pairs of marked Christian Louboutin heels which have stains on the sides
Katie listed it on Depop as 'size small, worn' but in 'excellent' condition and it was bought for £7.
The cheapest bit of clothing she flogged were used pairs of Girl in the Mirror leggings.
One in grey and another in black both went for just £3.
Katie - once worth £45million through her modeling, clothing, perfume and book empire - offloaded a size 8 Topshop pink bodysuit for a fiver which she described as 'pre-loved.'
No returns: Another pair of heels she is selling have stains on the toes and the inside
She also sold a Gold and silver TU burnt orange jumper with Pearl detail - which is Sainsbury's clothes.
Katie admitted: 'One pearl missing and two loose as shown in pics.'
But it still sold for £4. She also got £5 for an unbranded Black zip crop jumper.'
Among the budget items Katie currently has for sale are a £5 pair of black and white shorts.
The mother-of-five was declared bankrupt in 2019. She vowed to pay back £12,000 a month to creditors of the firm through an individual voluntary arrangement.
Finances: The mother-of-five was declared bankrupt in 2019. She vowed to pay back £12,000 a month to creditors of the firm through an individual voluntary arrangement
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The life tinged by tragedy of Man Utd's new manager Erik Ten Hag who lost friends to a plane crash, suicide and heart attack; ignored his parents' wishes to run the family firm and softened his thick Dutch accent after it was mocked in trendy Amsterdam
- Erik Ten Hag has been confirmed as the new manager of Manchester United
- In June 1989 he lost his close friend Andy Scharmin who died in a plane crash
- In 1995, his mentor and former coach Epi Drost died of a heart attack, aged 49
- In 2003, another close friend, Gino Weber, took his own life at the age of just 33
- Before football, Ten Hag had turned down the chance to work for family business
- At Ajax, Ten Hag won two titles and led them to a Champions League semi final
Erik ten Hag’s appointment as Manchester United boss marks the pinnacle of a career that has seen him lauded as the tactical genius with the skills to return the fallen giant to the top of the English football tree.
But his rise to the top, including several trophy laden years in charge of Ajax and a stint working under Pep Guardiola at Bayern Munich, has not been without tragedy - with the 52-year-old forced to face the loss of three friends to a plane crash, suicide and heart attack.
His journey began in the small town of Oldenzaal, just outside Enschede, not far from the Dutch-German border, where his parents founded a family business - the ten Hag real estate agency.
Ten Hag, a football obsessive from a young age, turned down the chance to work at the business, which is now run by his two brothers, and instead decided to pursue a career in the sport.
The family man, who has three children with his wife Bianca, his childhood sweetheart, enjoyed a modest footballing career - mostly with FC Twente who he had three spells with - starting in 1989, and retired from playing in 2002 and set about his coaching journey which would one day take him to Old Trafford.
Those close to him - who are unsurprised by Ten Hag's meteoric rise to the top of the sport - believe he has been driven to succeed by the tragedies that have affected his friends, as if determined to seize the opportunities they never had.
The first of these happened in June 1989 when his friend, Andy Scharmin - who along with Ten Hag was on the verge of breaking into Twente's first team - was killed in a plane crash.
Manchester United have today confirmed their new manager: Erik Ten Hag - a man whose life has been tinged by tragedy having lost friends to a plane crash, suicide and a heart attack
Scharmin, who was born in Suriname, a former Dutch colony in South America, was travelling back there for a charity tournament having rejected the chance to play for Netherlands' under-21s in a tournament in Toulon.
However, the Suriname Airways Flight crashed on its approach to Paramaribo-Zanderij Airport on June 7, 1989. Scharmin, his mother and 14 other players were among the 178 of the 187 people on board who died.
Ten Hag, then 19, learned the devastating news when his team-mate at FC Twente, Edwin Hilgerink, knocked on his front door in the small town of Haaksbergen where they were brought up in the east of the country.
'I will never forget Edwin standing on my doorstep to tell me that a plane had crashed with Andy and his mother on board,' Ten Hag recalled.
'That was a huge blow. At his funeral I carried Andy's coffin with other team-mates. It happened on June 7, 1989, and every year on that date I have a day of mourning.'
Scharmin's death isn't the only tragedy that still haunts Ten Hag.
Ten Hag's former teammate and close friend Andy Scharmin (left) was killed in a plane crash in 1989. Gino Weber (right), another friend and former teammate committed suicide in 2003 at the age of 33 after his career was derailed by injuries
Gino Weber, his friend and former youth team-mate at Twente who Ten Hag described as 'the best talent in the Netherlands' when they were coming through the youth setup, committed suicide at the age of 33 after his career had been derailed by injuries.
Weber suffered from borderline personality disorder, a mental illness that severely affects how the sufferer is able to control their emotions. It led to depression and addiction.
An alcoholic and a gambler, he stole from his team-mates and was sent to prison for robbery. He self-harmed and his brother recalls how Weber would injure his knees and ankles with iron rods to make sure he couldn't play.
He quit football aged 22. For the last five years of his life, he lived alone and, in July 2003, was found dead in a chair in his home from an overdose of alcohol and medication. He was only 33.
Weber's death had a profound impact on Ten Hag who remains in contact with Weber's family.
'Two great talents,' Weber's brother Ben told the Mail on Sunday. 'Erik reached the top and Gino died in loneliness.'
Ten Hag and Weber clicked on the pitch as much as off it. ‘They understood each other without words,’ says Ben, who also played as a professional for FC Twente. ‘Erik was a big leader on the field, the captain of the team. It’s also why he’s a good coach.'
Ben was on holiday in France in July 2003 when his mother called and told them to come home at once. Gino was dead. Ben believes the overdose was accidental.
‘It was not a good life. It was a very bad life.’
Ten Hag called the family to pass on his condolences as soon as he heard the news. He still keeps in contact. He and Ben played together in an FC Twente all-stars game and reminisced about how good Weber was and could have been.
Another member of Twente's youth-team squad, Wilfried Elzinga, saw his career cruelly cut short by injury.
Ten Hag's mentor and former youth-team coach Epi Drost died of a heart attack aged 49 in 1995
Ten Hag's philosophy has been heavily influenced by his mentor and former youth-team coach Epi Drost, who died of a heart attack aged 49 in 1995.
'I often think back to my youth at Twente,' said Ten Hag. 'Three boys were so good they could have made it to the national team. But one of them was seriously injured and two other boys died young. It puts everything into perspective.
'Epi Drost was my idol. He was a fan of adventurous football. He stimulated creativity, because that was the most important thing to him. Epi died due to a cardiac arrest during a match. That was a massive blow for me.'
Growing up, Ten Hag was a football obsessive, according to his friends, and rejected the chance to join his brothers - Michel and Rico - in running the family business set up by their parents, Hennie and Joke.
The real estate and financial services business is headquartered back in Enschede and its office - one of the biggest buildings in the town - bears the Ten Hag family name.
He pursued a football career, playing centre back until 2002 when he decided his playing days were up and he retired during his third stint with Twente.
Having finished playing the game he loved and rejected the chance to join his family business, Ten Hag started out on his journey as a football coach - a move his friends felt he was born to pursue, having thought about football 24/7 all his life.
Initially, he worked through the youth systems at Twente alongside his coaching mentor Fred Rutten.
Rutten left in 2008 but was replaced by Steve McLaren who was looking to rebuild his career having lost his job with England the previous year.
They worked together for one season before Ten Hag joined up against with Rutten who was by that time at PSV Eindhoven.
Growing up, Ten Hag was a football obsessive, according to his friends, and rejected the chance to join his brothers - Michel and Rico - in running the family business set up by their parents, Hennie and Joke. Pictured: the ten Hag group offices in Enschede
It was not until 2012 that Ten Hag took up his first managerial position: with Go Ahead Eagles in the second tier of Dutch football.
He spent one season with them, in which he got them promoted to the Eredivisie for the first time since 1996, before joining Bayern Munich, who were being managed by Pep Guardiola, to coach their second team in Germany's fourth division.
During his time there, he learnt to work under Guardiola and in the environment of one of the biggest clubs on the planet.
After two years, he returned to the Netherlands to take on the role as Utrecht manager.
Shortly before Christmas 2016, Ten Hag was then announced as the new boss at Ajax and joined the club on January 1, 2017.
Having grown up in the rural east, Ten Hag was initially met with suspicion in Amsterdam due to his thick Dutch accent and there were rumours he was to be replaced by a returning Frank de Boer who had left the club a couple of years earlier.
During his time there, Ten Hag has won two league titles - with a possible third this year - and reached the semi-finals of the Champions League in 2019, beating Juventus and Real Madrid before an agonising defeat to Tottenham who eventually lost the final to Liverpool.
Ten Hag's appointment as Manchester United's new manager had been expected for some time since Sportsmail revealed a month ago that he had been interviewed for the job. On Thursday, the news was finally confirmed.
Ten Hag will leave Ajax at the end of the season having guided the club to two Eredivisie titles, with a third possibly on its way this year, and a Champions League semi final in 2019
He will arrive at Old Trafford alongside his No 2 Mitchell van der Gaag at the end of the season.
Ten Hag said: 'It is a great honour to be appointed manager of Manchester United and I am hugely excited by the challenge ahead.
'I know the history of this great club and the passion of the fans, and I am absolutely determined to develop a team capable of delivering the success they deserve.
'It will be difficult to leave Ajax after these incredible years, and I can assure our fans of my complete commitment and focus on bringing this season to a successful conclusion before I move to Manchester United.'
As Ten Hag prepares to take on the biggest challenge in football, you can be sure he will be thinking of the three friends he so cruelly lost along the way.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Biden to ask Congress for more funding for Ukrainian weapons, ammunition, because existing money 'almost exhausted.'
WASHINGTON (AP) — Biden to ask Congress for more funding for Ukrainian weapons, ammunition, because existing money 'almost exhausted.'
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Michael Golomb, Founder & CEO @FanVestor.
In my last article, we reviewed the ways in which the meteoric rise of NFTs over the past few years has changed not only who can own art, but the definition of art itself. In this article, we are going to review how certain market participants are erroneously offering NFTs with securities features without proper compliance—and accordingly getting both issuers and investors in trouble.
Brief Background
NFTs are usually not securities, however, depending on their structure and nature, they can trigger various securities (SEC), commodities (CFTC) and money transmitter (FinCEN) rules and regulations. This is the case when they include characteristics of equity or an investment contract, as in the case of fractional NFTs, loans backed by meta-assets, digital assets staking backed by loans, copyright-backed NFTs and music copyrights as collateral.
If an NFT constitutes a “security,” it must be registered with the SEC or be exempt from registration. Regulation crowdfunding is one such exemption. For example, regulation crowdfunding could take membership interests that are part of an LLC for a creative project and put them into an NFT. As such, the NFT represents a sale of equity, and is therefore a security. For any project, the critical considerations are what rights are included in the NFT and what the documentation is for those rights (for example, is it an LLC operating agreement, a corporation's certificate of incorporation, some other rights holders’ contract, etc.).
Securities Regulations
The SEC has issued statements that indicate that "tokens, coins, or other digital assets issued on a blockchain may be considered securities under U.S. federal securities laws"—this means the NFT must meet a legal analysis performed by a qualified securities attorney.
One question that has plagued the SEC, for example, is whether NFTs constitute securities under the four-pronged Howey test: Is this an investment of money? Is it a common enterprise? Is there the expectation of profit? And is that profit derived from the efforts of others? One potential example of a “security” could be a "fractional" NFT (S-NFT), where an investor would share a partial interest in an NFT with others. Depending on the facts and circumstances, S-NFTs could potentially be considered an "investment contract" under the Howey Test because of there being a common enterprise, with the expectation of profit derived from the efforts of others. Still, it comes down to the questions of what are the rights and what grants those rights? Frequently these offerings are further obscured when the rest of the NFT offers clever functionality and perks, but those items are not particularly material.
Current Conditions
At this time, unfortunately, I think we are seeing a replay of those 2016-2019 initial coin offerings (ICO) times when securities were erroneously sold as utilities, resulting in legal consequences for all parties involved. While with mature management teams and A-grade investors, it is quite possible that these market-participants are not listening to their lawyers’ advice or potentially were advised of the risk and chose to move forward anyway. After all, it is certainly fine to sell NFTs with benefits for buyers, as that in and of itself does not make them securities. These players may be willing to gamble that the financial returns of the NFT sale, or the foundation they are building for themselves in a nascent market, may be worth the potential lawsuit by the SEC or investors if they are found to be selling securities without licensing and properly following SEC’s compliance process. As expected during the early part of 2022, the SEC has reportedly sent subpoenas and opened an investigation into offerings from a handful of NFT creators.
What makes it a security transaction is that it is coupled with an investment contract to share in the revenues from a royalty asset owned by the issuer, for which NFT buyers are reliant on the efforts of the issuer to administer. The investment contract, not the NFT, is the security; the issue is the bundling of the transaction, which then undermines the structure of this program and the free transferability of the tokens from wallet to wallet.
Royalties are a gray area to begin with. They meet several investment contract criteria but have been excluded from the definition of securities by case law and SEC practice. However, fractionalization changes the analysis in the following way:
1. When otherwise unaffiliated parties (i.e., an artist, producer, record label or publisher) come together to create a revenue-generating asset (a song or musical composition), there is no investment contract because of the collective effort of the parties involved (and no reliance on the efforts of others);
2. When that revenue-generating asset comes into existence, there is similarly no ongoing reliance on the efforts of others if that asset revenue is effectively on autopilot and the rights to that revenue stream are sold off to another party (even if it’s just the artist’s portion of the royalty rights that is sold off, while the producer, label or publisher retain their interests); but
3. When one party that acquires that royalty right and fractionalizes it, it is essentially creating a program around the asset that results in the creation of its own investment contract (separate and apart from the royalty stream created in the first point or sold in the second point), with reliance on the efforts of the party that fractionalized the right.
For example, in October 2021, the SEC qualified the first such offering for the song "Hit the Quan," performed by ILOVEMEMPHIS. For $16, fans could purchase a fraction of songwriter and producer Buck Nasty’s royalties via a marketplace called SongVest, thus giving them opportunities usually limited to institutions or those in the music industry.
What is the takeaway from all the debate and ambiguity? To maximize the benefits of NFTs and minimize the risks, entertainers, athletes and other creators who are working with platforms should make sure they know the ins and outs of the NFT ecosystem, but also foresee the changes coming down the pike.
The information provided here is not investment, tax or financial advice. You should consult with a licensed professional for advice concerning your specific situation.
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FLORENCE, Ala. (AP) — An organization that has staged dozens of protests against a Confederate monument in north Alabama filed suit contending the city of Florence is trying to limit the demonstrations in violation of free-speech guarantees.
The lawsuit, filed Tuesday by Project Say Something and its founder, Camille Bennett, claims the city and Police Chief Ron Tyler are trying to clamp down on the protests by telling the group when, where and how it can demonstrate against the monument, located at the Lauderdale County Courthouse.
Bennett said the organization, a nonprofit which she founded about eight years ago, has tried to work with the city, the TimesDaily reported.
“Alabama has a long history of confronting racial injustice through peaceful demonstration, and it is imperative that we not lose that ability to speak truth to power when the situation demands it,” Bennett said in a statement.
The city has not responded to the federal lawsuit in court and city officials declined comment.
The courthouse monument was dedicated in 1903 when Confederate descendants were erecting memorials all over the South to honor rebel veterans and perpetuate the “lost cause” mythology that portrayed the Civil War as being about something other than slavery. Project Say Something began almost daily protests against the monument in 2020 following the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis.
While the group held as many as 175 demonstrations in 2020, it cut back the following year because the city used its noise and parade permit ordinances to discourage them, the lawsuit said. The chief relocated the demonstrations to a “protest zone” away from the courthouse to shrink the potential audience, it claimed, and he threatened to issue citations.
After the city requested $360 a day for police protection during demonstrations, the group began hiring private security and has spent about $4,100 so far, according to the complaint. The group held “silent” protests in response to noise complaints after counter-protesters began gathering and yelling racial epithets at demonstrators, it said.
David Gespass, co-chairman of the Alabama chapter of the National Lawyers Guild, which was among the organizations assisting with the lawsuit, said it was not up to the city or Tyler to tell people “where and how to protest.”
“The First Amendment holds that everywhere from the Atlantic to the Pacific and Canada to Mexico is a protest zone,” Gaspass said.
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A lawsuit has been filed targeting legal protections granted to health-care providers in Ohio that allows them to deny treatment that they oppose on the basis of their conscience or religious beliefs.
Columbus City Attorney Zach Klein on Wednesday sued the state over the measure known as the “conscience clause.”
According to the law, a medical provider can be “excused from participating” whenever a treatment conflicts with a provider's “moral, ethical, or religious beliefs or convictions.”
Opponents of the law say it could limit abortions or other medical care. The city also argues the measure violates Ohio's Constitution and the federal Affordable Care Act.
Nurses employed by the city opposed to a medical procedure, “they can refuse it and we as a city can’t do anything about it,” Klein told The Columbus Dispatch. He also said insurance companies could refuse to pay for certain procedures, and “that obviously causes significant problems for our employees.”
Republican Gov. Mike DeWine kept the language of the law in place when he signed the 2021 budget. DeWine said the provision merely sets into state law what’s already being practiced.
In a statement, Attorney General Dave Yost called the lawsuit “meritless, anti-democracy and authoritarian.”
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ORLANDO, Fla., April 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, CIG Capital announced five new renewable energy projects across the United States with over 2,000 megawatt hours (MWh) of clean energy. The renewable projects are expected to be up and running between 2023 and 2024.
CIG Capital has partnered with Tier-1 groups for the projects' EPC, O&M, Engineering, Equipment Manufacturing, and Power Purchase Agreements. Pioneering the solar industry finance, CIG Capital has developed a de-risked model for funding; this model utilizes an investment-grade credit structure for each of the individual projects.
CIG Capital's five new renewable energy projects include the following:
- A 506 megawatt (MW) solar project located in Northern Texas. Once complete, the project is expected to generate 1,073,732 MWh of clean energy annually.
- A 606 MW solar project also located in Northern Texas. Once complete, this project is expected to generate 1,280,578 MWh of clean energy annually.
- A 300 MW solar project located in South Dakota. For this project, CIG Capital is partnering with the Oglala Lakota Nation, a Sovereign Native American Tribe, to provide clean energy to over 49,000 homes and buildings.
- A 320 MW solar project located in North Dakota. For this project, CIG Capital is partnering with the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, through their public power authority known as the Sage Development Authority, in order to provide clean energy to over 50,000 homes and buildings.
- A 300 MW solar project located in South Dakota. Once complete, the project is expected to generate 460,600 MWh of clean energy annually.
About CIG Capital (www.cigcap.com)
CIG Capital is a project funding group headquartered in Orlando, Florida. CIG Capital provides funding for large projects, offering strategic project finance. CIG Capital provides 100% of their project's funding needs by producing various parts of the capital stack structure, including support services for each individual project.
"CIG Capital is committed to exceeding ESG standards with each renewable energy project creating clean energy, using renewable resources; helping create sustainable revenue streams that will positively impact our neighbors, families, and tribal communities for years to come. It is our goal to remain good stewards of this planet God has given to us." - Charles D. Carey
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Panel to be formed to identify jobs in private sector for differently-abled, says Minister
Pattas to be provided on priority to differently-abled persons living below the poverty line
“The Tamil Nadu government will form a high-level committee that will include [representatives of] federations of industries to identify job opportunities for differently-abled persons in the private sector,” Minister for Social Welfare and Women Empowerment P. Geetha Jeevan announced in the Assembly on Thursday.
Making the announcements on behalf of Chief Minister M.K. Stalin, who holds the portfolio of the Department for the Welfare of Differently Abled Persons, Ms. Jeevan said the government will also form a high-level committee to look into the announcements made on identifying jobs in government departments for differently-abled persons, for which multiple government orders have been issued.
The government will also provide pattas on priority to differently-abled persons living below the poverty line. Further, priority will be given to such persons in rural areas, who apply for allotment of houses to them.
The Minister said efforts will be taken to enable differently-abled persons to run Aavin milk outlets in government complexes, with a waiver of rent and deposit for qualified persons. This will be implemented through the Public Works and Revenue Departments, in association with Aavin.
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Tennessee lawmakers passed a bill Wednesday that would require drunk drivers to pay child support if they kill a parent and are convicted.
If someone is found guilty of vehicular homicide due to intoxication or aggravated vehicular homicide and the person they killed has a child, they would be financially responsible.
Payments would stop once the child turns 18. Also, if there is a civil suit and a judgment made before ordering these payments, the guilty party would not have to make the payments.
The court decides how much would need to be paid based on a number of factors. This includes what the child and the surviving guardian need financially and resource-wise. Also, the standard of living the kid is used to, among other things.
If the guilty party is sentenced to prison time, the payments do not just go away. Once they are released, they have a year to start paying.
The bill awaits the Tennessee governor's signature.
This story was originally reported by Scripps stations KSTU and WTVF.
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Orders (Listed & OTC), Corporate actions, Cash Management, Collateral Management, Affirmation & Confirmation process,...
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COFACE (Functional architecture and specifications) – Functional area: Credit revolving.
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Agile development of an assessment management tool of the Commission on Transparency and Evaluation Commission of the Products and Services.
METRO (Technical Project Manager, Technical specifications, workload estimation and tracking, monitoring and developments assignment)
Creation of the sale tool for vendors in all stores.
Cofiroute (Software engineer)
“Real time” supervision tool of Cofiroute’s highway network.
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An eleven-year-old pupil of the Prang R/C Primary School in the Pru West District, Princess Kumi, has been adjudged the winner of the 2021 Bono East Girls in ICT programme.
The 11-year-old pupil was initially not selected among 1,000 girls to be trained in the region but joined the programme as a substitute for another girl, who could not make it due to ill health.
“With my dream to become a programmer, there was no way I would miss this opportunity. When I learned my elder sister, Tabitha Kumi, had been selected to take part in the Girls in ICT programme, I quickly went to my teacher and told her to allow me to join”, she said.
“I was so happy when I was called to replace a girl who could not make it. I knew it was my time and here I am, the winner of the 2022 Bono East Girls in ICT programme. I think I deserve a standing ovation,” the 2022 winner stated during the climax of the girls in ICT programme held in Techiman in the Bono East Region on Wednesday, 20 April 2022.
Communications and Digitalisation Minister, Ursula Owusu-Ekuful noted that this year's Girls in ICT initiative seeks to train 5000 girls and 500 ICT/STEM teachers in the Bono East, Bono, Ahafo, Savannah and Northern Regions.
She also noted that her Ministry, through the Ghana Investment Fund for Electronic Communications (GIFEC) is implementing the Rural Telephony and Digitalisation Inclusion Project which will construct 2,016 rural sites for voice and data nationwide to aid in accessing ICT.
"In bridging the ICT gap, it is absolutely crucial that we learn how to utilise digital infrastructure, applications and systems in a secure manner, and protect our cyberspace and citizens as a nation.”
A hundred students who excelled in the programme, received laptops while the best 3 received a cash award and other incentives.
Also, the top 20 girls will have Cyber labs built and equipped in the schools where there are no labs, while those with existing labs will be refurbished.
The teachers of the top 10 girls were given laptops.
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Regional News of Thursday, 21 April 2022
Source: classfmonline.com
An eleven-year-old pupil of the Prang R/C Primary School in the Pru West District, Princess Kumi, has been adjudged the winner of the 2021 Bono East Girls in ICT programme.
The 11-year-old pupil was initially not selected among 1,000 girls to be trained in the region but joined the programme as a substitute for another girl, who could not make it due to ill health.
“With my dream to become a programmer, there was no way I would miss this opportunity. When I learned my elder sister, Tabitha Kumi, had been selected to take part in the Girls in ICT programme, I quickly went to my teacher and told her to allow me to join”, she said.
“I was so happy when I was called to replace a girl who could not make it. I knew it was my time and here I am, the winner of the 2022 Bono East Girls in ICT programme. I think I deserve a standing ovation,” the 2022 winner stated during the climax of the girls in ICT programme held in Techiman in the Bono East Region on Wednesday, 20 April 2022.
Communications and Digitalisation Minister, Ursula Owusu-Ekuful noted that this year's Girls in ICT initiative seeks to train 5000 girls and 500 ICT/STEM teachers in the Bono East, Bono, Ahafo, Savannah and Northern Regions.
She also noted that her Ministry, through the Ghana Investment Fund for Electronic Communications (GIFEC) is implementing the Rural Telephony and Digitalisation Inclusion Project which will construct 2,016 rural sites for voice and data nationwide to aid in accessing ICT.
"In bridging the ICT gap, it is absolutely crucial that we learn how to utilise digital infrastructure, applications and systems in a secure manner, and protect our cyberspace and citizens as a nation.”
A hundred students who excelled in the programme, received laptops while the best 3 received a cash award and other incentives.
Also, the top 20 girls will have Cyber labs built and equipped in the schools where there are no labs, while those with existing labs will be refurbished.
The teachers of the top 10 girls were given laptops.
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Forecasting Our Future: Meteorologists explain what drew them to a career in weather
Forecasting Our Future: Meteorologists explain what drew them to a career in weather
We have storm teammate covered across central whether we've got *** brand new severe thunderstorm winds up to 120 mph. My inspiration for becoming *** meteorologist were two storms that happened in 1991 in my hometown. Hurricane Bob followed by the perfect storm. The coastal flooding just left *** lasting impression and I was amazed by the power of mother nature. So here's that system building in from the south and west. The great blizzard of 78 had *** major impact on southern New England and even southern New Hampshire and I was in elementary school. Imagine that as *** kid being out of school for *** week due to *** snowstorm, what would happen while the next storm would approach? And I'd be curious, this is *** large and extremely dangerous tornado. This tornado is fear was petrified of thunderstorms. I hated thunder because it's so loud, checked out some books, found out it was only *** noise and from then I've been hooked because this looks pretty significant on radar. The biggest event that I've had to cover and my team has covered was back on december 15th 2021. That the ratio packed winds of 60 to 90 MPH across most of the state. And there were over 60 tornadoes that touched down over the course of the afternoon and evening. That was the most tornadoes Iowa has ever recorded during *** single day. I think *** lot of people kind of scratching their heads and asking the questions are we seeing changes? Is our weather becoming more extreme. That's incredible. I remember on ST. Patrick's day of 2019 being in Pacific junction when the water started coming over the railroad tracks there *** few minutes later we heard the sirens blaring around town that they were saying get out, evacuate the water's coming over. So we got out seeing the devastation of it had tremendous impacts to so many people in so many communities that we're still seeing those impacts today. One day that I honestly will never forget is the day that we got about *** foot of rain in *** little over *** 12 hour period storm after storm shower after shower moving into benton County. And that amount of rain in that short amount of time led to extraordinary flash flooding on *** scale that at least parts of Northwest Arkansas hadn't seen in modern times. We had two Children who died on this day in the flood waters and that in particular, the two kids will never probably leave me. The winds are definitely over hurricane force tornado on the ground, tornado on the ground. This was *** lady who lived in Oak Grove. She came up to me at *** grocery store and said that I saved her life. But she quoted me and said you've made ignored *** tornado warning for me before Oak Grove. If you are in Oak Grove, this is one you should not ignore. And she said she went to the basement 45 seconds later, her house was gone. She tells me that because she's still alive, she gets to hang out with her grandkids and that she it's still around. Personal responsibility is *** big part of staying safe During severe weather. We're there, we're putting the information out. But you have to have *** way to get that information. So whether you have *** weather radio, you receive alerts on your phone, you have to have some way to get the weather information and then find *** way to act on it. *** lot of moderate to heavy rain just off to our south. I think the biggest challenge that has actually Increased between, say the year 2000 to the present time is that the demand for hour by hour forecasts and for even higher accuracy has only increased. We all know that whether it's the single most important thing for people every day. So when you are there for *** community, you make that connection, People can relate to you. And once you make that connection, you'll never lose *** lot of lightning. Now headed towards this thing is still on the ground and see all of the effects of that strong all meteorologists, we have *** passion for protecting people, no matter where they live. That's what we're about. Getting the right information out as quickly as we possibly can. And for me there is no greater calling then helping people maneuver. What can be truly deadly situations
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Forecasting Our Future: Meteorologists explain what drew them to a career in weather
For many people, their most common interaction with the science of weather comes through the meteorologists on their favorite TV stations.In all, more than 100 weather experts across the country work every day at Hearst Television stations to keep communities informed and safe. Watch the video above to learn more about them and the weather events that shaped their careers.
For many people, their most common interaction with the science of weather comes through the meteorologists on their favorite TV stations.
In all, more than 100 weather experts across the country work every day at Hearst Television stations to keep communities informed and safe.
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OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Union Pacific hauled in 22% more profit during the first quarter because it charged more and delivered 4% more shipments even as it struggled to clear up congestion along its rail network.
The Omaha, Nebraska, railroad said Thursday it earned $1.6 billion, or $2.57 per share, in the quarter. That’s up from $1.3 billion, or $2 per share, a year ago.
The results surpassed Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of seven analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of $2.55 per share.
Union Pacific’s Chairman, President and CEO Lance Fritz said the railroad delivered solid financial results but failed to meet customer expectations for service. Federal regulators plan to hold a hearing next week after several groups of shippers complained about delayed deliveries that disrupted their business.
Fritz reiterated that the railroad is hiring aggressively, bringing more locomotives out of storage and putting limits on some shipments to help get freight moving smoothly again. During the quarter, Union Pacific said the average speed of its trains fell 4% to 24.1 mph.
But the railroad’s quarterly revenue grew 17% to $5.86 billion as it increased the rates it charged to deliver an assortment of raw materials, crops and finished products. That also surpassed the $5.81 billion that five analysts surveyed by Zacks predicted.
Union Pacific maintained its prediction that volume will grow faster this year than industrial production.
Union Pacific is one of the nation’s largest railroads with a network of 32,400 miles (52,000 kilometers) of track in 23 Western states.
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Retail real estate and restaurant industries find success in using a blend of marketing and
operational intelligence to scale with Near and B I Spatial mobile analytics
PASADENA, Calif., April 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- As retail real estate and restaurant industries are getting back to opening new business locations and strive to keep up with evolving and new consumer habits, Near, the world's largest source of privacy-led intelligence on people, places, and products, and its partner B I Spatial, are empowering companies with actionable insights and the data they need that allows them to make better location-based decisions.
Understanding consumer movement has always been a struggle for businesses, especially in the restaurant and retail real estate sectors. The unique strategic alliance between Near and B I Spatial allows businesses to prioritize location-based opportunities by daypart and the presence of their target consumers, maximizing the ability to identify and leverage new sources of revenue.
Pollo Campero, a fast-casual restaurant chain focused on Flavorful Chicken Meals started as a small family-owned restaurant in Guatemala in 1971, and has grown to one of the largest chicken chains in the world. Pollo Campero currently has 80 restaurants in the U.S., 15 of which are franchise locations. The chain has a major growth strategy to rapidly expand across the U.S. in 2022. As a part of its growth strategy, the restaurant plans to open 10 corporate restaurants in 2022, 20 in 2023, and then ramp up to open a total of 200 locations altogether in the next five years. Their first challenge in the U.S. was completing its customer profile and building a development strategy from that profile.
Case Study: How QSR Pollo Campero used Near and B I Spatial to optimize its site selection plan
To identify their key customer groups and give focus to their real estate strategy, Pollo Campero engaged B I Spatial to analyze their markets using Near's mobility data and segmentation to drill down to Pollo Campero's target customer segments, and then map those segments by daypart– everywhere in the U.S. Pollo Campero was able to leverage the results to prioritize the top 500 U.S. intersections for both new corporate and franchise locations. The chain now uses this valuable data for its expansion plan, and to also share with its franchisees. The B I Spatial and Near data has become a foundation for Pollo Campero's development program, informing their expansion efforts and validating their customer profiles.
"I can tell you from experience that the data is accurate. It points us in all the right places. And I honestly believe it gives us a strategic advantage over our competitors because it helps us prioritize our efforts, really helps us focus in the right places," said Allyn Taylor, Director of Development and Construction at Pollo Campero.
"For more than a decade, global companies have trusted Near to provide answers to critical questions they need to make them more competitive and win in their respective markets," said Gladys Kong, COO at Near. "Now, in partnership with B.I. Spatial, we are continuing to help businesses seize the opportunity in a time of rapid change to grow and be successful."
Directory of Major Malls, Inc., or DMM, has been a leading source of comprehensive and accurate major shopping center and mall data for more than 35 years. DMM catalogs and updates details on the over 8,500 major shopping centers and malls in the U.S. and Canada that have gross leasable areas of approximately 200,000 sqft and up or are significant specialty lifestyle/mixed-use properties. In addition to providing a full list of center details and 42,565 contacts, DMM also focuses its attention on the retail components of each center, or mall, by maintaining more than 300,000 national and regional chains, as well as independent and local retail stores. DMM engages with the market through direct licensing or its subscription platform, ShoppingCenters.com.
Case Study: How Directory of Major Malls used Near and B I Spatial to Achieve More Precise Shopper Insights
B I Spatial was able to use Near's mobile data as a catalyst for developing a mobile analytics product, and trade areas, for more than 7,800 major shopping centers and malls in the U.S. for Directory of Major Malls. Utilizing B I Spatial's proprietary Precision with Privacy (PwP) methodology, B I Spatial was able to append address level Prizm segments to 70+ million Near devices while maintaining each device's spatial anonymity.
"We chose B I Spatial for their expertise in working with Near's mobile location data combined with expanded demographics," said Tama Shor, President of Directory of Major Malls. "It's a game-changer in the sense it can provide so much more actionable, shopper-centric insight about the property, and opens up new types of opportunities to use the data."
The results of the engagement provided a quarterly file of mobile traffic observations and unique visits within a 70% trade area along with the top PRIZM segments that contribute to the activity in each center. DMM's subscribers now have specific and precise answers to questions like, "how far does a center pull?" and "do shoppers cross major rivers or ranges to shop?" Inclusion of trade area images, tourism traffic, lifestyle behaviors, and expanded demographics also offers subscribers to shoppingcenters.com a better understanding of more than just what's going on, but who is actually visiting.
"By incorporating Claritas data into our Near-based PwP process, we created a space for DMM, ShoppingCenters.com, and its subscribers that were previously only occupied by customer intercept studies. The advantage to our approach is that the DMM subscribers and licensees can compare thousands of centers in a single, easily accessible, and affordable platform that compares relative volume, visitor, trade area profiles, and geographic reach. No one else is providing anything like it with such precision," said Andy Moncla, President at B I Spatial.
About B.I. Spatial
B I Spatial brings 30+ years of expertise in the spatial Business Intelligence arena and nearly a decade within Mobile Analytics arena across a variety of industry segments including Retail, Restaurants (QSR & Full Service), Grocery, Banking, Education, and Hospitality. Learn more here: https://www.bispatial.com/
About Near
Near, a global SaaS leader in privacy-led data intelligence, curates the world's largest source of intelligence on people, places, and products. Near processes data from over 1.6 billion unique user IDs, in 70M+ places across 44 countries to empower marketing and operational data leaders to confidently reach, understand, and market to consumers and optimize their business results. With offices in Los Angeles, Silicon Valley, Paris, Bangalore, Singapore, Sydney and Tokyo, Near serves major enterprises in retail, real estate, restaurants, tourism, technology, marketing, and other industries. For more information, please visit https://near.com
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TOKYO (AP) — Zipline, an American company that specializes in using autonomously flying drones to deliver medical supplies, has taken off in Japan.
They’re flying, starting Thursday, across the tiny Goto Islands, off the western coast of Kyushu, in southwestern Japan, delivering to pharmacies and hospitals.
Other parts of Japan may follow, including urban areas, although the biggest needs tend to be in isolated rural areas.
Zipline, founded six years ago, already is in service in the U.S., where it has partnered with Walmart Inc. to deliver other products at the retail chain as well as drugs. It is also delivering medical goods in Ghana and Rwanda.
Its takeoff in Japan is in partnership with Toyota Tsusho, a group company of Japan’s top automaker Toyota Motor Corp.
“You can totally transform the way that you react to pandemics, treat patients and do things like home health care delivery,” Zipline Chief Executive Keller Rinaudo told The Associated Press.
Although drones have been used in Japan for photography and aerial exhibitions, such as the Tokyo Olympics last year, they’re not in wide use, especially in urban areas because of regulations. It remains to be seen if Zipline’s health care service will help win over skeptics.
Rinaudo was optimistic the technology will be accepted in a nation known for robotics prowess, which has a large elderly population but needs better health care in isolated areas.
Medical services are the focus because “there was a real moral imperative to get that right first,” he said.
“Communities will deeply understand the value of the service. And it was also easier to get regulators comfortable with what we were doing when every flight was potentially saving a human life,” Rinaudo said.
By delivering medicine precisely, the service helps reduce stockpiles and, potentially, waste. The zero-emission quiet flights can go as far as 300 kilometers (186 miles) and are inexpensive compared to other modes of transport, according to Zipline, based in South San Francisco, California.
The coronavirus pandemic has made deliveries of vaccines more pressing than ever, Rinaudo said. Blood supplies, insulin and cancer treatment have also been delivered with Zipline drones.
A subsidiary called Sora-iina will carry out the operations, managing a distribution center and flight services from Fukue Port on Goto Islands. It’s the first distribution center in Asia, and 14th in the world to operate Zipline’s “autonomous instant logistics” technology. Three major Japanese distributors of pharmaceuticals have agreed to be partners.
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Actor Robert Morse, who started his career on Broadway and then became a 'Mad Men' star, has died at 90. The news was confirmed by Jordan Bell of the talent agency BRS/Gage, who said via email that Morse "died peacefully at home after a brief illness."
On Broadway, Morse originated the role of J. Pierrepont Finch on How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, for which he won a Tony Award. Six years later, in 1967, he starred in the film version of the same musical. Morse also won a Tony Award for his 1990 one-man show Tru, in which he played Truman Capote. He was nominated for three other Tony Awards throughout his career.
Younger audiences, however, will recognize him from the AMC TV hit Mad Men, in which he played Bertman Cooper, advertising mogul and founding partner of Sterling Cooper. The role landed him five Emmy nominations.
Larry Karaszewski, writer-producer and a vice president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences expressed his condolences on Twitter. "A huge talent and a beautiful spirit. Sending love to his son Charlie & daughter Allyn. Had so much fun hanging with Bobby over the years - filming People v OJ & hosting so many screenings (How To Succeed, Loved One, That's Life)," he wrote.
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— Mad Men (@MadMen_AMC) April 21, 2022
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RICHMOND, Va., April 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Hilb Group announced today that it has partnered with Vermont-based Paige & Campbell, Inc., and its subsidiary the Taylor Palmer Agency in Bradford, expanding the company's growing presence throughout New England.
Based in Barre, Vermont – with additional offices in Bristol, Bradford, and Waitsfield – Paige & Campbell, Inc. has served the area for more than 100 years, developing a strong reputation of customer service and broad offerings for their clients in both commercial and personal lines. Agency Principals Steven and Jonathon Shea and their team of insurance professionals will join the Hilb Group's New England regional operations.
"Joining the Hilb Group is an important step for us in continuing to grow and deliver the best products to our clients," said Steve Shea. "Our partnership will provide access to greater national resources for both our agency and our customers."
"We look forward to delivering the same local, trusted service to our customers, while contributing to Hilb Group's focused strategy and vision for the future," Jon Shea added.
"Paige & Campbell brings a long-standing history of expertise, a reputation of outstanding service, and extensive relationships that represent a terrific match for our growth strategy," said Hilb Group CEO Ricky Spiro. "We are pleased to welcome them to the Hilb Group and look forward to our next steps together."
About Hilb Group: The Hilb Group is a leading property and casualty and employee benefits insurance brokerage and advisory firm headquartered in Richmond, Virginia. Hilb Group is a portfolio company of The Carlyle Group, a global investment firm. Hilb Group seeks to grow through strategic acquisitions and by leveraging its resources and expertise to drive organic growth in its acquired agencies. The company has completed more than 130 acquisitions and now has over 100 offices in 22 states. Hilb Group is rated as one of the Fastest Growing Brokers by Business Insurance, a Top P/C Agency by Insurance Journal, and one of America's Fastest Growing Private Companies in the Inc. 5000. For more information on Hilb Group's growth as well as career opportunities, please visit our website at http://hilbgroup.com.
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BERLIN (AP) — Authorities in Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands have arrested 19 people following an international investigation of a major cocaine trafficking network, police and the European Union’s law enforcement agency said Thursday.
Wednesday’s operation was the culmination of an investigation by Belgian, Dutch and German police as well as anti-drug authorities in Paraguay. Europol, the European Union’s law enforcement agency, coordinated the joint action.
Authorities have been investigating the trafficking network since February 2021, when 34 tons of cocaine in three shipments were seized in the ports of Hamburg in Germany and Antwerp in Belgium.
In total, Europol said police searched over 35 locations and seized electronic equipment, documents, vehicles, luxury watches and real estate, as well as bank accounts and cash worth 5.5 million euros ($6 million).
Of the arrests, 11 took place in Germany, five in Belgium and three in the Netherlands.
The operation followed another series of searches and seizures related to the trafficking ring in February, when police arrested around 30 people in Brazil, Paraguay and Spain.
Authorities found out that the traffickers’ control center was based in Dubai, where the group organized its supply of cocaine from Bolivia. They also had supply lines in Paraguay, according to Europol.
The criminal network used a network of legitimate companies to help bring the drugs into the EU, Europol said, concealing cocaine in shipments of bananas, coffee and plaster.
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CLEVELAND — On Saturday, April 30, the Cleveland Division of Police will auction off vehicles that have been abandoned or forfeited by the City of Cleveland.
The public is invited to bid on these vehicles at the auction held at the Cleveland Division of Police Impound Lot #2, located at 4300 Bradley Road, in Cleveland. The event will take place rain or shine.
The impound lot opens at 8 a.m., which will give the public a chance to view the available vehicles. The auction will begin at 9 a.m. sharp.
Approximately 40 vehicles will be up for auction. All sales are final. The vehicles come with no warranties or guarantees.
Police said there is a 10% cash down payment for the winning bid and the remainder of the cost is due within a week of the auction.
Profits generated from the sale will go to the Law Enforcement Trust Fund, which is used to purchase items and to fund law enforcement investigations.
The fund has been used to purchase items like personal body armor, computers, technology for patrol cars and has helped fund investigations involving crimes against children.
For more information, the public can contact the Cleveland Division of Police Custodial Unit at 216-623-5342.
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Bond has been set at $60,000 for a Grand Rapids man accused of extortion.
Keith Stetler, 27, appeared via video from the jail Tuesday in front of Wood County Common Pleas Judge Matt Reger.
He was arrested April 11 on a charge of extortion, a third-degree felony, after being indicted in May.
According to court documents, from May 7, 2020, to March 5, 2021, he purposefully exposed or threatened to expose matter that would tender hatred, contempt or ridicule to the alleged victim or damaged her personal or business reputation. He allegedly did this to obtain something of value or benefit.
Defense attorney Kent Sobran entered a plea of not guilty on behalf of his client.
In addition to being arraigned on the extortion charge, Stetler appeared for a community control violation hearing.
In June 2019, he had been placed on community control for four years after pleading guilty to attempted failure to provide notice of change of address, a third-degree felony.
In January 2020, he tested positive for marijuana use and in February of that same year, another community control violation was filed for alcohol assumption. He served 30 days in jail.
In June 2020, he again used marijuana and he was ordered into court on April 20, 2021. He was a no call for no show for two probation appointments in February 2021.
Sobran asked for an own recognizance bond which Assistant Prosecuting Attorney Christopher Anderson opposed, stating Stetler absconded to avoid prosecution.
A warrant was issued for his arrest in 2021, and he has never appeared until today, he said.
“He is a substantial flight risk,” Anderson said.
Reger set bond at $30,000, no 10%, for each case.
A bond hearing has been scheduled for May 24.
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These deep discounts on robot vacuums are some of the best deals seen on Amazon
Robot vacuums have become some of the most sought-after appliances to have at home. It takes away the pain of breaking your back with a handheld vacuum and does all the work for you after charging it up.
There are some fantastic deals on robot vacuums available right now, with some of these deals being the best prices seen on some of these models.
Looking at Amazon’s Top Deals page, we saw that there are sales on numerous models of the iRobot Roomba. The deepest discount is on the j7 model of the Roomba, with Amazon listing the product at 33% off its original price.
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In addition, the top-rated i3 plus Roomba model is listed at 27% off its original price, which is the lowest price this model has seen dating back to Black Friday. What’s great about the i3 model is that it empties on its own.
iRobot’s most powerful robot vacuum, the s Series, is at its best price ever both on Amazon on iRobot’s own website. Not only do you get the robot vacuum, but you also get a robot mop in a bundle at 20% off its original price.
Lastly, there is another good deal on a robot vacuum outside of the iRobot brand. Shark IQ’s highly-rated robot vacuum on Amazon is at its lowest price in almost 10 months. The robot vacuum is listed at 18% off, a bargain that is better than what it was listed at on Black Friday and Cyber Monday.
There are a lot of deals available on Amazon outside of these robot vacuums. You can check them all here.
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Work from home to beat Putin, says EU
By Ben King
Business reporter, BBC News
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The EU is asking its citizens to drive less, turn down air conditioning and work from home three days a week, to reduce reliance on Russian energy.
The measures, drawn up with the International Energy Agency, would save a typical household €450 (£375) a year.
Buying energy from Russia helps to support its economy and finance the war in Ukraine.
But Europe has said it cannot find alternative supplies, so it is asking citizens to adjust their lifestyles.
The nine-point plan, entitled “Playing My Part”, urges citizens to drive less, by using public transport, or working from home three days a week.
It also calls on citizens to:
- Heat their homes less in winter, and turn the air conditioning down in summer.
- Drive more slowly on highways, with the car air conditioning turned down, which uses less fuel
- Use the train instead of flying
- Travel by public transport, walk, or cycle
It also calls on cities to promote car-free Sundays, as some already do.
“Faced with the horrendous scenes of human suffering that we’ve seen following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, people in Europe want to take action,” said Fatih Birol, executive director of the IEA.
“This guide has easy-to-follow steps that with little or no discomfort on our part can reduce the flow of money to Russia’s military and help put us on a path to a cleaner and more sustainable planet.”
The IEA calculates that if every citizen followed its recommendations, it could save 220 million barrels of oil every year, enough to fill 120 supertankers. It would also save 17bn cubic metres of gas, enough to heat nearly 20 million homes.
In March, the EU announced a plan to make the bloc independent of Russian energy imports by 2030.
But the German energy minister Christian Lindner told the BBC on Wednesday it would be impossible to stop oil imports immediately.
The report also recommends that citizens consider investing in home insulation, smart digital thermostats, and digital cars, which can all help to reduce fossil fuel use.
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NEW YORK, April 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Insight Partners published latest research study on Electric Blankets Market Forecast to 2028 – COVID-Impact and Global Analysis – By Size, Type, Distribution Channel, and Geography," the electric blankets market size is projected to reach US$ 1,294.62 million by 2028 from US$ 812.94 million in 2021; it is expected to grow at a CAGR of 6.9% from 2021 to 2028. The electric blankets market growth is attributed to an increasing consumer preference for comfort and premium bedding and increasing adoption in countries with extreme winters.
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Electric Blankets Market: Competitive Landscape
A few key players operating in the electric blankets market include Beurer GmbH; Morphy Richards; Biddeford Blankets LLC; Slumberdown Company; Silentnight Group Limited; Glen Dimplex; Sunbeam Products, Inc.; Bedshe International Co., LTD; Shavel Associates Inc.; and Odessey.
In 2020, North America accounted for the largest portion of the global electric blankets market share. The US is one of the key economies in North America, contributing significantly to the growth of the electric blankets market. Electric blankets are less expensive than heaters and are ideal for usage in a country with severe winters like the US. Further, one of the benefits of having a heated blanket is that they are energy-efficient and provide warmth without turning up the thermostat, especially during the winter. Furthermore, rising disposable income and an increasing surge in homeownership are fuelling the demand for electric blankets. Electric blankets are a great way to achieve cozy warmth and help save electricity bills generated from room heaters. In addition, to provide comfort, electric blankets ease muscle and joint pain and help the user fall asleep while in pain. Further, Sunbeam Products, Inc. offers a Wi-Fi-connected heated blanket in various sizes, such as twin, full, queen, and king, and can be controlled using the sunbeam app, voice assistants, or a wired digital controller.
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Increasing Consumer Preference for Comfortable and Premium Bedding
The global electric blankets market is primarily driven by improving living standards and inflating income. As a result, consumers have become inclined toward comfortable and premium bedding items, such as electric blankets. The increasing demand for electric blankets to help individuals suffering from pain-related ailments during low temperatures is aiding the market growth. An electric blanket contains an integrated circuit that provides a heating effect. Also, it provides a comfortable sleeping experience and is a good mood enhancer, thus providing great comfort to the consumer. Thus, the factors mentioned above are driving the electric blanket market growth. Furthermore, the growth of the residential and commercial sectors, including travel and hospitality, military and defense, and charity, are positively affecting market development. Further, the rising internet penetration and the increasing number of smartphone users positively impact the e-commerce sector, thereby propelling the online sales of electric blankets.
Electric Blankets Market: Segmental Overview
Based on size, the electric blankets market is segmented into single, double, and others. The single segment held the largest share of the market in 2020. Single electric blankets are available in 30 x 60 inches or 76 x 152 cms. Most of the products are 100% shock and waterproof and have an auto-cut function for overheat protection. It is available with low-wattage technology, which helps stay safe and warm. The single electric blankets consume approximately 70 Watts of energy. It offers heat and warmth to sore muscles and aches and helps reduce and alleviate discomfort. These blankets include overheat protection to prevent the blanket from overheating and are also waterproof, stain-resistant, battery-powered, lightweight, and mobile chargeable. Moreover, increasing awareness about the variety of electric blankets offered by the manufacturers through brick and mortar stores and online platforms is boosting the demand for electric blankets in the country.
Based on type, the electric blankets market is segmented into electric under blankets and electric over blankets. The electric under blankets segment held a larger share of the market in 2020. An electric under blanket is positioned above the bed and under the lowest mattress sheet. They are available with various features such as a handy temperature controller, heat settings, auto shut off, and heavy-duty insulated cord. It is also featured with three warmness settings regulated to set the temperature. With the rapid urbanization, the growing consumer preference for luxurious, comfortable, and high-quality bedding is one of the key factors driving the growth of the electric blankets market.
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Based on distribution channel, the electric blankets market is segmented into supermarkets and hypermarkets, specialty stores, online retail, and others. The specialty stores segment held the largest share of the market in 2020. Specialty stores focus on the specific product category, have deep product assortments, offer value-added products to their customers, and focus on customer delight. Manufacturers are opening exclusive retail stores and specialty stores for the electric blankets market in developed and developing countries to reach a large customer base and offer specialized services.
Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Electric Blankets Market Growth
The consumer goods industry during the COVID-19 pandemic faced unprecedented challenges due to the shortage in raw material supply, the shutdown of factories, labor shortage, and other operational difficulties under COVID-19 safety protocols. Initially, the shutdown of manufacturing units, difficulty in the procurement of raw materials, and restrictions on logistics created a negative impact on the electric blanket market. The electric blankets are mostly manufactured from polyester microfiber or fleece materials. Thus, the shutdown of manufacturing units negatively impacted the research and development of the electric blankets market. However, businesses are gaining ground as the governments of various countries eased out the previously imposed restrictions.Hence, the market is expected to recover in the coming years.
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In 2020, North America accounted for the largest share of the global electric blankets market. Increasing investments on research and development to launch new products with multiple safety features such as overheating protection and wireless control have fueled the product demand in this region.
Based on type, the electric under blankets segment is expected to be the fastest-growing segment during the forecast period. Under blankets, also known as heated mattress pads or electric fitted sheets, are heating pads that go over the mattress and underneath the bottom bed sheet to deliver heat from below. The increasing spending on comfortable and warm products is expected to boost the electric under blankets market.
The key factor driving market expansion is the growing customer desire for luxury, comfortable, and premium bedding products fueled by increasing urbanization. In addition, the ever-increasing geriatric population, which is more vulnerable to harsh winter weather, is boosting market expansion. Other growth-inducing elements include product improvements such as introducing innovative water and stain-resistant, battery-powered blankets.
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NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — An NOPD officer was arrested in New Orleans East on Wednesday after detectives say he was planning to distribute crack cocaine.
Officer Reginal Koeller was taken into custody after detectives executed a search warrant in the 9600 block of Hayne Boulevard in Little Woods.
Koeller, an 18-year veteran of NOPD, was placed on emergency suspension following the outcome of the search warrant. He faces charges of illegal possession of a firearm during a drug law violation and possession with the intent to distribute crack cocaine.
The investigation was a joint effort between the NOPD and the FBI.
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Downing Street parties: Chancellor Rishi Sunak 'extremely and sincerely sorry' after receiving fine for attending lockdown-busting gathering for PM's birthday
Rishi Sunak denied he had considered resigning after receiving the fixed penalty notice from the Metropolitan Police after attending the gathering on 19 June 2020.
Thursday 21 April 2022 16:51, UK
Rishi Sunak has said he is "extremely and sincerely sorry" for the upset he caused by attending a lockdown-busting birthday gathering for Boris Johnson.
The chancellor, alongside the prime minister and his wife Carrie Johnson, was issued with a fixed-penalty notice by the Metropolitan Police last week for breaching COVID rules over the event on 19 June 2020.
Speaking in Washington, where he will be attending the spring meeting of the IMF, Mr Sunak apologised for the "hurt and the anger" he had caused over his partygate fine and said he had "always acted in good faith" when discussing the matter in parliament.
Politics live: MPs approve investigation over whether PM misled parliament
The chancellor also denied that he had considered resigning upon receiving the fixed-penalty notice.
It was reported that Mr Sunak had to be talked out of quitting after it took around seven hours for him to issue an apology after being given the fixed penalty.
"I paid the fixed penalty notice straightaway and I am extremely and sincerely sorry for the hurt and the anger that this has caused so many people.
"I have always acted, I believe, in good faith in regard to what I said to parliament."
Asked if he had considered resigning, he replied: "No. I am focused on getting on with the job I have got to do."
It comes as the PM prepares to face a parliamentary investigation into whether he lied to MPs about Downing Street parties during the coronavirus lockdowns.
Mr Johnson, who last week received a fine for attending a lockdown-busting event to mark his 56th birthday, is thought to have been at more of the 12 events under investigation by Scotland Yard.
Earlier on Thursday, senior Conservative MP Steve Baker declared the PM should be "long gone".
Mr Baker had only two days ago offered the prime minister his backing after he apologised in the Commons following his fine for breaking lockdown rules.
He revealed his change of heart as MPs discussed whether to order an investigation into whether the prime minister misled them over partygate.
But, speaking with Sky's political editor Beth Rigby in India where he is on a two-day official visit, the PM said he has "absolutely nothing to hide" on partygate.
"People were saying it looks like we are trying to stop stuff. I didn't want that. I didn't want people to be able say that. I don't want this thing to endlessly go on," he said.
"But, I have absolutely nothing, frankly, to hide. If that is what the opposition want to talk about, that is fine."
Asked about Mr Baker publicly calling on him to resign, Mr Johnson added: "I understand people's feelings. I don't think that is the right thing to do."
PM: People want us to get on with the job
Pushed on whether the current situation he finds himself in is a serious one, the PM replied: "Of course, I think it is serious.
"But I also think we have massive issues that people expect us to address.
"I think people want us to get on with the job of taking the country forward."
Asked if he believed the Conservatives will allow him to lead the party into the next general election, he replied: "Of course, I am.
"What I am determined to do is make sure we continue with our agenda to unite and level up."
Meanwhile, the Metropolitan Police have confirmed that they will not issue any further partygate updates before the May local elections.
Scotland Yard told Sky News that the investigation would carry on and officers would continue recommending fines - but the force will not put out media notices on referrals until after the polls on 5 May.
So far, more than 50 fines have been issued in relation to lockdown-breaking parties in Downing Street and across Whitehall.
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The Barcelona Bridal Fashion Week (BBFW) catwalk will be in the spotlights between 20 and 23 April presenting creations designed by major national and international bridal wear designers. 34 top brands will take part in the fashion shows of the industry’s international benchmark event, presenting their new products, as will the 320 firms that will be taking part in the fair.
National companies such as Atelier Pronovias; Rosa Clará; Jesús Peiró; Yolancris; Sophie et Voilà; Isabel Sanchis; Marco & María, and Ramón Sanjurjo have confirmed their presence. In addition to the new Nicole Milano brand proposals, the Pronovias Group will present for the first time the Marchesa for Pronovias collection, the result of a mutual endeavour with the American brand.
Among international brands making their debut at the BBFW fashion show will be Italian designer Peter Langner, who will present his 2023 collection only in digital format; Ukraine’s Katy Corso; South Korea’s Vestal; Poland’s Agnieska Swialty; and Modeca from the Netherlands. Other international brands who will attend again, are Marylise & Rembo Styling, from Belgium; the American Demetrios; Julia Kontogruni, from Bulgaria; the Italian Carlo Pignatelli with his collection for grooms, and the French Cymbeline.
On the other hand, ratifying its commitment to young designers, the BBFW catwalk will host the ‘New Talents’ fashion shows with creations by Olga Macià, Lorena Panea, Poesie Sposa and Simone Marulli, among other designers who will be present for the first time on the BBFW runway like Andrea Lalanza, Mireia Balaguer and the Italian firm More.
Other designers, all from Andalusia, are making their debut on the BBFW catwalk this year, Moncho Heredia from Malaga, Nicolás Montenegro from Seville, Higar Novias from Córdoba and Manila Novias from Granada. All designers will present creations for brides and bridesmaids, as well as proposals for evening dresses.
The BBFW fair will run at the same time with the catwalk on 22 and 23 April and will remain open until the 24. This year’s exhibition will feature more than 320 firms, 75% of them being international visiting from 27 countries.
The trade fair will feature the offer of the leading national brands.
Among the international brands, the renowned Lebanese firms Zuhair Murad and Tony Ward participating for the first time, stands out.
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EastEnders' Max Bowden is set to be a dad for the first time as his ex-girlfriend Roisin Buckle reveals she is pregnant weeks after split
EastEnders' Max Bowden will become a dad after his ex-girlfriend Roisin Buckle revealed she is pregnant.
The Ben Mitchell actor, 27, split from insurance executive Roisin, 36, earlier this year but the pair are said to be 'delighted' at the prospect of becoming parents.
A friend told The Sun: 'They broke up earlier this year. There was no one else involved, it just simply didn't work out.
Baby joy: EastEnders' Max Bowden is set to become a dad for the first time as his ex-girlfriend Roisin Buckle revealed she is pregnant weeks after their split
'Max and Roisin remained good friends and were thrilled when she found out she was pregnant.
'They are determined to co-parent the tot and are supporting each other. It has been a tough year for Max so he was delighted when he found out he is going to be a dad.
'He’s really excited about the future.'
Exes: The Ben Mitchell actor, 27, split from insurance executive Roisin, 36, earlier this year but the pair are said to be 'delighted' at the prospect of becoming parents
The source also told the publication that those who know the couple 'could not be more excited.'
MailOnline has contacted Max's representative for comment.
During their romance, the pair remained largely out of the limelight.
They confirmed their romance last October - five months after they started dating.
Baby joy: A source told The Sun: 'They are determined to co-parent the tot and are supporting each other. It has been a tough year for Max so he was delighted when he found out he is going to be a dad'
In January, a source confirmed to MailOnline that Roisin had been 'a great comfort to Max' following his year of heartbreak.
Not only did the soap star split from his long-term girlfriend Danielle McCarney in April last year, but he lost three close friends.
In September, Max shared the heartbreaking news that his best friend Maxwell Alexander Grey Thompson had died.
In June, Max announced his friend Luke Goodings had passed away and another friend, Terry Mills, died in February.
A source told MailOnline: 'Roisin has been a great comfort to Max, who's suffered a lot of heartbreak recently, with the loss of a close friend in June, and then devastatingly his best friend last month.'
Hard year: Not only did Max split from his long-term girlfriend Danielle McCarney in April last year, but he lost three close friends
Tragic: Max shared the heartbreaking news that his best friend Maxwell Alexander Grey Thompson had died
Max took to Instagram to thank Maxwell for being 'his best friend for 15 years'.
He did not specify how his friend died, but wrote: 'The hole in my life you have left will never ever be filled.'
Months earlier, in June, Max said that his 'heart is in bits' after the death of his friend Luke.
So sad: In June, Max announced his friend Luke Goodings had passed away, saying: 'I will always love you, my bro'
He wrote on Instagram: 'Lukey, will always love you my bro. Rest easy now. Freestyle the s*** out of it up there.' (sic)
The soap star did not disclose either of his friends' cause of death.
In February, Max's friend and celebrity agent Terry passed away after contracting Covid-19 in Mexico and falling into a coma.
Cancer survivor Terry, 38, originally from Devon, caught Covid-19 during a business trip to Cancun which later developed into pneumonia.
Difficult time: In February, Max's friend and celebrity agent Terry Mills passed away after contracting Covid-19 in Mexico and falling into a coma
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LONDON (AP) — UK lawmakers order parliamentary investigation into PM Boris Johnson for allegedly lying over virus lockdown parties.
LONDON (AP) — UK lawmakers order parliamentary investigation into PM Boris Johnson for allegedly lying over virus lockdown parties.
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Part of Kathy Caprino’s series “Living and Working Better”
Millions of people around the world have attempted to lose weight and keep it off, as well as incorporate healthy exercise into their lives in a sustainable way. And many have found it far more difficult to continue those healthy behaviors than they would have imagined. An estimated 45 million Americans go on a diet each year, and Americans spend $33 billion each year on weight-loss products. Studies show that while diets can generate some marked initial results, most diets, regardless of the type, fail to support real change, and the desired effects disappear after a year.
Why is it so very challenging to sustain healthy behaviors that we believe are good for us, and even feel good to engage in? And why do we revert back to our old ways so quickly, even when we believe (and physically feel) that those old patterns are bad for us?
To learn more about how to stop negative cycles of ineffective dieting and exercise, I caught up with Dr. Michelle Segar. Segar is an award-winning, NIH-funded researcher at the University of Michigan with almost thirty years of study on how to help people adopt healthy behaviors in ways that can survive the complexity and unpredictability of the real world. In her latest book, The Joy Choice: How to Finally Achieve Lasting Changes in Eating and Exercise, Segar explains that much of what we've been taught about changing our behavior is simplistic, outdated and misguided for many of us. She shares a fresh, brain-based solution that breaks the rules of behavior change so we can finally change our behavior for good.
A sought-after speaker and trainer, Segar is frequently interviewed in major media outlets such as The New York Times, NPR, Prevention, Fast Company, Self, Real Simple, Women’s Health, CNN, Newsy, and The Wall Street Journal. Segar’s work is widely recognized, and she has served as the inaugural chair of the United States National Physical Activity Plan’s Communication Committee, an adviser to the Department of Health and Human Services, a speaker for the World Health Organization, and former director of the University of Michigan’s Sports, Health, and Activity Research and Policy Center. She speaks and consults with organizations including Kaiser Permanente, Walmart, American Telemedicine Association, Business Group on Health, Anytime Fitness, Adidas, Google, and The Permanente Medical Group and has advised companies designing AI and other digital and coaching approaches for patient and consumer health.
Here’s what Segar shares:
Kathy Caprino: In your new book, you talk about needing a new story of behavior change – why is that?
Michelle Segar: Because the old story of behavior change not only hasn’t worked for most of us – it actually sets us up to fail.
For years and years, we’ve been given so many types of behavior change strategies that are supposed to work, and we are assured they will work. But for most of us, these prescriptive strategies, programs and approaches just don’t work, no matter how many times we try. And rather than consider that there might actually be something wrong with the many strategies that have failed us—again and again and again—we blame ourselves: we’re just too lazy, we lack self-control, we’re not fit enough.
What people don’t realize is that the real villains of that old change story are hidden from us. We don’t recognize them because they’re actually disguised as the change saviors: the strategies and programs that we need to bring us lasting change. And how can we blame these saviors when everyone tells us we are dependent upon them for our ultimate success?
Here’s the truth that could finally free us to succeed: Our failure to achieve lasting changes is due to the inherent limitations in the behavior change strategies and approaches we’ve been told are the tactics we need to succeed.
Caprino: Are you saying that most every change strategy we’ve been taught over the years are “bad” or highly ineffective?
Segar: No, not at all. The issue is that many of these strategies are just not workable for many people. And these tend to be the people with the most complex lives and overlapping responsibilities, who go to work, who carry the mental load for managing the household, who are dealing with aging parents. The popular strategies assume constants and predictable circumstances, yet most of our lives are far from predictable. So, there’s a mismatch between many popular behavior-change strategies and the complex days most people live.
Caprino: Can you give us an example of a common mismatch?
Segar: Yes. Right now, for example, let’s look at one of the most popular behavior change strategies: habit formation. Habit formation is one of the most popular behavior-change strategies because it offers the promise that we can reduce our mental load by putting our healthy choices on autopilot—we just do them without even having to think about it. But while habit formation is great for the simple behaviors like remembering to floss your teeth at night, by its very nature, it can’t survive within the dynamic and unpredictable daily circumstances that surround complex behaviors like eating and exercise.
Caprino: Can you explain more on that?
Segar: Typically, habit formation is discussed as a three-part process: cue, behavior, feel-good reward. Habit formation requires precision. There’s not that much that can disrupt the habit loop for flossing, and this simple process predictably occurs in the bathroom, at the same time of day, with few or no distractions.
Think about how vastly different eating and exercise are from flossing and the complexity of trying to make these choices across home and work. At multiple points on any given day, our eating and exercise plans interact with the changing demands of our daily schedules, our work, and the needs of family, pets and other loved ones. These noisy needs alone play havoc with creating the cues habit formation depends on.
Now add the negative feelings and memories that many of us carry around related to eating and exercise—shame, self-consciousness, frustration. All of these combine to brand healthy eating and exercise in negative ways in our brain. But habit formation depends on positive experiences as the reward that reinforces the target behavior’s habit loop. No reward means no reinforcement for the loop.
So that’s an example of how a strategy like habit formation can be a mismatch with our true circumstances and experiences. Like other popular strategies, habit formation is based on assumptions that are rarely discussed.
Caprino: For those of us who can’t depend on habit formation to create lasting changes in healthy eating and exercise, what can we depend on?
Segar: We can engage in what I refer to as “rethink, reframe, and rechoose.”
Rethink: First and foremost, we need to rethink how we think about making changes in behavior. We need to toss out the years of advice and rules we’ve been following and make room for a new story of behavior change that is based on the latest science instead of comfortable conventions. We start by breaking down the all-or-nothing thinking that keeps taking us off the path of lasting change. It’s time to replace “there’s a ‘right’ way to do it” (for eating better or exercising more) with “something is better than nothing.” This is easier said than done but transforming this belief system is truly possible. To take this idea and turn it into a reality, we begin by reframing.
Reframe: We can reframe how we view the unanticipated conflicts that arise to our eating or exercise plans. Instead of conflicts, let’s consider them as choice points—as true opportunities to choose.
Almost every day, our best-laid eating and exercise plans encounter challenges and conflicts, creating choice points—the moments when we have to choose between eating the food we’d planned or the more tempting one that is in front of us, or between skipping the gym and continuing to work for another hour, or taking a break for a fifteen-minute walk and making more progress emptying our inbox. What we do at our choice points ultimately determines whether or not we stay consistent with our eating and exercise goals over time. Once we reframe this influential moment, we are free to make new and different choices, or rechoose.
Rechoose: The new story of behavior change turns the old one on its head. Instead of trying for precision and hitting a bullseye, we choose the perfect imperfect option. Rather than aiming for an ideal that we can rarely achieve, we open up our options, play with the possibilities, and select the perfect imperfect option that lets us do something instead of nothing, keeping us on the path of lasting change.
Caprino: Can you explain more about the “perfect imperfect option”?
Segar: That’s the behavior-change strategy that actually matches the conditions of our real lives. It’s the option—and there’s likely more than one for every choice point—that works with our daily contexts, not against them. It lets us stay true to the spirit of our eating and exercise goals and also meet the needs of our real lives: family, friends, and work. Once we are free of the shoulds and rules that have been setting us up to fail, we can finally get curious, creative, and playful in solving the unexpected challenges we face in the moment to our healthy eating and exercise plans.
What I’m advocating in my book is getting off the automation treadmill of habit formation and strict routines that most of us can’t sustain. Then we can begin to harness our innate mental prowess and awareness—our mental technology for making the strategic choices that let us stay the path while still managing the other meaningful aspects of our daily lives.
This often means not doing exactly what we planned, and that’s okay! In fact, it’s often preferable. Believe it or not, mounting research suggests that being flexible and aiming for imperfection—not trying to do it right—better drives the choices that favor consistent healthy eating and exercise.
When we choose behavior-change strategies that match the realities of our daily lives, we set ourselves up for sustainable success—and that’s why I call it the Joy Choice.
For more information, visit The Joy Choice and take Michelle Segar’s Decision Trap quiz.
Kathy Caprino is a career and leadership coach, author, speaker and podcast host helping professionals build rewarding careers of impact.
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Krista Morgan knows how difficult it is to build a startup. She also knows just how quickly it can all fall apart.
In 2012, Morgan founded P2Binvestor, a lending marketplace for small businesses. By 2019, the company had issued more than $1 billion in loans, and annual revenue topped $10 million. Then, disaster struck: One of P2B’s clients was a subsidiary of another business owned by Michael Mann, then the CEO of MyPayrollHR. Mann, it turned out, had been perpetrating a $100 million bank fraud. When the scheme crumbled, P2Binvestor was out nearly $10 million it couldn’t afford to lose. Mann pleaded guilty and was sentenced to as many as 24 years in prison, and P2Binvestor found itself on the brink of collapse.
“I went through this experience of being on the venture path and thinking I was going to, you know, go all the way,” Morgan says. “And then it just ends.”
With her company in trouble, Morgan started working with Dan Frydenlund, the founder of a Denver-based investor called Stage that specializes in turning around venture-backed startups that have run into hard times. Morgan eventually sold P2Binvestor—today, it’s part of Aion, a larger provider of business software. But she made an impression on Frydenlund. He asked Morgan to come aboard at Stage, and in 2020, she joined the firm as a general partner.
Now, Morgan works with Frydenlund and a third general partner, Ingrid Alongi, to help other startups avoid the fate that befell hers.
The typical venture capital model is based on a few home runs and a lot of strikeouts. One or two companies from a VC fund might reach that mythical unicorn status, and the rest fall by the wayside. That’s where Stage comes in. The firm acquires majority stakes in startups that have raised a Series A round from other firms but are no longer showing the sort of growth that would lead to future funding, let alone a billion-dollar valuation or an IPO. Stage’s team of former executives and operators helps those companies recapitalize their balance sheets and reorient themselves for more financially conservative and hopefully profitable futures, serving as an alternative for startups that might otherwise go out of business.
“We’re taking a private equity model to a venture-stage company and putting those together,” Morgan says.
Stage has acquired 19 companies and logged nine exits since Frydenlund got up and running in 2009, with many of those sales coming to other private equity firms. But activity has been ramping up since Morgan and Alongi came aboard. Last year, Stage raised a roughly $10 million fund—its first institutional vehicle after years of investing Frydenlund’s own money. It used that fund to buy six startups, including ThirdChannel, which makes software for retailers and ecommerce brands, and Haystack Mountain, an artisan cheese brand. Now, Stage is raising a $50 million successor vehicle.
That fund may be coming at the perfect time. After many years of a largely bullish startup market, things have shifted in 2022, with funding totals trending down in the wake of a record-breaking 2021. If valuations start to decline and VCs grow more cautious, it could create increased opportunities for an investor like Stage.
“I think valuations are going down, and I think it’s going to get harder to raise the next round,” Morgan says. “What I think is interesting is, because there’s been so much more money in that early stage, you’re actually going to have a lot more Series A companies that are viable, that have built a real product that people are using.”
It can be a challenging strategy to pitch to LPs. If Stage is buying companies that other venture firms don’t find worthy of future funding, what makes Stage think it can generate the same types of returns those other firms promise?
“That is 100% the issue,” Morgan says with a laugh.
But she has an answer. There have been more than 40,000 venture capital investments in the U.S. alone over the past three years, according to PitchBook. And about half of all startups that raise a Series A round fail to raise a Series B, per Crunchbase. Morgan’s pitch to LPs is this: Do you think all those thousands of companies that don’t raise a Series B are doomed to fail? Or might they just not be the right fit for the traditional venture capital model?
When it comes to these particular companies, Stage believes it has a better approach. Instead of flooding founders with money and turning them loose to try things and fail fast, Stage collaborates closely with management, with an eye toward building a sustainable business rather than achieving hockey-stick growth. So far, Morgan says the firm’s LPs have logged an average return on their investment of between 5x and 8x.
“The VC model has created some amazing companies, and there’s absolutely a place for it,” Morgan says. “The issue that we have in the tech world is, we’re kind of like, it’s a unicorn or nothing, right? It’s this binary, like you’re good if you’re getting venture funded and you’re bad if you’re not. And that’s what I want to change.”
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Fandango just dropped one of their periodic seasonal “most-anticipated films” polls in advance of the summer movie season. The “Moviegoing Trends & Insights Study” of more than 6,000 ticket buyers has some promising news, including that 83% of those polled plan to see at least three movies in theaters this summer, and that 93% swear they are going to see more than just superhero movies. That’s a comforting notion, but it’s worth noting that the survey only includes the top ten “most anticipated movies” of the summer, as opposed to what we sometimes see in terms of “most-anticipated male performance” or related sub-categories.
That’s probably because, quite shockingly, there just aren’t that many huge films opening between May and August of this year. With news that Sony’s The Man From Toronto is heading to Netflix instead of an August theatrical release and word that Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse is shifting from October of 2022 to June of 2023, the common refrain is again that theatrical is essentially being starved for continuous content. April has been the first month since arguably October of 2021 with a regular weekly slate of “big” movies.
There are two “big” releases in May (Doctor Strange In the Multiverse of Madness and Top Gun: Maverick) with one hopeful adult-skewing biggie (Downton Abbey: A New Era) and one cult animated property (Bob’s Burgers) right in between them. Nothing remotely “big” is opening on the first weekend of June while June 24 features both Warner Bros.’ Elvis (which is premiering at Cannes) and Universal’s buzzy The Black Phone (which is screening at Cinemacon next week).
Around them are Jurassic World: Dominion (ranked number three on this poll but still my bet for number one) on June 10, Lightyear (which just dropped a new trailer) on June 17 and Minions: The Rise of Gru on July 1. Thor: Love and Thunder opens on July 8 followed by Where the Crawdads Sing and Paws of Fury (an animated riff on Blazing Saddles) on July 15. Jordan Peele’s sure-to-be-huge Nope drops on July 22, followed by David Leitch’s Brad Pitt-starring Bullet Train along with the animated DC League of Super-Pets on July 29.
And... that’s it. There are currently zero (0.0) big movies opening between Bullet Train on July 29 and New Line’s Salem’s Lot on September 9. Yes, August has its share of studio programmers like Easter Sunday, Aubrey Plaza’s Sundance favorite Emily the Criminal, Paramount’s kid-targeted Secret Headquarters and Sylvester Stallone’s Samaritan, but there’s nothing on tap to be the next Suicide Squad, the next Straight Outta Compton or even the next Hitman’s Bodyguard.
Even in a summer selling itself as a comeback season, the pickings are slim for “big” theatricals. Whether it’s due to a production gap due to Covid, projects being shuffled to (or prioritized for) streaming, release date delays (like Black Adam shifting from July 29 to October 21) and a combination thereof (see also: Lionsgate selling Jennifer Lopez’s Shotgun Wedding to Amazon), the “top ten biggest movies of summer” conversations are essentially “the ten movies of summer.”
Could Universal and Blumhouse’s Firestarter (also going to Peacock) surprise on May 13? Sure. Will audiences who swear they want to see more than superhero movies could show up for Where the Crawdads Sing (based on a novel that spent 150 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list) instead of seeing Thor 4 again? In a sane world, think pre-2016, when audiences showed up for more than just the court-appointed franchise-specific tentpoles, some of these smaller releases (like the “Idris Elba versus a lion” thriller Beast) would just be more than just longshots.
I imagine almost everyone’s summer box office betting pool will contain some combination of these ten most-anticipated films in varying order because that makes up most of the season’s wide theatrical releases. The results at the top aren’t exactly a surprise, as Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness and Thor: Love and Thunder are tops, followed by Jurassic World: Dominion. Top Gun: Maverick and Minions: The Rise of Gru are the last two big “supposed to open in 2020” flicks, so that’ll be an end of an era right there.
Peele’s Nope (starring Keke Palmer, Daniel Kaluuya and Steven Yeun and whose trailer plays like a barnburner in IMAX) will be the biggest-grossing live-action original or even new-to-you adaptation (Bullet Train is based on a novel) of the year. Heck, I wouldn’t be remotely shocked to see it end up in fourth place domestically for the summer. Sony hopes Bullet Train plays like Mission: Impossible Rogue Nation whereby a strong late-July opening lets it play as the last biggie of summer up until Labor Day.
Nope and Bullet Train exist alongside The Lost City as the year’s best hopes for non-franchise theatricals, and strong showings for Elvis (starring Tom Hanks as Colonel Parker) and Downton Abbey: A New Era will be seen as a sign that older audiences will still show up in the desire arises. After 1.5 years of “older audiences aren’t going to the movies,” I will laugh/cry if Downton Abbey 2 gets anywhere near its $100 million-grossing predecessor. But yeah, I’m still betting on the dinosaurs over the superheroes, at least worldwide.
- Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
- Thor: Love and Thunder
- Jurassic World Dominion
- Top Gun: Maverick
- Minions: The Rise of Gru
- Lightyear
- Elvis
- Nope
- Bullet Train
- Downton Abbey: A New Era
The Fandango study also reveals that:
- 93% of moviegoers buy concessions (up from 84% the prior year), with popcorn and soda being the most popular items.
- 93% are interested in seeing various types of movies in theaters this year.
- 89% indicate that moviegoing is their favorite activity outside of the home (ranking higher than dining out, shopping or sporting activities).
- 85% say premium formats (like IMAX or Dolby) make the moviegoing experience more enjoyable.
68% feel movies released only in theaters are of a higher quality than straight-to-streaming titles.
In the study, moviegoers were asked about their top influences for deciding which movies to see on the big screen:
- 95% look for their favorite genres.
- 93% select films based on their trailers.
- 91% ask for recommendations from families or friends.
- 90% want to see their favorite stars on the big screen.
- 90% pick the latest installment of a favorite franchise.
- 88% search for positive ratings and reviews.
Fandango’s moviegoer study was conducted during the first quarter of 2022 with 6,000 participants who all had purchased at least one movie ticket over the past 12 months. The demographic breakdown of the group was 72% ages 18-54, with 58% identifying as female, 41% male and 1% non-binary. Sixty-one percent described themselves as Caucasian; 21% Latinx/Hispanic; 8% Black/African American; 8% Asian/Pacific Islander; and 5% other. There were a few respondents who identified with multiple ethnicities.
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13 Nassar victims seeking $130M from FBI over bungled probe
DETROIT (AP) — Thirteen sexual assault victims of Larry Nassar are seeking $10 million each from the FBI, claiming a bungled investigation by agents led to more abuse by the sports doctor, lawyers said Thursday.
It’s an effort to make the government responsible for assaults that occurred after 2015. The Justice Department’s inspector general concluded last year that the FBI made fundamental errors when it became aware of allegations against Nassar that year.
Nassar was a Michigan State University sports doctor as well as a doctor at USA Gymnastics. He is serving decades in prison for assaulting female athletes, including medal-winning Olympic gymnasts.
“We spend so much energy and resources encouraging children to come forward when they have been abused,” attorney Jamie White said. “So the fact that people came forward to the most powerful law enforcement agency in the world and were rebuffed — it’s a slap in the face.”
White is not suing the FBI yet. Under federal law, tort claims must be a filed with a government agency, which then has six months to reply. A lawsuit could follow depending on the FBI’s response.
“No one should have been assaulted after the summer of 2015 because the FBI should have done its job,” said Grace French, founder of a group called The Army of Survivors. “To know that the FBI could have helped to avoid this trauma disgusts me.”
The inspector general’s investigation was spurred by allegations that the FBI failed to promptly address complaints made in 2015 against Nassar. It took months before agents opened a formal investigation.
Nassar was arrested by state authorities in November 2016.
FBI Director Christopher Wray has said he’s “deeply and profoundly sorry” for delays in Nassar’s prosecution and the pain it caused.
The Michigan attorney general’s office ultimately handled the assault charges, while federal prosecutors in Grand Rapids, Michigan, filed a child pornography case against Nassar.
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CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — The New Hampshire House gave preliminary approval Thursday to replacing the state's troubled youth detention center with a six-bed facility and further limit which crimes could land children there.
The state currently spends $13 million a year to operate the 144-bed Sununu Youth Services Center in Manchester, although the typical population is currently about a dozen teens. Debate over its future began years ago, but has come to a boil amid horrific sexual abuse allegations.
The state budget passed last June mandated closing the center by March 2023. But the House on Thursday amended a Senate-passed bill that would extend the deadline, giving the state until June 30, 2024 to build a new facility, with the possibility of extending it for an additional two years if necessary.
The Senate version had called for a facility with up to 18 beds. The House cut that to six and added provisions restricting the crimes that would make children eligible for detention to violent crimes such as murder, assault, sexual assault, burglaries involving bodily harm and felony arson.
State Rep. Robert Lynn, R-Windham, unsuccessfully argued against those limits, saying that the threat of incarceration is sometimes needed to get teens to comply with lesser penalties and that incarceration is appropriate when someone repeatedly destroys property.
“This amendment sends the message that in New Hampshire, property rights don’t mean very much,” said Lynn, a former chief justice of the state Supreme Court.
The bill now goes to the House Finance Committee.
The youth center, named for former Gov. John H. Sununu, has been the target of a criminal investigation since 2019, and 11 former workers were arrested last April. Lawmakers also are considering a $100 million fund to settle claims brought by nearly 450 former residents who have sued the state with allegations involving more than 150 staffers from 1963 to 2018.
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Municipal councillor axed to death in Mahabubabad
Police suspect business rivalry to be the motive
A municipal councillor of Mahabubabad civic body was axed to death by miscreants in broad daylight in the district headquarters town of Mahabubabad on Thursday.
The deceased was identified as Banoth Ravi, 35, the eighth ward councillor of Mahabubabad municipality.
Ravi got elected as a councillor from the eighth ward as an independent candidate in the last civic body polls and reportedly joined the ruling TRS subsequently, sources said.
Police suspect business rivalry to be the motive behind the gory murder.
Ravi, who was heading towards Pattipaka on his bike, was waylaid by the assailants, who attacked him with axes before fleeing in full public view, sources said.
A tractor and a car were used by the assailants in the crime, sources added.
Police ruled out any political angle in the murder of Ravi.
Preliminary inquiry has pointed to the possibility of an old rivalry over some business transactions between the deceased and the assailants being the motive behind the ghastly murder.
Superintendent of Police Sharat Chandra Pawar visited the scene of crime and constituted four special teams to track down the assailants.
Meanwhile, the horrific killing of the elected representative of the urban local body sent shockwaves in the district headquarters town.
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Kolkata tram users demand restoration of routes
Association to hold demonstration at Kidderpore depot
The Calcutta Tram Users’ Association (CTUA) will hold a demonstration on Sunday at the Kidderpore tram depot to demand, among other things, the restoration of the most scenic route, which has remained suspended ever since Cyclone Amphan struck two years ago.
“At present, only two routes (no. 25 and no. 24/29) are operational. This dismal state of affairs goes directly against the opinion of experts and a section of bureaucrats who agree that trams, alongside electric vehicles, can play a key role in reducing the city’s carbon footprint and significantly aid in its fight against climate change,” the CTUA said in a statement.
Apart from the restoration of the scenic route no. 36, which connected Kidderpore and Esplanade and cut through the Maidan, the demonstration, the statement said, would also demand resumption of route numbers 5 and 18 within six months; the resumption of all routes closed due to metro work at BBD Bag; and the immediate recruitment and training of tram drivers.
“The tram is not just nostalgia but a solution to clean air and green mobility for Kolkata. At the time when the whole world is reintroducing trams as a sustainable mass transit system, we are trying to get rid of it in the name of speed and efficiency, that too when Kolkata’s average traffic speed is only 15 km/hour,” said filmmaker Mahadeb Shi, a founding member of the CTUA, which was started by activists in 2016 and has a considerable presence on social media.
“For a city that has mirrored the ups and downs of this century — having gone from being the ‘second city of the British empire’ to becoming synonymous with the ultimate in urban horror — the tram has been one constant factor, a comforting presence, a pacifier, helping people to retain a sense of normalcy and sanity in the face of chaos and collapse,” said Mr. Shi, whose acclaimed documentaries include those made on the iconic Kolkata tram.
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STACKER (WBRE/WYOU) — Stacker collected information on the highest-paying jobs in East Stroudsburg, using data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
In East Stroudsburg, the annual mean wage is $47,510 or 18.5% lower than the national mean of $58,260, while the highest-paying occupation makes $214,130. Read on to see which jobs make the list.
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#50. Social and community service managers
East Stroudsburg, PA
– Annual mean salary: $66,050
– #258 highest pay among all metros
– Employment: 60
National
– Annual mean salary: $76,790
– Employment: 156,400
– Entry level education requirements: Bachelor’s degree
– Metros with highest average pay:
— Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV ($100,530)
— San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($98,240)
— Charlottesville, VA ($98,200)
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#49. Loan officers
East Stroudsburg, PA
– Annual mean salary: $66,140
– #304 highest pay among all metros
– Employment: 40
National
– Annual mean salary: $80,570
– Employment: 340,170
– Entry level education requirements: Bachelor’s degree
– Metros with highest average pay:
— New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA ($111,830)
— Bend-Redmond, OR ($106,290)
— Wilmington, NC ($104,930)
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#48. Special education teachers, kindergarten and elementary school
East Stroudsburg, PA
– Annual mean salary: $67,070
– #88 highest pay among all metros
– Employment: 60
National
– Annual mean salary: $67,090
– Employment: 187,070
– Entry level education requirements: Bachelor’s degree
– Metros with highest average pay:
— Salinas, CA ($102,210)
— Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA ($92,730)
— Chico, CA ($88,430)
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#47. Educational, guidance, and career counselors and advisors
East Stroudsburg, PA
– Annual mean salary: $68,320
– #73 highest pay among all metros
– Employment: 100
National
– Annual mean salary: $63,090
– Employment: 296,370
– Entry level education requirements: Master’s degree
– Metros with highest average pay:
— Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA ($91,540)
— Napa, CA ($90,530)
— San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($87,860)
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#46. Lodging managers
East Stroudsburg, PA
– Annual mean salary: $68,430
– #54 highest pay among all metros
– Employment: 50
National
– Annual mean salary: $67,770
– Employment: 35,920
– Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent
– Metros with highest average pay:
— Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, HI ($121,090)
— Urban Honolulu, HI ($111,410)
— New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA ($99,600)
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#45. First-line supervisors of construction trades and extraction workers
East Stroudsburg, PA
– Annual mean salary: $68,520
– #206 highest pay among all metros
– Employment: 150
National
– Annual mean salary: $75,060
– Employment: 665,870
– Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent
– Metros with highest average pay:
— San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($112,020)
— San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($103,820)
— Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA ($101,210)
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#44. First-line supervisors of mechanics, installers, and repairers
East Stroudsburg, PA
– Annual mean salary: $68,700
– #234 highest pay among all metros
– Employment: 260
National
– Annual mean salary: $73,590
– Employment: 526,240
– Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent
– Metros with highest average pay:
— Bremerton-Silverdale, WA ($93,830)
— San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($93,030)
— San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($92,870)
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#43. Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products
East Stroudsburg, PA
– Annual mean salary: $69,190
– #153 highest pay among all metros
– Employment: 170
National
– Annual mean salary: $72,390
– Employment: 1,242,490
– Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent
– Metros with highest average pay:
— San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($102,280)
— Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT ($92,660)
— Napa, CA ($92,620)
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#42. Special education teachers, secondary school
East Stroudsburg, PA
– Annual mean salary: $69,360
– #77 highest pay among all metros
– Employment: 120
National
– Annual mean salary: $70,100
– Employment: 145,690
– Entry level education requirements: Bachelor’s degree
– Metros with highest average pay:
— San Diego-Carlsbad, CA ($110,320)
— Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA ($106,590)
— Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA ($103,540)https://07dc1007aa126cc74294b3760d36142d.safeframe.googlesyndication.com/safeframe/1-0-38/html/container.html
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#41. Accountants and auditors
East Stroudsburg, PA
– Annual mean salary: $69,940
– #293 highest pay among all metros
– Employment: 260
National
– Annual mean salary: $83,980
– Employment: 1,318,550
– Entry level education requirements: Bachelor’s degree
– Metros with highest average pay:
— San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($112,830)
— New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA ($109,330)
— San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($107,540)
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#40. Registered nurses
East Stroudsburg, PA
– Annual mean salary: $70,070
– #243 highest pay among all metros
– Employment: 950
National
– Annual mean salary: $82,750
– Employment: 3,047,530
– Entry level education requirements: Bachelor’s degree
– Metros with highest average pay:
— San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($155,230)
— San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($151,640)
— Vallejo-Fairfield, CA ($146,360)
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#39. Elementary school teachers, except special education
East Stroudsburg, PA
– Annual mean salary: $71,660
– #79 highest pay among all metros
– Employment: 360
National
– Annual mean salary: $67,080
– Employment: 1,329,280
– Entry level education requirements: Bachelor’s degree
– Metros with highest average pay:
— Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA ($92,860)
— Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA ($91,430)
— Salinas, CA ($91,280)
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#38. Cost estimators
East Stroudsburg, PA
– Annual mean salary: $72,440
– #103 highest pay among all metros
– Employment: 50
National
– Annual mean salary: $73,740
– Employment: 208,950
– Entry level education requirements: Bachelor’s degree
– Metros with highest average pay:
— Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH ($104,660)
— San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($99,450)
— San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($98,550)
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#37. Police and sheriff’s patrol officers
East Stroudsburg, PA
– Annual mean salary: $73,820
– #91 highest pay among all metros
– Employment: 300
National
– Annual mean salary: $70,750
– Employment: 665,380
– Entry level education requirements: nan
– Metros with highest average pay:
— San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($125,960)
— San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($118,450)
— Napa, CA ($116,010)
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#36. Middle school teachers, except special and career/technical education
East Stroudsburg, PA
– Annual mean salary: $74,850
– #57 highest pay among all metros
– Employment: 440
National
– Annual mean salary: $66,880
– Employment: 592,000
– Entry level education requirements: Bachelor’s degree
– Metros with highest average pay:
— Bakersfield, CA ($109,060)
— San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($107,280)
— Yuba City, CA ($94,480)
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#35. Special education teachers, middle school
East Stroudsburg, PA
– Annual mean salary: $74,940
– #45 highest pay among all metros
– Employment: 70
National
– Annual mean salary: $68,860
– Employment: 79,070
– Entry level education requirements: Bachelor’s degree
– Metros with highest average pay:
— San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($117,940)
— Worcester, MA-CT ($94,630)
— New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA ($94,140)
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#34. Network and computer systems administrators
East Stroudsburg, PA
– Annual mean salary: $76,060
– #257 highest pay among all metros
– Employment: 60
National
– Annual mean salary: $91,250
– Employment: 316,760
– Entry level education requirements: Bachelor’s degree
– Metros with highest average pay:
— San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($135,440)
— San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($116,370)
— New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA ($110,930)
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#33. Secondary school teachers, except special and career/technical education
East Stroudsburg, PA
– Annual mean salary: $76,090
– #63 highest pay among all metros
– Employment: 1,040
National
– Annual mean salary: $69,530
– Employment: 1,020,240
– Entry level education requirements: Bachelor’s degree
– Metros with highest average pay:
— San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($104,010)
— Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA ($101,980)
— Bakersfield, CA ($97,490)
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#32. Instructional coordinators
East Stroudsburg, PA
– Annual mean salary: $78,110
– #41 highest pay among all metros
– Employment: 30
National
– Annual mean salary: $70,560
– Employment: 184,740
– Entry level education requirements: Master’s degree
– Metros with highest average pay:
— Salem, OR ($93,890)
— Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV ($93,760)
— Kennewick-Richland, WA ($91,430)
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#31. Speech-language pathologists
East Stroudsburg, PA
– Annual mean salary: $78,220
– #193 highest pay among all metros
– Employment: 50
National
– Annual mean salary: $85,820
– Employment: 147,470
– Entry level education requirements: Master’s degree
– Metros with highest average pay:
— San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($118,260)
— San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($111,120)
— Salinas, CA ($107,160)
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#30. First-line supervisors of non-retail sales workers
East Stroudsburg, PA
– Annual mean salary: $78,790
– #194 highest pay among all metros
– Employment: 60
National
– Annual mean salary: $92,320
– Employment: 243,920
– Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent
– Metros with highest average pay:
— Portland-South Portland, ME ($129,860)
— Durham-Chapel Hill, NC ($121,360)
— New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA ($121,250)
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#29. Chemists
East Stroudsburg, PA
– Annual mean salary: $79,620
– #91 highest pay among all metros
– Employment: data not available
National
– Annual mean salary: $89,130
– Employment: 80,600
– Entry level education requirements: Bachelor’s degree
– Metros with highest average pay:
— Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV ($131,290)
— Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT ($115,790)
— Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH ($108,330)
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#28. Civil engineers
East Stroudsburg, PA
– Annual mean salary: $80,280
– #304 highest pay among all metros
– Employment: 40
National
– Annual mean salary: $95,490
– Employment: 304,310
– Entry level education requirements: Bachelor’s degree
– Metros with highest average pay:
— San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($119,720)
— San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($116,550)
— Sacramento–Roseville–Arden-Arcade, CA ($115,120)
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#27. Management analysts
East Stroudsburg, PA
– Annual mean salary: $82,040
– #267 highest pay among all metros
– Employment: 80
National
– Annual mean salary: $100,530
– Employment: 768,450
– Entry level education requirements: Bachelor’s degree
– Metros with highest average pay:
— Dothan, AL ($135,020)
— Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT ($127,320)
— San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($125,250)
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#26. Logisticians
East Stroudsburg, PA
– Annual mean salary: $83,270
– #46 highest pay among all metros
– Employment: 180
National
– Annual mean salary: $79,230
– Employment: 189,320
– Entry level education requirements: Bachelor’s degree
– Metros with highest average pay:
— California-Lexington Park, MD ($115,100)
— San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($111,740)
— Kokomo, IN ($101,310)
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#25. Industrial engineers
East Stroudsburg, PA
– Annual mean salary: $84,570
– #253 highest pay among all metros
– Employment: 130
National
– Annual mean salary: $95,200
– Employment: 293,950
– Entry level education requirements: Bachelor’s degree
– Metros with highest average pay:
— Anchorage, AK ($142,770)
— Midland, TX ($129,440)
— Billings, MT ($126,170)
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#24. First-line supervisors of police and detectives
East Stroudsburg, PA
– Annual mean salary: $86,180
– #197 highest pay among all metros
– Employment: 30
National
– Annual mean salary: $98,760
– Employment: 128,230
– Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent
– Metros with highest average pay:
— San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($182,700)
— San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($170,740)
— Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA ($164,600)
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#23. Project management specialists
East Stroudsburg, PA
– Annual mean salary: $86,820
– #181 highest pay among all metros
– Employment: 80
National
– Annual mean salary: $98,420
– Employment: 743,860
– Entry level education requirements: nan
– Metros with highest average pay:
— San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($133,950)
— Birmingham-Hoover, AL ($130,250)
— Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA ($125,330)
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#22. Occupational therapists
East Stroudsburg, PA
– Annual mean salary: $87,190
– #151 highest pay among all metros
– Employment: 50
National
– Annual mean salary: $89,470
– Employment: 127,830
– Entry level education requirements: Master’s degree
– Metros with highest average pay:
— San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($121,190)
— San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($113,210)
— Santa Rosa, CA ($113,190)
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#21. Computer systems analysts
East Stroudsburg, PA
– Annual mean salary: $89,690
– #177 highest pay among all metros
– Employment: 50
National
– Annual mean salary: $102,210
– Employment: 505,150
– Entry level education requirements: Bachelor’s degree
– Metros with highest average pay:
— San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($141,290)
— San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($131,650)
— Huntsville, AL ($118,690)
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#20. Chemical engineers
East Stroudsburg, PA
– Annual mean salary: $91,510
– #86 highest pay among all metros
– Employment: 50
National
– Annual mean salary: $121,840
– Employment: 24,180
– Entry level education requirements: Bachelor’s degree
– Metros with highest average pay:
— Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX ($173,640)
— Anchorage, AK ($159,010)
— Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ ($152,820)
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#19. Mechanical engineers
East Stroudsburg, PA
– Annual mean salary: $92,320
– #117 highest pay among all metros
– Employment: 170
National
– Annual mean salary: $97,000
– Employment: 278,240
– Entry level education requirements: Bachelor’s degree
– Metros with highest average pay:
— San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($137,540)
— Baton Rouge, LA ($128,790)
— San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($127,030)
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#18. Lawyers
East Stroudsburg, PA
– Annual mean salary: $92,380
– #350 highest pay among all metros
– Employment: 100
National
– Annual mean salary: $148,030
– Employment: 681,010
– Entry level education requirements: Doctoral or professional degree
– Metros with highest average pay:
— San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($231,200)
— San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($191,460)
— Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV ($186,610)
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#17. Electronics engineers, except computer
East Stroudsburg, PA
– Annual mean salary: $93,020
– #143 highest pay among all metros
– Employment: 110
National
– Annual mean salary: $115,490
– Employment: 107,170
– Entry level education requirements: Bachelor’s degree
– Metros with highest average pay:
— San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($152,060)
— Santa Rosa, CA ($138,480)
— Idaho Falls, ID ($136,310)
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#16. Software developers
East Stroudsburg, PA
– Annual mean salary: $94,390
– #241 highest pay among all metros
– Employment: 60
National
– Annual mean salary: $120,990
– Employment: 1,364,180
– Entry level education requirements: Bachelor’s degree
– Metros with highest average pay:
— San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($167,420)
— San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($158,320)
— Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA ($148,220)
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#15. Education administrators, kindergarten through secondary
East Stroudsburg, PA
– Annual mean salary: $98,820
– #132 highest pay among all metros
– Employment: 130
National
– Annual mean salary: $102,650
– Employment: 274,710
– Entry level education requirements: Master’s degree
– Metros with highest average pay:
— New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA ($144,880)
— San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($143,450)
— Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT ($142,330)
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#14. General and operations managers
East Stroudsburg, PA
– Annual mean salary: $99,210
– #222 highest pay among all metros
– Employment: 980
National
– Annual mean salary: $115,250
– Employment: 2,984,920
– Entry level education requirements: Bachelor’s degree
– Metros with highest average pay:
— San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($165,340)
— Trenton, NJ ($165,030)
— New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA ($159,210)
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#13. Facilities managers
East Stroudsburg, PA
– Annual mean salary: $102,860
– #76 highest pay among all metros
– Employment: 40
National
– Annual mean salary: $101,970
– Employment: 101,230
– Entry level education requirements: nan
– Metros with highest average pay:
— Kennewick-Richland, WA ($146,040)
— San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($136,440)
— Ithaca, NY ($136,210)
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#12. Sales managers
East Stroudsburg, PA
– Annual mean salary: $105,290
– #336 highest pay among all metros
– Employment: 70
National
– Annual mean salary: $142,390
– Employment: 453,800
– Entry level education requirements: Bachelor’s degree
– Metros with highest average pay:
— New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA ($198,960)
— San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($196,910)
— Boulder, CO ($182,820)
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#11. Medical and health services managers
East Stroudsburg, PA
– Annual mean salary: $107,740
– #218 highest pay among all metros
– Employment: 70
National
– Annual mean salary: $119,840
– Employment: 436,770
– Entry level education requirements: Bachelor’s degree
– Metros with highest average pay:
— San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($162,110)
— Vallejo-Fairfield, CA ($157,340)
— New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA ($156,370)
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#10. Industrial production managers
East Stroudsburg, PA
– Annual mean salary: $108,960
– #215 highest pay among all metros
– Employment: 70
National
– Annual mean salary: $117,780
– Employment: 192,270
– Entry level education requirements: Bachelor’s degree
– Metros with highest average pay:
— San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($155,640)
— San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($153,860)
— Fort Collins, CO ($153,470)
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#9. Veterinarians
East Stroudsburg, PA
– Annual mean salary: $111,050
– #93 highest pay among all metros
– Employment: 40
National
– Annual mean salary: $109,920
– Employment: 77,260
– Entry level education requirements: Doctoral or professional degree
– Metros with highest average pay:
— San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($144,440)
— San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($141,670)
— Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT ($140,390)
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#8. Pharmacists
East Stroudsburg, PA
– Annual mean salary: $114,100
– #350 highest pay among all metros
– Employment: 120
National
– Annual mean salary: $125,690
– Employment: 312,550
– Entry level education requirements: Doctoral or professional degree
– Metros with highest average pay:
— San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($168,640)
— San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($163,840)
— Santa Rosa, CA ($158,420)
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#7. Human resources managers
East Stroudsburg, PA
– Annual mean salary: $114,760
– #175 highest pay among all metros
– Employment: 40
National
– Annual mean salary: $136,590
– Employment: 166,530
– Entry level education requirements: Bachelor’s degree
– Metros with highest average pay:
— San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($190,020)
— New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA ($186,930)
— San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($175,410)
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#6. Financial managers
East Stroudsburg, PA
– Annual mean salary: $138,160
– #121 highest pay among all metros
– Employment: 90
National
– Annual mean salary: $153,460
– Employment: 681,070
– Entry level education requirements: Bachelor’s degree
– Metros with highest average pay:
— New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA ($209,100)
— San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($201,330)
— San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($188,900)
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#5. Computer and information systems managers
East Stroudsburg, PA
– Annual mean salary: $140,040
– #114 highest pay among all metros
– Employment: 60
National
– Annual mean salary: $162,930
– Employment: 485,190
– Entry level education requirements: Bachelor’s degree
– Metros with highest average pay:
— San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($228,030)
— San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($211,470)
— New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA ($202,800)
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#4. Dentists, general
East Stroudsburg, PA
– Annual mean salary: $142,260
– #276 highest pay among all metros
– Employment: 40
National
– Annual mean salary: $167,160
– Employment: 108,680
– Entry level education requirements: Doctoral or professional degree
– Metros with highest average pay:
— Manchester, NH ($276,510)
— Salinas, CA ($234,410)
— Vallejo-Fairfield, CA ($229,800)
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#3. Architectural and engineering managers
East Stroudsburg, PA
– Annual mean salary: $151,120
– #89 highest pay among all metros
– Employment: data not available
National
– Annual mean salary: $158,970
– Employment: 187,100
– Entry level education requirements: Bachelor’s degree
– Metros with highest average pay:
— San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($228,000)
— San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($206,050)
— Naples-Immokalee-Marco Island, FL ($198,430)
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#2. Personal financial advisors
East Stroudsburg, PA
– Annual mean salary: $158,790
– #3 highest pay among all metros
– Employment: 40
National
– Annual mean salary: $119,960
– Employment: 263,030
– Entry level education requirements: Bachelor’s degree
– Metros with highest average pay:
— Barnstable Town, MA ($172,780)
— San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($161,010)
— East Stroudsburg, PA ($158,790)
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#1. Chief executives
East Stroudsburg, PA
– Annual mean salary: $214,130
– #116 highest pay among all metros
– Employment: 30
National
– Annual mean salary: $213,020
– Employment: 200,480
– Entry level education requirements: Bachelor’s degree
– Metros with highest average pay:
— Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA ($313,440)
— Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX ($298,960)
— Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX ($296,480)
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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ The winning numbers in Thursday morning's drawing of the Texas Lottery's "Daily 4 Morning" game were:
2-3-3-2, FIREBALL: 9
(two, three, three, two; FIREBALL: nine)
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ The winning numbers in Thursday morning's drawing of the Texas Lottery's "Daily 4 Morning" game were:
2-3-3-2, FIREBALL: 9
(two, three, three, two; FIREBALL: nine)
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Roy Hodgson aware of a sting in the tail if his Hornets can upset City
By PA Staff published
Roy Hodgson has admitted he would accept the cold shoulder from Pep Guardiola for the rest of his life if it meant Watford could kick-start their survival bid with a shock win at Manchester City on Saturday.
The Hornets have lost their last 14 matches to the current Premier League leaders and not got the better of them since 1989.
Veteran manager Hodgson has fared better in recent years, securing a memorable 3-2 win at the Etihad in 2018 and also holding City to a draw two years ago whilst in charge of Crystal Palace.
A repeat result would be hugely welcome, especially after last weekend’s late loss at home to Brentford left Watford seven points from safety with only six games left.
“It wouldn’t be a statistic I knew about, I do now but I shall not being using it because it would not in any way motivate the players,” Hodgson said of the Hornets’ 14-game losing streak to City.
“We are unfortunate in the sense there could have been a time where you go to Man City and they are in between fixtures, they have a Champions League game coming up and they have already sewn the league up, so they have no worries in that respect and you go up there and they are in party mood.
“Now of course we will face a deadly serious Man City, who if they don’t beat us to get the three points, it will be a massive blow. Pep didn’t speak to me for a long while after Palace managed to steal a win up there and if we get a win this time, he will probably never speak to me again!”
While City do host Real Madrid in the last four of the Champions League on Tuesday, they are also neck-and-neck with Liverpool in the title race and only a single point above their rivals.
Struggling Watford have suffered some heavy defeats to Guardiola’s leaders in recent times, but can take a crumb of comfort from Hodgson’s success at the Etihad where he has only lost one of his last three matches there.
The 74-year-old added: “We won one, then drew one and lost one 4-0 after a very good 55 minutes, but when we conceded the first one, we let in three more.
“We have done OK up there. We have done what teams like ourselves, like what I did at Crystal Palace and Fulham, can do which is to work very hard to be organised and frustrate the opposition. We haven’t been good enough, any of the teams I’ve coached, to go toe-to-toe with them.”
Hodgson will again be pragmatic this weekend despite the 19th-placed side desperately needing points in their bid to beat the drop.
“What we’re going to do is try to make ourselves unpopular,” the former Liverpool manager insisted.
“If we want to make ourselves popular with Pep, the City crowd and everyone else, all we do is go hell for leather to try to win the game and match them at their own game.
“At least 99 per cent of people, certainly those who work in football, know that is a recipe for disaster. We need to give their play the respect it deserves and to make certain we make life as difficult for them as we possibly can,
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MANITOWOC, Wis. (WFRV) – Manitowoc Police Chief Nick Reimer and Crime Prevention Sergeant Paul Krock joined Local 5 and talked about the department’s new patch and its neighborhood watch program.
Reimer said that they had the same patch since 1963, and an officer came up with the goal to come up with a new design. They wanted the new patch to feature what represents Manitowoc.
Krock talked about the community’s neighborhood watch programs and how the department relies on them to be their eyes and ears. 60 neighborhoods are involved in the program, and they help work to prevent crime and drugs in the communities.
Programs like these help build positive relationships between the communities and the police department. Reimer talked about community-orientated policing and trying to limit the number of victims.
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SCHUYLKILL COUNTY, Pa. — Editor's note: The video, courtesy of WNEP, is from April 11.
Pennsylvania State Police have released the identities of the six people killed in a massive pileup on Interstate 81 during a snow squall last month in Schuylkill County.
Two of the victims were from Carlisle, Cumberland County, police say. They have been identified as Rita Matos, 40, and Edward Ramos, 43.
The other victims are:
Terri Stull, 56, of Lexington, Mass.
Douglas Teeter, 57, of Lexington, Mass.
William Douglas, 69, of Pine Grove, W.Va.
Domingo Diaz, 66, of Brooklyn, N.Y.
The Schuylkill County Coroner's office used DNA samples to help identify the victims of the March 28 crash.
Officials said earlier that the victims of the March 28 crash near the Minersville exit of I-81 were all between the ages of 40 to 70-years-old and all burned beyond recognition.
“All of the decedents were found in the group of vehicles that were on fire,” Deputy Coroner Albert Barnes said.
The stretch of Interstate 81 north of Pottsville where the crash occurred was closed for nearly 40 hours after 80 vehicles were caught up in a chain-reaction crash during a period of low visibility because of a snow squall.
The crash involved 39 trucks and commercial vehicles and 41 passenger vehicles, according to state police.
It took rescue and recovery crews nearly two days to open the northbound lanes near the Minersville exit. They first had to deal with the immediate aftermath of the crash and the injured and then a massive fire that burned for nearly a day.
What followed was a difficult effort to clear the wreckage. Then, PennDOT had to repair the highway.
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WASHINGTON (NewsNation) — President Joe Biden announced Thursday plans to send an additional $800 million in military aid to help Ukraine fight back against the Russian invasion.
“Our unity at home and in Ukraine is sending an unmistakable message to Putin,” Biden said. “He will never succeed in dominating all of Ukraine.”
The new military assistance package includes much-needed heavy artillery, 144,000 rounds of ammunition and drones for Ukrainian forces in the escalating battle for the Donbas region of eastern Ukraine. It builds on roughly $2.6 billion in military assistance that Biden had previously approved for Ukraine.
Biden said that the $13.6 billion approved last month by Congress for military and humanitarian assistance was “almost exhausted.” He said the new aid package is going “directly to the front lines of freedom” in order to “beat back Putin’s savagery.”
In addition to the military package, Biden announced a new program to expedite the arrival of Ukrainian refugees. Under the Homeland Security Department program, “Uniting for Ukraine,” Americans and groups, including nonprofit organizations and churches, can apply to sponsor displaced Ukrainian citizens. The application site will go live April 25.
To be eligible, Ukrainians must have been living in Ukraine on Feb. 11, must have a U.S. sponsor and must meet public health standards, including vaccination requirements. The program would provide a quick solution to the current migration crisis.
Biden said the U.S. would not lessen its resolve.
“This is our responsibility,” Biden said as he announced $500 million in direct economic assistance to the Ukrainian government to help stabilize the economy, support shelled communities and pay first responders.
The new aid package comes as the war stretches into its second month and as Russian forces began a new full-scale offensive to take control of eastern Ukraine this week.
On Wednesday, Biden lauded U.S. military officials for “exceptional” work arming Ukraine as he gathered the nation’s military brass for their first in-person group meeting at the White House of his presidency.
It’s an annual tradition that had been put on hold because of the coronavirus pandemic but is now being resurrected as the U.S. arms Ukraine to help it fight back against Russia’s invasion.
“I don’t know about you, but I’ve been to Ukraine a number of times before the war … and I knew they were tough and proud but I tell you what: They’re tougher and more proud than I thought,” Biden told military commanders. “I’m amazed at what they’re doing with your help.”
Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered his forces not to storm the last remaining Ukrainian stronghold in the city of Mariupol Thursday but instead to blockade it “so that not even a fly comes through.”
However, leaving the plant in Ukrainian hands robs the Russians of the ability to declare complete victory in Mariupol, which has seen some of the most dramatic fighting of the war and whose capture has both strategic and symbolic importance.
Biden’s remarks come as a new NewsNation/Decision Desk HQ poll found that 37.6% of Americans strongly disprove of Biden. About 24 percent strongly approve. The poll also found that nearly 43 percent of those surveyed thought Russia was the biggest threat to the United States compared to other countries like China and North Korea.
You can read the full poll results here.
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The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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The Supreme Court has upheld the differential treatment of residents of Puerto Rico, ruling that Congress was within its power to exclude them from a benefits program that’s available in all 50 states and the District of Columbia.
The court held by an 8-1 vote Thursday that making Puerto Ricans ineligible for the Supplemental Security Income program, which provides benefits to older, disabled and blind Americans, did not unconstitutionally discriminate against them.
Justice Sonia Sotomayor, whose parents were born in Puerto Rico, was the lone dissenter.
Writing for the court, Justice Brett Kavanaugh said the court was bound by a pair of earlier rulings that already upheld the federal law that created SSI and excluded Puerto Rico and other U.S. territories from it. Congress later added in the Mariana Islands.
Puerto Rico has been a U.S. territory since the Spanish American War in 1898, and its residents are U.S. citizens, but they have no vote for president or representation in Congress. They also do not pay federal income tax.
Kavanaugh wrote that “just as not every federal tax extends to residents of Puerto Rico, so too not every federal benefits program extends to residents of Puerto Rico.”
In dissent, Sotomayor responded, "In my view, there is no rational basis for Congress to treat needy citizens living anywhere in the United States so differently from others. To hold otherwise, as the Court does, is irrational and antithetical to the very nature of the SSI program and the equal protection of citizens guaranteed by the Constitution. I respectfully dissent.”
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Jose Luis Vaello-Madero, the Puerto Rico resident at the center of the case, began receiving SSI payments after he suffered a series of strokes while living in New York.
The payments continued to his bank account in New York even after he moved back to Puerto Rico. When he notified the Social Security Administration, the payments stopped and then the government sued to recover more than $28,000 it said he was not entitled to.
Lower courts sided with Vaello-Madero, ruling that the exclusion of Puerto Rico from the SSI program is unconstitutional. In a similar case in Guam, a federal judge ruled recently that residents of that Pacific island also should be able to collect SSI.
The Justice Department first filed its appeal of a ruling by the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals during the Trump administration but maintained the case even after President Joe Biden took office.
The Biden administration has said it supports changing the law to extend SSI payments to Puerto Rico. It included a provision in its Build Back Better proposal to make residents of U.S. territories eligible for SSI payments, but the legislation is stalled in Congress.
A separate program, Aid to the Aged, Blind and Disabled, covers residents of the territories, but it has more stringent eligibility requirements and pays less generous benefits than SSI.
In response to the Supreme Court ruling, the island's governor said the only solution was full statehood.
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Logan Paul sparred with a heavyweight boxer who 'knocked out' Anthony Joshua in the lead up to his fight with Andy Ruiz Jr.
Before Joshua's shock heavyweight title loss to Ruiz in 2019, he reportedly suffered a concussion after being 'knocked out' by his sparring partner Joey Dawejko. The 31-year-old gatekeeper boasts a record of 21-10 and has fought top heavyweight such as Frank Sanchez and Zhan Kossobutskiy.
The son of of two-time heavyweight champion Hasim Rahman said he was training with Dawejko just after Paul fought internet star KSI for the second time. Dawjeko sparred Logan whilst Rahman Jr trained with the YouTube star's brother Jake.
"I was in camp with Joey Dawejko and at the time Logan was supposed to be the better brother [at boxing]," he told the ' No Limits ' podcast. "This was about the time he fought KSI so it was the first time we sparred. Logan sparred with Joey and I sparred with Jake. It was good work all around the board."
Rahman Jr is unbeaten in 12 professional fights and is hoping to follow the success of his father in the sport. Speaking before Jake's 2020 knockout win over Nate Robinson, he backed 'The Problem Child' to go further in boxing than his brother.
"Jake is definitely the better fighter of the two and he definitely could do a little something with boxing if he keeps his mind to it," Rahman Jr told Sky Sports. "He's young, he has heart, he has a great team, and that's what is going to get him to wherever it is he wants to go, if he stays focused with it. I think that he likes boxing a little bit more than his brother."
Jake believes he can win a world title in boxing despite having just five professional wins under his belt. The YouTube star has been criticised for 'cherry-picking' his opponents, fighting MMA fighter at the end of their careers such as Tyron Woodley and Ben Askren.
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Rahman said of Jake's boxing ventures: "When you're getting millions of dollars inside your first 10 fights, it's kind of hard to get motivated for those fights against guys that have been doing this for 25 years.
"He'll have some entertaining fights, but I don't know about world level. When it comes to world level fighting, now you're pushing it a little bit."
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